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Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food

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Report copyright infringementby Leslie A. Duram (Editor)A comprehensive compilation of entries illuminates the key trends, activities, and themes in organic, sustainable, and local food, covering consumers, organizations, farming, policies, and much more. The Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food pulls together a fascinating array of diverse, interdisciplinary topics to provide a thorough overview of our current alternative food system. With increasing attention focused on orga...

Defence Policy-Making: A Close-Up View, 1950-1980 - A Personal Memoir

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Tange (Author), Peter Edwards (Editor)Sir Arthur Tange was perhaps the most powerful Secretary of the Australian Defence Department and one of the most powerful of the great 'mandarins' who dominated the Commonwealth Public Service between the 1940s and the 1970s. His strong, and often decisive, influence on both administration and policy was exerted by virtue of his intellectual capacity, his administrative ability and the sheer force of his personality...

Unsettled Issues in Determining Appropriate Modeling Fidelity for Automated Driving Systems Simulation

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Report copyright infringementby Sven Beiker (Author)This SAE EDGE(TM) Research Report identifies key unsettled issues of interest to the automotive industry regarding the challenges of achieving optimal model fidelity for developing, validating, and verifying vehicles capable of automated driving. Three main issues are outlined that merit immediate interest: First, assuring that simulation models represent their real-world counterparts, how to quantify simulation model fidelity, and how to ...

Australian Island Arks: Conservation, Management and Opportunities

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Report copyright infringementby Dorian Moro (Editor), Derek Ball (Editor), Sally Bryant (Editor)Australia is the custodian of a diverse range of continental and oceanic islands. From Heard and Macquarie in the sub-Antarctic and temperate Lord Howe and Norfolk to the tropical Cocos (Keeling) and the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia's islands contain some of the nation's most iconic fauna, flora and ecosystems. They are a refuge for over 35% of Australia's threatened species and for...

Quality Beyond Borders: Dantotsu or How to Achieve Best in Business

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Report copyright infringementby David Hutchins (Author)Winner of the Walter E. Masing Book Prize 2019 at the International Academy for Quality.Perceptions as to the nature of the Quality Sciences and disciplines vary across the world depending on local industrial history. This can cause problems for global organisations who often want to retain the quality policies of the parent company whilst attempting to embrace the approaches familiar to local people. For example, whilst Western organisat...

The Definitive Beginner's Guide to Tendering and EU Procurement: Procuring Contracts in Social Housing or other Public Body Environments

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Shorter (Author)This second edition has been revised and updated to include all the 2015 Regulations. The purpose of this book is to provide advice and guidance on procurement for those in Local Authorities and other public type bodies who have been charged with tendering building repair, maintenance or construction contracts. Written primarily with housing and other property professionals in mind, it assumes only a rudimentary knowledge of procurement a...

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Report copyright infringementby Lorraine Turnbull (Author)Award-winning smallholder Lorraine Turnbull shares her extensive knowledge and experience in her new practical guide; Sustainable Smallholding. Lorraine will help you along your journey of turning your dream of a 'Good Life' into reality.You will be shepherded into a more sustainable and productive living, resulting in a far more pleasurable and even profitable lifestyle.The guide includes case studies from real smallholders, tips for ...

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel M. [From Old Catalog] Miller (Author)"A Work on Tobacco Culture", originally published in 1880, provides a detailed look into the practices and techniques of growing tobacco in the 19th century. Authored by Samuel M. Miller, this book serves as a valuable historical resource for understanding agricultural methods during this period. The text offers insights into various aspects of tobacco cultivation, from soil preparation and planting to harvesting and ...

Asian Maritime Power in the 21st Century: Strategic Transactions China, India and Southeast Asia

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Report copyright infringementby Vijay Sakhuja (Author)Maritime power has been a key defining parameter of economic vitality and geostrategic power of nations. The first decade of the twenty-first century has witnessed the rise of China and India as confident economic powers pivoting on high growth rates, exponential expansion of science, technology and industrial growth. Number of Pages: 380 Dimensions: 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 16, 2011...

Energy and Analytics: BIG DATA and Building Technology Integration

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Report copyright infringementby Cem McGowan (Author)This book details how to leverage big data style analytics to manage and coordinate the key issues in both energy supply and demand. It presents a detailed explanation of the underlying systems technology that enables big data in buildings and how this technology provides added cost benefit from efficiency, onsite solar, and electricity markets. Number of Pages: 374 Dimensions: 0.77 x 9 x 6 IN Publicati...

