1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456309303321

Titolo

Our tellings [[electronic resource] ] : Interior Salish stories of the Nlhaʼkapmx people / / compiled and edited by Darwin Hanna and Mamie Henry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, 1995

ISBN

1-283-13174-9

9786613131744

0-7748-5407-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HannaDarwin <1969->

HenryMamie <1922->

Disciplina

398.2/089/97907117

Soggetti

Ntlakyapamuk Indians

Ntlakyapamuk mythology

Tales - British Columbia

Creation - Mythology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217).

Nota di contenuto

Intro; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; SPTÁKWELH (CREATION STORIES); SPÍLAXEM (NON-CREATION STORIES); Tellers and Translators; Appendices; Glossary of Nlha7kápmx Words; Bibliography; Ntl'ík'semtm (Coyote's Son); Coyote and His Son; The Trip to the Moon; Coyote and the Three Sisters; Coyote and Wolf; Coyote and Buffalo; Coyote and Wood Tick; Coyote Visits His Daughter in the North; Coyote and the Two Sisters; Why Newborn Animals Can Walk; Grizzly and the Bear Cubs; Grizzly and the Black Bear Cubs; The Four Bear Brothers; Transformers; Transformers; Transformer Footprints

How Chipmunk Got His StripesScreech Owl; Raven; The Boy Who Was Abandoned; Sore Man; Man and Owl; Dog Travels to the Sun; The Country Divided; Grandfather and Grandson Work for Gold and Silver; The Lost Hunter; Smuýmn (Person with a Cane); Why There Are Nlha7kápmx in Spokane; Sexpínlhemx's Wife Foretells the Coming of the White Man; Simon Fraser; First Encounter with Missionaries; The



Coming of the White Man; Sun Dance; Nkw'i7tsútn (A Place to Dance); Archdeacon Small; Xítl'ix (Nlha7kápmx Court); Old Ways; Powers of the Sexwná7m (Healer/Doctor); On the Boston Bar Trail; Listening to Stories

On the TraplineOur Tellings; Making Baskets; Native Foods; Trips to Petáni; The Road to Petáni Valley; Ways of the Old People; Memories of Lytton; Passing on the Knowledge; Afterword; 1: Orthographic Key for the Nlha7kápmx Alphabet, Lytton Dialect; 2: Key to Tapings, Translations, and Transcriptions; H; I; K; L; M; N; P; S; T; W; X; Y; Z

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959060203321

Titolo

The financing of catastrophe risk / / edited by Kenneth A. Froot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1999

ISBN

9786611223489

9781281223487

1281223484

9780226266251

0226266257

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (490 p.)

Collana

A National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Altri autori (Persone)

FrootKenneth

Disciplina

368.12/201/0973

Soggetti

Casualty insurance - United States

Disaster insurance - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A collection of papers written for this volume and for the conference, "The Financing of Property Casualty Risks," organized by the editor under the auspices of the National Bureau of Economic Research and its Insurance Program.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- National Bureau of Economic Research -- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Insurer Demand for Catastrophe Reinsurance -- 2. Alternative Means of Redistributing Catastrophic Risk in a National Risk-Management System -- 3. Pricing Excess-of-Loss Reinsurance Contracts against Catastrophic Loss -- 4. Challenges Facing the



Insurance Industry in Managing Catastrophic Risks -- 5. The Pricing of U.S. Catastrophe Reinsurance -- 6. Reinsurance for Catastrophes and Cataclysms -- 7. The Influence of Income Tax Rules on Insurance Reserves -- 8. Courting Disaster? The Transformation of Federal Disaster Policy since 1803 -- 9. The Moral Hazard of Insuring the Insurers -- 10. Index Hedge Performance: Insurer Market Penetration and Basis Risk -- 11. Panel Discussions -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Is it possible that the insurance and reinsurance industries cannot handle a major catastrophe? Ten years ago, the notion that the overall cost of a single catastrophic event might exceed

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300652903321

Autore

Cosmina Iuliana

Titolo

Pivotal Certified Spring Web Application Developer Exam : A Study Guide / / by Iuliana Cosmina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : Apress : , : Imprint : Apress, , 2015

ISBN

9781484208083

1484208080

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Collana

Expert's Voice in Spring

Disciplina

004

Soggetti

Java (Computer program language)

Computer science

Java

Computer Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Spring Fundamentals -- 3. Spring MVC -- 4. Spring Portlets -- 5. Spring RESTful Services -- 6. Spring Web with Ajax -- 7. Spring Web Flow -- 8. Spring Web Socket -- A. Mock Exams and Exercise Answers.

Sommario/riassunto

Prepare for the Pivotal Certified Spring Web Application Developer exam and learn about Spring MVC DispatcherServlet configuration, Spring



MVC programming model essentials, Spring MVC views and form processing, Spring Web Flow essentials, and Spring Web Flow actions and configuration. The Pivotal Certified Spring Web Application Developer Exam: A Study Guide is the ideal preparation for the exam and after reading and using it, you'll be able to pass and become a certified Spring Web Developer. When you become a Pivotal Certified Spring Web Application Developer, you'll receive one of the most valuable credentials available in enterprise Java. Achieving this certification demonstrates your ability to apply Spring's web projects to develop real-world Java web applications and validates your familiarity with Spring Web.