The Dark Knight faces the strangest and most bizarre adventure of his career, as he meets comics' strangest and most bizarre hero, The Maxx! A devious new doctor at Arkham Asylum is conducting unconventional experiments into the human psyche, and he kicks off a chain reaction of disaster when he experiments on Arkham's newest patient, The Maxx! The city of Gotham is starting to merge with The Maxx's psychedelic mental landscape, known as the Outback, blurring the line between real and unreal. It's up to Batman to save not just Gotham, but all of reality, and he and The Maxx are going to have to travel through some of the darkest places imaginable–the twisted minds of Batman's greatest enemies! Join Batman and The Maxx on an off-kilter and unforgettable romp through the diabolical consciousnesses of Batman's greatest foes, including Harley Quinn, the Penguin, Killer Croc, and, of course, the Joker. Legendary artist Sam Kieth (The Sandman, Wolverine) returns to his greatest creation, The Maxx, after two decades, and to Gotham City as well.
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The central focus of this book is the control of continuous-time/continuous-space nonlinear systems. Using new techniques that employ the max-plus algebra, the author addresses several classes of nonlinear control problems, including nonlinear optimal control problems and nonlinear robust/H-infinity control and estimation problems. Several numerical techniques are employed, including a max-plus eigenvector approach and an approach that avoids the curse-of-dimensionality. The max-plus-based methods examined in this work belong to an entirely new class of numerical methods for the solution of nonlinear control problems and their associated Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman (HJB) PDEs; these methods are not equivalent to either of the more commonly used finite element or characteristic approaches. Max-Plus Methods for Nonlinear Control and Estimation will be of interest to applied mathematicians, engineers, and graduate students interested in the control of nonlinear systems through the implementation of recently developed numerical methods.
How to Love Your Authentic Self Is your reflection marred by your failures? Are you afraid that you'll be judged, compared, and found lacking? Unrealistic Expectations Can Distort Your Self-Perception When the sensitive parts of you aren't loved, you stop loving yourself in return. Imperfections can make you feel inferior and undeserving. Rejection can fill you with shame and anxiety. Fear can make you hide behind a false façade of safety. You may think that if you're a little more confident, a little more social, and a little more successful, you'll find happiness. Real happiness comes from within. Transform Your Relationship with Yourself You can love yourself without breaking the bank or putting on a show. How to Love Yourself: A guide to building your self-esteem when you don't know where to start breaks through the fear that keeps your authentic self under lock and key. Boost your self-confidence. When depression is beating you down, it's easy to feel inadequate. How to Love Yourself: A guide to building your self-esteem when you don't know where to start teaches you how to overcome harmful patterns, replacing negative self-talk with positive emotions. Realize your self-worth. When you fall short of your goals, self-esteem can take a nosedive. Identify your strengths, reinforce confidence, and discover your life's value. Be genuine without fear. How to Love Yourself: A guide to building your self-esteem when you don't know where to start helps you push past your differences, forgive your mistakes, and look beyond your flaws. Experience a life of happiness, freedom, and relief. Filled with actionable steps, this book helps you master two critical areas to love yourself in a deeper way. You are worthy. You are good enough. Learn to love when you don't know where to start. A Book of Love and Healing By listening to your true nature, you can experience happiness. Feel good again. Beyond the fashion makeovers and workouts, beyond the daily affirmations in the mirror, you'll find effective steps to take towards loving yourself as a whole. Discover what has worked for me and others like you. Start your journey with your copy of How to Love Yourself: A guide to building your self-esteem when you don't know where to start today and walk a path towards personal happiness and love.
Learn everything you need to know to master your GoPro MAX 360 camera in this guide book from the #1 AMAZON BEST SELLING AUTHOR on how to use GoPro cameras. Written specifically for GoPro Max, this is the perfect guide book for anyone who wants to learn how to use the GoPro Max camera to capture unique 360 and traditional videos and photos. Packed with color images, this book provides clear, step-by-step lessons to get you out there using your GoPro MAX camera to document your life and your adventures. This book covers everything you need to know about using your GoPro MAX camera. The book teaches you: *how to operate your GoPro Max camera; *how to choose settings for full 360 spherical video; *how you can tap into the most powerful, often overlooked settings for traditional video; *tips for the best GoPro mounts to use with GoPro Max; *vital 360 photography/cinematography knowledge; *simple photo, video and time lapse editing techniques for 360 and traditional output and *the many ways to share your edited videos and photos. Through the SEVEN STEPS laid out in this book, you will understand your camera and learn how to use mostly FREE software to finally do something with your results. This book is perfect for beginners, but also provides in depth knowledge that will be useful for intermediate camera users. Written specifically for the GoPro MAX camera.
The “highly entertaining and thoroughly reprehensible” #1 New York Times bestseller—now with sixteen pages of photos and a new introduction (The New York Times). My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way: I share my adventures with the world. --from the Introduction Actual reader feedback: "I find it truly appalling that there are people in the world like you. You are a disgusting, vile, repulsive, repugnant, foul creature. Because of you, I don’t believe in God anymore. No just God would allow someone like you to exist." "I’ll stay with God as my lord, but you are my savior. I just finished reading your brilliant stories, and I laughed so hard I almost vomited. I want to bring that kind of joy to people. You’re an artist of the highest order and a true humanitarian to boot. I'm in both shock and awe at how much I want to be you."
