1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910711531303321

Titolo

Guaranteed ride home programs : implementing commuter benefits under the commuter choice leadership initiative

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Transportation and Air Quality, , 2001

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages, 19 pages)

Soggetti

Employer-sponsored transportation - United States

Commuting - United States

Ridesharing - United States

Commuting

Employer-sponsored transportation

Ridesharing

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"EPA 420-S-01-002."

"September 2001."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-16).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795526003321

Autore

Gill Brian

Titolo

The unburnt egg : more stories of a museum curator / / Brian Gill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wellington, New Zealand : , : Awa Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-927249-30-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 pages)

Disciplina

069.53

Soggetti

Museums - Curatorship - New Zealand - Auckland

Natural history museum curators - New Zealand - Auckland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- A hapaless king penguin -- Secrets of the shining cuckoo -- The unburnt egg -- The man who imagined the moa -- Flight of the long-tailed cuckoo -- Booby eggs and a solar eclipse -- Song of the huia -- Seals in sand dunes -- Ship rats of Big South Cape Island -- Charles McCann's giant flying frogs -- Seeking Pacific skinks -- Rarotonga revisited -- Baden Powell's sea-slug paintings -- Fur, feathers and frogs legs -- Further reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

Natural history museums contain many thousands of zoological specimens and each has a tale to tell an often involving extraordinary people, daring explorations, unquenchable scientific curiosity, and strange coincidences. This perfectly presented book, with its engaging pictures, is rich in stories and unveils many secrets. Read about: the fate of a tortoise given as a gift by Captain Cook - the epic international voyage of the biggest known moa egg - the admiration induced by an ape from the jungles of Borneo - the barn owl of mysterious origins - the unfortunate fate of an angry young elephant - the quest to discover how a New Zealand heron turned up in a Florence museum - the strange arrival of an Australian banjo frog - and many other mind-boggling mysteries.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910831070303321

Autore

Hewitt Andrew

Titolo

Construction claims & responses [[electronic resource] ] : effective writing & presentation / / Andy Hewitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-283-17789-7

9786613177896

1-119-97936-6

1-119-97933-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

624.0681

Soggetti

Construction contracts

Claims

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Types of claim -- Presentation -- The essential elements of a successful claim -- The preliminaries to the claim -- The extension of time claim -- The claim for additional payment -- The appendices and editing -- Claim responses and determinations -- A note on dispute review boards.

Sommario/riassunto

Featuring a Foreword by Roger Knowles FRICS, FCIArb, FQSi, Barrister The book discusses the different types of claim common to construction contracts and presents a step-by-step guide which demonstrates the process of building up the submission of a claim.  It includes guidelines as to how to set out the claim, section by section in a logical manner to ensure that the essentials of a successful claim are included. Worked examples of claims for variations, extensions of time and additional payment are included together with sample wording showing precisely how the claim may be pres