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简介：Some of the most important questions of the social sciences in the twentieth century have been posed by scholars working at the intersections of social theory and history viewed on a grand scale. The core essays of this book focus on the careers and contributions of nine of these scholars: Marc Bloch, Karl Polanyi, S. N. Eisenstadt, Reinhard Bendix, Perry Anderson, E. P. Thompson, Charles Tilly, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Barrington Moore, Jr. The essays convey a vivid sense of the vision and values each of these major scholars brings (or bought) to his work and analyze and evaluate the research designs and methods each used in his most important works. The introduction and conclusion discuss the long-running tradition of historically grounded research in sociology, while the conclusion also provides a detailed discussion and comparison of three recurrent strategies for bringing historical evidence and theoretical ideas to bear upon one another. informative, thought-provoking, and unusually practical, the book offers fascinating and relevant reading to sociologists, social historians, historically oriented political economists, and anthropologists - and, indeed, to anyone who wants to learn more about the ideas and methods of some of the best-known scholars in the modern social sciences.

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简介：The New York Times bestseller from the beloved actress who's made us laugh on shows from The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Saturday Night Live! In this candid take on everything from the unglamorous reality behind red-carpet affairs to her beauty regimen ("I have no idea what color my hair is, and I never intend to find out"), Betty White shares her ...   more 籵bservations about life, celebrity, and love (for humans and animals). Filled with photos, If You Ask Me is funny, sweet, and straight to the point-just like Betty.   ?less

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简介："A history of analytic philosophy and an excellent piece of analytic philosophy in its own right. We can all benefit from Soames's discussion of the central issues that have shaped the subject and his assessment of what we have achieved and where we might have gone wrong."--Kit Fine, New York University "This monumental study is a careful assessment of the successes and the failures of twentieth-century analytic philosophy. Soames displays unfailingly sound judgment throughout. The work is invaluable to those of us who have contributed to this period of very recent history of thought, and more importantly, to our students who will build upon the triumphs and will profit from the defeats of ourselves and our predecessors, carrying philosophy forward into the new millennium. The work is also a comprehensive reality check in the face of persistent accusations (coming not only from those who do not understand analytic philosophy, but also from those who remain stuck in its recent failures) that analytic philosophy is a disease or a futile exercise in wheel spinning. Analytic philosophy is, and has always been, a rational quest for knowledge and understanding. Its tools are clarification, argument, and tutored intuition. Soames provides perspective concerning the best of recent philosophical thought, articulating its most important developments, dead ends, and discoveries."--Nathan Salmon, University of California, Santa Barbara "Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century is a critical examination of key texts and trends in analytic philosophy by one of its leading contemporary practitioners. Soames has applied his formidable forensic talents to highlight the insights and expose the errors of the major figures from Moore to Kripke. These two volumes are an essential resource for any serious student of analytic philosophy."--Alex Byrne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Together these two volumes constitute an outstanding contribution to the field. They present the views and arguments of the major philosophers of the period with unmatched clarity and subject them to deep and critical scrutiny. In my view there is no other work on the history of twentieth-century century analytic philosophy that matches it in its scope, depth, and elegance."--Ali Kazmi, University of Calgary "This is an extraordinarily impressive piece of work. It will be very valuable to capable, advanced undergraduates, and I expect it to be used widely in graduate courses and discussed frequently by scholars. It provides a substantive vision of how and where real progress has been made by philosophers in the analytic tradition, as well as how and why analytic philosophy sometimes took a step backward. Soames himself is doing cutting-edge work in core areas of analytic philosophy and is thus able to bring a level of philosophical sophistication to his treatment that few have available to them."--John Hawthorne, Rutgers University

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简介：     A tongue-in-cheek and burger in hand look at the legal, financial and physical costs of our hunger for fast food, by the funniest and most incisive new voice since Michael Moore. Can a man live on fast food alone? Morgan Spurlock tried. For thirty days he ate nothing but three square' meals a day from McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on our health. Don't Eat This Book gives the full background story to the experiment that so captivated audiences around the world in the documentary Super Size Me, and explores in further depth the connections between the rise of fast food and obesity. In this groundbreaking and hilarious book of epic portions, Morgan Spurlock lays bare the devastating facts for all to see

