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Marriage to the Wolf

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Physique, chimie

What is energy?

The word 'energy' was used to confuse me. I know that energy is. It is the capacity of a physical system to perform work, the ability to do work. Work is moving something against a force. I also know that without energy life cannot exist. At the same time, I could not picture Energy in my mind to better understand what it is. This book is design to given you a concrete understandasing of that energy is. Remember in reallity, no one can see, touch or observe energy. We can only constact the presence of energy by mouvement, motion and mesure it by its speed. We shall use this opportunity to introduce you to a pattern, the geometric shape torus that holds the key to the fuel of the future, to the world that works for everyone - Clean and universal energy. I consider the torus to be the best ever explanation of our evolutionary process. Evolution means to enfold, to roll out. The question is what the universe is rolling out ? I realised that we are not a mistake, we are simply mistaken. We have been blended to our brilliance, ignorance to our genius, unaware of our true power and magnificence. The Torus, the Zero Point Energy Field = Creation Story

01/2016

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Critique littéraire

The failed infanticide

Simply go through the pages of this piece of work and discover in all sincerity the story of a life, full of philosophy. It all started from the denial of a pregnancy in 1974 and the desire to share the course of my life. I confide in you today a piece of my story. I am sharing with you what I have lived so as to show you that a birth near death is not a fatality, if you walk with a determined step by converting your suffering into strength and courage, in order to be able to live and expand yourself.

05/2014

ActuaLitté

Informatique

MAXIMUM LINUX SECURITY. A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Linux Server and Workstation, CD-Rom included

Maximum Linux Security.- A Hackers Guide to Protecting Your Linux Server and Workstation is designed for system administrators, managers, or Linux users who wish to protect their Linux servers and workstations from unauthorized intrusions and other external threats to their systems' integrity. Written by an experienced hacker-someone who knows which systems are Vulnerable and how crackers get into them-this unique guide to Linux security identifies existing and potential security holes and faults, and then describes how to go about fixing them. • Learn in-depth configuration tips and techniques to help eliminate security threats to your Linux-based computer or network. • Discover common Linux System holes and cracking techniques. • Explore both commercial and open source programs and utilities that can help identify and solve security weaknesses. • Learn about the wide array of tools that crackers have at their disposal to penetrate your Linux system. • Find out how to safely configure and run many popular Linux-based applications and services, including Sendmail, Apache, FTPd, and many more. • Utilize technologies such as SSL and MD5 to create a secure computing environment for yourself and your users. CD-ROM includes A comprehensive collection of Linux security products: • Intrusion detection tools-including HortSentry and HostSentry from the Abacus Project • Sniffers and electronic monitors-including the Ksniff sniffer for K Desktop Environment and COLD • Network management tools-including Cistron RADIUS server and Linux Virtual Server toolkit • Scanners and host assessment tools-including SATAN and the saint network security scanner • Firewall tools-including EDGE Router Project tools and Mason • Encryption tools-including Linux FreeS/WAN Project.

12/1999

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Anglais apprentissage

Jefferson and Nature. An Interpretation

Jefferson and Nature is the first comprehensive study to take Jefferson completely at his word-his favorite word. Nature-the term and the many ideas associated with it-pervades Jefferson's life and writings. It sets hem apart from his colleagues in the American Enlightenment and provides the distinctive gateway to his thought and action. By no means consistent and at tunes apparently opportunistic in his use of the term, Jefferson nevertheless draws nearly every realm of life back to this essential word and idea. Charles Miller's book tells why this is so.

01/1993

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Technologies

SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATIONS. CD-Rom included

With its simplicity in presentation, this new book makes the difficult concepts of soil mechanics and foundations much easier to understand! The author explains basic concepts and fundamental principles in the context of basic mechanics, physics, and mathematics. From Practical Situations and Essential Points to Practical Examples and Questions to Guide Your Reading the book is packed with helpful hints and pedagogy that make the material crystal clear. This book also includes a CD-ROM that offers readers hands-on learning. The CD contains interactive animations of basic concepts, interactive problem solving, electronic quizzes, interactive computer programs for special topics, virtual labs and much more. With the help of this CD and text, anyone can quickly master the key principles behind soil mechanics and foundations. KEY FEATURES * A What you should be able to do list at the beginning of each chapter alerts readers to what they should learn after studying each chapter. * The author maintains a solid level of technical rigor despite the simplicity in presentation. * A large number of examples are worked out step-by-step to illustrate problem-solving techniques. * The CD-ROM includes The Virtual Soils Laboratory, which allows readers to do sophisticated soil testing at their own convenience.

