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License Plate Readers for Law Enforcement

Opportunities and Obstacles

By: Keith Gierlack,Shara Williams,Tom LaTourrette,James M. Anderson,Lauren A. Mayer,Johanna Zmud

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License Plate Readers for Law Enforcement

Opportunities and Obstacles

By: Keith Gierlack,Shara Williams,Tom LaTourrette,James M. Anderson,Lauren A. Mayer,Johanna Zmud

Because license plate reader (LPR) technology is relatively new in the United States, opportunities and obstacles in its use in law enforcement are still under exploration. To examine issues about this technology, RAND conducted interviews with law enforcement personnel, police officers, and others responsible for procuring, maintaining, and operating the systems.

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Rand Corporation

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0833086537

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9780833086532

The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality

By: Sheila Whiteley,Shara Rambarran

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The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality

By: Sheila Whiteley,Shara Rambarran

Has the virtual invaded the realm of the real, or has the real expanded its definition to include what once was characterized as virtual? With the continual evolution of digital technology, this distinction grows increasingly hazy. But perhaps the distinction has become obsolete; perhaps it is time to pay attention to the intersections, mutations, and transmigrations of the virtual and the real. Certainly it is time to reinterpret the practice and study of music. The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality, edited by Sheila Whiteley and Shara Rambarran, is the first book to offer a kaleidoscope of interdisciplinary perspectives from scholars around the globe on the way in which virtuality mediates the dissemination, acquisition, performance, creation, and reimagining of music. The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality addresses eight themes that often overlap and interact with one another. Questions of the role of the audience, artistic agency, individual and communal identity, subjectivity, and spatiality repeatedly arise. Authors specifically explore phenomena including holographic musicians and virtual bands, and the benefits and detriments surrounding the free circulation of music on the internet. In addition, the book investigates the way in which fans and musicians negotiate gender identities as well as the dynamics of audience participation and community building in a virtual environment. The handbook rehistoricizes the virtual by tracing its progression from cartoons in the 1950s to current industry innovations and changes in practice. Well-grounded and wide-reaching, this is a book that students of any number of disciplines, from Music to Cultural Studies, have awaited.

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721

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Oxford University Press

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0199321299

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9780199321292

No Ruined Stone

By: Shara McCallum

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No Ruined Stone

By: Shara McCallum

No Ruined Stone is a verse sequence rooted in the life of 18th-century Scottish poet Robert Burns. In 1786, Burns arranged to migrate to Jamaica to work on a slave plantation, a plan he ultimately abandoned. Voiced by a fictive Burns and his fictional granddaughter, a "mulatta" passing for white, the book asks: what would have happened had he gone?

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Alice James Books

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194857943X

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9781948579438

Virtual Music

Sound, Music, and Image in the Digital Era

By: Shara Rambarran

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Virtual Music

Sound, Music, and Image in the Digital Era

By: Shara Rambarran

Virtuality has entered our lives making anything we desire possible. We are, as Gorillaz once sang, in an exciting age where 'the digital won't let [us] go...' Technology has revolutionized music, especially in the 21st century where the traditional rules and conventions of music creation, consumption, distribution, promotion, and performance have been erased and substituted with unthinkable and exciting methods in which absolutely anyone can explore, enjoy, and participate in creating and listening to music. Virtual Music explores the interactive relationship of sound, music, and image, and its users (creators/musicians/performers/audience/consumers). Areas involving the historical, technological, and creative practices of virtual music are surveyed including its connection with creators, musicians, performers, audience, and consumers. Shara Rambarran looks at the fascination and innovations surrounding virtual music, and illustrates key artists (such as Grace Jones, The Weeknd), creators (such as King Tubby, Kraftwerk, MadVillain, Danger Mouse), audiovisuals in video games and performances (such as Cuphead and Gorillaz), audiences, and consumers that contribute in making this musical experience a phenomenon. Whether it is interrogating the (un)realness of performers, modified identities of artists, technological manipulation of the Internet, music industry and music production, or accessible opportunities in creativity, the book offers a fresh understanding of virtual music and appeals to readers who have an interest in this digital revolution.

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249

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501333615

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9781501333613

The Food Lover's Companion to Portland

By: Lisa Shara Hall,Roger J. Porter

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The Food Lover's Companion to Portland

By: Lisa Shara Hall,Roger J. Porter

The first comprehensive guide of its kind to the Portland area, this book reveals the inside scoop on a blossoming culinary mecca.

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Chronicle Books (CA)

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0811811921

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9780811811927

Book's by Shara Williams

License Plate Readers for Law Enforcement

License Plate Readers for Law Enforcement

The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality

The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality

No Ruined Stone

No Ruined Stone

Virtual Music

Virtual Music

The Food Lover's Companion to Portland

The Food Lover's Companion to Portland

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