Analysis of Substances in the Gaseous Phase (Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry)

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Nowadays, there are increasing demands for the control and specification of all aspects of industrial manufacturing. There is also a growing need to understand various biological processes and conditions for agricultural production, and concern for protection of the environment and human health. These factors have made it imperative to develop adequate methods for the analysis of gaseous substances or substances that can be converted to the gaseous state. It is not only necessary to apply known and developed methods correctly, but novel analytical procedures must also be found. Instrumentation should be improved and the applications of these methods will have to be extended.

The present volume provides a comprehensive description of the state-of-the-art and of future possibilities in the analysis of gaseous substances. In the individual chapters the following themes have been discussed; the theoretical basis for the methods, a description of the instrumentation and the steps necessary in actual analyses and an outline of the principal areas in which each method can be employed. Both classical methods that are still useful for the solution of analytical problems using simple instrumentation, and the newest methods in the field are described. Special attention is paid to modern electrochemical and spectroscopic methods, and to methods based on a number of physical principles. Gas chromatography is discussed in the greatest detail because of its specially important position in modern analytical chemistry.

The book should be well received by the analytical public and should be extremely useful to students and workers in scientific research laboratories and in fields dealing with environmental protection.

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Analysis of Substances in the Gaseous Phase (Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry)
E. Smolková-Keulemansová
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MUIEVU

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This largely self-contained text is an introduction to the field of efficient parallel algorithms and to the techniques for efficient parallelism, that presumes no special knowledge of parallel computers or particular mathematics. The book emphasizes designing algorithms within the timeless and abstracted context of a high-level programming language rather than within highly specific computer architectures. This is an approach that concentrates on the essence of algorithmic theory, determining and taking advantage of the inherently parallel nature of certain types of problems. The authors present regularly-used techniques and a range of algorithms including some of the more celebrated ones. Nonspecialists considering entering the field of parallel algorithms, as well as advanced undergraduate or postgraduate students of computer science and mathematics will find this book helpful.

Designing Efficient Algorithms for Parallel Computers (Mcgraw-Hill Series in Supercomputing and Artificial Intelligence)

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Designing Efficient Algorithms for Parallel Computers (Mcgraw-Hill Series in Supercomputing and Artificial Intelligence)
Michael J. Quinn
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill College
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Algorithms for Elliptic Problems, Efficient Sequential and Parallel Solvers (Mathematics and its Applications)

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Algorithms for Elliptic Problems, Efficient Sequential and Parallel Solvers (Mathematics and its Applications)
Marián Vajtersic
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 0792319184

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This volume deals with problems of modern effective algorithms for the numerical solution of the most frequently occurring elliptic partial differential equations. From the point of view of implementation, attention is paid to algorithms for both classical sequential and parallel computer systems.
The first two chapters are devoted to fast algorithms for solving the Poisson and biharmonic equation. In the third chapter, parallel algorithms for model parallel computer systems of the SIMD and MIMD types are described. The implementation aspects of parallel algorithms for solving model elliptic boundary value problems are outlined for systems with matrix, pipeline and multiprocessor parallel computer architectures. A modern and popular multigrid computational principle which offers a good opportunity for a parallel realization is described in the next chapter. More parallel variants based in this idea are presented, whereby methods and assignments strategies for hypercube systems are treated in more detail. The last chapter presents VLSI designs for solving special tridiagonal linear systems of equations arising from finite-difference approximations of elliptic problems.
For researchers interested in the development and application of fast algorithms for solving elliptic partial differential equations using advanced computer systems.

