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The Definitive Guide to Pylons

By: Scott Gardner

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The Definitive Guide to Pylons

By: Scott Gardner

In this book, cofounder and lead developer James Gardner brings you a comprehensive introduction to Pylons, the web framework that uses the best of Ruby, Python, and Perl and the emerging WSGI standard to provide structure and flexibility. You’ll learn how to create your own Pylons-driven web site and attain the mastery of advanced Pylons features. You’ll also learn how to stretch Pylons to its fullest ability, as well as share Gardner’s unique insight and extensive experience in developing and deploying Pylons for a wide variety of situations.

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Apress

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1430205342

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Actors are Madmen

Notebook of a Theatregoer in China

By: Adolphe Clarence Scott

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Actors are Madmen

Notebook of a Theatregoer in China

By: Adolphe Clarence Scott

A. C. Scott's first visit to China in 1946 marked the beginning of a personal involvement with that nation's people and culture that would prove singular in its intensity, intimacy, and joy. Now, more than three decades later, an eminent Western authority on Asian theatre looks back on those early years of discovery in a memoir that is at once compelling drama and vividly etched history. This is an explorer's impressions of a world which few foreigners have ever seen and a scholar's unique depiction of pre-liberation China, its society, customs, and theatre, before the final curtain fell. For anyone interested in Chinese culture, history, or drama, or intrigued by the increasingly rare genre of travelogue, Scott's achievement will prove both enjoyable and invaluable.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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029908860X

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The The Clojure Workshop

Use functional programming to build data-centric applications with Clojure and ClojureScript

By: Joseph Fahey,Thomas Haratyk,Scott McCaughie,Yehonathan Sharvit,Konrad Szydlo

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The The Clojure Workshop

Use functional programming to build data-centric applications with Clojure and ClojureScript

By: Joseph Fahey,Thomas Haratyk,Scott McCaughie,Yehonathan Sharvit,Konrad Szydlo

Learn how to solve problems using Clojure or ClojureScript and become a confident functional programmer with the help of engaging activities and challenging projects Key FeaturesMaster the tools and patterns of the Clojure and ClojureScript ecosystemsLearn the fundamentals of functional programming and immutabilityApply your skills practically by developing a range of scalable applicationsBook Description The Clojure Workshop is a step-by-step guide to Clojure and ClojureScript, designed to quickly get you up and running as a confident, knowledgeable developer. Because of the functional nature of the language, Clojure programming is quite different to what many developers will have experienced. As hosted languages, Clojure and ClojureScript can also be daunting for newcomers because of complexities in the tooling and the challenge of interacting with the host platforms. To help you overcome these barriers, this book adopts a practical approach. Every chapter is centered around building something. As you progress through the book, you will progressively develop the 'muscle memory' that will make you a productive Clojure programmer, and help you see the world through the concepts of functional programming. You will also gain familiarity with common idioms and patterns, as well as exposure to some of the most widely used libraries. Unlike many Clojure books, this Workshop will include significant coverage of both Clojure and ClojureScript. This makes it useful no matter your goal or preferred platform, and provides a fresh perspective on the hosted nature of the language. By the end of this book, you'll have the knowledge, skills and confidence to creatively tackle your own ambitious projects with Clojure and ClojureScript. What you will learnWrite idiomatic code with Clojure and ClojureScriptUnderstand and use common patterns and best practicesExperiment with code and interact with programs using the REPLLearn the fundamentals of functional programming and immutabilityMaster concepts including mapping, filtering, reducing and recursionStructure and build your code using namespaces and LeiningenWrite unit tests to validate application behaviorSimplify your code and improve efficiency with macrosWho this book is for The Clojure Workshop is for anyone who is curious about functional programming and wants to get started learning Clojure or ClojureScript. Prior experience of another programming language, such as Java or JavaScript, is recommended, and will help you grasp the concepts covered in this book more easily.

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Packt Publishing Ltd

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1838825118

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XML in a Nutshell

By: Elliotte Rusty Harold,W. Scott Means

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XML in a Nutshell

By: Elliotte Rusty Harold,W. Scott Means

XML in a Nutshell thoroughly explains the basic rules that all XMNL documents--and all XML document creators--must adhere to. Quick-reference chapters also detail syntax rules and usage examples for the core XML technologies, including XML, DTDs, SPath, XSLT, SAX, and DOM.

