Otsing: 03241

This book introduces readers to the anthropology of magic, witchcraft, and supernatural belief. It takes a new approach to this area, demonstrating that the bases for these beliefs and alleged practices are instinctual, inherent in human cognition and psychology, and are likely rooted in our evolutionary biology. This book introduces students to the anthropology of magic, witchcraft, and supernatural belief. It takes a new approach to this area within the anthropology of religion, demonstrating that the bases for these beliefs and alleged practices are instinctual, inherent in human cognition and psychology, and are likely rooted in our evolutionary biology. It shows how magic and magical thinking are regular elements in people’s daily activities, and that understanding the components of the witchcraft complex offers surprisingly important insights into patterns of thinking and social behavior.The book reviews the many meanings of “magic” and “witchcraft,” explains why they are inadequate, and introduces the anthropological meanings of the terms. The components of these beliefs are timeless and universal; this fact, and recent advances in the brain sciences, suggest that the principles of magic are derived from basic processes of human thinking, and the attributes of the witch derive from neuro-biologically based fears and fantasies. Such beliefs had adaptive significance in the evolutionary development of the human species; they are inherently human.This book is intended to focus anew on the core concepts of magic, witchcraft, and the supernatural, while also serving as a valuable introduction to the anthropology of religion for undergraduate and graduate-level courses.

Pursuing historical analogies between nineteenth-century theories and the current practices captivated by digital reproducibility, this book offers a critical take on architectures contemporaneity through four essays: tectonics, materiality, cladding, and labor. Fundamental to this proposition is the historicity of Gottfried Sempers theorization of architecture amidst the outpouring of new materials and construction techniques during the 1850s. Starting with Sempers differentiation between theatricalization and the tectonic of theatricality, this book examines thematic essential to architectures self-representation. Even though the title of this book recalls the Semperian Four Elements of Architecture, its argument encapsulates a unique historico-theoretical project probing the tectonic of theatricality beyond Semper. The invisible tie between technique and labor is the cord running through the four subjects covered in this book. In exploring these subjects from the theoretical standpoint of Marxian dialectics, this books contribution is focused on, but not limited to, the topicality of labor today when its relationship with capital has been further obscured by the prevailing digitalization of commodity exchange value, starting roughly in the 1990s. Each essay examines Sempers theorization of architecture in contradistinction to the ways in which technologys mediation has dominated architectures representation. Burrowing through the invisible tie between technique and work, asymptomatic of architectures predicament in global capitalism, Towards a Critique of Architectures Contemporaneity advances the scope of architectural criticism beyond the exhausted formalism and architectures turn to philosophy circa the 1980s and the present tendencies for presentism. It will therefore be of interest to researchers and students of architectural history and theory.

"Global pandemics, smart technologies, demographics and climate change are just some of the external disruptors that may impact the home's evolution over the next ten years. Future Home provides a comprehensive 'horizon scan' of what our homes may be like approximately ten years from now, by looking for early signs of potentially important developments through a systematic examination of trends, innovations and disruptors. The authors consider what aspects of the home are likely to remain constant and what aspects may change beyond all recognition and if changes are predicted, what form they may take and, most importantly, what this means for design professionals. Exploring areas of buildings and technology, people, and delivery, each chapter addresses the catalysts, natures and responses to these changes. This book provides an overview of the future home that will be essential reading for designers, policy-makers and home-owners alike"-- Future Home provides a comprehensive ‘horizon scan’ of what our homes may be like approximately ten years from now, by looking for early signs of potentially important developments through a systematic examination of trends, innovations and disruptors. Global pandemics, smart technologies, demographics and climate change are just some of the external disruptors that may impact the home’s evolution over the next ten years. Future Home provides a comprehensive ‘horizon scan’ of what our homes may be like approximately ten years from now, by looking for early signs of potentially important developments through a systematic examination of trends, innovations and disruptors. The authors consider what aspects of the home are likely to remain constant and what aspects may change beyond all recognition and if changes are predicted, what form they may take and, most importantly, what this means for design professionals. Exploring areas of buildings and technology, people, and delivery, each chapter addresses the catalysts, natures and responses to these changes. This book provides an overview of the future home that will be essential reading for designers, policy-makers and home-owners alike.

Die Noten im Griff mit dem Camden Town Klassenarbeitstrainer!- alle Themen des Schulbuchs schülergerecht erklärt- zahlreiche Übungen und Muster-Klassenarbeiten zum Trainieren- Lösungen und Bewertungsschlüssel zu jeder Klassenarbeit- Klassenarbeitsplaner für die effektive Vorbereitung+ Online-Angebot: Audio-Dateien zum HörverstehenPassgenau zum Schulbuch Camden Town!

