Bøger af Terry Brown

The Scale of Perception is a book engineered to help with the understanding of the perceivable reality. This book gives a more clear, and concise definition to the word perception, making it easier to understand. There are definite realities and depths to objects and situations, and how close or how far one is from perceiving the actual reality, is dependent upon the individual. There are countless influences that we face day to day that effect our judgement and understanding, many of which are unknown to us. Journey into a deeper insight of the world before our eyes and beyond, forge the means to display superior judgement, and critical thinking. Learn how to understand yourself and others, paving the way for a more harmonious existence.

"White Gold" introduces Charli Sue Dallas, a biracial, beautiful, successful business woman, and top executive of her family business "Dallas Enterprise." This same family business, unbeknownst to Charli, is where her racist grandfather, Odell Dallas, is CEO.Charli's life was perfect until her mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. On her mother's death bed she discovered her biological father wasn't killed in a bad car accident like she had been told her entire life. It was Odell Dallas, her undercover racist grandfather, and his hate towards black people that kept her father out of her life. Odell had used his power and money to send Charli's dad to the mean streets.Charli knew her life was about to change and she didn't care if it was for the better or worse. She just knew that her grandfather had to be brought down and she prepared, come hell or high water, to do it!

This volume presents the proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference (APVC) 2019, "e;Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future,"e; emphasizing work devoted to experimental methods and verification. The APVC is one of the larger conferences held biannually with the intention to foster scientific and technical research collaboration among Asia-Pacific countries.  The APVC provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and students from, but not limited to, areas around the Asia-Pacific countries in a collegial and stimulating environment to present, discuss and disseminate recent advances and new findings on all aspects of vibration and noise, their control and utilization. All aspects of vibration, acoustics, vibration and noise control, vibration utilization, fault diagnosis and monitoring are appropriate for the conference, with the focus this year on the vibration aspects in dynamics and noise & vibration. This 18th edition of the APVC was held in November 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The previous seventeen conferences have been held in Japan ('85, '93, '07), Korea ('87, '97, '13), China ('89, '01, '11, '17), Australia ('91, '03), Malaysia ('95, '05), Singapore ('99), New Zealand ('09) and Vietnam ('15).