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Author: Victoria M. Chang Publisher: University of Georgia Press ISBN: 0820331767 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 105
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Victoria Chang's collection takes its title from what many call "the worst weed in the world," a plant so rapidly and uncontrollably invasive that it is illegal to sell or possess in the United States. Chang explores this image of vitality and evil in three thematically grouped sections focusing on corporate greed, infidelity and desire, and historical atrocities, including the excesses of the Cultural Revolution in China and the massacre of Chinese people in Nanking by Japanese troops in World War II. This edgy, fierce subject matter becomes engaging and fresh as Chang applies her powers of imagination to the extraordinary lives of Madame Mao, investment banker Frank P. Quattrone, and others living at extraordinary historical moments. In "Seven Stages of Genocide," for example, the poem's speaker is herded into a death camp along with a neighbor that he strongly dislikes: "The barbed wire around us forces me / to catch his breath that smells like goose." Chang focuses her attention to occurrences in the world that many poets find too violent or disturbing to write about, thereby making her own distinctive aesthetic from that which is, like Salvinia molesta, both creepy and beautiful.
Author: Victoria M. Chang Publisher: University of Georgia Press ISBN: 0820331767 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 105
Book Description
Victoria Chang's collection takes its title from what many call "the worst weed in the world," a plant so rapidly and uncontrollably invasive that it is illegal to sell or possess in the United States. Chang explores this image of vitality and evil in three thematically grouped sections focusing on corporate greed, infidelity and desire, and historical atrocities, including the excesses of the Cultural Revolution in China and the massacre of Chinese people in Nanking by Japanese troops in World War II. This edgy, fierce subject matter becomes engaging and fresh as Chang applies her powers of imagination to the extraordinary lives of Madame Mao, investment banker Frank P. Quattrone, and others living at extraordinary historical moments. In "Seven Stages of Genocide," for example, the poem's speaker is herded into a death camp along with a neighbor that he strongly dislikes: "The barbed wire around us forces me / to catch his breath that smells like goose." Chang focuses her attention to occurrences in the world that many poets find too violent or disturbing to write about, thereby making her own distinctive aesthetic from that which is, like Salvinia molesta, both creepy and beautiful.
Author: Mark Frauenfelder Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 145210557X Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 177
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Bookstore shelves are lined with tomes dedicated to the finest things that life has to offer. This is all well and good, but the real entertainment is to be found not in the cream of the crop, but at the bottom of the barrel. The World's Worst is a celebration/indictment of nearly 50 infamous and little-known exemplars of the awful. In thoroughly researched, scathingly funny essays, author Mark Frauenfelder avoids the obvious and digs deep to tell the fascinating tales of the worst people, places, and things on Earth for the reader's amusement and edification. Half of the entries are also mischieviously illustrated by the author. Addictively readable, and sure to appeal to fans of the popular Worst-Case Scenario and Darwin Awards series, The World's Worst is hilariously unafraid to wallow in the mire. Selected Horrible Highlights: Most Unappealing Fetish Most Disgusting Coffee Drink Most Horrific Self-Help Technique Least Adorable Pet Saddest Fate for an Island Nation Worst Molasses Related Disaster
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Publisher: ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 88
Author: British Crop Protection Council Publisher: British Crop Protection ISBN: Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 132
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In 1990, while Vince Smith was working as a senior keeper at Chester Zoo, a newborn chimpanzee in his care was abandoned by her mother. Named Sophie, the baby chimp was taken home and hand-reared by Vince and his wife. Six months later another new baby arrived: Oliver, their son.
Author: Shahid A. Abbasi Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biogas Languages : en Pages : 256
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Distribution of Salvinia; depletion of water resources and hindrance to water use by Salvinia; Environmental impact of Salvinia; control of Salvinia; Utilisation of Salvinia; Anaerobic digestion; Feasibility studies on Salvinia for energy production; Effect of weed: Water ratio on bio-gas production from Salvinia; Effect of temperature On biogas production from aquatic fern Salvinia; Bio-energy potential of eight common aquatic weeds; Survivability and growth of Salvinia molesta (Mitchell) over water treated with heavy metals and subsequent utilisation of the harvested weeds for energy (Bio-mass) production; Use of aquatic weed Salvinia As full/ partial feed in commercial bio-gas disasters; Design and performance elevation of a fern shredder; Studies on multiphase Anaerobic digestion of aquatic weed Salvinia; Productivity (Net primary production) in natural waters.
Author: Victoria Chang Publisher: University of Illinois Press ISBN: 9780252071744 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 236
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A modern poetry anthology that includes the work of a second generation of Asian American poets who are taking the best of the prior generation, but also breaking conventional patterns.
Author: Rangaswamy Muniappan Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521877911 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 509
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This book discusses the biological control of weeds using arthropods, providing ecological management models for use across the tropical world.
Author: Kimon P. Valavanis Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9048187648 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 519
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In the last decade, signi?cant changes have occurred in the ?eld of vehicle motion planning, and for UAVs in particular. UAV motion planning is especially dif?cult due to several complexities not considered by earlier planning strategies: the - creased importance of differential constraints, atmospheric turbulence which makes it impossible to follow a pre-computed plan precisely, uncertainty in the vehicle state, and limited knowledge about the environment due to limited sensor capabilities. These differences have motivated the increased use of feedback and other control engineering techniques for motion planning. The lack of exact algorithms for these problems and dif?culty inherent in characterizing approximation algorithms makes it impractical to determine algorithm time complexity, completeness, and even soundness. This gap has not yet been addressed by statistical characterization of experimental performance of algorithms and benchmarking. Because of this overall lack of knowledge, it is dif?cult to design a guidance system, let alone choose the algorithm. Throughout this paper we keep in mind some of the general characteristics and requirements pertaining to UAVs. A UAV is typically modeled as having velocity and acceleration constraints (and potentially the higher-order differential constraints associated with the equations of motion), and the objective is to guide the vehicle towards a goal through an obstacle ?eld. A UAV guidance problem is typically characterized by a three-dimensional problem space, limited information about the environment, on-board sensors with limited range, speed and acceleration constraints, and uncertainty in vehicle state and sensor data.
Author: Victoria M. Chang
Author: Victoria M. Chang
Author: Mark Frauenfelder
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs
Author: Elissa Van Oosterhout
Author: British Crop Protection Council
Author: Shahid A. Abbasi
Author: Victoria Chang
Author: Rangaswamy Muniappan
Author: Kimon P. Valavanis
Author: Ann E. Hajek