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Book 14 Miles

    Book Details:
  • Author : DW Gibson
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2020-07-07
  • ISBN : 1501183427
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book 14 Miles written by DW Gibson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An esteemed journalist delivers a compelling on-the-ground account of the construction of President Trump’s border wall in San Diego—and the impact on the lives of local residents. In August of 2019, Donald Trump finished building his border wall—at least a portion of it. In San Diego, the Army Corps of engineers completed two years of construction on a 14-mile steel beamed barrier that extends eighteen-feet high and cost a staggering $147 million. As one border patrol agent told reporters visiting the site, “It was funded and approved and it was built under his administration. It is Trump’s wall.” 14 Miles is a definitive account of all the dramatic construction, showing readers what it feels like to stand on both sides of the border looking up at the imposing and controversial barrier. After the Department of Homeland Security announced an open call for wall prototypes in 2017, DW Gibson, an award-winning journalist and Southern California native, began visiting the construction site and watching as the prototype samples were erected. Gibson spent those two years closely observing the work and interviewing local residents to understand how it was impacting them. These include April McKee, a border patrol agent leading a recruiting program that trains teenagers to work as agents; Jeff Schwilk, a retired Marine who organizes pro-wall rallies as head of the group San Diegans for Secure Borders; Roque De La Fuente, an eccentric millionaire developer who uses the construction as a promotional opportunity; and Civile Ephedouard, a Haitian refugee who spent two years migrating through Central America to the United States and anxiously awaits the results of his asylum case. Fascinating, propulsive, and incredibly timely, 14 Miles is an important work that explains not only how the wall has reshaped our landscape and countless lives but also how its shadow looms over our very identity as a nation.

Book D  W  s Color Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marc Tolon Brown
  • Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9780679884392
  • Pages : 22 pages

Download or read book D W s Color Book written by Marc Tolon Brown and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers join D.W. on a springtime egg hunt, lifting ten flaps that conceal different colored symbols of the season, from a purple egg hidden under a lilac bush to three blue robin's eggs in a nest

Book D W  Rides Again

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marc Brown
  • Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 1998-09-01
  • ISBN : 9780316111287
  • Pages : 24 pages

Download or read book D W Rides Again written by Marc Brown and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D.W. learns to ride a two-wheeler with big brother's help, in this new book starring Arthur's irresistible little sister. Full color.

Book The Films of D  W  Griffith

Download or read book The Films of D W Griffith written by Scott Simmon and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1993-07-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the work of the first widely acknowledged master filmmaker.

Book Glasses for D  W

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  • Author : Marc Tolon Brown
  • Publisher : Red Fox
  • Release : 1997-04-17
  • ISBN : 9780099217329
  • Pages : 24 pages

Download or read book Glasses for D W written by Marc Tolon Brown and published by Red Fox. This book was released on 1997-04-17 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready for the cutest aardvark in the world - ARTHUR! He's an eight-year-old read-a-holic sweetie with the cheekiest, bossiest little sister ever - D. W. Wherever ARTHUR and Buster, the Brain, Muffy and Francine hang-out, there's always adventure. So settle down, snuggle-up and get stickering. . . . GLASSES FOR D. W. Whatever big brother ARTHUR'S got, baby sis D. W. wants too and she thinks his glasses are so cool she wants a special pair - even though her eyesight is perfect! Pink heart-shaped love glasses, sparkly diamond-encrusted specs, goggles with built-in windscreen wipers. . . . ARTHUR thinks D. W. 's glasses obsession is getting out of control, so he invents a special brotherly miracle cure. . . .

Book D W  Griffith s the Birth of a Nation

Download or read book D W Griffith s the Birth of a Nation written by Melvyn Stokes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this deeply researched and vividly written volume, Melvyn Stokes illuminates the origins, production, reception and continuing history of this ground-breaking, aesthetically brilliant, and yet highly controversial movie. By going back to the original archives, particularly the NAACP and D. W. Griffith Papers, Stokes explodes many of the myths surrounding The Birth of a Nation (1915). Yet the story that remains is fascinating: the longest American film of its time, Griffith's film incorporated many new features, including the first full musical score compiled for an American film. It was distributed and advertised by pioneering methods that would quickly become standard. Through the high prices charged for admission and the fact that it was shown, at first, only in "live" theaters with orchestral accompaniment, Birth played a major role in reconfiguring the American movie audience by attracting more middle-class patrons. But if the film was a milestone in the history of cinema, it was also undeniably racist. Stokes shows that the darker side of this classic movie has its origins in the racist ideas of Thomas Dixon, Jr. and Griffith's own Kentuckian background and earlier film career. The book reveals how, as the years went by, the campaign against the film became increasingly successful. In the 1920s, for example, the NAACP exploited the fact that the new Ku Klux Klan, which used Griffith's film as a recruiting and retention tool, was not just anti-black, but also anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish, as a way to mobilize new allies in opposition to the film. This crisply written book sheds light on both the film's racism and the aesthetic brilliance of Griffith's filmmaking. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the cinema.

