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7 Scorpions : Rebellion

By: Mike Saxton

...e permission, in writing, from the publisher. Eloquent Books An imprint of Strategic Book Group P.O. Box 333 Durham CT 06422 www.StrategicBookGroup.co... ...oot leap to the top of another large chunk of bridge. Soaring through the air, he twisted to avoid enemy fre. The Seekers did not fre out of emotion... ...t there was so much debris; the Seekers had to remain on foot or bring in air support, which they lacked. The ruins also provided many great hiding ... ...bellion that there were some weapons and rations. Waiving his hands in the air Talbot said, “Why the hell would he do that?” “When he gets over here,... ...r Force Base, Colorado. It used to be the home of the NORAD U.S. Northern Command. It was now under the control of the self-proclaimed Lord and Mas... ... knew, didn’t you?” the voice asked. 16 Mike Saxton “You are my second in command General Callous. I do not need to read your mind. Your surface tho... ...s control room, the general in tow. They both entered the room. “The feld commander says you’ll be pleasantly surprised,” Callous stated as he loade... ...ng at the view screens, Jade reviewed the footage taken by various Seeker units and the BFT-5000 during the atack. She scanned carefully. The chaos ... ...t explained. Afer everyone did their morbid duty of placing the bodies as strategically as possible, they lef the transmiter inside the ffh wheel. V...

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Hawaii Business Magazine-Special Apec Edition

By: Apec Hawaii Host Committee

...tric Vehicles 28 Firm But Renewable Energy 30 Building the Smart Grid 32 Air Conditioning from Seawater BETWEEN PAGES 34-35 Leaders Week TV and H... ...mal, wind, solar, biofuels, and ocean thermal conversion, while enabling air and ground transportation to move more quickly away from fossil fuel. ... ...mal, wind, solar, biofuels, and ocean thermal conversion, while enabling air and ground transportation to move more quickly away from fossil fuel. ... ... 8 Pearl Harbor naval base and Hickam Air Force base 9 Camp Smith (Pacifc Command for all U.S. armed f orces from California to Africa’s east coast,... ... “The areas of security, healthcare, environment and biotechnology are a strategic focus for many Asia-Pacifc economies.” HONOLULU COUNTY WINNER SO... ...emove radioactive particles, Wuh says, cities and countries should amass strategic stockpiles to prepare for emergencies. Following the tsunami, ea... ...s startup companies to children destined to grow under new investors and strategic partnerships. “The world is our marketplace, especially Asia,” ... ...Pearl Harbor, world leaders meet at the headquarters of the U.S. Pacifc Command, a unifed command for all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. The ... ...ed States and APEC member economies. The center supports the U.S. Pacifc Command’s objective of developing professional and personal ties among na...

... Chairman Peter Ho -- 20 Ideal Laboratory for Clean Power -- 24 Electric Vehicles -- 28 Firm But Renewable Energy -- 30 Building the Smart Grid -- 32 Air Conditioning from Seawater -- 36 America’s Most Diverse State -- 38 Local Economy -- 40 Hawai‘i’s Ties to the APEC Economies -- 42 A History of Innovation -- 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sciences -- 48 Turning Scienc...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

... overgrazing, deforestation, pollution Special notes: landlocked; narrow and strategic Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor) pro- vides direct access to China and ... ... natural gas, 180 km Ports: 3 minor river ports (Shir Khan is largest) Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft Airfields: 42 total, 34 usable; 12 with p... ...TV station, 1 earth satellite station Defense Forces Branches: Armed Forces, Air and Defense Forces, border guard forces, Defense of the Revolution Fo... ...quakes; tsunami occur along southwestern coast; deforestation Special notes: strategic location on Strait of Otranto linking Adriatic Sea to Mediter- ... ...s 29.2 million metric tons/km (1983) Ports: 1 major (Durre's), 3 minor Civil air: none Airfields: 10 total; 6 with runways 2,500 m or longer Telecommu... ... People's Army, Fron- tier Troops, Interior Troops, Albanian Coastal Defense Command, Air and Air Defense Force Military manpower: males 15-49, 830,00... ...ation Special notes: second largest country in South America (after Brazil); strategic location relative to sea lanes between Atlantic and Pacific Oce... ...antennas and 300 domestic satellite stations Defense Forces Branches: Mobile Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Communica- tions Command, Canadia... ...and, Air Command, Communica- tions Command, Canadian Forces Europe, Training Command Military manpower: males 15-49, 7,036,000; 6,183,000 fit for mili...

