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101 Track Plans has been a classic for model railroaders since its
publication five decades ago. Now, a new book follows up where the
original leaves off. 101 More Track Plans for Model Railroaders
evokes the look and feel of its predecessor, with a simple premise:
a multitude of track plans to inspire modelers. Featuring plans
from Model Railroader magazine from the '60s, '70s, and early '80s,
each track plan has a newly written, informational description of
the design. The track plans range in size from simple 4 x 8 foot
and smaller layouts to room- and garage-sized showpieces, with the
majority focusing on mid-size layouts.
Any modeler who wants to paint, decal, or weather locomotives,
rolling stock and structures will find plenty of in-depth, how-to
techniques in this updated edition New prototype photos, current
manufacturers, and the latest products are featured along with
several new projects that include making your own decals with an
inkjet printer and a multi-color painting project for a locomotive.
Large surface computing devices (wall-mounted or tabletop) with
touch interfaces and their application to collaborative data
analysis, an increasingly important and prevalent activity, is the
primary topic of this book. Our goals are to outline the
fundamentals of surface computing (a still maturing technology),
review relevant work on collaborative data analysis, describe
frameworks for understanding collaborative processes, and provide a
better understanding of the opportunities for research and
development. We describe surfaces as display technologies with
which people can interact directly, and emphasize how interaction
design changes when designing for large surfaces. We review efforts
to use large displays, surfaces or mixed display environments to
enable collaborative analytic activity. Collaborative analysis is
important in many domains, but to provide concrete examples and a
specific focus, we frequently consider analysis work in the
security domain, and in particular the challenges security
personnel face in securing networks from attackers, and
intelligence analysts encounter when analyzing intelligence data.
Both of these activities are becoming increasingly collaborative
endeavors, and there are huge opportunities for improving
collaboration by leveraging surface computing. This work highlights
for interaction designers and software developers the particular
challenges and opportunities presented by interaction with
surfaces. We have reviewed hundreds of recent research papers, and
report on advancements in the fields of surface-enabled
collaborative analytic work, interactive techniques for surface
technologies, and useful theory that can provide direction to
interaction design work. We also offer insight into issues that
arise when developing applications for multi-touch surfaces derived
from our own experiences creating collaborative applications. We
present these insights at a level appropriate for all members of
the software design and development team. Table of Contents: List
of Figures / Acknowledgments / Figure Credits / Purpose and
Direction / Surface Technologies and Collaborative Analysis Systems
/ Interacting with Surface Technologies / Collaborative Work
Enabled by Surfaces / The Theory and the Design of Surface
Applications / The Development of Surface Applications / Concluding
Comments / Bibliography / Authors' Biographies
Modern Freight Cars, a new book by Jeff Wilson, provides an
overview of freight cars from the 1960s through today. This is an
essential guide for model railroaders who model the 1960s through
today, as well as railfans and freight train enthusiasts. The book
features more than 200 photos and covers various types of cars,
including boxcars, hoppers, and gondolas, and how they evolved, as
well as new car types, including intermodal cars and 89-foot auto
tracks. The book also gives a deeper look into how different
industries use freight cars, when cars entered service, and the
dates when rules and restrictions took place. Other topics include:
Freight car evolution (size and weight increases; new car types)
Car components (brake systems, trucks, and couplers) Hi-cube and
specialty boxcars Intermodal cars (flat, spine, and well cars) Open
and enclosed auto racks Mechanical and cryogenic refrigerator cars
Center-beam flatcars And much more!
Many Western visitors to Japan have been struck by the numerous
cemeteries for aborted fetuses, which are characterized by throngs
of images of the Bodhisattva Jizo, usually dressed in red baby
aprons or other baby garments, and each dedicated to an individual
fetus. Abortion is common in Japan and as a consequence one of the
frequently performed rituals in Japanese Buddhism is mizuko-kuyo, a
ceremony for aborted and miscarried fetuses. Over the past forty
years, mizuko-kuyo has gradually come to America, where it has been
appropriated by non-Buddhists as well as Buddhist practitioners.
