Forest Genetics and Sustainability (FORESTRY SCIENCES Volume 63) (Forestry Sciences)
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    Forest Genetics and Sustainability (FORESTRY SCIENCES Volume 63) (Forestry Sciences)

    Manufacturer: Springer
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    ASIN: 0792360117

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    During the 4th International Consultation on Forest Genetics and Tree Building, held in 1998 in Beijing, China, leading scientists were invited to review past achievements, to redefine the role of forest genetics and breeding in contemporary forestry, and to set priorities for future research and development. On the basis of the invited presentations, the volume summarizes the state of knowledge in various fields, such as the impact of forest management and of changing environmental conditions on genetic resources, and the value of genetic markers as indicators for adaptational potential, as well as the tasks of conservation.
    Detailed reports from the different continents provide a comprehensive diagnosis of the global situation of forest genetics and tree breeding research. The book offers not only an overview of contemporary trends and expected future developments, but also identifies current main problems in funding and cooperation. It may prove therefore useful not only for scientists, university lecturers and advanced students in the field of forestry, ecology and conservation biology, but also for decision makers and managers in companies and conservation organizations.

    Little Ice Ages: Ancient & Modern (Routledge Studies in Physical Geography and Environment, 5)
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      Little Ice Ages: Ancient & Modern (Routledge Studies in Physical Geography and Environment, 5)
      Jean M. Grove
      Manufacturer: Routledge
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      ASIN: 041509948X

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      Since the first edition the The Little Ice Age, was published in 1988, interest in climatic history has grown rapidly and research in the area has flourished. A vast amount of new data has become available from sources such as ice cores, speleothems and tree-rings. The picture that we have of past climates and glacier oscillations has extended further into the past and has become more detailed. However, the knowledge of climate change on the decennial and centennial time-scale, to which glacier history can contribute, is scarce and is in demand for attempting to predict future change, especially with regard to global warming. New chapters and material have been included throughout the book and these tend to confirm and elaborate on earlier conclusions of the first edition.

      The Biblical Flood: Global Warming & Bush's Harvest
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        The Biblical Flood: Global Warming & Bush's Harvest
        William W Morgan
        Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing
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        ASIN: 0977849236
        Release Date: 2007-01-30

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        It is generally agreed by all reputable, mainstream climatologist that Global Warming is real. That there will be rising sea levels and temperature changes ranging from an ice age to desertification of large parts of the planet. With our present societal system based on coercion we have Global Dumbing. The result will be uncontrollable disorder and chaos, preventing us from solving the problems of Global Warming. We can not survive as a viable specie with our present societal system based on coercion. Darwin and Galambos tell us that the only system under which we can first solve Global Dumbing and then Global Warming-and they must be solved in that order-is with total and complete individual freedom. This book describes the problems and how to solve them. To prevent our extinction.
        Glacier Science and Environmental Change
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          Glacier Science and Environmental Change

          Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishing Limited
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          ASIN: 1405100184

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          Glacier Science and Environmental Change is an authoritative and comprehensive reference work on contemporary issues in glaciology. It explores the interface between glacier science and environmental change, in the past, present, and future.Written by the world's foremost authorities in the subject and researchers at the scientific frontier where conventional wisdom of approach comes face to face with unsolved problems, this book provides:state-of-the-art reviews of the key topics in glaciology and related disciplines in environmental changecutting-edge case studies of the latest researchan interdisciplinary synthesis of the issues that draw together the research efforts of glaciologists and scientists from other areas such as geologists, hydrologists, and climatologistscolor-plate section (with selected extra figures provided in color at www.blackwellpublishing.com/knight).The topics in this book have been carefully chosen to reflect current priorities in research, the interdisciplinary nature of the subject, and the developing relationship between glaciology and studies of environmental change.Glacier Science and Environmental Change is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, postgraduate research students, and professional researchers in glaciology, geology, geography, geophysics, climatology, and related disciplines.
          Glaciers & Climate Change
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            Glaciers & Climate Change
            J. Oerlemans
            Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
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            Earth Paleoenvironments: Records preserved in Mid- and Low-Latitude Glaciers (Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research)
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              Earth Paleoenvironments: Records preserved in Mid- and Low-Latitude Glaciers (Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research)

              Manufacturer: Springer
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              ASIN: 1402021453

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              Glaciers provide an unparalleled tool for studying global environmental change. This book is the first of its kind concentrating on the paleoenvironmental record archived in mid- and low-latitude glaciers. By concentrating mainly on the last 500 years of these records, we can now see that laws enacted to protect our environment in Europe and North America are providing positive results. Documenting global mid- and low-latitude paleoenvironmental records in glaciers, this volume forms a timely and essential complement to the wealth of literature on polar and Greenland ice sheet records.


