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Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide is the only guide that allows the general public access to information from the world-famous Jane's All the World's Aircraft (first published in 1909), used by international aviation and military organizations and professionals. Jammed packed with up-to-the minute color photographs and technical data to reflect developments in the aviation industry. This edition now also includes a complete list of national registration numbers and a diagram to help you find your way around any aircraft. Integral to each entry is a confusion feature to help you distinguish between similar types of aircraft making this the most comprehensive guide for any aviation fan.
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Lohengrin.......2007-01-04
Top level performance. I didn't like the scenes and costumes. The former, more traditional Vienna staging of Lohengrin was better.
Very nice book.......2006-08-03
I found this book a must have for every one interested in aircraft recognition. Virtually all aircraft we can spot has info about it. The photographs are small, however don't forget this is a pocket guide, very handy to take with you everywhere you go...
Was this book proofed?.......2006-02-06
It's my fault I bought this book. I all too briefly flipped through it at the bookstore, quickly noting the lack of some details in the specifications. I thought I could tolerate these omissions. I regret that decision now.
This is my first "Jane's" guide and I'm not impressed at all. Forget about the lack of some specifications for a moment, since the book is labeled a "recognition" guide. What specifications are in the book are riddled with typos and or just plain errors. It's like no one proofed the book. At times I find myself with the impression that it was rushed out the door. Combine this with complete omissions for major aircraft - Mitsubishi's MU2 line of turboprops for example, and the lack for fuel capacities and aircraft weights. Sometimes the main difference between to different models of the same make are so slight visually that these left out specifications aid in the identification. If you're going to provide some specifications, why not provide all the basics.
Maybe they should have broken this book into separate fixed wing and helicopter versions. As it is, I don't recommend this book for any but the most casual reader.
Excellent Book.......2005-09-29
This is a great book and the title explains it well. My only complaint is the Boing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche was omitted even with a picture of it on the back cover.
Baby's Jane's Aircraft Guide: Handy Guide but not perfect.......2005-06-03
Covering the gamut of aircraft from civilian to military, rotary to fixed wing, the "baby" Jane's is a great book for the aviation enthusiast as a quick reference guide or as a way to learn more without spending the hundreds for a full size Jane's. It's size allows it to be easily carried in a bag and it's perfect for airplane spotting or airshows.
The book is designed to include the most material possible in the smallest size, and does that well. That detracts from the amount of information that can be provided for each aircraft in terms of data and pictures, but they are any number of full size books that can provide that information. The sheer quantity of aircraft included though make up for the brevity of the entries.
All in all though, a good book that could use regular updates. A fourth edition covering the latest military and civilian programs would be a bonus, but for now, you can't get better for the price and size.
NOTE: Updated 4th Edition is now available, includes F/A 22, F/35 JSF, JF-17 China Pak Fighter, and A380 airliners. Still no Chinese F-10, or Boeing 787 though. Not worth the added expense for so few changes in my opinion
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The Order of the Knights Templar, whose original purpose was to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land, was first given its own Rule in 1129, formalising the exceptional combination of soldier and monk. This translation of Henri de Curzon's 1886 edition of the French Rule is derived from the three extant medieval manuscripts. Both monastic rule and military manual, the Ruleis a unique document and an important historical source. It comprises the Primitive Rule, Hierarchical Statutes, Penances, Conventual Life, the Holding of Ordinary Chapters, Further Details on Penances, and Reception into the Order. There are details of clothing, armour and equipment; instructions on conduct while on campaign; information on the daily life of members of the order and on the discipline which made it a formidable fighting force. The Ruleevolved over almost 150 years of the Order's history, and is thus a dynamic piece of work, showing how the Templars adapted to political change and formulated their disciplinary code. An introduction gives the historical background to the Rule and summarises the various sections. An appendix by MATTHEW BENNETT discusses the military implications. J.M. UPTON-WARD gained her M.Phil. at the University of Reading.
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An excellent work. .......2005-01-23
The Rule of the Templars: The French Text of the Rule of the Order of the Knights Templar, Judi Upton-Ward (Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 1992)
The myths surrounding the Knights Templar range from tales of great treasure to legends concerning a wealth of wisdom kept secret for a thousand years. Many have tried to discover what this great esoteric wisdom was, but, so far, no one has been able to 'decipher' any of the so-called 'clues' allegedly left behind by the Templars. These references to secret wisdom perhaps arose from the accusations of secrecy brought against the order during their trial. What many failed to recognize, or perhaps ignored, was that as a military order, the Templars had many reasons to keep their Rule, which governed their lives and their behavior in battle, a secret. Fortunately for us living nearly a thousand years later, we now have access to this 'secret knowledge' through Judi Upton-Ward's translation of the French version of the Rule, found in her book, The Rule of the Templars. In this work, Upton-Ward translates not only the Templars' Rule but also the statutes and includes an article by Matthew Bennett that discusses the military side of the Rule. In translating the Templar Rule from the vernacular, Upton-Ward points out that this work is just how the Templars themselves would have read it, straight from their native language, rather than being written in Latin by scholars who may not have know the military implications of what they were writing about. The importance of the French text lies here. This was a work written by and for the military men of the order for the purpose of governing their lives and ordering their behavior. Like any well-oiled military machine, it was necessary for the Rule to contain information on how to act on and off the field, information the Templars would not have wanted to fall into enemy hands.
