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With the rise of digital technologies the need for effective means of identification has grown enormously. Biometrics is the rapidly growing science of identifying individuals through biological characteristics, from iris patterning to voice recognition. This book introduces biometrics, what it can do today, and future possibilities.

Opportunities is a five-level course for teenagers. Modules of topic-based units provide rich, contemporary content based on a wide variety of information themes. With a discovery approach to grammar and an upfront focus on vocabulary, Opportunities ensures the most effective language learning for students.

In Against Decorum, Michael Hampton conveys a rich, centuries-long culture of book damage.Against Decorum is an exploration of the many ways in which the physical integrity of the printed codex is put under strain. A connoisseur of the frayed, the scuffed, and the torn, Hampton describes 'a new era of bibliographic unorthodoxy' in which books are fallen things.To these contemporary works Hampton brings a scalpel and excises a language of time-worn use. Hampton calls these excerpts 'gleanings', 'trawlings', and 'shards', among other things.The result is a piling up that is a kind of poem built from a language of book damage...What we see is that books have never not been altered, and in place of the fantasy of the pristine volume, Hampton gives us an index--that is also a poem, and is also a manifesto--of handling, of wear and tear, of water-stained pages and insect damage.Photocaption: Angus Fairhurst, A magazine -- everything removed except 1cm border (2005); unique; cut magazine. Courtesy of the Estate of Angus Fairhurst and Sadie Coles, HQ, London

Based on IABC sponsored research in over 60 organizations, this guide provides an easy-to-administer model and instrument for measuring and managing trust in organizations. An explanation and practical applications accompany each of the model's five critical dimensions of trust: Competence, Openness and Honesty, Concern for Others, Reliability, and Identification. Using rich case examples and interviews, the book examines diverse approaches and opportunities for building trust--in peer groups, virtual environments, and with managers/supervisors, and top management. Individual interviews represent diverse organizational positions, responsibilities, perspectives, and geographic locations. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included in the digital editions of this book.

This volume charts Pierre Bismuth's development through an analytical text, a visual gallery of works and an interview by a renowned art critic.

Published to accompany exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 23/9 - 15/12 2000.

Catholic literature, spirituality, retreat by Fr. Michael F. Murphy from Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Coronado, California. About the 3 Theological Virtues: Faith, Hope and Love. Writings of Servant of God, Bishop Guglielmo Giaquinta.