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Inspired Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans
epub | 538.67 KB | English | Rachel Held Evans | 2018 | Thomas Nelson | Page: 270
About Inspired Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans :
One Woman's Journey Back to Loving the Bible
If the Bible isn't a science book or an instruction manual, then what is it? What do people mean when they say the Bible is inspired? When Rachel Held Evans found herself asking these questions, she began a quest to better understand what the Bible is and how it is meant to be read. What she discovered changed her-and it will change you too.
Drawing on the best in recent scholarship and using her well-honed literary expertise, Evans examines some of our favorite Bible stories and possible interpretations, retelling them through memoir, original poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay. Undaunted by the Bible's most difficult passages, Evans wrestles through the process of doubting, imagining, and debating Scripture's mysteries. The Bible, she discovers, is not a static work but is a living, breathing, captivating, and confounding book that is able to equip us to join God's...
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The June Boys by Court Stevens
epub | 94.22 MB | English | Court Stevens | 2020 | Thomas Nelson | Page: 368
About The June Boys by Court Stevens :
The Gemini Thief could be anyone.
Your father, your mother, your best friend's crazy uncle.
Some country music star's deranged sister. Anyone.
Someone is stealing Tennessee's boys.
REPORT SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR.
The Gemini Thief is a serial kidnapper, who takes three boys and holds them captive from June 1st to June 30th of the following year. The June Boys endure thirteen months of being stolen, hidden, observed, and fed before they are released, unharmed, by their masked captor. The Thief is a pro, having eluded authorities for nearly a decade and taken at least twelve boys.
Now Thea Delacroix has reason to believe the Gemini Thief has taken a thirteenth victim: her cousin, Aulus McClaghen.
But the game changes when one of the kidnapped boys turns up dead. Together with her boyfriend Nick and her best friends, Thea is determined to find the Gemini Thief...
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The Rion by Bridget Brislin
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She went from lost in space to being sold at auction to an Anuian Prince.
The Prime Triad had been searching for five hundred years for the female who would be their mate and, if the One God was willing, she would become the Arianu, the demi-goddess of Anu. It is foretold that when the Arianu is born, she will bring love, happiness, life, and joy. She will heal their planet and bear many children-female children.
Who would have guessed that she was the female they were looking for?
When she arrived on Anu, she discovered that all Anuian males are born as triplets. The King, or Ri, of the planet Anu, along with his two brothers, make up the Prime Triad that governs their planet as well as all others in this galaxy. Not only are they large and in charge, but they are gorgeous males! She also found out that they must mate together in order to procreate and that they are shape shifters gifted with special powers by the One God.
She became their mate. Now she can shape shift into the demi-goddess Arianu. Now she has special powers too. Now she is the Rion--the Queen--of Anu.
What will it be like, being mated to a king and two princes, all at the same time?
How will she assert herself in her new position as Rion?
How will she heal their planet?
Will she bear many female children as was foretold in the Oracles of the One God?
The Rion is a steamy, sci-fi reverse harem romance with one Earth woman and three sexy alien males. This is the second book in the Scions of Anu series. It has a happy-for-now ending. This book is not meant to stand alone, but is best enjoyed after reading The Arianu: Scions of Any Book 1. This book is for adults only, if you are offended by explicit sex scenes and multiple partners, do not buy this book.
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The Arianu by Bridget Brislin
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About The Arianu by Bridget Brislin :
She went from lost in space to being sold at auction to an Anuian Prince.
The Prime Triad has been searching for five hundred years for the female who will be their mate and, if the One God is willing, will become the Arianu, the Goddess of Anu. It is foretold that when the Arianu is born, she will bring love, happiness, life, and joy. She will heal their planet and bear many children-female children.
Is this female the one they have searched for?
When she arrives on Anu, she discovers that all Anuian males are born as triplets. The King, or Ri, of the planet Anu, along with his two brothers, make up the Prime Triad that governs their planet as well as all others in this galaxy. Not only are they large and in charge, but they are gorgeous males!
What she doesn't know is that Anuians must mate together in order to procreate.
What she doesn't know is that Anuians are shape shifters.
What she doesn't know is that the Prime Triad has very unusual powers.
The Arianu is a steamy, sci-fi reverse harem romance with one Earth woman and three sexy alien males. This is the first book in the Scions of Anu series. It has a happy-for-now ending. This book is for adults only, if you are offended by explicit sex scenes, multiple partners, or dark themes, do not buy this book. This book may contain possible triggers for some readers. This is a different race, on a different planet, with a very different culture, facing their extinction. They are desperate, and yet determined to live. If you can't leave your judgement behind, don't purchase this book.