01/2000

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Non classé

Waste Management in Poland and Germany

Poland attracts foreign investment. This holds also true for foreign enterprises involved in waste management. In order to do efficiently and successfully waste management-related business in Poland, it is of great importance to get acquainted with the following issues : general waste management situation, market conditions and business openings for waste management firms, and the legal framework governing waste management in Poland. Given that Poland hopes to be admitted to the European Union by the turn of the coming century, co-ordination and harmonization of the different national waste management programs are imperative. Therefore, for comparative reasons, the German waste management system and the waste management policies in the European Union are discussed as well.

09/1997

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Histoire de la philosophie

Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism

The twelve lessons forming this volume were originally issued in the shape of monthly lessons, known as "The Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism" during a period of twelve months beginning with October 1904, and ending September 1905. We have been told, so often, that we must take certain things "on faith, " and that it was "no use bothering our minds concerning them, " but this is only a partial statement of truth, for the Intellect does give us a reliable report concerning the real nature of things. . ". New Thought proponents at the turn of the twentieth century sought to use mysticism to unleash the forces of the universe in themselves. One of the most influential thinkers of this early "New Age" philosophy promises here, in this 1904 book, to show the reader "to see with the clear vision of the Spirit" and how to "achieve the peace of the awakened and conscious soul". As the yogi reminds us, "No occult teaching is ever wasted-all bears fruit in its own good time". With this significant document of the New Thought movement back in print, now may be the time. Content : Lesson I. Light On The Path Lesson II. Some More Light On The Path Lesson III. Spiritual Consciousness Lesson IV. The Voice Of Silence Lesson V. Karma Yoga Lesson VI. Gnani Yoga Lesson VII. Bhakti Yoga Lesson VIII. Dharma Lesson IX. More About Dharma Lesson X. Riddle Of The Universe Lesson XI. Matter And Force Lesson XII. Mind And Spirit American writer WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON (1862-1932)-aka Yogi Ramacharaka-was born in Baltimore and had built up a successful law practice in Pennsylvania before professional burnout led him to the religious New Thought movement. He served as editor of the popular magazine New Thought from 1901 to 1905, and as editor of the journal Advanced Thought from 1916 to 1919. He authored dozens of New Thought books-including The Philosophies and Religions of India, Arcane Formula or Mental Alchemy and Vril, or Vital Magnetism-under numerous pseudonyms, some of which are likely still unknown today.