              This text is directed towards undergraduate and graduate university audiences and forms an ideal supplement in courses dealing with climate and global environmental change, glaciology, and natural resources management. It is also suitable in helping teach application of innovative analytical and interpretive methods and would be an excellent example of the rapidly emerging discipline of "Forensic Earth Science".

              Glaciers and Environmental Change (Key Issues in Environmental Change)
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                Glaciers and Environmental Change (Key Issues in Environmental Change)
                Atle Nesje , and Svein Olaf Dahl
                Manufacturer: A Hodder Arnold Publication
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                ASIN: 0340706341

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                This authoritative new text is a comprehensive account of glaciers and ice sheets as monitors and indicators of environmental change. Based on the latest research, this book consolidates a diverse range of data and explains their applications. It assesses methods of using palaeoenvironmental records and examines records of environmental change within glaciers as well as change in past environments left by retreating glaciers. All of these themes are also discussed in the context of contemporary debates.
                Fifty years of McCall Glacier research: from the International Geophysical year 1957-58 to the International Polar Year 2007-08.(InfoNorth): An article from: Arctic
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                  Fifty years of McCall Glacier research: from the International Geophysical year 1957-58 to the International Polar Year 2007-08.(InfoNorth): An article from: Arctic
                  Gunter Weller , Matt Nolan , Gerd Wendler , Carl Benson , Keith Echelmeyer , and Norbert Untersteiner
                  Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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                  ASIN: B000PDZD86
                  Release Date: 2007-04-12

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                  This digital document is an article from Arctic, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 7141 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                  Title: Fifty years of McCall Glacier research: from the International Geophysical year 1957-58 to the International Polar Year 2007-08.(InfoNorth)
                  Author: Gunter Weller
                  Publication: Arctic (Magazine/Journal)
                  Date: March 1, 2007
                  Publisher: Thomson Gale
                  Volume: 60 Issue: 1 Page: 101(10)

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                  Glaciers and Environmental Change
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                    Glaciers and Environmental Change
                    W. H. Theakstone , C. Harris , and Theakstone
                    Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic Publishers
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                    The Ice Chronicles: The Quest to Understand Global Climate Change
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                    The Ice Chronicles: The Quest to Understand Global Climate Change
                    Paul Andrew Mayewski , Frank White , and Lynn Margulis
                    Manufacturer: New Hampshire
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                    An exciting account of revolutionary new discoveries for understanding the earth's climate, and their implications for future scientific research and global environmental policy.

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                    4 out of 5 stars Ice Chronicles Overview.......2007-02-13

                    I liked this book! It is a balance between a personal history of involvement and the scientific results obtained. The book provides an overview of the Greenland ice core/climate project and results obtained that point to long time climate variation, the mechanisms involved, and geologically recent warming. Important chapter references are provided for a scientifically oriented reader who might wish to examine details of the research and findings in more technical papers. After documenting climate change, the author explores human contributions to global warming in relationship to those caused by natural earth-sun systems, and discusses policy choices that we might make in the face of the new evidence about the history of earth's climate.

                    4 out of 5 stars A cool look at the overheated climate controversy.......2003-04-11

                    If you're interested in global warming and climate change, you're probably aware of how politicized the area has become, and how much hot air has been spewed by proponents and opponents of the idea that we humans are changing the climate, perhaps to a dangerous or catastrophic degree. In The Ice Chronicles, climatologist and arctic explorer Paul Mayewski and author Frank White bring cooler heads and cold, hard facts to the controversy.

