New Releases by David Rubin

"This eye-popping book offers a visual history of the psychedelic sensibility. In pop culture, that sensibility is associated with lava lamps, album covers, and "teashades," but it first manifested itself in the extreme colors and kaleidoscopic compositions of 1960s Op Artists. The psychedelic sensibility didn''t die at the end of the 1960s; Psychedelic traces it through the day-glo colors of painters Peter Saul, Alex Grey, and Kenny Scharf, the pill and hemp leaf paintings of Fred Tomaselli, the intensified palettes of Douglas Bourgeois and Sharon Ellis, and mixed-media and new media works by younger artists in the new millennium." "Although the term "psychedelic" was coined to describe hallucinatory experiences produced by drugs used psychotherapeutically, the story these images tell is about the influence of psychedelic culture on the art world - not necessarily the influence of drugs. As contemporary art evolved into a diverse and pluralistic discipline, the psychedelic evolved into a language of color and light. In Psychedelic, more than seventy-five vivid color images chart this development, exploring the art chronologically, from early Op Art through recent work using digital technology. The book, which accompanies an exhibition organized by the San Antonio Museum of Art, includes three essays that set the works in historical and cultural context." --Book Jacket.

Rubin reveals why Islamists choose terror over peace and explores Israel and America''s vital roles in combating the rampant spread of Islam. He merges history with current events to create astute analysis of the historically troubled trichotomy between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Democracy has never been more vulnerable. The problem is right here in America. How to Sabotage an Election Become an election judge and carry a refrigerator magnet in your pocket Program every fifth vote to automatically record for your candidate Bury your hacked code Avi Rubin, a computer scientist at Johns Hopkins and a specialist in systems security knows something the rest of us don’t. Maybe we suspected it, maybe we’ve thought it, but we didn’t have proof. Until now. The electronic voting machines being used in 37 states are vulnerable to tampering, and because the manufacturers are not required to reveal—even to the government—how they operate, voters will never know if their votes are recorded accurately. Follow Rubin on his quest to wake America up to the fact that the irregularities in the 2004 elections might not have been accidents; that there are simple solutions that election commissions are willfully ignoring; that if you voted on an electronic machine, there’s a chance you didn’t vote the way you wanted to. Learn what you can do the next time you vote to make sure that your vote is counted. Imagine for a moment that you live in a country where nobody is sure how most of the votes are counted, and there’s no reliable record for performing a recount. Imagine that machines count the votes, but nobody knows how they work. Now imagine if somebody found out that the machines were vulnerable to attack, but the agencies that operate them won’t take the steps to make them safe. If you live in America, you don’t need to imagine anything. This is the reality of electronic voting in our country. Avi Rubin is a computer scientist at Johns Hopkins University and a specialist in systems security. He and a team of researchers studied the code that operates the machines now used in 37 states and discovered the following terrifying facts: The companies hired to test the election equipment for federal certification did not study the code that operates the machines and the election commissions employed no computer security analysts. All votes are recorded on a single removable card similar to the one in a digital camera. There is no way to determine if the card or the code that operates the machine has been tampered with. It’s very easy to program a machine to change votes. There’s no way to determine if that has happened. There were enough irregularities with the electronic voting machines used throughout the 2004 election to make anyone think twice about using them again. Avi Rubin has testified at Congressional hearings trying to alert the government that it has put our democracy at risk by relying so heavily on voting machines without taking the proper precautions. As he has waged this battle, he has been attacked, undermined, and defamed by a prominent manufacturer. His job has been threatened, but he won’t give up until every citizen understands that at this moment, our democracy hangs in the balance. There are simple solutions and, before you vote in the next election, Rubin wants you to know your rights. If you don’t know them and you use an electronic voting machine, you may not be voting at all.

Golf Between The Ears is an audio CD and Handbook, packaged uniquely in a DVD-type case. The CD, narrated by the author, and its accompanying handbook provides golfers with tips and insights on how to improve the mental side of their golf games. It is filled with practical methods, drills, thoughts and ideas that both serious and casual golfers can immediately apply to their games in order to improve.

The general aviation manufacturing industry has experienced a continuous decline for the last six years, particularly in single engine piston aircraft, which dropped from 13,266 units shipped in 1979 to 985 in 1986. This decline has resulted from increasing costs, soaring product liability costs, over production in the peak years, and reduction in the number of student pilots, private pilots and flight schools. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is interested in the future of general aviation activity because it would impact workload and facilities needs. This report specifically addresses future impacts on Flight Service Stations. The study includes a historical review of the industry, a survey of its current status, and an assessment of its future direction. It concludes that techniques for forecasting future activity must be adapted to the changing environment. With the reversal of past trends, traditional methods no longer produce valid results. Sales of single engine piston aircraft will increase only when the current surplus of low-time used aircraft is absorbed or becomes technologically obsolete. They are not expected to return to previous peaks due to an aging population, changing life styles, increasing urbanization, and the availability of commercial aviation. Flight Service Station (FSS) workloads are changing due to the changing nature of general aviation activity, as well as automation, consolidation, and changing responsibilities. New FSS workload measures are necessary to reflect these changes.