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Responsible Management of Information Systems

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stahl, Bernd Carsten, PUBLISHER: IGI Global, Responsible Management of Information Systems discusses the question how can information systems be used and managed in a responsible manner. It does so by first defining the central concepts of information systems as the business use of information technology and the underlying concepts of ethics and morality. The term responsibility is introduced as a mediation of ethics and morality and a promising approach to normative questions. After demonstrating that the traditional notion of responsibility runs into many problems when applied to information systems the book develops a new, a reflective theory of responsibility. This theory that emphasizes the central characteristics of responsibility, namely openness, consequentialism, and teleology, is then applied to normative problems in information systems. It is shown that with the use of this theory the central moral and legal problems of information systems such as privacy or intellectual property can be successfully addressed.

Shane macgowan and the popes - the snake

Titolo [The Snake] Artista/i [Shane MacGowan And The Popes] Traccie [1 The Church Of The Holy Spook 2 That Woman's Got Me Drinking 3 The Song With No Name 4 Aisling 5 I'll Be Your Handbag 6 Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway 7 A Mexican Funeral In Pari (cod. I_)

More Hot Links: Linking Literature with the Middle School

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wright, Cora M., PUBLISHER: Libraries Unlimited, This companion to the popular Hot Links by the same author provides informative annotations for an additional 300+ fiction and nonfiction books--contemporary and classic--that support and enhance the middle school curriculum. The selected titles represent top-quality literature that ties into all areas of the curriculum. The books were chosen for the quality of writing, interest level, appropriateness of illustrations, and current availability. Additionally, the book includes a chapter highlighting the best of newly published literature and a chapter featuring titles that are presented in a unique and creative manner. A "Literature Links" section in the back of the book offers an easy-to-read chart that tells you exactly in which curricular areas a book can be used. Grades 5-9.

I Love You, Stinky Face

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCourt, Lisa / Moore, Cyd, PUBLISHER: Cartwheel Books, A vividly illustrated bedtime story that shows how the unconditional love of a mother can be tested through the relentless questions of her little boy. "But Mama, but Mama, what if I were a super smelly skunk, and I smelled so bad that my name was Stinky Face?" Mothers love their children and this unconditional love is truly tested in I LOVE YOU, STINKY FACE. Lisa McCourt and Cyd Moore beautifully weave a reassuring tale of the love and affection of a parent. The imaginative son turns himself into a meat-eating dinosaur, a swamp creature and much, much more before being satisfied with the fact that no matter how stinky he is or how slimy of a creature he could possibly be, he is loved and nothing will change that.

Working God's Plan

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Law, Prophetess Linda D., PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, God has a plan for every Christian believer. Every believer has special talents and powerful gifts that God is excited about unleashing. These gifts and talents are a part of the plan that God has established for us. We all need to be willing to work the plan that He has for each of our lives. Yes, there is a plan for you, my friend, and this writing is designed to help you to better understand Godas plan for your life. In todayas religious society of prophetic words and revelations, we are constantly prophesying and speaking the promises that God has spoken through us for other individuals. However, it seems that no one is aware of the aprocessa, or even willing to be aprocesseda for the promise. I desire that you follow Godas plan for your life. I desire that you enter into your place of rest, peace, joy and prosperity. There is a place such as this, and, beloved friends, itas anticipating your entrance.

That branch of the Lake of Como by GF Scotti and A. Benini,

That branch of the Lake of Como. Lecco and its coast in the descriptions by artists and travellers between sixteenth and twentieth century by Gianfranco Scotti and Aroldo Benini, translation in English by A.M. Guerrero Raule, Viennepierre . (The same title can be purchased in French or German) [Il titolo è disponibile anche in francese o in tedesco]

The Turning Tide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Baldwin, Bill, PUBLISHER: Booklocker.com, The best-selling Helmsman Saga continues about former-Admiral Wilf Brim. As the Second Great War rages, Emperor Onrad recognizes military missions unique to Brim's abilities that can be done, as well, by a civilian. Soon, Brim finds himself in the thick of it again-faced by circumstances so bizarre and dangerous he must rely solely on his most basic instincts for mere survival. Will this be the end of the Helmsman and his saga? Read on...

