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A history of the people from Rotuma Island (Fiji) from legendary
times (based on oral history, archaeological, and linguistic
evidence), through the era of British colonial domination, until
the end of the twentieth century.
The book is divided into four sections. The first section presents
information about Rotuma's geography; its early history as derived
from myths, legends, language affinities, and the limited
archaeological work done on the island; the nature of Rotuma's
culture and society at the time of European intrusion in the early
nineteenth century; and the forms of creative and artistic
expression.
The second section deals with the impact of explorers, whalers,
beachcombers, and returning Rotuman sailors, as well as
missionaries who visited or stayed on Rotuma for varying lengths of
time. The time period covered by this section is from 1791, when
the Pandora, captained by Edward Edwards, made a brief visit, to
1879, when a war between Methodist and Catholic factions culminated
in an offer of cession to Great Britain.
Section three provides an account of Rotuma's colonial experience,
beginning with the events leading to cession; the shape of
political and economic experience under colonial rule; and the
health and welfare implications of colonial policies.
The final section covers the Rotuman experience from the time Fiji
gained independence from Great Britain in 1970 until the end of the
twentieth century. This section begins with an account of changes
on the island of Rotuma, followed by a consideration of the
somewhat problematic relationship between Rotuma and Fiji,
concluding with a look at the global Rotuman community - a
community in the process offormation.
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Operational Energy (Paperback)
Alan Howard, Daniel Nussbaum, Brenda Shaffer
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The Operational Energy textbook provides military officers the
knowledge and skills to effectively plan for the operational energy
needs of their forces and missions. After completion, students
should be able to carry out relevant analysis, planning and
strategy across the Services and organizations of the US national
security enterprise. The Pentagon defines Operational Energy (OE)
as "energy required for training, moving, and sustaining military
forces and weapons platforms for military operations." Planning and
strategizing for these energy needs is an integral part of all
combat and regular operations. Energy is one of the biggest
constraints and at the same time most important enablers of ability
to fulfill military missions. Moreover, proper operational energy
strategies and tactics can reduce casualties and save lives. The
most recent example is that fuel and water delivery missions
accounted for more than one-tenth of the US military casualties in
Iraq and Afghanistan. The book also examines issues that have not
been discussed in previously published academic or policy
literature, such as the impact of civilian demands for the military
to use increased amounts of renewable energy as well as threats
from the use of civilian supply chains for energy supplies. The US
military is the largest consumer of energy in the US federal
government. In light of this, many US public officials as part of
their drive to promote greater use of renewable energy and
reduction of climate altering emissions, may require that the
military fuel mix include significant amounts of renewable energy
and that the military reduce its carbon emissions. Accordingly, the
book will examine how the US armed forces can adjust to these
rising public demands, while still fulfilling its military mission.
The book will also look at the security challenges of use of
civilian supply chains. The US military procures most of its energy
from civilian suppliers. In 2019, the US military purchased 49
percent of its fuel supplies from outside the United States,
including in Asia and the Middle East. As the Covid-19 challenge
revealed, critical US supply lines depend on production in China
and other US adversaries. Washington recently initiated policies to
reduce US vulnerability to supply disruptions of critical materials
and products through reducing exposure to needs of products and
materials produced in China and other countries. The implementation
of these initiatives will require new strategies and policies for
the US military to meet its energy needs securely.
"Spirits in Culture, History and Mind" reintegrates spirits into
comparative theories of religion, which have tended to focus on
institutionalized forms of belief associated with gods. It brings
an historical perspective to culturally patterned experiences with
spirits, and examines spirits as a locus of tension between
traditional and foreign values. Taking as a point of departure
shifting local views of self, nine case studies drawn from Pacific
societies analyze religious phenomena at the intersection of
social, psychological and historical processes. The varied
approaches taken in these case studies provide a richness of
perspective, with each lens illuminating different aspects of
spirit-related experience. All, however, bring a sense of
historical process to bear on psychological and symbolic approaches
to religion, shedding new light on the ways spirits relate to other
cultural phenomena.
