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Recent years have seen a striking surge in the production of
literary biopics. Writers turned cinema subject in recent films
include Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, Iris Murdoch,
Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Lillian Hellman, Allen
Ginsberg, Kafka, Keats, Kaufman, and many more. This cultural
phenomenon prompts a re-examination of a long and varied history of
cinematic engagements with authorial creativity. The Writer on Film
examines films about writers, real and fictional, from the silent
era to the present. It asks how filmmakers have narratively and
iconographically configured writers' lives and acts of writing. How
might the mysterious processes of a literary imagination at work be
cinematically expressed? What views of inspiration, muses,
redrafting and publication have films taken and how, in cinematic
representation, have these been gendered? How has cinema chosen to
configure the tools and symbols of writing - quills, pens, ink
pots, desks, studies, typewriters, keyboards and books? And what
cultural and commercial agendas are revealed in cinema's compulsive
return not just to literary material (whose story is already well
told) but, specifically, to literary process (whose story is not)?
Case studies include Diary of a Country Priest, Letter from an
Unknown Woman, Julia, My Brilliant Career, Prospero's Books,
Adaptation, Shakespeare in Love, Sylvia, The Lives of Others,
Becoming Jane, Atonement, Bright Star, Enid and Howl.
Here is the path-breaking book that rocketed a political philosophy
into the forefront of the nation's consciousness, written in words
whose vigor and relevance have not tarnished with age.
Riot grrrls, punk feminists best known for their girl power
activism and message, used punk ideologies and the literacy
practice of zine-ing to create radical feminist sites of
resistance. In what ways did zines document feminism and activism
of the 1990s? How did riot grrrls use punk ideologies to
participate in DIY sites? In Writing a Riot: Riot Grrl Zines and
Feminist Rhetorics, Buchanan argues that zines are a form of
literacy participation used to document personal, social, and
political values within punk. She examines zine studies as an
academic field, how riot grrrls used zines to promote punk
feminism, and the ways riot grrrl zines dealt with social justice
issues of rape and race. Writing a Riot is the first full-length
book that examines riot grrrl zines and their role in documenting
feminist history.
Keeping up with the latest developments in cyber security requires
ongoing commitment, but without a firm foundation in the principles
of computer security and digital forensics, those tasked with
safeguarding private information can get lost in a turbulent and
shifting sea. Providing such a foundation, Introduction to Security
and Network Forensics covers the basic principles of intrusion
detection systems, encryption, and authentication, as well as the
key academic principles related to digital forensics. Starting with
an overview of general security concepts, it addresses hashing,
digital certificates, enhanced software security, and network
security. The text introduces the concepts of risk, threat
analysis, and network forensics, and includes online access to an
abundance of ancillary materials, including labs, Cisco challenges,
test questions, and web-based videos. The author provides readers
with access to a complete set of simulators for routers, switches,
wireless access points (Cisco Aironet 1200), PIX/ASA firewalls
(Version 6.x, 7.x and 8.x), Wireless LAN Controllers (WLC),
Wireless ADUs, ASDMs, SDMs, Juniper, and much more, including: More
than 3,700 unique Cisco challenges and 48,000 Cisco Configuration
Challenge Elements 60,000 test questions, including for Certified
Ethical Hacking and CISSP (R) 350 router labs, 180 switch labs, 160
PIX/ASA labs, and 80 Wireless labs Rounding out coverage with a
look into more advanced topics, including data hiding, obfuscation,
web infrastructures, and cloud and grid computing, this book
provides the fundamental understanding in computer security and
digital forensics required to develop and implement effective
safeguards against ever-evolving cyber security threats. Along with
this, the text includes a range of online lectures and related
material, available at: http://asecuritybook.com.