The metaverse seems to be on everybody’s lips – and yet, very few people can actually explain what it means or why it is important. The metaverse seems to be on everybody’s lips – and yet, very few people can actually explain what it means or why it is important. This book aims to fill the gap from an interdisciplinary perspective informed by law and media and communications studies. Going beyond the optimism emanating from technology companies and venture capitalists, the authors critically evaluate the antecedents and the building blocks of the metaverse, the design and regulatory challenges that need to be solved, and commercial opportunities that are yet to be fully realised. While the metaverse is poised to open new possibilities and perspectives, it will also be a dangerous place – one ripe with threats ranging from disinformation to intellectual property theft to sexual harassment. Hence, the book also offers a useful guide to the legal and political governance issues ahead while also contextualising them within the broader domain of governance and regulation of digital technologies.

Measuring Safety Management Performance explains the difference between lagging and leading measures of safety management performance and describes how to use proactive and reactive safety performance indicators. This highly practical book is an ideal read for professionals and students in the fields of occupational health and safety. Measuring Safety Management Performance lists and explains the difference between lagging and leading measures of safety management performance. It informs the reader how to use both proactive and reactive safety performance indicators and explains that consequence measurement is not an accurate reflection of the organization’s safety effort. It suggests managements’ Safety Performance Indicators (SPI) should be changed to proactive, positive measures of action and activities which can be controlled and accurately measured. A roadmap of a holistic system for measurement is offered that covers health and safety performance. It shows how management is traditionally informed about where they have been by information provided relating to injury data, rather than proactive, measurable, and controllable data on accident prevention efforts provided by the health and safety management system (SMS), which indicate where they are going.This highly practical book features examples of safety performance indicators, provides positive guidelines for accurate safety performance measurement, and is based on actual workplace experiences. It explains the strengths and weaknesses of proactive and reactive measurement metrics and gives examples of leading and lagging safety performance indicators.This book will be an ideal read for professionals and graduate students in the fields of occupational health and safety, ergonomics, and human factors engineering. It will have resonance with managers and professionals engaged in health and safety provisions at their place of work.

This new textbook has two main themes. The first is Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), the second is the wide range of developing products for the construction industry. This new textbook has two main themes. The first is Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) which is the off-site manufacture of a wide spectrum of products, ranging from whole buildings to be transported onto site, down to smaller units or components for site integration. The second theme describes the innovation and progress towards carbon zero by the major generators of CO2 in the construction industry – namely cement, steel and masonry.The first section of the book describes and illustrates with photographs, the major forms of Modern Methods of Construction. These include fully completed 3D units, panelised systems, pods, sub-assemblies and on-site MMC. The section on Innovative Materials then describes a wide range of construction products which are entering into the built environment sector. Some new entrants are variants on well-established construction materials such as steel and concrete. Materials such as these will remain major construction materials for the foreseeable future, but their composition and manufacturing processes will inevitably have to change. Timber also will remain a major construction material, but sustainable sourcing is key and its utilisation as cross-lamination timber (CLT) or as modified timber is rapidly developing. As a result, students and practitioners must familiarise themselves with these materials, their composition, and various uses.The book goes on to describe variants of other traditional building products, such as glass, plastic and insulation, which are undergoing major developments leading towards enhanced environmental sustainability, as well as many emergent materials, some of which are likely to be significant in future. Modern Methods of Construction and Innovative Materials is the only book combining these important elements of the future of the industry in an easy-to-read guide for students and new practitioners. It is essential reading for anyone studying and working in the built environment, be they architects, construction managers, surveyors or engineers.

Radiaatori kinnitus (alumine osa, tugi) sobib: TOYOTA AYGO X 03.22-

IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics is designed to help students learn how to analyze and interpret research. In easy-to-understand language, the authors show readers how to choose the appropriate statistic based on the design, and to interpret outputs appropriately. There is such a wide variety of options and statistics in SPSS that knowing which ones to use and how to interpret the outputs can be difficult. This book assists students with these challenges.Comprehensive and user-friendly, this book prepares readers for each step in the research process: design, entering and checking data, testing assumptions, assessing reliability and validity, computing descriptive and inferential parametric and nonparametric statistics, and writing about results. Dialog windows and SPSS syntax, along with the output, are provided. Several realistic data sets are used to solve the chapter problems and are available as an online resource.This edition includes:• Updated chapters and screenshots• Additional SPSS work problems• Callout boxes for each chapter, indicating crucial elements of APA style and referencing outputs.IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics is an invaluable supplemental (or lab text) book for students. In addition, this book and its companion, IBM SPSS for Intermediate Statistics, are useful as guides/reminders to faculty and professionals regarding the specific steps to take to use SPSS and/or how to use and interpret parts of SPSS with which they are unfamiliar. IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics is designed to help students learn how to analyze and interpret research. In easy-to-understand language, the authors show readers how to choose the appropriate statistic based on the design, and to interpret outputs appropriately.

