Richard Elster, seventy-three, was a scholar
- an outsider
- when he was called to a meeting with government war planners.

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Richard Elster, a retired secret war adviser, has retreated to a forlorn house in a desert, 'somewhere south of nowhere'. But his planned isolation is interrupted when he is joined by a young filmmaker intent on documenting his experience in a one-take film. ...

All 13 episodes from the popular US drama series. The peaceful existence of a small seaside community changes forever when Christina Nickson (Elisabeth Harnois) is rescued from the ocean by local lifeguard Jesse Parker (Sam Page) & brought to the home of local doctor Ben Kramer (Richard Burgi). The Kramers, including Ben's wife Meg (Susan Walters) & daughter Judy (Aubrey Dollar), take an instant liking to Christina & invite her to stay with them as she searches for clues to her past & attempts to find her mother
- a Point Pleasant native whom Christina never knew. Episodes comprise: ' Pilot', ' Human Nature', ' Who's Your Daddy?', ' The Lonely Hunter', ' Last Dance', ' Secrets & Lies', ' Unravelling', ' Swimming With Boyd', ' Waking The Dead', ' Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Choked', ' Missing (aka When The Cat's Away)', ' Mother's Day' & ' Let The War Commence'.
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Presents the research results in point-based computer graphics. This book discusses the 3D scanning devices. It describes methods for high-performance & high-quality rendering of point models, including shading, anti-aliasing, & transparency. It also presents data structures for hierarchical rendering on modern graphics processors (GPUs). ...

Presents topics of importance in Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) for laboratory medicine professionals. This work covers topics such as: POCT
- An overview & look to the future; Fine needle aspiration biopsy
- POCT in cytopathology; Drugs of abuse; POCT & disaster response; POCT regulatory affairs; Fecal occult blood testing; &, Molecular POCT.

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Intended for beginners, students & professionals, this book put together many tips & tricks for personal pointe shoe tuning. It shows how to modify shoes step-by-step, using scissors, needle & thread, hot water & elastic, to adapt them perfectly to the foot & to all types of floor surface, & to help them last as long as possible. ...