Global Backlash is the first book to move beyond the monolithic
portrayal of the globalization protests that have escalated since
Seattle and are not likely to abate soon. With trenchant analysis
and dozens of primary documents from a variety of popular and
uncommon sources, Robin Broad explores proposals and initiatives
coming from the backlash to answer the question, But what do they
want? A range of sophisticated propositions and a vibrant debate
among segments of the backlash emerge. Highly readable and
analytically powerful, this book is vital to understanding the most
potent protest movement of our times. Visit our website for sample
chapters
Riot grrrls, punk feminists best known for their girl power
activism and message, used punk ideologies and the literacy
practice of zine-ing to create radical feminist sites of
resistance. In what ways did zines document feminism and activism
of the 1990s? How did riot grrrls use punk ideologies to
participate in DIY sites? In Writing a Riot: Riot Grrl Zines and
Feminist Rhetorics, Buchanan argues that zines are a form of
literacy participation used to document personal, social, and
political values within punk. She examines zine studies as an
academic field, how riot grrrls used zines to promote punk
feminism, and the ways riot grrrl zines dealt with social justice
issues of rape and race. Writing a Riot is the first full-length
book that examines riot grrrl zines and their role in documenting
feminist history.
The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that
girls need to know--and that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes!
Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills,
science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle,
the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery of what boys are
thinking, this book has it all. But it's not just a guide to
giggling at sleepovers--although that's included, of course!
Whether readers consider themselves tomboys, girly-girls, or a
little bit of both, this book is every girl's invitation to
adventure.
The General Data Protection Regulation is the latest, and one of
the most stringent, regulations regarding Data Protection to be
passed into law by the European Union. Fundamentally, it aims to
protect the Rights and Freedoms of all the individuals included
under its terms; ultimately the privacy and security of all our
personal data. This requirement for protection extends globally, to
all organisations, public and private, wherever personal data is
held, processed, or transmitted concerning any EU citizen. Cyber
Security is at the core of data protection and there is a heavy
emphasis on the application of encryption and state of the art
technology within the articles of the GDPR. This is considered to
be a primary method in achieving compliance with the law.
Understanding the overall use and scope of Cyber Security
principles and tools allows for greater efficiency and more cost
effective management of Information systems. GDPR and Cyber
Security for Business Information Systems is designed to present
specific and practical information on the key areas of compliance
to the GDPR relevant to Business Information Systems in a global
context. Key areas covered include: Principles and Rights within
the GDPR Information Security Data Protection by Design and Default
Implementation Procedures Encryption methods Incident Response and
Management Data Breaches
Examining films about writers and acts of writing, The Writer on
Film brilliantly refreshes some of the well-worn 'adaptation'
debates by inviting film and literature to engage with each other
trenchantly and anew - through acts of explicit configuration not
adaptation.
The original AO/ASIF Instrumentation manual presented a concise and
complete description of the AO instruments. Thoughtfully developed
by Fridolin Sequin and Rigmor Tex hammar, the manual discussed in a
clear fashion the purpose and care of the various AO instruments
that are handled by the operating room staff. One important feature
of the first edition was a detailed checklist of the instruments
required for the more common operative procedures for treating
fractures. Fridolin Sequin was well-suited to author the first
edition: his 15 years of experience as a technical engineer for the
AO gave him in-depth knowledge of AO instruments, and he drew on
the clinical knowledge of Rigmor Texhammar, a consultant and di
rector of the AO courses for nurses. Its original feature of com
bining a column of text with a column of illustrations meant the
manual quickly became accepted as a standard. By 1981, trans
lations could be found in English, French, Spanish, and Italian.
Not surprisingly, the manual was very popular."