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简介：     It's the most wonderful time of year. Isn't it? Discover the true spirit of Christmas with this seasonal treat for fans of Love, Actually and The Holiday. Discover the true spirit of Christmas...Catherine Tinsall is dreading Christmas. As the 'Happy Homemaker' she is an online sensation, but the reality couldn't be more different. With Catherine's marriage in tatters, her children running wild and her mother increasingly forgetful, seasonal cheer is running low. Husband Noel also hides a secret: he's facing the axe at work. Until he chances upon the village of Hope Christmas, deep in the Shropshire countryside, which could be the second chance he's searching for. If he can save it from the developers! In Hope Christmas itself, schoolteacher Marianne Moore is trying to heal her battered heart. But Christmas is a time for families, and memories of what she's lost haunt her at every turn. Meanwhile, Gabriel North faces a lonely Christmas but hides his sadness for the sake of his son. Will his wife ever come home? Or does love lie elsewhere? All four need a Christmas miracle. And it might just happen - courtesy of a mysterious guardian angel ! Forced to reassess their lives, will Catherine, Noel, Marianne and Gabriel discover what the meaning of Christmas really is? An irresistible gift of a tale that will warm the hearts of Christmas-lovers and Scrooges alike!

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简介：In the first authorized biography of W. B. Yeats for over 50 years, Roy Foster brings new light to one of the most complex and fascinating lives of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Working from a great archive of personal and contemporary material, he dramatically alterstraditional perceptions to illuminate the poet's family history, relationships, politics, and art. From a childhood inheritance of declasse Irish Protestantism with strong nationalist sympathies, and an exceptional and talented family background, the narrative charts his development into a great poet. It ends in his 50th year with the controversies and disillusionment affecting his personal andpublic life at the time of the First World War. A bohemian life of uncertain finances, love-affairs, avant-garde friends and experiments with drugs and occultism prefaces his attempt to unite politics with high culture and his creation of an Irish national theatre. Constantly shifting betweenDublin, Coole Park and London, with forays to America and Paris, ruthlessly constructing a public life as well as a creative reputation, Yeats's genius attracted admirers and enemies with equal passion. His story intersects with those of an engrossing cast of characters including Lady Gregory, J. M.Synge, George Moore, 'AE', Ezra Pound and above all Maud Gonne - an influence eternally re-created 'like the phoenix', affecting everything he did. The search for supernatural wisdom forms a constant thread, traced through Yeats's occult notebooks and closely related to the insecurities of his personal life. The Apprentice Mage charts the growth of a poet's mind and of an astonishing personality, both of which were instrumental in the formationof a new and radicalised Irish nationalist identity.

