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The Story of the Daryl Atkins Case

By: Thomas G. Walker

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Eligible for Execution

The Story of the Daryl Atkins Case

By: Thomas G. Walker

This riveting and enlightening narrative unfolds on the night of August 16, 1996, with the brutal and senseless murder of Eric Nesbitt, a young man stationed at Langley Air Force Base, at the hands of 18-year-old Daryl Atkins. Over the course of more than a decade, Atkins’s case has bounced between the lowest and the highest levels of the judicial system. Found guilty and then sentenced to death in 1998 for Nesbitt’s murder, the Atkins case was then taken up in 2002 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The issue before the justices: given Daryl Atkins’s mental retardation, would his execution constitute cruel and unusual punishment, in violation of the Eighth Amendment? A 6–3 vote said yes. Daryl Atkins’s situation was far from being resolved though. Prosecutors claimed that Atkins failed to meet the statutory definition of mental retardation and reinstituted procedures to carry out his death sentence. Back in circuit court, the jury returned its verdict: Daryl Atkins was not retarded. Atkins’s attorneys promptly filed a notice of appeal, and the case continues today. Drawing on interviews with key participants; direct observation of the hearings; and close examination of court documents, transcripts, and press accounts, Thomas G. Walker provides readers with a rare view of the entire judicial process. Never losing sight of the stakes in a death penalty case, he explains each step in Atkins’s legal journey from the interactions of local law enforcement, to the decision-making process of the state prosecutor, to the Supreme Court’s ruling, and beyond. Walker sheds light on how legal institutions and procedures work in real life—and how they are all interrelated—to help students better understand constitutional issues, the courts, and the criminal justice system. Throughout, Walker also addresses how disability, race, and other key demographic and social issues affect the case and society’s views on the death penalty.

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1483304531

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9781483304533

Recursive Models of Dynamic Linear Economies

By: Lars Peter Hansen,Thomas J. Sargent

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Recursive Models of Dynamic Linear Economies

By: Lars Peter Hansen,Thomas J. Sargent

A guide to the economic modeling of household preferences, from two leaders in the field A common set of mathematical tools underlies dynamic optimization, dynamic estimation, and filtering. In Recursive Models of Dynamic Linear Economies, Lars Peter Hansen and Thomas Sargent use these tools to create a class of econometrically tractable models of prices and quantities. They present examples from microeconomics, macroeconomics, and asset pricing. The models are cast in terms of a representative consumer. While Hansen and Sargent demonstrate the analytical benefits acquired when an analysis with a representative consumer is possible, they also characterize the restrictiveness of assumptions under which a representative household justifies a purely aggregative analysis. Hansen and Sargent unite economic theory with a workable econometrics while going beyond and beneath demand and supply curves for dynamic economies. They construct and apply competitive equilibria for a class of linear-quadratic-Gaussian dynamic economies with complete markets. Their book, based on the 2012 Gorman lectures, stresses heterogeneity, aggregation, and how a common structure unites what superficially appear to be diverse applications. An appendix describes MATLAB programs that apply to the book's calculations.

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Princeton University Press

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0691180733

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Pioneer Photographers of the Far West

A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865

By: Peter E. Palmquist,Thomas R. Kailbourn

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Pioneer Photographers of the Far West

A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865

By: Peter E. Palmquist,Thomas R. Kailbourn

This extraordinarily comprehensive, well-documented, biographical dictionary of some 1,500 photographers (and workers engaged in photographically related pursuits) active in western North America before 1865 is enriched by some 250 illustrations. Far from being simply a reference tool, the book provides a rich trove of fascinating narratives that cover both the professional and personal lives of a colorful cast of characters.

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Stanford University Press

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0804738831

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From Fightin' to Writin'

More Ring Ramblings

By: Thomas Gerbasi

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From Fightin' to Writin'

More Ring Ramblings

By: Thomas Gerbasi

An inside look at the world of professional boxing, From Fightin' to Writin' focuses on the stories few have heard. Whether it's the young prospect on his way up, the champion looking to hold on to his title, or the grizzled veteran hoping for that one big break, award-winning boxing writer Thomas Gerbasi brings their stories to you with a hard-hitting immediacy that makes you feel like you're in the locker room with some of boxing's toughest warriors before the big fight. Covering everything from women's boxing and the heavyweight division to Olympians on the rise and the international fight scene, this is not a book about Mike Tyson, Oscar De La Hoya, or Muhammad Ali. Instead, From Fightin' to Writin' takes you deeper than ever before into the lives of fighters before and after they hit the big time.

