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The Struggle Behind the Soundtrack
Do you want to pick up a light saber whenever you hear John Williams' Star Wars theme? Get the urge to ride into the desert and face down steely-eyed desperados to the refrain of Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Does Hans Zimmer's Pirates of the Caribbean score have you talking like Jack Sparrow? From the Westerns of the 1960s to current blockbusters, composers for both film and television have faced new challenges--evermore elaborate sound design, temp tracks, test audiences and working with companies that invest in film score recordings all have led to creative sparks, as well as frustrations. Drawing on interviews with more than 40 notable composers, this book gives an in-depth analysis of the industry and reveals the creative process behind such artists as Klaus Badelt, Mychael Danna, Abel Korzeniowski, Walter Murch, Rachel Portman, Alan Silvestri, Randy Thom and others.
Springer Handbook of Power Systems
This handbook offers a comprehensive source for electrical power professionals. It covers all elementary topics related to the design, development, operation and management of power systems, and provides an insight from worldwide key players in the electrical power systems industry. Edited by a renowned leader and expert in Power Systems, the book highlights international professionals’ longstanding experiences and addresses the requirements of practitioners but also of newcomers in this field in finding a solution for their problems. The structure of the book follows the physical structure of the power system from the fundamentals through components and equipment to the overall system. In addition the handbook covers certain horizontal matters, for example "Energy fundamentals", "High voltage engineering", and "High current and contact technology" and thus intends to become the major one-stop reference for all issues related to the electrical power system.
The Ancestry and Descendants of John Shaver (1745-1835), American Pioneer and Patriot and His Wife, Mary Blackwelder, Originally Schäffer and Schwarzwälder
Joseph Schaeffer (d.1757) immigrated from the Palatinate of Germany to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania during or before 1724. John Shaffer (1745-1835), his grandson, moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia and then to Mecklenburg (now Cabarrus) County, North Carolina, married Mary Blackwelder about 1769, served in the Revolutionary War, and moved (via Tennessee and Missouri) to Randolph County, Arkansas. Descendants of Joseph lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Caro- lina, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, California, Washington and elsewhere.
Saving Democracy
Democracy is in crisis. Is there still time to save it? Democracies face external threat from aggressive authoritarian states. Internally, citizens have grown increasingly distrustful of politicians and more cynical about national and global governance institutions. The time is ripe for democracy to renew itself. This text offers a state-of-the art overview of democratic innovations today, moving beyond cries of the 'death' or 'end' of democracy to instead offer a range of practical solutions for how to save it and restore faith in democratic practice. 'Old' democratic power, represented by existing structures, is being challenged. 'New' power involves collaboration and rapid feedback loops,...