What Upton-Ward accomplishes with her translation of the Templar Rule is an accessible look at the 'secret knowledge' of the Templars and a detailed look at the lives the Templars led, which, it turns out, actually closely paralleled the lives of other religious orders, which a few changes needed to accommodate the military nature of the Templars. The work is easy to read and geared to both scholars and pleasure readers alike.
Jennifer Regan and Dr. Carl Edwin Lindgren
For the devotee, a must........2003-01-05
Excellent. No doubt already on the shelves of those interested in this Medieval Catholic military lay religious order.
For the uninitiated reader, first read the Introduction, Primitive Rule, and Appendix. Then, the rest. To a reader for whom the Templars are "knights who fought in the crusades,"
the Rule will seem most unexpectedly profuse in dwelling upon internal monastic disciplines, religious guidelines, and personal observances. Regulations addressing military issues and a Knight's behavior in the field are present.
An appendix, coordinated with references to the Rule, treats some of the military aspect, especially in regards to the use of armed mounted force and the order's rankings.
If unfamiliar with the Military Orders, it will be an eye-opener as to what the Catholic Church proposed for its monks.
If doing extended reading elsewhere, a reader will be startled at the surprise ending of that now supressed Order. I would alert those who do followup, not to confuse "Templar," as properly used for this group, with some current appropriators of that name, used for purposes of having mystique of lore & legend.
A Jewel.......2001-05-15
This book has a lot of valuable information for anyone interested in the Templars. It has historical information in the preface and appendix and its content has every single rule the Knights of the Temple followed. It has every single battle rule and the everyday life activities of templars. The sins and the penitence, how to be admitted and the admittance ritual. How to get a counsil toghether, everything they were supposed to do. I suggest that if you are interested either in Templars or in the Dark Ages, you ought to buy this book.
Essential Reference for Masonic Historians.......1999-10-06
This English translation of the French "Rule" of the Templars is an essential reference for all students of the Templars, and of the history of "related" organizations such as Freemasonry. The "Reception" ritual will be of special interest to Freemason's, as parts of it are hauntingly familiar.
By far the very best of Knights Templar texts........1998-02-21
J.M. Upton-Ward has earned my eternal respect for the work presented here. The Rule, so vital to understanding the Order is clearly layed out and explained. Additional information is also included making this the one "must own" book for Templar scholars.
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Well-illustrated, practical approach to creating star-faced spherical forms that can serve as basic structures for geodesic domes. Complete instructions for making models from circular bands of paper with just a ruler and compass. Discusses tessellation, or tiling, and how to make spherical models of the semiregular solids and concludes with a discussion of the relationship of polyhedra to geodesic domes and directions for building models of domes. ". . . very pleasant reading."—Science. 1979 edition.
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Delivers the info.......2006-02-26
First, I am not a math whiz. But I expect my more gifted friends, with whom I plan to share (we are building a collective library) will be able to plunge into the more difficult bits with glee. I comprehend the concepts, and this is a good book in it's own right, and if you are interested in geodesic domes or sacred geometry, you might also find it helpful. I am very satisfied.
Super Models.......2001-07-10
I needed some answers in a hurry to a lot of questions I had on spherical approximations, and this book came through. So I don't have any complaints.
This is indeed a book on models. The organization is set up more to teach you or give you and understanding of spherical polyhedra by building models. So it is a little difficult to get answers to specific questions without actually working through building various types of models. There are some areas where I would have thought some trigonometry would have been worked out, rather than just giving the answers to lengths and angles. There are other areas where some discussion on the basic polyhedra could have been presented, rather than assuming the reader/modeller understood these from the start.
I will say the book is a little dated. I have made my constructions with heavy use of a 3-D CAD program. A lot of time will be saved from manually drawing out the needed shapes.
But if you are willing to work through the book, I am sure you will come away from it as a master.
How to Make a Geodesic Sphere from Paper.......2000-06-12
Ever wonder how to make a a model of a geodesic dome? This is a book for recreational math enthusiasts and Buck-Minster-fuller-philes, the most hands-on introduction to geodesic geometry out there. Just page after page of sphere models, nothing else. It's a nice companion to Wenninger's classic, "Polyhedral Models," but possibly is a little redundant.
