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In Contempt : Defending Free Speech, Defeating HUAC / by Yellin, Ed, 1927-, Yellin, Jean Fagan

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Video Game Art Reader : Volume 4 /

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In Contempt : Defending Free Speech, Defeating HUAC / by Yellin, Ed, 1927-, Yellin, Jean Fagan

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Minutes to midnight history and the Anthropocene era from 1763 / by Dukes, Paul, 1934-

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Minutes to midnight history and the Anthropocene era from 1763 / by Dukes, Paul, 1934-

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Wartime kiss visions of the moment in the 1940s / by Nemerov, Alexander

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Wartime kiss visions of the moment in the 1940s / by Nemerov, Alexander

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Signs of life / by Jeremiah, David, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Signs of life -- Day 1 signs of life -- Day 2 a faith that works -- Day 3 turn on the lights -- Day 4 living in the moment -- Day 5 pass the salt -- Day 6 witness statements -- Day 7 the mark you leave behind -- Dusty shoes : living a relevant life -- Day 8 dusty shoes -- Day 9 walk around the clock -- Day 10 the keynote speaker -- Day 11 tongue-tied -- Day 12 the "other" mentality -- Day 13 attention to decals -- Day 14 physical evidence -- Worn-out knees : living a yielded life -- Day 15 worn-out knees -- Day 16 the heavenly frequency -- Day 17 closer to you than to me -- Day 18 love's boundaries -- Day 19 on pins and needles -- Day 20 the potter's hands -- Day 21 greater works than Jesus -- Rolled-up sleeves : living an authentic life -- Day 22 rolled-up sleeves -- Day 23 artistic impressions -- Day 24 profiling the mind of a Christian -- Day 25 making the "E" list -- Day 26 on the threshold of opportunity -- Day 27 the ripple effect -- Day 28 Jesus' rolled-up sleeves -- Open hands : living a generous life -- Day 29 open hands -- Day 30 empty-pocket living -- Day 31 rich man, poor man -- Day 32 making a way -- Day 33 monopoly : the pursuit of more -- Day 34 nugget-faith living -- Day 35 life in your golden tears -- Outstretched arms : living a compassionate life -- Day 36 outstretched arms -- Day 37 pietà : "I care" -- Day 38 our basic identity -- Day 39 a portrait in crimson -- Day 40 graced and gracious -- 40 signs of life.…”
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Geography and revolution

Table of Contents: “…Withers -- Revolution of the space invaders: Darwin and Wallace on the geography of life / James Moore -- Printing the map, making a difference: mapping the Cape of Good Hope, 1488-1652 / Jerry Brotton -- Revolutions in the times: clocks and the temporal structures of everyday life / Paul Glennie, Nigel Thrift -- Photography, visual revolutions, and Victorian geography / James R. …”
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Geography and revolution

Table of Contents: “…Withers -- Revolution of the space invaders: Darwin and Wallace on the geography of life / James Moore -- Printing the map, making a difference: mapping the Cape of Good Hope, 1488-1652 / Jerry Brotton -- Revolutions in the times: clocks and the temporal structures of everyday life / Paul Glennie, Nigel Thrift -- Photography, visual revolutions, and Victorian geography / James R. …”
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Job search in academe how to get the position you deserve / by Formo, Dawn M. (Dawn Marie), 1968-

Table of Contents: “…-- The callback : the professional conference interview -- Case study 3 : the (somewhat) lighter side of the academic job search -- The screen test : the campus interview -- Case study 4 : my job search : a Cinderella story -- Case study 5 : it can be done : getting a tenure-track job as ABD in the Humanities -- Rehearsing for ad-libbing : preparing for (un)anticipated interview questions -- Case study 6 : the ghosts in the machine : women of color and the job market -- The awards ceremony : negotiating the university job contract or deciding to "leave showbiz" -- Case study 7 : managing negotiations with the clock ticking -- Case study 8 : the academic couple -- Case study 9 : reading, writing, and ramen : an academic couple's search for sustainable employment -- Case study 10 : the corporate interview -- Best performance in an underfunded public drama : the tenure-track professorship at the community college -- Case study 11 : a community college candidate's perspective -- Case study 12 : tale of two interviews : how failing to get the job can still lead to important insight -- Case study 13 : calling on your professional experience : securing a votech (vocational technology) teaching position -- In the director's chair : being an ethical academic advisor to students preparing for the job search.…”
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Job search in academe how to get the position you deserve / by Formo, Dawn M. (Dawn Marie), 1968-