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Deadly Anniversaries A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors
epub | 1.28 MB | English | Marcia Muller | 2020 | Hanover Square Press | Page: 400
About Deadly Anniversaries A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors :
Deadly Anniversaries celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Mystery Writers of America with a collection of stories from some of the top names in crime fiction.
An anniversary can honor many things: a birth, a wedding and sometimes even a death. In Deadly Anniversaries, editors Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini present new stories from some of the best contemporary authors to honor the diamond jubilee of the Mystery Writers of America, an organization founded on the principle that "Crime Doesn't Pay-Enough."
Each author puts their own unique spin on what it means to recognize a certain day or event each year. These nineteen stories travel across a wide range of historical and contemporary settings and remind readers of how broad the mystery writing tradition can be, encompassing detective tales, domestic intrigue, psychological suspense, black humor and thrilling action.
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Life for Sale
epub | 5.66 MB | English | Yukio Mishima | 2019 | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Page: 188
About Life for Sale :
After botching a suicide attempt, salaryman Hanio Yamada decides to put his life up for sale in the classifieds section of a Tokyo nepaper. Soon interested parties come calling with increasingly bizarre requests and what follo is a madcap comedy of errors, involving a jealous husband, a drug-addled heiress, poisoned carrots-even a vampire. For someone who just wants to die, Hanio can't seem to catch a break, as he finds himself enmeshed in a continent-wide conspiracy that puts him in the cross hairs of both his own government and a powerful organized-crime syndicate. By turns wildly inventive, darkly comedic, and deeply surreal, in Life for Sale Yukio Mishima stunningly uses satire to explore the same dark themes that preoccupied him throughout his lifetime.
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Lillith
epub | 1.13 MB | English | Gallwey, Kate | 2018 | Catching Dragons | Page: 254
About Lillith :
This anthology brings together essays, rituals, and unique artwork dedicated to the Queen of the Night and the Dark Goddess of the Qliphoth. Denied and rejected, worshipped and venerated, Lilith has been a part of the Western culture for ages. Viewed both as a beautiful seductress and a ruthless demon, she is the Serpent in the Garden of Eden, the first woman, and the primary initiatrix into the mysteries of the dark side of the Qabalistic Tree of Life. Her rites are the works of love and pain, sex and transgression, transcendence and immanence, for she exists at the roots of all desire of all humans past, present, and future. This archetype has never been fully grasped in its profundity and is constantly unfolding, challenging us to recognize our fears and passions and to transform them into tools of power.
In this book you will find personal accounts of practitioners who ventured into the sacred and unholy garden of the Dark Queen of Sitra Ahra and returned transformed and empowered by her gnosis. Spells and invocations, dream magic and guided meditations, visions and stories of intimate encounters with Lilith - all this is contained in this unique anthology, written from the perspective of the Left Hand Path and the Draconian Tradition.
Compiled and edited by Asenath Mason, the book contains articles and contributions from Ahohlan Castarté, Alisa Jones, Bill Duvendack, Edgar Kerval, Kai'Nathera, Katie Anderson, Leonard Dewar, Lucien von Wolfe, Mike King, Martha Gray, Nemo.V, and Selene-Lilith.
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The Unsettling Stars
epub | 2.27 MB | English | Alan Dean Foster | 2020 | Pocket Books/Star Trek | Page: 304
About The Unsettling Stars :
An original novel based on the thrilling Star Trek movies directed by J.J. Abrams!
Taking place in an alternate timeline created when the Starship Kelvin was destroyed by a Romulan invader from the future, this bold new novel follo Captain James T. Kirk and an inexperienced crew commandeering a repaired U.S.S. Enterprise out of spacedock for a simple shakedown cruise. When a distress call comes in, the Enterprise must aid a large colony ship of alien refugees known as the Perenorean, who are under siege by an unknown enemy. But Kirk and his crew will find that the situation with the peaceful Perenorean is far more complicated than they bargained for, and the answers as to why they were attacked in the first place unfold in the most insidious of ways...
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Passage West A Novel
epub | 2.08 MB | English | Rishi Reddi | 2020 | HarperCollins | Page: 448
About Passage West A Novel :
A Recommended Book from Bustle and The Millions
A sweeping, vibrant first novel following a family of Indian sharecroppers at the onset of World War I, revealing a little-known part of California history
1914: Ram Singh arrives in the Imperial Valley on the Mexican border, reluctantly accepting his friend Karak's offer of work and partnership in a small cantaloupe farm. Ram is unmoored; fleeing violence in Oregon, he desperately longs to return to his wife and newborn son in Punjab-but he is duty bound to make his fortune first.