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A History of U. S. Communications Security (Volumes I and Ii);1973

By: David G. Boak

...ion of By Whom Entered Amendment and Date Entered (Signature; Rank or No. (if any) Rate; Name of Command) , . . . RECORD OF PAGE CHECKS . Date By Whom... ...Date By Whom Checked Checked (Signature; Rank or Rate; Checked (Signature; Rank or Rate; Name of Command) Name of Command) , I . SeeltET ORIGINAL 5 S... ...Date By Whom Checked Checked (Signature; Rank or Rate; Checked (Signature; Rank or Rate; Name of Command) Name of Command) / / ---- : : - - , , . 6 SE... ...aboratof)' or something; but it'••U one cipher machine. It was caUed SIGSALLY. Ityou counted the air-conditioners that had to 10 with it• . it weil(he... ...arriers in the way of Jetting such equipment in light. cheap, efficient. secure form. either for strategic high-level links. as in the case of all the... ...communications center. and used right in ihe offices where the actual business of government and strategic military affairs is con­ ducted. This calle... ... patible among themselves. In the case of aircraft requirements, there'l aD old ..yinc t&.-t the Air Force win reject any system unlesa it has no weig... ...modest amount of apace: ita power lapplia and the diPtaliun for speech that use up the room. The Air Force did live thatsmall eqWpmeDt, the KY-8. a go... ... was needed for all three Services; the Services. in fact. actually operate DCS. Virtually every strategic Department of De­ fense circuit is involved...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...the future model of international order: a multipolar and democratic one, or the US strategic goal of a unipolar world." China has been encouraged b... ..." Why this sudden flurry of historiosophic ruminations? According to Stratfor, the strategic forecasting consultancy, "for Beijing, the only way to... ...nd for cosmopolitanism. They erroneously believe that feigned sarcasm lends them an air of ruggedness and rich experience and the virile aroma of d... ...llies and either conquered or otherwise absorbed them into its body politic. Roman commanders and procurators meddled in the internal affairs of th... ...ally private armies. Lucius Cornelius Sulla, an impoverished aristocrat turned army commander, actually attacked Rome itself twice. The turning poi... ...an attack of Mediterranean pirates on the port of Ostia in 68 BC. It granted Pompey command of the republic's navy as well as untrammeled access to ... .... It was Tanai's defection that provided the Taliban with Soviet artillery, Soviet air force, Soviet intelligence and Soviet technical and military... ...service chief Mohammed Akbar used to head a department of the Khad. And the Taliban air force commander Mohammed Gilani was a communist general, to... ...thinking ever since the meltdown of the eastern bloc. Shifting geopolitical and geo-strategic realities in the wake of the September 11 atrocities h...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

... nothing new in outsourcing back office work (insurance claims processing, air ticket reservations, medical records maintenance) to third world count... ...g. In some places there are even machines that dispense a breath of fresh air. . .for a price. Do we really want to create a civilization in which e... ...what other people can have. Before eBooks this was only possible with the air supply. The real question is going to become more and more obvious as ... ...components,surrounded by explanatory text" NewMedia 500 - The financial, strategic, and other inter-relationshipsand interactions between the leadi... ... interfaces require specific knowledge and specific sequences of specific commands). Even the most "user-friendly" interface is way too complicated ... ...ks with businesses and industry groups to help them better understand the strategic implications of our contemporary and future computing environment... ...ating its patented "one click purchasing" business process. A Web browser command to purchase an item generates a "cookie" - a text file replete wit... ...erce solution, they should be looking at mobile commerce development as a strategic differentiator and should internally own this function. They may ... ...infantilism and amateurism of it all. Taming your computer by lashing DOS commands at it was still the thing to do. But, gradually, we were all conv...

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

...asset prices collapse. When a resource is thought to be infinitely abundant (e.g., air) - its price is zero. Armed with these simple and intuitive ... ...hey can acquire innovative firms, intellectual property, and talent. They can form strategic partnerships. But the supply of innovators and new tec... ...-May. The Europeans followed suit. Despite this public display of commitment to the air transport industry, by January this year, no re-insurer agr... ...mated that $21 billion in total annual premiums were paid to captives in 1999. The Air Transport Association and Marsh, an insurer, are in the proc... ...ary insurance contract. According to an article published by Kathryn Westover of Strategic Risk Solutions in "Financing Risk and Reinsurance", mo... ... same profile of risk and return. As John Campbell and Luis Viceira point in their "Strategic Asset Allocation", published this year by Oxford Unive... ...by his envious peers. I - and many others - have written extensively about envy in command economies. Nor is envy likely to diminish. In his book,... ...- for emulating its patented "one click purchasing" business process. A Web browser command to purchase an item generates a "cookie" - a text file ... ...ng at the infantilism and amateurism of it all. Taming your computer by lashing DOS commands at it was still the thing to do. But, gradually, we wer...

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The Marketing of Ideas and Social Issues

By: Seymour Fine

...cle (PLC) 53 The Concept Of A Product Mix: New Product Development 56 PROBLEMS IN STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR SOCIAL PRODUCTS 58 SUMMARY 58 5 BEYOND M... ...DESIGNING AND ORGANIZING THE CHANNEL 85 SUMMARY 86 8 SOCIAL MARKETING APPLIED: A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR CETA 92 BACKGROUND: WHERE WE ARE NOW 92 OBJEC... ... Chapter 8 where the product is information about government manpower training and strategic planning is demonstrated from that viewpoint. Knowledg... ...ch was first asked about his or her own feelings on the matter, just to "clear the air.” Yet, in the final analysis, little difference was found bet... ...by an x-y plane. The point (3,2) for example, is positioned by counting off three units along the x axis (dimension) and two units along the y. If ... ... to as "nonpecuniary externalities, such as higher noise levels (as in the case of air traffic) or in pollution" (Brown. Schary. and Becker 1978). ... ...ing or not acting. The social always precedes the individual, that is, ready-made units beginning with the family are already in place when social ... ...d issues might have a large number of views, each of whose proponents could demand air time, broadcasters are reluctant to adopt an "open" policy to... ... goods and services. Both are intermediaries who, because of a dominant position, command a strong following of those above and below themselves in...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