"A new introductory textbook aimed at students who are studying building maintenance and asset management for the first time as part of their undergraduate or foundation course. Plugs a gap in the current curriculum and literature which must educate emerging professionals about the significance of the operational phase of a built asset's lifecycle, if the challenges of the day are to be met head on. The book will help readers enhance their awareness, understanding and breadth of knowledge of the issues around improving organisational maintenance management. Ideal for anyone studying facilities management, building surveying, construction management, real estate, and property management"-- Building and Facilities Maintenance Management: An Innovative Operational Approach is a new introductory textbook aimed at students who are studying building maintenance and asset management for the first time as part of their undergraduate or foundation course. The book plugs a gap in the current curriculum and literature which must now seek to educate emerging professionals about the significance of the operational phase of a built asset’s lifecycle, if the challenges of the day are to be met head on.Each chapter is supported by seminar questions and formative assessment tasks to allow the learner to assess their own progress through the text and covers:The nature and importance of building maintenance for the successful strategic operation of an estatecontracting and procurement of maintenance worksrisk assessment in maintenance managementsurveying for common maintenance issues and defectsthe relationship between maintenance management and environmental sustainabilityand maintenance and conservation of historic buildingsThe book will help readers enhance their awareness, understanding and breadth of knowledge of the issues around improving organisational maintenance management. A handy guide for emerging professionals, this practical book is also ideal reading for anyone studying facilities management, building surveying, construction management, real estate and property management. Building and Facilities Maintenance Management: An Innovative Operational Approach is a new introductory textbook aimed at students who are studying building maintenance and asset management for the first time as part of their undergraduate or foundation course.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the most rapidly developing technology in the current Digital Age, but it is also the least defined, understood and adequately explained technological advance. This book brings together a group of leading experts who assess different aspects of AI from different disciplinary perspectives. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the most rapidly developing technology in the current Digital Age, but it is also the least defined, understood and adequately explained technological advance. This book brings together a group of leading experts who assess different aspects of AI from different disciplinary perspectives. The book argues that robots are not living systems but the creations of humans who must ultimately be accountable for the actions of the robots that they have invented. Robots do not have ownership entitlement. The book uses Intellectual Property Rights cases, evidence from roboticists, cybersecurity experts, Patent Court judges, technology officers, climate change scientists, economists, physicists and those from the legal profession to demonstrate that while AI can have very beneficial uses for many aspects of human economy and society, robots are not living systems autonomous from human decision making. This book will be useful to those in banking and insurance, cybersecurity, lawyers, judges, technology officers, economists, scientist inventors, computer scientists, large and small companies and postgraduate students.

Diivanvoodi, U-kujuline teisaldatav diivanvoodi 287x145x91 cm, hall, panipaigaga

This book applies both industrial engineering and computational intelligence to demonstrate intelligent machines that solve real-world problems in various smart environments. It presents fundamental concepts and the latest advances in multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques and their application to smart environments. Though managers and engineers often use multi-criteria analysis in making complex decisions, many core problems are too difficult to model mathematically or have simply not yet been modeled.In response, as well as discussing AI-based approaches, Soft Computing for Smart Environments covers various optimization techniques, decision analytics, and data science in applying soft computing techniques to a defined set of smart environments, including smart and sustainable cities, disaster response systems, and smart campuses.This state-of-the-art book will be essential reading for both undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers interested in advanced MCDM techniques for management and engineering in relation to smart environments. This book applies both industrial engineering and computational intelligence to demonstrate intelligent machines that solve real-world problems in various smart environments. This state-of-the-art book will be essential reading for both undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, practitioners.

Oxford School Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet GCSE Revision Cards provide active revision support that targets the most essential skills and knowledge students need to master to ensure exam success. Key features: 1. Each pack of 65 cards is structured by plot, character and theme, helping students to focus on the key skills and knowledge that will gain them the most marks in the exam 2. Presented in an accessible and engaging format, the cards include short quotations, questions and answers, broken down into bitesize chunks, so that students can get the most out of their revision sessions 3.The questions and answers on each card help students to test themselves and ensure they retain key information 4. The sharp, focused content of this quick revision tool make it ideal for last-minute exam preparation. The Oxford School Shakespeare range includes 20 of Shakespeare's plays, plus specific revision resources for Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet.