                    The book, published in the fall of 2002, centers on the findings from the two-mile long ice core that Mayewski's team pulled from the center of the Greenland Ice Cap. This ice core, labeled GISP2, allowed scientists to track a wide range of climate variables in exquisite detail over the past 100,000 years. It produced many important findings that can help clarify the highly politicized climate controversy. The core reveals that Earth's climate is far from steady. Even without any contributions from manmade greenhouse gasses, ozone-depleting chemicals or particulates, regional and global conditions have swung from hot to cold and wet to dry many times, often with dramatic suddenness. Mayewski repeatedly makes the point that the climatologically calm, benign Holocene--the time period during which human civilization appeared and has developed--is a myth. The ten millennia or so since the end of the most recent ice age have been marked by two large global climate shifts, the Little Ice Age and the Medieval Warm Period, and many less drastic but still potent changes. He also presents intriguing evidence that some of these changes contributed to the downfall of several ancient civilizations, including the Mesopotamian Empire around 1200 BC, the Mayan Civilization around 900 AD, and the Norse colonies in Greenland around 1400 AD.

                    My only real criticism of the book is that it may present more of the nitty gritty history and findings of the GISP2 project than most readers want or need. Still, most of this is put into boxes which readers can dive into or skip as they choose.

                    While the research findings and their implications are fascinating, perhaps the most important contribution the authors make is their perspective. The data Mayewksi himself uncovered show that the climate is a complicated and sensitive system, pushed from regime to regime by a variety of natural forces. But Mayewski is equally clear that human activities, most notably the marked and well-documented increases in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses, have joined the party, and must be considered in order to understand current conditions or predict future climate change. And he is clear that unless we take sensible steps to reduce our impacts on the system, we risk not just global warming and whatever changes that would bring, but increased climactic instability and unpredictability. To the authors' credit, they attempt to bring some calm into the climate debates by propounding ten realistic, commonsense principles. The reflect that, "No matter what we do, the climate will change." But they also admonish, "We should strive more for climate predictability than control," and "If we cannot have global control of climate policy, we must at least have global cooperation."

                    The Ice Chronicles is well worth reading, both for the hard-won scientific facts it presents and explains so clearly, and for the constructive, down-to-earth perspective it provides.

                    Robert Adler, author of Science Firsts: From the Creation of Science to the Science of Creation. (John Wiley & Sons, September 2002).

                    1 out of 5 stars yesterday upon the stair............2002-12-20

                    Primarily a history of an impressive project to analyse the layers of snow fall on the Greenland ice cap, the book suffers from lack of focus and from unfortunate efforts at being easily approachable and topical. It is strongest at revealing the influence of variation in earth's orbit on local Greenland (and nearby North American) climate, but even here the information is presented hurriedly and one comes away knowing little more of the various climaticaly significant orbital changes the data reveals.

                    At it's weakest point however, there is a sad attempt to relate the ice core data to global warming. This could be parodied as "there is no evidence of recent dramatic global warming in the ice core data, therefore global warming exists." To be kinder, the author feels "since I know global warming exists from other sources, the lack of data supporting global warming in my ice cores means this must be an entirely new sort of warming." There clearly is an easier explanation.
                    The Patagonian Icefields: A Unique Natural Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies
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                      The Patagonian Icefields: A Unique Natural Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies

                      Manufacturer: Springer
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                      ASIN: 0306467895

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                      This book presents a collection of 17 papers by authors from eight different countries from diverse fields dealing with multi disciplinary research on the Patagonian Icefields. The main emphasis is glaciology, climatology and paleoclimatology, with contributions in glacier ecology, microbiology and aerosols. The volume is the proceedings of a meeting held on board a Chilean Navy ship, which sailed along the fjords, where the participants had the opportunity of actually setting foot on the Southern Patagonia Icefield.

                      The volume presents an updated review of glacier and climate-related research of the Patagonian icefields, and will become necessary reading for anyone interested in the Patagonian glaciers and the surrounding environment.