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iUniverse

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0595486665

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The Free State of Jones and The Echo of the Black Horn

Two Sides of the Life and Activities of Captain Newt Knight

By: Thomas Jefferson Knight,Ethel Knight

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The Free State of Jones and The Echo of the Black Horn

Two Sides of the Life and Activities of Captain Newt Knight

By: Thomas Jefferson Knight,Ethel Knight

Subject of the upcoming film Free State of Jones, this book provides recollections of the man who took on the Confederacy during the Civil War and established the liberated Mississippi county. Soldier, Father, Rebel. Outlaw. A man of deep convictions, Captain Newt Knight disagreed with the values of the South and was accused of deserting the Confederate army. He was a believer in doing what was just. During the Civil War, he formed his own band of deserters who would rebel against the Confederacy and support the Union. In the spring of 1864, the government in Jones County was effectively overthrown, and, the county was dubbed “The Free State of Jones.” Eventually, Knight would establish a mixed race town for both whites and former slaves to inhabit together. This edition merges two rare books on the subject; Thomas Jefferson Knight’s The Life and Activities of Captain Newt Knight and Ethel Knight’s The Echo at the Black Horn. Each paints a singular portrait of this elusive historical figure. Was he Civil War-Era Robin Hood or a manipulative cult leader? Both surely have fictitious elements determined by the authors' biases. Historian Jim Kelly provides a forward that helps examine the importance of each position on Newt Knight’s role in the conflict and what his motivations truly were. Now the subject of a new feature film, the experiences of Newt Knight will be brought back to light. This highly informative book helps to explore his life and give an in-depth look at the man—through the eyes of his son and grand-niece.

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Simon and Schuster

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1944686967

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9781944686963

National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook

NAB Engineering Handbook

By: Graham A. Jones,David H. Layer,Thomas G. Osenkowsky

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National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook

NAB Engineering Handbook

By: Graham A. Jones,David H. Layer,Thomas G. Osenkowsky

The NAB Engineering Handbook provides detailed information on virtually every aspect of the broadcast chain, from news gathering, program production and postproduction through master control and distribution links to transmission, antennas, RF propagation, cable and satellite. Hot topics covered include HD Radio, HDTV, 2 GHz broadcast auxiliary services, EAS, workflow, metadata, digital asset management, advanced video and audio compression, audio and video over IP, and Internet broadcasting. A wide range of related topics that engineers and managers need to understand are also covered, including broadcast administration, FCC practices, technical standards, security, safety, disaster planning, facility planning, project management, and engineering management. Basic principles and the latest technologies and issues are all addressed by respected professionals with first-hand experience in the broadcast industry and manufacturing. This edition has been fully revised and updated, with 104 chapters and over 2000 pages. The Engineering Handbook provides the single most comprehensive and accessible resource available for engineers and others working in production, postproduction, networks, local stations, equipment manufacturing or any of the associated areas of radio and television.

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Taylor & Francis

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1136034102

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9781136034107

History of San Jose Quakers, West Coast Friends

By: Thomas M. King

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History of San Jose Quakers, West Coast Friends

By: Thomas M. King

History of San Jose Quakers, West Coast Friends West Coast Quakers (1846-1930s)

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Lulu.com

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1105695409

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9781105695407

Ensnared in a Spider's Web

A World War II POW Held by the Japanese

By: Jr. Morgan Thomas Jones,Morgan Thomas Jones,Linda Dudik

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Ensnared in a Spider's Web

A World War II POW Held by the Japanese

By: Jr. Morgan Thomas Jones,Morgan Thomas Jones,Linda Dudik

In December of 1940, Morgan Thomas Jones, Jr. enlists in the New Mexico National Guard. He ends up serving more than five years in the Army--mostly as a Japanese prisoner of war. This memoir is one of the last written accounts of an American who survived the defense of the Philippines and the Bataan Death March.

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Sunstone Press

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0865347328

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9780865347328

The Practice of System and Network Administration

By: Thomas A. Limoncelli,Tom Limoncelli,Christina J. Hogan,Strata R. Chalup

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The Practice of System and Network Administration

By: Thomas A. Limoncelli,Tom Limoncelli,Christina J. Hogan,Strata R. Chalup

Shares the six key principles of site design and support practices: simplicity, clarity, generality, automation, communication, and basics first. This book provides advice on topics which include the key elements your networks/systems need that will make all other services run better, and building and running reliable, scalable services.

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Pearson Education

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0321492668

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9780321492661

Attitude Reports

By: Thomas Grano

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Attitude Reports

By: Thomas Grano

Propositional attitude reports are sentences built around clause-embedding psychological verbs, like Kim believes that it's raining or Kim wants it to rain. These interact in many intricate ways with a wide variety of semantically relevant grammatical phenomena, and represent one of the most important topics at the interface of linguistics and philosophy, as their study provides insight into foundational questions about meaning. This book provides a bird's-eye overview of the grammar of propositional attitude reports, synthesizing the key facts, theories, and open problems in their analysis. Couched in the theoretical framework of generative grammar and compositional truth-conditional semantics, it places emphasis on points of intersection between propositional attitude reports and other important topics in semantic and syntactic theory. With discussion points, suggestions for further reading and a useful guide to symbols and conventions, it will be welcomed by students and researchers wishing to explore this fertile area of study.