Firefly Key Chain/Pendant Leaf On The Wind 5 cm

You can be a leaf on the wind, too, with this elegant key chain that can also be worn as a pendant from QMx.Measuring 1,6 cm from reactor to bridge, the world's tiniest Firefly is cast in pewter-finish metal and sits atop a bronze-finish metal leaf, itself measuring just under 5 cm.The Leaf on the Wind pendant comes attached to a heavy-duty bronze-finish key chain, which can be removed with needle-nose pliers.A black cord necklace (included) can be used to wear the pendant ' or you can use your own necklace, if you prefer.

Sleeping with the Entity

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Devon, Cat, PUBLISHER: Griffin Publishing, Sleeping with the Entity Cat Devon Meet Daniella Delaney. She's all ready to open her shop, Heavenly Cupcakes, in one of Chicago's sleepier districts. But she's having a hard time convincing the local business association--namely Nick St. George--that she's a good addition to the neighborhood. Daniella hopes that her famous red velvet cupcakes will be enough to melt any man's heart. But Nick is no ordinary man. "He's got fangs." As leader of the Vamptown clan, Nick has no intention of letting Daniella breathe new life into his old haunts. But something about her leaves Nick hungry..."for more. "He can't control her mind like other humans, a trait that makes Daniella irresistible. Could it be that, for the first time in centuries, Nick has met his match? Love is always a force to be reckoned with. But can this vampire have his cake and eat it too?

Bloom's Discovery

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yu, Amy, PUBLISHER: Viz Media, Reads L to R (Western Style) Meet the Winx Club, a group of beautiful fairies who fight evil using their unique magical powers As they battle scary monsters and trouble-making witches, the girls become stronger fairies and closer friends. Before Bloom became the leader of the Winx Club, she was living a normal teenager's life. All that changed one day when she discovered that she's actually a fairy Now Bloom's life is anything but ordinary as she uses her magic to fight wicked villains

Sheathing the Sword: The U.N. Secretary-General and the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Boudreau, Tom / Boudreau, Thomas E., PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press, The role of the Secretary-General, as mandated in the Charter of the United Nations, is to enhance the capacity of the United Nations to maintain peace through the prevention and resolution of international conflict. Based on an in-depth understanding of both the pertinent articles of the Charter and the international reach of the Secretary-General's position, this volume examines and evaluates the diplomatic resources currently available to the Secretary-General in the area of crisis prevention, and recommends measures intended to further define the office's responsibilities and strengthen its preventive powers. An outline of the legal and political structure of the Secretary-General's authority, followed by a review of each of the five Secretaries-General's efforts with respect to the avoidance of international conflict from to presents information which demonstrates the need for improved preventive resources. Reforms instituted by Perez de Cuellar from to are applauded and examined in detail, as the study then turns its attention to the present status of the Secretary-General's position. Convinced that the prevention of international conflict will be well-served by increasing the office's direct involvement, Thomas E. Boudreau proposes a global system of conflict identification that will enable the Secretary-General position to fulfill its intended role. A select bibliography, general subject index, and appendixes which include relevant reference materials complete the work.