Thema der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Entwicklung und Realisierung einer neuen Methode zur Gitterdeformation im Hinblick auf die Anwendung in r- und rh-adaptiven Verfahren. Das neu entwickelte Verfahren wird sowohl numerisch als auchtheoretisch analysiert. Die vorliegende Arbeit ist in sechs Kapitel gegliedert.Das erste Kapitel stellt den gegenwartigen Stand der Mathematik auf den Gebieten Fehlerkontrolle und Gittersteuerung dar. Besonderes Augenmerk liegt auf einer ubersicht gangiger Verfahren zur Gitterdeformation, also Methoden zur Neuanordnung der Punkte eines gegebenen Gitters unter Beibehaltung seiner Topologie. Hinzu kommt die Darstellung des Aspekts der hardware-orientierten Numerik. Hier geht es darum, durch ein geeignetes Design der numerischen Verfahren die Leistungsfahigkeit heutiger Computer voll auszuschopfen. Im zweiten Kapitel wird das Basisverfahren zur Gitterdeformation hergeleitet und grundlegende Eigenschaften der Methode bewiesen. Das neue Verfahren wird mit dem Vorlauferverfahren von Liao verglichen, wobei die weitaus grossere Flexibilitat der neuen Methode deutlich wird. Im letzten Teil dieses Kapitels wird die numerische Realisierung der Deformationsmethode mithilfe von FE-Ansatzen thematisiert. Das dritte Kapitel beinhaltet den Kern der Dissertation: Die theoretische und numerische Analyse des im zweiten Kapitel vorgestellten Basisverfahrens. Nach der Formulierung eines geeigneten Konvergenzbegriffes wird die Konvergenz der numerischen Realisierung des Deformationsverfahrens bewiesen. Sowohl der Konvergenzbegriff als auch die Konvergenzaussage sind neu und wurden bisher in der Literatur auch nicht in ahnlicher Weise formuliert. Ausfuhrliche numerische Tests bestatigen die theoretischen Ergebnisse. Das in Kapitel 2 eingefuhrte Basisverfahren wird hinsichtlich Genauigkeit und Robustheit weiterentwickelt. Durch geeignete Ausnutzung der Gitterhierarchie gelingt es mit der sog. Multilevel-Deformation ein Verfahren bereitzustellen, welches von optimaler Komplexitat ist. Im letzten Teil des Kapitels wird diese Multilevel-Deformation auf das L-Gebiet angewandt. Den Schwerpunkt im vierten Kapitel bildet die Anwendung der Gitterdeformation auf die Poisson-Gleichung auf dem L-Gebiet. Der Gradientenfehler wird auf a priori deformierten Gittern betrachtet. Die mit der Gitterdeformation erzeugten Gitter ermoglichen eine fur Q_1-Elemente optimale Konvergenzordnung. Nach einer numerischen Untersuchung des ZZ-Schatzers auf solchen Gittern wird ein voll r-adaptiver Algorithmus formuliert und getestet. Die Gitterdeformation wird nun vollautomatisch durch der geschatzten Fehlerverteilung gesteuert. Die so gewonnenen Ergebnisse sind in ihrer Genauigkeit mit den a priori gewonnen Resultaten vergleichbar. Das funfte Kapitel beinhaltet eine Erweiterung des zuvor eingefuhrten r-adaptiven Verfahrens um regulare Gitterverfeinerung und ihre Anwendung auf die Laplace-Gleichung auf dem L-Gebiet. Es werden zwei rh-adaptive Algorithmen betrachtet. Der zweite Algorithmus verzichtet auf hangende Knoten und erweist sich dem ersten als uberlegen; die Resultate entsprechen in ihrer Genauigkeit etwa den mit reiner r-Adaptivitat gewonnen Werten, erfordern aber eine erheblich geringere Rechenzeit.Im letzten Abschnitt wird die zuvor entwickelte rh-adaptive Methode auf Diffusionsprobleme mit anisotropem Diffusionstensor angewendet, die sich aus Problemen des Grundwasserflusses motivieren. Mithilfe des rh-adaptiven Verfahrens konnen nicht nur der Gradientenfehler, sondern auch abgeleitete Grossen wie der Punktfehler signifikant verringert werden. Hierbei wird die Verteilung des Punktfehlers mithilfe der DWR-Methode ermittelt. Das sechste und letzte Kapitel beinhaltet eine Zusammenfassung der Arbeit und zeigtAnsatzpunkte fur eine Fortentwicklung auf.
Now a major motion picture starring Amber Heard, Shiloh Fernandez, Kellan Lutz, and Brittany Snow Scat (formerly known as Michael Holloway) is young, underemployed, and trying to make it in Los Angeles. When he comes up with the idea for the hottest new soda ever, he’s sure he’ll become the next overnight sensation, maybe even retire early. But in the treacherous waters of corporate America there are no sure things and Scat finds that he has to fight to save his idea if his yet-to-be-realized career will ever get off the ground. With the help of a scarily gorgeous and brilliant marketing director named 6, he sets out on a mission to grab hold the fame and fortune that, time and again, elude him. This sharp-witted novel is a scathingly funny satire of celebrity, the pop culture machine, and the length to which a guy will go to get ahead—and get a date while doing it.
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