Efficient and Accurate Parallel Genetic Algorithms (Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation 1) (Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation)

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Still the best analysis around.
Misleading title
Thorough review and new results

Efficient and Accurate Parallel Genetic Algorithms (Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation 1) (Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation)
Erick Cantu-Paz
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As genetic algorithms (GAs) become increasingly popular, they are applied to difficult problems that may require considerable computations. In such cases, parallel implementations of GAs become necessary to reach high-quality solutions in reasonable times. But, even though their mechanics are simple, parallel GAs are complex non-linear algorithms that are controlled by many parameters, which are not well understood.
Efficient and Accurate Parallel Genetic Algorithms is about the design of parallel GAs. It presents theoretical developments that improve our understanding of the effect of the algorithm's parameters on its search for quality and efficiency. These developments are used to formulate guidelines on how to choose the parameter values that minimize the execution time while consistently reaching solutions of high quality.
Efficient and Accurate Parallel Genetic Algorithms can be read in several ways, depending on the readers' interests and their previous knowledge about these algorithms. Newcomers to the field will find the background material in each chapter useful to become acquainted with previous work, and to understand the problems that must be faced to design efficient and reliable algorithms. Potential users of parallel GAs that may have doubts about their practicality or reliability may be more confident after reading this book and understanding the algorithms better. Those who are ready to try a parallel GA on their applications may choose to skim through the background material, and use the results directly without following the derivations in detail. These readers will find that using the results can help them to choose the type of parallel GA that best suits their needs, without having to invest the time to implement and test various options. Once that is settled, even the most experienced users dread the long and frustrating experience of configuring their algorithms by trial and error. The guidelines contained herein will shorten dramatically the time spent tweaking the algorithm, although some experimentation may still be needed for fine-tuning.
Efficient and Accurate Parallel Genetic Algorithms is suitable as a secondary text for a graduate level course, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.

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Still the best analysis around........2004-06-23

I think the previous reviewer got it wrong: It is very clear from the editorial introduction and from the table of contents that this book is about the ANALYSIS of parallel genetic algorithms, not about their implementation. The problem here is that implementing these algorithms is relatively easy, but configuring them is very complicated because there are many parameters. The work of Cantu-Paz---excellently summarized in this little book---is the best analysis available for the different types of parallel genetic algorithms.

I recommend this book wholeheartedly.

Misleading title.......2003-05-29

One would have thought from the title of the book that it would contain "... Parallel Genetic Algorithms", however it does not. The book covers statistical analyses of algorithms. The reader is meant to find other references that contain algorithms. It is expensive for such a small book. The author talks 'around' the algorithms, without going into the necessary details to write your own parallel genetic algorithms. There are many plots of evolution, so the author must of had access to the algorithms. This book could have been so much more valuable if it contained the algorithms, rather than just talk about them.

Thorough review and new results.......2001-07-28

Genetic algorithms are easy to parallelize, but they are difficult to control. In a very concise manner, this book presents some theoretical results derived by the author that show how to make parallel genetic algoritms work for many problems and different architectures.

The book has a lot of new theory that is easy to follow and gives recommendations to make parallel genetic algorithms work well in many circumstances. Although the theory makes many simplyfying assumptions, the examples in the book demonstrate that the models are very accurate and the recommendations made in the book seem very reasonable.

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Parallel Architectures and Their Efficient Use: First Heinz Nixdorf Symposium Paderborn, Germany, November 11-13, 1992 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
F. Meyer Auf Der Heide , and B. Monien
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ASIN: 0387567313

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Research in the field of parallel computer architectures and parallel algorithms has been very successful in recent years, and further progress is to be expected. On the other hand, the question of basic principles of the architecture of universal parallel computers and their realizations is still wide open. The answer to this question must be regarded as most important for the further development of parallel computing and especially for user acceptance. The First Heinz Nixdorf Symposium brought together leading experts in the field of parallel computing and its applications to discuss the state of the art, promising directions of research, and future perspectives. It was the first in a series of Heinz Nixdorf Symposia, intended to cover varying subjects from the research spectrum of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of the University of Paderborn. This volume presents the proceedings of the symposium, which was held in Paderborn in November 1992. The contributions are grouped into four parts: parallel computation models and simulations, existing parallel machines, communication and programming paradigms, and parallel algorithms.

Robotic Exploration and Landmark Determination: Hardware-Efficient Algorithms and FPGA Implementations (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

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Robotic Exploration and Landmark Determination: Hardware-Efficient Algorithms and FPGA Implementations (Studies in Computational Intelligence)
K. Sridharan , and Panakala Rajesh Kumar
Manufacturer: Springer
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Binding: Hardcover

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Much of the research effort in mobile robots in the recent past has been on sensing and design of time-efficient algorithms for tasks such as localization, mapping and navigation. Mobile robots typically employ an embedded computer for high level computations. As applications of robots expand, there is a need to investigate architecturally efficient choices for this embedded computing platform. In particular, it is valuable to process data to obtain time, space and energy-efficient solutions for various robotic tasks.

