In this collection, continental and diasporan African women interrogate the concept "sacred text" and analyze ways oral and written religious "texts" intersect with violence against African-descended women and girls. While the sanctioned idea of a sacred text is written literature, this project interrupts that conception by drawing attention to speech and other embodied practices that have sacral authority within the social imaginary. As a volume focused on religion and violence, essays in this collection analyze religions' authorization of violence against women and girls; contest the legitimacy of some religious "texts"; and affirm other writing, especially memoir, as redemptive. Unraveling and Reweaving Sacred Canon in Africana Womanhood arises from three years of conversation of continental and diasporan women, most recently continued in the July 6-10, 2014 Consultation of African and African Disaporan Women in Religion and Theology and privileges experiences and contexts of continental and diasporan African women and girls. Interlocutors include African traditionalists, Christian Protestants and Catholics, Muslims, and women embodying hybrid practices of these and other traditions.

History, Time, and Economic Crisis in Central Greece explores how the inhabitants of a Greek town face the devastating consequences of the worst economic crisis in living memory. Knight examines how the inhabitants draw on the past to contextualize their experiences and build strength that will enable them to overcome their suffering.

Of all the inventions of the nineteenth century, the scientist is one of the most striking. The ideas, discoveries and inventions of nineteenth-century scientists transformed the world: lives were longer and healthier, cities and empires grew, societies became urban rather than agrarian, the local became global. This book tells that story.

Recent years have seen a radical upheaval in use of IT in the service and financial sectors. The turbulent conditions created by economic deregulation, political re-regulation and privatisation have produced considerable challenges to the effective and efficient management of IT. Managers Divided is concerned with the use and development of IT in commercial organisations. Its particular focus is on the major shifts that are taking place in the management and use of IT in organisations struggling to come to terms with a rapidly changing market and regulatory environments. It examines the deeply political nature of IT management, innovation and change. The authors analyse the shift from a technology-led to a strategic and marketing-led use of IT. They study the use and development of IT through detailed localised studies of management practice that are understood to be influenced by, and have consequences for, broader socio-political, economic, organisational, and technological conditions. Graduates and undergraduates studying corporate and strategic management, management information systems, work and employment gender research, organisation studies and finance will find this book an invaluable asset. Information Systems specialists and practitioners in financial services will find the book a useful source of information.

This guide will be invaluable to mentors of new headteachers and designers of mentoring programs. For the mentee or new headteacher, it will jump start their process and shorten their learning curve. The authors recognize the primary role of the headteacher as instructional leader but also address the practical aspects of the headship. Their overview of mentoring includes a checklist of specific objectives linked to learning activities. At the core of the book, a series of mentoring field stories, including comments from mentees, brings to life the issues and crises around which new headteachers are likely to speed dial their mentors, and also provides models for how the mentor can guide, support, encourage, but ultimately leave decision and responsibility with the new headteacher. A recognized headship expert, the lead author has invited and shared here the collected wisdom and mentoring guidelines from leading mentoring colleagues from around the country to make this the truly indispensable handbook for mentoring reflective headteachers. Paul G. Young has been a President of the National Association of Elementary School Principals and is now a Principal at West Elementary School, Lancaster, OH - Writer/Author

The purpose of this book is to present the basic elements of numerical methods for compressible flows. It is appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and specialists working in high speed flows. The focus is on the unsteady one-dimensional Euler equations which form the basis for numerical algorithms in compressible fluid mechanics. The book is restricted to the basic concepts of finite volume methods, and even in this regard is not intended to be exhaustive in its treatment. Although the practical applications of the one-dimensional Euler equations are limited, virtually all numerical algorithms for inviscid compressible flow in two and three dimensions owe their origin to techniques developed in the context of the one-dimensional Euler equations. The author believes it is therefore essential to understand the development and implementation of these algorithms in their original one-dimensional context. The text is supplemented by numerous end-of-chapter exercises.

The purpose of this book is to present the basic elements of numerical methods for compressible flows. It is appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and specialists working in high speed flows. The focus is on the unsteady one-dimensional Euler equations which form the basis for numerical algorithms in compressible fluid mechanics. The book is restricted to the basic concepts of finite volume methods, and even in this regard is not intended to be exhaustive in its treatment. Although the practical applications of the one-dimensional Euler equations are limited, virtually all numerical algorithms for inviscid compressible flow in two and three dimensions owe their origin to techniques developed in the context of the one-dimensional Euler equations. The author believes it is therefore essential to understand the development and implementation of these algorithms in their original one-dimensional context. The text is supplemented by numerous end-of-chapter exercises.

Written by a leading expert in the field, this book presents a novel method for controlling high-speed flows past aerodynamic shapes using energy deposition via direct current (DC), laser or microwave discharge, and describes selected applications in supersonic and hypersonic flows. Emphasizing a deductive approach, the fundamental physical principles provided give an understanding of the simplified mathematical models derived therefrom. These features, along with an extensive set of 55 simulations, make the book an invaluable reference that will be of interest to researchers and graduate students working in aerospace engineering and in plasma physics.

