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| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Avatar of Death S.F. Claymore, 2022-03-01 In the midst of the daemon invasion, Jrak Swadoh—the king’s mystic messenger—has been tasked with investigating a failed siege. He learns a dark truth that the daemons might not be their only enemy, and for Jrak himself, the source is much closer to the heart. What Jrak cannot comprehend is the incredible transformation this ordeal will put him through—to shun his name and become a figure Psykoria might not stand a chance without. Psykoria’s war against the daemons rages on. Jrak Swadoh—King Breetor’s mystic messenger—must investigate the truth behind a battalion’s swift destruction. Deeply trusted by the king, Jrak’s life of continuous success has given him a deep fear of what might happen if he fails. He wishes to become the greatest mage of his generation, and the greatest mage cannot fail, not even once. But Jrak doesn’t realise that a more personal threat is creeping towards him like a shadow. One act of treachery was all it took to turn Jrak’s life upside down. Not only must he face his betrayer, but his fears, his trauma, and a prophecy that’s been stalking his dreams since childhood. He finds himself uniquely positioned to stop the enemy’s mad scheme, but if he cannot regain himself in time to stop it, then all of Psykoria will fall. Can the king’s mystic messenger restore his resolve in time to prevent the daemons’ victory? A personal tale of tragedy and treachery, any fans of epic fantasy will love this tale of one man’s battles against not just his realm’s enemies, but the lingering darkness deep within himself. Get Avatar of Death now and behold the wars fought from the shadows, of which those in the light could never be victorious without. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer, 2014-09-02 The New York Times bestselling final installment of Jeff VanderMeer’s wildy popular Southern Reach Trilogy It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it--the Southern Reach--has collapsed on itself in confusion. Now one last, desperate team crosses the border, determined to reach a remote island that may hold the answers they've been seeking. If they fail, the outer world is in peril. Meanwhile, Acceptance tunnels ever deeper into the circumstances surrounding the creation of Area X--what initiated this unnatural upheaval? Among the many who have tried, who has gotten close to understanding Area X--and who may have been corrupted by it? In this last installment of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may be solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound--or terrifying. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, 2021-05-04 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science—in development as a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling. HUGO AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates, GatesNotes, New York Public Library, Parade, Newsweek, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal • “An epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi.”—USA Today “If you loved The Martian, you’ll go crazy for Weir’s latest.”—The Washington Post Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Avatar-Based Models, Tools, and Innovation in the Digital Economy Mkrttchian, Vardan, Gamidullaeva, Leyla, Aleshina, Ekaterina, 2019-11-22 Fierce competition in today's global market offers a powerful motivation for developing even more sophisticated and multi-functional technology tools. Implementing these specific techniques and strategies benefits global economics and contributes to the harmonization of economic interests at the micro- and macro-levels. Avatar-Based Models, Tools, and Innovation in the Digital Economy is an essential reference source that provides a critical analysis of avatar-based models, tools, and neuro natural platforms and features developments in terms of the application of these theories and methodologies to the communication and socio-economic sphere. Featuring research on topics such as digital communications, economic development, and consumer management, this book is ideally designed for students, researchers, industry professionals, and academicians seeking coverage on combining the use of intelligence artificial and natural approaches to a variety of communication technologies. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: The Incomplete History of Secret Organizations Joe Tracz, 2018-10-30 This mysterious illustrated tie-in to Netflix's award-winning A Series of Unfortunate Events -- featuring an introduction by Count Olaf's legal representative, Neil Patrick Harris -- shares insider secrets about the Baudelaire family and the making of the show. In every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind... In this collector's companion you will discover never-before-seen photographs, never-before-told stories, and never-before, revealed secrets spanning all three seasons of the hilariously twisted, critically acclaimed hit series. You will encounter original concept art, annotated script excerpts, and interviews with the creative team and all-star cast, as well as glossaries, recipes, lyric sheets, hidden Easter eggs, shocking backstories, and suspicious pages from the titular tome, unredacted, and revealed here for the first time. Featuring interviews with: Tony Hale Daniel Handler Aasif Mandvi Sara Rue Barry Sonnenfeld Patrick Warburton Bo Welch Alfre Woodard and more... Perhaps you are wondering how a noble person such as yourself might become a member of a secret organization. Like so many things in life, it starts by picking up the right book. So go ahead, read at your own risk. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2009 Tom Gross, Jan Gulliksen, Paula Kotzé, Lars Oestreicher, Philippe Palanque, Raquel Oliveira Prates, Marco Winckler, 2009-08-18 INTERACT 2009 was the 12th of a series of INTERACT international c- ferences supported by the IFIP Technical Committee 13 on Human–Computer Interaction. This year,INTERACT washeld in Uppsala (Sweden), organizedby the Swedish Interdisciplinary Interest Group for Human–Computer Interaction (STIMDI) in cooperation with the Department of Information Technology at Uppsala University. Like its predecessors, INTERACT 2009 highlighted, both to the academic and to the industrial world, the importance of the human–computer interaction (HCI) area and its most recent breakthroughs on current applications. Both - perienced HCI researchers and professionals, as well as newcomers to the HCI ?eld, interested in designing or evaluating interactive software, developing new interaction technologies, or investigating overarching theories of HCI, found in INTERACT 2009 a great forum for communication with people of similar int- ests, to encourage collaboration and to learn. INTERACT 2009 had Research and Practice as its special theme. The r- son we selected this theme is that the research within the ?eld has drifted away from the practicalapplicability of its results and that the HCI practice has come to disregard the knowledge and development within the academic community. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro, 2021-03-02 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press). • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick! Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love? |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Leave the World Behind Rumaan Alam, 2020-10-06 Now a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail. Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan Alam A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in Fiction One of Barack Obama's Summer Reads A Best Book of the Year From: The Washington Post * Time * NPR * Elle * Esquire * Kirkus * Library Journal * The Chicago Public Library * The New York Public Library * BookPage * The Globe and Mail * EW.com * The LA Times * USA Today * InStyle * The New Yorker * AARP * Publisher's Lunch * LitHub * Book Marks * Electric Literature * Brooklyn Based * The Boston Globe A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. From the bestselling author of Rich and Pretty comes a suspenseful and provocative novel keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped—and unexpected new ones are forged—in moments of crisis. Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they’ve rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older couple—it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. But in this rural area—with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone service—it’s hard to know what to believe. Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple—and vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other? |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: I Am a Strange Loop Douglas R. Hofstadter, 2007-03-27 Argues that the key to understanding ourselves and consciousness is the strange loop, a special kind of abstract feedback loop that inhabits the brain. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons, 2011-02-02 “State of the art science fiction . . . a landmark novel.”—Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Now, in the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far future resplendent with drama and invention. On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing—nothing anywhere in the universe—will ever be the same. Praise for The Fall of Hyperion “One of the finest SF novels published in the past few years.”—Science Fiction Eye “A magnificently original blend of themes and styles.”—The Denver Post |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing Takaya Yuizono, Gustavo Zurita, Nelson Baloian, Tomoo Inoue, Hiroaki Ogata, 2014-08-05 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies, CollabTech 2014, held in Santiago, Chile, in September 2014. The 10 revised full papers presented together with 4 short papers and a keynote were carefully reviewed and selected from 34 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Collaborative Problem Solving; Knowledge Work and CSCW Tasks; Co-Dining Support; Augmented Reality and Robot; Learning Support Systems. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Area X Jeff VanderMeer, 2015-09-15 Annihilation is the first volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach trilogy, Authority is the second, and Acceptance is the third. Area X—a remote and lush terrain—has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all the members of the second expedition committed suicide; the third expedition died in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another; the members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within months of their return, all had died of aggressive cancer. This is the twelfth expedition. Their group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself. They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers—they discover a massive topographic anomaly and life forms that surpass understanding—but it’s the surprises that came across the border with them, and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another, that change everything. After the disastrous twelfth expedition chronicled in Annihilation, the Southern Reach—the secret agency that monitors these expeditions—is in disarray. In Authority, John Rodriguez, aka “Control,” is the team’s newly appointed head. From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the secrets of Area X begin to reveal themselves—and what they expose pushes Control to confront disturbing truths about both himself and the agency he’s promised to serve. And the consequences will spread much further than that. It is winter in Area X in Acceptance. A new team embarks across the border on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown—navigating new terrain and new challenges—the threat to the outside world becomes more daunting. The mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound—or terrifying. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Erdös on Graphs Fan Chung, Ron Graham, At&T Labs, 2020-08-26 This book is a tribute to Paul Erdos, the wandering mathematician once described as the prince of problem solvers and the absolute monarch of problem posers. It examines the legacy of open problems he left to the world after his death in 1996. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: The Fever Code (Maze Runner, Book Five; Prequel) James Dashner, 2016-09-27 All your questions are answered in the fifth book in James Dashner’s #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series. The story that fans all over the world have been waiting for — the story of how Thomas and WICKED built the Maze — is finally here. You do not want to miss it. Once there was a world’s end. The forests burned, the lakes and rivers dried up, and the oceans swelled. Then came a plague, and fever spread across the globe. Families died, violence reigned, and man killed man. Next came WICKED, who were looking for an answer. And then they found the perfect boy. The boy’s name was Thomas, and Thomas built a maze. Now there are secrets. There are lies. And there are loyalties history could never have foreseen. This is the story of that boy, Thomas, and how he built a maze that only he could tear down. All will be revealed. A prequel to the worldwide Maze Runner phenomenon, The Fever Code is the book that holds all the answers. How did WICKED find the Gladers? Who are Group B? And what side are Thomas and Teresa really on? Lies will be exposed. Secrets will be uncovered. Loyalties will be proven. Fans will never see the truth coming. Before there was the Maze, there was The Fever Code. Don’t miss The Maze Runner, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, and Maze Runner: The Death Cure all now major motion pictures from Twentieth Century Fox, starring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rosa Salazar, Giancarlo Esposito, and Aidan Gillen. And look for James Dashner’s new bestselling series the Mortality Doctrine: The Eye of Minds, The Rule of Thoughts, and The Game of Lives. Praise for the Maze Runner series: A #1 New York Times Bestselling Series A USA Today Bestseller A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year An ALA-YASLA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book An ALA-YALSA Quick Pick [A] mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as a fusion of Lord of the Flies, The Hunger Games, and Lost.—EW “Wonderful action writing—fast-paced…but smart and well observed.”—Newsday “[A] nail-biting must-read.”—Seventeen “Breathless, cinematic action.”—Publishers Weekly “Heart pounding to the very last moment.”—Kirkus Reviews “Exclamation-worthy.”—Romantic Times Take a deep breath before you start any James Dashner book.—Deseret News |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Olympos Dan Simmons, 2009-10-13 Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of Greece and Troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously following the text set forth in Homer's timeless narrative. But that was before twenty-first-century scholar Thomas Hockenberry stirred the bloody brew, causing an enraged Achilles to join forces with his archenemy Hector and turn his murderous wrath on Zeus and the entire pantheon of divine manipulators; before the swift and terrible mechanical creatures that catered for centuries to the pitiful idle remnants of Earth's human race began massing in the millions, to exterminate rather than serve. And now all bets are off. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Handbook of Research on Technoself: Identity in a Technological Society Luppicini, Rocci, 2012-10-31 This book provides insights to better enhance the understanding of technology's widespread intertwinement with human identity within an advancing technological society--Provided by publisher. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: The Ballad of Never After Stephanie Garber, 2022-09-13 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Stephanie Garber’s THE BALLAD OF NEVER AFTER is the jaw-dropping sequel to the ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreak Not every love is meant to be. After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again. Now that she’s discovered her own magic, Evangeline believes she can use it to restore the chance at happily ever after that Jacks stole away. But when a new terrifying curse is revealed, Evangeline finds herself entering into a tenuous partnership with the Prince of Hearts again. Only this time, the rules have changed. Jacks isn’t the only force Evangeline needs to be wary of. In fact, he might be the only one she can trust, despite her desire to despise him. Instead of a love spell wreaking havoc on Evangeline’s life, a murderous spell has been cast. To break it, Evangeline and Jacks will have to do battle with old friends, new foes, and a magic that plays with heads and hearts. Evangeline has always trusted her heart, but this time she’s not sure she can. . . . Also by Stephanie Garber: The Caraval Series - Caraval - Legendary - Finale |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering Yuhua Luo, 2014-09-05 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering, CDVE 2014, held in Seattle, WA, USA, in September 2014. The 33 full and 10 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The papers cover topics such as cloud technology; the use of cloud for manufacturing, re-source selection, service evaluation, and control; methods for processing and visualizing big data created by the social media, such as Twitter and Facebook; real-time data about human interaction; sentiment analysis; trend analysis; location-based crowdsourcing; effective teamwork; cooperative visualization. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: The Immortal Crown Richelle Mead, 2015-06-02 The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodline series returns with the second installment in her acclaimed Age of X series. Religious investigator Justin March and Mae Koskinen—the beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect him—have been charged with investigating reports of the supernatural and the return of the gods, both inside the Republic of United North America and out. With this highly classified knowledge comes a shocking revelation: Not only are the gods vying for human control, but the elect—special humans marked by the divine—are turning against one another in bloody fashion. Their mission takes a new twist when they are assigned to a diplomatic delegation headed by Lucian Darling, Justin’s old friend and rival, going into Arcadia, the RUNA’s dangerous neighboring country. Here, in a society where women are commodities and religion is intertwined with government, Justin discovers powerful forces at work, even as he struggles to come to terms with his own reluctantly acquired deity. Meanwhile, Mae—grudgingly posing as Justin’s concubine—has a secret mission of her own: finding the illegitimate niece her family smuggled away years ago. But with Justin and Mae resisting the resurgence of the gods in Arcadia, a reporter’s connection with someone close to Justin back home threatens to expose their mission—and with it the divine forces the government is determined to keep secret. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations Brian Hall, 2015-05-11 This textbook treats Lie groups, Lie algebras and their representations in an elementary but fully rigorous fashion requiring minimal prerequisites. In particular, the theory of matrix Lie groups and their Lie algebras is developed using only linear algebra, and more motivation and intuition for proofs is provided than in most classic texts on the subject. In addition to its accessible treatment of the basic theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras, the book is also noteworthy for including: a treatment of the Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula and its use in place of the Frobenius theorem to establish deeper results about the relationship between Lie groups and Lie algebras motivation for the machinery of roots, weights and the Weyl group via a concrete and detailed exposition of the representation theory of sl(3;C) an unconventional definition of semisimplicity that allows for a rapid development of the structure theory of semisimple Lie algebras a self-contained construction of the representations of compact groups, independent of Lie-algebraic arguments The second edition of Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations contains many substantial improvements and additions, among them: an entirely new part devoted to the structure and representation theory of compact Lie groups; a complete derivation of the main properties of root systems; the construction of finite-dimensional representations of semisimple Lie algebras has been elaborated; a treatment of universal enveloping algebras, including a proof of the Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem and the existence of Verma modules; complete proofs of the Weyl character formula, the Weyl dimension formula and the Kostant multiplicity formula. Review of the first edition: This is an excellent book. It deserves to, and undoubtedly will, become the standard text for early graduate courses in Lie group theory ... an important addition to the textbook literature ... it is highly recommended. — The Mathematical Gazette |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, 2011-10-05 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Mind, Brain and Technology Thomas D. Parsons, Lin Lin, Deborah Cockerham, 2018-12-19 As technology becomes increasingly integrated into our society, cultural expectations and needs are changing. Social understanding, family roles, organizational skills, and daily activities are all adapting to the demands of ever-present technology, causing changes in human brain, emotions, and behaviors. An understanding of the impact of technology upon our lives is essential if we are to adequately educate children for the future and plan for meaningful learning environments for them. Mind, Brain and Technology provides an overview of these changes from a wide variety of perspectives. Designed as a textbook for students in the fields and interdisciplinary areas of psychology, neuroscience, technology, computer science, and education, the book offers insights for researchers, professionals, educators, and anyone interested in learning more about the integration of mind, brain and technology in their lives. The book skilfully guides readers to explore alternatives, generate new ideas, and develop constructive plans both for their own lives and for future educational needs. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Unsolved Problems in Ecology Andrew Dobson, David Tilman, Robert D. Holt, 2020-06-02 This volume provides a series of essays on open questions in ecology with the overarching goal being to outline to the most important, most interesting or most fundamental problems in ecology that need to be addressed. The contributions span ecological subfields, from behavioral ecology and population ecology to disease ecology and conservation and range in tone from the technical to more personal meditations on the state of the field. Many of the chapters start or end in moments of genuine curiosity, like one which takes up the question of why the world is green or another which asks what might come of a thought experiment in which we turn-off evolution entirely-- |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Index to Mathematical Problems, 1975-1979 Stanley Rabinowitz, Mark Bowron, 1999 |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Fans, Blockbusterisation, and the Transformation of Cinematic Desire Carolyn Michelle, Charles H. Davis, Ann L. Hardy, Craig Hight, 2017-11-24 This book explores the evolution of audience receptions of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) as an exemplar of the contemporary blockbuster event film franchise. Drawing on findings from a unique cross-cultural and longitudinal study, the authors argue that processes and imperatives associated with Hollywood ‘blockbusterisation’ shaped the trilogy’s conditions of production, format, content, and visual aesthetic in ways that left many viewers progressively disenchanted. The chapters address public and private prefigurations of the Hobbit trilogy, modes of reception, new cinematic technologies and the Hobbit hyperreality paradox, gender representations, adaptation and the transformation of cinematic desire, and the role of social and cultural location in shaping audience engagement and response. This book will appeal to audience researchers, Q methodologists, scholars and students in film and media studies, Tolkien scholars, and Hobbit fans and critics alike. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Voiceless Child Ann Widick Giganti, 2017-12-03 True story! I spoke soothing words and touched her pale fingers. The silent weeping stopped. The baby's chest heaved as she struggled to breathe. Airway scarring rendered spoken language impossible. Heather wasn't my child, but her distress tattered my heart. Fourteen months old, the little one lay swaddled in a blanket, forgotten and lost amongst unchanging hospital routines. “Just be glad she’s only abandoned, not abused.” The words on the other end of the phone line stung. I wrestled with anger, but instinct quieted any sharp response. A chance meeting turned tragedy to miracle. I wrote the book about our search to give the voiceless child a family, to find a surgeon who could reconstruct her airway. Otherwise she would never speak, never swim. When I met her, she'd never been outside, never seen the sun, never seen the moon. She could not even move a finger. She'd always lived in a hospital on a breathing machine, fed by a tube in her tummy. No one dared dreamed she might survive and have a family of her own. Might we adopt her? Were the damning prophecies true? Sometimes dreams come true, more fantastic than envisioned. There is a newer subspecialty, pediatric otolaryngology. These ear, nose, and throat surgeons can restore voice and hearing. READ THE BOOK. WRITE A REVIEW. TELL YOUR FRIENDS. Enjoy the adventure of healing Heather and discover the miracle surgery that restores her voice. This is a true story of hope, unconditional love, faith, as well as an exceptional family who would not take No for an answer. Ann writes beautifully with vision and descriptions that take you bedside with Heather, on family outings to the river, or just inside her home filled with laughter, scary moments with how fragile Heather was, the exhausting routine of life at that time, and finally the miracle of seeing Heather grow up. Kathy, Reader *** Diana Forrest. I'm reading this book now, can hardly put it down. Thanks be to God to her awesome Adopted family and to so many great Doctors and nurses. Heather is a living beautiful Miracle and a precious gift from God. Dec. 25, 2017 Janet Kortright rated it amazing. I could NOT put this book down. I read it in one night. Start to finish. I felt like I was part of the journey, the family. I will read this again and recommend it to others. A feel good story that shows they're are good people in the world. To advocate for children. To stand your ground to get the care needed for your children. Lynn, January 3, 2018 Voiceless Child is an amazing true story on the trials and tribulations in adopting a special medical needs child. A must read for all especially those who can relate to caring for and having a premature baby like me and my husband. Such a double blessing: For Heather - to be adopted by a loving family and getting a voice. For the family - the experience of adopting and providing medical needs for Heather that takes them on extraordinary life experiences of faith, hope, perseverance, joy, and love. Thanks Ann for sharing your true life experience! *** Heather’s story is heartwrenching, captivating, frustrating. I was impelled to read on to discover who would help or hinder her recovery. What I learned applauds the magical minds and hands of innovative surgeons. The inspiring story of perseverance is relevant to anyone who is facing a challenging obstacle. --Dar Walks Out, Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge, South Dakota Voiceless Child is a thoughtful exploration of the grace and imperfections inherent in medical care systems and individual providers. Heather epitomizes the motivation for devising surgical procedures that eliminate a parent’s constant worry of death associated with airway disorders. -- Dr. Robin Cotton, director of pediatric otolaryngology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Before the events evolved to the point whose impact could only be conveyed through a book, I published it as an article, “The Child No One Wanted” in Woman’s Day. “We’ve had a terrific reaction to it. Our readers really loved the story.” --Jane Chesnutt, then editor-in-chief of Woman’s Day. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Handbook of Big Data and Analytics in Accounting and Auditing Tarek Rana, Jan Svanberg, Peter Öhman, Alan Lowe, 2023-02-03 This handbook collects the most up-to-date scholarship, knowledge, and new developments of big data and data analytics by bringing together many strands of contextual and disciplinary research. In recent times, while there has been considerable research in exploring the role of big data, data analytics, and textual analytics in accounting, and auditing, we still lack evidence on what kinds of best practices academics, practitioners, and organizations can implement and use. To achieve this aim, the handbook focuses on both conventional and contemporary issues facing by academics, practitioners, and organizations particularly when technology and business environments are changing faster than ever. All the chapters in this handbook provide both retrospective and contemporary views and commentaries by leading and knowledgeable scholars in the field, who offer unique insights on the changing role of accounting and auditing in today’s data and analytics driven environment. Aimed at academics, practitioners, students, and consultants in the areas of accounting, auditing, and other business disciplines, the handbook provides high-level insight into the design, implementation, and working of big data and data analytics practices for all types of organizations worldwide. The leading scholars in the field provide critical evaluations and guidance on big data and data analytics by illustrating issues related to various sectors such as public, private, not-for-profit, and social enterprises. The handbook’s content will be highly desirable and accessible to accounting and non-accounting audiences across the globe. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Library Edition Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, 2019-03-26 Written by series co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino and drawn by Irene Koh (Secret Origins: Batgirl, Afrina and the Glass Coffin) and with consultation by Bryan Konietzko, this is the official continuation of The Legend of Korra! Collects The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Parts One, Two, and Three. New beginnings for Korra and Asami! After a refreshing sojourn in the Spirit World, Korra and Asami return to Republic City but find nothing but political hijinks and human vs. spirit conflict! Pompous developer Wonyong Keum plans to turn the new spirit portal into an amusement park, potentially severing an already tumultuous connection with the spirits. At the city's edge, Zhu Li enlists everyone she can to aid the thousands of hungry and homeless evacuees who have relocated there. Meanwhile, the Triple Threats' ruthless new leader, Tokuga, is determined to unite the other triads under his rule, no matter the cost. In order to get through it all, Korra and Asami vow to look out for each other--but first, they've got to get better at being a team! |
