1999 IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing

• Record Nr.: UNISA996215086403316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : I E E E, 1999
• Altri autori (Persone): LiuK. J. Ray <1961->
• Disciplina: 621.382/2
• Soggetti: Electrical & Computer Engineering; Telecommunications; Engineering & Applied Sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

The most dangerous German agent in America : the many lives of Louis N. Hammerling / / M. B. B. Biskupski ; design by Yuni Dorr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787340803321
• Autore: Biskupski Mieczysław B.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: De Kalb, Illinois : , : NIU Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-5017-5782-2; 1-60909-176-0
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Disciplina: 627.1243073092
• Soggetti: Jews, Polish - United States
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Wanderings: from Galicia to Honolulu and back -- 2. Business, politics, and coal -- 3. Business tycoon and Republican leader -- 4. ; National politics -- 5. One of the most dangerous German agents in America -- 6. Dreams and ruin -- 7. The senator from Honolulu -- 8. The last chapter: America again.
• Sommario/riassunto: "On the morning of April 27, 1935, Louis N. Hammerling fell to his death from the nineteenth floor of an apartment in New York City, where he lived alone. Hammerling was one of the most influential Polish immigrants in turn-of-the-century America and the leading voice and advocate of the Eastern Europeans who had come to the country seeking a better life. He was also a pathological liar, a crook, a swindler, a ruthless entrepreneur, and a patriot--of which nation he could never decide. In the United States, Hammerling rose from the poverty of his youth to the heights of wealth and power. He was a timberman and mule driver in the Pennsylvania coal mines, an indentured worker in the Hawaiian sugar fields, one of the major behind-the-scenes powers in the United Mine Workers, an employee of the Hearst newspaper chain, an influential figure in the Republican Party, the owner of an advertising agency that made him a millionaire, a correspondent of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, and a senator of the Polish Republic. A Jew whose conversion to Catholicism did not protect him from anti-Semitism, Hammerling was monitored by state and federal agencies and was, in the words of his pursuers, "the most dangerous German agent in America"--

Treasury of Precious Qualities : Vajrayana and the Great Perfection

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136841603321
• Autore: Kangyur Rinpoche Longchen Yeshe Dorje
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston : , : Shambhala, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 9780834828575; 083482857X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (434 pages)
• Collana: Treasury of Precious Qualities ; ; v.2
• Altri autori (Persone): LingpaJigmé; GroupThe Padmakara Translation
• Disciplina: 294.3420423
• Soggetti: Rnying-ma-pa (Sect); Buddhist philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche -- Translator’s Introduction -- Treasury of Precious Qualities by Jigme Lingpa -- Chapter 10. The Teachings of the Vidyādharas -- Chapter 11. The Ground of the Great Perfection -- Chapter 12. The Extraordinary Path of Practice of the Great Perfection -- Chapter 13. The Ultimate Result, the Kayas and Wisdoms -- The Quintessence of the Three Paths by Longchen Yeshe Dorje, Kangyur Rinpoche -- The Extraordinary Path of Beings of Great Scope The Hidden Teachings of the Path Expounded in the Vajrayana, the Vehicle of Secret Mantra and the Short Path of the Natural Great Perfection -- Chapter 10. The Teachings of the Vidyādharas -- 1. The transmission lineages of the Vajrayana -- 1. The main subject of the text -- 2. The difference between the vehicles of sutra and of mantra (1–2) -- 2. The classification of the tantras -- 3. A general classification of the tantras into four classes (3) -- 3. An explanation of the three classes of the outer tantras -- 4. A general exposition (4) -- 4. An exposition dealing specifically with the three classes of the outer tantras -- 5. The difference between the Kriyatantra and the Charyatantra (5) -- 5. The Kriyatantra or action tantra (6) -- 5. The Charyatantra or conduct ; tantra (7) -- 5. The Yogatantra (8, 9) -- 3. An explanation of the inner tantras -- 4. A general explanation (10) -- 4. A specific explanation of the three inner tantras (11)
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is the second volume of Jigme Lingpa's 'Treasury of Precious Qualities,' accompanied by a detailed commentary by Kangyur Rinpoche. It continues the structure of a lamrim, presenting the stages of the path in Tibetan Buddhism. The text delves into tantric teachings and the Great Perfection, regarded as the pinnacle of spiritual training in the Nyingma School. The book discusses lineage, empowerment, and the stages of generation and perfection in tantra, as well as the doctrinal background supporting the Great Perfection practice. Kangyur Rinpoche, a renowned scholar and tertön, provides insights into these advanced practices. This volume serves practitioners and scholars of Tibetan Buddhism, offering a comprehensive overview of the tantric path and the Great Perfection. It is a valuable resource for understanding the spiritual and philosophical tenets of the Nyingma tradition.