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In the 1970s, '80s and '90s Britain witnessed what many in the
business saw as the second great age of radio. It was a period when
FM radio blossomed and local stations opened and broadcast across
the land. It was a step away from the output of the national
broadcaster, the BBC, which had held a monopoly on the airways
since its inception. Broadcaster, station manager and regulator for
over forty years David Lloyd was very much a part of this
revolution and is, amongst his peers, well placed to tell that
story. Lloyd describes the period as one of innovation, his aim to
create a timeline of radio of this era through to the present day,
to capture those heady days, the characters, the fun and heartache,
life on the air, life off the air. And to revisit those station
launches, company consolidations, the successes and the failures.
Told with the insight of an insider, with his characteristic wit
and a huge dollop of nostalgia, David Lloyd brings to life a unique
age in broadcasting in this fascinating account.
Is safe and sustainable water and sanitation for all an
unaffordable pipedream? This book surveys the worldwide development
of water and sewage services and the challenges in meeting
Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) along with climate change,
population growth and urbanisation. It explores the reasons why
current SDG6 progress is failing, including weak policy
implementation, staff shortages and inadequate funding, as well as
the limited impact of aid funding. The author contends that despite
a series of innovations, debt finance remains too small to address
needs of developing economies. Therefore, instead of advocating new
funding, this book proposes addressing the funding gap through
technological innovation and more efficient management and
procurement through a series of examples that have challenged
traditional assumptions. After four decades of good intentions,
SDG6 is making a difference in monitoring shortfalls for the first
time, allowing for more effective responses. This book outlines the
role of innovation in hardware development, procurement and
installation, and discusses how network management and operations
can most effectively address funding gaps. The potential for
savings is considerable, if effectively replicated. New approaches
are driving forward affordable resilience, including nature-based
solutions such as upstream habitat enhancement to retain water and
improve downstream water quality; the circular economy, including
water, nutrient, energy and heat recovery from wastewater; and
demand management. This book will be of great value to scholars,
policy makers and practitioners interested in the global finance of
sustainable water and sanitation.
The gospels and ancient historians agree: Jesus was sentenced to
death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman imperial prefect in Jerusalem.
To this day, Christians of all churches confess that Jesus died
'under Pontius Pilate'. But what exactly does that mean? Within
decades of Jesus' death, Christians began suggesting that it was
the Judaean authorities who had crucified Jesus--a notion later
echoed in the Qur'an. In the third century, one philosopher raised
the notion that, although Pilate had condemned Jesus, he'd done so
justly; this idea survives in one of the main strands of modern New
Testament criticism. So what is the truth of the matter? And what
is the history of that truth? David Lloyd Dusenbury reveals
Pilate's 'innocence' as not only a neglected theological question,
but a recurring theme in the history of European political thought.
He argues that Jesus' interrogation by Pilate, and Augustine of
Hippo's North African sermon on that trial, led to the concept of
secularity and the logic of tolerance emerging in early modern
Europe. Without the Roman trial of Jesus, and the arguments over
Pilate's innocence, the history of empire--from the first century
to the twenty-first--would have been radically different.
Why was Jesus, who said 'I judge no one', put to death for a
political crime? Of course, this is a historical question-but it is
not only historical. Jesus's life became a philosophical theme in
the first centuries of our era, when 'pagan' and Christian
philosophers clashed over the meaning of his sayings and the
significance of his death. Modern philosophers, too, such as
Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Nietzsche, have tried to retrace the
arc of Jesus's life and death. I Judge No One is a philosophical
reading of the four memoirs, or 'gospels', that were fashioned by
early Christ-believers and collected in the New Testament. It
offers original ways of seeing a deeply enigmatic figure who calls
himself the Son of Man. David Lloyd Dusenbury suggests that Jesus
offered his contemporaries a scandalous double claim. First, that
human judgements are pervasive and deceptive; and second, that even
divine laws can only be fulfilled in the human experience of love.
Though his life led inexorably to a grim political death, what
Jesus's sayings revealed-and still reveal-is that our highest
desires lie beyond the political.