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| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Algebraic Number Theory Frazer Jarvis, 2014-06-23 This undergraduate textbook provides an approachable and thorough introduction to the topic of algebraic number theory, taking the reader from unique factorisation in the integers through to the modern-day number field sieve. The first few chapters consider the importance of arithmetic in fields larger than the rational numbers. Whilst some results generalise well, the unique factorisation of the integers in these more general number fields often fail. Algebraic number theory aims to overcome this problem. Most examples are taken from quadratic fields, for which calculations are easy to perform. The middle section considers more general theory and results for number fields, and the book concludes with some topics which are more likely to be suitable for advanced students, namely, the analytic class number formula and the number field sieve. This is the first time that the number field sieve has been considered in a textbook at this level. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: The Last Avatar (Age of Kalki #1) Vishwas Mudagal, 2018-12-10 FROM THE ASHES OF THE WORLD, A HERO MUST RISE In the not-so-distant future, India has fallen, and the world is on the brink of an apocalyptic war. An attack by the terrorist group Invisible Hand has brutally eliminated the Indian Prime Minister and the union cabinet. As a national emergency is declared, chaos, destruction and terror reign supreme. From the ashes of this falling world, rises an unconventional hero - a vigilante known only as Kalki. Backed by a secret society called The Rudras, Kalki, along with Nushen, the Chinese superhuman spy, must do the impossible to save his country, and the world.But who is Kalki? A flesh and blood crusader with a mysterious past? Or the Messiah the world has been waiting for? The future of human survival depends on a single man. Will he become the living God prophesied as the last avatar of Lord Vishnu, or will he fade away as an outlaw? |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Topics in Algebra I. N. Herstein, 1991-01-16 New edition includes extensive revisions of the material on finite groups and Galois Theory. New problems added throughout. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: The Revenue Marketing Book Yaagneshwaran Ganesh, 2020-05-09 The success of the modern B2B marketing team will be evaluated by the revenue impact it delivers to the company and Yaag has laid out a crisp and compelling model on how to transform marketing into a revenue-generating team. - Jeff Davis, Founder and Principal, JD2 Consulting and award-winning author of Create Togetherness “A must-read operating manual for marketers who want to deliver exponential revenue.” - Sangram Vajre, Author, Co-founder at Terminus and the host of #FlipMyFunnel, a top-50 business podcast in the world “All your marketing channels, properties and activities are a waste of time unless they contribute to revenue. Yaag’s book gives you an approach to make your marketing count.” - Vinod Muthukrishnan, Chief Growth Officer at Cisco It doesn’t matter how sophisticated your martech stack is, what your marketing budget is or how many people you have in your marketing organization. You must know what is contributing to revenue (directly or indirectly), what is working and what needs to be done away with. The Revenue Marketing Book provides you with ideas, direction and a framework to map your marketing activities and channels to a revenue outcome. Make an impact. Build a predictable recurring revenue engine. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: The Network Self Kathleen Wallace, 2019-03-07 The concept of a relational self has been prominent in feminism, communitarianism, narrative self theories, and social network theories, and has been important to theorizing about practical dimensions of selfhood. However, it has been largely ignored in traditional philosophical theories of personal identity, which have been dominated by psychological and animal theories of the self. This book offers a systematic treatment of the notion of the self as constituted by social, cultural, political, and biological relations. The author’s account incorporates practical concerns and addresses how a relational self has agency, autonomy, responsibility, and continuity through time in the face of change and impairments. This cumulative network model (CNM) of the self incorporates concepts from work in the American pragmatist and naturalist tradition. The ultimate aim of the book is to bridge traditions that are often disconnected from one another—feminism, personal identity theory, and pragmatism—to develop a unified theory of the self. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Leave No Trace Mindy Mejia, 2019-07-09 “Dark and atmospheric, with palpably vivid details and complex characters harboring plenty of secrets” (Kimberly Belle, internationally bestselling author of The Marriage Lie), this riveting and suspenseful thriller—by the author of the critically acclaimed Everything You Want Me to Be—follows the mysterious disappearance of a boy and his stunning return ten years later. There is a place in Minnesota with hundreds of miles of glacial lakes and untouched forests called the Boundary Waters. Ten years ago, a man and his son trekked into this wilderness and never returned. Search teams found their campsite ravaged by what looked like a bear. They were presumed dead until a decade later...the son reappears. Discovered while ransacking an outfitter store, he is violent and uncommunicative and is sent to a psychiatric facility. Maya Stark, the assistant language therapist, is charged with making a connection with the high-profile patient. No matter how hard she tries, he refuses to answer questions about his father or the last ten years of his life. But Maya, who was abandoned by her own mother, has secrets, too. And as she’s drawn closer to this enigmatic boy who is no longer a boy, she’ll risk everything to reunite him with his father who has disappeared from the known world. With breathless pacing and edge-of-your-seat twists and turns, “Leave No Trace is as thrilling as whitewater rapids and as dark as the Minnesotan wilderness itself” (Amy Gentry, internationally bestselling author of Good as Gone). |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Douglas Adams, 2008-12-30 Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! “A madcap adventure . . . Adams’s writing teeters on the fringe of inspired lunacy.”