This book presents hardware-efficient algorithms and FPGA implementations for two robotic tasks, namely exploration and landmark determination. The work identifies scenarios for mobile robotics where parallel processing and selective shutdown offered by FPGAs are invaluable. The book proceeds to systematically develop memory-driven VLSI architectures for both the tasks. The architectures are ported to a low-cost FPGA with a fairly small number of system gates. A robot fabricated with this FPGA on-board serves to validate the efficacy of the approach. Numerous experiments with the robot are reported.

Treat: A New and Efficient Match Algorithm for Ai Production Systems (Research Notes in Artificial Intelligence)

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Treat: A New and Efficient Match Algorithm for Ai Production Systems (Research Notes in Artificial Intelligence)
Daniel P. Miranker
Manufacturer: Pitman Publishing
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ASIN: 0934613710

Data Structures and Efficient Algorithms: Final Report on the DFG Special Joint Initiative (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Data Structures and Efficient Algorithms: Final Report on the DFG Special Joint Initiative (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Algorithms are a central concept in computer science. The German Science Foundation (DFG) started a special joint initiative on data structures and efficient algorithms in 1986 with the aim of encouraging collaborative research on algorithms. For a period of five years about a dozen projects were funded with an emphasis on algorithms and data structures for geometric problems, on the one hand, and parallel and distributed algorithms, on the other. This volume contains 18 papers that are intended to give an impression of the achievements of this joint research initiative. The first group of papers addresses research on fundamental data structures, computational geometry, graph algorithms, computer graphics, and spatial databases. The second group of papers centers on the following problems: the design of parallel architectures and routing strategies, simulation of parallel machines, and the design of distributed algorithms for solving difficult problems.

Generating efficient schedules for identical parallel machines involving flow-time and tardy jobs [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research]

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Generating efficient schedules for identical parallel machines involving flow-time and tardy jobs [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research]
J.N.D. Gupta , and A.J. Ruiz-Torres
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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This paper considers the problem of generating a set of efficient (non-dominated) schedules on identical parallel machines involving total flow-time and total number of tardy jobs. In view of the NP-hard nature of this problem, heuristic algorithms are proposed for its solution. Two evaluation methods that provide a scheme by which multiple non-dominated sets can be compared are described and used to compare the performance of the proposed algorithms. Results of several experiments demonstrate the capability of the proposed algorithms and evaluation methodologies to address the problem at hand.

A complexity theory of efficient parallel algorithms (Research report RC. International Business Machines Corporation. Research Division)

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A complexity theory of efficient parallel algorithms (Research report RC. International Business Machines Corporation. Research Division)
Clyde P Kruskal
Manufacturer: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
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A true left-wing adventure novel with Paco at his post-modern best.

In this elegant and literate adventure novel set in 1920's post-revolutionary Mexico, Paco Ignacio Taibo II is searching for a hero, specifically a leftist hero, and he thinks he has found him in the person of Sebastian San Vicente. But everyone-including the baffled novelist-is trying to figure out exactly who San Vicente really is. There is some record of San Vicente in FBI records during the Wilson era, and some mention of him in anarchist records and rumors, but the rest has to be filled in. And who better to do this than Taibo? Meanwhile-with Taibo busy in the background trying to resolve the mystery of his hero's identity-San Vicente goes about his heroic avocation of organizing strikes against the capitalists, dodging thugs and hiding out from the Mexican Army.