10/2022

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Critique littéraire

Études anglaises - N°1/2015

Agnès DERAIL-IMBERT Eros et Arès : les enfants de la guerre dans Billy Budd, Sailor de Melville Cette étude se propose de lire Billy Budd, Sailor comme une fable juridique qui dramatise, dans un double contexte de guerre et de mutinerie, le conflit entre la violence d'une innocence exceptionnelle (Billy) et celle du mal absolu (Claggart). L'une et l'autre, hors la loi, recèle une menace insurrectionnelle que la souveraineté politique (celle du capitaine Vere), pour se maintenir, doit réprimer. Le jugement de Vere - l'exécution de Budd -, s'exerçant au nom de la violence légale, met en oeuvre une stratégie qui enrôle la puissance cohésive d'Eros au service de la loi mar- tiale, dans une opération qui vise à naturaliser et à sublimer la violence arbitraire de l'état d'exception. Against a backdrop of war and mutiny, Billy Budd, Sailor can be read as a juridical drama staging the conflict between the exceptional violence of utmost innocence (Billy's) and that of absolute evil (Claggart's). Both infringe the law and both are pregnant with a threat of insurrection which political sovereignty (captain Vere's) must eradicate for the sake of its own integrity. Vere's sentence condemning Budd to death in the name of legal violence partakes of a complex strategy whose aim is to summon Eros's cohesive power in order to buttress martial law and to naturalize and sublimate the arbitrary violence of the state of exception. Michael GILLESPIE The Picture of Dorian Gray as a Postmodern Work Despite the wide range of interpretative approaches to The Picture of Dorian Gray that have appeared since its publication, all seem to assume that a particular set of values or beliefs-traditional Judeo-Christian morality, cultural attitudes, nationa- list dispositions, or queer inclinations-is integral to Wilde's narrative. This essay challenges the value of any metaphysical reading by asserting that the world of The Picture of Dorian Gray is delineated in strictly physical terms and so is best as a Post-Modern work. Through close reading, this essay shows key points in the narrative that highlight the absence of all values and that underscore the view that characters behave according to strictly material considerations. In the end the essay concludes that Wilde presents a world as grim and bleak as anything found in the works of Samuel Beckett. Malgré les nombreuses interprétations dont a fait l'objet The Picture of Dorian Gray depuis sa publication, tous les critiques semblent penser qu'un ensemble de valeurs ou de croyances-qu'il s'agisse de la morale judéo-chrétienne, de positions culturelles, de dispositions nationalistes ou de l'homosexualité-fait partie inté- grante du roman de Wilde. Cet essai remet en question la pertinence de toute lec- ture métaphysique en affirmant que le monde de The Picture of Dorian Gray est délimité en termes strictement physiques et que l'on ici affaire plutôt à une oeuvre post-moderne. En se fondant sur une lecture détaillée, cet essai montre que des points-clés dans le récit mettent en évidence l'absence de toute valeur et soulignent l'idée que les personnages se comportent en fonction de considérations purement matérielles. En conclusion, cet article souligne que Wilde donne à voir un monde aussi sombre que celui de Samuel Beckett. Christopher S. NASSAAR Hidden Meanings and the Failure of Art : Wilde's A Woman of No Importance Complexity is the hallmark of Oscar Wilde's mature works. From "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" through The Picture of Dorian Gray and Salome, there is an incre- dible amount of complexity wherever we look. When we reach A Woman of No Importance, however, the complexity apparently disappears, and the play is usually read as a conventional Victorian melodrama. A deeper look at the play reveals veiled references to Farquhar, Hawthorne, Arbuthnot and Baudelaire. The refe- rences point to a deep hidden meaning in the play. Traced carefully, they reveal Mrs. Arbuthnot as a deeply corrupt woman who is unaware of the dark recesses of evil within herself. Unfortunately, this suppressed undercurrent of meaning is too dee- ply buried and very difficult to detect, which has led people in general to accept the surface meaning as the true one. The play is thus a stylistic failure, although its veiled thematic content is quite profound. La complexité caractérise les oeuvres d'Oscar Wilde, de "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" jusqu'à The Picture of Dorian Gray et Salome, alors que, dans A Woman of No Importance, celle-ci paraît moins évidente, la pièce étant le plus souvent lue comme un mélodrame victorien conventionnel. Cependant, si on analyse la pièce de plus près, on y décèle des références voilées à Farquhar, Hawthorne, Arbuthnot et Baudelaire. Celles-ci soulignent qu'il y a dans la pièce un sens caché, et une analyse détaillée révèle que Mrs Arbuthnot est en fait une femme corrompue et inconsciente du mal tapi en elle. Malheureusement, parce que celui-ci est profondément enfoui, on s'en est souvent tenu à une lecture superficielle de la pièce. Celle-ci est donc, en un sens, un échec stylistique en dépit de sa profondeur thématique. Nathalie SAUDO-WELBY Narratorial authority in Sarah Grand's Beth Book (1897) The Beth Book, a partly autobiographical narrative, is a feminist Bildungsroman told in the third person. Historical, religious and scientifc discourses combine to give authority to the narrator's vision of Beth, so that the narrator is fnally in a position to award Beth the title of female genius. Yet, very little is said of the con- tent of Beth's "art for man's sake ;" the title and the content of her non-fction book are not described ; and the novel's last words are the name of her "Knight, " a writer who believes in woman's genius to reveal man's own. Avoiding the most direct form of didacticism, Sarah Grand has shifted the emphasis away from Beth's message to women to the narrator's work of authorizing Beth to progress to her position of public speaker. In the process, this narrator is given a historical consciousness and a sex. The Beth Book est un roman d'apprentissage féministe au contenu en partie auto- biographique. Fondant son autorité sur une analyse historique et un discours reli- gieux et scientifque, l'instance narrative fnit par octroyer à Beth le titre de