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 With Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards, two of the bestselling finance titles of all time, Jack Schwager is one of the most important and visible figures in the futures industry today. Now, in Managed Trading, the latest volume in the Schwager on Futures series, he takes an in-depth look at the increasingly prominent new asset class: managed futures, professionally managed investments in commodity and financial futures markets. Due to their potentially high returns and their diversification and inflation hedging potential, managed futures have grown rapidly in popularity and acceptance in the past decade. Today, there are over $25 million in managed futures accounts. Schwager's full-scale examination covers all aspects of this investment sector, encompassing performance evaluation, manager selection, investment timing, and portfolio considerations. In the process, he explodes many commonly held investment myths. Managed Trading is the most substantive book on the subject, and an indispensable Schwager title no investor should be without.The following are some of the many topics covered: Why "actual" trading results are sometimes a misnomer Why many investors in managed futures lose money even when they select a winning manager Why shifting assets from "winners" to "losers" is often an excellent strategy Why it is usually better to invest in managers when they are experiencing drawdowns as opposed to when they are on winning streaks Why the actual performance of funds and pools routinely deteriorates dramatically from the prospectus results Is past performance predictive of future performance? Is the addition of managed futures to conventional portfolios beneficial or detrimental to performance? Is diversification beneficial? Performance measures: conventional and new Why all conventional CTA indexes are misleadingWith numerous charts, tables, and examples illustrating key points throughout, Managed Trading is written in the informative, insightful, and nontechnical style that is Schwager's hallmark. An important addition to this landmark series by one of the world's premier authorities.An in-depth investigation into the increasingly popular investment: managed futures鈥攚ritten by one of the world's leading authorities"Jack Schwager has written the definitive book on managed futures investing. It is exhaustive in coverage, and the analysis is exceptionally rigorous. The writing is refreshingly candid and sure to provoke discussion on many important topics in the managed futures industry. This book should be required reading for anyone considering investing in managed futures." 鈥?Scott Irwin Professor, The Ohio State University"Jack continues to be both an educator and a portfolio manager. Managed Trading is a wonderful book and much needed in the industry. I consider it required reading for investors and financial industry professionals. Finally, a road map which outlines and explores investment issues succinctly." 鈥?M. Elaine Crocker President, Moore Capital Management, Inc."This book is a 'must-read' for anyone thinking of investing in managed futures. Schwager combines the best of academic research on managed futures investments with his own practitioner experience to provide a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the managed futures industry." 鈥?Franklin R. Edwards Arthur F. Burns, Professor, Finance and Economics Columbia Business School"The futures markets will continue to grow worldwide. You should read Jack Schwager whether you are contemplating such investments or are already investing, or even if you just want to understand what is happening." 鈥?Jim Rogers Author, Investment Biker"Schwager puts managed futures in its proper perspective as a portfolio investment, providing the reader a complete and enlightening tour of the managed futures world. His writing style makes for easy reading and his common sense and good judgment shine throug  

盐背后的故事棉花背后的故事

作者：  海蒂·摩尔(Heildi Moore)著;李亚贺[等]译

出版社：安徽教育出版社,2011

简介：　　《背后的故事丛书-盐背后的故事·棉花背后的故事》，本书包括：盐背后的故事、地球上的盐、盐是什么、海盐、岩盐、棉花北后的故事、棉花的故事、播种、棉花的历史、新世界的棉花、牛仔裤热、今天的棉花等内容。

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 This volume provides information to help physicians understand the diagnosis, treatment, and pathogenesis of viral diseases that present in the skin and its affiliated membranes. It includes many diseases previously known only in third-world, developing countries. Each of the 23 chapters includes, when appropriate, a timeline of infection and progress of the condition, color illustrations of characteristic epidermal and cellular manifestations, differential diagnosis of viral diseases from other infectious or noninfectious diseases, a brief taxonomy and history, incidence among gender and age groups by geographical region, pathogenesis, clinical characteristics, dermatopathology, laboratory findings, and treatment/prophylaxis. Edited by Tyring and Yen-Moore (both of the U. of Texas), both of whom are also contributors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)  

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简介：Every human journey is filled with emotional tunnels: the loss of a loved one or end of a relationship, aging and illness, career disappointments, or just an ongoing sense of dissatisfaction with life. Society tends to view these "dark nights" in clinical terms as obstacles to be overcome as quickly as possible. But Thomas Moore鈥檚 extensive career as a psychologist and theologian has taught him that honoring these periods of fragility as periods of incubation and opportunities to delve into the soul鈥檚 deepest needs can provide healing and a new understanding of life鈥檚 meaning. Dark Nights of the Soul presents these metaphoric dark nights not as the enemy, but as times of transition, occasions to restore yourself, and transforming rites of passage. Moore shows specific ways to engage life more deeply through particular challenges and shares a powerful new outlook. With the soothing, accessible tone and practical philosophy that have made Moore an internationally beloved author, Dark Nights of the Soul will help you tend to the deepest needs of the heart and spirit in a modern world full of life鈥檚 challenges, and is sure to be a comforting companion during your most difficult times. Every human life is made up of the light and the dark, the happy and the sad, the vital and the deadening. How you think about this rhythm of moods makes all the difference. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Care of the Soul comes the long-anticipated sequel, an uplifting and groundbreaking approach to life鈥檚 darkest hours. Moore shows specific ways to engage life more deeply through particular challenges and shares a powerful new outlook on such topics as: The healing power of melancholy; The sexual dark night and the mysteries of matrimony; Finding solace during illness and in aging; Anxiety, anger, and temporary Insanities; Linking creativity, spirituality, and emotional struggles; Finding meaning and beauty in the darkness.