In the Valley, American settlement is still new and the rules are ever shifting. Alongside Karak; Jivan and his wife, Kishen; and Amarjeet, a U.S. soldier, Ram struggles to farm in the unforgiving desert. When he meets an alluring woman who has fought in Mexico's revolution, he strives to stay true to his wife. The Valley is full of settlers hailing from other cities and different...
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A Military History of China
epub | 2.06 MB | English | David A. Graff, Robin Higham | 2012 | University Press of Kentucky | Page: 344
About A Military History of China :
Gaining an understanding of China's long and sometimes bloody history can help to shed light on China's ascent to global power. Many of China's imperial dynasties were established as the result of battle, from the chariot warfare of ancient times to the battles of the Guomindang (KMT) and Communist regimes of the twentieth century. China's ability to sustain complex warfare on a very large scale was not emulated in other parts of the world until the Industrial Age, despite the fact that the country is only now rising to economic dominance.
In A Military History of China, Updated Edition, David A. Graff and Robin Higham bring together leading scholars to offer a basic introduction to the military history of China from the first millennium B.C.E. to the present. Focusing on recurring patterns of conflict rather than traditional campaign narratives, this volume reaches farther back into China's military history than similar studies. It also offers insightful comparisons between Chinese and Western approaches to war. This edition brings the volume up to date, including discussions of the Chinese military's latest developments and the country's most recent foreign conflicts.
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""An important addition to the literature on Chinese military history. As such, it is also an important addition to the literature on world military history." -- Journal of Military History" --
""Brings together some of the leading experts on Chinese military history. This book covers the entire sweep of Chinese history from the Spring and Autumn right up to the present day. A Military History of China is suitable for use in military history or 'War and Society' seminars, and should provide some necessary balance in what are traditionally very Eurocentric courses." -- Pacific Affairs" --
About the Author
David A. Graff, associate professor of history and director of the East Asian Studies program at Kansas State University, is the author of Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300--900. He lives in Manhattan, Kansas.
Robin Higham, professor of history emeritus at Kansas State University, is the author and editor of many books, including Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat. He lives in Manhattan, Kansas.
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Antenna Arrays A Computational Approach
pdf | 13.38 MB | English | 978-0470407752 | Randy L. Haupt | 2010 | Wiley-IEEE Press; 1 edition | Page: 549
About Antenna Arrays A Computational Approach :
A comprehensive tutorial on the design and practical applications of antenna arrays An antenna array is an assembly of antenna elements that maximizes a received or transmitted signal in a desired direction. This practical book covers a wide range of antenna array topics that are becoming increasingly important in wireless applications, with emphasis on array design, applications, and computer modeling.
Each chapter in Antenna Arrays builds upon the previous chapter, progressively addressing more difficult material. Beginning with basic electromagnetics/antennas/antenna systems information, the book then deals with the analysis and synthesis of arrays of point sources and their associated array factors. It presents a sampling of different antenna elements that replace these point sources, then presents element configurations that do not have to lie along a line or in a plane.
The complex and difficult-to-predict interactions of elements and electromagnetic waves are introduced, along with computer modeling and experiments that are necessary for predicting the performance of arrays where mutual coupling is important. Then, various approaches to getting signals to and from the array elements to a computer where the signal detection takes place are explored, as are the numerical techniques behind smart antennas.
The book emphasizes the computational methods used in the design and analysis of array antennas. Also featured are signal processing and numerical modeling algorithms, as well as pictures of antenna arrays and components provided by industry and government sources, with explanations of how they operate.
Fully course-tested, Antenna Arrays serves as a complete text in phased array design and theory for advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in electronics and communications, as well as a reference for practicing engineers and scientists in wireless communications, radar, and remote sensing.
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Energy Efficient Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless Body Sensor Networks
epub | 12.36 MB | English | Rongrong Zhang, Jihong Yu | 2020 | Springer International Publishing | Page: 134
About Energy Efficient Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless Body Sensor Networks :
This book provides a systematic treatment of the theoretical foundation and algorithmic tools necessary in the design of energy-efficient algorithms and protocols in wireless body sensor networks (WBSNs). These problems addressed in the book are of both fundamental and practical importance. Specifically, the book delivers a comprehensive treatment on the following problems ranging from theoretical modeling and analysis, to practical algorithm design and optimization: energy-efficient clustering-based leader election algorithms in WBSNs; MAC protocol for duty-cycling WBSNs with concurrent traffic; multi-channel broadcast algorithms in duty-cycling WBSNs; and energy-efficient sleep scheduling algorithms in WBSNs. Target readers of the book are researchers and advanced-level engineering students interested in acquiring in-depth knowledge on the topic and on WBSNs and their applications, both from theoretical and engineering perspective.