"Starting from the purchase of heavy equipment and following through to the end of its economic life, this manual explains how to efficiently maintain and operate different types of heavy equipment. Assigning heavy equipment to different projects and utilizing them in varied systems is a large part of construction operation; ensuring everything is monitored consistently and maintained accordingly is essential. This book aids engineers in facilitating straightforward, consistent reporting systems and cost-efficient equipment use. This is particularly of note to the construction industry. It enables engineers to save time and money on maintenance costs, and maximize the availability of the heavy equipment while providing comprehensive coverage of methods and procedures for heavy equipment management. The book also provides charts for practical use by engineers in the field, for example, mapping out a maintenance schedule and it includes chapters on maintenance and field operations organisation, including safety and security organisation.The book will be of interest to construction engineers, plant engineers, mechanical engineers, maintenance plant and field engineers"-- An essential guide to heavy equipment working procedures, this book covers equipment management systems including organization, administration, maintenance and field operation. Informative and instructive, the book enables engineers to confidently and safely manage heavy equipment. Starting from the purchase of heavy equipment and following through to the end of its economic life, this manual explains how to efficiently maintain and operate different types of heavy equipment. Assigning heavy equipment to different projects and utilizing them in varied systems is a large part of construction operation; ensuring everything is monitored consistently and maintained accordingly is essential. This book aids engineers in facilitating straightforward, consistent reporting systems and cost-efficient equipment use. This is particularly of note to the construction industry.Features: Enables engineers to save time and money on maintenance costs, and maximize the availability of the heavy equipmentProvides comprehensive coverage of methods and procedures for heavy equipment managementProvides charts for practical use by engineers in the field, for example, mapping out a maintenance schedule Includes chapters on maintenance and field operations organisation, including safety and security organisation The book will be of interest to construction engineers, plant engineers, mechanical engineers, maintenance plant and field engineers. Autorid: Ernesto A. Guzman

This book documents the unique reporting practices of humanitarian journalists – an influential group of journalists defying conventional approaches to covering humanitarian crises.Based on a 5-year study, involving over 150 in-depth interviews, this book examines the political, economic and social forces that sustain and influence humanitarian journalists. The authors argue that – by amplifying marginalised voices and providing critical, in-depth explanations of neglected crises – these journalists show us that another kind of humanitarian journalism is possible. However, the authors also reveal the heavy price these reporters pay for deviating from conventional journalistic norms. Their peripheral position at the ‘boundary zone’ between the journalistic and humanitarian fields means that a humanitarian journalist’s job is often precarious – with direct implications for their work, especially as ‘watchdogs’ for the aid sector. As a result, they urgently need more support if they are to continue to do this work and promote more effective and accountable humanitarian action.A rigorous study of how unique professional practices can be produced at the ‘boundary zone’ between fields, this book will interest students and scholars of journalism and communication studies, sociology and humanitarian studies. It will also appeal to those interested in studies of news and media work as occupational identities. This book documents the unique reporting practices of humanitarian journalists - an influential group of journalists defying conventional approaches to covering humanitarian crises. It will interest students and scholars of journalism and communication studies, sociology, and humanitarian studies. Autorid: Martin Scott, Kate Wright, Mel Bunce

Offering a vital, critical contribution to discussions on current perspectives, practices, and assumptions on Islamic Education, this book explores the topic through a wide range of diverse perspectives and experiences. Offering a vital, critical contribution to discussions on current perspectives, practices and assumptions on Islamic education, this book explores the topic through a wide range of diverse perspectives and experiences. This volume challenges current assumptions around what is known as Islamic education and examines issues around educational leadership based on Islamic principles to confront xenophobia and Islamophobia in educational systems, policies and practices. Arguing for a new term to enter the discourse – ‘Islamic-based’ educational leadership – chapters approach the issue through critical reflexivity and diverse perspectives, addressing issues such as the higher education of immigrant students around the globe and the rising tensions in Muslim and non-Muslim populations. Exploring topics ranging from the leverage of leadership to religious education, this text brings together a wide range of case studies, experiences and examinations to shed light to the different approaches of Islamic-based educational leadership, administration and management.This book will support researchers, doctoral students and scholars involved with multicultural education, school leadership and management studies, and education policy and politics more widely to explore new theories and practices that pave the way for future educational systems to meet faith-based demand in the school choice era. Autorid: Khalid Arar, Rania Sawalhi, Amaarah DeCuir, Tasneem Amatullah

Directly addressing how filmmakers can craft visually powerful films through practical skills that can be used throughout the filmmaking process, author Blain Brown explores how we use space, color, camera angles, composition, motion, POV and all the other methods in the day-to-day work of telling stories visually. Directly addressing how filmmakers can craft visually powerful films through practical skills that can be used throughout the filmmaking process, author Blain Brown explores how we use space, color, camera angles, composition, motion, POV and all the other methods in the day-to-day work of telling stories visually. Brown interrogates not only the tangible aspects of visual storytelling, but also the more abstract areas as well including visual metaphor, manipulating time and space, and visual subtext. It covers all the aspects of visual storytelling that directors, cinematographers, and editor use to tell stories visually. Written by a working filmmaker with over 30 years’ experience as a director and cinematographer, this book looks at both the how and the why of visual storytelling, consistently drawing on the day-to-day real-world environment of making a film. Ideal for intermediate and advanced students of filmmaking as well as professionals working in the industry. Topics Include: • Building A World • Cinematic Space • Visual Metaphor • Frame & Composition • Using Color • Time & Space • Light & Shadow • Visual Forces • POV & Eyelines • Motion • Lens & Focus • Establishing • Case Studies. Autorid: Blain Brown