Table of Contents: “…-- The callback : the professional conference interview -- Case study 3 : the (somewhat) lighter side of the academic job search -- The screen test : the campus interview -- Case study 4 : my job search : a Cinderella story -- Case study 5 : it can be done : getting a tenure-track job as ABD in the Humanities -- Rehearsing for ad-libbing : preparing for (un)anticipated interview questions -- Case study 6 : the ghosts in the machine : women of color and the job market -- The awards ceremony : negotiating the university job contract or deciding to "leave showbiz" -- Case study 7 : managing negotiations with the clock ticking -- Case study 8 : the academic couple -- Case study 9 : reading, writing, and ramen : an academic couple's search for sustainable employment -- Case study 10 : the corporate interview -- Best performance in an underfunded public drama : the tenure-track professorship at the community college -- Case study 11 : a community college candidate's perspective -- Case study 12 : tale of two interviews : how failing to get the job can still lead to important insight -- Case study 13 : calling on your professional experience : securing a votech (vocational technology) teaching position -- In the director's chair : being an ethical academic advisor to students preparing for the job search.…”
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A Force for Change : The Class of 1950 / by Norberg, John

Table of Contents: “…"I wish you could turn back the clock" : remembering how it was -- Chapter 2. "The loneliness is disappearing" : some who added the feminine touch -- Chapter 3. …”
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A Force for Change : The Class of 1950 / by Norberg, John

Table of Contents: “…"I wish you could turn back the clock" : remembering how it was -- Chapter 2. "The loneliness is disappearing" : some who added the feminine touch -- Chapter 3. …”
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Risk Criticism : Precautionary Reading in an Age of Environmental Uncertainty / by Wallace, Molly

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Risk Criticism : Precautionary Reading in an Age of Environmental Uncertainty / by Wallace, Molly

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PCs for dummies / by Gookin, Dan

Table of Contents: “…Part 2: Nerd's-Eye View: -- Deep Inside The Console: -- Computer Guts: -- Looking under the hood -- Powering Mr computer -- Lurking on the motherboard -- Corralling all the mass storage devices -- King Processor: -- Understanding the processor's role -- Naming PC processors -- Measuring processor speed -- Discovering your PC's processor -- Your Computer Is Also A Timepiece: -- Viewing the date and time -- Using the Internet to set the clock -- PC Memory: -- What is computer memory? -- Tasty chocolate memory chips -- Memory, one byte at a time -- Memory Q & A: -- How much memory is in my PC right now? …”
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PCs for dummies / by Gookin, Dan

Table of Contents: “…Part 2: Nerd's-Eye View: -- Deep Inside The Console: -- Computer Guts: -- Looking under the hood -- Powering Mr computer -- Lurking on the motherboard -- Corralling all the mass storage devices -- King Processor: -- Understanding the processor's role -- Naming PC processors -- Measuring processor speed -- Discovering your PC's processor -- Your Computer Is Also A Timepiece: -- Viewing the date and time -- Using the Internet to set the clock -- PC Memory: -- What is computer memory? -- Tasty chocolate memory chips -- Memory, one byte at a time -- Memory Q & A: -- How much memory is in my PC right now? …”
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Principles of GNSS, inertial, and multisensor integrated navigation systems / by Groves, Paul D. (Paul David)