Included is a provocative theoretical chapter, co-authored by
Robert Levy and the editors. Unabashedly comparative at a time when
most anthropologists confine themselves to interpreting local
meanings, this chapter argues for a distinction between god-like
and spirit-like beings, with gods representing the moral order
while spirits are countered at its periphery. Issues associated
with morality, power, control, conformity, possession, selfhood,
the uncanny, and the impingement of high religions on folk beliefs,
among others, are addressed in this chapter.
The conclusion, by Michael Lambek, also excites controversy.
Reflecting on the ethnographic material included in the volume,
Lambek draws attention to the importance of understanding
spirit-related experiences, in their historicalcontexts, for coming
to grips with the very nature of religion.
"Spirits in Culture, History and Mind" reintegrates spirits into
comparative theories of religion, which have tended to focus on
institutionalized forms of belief associated with gods. It brings
an historical perspective to culturally patterned experiences with
spirits, and examines spirits as a locus of tension between
traditional and foreign values. Taking as a point of departure
shifting local views of self, nine case studies drawn from Pacific
societies analyze religious phenomena at the intersection of
social, psychological and historical processes. The varied
approaches taken in these case studies provide a richness of
perspective, with each lens illuminating different aspects of
spirit-related experience. All, however, bring a sense of
historical process to bear on psychological and symbolic approaches
to religion, shedding new light on the ways spirits relate to other
cultural phenomena.
Included is a provocative theoretical chapter, co-authored by
Robert Levy and the editors. Unabashedly comparative at a time when
most anthropologists confine themselves to interpreting local
meanings, this chapter argues for a distinction between god-like
and spirit-like beings, with gods representing the moral order
while spirits are countered at its periphery. Issues associated
with morality, power, control, conformity, possession, selfhood,
the uncanny, and the impingement of high religions on folk beliefs,
among others, are addressed in this chapter.
The conclusion, by Michael Lambek, also excites controversy.
Reflecting on the ethnographic material included in the volume,
Lambek draws attention to the importance of understanding
spirit-related experiences, in their historicalcontexts, for coming
to grips with the very nature of religion.
This book explores the exchange of music, musicians and musical
practice between Britain and the Continent in the period
c.1500-1800. This book explores the exchange of music, musicians
and musical practice between Britain and the Continent in the
period c.1500-1800. Inspired by Peter Holman's research and
performing activities, the essays in the volume developthe theme of
exchange and dialogue through the lenses of people, practices and
repertory and consider the myriad ways in which musical culture
participated in the dynamic relationship between Europe and
Britain. Key areas addressed are music and travel; music
publishing; emigre musicians; performing practice; dissemination of
music and musical practice; and instruments. Holman's work has
revealed the mechanisms by which continental practices were adapted
to local circumstances and has helped to show that Britain enjoyed
a vigorous musical culture in the long eighteenth century, in which
native proponents produced original works of quality and interest
and did not simply copy continental models. Following avenues
opened up by Holman' scholarship, contributors to this volume
explore a variety of ways in which the cross-fertilization of music
and musicians has enriched European, and especially British,
cultureof the early modern period.
The first genuinely interdisciplinary study of creativity in early
modern England In the seventeenth century, the concept of
creativity was far removed from most of the fundamental ideas about
the creative act - notions of human imagination, inspiration,
originality and genius - that developed in the eighteenthand
nineteenth centuries. Instead, in this period, students learned
their crafts by copying and imitating past masters and did not
consciously seek to break away from tradition. Most new material
was made on the instructions of apatron and had to conform to
external expectations; and basic tenets that we tend to take for
granted-such as the primacy and individuality of the author-were
apparently considered irrelevant in some contexts. The aim of this
interdisciplinary collection of essays is to explore what it meant
to create buildings and works of art, music and literature in
seventeenth-century England and to investigate the processes by
which such creations came into existence. Through a series of
specific case studies, the book highlights a wide range of ideas,
beliefs and approaches to creativity that existed in
seventeenth-century England and places them in the context of the
prevailing intellectual, social and cultural trends of the period.
In so doing, it draws into focus the profound changes that were
emerging in the understanding of human creativity in early modern
society - transformations that would eventually lead to the
development of a more recognisably modern conception of the notion
of creativity. The contributors work in and across the fields of
literary studies, history, musicology, history of art and history
of architecture, and their work collectively explores many of the
most fundamental questions about creativity posed by the early
modern English 'creative arts'. REBECCA HERISSONE is Head of Music
and Senior Lecturer in Musicology at the University of Manchester.