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简介："WOMEN ROAR," exclaims management guru Tom Peters. "Want a leader?" asks BusinessWeek. "Hire a woman." The list of women taking the reins at top companies and turning them around grows longer. There鈥檚 Anne Mulcahy at Xerox, Carly Fiorina at Hewlett-Packard, Ann Moore at Time, Inc., Andrea Jung at Avon, and Ann Fudge at Young & Rubicam. Despite these visible success stories, the path to the executive suite remains torturous for women. The testing can be prolonged, the scrutiny intense. Will she really have the "right stuff" when the going gets rough? Even Carly Fiorina was unprepared for the attention paid to her gender. [This book] is a practical guide for any woman dealing with a demanding role. Drawing on extensive interviews with women leaders, the authors isolate five key challenges: intelligence - to make informed decisions you need good information, but getting it can be a tricky proposition for women; backing - no one wants to take on a tough job without the support of major players, but you can鈥檛 take those allies for granted; resources - allocations don鈥檛 always square with the results expected; buy-In - you can鈥檛 lead if no one wants to follow, but bringing a team on board can be problematic; making a difference - the value you create must be visible before it makes a difference. For each challenge, the authors offer tips on avoiding common traps and then lay out the strategic moves that position you for success. The guides concluding each chapter make it easy to put the principles to work. -Dust jacket.

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简介：　　Do indigenous peoples have an unassailable right to the land they have worked and lived on, or are those rights conferred and protected only when a powerful political authority exists? In the tradition of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, who vigorously debated the thorny concept of property rights, Sara L. Maurer here looks at the question as it applied to British ideas about Irish nationalism in the nineteenth century. This book connects the Victorian novel's preoccupation with the landed estate to nineteenth-century debates about property, specifically as it played out in the English occupation of Ireland. Victorian writers were interested in the question of whether the Irish had rights to their land that could neither be bestowed nor taken away by England. In analyzing how these ideas were represented through a century of British and Irish fiction, journalism, and political theory, Maurer recovers the broad influence of Irish culture on the rest of the British Isles. By focusing on the ownership of land, "The Dispossessed State" challenges current scholarly tendencies to talk about Victorian property solely as a commodity. Maurer brings together canonical British novelists - Maria Edgeworth, Anthony Trollope, George Moore, and George Meredith-with the writings of major British political theorists-John Stuart Mill, Henry Sumner Maine, and William Gladstone - to illustrate Ireland's central role in the literary imagination of Britain in the nineteenth century. The book addresses three key questions in Victorian studies-property, the state, and national identity - and will interest scholars of the period as well as those in Irish studies, postcolonial theory, and gender studies.　　

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作者：  (美)[T.穆尔]Thomas Moore著;张智雄等译

出版社：电子工业出版社,2000

简介：本书全面系统地讲解了Red hat linux 6.0系统中的TCP/IP、PPP、防火墙、基本Web服务等各种管理问题

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简介：More than a hundred extraordinary portraits—lush, rich, textured, sculptural—that reveal the spirit and nobility of the horse. Portraits of horses gazing at the camera, standing in the golden light, stamping away flies, galloping, bucking, rolling in the dust. They are the work of Michael Eastman, a self-taught photographer influenced by Edward Weston, Walker Evans, and Henry Moore, who spent thirty years capturing the essential nature of subjects that range from Cuban life to landscapes to architecture in many places. Now he turns his refined eye to the magnificent horse. Eastman has caught the animal’s complexity and power, fear and courage, goodness, masculinity, femininity, uniqueness. “All animals are wonderful,” says Eastman, “but horses are truly mythic.”

