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 Monitoring Laws: Profiling and Identity in the World State by Jake Goldenfein English | 2019 | ISBN: 110842662X, 1108445330 | 250 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB Our world and the people within it are increasingly interpreted and classified by automated systems. At the same time, automated classifications influence what happens in the physical world. These entanglements change what it means to interact with governance, and shift what elements of our identity are knowable and meaningful. In this cyber-physical world, or 'world state', what is the role for law? Specifically, how should law address the claim that computational systems know us better than we know ourselves? Monitoring Laws traces the history of government profiling from the invention of photography through to emerging applications of computer vision for personality and behavioral analysis. It asks what dimensions of profiling have provoked legal intervention in the past, and what is different about contemporary profiling that requires updating our legal tools. This work should be read by anyone interested in how computation is changing society and governance, and what it is about people that law should protect in a computational world.  Limor Samimian-Darash, "Modes of Uncertainty: Anthropological Cases" English | ISBN: 022625707X | 2015 | 256 pages | PDF | 1305 KB Modes of Uncertainty offers groundbreaking ways of thinking about danger, risk, and uncertainty from an analytical and anthropological perspective. Our world, the contributors show, is increasingly populated by forms, practices, and events whose uncertainty cannot be reduced to risk―and thus it is vital to distinguish between the two. Drawing the lines between them, they argue that the study of uncertainty should not focus solely on the appearance of new risks and dangers―which no doubt abound―but also on how uncertainty itself should be defined, and what the implications might be for policy and government.
 Andrew Thacker, "Modernism, Space and the City: Outsiders and Affect in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and London " English | ISBN: 0748633472 | 2019 | 272 pages | PDF | 7 MB Explores the crucial role played by the city in the construction of modernism  Steven F. White, "Modern Italy's Founding Fathers: The Making of a Postwar Republic" English | ISBN: 1474215491 | 2020 | 272 pages | PDF | 12 MB Modern Italy's Founding Fathers offers a fresh perspective on the genesis of the Italian republic as viewed through the efforts of its three most influential leaders: Christian Democrat Alcide De Gasperi, Socialist Pietro Nenni and Communist Palmiro Togliatti. In concise, accessible prose, this work demonstrates how De Gasperi - the Republic's inaugural prime minister from 1945 to 1953 - and his fellow statesmen's shared experience of Fascist oppression, belief in popular sovereignty, and ability to compromise despite deep ideological differences, enabled the creation of Italy's post-war republic.
 Thomas Aiello, "Model Airplanes are Decadent and Depraved: The Glue-Sniffing Epidemic of the 1960s" English | ISBN: 0875807240 | 2015 | 260 pages | PDF | 34 MB Model Airplanes are Decadent and Depraved tells the story of the American glue-sniffing epidemic of the 1960s, from the first reports of use to the unsuccessful crusade for federal legislation in the early 1970s. The human obsession with inhalation for intoxication has deep roots, from the oracle at Delphi to Judaic biblical ritual. The discovery of nitrous oxide, ether, and chloroform in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and the later development of paint thinners, varnishes, lighter fluid, polishes, and dry-cleaning supplies provided a variety of publicly available products with organic solvents that could be inhaled for some range of hallucinogenic or intoxicating effect. Model airplane glue was one of those products, but did not appear in warnings until the first reports of problematic behavior appeared in 1959, when children in several western cities were arrested for delinquency after huffing glue. Newspaper coverage both provided the initial shot across the bow for research into the subject and convinced children to give it a try. This "epidemic" quickly spread throughout the nation and the world. Though the hobby industry began putting an irritant in its model glue products in 1969 to make them less desirable to sniff, that wasn't what stopped the epidemic. Just as quickly as it erupted, the epidemic stopped when the media coverage and public hysteria stopped, making it one of the most unique epidemics in American history. The nation's focus drifted from adolescent glue sniffing to the countercultural student movement, with its attendant devotion to drug use, opposition to the Vietnam War, southern race policies, and anti-bureaucracy in general. This movement came to embody a tumultuous era fraught with violence, civil disobedience, and massive sea changes in American life and law―glue sniffing faded by comparison.
 Microsoft Excel: Basic tips to start your Excel skills and formatting your spreadsheet English | 2022 | ASIN: B09W3TRWPB | 111 Pages | EPUB | 3.33 MB Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. It features calculation or computation capabilities, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. Excel forms part of the Microsoft Office suite of software.  Metaverse Investing: Complete Beginner's Guide To Making Massive Profits In An Untapped Industry. NFTs, Digital Assets, Crypto Art, Virtual Land, Blockchain, and More. by Scott Norris English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09TY1J1XG | 115 pages | EPUB | 0.20 Mb Can This Book Be Your Ultimate Guide in The Metaverse Ecosystem?  Michael S. Richardson, "Medievalism and Nationalism in German Opera " English | ISBN: 1138630543 | 2020 | 186 pages | PDF | 8 MB Medievalism, or the reception or interpretation of the Middle Ages, was a prominent aesthetic for German opera composers in the first half of the nineteenth century. A healthy competition to establish a Germanic operatic repertory arose at this time, and fascination with medieval times served a critical role in shaping the desire for a unified national and cultural identity. Using operas by Weber, Schubert, Marshner, Wagner, and Schumann as case studies, Richardson investigates what historical information was available to German composers in their recreations of medieval music, and whether or not such information had any demonstrable effect on their compositions. The significant role that nationalism played in the choice of medieval subject matter for opera is also examined, along with how audiences and critics responded to the medieval milieu of these works.
 Leon Sharpe, "Media Messages: What Film, Television, and Popular Music Teach Us About Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Ed 2" English | ISBN: 0765617560 | 2014 | 558 pages | PDF | 7 MB The new edition of this widely adopted book reveals how the popular media contribute to widespread myths and misunderstanding about cultural diversity. While focused on the impact of television, feature film, and popular music, the authors reach far beyond media to explore how our understanding, values, and beliefs about race, class, gender and sexual orientation are constructed. They analyze how personal histories, combined with the collective history of oppression and liberation, contribute to stereotypes and misinformation, as well as how personal engagement with media can impact prospects for individual and social freedom. Along with updated media examples, expanded theories and analysis, this edition explores even more deeply the coverage of race in two chapters, discusses more broadly how men and boys are depicted in the media and socialized, and how class issues have become even more visible since the Great Recession of the 21st century and the Occupy movements. Special activities and exercises are provided in the book and an online Instructor's Manual is available to adopters.  Mechanical Self-Assembly: Science and Applications by Xi Chen English | PDF | 2013 | 212 Pages | ISBN : 1461445612 | 6.8 MB Mechanical Self-Assembly: Science and Applications introduces a novel category of self-assembly driven by mechanical forces. This book discusses self-assembly in various types of small material structures including thin films, surfaces, and micro- and nano-wires, as well as the practice's potential application in micro and nanoelectronics, MEMS/NEMS, and biomedical engineering. |
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