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60GHz Technology for Gbps WLAN and WPAN From Theory to Practice
pdf | 4.05 MB | English | Su-Khiong Yong | 2011 | Wiley; 1 edition | Page: 298
About 60GHz Technology for Gbps WLAN and WPAN From Theory to Practice :
This book addresses 60 GHz technology for Gbps WLAN and WPAN from theory to practice, covering key aspects for successful deployment.
In this book, the authors focus specifically on 60 GHz wireless technology which has emerged as the most promising candidate for multi-gigabit wireless indoor communication systems. 60 GHz technology offers various advantages over current or existing communications systems (e.g. huge unlicensed bandwidth worldwide, high transmit power, high frequency reuse and small form factor), which enables many disruptive applications that are otherwise difficult if not impossible to be realized at lower frequencies. The book addresses all aspects of the state-of-the-art in 60 GHz technology for high data rate wireless applications.
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Comprehensive coverage from theory to practice: provides readers with a thorough technical guide of 60 GHz technology development Brings together the entire area of 60GHz technology for Gigabits per second (Gbps) WLAN and WPAN applications. Discusses practical system designs covering wide aspects such as antenna propagation, beamforming, circuit design, digital communication, signal processing, system architectures, etc. Provides up-to-date standardization activities, regulatory issues, technology development as well as future trends Includes examples and case studies for practical scenarios Contains theoretical, simulation and experimental results to demonstrate and compare the performance of various schemes (or systems) This book serves as an excellent reference for system engineers, system architects, IC designers, standard engineers, researchers, and vendor and manufacturer consumers. Technical consultants, software and application developers will also find this book of interest.
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The Burnt Orange Heresy A Novel
epub | 4.43 MB | English | Charles Willeford | 2020 | Abrams | Page: 192
About The Burnt Orange Heresy A Novel :
The classic neo-noir novel acclaimed as Willeford's best, soon to be a major film
Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing, and fiercely ambitious art critic James Figueras will do anything-blackmail, burglary, and beyond-to make a name for himself. When an unscrupulous collector offers Figueras a career-making chance to interview Jacques Debierue, the greatest living-and most reclusive-artist, the critic must decide how far he will go to become the art-world celebrity he hungers to be. Will Figueras stop at the opportunity to skim some cream for himself or push beyond morality's limits to a bigger payoff?
Crossing the art world with the underworld, Willeford creates a novel of dark hue and high aesthetic polish. The Burnt Orange Heresy-the 1970s crime classic now back in print-has lost none of its savage delights as it re-creates the making of a murderer, calmly and with exquisite tension, while satirizing...
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Full Duplex Communications for Future Wireless Networks
pdf | 9.9 MB | English | 2019 | Wiley-IEEE Press; 1 edition | Page: 323
About Full Duplex Communications for Future Wireless Networks :
A comprehensive review to the theory, application and research of machine learning for future wireless communications
In one single volume, Machine Learning for Future Wireless Communications provides a comprehensive and highly accessible treatment to the theory, applications and current research developments to the technology aspects related to machine learning for wireless communications and networks. The technology development of machine learning for wireless communications has grown explosively and is one of the biggest trends in related academic, research and industry communities.
Deep neural networks-based machine learning technology is a promising tool to attack the big challenge in wireless communications and networks imposed by the increasing demands in terms of capacity, coverage, latency, efficiency flexibility, compatibility, quality of experience and silicon convergence. The author - a noted expert on the topic - covers a wide range of topics including system architecture and optimization, physical-layer and cross-layer processing, air interface and protocol design, beamforming and antenna configuration, network coding and slicing, cell acquisition and handover, scheduling and rate adaption, radio access control, smart proactive caching and adaptive resource allocations. Uniquely organized into three categories: Spectrum Intelligence, Transmission Intelligence and Network Intelligence, this important resource:
Offers a comprehensive review of the theory, applications and current developments of machine learning for wireless communications and networks Covers a range of topics from architecture and optimization to adaptive resource allocations Revie state-of-the-art machine learning based solutions for network coverage Includes an overview of the applications of machine learning algorithms in future wireless networks Explores flexible backhaul and front-haul, cross-layer optimization and coding, full-duplex radio, digital front-end (DFE) and radio-frequency (RF) processing Written for professional engineers, researchers, scientists, manufacturers, network operators, software developers and graduate students, Machine Learning for Future Wireless Communications presents in 21 chapters a comprehensive review of the topic authored by an expert in the field.
