Download or read book Computational Combinatorial Optimization written by Michael Jünger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-11-21 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tutorial contains written versions of seven lectures on Computational Combinatorial Optimization given by leading members of the optimization community. The lectures introduce modern combinatorial optimization techniques, with an emphasis on branch and cut algorithms and Lagrangian relaxation approaches. Polyhedral combinatorics as the mathematical backbone of successful algorithms are covered from many perspectives, in particular, polyhedral projection and lifting techniques and the importance of modeling are extensively discussed. Applications to prominent combinatorial optimization problems, e.g., in production and transport planning, are treated in many places; in particular, the book contains a state-of-the-art account of the most successful techniques for solving the traveling salesman problem to optimality.

Download or read book Knight s End written by Ann Denton and published by Tangled Crowns. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You took my sister and now you think you can take my country? Try. I dare you. I don't care that you have more magic or larger armies. There's a fatal flaw to your plan. Arrogance. Never underestimate the desperate. Desperation breeds cunning. If I can't beat you outright ... then I'll have to outsmart you. All it takes is one little opportunity. And then I'll make you mine. If you like why choose romance, mystery, and laughter, this book will keep you up all night. Get it today! Author's note: This is a medium burn reverse harem story intended for audiences 18 years and older. This is the third book in a series that's meant to be read in order. There is an HEA for this book, but the epilogue will set up the next book in the series.

Download or read book Pretty Woman written by and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2019-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For voice and piano, with chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams.

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Download or read book Hollywood Gothic written by David J. Skal and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2004-10-18 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully updated edition of David J. Skal's Hollywood Gothic, "The ultimate book on Dracula" (Newsweek). The primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the modern imagination. It's recognition factor rivals, in its own perverse way, the familiarity of Santa Claus. Most of us can recite without prompting the salient characteristics of the vampire: sleeping by day in its coffin, rising at dusk to feed on the blood of the living; the ability to shapeshift into a bat, wolf, or mist; a mortal vulnerability to a wooden stake through the heart or a shaft of sunlight. In this critically acclaimed excursion through the life of a cultural icon, David J. Skal maps out the archetypal vampire's relentless trajectory from Victorian literary oddity to movie idol to cultural commodity, digging through the populist veneer to reveal what the prince of darkness says about us all. includes black-and-white Illustrations throughout, plus a new Introduction.

Download or read book Dreams that Glitter written by Girls Aloud (Musical group) and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fun, feisty, drop-dead gorgeous, incredibly talented, and the life and soul of the party, Girls Aloud are the most successful girl band the UK has ever seen. Since winning ITV's Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah have come a very long way indeed. With a record-breaking twenty consecutive Top 10 singles, six platinum albums and a Brit Award, they are both loved by the masses and acclaimed by the press. Now, in Dreams That Glitter, the girls share with us the story of their phenomenal success. Giving a personal insight into their childhoods, their love interests, their struggle for recognition, their party lifestyle and their rock-solid friendships, this book follows their ride from relative obscurity to international superstardom - with plenty of style advice and celebrity gossip along the way. Packed full of pictures from the girls' own personal collections, Dreams that Glitter shares with us the innermost secrets of the nation's favourite girl band, and reveals exactly what it feels like when all of your dreams come true.

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Download or read book A History of Falling Things written by James Graham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Oh, you do look...really good, though. You know. In the face. Oh and, uh, I love you.' Prisoners of their fear of falling things - keraunothetophobiacs - Jacqui and Robin are restricted to living indoors. When they meet online a relationship begins which forces them to confront their fear and discover what's real in their lives and what really matters. A History of Falling Things, a new play by the acclaimed young playwright James Graham, is a gentle love story that is fearful, funny and moving. The play premiered at Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Wales, in April 2009 before transferring to the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.

Download or read book Monsters Myths Mysteries written by Paul M. Woodruff and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These magical, mysterious creatures and places will fascinate children-- and so will the fun and elaborate color mazes, each set inside the shape of a highlighted mythical being. The diverse and international collection of intriguing topics ranges from the lost island of Atlantis and the peaceable kingdom of Camelot to friendly gnomes, bloodsucking chupacabras, and the dinosaur-like Mokele Mbembe. Plus, there' s the Greek "Cyclops"; Japanese "Kappa "(water spirits); Scandinavian "Kraken "(a huge multi-armed sea monster); flying "Kongamato "of Zambia; and the famous New Jersey Devil. Each maze comes with a bit of enticing background information, complete with theories about how the legend originated.

Download or read book Retro Stitchery written by Beverly McCullough and published by Martingale. This book was released on 2021-03-19 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spend an evening stitching any of the designs in this book and you'll instantly remember what you've always loved about embroidery: it's fun, you can see the design quickly take shape right before your eyes, and in the end you have a delightful piece to brighten your home or office. From beautiful florals to inspirational sayings to whimsical tacos (yes, tacos!), you'll find more than a dozen designs to make you smile. Beverly McCullough of Flamingo Toes provides easy embroidery and finishing instructions so you can display pieces in hoops, on pillows or zip bags, and even on cork and clothing. Beverly's inspiring designs and ideas will make it a pleasure to take each stitch.

