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A People magazine Best Book of Fall!
Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child
found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II,
a journey that will delight both historical fiction fans and lovers of
America's most beloved chef, revealing how the war made her into the
icon we know now.
Single, 6 foot 2, and thirty years old, Julia McWilliams took a job
working for America's first espionage agency, years before cooking or
Paris entered the picture. The Secret War of Julia Child traces Julia's
transformation from ambitious Pasadena blue blood to Washington, DC
file clerk, to head of General "Wild Bill" Donovan's secret File
Registry as part of the Office of Strategic Services.
The wartime journey takes her to South Asia's remote front lines of
then-Ceylon, India, and China, where she finds purpose, adventure,
self-knowledge – and love with mapmaker Paul Child. The spotlight has
rarely shone on this fascinating period of time in the life of ("I'm
not a spy") Julia Child, and this lyrical story allows us to explore
the unlikely world of a woman in a World War II spy station who has no
idea of the impact she'll eventually impart.
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
This book's primary objective is to educate aspiring finance
professionals about mathematics and computation in the context of
financial derivatives. The authors offer a balance of traditional
coverage and technology to fill the void between highly
mathematical books and broad finance books. The focus of this book
is twofold: To partner mathematics with corresponding intuition
rather than diving so deeply into the mathematics that the material
is inaccessible to many readers. To build reader intuition,
understanding and confidence through three types of computer
applications that help the reader understand the mathematics of the
models. Unlike many books on financial derivatives requiring
stochastic calculus, this book presents the fundamental theories
based on only undergraduate probability knowledge. A key feature of
this book is its focus on applying models in three programming
languages -R, Mathematica and EXCEL. Each of the three approaches
offers unique advantages. The computer applications are carefully
introduced and require little prior programming background. The
financial derivative models that are included in this book are
virtually identical to those covered in the top financial
professional certificate programs in finance. The overlap of
financial models between these programs and this book is broad and
deep.
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
More than identity politics, intersectionality regards the
inability of institutional structures to remedy discrimination
because of the intersection between social dynamics which are often
discretely conceived (Crenshaw & Dill, 2009). For a set of
Black women workers in the manufacturing context, the court found
that they were not discriminated against on the basis of their
race, because Black male workers were hired for manufacturing
positions. Those Black women were not discriminated against because
of their gender, because there were White women hired for the front
office. Those Black women workers were caught at the intersections
of race and gender discrimination laws and left their employment
without an effective remedy (Crenshaw, 1989). This intersection
metaphor is worth examining in the higher education context as we
consider that the majority of students on most U.S. campuses are
women (Allen, Dean, & Bracken, 2008), and an increasing number
of these women are not White; yet, most campuses have support
services targeted at African American and/or multicultural student
affairs and women's services which are generally targeted at White
women. This volume will focus on the subpopulation of Black female
college students, examining institutional and non-institutional
supports for their persistence to the undergraduate degree.
This book of diagnostic exercises cannot be used to good advantage
without a good grasp of elementary sonoanatomy and the most common
pathologic l images . We have tried to follow a pedagogical
progression from the simple to the complicated for each group of
clinical situations. We recommend that the sonograms at the
beginning of each case study be thoroughly analysed before
proceeding to the commentaries which explain the grounds for the
final diagnosis. These explanatory remarks are accompanied by the
same sonograms, but with arrows and letters added so as to pinpoint
the details referred to as the diagnosis progresses. In reading the
commentaries it will therefore be a good idea to cover over the
figures in which the details are picked out for you, uncovering
them one by one as required. 1 Which the reader may obtain from our
previous books: Ed., 1982) Ultrasonography of Digestive Diseases
(Mosby Publ., 2nd Renal Sonography (Springer Verlag, 1981) 1
Chapter 1 In Which the Reader is Invited to Clean His Glasses 1.1.