Written by senior compositor, technical director, and master trainer Steve Wright, this updated edition condenses years of production experience into an easy-to-read and highly informative guide suitable for both working and aspiring visual effects artists, and addresses the problems and choices that professional compositors face daily. Written by senior compositor, technical director, and master trainer Steve Wright, this book condenses years of production experience into an easy-to-read and highly informative guide suitable for both working and aspiring visual effects artists. This updated edition of Digital Compositing for Film and Video addresses the problems and difficult choices that professional compositors face daily with an elegant blend of theory, practical production techniques, and workflows. It is written to be software-agnostic, so it applies to any brand of software. It features many step-by-step workflows, powerful new keying techniques, and updates on the latest tech in the visual effects industry with all-new content on artificial intelligence (AI) for visual effects (VFX), Universal Scene Description (USD), Virtual Production, and Cryptomattes. A companion website offers images from the examples discussed in the book allowing readers to experiment with the material first-hand. This edition also adds Nuke workflows to the companion website for the first time. Autorid: Steve Wright

"This book shows how adults can bring rhymes and stories to life with young children and support children's early steps in communication and literacy. Focusing on the use of rhythm, rhyme and repetition in nursery rhymes and traditional tales from aroundthe world, it provides a wealth of practical ideas for using rhymes and stories one-on-one, in small groups or with whole classes. Drawing from the culmination of their many years of combined experience, the two authors link the theoretical understandingof language and communication with the practical use of rhymes and oral storytelling in the classroom, nursery and at home. Early chapters (or Part 1) provide a rationale for using rhyme, rhythm and repetition to inspire children to play with words and develop a love of language, building a foundation for literacy learning. Part 2 consists of ten lively chapters featuring original and re-imagined traditional fairy tales, containing: Accompanying rhymes to use with children Key themes including friendship, kindness, compassion, and generosity Follow-up activities activities for extending children's vocabulary, building their confidence, and developing critical thinking Suggestions of using voices, facial expressions, gestures, props and puppets to enrich children's emotional, imaginative and intellectual experience This delightful and practical book will be valuable reading for all adults wanting to support young children's creative learning through enjoyable and valuable experiences"-- This book shows how adults can bring rhymes and stories to life with young children and support children’s early steps in communication and literacy. Focusing on the use of rhythm, rhyme and repetition in nursery rhymes and traditional tales from around the world, it provides a wealth of practical ideas to inspire. This book shows how adults can bring rhymes and stories to life with young children and support children’s early steps in communication and literacy. Focusing on the use of rhythm, rhyme and repetition in nursery rhymes and traditional tales from around the world, it provides a wealth of practical ideas for using rhymes and stories one-on-one, in small groups or with whole classes. Drawing from the culmination of their many years of combined experience, the two authors link the theoretical understanding of language and communication with the practical use of rhymes and oral storytelling in the classroom, nursery and at home. Early chapters (or Part I) provide a rationale for using rhyme, rhythm and repetition to inspire children to play with words and develop a love of language, building a foundation for literacy learning. Part II consists of ten lively chapters featuring original and re-imagined traditional fairy tales, containing:Accompanying rhymes to use with childrenKey themes including friendship, kindness, compassion and generosityFollow-up activities activities for extending children’s vocabulary, building their confidence and developing critical thinkingSuggestions of using voices, facial expressions, gestures, props and puppets to enrich children’s emotional, imaginative and intellectual experienceThis delightful and practical book will be valuable reading for all adults wanting to support young children’s creative learning through enjoyable and valuable experiences. Autorid: Sarah Cousins, Hilary Minns

Making Places for People explores 12 social questions crucial to environmental design. Authors Christie Johnson Coffin and Jenny Young bring perspectives from practice and teaching to challenge assumptions about how places meet human needs. In this expanded second edition, the authors continue to explore the complexities of basic questions, such as: What is the story of this place? What logic orders it? How big is it? How sustainable is it? They consider the impact on making places of pandemic, climate change, human migration, and contemporary discussions of diversity, equity, and justice. Short, approachable, easy-to-read chapters, illustrated with updated examples of projects from around the world, bring together theory, methodology and key research findings. Understanding experienced and research-based connections between people and built form can inspire designs that make places of meaning and delight. This second edition will be essential reading for design students and professionals. Making Places for People explores twelve social questions crucial to environmental design. In this second edition, the authors retain the core of the book while placing more emphasis on human well-being, sustainability, and equity and justice. Autorid: Christie Johnson Coffin, Jenny Young

