Crime/ mystery novel following Pat Riordan, a teacher-turned-detective who must exonerate himself after being named a person of interest in a local missing-woman case. When a mysterious encounter with female jogger Penny spirals into a series of unexplained coincidences, Riordan becomes a prime suspect for her kidnapping, along with that of two other local women missing for some time and his own cousin Deidre. The case against him is doggedly (and maliciously) spearheaded by Detective Sergeant Donald Cromwell, whose tenacity is only matched by his increasingly sinister aspect.
The MIDI Manual is a complete reference on MIDI, written by a well-respected sound engineer and author. This best-selling guide provides a clear explanation of what MIDI is, how to use electronic instruments and an explanation of sequencers and how to use them. You will learn how to set up an efficient MIDI system and how to get the best out of your music. The MIDI Manual is packed full of useful tips and practical examples on sequencing and mixing techniques. It also covers editors/librarians, working with a score, MIDI in mass media and multimedia and synchronisation. The MIDI spec is set out in detail along with the helpful guidelines on using the implementation chart. Illustrated throughout with helpful photos and screengrabs, this is the most readable and clear book on MIDI available.
THE SWING OFFENSE PLAYBOOK Developed by Wisconsin legend Bo Ryan and made famous by San Antonio’s head coach Gregg Popovich, the Swing offense is 4 Out 1 In continuity offense that is interchangeable. This offense can help your team produce great shots through great spacing, screening, cutting, passing, and motion, which are all key components to its success. Another great thing about this offense is that you do not need great athletes to run it. This offense was designed to get the ball moving from one side of the court to the other and stretch the defense out, which can help create easy scoring opportunities for your offense. With the help of this 243-page playbook, you will learn all the in’s and out’s of the Swing Offense. You will learn how we transition directly into our Swing continuity from our secondary break and how we like to get into our offense from our baseline and sideline out of bounds plays. When defenses start to overplay and cheat our basic Swing motion, run one of the many counters or quick hitters provided in this book, which features over 34 different counter plays that you can choose from that will help you to catch the defense off guard. This offense is positionless and easily adaptable to your personnel allowing a coach to decide where and how to attack against opponents. This book shows you many of the adjustments a coach can make during a game to make sure that you make the right call at the perfect moment. You will also get over 175 pages of practice drills that will help you to install the Swing Offense by using game-like drills and teaching concepts that will easily help you implement this offense to your team. Learn to run the same offense as some of the best college programs and NBA teams today with the help of this outstanding playbook. Features: 243 Pages 3 continuity offenses 34 Quick hitters to counter what the defense may try to do Over 175 pages in practice drills
The volume set LNAI 11740 until LNAI 11745 constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2019, held in Shenyang, China, in August 2019. The total of 378 full and 25 short papers presented in these proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 522 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: collective and social robots; human biomechanics and human-centered robotics; robotics for cell manipulation and characterization; field robots; compliant mechanisms; robotic grasping and manipulation with incomplete information and strong disturbance; human-centered robotics; development of high-performance joint drive for robots; modular robots and other mechatronic systems; compliant manipulation learning and control for lightweight robot. Part II: power-assisted system and control; bio-inspired wall climbing robot; underwater acoustic and optical signal processing for environmental cognition; piezoelectric actuators and micro-nano manipulations; robot vision and scene understanding; visual and motional learning in robotics; signal processing and underwater bionic robots; soft locomotion robot; teleoperation robot; autonomous control of unmanned aircraft systems. Part III: marine bio-inspired robotics and soft robotics: materials, mechanisms, modelling, and control; robot intelligence technologies and system integration; continuum mechanisms and robots; unmanned underwater vehicles; intelligent robots for environment detection or fine manipulation; parallel robotics; human-robot collaboration; swarm intelligence and multi-robot cooperation; adaptive and learning control system; wearable and assistive devices and robots for healthcare; nonlinear systems and control. Part IV: swarm intelligence unmanned system; computational intelligence inspired robot navigation and SLAM; fuzzy modelling for automation, control, and robotics; development of ultra-thin-film, flexible sensors, and tactile sensation; robotic technology for deep space exploration; wearable sensing based limb motor function rehabilitation; pattern recognition and machine learning; navigation/localization. Part V: robot legged locomotion; advanced measurement and machine vision system; man-machine interactions; fault detection, testing and diagnosis; estimation and identification; mobile robots and intelligent autonomous systems; robotic vision, recognition and reconstruction; robot mechanism and design. Part VI: robot motion analysis and planning; robot design, development and control; medical robot; robot intelligence, learning and linguistics; motion control; computer integrated manufacturing; robot cooperation; virtual and augmented reality; education in mechatronics engineering; robotic drilling and sampling technology; automotive systems; mechatronics in energy systems; human-robot interaction.
Moments of Tegan's life, through her father's eyes. Is anything more rewarding--and difficult--than being a parent? A father documents intimate moments with his daughter from birth into adolescence and contemplates the challenges, sacrifices, and rewards for all parents and children.