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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0596002920

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9780596002923

The Texas Front

Salient

By: Jonathan Cresswell-Jones,Scott Washburn

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The Texas Front

Salient

By: Jonathan Cresswell-Jones,Scott Washburn

The Martian invaders have overrun the American heartland. Between the Mississippi and the Rockies, only Texas holds out, written off by the high command in Washington, and with revolution brewing in Mexico. Texas has become the Martians' new target. Across the Lone Star State, soldiers, Rangers, and civilians alike prepare to repel the next attack, outmatched and outgunned – yet undaunted. Governor Colquitt and General Funston plan to build their own weapons, raise their own armies, and perhaps take the war into their own hands. But the Martians may not be their only concern...

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Winged Hussar Publishing

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1945430958

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Building Guderian’s Duck: Germany’s Response To The Eastern Front Antitank Crisis, 1941 To 1945

By: L-Cmdr Scott M. Chafian

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Building Guderian’s Duck: Germany’s Response To The Eastern Front Antitank Crisis, 1941 To 1945

By: L-Cmdr Scott M. Chafian

The appearance of the T-34 in 1941 caused a crisis for German antitank forces. Existing antitank guns were nearly impotent against the new Russian tank, while antiaircraft and artillery pieces, though successful when pressed into action, were insufficiently mobile to accompany mechanized forces. The German Army Ordnance Office, the Heereswaffenamt, was responsible for development of new weapons and would be responsible for countering the threat of Russian armor. The Heereswaffenamt would need to not only counter the T-34, but also do so in an environment of shifting political relationships and with an increasingly stressed industrial system. Utilizing lessons from the bitterly contested battlefields of western Russia, the Heereswaffenamt developed a tank-destroyer, the Jagdpazer IV, using the existing chassis of the Panzer IV tank, and the guns of both the Panzer IV and Panther tanks. The Jagdpanzer IV, known by its crews as Guderian’s Duck, proved to be a capable tank killer against both the T-34 threat of 1941 and 1942, as well as the improved versions of 1943 and 1944.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1782894365

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Marching to the Canon

The Life of Schubert's Marche Militaire

By: Scott Messing

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Marching to the Canon

The Life of Schubert's Marche Militaire

By: Scott Messing

Marching to the Canon examines the history of Schubert's Marche militaire no.1 from its beginnings, through its many arrangements, to its impact on dance, literature, film, and music. Marche militaire is Franz Schubert's most recognizable and beloved instrumental work. Originally published for piano four hands in 1826, this tuneful march -- Schubert's first of three military marches -- was arranged, adapted, and incorporated into new incarnations over the next two centuries. Its success was due to its chameleonlike ability to cross the still-porous borders between canonic and popular repertories, creating a performance life thatmade deep inroads into dance, literature, and film, and inspired quotations or allusions in other music Marching to the Canon examines the history of Schubert's storied Marche militaire from its modest beginnings as aduet published for domestic consumption to its now-ubiquitous presence. After detailing the composition, publication, and reception of the original march, the book analyzes the impact of transcriptions and arrangements for solo piano, orchestra, band, and other settings. In addition, it considers the ways the march was used symbolically, even manipulated, during the Franco-Prussian War and the two world wars, as well as the diverse creative uses of the piece by significant figures as varied as Willa Cather, Isadora Duncan, Walt Disney, and Igor Stravinsky. This study of the reception and impact of the Marche militaire offers a unique narrative illuminating the world that enshrined this remarkable score as one of the most memorable musical works of the nineteenth century. Scott Messing is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Music at Alma College, and the author of two works available from theUniversity of Rochester Press: Neoclassicism in Music and the two-volume Schubert in the European Imagination.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1580464386

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Ambush Trail: A Walt Slade Western

By: Bradford Scott

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Ambush Trail: A Walt Slade Western

By: Bradford Scott

One by one they faced him. One by one they died... Only four hours after Walt Slade landed in Los Angeles, he was locked in a desperate life-and-death struggle with the gang of killers he had trailed over a thousand miles. One by one they faced him. One by one they died -- until at last he was up against the vicious, deadly remnants whose orders from their leader were -- “KILL SLADE -- ANY WAY YOU CAN!

