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Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim WomenAcross much of the world today, Muslim women of all ages are increasingly turning to wearing the veil. Is this trend a sign of rising piety or a way of asserting Muslim pride? And does the veil really provide women freedom from sexual harassment? Written in the form of letters addressing all those interested in this issue, Questioning the... | | The Fractal Structure of Data Reference: Applications to the Memory HierarchyFor purposes of understanding its performance, a computer system is traditionally viewed as a processor coupled to one or more disk storage devices, and driven by externally generated requests (typically called transactions). Over the past several decades, very powerful techniques have become available to the performance analyst attempting to... | | How Do Hybrid Cars Work? (Science in the Real World)In recent years, there has been much concern about the world's reliance on nonrenewable resources, such as oil. Scientists are attempting to decrease our dependency on oil - something cars require to work. Hybrid cars, which run on alternative energy sources like sunlight, corn, and biofuels, may be the key to using less oil. "How Do Hybrid... |
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Algorithms and Computation: 11th International Conference, ISAAC 2000, Taipei, Taiwan
The papers in this volume were selected for presentation at the Eleventh Annual
International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2000), held
on 18{20 December, 2000 at the Institute of Information Science, Academia
Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. Previous meetings were held in Tokyo (1990), Taipei
(1991), Nagoya (1992),... | | Mac OS X Lion: Visual Quickstart Guide
Mac OS X Lion—or also simply called OS X
Lion—is the latest version of the computer
operating system that put the phrase
graphic user interface in everyone’s
vocabulary. With Mac OS, you can point,
click, and drag to work with files, applications,
and utilities. Because the same
intuitive interface... | | Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification
As Eric S. Raymond reminds us, Open Source Software will continue to shape the
dynamics of the computer software industry for the next long while, just as it has for the
last decade. Coined and perpetuated by hackers, the term “Open Source Software” refers
to software in which the source code is freely available to... |
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Arduino Wearables
At a young age, I lived very close to my grandmothers and I used to visit them often. Both of my
grandmothers were very skilled in textile handcrafts and, along with my mother, were firm believers that
sewing is one of those basic skills that everyone should know. One grandmother was amazing at
crocheting and needlepoint, and the... | | Everyday Leadership: Getting Results in Business, Politics, and Life
?A book that truly speaks to everyone. . . . Always practical, often inspiring, this is more a reference book than a self-improvement text, and a great read for any would-be leader.”
?Roger Penske, owner of Penske Corporation and Penske Racing
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