... from Freud's "Civilization and its Discontents": "If (the Golden Rule of morality) commanded 'Love thy neighbor as thy neighbor loves thee', I shou... ...ab neighbors and equal treatment of our Arab citizens should be our two over-riding strategic priorities. The Jewish State cannot continue to live b... ...(the world as the body of Christ) be reconciled with "Stadt Luft Macht Frei" ("city air liberates" - the sign above the gates of the cities of the H... ...of goals. "Window" – Allows to look through it, or for the penetration of light or air (when open or not covered). "Table" – Intended for laying th... ...solid surface, which allows to look through it, or for the penetration of light or air (when open or not covered). "Table" – Structure with at leas... ...ume real, though informal, control of the firm. They do so by defining a new set of strategic goals for the firm, which call for the institution of ... ...ers more significant to us? If he is afraid of a court of law – how is he likely to command our armies in a time of war? If he is evasive in his ans... ...Abraham was ordered by God to sacrifice Isaac, his beloved son (though this savage command was rescinded at the last moment). Jesus, the son of God... ... same profile of risk and return. As John Campbell and Luis Viceira point in their "Strategic Asset Allocation", published this year by Oxford Unive...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... from Freud's "Civilization and its Discontents": "If (the Golden Rule of morality) commanded 'Love thy neighbor as thy neighbor loves thee', I shou... ...ab neighbors and equal treatment of our Arab citizens should be our two over-riding strategic priorities. The Jewish State cannot continue to live b... ...(the world as the body of Christ) be reconciled with "Stadt Luft Macht Frei" ("city air liberates" - the sign above the gates of the cities of the H... ...of goals. "Window" – Allows to look through it, or for the penetration of light or air (when open or not covered). "Table" – Intended for laying th... ...solid surface, which allows to look through it, or for the penetration of light or air (when open or not covered). "Table" – Structure with at leas... ...ume real, though informal, control of the firm. They do so by defining a new set of strategic goals for the firm, which call for the institution of ... ...ers more significant to us? If he is afraid of a court of law – how is he likely to command our armies in a time of war? If he is evasive in his ans... ...Abraham was ordered by God to sacrifice Isaac, his beloved son (though this savage command was rescinded at the last moment). Jesus, the son of God... ... same profile of risk and return. As John Campbell and Luis Viceira point in their "Strategic Asset Allocation", published this year by Oxford Unive...

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Applications of Bimatrices to Some Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Models

By: Florentin Smarandache

...romote the correlations between causal associations among concurrently active units. But in FRMs we divide the very causal associations into two dis... ...e units. But in FRMs we divide the very causal associations into two disjoint units, for example, the relation between a teacher and a student or re... ...tive Maps (NCMs) promote the causal relationships between concurrently active units or decides the absence of any relation between two units or the ... ...tion. C 1 – Use of chemicals banned by other court C 2 – Pollution of air C 3 – Pollution of soil C 4 – Pollution of food crops. No... ...tel, J.H. An Innovative Knowledge Based System using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Command and Control, Storming Media, Nov 1997. http://www.stormingme... ...Mind and Attention in Decision Making, in C. Carlsson ed. Cognitive Maps and Strategic Thinking, Meddelanden Fran Ekonomisk 243 Statsvetenskaplig... ...edge: A Blueprint for Active Decision Support Systems. In Cognitive Maps and Strategic Thinking, Carlsson, C. ed., Meddelanden Fran Ekonomisk – Sta... ...kostas. The Use of Fuzzy Cognitive maps to Stimulate the Information Systems Strategic Planning Process, Information and Software Technology, 41, 1...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...omplex process:  We contract muscles to squeeze the rib cage and push air out from our lungs through the windpipe (trachea).  Then the air en... ... box (larynx) that lies well below the back of the tongue.  There, the air flows up between the vocal cords to produce a buzzing sound that becom... ...e back of the nose. With the larynx in that position, most of the exhaled air passes out through the nostrils, resulting in mostly nasal sounds. ... ..., recheck, and update the accuracy of reports. Warrior-rulers now could command troops well beyond the boundaries formerly limited by the distance... ...ryone. One of his first moves was to organize the Mongol military into units of ten, one hundred, one thousand, and ten thousand. He broke up the... ..., one hundred, one thousand, and ten thousand. He broke up the old tribal units and spread their warriors among the decimal units, selecting leaders... ...mong the clergy, was rare. Most priests mastered little more than the Ten Commandments, the Paternoster (―Our father, who art …‖), the Creed, and Av... ...ace Administration (NASA) was formed to direct the government‘s space and strategic missile research while ARPA turned its focus on computer science... ...tennis in Gainesville, FL, where he freelanced an article titled ―The Ten Commandments of Tennis Rooting‖ for Tennis magazine. In 1993, they move...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...omplex process:  We contract muscles to squeeze the rib cage and push air out from our lungs through the windpipe (trachea).  Then the air ent... ... box (larynx) that lies well below the back of the tongue.  There, the air flows up between the vocal cords to produce a buzzing sound that becom... ...e back of the nose. With the larynx in that position, most of the exhaled air passes out through the nostrils, resulting in mostly nasal sounds. W... ...ck, recheck, and update the accuracy of reports. Warrior-rulers now could command troops well beyond the boundaries formerly limited by the distance... ...veryone. One of his first moves was to organize the Mongol military into units of ten, one hundred, one thousand, and ten thousand. He broke up the... ..., one hundred, one thousand, and ten thousand. He broke up the old tribal units and spread their warriors among the decimal units, selecting leaders... ...mong the clergy, was rare. Most priests mastered little more than the Ten Commandments, the Paternoster (―Our father, who art …‖), the Creed, and Av... ...ace Administration (NASA) was formed to direct the government‘s space and strategic missile research while ARPA turned its focus on computer science... ...tennis in Gainesville, FL, where he freelanced an article titled ―The Ten Commandments of Tennis Rooting‖ for Tennis magazine. In 1993, they moved ...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... in the atmosphere there is almost nothing else except the Formless Medium of air. Is a fish aware that it is traveling through the Medium of water ... ...ravels? No. Are animals aware that they are traveling through the medium of Air as they travel? No. They take the Medium they travel through for... ...Medium of Space for granted once it found that there was something beyond the air called Space which they could travel through. What happens when y... ...d Duality. This is why the smallest groupings of subatomic particles exist in units of three and two: like baryons and mesons. This is why mathemat... ...onger as time went on... finding more and more combinations of the four basic units to join next-to in paired unison. This incredibly delicate balan... ...y? Is it any wonder that their God became an invisible taskmaster that gives commands from on high? Is it any wonder that their God demanded unque... ...chy of Absolute Authority. Why did Moses have to climb a mountain to receive Commandments from on high? Before the Semites became a race of indent... ... George Bush Jr. is addicted to power, to ease, to the power of being able to command armies to go to war on his behalf. Power and ease are two side... ...claring war against his will because of a nefarious attack on an island of no strategic importance whatsoever to America. Why was the American flee...

