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The Book Against Death
Elias Canetti; Translated by Peter Filkins; Preface by Joshua Cohen
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In 1937, Elias Canetti began collecting notes for the project that
'by definition, [he] could never live to complete', as translator
Peter Filkins writes in his afterword. The Book Against
Death is the work of a lifetime: a collection of Canetti’s
aphorisms, diatribes, musings and commentaries on and against death
– published in English for the first time since his death in 1994
– interposed with material from philosophers and writers
including Goethe, Walter Benjamin and Robert Walser. This major
work by the 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate is a reckoning
with the inevitability of death and with its politicization,
evoking despair at the loss of loved ones and the impossibility of
facing one’s own death, while fiercely protesting the mass deaths
incurred during war and the willingness of the despot to wield
death as power. Infused with fervour and vitality, The Book
Against Death ultimately forms a moving affirmation of the
value of life itself.
Triple bill of zombie films. 'Zombie Apocalypse' (2011) is a
made-for-TV horror starring Ving Rhames in which a group of human
survivors of a zombie outbreak set out to make it to an uninfected
island. Ramona (Taryn Manning), Billy (Eddie Steeples) and Kevin
(Gerald Webb) are almost killed when they head out to search for
food. Fortunately for them, they meet a tough group that includes
Henry (Rhames) and Cassie (Lesley-Ann Brandt), who take on the
zombies with weapons as diverse as a sledgehammer and a samurai
sword. 'Abraham Lincoln Vs Zombies' (2012) is a tongue-in-cheek
zombie horror in which Abraham Lincoln is distracted from his
composition of the Gettysburg Address by a more pressing concern -
an outbreak of the undead. Lincoln (Bill Oberst Jr.) leads a team
of Secret Service agents to the area to try and contain the
disaster. There is a suggestion that Lincoln may have some
experience of dealing with zombies from his past and he takes under
his wing a youngster by the name of Teddy Roosevelt (Canon
Kuipers), who may have a role of his own to play in the American
story. 'The Dead' (2010) is a zombie horror set in West Africa.
Robert Freeman stars as Lieutenant Brian Murphy, a military
engineer who finds himself stranded in the wilderness of Burkina
Faso after a zombie outbreak lays waste to civilisation. Eventually
he teams up with Sergeant Daniel Dembele (Prince David Oseia), a
local soldier who has gone AWOL from the army to search for his
missing son.
A field-tested, classroom-based approach for developing the
critical thinking, social-emotional, problem-solving, and
discussion skills students need to be good citizens and effective
changemakers. We often hear that a key purpose of schooling is to
prepare students for informed and active citizenship. But what does
this look like in practice? How do teachers pursue this goal amid
other pressing priorities, including student mastery of both
academic content and social-emotional competencies? Students Taking
Action Together, based on a program of the same name developed at
Rutgers University, clarifies that the way to prepare young people
for life in a democracy is by intentionally rehearsing democratic
behaviors in the classroom. This field-tested program ("STAT" for
short) is built on five research-backed teaching strategies that
work with existing social studies, English language arts, and
history curriculum in the upper-elementary, middle, and high school
levels. Incorporating these strategies into your lessons is a way
to meet students' natural desire to be heard with skill-building
that empowers them to Adhere to norms of civil conversation, even
when topics are controversial and emotions are high; Speak
confidently and listen actively; Engage in respectful debate aimed
at understanding issues rather than winning points; Target
communication to different audiences, needs, and contexts; and
Examine problems from many sides, considering potential solutions,
drawing up action plans, and evaluating these plans' effectiveness
against historical examples. In addition to vignettes that show the
five STAT strategies in action, you'll find practical teaching tips
and sample STAT lesson plans. For school leaders, there is a road
map for schoolwide STAT implementation and guidance on
communicating the program's value to stakeholders. Are you ready to
help students understand complex content, confront pressing social
issues, and engage with the structures of power to advocate for
change? This book is for you.
Digital transformation continues to accelerate change in all
aspects of modern life. This book examines when, where, how, and
why artificial intelligence and digital change can boost innovation
and transform the economy, society and democracy. It provides a
holistic approach to the promotion of the knowledge economy,
knowledge society and knowledge democracy. The book is developed
based on the Cyber-D4 nexus, which is a conceptual framework of
Cyber-Defense, Cyber-Development, Cyber-Democracy, and
Cyber-Diplomacy, and it adopts a Quadruple/Quintuple Innovation
Helix (Q2IH) approach. This nexus ties new national and industrial
cyber strategies, including business strategies for smart cities
and the Internet of Things, with the local, national, regional, and
global security and economic objectives. Academics, policy makers,
practitioners, researchers and students in combined fields of
science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, digital
transformation, artificial intelligence and the future of industry
will appreciate the lens through which the chapter authors explore
both the minutiae and expansive influence of digital
transformation.
Die Psalms is ongetwyfeld een van die mees geliefde boeke in die Bybel. Dit daag uit, aanbid en bevestig God se bemoeienis met die mens.
Elias P Nel deel in 'n outentieke stem tekste uit die Psalms en ander Bybelboeke in die taal van sy kinderjare, Boesmanlandse Afrikaans. Hy bevestig God se herderskap in ons lewe. Hierdie herskryfde tekste is hartgebeure wat op papier gesit word.
Tekste wat oorgeskryf is sluit die Psalms, Spreuke, Lukas, Johannes, Handelinge, Romeine en Openbaring in.
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The Killer Inside Me (DVD)
Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Ned Beatty, Elias Koteas, …
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Michael Winterbottom directs this graphically violent thriller
based on the novel by Jim Thompson. Casey Affleck stars as Deputy
Sheriff Lou Ford, a pillar of the community in the small Texas town
of Central City. However, Ford is not quite the upstanding citizen
he appears to be, as becomes apparent after he is ordered to evict
local prostitute Joyce Lakeland (Jessica Alba) and ends up
embroiled in a torrid affair with her. When his fiance Amy (Kate
Hudson) becomes suspicious, the consequences are bloody and brutal
as the dark secrets of Ford's past are finally brought to light.
The Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship focuses on theories, policies, practices, and
politics of technology innovation and entrepreneurship based on
Artificial Intelligence (AI). It examines when, where, how, and why
AI triggers, catalyzes, and accelerates the development,
exploration, exploitation, and invention feeding into
entrepreneurial actions that result in innovation success.
Individual chapters explore the factors that shape and drive
innovation and entrepreneurship, including modalities (such as the
Internet of Things (IoT)), challenges (such as privacy and safety
concerns), and opportunities (such as augmenting the efficacy
frontier of technological solutions enabled by AI). This Handbook
provides comprehensive coverage of AI, technology, and innovation
and entrepreneurship for academics, policy makers, practitioners,
and students.
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