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Deane May Zager and Diana Turner were two young women with a dream when they opened the first data processing service bureau in Orange County, California, in June 1962.

Within twenty-four hours after the idea of a business was conceived, they had a small office. John Dewey said, "The highest mark of intelligence is to recognize and grasp a genuine opportunity." They did.

Using the slogan "Accuracy Is Our Key Word," they included their home phone numbers on business cards, pledged not to miss a call, and vowed never to date anyone in authority to award...

This book presents new perspectives on gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa. It argues that violence against women is a manifestation of unequal gender relations and harmful manifestations of hegemonic masculinity, which are governed by patriarchal beliefs, institutions and systems. It includes chapters on quantitative research that assess not only the levels and determinants of violence against women but also men’s attitudes towards gender-based violence, perceptions of violence, the legislative frameworks governing violence against women in South Africa, and the current cases...

Lutheran churches in the United States have included multiple ethnic cultures since the colonial era and continue to wrestle with increasing internal variety as one component of their identity. By combining the concerns of social history with an awareness for theological themes, this volume explores the history of this family of Lutheran churches and traces the development from the colonial era through the formation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1988. An introduction details the origins of Lutheranism in the European Reformation and the practices significant to the...

13 year old Mel Taverner is carried away by dreams of treasure and adventure when she learns that an old map she has bought is a Caribbean island. She persuades her father to take her and her twin brother Rob on a sailing holiday to try and find the strange island. But as they bask in the Caribbean sunshine they do not know the true significance of the map nor the dangers it will lead them into …

Can Mel uncover the secrets of the Island of Spirits?

One of the key issues facing us in the next millennium is the ability to manipulate the genetics of living organisms. The possibility of manipulating human genetics raises many theological, ethical and socio-political issues. These include specific decisions about whether the technology will be developed, how it will be applied and more general questions about the technical manipulation of 'natural' processes. From a theological perspective the human genome project not only challenges particular doctrines, such as that of creation, eschatology and anthropology, but also raises particular...