In this book, Jeff Wilson examines how and why Americans of
different backgrounds have brought knowledge and performance of
this Japanese ceremony to the United States. Drawing on his own
extensive fieldwork in Japan and the U.S., as well as the
literature in both Japanese and English, Wilson shows that the
meaning and purpose of the ritual have changed greatly in the
American context. In Japan, mizuko-kuyo is performed to placate the
potentially dangerous spirit of the angry fetus. In America,
however, it has come to be seen as a way for the mother to mourn
and receive solace for her loss. Many American women who learn
about mizuko-kuyo are struck by the lack of such a ceremony and see
it as filling a very important need. Ceremonies are now performed
even for losses that took place many years ago. Wilson's
well-written study not only contributes to the growing literature
on American Buddhism, but sheds light on a range of significant
issues in Buddhist studies, interreligious contact, women's
studies, and even bioethics.
A collection of Fiction and Creative Nonfiction stories as well as
Poetry by promising contemporary authors from Jacksonville, FL.
In 1996, Intersal Inc. made one of the most important maritime
discoveries in history when they located the infamous Queen Anne's
Revenge buried in shallow water off the coast of North Carolina.
While excavating the site, divers with the Underwater Archaeology
Branch recovered a bronze bell, cannon and numerous eighteenth
century artifacts from the former slave vessel, turned pirate
flagship. They also found small amounts of gold dust, but the
stolen fortune of Captain Edward Teach; aka, the notorious
Blackbeard, remained a mystery. * Rose Rodriquez, a direct
descendant of Henri, a former slave aboard the Queen Anne's
revenge, is determined to wrap up the loose ends of her life with
dignity and repair the severed relationship with her estranged
daughter, Isabelle. Rose's latest project includes sorting through
an old leather portfolio filled with mementos from her childhood
spent searching for Blackbeard's lost treasure with her father.
Rose gives the portfolio to her granddaughter, Sophie without
knowing the seemingly innocuous gift would set off a chain reaction
exposing family secrets of love, betrayal and murder. * As Sophie
unravels the tapestry of clues to Blackbeard's real life, she also
discovers the truth concerning the disappearance of her father,
Alex. Immersed in a maze of adventure shrouded by a deadly curse,
Sophie must decide what she is willing to risk for an opportunity
at unimaginable wealth by solving the intriguing historic mystery
surrounding the lost riches of the Queen Anne's Revenge.
This is the one-source guide modelers need to learn to install
trackwork properly for smooth operation in any scale. This updated
edition showcases the newest products, current manufacturers, and
the latest techniques, including how to lay flextrack, how to
install turnouts and switch machines, how to install roadbed, how
to ballast and detail track, and much more.
Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a key figure in the introduction of
Buddhism to the non-Asian world. Many outside Japan encountered
Buddhism for the first time through his writings and teaching, and
for nearly a century his work and legacy have contributed to the
ongoing religious and cultural interchange between Japan and the
rest of the world, particularly the United States and Europe. This
third volume of Selected Works of D. T. Suzuki brings together a
diverse collection of Suzuki's letters, essays, and lectures about
non-Buddhist religions and his thoughts on their relation to
Buddhism, as well as his reflections on the nature of religion
itself. Some of these writings have been translated into English
for the first time in this volume. As a long-term resident of the
United States, a world traveller, and a voracious consumer of
information about all forms of religion, Suzuki was one of the
foremost Japanese mediators of Eastern and Western religious
cultures for nearly seven decades. An introduction by Jeff Wilson
and Tomoe Moriya analyzes Suzuki's frequent encounters with texts
and practitioners of many religions, considers how events in
Suzuki's lifetime affected his interpretations of Christianity,
Shinto, and other traditions, and demonstrates that his legacy as a
scholar extends well beyond Buddhism.
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