For six weeks in the summer of 2012, the eyes of the world will be on London as the city hosts the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. The 2012 Games will give people from around the world the opportunity to compete and to share cultures and friendship alongside the sporting events.

The GFCI evaluates the competitiveness of financial centres worldwide by bringing together the results of online surveys completed by financial services leaders and separate indices of competitiveness. The third edition of the GFCI, produced by Z/Yen Group Limited, includes a special feature on the role of skills in a financial centre's competitiveness.

RAND Project AIR FORCE studied the post-9/11 shift in U.S. defense policy emphasis toward preemptive and preventive attack, asking under what conditions preemptive or preventive attack is worth considering as a response to perceived threats. It considered the role such first-strike strategies are likely to play in future U.S. national security policy. Finally, it identified implications these conclusions have for military planners and policymakers as they prepare to deal with national security threats in the next decade.

Get comprehensive information to plan, deploy, administer, and support Microsoft SQL Server 2005 in organizations of any size. With the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrators Companion, you get mission-critical information in a single volumestraight from the experts.

Attractive biographical sketches of thirty-five of the most prominent characters in the history of the Middle Ages, from the barbarian invasions to the invention of the printing press.

Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, this text provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary coverage of gastrointestinal cancer, including molecular biology, diagnosis, medical, surgical, and radiation therapy, and palliative care...