Gunpowder studies are still in their infancy despite the
long-standing civil and military importance of this explosive since
its discovery in China in the mid-ninth century AD. In this second
volume by contributors who meet regularly at symposia of the
International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC),
the research is again rooted in the investigation of the technology
of explosives manufacture, but the fact that the chapters range in
scope from the Old World to the New, from sources of raw materials
in south-east Asia to the complications of manufacture in the West,
shows that the story is more than the simple one of how an
intriguing product was made. This volume is the first to develop
the implications of the subject, not just in the sense of relating
it to changing military technologies, but in that of seeing the
securing of gunpowder supplies as fundamental to the power of the
state and imperial pretensions.The search for saltpetre, for
example, an essential ingredient of gunpowder, became a powerful
engine of sea-going European trade from the early seventeenth
century. Smaller states like Venice were unable to form these
distant connections, and so to sustain a gunpowder army. Stronger
states like France and Britain were able to do so, and became even
more powerful as the demand for improved explosives fostered
national strengths - leading to a development of the sciences,
especially chemistry, in the former case, and of manufacturing
techniques in the latter.
In Zurich at the 7th International Annual Meeting of the Society of
Nuclear Hedicine in Europe, held in 1969, a group of young
scientists from eleven countries dedicated some papers to the
memory of Georg von Hevesy. The papers were published in a book
entitled "Frontiers of Nuclear Medicine" (Springer-verlag Berlin,
Heidelberg, New York). On the occasion of the Second International
World Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology held in 1978 in
Washington D.C., under the presidency of Henry N.Wagner,Jr., a
group of young scientists again dedicated important papers from the
Congress to the memory of Georg von Hevesy. This book consists of
these papers, which present new results in the field of Nuclear
Medicine reported by physicians, physicists, chemists, engineers,
and computer scientists. The Georg von Hevesy Foundation of Nuclear
Medicine in Zurich, Switzerland together with the president of the
Second World Congress of Nuclear Medicine, Henry N.Wagner,Jr., have
been the major forces in arranging publication of this book. The
Georg von Hevesy Foundation is sponsoring the Hevesy Prize for
Nuclear Medicine, the Hevesy Medal, and the Hevesy Memorial
Lecture.
Andrea Buchanan lost her mind while crossing the street one
blustery March morning. The cold winter air triggered a coughing
fit, and she began to choke. She was choking on a lot that day. A
sick child. A pending divorce. The guilt of failing as a partner
and as a mother. When the coughing finally stopped, she thought it
was over. She could not have been more wrong. When she coughed that
morning, a small tear ripped through her dura mater, the
membrane covering the brain and spinal cord. But she didn’t know
that yet. Instead, Andrea went on with her day, unaware that her
cerebrospinal fluid was already beginning to leak out of that tiny
opening. What followed was nine months of pain and confusion as her
brain, no longer cushioned by a healthy waterbed of fluid, sank in
her skull. At a time in her life when she needed to be as
clear-thinking as possible?as a writer, as a mother, as a woman
attempting to strike out on her own after two decades of
marriage?she was plagued by cognitive impairment and constant pain,
trapped by her own brain—all while mystifying doctors and pushing
the limits of medical understanding. In this luminous and moving
narrative, Andrea reveals the astonishing story of this tumultuous
year—her fraught search for treatment; how patients, especially
women, fight to be seen as reliable narrators of their own
experiences; and how her life-altering recovery process affected
both her and her family. The mind-brain connection is one of the
greatest mysteries of the human condition. In some folklore, the
cerebrospinal fluid around the brain is thought to be the place
where consciousness actually begins. Here, in the pages
of The Beginning of Everything, Andrea seeks to understand:
Where was “I†when I wasn’t there?
American Empire is at its apex. We are the sole superpower with no
potential challenger for a generation. We can reach any point on
the globe with our cruise missiles and smart bombs and our culture
penetrates every nook and cranny of the global village. Yet we are
now the most hated country on earth, buried beneath a mountain of
debt and morally bankrupt.
"Where the Right Went Wrong" chronicles how the Bush administration
and Beltway conservatives have abandoned their principles, and how
a tiny cabal hijacked U. S. foreign policy, and may have ignited a
"war of civilizations" with the Islamic world that will leave
America's military mired down in Middle East wars for years to
come.
At the same time, these Republicans have sacrificed the American
worker on the altar of free trade and discarded the beliefs of
Taft, Goldwater and Reagan to become a party of Big Government that
sells its soul to the highest bidder.