Beyond Lament: Poets of the World Bearing Witness to the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Striar, Marguerite M., PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press, Challenging Theodor Adorno's famous statement that "writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric", Beyond Lament is a rich and varied anthology consisting of new and previously published poems about the atrocity of the Holocaust. While writing poetry about the Holocaust may be considered by some to be a futile attempt to express the inexpressible, for many the need to give voice to the anger and despair of the Holocaust is as essential as the need to come to grips with its unspeakable horror. Editor Marguerite M. Striar has arranged the nearly 300 poems in this volume to tell the story beginning with the early premonitions of Nazi evil in , through the course of the unthinkable violence that ended in with Hitler's demise, to the flourishing of concern for human rights in the aftermath of the Holocaust. These works -- by well-known poets such as Paul Celan, Nelly Sachs, Czeslaw Milosz, Dannie Abse, and Robert Pinsky, as well as by many lesser-known or unknown poets -- show how poetry makes history memorable, confirm the resilience of the human spirit, and prove that even in the face of great suffering, the flame of creation will not be extinguished.

The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Saylor, Michael, PUBLISHER: Vanguard Press, In "The Fifth Wave," Michael Saylor argues that mobile intelligence is the fifth great computer wave and that the implications of the mobile devices we carry are just beginning to evolve. But mobile intelligence will be far more transformational than any other of the four computing waves that preceded it--mainframe, mini, PC, and PC with Internet--and it will create tremendous disruption for those who fail to grasp its significance and tremendous opportunities for those who do. Soon, it will be cheaper to learn to read with a tablet than paper, which means every literate person on the planet will have a mobile device from a younger age and will carry it with them everywhere their entire lives. Over five billion people will always be on the network. Mobile will turn retail into theater, make a Harvard-level education accessible to everyone, and bring the global information flow to the most backward village in Africa, leaving us amid so much information we'll need a new Google to search our surroundings. "The Fifth Wave" will distill a variety of changes in the global marketplace that we can all see and feel into a coherent framework for understanding the future that is about to unfold.

The Myth of Human Races

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Corcos, Alain F., PUBLISHER: Michigan State University Press, The idea that human races exist is a socially constructed myth that has no grounding in science. Regardless of skin, hair, or eye color, stature or physiognomy, we are all of one species. Nonetheless, scientists, social scientists, and pseudo-scientists have, for three centuries, tried vainly to prove that distinctive and separate "races" of humanity exist. These protagonists of race theory have based their flawed research on one or more of five specious assumptions: humanity can be classified into groups using identifiable physical characteristics human characteristics are transmitted "through the blood," distinct human physical characteristics are inherited together, physical features can be linked to human behavior, human groups or "races" are by their very nature unequal and, therefore, they can be ranked in order of intellectual, moral, and cultural superiority. The Myth of Human Races systematically dispels these fallacies and unravels the web of flawed research that has been woven to demonstrate the superiority of one group of people over another.

Looking for Oliver

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hancock, Marianne, PUBLISHER: Ulverscroft Large Print, While clearing through her late mother's bedroom, Emma finds a thirty-year-old newspaper clipping that her mother had kept, announcing the arrival of a new baby boy. Realizing that the baby must be the son she gave up for adoption, Emma finds herself vividly recalling the stigma of her schoolgirl pregnancy and the pain of her separation from the baby. She becomes transfixed by this link to her first-born, and sets out to search for Oliver, her adopted son -- despite the fact that she now has a husband and two teenage children, who know nothing of her past...

Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Manes, Stephen / Huffman, Tom, PUBLISHER: Yearling Books, One day at the library, a book falls off the top shelf and hits Milo on the head. It's called Be a Perfect in Just Three Days The book's author, Dr. K. Pinkerton Silverfish, doesn't look too perfect himself, In the picture on the back cover he's wearing a clown nose, and mustard is dripping down his chin. Milo figures the boor is worth a try anyway. Perfect is obviously the perfect thing to be But who's ever heard of wearing a stalk of broccoli around your neck for twenty-four hours? And that's only the first day....