génie féminin. Pourtant, un vide entoure le contenu de "l'art pour l'homme" de Beth ; de son ouvrage, on ne sait ni le titre ni le contenu mais seulement qu'il ne s'agit pas de fction ; les derniers mots du roman sont le nom de son "Chevalier" , un écri- vain qui croit que le génie des femmes consiste à susciter celui des hommes. Tout en évitant les formes de didactisme les plus directes, Sarah Grand a placé au centre de son roman engagé la tâche de la narratrice omnisciente qui va faire progresser Beth en position d'orateur de génie. Au cours de ce processus, la narratrice acquiert une conscience historique et un sexe. Pierre LONGUENESSE Yeats et le mélange des genres : du texte à la scène Dans le projet de "théâtre de l'imagination" formulé par Yeats dès 1890, le Verbe poétique est porteur d'un pouvoir visionnaire, par la performativité de son énoncia- tion concrète portée par le corps de ce que l'on n'appelle pas encore, avec Georges Banu, un "acteur-poète" . Ce projet fait de l'écriture dramatique un objet multi- forme, où le drame n'a de sens que mis en tension par ce qui le "menace" dans sa pureté générique : la narration, le chant, la danse. ll conduit le dramaturge vers des collaborations audacieuses sur les scènes de ses créations, entre musiciens, compo- siteurs, et danseurs. En somme, loin de "menacer" son théâtre, ces figures d'un "hors-champ" artistique sont ce qui en constitue l'expression par excellence, puisque, par le théâtre, est dévolu au verbe le pouvoir extra-ordinaire de faire sur- gir, par sa physicalité propre, aussi bien le souffle du chant que le rythme du corps dansant. In the "Theatre of Imagination" conceived by Yeats in the 1890s, the poetic Verb is given the power to create visions through the concrete physicality of its uttering by the performing body of what Georges Banu will later call an "acteur-poète". This project transforms dramatic writing process into the creation of a multiform object, in which the issue of the drama is brought out by the tension between oppo- site mediums : theatre on the one hand, singing, dance, tale on the other hand... This exploration involves Yeats in original collaborations on stage with composers, musicians, and dancers. In short, these manifestations of an artistic "hors-champ, " far from threatening the drama, become on the contrary the core of its expression, as a new power is, on stage, devoted to the Verb : the extra-ordinary power to arise the pneuma of singing as well as the rhythm of the dancing body. Anne MOUNIC "To tell and be told" : war poetry as the "transmission of sympathy" War poetry raises a paradox : the destructive collective imposition which weighed upon each soldier during the Great War triggered off new individual awareness and led to a questioning of the values that had prevailed until then, and notably idealis- tic philosophy. Discussing the paradox, we shall oppose tragedy and the individual epic, catharsis and empathy, the choice of death and the choice of life. The Great War writings will be placed in their literary and philosophical context, before and after. La poésie de guerre soulève un paradoxe : la contrainte collective de destruction qui pesa sur chaque soldat durant la Grande Guerre suscita une nouvelle conscience singulière, menant à un questionnement des valeurs et, notamment, de la philoso- phie idéaliste. Discutant ce paradoxe, nous opposerons la tragédie à l'épopée indi- viduelle, la catharsis à l'empathie, le choix de la mort à celui de la vie. Les écrits de la Grande Guerre seront placés dans leur contexte littéraire et philosophique, avant et après. Olivier HERCEND Cinema, the mind and the reader in Virginia Woolf's The Mark On the Wall Taking up David Trotter's Cinema and Modernism, this article emphasises the strong links that exist between Virginia Woolf's thoughts on cinema and the new techniques and notions that she develops in "The Mark on the Wall. " Indeed, her depiction of the mind's process fosters the image of a fragmented world, a succes- sion of images that come under no authoritative order or meaning : a mere mon- tage. But cinema also contains the promise of an artistic answer to the fragmentation of the modern condition. Through a renewal of textual co-operation, Woolf opens her reader to the possibilities of what I choose to call an "aesthetics of juxtaposi- tion. " Reprenant les idées exprimées dans Cinema and Modernism, de David Trotter, cet article relie la pensée de Virginia Woolf sur le cinéma aux techniques et aux notions nouvelles qu'elle développe dans "The Mark on the Wall" . De fait, en tentant de décrire le fonctionnement de l'esprit, elle fait naître l'image d'un monde fragmenté, une succession d'images qui ne tombent sous l'autorité d'aucun ordre ni d'aucune signification essentiels : en un mot, un montage. Mais le cinéma est également la source d'une réponse artistique à la fragmentation de la condition moderne. En renouvelant les modalités de la coopération textuelle, Woolf ouvre son lecteur aux possibilités d'une "esthétique de la juxtaposition" . Antonia RIGAUD Les Europeras de John Cage : de l'opéra au cirque Cet article interroge le rapport ambigu qu'entretint John Cage avec le théâtre tout au long de sa carrière. Influencé très tôt par Artaud et Stein, il ne cesse de faire référence au théâtre et conçoit son art comme une réflexion sur la théâtralité et la notion de performance. Ses Europeras, à la fin de sa carrière, permettent de mettre en avant la manière dont il a cherché à la fois à inscrire ses expérimentations artis- tiques dans le champ théâtral tout en faisant sortir le théâtre des codes mêmes de la scène. La place centrale que Cage donne au théâtre, bien qu'il ne produise que de très rares oeuvres théâtrales, témoigne de son désir de penser le théâtre non pas en tant que médium mais en tant que lieu d'expérimentation. This article addresses John Cage's ambiguous relationship with theatre throughout his career. Influenced early by Artaud and Stein, he often referred to theatre and understood his own art project as a reflection on theatricality and performance. The Europeras, written late in his career, testify to his attempt to associate his artistic experimentation with theater while pushing on the limits of theatre. The prominent position Cage gave to the theatre in contrast to the rarity of his theatrical work pieces is emblematic of his ambition to re-think the theatre as a locus of experimentation.

