Categorically Speaking
Categorically Speaking

Author: Alexandra Moss Zannis

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2012-06

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 146694126X

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Alexandra Moss Zannis resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Besides writing poetry, Alexandra and her husband, Andreas, were a professional singing duo, performing around the world in concerts, night clubs, theaters, and on television. She is a member of Northeast Indiana POETS, Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs, the National Federation of State Poetry Clubs, and the Back Room Poets, a critiquing group. She has been published in the Raintown Review, The Pedestal Magazine; The Red River Review; League of American Poets; and in various poetry books, such as Penhaligon Page. Ltd, Wales; Poetworks/Grayson Books, Connecticut. In both the 2009 and 2010 Senior Poets Laureate Poetry Contests, she was awarded the prize for best poem submitted by Indiana Poets. Other publications include the Pennsylvania Poetry Society Prize Poems of 2009; Nature in the Hooserland (Shadow Ink Publications); awarded prizes in the Ohio Day poetry contests; and in the 2007 issue of Encore, published by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies.

Getting Started with Data Science
Getting Started with Data Science

Author: Murtaza Haider

Publisher: IBM Press

Published: 2015-12-14

Total Pages: 942

ISBN-13: 0133991237

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Master Data Analytics Hands-On by Solving Fascinating Problems You’ll Actually Enjoy! Harvard Business Review recently called data science “The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century.” It’s not just sexy: For millions of managers, analysts, and students who need to solve real business problems, it’s indispensable. Unfortunately, there’s been nothing easy about learning data science–until now. Getting Started with Data Science takes its inspiration from worldwide best-sellers like Freakonomics and Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: It teaches through a powerful narrative packed with unforgettable stories. Murtaza Haider offers informative, jargon-free coverage of basic theory and technique, backed with plenty of vivid examples and hands-on practice opportunities. Everything’s software and platform agnostic, so you can learn data science whether you work with R, Stata, SPSS, or SAS. Best of all, Haider teaches a crucial skillset most data science books ignore: how to tell powerful stories using graphics and tables. Every chapter is built around real research challenges, so you’ll always know why you’re doing what you’re doing. You’ll master data science by answering fascinating questions, such as: • Are religious individuals more or less likely to have extramarital affairs? • Do attractive professors get better teaching evaluations? • Does the higher price of cigarettes deter smoking? • What determines housing prices more: lot size or the number of bedrooms? • How do teenagers and older people differ in the way they use social media? • Who is more likely to use online dating services? • Why do some purchase iPhones and others Blackberry devices? • Does the presence of children influence a family’s spending on alcohol? For each problem, you’ll walk through defining your question and the answers you’ll need; exploring how others have approached similar challenges; selecting your data and methods; generating your statistics; organizing your report; and telling your story. Throughout, the focus is squarely on what matters most: transforming data into insights that are clear, accurate, and can be acted upon.

Applications of Category Theory to Fuzzy Subsets
Applications of Category Theory to Fuzzy Subsets

Author: S.E. Rodabaugh

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 940112616X

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This book has a fundamental relationship to the International Seminar on Fuzzy Set Theory held each September in Linz, Austria. First, this volume is an extended account of the eleventh Seminar of 1989. Second, and more importantly, it is the culmination of the tradition of the preceding ten Seminars. The purpose of the Linz Seminar, since its inception, was and is to foster the development of the mathematical aspects of fuzzy sets. In the earlier years, this was accomplished by bringing together for a week small grou ps of mathematicians in various fields in an intimate, focused environment which promoted much informal, critical discussion in addition to formal presentations. Beginning with the tenth Seminar, the intimate setting was retained, but each Seminar narrowed in theme; and participation was broadened to include both younger scholars within, and established mathematicians outside, the mathematical mainstream of fuzzy sets theory. Most of the material of this book was developed over the years in close association with the Seminar or influenced by what transpired at Linz. For much of the content, it played a crucial role in either stimulating this material or in providing feedback and the necessary screening of ideas. Thus we may fairly say that the book, and the eleventh Seminar to which it is directly related, are in many respects a culmination of the previous Seminars.

