1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453474003321

Autore

Zelnick Robert <1940->

Titolo

Winning Florida : how the Bush team fought the battle / / Robert Zelnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2001

ISBN

0-8179-2886-3

0-8179-2888-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 500

Disciplina

324.973/0929/09759

Soggetti

Contested elections - Florida

Contested elections - United States

Political campaigns - United States

Presidents - United States - Election - 2000

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-173) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Drawing the Battle Lines; Chapter 2: Defining the Issues; Chapter 3: Rewriting the Law; Chapter 4: Fighting the Ground War; Chapter 5: Vacating the Florida Court; Chapter 6: Surviving a Scare; Chapter 7: Fighting the Contest; Chapter 8: Losing in the State Court; Chapter 9: Shutting the Door; Addenda; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

With a reporter's keen eye for detail, award-winning journalist Zelnick conveys every emotion of the key players in this battle, presenting a rich, colorful tale that reads more like a fictional political thriller than the bizarre real-life drama it was?from election night through the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141822903321

Titolo

IEEE guide for the design and application of power electronics in electrical power systems on ships

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : IEEE, , 2009

ISBN

0-7381-5840-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (60 pages)

Disciplina

621.317

Soggetti

Power electronics - Standards

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This guide applies to power electronics components and systems on ships and similar applications. It summarizes current electrical engineering methods and practices for applying power electronics in electrical power systems on ships and describes analytical methods, preferred parameters, and performance characteristics from a common frame of reference for reliable integrated marine electrical power systems. Keywords: electric ships, integrated power systems, marine electrical power systems, power electronics, power electronic building blocks, propulsion.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972687603321

Titolo

The death of sacred texts : ritual disposal and renovation of texts in world religions / / edited by Kristina Myrvold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-03640-9

1-315-61531-2

1-317-03639-5

1-282-54528-0

9786612545283

0-7546-9621-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MyrvoldKristina

Disciplina

208/.2

Soggetti

Sacred books

Books - Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2010 by Ashgate Pub.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Accounts of a Dying Scroll: On Jewish Handling of Sacred Texts in Need of Restoration or Disposal; 2 Relating, Revering, and Removing: Muslim Views on the Use, Power, and Disposal of Divine Words; 3 A Fitting Ceremony: Christian Concerns for Bible Disposal; 4 The Death of the Dharma: Buddhist Sutra Burials in Early Medieval Japan; 5 Rites of Burial and Immersion: Hindu Ritual Practices on Disposing of Sacred Texts in Vrindavan; 6 Is a Manuscript an Object or a Living Being?: Jain Views on the Life and Use of Sacred Texts

7 Making the Scripture a Person: Reinventing Death Rituals of Guru Granth Sahib in Sikhism8 Disposing of Non-Disposable Texts: Conclusions and Prospects for Further Study; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Death of Sacred Texts draws attention to a much neglected topic in the study of sacred texts: the religious and ritual attitudes towards texts which have become old and damaged and can no longer be used for reading practices and in religious worship. This book approaches religious texts and scriptures by focusing on their physical properties



and the dynamic interactions of devices and habits that lie beneath and within a given text.. In the last decades a growing body of research studies has directed attention to the multiple uses and ways people encounter written texts and how they make t