America is symbolized by its independent, Protestant, Christian culture, unknown by any other nation or peoples, in the course of history. It's a culture, legitimized, and defended, by an incomparable set of words, formulated into a Constitution, miraculously fashioned by an elite group of men, who carried the wisdom of God, and the ages, in their bosoms, granting the American citizen a unique legacy. This legacy has been gratuitously bestowed, on all peoples who have been legitimately drawn to this generous nation, requiring only that they love America, to become a part of its destiny. But in a short period of barely two generations of Americans, this unique culture has been taken to the brink of destruction. It is in danger of being transformed into a Banana Republic type, third world style culture. By the use of, not so free markets, and a misdirected compassion, constantly fed to the American middle class, by an unrelenting combination of money first, multi-cultural, corporate elites, and one world academics, each having a direct line to the media moguls. They are changing the face of America by the reconstruction of the independent, resourceful, patriotic American, into only a one world cipher. These elites are degrading the American middle class with illegal Mexican invaders, who are untrained, diseased, and unwilling to accept America, but willing to accept the manipulations of these business, academic and political elites. The book concludes that only a politically incorrect retaking of America by those same middle class American citizens, will preserve our unique culture, and keep America from becoming the land that was.
The West is symbolized by America's romance with the cowboy rancher. We admire his independence, and reliance on his own skills and abilities. This historical novel depicts those settlers of the Wild West, whose calming influence on the calamities indigenous to that area, led to our modern day ranchers. The adventures of the Jones family, who, in the late 1940's find themselves the owners of a horse ranch, in Wyoming's hard-bitten, arid and unforgiving ranch country, and how they cope with the problems and the joys of operating a ranch, is the gist of this book. Their success is based on a mother lode of can-do training, and a respect for their Christian heritage morality. They create an economically viable ranch, from the sand and rock of Wyoming's federal range, but their livelihood is endangered, not by the gunslinger, but by the American bureaucracy. The book poses the question, would an American government willfully destroy the free enterprise, ranching segment of American society, like the Jones ranch, because it does not fit in with the plans of an environmentalist controlled Secretary of the Interior? It is a David and Goliath story, depicting America's use of federal storm troopers, and an unlimited quantity of power and money, in removing our Wyoming ranchers from their way of life.
It takes three titles for this factualized novel to explain to the American people the why and the wherefore, it is important to defeat this international road, twelve hundred feet wide, running from Mexican ports, through Texas, to Kansas City and Canada. Samuel Huston Warner, a Texas rancher from Frio County, Texas, does so explain. He is riled that Texas intends to take five hundred of his acres, by eminent domain for this road to ruin. He further finds, it is already pre-leased, by the Texas governor, and Texas legislators, to a Spanish corporation, secretly tying the action to an already agreed to, Mexican-American union. Sam forms the Longhorn Brigade to fight these anti-American concepts. His battle against overwhelming odds is the basis for this novel. This trans-national road, using only bureaucratic regulations, and Executive directives disguises true motives from the American people and the American Congress. Using secret, working groups, embedded in the Commerce Department and hidden trilateral agreements, cheap Chinese imports will be transported, unchallenged, into America. This American, European-like Union, will mean the eventual end to our Constitution, and to Americans being self governed. The defeat of this new Burma Road is crucial. Americans must be informed and become aware. That is the "Why?" of this novel. You have a duty to read, to know, and to act.
A refreshing depiction of America as seen through the eyes of a young Midwesterner, Carl Steiner, and how he views school, girls, religion, the Army, and growing up in a traumatic time. The story begins with America's entry into World War II, and covers the world, as Carl sees it, up to and including the presidential tenure of Bill Clinton. Carl views these events as a man who represents a diminishing group of American citizens, who always put America first, last, and always. They understand America's founders' gift, a unique Republic unduplicated anywhere, based on the individual's freedom, and the freedom of the market place. The story relates how, over a short period of years, the fabric of the Republic has been rent and torn by greedy, election-at-all-costs politicians, and their news media, labor and big business handlers; by an increasing population of un-caring and un-knowing, kept voters, who have no conception of what their freedoms are and that they are voting them away; and by self-styled elites, who think they know better how you should live and think, and what is in your best interest. These elites have taken over and occupied American schools, foundations and bureaucracies. Carl finds at crucial moments in our history some Americans provide that spark, that courage, and that individualism, which gives us a safety net for the Republic, even as she is licking her wounds.