This monograph presents a collection of major developments leading
toward the implementation of white space technology - an emerging
wireless standard for using wireless spectrum in locations where it
is unused by licensed users. Some of the key research areas in the
field are covered. These include emerging standards, technical
insights from early pilots and simulations, software defined radio
platforms, geo-location spectrum databases and current white space
spectrum usage in India and South Africa.
Ultradian rhythms play an essential part at all levels of
biological organization, providing timekeeping for intracellular
processes, playing various roles in intracellular signalling
systems and underpinning coherent behaviour in tissues and organs.
They are crucial to endocrine and neural performance and in
psychobiology. This book brings together the evidence for these
findings. In lower eukaryotes short-period rhythms (period 30-70
min) are coupled to an ultradian clock which serves as a central
timekeeper. In metazoans, similar rhythms are necessary for
intercell communications, and temporal coupling for the
coordination of integrated functions of tissues and organs to
provide "homeodynamics" of the whole organism. Electrical,
endocrine and behavioural rhythms characterize both wakefulness and
sleep; pathologically disordered states give rise to dynamic
diseases. Chapters on human movements, sleep, attention span and
alertness indicate the broad span of this subject. A continuum can
now be traced from the molecular genetic, through the cellular and
neuroendocrine to the behavioural and psychosocial levels. Many of
the results presented in this book are recent and novel, and have
far-reaching consequences for our understanding of health and
disease.
Our first book (published 15 years ago) ended with" Epilogue:
The Unification Hypothesis of Chronobiology-Psychobiology from
Molecule to Mind." In retrospect we can now recognise how this
epilogue was a prescient vision of what is now the cutting edge of
epigenetics, bioinformatics, systems biology, neuroscience, and the
new sciences of consciousness that are the foundation for the
emerging vision of life and philosophy in ourcurrent era. Each of
the four parts of this book are successive iterations towards this
new integration of the life sciences from molecule to mind and
spirit in the emergent ethos of the future.
This four-act comic opera celebrating Shakespeares Sir John
Falstaff was given its first professional performance in 1946. The
libretto, written by the composer, is based on The Merry Wives of
Windsor, and interpolates texts by contemporaries of Shakespeare
such as Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, and Thomas Campion. The
work contains English folksong material and fine examples of the
composer's orchestral lyricism and dramatic flair. Music from the
opera was later adapted to form the cantata In Windsor Forest and
the Fantasia on Greensleeves. For this comprehensive new edition,
the editor (and conductor) David Lloyd-Jones has drawn on all
available sources, providing an authoritative Study Score with
critical commentary. The performance materials are newly-engraved.
The orchestral score, vocal score, choral scores, and the optional
Episode & Interlude are also available on hire. Please note
that this score comes as two separate volumes.
John Locke is one of the most important figures in the history of political thought. His Second Treatise on Government was one of the most significant political statements of its time and provides the foundations of liberal political thought. His views on the social contract, political obligation, rebellion, revolution and property remain strikingly relevant today. Locke on Government introduces and assesses: * Locke's life and the background to the Second Treatise on Government *The text and ideas of the Second Treatise *The continuing importance of Locke's work to philosophy For student's coming to Locke for the first time, Locke on Government will be an invaluable guide to his political thought.
Vaughan Williams wrote Symphony No. 8 between 1953 and 1955 while
in his eighties. It is his shortest symphony and considered by many
to be his least serious. Aside from a few sombre moments, the
symphony is optimistic in mood and displays Vaughan Williams's love
for exotic and colourful combinations of instruments with a
percussion sections that, he said, employs "all the 'phones and
'spiels known to the composer". For this newly engraved edition,
editor David Lloyd-Jones has consulted all extant sources and
materials to create a score matching the composer's intentions. The
full score is completed with Textual Notes and Preface, and
accompanying orchestral parts are available on hire.
