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Having reached an advanced age and living in full retirement, Peter
Ellinger has written his Memoirs. His odyssey commences with his
birth in Vienna in 1933, the very year in which Adolf Hitler was
democratically voted into power in Germany.Part I of the tome
covers Peter's escape from Austria, his years as a refugee in Italy
and in France and his primary, secondary and tertiary education in
Israel. He describes the pull of the Austrian idols of his home and
of the Zionist outlook of the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine. He also
talks about his growing up and about his attaining religious
insights.Notably, when he arrived in Palestine, the country was
still governed by Britain under a mandate. He witnessed the
foundation of Israel and the struggle of the newly born country
during its early years. For a short period, he practiced law in Tel
Aviv. He discusses some of the cases handled by him and, turning to
the political scene, gives a detailed account of Nasser's rise to
power and the Suez Crisis. He also discusses his embarkation on
Bible Critique, which has remained one of his hobbies.Part II
covers Peter's years as a postgraduate student in Oxford, his move
into academia and his first spell in Singapore. It deals with
Singapore's development from a Crown colony into a sovereign
city-state and describes its initial incorporation into the
Federation of Malaysia. During this period, Peter wedded Patricia
Goh, a Chinese-educated girl. Their marriage lasted for 43 years,
until Patricia's death in Singapore of leukemia.Part III deals with
Peter's life as a mendicant professor and with his position as
teacher of law in Wellington (New Zealand), Monash (Melbourne) and
his return to Singapore. During a period spent in Hamburg, he
envisaged the fall of the Brandenburg Wall and the unification of
the DDR with Western Germany. On the personal side, it covers his
antiques collection hobby.Part IV covers Peter's second spell in
Singapore, including his employment by the National University of
Singapore and his experience in legal practice. Shortly after
Patricia's demise, he went into full retirement. His years as
retiree are discussed in the last part of the book. Having covered
the past, his eyes focus on the future.Peter realises that his
odyssey is not exclusive. Other of his contemporaries - with a
Holocaust background - experienced their own winding journey
through life. He resolved to recount his experience because in one
sense it was unique: he witnessed the foundation of two states: the
unification of the two German states and the collapse of the Soviet
Union. Further, unlike many, he existed in an environment alien to
him.The reader will assess whether these Memoirs are worth telling.
Having reached an advanced age and living in full retirement, Peter
Ellinger has written his Memoirs. His odyssey commences with his
birth in Vienna in 1933, the very year in which Adolf Hitler was
democratically voted into power in Germany.Part I of the tome
covers Peter's escape from Austria, his years as a refugee in Italy
and in France and his primary, secondary and tertiary education in
Israel. He describes the pull of the Austrian idols of his home and
of the Zionist outlook of the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine. He also
talks about his growing up and about his attaining religious
insights.Notably, when he arrived in Palestine, the country was
still governed by Britain under a mandate. He witnessed the
foundation of Israel and the struggle of the newly born country
during its early years. For a short period, he practiced law in Tel
Aviv. He discusses some of the cases handled by him and, turning to
the political scene, gives a detailed account of Nasser's rise to
power and the Suez Crisis. He also discusses his embarkation on
Bible Critique, which has remained one of his hobbies.Part II
covers Peter's years as a postgraduate student in Oxford, his move
into academia and his first spell in Singapore. It deals with
Singapore's development from a Crown colony into a sovereign
city-state and describes its initial incorporation into the
Federation of Malaysia. During this period, Peter wedded Patricia
Goh, a Chinese-educated girl. Their marriage lasted for 43 years,
until Patricia's death in Singapore of leukemia.Part III deals with
Peter's life as a mendicant professor and with his position as
teacher of law in Wellington (New Zealand), Monash (Melbourne) and
his return to Singapore. During a period spent in Hamburg, he
envisaged the fall of the Brandenburg Wall and the unification of
the DDR with Western Germany. On the personal side, it covers his
antiques collection hobby.Part IV covers Peter's second spell in
Singapore, including his employment by the National University of
Singapore and his experience in legal practice. Shortly after
Patricia's demise, he went into full retirement. His years as
retiree are discussed in the last part of the book. Having covered
the past, his eyes focus on the future.Peter realises that his
odyssey is not exclusive. Other of his contemporaries - with a
Holocaust background - experienced their own winding journey
through life. He resolved to recount his experience because in one
sense it was unique: he witnessed the foundation of two states: the
unification of the two German states and the collapse of the Soviet
Union. Further, unlike many, he existed in an environment alien to
him.The reader will assess whether these Memoirs are worth telling.