Download or read book Tangled Autumn written by Betty Neels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She wanted a complete break Sappha Devenish jumped at the chance of a job in Scotland after her romance with Andrew went wrong. The change in scenery took Sappha’s mind off her heartbreak, and the presence of the often infuriating but very attractive Dr. van Duyren was also a nice distraction…. But with Andrew’s unexpected return, Sappha found herself entangled in the past once more!

Download or read book The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo written by Drew Weing and published by First Second. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles just moved to Echo City, and some of his new neighbors give him the creeps. They sneak into his room, steal his toys, and occasionally, they try to eat him. The place is teeming with monsters! Lucky for Charles, Echo City has Margo Maloo, monster mediator. No matter who’s causing trouble, Margo knows exactly what to do—the neighborhood kids say monsters are afraid of her. It's a good thing, because Echo City's trolls, ogres, and ghosts all have one thing in common: they don't like Charles very much.

Download or read book Tangled Up in Blue written by Rosa Brooks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the best nonfiction books of the year by The Washington Post “Tangled Up in Blue is a wonderfully insightful book that provides a lens to critically analyze urban policing and a road map for how our most dispossessed citizens may better relate to those sworn to protect and serve.” —The Washington Post “Remarkable . . . Brooks has produced an engaging page-turner that also outlines many broadly applicable lessons and sensible policy reforms.” —Foreign Affairs Journalist and law professor Rosa Brooks goes beyond the "blue wall of silence" in this radical inside examination of American policing In her forties, with two children, a spouse, a dog, a mortgage, and a full-time job as a tenured law professor at Georgetown University, Rosa Brooks decided to become a cop. A liberal academic and journalist with an enduring interest in law's troubled relationship with violence, Brooks wanted the kind of insider experience that would help her understand how police officers make sense of their world—and whether that world can be changed. In 2015, against the advice of everyone she knew, she applied to become a sworn, armed reserve police officer with the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department. Then as now, police violence was constantly in the news. The Black Lives Matter movement was gaining momentum, protests wracked America's cities, and each day brought more stories of cruel, corrupt cops, police violence, and the racial disparities that mar our criminal justice system. Lines were being drawn, and people were taking sides. But as Brooks made her way through the police academy and began work as a patrol officer in the poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods of the nation's capital, she found a reality far more complex than the headlines suggested. In Tangled Up in Blue, Brooks recounts her experiences inside the usually closed world of policing. From street shootings and domestic violence calls to the behind-the-scenes police work during Donald Trump's 2016 presidential inauguration, Brooks presents a revelatory account of what it's like inside the "blue wall of silence." She issues an urgent call for new laws and institutions, and argues that in a nation increasingly divided by race, class, ethnicity, geography, and ideology, a truly transformative approach to policing requires us to move beyond sound bites, slogans, and stereotypes. An explosive and groundbreaking investigation, Tangled Up in Blue complicates matters rather than simplifies them, and gives pause both to those who think police can do no wrong—and those who think they can do no right.

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Download or read book The Economy As An Evolving Complex System written by Philip W. Anderson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proceeds from a meeting at the Santa Fe Institute where economists and physical and biological scientists came together to discuss a conceptual framework incorporating a more appropriate mathematics with a greatly strengthened capacity to deal simultaneously with multiple variables, nonlinearity, incomplete information and dynamical processes.

Download or read book Right Back At You written by Steve O'Grady and published by ShieldCrest. This book was released on with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Right back at you holds a magnifying glass to the mysteries of our minds, exploring how our human minds are immersed in simulation because the universe is a simulation. Fight your fear of death, banish ghosts and see your reflection in a mirror in a brand new light. mind your language when you speak of mental-illness and face your fears of infection and disease. Scrutinising stars, understanding black holes, challenging superheroes, decoding consciousness and awakening from our dreams are equally important steps on the journey. Referencing tv shows, movies, science journals, comic books, art and literature, the book examines why our conflicts with ourselves create who we really are.

Download or read book The Tangled Web written by Michal Zalewski and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern web applications are built on a tangle of technologies that have been developed over time and then haphazardly pieced together. Every piece of the web application stack, from HTTP requests to browser-side scripts, comes with important yet subtle security consequences. To keep users safe, it is essential for developers to confidently navigate this landscape. In The Tangled Web, Michal Zalewski, one of the world’s top browser security experts, offers a compelling narrative that explains exactly how browsers work and why they’re fundamentally insecure. Rather than dispense simplistic advice on vulnerabilities, Zalewski examines the entire browser security model, revealing weak points and providing crucial information for shoring up web application security. You’ll learn how to: –Perform common but surprisingly complex tasks such as URL parsing and HTML sanitization –Use modern security features like Strict Transport Security, Content Security Policy, and Cross-Origin Resource Sharing –Leverage many variants of the same-origin policy to safely compartmentalize complex web applications and protect user credentials in case of XSS bugs –Build mashups and embed gadgets without getting stung by the tricky frame navigation policy –Embed or host user-supplied content without running into the trap of content sniffing For quick reference, "Security Engineering Cheat Sheets" at the end of each chapter offer ready solutions to problems you’re most likely to encounter. With coverage extending as far as planned HTML5 features, The Tangled Web will help you create secure web applications that stand the test of time.