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479449636

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The Second Day at Gettysburg

The Attack and Defense of the Union Center on Cemetery Ridge, July 2, 1863

By: David Schultz,Scott L. Mingus

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The Second Day at Gettysburg

The Attack and Defense of the Union Center on Cemetery Ridge, July 2, 1863

By: David Schultz,Scott L. Mingus

“Emphasize[s] the role of Winfield Scott Hancock . . . [and] the Second Corps in plugging the gap and saving the day for the Union.” —Gettysburg Magazine On the afternoon of July 2, 1863, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet struck the Union left flank with a massive blow that collapsed Dan Sickles’ advanced position in the Peach Orchard and rolled northward, tearing open a large gap in the center of the Federal line on Cemetery Ridge. Fresh Confederates from A. P. Hill’s Corps advanced toward the mile-wide breach, where Southern success would split the Army of the Potomac in two. The fate of the Battle of Gettysburg hung in the balance. Despite the importance of the position, surprisingly few Union troops were available to defend Cemetery Ridge. Major General Winfield S. Hancock’s veteran Second Corps had been whittled from three divisions to less than one after Gibbon’s division was sucked into earlier fighting and Caldwell’s command was shattered in the Wheatfield. With little time and few men, Hancock determined to plug the yawning gap. Reprising Horatio at the Bridge, the gallant commander cobbled together various commands and refused to yield the precious acres in Plum Run ravine. The swirling seesaw fighting lasted for hours and included hand-to-hand combat and personal heroics of which legends are made. The Second Day at Gettysburg expands on David Shultz and David Wieck’s critically acclaimed earlier work The Battle Between the Farm Lanes. This completely revised and expanded study, which includes new photographs, original maps, and a self-guided tour of the fighting, is grounded in extensive research and unmatched personal knowledge of the terrain.

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Savas Beatie

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1611210755

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JBoss Administration and Development

By: Scott Stark,Marc Fleury

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JBoss Administration and Development

By: Scott Stark,Marc Fleury

This is the official guide to JBoss, written by the creators and developers of JBoss. The accompanying CD provides a complete copy of the JBoss server.

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Sams Publishing

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0672323478

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Beverly Hills Noir

Crime, Sin, & Scandal in 90210

By: Scott Huver

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Beverly Hills Noir

Crime, Sin, & Scandal in 90210

By: Scott Huver

Featured In Vanity Fair Beverly Hills Noir explores the city’s true crime history, delving deep inside cases that made headlines, scandals that engulfed Hollywood legends, and more strange-but-true tales that could only happen in the 90210. Beverly Hills Noir chronicles an assortment of jaw-dropping true crime stories spanning the legendary city’s history, each with oh-so-90210 twists—including a high-profile murder mystery in the city’s most extravagant mansion, the daring exploits of a handsome cat burglar with movie star looks, a toxic Tinseltown love triangle that ended in gunplay, a brazen Rodeo Drive jewelry store holdup with tragically stunning finale, an Oscar nominated actress on shoplifting spree and more—complete with major roles and countless cameos by Hollywood idols and cultural icons. A gripping, century-long tour of the glamorous city’s shadowy underbelly through crimes and misdemeanors as over-the-top as the city itself, Beverly Hills Noir collects the kinds of stories you’d expect to be swapped if James Ellroy and Dominick Dunne had met Jackie Collins and Ryan Murphy for cocktails at the Polo Lounge. It’s Sunset Boulevard and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood turned sordid, face-down-in-the-pool reality.

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Simon and Schuster

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1637588860

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9781637588864

Love Inspired Historical August 2013 Bundle

The Baby Bequest\The Courting Campaign\Roping the Wrangler\Healing the Soldier's Heart

By: Lyn Cote,Regina Scott,Lacy Williams,Lily George

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Love Inspired Historical August 2013 Bundle

The Baby Bequest\The Courting Campaign\Roping the Wrangler\Healing the Soldier's Heart

By: Lyn Cote,Regina Scott,Lacy Williams,Lily George

Love Inspired Historical brings you four new titles for one great price, available now for a limited time only from August 1 to August 31! Travel back in time and experience powerful and engaging stories of romance, adventure and faith. This Love Inspired Historical bundle includes The Baby Bequest by Lyn Cote, The Courting Campaign by Regina Scott, Roping the Wrangler by Lacy Williams and Healing the Soldier's Heart by Lily George. Look for 4 new inspiring historical stories every month from Love Inspired Historical!

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Harlequin

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1459254724

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From Pinewood to Hollywood

British Filmmakers in American Cinema, 1910-1969

By: I. Scott

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From Pinewood to Hollywood

British Filmmakers in American Cinema, 1910-1969

By: I. Scott

This book is about the emigration, film careers and socio-cultural influence of British filmmakers moving to Hollywood in the studio era. It deals with some of the unknown and neglected émigrés, as well as the leading lights who founded, initiated and ensured that American film became the leading national cinema of the twentieth century.

