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Counterweight
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Author : Djuna
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2024-07-09
Counterweight written by Djuna and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-09 with Fiction categories.
A WIRED "BOOK YOU NEED TO READ" • For fans of the worlds of Philip K. Dick, Squid Game, and Severance: An absorbing tale of corporate intrigue, political unrest, unsolved mysteries, and the havoc wreaked by one company’s monomaniacal endeavor to build the world’s first space elevator An “antic, madcap noir with flair" (Wired) and “fast-paced cyberpunk story” (The New York Times Book Review) from one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, whose identity remains unknown. *** On the fictional island of Patusan—and much to the ire of the Patusan natives—the Korean conglomerate LK is constructing an elevator into Earth’s orbit, gradually turning this one-time tropical resort town into a teeming travel hub: a gateway to and from our planet. Up in space, holding the elevator’s “spider cable” taut, is a mass of space junk known as the counterweight. And stashed within that junk is a trove of crucial data: a memory fragment left by LK’s former CEO, the control of which will determine the company’s—and humanity’s—future. Racing up the elevator to retrieve the data is a host of rival forces: Mac, the novel’s narrator and LK’s chief of External Affairs, increasingly disillusioned with his employer; the everyman Choi Gangwu, unwittingly at the center of Mac’s investigations; the former CEO’s brilliant niece and power-hungry son; and Rex Tamaki, a violent officer in LK’s Security Division. They’re all caught in a labyrinth of fake identities, neuro-implants called Worms, and old political grievances held by the Patusan Liberation Front, the army of island natives determined to protect Patusan’s sovereignty. Originally conceived by Djuna as a low-budget science fiction film, with literary references as wide-ranging as Joseph Conrad and the Marquis de Sade, Counterweight is part cyberpunk, part hard-boiled detective fiction, and part parable of South Korea’s neocolonial ambition and its rippling effects.
Counterweight
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Author : Joseph Amellio
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2021-01-22
Counterweight written by Joseph Amellio and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-22 with Fiction categories.
Can a team of renowned archaeologists and scientists find a way to save Earth’s impending doom? The catastrophic scenario began one day, while out in the Valley of the Kings, in southern Egypt, an American archaeologist named Sebastian, uncovered a small tomb of an ancient architect buried in the sands. He found cradled in the arms of this mummy a floor plan, drawn on a papyrus, to an unidentified structure. Sebastian is amazed by his discovery, because no papyri had ever been found buried with a mummy before. He placed great importance in what he had uncovered, as he believed that the plans were meant to be taken into the afterworld with the deceased architect, and kept there as a secret for all eternity. The secret would have revealed who or what was entombed there forever. Sebastian’s long and tedious search to identify the mysterious structure leads him to a secret tomb buried under the tomb of King Tutankhamen. What he discovers in the hidden chambers below is more than just another mummy. It is the remains of a revered deity, and an alien, who lived amongst the Egyptians as one of their most important God’s. He was the God Osiris. Sebastian, along with his close friends, Ben-Josef and Lucas, also archaeologists, comb through thousands of artifacts and hundreds of papyri, which leads to the discovery of incredible alien secrets. These secrets, in turn, lead them to theorize about a Counterweight Theory, and the discovery of a hidden chamber under the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza. What they find amazes the world’s scientific community. Along the way, they encounter an alien spacecraft and alien scientific relics, which are able to come to life while holding them in their hands. Another important discovery, crucial to Earth’s survival, was also discovered hidden away in the pyramid’s chamber. Will the alien’s save Earth, or will they turn their backs to Earthlings, and leave the planet to its doomed destiny? The story unfolds in the pages of this book.
Counterweight
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Author : Design Studio Design Studio Press
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Counterweight written by Design Studio Design Studio Press and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
Counterweight is a collection of images, observations, and concepts by artist/creator Rick O'Brien. For the last eight years, Rick has been a one-man art department in Hollywood, designing, constructing and painting sets and props for such clients as Victorias Secret, Luxor Las Vegas, Nikon, London IMAX, Konica, Tevo, Motorola, Honda, United States Postal Service, Proctor & Gamble, The Contender and The Apprentice. Compiling stunning, rich imagery from experiences, environments and the emotions perceived on these diverse projects, as well as from his everyday life, Rick captures the human condition like no one else. Nationally recognized by the Society of Illustrators, OBriens art has placed both gold and bronze and has received much acclaim and print exposure in various publications. Through traditional mediums ranging from egg tempera and oil to gouache, wood, ink, resin, and plaster, Counterweight beautifully scrutinizes Man and his journey, showcasing captivating images that unequivocally resound OBriens motto, Fortitude.
