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Private bill - A private bill is the term used for legislation that originates from a particular member of a legislature or parliament or from a member of the public. Private bills developed in the United Kingdom as a means of obtaining redress from a specific wrong or obtaining a benefit that was not otherwise available through statute or the common law.
Roman Agrarian History and its Significance for Public and Private Law (book) - Roman Agrarian History and its Significance for Public and Private Law (in German: Die Römische Agrargeschichte in ihrer Bedeutung für das Staats- und Privatrecht) is a book written by Maximilian Weber, a German economist and sociologist in 1891. Note that the original edition was in German and the title ...
Public-private partnership - Public-private partnership (PPP) is a system in which a government service or private business venture is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. These schemes are sometimes referred to as PPP or P3.
Private Issue of Public Equity (PIPE) - A PIPE means selling publicly quoted shares to one or more private investors, rather than to the public through an offering registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. PIPE transactions are typically undertaken by smaller public companies.
Grant's Dissector : Since 1940, when Dr. J.C. Boileau Grant created the first lab manual based on Grant's method of dissection, Grant's Dissector has clearly established its authority and preeminence as the "gold standard" of gross anatomy dissection manuals. In the last edition, the material was streamlined to focus on more accurate, specific and clear steps, based on market conditions and feedback. This edition continues to focus on the trend of reduced lab hours yet maintains the quality and reliability of Grant's original manual. Grant's Dissector, Fourteenth Edition features over 40 new figures to provide consistent appearance and include additional details, and is cross-referenced to the leading anatomy atlases, including Grant's, Netter's, Rohen, and Clemente. "Doody's Core Titles(TM) 2009.
Annulment: Your Chance to Remarry Within the Catholic Church by Joseph P. Zwack, ISBN 006250990X : Here is the only book that explains fully in lay terms the grounds and procedures by which Roman Catholics who have undergone civil divorces can also have their former marriages annulled by the Church. In the last decade alone, annulements in the United States have increased from 350 to over 30,000. At present, there are an estimated eight million divorced American Catholics, banned from full participation in the Church if the remarry without obtaining an annulment. "Many of these people could obtain annulments -- yet, until the publication of "Annulment, the lack of proper information and guidance has discouraged the majority of them.This book makes available the rights of divorce Catholics under the Revised Code of Canon Law, which is now in effect. In everyday language, this authoritative handbook takes readers step by step through the process, defines the laws as they now exist, sorts through misconceptions and fears surrounding annulment procedures, dicusses the meaning and rationale behind the rules, lays out all the grounds (including the new psychological grounds), examines all facto...
How to Become a Power Agent in Real Estate: A Top Industry Trainer Explains How to Double Your Income in 12 Months by Darryl Davis, ISBN 0071385207 : In just twelve months you can double your income and make your career in real estate more productive, more satisfying and more rewarding in every way. With the lessons you learn in "How to Become a Power Agent in Real Estate you will increase your listings, watch your sales figures soar, and double your income--and you won't be working harder, just smarter. Based on author Darryl Davis's successful POWER Program, this battle-tested, agent-proven guide supplies all of the commanding sales techniques and practical management tips you need to become a top producing agent. The POWER Program has already helped thousands of new and experienced real estate agents and brokers close more sales and significantly increase their incomes. You'll learn twenty potent time-management techniques for working with clients and getting the most out of every day. You'll also discover six key concepts of prospecting, how to conduct a successful listing presentation, and the ten commandments of objection handling. Savvy insiders' tips show you how to market your listings and show properties, present offers to your ...
Cary Grant Collection (Full Frame, Widescreen) : "Cary Grant Collection" includes: "Indiscreet" - Romance is in the air when a dashing diplomat (Cary Grant) is introduced to a beautiful and famous actress (Ingrid Bergman). The fact that he's married doesn't stop the lovestruck pair from falling into a passionate affair. But it turns out that the actress isn't the only one with a talent for role-playing - her married lover is actually a single playboy with no intentions of settling down. When his secret is revealed, she decides to give her Romeo a taste of his own medicine - and discovers it's just what the love doctor ordered. "Operation Petticoat" - Cary Grant and Tony Curtis ship out for laughs and adventure in one of the most hilarious comedies to ever hit the high seas. Commander Matt Sherman (Grant) has his toughest assignment yet - to put a broken sardine can of a submarine back into action. Enter supply officer Nick Holden (Curtis), a master scavenger with the (illegal) means to get the Sea Tiger purring or at least afloat. But after the rescue of five stranded (and beautiful) nurses, the grey, battle-scarred sub has suddenly transf...