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Springer

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0230289738

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The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

A Wiley Tech Brief

By: Steve Mann,Scott Sbihli

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The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

A Wiley Tech Brief

By: Steve Mann,Scott Sbihli

Discover how to utilize the latest WAP technologies to meet your business needs With wireless services rapidly exploding worldwide, WAP is becoming the most talked about standard for wireless applications. In this accessible book, mobility experts Steve Mann and Scott Sbihli cut through the buzz and the jargon surrounding the technology to provide an authoritative yet easy-to-understand discussion on all aspects of this fast-growing protocol.With their help, you'll become well-versed in the terminology of WAP components and gain valuable insight into how WAP fits in with wireless business development. You'll learn what WAP is, how it works, and what benefits your company can derive from using it. Plus, you'll get pointers to additional resources for more information. Thorough, up-to-date coverage includes: The nuts and bolts of WAP's key technologies, including WML (Wireless Markup Language) Key wireless technologies and how WAP fits in WAP applications development tools and how WAP-compatible Web pages are created Currently available WAP-com-patible products and services The history of WAP development Case studies of three enterprise WAP projects plus an individual's experience with a consumer WAP service Wiley Tech Briefs Focused on the needs of the corporate IT and business manager, the Tech Briefs series provides in-depth information on a new or emerging technology, solutions, and vendor offerings available in the marketplace. With their accessible approach, these books will help you get quickly up-to-speed on a topic so that you can effectively compete, grow, and betterserve your customers.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047143759X

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9780471437598

Sophia and the Johannine Jesus

By: Martin Scott

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Sophia and the Johannine Jesus

By: Martin Scott

This feminist approach to the Gospel of John explores the issue of the role of women in the Johannine Christian community. The author first examines in detail the relationship between the Jewish figure of Wisdom, known by the Greek name Sophia, and the Jesus of the Fourth Gospel. Secondly, he investigates what effect the use of a female figure as a basis for christological reflection have on the way in which women were portrayed in the Gospel. The deliberate choice of the feminine name Sophia caused problems for the writer of the Fourth Gospel in seeking to identify the exclusively female figure with the male Jesus.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441149678

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King of the Pygmies

By: Jonathon Scott Fuqua

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King of the Pygmies

By: Jonathon Scott Fuqua

After hearing what he believes are other peoples' thoughts and learning that he may have schizophrenia, high school sophomore Penn has to decide whether to accept the diagnosis.

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Candlewick Press

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0763614181

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The Java Tutorial

A Short Course on the Basics

By: Raymond Gallardo,Scott Hommel,Sowmya Kannan,Joni Gordon,Sharon Biocca Zakhour

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The Java Tutorial

A Short Course on the Basics

By: Raymond Gallardo,Scott Hommel,Sowmya Kannan,Joni Gordon,Sharon Biocca Zakhour

The Java® Tutorial, Sixth Edition, is based on the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 8. This revised and updated edition introduces the new features added to the platform, including lambda expressions, default methods, aggregate operations, and more. An accessible and practical guide for programmers of any level, this book focuses on how to use the rich environment provided by Java to build applications, applets, and components. Expanded coverage includes a chapter on the Date-Time API and a new chapter on annotations, with sections on type annotations and pluggable type systems as well as repeating annotations. In addition, the updated sections “Security in Rich Internet Applications” and “Guidelines for Securing Rich Internet Applications” address key security topics. The latest deployment best practices are described in the chapter “Deployment in Depth.” If you plan to take one of the Java SE 8 certification exams, this book can help. A special appendix, “Preparing for Java Programming Language Certification,” details the items covered on the available exams. Check online for updates. All of the material has been thoroughly reviewed by members of Oracle Java engineering to ensure that the information is accurate and up to date. This book is based on the online tutorial hosted on Oracle Corporation’s website at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial.

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Addison-Wesley Professional

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0134034694

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ARCHIVED: Pooled JVM in CICS Transaction Server V3

By: Chris Rayns,George Burgess,Scott Clee,Tom Grieve,John Taylor,Yun Peng Ge,Guo Qiang Li,Qian Zhang,Derek Wen,IBM Redbooks

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ARCHIVED: Pooled JVM in CICS Transaction Server V3

By: Chris Rayns,George Burgess,Scott Clee,Tom Grieve,John Taylor,Yun Peng Ge,Guo Qiang Li,Qian Zhang,Derek Wen,IBM Redbooks

