New Releases by Gary McKenzie

This book provides a complete guide to living a householder''s yoga lifestyle. At its core are the writings of the ancient sage Patanjali, whose Yoga Sutras provide many insights into human psychology that are useful in understanding mental illness and finding ways to deal with it. To complete this guide for learning yoga without a teacher, there are instructions and illustrations for simplified yoga postures, breathing exercises, and hygiene practices, which were all developed by the late Shri Yogendra, Founder of The Yoga Institute in Mumbai, India, to bring yoga into the lives of everyday people. In addressing the question of our expectations from yoga practice, Shri Yogendra made it clear that we don''t need to create hope of becoming yoga experts. "It is enough if a modern person can become a worthy student of yoga."

Machine learning methodologies have been widely accepted as successful data mining techniques. In recent years these methods have been applied to sports data sets with some marginal success. The NFL is a highly competitive billion dollar industry. Creating a successful machine learning classifier to aid in the selection of college players as they transition into the NFL via the NFL Draft would not only offer a competitive advantage for any team who used such a successful classifier, but also increases the quality of the players in the league which would in turn increase revenue. However this is no easy task. The NFL prospect data sets are small and have varying feature set data which is difficult for machine learning algorithms to classify successfully. This thesis includes a new methodology for building successful classifiers with small datasets and varying feature sets. A multilayered, random sliding feature count, iterative genetic algorithm feature selection method coupled with several machine learning classifiers is used to attempt to successfully select players in the NFL draft as well as build a larger classification set that can be used to aid overall decision making in the NFL draft.

In the darkened depths of Chocolate Crunch Canyon, an elderly bat-woman named Countess Bella, looks into her Crystal Gumball and sees the destruction of the Gingerbread Kingdom. After years of banishment, she returns to Cinnamon Towne to warn King Otto, the Gingerbread King, about the approaching darkness. Who could cause such trouble? You guessed it! Queen Beatrice is back, and this time she enlists the help of the unpredictable McFly. But what is the secret of the Sour Zone that McFly is keeping? Can Jay and his friends save the kingdom again? Welcome back to the wonderful world of The Gingerbread Kingdom. Join all the colorful characters from the first book, along with some new ones, as this magical adventure continues.

Take a journey to a strange new land: a magical place where everything is made of candy. Marvel at gingerbread castles, cotton candy forests and the towering Mount Honeycomb. Follow Jay, a runaway orphan, as he goes on a quest to save King Otto, the Gingerbread King, from the clutches of Queen Beatrice and her Army of Stingers. Meet men made of gingerbread, an army of ants, Sugarplum Fairies, giant bees, and other fascinating creatures. Some will befriend the newcomer while others will try to stop him from completing his mission. This is a story that has the magic and adventure of The Wizard of Oz, the imagination and colors of Willie Wonka, and the rollercoaster action of an Indiana Jones movie. Not only will this story appeal to children, but also to those who are young at heart. Welcome to The Gingerbread Kingdom!