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Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right : American life in columns by Smerconish, Michael A.

Table of Contents: “…Cable Carnival Shoutfest -- Requiem for an Era -- McCain Fails the Big Five Tests -- Their Stanley Cup Runneth Over -- My Dinner with Pervez -- Jack Kemp's Winning Game Plan -- Checking in With Smokin' Joe to Thank Him for His Dignity -- 1-800-Political-Venom -- Sorry, But for Me, the Party Is Over -- Yard Sale 101 -- The Power of Pin Money -- Farewell, My DN Friends -- Investment Giant on Living Well -- and Madoff -- A Lesson in Gumption, and Its Rewards -- Can You Imagine How Christie's Son Feels? -- "Mormon Issue" Still Handicaps Romney -- 9/11 Generation Is Highlight of Speeches -- It's Time to Break the Mold on Talk Radio -- Lessons from the Cheap Seats -- Bursting a Class Bubble -- A Shattered Spirit -- Warren's Shaky History -- Zeppelin Communication Breakdown -- The Teacher Who Opened a Mind -- Unpaid but Richly Rewarding -- Pennsbury Grad Makes a Splash in D.C. -- Nightmare on Health Site -- Secret Facet of Westboro Case -- SATs Don't Always Mark a Successful Path -- Worthy Subject of Protest May Target Workers -- Mystery Tip that Broke Sandusky Case -- Recalling Gary Hart, Debating News Policy -- Overreaction in C.B. …”
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Master Presenter : Lessons from the World's Top Experts on Becoming a More Influential Speaker, The Best of PresentationXpert. by Zielinski, David

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In the zone : helping children rise to the challenge of learning by Lansdown, Mike

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LSAT For dummies by Hatch, Lisa Zimmer

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Computational electrodynamics : a gauge approach with applications in microelectronics by Schoenmaker, Wim, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…14.11 Discretization of the Gauge Condition 213 -- 14.12 Temporal Discretization 214 -- 14.13 BDF for DAEs 215 -- 14.14 State-Space Matrices and Linking Harmonic to Transient Analysis 216 -- 14.15 A Technical Detail: Link Orientations 221 -- 14.16 Scaling 222 -- 14.16.1 Scaling the Poisson Equation 222 -- 14.16.2 Scaling the Current-Continuity Equations 223 -- 14.16.3 Scaling the Maxwell-Ampere Equation 224 Summary 226 PART III: Applications 15 Simple Test Cases 229 -- 15.1 Examples 229 -- 15.1.1 Crossing Wires 229 -- 15.1.2 Square Coaxial Cable 229 -- 15.1.3 Spiral Inductor 231 -- 15.2 S-Parameters, Y-Parameters, Z-Parameters 233 -- 15.3 A Simple Conductive Rod 235 -- 15.4 Strip Line above a Conductive Plate 239 -- 15.4.1 Finite tM Results 246 -- 15.5 Running the Adapter 247 -- 15.6 Simulations with Opera -- VectorFields 247 -- 15.7 Coax Configuration 256 -- 15.8 Inductor with Grounded Guard Ring 258 -- 15.9 Inductor with Narrow Winding above a Patterned Semiconductor Layer 265 Summary 280 -- 16 Evaluation of Coupled Inductors 281 -- 16.1 Scaling Rules for the Maxwell Equations 282 -- 16.2 Discretization 283 -- 16.3 The EV Solver 285 -- 16.3.1 Boundary Conditions 287 -- 16.4 Scattering Parameters 288 -- 16.5 Application to Compute the Coupling of Inductors 290 -- 17 Coupled Electromagnetic-TCAD Simulation for High Frequencies 295 -- 17.1 Review of A-V Formulation 298 -- 17.1.1 A-V Formulation of the Coupled System 298 -- 17.2 Origin of the High-Frequency Breakdown of the A-V Solver 300 -- 17.3 E-V Formulation 301 -- 17.3.1 Redundancy in Coupled System 303 -- 17.3.2 Issues of Material Properties 304 -- 17.3.3 Boundary Conditions 305 -- 17.3.4 Implementation Details 306 -- 17.3.5 Matrix Permutation 307 -- 17.4 Numerical Results 308 -- 17.4.1 Accuracy of E-V Solver 308 -- 17.4.2 Spectral Analyses 311 -- 17.4.3 Performance Comparisons 314 Summary 316 -- 18 EM-TCAD Solving from 0-100 THz 317 -- 18.1 From AV to EV 317 -- 18.2 Discretization 319 -- 18.3 Simplified EV Schemes 320.…”
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Advances in the economic analysis of participatory & labor-managed firms. / Advances in the economic analysis of participatory and labor-managed firms