09/2015

ActuaLitté

Histoire ancienne

Pondera antiqua et mediaevalia II

The Pondera Online project aims to collect and study ancient and medieval weights. No attempt for such a global corpus has been successful since the end of the 19th century. Dispersed objects, disparate information and imprecise data together constitute a major obstacle to a comprehensive approach. Therefore, the Pondera Online project is intended to fill a gap in the collection, standardisation, and processing of these archaeological data, thanks to an open access database (https : //pondera. uclouvain. be/). In this framework, four annual workshops have been organised in Louvain-la-Neuve between 2016 and 2019, bringing together specialists in Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic weights and measures. These meetings have led to a rich program of presentations and discussions, and to the preparation of several papers. Thirteen of them are gathered in this second collective volume.

01/2023

ActuaLitté

Romans policiers

The tears of the mysterious forest

At the start of the school year in Massata, Galia, an enticing young lady showed up in one of the university classes. Her homeric intelligence and her magical beauty would make her the focus, the subject of monologues and desire. Her allure enticed lecturers and mates, the brightest of the class included. They found her interesting and desirable but mysterious and reluctant about her life. The day before her birthday, the young lady decided to open up to the one she was already falling for. That night, something heart-rending happened.

12/2021

ActuaLitté

Anglais apprentissage

Commercially speaking. Workbook

Commercially Speaking is an elementary to pre-intermediate level course in language and communication skills for students on vocational courses. It will be especially useful to those working towards a qualification to help them find work in a commercial environment where they will need to use some English. There is a strong focus on commercial correspondence and telephoning skills, which are practised within a realistic framework designed to reflect the situations students will meet on entering the workplace. This Workbookfollows the syllabus of the Student's Book, with greater emphasis on reading and writing tesks, and activities which can be carried out for homework or as extension activities in the classroom. Material from authentic sources is included where appropriate. Answers to Workbook exercises are included at the end of the corresponding unit in the Teacher's Book. The complete course comprises the Student's Book, this Workbook, a Teacher's Bookwith a complimentary diskand photocopiable progress tests, and one audio cassette.

01/1999

ActuaLitté

Droit européen des affaires

Lobbyst. Revelations from the EU Labyrinth, 2e édition

I feel the need to enlighten the public on the way the European Union functions, or rather malfunctions. For most readers, this could come as a great shock : how can one imagine that the legislator no longer legislates and that he delegates his legislative power to obscure cenacles called "trilogues" ? Today, being a lobbyist is considered to be bad. A defender of business, of multinationals, of capitalism, ... and by extension of pesticides, intensive agriculture and junk food. That is the image ! The aim of this book is not to correct this image, but to provide elements of appreciation and to give a form of objectivity to the debate. Daniel Guéguen is the longest serving EU lobbyist. He is the former head of the European sugar lobby and then of the European farmers unions. Now a consultant, he is at the heart of the lobbying issues that make the news. Longtime professor in the United States, notably at Georgetown and Harvard. Now at the College of Europe. Multi-author, editorialist, blogger, Daniel Guéguen remains a convinced pro-European, but fiercely critical of an opaque, bureaucratic and, to put it bluntly, anti-democratic system.

12/2023

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Non classé

From Scarcity to Sustainability

For futures studies and environmentalism the late 1960s and early 1970s were a heyday period of great publicity, and much scientific interest was devoted to them. The study 'Limits to Growth', commissioned by the Club of Rome, has played an important role for the further advancement of these fascinating fields. Each of them in its own way deals with the long term prospects of humankind and desirable future paths of humanity and the globe. This investigation illustrates a very important phase in the development of these two areas and writes a history of ideas and a history of impact of the Limits to Growth debate and other activities of the Club of Rome. It includes information that has so far only been known to a very limited number of directly involved individuals and looks into very recent stages of the sustainable development debate and newest developments of more pragmatic and critical futures studies. For the purpose of this study some 100 interviews have been made worldwide with very well known and often influential individuals. Among them are : Sicco Mansholt, Alexander King, Jan Tinbergen, Robert Jungk, Saburo Okita, Lord Kennet, Johan Galtung, Barry Commoner and Philip de Seynes.

12/1991

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Religion

Legal Friction

Legal Friction : Law, Narrative, and Identity Politics in Biblical Israel tracks the mystery of narratives in the Hebrew Bible and their allusions to Sinai laws by highlighting intertextual allusions created by verbal resonances. While the second and the third parts of the volume illustrate allusions to Sinai narratives made by some narratives occurring in the post-Sinaitic era, twenty-three Genesis narratives are analyzed to show that the protagonists were bound by Sinai Laws before God supposedly gave them to Moses, anticipating the Book of Jubilees. Legal Friction suggests that most of Genesis was composed during or after the Babylonian exile, after the codification of most Sinai laws, which Genesis protagonists consistently violate. The fact that they are not punished for these violations implies to the exiles that the Sinai Covenant was unconditional. In addition, the author proposes that Genesis contains a hidden polemic, encouraging the Judean exiles to follow the revisions of laws of the Covenant Code by the Holiness Code and Deuteronomy. Genesis narratives, like those describing post-Sinai events, often cannot be understood properly without recognition of their allusions to biblical laws.