Book D W  Griffith  Master of Cinema

Download or read book D W Griffith Master of Cinema written by Ira H. Gallen and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exhaustively researched and accessibly written, D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema is a remarkably comprehensive biography of the legendary director and his days creating his craft at the American Biograph Company between 1908 through 1913. Meticulously detailed, utilizing a wealth of archival documents and photographs, the book effectively details Griffith’s place as a film pioneer. Even a casual film fan can see the lines being drawn from the techniques Griffith developed to modern cinematic experience. Ira Gallen’s exploration of Griffith’s family and his early life sets the stage for his career, and give great context for who he would become. His intricate details about early stage and film paint such a vivid and evocative picture of the time that you will be truly drawn into another world while reading it.

Book D W  in Trouble

Download or read book D W in Trouble written by Marc Tolon Brown and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uh-oh. D.W.'s in trouble. She was nasty to Baby Kate, and now she's been sent to her room. Will she ever get out? Or is she destined to a life of slavery and imprisonment?

Book D W  s Guide to Preschool

Download or read book D W s Guide to Preschool written by Marc Brown and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2006-07-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur's sister D.W. offers friendly, no-nonsense advice to help preschoolers get through their first day of school in this "New York Times" bestseller, now in paperback. Full color.

Book Adventures with D  W  Griffith

Download or read book Adventures with D W Griffith written by Karl Brown and published by New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book DW 2 0  The Architecture for the Next Generation of Data Warehousing

Download or read book DW 2 0 The Architecture for the Next Generation of Data Warehousing written by W.H. Inmon and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DW 2.0: The Architecture for the Next Generation of Data Warehousing is the first book on the new generation of data warehouse architecture, DW 2.0, by the father of the data warehouse. The book describes the future of data warehousing that is technologically possible today, at both an architectural level and technology level. The perspective of the book is from the top down: looking at the overall architecture and then delving into the issues underlying the components. This allows people who are building or using a data warehouse to see what lies ahead and determine what new technology to buy, how to plan extensions to the data warehouse, what can be salvaged from the current system, and how to justify the expense at the most practical level. This book gives experienced data warehouse professionals everything they need in order to implement the new generation DW 2.0. It is designed for professionals in the IT organization, including data architects, DBAs, systems design and development professionals, as well as data warehouse and knowledge management professionals. - First book on the new generation of data warehouse architecture, DW 2.0 - Written by the "father of the data warehouse", Bill Inmon, a columnist and newsletter editor of The Bill Inmon Channel on the Business Intelligence Network - Long overdue comprehensive coverage of the implementation of technology and tools that enable the new generation of the DW: metadata, temporal data, ETL, unstructured data, and data quality control

Book D W  s Lost Blankie

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marc Brown
  • Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 1998-04-01
  • ISBN : 9780316109147
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book D W s Lost Blankie written by Marc Brown and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D.W. comes home from day care to find her precious blankie missing! Arthur, Dad, and even Pal frantically search the house and all over town -- but no blankie. That night D.W. worries that she will never be able to fall asleep again. Will blankie ever be found? Humorous illustrations and snappy dialogue capture this universal slice-of-life story that all blanket-carrying kids and their parents will recognize.

Book D W  Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film

Download or read book D W Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film written by Tom Gunning and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary filmmaker D. W. Griffith directed nearly 200 films during 1908 and 1909, his first years with the Biograph Company. While those one-reel films are a testament to Griffith's inspired genius as a director, they also reflect a fundamental shift in film style from "cheap amusements" to movie storytelling complete with characters and narrative impetus. In this comprehensive historical investigation, drawing on films preserved by the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art, Tom Gunning reveals that the remarkable cinematic changes between 1900 and 1915 were a response to the radical reorganization within the film industry and the evolving role of film in American society. The Motion Picture Patents Company, the newly formed Film Trust, had major economic aspirations. The newly emerging industry's quest for a middle-class audience triggered Griffith's early experiments in film editing and imagery. His unique solutions permanently shaped American narrative film.

Book The Collected Works of D W  Winnicott

Download or read book The Collected Works of D W Winnicott written by Donald Woods Winnicott and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book D  W  Griffith

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anthony Slide
  • Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • Release : 2012-07-02
  • ISBN : 1617032999
  • Pages : 263 pages

Download or read book D W Griffith written by Anthony Slide and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2012-07-02 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D. W. Griffith (1875–1948) is one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture. As director of The Birth of a Nation, he is also one of the most controversial. He raised the cinema to a new level of art, entertainment, and innovation, and at the same time he illustrated, for the first time, its potential to influence an audience and propagandize a cause. Collected together here are virtually all of the “interviews” given by D. W. Griffith from the first in 1914 to the last in 1948. Some of the interviews concentrate on specific films, including The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, and, most substantially, Hearts of the World, while others provide the director with an opportunity to expound on topics of personal interest, including the importance of proper exhibition of his and other’s films, and his search for truth and beauty on screen. The interviews are taken from many sources, including leading newspapers, trade papers, and fan magazines. They are often marked by humor and by a desire to please the interviewer and thus the reader. Griffith may not have been particularly enthusiastic about giving interviews, but he seems always determined to put on a good show. Ultimately, D. W. Griffith: Interviews provides the reader with a unique insight into the mind and filmmaking techniques of a director whose work and philosophy is as relevant today as it was when he was at the height of his fame in the 1910s and 1920s.

