In the last days of the twenty-fourth century, caught in the crossfire of the apocalyptic confrontation between the Bajoran Prophets and the Pah-wraiths, Captain Benjamin Sisko and his crew face what might be the final millennium. On one side, the Pah-wraiths' new Emissary - Kai Weyoun - promises his followers that when Bajor's two Celestial Temples are restored as one, all beings in the universe will ascend to a new and glorious existence with the True Prophets. On the other side, the scientists of Starfleet predict that when the two Bajoran wormholes merge, they will create a Warp 10 shockwave of infinite destructive power.

Clearly demonstrates the techniques presented in the text with a wide range of case studies related to energy conversion, mining, and the chemical industries. Translating fundamental principles of irreversible thermodynamics into day-to-day engineering concepts, this reference provides the tools to accurately measure process efficiency and sustainability in the power and chemical--helping engineers to recognize why losses occur and how they can be reduced utilizing familiar thermodynamic principles.

What does a mother do when her teenaged daughter is spinning out of control and nothing is bringing her back? Here is a searingly honest memoir of motherhood and a testament to the power of love and family.When Adair Lara?s daughter Morgan turned thirteen, she was transformed, seemingly overnight, from a sweet, loving child into an angry, secretive teenager who would neither ...

The unfinished sequal to Wieland, in which Brown considers power and manipulation while tracing Carwin's career as a disciple of the utopist Ludloe.

Stoliarov reviews the state of affairs in today's Russia as it strives to become a federal democracy securing the rights and liberties of its citizens, contrasting the two ideas of federalism and dictatorship of power.

Get the most from your iMac with the solutions-oriented details in this unique resource. Fully updated to cover the latest models, software, and operating system - Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, and Mac OS X v10.1, How to Do Everything with Your iMac, Third Edition shows you, step-by-step, how to maximize your iMac's software and bundled applications. Create business presentations and documents, build dynamic Web sites, view pictures, listen to music, edit digital movies, and even run your own network - all with your iMac's built-in tools. Macintosh expert Todd Stauffer provides invaluable tips, tricks, and techniques that will make you a power user in no time!

In today's markets, success no longer depends on communicating the value of products or services. It rests on the crucial ability to create value for customers. Sales forces need to retool current strategies by recognizing the customer's dominant power in today's economy and what that means for those who sell. Capitalizing on research into the practices of cutting edge companies, the authors show how the successful sales force breaks away from traditionalthinking and transforms themselves into complex business processes with multiple sales approaches and selling models that meet the demands of today's sophisticated customers.

This book uses ethnographic analysis to examine the issues surrounding power and empowerment. It presents material drawn from across the world to explore how traditionally disempowered groups gain influence in multicultural settings.

International Relations Theory and the Politics of European Integration focuses on the roles of community, power and security within the European Union, and features contributions from highly respected international scholars.

If you are worried about the way America is being governed and want to reclaim the country you know and love, now is the time to take it back. Governor Howard Dean argues that you have the power not just to defeat George W. Bush in this election but to change the future course of America.

In a near future United States where the subliminal power of television has been boosted to irresistible levels, Dodd Corely is a man increasingly at odds with the world. His live-in girlfriend, Sheila, is addicted to the popular Travels television station, which features twenty-four-hour-a-day viewing of a hypnotically seductive sphere bouncing on an endless, surreal journey through a variety of unspoiled natural environments.