"As an activist in Mexico in the '60s, Paco Ignacio Taibo II began a search for figures in leftist history that his generation could look up to. Today an internationally famous detective novelist (An Easy Thing, etc), the writer has validated his quest with a novel-documentary, in which he reimagines a historical figure-a mysterious Spanish anarchist named Sebastian San Vicente. Casting himself in a tale set 29 years before he was born, Taibo chronicles his present-day research and depicts a range of first person characters (some of them real figures) who engage with the elusive anarchist. Incorporating historical documents or documents based on fact-letters, telegrams, police files, etc.-the author further blurs the boundary between fact and fiction. Taibo's affectionate account of working-class culture in a phase of heroic struggle is a perfect little jeu d'esprit."-Publisher's Weekly

"â€¦a hilariously funny novel that satirizes every possible aspect of the politics and social fabric of 20th-century Mexico. Taibo is one of Mexico's most popular writers, known for his detective fiction and more mainstream novels like Leonardo's Bicycle. Then again, mainstream may be the wrong word-in the latter two titles, as in this, Taibo plays with the definitions of novel, history, politics and time. Very highly recommended."-Library Journal (starred review)

"I am

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eclectic and a fun but short read.......2003-01-26

Not Taibo's best work but an insightful view into differences between anarchists and communists of the 1920's and 30's. Overall a fun, short read.

Paco's Postmodern Play.......2000-03-28

I've long admired Paco Ignacio Taibo II's detective fiction, particularly his series featuring Hector Balascoran Shayne (and even more particularly the book Some Clouds, with its existentialist overtones). When a new Taibo comes into translation, I feel a palpable excitement and anticipation; his hard-boiled characters are strikingly human and his Mexican settings are rich with atmosphere and dense with detail. But I'll admit that I've grown to experience some trepidation about Taibo's non-detective fiction. While his experiments with style and structure are often playfully challenging (take Leonardo's Bicycle, for example), they are just as often difficult to navigate. And while his knowledge of Mexican culture and history (specifically political history) is admirably broad, I've sometimes felt at a loss to understand his allusions to historic figures and, because of this, at a loss as well to fully understand the context of these tales. Such has been the case with Just Passing Through, which mixes fact and fiction, reportage and postmodern play, in exploring the story of revolutionary Sebastian San Vicente. While I've enjoyed the book on one level (it's been advertised as an adventure tale, which is not entirely the case), I had a lurking suspicion that I was missing another level of the story -- even with the annotations provided by translator Martin Michael Roberts to help readers like myself less familiar with Mexican history. While Just Passing Through is a good read, it's not Taibo's most accessible work. And with this in mind, I'd have to say that I'd recommend this one to more serious readers, to those a little more up to a modest challenge, than to fans of Taibo's brilliantly engaging mystery fiction.

Just Passing Through: Notes from a Sojourner

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Food for meditation

Just Passing Through: Notes from a Sojourner
Margaret Guenther
Manufacturer: Seabury Books
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ASIN: 1596270500

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Sojourner is an Old French word with jour--day--at its heart. It reminds us of our transience and of the inexorable passage of time. It reminds us that we do not own this world but that we are merely passing through. It reminds us that God's time is not our time.

Fans of Margaret Guenther will welcome this salty and wise collection of reflections on her life journey her childhood in Kansas City, her college days, her career, her travels, and her slow awakening to transience of all things. This writer and spiritual director looks back over the nearly eight decades of her life, tackling themes of childhood, friendship, moving, the magic of words, heaven, spirituality in cyberspace, asking the right questions, and things never to do again.

Readers of Holy Listening, On Holy Ground, My Soul in Silence Waits, At Home in the World, and The Practice of Prayer will delight in this book of fresh, humorous insights.

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Food for meditation.......2007-08-23

I'm finding this to be a wonderful book to meditate on. I read a chapter each morning and find a simple concept for my meditation.

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Very strongly recommended reading for those interested in the intricate and intriguing world (and underworld) of fine arts
Very strongly recommended reading for those interested in the intricate and intriguing world (and underworld) of fine arts
EXCELLENT MEMOIR

Just a Chap Passing Through
Bill Smith
Manufacturer: Elderberry Press (OR)
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ASIN: 1932762396

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The Museums -- The Collectors -- The Dealers -- The Artists -- The Felons -- The Fuzz -- The Feds -- And The Infamous Insurance Companies

"For A Chap merely Passing Through, Bill Smith earned the respect, admiration and confidence of museum directors, curators, collectors and artists, as well as Scotland Yard, the FBI and Interpol, for his adjudicative talents, honed to skills by the Jesuits, brilliantly narrated here with his Celtic wit and charm." James B. Byrnes, Director Emeritus, the New Orleans Museum of Art.

