The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been acrimonious, and those involved have always really been contesting values - to do with morality, politics and class. THE LANGUAGE WARS examines the present state of the conflict, its history and its future. Above all, it uses the past as a way of illuminating the present. Moving chronologically, the book explores the most persistent issues to do with English and unpacks the history of 'proper' usage. Where did these ideas spring from? Which of today's bugbears and annoyances are actually venerable? Who has been on the front line in the language wars? THE LANGUAGE WARS examines grammar rules, regional accents, swearing, spelling, dictionaries, political correctness, and the role of electronic media in reshaping language. It also takes a look at such niggling concerns as the split infinitive, elocution and text messaging. Peopled with intriguing characters such as Jonathan Swift, H. W. Fowler and George Orwell as well as the more disparate figures of Lewis Carroll, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lenny Bruce, THE LANGUAGE WARS is an essential volume for anyone interested in the state of the English language today or intrigued about its future.

The CPU meter shows the problem. One core is running at 100 percent, but all the other cores are idle. Your application is CPU-bound, but you are using only a fraction of the computing power of your multicore system. What next?

The answer, in a nutshell, is parallel programming. Where you once would have written the kind of sequential code that is familiar to all programmers, you now find that this no longer meets your performance goals. To use your systemпїЅs CPU resources efficiently, you need to split your application into pieces that can run at the same time. This is easier said than done. Parallel programming has a reputation for being the domain of experts and a minefield of subtle, hard-to-reproduce software defects.

Everyone seems to have a favorite story about a parallel program that did not behave as expected because of a mysterious bug. These stories should inspire a healthy respect for the difficulty of the problems you face in writing your own parallel programs. Fortunately, help has arrived. Microsoft Visual StudioпїЅ 2010 introduces a new programming model for parallelism that significantly simplifies the job. Behind the scenes are supporting libraries with sophisticated algorithms that dynamically distribute computations on multicore architectures. Proven design patterns are another source of help. A Guide to Parallel Programming introduces you to the most important and frequently used patterns of parallel programming and gives executable code samples for them, using the Task Parallel Library (TPL) and Parallel LINQ (PLINQ).

Rank and Pillage is a huge course created by SEO expert Brian G. Johnson and his student Aidan Booth. The course is a detailed walkthrough into how to build online income, no matter of your level of experience and technical skills. In this course Brian and Aidan showcase exact strategies that allowed them to generate 6-firure checks in the last years.

Rank and Pillage is a huge course created by SEO expert Brian G. Johnson and his student Aidan Booth. The course is a detailed walkthrough into how to build online income, no matter of your level of experience and technical skills. In this course Brian and Aidan showcase exact strategies that allowed them to generate 6-firure checks in the last years.

aTV Flash (black) supercharges your 2nd generation Apple TV, empowering it to do things you never thought possible! All new features are installed alongside the normal Apple TV features, so things like movie rentals, Netflix, and AirPlay will remain unchanged.

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High school student Ibuki Keita has been haunted by misfortune for as long as he can remember. For no apparent reason, everyone around him dies tragically. Ultimately, he refuses to become too close to anyone, even his childhood friend Akane. This leaves Keita alone in a life full of misery and disgrace.

AVItools is a collection of tools used to manipulate video files. Its primary purpose is to prepare videos files for use in DivX enabled DVD players, though the AVI videos it creates are also playable on hardware like the PS3 and Xbox 360. AVItools is trialwareonly $4.99 for full functionality, though it will function unregistered, with some minor limitations.

MKVtools is a collection of tools used to manipulate video files. Its primary purpose is to convert mkv files into more user friendly formats for playback on a variety of hardware. MKVtools is trialwareonly $4.99 for full functionality, though it will function unregistered, with some minor limitations.

MP4tools is an offshoot of the current version of the popular conversion tools called MKVtools. It is a Mac OS X application used for the creation and editing of MP4 videos. It was primarily designed for processing videos files for use in hardware capable of playing MP4 or M4V videos, such as the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and PS3. As the name might imply, MP4tools is a graphical interface for a variety of tools useful for processing video files.

DiRT Showdown is a brand new dive in and drive adrenaline rush of speed, style and destruction from the creators of the multi-award winning DiRT series. Players jump into a new world of arcade racing with pick up and play controls, speeding, tricking and smashing their way to `Showdown' finals to compete against rivals in front of thousands of fans in a vibrant festival atmosphere.

Dive Into iOS teaches you how to build iPhone and iPad applications, with no programming or Objective-C knowledge required. Through succinct video screencast tutorials, bite-sized podcasts and PDF slides, the unique teaching style will allow you to develop an iOS application using Xcode in no time.

Nitro Pro 7 gives you a powerful set of easy-to-use tools that make working with digital documents simple, straightforward, and more cost-effective.

Give your imagery volume and depth without the hassle of 3D modeling! Shade/Shape generates 3D models from your 2D graphical and picture elements using RE:Vision's powerful and proprietary shading-from-shape technology. The models are then lit and rendered in true 3D! Add further detailing to your 3D models by applying reflection and bump maps.

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Dive Into iOS teaches you how to build iPhone and iPad applications, with no programming or Objective-C knowledge required. Through succinct video screencast tutorials, bite-sized podcasts and PDF slides, the unique teaching style will allow you to develop an iOS application using Xcode in no time.