Profiles Of The Future


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An inquiry into the limits of the possible. Our problems on Jupiter, Mercury, Venus - conquering Time - transport in the future - overcoming gravity - communications across space - benevolent electronic brains. The range of this enthralling book is immense: from the re-making of the human mind to the vast reaches of the universe. Newly revised, even the remarkable events of the last decade have affected few of the exciting speculations by Arthur C. Clarke - a scientist whose expert and wide knowledge is matched only by his brilliant imagination.




Profiles in Corruption


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Washington insiders operate by a proven credo: When a Peter Schweizer book drops, duck and brace for impact. For over a decade, the work of six-time New York Times bestselling investigative reporter Peter Schweizer has sent shockwaves through the political universe. Clinton Cash revealed the Clintons’ international money flow, exposed global corruption, and sparked an FBI investigation. Secret Empires exposed bipartisan corruption and launched congressional investigations. And Throw Them All Out and Extortion prompted passage of the STOCK Act. Indeed, Schweizer’s “follow the money” bombshell revelations have been featured on the front pages of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and regularly appear on national news programs, including 60 Minutes. Now Schweizer and his team of seasoned investigators turn their focus to the nation’s top progressives—politicians who strive to acquire more government power to achieve their political ends. Can they be trusted with more power? In Profiles in Corruption, Schweizer offers a deep-dive investigation into the private finances, and secrets deals of some of America’s top political leaders. And, as usual, he doesn’t disappoint, with never-before-reported revelations that uncover corruption and abuse of power—all backed up by a mountain of corporate documents and legal filings from around the globe. Learn about how they are making sweetheart deals, generating side income, bending the law to their own benefits, using legislation to advance their own interests, and much more. Profiles in Corruption contains tomorrow’s headlines.




Profiles of Power & Success


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Presents a psychobiographical analysis of 14 individuals who rose to the top of their professions and changed the world, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Helena Rubenstein, Edith Piaf, Nikola Tesla, and Amelia Earhart. Their stories reveal that factors such as emulation of great people, manic behavior, rebellion, and mythological hero mentors are important for success. Includes bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




Profiles of People in Power


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Biographical profiles of the current head of state and head of government, and other recent incumbents of these positions who remain significant and active political leaders.










Correlations Between Levels for Stellar-scintillometer-derived Profiles of C2n


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A stellar scintillometer measures the variance of stellar intensity for a first magnitude or greater star. This variance can be converted, by the use of spatial filters, into a profile of (c sub n) -sq, the index of refraction structure constant, for 7 different altitudes or levels. The (c sub n) -sq values are not entirely instrument independent because there will be some overlap in the weighting functions used to separate the spatial frequencies. It is usually assumed that readings from levels 1, 4, and 7 are instrument independent. When linear correlation coefficients are calculated between levels for (c sub n) -sq and Log (c sub n) -sq of this data set, results obtained seem to contradict the above stated assumption. Much less correlation is observed when calculated on a nightly basis. In fact, some nightly coefficients are significantly negative, which could not be due to weighting function overlap. We have investigated other mechanisms which could lead to a high degree of correlation across the entire data set. During the measurement program, atmospheric conditions changed from evening to evening. For example, the jet stream passed through several times affecting the entire altitude range of the scintillometer. Correlation studies do not indicate that, except for low lying adjacent levels, (c sub n) -sq values obtained using the scintillometer are instrument dependent.







Profiles of Anabaptist Women


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During the upheavals of the Reformation, one of the most significant of the radical Protestant movements emerged — that of the Anabaptist movement. Profiles of Anabaptist Women provides lively, well-researched profiles of the courageous women who chose to risk prosecution and martyrdom to pursue this unsanctioned religion — a religion that, unlike the established religions of the day, initially offered them opportunity and encouragement to proselytize. Derived from sixteenth-century government records and court testimonies, hymns, songs and poems, these profiles provide a panorama of life and faith experiences of women from Switzerland, Germany, Holland and Austria. These personal stories of courage, faith, commitment and resourcefulness interweave women’s lives into the greater milieu, relating them to the dominant male context and the socio-political background of the Reformation. Taken together, these sketches will give readers an appreciation for the central role played by Anabaptist women in the emergence and persistence of this radical branch of Protestantism.




Analytical Profiles of Drug Substances and Excipients


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Although the official compendia define a drug substance as to identity, purity, strength, and quality, they normally do not provide other physical or chemical data, nor do they list methods of synthesis or pathways of physical or biological degradation and metabolism. Such information is scattered throughout the scientific literature and the files of pharmaceutical laboratories. Analytical Profiles of Drug Substances brings this information together into one source.