05/2010

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Sociologie

South Asian Technospaces

This book provides perspectives on how South Asian – often, more specifically, Indian – diasporas inhabit techno-mediated environments through their economic and socio-cultural activities. The themes examined include religion, caste, language, and gender in online communities and call centers, and the roles of these factors in the global economy, Bollywood online and offline, digital music, websites for arranging marriages, and so on. The book attempts to map "South Asia" in relation to global technospaces produced through and as a consequence of economic globalization efforts.

04/2008

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Non classé

Studies in Elizabethan Audience Response to the Theatre

The aim of this volume is to give an analytic description of how Elizabethan Spectators in documentary evidence responded to the theatre performances they watched or knew to be about. It also considers why they responded in that way. Opposing dual consciousness to the reification of the character (its 'ideal presence'), the author concludes that Elizabethan spectators were predominantly interested in the characters' 'ideal presence'. Why they were, is explained by relating their statements to the Renaissance theory of visual perception, (demonic) transformation, and ideas on acting.

02/1993

ActuaLitté

Informatique

Foundation Course for Advanced Computer Studies

In the modern world, computer systems are playing a greater and greater part in everyday life. From office work, to entertainment, to providing information, the personal computer is quickly becoming a more integral part of the home. However, most PC users have no idea how most of the parts which make up their computer work internally. I am one of those who find that the framework provided by the school curriculum in the United Kingdom is of great assistance in planning lessons and learning plans but the curriculum does not plan out the work for us. We therefore need to invest a lot of time and effort into developing schemes of work that will suit the people we are going to teach. For me, it is a fantastic opportunity to employ our imagination and creativity to make lessons useful and interesting for children of different abilities. It is why I wrote this book. This book is a foundation course for Advanced Computer Studies and designed as a blueprint to teach users with a basic knowledge of computer science. Computer science is a subject that combines the use of technology which is ICT (Information Communication Technology) and the creation of technology. To use ICT (the subject about how to use technology to communicate information) more effectively, we need to know how technology works. Computing or computer science will create a generation of young people able to work at the forefront of technology change. It is the umbrella term for the subject that comprises 3 elements : computer science, information technology and digital literacy. It is helpful to think of these as the foundations, applications and implications of digital technology. The new focus on computer science will provides a well-defined and rigorous academic discipline and a unique lens through which pupils can understand the world. Children must therefore be taught computing if they are to be ready for tomorrow technology challenges. Our ingenuity to invent new means of communicating with each other, our very human compulsion to communicate have driven the technological innovations of the past two centuries however still a lot remain to be done with the arrival of quantum computing. A more rigorous approach to computer science teaching will help compete across the full spectrum of digital industries. This can only be achieved by equipping ourselves with the foundation skills, knowledge and understanding of computing do the necessity to introduce "computational thinking" at school via the new national curriculum (programmes of study and targets), the 2014 national curriculum that introduces computing which will replace ICT.

11/2015

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Religion

Like Man, Like Woman

Modern scholarship often discusses Roman women in terms of their difference from their male counterparts, frequently defining them as ‘other'. This book shows how Roman male writers at the turn of the first century actually described women as not so different from men : the same qualities and abilities pertaining to the domains of parenthood, intellect and morals are ascribed by writers to women as well as to men. There are two voices, however : a traditional, ideal voice and an individual, realistic voice. This creates a duality of representations of women, which recurs across literary genres and reflects a duality of mentality. How can we interpret the paradoxical information about Roman women given by the male-authored texts ? How does this duality of mentality inform us about gender roles and gender hierarchy ? This work analyses well-known, as well as overlooked, passages from the writings of Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, Suetonius, Quintilian, Statius, Martial and Juvenal and sheds new light on Roman views of women and their abilities, on the notions of private and public and on conjugal relationships. In the process, the famous sixth satire of Juvenal is revisited and its topic reassessed, providing further insights into the complex issues of gender roles, marriage and emotions. By contrasting representations of women across a broad spectrum of literary genres, this book provides consistent findings that have wide significance for the study of Latin literature and the social history of the late first and early second centuries.

07/2013

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Histoire internationale

Strange Adventures

Strange Adventures examines portrayals of womanhood in the works of prize-winning French author Pierrette Fleutiaux. Fleutiaux's refreshing pictures of womanhood offer insights into how women can become more whole, substantial and free in themselves and in their relationships, as well as how they can contribute to the external world through their creativity and leadership. The study demonstrates how Fleutiaux's heroines navigate the external, bodily and inner situations of adolescence, early adult life, marriage, motherhood, maturity, leadership and death, in the process developing greater inner resources of wisdom, compassion and resilience. This volume considers selections from Fleutiaux's oeuvre, from her first short fiction Histoire de la chauve-souris to her recent Loli le temps venu, including Métamorphoses de la reine (Goncourt de la nouvelle) and Nous sommes éternels (Prix Femina). Using a theoretical framework which draws on Jungian concepts and the philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir, the study analyses women's individuation trajectories at each stage of life. Throughout, Fleutiaux's depictions are shown to pose a challenge to existing conceptions of womanhood and individuality, thus opening up new understandings of what it means to be a woman, and to be human.