Latin America has always been fixed in the mind of the average American as a happy place, doing the tango or having a mardi gras, and not the place where one would expect the arising of a new-age, communist-like "internationale". That image is punctured by Latin America's huge nature-granted oil reserves. Latin oil creates a battleground of all the world's energy competitors. The image is also blurred by the hapless coca leaf, raised by Latin America's indigenous Indians, but used as a money source by a murderous band of communist, capitalist, cut-throats, called F.A.R.C., who operating out of the back jungles of Columbia fly the coca to Brazil's Rio de Janeiro, where, in murderous drug wars, it is magically transformed into a powder, which, when smuggled to America is sold for billions of dollars under its new name of cocaine. Cocaine and oil have forever changed Latin America from a happy place to a house of horrors. American ignorance, and ig-norance, of its own "Monroe Doctrine", which, for centuries, has kept Latin America independent, is disturbing to Ian Landen Stuhr, an American oil man from Houston, working in the Venezuelan oil fields. He sees arising from the Asian swamps, an evil Goliath, hungry for oil, and unwilling to play by the rules, and infecting Latin America with a fatal malady called the Red Chinese Disease. But Ian has discovered a latent stirring among America's middle class citizens, who are not willing to sit and watch, Latin America, along with the "Monroe Doctrine", go down the drain.
A writer wanting to pen a classic tragedy could find no better subject than the centuries' old, sad tale of Iraq. The last chapters in such a story, unfortunately, would also involve America, whose very presence in Iraq has no rational bearing. Iraq, invaded in 2003, by neo-con lies, all of which have destroyed America's military, and bankrupted its economy. Yet America's people, month after month, year after year, fail to demand an accounting, and an end to this debacle in a sort of death wish. The story features an Iowa National Guardsman, Ian Otto von Bismarck, now First Sergeant of the American 7th Stryker Squadron. Bis, as he is called, is deployed with his Brigade operating out of a barracks in Badhdad's notorious Green Zone. Bis' many adventures, and daring heroic exploits, with his Stryker group forms the underlying basis of the book, and also the opportunity to find criticism, and fault with a brainless President George W. Bush, and those neo-con insiders, who lead him around by the nose. Bis' greatest concern is of the fate of his squadron, not as a result of military deployment, but by being put into an impossible trap by the Shi'ite dominated Maliki Iraqi government, plus an armed reconstituted Sunni control over Anbar Province, a formed Saddam Hussein stronghold, confounding the reasons America was lied into the war into the first place. A more, without rhyme or reason, rationale for our being in this senseless war could not be made up in the wildest imagination, of any story writer. It proves Menken's quote: "Many Americans love those who lie to them, while condemning those who tell them the truth..
This book introduces students with diverse backgrounds to various types of mathematical analysis that are commonly needed in scientific computing. The subject of numerical analysis is treated from a mathematical point of view, offering a complete analysis of methods for scientific computing with appropriate motivations and careful proofs. In an engaging and informal style, the authors demonstrate that many computational procedures and intriguing questions of computer science arise from theorems and proofs. Algorithms are presented in pseudocode, so that students can immediately write computer programs in standard languages or use interactive mathematical software packages. This book occasionally touches upon more advanced topics that are not usually contained in standard textbooks at this level.