Mrs. Beech, 75 years, has the complexion of a young girl, but she
is losing weight and complains of epigastric pain. She has
undergone a whole series of conventional radiological procedures;
this may be good news for the film manufacturers, but it has not
aided in the diagnosis. Finally, she is referred for an ultrasound
examination. Look first at ultrasonic cuts 1.1a, b (transverse),
then LId (sagittal).
Despite comprising the largest minority in rural settings, the
literature to date largely subsumes African American rural students
into a broader set of Black and African American students, with a
primarily urban focus. This volume focuses on the higher education
pathways of rural African American students and highlights their
experiences in US colleges and universities. Addressing the fact
that rural students have higher high school graduation rates than
their urban peers but are less likely to take paths towards higher
education, the authors identify research needs, areas of concerns,
and strategies to encourage and sustain greater postsecondary
participation among African Americans from rural settings.
Contributors to the volume address the meaning of race and place,
cultural capital, gender dynamics, gifted education, college
choice, teacher and education leader preparation, campus
programming and the role of Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, with specific reference to African American rural
students, to pin down a clear picture of the barriers and drivers
of their higher education journeys.
Since 1976, increased attention has been paid to the diminishing
numbers of Black males in higher education, and rightly so: the
total numerical enrollments of Black female undergraduates has
outstripped their male counterparts by a factor of nearly 2 to 1.
Since intervention, however, the enrollment growth rate among Black
males (60 per cent) exceeded that of Black females (40 per cent)
(NCES, 2008). Needless to say, this good news was welcomed by many.
However, as Cole & Guy-Sheftall (2003) have pointed out, it may
be misguided to assume that improving the status of black men will
single-handedly solve all the complex problems facing African
American communities. Are we indirectly neglecting Black females?
And what of their future? The purpose of "Black Female
Undergraduates on Campus" is to identify both successes and
challenges faced by Black female students accessing and
matriculating through institutions of higher education. In
illuminating the interactive complexities between persons and
place, this volume is aimed toward garnering an understanding of
the educational trajectories and experiences of Black females,
independent of and in comparison to their peers. Special attention
is paid to women pursuing careers in the high demand fields of
teacher education and STEM.
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Tom R. Chambers' mother passed away in 1983. "Mother's 45s" is a
tribute. Chambers matched his mother's 45rpm records with the
family photographs to create assemblages by using the hole spaces
of the records to frame the images. He eventually arrived at a
satisfactory combination, incorporating forty-five 45rpm records
with images and a portion of each song onto an audio cassette to be
used as a part of the exhibition. He faded-in/faded-out the songs
and looped them for continuous play and in order with the wall
display of the photo/record assemblages. The photographs of his
Mother were sequenced according to the chronology of her life,
which spanned almost 60 years. When the piece is viewed along with
the songs, the sound stimulus pulls the viewer from record to
record (1 - 45) and this process has some interesting points: the
maturation process of his Mother is seen; the man who came into her
life and eventually became her husband and his Father is seen; the
maturation process of her only child (him) is seen; the change in
hair and fashion styles is seen; the change in automobile models is
seen; and various locales throughout the United States are seen.
