Bøger af David R. Smith

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Adult. 13 adrenalin-charged horror stories guaranteed to keep you up at night. A priest who discovers the dead have a long memory ... three boys come face to face with horror in the deep woods ... a rookie vice cop out on a routine drug bust learns the hard way that evil doesn't just reside in the hearts of men ... a chilling murder unleashes a storm of vengence on a small New England town. Ghosts, vampires, serial killers, aliens, and monsters ... all manner of fear lurks in these dark pages. There's no escaping the dark.

"A useless effort. Completely without merit." -The Daily Blow"An unsolicited intrusion into the social and political consciousness of a nation. Absurd at best." -The Babylonian Spectator"Nice try, sucker!" -The corpse of Noam Chomsky There is a long-standing tradition of comparing civilizations to a living organism: they are born, thrive, fight to survive, flourish, grow old and die. In this series of essays, we extend this metaphor to media studies and explore the impact of mass media on the body of Civilization. We define and redefine some concepts: Transformation, which is the underlying experience from out of which both thought and feeling emerge; The Crowd, that inimical and pernicious mass consciousness in the presence of which transformations occur; and The Signal. Signals arise out of the fundamental aloneness and alienation of all animal life. Unlike plants, which can sometimes connect together through their roots and become one massive, unified organism, human beings and animals generally are mobile, but also isolated, distinct. This leads to the need for signalling to each other. Signalling develops into Stories, i.e., messaging awakens as knowledge. Stories are the concept we use to explore and understand knowledge and truth. We find Truth in several ages of Man's experience: first as Utility, then as Authority and Law, and finally as Scientific Truth. We examine the pathways of verification and introduce the idea of story attributes to explain how The Crowd passes assessments. The next concept is Confirmation. Confirmation is like confirmation bias, but dynamic and understood as the origin of and energy behind opinion. We learn that unlike the hopeful ideologies of Progress, Opinion is deeply conservative. There are reasons for this found in biology and evolutionary theory. We eventually explore some aspects of economics, and the way Signalling is monetized, weaponized, and reified. Finally, the book closes on a positive note by exploring psychological states and eventually the idea of Alignment, which is our particular contribution to the definition of Truth.

Digital Transmission Systems, Third Edition, is a comprehensive overview of the theory and practices of digital transmission systems used in digital communication.

The Conferences were held annu ally from 1961 to 1973 and have been held biennially since 1975 when our Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS) of Purdue University became the Permanent Sponsor of the Conferences.

An inspiring collection of design ideas for patio construction, this book will help you discover ways to transform ordinary outdoor spaces into perfect outdoor environments. Over 200 beautiful color photographs show patios of all shapes and sizes, from quaint and picturesque, to grand and elegant, for any kind of budget. Your dreams will turn into exciting design realities as you visually explore dozens of patios, studying their shapes, colors, textures, and patterns. You'll be sure to find the perfect patio to suit your home's architecture and your family's lifestyle.

You'll discover the endless possibilities for concrete pavers in residential, commercial, and municipal applications. Over 300 gorgeous pictures demonstrate how paver patterns, colors, and textures enhance the smallest patio to the grandest plazas and shopping centers.

The Conferences were held annu ally from 1961 to 1973 and have been held biennially since 1975 when our Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS) of Purdue University became the Permanent Sponsor of the Conferences.

It covers systems used throughout the world in chapters detailing the latest on basic system design, baseband transmissions, and digital radio and cable systems.