                      Time-Varying Image Processing and Moving Object Recognition, 4
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                        Time-Varying Image Processing and Moving Object Recognition, 4

                        Manufacturer: Elsevier Science
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                        New digital image processing and recognition methods, implementation techniques and advanced applications (television, remote sensing, biomedicine, traffic, inspection, robotics, etc.) are presented in this volume. Novel approaches (i.e. digital filters, source coding, neural networks etc.) for solving 2-D and 3-D problems are described. Many papers focus on the motion estimation and tracking recognition of moving objects. The increasingly important field of Cultural Heritage is also covered. Some papers are more theoretical or of review nature, while others contain new implementations and applications. Generally the book presents - for the above outlined area - the state of the art (theory, implementation, applications) with future trends.

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                        sMothering
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                        A smart, fast, funny take on mother-daughter relationships, boyfriend-girlfriend disasters, and the career-girl blues.Meet Claire McLeod, a twenty-something American girl living in Portland, Oregon. Claire's got big problems: her mother's a tyrant, her sister's a lesbian, and her father's in Omaha.Claire's peaceful, if dull, existence is shattered when her mother arrives in Portland for an unexpected--and unwelcome--visit. Armed with a sharp tongue, a critical eye, and enough Weekender Wear to make anyone nervous, Mom has mysteriously left Dad at home in the Midwest. It's not enough that Claire's job as a telephone survey-taker is excruciatingly irritating and her boyfriend has dumped her. No, now, embarrassed by her dead-end job and flatlining love life, she must also bear the weight of Mom's critical eagle eye while trying to close the rift between her mother and her sister, solve the riddle of her missing father, climb a shaky corporate ladder, stalk a cute coworker, reinvent herself, and maybe--just maybe--find a little happiness.By turns tender and insightful--but always hilariously funny-sMothering is a novel you can't put down.

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                        4 out of 5 stars Great Read!.......2007-07-15

                        This book is so funny and a quick read. I couldn't put it down! Highly recomended!!!

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                        Several others have provided you with great summaries of this story, so I'll keep it short and just say that I was pleased with this book and especially enjoyed how the author mentioned places in and around Portland that I am familiar with. She seems to have done her geography homework! The story is based on relationships between the family members, friends and love interests of Claire. There are a couple of small twists that I didn't see coming. Overall, it was a fun read that I enjoyed. Several times I laughed out loud while reading. I do recommend that you read this book! I will be checking out more by this author in the future...

                        4 out of 5 stars Too good to pass up!!!.......2005-01-31

                        I'm surprised I hadn't heard much about this book before. I had always seen it at my local library and the pink cover and picture with a girl snarling out the window at her mother was too difficult to avoid---it's obvious that most of us will be able to identify with this character!

                        Claire's mom comes to visit out of nowhere and decides to stay, uninvited, on her couch. Claire is less than thrilled because her life is a mess already: She recently had been broken up with by the *perfect* man, she hates her job, she has no friends to speak of, and she and her mom clearly have issues. Her mother nitpicks incessantly, leaves personal and highly private notes with Claire's secretary, and still can't accept the fact that her other daughter Stephanie, is a lesbian, even though everyone else has.

                        Can she survive a week or two with this woman staying on her couch without strangling her?

                        Wendy French's quick wit and fun dialogue made me want to read more! It was a fun read with realistic characters that you will remember!

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                        5 out of 5 stars I **loved** this book!.......2005-01-20

                        This book is full of laughs from the first page until you read the last sentence. Others have posted good reviews about the plot, characters, yadayadayada....so I won't duplicate what has already been said.

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                        Amor que Asfixia (Smothering Love)
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                        Amor que Asfixia (Smothering Love)
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                        5 out of 5 stars I AM STILL HURT BY THE SMOTHERING.......2003-05-06

                        LOVE OF MY MOTHER...
                        I DON'T LOVE HER
                        AND I AM READING THIS FINE BOOK IN ORDER TO AVOID THE SAME MISTAKE SHE MADE AND TO BE ASSURED THAT MY CHILD WILL BE FREE AND LOVE HIS MOM !
                        Be my guest ! FACE IT,MY GIRL !

