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At Christmas, God came into our ordinary world in the form of a
child, and still today, God is at work through the ordinary stuff
of life, if we train our eyes to see. In this daily devotional for
Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, Jill J. Duffield draws readers'
attention to ten ordinary objects that appear in the biblical
narratives of messianic prophesy and incarnation-objects we
encounter in our own lives. Through objects such as gates, trees,
cloth, light, and water, readers will find new meaning in the
biblical account of Jesus' coming. By connecting everyday objects
with biblical texts, Advent in Plain Sight prompts readers to see
the near kingdom of heaven on earth and ponder what that divine
proximity enables and asks them to do and be. Each daily devotional
features a Scripture reading, prayer, and reflection, reminding
Christians that God still dwells among us, even in the most
ordinary places.
Since the mid-2000s, the European Union has made unprecedented
strides toward the creation of a common energy policy. This book
takes stock of these developments, evaluating how much progress has
actually been made and what remains to be done, what factors
explain these recent advances and their limitations.
This book provides a timely and comprehensive overview of the
most recent developments in European Union energy and climate
policy. With up-to date empirical analysis by more than a dozen
leading experts and scholars from both Europe and the United
States, this volume offers the most definitive assessment of this
significant area of European integration and policymaking. Separate
chapters address key issue areas, the policies of the leading EU
member states, and themes that cut across policy and institutional
boundaries.
The story is a historical fiction that chronicles the birth and
rise of an ancient high king of Ireland who fought against the
expanding Roman Empire. By the year 355 CE, the Roman Empire had
expanded westward first conquering Gaul (France) and then Briton.
The Romans then ventured northward in an attempt to conquer Alba
(Scotland) before continuing westward to conquer the adjacent
emerald isle called Eriu (Ireland). Torna knew from the moment he
found the abandoned newborn baby in the deep forests that he was
being protected and guided by the forest spirits for some great
task. An abandoned newborn, found in the deep forests, reared by a
poet, protected and guided by the forest spirits. Would the baby
become savior for the people of Eriu and stop the Roman Empire from
their ever-expanding reign of tyranny? Torna only knew that he and
his wife were to do their part and raise the child as their own and
they named him Niall. Niall's path was up to the spirits of the oak
trees who were involved in the destiny of all.
Turbine engine blades are subject to extreme dynamic vibrational
loads during normal operations. Harmonic forcing produced from
periodic wakes created by fixed stators can excite blade resonant
frequencies. Prolonged or repeated exposure to these forces can
cause vibration-induced fatigue, otherwise known as High Cycle
Fatigue (HCF). HCF effects are magnified by small material,
manufacturing and geometrical irregularities among the blades,
called mistuning. Structural mistuning can result in some blades
experiencing stresses much higher than would be encountered in a
perfect structure. Blade amplitude increases of over 100% have been
observed in blades with natural frequencies less than 2% off their
nominal value. Premature blade failures, operational costs and
engine servicing all increase due to the HCF problem. This study
offered a novel approach to characterize mistuning effects on
forced vibration behavior of bladed disks. A model fan reduced in
dynamic scale from an operational jet engine fan and with weak
inter-blade coupling was fabricated.
Readers of Making Sense of the College Curriculum expecting a
traditional academic publication full of numeric and related data
will likely be disappointed with this volume, which is based on
stories rather than numbers. The contributors include over 185
faculty members from eleven colleges and universities, representing
all sectors of higher education, who share personal, humorous,
powerful, and poignant stories about their experiences in a life
that is more a calling than a profession. Collectively, these
accounts help to answer the question of why developing a coherent
undergraduate curriculum is so vexing to colleges and universities.
Their stories also belie the public's and policymakers' belief that
faculty members care more about their scholarship and research than
their students and work far less than most people.
God is often at work through the ordinary: ordinary people,
ordinary objects, ordinary grace. Through the ordinary, God
communicates epiphanies, salvation, revelation, and reconciliation.
It is through the mundane that we hear Gods quiet voice. In this
devotion for the season of Lent, Jill J. Duffield draws readers
attention to ten ordinary objects that Jesus would have encountered
on his way to Jerusalem: dust, bread, the cross, coins, shoes, oil,
coats, towels, thorns, and stones. In each object, readers will
find meaning in the biblical account of Jesus final days. Each
week, readers encounter a new object to consider through Scripture,
prayer, and reflection. From Ash Wednesday to Easter, Lent in Plain
Sight reminds Christians to open ourselves to the kingdom of God.
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