Drawing and Designing with Confidence: A Step-By-Step Guide by Mike W. Lin, ISBN 0471283908 : The highly successful " Loose with Graphics" course— now available in book form for the first time! Mike Lin, ASLA Drawing and Designing with Confidence A Step-By-Step Guide Now, at a fraction of the cost of attending one of Mike Lin’ s enormously popular graphic workshops, you can learn his uniquely successful drawing and designing techniques. In a short time, you will find your rendering and designing skills greatly improved, as you work quickly, confidently and effectively using Lin’ s well-known " 45 Principles of Good Graphics" and " Six Design Approaches." The book covers all aspects of design, graphic principles, media, types of drawings, lettering, entourage, sketching and perspective drawing techniques, and contains a wealth of rapidly absorbed information on: achieving a relaxed approach to drawing that uncovers your buried artistic skillsthe 45 fundamentals of good graphics, with common mistakes to avoidusing 47 rendering techniques and types to their full advantagedeveloping skills in pencil and marker letteringenhancing entourage techniques in people, vegetation, cars and furnit...
Public Health Leadership: Putting Principles Into Practice : As the first book dedicated to the investigation of leadership in the public health arena, this ground-breaking text will play an important role in training a new generation of leaders -- your students -- who will strengthen the field of public health. "Public Health Leadership: Putting Principles Into Practice goes beyond a description of what leadership is to serve as a "how-to" guide for successful future public health leaders. Professors will find case studies in each section, illustrating the practical applications of the principles discussed, always in the public health context. Leadership exercises and discussion questions encourage student participation.
4 Film Favorites: Hugh Grant Collection - Music And Lyrics / Two Weeks Notice / Mickey Blue Eyes / An Awfully Big Adventure (2 Disc) (Widescreen) : "Music And Lyrics" - First you're hot, then you're not...and then you're Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant). So when the sizzlingest tween-queen on the charts asks the has-been '80s pop sensation to write her a song, he grabs for another chance at stardom. Problem: Alex can say it with music, but he sure can't say it with words. Enter Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore), his beguiling if quirky plant lady, who has a green thumb for lyrics. Together, they go after songwriting success - and discover that if you want to write the perfect love song, it helps to fall in love. With Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore at the keyboard and Marc Lawrence ("Two Weeks Notice") directing, "Music and Lyrics" is a witty, wacky romantic comedy that faces the music...and laughs! "Two Weeks Notice" - Opposites don't just attract - they hilariously banter, fuss, feud and collide when Sandra Bullock plays an activist lawyer and Hugh Grant is the eccentric tycoon who hires her in this romantic-comedy romp from the writer of "Miss Congeniality". "Mickey Blue Eyes" - An art-house auctioneer (Hugh Grant) finds himself getting in deep...
The Groom's Instruction Manual: How to Survive and Possibly Even Enjoy the Most Bewildering Ceremony Known to Man : For decades, bookstore childcare sections were dominated by books for women that is, until Quirk's "Baby Owner's Manual" offered a fun and refreshing alternative for male readers. Now we're crashing the wedding section with "The Groom's Instruction Manual," an irreverent guide to everything guys need to know about: Getting Engaged (popping the question, finding a ring) Wedding Planning (choosing a location, drafting a guest list) The Big Day (rehearsal dinners, toasts, what to do if you start crying) Post-Wedding (honeymooning, thank-you notes, newlywedding) And much more Illustrated in the award-winning visual style that has made our Owner's Manual series a smash success, "The Groom's Instruction Manual" is the perfect shower gift for (engaged) men of all ages.
Saving Private Ryan (Widescreen, Limited Edition, Special Edition) : Internationally acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is an unforgettable film achievement that has profound and lasting impact throughout the world. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Director, the film also captured Oscars for Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound and Sound Effects Editing. More than 70 critics (including those at Time Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly) and critics' groups in New York, Chicago, Dallas-Ft. Worth and Great Britain named the film Best Picture of the Year, while the Los Angeles, Toronto and Broadcast Film Critics honored it with both Best Picture and Best Director awards. In addition, Spielberg received his third Directors Guild of America Award, the American Legion ?The Spirit of Normandy? Award, a USO Merit Award from the USO of Metropolitan Washington, as well as the highest civilian public service award from the Department of the Army. Selected for more than 60 Top Ten lists, Saving Private Ryan's other honors include Golden Globes for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director, ...
5 Keys To Mastery - Opening Doors To Lifelong Success (Widescreen) : What makes a Grammy-winning musician, an Olympic gold medalist, a Nobel Prize winner, a successful entrepreneur? Best-selling author George Leonard ("Mastery", "The Ultimate Athlete", "Education and Ecstasy") devoted a lifetime to uncovering the essential traits that allow the superstars of our culture to soar. "THe 5 Keys To Mastery" reveals the simple, essential elements that can transform any life into one of high achievement. Leonard is joined by twelve of the most successful people of our time - including BB King, Carlos Santana, Linux inventor Linus Torvalds, and Nobel laureate Eric Kandel - who share their personal techniques for using the five keys. Practical, enlightening, inspiring, "The 5 Keys To Mastery" delivers the new millennium formula for lifelong success and personal fulfillment. In "The 5 Keys To Mastery", Discover: Why concepts like "working harder" are counterproductive. How can working smarter do more for you? The Power Of Ignorance: Why The Fool can do better than The Smartest Person in the Room. Success doesn't begin on paper, a whiteboard or a spreadsheet. Discover y...