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The Future of the Internet : And How to Stop It

By: Jonathan Zittrain

...aming device. We wouldn’t have gotten into the category at all. It was about strategically being in the living room.... [ T ]his is not some big secre... ... one’s checkbook would take place at a computer installed in a bank lobby or strategically located cyber café, just as automated teller machines (ATM... ...were primarily academic researchers and moonlighting corporate engineers who commanded no vast resources to implement a global network. 29 The early I... ...d it would be ideal to catch a flight by following an unimpeded path from the air- port entrance to the gate—the way access to many trains and buses pe... ...enerative Dilemma custody of trained administrators, such machines could be commandeered and reprogrammed, and, if done skillfully, their users would... ...in nine hours, spammers’ worms located the computer and began attempting to commandeer it. Sixty-six hours later the researcher had recorded attempts... ... a technical matter. (Sometimes the operating system maker may ob- ject as a strategic and legal matter: Apple, for example, has with few exceptions T... ...r .html (discussing the proposed SSSCA). 47. See Yochai Benkler, Free as the Air to Common Use: First Amendment Constraints on En- closure of the Publ... ...   L  L D C  C C 197 (2004) (“[F]air use in America simply means the right to hire a lawyer.”). 65. See Da...

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Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Analysis of Periyar's Views on Untouchability

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...romote the correlations between causal associations among concurrently active units. But in FRMs we divide the very causal associations into two dis... ...e units. But in FRMs we divide the very causal associations into two disjoint units, for example, the 19 relation between a teacher and a student ... ...tive Maps (NCMs) promote the causal relationships between concurrently active units or decides the absence of any relation between two units or the ... ...ified butter was obtained, and they made it into those beasts who live in the air, in the forest and in villages. His mouth was the Brahmins, his ... ...e British rulers involving India in the war without having consulted the High Command of the party. Consequently, the Governor and Governor General ... ...f he wants to attain moksha, he should be a slave of a Brahmin and follow his commands, and if the Brahmin is satisfied, the Sudra may attain moksha... ...el, J.H., An Innovative Knowledge Based System using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Command and Control, Storming Media, (1997). http://www.stormingmedia... ...Mind and Attention in Decision Making, in C. Carlsson ed. Cognitive Maps and Strategic Thinking, Meddelanden 372 Fran Ekonomisk Statsvetenskaplig... ...kostas, The Use of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to Stimulate the Information Systems Strategic Planning Process, Information and Software Technology, 41 19...

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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...trong track records and years of experience in their industries". 4. The strategic vision myth - "Most successful entrepreneurs have a well- conside... ...he powers that be, the bribes implicit in swapping the shop floor for the air conditioned offices and minibar-equipped limousines, the infusion of t... ...us". Others dispense "phantom stocks" or "simulated equity plans" - using units of measurement and accounting whose value corresponds to the price ... ...mall time retailers - lived and slogged in combined business and domestic units. A steady career in an organisation is a recent invention, as Willia... ...infrastructure and defence industries. All the above are considered to be strategic matters of national interest. Some countries - Russia and Israel,... ...iability, or even to its traditions. Israel's golden share in the national air carrier, EI AI, allows it to prevent flights in and out during the rel... ..., each group for its own, disparate reasons. This break in the "chain of command", this diffusive, fog like property of the newly transformed entit... ...Served in the Israeli Defence Force (1979-1982) in training and education units. Education Graduated a few semesters in the Technion – Israel Insti... ...o-owner and Director of many business enterprises: – The Omega and Energy Air-Conditioning Concern – AVP Financial Consultants – Handiman Legal Ser...

