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Injecting Chocolate and Other Fairly Stupid Ideas

By: Jan Kaarsvlam

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Injecting Chocolate and Other Fairly Stupid Ideas

By: Jan Kaarsvlam

Bill Boerman-Cornell is a man on a mission; a variety of them, in fact. From e-mailing ProFlowers.com about injecting himself with sweets to asking if pregnancy massage will help with his stretch marks, Boerman-Cornell has left an indelible impression on dozens of unsuspecting correspondents. Now he can make one on you. In an absurd series of e-mails, the lonely competitive eater of lore poses the questions you've always wanted to ask but never dared: does FedEx ever ship live human beings? Is there such a thing as a were-wombat, and does my daughter show symptoms of having been bitten? Is the Sasquatch an endangered species, and if not, when does bowhunting season open? Writer Jan Kaarsvlam provides a glimpse into a bizarre world where gregarious pets are banned from internet message boards and corporate executives wake up in a cold sweat, waiting for unbidden film crews to arrive on their doorstep. He invites you along for the trip, a trip you won't regret.

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1300410744

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The Anthropocene

A Multidisciplinary Approach

By: Julia Adeney Thomas,Mark Williams,Jan Zalasiewicz

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The Anthropocene

A Multidisciplinary Approach

By: Julia Adeney Thomas,Mark Williams,Jan Zalasiewicz

Humans rank with the powerful forces of nature transforming Earth. Since the mid-20th century, population growth, industrialization, and globalization have had such deep and wide-ranging impacts that our planet no longer functions as it did during the previous eleven millennia. So distinctive is this collective human intervention that a new geological interval has been proposed; it is called the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene is intriguing scientifically, fascinating intellectually, and deeply disturbing politically, socially, economically, and ethically. We must learn how to co-exist sustainably with the rest of nature in what is emerging as a new planetary state. To do so, we must first understand what "Anthropocene" means in all its dimensions. This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach, starting with an exploration of the Anthropocene as a geological concept: ranging across the physical changes to the landscape, to the rapidly heating climate, to a biosphere undergoing transformation. And what of the "anthropos" in the Anthropocene? While geoscience does not normally address political and ethical issues of justice and equity, or economics and culture, Anthropocene studies in the humanities and social sciences investigate the complexities of the human activity driving global change. Here the book looks at human history, both in the deep past and more recently, the politics and economics of growth spurring the Anthropocene, and potential ways of mitigating its cruel effects. Our fragile, still beautiful, planet is finite. The new realities of the Anthropocene will need our best efforts, across disciplinary divides, at effective hope and action.

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John Wiley & Sons

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150953461X

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Fundamentals and Evolution of MPEG-2 Systems

Paving the MPEG Road

By: Jan Van der Meer

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Fundamentals and Evolution of MPEG-2 Systems

Paving the MPEG Road

By: Jan Van der Meer

This book describes the fundamentals and details of MPEG-2Systems technology Written by an expert in the field, this book examines the MPEG-2system specification as developed in the early 1990’s, aswell as its evolution into the fourth edition of the MPEG-2 systemsstandard, published in 2013. While MPEG-2 systems will continue toevolve further, this book describes the MPEG-2 system functionalityas of October 2013. Furthermore, relevant background information isprovided. The discussion of MPEG-2 system functionality requiresknowledge of various fundamental issues, such as timing, andsupported content formats. Therefore also some basic information onvideo and audio coding is provided, including their evolution. Alsoother content formats supported in MPEG-2 systems are described, asfar as needed to understand MPEG-2 systems. Ordered logically working from the basics and backgroundthrough to the details and fundamentals of MPEG-2 transport streamsand program streams Explores important issues within the standardization processitself Puts the developments on MPEG-2 systems into historicperspective Includes support of 3D Video and transport of AVC, SVC andMVC Concludes with additional issues such as real-time interface,delivery over IP networks and usage by application standardizationbodies Predicts a continuing promising future for MPEG-2 transportstreams

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111887594X

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Injecting Chocolate and Other Fairly Stupid Ideas

Injecting Chocolate and Other Fairly Stupid Ideas

The Anthropocene

The Anthropocene

Fundamentals and Evolution of MPEG-2 Systems

Fundamentals and Evolution of MPEG-2 Systems

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