03/2016

ActuaLitté

Comptabilité

The 4-Hour Week. Wszystko w 4 godziny!

W ksiazce The 4-Hour Workweek amerykanski autor, przedsiebiorca i mówca Timothy Ferris dzieli sie wlasna metoda na to, by pracowac mniej i zarabiac wiecej, która obejmuje optymalizacje, outsourcing i rozwój osobisty. To jasne i szczególowe streszczenie i analiza jest cennym zródlem dla kazdego, kto chce zrozumiec bardzo oryginalna ksiazke Ferrisa : zawiera dokladne wyjasnienie osobistych doswiadczen autora, glównych koncepcji lezacych u podstaw jego pracy, takich jak Prawo Parkinsona, oraz kontekstu jego pracy, w tym ruchu hipisowskiego. Stanowi równiez wprowadzenie do jego wlasnego rozumienia zasady Pareto, glównych krytyk jego pracy i potencjalnych rozszerzen jego podejscia, dajac ci wszystko, czego potrzebujesz, aby zrozumiec te innowacyjna ksiazke w zaledwie 50 minut. O ksiazce The 4-Hour Workweek : The 4-Hour Workweek to bestseller, który popchnal jego autora do slawy i nadal mu status "guru", w duzej mierze dzieki aktywnej promocji ksiazki przez blogerów zwiazanych z Ferrisem. Jednak, choc jest to niewatpliwie wielki sukces, ksiazka spotkala sie z duza doza krytyki, opartej glównie na fakcie, ze zalecenia, które Ferris podaje, oparte sa na jego wlasnych doswiadczeniach, a wiec nie moga byc dostosowane dla kazdego. The 4-Hour Workweek brakuje wiec pewnego poczucia perspektywy, chociaz w Internecie ksiazka nigdy nie jest reklamowana jako ksiazka o zarzadzaniu czy ekonomii - wydaje sie, ze jest to kategoria sama w sobie ! O Timothym Ferrissie : Timothy Ferriss urodzil sie w 1977 roku i ukonczyl Uniwersytet Princeton z dyplomem w dziedzinie studiów wschodnioazjatyckich, po tym, jak dabbling troche w neurobiologii. Po wyruszeniu w swiat pracy, szybko stal sie niezadowolony i zalozyl wlasna firme, Brain Quicken, i zaczal rozwijac serie innych projektów, w tym wydanie filmów online, program telewizyjny i kursy nauczania, wszystkie skupione na jego podejsciu do samorealizacji.

01/2023

ActuaLitté

Histoire internationale

Each Child Is My Only One

In Each Child Is My Only One : Lotte Carlebach-Preuss, the Portrait of a Mother and Rabbi's Wife, Miriam Gillis-Carlebach, the daughter of Rabbi Dr. Joseph Zvi Carlebach (1883–1942), last Chief Rabbi of Hamburg and its surroundings, describes her childhood in the lively household of a rabbi's family with nine children, focusing on the special personality of her mother, Lotte Carlebach, née Preuss (1900–1942). The book starts with the history of the Preuss family, goes on to describe the marriage of Lotte to Joseph Carlebach, and portrays in detail their dynamic family life – until their deportation with their four youngest children to a Latvian concentration camp in 1942. The book is composed of two main parts. In the first section the reader learns about the events up to 1938, both inside and outside the Carlebach home ; the second section covers the years 1938–1941, in which there was a lively correspondence mainly between the mother and those of her children who succeeded in emigrating from Nazi Germany. This part concludes with several testimonies portraying the special personalities of Rabbi Carlebach and his wife and their devotion to the unfortunate who benefited from their unbounded assistance and altruism during the Holocaust. Many photographs are included in the book, several of them taken by Lotte Carlebach herself. The book is a unique and personal testimony about Jewish life in Germany during the years of persecution that relentlessly led to the conflagration of the Holocaust.

05/2014

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Développement durable-Ecologie

Native Land, Stop Eject. Edition en anglais

Created by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, the exhibition Native Land, Stop Eject proposes a dialogue between filmmaker Raymond Depardon and philosopher Paul Virilio on the notions of being rooted and uprooted today, an epoch in which human migration flows are taking place on an unprecedented scale. In his film Hear Them Speak, created with Claudine Nougaret, Raymond Depardon gives a voice to those who wish to remain on their land but are threatened with exile. Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Mark Hansen, Laura Kurgan, and Ben Rubin give form to Paul Virilio's concepts in six dynamic maps which examine new trends in contemporary human movement due to environmental, political, and economic factors. The texts included here, published for the first time in the catalog Native Land, Stop Eject (Prix Nomad's 2009), offer a chance to explore the themes raised in the exhibition. Accompanied by exhibition views, they incite contemplation on the meaning of sedentariness and nomadism, as well as related questions of identity.