Counterweight Stay Slim Forever
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Author : Counterweight Limited
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Counterweight Stay Slim Forever written by Counterweight Limited and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Reducing diets categories.
Official Gazette Of The United States Patent Office
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Author : United States. Patent Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Official Gazette Of The United States Patent Office written by United States. Patent Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Patents categories.
Nobody Looks Up
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Author : Rick Boychuk
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015
Nobody Looks Up written by Rick Boychuk and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Stage machinery categories.
Nominated for the 2016 USITT Golden Pen Award "...a magnificent and very important piece of work for our industry." Richard Pilbrow, author of 'A Theatre Project' "Very nice job, congratulations!" Mike Murphy, President, J.R. Clancy, Inc. "Boychuk has thrown down the gauntlet with bold statements backed up by documentation..." Tim Williamson, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium "...a very informative and great read." Norbert Muncs, Past President, CITT "Anyone who has ever pulled a rope in the name of theatre will enjoy this revealing back story..." Charles Haines, President, Hall Stage Ltd. The counterweight rigging system has dominated the theatre fly tower for the last half of the 20th century. And yet, the history of its evolution has been lost, until now. In this first ever written history of the counterweight rigging system, author Rick Boychuk upends two core theatre myths. Stage rigging did not grow from a nautical tradition and counterweight rigging did not evolve from the hemp system. Boychuk neatly identifies the origins of the myth of the sailor-flyman and leaves no room for doubt. Counterweight rigging emerged from a European tradition of 17th century Torellian stage machinery. Hemp rigging was a side-show. In documenting the evolution of the counterweight system, Boychuk dissects the machine that is the stage house along with its upper machinery - the rigging. He examines the development of the fly tower, gridiron, loft steel, head steel, grid wells, arbor, bricks, blocks, and loft lines; all of those mundane components necessary to make the system work. He deconstructs hemp, counterweight and Torellian rigging into system paths to gain a better understanding of the progression of development and the workings of each system. This is the surprising story of how the counterweight rigging system was developed for an Austro-Hungarian theatre in 1888, then quickly found its way to the American Midwest in Adler & Sullivan's Chicago Auditorium in 1889. But it was the Chicago scenic painting studio Sosman & Landis that capitalized on the system. As Boychuk explains, Sosman & Landis adapted the system to increase the number of painted scenic pieces that they could sell to the well-funded Masonic theatres that were fast emerging across the United States. By 1925, the system had further evolved then to become crystallized in the catalogues of J.R. Clancy of Syracuse, NY. Clancy did for counterweight rigging what Ford had done for the automobile. Counterweight rigging was made affordable, was standardized and, soon, was ubiquitous in theatres around the world. A major takeaway from this book is this: the stage house impacted the evolution of stage machinery, and stage machinery impacted the evolution of the stage house. Today we appear to be witnessing a move from manual to automated stage machinery. If that is so, how will the change in our machinery impact our stage house? And how would we manage such a transition? Nobody Looks Up: The History of the Counterweight Rigging System: 1500 to 1925 is a must-read for all who work in and around technical theatre - stagehands, crew, manufacturers, designers, suppliers, consultants, and most importantly, those who are teaching the next generation of technicians. R.W. (Rick) Boychuk has been student, teacher, technical director, IA stagehand, designer and recently, inventor, and now an author. A graduate of University of Saskatchewan in technical theatre, he has worked in the industry for over 40 years. Rick owns and operates Grid Well, Inc. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Counterweights
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Author : Roy Rempel
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1996-11-20
Counterweights written by Roy Rempel and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-11-20 with Political Science categories.
Rempel traces pivotal events in the development of the bilateral relationship between Canada and West Germany, from Canada's policy on the admission of West Germany into NATO in 1954-55, through Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's 1969 decision to reduce Canada's forces in Europe by half, to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's 1992 decision to withdraw Canadian military forces from Europe entirely. He looks at the development of the missions and functions of the Canadian forces in Germany and assesses why Canada has failed in its efforts to integrate the political, economic, and military dimensions of its foreign policy. Counterweights highlights the profound implications of Canada's failure to develop a coordinated defence policy to support its international objectives in its present-day relations with both Europe and the United States.
Official Gazette Of The United States Patent And Trademark Office
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Author : United States. Patent and Trademark Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Official Gazette Of The United States Patent And Trademark Office written by United States. Patent and Trademark Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Patents categories.
Labor Legislation Of
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917
Labor Legislation Of written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with Labor laws and legislation categories.
Freight Classification Guide
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Author : United States. Department of the Air Force
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
Freight Classification Guide written by United States. Department of the Air Force and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with Freight and freightage categories.