Who are the 21st-century expats? Do you wonder what motivates millions around the world to leave their homes, family and friends to immerse themselves in unfamiliar cultures, learn foreign languages and get to know new people? Have you considered joining them?It's a movement; the number of expats grows as we become more global and mobile. While the ages, locations and experiences of these 31 internationals differ, their stories inform, inspire and expose the common threads connectin...

A treasury of meditations for living from your heart—from a top teacher at the #1 online meditation service InsightTimer.In our noisy, noisy world, it can seem nearly impossible to find ways to turn off our busy minds, which so often flood us with worry and unending lists of tasks. So how do you find your way off the negativity treadmill? When you feel overwhelmed and afraid, how can you return to a place of groundedness and connection?"When we turn toward ...

Named by the Abenaki Indians, Winooski, which means "land of the wild onion," has enjoyed a long history. Ira and Ethan Allen and their uncle Remember Baker first settled in the area in 1772. Since that settlement, Winooski has hosted various mills and factories, several churches, many stores, and an active community. The Vermont Legislature approved a change of charter in 1921, and the citizens of Winooski voted in favor of incorporating the City of Winooski at their annual meeting in Mar...

“My mouth cracks a smile, not knowing what was coming.It feels like a completely different entity from me, a parasite living on my face, burrowing its way into my body, into my guts.I need to remove it, it would be ignorant of me not to.”– Adrian Hollow, “Phonophobia”Nine authors and thirteen visual artists come together to share their stories in this all-new 2024 volume of Polymorphic Magazine, featuring ten original and fully-illustrated horror-fiction sho...

A comprehensive introduction to automata theory that uses the novel approach of viewing automata as data structures.This textbook presents automata theory from a fresh viewpoint inspired by its main modern application, program verification, where automata are viewed as data structures for the algorithmic manipulation of sets and relations. This novel “automata as data structures” paradigm makes holistic connections between automata theory and other areas of compute...

This book covers controller tuning techniques from conventional to new optimization methods for diverse control engineering applications. Classical controller tuning approaches are presented with real-world challenges faced in control engineering. Current developments in applying optimization techniques to controller tuning are explained. Case studies of optimization algorithms applied to controller tuning dealing with nonlinearities and limitations like the inverted pendulum and the autom...

This book was written as a spinoff of my first book - this time as a short story with a poetic dark twist! All purely fun and fiction!The book was concocted solely using some of my poetry and enhanced into a story telling venture, wherein I am lost in the darkness of thought.There are characters suggested in this book, however they are indirect or unknown and reference may only be by name or by nickname or just simply to remain unknown.Throughout the book there may ...

A poetic & artistic adventure into the known and the unknown. This is one of the few poetry books written by Robert R. Blondin and the new edition published by Author Reputation Press.

"Poetic Rumblings": a collection of free verse poems - most of which were written during the 1970's & 1980's - my personal ramblings about life, its good days and bad days, with all its misunderstandings, mishaps and other unfortunate happenings. Or, it can be whatever you believe it to be! Time, Only Time, will tell.

A story about three kids and their Papa, finding stars and lucky stardust.

Dene Elder George Blondin creates a spiritual guidebook that weaves together oral stories with the recounting of how the Northern Canadian Dene came to depend on the European fur traders. The result is a magical journey for readers of any heritage.

This book delves into the dynamic intersection of data science, data mining, machine learning, and optimization within sports. It compiles and presents the latest achievements in this vibrant and emerging research area, offering a comprehensive overview of how these technologies revolutionize sports analytics and performance.Topical coverage includes artificial intelligence in sports, automated machine learning for training sessions, computational social science, and deep learning ...