"He was the most famous adjuster in his field, a wonderful guy, very helpful to people all the time." Steven Weil, scholar emeritus, the Smithsonian Institution.

"...Intimately chronicles the humor, grace and compelling humanity of this heretofore unsung hero. His manners, impeccable; his wit. deadly; his loquence, better than the Blarney Stone; his knowledge of the classics, profound; his canniness, slyer than any fox. The sum; Bill Smith, a rare true gentleman, suavely at home in the infinitely adjustable world of international art theft, quiet collaborator with Interpol and the police and hero of museums, galleries and collectors. Knowing him was like having James Bond for a friend." Vaughn Glasgow, author: The Social History of the American Alligator

"He was one of the few people who understood this whole game. There were a handful of us out there who really did this whole thing, all based on the love of the art. He was one of the good guys." Robert Volpe, retired NYPD detective, author: Art Cop

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Very strongly recommended reading for those interested in the intricate and intriguing world (and underworld) of fine arts.......2006-05-07

Just A Chap Passing Through...: The Secret World Of Fine Art Insurance is the inherently fascinating and quite informative autobiography of William F. Smith. A man who lived a life involving museums, collectors, dealers, artists, felons, police, feds, and insurance companies. Bill Smith dealt with the commercial and sometimes shady world of Fine Arts, which brought him into contact with Scotland Yard, Interpol, the FBI, museum directors, curators, and art thieves. That life is showcased in his candid memoir, Just A Chap Passing Through..., and carries his readers through the tales of Smith's colorful career as a premier art adjuster dealing with stolen pieces through the USA and from around the world. Just A Chap Passing Through... is very strongly recommended reading for those interested in the intricate and intriguing world (and underworld) of fine arts.

Very strongly recommended reading for those interested in the intricate and intriguing world (and underworld) of fine arts.......2006-05-07

EXCELLENT MEMOIR.......2006-02-15

This book is a treasure chest of the history of fine art insurance in America and Europe in the last half of the twentieth century. It will be of interest to the entire art community.

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A silly and heartfelt ode to Europe, aka " Who cut da Brie?"
Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Passing Through

Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Passing Through
Kregg, P J Jorgenson
Manufacturer: Outskirts Press
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ASIN: 1432714686

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A better read on off-the-wall and fun travel in Europe!

Whether it's beer taste-tasting in Belgium, taking a naughty peek at Copenhagen's Erotica Museum, tracking down who really wrote Hamlet or rooting for the dragons in the mist, Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Passing Through will entertain, enlighten, and impress you with travel humor, wit, and style.

"Like all the best humorous writing his is based on a wide knowledge of men and literature. Jorgenson knows what a serious thing humor is and he makes us take him seriously after he has made us laugh."

- Charles Edward Eaton, author of The Girl From Ipanema and Write Me From Rio.

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A silly and heartfelt ode to Europe, aka " Who cut da Brie?".......2007-10-13

Kregg P.J. Jorgenson has collected a wonderfully twisted and titillating smorgasboard of travel musings in his latest book. When you finish laughing you may be astounded by the fact that you've learned something useful. Jorgenson's Travels are a delight to read. He is every tour guides biggest challenge and Europe's best friend.

Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Passing Through .......2007-10-10

Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Passing Through
Outstanding book! Great little guidebook giving you a little flavor of Europe. Easy to read and fun as well!!!!

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Hombre De Paso (just Passing through)
Isaac Goldemberg
Manufacturer: Ediciones Del Norte
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000PCCZMY

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Hombre de Paso / Just Passing Through

Manufacturer: Ediciones del Norte
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H45H6G

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Hombre De Paso/Just Passing Through
Isaac Goldemberg
Manufacturer: Persea Books
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I'm Just Passing Through
William Moten
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ASIN: 0966291999

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This book is about the realization for survival in suffering.