The Practice of Engineering Dynamics is a textbook that takes a systematic approach to understanding dynamic analysis of mechanical systems. It comprehensively covers dynamic analysis of systems from equilibrium states to non-linear simulations and presents frequency analysis of experimental data. It divides the practice of engineering dynamics into three parts: Part 1 - Modelling: Deriving Equations of Motion; Part 2 - Simulation: Using the Equations of Motion; and Part 3- Experimental Frequency Domain Analysis. This approach fulfils the need to be able to derive the equations governing the motion of a system, to then use the equations to provide useful design information, and finally to be able to analyze experimental data measured on dynamic systems. The Practice of Engineering Dynamics includes end of chapter exercises and is accompanied by a website hosting a solutions manual.
Numerical methods are a mainstay of researchers and professionals across the many mathematics, scientific, and engineering disciplines. The importance of these methods combined with the power and availability of today's computers virtually demand that students in these fields be well versed not only in the numerical techniques, but also in the use
Very hot area with a wide range of applications; Gives complete numerical analysis and recipes, which will enable readers to quickly apply the techniques to real problems; Includes two new techniques pioneered by Osher and Fedkiw; Osher and Fedkiw are internationally well-known researchers in this area
The 1947 paper by John von Neumann & Herman Goldstine, 'Numerical Inverting of Matrices of High Order', is considered as the birth certificate of numerical analysis. Since its publication, the evolution of this domain has been enormous. This book collects contributions by researchers who have lived through this evolution.
The book on The General Theory of Electrical Machines, by B. Adkins, which was published in 1957, has been well received, as a manual containing the theories on which practical methods of calculating machine performance can be based, and as a text-book for advanced students. Since 1957, many important developments have taken place in the practical application of electrical machine theory. The most important single factor in the development has been the increasing availability of the digital computer, which was only beginning to be used in the solution of machine and power system problems in 1957. Since most of the recent development, particularly that with which the authors have been concerned, has related to a. c. machines, the present book, which is in other respects an up-to-date version of the earlier book, deals primarily with a. c. machines. The second chapter on the primitive machine does deal to some extent with the d. c. machine, because the cross-field d. c. generator servesas an introduction to the two-axis theory and can be used to provide a simple explanation of some of the mathematical methods. The equations also apply directly to a. c. commutator machines. The use of the word 'general' in the title has been criticized. It was never intended to imply that the treatment was comprehen sive in the sense that every possible type of machine and problem was dealt with.
So far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain. And so far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. -A. Einstein The word "instability" in day-to-day language is associated with some thing going wrong or being abnormal: exponential growth of cancer cells, irrational behavior of a patient, collapse of a structure, etc. This book, however, is about "good" instabilities, which lead to change, evolution, progress, creativity, and intelligence; they explain the paradox of irreversi bility in thermodynamics, the phenomena of chaos and turbulence in clas sical mechanics, and non-deterministic (multi-choice) behavior in biological and social systems. The concept of instability is an attribute of dynamical models that de scribe change in time of physical parameters, biological or social events, etc. Each dynamical model has a certain sensitivity to small changes or "errors" in initial values of its variables. These errors may grow in time, and if such growth is of an exponential rate, the behavior of the variable is defined as unstable. However, the overall effect of an unstable variable upon the dynamical system is not necessarily destructive. Indeed, there al ways exists such a group of variables that do not contribute to the energy of the system. In mechanics such variables are called ignorable or cyclic.
The development of innovative drugs is becoming more difficult while relying on empirical approaches. This inspired all major pharmaceutical companies to pursue alternative model-based paradigms. The key question is: How to find innovative compounds and, subsequently, appropriate dosage regimens? Written from the industry perspective and based on many years of experience, this book offers: - Concepts for creation of drug-disease models, introduced and supplemented with extensive MATLAB programs - Guidance for exploration and modification of these programs to enhance the understanding of key principles - Usage of differential equations to pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and (patho-) physiologic problems thereby acknowledging their dynamic nature - A range of topics from single exponential decay to adaptive dosing, from single subject exploration to clinical trial simulation, and from empirical to mechanistic disease modeling. Students with an undergraduate mathematical background or equivalent education, interest in life sciences and skills in a high-level programming language such as MATLAB, are encouraged to engage in model-based pharmaceutical research and development.