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High Resolution Imaging Detectors and Applications
pdf | 16.9 MB | English | 2015 | Pan Stanford; 1 edition | Page: 593
About High Resolution Imaging Detectors and Applications :
Interferometric observations need snapshots of very high time resolution of the order of (i) frame integration of about 100 Hz or (ii) photon-recording rates of several megahertz (MHz). Detectors play a key role in astronomical observations, and since the explanation of the photoelectric effect by Albert Einstein, the technology has evolved rather fast. The present-day technology has made it possible to develop large-format complementary metal oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) and charge-coupled device (CCD) array mosaics, orthogonal transfer CCDs, electron-multiplication CCDs, electron-avalanche photodiode arrays, and quantum-well infrared (IR) photon detectors. The requirements to develop artifact-free photon shot noise-limited images are higher sensitivity and quantum efficiency, reduced noise that includes dark current, read-out and amplifier noise, smaller point-spread functions, and higher spectral bandwidth. This book aims to address such systems, technologies and design, evaluation and calibration, control electronics, scientific applications, and results.
One of the fastest growing applications is signal sensing, especially wavefront sensing for adaptive optics and fringe tracking for interferometry, which is important for long-baseline optical interferometry. The coherence time of the atmosphere is a highly variable parameter. Depending upon the high velocity wind, it varies from <1 ms to 0.1 s. The exposure times are to be selected accordingly, to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio, as well as to freeze the fringe pattern. A large-format photon-counting system, which is an essential tool in the application of optical interferometric imaging, allo accurate photon centroiding and provides the dynamic range needed for measurements of source characteristics. The advent of high-quantum efficiency photon-counting systems vastly increases the sensitivity of high-resolution imaging techniques. Such systems raise the hope of making diffraction-limited images of objects as faint as ~15-16 m_v (visual magnitude).
This book deals with the fundamentals of the important aspects of high-resolution imaging, such as electromagnetic radiations, particularly, optical wavelengths and their distortions due to optical elements and Earth's atmosphere while passing through a detector; semiconductor physics; lasers; fiber optics; photon-detection process; photodetectors; charge-transfer devices; photon-counting devices in visible wavelength; radiation detectors in infrared wavelengths; and detecting systems for high energies.
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Arduino Android Blueprints
pdf | 5.04 MB | English | Marco Schwartz | 2014 | Packt Publishing | Page: 250
About Arduino Android Blueprints :
Get the best out of Arduino by interfacing it with Android to create engaging interactive projects
About This Book
Learn how to interface with and control Arduino using Android devices Discover how you can utilize the combined power of Android and Arduino for your own projects Practical, step-by-step examples to help you unleash the power of Arduino with Android
Who This Book Is For
This book is for those who want to learn how to build exciting Arduino projects by interfacing it with Android. You will need to have some basic experience in electronics and programming. However, you don't need to have any previous experience with the Arduino or Android platforms.
What You Will Learn
Build Arduino systems that can be controlled via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth Low Energy
Make a weather measurement station that can be monitored from Android
Build a smart power switch that can be controlled via Wi-Fi from Android
Monitor your home remotely with a wireless security camera
Control a servo motor with Bluetooth Low Energy using your phone's gyroscope
Open or close a door using voice controls or NFC
Control a mobile robot using Bluetooth Low Energy
In Detail
Arduino is an open source microcontroller built on a single-circuit board that is capable of receiving sensory input from the environment and controlling interactive physical objects.
The first few projects of this book will focus on displaying tweets within your app by connecting to Twitter, controlling basic functions of the Arduino board, and connecting an Arduino-powered weather station to an Android phone via Bluetooth. Next, you will learn how to use the Arduino Yún board to connect a standard USB camera to a local Wi-Fi network. At the end of the book, you will build a simple mobile robot, connect it to an Arduino board and a Bluetooth module, then control the robot from an Android phone using Bluetooth.
Each project is explained in a step-by-step fashion, always starting with the choice of components and the assembly of the hardware.