Just a Chap Passing Through...The Secret World of Fine Art Insurance

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Just a Chap Passing Through...The Secret World of Fine Art Insurance
William F. Smith
Manufacturer: Elderberry Press (OR)
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1932762574

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The Museums -- The Collectors -- The Dealers -- The Artists -- The Felons -- The Fuzz -- The Feds -- And The Infamous Insurance Companies "For A Chap merely Passing Through, Bill Smith earned the respect, admiration and confidence of museum directors, curators, collectors and artists, as well as Scotland Yard, the FBI and Interpol, for his adjudicative talents, honed to skills by the Jesuits, brilliantly narrated here with his Celtic wit and charm." James B. Byrnes, Director Emeritus, the New Orleans Museum of Art. "He was the most famous adjuster in his field, a wonderful guy, very helpful to people all the time." Steven Weil, scholar emeritus, the Smithsonian Institution. "...Intimately chronicles the humor, grace and compelling humanity of this heretofore unsung hero. His manners, impeccable; his wit. deadly; his eloquence, better than the Blarney Stone; his knowledge of the classics, profound; his canniness, slyer than any fox. The sum; Bill Smith, a rare true gentleman, suavely at home in the infinitely adjustable world of international art theft, quiet collaborator with Interpol and the police and hero of museums, galleries and collectors. Knowing him was like having James Bond for a friend." Vaughn Glasgow, author: The Social History of the American Alligator "He was one of the few people who understood this whole game. There were a handful of us out there who really did this whole thing, all based on the love of the art. He was one of the good guys." Robert Volpe, retired NYPD detective, author: Art Cop

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Just Passing Through
Robert Leon Lind
Manufacturer: Star Printing Co
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JWPKFE

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"The sordid controversies of litigants," Benjamin Cardozo once said, are "the stuff from which great and shining truths will ultimately be shaped." As one of America's most influential judges, first on New York State's Court of Appeals and then on the United States Supreme Court, Cardozo (1870-1938) oversaw this transformation daily. How he arrived at his rulings, with their far-reaching consequences, becomes clear in this book, the first to explore the connections between Benjamin Cardozo's life and his jurisprudence.

An intensely private man whose friends destroyed much of his correspondence, Cardozo has long eluded scrutiny. But through extraordinary effort Richard Polenberg has uncovered letters, briefs, transcripts, and biographical details to give us a complex living picture of this man whose judicial opinions continue to affect us. Polenberg describes the shaping experiences of Cardozo's youth, among them the death of his mother when he was nine years old; religious training in the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue; two years of private tutoring by Horatio Alger, Jr.; and his reaction to the scandal that prompted his father to resign from the New York Supreme Court. Then, in light of certain cases that were brought before the Court of Appeals, we see how Cardozo's rulings reflected a system of beliefs rooted in these early experiences; how, despite his famous detachment, Cardozo read evidence and precedents selectively and based his decisions regarding issues from rape and divorce to the insanity plea on his own views about morality, scholarship, and sexuality. Here too is the truth behind Cardozo's renowned liberalism, explored through his rulings on New Deal measures such as the Social Security Act and his more conservative decisions in cases involving conscientious objectors and the rights of criminal defendants.

The Benjamin Cardozo who emerges from these pages, a complicated and intriguing figure, points to a new understanding of the shaping of American law.

The world of Benjamin Cardozo; personal values and the judicial process.

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The world of Benjamin Cardozo; personal values and the judicial process.
Richard Polenberg
Manufacturer: Cambridge, Harvard UP,
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OUPTW0

The World of Benjamin N. Cardozo: Personal Values and the Judicial Process.(Review) (book review): An article from: Polity

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The World of Benjamin N. Cardozo: Personal Values and the Judicial Process.(Review) (book review): An article from: Polity
Gerard J. Fitzpatrick
Manufacturer: Northeastern Political Science Association
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Polity, published by Northeastern Political Science Association on December 22, 1999. The length of the article is 6222 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The World of Benjamin N. Cardozo: Personal Values and the Judicial Process.(Review) (book review)
Author: Gerard J. Fitzpatrick
Publication: Polity (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1999
Publisher: Northeastern Political Science Association
Volume: 32 Issue: 2 Page: 271

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