Cary Grant: The Signature Collection : Includes "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," "The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer," "My Favorite Wife," "Destination Tokyo," "Night And Day." "The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer" - Through no fault of his own, artist and lady's man Richard Nugent finds a love-besotted teenage girl curled on his sofa. Through no fault of his own, the teen's sister is a judge who "sentences" thunderstruck Richard to date the girl until her schoolgirl crush wanes. Circumstances aren't kind to Richard. But they certainly are hilarious when Cary Grant plays Richard, Myrna Loy is the judge and Shirley Temple is the teen. "Destination Tokyo" - World War II submarine the "U.S.S. Copperfin" must complete a secret mission in Japanese waters. Film is as much about the relationship between the naval men as it is about their heroic mission. John Forsythe's film debut. "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" - Cary Grant is hilarious as a successful New York advertising executive who wants to escape the confines of his family's tiny midtown apartment. So he designs his dream home in the suburbs and discovers the project was...
How to Get What You Want : GET SOLD -- ON YOURSELF! Irrepressible, enlightening -- and extraordinarily successful -- here's Zig Ziglar presented live during one of his electrifying public seminars. This master motivator has adapted his proven techniques for everyone's use -- and endless benefit. One of the biggest excuses people don't set goals is they're not sold on the idea. Zig will sell you -- fast! And convince you that goal-setting is the single most important step you can take on your new road to success. He offers a precise formula for doing just that. Complete with the inspiration to welcome the risks involved, his strategies for boosting your self-image will carry you to the top. Filled with hilarious anecdotes, encouragement and wisdom, Zig Ziglar is the man everyone would want to invite for dinner. That is precisely the personal style he conveys in "How to Get What You Want." You will find a dramatic change in your attitude and achievement once you have encountered the inimitable Mr. Ziglar.
Steve Martin: The Wild And Crazy Comedy Collection (Widescreen) : "Steve Martin: The Wild and Crazy Comedy Collection" includes "The Jerk" - A Rags To Riches To Rags Story. That wild and crazy guy Steve Martin, makes his film debut in this wild and crazy comedy hit "The Jerk." Steve portrays Navin Johnson, adopted son of poor black sharecropper family, whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags. Along the way, he's smitten with a lady motorcycle racer, survives a series of screwball attacks by deranged killer, becomes a millionaire by inventing the "Opti-grab" handle for eyeglasses - and shows why he's the hottest comic performer in America today. "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" - As the private eye of private eyes, Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon. He's tough, rough and ready to take on anything when Juliet Forrest appears on the scene with a case: her father, a noted scientist, philanthropist and cheesemaker, has died mysteriously. Reardon immediately smells a rat and follows a complex maze of clues that lead him to the "Carlotta Lists." With a little help from his "friends" Reardon gets his man. An exciting action-fun packed fil...
Father...A Son....Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, A (Widescreen) : HBO presents a fascinating portrait of two charismatic Oscar(R)-winners who share, along with a last name, a passion for movies, women, family, and taking risks. An extraordinary glimpse into the private side of a Hollywood dynasty, the film includes exclusive recent conversations with Kirk Douglas (who speaks candidly about the challenges he's faced since suffering a stroke in 1996) and Michael Douglas, as well as other family members and friends, drawing upon dozens of film clips to illustrate how the public and private lives of each actor often intersected. The documentary was directed by Academy Award-winning actress and documentarian Lee Grant, whose close friendship with Michael Douglas allowed her unfettered access to the two legends...
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association : The style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, this updated "Publication Manual" provides invaluable guidance on all aspects of the writing process, from the ethics of authorship to the word choice that best reduces bias.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association : The style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, this updated "Publication Manual" provides invaluable guidance on all aspects of the writing process, from the ethics of authorship to the word choice that best reduces bias.
Rugby: Steps to Success by Tony Biscombe, ISBN 0880115092 : "Rugby: Steps to Success" is loaded with all the fundamentals, position-specific techniques, and key tactics needed to be a winner in rugby union competition. Authors from England's Rugby Football Union provide the expert instruction and special insights for getting an edge on an opponent. This complete instructional book includes sections covering: - ball handling, passing, and receiving;- kicking; - tackling and contact;- player positions--front five, middle five, and back five; and- tactics and strategies. With its 73 drills and 176 illustrations, "Rugby: Steps to Success" is the sport's perfect practice and learning tool. Step-by-step, players will develop and refine basic individual skills, then move on to execute intermediate-level team tactics. Part of the highly popular Steps to Success Series, this book teaches the essentials needed to compete and win.
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