Unnatural Selection: Technology, Politics, and Plant Evolution

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Report copyright infringementby Cary Fowler (Author)A groundbreaking interdisciplinary history of the century-long battle over our planet's most vital intellectual property: the seed. Unnatural Selection demonstrates how America's intellectual property laws reshaped global agriculture with consequences we're still grappling with today.Seeds and planting materials are central to the agricultural system that feeds us all. Yet there has been surprisingly little interest in seriously analyzing th...

Destination 2050: A Practical Guide to the Future

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Report copyright infringementby Cristina Pozzi (Author)Navigate the Future with ConfidenceDestination 2050 offers a practical guide to understanding and preparing for the dramatic changes ahead. Explore emerging technologies like AI, robotics, and biotechnology, and discover their potential impact on society and everyday life. This book is for students, managers, and anyone curious about future trends.Gain insights into future scenarios, ethical considerations, and the importance of using for...

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Report copyright infringementby P. J. Stetz (Author), Penelope Stetz (Author)Cellular phones have gone from a "gee whiz" curiosity to an indispensable communications link for more than 224 million U.S. subscribers. Despite cell phones' enormous popularity, it has been difficult to get reliable, objective information on which to base purchases and maximize performance. This bestseller is the bible of the exploding wireless telephone industry. It provides a solid understanding of wireless techn...

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Report copyright infringementby Dowty (Author)Sir George Dowty (1901-1975) was a noted inventor and businessman, who pioneered many components used in the aviation industry before, during, and after the Second World War, and founded a string of companies which bore his name. He was a major employer in the Cheltenham and Tewkesbury area of Gloucestershire (as his successor companies still are), a prominent and respected figure in the world of engineering, and a generous supporter of causes in ...

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Report copyright infringementby Frazier Hunt (Author), Robert Hunt (Author)Horses And Heroes: The Story Of The Horse In America For 450 Years is a comprehensive book that takes the reader on a journey through the history of the horse in America. Written by Frazier Hunt, the book covers the period from the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century to the present day.The book explores the role of the horse in American history, from the early days of exploration and settlement to ...

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Report copyright infringementby David Lloyd (Author)HOW DID AI SEEM TO ARRIVE SO QUICKLY? HOW DO WE MAKE SENSE OUT OF IT?While at times it feels AI arrived in just a matter of a couple of years, the fact is it's been much longer in the making. Welcome to a quick journey that helps everyone understand how we arrived at this point and de-mystifies the conversation.How do ChatGPT and large language models work in general? How do computers "see" images and learn from them to cure cancer or drive ...

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Report copyright infringementby Alfonso Aramburo (Author)STOP BEING THE HERO. START BEING THE ARCHITECT.Most industrial leaders and executives are trapped in a perpetual "Firefighting Cycle." You're working 14-hour days, responding to emails at 1 a.m., and holding meetings where everyone nods in agreement-yet nothing actually moves. The business looks "busy" and alive on the surface, but under the hood, it's accelerating into a fog of misaligned priorities, crushing scrap rates, and normalize...

Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town - Hardcover

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by Charles L. Marohn (Author)Discover insider secrets of how America's transportation system is designed, funded, and built - and how to make it work for your community In Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town, renowned speaker and author of Strong Towns Charles L. Marohn Jr. delivers an accessible and engaging exploration of America's transportation system, laying bare the reasons why it no longer works as it once did, and how to modernize transportation to b...

Memoirs of My Professional Career: Part 1

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Report copyright infringementby Greg Seymour (Author)This book begins with my retirement from the U.S. Navy and transition to civilian life in 1981. After a 20 year career as a regular officer. I was ready to move forward with hopes of accomplishing greater things. In preparing for retirement, I completed a graduate level course Strategy of Career Transition at Catholic University. This set me on the path of self-evaluation to determine the right vocational fit for my second career. After com...

Memoirs of My Professional Career: Part 2

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The Forest Garden Greenhouse: How to Design and Manage an Indoor Permaculture Oasis

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Report copyright infringementby Jerome Osentowski (Author)Now with a revolutionary new "Climate Battery" design for near-net-zero heating and cooling"Jerome Osentowski is a master of simple, elegantly frugal, eminently practical indoor gardens."--Amory Lovins In this groundbreaking book, Jerome Osentowski, one of North America's most accomplished permaculture designers, presents a wholly new approach to a very old horticultural subject. In The Forest Garden Greenhouse, he shows how bringing t...