ALAN HOWARD is Lecturer in Music at the University of East Anglia
and Reviews Editor for Eighteenth-Century Music. Contributors:
Linda Phyllis Austern, Stephanie Carter, John Cunningham, Marina
Daiman, Kirsten Gibson, Raphael Hallett, Rebecca Herissone, Anne
Hultzsch, Freyja Cox Jensen, Stephen Rose, Andrew R. Walkling,
Amanda Eubanks Winkler, James A. Winn.
In 1960 Wilhelm Stoll joined the University of Notre Dame faculty
as Professor of Mathematics, and in October, 1984 the university
acknowledged his many years of distinguished service by holding a
conference in complex analysis in his honour. This volume is the
proceedings of that conference. It was our priviledge to serve,
along with Nancy K. Stanton, as conference organizers. We are
grateful to the College of Science of the University of Notre Dame
and to the National Science Foundation for their support. In the
course of a career that has included the publication of over sixty
research articles and the supervision of eighteen doctoral
students, Wilhelm Stoll has won the affection and respect of his
colleagues for his diligence, integrity and humaneness. The
influence of his ideas and insights and the subsequent
investigations they have inspired is attested to by several of the
articles in the volume. On behalf of the conference partipants and
contributors to this volume, we wish Wilhelm Stoll many more years
of happy and devoted service to mathematics. Alan Howard Pit-Mann
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Academy of Science, Peking, China.
The Operational Energy textbook provides military officers the
knowledge and skills to effectively plan for the operational energy
needs of their forces and missions. After completion, students
should be able to carry out relevant analysis, planning and
strategy across the Services and organizations of the US national
security enterprise. The Pentagon defines Operational Energy (OE)
as "energy required for training, moving, and sustaining military
forces and weapons platforms for military operations." Planning and
strategizing for these energy needs is an integral part of all
combat and regular operations. Energy is one of the biggest
constraints and at the same time most important enablers of ability
to fulfill military missions. Moreover, proper operational energy
strategies and tactics can reduce casualties and save lives. The
most recent example is that fuel and water delivery missions
accounted for more than one-tenth of the US military casualties in
Iraq and Afghanistan. The book also examines issues that have not
been discussed in previously published academic or policy
literature, such as the impact of civilian demands for the military
to use increased amounts of renewable energy as well as threats
from the use of civilian supply chains for energy supplies. The US
military is the largest consumer of energy in the US federal
government. In light of this, many US public officials as part of
their drive to promote greater use of renewable energy and
reduction of climate altering emissions, may require that the
military fuel mix include significant amounts of renewable energy
and that the military reduce its carbon emissions. Accordingly, the
book will examine how the US armed forces can adjust to these
rising public demands, while still fulfilling its military mission.
The book will also look at the security challenges of use of
civilian supply chains. The US military procures most of its energy
from civilian suppliers. In 2019, the US military purchased 49
percent of its fuel supplies from outside the United States,
including in Asia and the Middle East. As the Covid-19 challenge
revealed, critical US supply lines depend on production in China
and other US adversaries. Washington recently initiated policies to
reduce US vulnerability to supply disruptions of critical materials
and products through reducing exposure to needs of products and
materials produced in China and other countries. The implementation
of these initiatives will require new strategies and policies for
the US military to meet its energy needs securely.
These are perhaps Steiner's most exciting lectures on the
fundamentals of social renewal. Among the themes he considers are
spiritual science as a knowledge of action; the twelve senses of
the human being in their relation to Imagination, Inspiration, and
Intuition; the science of initiation and the impulse for freedom;
and viewpoints on the forming of healthy social judgments. This
volume provides a wealth of inspiration showing that healing will
come to social life when the inner mobility of soul acquired
through spiritual science is allowed to mold new social forms.