Eines der wichtigsten Probleme, das die Univer- mit Studenten im ersten Studienabschnitt erfolg- sitaten heute zu loesen haben, ist die Ausbildung reich erprobt. So hoffe ich, dass dieser Kurs, der in der Studenten in den Anfangssemestern. Je starker didaktischer Hinsicht einen merklichen Fortschritt der Dozent mit Forschungsaufgaben betraut wurde, darstellt, in breitem Umfang eingesetzt werden um so mehr ergab sich haufig eine "schleichende wird. Entwertung der Lehrtatigkeit" -so der Philosoph Die University of California hat mit Freude die Sidney Hook. Neue Wissenserkenntnisse und -Struk- Rolle des Gastgebers fur die interuniversitare turen als Ergebnisse der Forschung weckten zu- Gruppe, die diesen neuen Kurs verantwortlich ent- satzlich den Wunsch nach einer UEberprufung der wickelte, ubernommen. Wir freuen uns auch dar- Curricula. Dies gilt insbesondere fur die Natur- uber, dass eine Anzahl unserer Studenten freiwillig wissenschaften. an der Erprobung des Kurses mitwirkte. Die finan- Aus diesen Grunden habe ich sehr gerne das zielle Unterstutzung durch die National Science Geleitwort zum Berkeley Physik Kurs ubernom- Foundation und die Zusammenarbeit mit Educa- men. Dieser Kurs mit dem Ziel, die enormen Um- tional Services lncorporated schatzen wir sehr.

Samuel Johnathan Evans. A grand-sounding name, right? Nevertheless, the boy behind the name isn't all that spectacular. In truth, Sam is a nerd, but not just any nerd. While his siblings are busy watching the latest episode of School Rumble, he's imagining bigger things for himself. Instead of just watching anime, he wants to be in anime, and the only way he's going to do that is to get accepted into Newberry Fine Arts Academy. Sam may want to fulfill his dream, but he soon finds out that 'easy' will never describe his journey. Battling amnesia, mending a broken girl's heart, and dealing with personal problems are only the start. That, and controlling his fake American accent. From recruiters and teachers, to rivals and meddling family members, Sam just keeps repeating his desperate plea: "Please, let me be a Seiyuu "

Overcoming sexual abuse, discrimination, living in foster care, and an unplanned pregnancy at 17; the story of Marsha D. Knight will pull you in, and raise you up. You will be inspired as you read the joyous, at times painful, journey of one woman overcoming a litany of life's obstacles. Marsha's courageous passage through a difficult upbringing into a successful career, passionate motherhood and dynamic life coach gives everyone who reads it the inspiration to persevere through any obstacles thrown their way. Understand how one woman, through deep personal tenacity, pulled herself up out of the rubble of her life and reached for the sky. This is a story of inspiration.

"I don't want to die in a nursing home, please stay with me till I die." were the words of Adele. Little did I know that I said "yes" to more than just living with her - I said "yes" to multiple hysterical moments, and years of lifelong lessons. Alzheimer's continues to be one of the most overlooked diseases in the world today, but the fact is, many people get it. In this book of deep compassion, love, and inseparable friendship, I tell you my story as a caregiver to someone with the disease.

Of all the inventions of the nineteenth century, the scientist is one of the most striking. In revolutionary France the science student, taught by men active in research, was born; and a generation later, the graduate student doing a PhD emerged in Germany. In 1833 the word 'scientist' was coined; forty years later science (increasingly specialised) was a becoming a profession. Men of science rivalled clerics and critics as sages; they were honoured as national treasures, and buried in state funerals. Their new ideas invigorated the life of the mind. Peripatetic congresses, great exhibitions, museums, technical colleges and laboratories blossomed; and new industries based on chemistry and electricity brought prosperity and power, economic and military. Eighteenth-century steam engines preceded understanding of the physics underlying them; but electric telegraphs and motors were applied science, based upon painstaking interpretation of nature. The ideas, discoveries and inventions of scientists transformed the world: lives were longer and healthier, cities and empires grew, societies became urban rather than agrarian, the local became global. And by the opening years of the twentieth century, science was spreading beyond Europe and North America, and women were beginning to be visible in the ranks of scientists. Bringing together the people, events, and discoveries of this exciting period into a lively narrative, this book will be essential reading both for students of the history of science and for anyone interested in the foundations of the world as we know it today.

This guide will be invaluable to mentors of new headteachers and designers of mentoring programs. For the mentee or new headteacher, it will jump start their process and shorten their learning curve. The authors recognize the primary role of the headteacher as instructional leader but also address the practical aspects of the headship. Their overview of mentoring includes a checklist of specific objectives linked to learning activities. At the core of the book, a series of mentoring field stories, including comments from mentees, brings to life the issues and crises around which new headteachers are likely to speed dial their mentors, and also provides models for how the mentor can guide, support, encourage, but ultimately leave decision and responsibility with the new headteacher. A recognized headship expert, the lead author has invited and shared here the collected wisdom and mentoring guidelines from leading mentoring colleagues from around the country to make this the truly indispensable handbook for mentoring reflective headteachers. Paul G. Young has been a President of the National Association of Elementary School Principals and is now a Principal at West Elementary School, Lancaster, OH - Writer/Author