Senate and House journals : proceedings of the Legislature of the State of Kansas.

Includes spcial sessions.

Fast day sermons; or, The pulpit on the state of the country.

Thornwell, J. H. Our national sin.--Palmer, B. M. Slavery a divine trust.-- Dabney, R. L. The Christians̕ best motive for patriotism.--Breckinridge, R. J. The union to be preserved.--Van Dyke, H. J. The character and influence of abolitionism.--Lewis, T. Patriarchal and Jewish servitude no argument for American slavery.--Raphall, M. J. Bible view of slavery.--Vinton, F. Fanaticism rebuked.--Beecher, H. W. Peace, be still.--Bellows, H. W. The crisis of our national disease.--Adams, W. Prayers for rulers; or duty of Christian patriots.

Annual report of the Auditor of State of the State of Indiana.

Includes reports of Insurance, Building & Loan, Bank, and Land departments.

Annual report of the Superintendent of the Banking Department of the State of New York.

Vols. for <, 1881, 1887,1926, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1936-38> issued also without Detailed statement.

Proposed New Home of the Michigan Union. University of Michigan

Irving Kane Pond, architect. Plans for the Union were on a scale unknown at the time for "club houses" in American colleges and universities: 250 feet long and 200 feet wide. Postcard is copy of architectural rendering.

Annual report of Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, State of Tennessee.

Report year ends Dec. 31.

Report of the Treasurer of the State

Mode of access: Internet.

What lies beneath? : The pattern and abundance of the subterranean tuber bank of the invasive liana cat’s claw creeper, Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae)

Cat’s claw creeper, Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) Gentry (Bignoniaceae) is a major environmental weed of riparian areas, rainforest communities and remnant natural vegetation in coastal Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. In densely infested areas, it smothers standing vegetation, including large trees, and causes canopy collapse. Quantitative data on the ecology of this invasive vine are generally lacking. The present study examines the underground tuber traits of M. unguis-cati and explores their links with aboveground parameters at five infested sites spanning both riparian and inland vegetation. Tubers were abundant in terms of density (~1000 per m2), although small in size and low in level of interconnectivity. M. unguis-cati also exhibits multiple stems per plant. Of all traits screened, the link between stand (stem density) and tuber density was the most significant and yielded a promising bivariate relationship for the purposes of estimation, prediction and management of what lies beneath the soil surface of a given M. unguis-cati infestation site. The study also suggests that new recruitment is primarily from seeds, not from vegetative propagation as previously thought. The results highlight the need for future biological-control efforts to focus on introducing specialist seed- and pod-feeding insects to reduce seed-output.

Service analysis : A critical assessment of the state of the art

The service-orientation paradigm has not only become prevalent in the software systems domain in recent years, but is also increasingly applied on the business level to restructure organisational capabilities. In this paper, we present the results of an extensive literature review of 30 approaches related to service identification and analysis for both domains. Based on the consolidation of a superset of comparison criteria for service-oriented methodologies found in related literature, we compare and evaluate the different characteristics of service engineering methods with a focus on service analysis. Although a close business and IT alignment is regarded as one of the core beneficial promises of service-orientation, our analysis suggests that there is a lack of unified, comprehensive methodology for service identification and analysis integrating and addressing both domains. Thus, we discuss how our results can inform directions for future research in this area.

Corporate governance in China : the role of the state and ideology in shaping reforms

Examines the political and ideological influences on China's economic reforms since the early 1980s. Discusses the influence of the Chinese Communist Party and Confucianism on economic progress and assesses the effect of reforms. Outlines the requirement for new corporate governance laws to meet the needs of expanding private businesses and considers China's use and adaptation of some Western models of corporate governance. Comments on whether these fit easily with China's business culture. Criticises the shortcomings of China's corporate laws. Looks in particular at the telecommunications industry and at the Company Law 2006.