How Are You Peeling?: Food with Moods

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Freymann, Saxton / Elffers, Joost, PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Let Scholastic Bookshelf be your guide through the whole range of your child's experiences-laugh with them, learn with them, read with them Eight classic, best-selling titles are available now Category: Feelings "Amused? Confused? Frustrated? Surprised? Try these feelings on for size." This is a book that asks all the right questions. And leaves you feeling great no matter what the answers are "Who'd have dreamed that produce could be so expressive, so charming, so lively and so funny?...Freymann and...Elffers have created sweet and feisty little beings with feelings, passions, fears and an emotional range that is, well, organic."-The New York Times Book Review

The Science Question in Feminism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harding, Sandra, PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press, Can science, steeped in Western, masculine, bourgeois endeavors, nevertheless be used for emancipatory ends? In this major contribution to the debate over the role gender plays in the scientific enterprise, Sandra Harding pursues that question, challenging the intellectual and social foundations of scientific thought.Harding provides the first comprehensive and critical survey of the feminist science critiques, and examines inquiries into the androcentricism that has endured since the birth of modern science. Harding critiques three epistemological approaches: feminist empiricism, which identifies only bad science as the problem; the feminist standpoint, which holds that women's social experience provides a unique starting point for discovering masculine bias in science; and feminist postmodernism, which disputes the most basic scientific assumptions. She points out the tensions among these stances and the inadequate concepts that inform their analyses, yet maintains that the critical discourse they foster is vital to the quest for a science informed by emancipatory morals and politics. Acquista Ora

El Flamingo Felipe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Conway, Jill Ker / Millis, Lokken, PUBLISHER: Fulcrum Group, "A lovely story that children are sure to identify with and that parents will be cajoled into rereading endlessly."--Norton Juster, author of The Phantom Tollbooth Written by New York Times best-selling author Jill Ker Conway, this beautifully illustrated tale about friendship and self-acceptance will be cherished by readers of all ages.

Autobiography of a Face

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grealy, Lucy / Patchett, Ann, PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial, ""I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my life. The fact that I had cancer seemed minor in comparison."" At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. Vividly portraying the pain of peer rejection and the guilty pleasures of wanting to be special, Grealy captures with unique insight what it is like as a child and young adult to be torn between two warring impulses: to feel that more than anything else we want to be loved for who we are, while wishing desperately and secretly to be perfect.

Journey to Hell

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bunyan, John, PUBLISHER: Whitaker House, John Bunyan portrays one man's lifelong journey to hell and what we can do to avoid the same fate. In this fascinating allegory, the wickedness, depravity, and carnality in the life and death of Mr. Badman are contrasted with biblical standards of living and the path that leads to heaven. On the Day of Judgment, will you inherit the kingdom that has been prepared for you? You can live a successful life now and be ready to enter the eternal City of God.

Mystery Library: Extinction of the Dinosaurs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nardo, Don, PUBLISHER: Lucent Books, What killed the dinosaurs? Since their discovery in the early nineteenth century, the extinction of these fascinating beasts that ruled the earth for some 160 million years has baffled modern researchers. This up-to-date, well-documented study examines the major theories that were proposed and then discarded until the recent discovery of intriguing evidence suggesting that the impact of an extraterrestrial object exterminated the dinosaurs.

Reflections on the Psalms

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lewis, C. S., PUBLISHER: Mariner Books, Lewis writes here about the difficulties he has met or the joys he has gained in reading the Psalms. He points out that the Psalms are poems, intended to be sung, not doctrinal treatises or sermons. Proceeding with his characteristic grace, he guides readers through both the form and the meaning of these beloved passages in the Bible.

Sledding

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: DAvid Martin, -- funny stories -- pictures that make words easy to guess -- eight-page stories that can be finished in one sitting, ensuring a satisfying reading experience -- notes for parents and teachers to help them guide beginning readers Brand New Readers are the most effective way to make reading a success -- the very first time.

Union in Peril: The Crisis Over British Intervention in the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jones, Howard, PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press, Jones studies the crisis in Anglo-American relations during the Civil War and its impact on the South's attempt to win foreign support during the crucial years of and . He argues that the central issue was the possibility that Britain would grant diplomatic recognition to the Confederacy, a move that would have legitimized secession and undermined the Constitution.

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