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简介：Digital Soil Mapping is the creation and the population of a geographically referenced soil database. It is generated at a given resolution by using field and laboratory observation methods coupled with environmental data through quantitative relationships. Digital soil mapping is advancing on different fronts at different rates all across the world. This book presents the state-of-the art and explores strategies for bridging research, production, and environmental application of digital soil mapping.It includes examples from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The chapters address the following topics: - exploring new environmental covariates and sampling schemes - using integrated sensors to infer soil properties or status - innovative inference systems predicting soil classes, properties, and estimating their uncertainties - using digital soil mapping and techniques for soil assessment and environmental application - evaluating and using legacy soil data - protocol and capacity building for making digital soil mapping operational around the globe. Key themes: soil science --digital soil mapping - -soil survey and inventory - -soil information -geographic information systems Janis Boettinger is Professor of soil science at Utah State University, engaged in digital soil mapping research and outreach. Alfred E. Hartemink coordinates GlobalSoilMap.net from ISRIC - World Soil Information in The Netherlands. David Howell, Amanda Moore, and Suzann Kienast-Brown are digital soil mapping practitioners in the USA Soil Survey Program.

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 A thought-provoking study of the embattled Karl Rove and his political career examines his relationship with the convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, his political motivations and goals, his efforts to restrict access to the civil courts and the campaign to destroy the labor movement, and his behind-the-scenes role in the Iraq war. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.   Publisher Summary 2 President George W. Bush dubbed Karl Rove 鈥淭he Architect鈥?for his skill in creating an unprecedented campaign and fund-raising machine. But Rove's ambitions have always been far more sweeping鈥攖o build a right-wing dynasty that can dominate American politics for decades. Rove's master plan imagines a political system so controlled by Republicans that it is resisted only by symbolic opposition. In The Architect, James Moore and Wayne Slater, the bestselling authors of Bush's Brain, return with an even more penetrating examination of Rove, his sweeping agenda, and the price he may have to pay for his audacity. Drawing on their decades-long study of Rove, they provide a rarely seen view of the politics of absolute power in Washington鈥攈ow it is acquired, expanded, and turned to startling ends. Specifically, they unveil how Rove: 鈥?Used lobbyist Jack Abramoff as a cat's-paw to manage unruly legislators 鈥?Energetically led the antigay marriage movement while protecting a family secret that made his stance bizarrely cynical 鈥?Turned Christian churches into a gigantic vote delivery system, despite privately admitting to being a nonbeliever 鈥?Repeatedly leaked information to harm political opponents, making him the man investigators most wanted to talk to when they began probing the Plame affair 鈥?Was intimately involved in an international disinformation scheme to lead America to war The Architectis an eye-opening and frequently shocking report on the maneuverings of a brilliant but morally ambiguous political strategist, and the first-ever in-depth look at a political operative striving to absolutely control the future鈥攅ven if he risks losing everything. Also available as an eBook From the Hardcover edition.  