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Cambridge University Press

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110853015X

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9781108530156

The Holyfield Way

What I Learned about Courage, Perseverance, and the Bizarre World of Boxing

By: James J. Thomas (II.),James J. Thomas, II

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The Holyfield Way

What I Learned about Courage, Perseverance, and the Bizarre World of Boxing

By: James J. Thomas (II.),James J. Thomas, II

In 1996 Evander Holyfield; the 34-year-old, undersized, overachieving, polite, humble, and religious former Heavyweight Champion of the World; symbolized all that is honorable and admirable in professional sports. At the other end of the spectrum was the reigning champion, "Iron Mike" Tyson, the vicious self-proclaimed "baddest man on the planet," who had emerged from a prison sentence for rape to recapture the heavyweight crown. Virtually every boxing expert in the world had declared Holyfield a "shot" fighter whose career was over. When the surprise announcement was made that Holyfield would fight Tyson in November 1996, there was universal agreement that Holyfield had no chance to win, and the odds were set at 24-1 against him. But on November 9, 1996, Holyfield emerged from his locker room with a euphoric smile on his face and walked to the ring to the sounds of the gospel hymn "The Spirit of David," as song inspired by the story of David and Goliath. An hour later, Holyfield shocked the world by knocking out Tyson, and, for one shining moment, good had triumphed over evil. Holyfield's victory over Tyson and his subsequent triumph over Tyson in a rematch in which Tyson savagely bit off a piece of Holyfield's ear in one of the most infamous events in sports history, marked an incredible comeback for a man whose career had been written off, but this was only one of many comebacks in his life and by no means the last. Holyfield is one of the most famous, popular, and financially successful athletes ever. He is the only man to have won the Heavyweight Championship of the World four times, and he has won more than $200 million in the ring, more than any other boxer and almost any otherathlete in history. Now at age 42, having lost his last three fights, Holyfield refuses to retire until he has recaptured all three of the major heavyweight championships one more time, no matter how long it takes. For 13 years, Jim Thomas was at Holyfield's side on a daily basis as his attorney, adviser, close friend, and confidant. The Holyfield Way is an eyewitness account, along with Holyfield's own personal reflections, of one of the most successful, relentless, and sometimes controversial athletes of his era. Experience life behind the scenes of boxing as a firsthand observer inside the Holyfield camp and watch the story of Holyfield's perseverance unfold as the "Humble Warrior" fights on.

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Sports Publishing LLC

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159670019X

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9781596700192

Transitional Dynamics and Economic Growth in Developing Countries

By: Thomas Steger

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Transitional Dynamics and Economic Growth in Developing Countries

By: Thomas Steger

Four stylised facts of aggregate economic growth are set up initially. The growth process is interpreted to represent transitional dynamics rather than balanced-growth equilibria. Against this background, the fundamental importance of subsistence consumption is comprehensively analysed. Subsequently, the meaning of the productive-consumption hypothesis for the intertemporal consumption trade-off and the growth process is investigated. Finally, the process of growth is analysed empirically by means of cross-sectional conditional convergence regressions with endogenous control variables.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642457843

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9783642457845

A Directory of Jefferson County, Indiana

By: Thomas V. Webb

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A Directory of Jefferson County, Indiana

By: Thomas V. Webb

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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3382307316

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9783382307318

Historic Alabama Bells

By: Thomas Kaufmann

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Historic Alabama Bells

By: Thomas Kaufmann

After seven years of climbing into attics, domes, towers and steeples, Thomas Kaufmann emerges with a story of Alabama bells. This story encapsulates the history of the state itself. These bells - some dormant, others pealing still - were forged by the Reveres in Boston. They called Alabamians to worship, celebrated weddings and tolled at funerals. They sounded the death knell for countless parishioners during the havoc of the Civil War, watched over the Freedom Riders and shook from the blast of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. And while their clear tones have rung out in remembrance of so many of the state's solemn and sacred moments, many of these bells have fallen into neglect, their silence serving as its own reminder of the urgent need for preservation.

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1467144959

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Eligible for Execution

Eligible for Execution

Recursive Models of Dynamic Linear Economies

Recursive Models of Dynamic Linear Economies

Pioneer Photographers of the Far West

Pioneer Photographers of the Far West

From Fightin' to Writin'

From Fightin' to Writin'

The Free State of Jones and The Echo of the Black Horn

The Free State of Jones and The Echo of the Black Horn

National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook

National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook

History of San Jose Quakers, West Coast Friends

History of San Jose Quakers, West Coast Friends

Ensnared in a Spider's Web

Ensnared in a Spider's Web

The Practice of System and Network Administration

The Practice of System and Network Administration

Attitude Reports

Attitude Reports

The Holyfield Way

The Holyfield Way

Transitional Dynamics and Economic Growth in Developing Countries

Transitional Dynamics and Economic Growth in Developing Countries

A Directory of Jefferson County, Indiana

A Directory of Jefferson County, Indiana

Historic Alabama Bells

Historic Alabama Bells

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