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This research focused on lightweight, in-plane actuated, deformable mirrors, with the ultimate goal of developing a 20-meter light gathering aperture for space telescopes. The 0.127 meter diameter deformable mirror small scale testbed was modelled in finite elements using MSC. Nastran software and then used as a basis for a quasi-static controller. Experi- mental tracking of Zernike tip, tilt, and defocus modes was accomplished. The analytical...

This volume represents the starting point of a dialogue about how digital technologies are beginning to impact the research and practice of scholars and practitioners in the field of International Relations. This collection of cutting-edge essays deals specifically with the intertextuality of world politics and digital popular culture.

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When Culture Goes to Market encompasses an ethnographic study of Washington, DC's Eastern Market, a popular weekend produce and flea market, and the people who constitute it: vendors, market supervisors, and customers. By analyzing how this marketplace, in contrast to theoretical notions of «The Market», functions as a social institution embedded in a particular time, place, and series of social relationships, Shepherd examines how urban publi...

How and why do some places in the world become symbols of illusive paradise, and what does this mean for their residents? Moving between anthropology, tourism, and the increasingly influential cultural heritage movement, Partners in Paradise examines the origins of a Euro-American fascination with places imagined to exist outside of Modernity. Focusing on the emergence of Tibet and Bali as, in turn, anthropological field sites, tourist destina...

About This Book This book is about training methods - in particular, fast second-order training methods - for multi-layer perceptrons (MLPs). MLPs (also known as feed-forward neural networks) are the most widely-used class of neural network. Over the past decade MLPs have achieved increasing popularity among scientists, engineers and other professionals as tools for tackling a wide variety of information processing tasks. In common with all ne...

Talented, hard-working Emma is the architect for her colony's anthills. Ants in the colony, not recognizing their own special skills, grow jealous of Emma, and taunt her until she quits her job. Chaos ensues! Will pleas from apologetic ants convince Emma to return to work? Vibrant, expressive illustrations and fun facts about ants make this humorous rhyming story both entertaining and educational as children learn to value their own uniquenes...

Excerpt from Lantern Slides for War Service The statement has been made that the rural communities are not giving the same whole hearted and patriotic support to the war activities of the nation as was expected. If there is any element of truth in this assertion, it is due to the fact that the people in the country arc not fully informed and have not been brought face to face with the gruesome facts in connection with German intrigue and atro...

José de Acosta's De procuranda Indorum salute: A Call for Evangelical Reforms in Colonial Peru contextualizes and analyzes the deployment of Catholic missionary forces in the Andes. Its exhaustive approach to the ecclesiastic and political reforms of late-sixteenth-century Peru exposes the philosophical and legal underpinnings of Spain's colonial policies. As this book analyzes José de Acosta's De procuranda Indorum salute, one of the most imp...

This book is intended as a devotional guide for the Advent season. Through the mediums of meditations, poetry, and prayer, it offers a spiritual resource for readers seeking to explore the many dimensions of this beloved season, and to deepen their appreciation of its mystery and wonder. Each day the reader is provided with either a prose meditation, based in Scripture, or a selection of poems, composed around the traditional themes of Advent/...

Excerpt from Report on Agriculture in Malta Agriculture in the Maltese Islands is probably as old an art as it is anywhere. The Megalithic inhabitants must have been proficient in its practice. There is some evidence of an abundant population in those days, and food supply must largely, if not entirely, have been grown on the spot. Carvings of domestic animals in Stone Age ruins point to stock-keeping, and, with only a little imagination, the...

Excerpt from The Westminster Bible Dictionary Numerous engravings illustrating the articles are distributed through the volume, and valuable maps are given at its close. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the wor...

The final picture book in the Topsy Tales trilogy features a jazz loving, bebopping, singing snake suffering with laryngitis. What's an independent snake that only sings solos to do? While waiting for his voice to return, Sully learns to appreciate the talents of others and the value of friendship. Suggested age for readers: 2-6

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Based on papers from an international conference entitled Partisan and anti-partisan warfare in German-occupied Europe, 1939-1945, held at Glasgow Caledonian University in June 2007 in association with University of Strathclyde and German Historical Institute, London.

Excerpt from Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, During the June Term, 1855, Vol. 27Crum ats. Williams, adm'r, 830 489 Crump et al. V. Wallace, 294 Crutcher ats. Mccargo Cordle, ' 644 Dabbs v. Dabbs, Dale et al. V. The State, Davenport Patterson ats. Rob 596 ettson, 484 David v. David, 437 degraffenried ats. Thomas, 634 Deloach v. State Bank, . 520 devendell v. Doe ex dem. Hamil 515 ton Dill ats. Camp et al ...

Excerpt from Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, Vol. 25: During June Term, 1854Burdine v. The State, Campbell ads. Waller, Cannon ads. Mcconico, Carey v. Mcdougald's Adm'r, Carter 8, Howell ads. Fry, Cater ads. J essee.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. F...

Description: In this volume, Shepherd selects from these, and from other unpublished works, to shape a series of poems that seek to portray and even illuminate, to some extent, the life of the spirit. They begin by tracing the progress of a typical year--January through December--but also by noting, and celebrating at times, the high points of "The Christian Year": Lent-Easter, Pentecost, Thanksgiving, Advent-Christmas, and Epiphany. Other, m...