This volume provides a concise introduction to the methodology of nonstandard finite difference (NSFD) schemes construction and shows how they can be applied to the numerical integration of differential equations occurring in the natural, biomedical, and engineering sciences. These methods had their genesis in the work of Mickens in the 1990's and are now beginning to be widely studied and applied by other researchers. The importance of the book derives from its clear and direct explanation of NSFD in the introductory chapter along with a broad discussion of the future directions needed to advance the topic.
A supplemental text that can enrich and enhance any first course in ordinary differential equations This supplement helps instructors move towards an earlier use of numerical and geometric methods, place a greater emphasis on systems (including nonlinear ones), and increase discussions of both the benefits and possible pitfalls in numerical solution of ODEs. By providing an introduction to the software that is integrated with the relevant mathematics, Differential Equations with MATLAB can perfectly complement and enhance other texts from Wiley. Since the third edition of Differential Equations with MATLAB first appeared in 2012, there have been many changes and enhancements to MATLAB and Simulink. These include addition of live scripts, new plotting commands, and major changes to the Symbolic Math Toolbox. This revised version brings the text completely up to date with the 2019a release of MATLAB.
This volume provides a concise introduction to the methodology of nonstandard finite difference (NSFD) schemes construction and shows how they can be applied to the numerical integration of differential equations occurring in the natural, biomedical, and engineering sciences. These methods had their genesis in the work of Mickens in the 1990's and are now beginning to be widely studied and applied by other researchers. The importance of the book derives from its clear and direct explanation of NSFD in the introductory chapter along with a broad discussion of the future directions needed to advance the topic.
Are you concerned for the safety and lives of your children and grandchildren? Are you aware that Red China is establishing a military dominance over America, unhindered, in cyberspace? Obama and his disarmament advisors, plus an ultraliberal Congress, along with the eager assistance of the always liberal, one-world media, have failed to inform the American citizenry of the fatal results that such a cyber war could inflict on an undefended America, and its people. This undisclosed danger is called, "ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PULSE." EMP is the firing of a missile, armed with a nuclear warhead, five hundred miles up into the stratosphere, and then exploding it. Scientists and technicians have found such an action will generate extra strong, pulsating, gamma rays, which will completely devastate all electrical computers, and computer controlled mechanisms, in the affected earth below. Failure to warn America, and worse, our leader's failure to defend America is as vile and traitorous an act against America, as has ever been perpetrated. This modern day cyberspace factual tale has as its two heroes, an Aerospace Engineer from Iowa, who is also a missile expert at Colorado's Cheyenne Mountain. The other is an Air Force test pilot, brilliant in all operational, airplane technology. Locating and tracking incoming enemy missiles, and finding ways to defend against them becomes their mission in life. China, secretly, launches its missiles designed to execute this EMP, cyberspace war while America is unprepared. Our heroes, using a remarkable new fighter plane, which they designed with Devine providence, prove to be the sole American defense against EMP. This factual look at China and cyberspace war is war conducted in the stratosphere, but the effects are the same. Join our heroes in their epic struggle to save America.
For introductory courses in Engineering and Computing Based on Excel 2007, Engineering with Excel, 3e takes a comprehensive look at using Excel in engineering. This book focuses on applications and is intended to serve as both a textbook and a reference for students.
The main purpose of this book is to provide a concise introduction to the methods and philosophy of constructing nonstandard finite difference schemes and illustrate how such techniques can be applied to several important problems. Chapter I gives an overview of the subject and summarizes previous work. Chapters 2 and 3 consider in detail the construction and numerical implementation of schemes for physical problems involving convection-diffusion-reaction equations, that arise in groundwater pollution and scattering of electromagnetic waves using Maxwell's equations. Chapter 4 examines certain mathematical issues related to the nonstandard discretization of competitive and cooperative models for ecology. The application chapters illustrate well the power of nonstandard methods. In particular, for the same accuracy as obtained by standard techniques, larger step sizes can be used. This volume will satisfy the needs of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who wish to know how to construct nonstandard schemes and see how these are applied to obtain numerical solutions of the differential equations which arise in the study of nonlinear dynamical systems modeling important physical phenomena.