This project (and its success) is the high point of his visual arts
career for the simple reason that it involves and perpetuates his
Mother's existence. http: //www.tomrchambers.com/index-13.html
Tom R. Chambers taught Technology Applications at Raul Yzaguirre
School for Success in Houston, Texas, 2007-2013. He also taught and
advised after school programming in Digital Photography,
Digital/New Media Art and Broadcasting. He is now retired. This
book details his Tweets re: education and technology. Chambers is a
firm believer in empowering students to take control of the
learning process via hardware/software for greater understanding
and retention of core subject content. Challenge through engagement
is the key to students' interest, and enthusiasm for the
educational process. His students' accomplishments: http:
//tomrchambers.com/RYSS_TCCC.html
This document is intended to be a companion to previous books by
the author: Partners in Freedom: Contributions of the Langley
Research Center to U.S. Military Aircraft of the 1990's, and
Concept to Reality: Contributions of the Langley Research Center to
U.S. Civil Aircraft of the 1990's. Material included in the
previous volumes provides informative and significant examples of
the impact of applications of aeronautics research conducted by the
NASA Langley Research Center on important U.S. civil and military
aircraft of the 1990s. These contributions occurred because of the
investment of the Nation in the innovation, expertise, and
dedication of a staff of researchers and their unique facilities at
Langley. Within that research environment, literally thousands of
revolutionary concepts and advanced technologies for aeronautics
have emerged, directed at challenges and barriers that impede the
advancement of the state of the art in aircraft design and mission
capabilities. Unfortunately, in the world of technology only a
handful of advanced concepts are ever applied, due to a number of
reasons. Factors that inhibit the application of advanced research
technology are numerous and varied in nature, including cost,
environmental impact, safety, complexity, reduced or inadequate
funding and human resources, world events, perceived or actual
risk, technical barriers, and others. The objective of this
publication is to discuss the importance of innovation and the role
of revolutionary advanced concepts within the aeronautics research
community, and to provide information on typical advanced research
projects conducted by Langley and its partners on topics that have
not yet been applied by the military or civil aviation industry to
production aircraft. Detailed information is first provided to
describe each advanced concept, the projected benefits that could
be provided if the technology is applied, and the challenges faced
by the NASA research team to reduce the risk of application. Next,
descriptions of specific research activities on the concepts
identify the key projects, accomplishments, personnel, and
facilities involved in the development of each concept. Finally,
perspectives are provided on the current status of the subject
concepts, including discussions of factors or future events that
might intensify interest in their use for future applications. Many
of the concepts described herein are subjects of ongoing NASA
research thrusts, for which significant technical challenges are in
the process of being addressed. Some of the research activities
discussed were conducted and completed in past NASA projects;
however, evolving requirements for military or civil aircraft
systems demand a reexamination of the potential and current
feasibility of the principles involved. This document is intended
to serve several purposes. As a source of collated information on
revolutionary concepts, it will serve as a key reference for
readers wishing to grasp the underlying principles and challenges
related to specific revolutionary concepts. Hopefully, such
information will provide valuable background that can serve as
starting knowledge bases for future research efforts and minimize
the so-called "reinvention of the wheel" syndrome. The information
identifies major obstacles to advanced aeronautics technology,
thereby providing a sensitivity for multi-faceted research projects
to ensure a higher likelihood of application. A definition of
current barriers to application is extremely valuable for use in
the future, when new breakthroughs in various technical disciplines
may eliminate or minimize some of the critical barriers that have
traditionally blocked the application of some of these specific
revolutionary concepts. Finally, a review of the material will
hopefully inspire the nontechnical (as well as technical)
communities that aeronautics is not a "mature science" and that
considerable opportunities exist to revolutionize the future.
For over 80 years, Langley Research Center has exemplified the
cutting edge of world class aeronautics research for civil and
military aircraft. Established in 1917 as the nation's first civil
aeronautics research laboratory under the charter of the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), Langley initially
existed as a small, highly productive laboratory with emphasis on
solving the problems of flight for the military and the civil
aviation industry. During World War II (WWII), the Langley Memorial
Aeronautical Laboratory directed virtually all of its workforce and
facilities to research for military aircraft. Following WWII, a
more balanced program of military and civil projects was
undertaken. The emergence of the Space Age and the incorporation of
the NACA and Langley into the new National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) led to a rapid growth of space related
research and the cultural change of the old laboratory into a major
research center. Today, Langley research efforts encompass critical
areas of both aeronautics and space technology. Throughout its
history, Langley has maintained a close working partnership with
the Department of Defense, U.S. industry, universities, and other
government agencies to support the defense of the nation with
fundamental and applied research. Many of the legendary
contributions of Langley to military aircraft technology have been
discussed and documented by specialists, the media, and historians.
