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Discover a fascinating region in Southern Spain that offers the
most tantalizing food, through 75 authentic recipes, written with
expertise and using authentic ingredients. Andalucia is the largest
region of Spain and has a food tradition that is rich in shades
from the past: Moorish, Christian and Jewish influences prevail,
but there is so much more to discover. Following decades, if
not centuries, in which the local food accepted prejudice from
outsiders, any change or innovation was inhibited; but now a
fascinating revival is taking place everywhere in Andalucia, as in
the rest of Spain. This is supported by the array of amazing
ingredients from land and sea, by memories and aromas from the past
and by current innovation by Spanish chefs. La Cocina Andalucia has
become even more attractive, improved without losing any of its
character and taste. This selection of truly authentic recipes have
been developed by Maria Jose Sevilla during time spent in her house
in Aracena near Seville. Each recipe will be accompanied by short
histories relating to the character of a chosen locality, a
particular dish or equally important, the people that grow and
prepare the food. It would not be a book about the food loved
by the Andalucians without including some local ingredients and
regional specialities such as Iberico hams from Huelva, olive oils
from Cordoba or Jaen, olives from Seville or sherry vinegar, sea
salt and tiger prawns in Cadiz. Â
This volume comprises selected papers from the SIAM International
Meshing Roundtable Workshop 2023, SIAM IMR 2023, held in Amsterdam,
the Netherlands, March 6-9, 2023. The IMR was started by Sandia
National Laboratories in 1992 and, since 2021, it has been held
under the umbrella of the Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics (SIAM). The SIAM IMR 2023 was the first in-situ
conference to be held since 2019, after two online conferences. It
consisted of short courses, technical presentations from keynotes,
contributed talks and research notes, a poster session and meshing
contest, and discussion panels. The papers in these proceedings
present novel contributions that range from theoretical advances to
technical applications in engineering, geometric modeling, computer
graphics, visualization, and machine learning.
"Wrestling With Ghosts" summarizes and updates a growing literature
that includes traditional cultural accounts, scientific research,
and subjective reports about the uncanny sleep disorder referred to
as sleep paralysis (SP). The book serves as an important tool to
normalize the sleep paralysis experience by attempting to remove
its often-publicized mystical and supernatural aura. Specifically,
the book is a serious contribution to the psychological and social
scientific literature as an example of behavioral/social
methodology in clarifying psychological phenomena that can be
misinterpreted individually or by culture as "paranormal." However,
the book does not refute the very real phenomenology of the
experience and is intended as a practical guide for recognizing and
managing the disorder in creative and self-enhancing ways.
Moreover, this work reiterates the aesthetic and creative power of
uncanny dreaming regardless of its origin. This aesthetic dimension
of sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming is part of mythical,
shamanic, creative, personal and scientific multidisciplinary
approach to studying and describing dream phenomenology.
Additionally, this work provides a retrospective look at the
history of this uncanny disorder in human evolution, its recent
western medical history and its most recent empirical descriptions
as so-called alien abduction cases, including a presentation of
Jungian and Freudian mythical perspectives. The empirical data is
presented in balance with traditional cross-cultural and folklore
accounts of the disorder as well as in the context of numerous
recent cases researched in conjunction with the long-term study.
Part of the data presented includes a proposalabout
psycho-geographical and psycho-geomagnetic distributions of "ghost"
stories, dream attacks, and other SP related phenomena. These
geographical zones correlate with geodynamic areas such as the
Pacific "Ring of Fire" region where an increased number of cultural
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This book is a rethinking of ethics and socio-political life
through the ideas of Watsuji Tetsuro. Can we build a systematic
philosophy of morality, society, and politics, not on the basis of
identity and ego, but rather on the basis of selflessness? This
book explores such an attempt by the leading ethicist of modern
Japan. Using concrete examples and contemporary comparisons, and
with careful reference to both English and Japanese sources, it
guides the reader through Watsuji's ideas. It engages three
contemporary issues in depth: First, how do we approach the moral
agent, as an autonomous being or as a fundamentally relational
being? Second, is it the individual or the community that is the
starting point for politics? And finally, is ethics something that
is globally shared or something fundamentally local? This book aims
to be an informative and inspiring resource for researchers,
students, and laypersons interested in Buddhist thought.
The book explores how Darwins legendary and mythologized visit to
the Galapagos affected the socioecosystems of the Islands, as well
as the cultural and intellectual traditions of Ecuador and Latin
America. It highlights in what way the connection between Darwin
and the Galapagos has had real, enduring and paradoxical effects in
the Archipelago. This Twenty Century construct of the Galapagos as
the cradle of Darwin's theory and insights triggered not only the
definition of the Galapagos as a living natural laboratory but also
the production of a series of conservation practices and the
reshaping of the Galapagos as a tourism destination with an
increasingly important flow of tourists that potentially threaten
its fragile ecosystems. The book argues that the idea of a
Darwinian living laboratory has been limited by the success of the
very same constructs that promote its conservation. It suggests
critical interpretations of this paradox by questioning many of the
dichotomies that have been created to understand nature and its
conservation. We also explore some possible ways in which Darwin's
ideas can be used to better understand the social and natural
threats facing the Islands and to develop sustainable and
successful management practices.
