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Intro -- Foreword -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: The Black Cat Track -- Chapter 2: A Happy Path To Disaster -- Chapter 3: Preparation -- Chapter 4: Trouble in Paradise -- Chapter 5: The Trek -- Chapter 6: Bloody Murder -- Chapter 7: Horror -- Chapter 8: Decision at Banis Donki -- Chapter 9: Out of the Frying Pan -- Chapter 10: Rescue -- Chapter 11: Discord -- Chapter 12: A Harsh Reality -- Chapter 13: The Trust -- Chapter 14: The Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- The Author.

This book offers an ideal introduction to the analysis of demographic data. Inside, readers of all quantitative skill levels will find the information they need to develop a solid understanding of the methods used to study human populations and how they change over time due to such factors as birth, death, and migration. The comprehensive, systematic coverage defines basic concepts and introduces data sources; champions the use of Lexis diagrams as a device for visualizing demographic measures; highlights the importance of making comparisons (whether over time or between populations at a point in time) that control for differences in population composition; describes approaches to analyzing mortality, fertility, and migration; and details approaches to the important field of population projection. Throughout, the author makes the material accessible for readers through careful exposition, the use of examples, and other helpful features. This book's thorough coverage of basic concepts and principles lays a firm foundation for anyone contemplating undertaking demographic research, whether in a university setting or in a professional employment that takes on a demographic dimension requiring in-house training.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Prologue: What Is an Arab? -- I: Origins: Muhammad and the Quran -- II: The Outpouring from the Desert: The Bedouin Conquests -- III: A New State: The Arab Kingdom and the Muslim Empire -- IV: The Flowering of a Civilization: The Islamic World Empire -- V: A Medieval Confrontation: Islam and Christendom -- VI: The Empire Crumbles: The Turks Come In: The Long Stagnation -- VII: Stirrings of Nationalism: The Reshaping of Arab Identity -- VIII: Modern Times -- Epilogue: The Arabs in the Modern World: Arab Unification -- Bibliography -- Index.

The changing middle class -- How the other 18 percent live -- Home economics -- The buyographics of family -- The majority myth -- The buyographics of city living -- The buyographics of aging -- The buyographics of health care -- The connected consumer -- The car culture crash

""Hell no. It's over. I am done.""Saying it to him felt so damned good. God knows he deserved it. Still deserves it. So why is it that only a few weeks later, I doubt if I can stand by what I said? X That Ex is the long-awaited answer for women who have left a bad relationship and don't want to go back. It is incredibly common for women to leave partners who are emotionally unavailable, disrespectful, immature, selfish or even abusive, but then struggle to stay away.Women might be tripped up by their exes' schemes to get them back, their own self-sabotaging

This book explores the process of decision-making around having children in a sample of 115 men, women and couples for whom family formation was a recent past, current or imminent future issue. The discussion is initially focused on the extent to which parenthood was contemplated in late adolescence and during the relationship formation/courtship process, and the process by which family sizes are determined. Decision-making associated with having first, second, third and fourth children is then examined in chapters entitled The First Child; The 'Obligatory' Second Child; The Discretionary Third Child and Fourth Children - Negative Reactions, Practical Issues. Decisions to Have Children in Late 20th and Early 21st Century Australia offers a detailed coverage of a topic with resonances and implications that apply to contemporary cultures all around the world

Ana Montes appeared to be a model employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Known to her coworkers as the Queen of Cuba, she was an overachiever who advanced quickly through the ranks of Latin American specialists to become the intelligence community's top analyst on Cuban affairs. But throughout her sixteen-year career at DIA, Montes sent Castro some of America's most closely guarded secrets and at the same time influenced what the United States thought it knew about Cuba. When she was finally arrested in September 2001, she became the most senior American intelligence official ever

Intro -- EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH: BACKGROUND AND SELECT REPORTS -- EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH: BACKGROUND AND SELECT REPORTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 EARTHQUAKES: RISK, DETECTION, WARNING, AND RESEARCH -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION PROGRAM (NEHRP) -- A Shift in Program Emphasis to Hazard Reduction -- NEHRP REAUTHORIZATION IN THE 111TH CONGRESS -- Authorization of appropriations in H.R. 3820 -- Other changes proposed in H.R. 3820 -- EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS AND RISK -- EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE AND INTENSITY -- NATIONAL SEISMIC HAZARDS MAPS AND EARTHQUAKE FORECAST FOR CALIFORNIA -- THE MAY 12, 2008, SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES -- JANUARY 12, 2010, MAGNITUDE 7.0 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES HAITI -- Potential Losses from Earthquakes -- A decrease in estimated loss? -- FEBRUARY 27, 2010, MAGNITUDE 8.8 EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE -- IS THERE A SIMILAR RISK TO THE UNITED STATES? -- The New Madrid Seismic Zone -- MONITORING -- Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) -- ANSS Funding -- Dense urban networks -- Regional networks -- Backbone stations -- National Strong-Motion Project (NSMP) -- Global Seismic Network (GSN) -- DETECTION, NOTIFICATION, AND WARNING -- National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) -- ShakeMap -- Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) -- Pre-disaster Planning: HAZUS-MH -- RESEARCH-UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES -- U.S. Geological Survey -- National Science Foundation -- CONCLUSION -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 PROMPT ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL EARTHQUAKES FOR RESPONSE (PAGER): A SYSTEM FOR RAPIDLY DETERMINING THE IMPACT OF EARTHQUAKES WORLDWIDE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PAGER PROCESSING -- Hypocenter and Magnitude Estimates -- Calculation of Ground Shaking: ShakeMap -- Exposure Estimates -- PAGER PRODUCTS -- Web Pages -- E-mail Alerts -- PAGER EXAMPLES.

The violent demise of the Eastern European empires -- The fatal quest for "loyal citizens" -- "One of these races has got to go..." : colonialism and genocide -- Bitter religious divisions -- The battleground in print -- Instability and moral decline in interwar Europe -- Conflict in the courtroom -- Shattered worlds