Table of Contents: “…Jones -- How to start an employee-owned industrial company and survive for 35 years / Lars Lindkvist -- Motivations for establishing cooperative companies in the performing arts : a European perspective / Christine Sinapi, Edwin Juno-Delgado -- Organizational structure and performance in European banks : a reassessment / Giovanni Ferri, Panu Kalmi, Eeva Kerola -- Formal organizational power and innovation : from a principal-agent to an institutionalist view / Trevor Young-Hyman, Mariangélica Chavéz -- Low investment in contingent workers and its negative impact on society : the case of South Korea / Heung-Jun Jung, Yoon-Ho Kim, Heesang Yoon -- Anti-shirking effects of group incentives and human-capital-enhancing HR practices / Andrea Kim [and others] -- Employee ownership and organizational citizenship behavior : high performance ownership systems and the mediating role of psychological ownership / Erik Poutsma, Coen van Eert, Paul E.M. …”
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Meteorites and asteroids : classification, geology, and exploration

Table of Contents: “…""Possible Climatic Consequences of Impact of a Stony Asteroid with a Diameter of 250 M """"CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""THE DIVERSION AND EXPLOITATION OF ICE-RICH NEOS USING THE SOLAR COLLECTOR ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION: THE NEO THREAT, THE NEO OPPORTUNITY ""; ""THE SOLAR COLLECTOR (SC) ""; ""MODELING THE SOLAR COLLECTOR AS A NEO DEFLECTOR ""; ""DETERMINATION OF EM PENETRATION DEPTH FOR AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL SAMPLE ""; ""CONSTRAINTS ON SOLAR COLLECTOR DESIGN AND POSITION ""; ""ASSUMED NEO PROPERTIES""; ""MINIMUM SOLAR COLLECTOR SIZE""…”
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Typography essentials : 100 design principles for working with type / 100 design principles for working with type by Saltz, Ina

Table of Contents: “…17 The hyphen, the en dash, and the em dash18 High contrast in reverse -- 19 Extreme scaling -- 20 Heavy flourishes -- 21 Thinking like a typesetter -- 22 Using display versions -- 23 Using numbers -- 24 Dingbats and pictograms -- 25 Theory of Relativity I -- THE WORD -- 26 A “badâ€? …”
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Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation (XVI). by Rebello, J. M. A.

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A cultural history of the avant-garde in the Nordic countries, 1950-1975

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Soul survivors : stories of wounded women warriors and the battles they fight long after they've left the war zone / Stories of wounded women warriors and the battles they fight lo... by Holmstedt, Kirsten A.

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Structural aspects of protein synthesis. by Liljas, Anders

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The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of legal and ethical aspects of sex offender treatment and management / Handbook of legal and ethical aspects of sex offender treatment and management

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Naturally healthy Mexican cooking : authentic recipes for dieters, diabetics, & all food lovers by Peyton, James W.

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Making a Meal of It : Writing about Film. by McFarlane, Brian

Table of Contents: “…Mothers: Some Kids do 'ave 'em; 42. Portraits in Celluloid.…”
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Residential buildings : a typology by Pfeifer, Günter, 1943-, Brauneck, Per