This second edition of Nonstandard Finite Difference Models of Differential Equations provides an update on the progress made in both the theory and application of the NSFD methodology during the past two and a half decades. In addition to discussing details related to the determination of the denominator functions and the nonlocal discrete representations of functions of dependent variables, we include many examples illustrating just how this should be done.Of real value to the reader is the inclusion of a chapter listing many exact difference schemes, and a chapter giving NSFD schemes from the research literature. The book emphasizes the critical roles played by the 'principle of dynamic consistency' and the use of sub-equations for the construction of valid NSFD discretizations of differential equations.
In The Greek Article, Ronald D. Peters presents a grammar of the Greek article and relative pronoun, categorized as ὁ-items, which was formulated using the principles of Systemic-Functional Linguistics. This categorization stands in contrast to previous grammars, which have categorically associated the article with the demonstrative pronoun. Thus, the present work represents a significant paradigm shift in the study of the Greek article. Unlike previous approaches that have too often yielded internally inconsistent and contradictory rules of usage, this approach results in a description of the article’s function that is uniform across all occurrences. Simultaneously simple and robust, this grammar promises to pay significant dividends for exegetes and translators of the Greek New Testament.
Mak introduces Java programmers to numerical computing. This book contains clear, non-theoretical explanations of practical numerical algorithms, including safely summing numbers, finding roots of equations, interpolation and approximation, numerical integration and differentiation, and matrix operations, including solving sets of simultaneous equations.
Material properties emerge from phenomena on scales ranging from Angstroms to millimeters, and only a multiscale treatment can provide a complete understanding. Materials researchers must therefore understand fundamental concepts and techniques from different fields, and these are presented in a comprehensive and integrated fashion for the first time in this book. Incorporating continuum mechanics, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, atomistic simulations and multiscale techniques, the book explains many of the key theoretical ideas behind multiscale modeling. Classical topics are blended with new techniques to demonstrate the connections between different fields and highlight current research trends. Example applications drawn from modern research on the thermo-mechanical properties of crystalline solids are used as a unifying focus throughout the text. Together with its companion book, Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Cambridge University Press, 2011), this work presents the complete fundamentals of materials modeling for graduate students and researchers in physics, materials science, chemistry and engineering.
The early history of endometriosis is interwoven with the history of adenomyosis, since it was not until the mid nineteen-twenties that the two conditions were finally separated. A History of Endometriosis provides a detailed reconstruction of the progress made in identifying, describing and treating the condition we call today endometriosis.
Consider the election of a president in 2008. Is it possible to buck the establishments of both the Democrats and Republicans, and elect a president that truly represents the values and the morals of traditional America? Adam Himmelher (German for Heaven sent), a traditional, conservative, Christian, and a non-establishment politician, from Deadwood, South Dakota, decides to find out. As a proponent of "the Contract with America", Adam is elected to Congress. He, along with his fellow fifty new "contract" electees, form a value based congressional organization dubbed the "Himmelher Hawks". The "Hawks", expanding their influence throughout America, which forms the organization, allows Adam to attempt his long shot 2008 presidential campaign. Adam, a Republican, finds danger to America, in an inept Bush's failure to provide critical defense missile and satellite mechanisms to counter Chinese clandestinely developed military advantages. This is due mainly to an intentional commercial divesting of America's defense secrets, created by the lax security of Clinton, and abutted by Bush's outsourcing of trade. Enormous riches flow to Bush-ite un-free traders, who value money over the security of America. Congressman Adam finds China an aggressive user of any means to obtain America's security secrets, outfoxing an inept, criminally negligent, and sometimes traitorous intelligence service bureaucracy. America must defend against China now, if it is to survive. Adam, to win, must reunite the Reagan conservative, Christian alliance. Anti-Christian foes, fearing religion more than domination by China, lead Adam to a hidden asset, an oblique China-Christian connection. Will America exist tomorrow? Hopefully, this book will explore that question, and provide some answers.
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