—United Press International Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earth’s dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy all conspire to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly is indeed going on. God only knows what it all means. Fortunately, He left behind a Final Message of explanation. But since it’s light-years away from Earth, on a star surrounded by souvenir booths, finding out what it is will mean hitching a ride to the far reaches of space aboard a UFO with a giant robot. What else is new? “The most ridiculously exaggerated situation comedy known to created beings . . . Adams is irresistible.”—The Boston Globe |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Normalize Great Service - The 5-Week Plan Cristina Dragan, 2024-05-14 “Normalize Great Service. The 5 Week Plan” is a detailed, practical guide, inspired by 5* hospitality best practices, for entrepreneurs and small-business owners to better serve their employees and customers. It leads with the vision that great quality service should be normalized, making it possible to have attentive and professional interactions across all customer-facing businesses, regardless of their scale and level of luxury or simplicity. Along with a structured and practical approach to change, allocating the necessary importance to the follow-up steps as well (reinforcement and celebration), the guide includes: Self-audits to assess the current state of your employee engagement or customer satisfaction; A Facilitator Guide to help you streamline the training; A Participant Workbook to serve as the foundation for your team members' training; An abundance of examples to inspire you, based on a practical study case; Useful exercises and templates to support your team’s efforts. So, Take What You Need and Join the Movement to Normalize Great Service! If you are a small business owner in the customer-facing service industry, a servicepreneur, then you are the leader, everything will reflect your actions and decisions. So, TAKE WHAT YOU and your team NEED to exceed those expectations! Appreciate and celebrate more, listen to the emotional and physical voice of your employees to better care for them, and listen to the needs and wishes of your customers to guide your service. If you are a freelancer or a solopreneur, you are a one-(wo)man-show being at the same time the business, the employee, the brand, and the values. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED to shape your skills and create experiences rather than provide services. Answer that call, write that email, connect in that meeting, and deliver that project at its best level! Select the gestures, words, tools, and mentalities that add value to your work. If you are a service professional, I admire your dedication to self-development. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED to upgrade your many talents, become even more valuable on the market, and declare yourself an experienced curator because that’s what you are! If you are a customer (and all of us are customers, daily!) respect yourself by not accepting service below expectations, and appreciate the service employees' continuous effort to create experiences. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED, know what you deserve, and don’t settle for less! |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One) Jessica Cluess, 2016-09-20 Vivid characters, terrifying monsters, and world building as deep and dark as the ocean. --Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen I am Henrietta Howel. The first female sorcerer in hundreds of years. The prophesied one. Or am I? Henrietta Howel can burst into flames. Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she's shocked when instead of being executed, she's invited to train as one of Her Majesty's royal sorcerers. Thrust into the glamour of Victorian London, Henrietta is declared the chosen one, the girl who will defeat the Ancients, bloodthirsty demons terrorizing humanity. She also meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, handsome young men eager to test her power and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her. But Henrietta Howel is not the chosen one. As she plays a dangerous game of deception, she discovers that the sorcerers have their own secrets to protect. With battle looming, what does it mean to not be the one? And how much will she risk to save the city—and the one she loves? Exhilarating and gripping, Jessica Cluess's spellbinding fantasy introduces a powerful, unforgettably heroine, and a world filled with magic, romance, and betrayal. Hand to fans of Libba Bray, Sarah J. Maas, and Cassandra Clare. The magic! The intrigue! The guys! We were sucked into this monster-ridden, alternative England from page one. Henrietta is literally a 'girl on fire' and this team of sorcerers training for battle had a pinch of Potter blended with a drop of [Cassandra Clare's] Infernal Devices. --Justine Magazine Cluess gamely turns the chosen-one trope upside down in this smashing dark fantasy. --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Unputdownable. I loved the monsters, the magic, and the teen warriors who are their world's best hope! Jessica Cluess is an awesome storyteller! --Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author A fun, inventive fantasy. I totally have a book crush on Rook. --Sarah Rees Brennan, New York Times bestselling author Pure enchantment. I love how Cluess turned the 'chosen one' archetype on its head. With the emotional intensity of my favorite fantasy books, this is the kind of story that makes you forget yourself. --Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen A glorious, fast-paced romp of an adventure. Jessica Cluess has built her story out of my favorite ingredients: sorcery, demons, romance, and danger. --Kelly Link, author of Pretty Monsters |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Flashforward Robert J. Sawyer, 2014-05-06 Robert J. Sawyer's award-winning science fiction has garnered both popular and critical acclaim. The New York Times Book Review called Frameshift filled to bursting with ideas, characters and incidents. His novels are fixtures on the Hugo and Nebula ballots. Sawyer now brings us Flashforward, the story of a world-shattering discovery. In pursuit of an elusive nuclear particle, an experiment goes incredibly awry, and, for a few moments, the consciousness of the entire human race is thrown ahead by about twenty years. As the implications truly hit home, the pressure to repeat the experiment builds. Everyone wants a glimpse of their future, a chance to flashforward and see their successes ... or learn how to avoid their failures. Winner of the Aurora Award and the basis for the hit ABC television series. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. |
| avatar 2 unanswered questions: Researching Virtual Worlds Louise Phillips, Ursula Plesner, 2013-09-11 This volume presents a wide range of methodological strategies that are designed to take into account the complex, emergent, and continually shifting character of virtual worlds. It interrogates how virtual worlds emerge as objects of study through the development and application of various methodological strategies. Virtual worlds are not considered objects that exist as entities with fixed attributes independent of our continuous engagement with them and interpretation of them. Instead, they are conceived of as complex ensembles of technology, humans, symbols, discourses, and economic structures, ensembles that emerge in ongoing practices and specific situations. A broad spectrum of perspectives and methodologies is presented: Actor-Network-Theory and post-Actor-Network-Theory, performativity theory, ethnography, discourse analysis, Sense-Making Methodology, visual ethnography, multi-sited ethnography, and Social Network Analysis. |
avatar 也是头像的意思吗？ - 知乎
Avatar指能够代表用户个人或其性格的一个图像，即我们常说的“头像”或“个人秀”。这个头像可以是网络游戏或者虚拟世界里三维立体的图像，也可以是网络论坛或社区里常用的二维平面图像。
如何评价“Avatar”的译名“阿凡达”？ - 知乎
这事儿真没那么复杂。确定引进国内公映之前，Avatar有几个约定俗成的译名：降世神通、化身、天神下凡，等等。然后等确定 2010 年会引进国内公映后，译名就统一成「阿凡达」了。 …
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Reddit
An Avatar subreddit specifically focused on the original animated series: "Avatar: The Last Airbender" and other ATLA Content. Please read our rules, especially the content/spoiler …
Is avatar an anime? Yes or no? : r/TheLastAirbender - Reddit
Aug 24, 2020 · Avatar doesn't ever attempt to do those things and mostly sticks to a western style of humor and dialogue. I also felt that it never once fell into the habit of giving it's protagonists …
Custom Profile Pic : r/ubisoft - Reddit
Jan 1, 2023 · If you already use a custom avatar, you will be able to continue to use it. However, when changing your avatar, you will only be able to select a new image from our gallery." …
[ATLA] Highly detailed map of the World of Avatar
Aug 6, 2017 · So there is a PBtA game called Legend of the Elements that is "heavily inspired" by Avatar. I totally want to run a game set in something I read off this sub. Like a near future …
how too put on more than 2 hairs? : r/roblox - Reddit
the only work around i know is to use the website. avatar > hair (or hat. doesnt matter, they're all connected) > scroll down to "Advanced" > copy item ID (ID will be in the link when viewing the …
Reddit Avatar Builder - Create Your Custom Avatar
Build your own custom Reddit avatar with a signature look, gear, and accessories that show off your personality.
best animated avatar frames for a profile with the black theme?
For the items that can be obtained through crafting badges, i.e. emoticons and profile backgrounds (static), you need to own the game beforr you can purchase them. But for the …
Is there a hub to find free PNG-tuber models to use? : r/PngTuber
Feb 8, 2023 · r/NFT is a community for all things related to non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Whether you're an artist, collector, trader, gamer, or just curious to learn, you've come to the right place!
avatar 也是头像的意思吗？ - 知乎
Avatar指能够代表用户个人或其性格的一个图像，即我们常说的“头像”或“个人秀”。这个头像可以是网络游戏或者虚拟世界里三维立体的图像，也可以是网络论坛或社区里常用的二维平面图像。
如何评价“Avatar”的译名“阿凡达”？ - 知乎
这事儿真没那么复杂。确定引进国内公映之前，Avatar有几个约定俗成的译名：降世神通、化身、天神下凡，等等。然后等确定 2010 年会引进国内公映后，译名就统一成「阿凡达」了。 …
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Reddit
An Avatar subreddit specifically focused on the original animated series: "Avatar: The Last Airbender" and other ATLA Content. Please read our rules, especially the content/spoiler …
Is avatar an anime? Yes or no? : r/TheLastAirbender - Reddit
Aug 24, 2020 · Avatar doesn't ever attempt to do those things and mostly sticks to a western style of humor and dialogue. I also felt that it never once fell into the habit of giving it's protagonists …
Custom Profile Pic : r/ubisoft - Reddit
Jan 1, 2023 · If you already use a custom avatar, you will be able to continue to use it. However, when changing your avatar, you will only be able to select a new image from our gallery." …
[ATLA] Highly detailed map of the World of Avatar
Aug 6, 2017 · So there is a PBtA game called Legend of the Elements that is "heavily inspired" by Avatar. I totally want to run a game set in something I read off this sub. Like a near future …
how too put on more than 2 hairs? : r/roblox - Reddit
the only work around i know is to use the website. avatar > hair (or hat. doesnt matter, they're all connected) > scroll down to "Advanced" > copy item ID (ID will be in the link when viewing the …
Reddit Avatar Builder - Create Your Custom Avatar
Build your own custom Reddit avatar with a signature look, gear, and accessories that show off your personality.
best animated avatar frames for a profile with the black theme?
For the items that can be obtained through crafting badges, i.e. emoticons and profile backgrounds (static), you need to own the game beforr you can purchase them. But for the …
Is there a hub to find free PNG-tuber models to use? : r/PngTuber
Feb 8, 2023 · r/NFT is a community for all things related to non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Whether you're an artist, collector, trader, gamer, or just curious to learn, you've come to the right place!