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简介：Includes poems by Tennyson, Shakespeare, Wilfred Owen, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, William Carlos Williams, A.E. Housman, Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, Mari Evans, George Gascoigne, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Sylvia Plath, Philip Larkin, Robert Graves, Henry Reed, Ezra Pound, Langston Hughes, William Wordsworth, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Browning, Richard Wilbur, Adrienne Rich, Robert Hayden, Gerard Manley Hopkins, John Keats, Frances Cornford, Robert Francis, George Herbert, Thomas Campion, Andrew Marvell, Dorothy Lee Richardson, William Blake, Archibald MacLeish, Robert Herrick, Rupert Brooke, Alastair Reid, Alan Dugan, Christina Rossetti, Countee Cullen, Alexander Pope, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Frederick Nims, Sir John Harrington, Donald W. Baker, W.H. Auden, M. Carl Holman, e.e. cummings, John Milton, Keith Jennison, William Butler Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Sara Teasdale, William Cullen Bryant, W.H. Davies, Michael Drayton, John Wakeman, Ogden Nash, Gwendolyn Brooks, Carl Sandburg, John Crowe Ransom, Ralph Pomeroy, Edna St. Vincent Millay, William Stafford, Walt Whitman, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ted Hughes, James Joyce, Carolyn Wells, Martin Bristow, David McCord, Dylan Thomas, Basho, Martha Collins, Randolph Stow, Maxine Kumin, William Burford, Joan Aleshire, A.R. Ammons, D.C. Berry, Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Clifton, Keith Douglas, Carolyn Forch茅, Isabella Gardner, Christopher Gilbert, Randall Jarrell, Ellen Kay, Galway Kinnell, Etheridge Knight, George MacBeth, Naomi Long Madgett, Cleopatra Mathis, Marianne Moore, Ogden Nash, Howard Nemerov, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, P.K. Page, Linda Pastan, Dudley Randall, Alberto Rios, Theodore Roethke, Gary Soto, Wallace Stevens, May Swenson, Jonathan Swift, John Updike, David Wagoner, Derek Walcott, Marilyn Nelson Waniek, Robert Penn Warren, Nancy Willard, and Miller Williams.

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简介：     A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its various forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted. No other aspect of the human experience regularly inspires such an outpouring of poetry, prose and philosophy as love. From passionate declarations to clinical analysis, writers of every age have been fascinated, tormented and inspired by love. This beautifully produced collection of short stories will combine the best of contemporary and classic fiction on the theme of love, from Catullus to Alice Munro. Edited and introduced by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'Middlesex', this wonderfully heterodox look at love will include, amongst others, 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'The Lady with the Lapdog' by Anton Chekhov and stories by Lorrie Moore, Milan Kundera and Guy de Maupassant.

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简介：　　---The government has been seized by a ne'er-do-well rich boy and his elderly henchmen . . . 　　---Our great economic expansion is unraveling faster than a set of Firestones . . . 　　---Our water is poisoned, the ozone's in shreds, and the SUVs are advancing like a plague of locusts . . . 　　 　　Remember when everything was looking up? When the government was running at a surplus, pollution was disappearing, peace was breaking out in the Middle East and Northern Ireland, and the Bridge to the Twenty-First Century was strung with high-speed Internet cable and paved with 401K gold? 　　 　　Well, so much for the future. Michael Moore, the award-winning provocateur behind Roger & Me and the bestseller Downsize This!, now returns to size up the new century — and that big, ugly special-interest group that's laying waste to the world as we know it: stupid white men. Whether he's calling for United Nations action to overthrow the Bush Family Junta, calling on African-Americans to place whites only signs over the entrances of unfriendly businesses, or praying that Jesse Helms will get kissed by a man, Stupid White Men is Mike's Manifesto on Malfeasance and Mediocrity. Among his targets: 　　1.George W.: "President" of the United States. The Thief-in-Chief. A trespasser on federal land, a squatter in the Oval Office. Send in the Marines! Launch the SCUD missiles! Bring me the head of Antonin Scalia! 　　2.Bill Clinton: One of the best Republican presidents we've ever had. 　　3.The Former Yugoslavia: Bring back Marshall Tito! Nobody in America liked him much when he was alive, but now he looks like Lady Bird Johnson. 　　4.The Idiot Nation: A friggin' stain on a blue dress. That's what captured our attention in the nineties — along with slow-moving Broncos, six-year-old strangled beauty queens, and Hugh Grant's dating habits. 　　5.Corporate America: There is no recession, my friends: no downturn, no hard times. The rich are wallowing in loot — and now they want to make sure you don't come a-lookin' for your piece of the pie. 　　 　　The polls indicate that 60 percent of Americans are "upset or angry" about this land in which we now live — a land where crooked courts select the president and money rules the day. So if you're feeling the same way and you're wondering what's going to give out first — the economy, Dick Cheney's pacemaker, or your new VW Beetle — here's the book for you. 　　 　　 　　More social commentary from famously glib liberal Michael Moore, director of Roger & Me. His unique takes on politicians, businessmen, and other power players who have put us in the mess we in are delivered in his oh-my-gosh! wiseguy style. Targets here include George W. Bush and the people around him, Bill Clinton, the Supreme Court, the media, and, ultimately, mediocrity. 　　 　　 　　The social critic shares his views of the political, social, financial, and physical complexities of the twenty-first century, from the explosion of the tech-stock bubble to Bush's scorched-earth environmental policies. 　　 　　 　　Stupid White Men, Michael Moore's screed against "Thief-in-Chief" George Bush's power elite, hit No. 1 at Amazon.com within days of publication. Why? It's as fulminating and crammed with infuriating facts as any right-wing bestseller, as irreverent as The Onion, and as noisily entertaining as a wrestling smackdown. Moore offers a more interesting critique of the 2000 election than Ralph Nader's Crashing the Party (he argued with Nader, his old boss, who sacked him), and he's serious when he advocates ousting Bush. But Moore's rage is outrageous, couched in shameless gags and madcap comedy: "Old white men wielding martinis and wearing dickies have occupied our nation's capital.... Launch the SCUD missiles! Bring us the head of Antonin Scalia!... We are no longer [able] to hold free and fair elections. We need U.N. observers, U.N. troops." Moore's ideas range from on-the-money (Arafat should beat Sharon with Gandhi's nonviolent shame tactics) to over-the-top: blacks should put inflatable white dolls in their cars so racist cops will think they're chauffeurs; the ever-more-Republicanesque Democratic Party should be sued for fraud; "no contributions toward advancing our civilization ever came out of the South [except Faulkner, Hellman, and R.J. Reynolds]," because it's too hot to think straight there; Korean dictator Kim Jong-il "has got to broaden himself beyond porn and John Wayne" by watching better movies, like Dude, Where's My Car? (which contains "all you need to know about America"). Whatever your politics, Stupid White Men should make you blow your stack. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Tim Appelo 　　 　　 　　The latest appraisal of contemporary American society by a popular and iconoclastic commentator. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Brad Hooper 　　 　　 　　Height (mm) 210 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Width (mm) 140　　