Book D W Winnicott

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Jacobs
  • Publisher : SAGE
  • Release : 1995-10-31
  • ISBN : 1446264742
  • Pages : 175 pages

Download or read book D W Winnicott written by Michael Jacobs and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1995-10-31 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `The importance of Michael Jacobs′ book lies in his attempt to convey... Winnicott′s profound influence.... Jacobs rightly delights in the creativity and imagination of his subject and illustrates these with numerous quotations and descriptions from Winnicott′s writings.... What is conveyed throughout the book is the essence of Winnicott.... [whose] gift was to make psychoanalytic language, methods and concepts more widely available, accepted and appreciated to a nonpsychoanalytic world′ - British Psychological Society Counselling Psychology Review One of the best-known British psychoanalysts, D W Winnicott attracts the interest of counsellors and psychotherapists far beyond the strict psychoanalytic tradition in which he was trained. He coined many phrases that have entered the discourse of therapy, such as `good enough mother′, `transitional object′ and `facilitating environment′. Winnicott has had a profound impact on research into the mother-baby relationship, and his unorthodox manner and sparkling writing style have attracted enthusiastic acclaim. In this book, Michael Jacobs summarizes Winnicott′s life and explains his major theoretical concepts. He also rigorously evaluates his practice as a clinician - for example, the holding and management of deeply regressed patients. While highlighting Winnicott′s brilliance and creativity, Jacobs is not afraid to scrutinize his contributions more critically. He also discusses criticisms others have made of Winnicott, notably within the psychoanalytic movement. The final chapter assesses the influence of Winnicott′s thinking in other countries as well as in Britain.

Book Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging  DW MRI  and Diffusion Weighted MR Spectroscopy  DW MRS

Download or read book Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging DW MRI and Diffusion Weighted MR Spectroscopy DW MRS written by Maryam Afzali and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-06-26 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a unique technique that provides tissue-specific contrast non-invasively. However, even at ultra-high field, resolution remains on the millimeter scale, far above cellular microstructure. Taking the fact that diffusion of nuclear spins in magnetic field gradients results in a characteristic signal loss, MRI can be sensitized to water-diffusion (DW-MRI) to recover microstructural information indirectly. Diffusion-Weighted MR Spectroscopy (DW-MRS) goes one step further by not measuring the diffusion of tissue water but of cell-type specific metabolites. Given that, both techniques can provide complementary information: DW-MRI on water diffusion with high spatial resolution but without cellular specificity, and DW-MRS on cell-type specific metabolite diffusion but with a limited spatial resolution (single-volume) and at a lower signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). To meet the needs of sophisticated tissue and cell modeling strategies to derive quantitative microstructural measures both techniques have to be sensitized to specific length scales and structural features. This can only be achieved by constant development in sequence design, diffusion-encoding, tissue modeling, data processing, and technical equipment. This research topic aims to attract contributions from all these fields targeting DW-MRI and DW-MRS improvement to accomplish two fundamental goals: (1) providing unique intra-voxel distributions of a set of diffusion parameters instead of an averaged value; allowing the identification of multiple compartments and tissue microstructure, (2) enabling higher accuracy and precision in derived quantitative values. Acquisitional, computational, and pulse design technological breakthroughs have positioned DW-MRI and DW-MRS as powerful emerging modalities for studying biological media, from muscle to the central nervous system, exhibiting extraordinary sensitivity and specificity in differentiating normal from pathologic cell-level processes and microstructural alterations. We welcome studies and manuscripts covering all aspects of DW-MRI, DW-MRS, tissue/cell modeling, study protocol design, or technical innovation: from theoretical studies focusing on the mathematical and physiological background of tissue microstructural modeling, to technical developments, to phantom studies, to novel acquisition and sampling strategies, to improved diffusion encoding techniques, to clinical studies. We are encouraging the submission of the following types of manuscripts: original research and brief research reports, methods, protocols and study protocols, review and mini review, perspective, hypothesis and theory, technology and code, clinical trial, case report, classification, and data report. Topics for submitted papers can be in one of the following general categories: - Development of processing methods, instrumentation, or experimental design of DW-MRI and DW-MRS. - Introduction of new theoretical or simulation models to DW-MRI or DW-MRS. - In vivo (human and animal), in vitro, in silico, phantom, and ex vivo studies are welcome.