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The War in the Air

By: H. G. Wells

... Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The War in the Air by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ...University is an equal opportunity university. 3 H G Wells The War in the Air by H. G. Wells [Herbert George Wells] PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A A... ...nt re-glazing. In the end Grubb and Smallways were put to the expense of a strategic nocturnal removal to another position. It was a position they had... ...“Don’t throw water on it!” he said—“don’t throw water on it!” He displayed commanding presence of mind. He became cap- tain of the occasion. Others we... ...r navy. We have selected a certain point—it is at present ze secret of our commanders—which we shall seize, and zen 87 H G Wells we shall establish a... ...ing of guns and tonnage, of ships and their build and powers and speed, of strategic points, and bases of operation. A certain shyness that reduced hi... ...he City Hall had awakened and was conferring by telephone with the Federal command and taking measures for defence. The City Hall was asking for airsh... ...arge scale map of Goat Island marked with red and blue lines to show these strategic movements would no doubt have displayed much interlacing, but as ...

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Vittoria

By: George Meredith

...seen narrowing in; the Ticino and the Sesia waters, nearest, quiver on the air like sleepy lakes; the plain is engulphed up to the high ridges of the ... ... the north to-morrow, think you?” The mountaineer sent a quick gaze up the air, as to descry signs. “Who knows?” Agostino continued, though not playin... ...esponse from the mountaineer, who sounded his voice wide in the keen upper air. “There’s the heart of that fellow!” said Agostino. “He has but one ide... ...young fellow, in whom you confide so much, speaks for his country. We poor units must not be discordant. No! Individual opinion, my Carlo, is discord ... ...ntellect, acting throughout all its machin- ery, and having all under full command: an orbed mind, supplying its own philosophy, and arriving at the s... ...d presented himself in something of a military posture of attention to her commands. These were that he should take the poor brute to water, and then ... ...ation addressed to himself from within. “Stand up straight!” the soldier’s command was uttered. Even Beppo was amazed to see that the man had lost the... ...Austrian argument 179 George Meredith that the plains of Lombardy are the strategic defensive lines of the Alps.) Agostino, pursued by his terror of ...

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The French Revolution a History Volume Two

By: Thomas Carlyle

...color crowds, who cheer it, and reverently make way for it: the very Queen commands at lowest re- spectful silence, regretful avoidance. (Arthur Young... ...ay we of Boys? Beautifullest Hebes; the loveliest of Paris, in their light air-robes, with riband-girdle of tricolor, are there; shovelling and wheeli... ...will throw light on many things. For it is with Bouille as with all French Commanding Officers; only in a more emphatic degree. The grand Na- tional F... ...er than ever. Let us look at Bouille, and see how. Bouille for the present commands in the Garrison of Metz, and far and wide over the East and North;... ...thunderous belch of grapeshot, blast some fifty of Bouille’s vanguard into air! Fatal! That sputter of the first musket-shot has kindled such a cannon... ...iving (if it be not the Presiding Genius of it, Prince of the Power of the Air) has now any chance to know. Camille’s conjecture is the likeliest: tha... ...nch blood. Some ‘Twelve unfortunately shot,’ reports Bailly, count- ing by units; but Patriotism counts by tens and even by 171 Thomas Carlyle hundre... ...stion him straitly on that Mayor’s-Order to resist force by force; on that strategic scheme of cutting Saint- Antoine in two halves: he answers what h... ... two halves: he answers what he can: they think it were right to send this strategic National Commandant to the Abbaye Prison, and let a Court of Law ...

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Tess of the Durbervilles

By: Thomas Hardy

...ution made mountains of his petty sins in this kind. On reaching the fresh air he was sufficiently unsteady to incline the row of three at one moment a... ... hoisted into the waggon he had formerly hauled, and with his hoofs in the air, and his shoes shining in the setting sunlight, 24 Phase the First — T... ...e — didn’t you make that hat blow off on purpose? I’ll swear you did!’ Her strategic silence confirmed his suspicion. Then d’Urberville cursed and swor... ... who walked about them with 44 Phase the First — The Maiden a proprietary air, as though the place had been built by themselves, and not by certain d... ...rld, which, so terrible in mass, is so unformidable, even pitiable, in its units. On these lonely hills and dales her quiescent glide was of a piece w... ...o hours, owing to sundry wrong turnings, ere she found herself on a summit commanding the long sought for vale, the Val ley of the Great Dairies, the... ...become an American or Australian Phase the Third — The Rally 103 Abraham, commanding like a monarch his flocks and his herds, his spotted and his ring... ...t for her adored one’s happiness: silence it should be. Thus steadied by a command from the only person in the world who had any shadow of right to co...

