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  2. E. B. White - Wikipedia

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    Contents. E. B. White. Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) [1] was an American writer. He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). In a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, Charlotte's Web was ranked first ...

  3. E. B. White Read Aloud Award - Wikipedia

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    The E. B. White Read Aloud Award was established in 2004 by The Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) to honor books that its membership felt embodied the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the author E. B. White . In 2006 the award was expanded into two categories: the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older ...

  4. Charlotte's Web - Wikipedia

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    United States. Pages. 192. ISBN. 9780062658753. Charlotte's Web is a book of children's literature by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams. It was published on October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When ...

  5. Once More to the Lake - Wikipedia

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    It chronicles his pilgrimage back to a lakefront resort, Belgrade Lakes, Maine, that he visited as a child. [1] In "Once More to the Lake," White revisits his ideal boyhood vacation spot. While he initially finds great joy in his visit, the nostalgia causes him to struggle to remember that he is now a man, as he grapples with his own mortality.

  6. Bit error rate - Wikipedia

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    In a noisy channel, the BER is often expressed as a function of the normalized carrier-to-noise ratio measure denoted Eb/N0, (energy per bit to noise power spectral density ratio), or Es/N0 (energy per modulation symbol to noise spectral density).

  7. Comparison of e-book formats - Wikipedia

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    The following is a comparison of e-book formats used to create and publish e-books . The EPUB format is the most widely supported e-book format, supported by most e-book readers except Amazon Kindle [a] devices. Most e-book readers also support the PDF and plain text formats. E-book software can be used to convert e-books from one format to ...

  8. Automatic meter reading - Wikipedia

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    Automatic meter reading (AMR) is the technology of automatically collecting consumption, diagnostic, and status data from water meter or energy metering devices (gas, electric) and transferring that data to a central database for billing, troubleshooting, and analyzing. This technology mainly saves utility providers the expense of periodic ...

  9. The Trumpet of the Swan - Wikipedia

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    An unabridged reading of the book by author White was once audio recorded and has since been published as an audiobook. Philadelphia Orchestra piece. In 1972, a piece by composer Benjamin Lees based on The Trumpet of the Swan was performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra (an orchestra with which Louis is mentioned as giving a guest performance).