Table of Contents: “…The freestanding house: floor plan types : Semi-detached : Parvilla I / Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter -- House W / Bayer & Strobel Architekten -- Patchwork house / Pfeifer Roser Kuhn Architekten -- House of the present / Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten -- House C / Per Brauneck -- Vogelsang farmhouse / AmreinHerzi Architekten -- Three family house "In der Hub" / Morger & Degelo Architekten -- Hadersdorf model housing estate 3 / Hans Kollhoff Architekten -- Hadersdorf model housing estate 4 / Steidle Architekten -- Villa Overgooi / Next Architects -- KBWW house / MVRDV -- Two houses / Gigon/Guyer Architekten -- Home for architects and artists / Fuhrimann Hächler Architekten -- Student project / Christian Weyell -- Communal staircase access : Apartment houses, Susenbergstrasse / Gigon/Guyer Architekten -- Rottmannsboden house / Morger & Degelo Architekten -- Hagenbuchrain housing development / Bünzli & Courvoisier Architekten ; Hegianwandweg housing / EM2N Architekten -- Lohbach residences / baumschlager & eberle -- BDZ housing development / pool Architekten -- "Malzturm" / Hürlimann Areal, Thomas Schregenberger -- Student projects / Björn Schmidt, Angèle Tersluisen, Sebastian Schaal -- Courtyard access : Java Island housing / Diener & Diener Architekten -- Werdwies housing development / Adrian Streich Architekten -- Student projects / Philippa Glaser, Johannes Lahme -- Hybrid : Esplanade housing / Steidle Architekten -- Student projects / Sebastian Schaal, Daniel Dolder -- Diploma project / Tobias Katz -- High-rise : Chassé Park apartments / Xaveer de Geyter -- Silverline tower / Claus en Kaan -- Star House 3 / Steidle Architekten -- De Rokade residential building / Arons en Gelauff Architecten -- "PopMoma" residential tower / baumschlager & eberle -- "Moma" residential tower / baumschlager & eberle -- KNSM apartment tower Wiel Arets Architects -- Kanchanjunga tower / Charles Correa Associates -- Weinerberg apartment high-rise / Delugan Meissl Architects -- Torre Cuajimalpa residential tower / Meir Lobaton and Kristjan Donaldson.…”
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Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions. by Finkelstein, Sydney

Table of Contents: “…Evidence from the Banking Industry; Introduction; From Corporate Financial Performance to Corporate Social Performance in M Theoretical Background; Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Social Performance; Stakeholder Theory; Acquisitions as Multistakeholder Deals; The Intesa-Sanpaolo Experience; Discussion and Conclusions; References; Interaction of Cultural and Technological Distance in Cross-Border, High-Technology Acquisitions; Introduction; Theory and Hypotheses Development; Technology Distance.…”
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Golf For Dummies. by McCord, Gary

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Hybrid offline/online methods for optimization under uncertainty by De Filippo, Allegra

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Mastering Business for Strategic Communicators: Insights and Advice from the C-suite of Leading Brands. by Ragas, Matthew W.

Table of Contents: “…Part II: Communications, Business Acumen, and the C-suite2 The Communicator as Integrator -- Note -- 3 Why Business Acumen Matters More Than Ever -- The â#x80;#x9C;Ah-Haâ#x80;#x9D; Moment: Getting Grilled By MBAs -- If You Canâ#x80;#x99;t Beatâ#x80;#x99;em, Joinâ#x80;#x99;em: Time to Get an MBA -- Putting My Education to Work -- The Telescope and the Microscope -- Problem-Solving Requires Common Understanding -- Reference -- 4 From Farm to Pharm: Business and Life Lessons Learned in the Barnyard -- Lesson #1: Others Always Come First, Even If They Are Cows…”
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Speaker Jim Wright : power, scandal, and the birth of modern politics by Flippen, J. Brooks, 1959-

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Mastering Java Machine Learning. by Kamath, Dr. Uday

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Python game programming by example : a pragmatic guide for developing your own games with Python / Pragmatic guide for developing your own games with Python by Rodas de Paz, Alejandro, Howse, Joseph

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Sustainable development in chemical engineering : innovative technologies by Basile, Angelo (Angelo Bruno), Piemonte, Vincenzo, Falco, Marcello de

Table of Contents: “…1.4.2 Water RemediationAcknowledgement; References; Chapter 2 Innovative Solar Technology: CSP Plants for Combined Production of Hydrogen and Electricity; 2.1 Principles; 2.2 Plant Configurations; 2.2.1 Solar Membrane Reactor Steam Reforming; 2.2.2 Solar Enriched Methane Production; 2.3 Mathematical Models; 2.3.1 Solar Enriched Methane Reactor Modelling; 2.3.2 Membrane Reactor Modelling; 2.3.3 WGS, Separation Units and the Electricity Production Model; 2.4 Plant Simulations; 2.4.1 EM Reactor; 2.4.2 Membrane Reactor; 2.4.3 Global Plant Simulations and Comparison; 2.5 Conclusions; Nomenclature.…”
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Making a meal of it : writing about film by McFarlane, Brian, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Mothers: Some Kids do 'ave 'em42. Portraits in Celluloid; 43. Shooting Minds; 44. …”
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4D Electron Microscopy : Imaging In Space And Time.