Fugal invention has proved a successful line of analytical inquiry
in recent studies of repertoires from Josquin to J. S. Bach. Alan
Howard brings similar insights to the music of Henry Purcell, and
proposes the first analytical approach to his music to examine
compositional methods alongside historically contemporary theory,
focusing particularly on Purcell's 'artificial' approach to
imitative counterpoint. Through this methodology Howard challenges
previous responses to Purcell's music that portrayed him as
fundamentally conservative. This study offers fresh insights into
the musical world in which Purcell lived and worked and situates
Purcell's compositional concerns in the broader context of notions
of artifice in Restoration culture. Howard thereby offers both a
fresh analytical approach - to Purcell's early instrumental works
and to his later concerted vocal music - and a critique of the
reception history surrounding the fantazias and sonatas in
particular.
A history of the people from Rotuma Island (Fiji) from legendary
times (based on oral history, archaeological, and linguistic
evidence), through the era of British colonial domination, until
the end of the twentieth century.
The book is divided into four sections. The first section presents
information about Rotuma's geography; its early history as derived
from myths, legends, language affinities, and the limited
archaeological work done on the island; the nature of Rotuma's
culture and society at the time of European intrusion in the early
nineteenth century; and the forms of creative and artistic
expression.
The second section deals with the impact of explorers, whalers,
beachcombers, and returning Rotuman sailors, as well as
missionaries who visited or stayed on Rotuma for varying lengths of
time. The time period covered by this section is from 1791, when
the Pandora, captained by Edward Edwards, made a brief visit, to
1879, when a war between Methodist and Catholic factions culminated
in an offer of cession to Great Britain.
Section three provides an account of Rotuma's colonial experience,
beginning with the events leading to cession; the shape of
political and economic experience under colonial rule; and the
health and welfare implications of colonial policies.
The final section covers the Rotuman experience from the time Fiji
gained independence from Great Britain in 1970 until the end of the
twentieth century. This section begins with an account of changes
on the island of Rotuma, followed by a consideration of the
somewhat problematic relationship between Rotuma and Fiji,
concluding with a look at the global Rotuman community - a
community in the process offormation.
Don McLean is one of America's most enduring singer-songwriters and
is forever associated with his classic hits 'American Pie' and
'Vincent (Starry Starry Night)'. Since first hitting the charts in
1971, Don has amassed over 40 gold and platinum records world-wide
and, in 2004, was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. His
songs have been recorded by artists from every musical genre, most
notably Madonna's No. 1 recording of 'American Pie' in 2000 and
George Michael's version of 'The Grave' in 2003, sung in protest at
the Iraq War. Don McLean is immortalized as the subject of the
Roberta Flack/The Fugees No. 1 hit, ' Killing Me Softly With His
Song'. The author has interviewed McLean at length about his
childhood, the making of "American Pie" and his career as a singer,
songwriter and performer. Says Jim Monaghan of WHDA radio, NJ:
..".Alan Howard did a terrific job in not just sharing Don's story,
but revealing a personal side of Don rarely seen by the public."
Are you aware that the T-shirt or running shoes you're wearing may
have been produced by a 13-year-old children working 14-hour days
for 30 cents an hour? The clothing sweatshop, as a recent string of
media exposes has revealed, is back in business. Don't be fooled by
a label which says the item was made in the USA or Europe. It could
have been sewed on in Haiti or Indonesia--or in a domestic
workshop, where conditions rival those in the third world. The
label might tell you how to treat the garment but it says nothing
about how the worker who made it was treated. To find out about
that you need to read this book. "No Sweat" will show you:
How Michael Jordan earned more for endorsing Nike running shoes
than the company's 30,000 Indonesian workers get between them in a
year.
How Disney CEO Michael Eisner's annual pay and stock options, worth
$200 million, are paid for out of profits from the sale of
Pocahontas and Hunchback of Notre Dame T-shirts made by Haitian
teenagers working for less than $10 per week and force-fed
contraceptive pills.
How companies like the Gap and Wal-Mart (producer of the Kathie Lee
Gifford line) have been forced into embarrassing concessions after
successful campaigning by the New York-based National Labor
Committee, the American garment workers union UNITE and the
European-based Clean Clothes Campaign.
How you can join the growing global campaign of consumer groups,
human rights activists, and international labor organizations to
close down sweatshops and guarantee basic rights for those who cut
and sew our clothes.
In hard-hitting words and pictures, "No Sweat" surveys the chasm
between the glamor of the catwalk and the squalor of the sweatshop.
Don't go shopping without it
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