                        5 out of 5 stars Aquella hermosa frase que dice "Si los amas, DEJALOS IR!".......2003-04-30

                        es sapientísima...pero es más facil hablar que actuar...Y lo común es que el amor nos haga aferrarnos a los hijos.
                        Y DESDE PEQUEÑOS TENEMOS QUE APRENDER A "DEJARLOS IR " a respetar sus pequeñas decisiones conforme las van tomando cada vez más y más...
                        Esta obra, GENIAL , no enseña el camino, el de LA LIBERTAD QUE NUESTROS HIJOS ADQUIRIERON EN EL MOMENTO DE NACER... y que, sin querer, les coartamos tantas veces "por amor "

                        5 out of 5 stars MI MADRE MURIO HACE DIEZ AÃ`OS..........2003-04-21

                        Y TODAVIA NO LOGRO LIBERARME DE SU DOPMINANTE ASFIXIA...
                        Cuando te "posee " alguien que disfraza a la prepotencia de "amor ", estás perdido, amigo!
                        Es la hora en que tomar una decisión es un calvario!
                        Ella las tomaba todas, sutilmente, con "una opinión "
                        Me adoraba, si, pero yo no la quiero porque nunca me hizo libre y luchar por lograrlo es una batalla sangrienta !
                        Lee este libro a tiempo, mujer... y evítale a tus hijos un futuro de dolor y de resentimiento en tu contra !

                        5 out of 5 stars EN CIERTA MANERA, ME APENA CONFESAR.......2003-04-14

                        que mi madre me quiso tanto...y de manera tan enferma, QUE ME DESTROZO LA VIDA Y SOLO ME SENTI LIBRE CUANDO SE FUE A VIVIR A ITALIA !
                        Me asfixiaba materialmente con su intervención en mi vida,...desde que tengo recuerdo, siento que una mano me aprieta la muñeca!
                        Lo confieso por los niños chicos, porque las madres ni siquiera se dan cuenta de que no nos dejan vivir, ni volar,de que no aceptan ni nuestras decisiones ni nuestros puntos de vista:
                        Con toda la "suavidad " del mundo, mamá me obligo a estudiar una carrera que yo no queria y destruyo ( yo tambien tengo la culpa por haberla escuchado..pero asi me formo)
                        Yo ruego a las madres que lean este libro...EVITARÁ DAÑOS MAYORES COMO UN HIJO DEBIL QUE LAS RECRIMINE EL RESTO DE SU VIDA !

                        5 out of 5 stars DE NADA SIRVE HACERNOS LAS SORDAS !.......2003-04-14

                        TODAS LAS MADRES TENDEMOS INCONSCIENTEMENTE AL AMOR ASFIXIANTE.
                        se valiente por amor a tus hijos, amiga
                        lee este libro y autocalificate...
                        no lo va a saber nadie...yo lo hice y el BENEFICIO HA SIDO PARA MIS HIJOS Y PARA MI RELACION DE PAREJA !
                        Smothering
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                          Smothering
                          Wendy French
                          Manufacturer: ST MARTINS PRESS *
                          ProductGroup: Book
                          Binding: Hardcover
                          ASIN: B000SHVYBY
                          Smothering The Soul
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                            Smothering The Soul
                            Leilani K. Heno
                            Manufacturer: X-Trainers
                            ProductGroup: Book
                            Binding: Paperback

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                            In Smothering The Soul, Leilani shares the secret behind her 85-pound weight-loss. The book stresses the Mind/Body/Spirit connection, and explanins the missing element in fad diets and quick-fix weight loss formulas. Smothering The Soul was written to motivate clients to reach any weight-loss goal; therefore, it promisses to be the last weight-loss book you will ever need.
                            Technical report - U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station
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                              Technical report - U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station
                              Robert J Reimold
                              Manufacturer: Available from National Technical Information Service
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Unknown Binding
                              ASIN: B0006WZCE6
                              Controversy heats up as rate of bed sharing continues to rise. (Opponents Cite Risk of SIDS, Smothering).: An article from: Pediatric News
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                                Controversy heats up as rate of bed sharing continues to rise. (Opponents Cite Risk of SIDS, Smothering).: An article from: Pediatric News
                                Steve Perlstein
                                Manufacturer: International Medical News Group
                                ProductGroup: Book
                                Binding: Digital
                                ASIN: B0008D9KQ4
                                Release Date: 2005-07-31

                                Book Description

                                This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by International Medical News Group on February 1, 2003. The length of the article is 805 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