Langley contributions to famous military projects such as the
aircraft drag cleanup studies of WWII, the advent of supersonic
flight and the X-1, the development and tests of the Century-series
fighters, the X-15, and many, many others have been archived in
detail. The objective of this particular undertaking is to document
the contributions of Langley Research Center to specific military
aircraft that were operational in the 1990's. Virtually all
military aircraft that participated in Operation Desert Storm,
Kosovo, and other peacekeeping missions of this era have Langley
technical contributions to their design, development, and support.
In some instances Langley research from one aircraft development
program helped to solve a problem in another development program.
At the conclusion of some development programs, Langley researchers
obtained the research models to conduct additional tests to learn
more about previously unknown phenomena. These data also proved
useful in later developmental programs. Perhaps the most consistent
element in all of the research programs is the length of time for
the development and maturation of new research concepts before they
are implemented in new aircraft. Many of the military aircraft in
the U.S. inventory as of late 1999 were over 20 years old. Langley
activities that contributed to the development of some of these
aircraft began over 50 years prior. This publication documents the
role-from early concept stages to problem solving for fleet
aircraft-that Langley played in the military aircraft fleet of the
United States for the 1990's. The declassification of documents and
other material has provided an opportunity to record the
contributions of Langley personnel and facilities and discuss the
impact of these contributions on Department of Defense aircraft
programs.
The state of the art in aeronautical engineering has been
continually accelerated by the development of advanced analysis and
design tools. Used in the early design stages for aircraft and
spacecraft, these methods have provided a fundamental understanding
of physical phenomena and enabled designers to predict and analyze
critical characteristics of new vehicles, including the capability
to control or modify unsatisfactory behavior. For example, the
relatively recent emergence and routine use of extremely powerful
digital computer hardware and software has had a major impact on
design capabilities and procedures. Sophisticated new airflow
measurement and visualization systems permit the analyst to conduct
micro- and macro-studies of properties within flow fields on and
off the surfaces of models in advanced wind tunnels. Trade studies
of the most efficient geometrical shapes for aircraft can be
conducted with blazing speed within a broad scope of integrated
technical disciplines, and the use of sophisticated piloted
simulators in the vehicle development process permits the most
important segment of operations-the human pilot-to make early
assessments of the acceptability of the vehicle for its intended
mission. Knowledgeable applications of these tools of the trade
dramatically reduce risk and redesign, and increase the
marketability and safety of new aerospace vehicles. Arguably, one
of the more viable and valuable design tools since the advent of
flight has been testing of subscale models. As used herein, the
term "model" refers to a physical article used in experimental
analyses of a larger full-scale vehicle. The reader is probably
aware that many other forms of mathematical and computer-based
models are also used in aerospace design; however, such topics are
beyond the intended scope of this document. Model aircraft have
always been a source of fascination, inspiration, and recreation
for humans since the earliest days of flight. Within the scientific
community, Leonardo da Vinci, George Cayley, and the Wright
brothers are examples of early aviation pioneers who frequently
used models during their scientific efforts to understand and
develop flying machines. Progress in the technology associated with
model testing in worldwide applications has firmly established
model aircraft as a key element in new aerospace research and
development programs. Models are now routinely used in many
applications and roles, including aerodynamic data gathering in
wind tunnel investigations for the analysis of full-scale aircraft
designs, proof-of-concept demonstrators for radical aeronautical
concepts, and problem-solving exercises for vehicles already in
production. The most critical contributions of aerospace models are
to provide confidence and risk reduction for new designs and to
enhance the safety and efficiency of existing configurations. The
objective of the material presented here is to provide the reader
with an overview of some of the more interesting free-flight model
testing techniques that have been developed and the role that the
testing has played in fundamental and applied research, as well as
in support of the development of some of the Nation's more
important civil and military aerospace programs. The material also
includes discussions of the development of the specialized
facilities and equipment required for dynamic model tests.
For over 80 years, Langley Research Center has exemplified the
cutting edge of world class aeronautics research for civil and
military aircraft. Established in 1917 as the nation's first civil
aeronautics research laboratory under the charter of the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Langley initially existed as a
small, highly productive laboratory with emphasis on solving the
problems of flight for the military and civil industry.
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