Fifty Key Improv Performers highlights the history, development, and impact of improvisational theatre by highlighting not just key performers, but institutions, training centers, and movements to demonstrate the ways improv has shaped contemporary performance both onstage and onscreen. Fifty Key Improv Performers highlights the history, development, and impact of improvisational theatre by highlighting not just key performers, but institutions, training centers, and movements to demonstrate the ways improv has shaped contemporary performance both onstage and onscreen. The book features the luminaries of improv, like Viola Spolin, Keith Johnstone, and Mick Napier, while also featuring many of the less well-known figures in improvisation who have fundamentally changed the way we make and view comedy – people like Susan Messing, Jonathan Pitts, Robert Gravel, and Yvon Leduc. Due to improv’s highly collaborative nature, the book features many of the art form’s most important theatres and groups, such as The Second City, TJ & Dave, and Oui Be Negroes. While the book focuses on the development of improvisation in the United States, it features several entries about the development of improv around the globe. Students of Improvisational Theatre, History of Comedy, and Performance Studies, as well as practitioners of comedy, will benefit from the wide expanse of performers, groups, and institutions throughout the book. Autorid: Matt Fotis

'Gifted and talented' is a zombie. It is dead, but still walking around. There are new labels to stratify students - 'more able', 'significantly able', 'high-aptitude learners'. New labels do not equal new thinking. The concept of 'gifted' is still stubbornly embedded in our educational structures, with its legacy of social immobility, racism and sexism. Students can be 'more able' when they have more financial resources, more access, more visibility, or more cultural acceptance. There are pervasive narratives that educators should prioritise extension for some students and not others. We can dispel the myth that pitching lessons judiciously to 'middle ability', and then differentiating up and down, is effective. This book explores how we can provide every student with rigorous challenge. Challenge for all is an inclusive approach to teaching, whereby every student is invited, and given the tools, to reach a place of mastery. This can be through project-based learning, Harkness round-tables, oracy, adaptive teaching, inclusive enrichment programs, dynamic classroom strategies and a schoolwide mission for equity. Educators can embed powerful knowledge into the curriculum, reimagine teaching to the top, and stretch learners through personalised and responsive instruction. The shift to enrichment, challenge and equity creates magnificent possibilities. The message to all students is: you belong here. Autorid: Morgan Whitfield

Get ready to squee with delight!Mangatopia: Cupcakes and Kitties is here to brighten your day with playful cats, bakery goodies, and dozens of other irresistibly cute kawaii and chibi characters to color. From dancing breakfast foods to smiling sea creatures and happy cacti, all drawn in a joyful Japanese style, these cuddly felines and tasty sweets are in delightful company.- Enjoy more than 45 pages of coloring art bursting with cuteness- Use crayons, gel pens, and even watercolors to bring heaps of charming creatures to life- Easily tear out and share each cheerful piece with friendsWith page after page of gamer cats, bouncy pups, singing sushi, chonky unicorns, and so much more, Mangatopia: Cupcakes and Kitties is your happy place colored to life! Autorid: Maddie Morales

Daydreamers and cloud gazers young and old will appreciate this happy little book for the way it adds creativity to the day. Cloud Doodles features a bright blue sky and a big fluffy cloud on every page. All the reader has to do is sketch what they see in it. Maybe its a flying hippo - no, wait, its a bicycle! Is that South America? A sailboat? Its definitely a bunny. There are no wrong answers, only creative ones. Curious doodlers can flip to the back of the book to compare their vision with that of the books artist. With scattered quotes throughout to let your spirit fly, Cloud Doodles is the perfect way to float above the chaos, activate the imagination, and add a sense of wonder back into life. Autorid: Ro Ledesma

A collection of original short plays that focus on sexual harassment and assault in Egypt, by debut Egyptian playwrights These five original short plays, written by Egyptian students from the American University in Cairo in collaboration with Jillian Campana and Dina Amin, mark the first published plays in Egypt that deal directly with sexual harassment. Sexual crimes are not limited to the workplace or the streetthey happen everywhere, from the bedroom to the café, in shops, on modes of transportation, and in businesses, homes, outdoor areas, and educational and religious institutions. They can be perpetrated by a stranger, acquaintance, friend, family member, or loved one and they can encompass many different types of sexual violence, including verbal, non-verbal, physical, or visual violence. This collection breaks social taboos by offering dramatic texts that reflect the reality of survivors of sexual harassment from multiple perspectivesfamilies and couples, bystanders, victims and perpetrators, men and women. Many of the women portrayed in these plays are independent, educated, and well to do, but they are all subjected to varying degrees of sexual harassment and violence. Accompanied with narrative commentary that places the events in context, these plays and the issues they explore seek to challenge dominant perceptions about sexual harassment in the region and to shine light on the power imbalances and disparities that give rise to it. They will be of interest to artists, social science researchers, educators, and anyone interested in the issue of sexual harassment, and collaborative theater processes. Playwrights: Yehia Abdelghan, Marwan Abdelmoneim, Nour El Captan, Passant Faheem, Nour Ibrahim, Noran Morsi, and Omar Omar The research on which this book is based was awarded the Times Higher Education 2023 MENA Award for Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Performances of these plays are royalty free. Autorid: Jillian Campana, Dina Amin, The Cairo Writers Lab, Hoda Elsadda