Metabolic and Cellular Engineering (MCE) is more than an exciting
scientific enterprise. It has become the cornerstone for coping
with the challenges ahead of mankind. Continuous developments, new
concepts, and technological innovations will enable us to deal with
emerging challenges, and solve problems once thought impossible ten
years ago. Challenges in MCE are broad- from unraveling fundamental
aspects of cellular function to meeting unsatiated energy and food
demands that are rising in parallel with population growth.In
charting the progress of MCE during the last decade, we could not
help but feel in awe of the enormous strides of progress made from
the nascent Metabolic Engineering to the Systems Bioengineering of
today. The burgeoning availability of genomic sequences from
diverse species has been spectacular. It has become the engine that
drives the genetic means for the modification of existing organisms
and the generation of synthetic, man-made ones. From the initial
attempts at purposeful genetic modification of a cell for the
production of valuable compounds, we have now moved on to changing
microbes genetically or metabolically.The arsenal of experimental
and theoretical tools available for Metabolic and Cellular
Engineering has expanded enormously, driven by the re-emergence of
Physiology as Systems Biology. The revival of the concept of
networks fueled by new developments has become central to Systems
Biology. Networks represent an integrative vision of how processes
of disparate nature relate to each other, and as such is becoming a
key analytical and conceptual tool for MCE. This book reflects and
addresses all these ongoing changes while providing the essential
conceptual and analytical tools needed to understand and work in
the MCE research field.
Vaughan Williams's 6th Symphony was composed immediately after the
Second World War and its dramatic and at times violent musical
language was long felt to be a comment on that conflict (though the
composer denied it had any programmatic intent). Its power and
invention were immediately recognized and it has remained part of
the concert repertoire ever since. For this newly engraved edition,
editor David Lloyd-Jones has consulted all extant sources and
materials to create a score matching the composer's intentions.
Fully compatible orchestral parts are available on hire.
Vaughan Williams wrote his Symphony No. 8 between 1953 and 1955,
when he was in his eighties. It is his shortest symphony, and is
considered by many to be his least serious. Aside from a few sombre
moments, the symphony is optimistic in mood and displays Vaughan
Williams's love for exotic and colourful combinations of
instruments, with a percussion sections that, he said, employs 'all
the 'phones and 'spiels known to the composer'. For this newly
engraved edition, editor David Lloyd-Jones has consulted all extant
sources and materials to create a score matching the composer's
intentions. The full score is completed with Textual Notes and
Preface, and accompanying orchestral parts are available on hire.
Is safe and sustainable water and sanitation for all an
unaffordable pipedream? This book surveys the worldwide development
of water and sewage services and the challenges in meeting
Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) along with climate change,
population growth and urbanisation. It explores the reasons why
current SDG6 progress is failing, including weak policy
implementation, staff shortages and inadequate funding, as well as
the limited impact of aid funding. The author contends that despite
a series of innovations, debt finance remains too small to address
needs of developing economies. Therefore, instead of advocating new
funding, this book proposes addressing the funding gap through
technological innovation and more efficient management and
procurement through a series of examples that have challenged
traditional assumptions. After four decades of good intentions,
SDG6 is making a difference in monitoring shortfalls for the first
time, allowing for more effective responses. This book outlines the
role of innovation in hardware development, procurement and
installation, and discusses how network management and operations
can most effectively address funding gaps. The potential for
savings is considerable, if effectively replicated. New approaches
are driving forward affordable resilience, including nature-based
solutions such as upstream habitat enhancement to retain water and
improve downstream water quality; the circular economy, including
water, nutrient, energy and heat recovery from wastewater; and
demand management. This book will be of great value to scholars,
policy makers and practitioners interested in the global finance of
sustainable water and sanitation.