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A Mickey Mouse reader

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The hero factor : how great leaders transform organizations and create winning cultures by Hayzlett, Jeffrey W., Eber, Jim

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter 13: Inclusive Cultures: Hero or Status Quo?; You Can Ask Google Anything, But What If You Question Google?…”
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Layout techniques for integrated circuit designers by Sahrling, Mikael, 1964-

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Body area communications : channel modeling, communication systems, and EMC by Wang, Jianqing (Engineer), Wang, Qiong (Engineer)

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Brilliance by design : creating learning experiences that connect, inspire, and engage by Halsey, Vicki, 1955-

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Milestone visual documents in American history : the images, cartoons, and other visual sources that shaped America

Table of Contents: “…Palmer : "Detroit arsenal tank plant (Chrysler)" photograph -- Rube Goldberg : "Peace today" cartoon -- Photograph of Joseph McCarthy -- Photograph of the 101st Airborne Division outside Little Rock Central High School -- Thomas J. O'Halloran : "Kitchen" debate photograph of Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev -- Photograph of Levittown, Pennsylvania -- Photograph of Interstate 10 under construction in California -- Fred Blackwell : Woolworths lunch counter sit-in photograph -- Hélène Roger-Viollet : drive-in restaurant photograph -- Herbert Block : "I got one of 'em" cartoon about Selma, Alabama -- Photograph of Black Panther Party demonstration -- American Indians occupy Alcatraz photograph -- United Farm Workers strike photograph -- Photograph of Vietnam War destruction -- Herbert Block : "National security blanket" cartoon -- "Remember Wounded Knee" patch -- Marty Lederhandler : photograph of gasoline rationing -- Photograph of anti-busing rally in Boston -- Warren K. …”
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Los puros criollos. / Tecnología criolla

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Renewable Energy and Power Technology II : Selected, Peer Reviewed Papers from the 2014 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environmental Technology (REET 2014), A...

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Spectral sensing research for surface and air monitoring in chemical, biological and radiological defense and security applications

Table of Contents: “…Schilling [and others] -- A high-resolution 2D imaging laser radar for occluded hard target viewing and identification / R.J. …”
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Quick Finite Elements for Electromagnetic Waves. by Pelosi, Giuseppe

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Los puros criollos. / Trasteos

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Forensic photography : a practitioner's guide by Marsh, Nick (Nicholas)

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Companion Website; Chapter 1: Image Processing; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The digital image; 1.3 Image acquisition; 1.4 Colour images; 1.5 The imaging chain and workflow; 1.6 White balance; 1.7 Image histogram; 1.8 Image processing terminology; 1.9 Digital image processing operations; 1.10 Classes of operations; 1.11 Noise reduction; 1.12 Sharpening filters; 1.13 History log; 1.14 Layers; 1.15 Bit depth and dynamic range; 1.16 File formats; 1.17 Image compression; 1.18 Image processing at image capture.…”
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Radio-frequency integrated-circuit engineering by Nguyen, Cam

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Cossacks in Jamaica, Ukraine at the antipodes : essays in honor of Marko Pavlyshyn

Table of Contents: “…-- Defining the main push-and-pull factors of Ukrainian highly skilled (IT) migration to Berlin : the EU blue card or the Euromaidan / Olha Shmihelska -- Integrating into a (Pseudo-)Europe : Ukrainian churches and the perils of the European choice / Denys Shestopalets -- The past and future of Ukraine's Europeanization : tracing images of the EU as a normative actor and influence in post-Maidan Ukraine / Natalia Chaban and Iana Sabatovych -- Language politics, minority rights, and international relations : the curious case of the 2017 Ukrainian education law / Volodymyr Kulyk -- The Russian question : understanding the Russo-Ukrainian entanglement / Serhii Plokhii.…”
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