05/2010

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Non classé

Stages of Exile

This book brings together twelve specially commissioned essays that showcase current research on Spanish Republican exile theatre and performance, including work by some of the foremost scholars in the field. Covering a range of periods, geographical locations and theatrical phenomena, the essays are united by the common question of what it means to ‘stage exile', exploring the relationship between space, identity and performance in order to excavate the place of theatre in Spanish Republican exile production. Each chapter takes a particular case study as a starting point in order to assess the place of a particular text, practitioner or performance within Hispanic theatre tradition and then goes on to examine the case study's relationship with the specific sociocultural context in which it was located and/or produced. The authors investigate wider issues concerning the recovery and performability of these documentary traces, addressing their position within the contemporary debate over historical and cultural memory, their relationship to the contemporary stage, the insights they offer into the experience and performance of exile, and their contribution to contemporary configurations of identity and community in the Hispanic world. Through this commitment to interdisciplinary debate, the volume offers a new and invigorating reimagination of twentieth-century Hispanic theatre from the margins.

09/2011

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Manga

To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 7

Par le passé, des hommes aux prédispositions particulières subirent des expériences qui les firent passer d'homme à bête. Les douleurs étaient si intenses que la plupart ne survivaient pas ou devenaient fous. Ceux qui, malgré tout, se relevaient étaient alors appelés "les divins mimétiques". Hank, Charlotte et Lisa se rendent sur les ruines de "l'école", le lieu où les divins ont été créés. Là-bas, ils sont assaillis par de mystérieuses hallucinations venues de temps anciens...

11/2018

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Manga

To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 8

Alors qu'elle se trouvait dans "l'école", le laboratoire d'expérimentation des Divins, Charlotte a soudainement perdu connaissance après avoir entendu "la voix de dieu". A son réveil, Hank est là, à ses côtés. Elaine, la géniale scientifique, avait quant à elle créé les divins justement après avoir entendu cette même voix. Charlotte s'interroge sur le lien qui pourrait exister entre elle et Elaine. Hank prend alors une grave décision...

01/2019

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Manga

To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 9

Hank, Kane et Elaine partent chacun de leur côté après avoir mené des jours heureux à l'Eglise. Elaine s'est plongée dans des recherches sur le somnium, "la pierre de Dieu" mais elle est aux prises avec des doutes. C'est alors qu'elle reçoit une lettre de Hank lui annonçant sa mobilisation et son départ pour le front. Les combats font rage, et "la voix de Dieu" résonne de plus en plus fort dans sa tête. Quel avenir les attend ? Voici le dernier chapitre sur les origines de l'école !

09/2019

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Manga

To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 10

Hank et Charlotte sont arrivés dans la petite ville minière de Coal Walls, dans une zone sous gouvernance du Nouveau Patria dont Kane est le chef. Ils y font la connaissance de Farn, une femme qui a organisé la résistance contre le divin griffon afin de reprendre possession de la mine que le Nouveau Patria s'est appropriée par la force. Hank décide de lui prêter main-forte pour vaincre le griffon. Une mission périlleuse dans une contrée où la gentillesse n'est pas un gage de survie...

03/2020

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Manga

To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 2

Hank poursuit sa dangereuse traque des divins, accompagné de Charlotte. Tous deux se rendent à Whitechurch, là où Kane, un ancien membre de l'unité des divins, aurait trouvé refuge. Mais sur place, ils découvrent qu'un cruel tueur en série sévit dans les bas-fonds de la ville. Assassinant sauvagement prostituées et clochards, cet être macabre n'aurait rien d'humain...

10/2017

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Manga

To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 3

Une année s'est écoulée depuis que Hank a détruit la ville de Whitechurch. Kane a pris la tête des divins et a fondé un nouvel état indépendant. Une nouvelle guerre semble se profiler... Pendant ce temps, Charlotte s'est rendue sur la tombe de son père à Rivulet Wood. Mais elle s'y trouve alors face à un monstre qui ne devrait pas être là...

11/2017

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Manga

To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 4

Hank est en fuite depuis des mois. Charlotte et Lisa accompagnent la division Coup de Grâce, qui traque les divins, afin d'essayer de le retrouver. Malheureusement, elles comprennent que la prochaine cible du commandant Claude n'est autre que Hank lui-même. Les soldats sont à ses trousses alors que celui-ci est pris dans un combat à mort contre le divin Garm...

02/2018