In Democracy and International Conflict, James Lee Ray defends the idea, so optimistically advanced by diplomats in the wake of the Soviet Union's demise and so hotly debated by international relations scholars, that democratic states do not initiate war against one another and therefore offer an avenue to universal peace. Ray acknowledges that despite persuasive theoretical arguments and empirical evidence in favor of this idea, the democratic peace proposition is susceptible to attack on three points: the statistical rarity of both international wars and democracies; the difficulty in defining democracy; and the vulnerability of democratic regimes. To confront these criticisms, Ray offers a systematic analysis of regime transitions and a workable definition of democracy as well as careful scrutiny of cases in which democracies averted international conflict. Autorid: James Lee Ray, Charles W. Kegley, Donald J. Puchala

At a time of escalating urban disasters and sharply reduced aid budgets, humanitarian aid, long held in need of reform, has no choice but to reset.This book argues that humanitarian aid must accomplish this reset by prioritising people’s agency and localising responses. The book provides lessons learned from leading practitioners working in urban development who dissented from established top-down practices to forge better, people-centred approaches. These lessons are compared with the wicked problem of post-disaster shelter provision, reviewing good approaches that work, and some bad ones that don’t. The book ends by proposing three ways for aid to let go, through supporting and trusting people to do the right thing.The book ultimately seeks to reinforce that engaging in processes is vital for effective disaster recovery programmes. That means putting first those caught up in disaster and supporting local organisations who are best placed to provide the right support. It will be crucial reading to anyone working in humanitarian aid, especially planners, architects, engineers and community development practitioners. At a time of escalating urban disasters and sharply reduced aid budgets, humanitarian aid, long held in need of reform, has no choice but to reset. This book will be crucial reading to anyone working in humanitarian aid, especially planners, architects, engineers and community development practitioners. Autorid: David Sanderson

This book is a valuable gateway to understanding one of the most exciting ideas in philosophy and cognitive science: that minds are not confined to the brain but extend into the body and environment. Written in a clear, engaging style, the book guides readers through competing views of embodiment and shows how they matter for everyday life. An Introduction to Embodied Mind: Thinking Outside the Head offers readers a valuable gateway to understanding one of the most exciting ideas in philosophy and cognitive science: that minds are not confined to the brain but extend into the body and environment. Written in a clear, engaging style, the book guides readers through competing views of embodiment and shows how they matter for everyday life. The book is divided into three parts. Part One begins with familiar ideas about mind–body separation and gradually leads readers toward embodied perspectives, distinguishing between “weak” and “strong” versions of embodiment. Part Two develops two influential approaches to embodied cognition and highlights their strengths as well as their challenges. Part Three explores how these theories make a difference in practice, with applications to free will, ethics, technology, and cultural life. Each chapter includes accessible overviews, exercises in “Otto’s Workbook” that encourage active reflection, and “Sidequests” and “The More You Know” boxes that invite readers to dig deeper. Examples are drawn from popular culture, psychology, and everyday experience, making the material approachable for students and general readers alike. With its blend of rigorous philosophy, practical exercises, and lively examples—as well as a helpful glossary—An Introduction to Embodied Mind: Thinking Outside the Head provides an engaging exploration of embodiment for anyone curious about how minds really work. Autorid: Aaron Kagan, Charles Lassiter

This volume is about tablet-woven bands from Egypt, mainly dating to the early Byzantine era - better known as Coptic era (around 395-642 AD). It covers 62 'Coptic' bands tracked down from museums all over the world, including New Zealand. It features detailed photographs of the original bands as well as their reconstructions. The book honors the craft of the Egyptian tablet weavers by examing these fascinating bands, attemting to come as close as possible to the original finds with the versions the author wove and documented in the pattern drafts. The focus in on making these beautiful, often very brightly colored bands accessible to today's tablet weaving community, hopefully inspiring contemporary weavers to reweave these treasures from the past, thus bringung them back to life.

Ludwig van Beethovens zwei Romanzen für Violine und Orchester in G-dur op. 40 und F-dur op. 50 sind dankbare Solostücke, die virtuose Technik und gestalterisches Feingefühl verlangen. Ihre einfache Anlage mit noblen Melodien und virtuosen Ausschmückungen im weiteren Verlauf machten sie schon zu Lebzeiten Beethovens beliebt. Die Klavierpartitur dieser Ausgabe basiert auf dem Urtext der Beethoven-Gesamtausgabe. Ernst Herttrich wartet im Vorwort der Henle-Urtextausgabe mit vielen interessanten Detailinformationen zu Entstehungsgeschichte und Anlage der beiden Romanzen auf. Die Fingersatzbezeichnungen stammen vom Violinvirtuosen Wolfgang Schneiderhan. Außerdem liegt eine unbezeichnete Solostimme bei.