                                Citation Details
                                Title: Controversy heats up as rate of bed sharing continues to rise. (Opponents Cite Risk of SIDS, Smothering).
                                Author: Steve Perlstein
                                Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
                                Date: February 1, 2003
                                Publisher: International Medical News Group
                                Volume: 37 Issue: 2 Page: 31(1)

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                                Heinz pours on profit, smothering its critics. (H.J. Heinz Co.)(includes related article): An article from: Food Processing
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                                  Heinz pours on profit, smothering its critics. (H.J. Heinz Co.)(includes related article): An article from: Food Processing
                                  Jack Neff
                                  Manufacturer: Putman Media, Inc.
                                  ProductGroup: Book
                                  Binding: Digital

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                                  ASIN: B00096KGNQ
                                  Release Date: 2005-07-28

                                  Book Description

                                  This digital document is an article from Food Processing, published by Putman Media, Inc. on May 1, 1996. The length of the article is 1963 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

                                  From the supplier: H.J. Heinz Co. is expected to earn $9 billion for FY 1996 and $10 billion for FY 1997. The company, which was hounded by serious financial problems, managed to make a successful turnaround by integrating its acquisitions in a cost-effective and earnings-positive way. Across-the-board cost cutting and volume growth also helped H.J. Heinz Co. to recover its losses and compete in emerging international markets.

                                  Citation Details
                                  Title: Heinz pours on profit, smothering its critics. (H.J. Heinz Co.)(includes related article)
                                  Author: Jack Neff
                                  Publication: Food Processing (Magazine/Journal)
                                  Date: May 1, 1996
                                  Publisher: Putman Media, Inc.
                                  Volume: v57 Issue: n5 Page: p27(2)

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                                  Senators, NRLC Assail Senate Democratic Leadership for Smothering Bill to Ban Partial-Birth Abortion.(National Right to Life Committee): An article from: National Right to Life News
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                                    Senators, NRLC Assail Senate Democratic Leadership for Smothering Bill to Ban Partial-Birth Abortion.(National Right to Life Committee): An article from: National Right to Life News

                                    Manufacturer: National Right to Life Committee, Inc.
                                    ProductGroup: Book
                                    Binding: Digital

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                                    ASIN: B0008FOK9O
                                    Release Date: 2005-07-30

                                    Book Description

                                    This digital document is an article from National Right to Life News, published by National Right to Life Committee, Inc. on October 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1022 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

                                    Citation Details
                                    Title: Senators, NRLC Assail Senate Democratic Leadership for Smothering Bill to Ban Partial-Birth Abortion.(National Right to Life Committee)
                                    Publication: National Right to Life News (Magazine/Journal)
                                    Date: October 1, 2002
                                    Publisher: National Right to Life Committee, Inc.
                                    Volume: 29 Issue: 10 Page: 8

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                                    Smothering the flames: fireproof blanket offers new alternative to extinguishing household fires.(Brief Article): An article from: Nonwovens Industry
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                                      Smothering the flames: fireproof blanket offers new alternative to extinguishing household fires.(Brief Article): An article from: Nonwovens Industry
                                      Eileen Wubbe
                                      Manufacturer: Rodman Publications, Inc.
                                      ProductGroup: Book
                                      Binding: Digital
                                      ASIN: B0008ETXGU
                                      Release Date: 2005-07-30

                                      Book Description

                                      This digital document is an article from Nonwovens Industry, published by Rodman Publications, Inc. on June 1, 2002. The length of the article is 422 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

                                      Citation Details
                                      Title: Smothering the flames: fireproof blanket offers new alternative to extinguishing household fires.(Brief Article)
                                      Author: Eileen Wubbe
                                      Publication: Nonwovens Industry (Magazine/Journal)
                                      Date: June 1, 2002
                                      Publisher: Rodman Publications, Inc.
                                      Volume: 33 Issue: 6 Page: 80(1)

                                      Article Type: Brief Article

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                                      The love feast of competitors: Smothering trade feuds with association fellowship
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                                        The love feast of competitors: Smothering trade feuds with association fellowship
                                        Forrest Crissey
                                        Manufacturer: Association Bureau
                                        ProductGroup: Book
                                        Binding: Unknown Binding

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                                        ASIN: B0008C51A4

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