Life should have been happy and full of hope for Maldon, Viscount of Malicor. Named for Malicor's first earl who overthrew the rule of the gods, Maldon and his earldom were envied by many within the Kingdom of Aachen for their wealth and prestige. To secure his country's future, his upcoming marriage to the beautiful daughter of a Highland Prince will seal a treaty of peace between the two nations.As the sun sets on the Kingdom of Aachen, Maldon finds the journal of his great-great-grandfather. In its pages, he discovers that his world is but one of innumerable others spread across the galaxy, bound in a struggle for survival against a race of slaver insects far crueler than any enemy he could ever have imagined.Maldon soon discerns the legacy of honor that has been passed down to him across countless family generations by men and women who paid the price of freedom so that others might live in peace.With the knowledge he possesses, will Maldon fall into despair or rise from the ashes as The Last Ranger of Malicor?

The Last Ranger of Malicor

Science Fiction & Fantasy

McClellan, Michael

Science Fiction

iUniverse

Computer systems have become an integral part of most companies. The newest of these is Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), a technology that provides on-line application software that companies rely on to manage their manufacturing processes. Applying Manufacturing Execution Systems is the book for everyone who has the responsibility of improving their company's manufacturing results. It shows how the current conditions on the plant floor can be optimized to improve production output using an integrated MES. Applying Manufacturing Execution Systems shows how MES benefits all types of manufacturing from discrete item production to process flow production. The concepts discussed are applicable in all production facilities where a number of variables, whether simple or complex, need to be considered in order to optimize production by effectively using the available resources of people, inventory, and equipment. The book emphasizes the application of MES in the real world of manufacturing that includes:

Applying Manufacturing Execution Systems (Resource Management)

Business & Money

Economics

CRC-Press

Collaborative manufacturing is an interactive process with great potential, but without the direct input of the plant floor systems information, a significant piece of the management process is not available for consideration. Collaborative Manufacturing provides guidance and examples of how and why real-time events within the plant floor management infrastructure should be an integral on-line systems link within the supply chain process. The text presents an overview of the resources planning systems, the design and management of plant data systems, including manufacturing execution systems and methods for calculating ROI when applying collaborative techniques. This professional how-to-guide will help end users understand the significant benefits of this technology and aids them in system design and implementation.

Collaborative Manufacturing: Using Real-Time Information to Support the Supply Chain

Most conventional film histories dismiss the early 1960s as a pallid era, a downtime between the heights of the classic studio system and the rise of New Hollywood directors like Scorsese and Altman in the 1970s. It seemed to be a moment when the movie industry was floundering as the popularity of television caused a downturn in cinema attendance. Cinema '62 challenges these assumptions by making the bold claim that 1962 was a peak year for film, with a high standard of quality that has not been equaled since. Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan show how 1962 saw great late-period work by classic Hollywood directors like John Ford, Howard Hawks, and John Huston, as well as stars like Bette Davis, James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, and Barbara Stanwyck. Yet it was also a seminal year for talented young directors like Sidney Lumet, Sam Peckinpah, and Stanley Kubrick, not to mention rising stars like Warren Beatty, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Peter O'Toole, and Omar Sharif. Above all, 1962--the year of To Kill a Mockingbird and The Manchurian Candidate--gave cinema attendees the kinds of adult, artistic, and uncompromising visions they would never see on television, including classics from Fellini, Bergman, and Kurosawa. Culminating in an analysis of the year's Best Picture winner and top-grossing film, Lawrence of Arabia, and the factors that made that magnificent epic possible, Cinema '62 makes a strong case that the movies peaked in the Kennedy era.

Cinema '62: The Greatest Year at the Movies

Humor & Entertainment

Farber, Stephen

Movies

Rutgers University Press

<div> Lawrence of Arabia, The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Manchurian Candidate, Gypsy, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Longest Day, The Music Man, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, and more. Most conventional film histories dismiss the early 1960s as a pallid era, a downtime between the heights of the classic studio system and the rise of New Hollywood directors like Scorsese and Altman in the 1970s. It seemed to be a moment when the movie industry was floundering as the popularity of television caused a downturn in cinema attendance. Cinema '62 challenges these assumptions by making the bold claim that 1962 was a peak year for film, with a high standard of quality that has not been equaled since. &nbsp; Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan show how 1962 saw great late-period work by classic Hollywood directors like John Ford, Howard Hawks, and John Huston, as well as stars like Bette Davis, James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, and Barbara Stanwyck. Yet it was also a seminal year for talented young directors like Sidney Lumet, Sam Peckinpah, and Stanley Kubrick, not to mention rising stars like Warren Beatty, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Peter O'Toole, and Omar Sharif. Above all, 1962--the year of To Kill a Mockingbird and The Manchurian Candidate--gave cinema attendees the kinds of adult, artistic, and uncompromising visions they would never see on television, including classics from Fellini, Bergman, and Kurosawa. Culminating in an analysis of the year's Best Picture winner and top-grossing film, Lawrence of Arabia, and the factors that made that magnificent epic possible, Cinema '62 makes a strong case that the movies peaked in the Kennedy era. </div>

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The Last Ranger of Malicor

Applying Manufacturing Execution Systems (Resource Management)

Collaborative Manufacturing: Using Real-Time Information to Support the Supply Chain

Cinema '62: The Greatest Year at the Movies

Cinema '62: The Greatest Year at the Movies