Letters of credit have retained their role as an instrumentality
for the financing of foreign trade. An understanding of the law and
practice in point is imperative for lawyers advising business
people and bank clients, as well as for the banking and trading
communities. The book examines the topic on the basis of the common
law system, primarily UK law, and adopts an approach that is
analytical and not merely descriptive. Letter of credit
transactions are, by their nature, international and most nations
have adopted the Uniform Customs and Practices ("UCP") originally
promulgated by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in 1933
and updated from time to time. Today, the UCP constitutes a code of
internationally accepted rules governing letter of credit
transactions. The authors have therefore selectively incorporated
some comparative discussion, for instance, of the position in the
USA and Europe. The book will be an essential work of reference for
commercial lawyers in all the major financial centres of Europe,
America and Asia.
The operation frequencies, bandwidths and data capacities of
communications systems are continuously increasing by employing
advanced technologies and aggressive scaling of device dimensions.
However, the restrictions inherent in scaling make the design of
radio frequency integrated circuits a demanding task. To meet the
corresponding challenges designers must provide profound skills in
several areas including circuit theory, silicon and compound
semiconductor technologies, communications standards, system
design, measurement techniques, etc. The book aims at addressing
all these multidisciplinary issues in a compact and comprehensive
form and in a single volume. Suitable for students, engineers and
scientists, the manuscript offers the necessary theoretical
background together with cookbook-like optimisation strategies and
state-of-the-art design examples.
- Offers a new perspective on the development of architectural
theory from early Modernism to the present as informed equally and
uniquely by both philosophical trends and computational advances -
Synthesizes a new history of design theory by tracing the use of
difference in architectural theory from the end of the 18th century
to the present as it informed contemporary design theory -
Illustrated throughout with captioned diagrams and photographs
- Offers a new perspective on the development of architectural
theory from early Modernism to the present as informed equally and
uniquely by both philosophical trends and computational advances -
Synthesizes a new history of design theory by tracing the use of
difference in architectural theory from the end of the 18th century
to the present as it informed contemporary design theory -
Illustrated throughout with captioned diagrams and photographs
There is an enormous quantity of literature, including numerous
patents, on the functions and applications of phosphates in foods.
No attempt has been made to review every publication, as such an
exhaustive review would require a sizeable book. Anyone interested
in further details on any topic covered in this treatise should
consult the references listed at the end of the chapter. The
bibliographies provided in the references for each topic should
provide more thorough coverage. It is hoped that the references
cited are those with the most useful information on the phosphate
applications and their effects on foods.
At the time when increasing numbers of chemists are being attracted
by the fascination of supposedly easy computing and associated
colourful imaging, this book appears as a counterpoint. The first
part focuses on fundamental concepts of quantum chemistry, covering
MCSCF theory, perturbation treatments, basis set developments,
density matrices, wave function instabilities to correlation
effects, and momentum space theory. The second part is devoted to
more practical studies, ranging from the characterisation of exotic
interstellar molecules, the accurate determination of spectroscopic
constants, excited states structures and EPR parameters through
photochemical and charge-transfer processes, cluster chemistry and
fullerenes, muonium chemistry, to the possible prediction of the
response of materials to electric fields in view of nonlinear
optical applications. Audience: Graduate students and researchers
whose work involves quantum chemistry, molecular physics, and
materials modelling.
Daughters of Darkness (1971) is a vampire film like no other.
Heralded as psychological high-Gothic cinema, loved for its
art-house and erotic flavors, Harry Kumel's 1971 cult classic is
unwrapped in intricate detail by writer Kat Ellinger to unravel the
many mysteries surrounding just what makes it so appealing. This
book, as part of the Devil's Advocates series, examines the film in
the context of its peers and contemporaries, in order to argue its
place an important evolutionary link in the chain of female vampire
cinema. The text also explores the film's association with fairy
tales, the Gothic genre, and fantastic tradition, as well as
delving into aspects of the legend of Countess Bathory, traditional
vampire lore, and much more. The book contains new and exclusive
interviews with director Harry Kumel and actress and star Danielle
Ouimet.
The striking feature of this book is its coverage of the upper
GHz domain. However, the latest technologies, applications and
broad range of circuits are discussed. Design examples are provided
including cookbook-like optimization strategies. This
state-of-the-art book is valuable for researchers as well as for
engineers in industry. Furthermore, the book serves as fruitful
basis for lectures in the area of IC design.
This handbook on Turkish cinema tries to provide a basis for those
who are interested in Turkish cinema in general and for those who
wish to do research in the field of Turkish cinema. It comprises
two parts, a bibliography and a study on the history of Turkish
cinema. With around 6000 entries and two or three times as many
cross references, the bibliography forms part one and includes for
the first time all kinds of non-Turkish and Turkish publications on
the history of Turkish cinema, directors, actors, films and film
festivals from 1970 to 2007. Part two is a comprehensive study
focusing on various aspects and subjects of Turkish cinema
including its beginnings, genres, directors, producers, films, etc.
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