This book asks what it means to decolonize museums in theory and practice. It explores recent calls by activists and artists for social change in and through museums, and how museums have responded to these calls and interventions.The point of departure for this volume are the burgeoning global debates around racism that have compelled many museums and public institutions to confront their complicity in colonialism, both past and present. Building on interviews with curators, cultural practitioners, artists and activists, as well as the authors' ongoing involvement with movements aimed at decolonising museums, this volume explores how anti-racist activism and artivism have transformed museums, as well as the broader social and political significance of these transformations. The book focuses on the practices, approaches, and strategies that are being adopted in efforts to decolonize museums and cultural institutions; where they succeed and fail; and the similarities and differences between these initiatives. It discusses specific exhibitions and whether they represent colonialism as past phenomenon or as enduring racial logics forcefully shaping the present. It analyzes both mainstream European museums as well as grassroots, museum-like initiatives that aim to reckon with colonialism and race in different contexts. Core to the argument is the issue of how memory, heritage and museum studies, the disciplines that explore, explain and staff museums, have engaged or not with race.Decolonizing the Museum will be valuable for those studying or researching in the fields of Museum Studies, Heritage, Memory and Art Studies, Decolonial theory, Postcolonialism, Race and Racism, and Cultural Politics. Providing an important window into the political role of curators, the politics of race in transforming museums, it will also be beneficial to museum practitioners as well as activists and artists with a stake in these institutions. This book asks what it means to decolonize museums in theory and practice. It explores recent calls by activists and artists for social change in and through museums, and how museums have responded to these calls and interventions. Autorid: Chiara De Cesari, Wayne Modest, Marta Pagliuca Pelacani

This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to explore the links between ethnicity, inequality, and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa.The book shows how ethnic identity influences all aspects of life in African societies, defining access to political institutions and economic resources, resulting in horizontal or structural inequalities. It demonstrates that ethnicity operates both directly and indirectly through political and economic institutions in which the dynamics of ethnic engagement serve as a basis for resource allocation. Drawing on a blend of micro and macro perspectives, the book assesses the economic, cultural, legal, and sociological connections among ethnicity, inequality, and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Chapters provide a critical framework that grounds ethnic fragmentation as a central agency of underdevelopment and principally focus on three key areas:• The origins and dynamics of ethnicity in Sub-Saharan Africa• Socio-economic inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa and its link to ethnic identity• The relationship between governance networks and ethnic identityA distinctive contribution to development literature, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Economics, Development Studies, Geography, Anthropology, Political Science, Sociology, and African Studies. This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to explore the links between ethnicity, inequality, and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. A distinctive contribution to development literature, this book will interest students and scholars of Economics, Geography, Anthropology, Political Science, and Development and African Studies. Autorid: Tade O. Okediji

This collection engages with key questions in panel study research by exploring more deeply the interrelationship between the individual and the community and the impact on language change across the lifespan.The book is organized around four broad themes, each followed by a forward-looking commentary that ties together the key findings from the individual chapters. The first section examines style and socio-indexicality with the goal of disentangling short-term style-shifting from long-term language change. The second section continues with a focus on style, examining audience design and socially meaningful variation in professional settings as an integral component of age- and role-appropriate behavior. The third section considers different language/dialect contact scenarios and the impact on changing social identities and behavioural norms, which can fluctuate across the lifespan for different settings and life-stages and for different types of variables. The final section explores a computational, agent-based model of lifespan and community change, targeting the practical challenges often encountered in panel research, such as data sparsity and the short duration of the human lifespan. A postscript underscores the importance of considering style and setting as integral aspects of panel research rather than as afterthoughts and of leveraging computational modeling to expand our understanding of the interdependencies between lifespan and community change.This book will appeal to scholars interested in language variation and change, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and computational linguistics. This collection, the third in a series of three volumes, engages with key questions in panel study research by exploring more deeply the interrelationship between the individual and the community and the impact on language change across the lifespan. Autorid: Isabelle Buchstaller, Karen V. Beaman

This book introduces the American Evangelical movement and the role it played in the support of Donald Trump. Specifically, it focuses on the Neocharismatic-Pentecostal (NCP) leaders, their beliefs, and their political strategies. The author examines why 81% of white evangelicals voted for Trump in 2016, and why he still received between 76% and 81% of their vote in 2020 despite losing the presidency. Additionally, the book discusses how NCP leaders are part of the Christian Right, a religious coalition with a political agenda centered on controversial issues such as anti-abortion activism, opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, and the protection of religious freedom.Structured around the three main ideas inspiring NCP leaders who supported Trump in 2016 and 2020—Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and Eschatology (the End Times)—the book examines how these ideas have sustained the evangelicals close to U.S. political power in the Trump era. In light of the potential for Trump's return to power in 2024, the book serves as a warning of what a renewed alliance between Trump and his former NCP supporters could bring.It is an essential read for all students and researchers of Evangelicalism, Religion in America, Political Theology, or Religion and Politics. This book introduces the American Evangelical movement and the role it played in the support of Donald Trump. It is an essential read for all students and researchers of Evangelicalism, Religion in America, Political Theology, or Religion and Politics. Autorid: André Gagné, Linda Shanahan