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A former theater critic for the New York Daily News, Kaufman has been covering theater in New York for some 20 years, and is a long-time contributor to The Nation, the Village Voice, and The New York Times. Here he gives an account of the life of Charles Ludlam (1946-1987), a prominent figure in the theater avant-garde, a pioneer of drag performance, and founder of The Ridiculous Theatrical Company (1967), whose work has influenced such performers as Bette Midler and the original cast of Saturday Night Live. Kaufman spent some ten years researching the book and interviewing key people in Ludlam's life and career. Illustrated with b & w photos. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Capture the value of cutting-edge AI while mitigating its most salient risks AI For Humanity: Building a Sustainable AI for the Future delivers an incisive and timely discussion of how to design, build, and implement cutting-edge AI in for-profit firms and other organizations in a responsible, sustainable, and ethical way. The book walks you through the three pillars of human-focused AI development—governance, technology, and commercialization—and dives deep into each one, showing you how to create AI products and services that better humanity and advance universally held values. You'll find methodologies and frameworks that mitigate against some of the most profound and unsettling risks...
For graphic designers, illustrators, photographers, printers, and artists, explains the techniques and potential of digital photo illustration. Both elementary and advanced procedures are explained and illustrated step-by-step, including digitalizing, distorting, layering, manipulating, altering colors, capturing images from a variety of media, and storing and managing files. The illustrations, most in color, are very high quality. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
December 1987, as the Reagan Administration enters its final year in office the Iran-Contra scandal has burst upon the country. Reporting on the scandal journalist Scott Keyes is trying to find something interesting to write about when a chance encounter in a bar leads him to believe that Vice-president George Bush is deeply involved in the scandal. Until now, George Bush, also running for President in the upcoming election, has distanced himself from the scandal. Bush's claims about having no knowledge of the administration's dealings with Iran have been generally accepted. Scott's efforts to uncover the truth sets off a whirlwind of activity to stop him. If he succeeds he could sully the r...