NOTE: This book contains information about technologies that have been superseded and it is retained for historical purposes only. IBM CICS Transaction Server (CICS TS) has supported the deployment of Java applications since the 1990's. In CICS TS V1.3 (1999), IBM introduced the 'Pooled JVM' style of JVM infrastructure within CICS TS. This infrastructure was designed to be similar in nature to that which a CICS application developer for a language such as COBOL would be used to. It brought the benefits of the new Java language to CICS TS, without a dramatic change to the way CICS users thought of core concepts such as re-entrancy and isolation. As enterprise usage of Java evolved it began to make more and more use of multi-threaded environments where isolation was not a desired characteristic. Additionally, technologies such as OSGi (Open Service Gateway Initiative) evolved to overcome some of the original disadvantages of applying Java to an enterprise environment. As such, the limitations of the 'Pooled JVM' approach began to outweigh the benefits. In CICS TS V4.1 (2009), IBM introduced the new 'JVM server' infrastructure in CICS TS as a replacement to the 'Pooled JVM' approach. This 'JVM server' infrastructure provides a much more standard Java environment that makes the writing and porting of Java applications for CICS TS much simpler. In CICS TS V5.1 (2012), support for the old 'Pooled JVM' infrastructure was removed. While there is a relatively simple migration path from 'Pooled JVM' to 'JVM server', applications should no longer be written to the 'Pooled JVM' infrastructure. There are a number of more recent IBM Redbooks publications covering the replacement 'JVM server' technology, including: IBM CICS and the JVM server: Developing and Deploying Java Applications, SG24-8038 A Software Architect's guide to New Java Workloads in IBM CICS Transaction Server, SG24-8225

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IBM Redbooks

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073844085X

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The Great Jazz Guitarists

The Ultimate Guide

By: Scott Yanow

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The Great Jazz Guitarists

The Ultimate Guide

By: Scott Yanow

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1480354902

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Wasteland

The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror

By: W. Scott Poole

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Wasteland

The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror

By: W. Scott Poole

Historian and Bram Stoker Award nominee W. Scott Poole traces the confluence of military history, technology, and art that gave us modern horror films and literature. From Nosferatu to Frankenstein’s monster, from Fritz Lang to James Whale, the touchstones of horror can all trace their roots to the bloodshed of the First World War. Bram Stoker Award nominee W. Scott Poole traces the confluence of military history, technology, and art in the wake of World War I to show how overwhelming carnage gave birth to a wholly new art form: modern horror films and literature. "Thoroughly engrossing cultural study . . . Poole persuasively argues that the birth of horror as a genre is rooted in the unprecedented destruction and carnage of WWI." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Catapult

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1619022885

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Culture and Customs of France

By: W. Scott Haine Ph.D.

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Culture and Customs of France

By: W. Scott Haine Ph.D.

The French are of perennial interest, for, among other things, their style, their cuisine and wine, and their cultural output. Culture and Customs of France is a thoroughly jam-packed narrative through the glories that France continues to offer the world. The volume is a boon for preparing country reports, a must-read for travelers, and perfect for culture studies. Chapters on the land, people, and history, religion, social customs, gender, family, and marriage, cinema and media, literature, food and fashion, architecture and art, and performing arts are current and pleasurable to read.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313060444

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The Classical Theatre of China

By: A.C. Scott

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The Classical Theatre of China

By: A.C. Scott

First published in 1957. Besides tracing the history and development of the Peking Theatre, this volume explains acting techniques, stage costume and symbolism, musical forms and the various types of plays.

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Routledge

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Radical Pacifism

The War Resisters League and Gandhian Nonviolence in America, 1915-1963

By: Scott H Bennett

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Radical Pacifism

The War Resisters League and Gandhian Nonviolence in America, 1915-1963

By: Scott H Bennett

This deeply researched book is the first history of the War Resisters League, an organization that represents the major vehicle of secular radical pacifism in the United States. Besides opposing all U. S. wars and championing conscientious objection to these wars, Scott H. Bennett shows how the WRL—led by its colorful members—functioned as a “movement halfway house,” assisting and influencing a variety of social reform groups and campaigns. He devotes special attention to WWII conscientious objectors (COs) who staged dramatic wartime work and hunger strikes in Civilian Public Service camps and prisons against Jim Crow, censorship, conscription, and other policies. These radical COs moved the postwar WRL in new directions—and transformed radical pacifism. By recovering the important links between the WRL and the peace, civil rights, civil liberties, and antinuclear movements, Bennett demonstrates the social relevance and political effectiveness of radical pacifism. He emphasizes the WRL’s most important legacy: its promotion, legitimization, and Americanization of Gandhian nonviolent direct action, which infused the postwar peace and justice movements.

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Syracuse University Press

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0815630034

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