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- 1.1.Fundamental Concepts -- 1.2.Dead Reckoning -- 1.3.Position Fixing -- 1.3.1.Position-Fixing Methods -- 1.3.2.Signal-Based Positioning -- 1.3.3.Environmental Feature Matching -- 1.4.The Navigation System -- 1.4.1.Requirements -- 1.4.2.Context -- 1.4.3.Integration -- 1.4.4.Aiding -- 1.4.5.Assistance and Cooperation -- 1.4.6.Fault Detection -- 1.5.Overview of the Book -- References -- ch. 2 Coordinate Frames, Kinematics, and the Earth -- 2.1.Coordinate Frames -- 2.1.1.Earth-Centered Inertial Frame -- 2.1.2.Earth-Centered Earth-Fixed Frame -- 2.1.3.Local Navigation Frame -- 2.1.4.Local Tangent-Plane Frame -- 2.1.5.Body Frame -- 2.1.6.Other Frames -- 2.2.Attitude, Rotation, and Resolving Axes Transformations -- 2.2.1.Euler Attitude -- 2.2.2.Coordinate Transformation Matrix -- 2.2.3.Quaternion Attitude -- 2.2.4.Rotation Vector -- 2.3.Kinematics -- 2.3.1.Angular Rate -- 2.3.2.Cartesian Position -- 2.3.3.Velocity -- 2.3.4.Acceleration -- 2.3.5.Motion with Respect to a Rotating Reference Frame -- 2.4.Earth Surface and Gravity Models -- 2.4.1.The Ellipsoid Model of the Earth's Surface -- 2.4.2.Curvilinear Position -- 2.4.3.Position Conversion -- 2.4.4.The Geoid, Orthometric Height, and Earth Tides -- 2.4.5.Projected Coordinates -- 2.4.6.Earth Rotation -- 2.4.7.Specific Force, Gravitation, and Gravity -- 2.5.Frame Transformations -- 2.5.1.Inertial and Earth Frames -- 2.5.2.Earth and Local Navigation Frames -- 2.5.3.Inertial and Local Navigation Frames -- 2.5.4.Earth and Local Tangent-Plane Frames -- 2.5.5.Transposition of Navigation Solutions -- References -- ch. 3 Kalman Filter-Based Estimation -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.1.1.Elements of the Kalman Filter -- 3.1.2.Steps of the Kalman Filter -- 3.1.3.Kalman Filter Applications -- 3.2.Algorithms and Models -- 3.2.1.Definitions -- 3.2.2.Kalman Filter Algorithm -- 3.2.3.System Model -- 3.2.4.Measurement Model -- 3.2.5.Kalman Filter Behavior and State Observability -- 3.2.6.Closed-Loop Kalman Filter -- 3.2.7.Sequential Measurement Update -- 3.3.Implementation Issues -- 3.3.1.Tuning and Stability -- 3.3.2.Algorithm Design -- 3.3.3.Numerical Issues -- 3.3.4.Time Synchronization -- 3.3.5.Kalman Filter Design Process -- 3.4.Extensions to the Kalman Filter -- 3.4.1.Extended and Linearized Kalman Filter -- 3.4.2.Unscented Kalman Filter -- 3.4.3.Time-Correlated Noise -- 3.4.4.Adaptive Kalman Filter -- 3.4.5.Multiple-Hypothesis Filtering -- 3.4.6.Kalman Smoothing -- 3.5.The Particle Filter -- References -- ch. 4 Inertial Sensors -- 4.1.Accelerometers -- 4.1.1.Pendulous Accelerometers -- 4.1.2.Vibrating-Beam Accelerometers -- 4.2.Gyroscopes -- 4.2.1.Optical Gyroscopes -- 4.2.2.Vibratory Gyroscopes -- 4.3.Inertial Measurement Units -- 4.4.Error Characteristics -- 4.4.1.Biases -- 4.4.2.Scale Factor and Cross-Coupling Errors -- 4.4.3.Random Noise -- 4.4.4.Further Error Sources -- 4.4.5.Vibration-Induced Errors -- 4.4.6.Error Models -- References -- ch. 5 Inertial Navigation -- 5.1.Introduction to Inertial Navigation -- 5.2.Inertial-Frame Navigation Equations -- 5.2.1.Attitude Update -- 5.2.2.Specific-Force Frame Transformation -- 5.2.3.Velocity Update -- 5.2.4.Position Update -- 5.3.Earth-Frame Navigation Equations -- 5.3.1.Attitude Update -- 5.3.2.Specific-Force Frame Transformation -- 5.3.3.Velocity Update -- 5.3.4.Position Update -- 5.4.Local-Navigation-Frame Navigation Equations -- 5.4.1.Attitude Update -- 5.4.2.Specific-Force Frame Transformation -- 5.4.3.Velocity Update -- 5.4.4.Position Update -- 5.4.5.Wander-Azimuth Implementation -- 5.5.Navigation Equations Optimization -- 5.5.1.Precision Attitude Update -- 5.5.2.Precision Specific-Force Frame Transformation -- 5.5.3.Precision Velocity and Position Updates -- 5.5.4.Effects of Sensor Sampling Interval and Vibration -- 5.5.5.Design Tradeoffs -- 5.6.Initialization and