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The History Of

By: H. G. Wells

...artistic silk ties, which they tied very much on one side and wore with an air of defiance. And a certain swashbuckling carriage. And then came the gl... ...n,” said Parsons, watching with knitted brows. “Don’t ram it down. Give it Air. Seen my stick, O’ Man? Right O.” And leaning on his cane he composed h... ...outfitting department. Presently the street door opened and Platt, with an air of intense devotion to business assumed to cover his adoption of that u... ...- ally, but he had dealt with him generally as “one of those ill- adjusted units that abound in a society that has failed to develop a collective inte... ...all. “Knight there!” “Lady!” he answered. “Come again to-morrow!” “At your command. But—” “Yes?” “Just one finger.” “What do you mean?” “T o kiss.” Th... ...gestures. Uncle Jim was kept busy, and unable to plan his retreat with any strategic soundness. He was more- over manifestly a little nervous about th...

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The World Set Free

By: H. G. Wells

...photograph showed a stream and a meadow beyond, and some trees, and in the air a black, pencil-like object with flat wings on either side of it. It wa... ...er side of it. It was the first record of the first apparatus heavier than air that ever maintained itself in the air by mechanical force. Across the ... ...lminating exercise of his intelli- gence and his intellectual courage. The air of ‘Nunc Dimittis’ sounds in same of these writings. ‘The great things ... ... following in the wake of the osten- sible religions. They were ceasing to command the services of any but second-rate men. After the middle of the ei... ...s of the political writer, the cunning refusals to accept plain facts, the strategic devices, the tactical manoeuvres, the records of mobilisations an... ...which, for ex- ample, the reports of the British Admiralty and of the Slav commanders were recorded as they kept coming to hand. Upon these maps, as u... ...eth cen- tury understood it. T o one human being at least the consult- ing commanders had the likeness of world-wielding gods. She was a skilled typis... ...t of the supplies of energy- releasing material, fixed a certain number of units of energy as the value of a gold sovereign, declared a sovereign to b... ...er and the proximity of cultivation, their plans are no longer affected by strategic considerations or thoughts of social in- security. The aeroplane ...

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When the Sleeper Wakes

By: H. G. Wells

... override the awk- wardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year. “V... ...comes the dull digestive complacencies—or irritations. We have to take the air or else our thoughts grow sluggish, stupid, run into gulfs and blind al... ... owards the gulf.” “You must sleep,” said Isbister decisively, and with an air of a remedy discovered. “Certainly you must sleep.” “My mind is perfect... ...u have lions? I suppose not. You had the old pounds? They are our monetary units.” “But what was that you said—sixdoz?” “Yes. Six dozen, Sire. Of cour... ...e as the soughing of the sea upon a pebble beach. Ostrog had chosen a huge commanding pile of crushed and overthrown ma- sonry, and on this a stage of... ...aphic renderings of machinery in mo- tion, and Lincoln despatched Graham’s commands for models of machines and small machines to illustrate the variou... ... to win the battles of the world, when costly cannon, great ironclads, and strategic railways became the means of power. To-day is the day of wealth. ... ...ith the din. His plans were vague and unformed. He had one picture of some commanding position from which he could address the multitudes, an- other o...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...4 5:25 PM Page vii Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page viii p. 15 FAA Air Traffic Control Centers p. 15 Reporting structure, Northeast Air Defens... ...ags were held off the plane until it was confirmed that he had boarded the air- craft. This did not hinder Atta’s plans. 2 Atta and Omari arrived in B... ...d by CAPPS.The Hazmi brothers were also selected for extra scrutiny by the air- line’s customer service representative at the check-in counter. He did... ...which had tracked the first two hijackings, requested at 9:07 that Herndon Command Center “get messages to airborne aircraft to increase security for ... ...een two federal agencies: the FAA and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).The most recent hijacking that involved U.S. air traf- fic ... ... two agencies interacted eight years later, we will review their missions, command and control structures, and work- ing relationship on the morning o... ...eral borders where Pakistani military officers hoped for what they called “strategic depth.” 66 It is unlikely that Bin Ladin could have returned to A... ...grammed funds for other priorities. 20 In 1998, the FBI issued a five-year strategic plan led by its deputy director, Robert “Bear” Bryant. For the fi... ...terterrorism. 22 Second, the new division intended to strengthen the FBI’s strategic analy- sis capability faltered. It received insufficient resource...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...of all those human wills, man’s mind postulates arbitrary and disconnected units. The first method of history is to take an ar- bitrarily selected ser... .... The second method is to consider the actions of some one man—a king or a commander—as equivalent to the sum of many individual wills; whereas the su... ...historians as has been devoted to describing the actions of various kings, command- ers, and ministers and propounding the historians’ own reflec- tio... ...t know, the inevitable conditions which always limit the activities of any commander in chief. The activity of a com- mander in chief does not all res... ... one proposal but dozens simultaneously. And all these proposals, based on strategics and tactics, contradict each other. A commander in chief’s busin... ...eing said by one or other of these groups he generally turned away with an air of disappointment, as though they were not speaking of anything he wish... ...ld have been different…. A fifth group, displaying the profundity of their strategic percep- tions, discussed the direction the troops would now have ... ...gh distant now, still aroused terror, and besides this there were the foul air and the dust. Having gone a couple of miles along the Mozhaysk road, Pi... ...the lungs are strengthened and refreshed by inhaling the aromatic au- tumn air, when even the nights are warm, and when in those dark warm nights, gol...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...ns on the throne of France a year longer,” the vicomte continued, with the air of a man who, in a matter with which he is better acquainted than anyon... ...y listened to the French sentences which to them were meaningless, with an air of understanding but not wishing to appear to do so. The princess as us... ...drew only shrugged his shoulders at Pierre’s childish words. He put on the air of one who finds it impossible to reply to such nonsense, but it would ... ...to me, ‘I am sorry I can do so little for you, dear Princess. I am at your command.’ Y es, he is a fine fellow and a very kind rela- tion. But, Nataly... ...s elbows on his knees and his hands ruffling his gray hair. “What are your commands, little countess?” “You see, my dear... What’s that mess?” she sai... ... step on his old comrades of the Cadet Corps; how in war- time the company commander might get killed and he, as senior in the company, might easily s... ...tter he had received from Mack’s army informed him of a victory and stated strategically the position of the army was very favorable. “Give me that le... ...the plan of which, carefully prepared in accord with the modern science of strategics, had been handed to Kutuzov when he was in Vienna by the Austria... ..., the troops inspired by the Emperors’ presence were eager for action. The strategic position where the op- erations would take place was familiar in ...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