Badiou and Communicable Worlds
Badiou and Communicable Worlds

Author: William Watkin

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-02-25

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1350177962

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Logics of Worlds stands as one of the most important texts in contemporary thought. Conceived as the sequel to Alan Badiou's Being and Event, the book expands upon and elucidates the questions that were posed in the first book. As a complex theory of worlds, the text has, for the most part, been misunderstood, but in William Watkin's diligent and critical close reading of the book, he makes the case for Logics of Worlds being the essential Badiou book for anyone interested in existence, meaning and the potential for radical change. For Watkin, this recasting of ontology is followed by a transformation of logic, which is not only a theory of being, but of appearing and allows Badiou to give new meaning to the object, body and relation. To do this, he explores these concepts through architecture, astronomy and renowned thinkers such as Kant, Hegel and Kierkegaard. For students of French Continental philosophy, ontology and Badiou himself, Watkin's commentary on the philosopher's text provides a brilliant and incisive new interpretation of this underrated work by the leading Continental philosopher of our time.

The Japanese Ideology
The Japanese Ideology

Author: Tosaka Jun

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2024-09-17

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0231561326

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A major Marxist thinker and critic in 1930s Japan, Tosaka Jun was among the world’s most incisive—yet underrecognized—theorists of capitalism, fascism, and ideology during the years before World War II. The Japanese Ideology is his masterpiece, first published in 1935, as Japan and the world plummeted into an age of reaction. Tosaka offers a ruthless philosophical critique of contemporary ideology that exposes liberalism’s deep complicity with fascism. The Japanese Ideology provides a materialist analysis of the reactionary ideology then overtaking Japan, with profound significance for anywhere fascism has taken root. Modeled after Marx and Engels’s The German Ideology, it critiques idealism as the common ground for liberalism and fascism, against which only historical materialism can suffice. Tosaka demonstrates how liberal and fascist ideas at once justified and concealed Japan’s colonization of East Asia, and he investigates the many traces of fascism in Japanese thought and society. The Japanese Ideology makes an important intervention in Marxist theory by criticizing reliance on the East/West binary and the notion of the “Asiatic mode of production.” Robert Stolz’s translation introduces Anglophone readers to a classic of twentieth-century Marxist thought by an unsung peer of Gramsci and Benjamin with striking relevance today.

Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan

Author: Michael D. Rinella

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2024-07-18

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1476694184

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Ann Sheridan was much more than just Hollywood's glamorous and sexy "Oomph Girl." She was also a versatile actress who beguiled movie audiences with her vibrant personality and no-nonsense acting style opposite some of the biggest stars of the time like James Cagney, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, and Errol Flynn. She excelled in multiple genres, including drama, comedy, and musical, with ease and individual style. Several of her movies, like Angels with Dirty Faces, Kings Row, and I Was a Male War Bride endure today as classic films from Hollywood's Golden Age. In this first-ever full-length biography, Ann Sheridan's colorful life and 34-year career are examined in detail, including her long climb to motion picture stardom, the years as a top box-office draw, her three marriages, and other significant romantic relationships.

Companion to Intrinsic Properties
Companion to Intrinsic Properties

Author: Robert M. Francescotti

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2014-06-18

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 3110292599

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what makes a property intrinsic? What exactly does the intrinsic/extrinsic distinction rest upon, and how can we reasonably justify this distinction? These questions bear great importance on central debates in such diverse philosophical fields as ethics (What is the nature of intrinsic value?), philosophy of mind (Does mental content supervene on internal bodily features?), epistemology (Can intrinsic duplicates differ in the justification of their beliefs?) and philosophy of science (Do the causal powers of an object depend on its extrinsic features?) – to only name a few. Given the central relevance of the intrinsic/extrinsic distinction to philosophical research, a collection of pertinent essays on the topic is an essential addition to the literature. It helps to identify more clearly the problems and arguments that are at stake. The anthology provides a comprehensive overview of central facets of the debates, including both crucial earlier and important new contributions by leading philosophers. As such it constitutes an indispensable component of any serious study of the topic.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jazz
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jazz

Author: Alan Axelrod

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9780028627311

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Traces the origins and history of jazz, its major artists, and its stylistic varieties, and offers suggestions for assembling a recording collection

The Lion
The Lion

Author: Sylvia Bristow Goodrum

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-05-29

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1312273917

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An escaped lion from a drive-thru safari owned by Fly Early Hamilton causes death and destruction. An unknown rogue employee at National Lloyds is issuing unauthorized policies to cover the losses. While the policies are genuine, the premium payments aren't. National Lloyds pays out millions in claims. An audit shows many discrepancies. Kelly sets a wedding date, but after he marries, he sees little of his bride because he and Sarge are forced to work far into the night trying to solve the mystery. When a three billion policy comes from Lloyds of London, Kelly and Sarge are faced with the threat of Felony Fraud by Insurance Company, which carries a severe prison sentance.