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Environmental Science has become an interactive experience with the powerful demo version of Stella II modeling software. These computer models bring to life the environmental problems and case studies of John Harte's popular book, Consider a Spherical Cow. This book is available with software in Macintosh version, and is sold separately or packaged with Consider a Spherical Cow.
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Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA) is one of the most promising methods in solving the capacity problem of wireless communication systems. In addition to creating more efficient SDMA algorithms it is vital to determine and understand the theoretical limit of performance improvement. The greatest challenge is extending Shannon’s channel capacity equation to cover the wireless channels that use spatial signal processing. This book defines formulas which can be used to evaluate the limit capacity of multipath wireless channels in a particular receiving region with size limitation. It also contains charts with optimum numbers of space subchannels and limit capacities related to radio channel parameters. The book also investigates stochastic models for 2-D and 3-D multipath random radio channels. The non-ray method for building a stochastic model, based on spherical harmonics, is presented here for the first time.
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The maximal growth rates (@m"m"a"x) of 8 species of marine phytoplankton were studied in detail. A Logistic growth model was used to describe the growth process of phytoplankton and the averaged plotting correlation coefficient was 1.00+/-0.01 (mean+/-standard deviation). The size distribution of phytoplankton could be well represented by single or combined Gaussian distribution functions. The size distribution of phytoplankton was investigated by daily analysis, and the variation of the median equivalent spherical diameter (MESD) was recorded. The size of algal cells varied throughout the process of population growth, and the size distribution characteristic of the two species of pyrrophytes investigated also changed during the growth process. The relation between maximum growth rate and MESD could be expressed by the equation @m"m"a"x=a*MESD^b (where @m"m"a"x is the maximum specific growth rate, MESD is the median equivalent spherical diameter, and a and b are constants equal to 2.10x10^5 and -1.15, respectively), estimated by nonlinear regression analysis with the allometric function. The dependence of maximum cell density on algal MESD was also investigated and the relationship B"f=1.56x10^7 MESD^-^1^.^2^0 was obtained (where B"f is the maximum cell density).
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Gauss-Hermite quadrature is often used to evaluate and maximize the likelihood for random component probit models. Unfortunately, the estimates are biased for large cluster sizes and/or intraclass correlations. We show that adaptive quadrature largely overcomes these problems. We then extend the adaptive quadrature approach to general random coefficient models with limited and discrete dependent variables. The models can include several nested random effects (intercepts and coefficients) representing unobserved heterogeneity at different levels of a hierarchical dataset. The required multivariate integrals are evaluated efficiently using spherical quadrature rules. Simulations show that adaptive quadrature performs well in a wide range of situations.
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Six edge effect models are presented. Modelling results for the edge effect on the DBH, total height, crown height, and basal area in even-aged stands of Monterey pine (Pinus radiata D. Don) are provided. Free edges and edges under external competition pressure were analysed. Model fitting was carried out in two phases. In the first phase, independent fittings for each border type by sampled cardinal point in each stand were carried out to detect differences in edge effect intensity and depth according to edge aspect. In the second fitting phase, the best models selected by edge aspect in the first phase were restricted to estimate the same value for each variable in the stand interior, independently of the border where it was analysed. The edge effect intensity and depth varied depending on the analysed variable and edge type. Modelling of the edge effect on DBH and total height on free edges of old stands requires a model with independent parameters for each border aspect; the models can be restricted to estimate the average value of each variable in stand interior. A model with independent parameters for each border aspect should be also used for modelling the effect on total height, crown height and basal area for the edges of young stands under external competition pressure. The modelling of basal area and crown height on free edges of old stands, DBH on edges of young stands under external competition pressure, and all variables mentioned on free edges of young stands can be carried out through an average fitting. DBH and basal area are directly affected by stand density; thus, modelling of edge effect on these and others variables which are affected by stand density can improve with the inclusion of a competition index or a point density index.
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From the author: The objective of this essay is to develop a geometrical model to propose a pluralistic vision of the world's religions. A few conjectures are used: (1) spirituality is a need; (2) we are somehow haunted by the thought of the Divine, so that we mysteriously seek union with the Source, from which we have been separated; (3) all religions have inner paths (sometimes called the esoteric or the mystical paths) to achieve union with the Divine; and (4) all of these paths lead to the same destination, the Ultimate Source (the Center, the Truth, the Divine). To develop these conjectures into a consistent format, a two-dimensional model of spirituality, a circle, is borrowed from Sufism and is generalized to a three-dimensional spherical model. In this generalized model, there are an infinite number of circumferences on a sphere. These represent the different religions. From each circumference, that is, from each religion, there is an infinite number of ways or paths to the Center; these are the mystical paths. The objective of spirituality is that it then approaches the Center.
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Title: A spherical model of spirituality: a pluralistic perspective on the world's religions.(Author abstract)
Author: Mehrdad Massoudi
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