...ve 4 Personal Memoirs to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds. The first volume, as well a... ...ses. These companies are officered from the cadets, the superintendent and commandant selecting the officers for their military bearing and qualificat... ...mpment General Scott visited West Point, and reviewed the cadets. With his commanding figure, his quite colossal size and showy uniform, I thought him... ...ately go to the length of his tether, first one end, then the other in the air. While he was thus plunging and gyrating, another lasso would be thrown... ...ned and the team started. The first motion was generally five mules in the air at one time, backs bowed, hind feet extended to the rear. After repeati... ...me. It is built on a plain two thou- sand feet above tide water, where the air is bracing and the situation healthy. On the 19th of August the army st... ...plies until that running east from Vicksburg was reached. It was the great strategic position at the West between the T ennes- see and the Mississippi... ...k of this stream the enemy was strongly intrenched. Corinth was a valuable strategic point for the enemy to hold, and consequently a valuable one for ... ...manner towards us. The possession of Corinth by the National troops was of strategic importance, but the victory was barren in every other particular....

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The French Revolution a History

By: Thomas Carlyle

...Hammer, Pepin Bow-legged, where now is their eye of menace, their voice of command? Rollo and his shaggy Northmen cover not the Seine with ships; but ... ...our tall lackeys,’ says Mercier, as if he had seen it, ‘hold him up in the air, that he may fall into the garment without ves- tige of wrinkle; from w... ...eir clay hovels, into their garrets and hutches, the masses consist all of units. Every unit of whom has his own heart and sorrows; stands covered the... ...kei. Little elf, or imp; though young, already withered; with its withered air of premature vice, of knowingness, of completed elf-hood: useful in var... ...use there, in the Rue St. Antoine (a noted Warehouse),—the new Montgolfier air-ship launches itself. Ducks and poultry are borne skyward: but now shal... ...of Lyons. Captain D’Agoust may now therefore look forward to Majorship, to Commandantship of the Tuilleries; (Montgaillard, i. 404.)—and withal vanish... ...nd exasperated the other eleven! The Intendants of Provinces, the Military Commandants are at their posts, on the appointed 8th of May: but in no Parl... ...stion him straitly on that Mayor’s-Order to resist force by force; on that strategic scheme of cutting Saint-Antoine in two halves: he answers what he... ... two halves: he answers what he can: they think it were right to send this strategic National Commandant to the Abbaye Prison, and let a Court of Law ...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...habitants on whom they were quartered. Braunau was the headquarters of the commander-in-chief, Kutuzov. On October 11, 1805, one of the infantry regim... ...aunau had halted half a mile from the town, waiting to be inspected by the commander in chief. Despite the un-Russian appearance of the locality and s... ...On the evening of the last day’s march an order had been received that the commander in chief would inspect the regi- ment on the march. Though the wo... ... seemed to stand rather than lie down on his massive shoulders. He had the air of a man happily performing one of the most solemn duties of his life. ... ...tter he had received from Mack’s army informed him of a victory and stated strategically the position of the army was very favorable. “Give me that le... ...his Rook—a hand- 41 Tolstoy some horse despite its game leg—had the happy air of a school- boy called up before a large audience for an examination i... ...r of the rear guard. “Colonel,” he said, addressing Rostov’s enemy with an air of gloomy gravity and glancing round at his comrades, “there is an orde... ...the plan of which, carefully prepared in accord with the modern science of strategics, had 48 War and Peace – Book Two been handed to Kutuzov when he... ...early cut our left flank in half were for the moment repulsed. Our reserve units were able to join up, and the fight was at an end. The regimental com...