The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life When Robots Rule the Earth - Paperback

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by Robin Hanson (Author)Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or ems. Scan a human brain, then run a model with the same connections on a fast computer, and you have a robot brain, but recognizably human. Train an em to do some job and copy it a million times: an army of workers is at your disposal. When they can be made cheaply, within perhaps a century, ems will displace humans in most jobs. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel R. Headrick (Author)Today technology has created a world of dazzling progress, growing disparities of wealth and poverty, and looming threats to the environment. Technology: A World History offers an illuminating backdrop to our present moment--a brilliant history of invention around the globe. Historian Daniel R. Headrick ranges from the Stone Age and the beginnings of agriculture to the Industrial Revolution and the electronic revolution of the recent ...

101 Things I Learned(r) in Film School - Hardcover

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by Neil Landau (Author), Matthew Frederick (Author)An illustrated, accessible introduction to filmmaking from an award-winning Hollywood producer, screenwriter, film school professor, and script consultant to major movie studiosAnyone with a cellphone can shoot video, but creating a memorable feature-length film requires knowledge and mastery of a wide range of skills, including screenwriting, storytelling, directing, visual composition, and production logistics. This book points the aspiring...

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Report copyright infringementby Nikola Tesla (Author)Collected here are twenty of Nikola Tesla's essays letters and speeches all with figures. In total there are some 214 figures. Now you can read these famous articles as they were intended to be read. Included are A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers; Experiments with Alternate Currents of Very High Frequency and Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination; Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potent...

The Grapes Didn't Know it Was Pennsylvania

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Report copyright infringementby J. Maki (Author) In 1991, the J. Maki Winery at French Creek Ridge Vineyards in Pennsylvania was born. Just ten years later, this humble venture was honored with the most prestigious award in the industry: the gold medal for the world's best champagne in Paris, France. How does a small, northern winery beat out all the wineries in France, Italy, and California? This book chronicles the story of Janet Maki whose fascination with plants took root during her child...

Architecture and How to Sketch It - Illustrated by Sketches of Typical Examples

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Report copyright infringementby H. W. Roberts (Author)Including a wealth of practical information and step-by-step instructions concerning architectural drawing, this profusely illustrated handbook will be of considerable utility to illustrators, designers, architects, and artists alike. Contents include: "The Aim", "Visit to an Ideal City", "Without the Walls", "Within the Walls", "Without the Church", "Within the Church", "Method in Sketching to get Rapid and Accurate Representation", "A Si...

The Mongean Method Of Descriptive Geometry According To The Procedure Of Gino Loria

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Report copyright infringementby William Henry Roever (Author)""The Mongean Method of Descriptive Geometry According to the Procedure of Gino Loria"" by William Henry Roever is a comprehensive guide to the principles and techniques of descriptive geometry. The book is based on the Mongean method, which was developed by the French mathematician Gaspard Monge in the 18th century. The Mongean method is a powerful tool for visualizing and analyzing three-dimensional objects and their relationships...

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Paperback

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by Jenny Odell (Author)** A New York Times Bestseller ** NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: Time - The New Yorker - NPR - GQ - Elle - Vulture - Fortune - Boing Boing - The Irish Times - The New York Public Library - The Brooklyn Public Library "A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto."--Jonah Engel Bromwich, The New York Times Book ReviewOne of President Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of 20...

Moving the Construction Safety Climate Forward in Developing Countries

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Report copyright infringementby Tchad Jatau (Author), Fidelis Emuze (Author), John Smallwood (Author)The construction industry in developing economies is responsible for creating deliverables such as infrastructure and housing while providing a means of livelihood to an ever-increasing number of management and frontline workers. However, in many parts of the world, injuries and fatalities have continued to damage the industry's image.This book intends to meet the needs of many construction ma...

Passive Solar Energy in Buildings: Watt Committee: Report Number 17

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Report copyright infringementby P. O'Sullivan (Editor)This report indicates that the benefits that accrue to a building and its occupants from a consideration of solar radiation are greatest when the 'passive solar component' is seen in perspective, as a natural part of an integrated approach to climatically interactive low-energy building design. Number of Pages: 76 Dimensions: 0.16 x 10 x 8 IN Publication Date: June 30, 2020

Design and Stability of Concrete Structures - Structural Engineering

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Report copyright infringementby John McMahon (Director), Chuck Brown (Editor)Chapter titles are ...(1) General and Background Information ...(2) Failure Modes and Wedge Sliding Analysis ...(3) Stability Requirements - Load Conditions, Site Information, Safety Factors, Seismic Stability, etc. ...(4) Loads and Loading Conditions including Water Loading Conditions, Uplift Loads, Earthquake Loading Conditions, etc. ...(5) Soil Forces and Single Wedge Sliding Analysis ...(6) Stability Consideratio...