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Essentials of Wireless Mesh Networking
pdf | 3.93 MB | English | Methley, Steve. | 2009 | Page: 241
About Essentials of Wireless Mesh Networking :
Are you involved in implementing wireless mesh networks? As mesh networks move towards large-scale deployment, this highly practical book provides the information and insights you need. The technology is described, potential pitfalls in implementation are identified, clear hints and tips for success are provided, and real-world implementation examples are evaluated. Moreover, an introduction to wireless sensor networks (WSN) is included. This is an invaluable resource for electrical and communications engineers, software engineers, technology and information strategists in equipment, content and service providers, and spectrum regulators. It is also a useful guide for graduate students in wireless communications, and telecommunications.
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God And Evil An Introduction To The Issues
pdf | 23.28 MB | English | 978-0813328492 | Michael L. Peterson | 1998 | Westview Press; 1 edition | Page: 145
About God And Evil An Introduction To The Issues :
This concise, well-structured survey examines the problem of evil in the context of the philosophy of religion. One of the core topics in that field, the problem of evil is an enduring challenge that Western philosophers have pondered for almost two thousand years. The main problem of evil consists in reconciling belief in a just and loving God with the evil and suffering in the world. Michael Peterson frames this issue by working through questions such as the following: What is the relation of rational belief to religious faith? What different conceptual moves are possible on either side of the issue? What responses have important thinkers advanced and which seem most promising? Is it possible to maintain religious commitment in light of evil? Peterson relies on the helpful distinction between moral and natural evil to clarify our understanding of the different aspects of the problem as well as avenues for response.The overall format of the text rests on classifying various types of argument from evil: the logical, the probabilistic, the evidential, and the existential arguments. Each type of argument has its own strategy which both theists and nontheists must recognize and develop. Giving both theistic and nontheistic perspectives fair representation, the text works through the issues of whether evil sho theistic belief to be inconsistent, improbable, discredited by the evidence, or threatened by personal crisis.Peterson explains how defensive strategies are particularly geared for responding to the logical and probabilistic arguments from evil while theodicy is an appropriate response to the evidential argument. Theodicy has traditionally been understood as the attempt to justify belief in a God who is all-powerful and all-good in light of evil. The text discusses the theodicies of Augustine, Leibniz, Hick, and Whitehead as enlightening examples of theodicy. This discussion allo Peterson to identify and evaluate a rather dominant theme in most theodicies: that evil can be justified by designating a greater good. In the end, Peterson even explores how certain types of theodicy, based on specifically Christian renditions of theism, might provide a basis for addressing the existential problem of evil. The reader of this book gains not only an intellectual grasp of the debate over God and evil in professional philosophy but also the personal benefit of thinking through one of the most important issues in human life.
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Mastering BeagleBone Robotics
pdf | 13.1 MB | English | 2014 | Packt Publishing | Page: 234
About Mastering BeagleBone Robotics :
Master the power of the BeagleBone Black to maximize your robot-building skills and create awesome projects
About This Book
Create complex robots to explore land, sea, and the skies Control your robots through a wireless interface, or make them autonomous and self-directed This is a step-by-step guide to advancing your robotics skills through the power of the BeagleBone
Who This Book Is For
If you want a simple guide to building complex robots, then this book is for you. You'll need some programming knowledge and experience working with mechanical systems.
What You Will Learn
Power up the BeagleBone Black to develop with both Python and C
Control DC motors to guide a tracked robot forward, backward, and side to side
Add sonar and infrared sensors to let your robot see its own way
Use a USB webcam to have your robot seek out and track colored objects or movements
Communicate with the servomotors of a robo-sailboat using a long-range wireless interface
Teach your robo-sailboat to navigate to a bearing and distance using GPS
Connect your BeagleBone Black to a flight controller to guide robots through the air
Make your robots autonomous and capable of controlling themselves
In Detail
Robots are quickly bursting from the world of science fiction right into our own living rooms. The small-but-mighty BeagleBone Black embedded processor provides the power and capability to program your own robotic projects using its complete Linux development environment.
Mastering BeagleBone Robotics lets you push your creativity to the limit through complex, diverse, and fascinating robotic projects right from scratch. Start off simple by building a tracked robot that moves, sees its environment, and navigates barriers. Go aquatic with a sailing robot that controls its rudder and sail, senses the direction of the wind, and plots its course using GPS. Then plunge beneath the surface of the waves as you create and control a robotic submarine to explore the world underwater with a webcam link. Walk on all fours with a limbed creation, and take to the skies as you create a quadcopter, then use the BeagleBone Black to make it autonomous and fly in its own direction using its own power.
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