Alignment -- 5.6.1.Position and Velocity Initialization -- 5.6.2.Attitude Initialization -- 5.6.3.Fine Alignment -- 5.7.INS Error Propagation -- 5.7.1.Short-Term Straight-Line Error Propagation -- 5.7.2.Medium- and Long-Term Error Propagation -- 5.7.3.Maneuver-Dependent Errors -- 5.8.Indexed IMU -- 5.9.Partial IMU -- References -- ch. 6 Dead Reckoning, Attitude, and Height Measurement -- 6.1.Attitude Measurement -- 6.1.1.Magnetic Heading -- 6.1.2.Marine Gyrocompass -- 6.1.3.Strapdown Yaw-Axis Gyro -- 6.1.4.Heading from Trajectory -- 6.1.5.Integrated Heading Determination -- 6.1.6.Accelerometer Leveling and Tilt Sensors -- 6.1.7.Horizon Sensing -- 6.1.8.Attitude and Heading Reference System -- 6.2.Height and Depth Measurement -- 6.2.1.Barometric Altimeter -- 6.2.2.Depth Pressure Sensor -- 6.2.3.Radar Altimeter -- 6.3.Odometry -- 6.3.1.Linear Odometry -- 6.3.2.Differential Odometry -- 6.3.3.Integrated Odometry and Partial IMU -- 6.4.Pedestrian Dead Reckoning Using Step Detection -- 6.5.Doppler Radar and Sonar -- 6.6.Other Dead-Reckoning Techniques -- 6.6.1.Correlation-Based Velocity Measurement -- 6.6.2.Air Data -- 6.6.3.Ship's Speed Log -- References -- ch. 7 Principles of Radio Positioning -- 7.1.Radio Positioning Configurations and Methods -- 7.1.1.Self-Positioning and Remote Positioning -- 7.1.2.Relative Positioning -- 7.1.3.Proximity -- 7.1.4.Ranging -- 7.1.5.Angular Positioning -- 7.1.6.Pattern Matching -- 7.1.7.Doppler Positioning -- 7.2.Positioning Signals -- 7.2.1.Modulation Types -- 7.2.2.Radio Spectrum -- 7.3.User Equipment -- 7.3.1.Architecture -- 7.3.2.Signal Timing Measurement -- 7.3.3.Position Determination from Ranging -- 7.4.Propagation, Error Sources, and Positioning Accuracy -- 7.4.1.Ionosphere, Troposphere, and Surface Propagation Effects -- 7.4.2.Attenuation, Reflection, Multipath, and Diffraction -- 7.4.3.Resolution, Noise, and Tracking Errors -- 7.4.4.Transmitter Location and Timing Errors -- 7.4.5.Effect of Signal Geometry -- References -- ch. 8 GNSS: Fundamentals, Signals, and Satellites -- 8.1.Fundamentals of Satellite Navigation -- 8.1.1.GNSS Architecture -- 8.1.2.Signals and Range Measurement -- 8.1.3.Positioning -- 8.1.4.Error Sources and Performance Limitations -- 8.2.The Systems -- 8.2.1.Global Positioning System -- 8.2.2.GLONASS -- 8.2.3.Galileo -- 8.2.4.Beidou -- 8.2.5.Regional Systems -- 8.2.6.Augmentation Systems -- 8.2.7.System Compatibility -- 8.3.GNSS Signals -- 8.3.1.Signal Types -- 8.3.2.Global Positioning System -- 8.3.3.GLONASS -- 8.3.4.Galileo -- 8.3.5.Beidou -- 8.3.6.Regional Systems -- 8.3.7.Augmentation Systems -- 8.4.Navigation Data Messages -- 8.4.1.GPS -- 8.4.2.GLONASS -- 8.4.3.Galileo -- 8.4.4.SBAS -- 8.4.5.Time Base Synchronization -- 8.5.Satellite Orbits and Geometry -- 8.5.1.Satellite Orbits -- 8.5.2.Satellite Position and Velocity -- 8.5.3.Range, Range Rate, and Line of Sight -- 8.5.4.Elevation and Azimuth -- References -- ch. 9 GNSS: User Equipment Processing and Errors -- 9.1.Receiver Hardware and Antenna -- 9.1.1.Antennas -- 9.1.2.Reference Oscillator -- 9.1.3.Receiver Front End -- 9.1.4.Baseband Signal Processor -- 9.2.Ranging Processor -- 9.2.1.Acquisition -- 9.2.2.Code Tracking -- 9.2.3.Carrier Tracking -- 9.2.4.Tracking Lock Detection -- 9.2.5.Navigation-Message Demodulation -- 9.2.6.Carrier-Power-to-Noise-Density Measurement -- 9.2.7.Pseudo-Range, Pseudo-Range-Rate, and Carrier-Phase Measurements -- 9.3.Range Error Sources -- 9.3.1.Ephemeris Prediction and Satellite Clock Errors -- 9.3.2.Ionosphere and Troposphere Propagation Errors -- 9.3.3.Tracking Errors -- 9.3.4.Multipath, Nonline-of-Sight, and Diffraction -- 9.4.Navigation Processor -- 9.4.1.Single-Epoch Navigation Solution -- 9.4.2.Filtered Navigation Solution -- 9.4.3.Signal Geometry and Navigation Solution Accuracy -- 9.4.4.Position Error Budget -- References -- ch.…”
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