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简介：Simulation based on mathematical models plays a major role in computer aided design of integrated circuits (ICs). Decreasing structure sizes, increasing packing densities and driving frequencies require the use of refined mathematical models, and to take into account secondary, parasitic effects. This leads to very high dimensional problems which nowadays require simulation times too large for the short time-to-market demands in industry. Modern Model Order Reduction (MOR) techniques present a way out of this dilemma in providing surrogate models which keep the main characteristics of the device while requiring a significantly lower simulation time than the full model. With Model Reduction for Circuit Simulation we survey the state of the art in the challenging research field of MOR for ICs, and also address its future research directions. Special emphasis is taken on aspects stemming from miniturisations to the nano scale. Contributions cover complexity reduction using e.g., balanced truncation, Krylov-techniques or POD approaches. For semiconductor applications a focus is on generalising current techniques to differential-algebraic equations, on including design parameters, on preserving stability, and on including nonlinearity by means of piecewise linearisations along solution trajectories (TPWL) and interpolation techniques for nonlinear parts. Furthermore the influence of interconnects and power grids on the physical properties of the device is considered, and also top-down system design approaches in which detailed block descriptions are combined with behavioral models. Further topics consider MOR and the combination of approaches from optimisation and statistics, and the inclusion of PDE models with emphasis on MOR for the resulting partial differential algebraic systems. The methods which currently are being developed have also relevance in other application areas such as mechanical multibody systems, and systems arising in chemistry and to biology. The current number of books in the area of MOR for ICs is very limited, so that this volume helps to fill a gap in providing the state of the art material, and to stimulate further research in this area of MOR. Model Reduction for Circuit Simulation also reflects and documents the vivid interaction between three active research projects in this area, namely the EU-Marie Curie Action ToK project O-MOORE-NICE (members in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany), the EU-Marie Curie Action RTN-project COMSON (members in The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, and Romania), and the German federal project System reduction in nano-electronics (SyreNe).