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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Future of Reproduction -- Chapter 2. Learning to Read the Human Genome -- Chapter 3. The Nature of Human Genetic Variation -- Chapter 4. DNA and Human Disease -- Chapter 5. Writing the Genomes of Our Children -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Who are the Jews? Where did they come from? What is the connection between an ancient Jewish priest in Jerusalem and today's Israeli sunbather on the beaches of Tel Aviv? These questions stand at the heart of this engaging book. Geneticist David Goldstein

"The book contains an introduction by the two editors followed by 13 articles that examine the topic of hospitality in early modern Europe in the period 1350-1700 CE. The geographical areas covered are Italy, England, Central Europe (Bohemia), and the Eastern Mediterranean (Ottoman Empire). The articles are grouped into four sections, respectively on political, ecclesiastical, literary and cross-cultural hospitality. All are placed within a historical framework."--

The mutual fund scandals of the past year and a half have not only affected the mutual fund managers who flagrantly breached their obligations to their investors but have also imposed new and uncertain duties on plan fiduciaries who must now navigate an increasingly complex web of regulatory actions and pronouncements. Plan fiduciaries must be aware of the nature of the investment manager and mutual fund abuses, the harm such behavior can cause to plan participants and beneficiaries, the duty the Department of Labor has placed on them with respect to these matters, and the ever-widening investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, various state attorneys general, and the Department of Labor.