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Volume 19 highlights major
developments in this area reported up to the end of 2002, with
results being set into the context of earlier work and presented as
a set of critical yet coherent overviews. The topics covered
describe contrasting types of application, ranging from biological
areas such as EPR studies of free-radical reactions in biology and
medically-related systems, to experimental developments and
applications involving EPR imaging, the use of very high fields,
and time-resolved methods. Critical and up-to-the-minute reviews of
advances involving the design of spin-traps, advances in
spin-labelling, paramagnetic centres on solid surfaces,
exchange-coupled oligomers, metalloproteins and radicals in
flavoenzymes are also included. As EPR continues to find new
applications in virtually all areas of modern science, including
physics, chemistry, biology and materials science, this series
caters not only for experts in the field, but also those wishing to
gain a general overview of EPR applications in a given area.
Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed
review coverage in major areas of chemical research. Compiled by
teams of leading authorities in the relevant subject areas, the
series creates a unique service for the active research chemist,
with regular, in-depth accounts of progress in particular fields of
chemistry. Subject coverage within different volumes of a given
title is similar and publication is on an annual or biennial basis.
Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed
review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical
research. Written by experts in their specialist fields the series
creates a unique service for the active research chemist, supplying
regular critical in-depth accounts of progress in particular areas
of chemistry. For over 80 years the Royal Society of Chemistry and
its predecessor, the Chemical Society, have been publishing reports
charting developments in chemistry, which originally took the form
of Annual Reports. However, by 1967 the whole spectrum of chemistry
could no longer be contained within one volume and the series
Specialist Periodical Reports was born. The Annual Reports
themselves still existed but were divided into two, and
subsequently three, volumes covering Inorganic, Organic and
Physical Chemistry. For more general coverage of the highlights in
chemistry they remain a 'must'. Since that time the SPR series has
altered according to the fluctuating degree of activity in various
fields of chemistry. Some titles have remained unchanged, while
others have altered their emphasis along with their titles; some
have been combined under a new name whereas others have had to be
discontinued. The current list of Specialist Periodical Reports can
be seen on the inside flap of this volume.
Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed
review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical
research. Written by experts in their specialist fields the series
creates a unique service for the active research chemist, supplying
regular critical in-depth accounts of progress in particular areas
of chemistry. For over 80 years the Royal Society of Chemistry and
its predecessor, the Chemical Society, have been publishing reports
charting developments in chemistry, which originally took the form
of Annual Reports. However, by 1967 the whole spectrum of chemistry
could no longer be contained within one volume and the series
Specialist Periodical Reports was born. The Annual Reports
themselves still existed but were divided into two, and
subsequently three, volumes covering Inorganic, Organic and
Physical Chemistry. For more general coverage of the highlights in
chemistry they remain a 'must'. Since that time the SPR series has
altered according to the fluctuating degree of activity in various
fields of chemistry. Some titles have remained unchanged, while
others have altered their emphasis along with their titles; some
have been combined under a new name whereas others have had to be
discontinued. The current list of Specialist Periodical Reports can
be seen on the inside flap of this volume.
Nishihira Tadashi, one of Japan's leading philosophers, introduces
the deeply experiential philosophy of losing yourself in the
reality of the present, guiding us through a concept found at the
centre of Eastern spiritual thought. Translated into English for
the first time, Tadashi defines no-mind, Mushin, as something
arising after something is extinguished. He addresses each of the
tension points that give the term its vitality: is it attained by
waiting or by practice? Can it ever be reconciled with social
ethics? Is it self-affirmation or self-negation, stillness or
activity? His thorough account of the Japanese philosophy of
no-mind pulls together the historical and philosophical threads and
covers the history of Zen Buddhism, the philosophy of D.T. Suzuki
and Takuan’s treatise on swordsmanship. He discusses its everyday
usage in Japanese and its old usage as an insult, following its
transformation into a positive meaning via Zen. Alive to the
complexities of translating no-mind into English, Tadashi's
introduction makes the essential connection of no-mind to the
paradoxical task of becoming human.
Award-winning journalist and editor-in-chief Cate Sevilla has survived the messy, stressy and sometimes bizarre world of work - just.
In How to Work Without Losing Your Mind, she gives an unflinchingly honest account of the bad bosses, the time spent crying in work loos, the hell and humiliation of her working life but, most importantly, she reveals the solid self-belief, the sage advice and the hard-won lessons that got her through.
Filled with humour, wit and supportive words, this book is your essential guide to fixing your relationship with your work. Press it into the hands of every womxn who is sinking in a toxic work environment, battling burnout, recovering from redundancy or trying to find the right career fit.