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Little Wars

By: H. G. Wells

...force upon the back line of the opponent’s side of the country was of such strategic importance as to determine the battle. But this form of battle we... ...ntrive how he may get to the back line and safety with the vestiges of his command …. But let me, before I go on to tell of actual battles and cam- pa... ... the back line of their antagonist. He is then supposed to have suffered a strategic defeat, and he must retreat his entire force over the back line i... ...is a near view of Blue’s side, with his force put down. He has grasped the strategic mistake of Red, and is going to fling every man at the farm. His ... ...one last gleam of enterprise—to throw forward his left gun into a position commanding Blue’s right. Blue then pounds Red’s right with his gun to the r... ...ping the soldiers in their boxes with the lids on, and moving the boxes as units. (This box- ing idea is a new one, and affords a very good substitute... ...od substitute for the curtain; I have tried it twice for games in the open air where the curtain was not available.) Neither side would, of course, kn... ... try , one could have a general controlling the whole campaign, divisional commanders, batteries of guns, specialised brigades, and a quite military m... ...fair. I have (as several illustrations show) tried Little Wars in the open air. The toy soldiers stand quite well on closely mown grass, but the long-...

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The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

By: The Manhattan Engineer District

...Special Manhattan Engineer District Investigating Group, The United States Strategic Bombing Survey, The British Mission to Japan, and The Joint Atomi... ...truments would be sent from the United States, and that the Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific would be informed about the organization of the mi... ...THIS SUBJECT.” General Farrell arrived in Y okohama on 30 August, with the Commanding General of the 8th Army; Colonel War- ren, who was Chief of the ... ...ith the fullest cooperation from CINCPAC of the Navy and the United States Strategic Air Forces, he initiated promptly a cam- paign which included the... ...llest cooperation from CINCPAC of the Navy and the United States Strategic Air Forces, he initiated promptly a cam- paign which included the preparati... ...s begun in the spring of 1945. This was done in close cooperation with the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, and his Headquarters. A number of expe... ...1945. This was done in close cooperation with the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, and his Headquarters. A number of experts in various fields ass... ...er of planes coming in was very small—probably not more than three—and the air raid alert was lifted. The nor- mal radio broadcast warning was given t... ...rced concrete frames and although they were toppled, they held together as units. Practically every wooden building or building with tim- ber frame wi...

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Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

... retire; and he was not the man to refuse a request, far less to disobey a command. Thereupon he turned farmer, a trade he was to practice on a large ... ...s head in a bag and give him another dozen!’ survives as a specimen of his commands; and the men were often punished twice or thrice in a week. On boa... ...little offensive.’ The Conqueror carried the flag of Vice-Admiral Plampin, commanding at the Cape and St. Helena; and at that all- important islet, in... ...llaise,” the national war hymn, grave and powerful, sweetened by the night air – though night in these splendid streets was turned into day, every win... ...e insurgents, the name of England was in evil odour; and it was thus – for strategic reasons, so to speak – that Fleeming found himself on the way to ... ...nd what he could afford, and he only projected it ‘to have a castle in the air.’ And there were actual pinches. Fresh from a warmer sun, he was oblige... ... – on to the last block, [and] down the branch, sniffing the guano-scented air and detecting the old bones. The hartshorn flavour of the guano becomes... ...ut the year 1861, we find on record that Jenkin’s measurements in absolute units of the specific resistance of pure gutta-percha, and of the gutta-per...

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Democracy and Education

By: John Dewey

...it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. It uses light, air, moisture, and the material of soil. To say that it uses them is to say... ...l superiority, or superiority of position, skill, tech- nical ability, and command of tools, mechanical or fiscal. So far as the relations of parent a... ... improvement of disposition, no educative effect, need follow. A harsh and commanding tone may be effectual in keeping a child away from the fire, and... ...sponse, such as our system of roads and means of transportation, our ready command of heat, light, and electricity, our ready-made machines and appara... ...stimate the loss which re- sults from the deflection of attention from the strategic point to a comparatively unproductive point. It fails most just w... ...accurate measurement with a view to acquiring knowledge of the fundamental units of physics, irrespective of contact with the problems which make thes... ... a study of the facts of growth, the chemistry of soil, the role of light, air, and moisture, injurious and helpful animal life, etc. There is nothing... ...undaries of great nations, even fences are lighted with meaning. Sunlight, air, running water, in- equality of earth’s surface, varied industries, civ... ...n, the educational advocates of scientific education put them- selves at a strategic disadvantage. So far as they adopt the idea of science appropriat...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...ith happy face and sparkling eyes, raised his saber, shouted “Vivat!” and, commanding the Uhlans to fol- low him, spurred his horse and galloped into ... ...had been at headquarters for a month. Each of the three armies had its own commander in chief, but there was no supreme commander of all the forces, a... ...ce to himself. The sun was only just appearing from behind the clouds, the air was fresh and dewy. A herd of cattle was being driven along the road fr... ...m, and came out at the other end of the village. The colonel said that the commander of the division was a mile and a quarter away and would receive ... ...onvinced that he was so, and therefore assumed a more solemn and important air than formerly. He was so sure that he really was the King of Naples tha... ...him prepare an asylum for them in Russia!” Balashev bowed his head with an air indicating that he would like to make his bow and leave, and only liste... ...tired from Vilna for various complicated rea- sons of state, political and strategic. Each step of the retreat was accompanied by a complicated interp... ...ame numerical values as the Hebrew, in which the first nine letters denote units and the others tens, will have the following significance: a b c ...

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