A damning portrait of the present masters of the GOP, "Where the
Right Went Wrong "calls to task the Bush administration for its
abandonment of true conservatism including:
*The neo-conservative cabal-liberal wolves in conservative
suits.
*Why the Iraq War has widened and imperiled the War on
Terror.
*How current trade policy outsources American sovereignty,
independence and industrial power.
"Buchanan is an honest writer who...minces nothing except an
occasional opponent."
--"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
From Vietnam to the Southern Strategy, from the opening of China to
the scandal of Watergate, Pat Buchanan--speechwriter and senior
adviser to President Nixon--tells the untold story of Nixon's
embattled White House, from its historic wins to it devastating
defeats. In his inaugural address, Nixon held out a hand in
friendship to Republicans and Democrats alike. But by the fall of
1969, massive demonstrations in Washington and around the country
had been mounted to break his presidency. In a brilliant appeal to
what he called the "Great Silent Majority," Nixon sent his enemies
reeling. Vice President Agnew followed by attacking the blatant
bias of the media in a fiery speech authored and advocated by
Buchanan. And by 1970, Nixon's approval rating soared to 68
percent, and he was labeled "The Most Admired Man in America." Them
one by one, the crises came, from the invasion of Cambodia, to the
protests that killed four students at Kent State, to race riots and
court ordered school busing. Buchanan chronicles Nixon's historic
trip to China, and describes the White House strategy that brought
about Nixon's 49-state landslide victory over George McGovern in
1972. When the Watergate scandal broke, Buchanan urged the
president to destroy the Nixon tapes before they were subpoenaed,
and fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, as Nixon ultimately did
in the "Saturday Night Massacre." After testifying before the
Watergate Committee himself, Buchanan describes the grim scene at
Camp David in August 1974, when Nixon's staff concluded he could
not survive In a riveting memoir from behind the scenes of the most
controversial presidency of the last century, Nixon's White House
Wars reveals both the failings and achievements of the 37th
President, recorded by one of those closest to Nixon from before
his political comeback, through to his final days in office.
This book is more than a "what to do" or a "how to" book. It is a
blend of both. In every chapter, there is an obvious "what" and an
obvious "how," as well as many subtle secrets. It is so full of
treasures and secrets you will want to read it over and over.
Finding gold or diamonds is easy if you know where and what to look
for. If the man in the story "Acers of Diamonds" had known what raw
diamonds looked like, he would not have sold his farm, which was
full of diamonds, to get money to go in search of them. It is good
to be good at whatever you do. It is better to become highly
successful and among the best at what you do. It is best to be
truly great which includes being highly successful, satisfaction,
joy, happiness, providing service to your fellow man, and being
somewhat unique. It does not necessarily include wealth and riches
although usually does. A 30 year study reveals 18 steps or skills
one must both know and learn to become great. Some people are lucky
enough to just stumble on to the 18 steps. People like George
Washington, Henry Ford, Sam Walton, Mother Teresa, and Neil
Armstrong exemplify people who have found the way. Each of these
people mastered one or more of the skills and were proficient in
all of them. Most were masters in three or four of the skills. I Q
or mastery of a skill is not enough. Many brilliant, hardworking,
and educated people go through life as failures. Only one in a
hundred is wealthy. Of those who are wealthy only a small
percentage are great. Is it because they were lazy or did not
really try? No. It was because they did not know all the 18 steps
they needed to follow. Even if you know the steps you must still
apply the steps daily to find greatness. One of the reasons people
procrastinate and fail is because they are unsure of what they need
to learn and do. This easy to read book gives you all 18 Steps. It
will put you on the path to greatness. You will discover what you
need to learn in order to become proficient or master each step. It
may be the only book in publication that introduces you to every
step you need. It is up to you to apply the secrets and step into
the light. The book "18 Steps To Greatness" makes it possible. All
success requires action. Buy this book.
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