The developments in mesh generation are usually driven by the needs
of new applications and/or novel algorithms. The last decade has
seen a renewed interest in mesh generation and adaptation by the
computational engineering community, due to the challenges
introduced by complex industrial problems.Another common challenge
is the need to handle complex geometries. Nowadays, it is becoming
obvious that geometry should be persistent throughout the whole
simulation process. Several methodologies that can carry the
geometric information throughout the simulation stage are
available, but due to the novelty of these methods, the generation
of suitable meshes for these techniques is still the main obstacle
for the industrial uptake of this technology.This book will cover
different aspects of mesh generation and adaptation, with
particular emphasis on cutting-edge mesh generation techniques for
advanced discretisation methods and complex geometries.
Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History Illustrated by Lee Lorenz In America's courtooms, the verdict is laughter.
Sit back and enjoy a collection of verbatim exchanges from the halls of justice, where defendants and plaintiffs, lawyers and witnesses, juries and judges, collide to produce memorably insane comedy. - The Court: "The charge here is theft of frozen chickens. Are you the defendant, sir?"
- Defendant: "No, sir, I'm the guy who stole the chickens."
Charles M. Sevilla finds comic gems in court transcripts and now
brings readers a delightful, all-new collection. Starting with a
chapter on the defendants (one of whom, when asked his marital
status, replies after a long pause, Adequate ) and following with
sections on lawyers, experts, witnesses, evidence, and even one
called Malaprops (DA: The status of the boat has no relevance to
this case at all. This is a total fishing expedition). Stories from
the previous books have become viral Internet sensations, priming
readers for more legal disorder, such as:
Clerk: Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to
given in the cause now pending before this court shall be the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you
God?
Witness: Yes, I swear. I ll say anything but the truth, nothing
but the truth."
By the late 1980s and early 1990s, a great number of TV shows and
music acts blossomed in Colombia, all of which resorted to regional
identity as the narrative core for a renewed idea of national
identity. Among them was "Clasicos de la provincial," an album by
Colombian singer Carlos Vives and his band La Provincia (1993),
which marked the beginning of a successful career that has spanned
nearly three decades. Vivess work not only earned much deserved
recognition in the musical industry from the beginning, but most
importantly, has come to be renowned as a landmark in the cultural
history of Colombia. This book is the first in-depth analysis
focused on the creation and production process of Vivess work, its
main musical and literary features, and its influence on other
musicians and in the construction of a narrative about national
identity that is still relevant today. More than fifty interviews
with Vives and members of the band, musicians, journalists, radio
programmers, musical producers, and other key players of the
process, together with an extensive review of hundreds of
documents, are the sources for this book, which earned its authors
a national award in Colombia (2015).
An alternative history of capitalist urbanization through the lens
of the commons Characterized by shared, self-managed access to
food, housing, and the basic conditions for a creative life, the
commons are essential for communities to flourish and protect
spaces of collective autonomy from capitalist encroachment. In a
narrative spanning more than three centuries, Against the Commons
provides a radical counterhistory of urban planning that explores
how capitalism and spatial politics have evolved to address this
challenge. Highlighting episodes from preindustrial England, New
York City and Chicago between the 1850s and the early 1900s,
Weimar-era Berlin, and neoliberal Milan, Alvaro Sevilla-Buitrago
shows how capitalist urbanization has eroded the egalitarian,
convivial life-worlds around the commons. The book combines
detailed archival research with provocative critical theory to
illuminate past and ongoing struggles over land, shared resources,
public space, neighborhoods, creativity, and spatial imaginaries.
Against the Commons underscores the ways urbanization shapes the
social fabric of places and territories, lending particular
awareness to the impact of planning and design initiatives on
working-class communities and popular strata. Projecting history
into the future, it outlines an alternative vision for a
postcapitalist urban planning, one in which the structure of
collective spaces is ultimately defined by the people who inhabit
them.
Ask any Spaniard where you will find the best food in the country
and the answer is invariably the Basque provinces. In this
beautifully written book, Maria Jose Sevilla describes the region
through the eyes of men and women whose lives embrace every aspect
of its cooking and culinary traditions, and records the recipes she
has learned from them. The author takes us from market to caserio,
or farmstead, and shows how the strength of Basque cuisine comes
from the quality and range of local produce: superb fish from the
Cantabrian coast, cheeses and wild mushrooms from the mountains,
and vegetables and fruit including apples for cider-making from the
caserios of the valleys. Through her portraits of a fisherman, a
craftsman of wooden cheese-making utensils, a wine producer, and a
young city housewife, the author shows the historical influences
and fierce regional pride behind this distinctive culinary
repertoire. Finally, three professional chefs take us into their
kitchens, and show us how their superb cooking is based on rich
popular traditions. More than eighty authentic recipes punctuate
evocative descriptions of cultural and culinary traditions, making
this an ideal book for the inquisitive traveler who enjoys good
food.
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