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Comprising a brief biography and chapters written by those who
worked with him, such as Janet Baker and Alfred Brendel, this is a
celebration of an exceptional, creative life. By the time of his
death in 2010 at the age of 84, Sir Charles Mackerras had achieved
widespread recognition, recorded extensively and developed into a
conductor of major international significance. In addition to areas
in which he already had forged a distinctive profile (Janácek,
Mozart, Handel, Sullivan) he revisited - and rethought - much of
the standard repertoire. The last thirty years were particularly
momentous in the coming to fruition of so manycherished projects:
not only the Janácek operas but the Gilbert and Sullivan series,
the Mozart operas, the two Beethoven cycles, other projects with
the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Schumann and Brahms at Edinburgh;
the outstanding late Mozart) and at the Royal Opera House and the
Met. Unspoilt by fame, and undeterred by personal tragedies and
increasing physical frailty, he remained productive and inventive:
for him music-making, whether with world-classsingers and
orchestras or with students, was a kind of joyous oxygen that kept
him going right to the end. A detailed account of his life is
complemented by contributions from performers and scholars who
worked closely with Mackerras, as well as interviews with his
family. The book is richly illustrated with photographs and
documents, and includes a comprehensive discography along with
listings of many of his concert and opera performances. While
SirCharles's whole life is considered, emphasis is given to his
final quarter century, a period in which so many important projects
were realized. This book celebrates and epitomizes an exceptional
life. NIGEL SIMEONE is awriter and teacher. He has published
extensively on Messiaen and Janácek and recently edited The
Leonard Bernstein Letters. JOHN TYRRELL is Honorary Professor of
Music at Cardiff University. He has published bookson Janácek and
Czech opera and, with Sir Charles Mackerras, edited two Janácek
operas. CONTRIBUTORS: Janet Baker, Alfred Brendel, Ales Brezina,
Alex Briger, Rosenna East, Anne Evans, Nicholas Hytner, Simon
Keenlyside, David Lloyd-Jones, David Mackie, Chi-chi Nwanoku,
Antonio Pappano, Nigel Simeone, John Stein, Heinz Stolba, Patrick
Summers, John Tyrrell, Malcolm Walker, David Whelton, Jirí
Zahrádka.
The gospels and ancient historians agree: Jesus was sentenced to
death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman imperial prefect in Jerusalem.
To this day, Christians of all churches confess that Jesus died
'under Pontius Pilate'. But what exactly does that mean? Within
decades of Jesus' death, Christians began suggesting that it was
the Judaean authorities who had crucified Jesus--a notion later
echoed in the Qur'an. In the third century, one philosopher raised
the notion that, although Pilate had condemned Jesus, he'd done so
justly; this idea survives in one of the main strands of modern New
Testament criticism. So what is the truth of the matter? And what
is the history of that truth? David Lloyd Dusenbury reveals
Pilate's 'innocence' as not only a neglected theological question,
but a recurring theme in the history of European political thought.
He argues that Jesus' interrogation by Pilate, and Augustine of
Hippo's North African sermon on that trial, led to the concept of
secularity and the logic of tolerance emerging in early modern
Europe. Without the Roman trial of Jesus, and the arguments over
Pilate's innocence, the history of empire--from the first century
to the twenty-first--would have been radically different.
The inspiration for the hit 2005 movie starring Natalie Portman and
Hugo Weaving, this amazing graphic novel is packaged with a
collectable reproduction of the iconic V mask.
Provides a new approach to contemporary Irish poetry Offers a fresh
approach to Irish poetry, bringing together well-known poets with
new and exciting innovative work Combines illuminating close
readings of poetry with reflections grounded in critical and
aesthetic theory Introduces a number of contemporary Irish poets
whose work has not received sufficient critical attention Puts
Irish poetry in dialogue with major debates and concerns of
European and American poetics Challenges conventional assumptions
about the forms and values of Irish poetry This study puts
contemporary Irish poetry in dialogue with major debates and
concerns of European and American poetics. David Lloyd tracks the
traits of Irish poetic modernism, from fragmentation to the
suspicion of representation, to nineteenth-century responses to the
rapid and unsettling effects of Ireland's precocious colonial
modernity, such as language loss and political violence. He argues
that Irish poetry's inventiveness is driven by the need to find
formal means to engage with historical conditions that take from
the writer the customary certainties of cultural continuity,
identity and aesthetic or personal autonomy, rather than by poetic
innovation for its own sake. This reading of Irish poetry
understands the innovative impetus that persists through Irish
poetry since the nineteenth century as a counterpoetics of
modernity. Opening with chapters on Mangan and Yeats, the book then
turns to detailed discussions of Trevor Joyce, Maurice Scully, and
Catherine Walsh; major Irish contemporary poets never before the
focus of a book-length study.
This monograph presents a collection of major developments leading
toward the implementation of white space technology - an emerging
wireless standard for using wireless spectrum in locations where it
is unused by licensed users. Some of the key research areas in the
field are covered. These include emerging standards, technical
insights from early pilots and simulations, software defined radio
platforms, geo-location spectrum databases and current white space
spectrum usage in India and South Africa.
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