…and then, we belonged to the irregular galaxy.As we continue to fall deeper into the digital ditch, human touch seems to be fading away like water drops on a heated pan. Given the future fast approaching machine interactions, the need to hold on to the feeling of owning basics and feeling their significance from within is rising at an alarming rate. Enter DOTS.Experience the realistic side of anthology crafted with an honest effort to bring out profound meanings from day-to-...

Lori Ann Smith was sick and tired of being sick and tired! She was tired of being a clueless teenage mother weighted by the guilt of immaturity and bad decisions. Tired of dealing with constant drama that seemed to follow her since she was four years old. She was tired of years of emotional and physical abuse in the name of love.When Lori dropped out of high school in the eleventh grade and birthed five children by the age of twenty-five, she had no plans for a future. She spent he...

This volume discusses and theorizes cultures of narratives and knowledge production that shape the system of ‘Culture’, which has arguably been the greatest epoch of our civilization. The discernible and increasing importance of nativity and indigeneity in India and elsewhere has underscored the urgency of framing the major contemporary issues and debates that constitute this field. This book locates the marginalized/alternative narratives in society against the backdrop of social oppressi...

Follow the classic tale of the trickster Brer Rabbit in a one-of-a-kind trilingual edition, featuring Nahuatl, Spanish, and English languages alongside traditional amate bark paintings.Uncle Rabbit has been gazing longingly at a garden across the river where his favorite foods are planted. Finally, he tricks Old Man Crocodile into giving him a ride to the other side of the river, only to find that he has bitten off more than he can chew!Uncle Rabbit and...

Knowledge exists: you only have to ?nd it VLSI design has come to an important in?ection point with the appearance of large manufacturing variations as semiconductor technology has moved to 45 nm feature sizes and below. If we ignore the random variations in the manufacturing process, simulation-based design essentially becomes useless, since its predictions will be far from the reality of manufactured ICs. On the other hand, using design margins based on some traditional notion of worst-c...

The Möbius Strip explores the history, political economy, and culture of space in central Guerrero, Mexico, during the colonial period. This study is significant for two reasons. First, space comprises a sphere of contention that affects all levels of society, from the individual and his or her household to the nation-state and its mechanisms for control and coercion. Second, colonialism offers a particularly unique situation, for it invariably involves a determined effort on the ...