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Explores the book of Lamentations and its meaning for faith and
ministry today. The five poems that comprise Lamentations tell of
the community's pain in the aftermath of Jerusalem's destruction.
The FET College Series is designed to meet the needs of students
and lecturers of the National Certificate Vocational qualification.
For the student: Easy-to-understand language; Real-life examples; A
"Key Word" feature for important subject words; A "Dictionary"
feature for difficult words; A "Think about it" feature helps
develop critical, creative and independent thinking;
Workplace-oriented activities; and Chapter summaries that are
useful for exam revision. For the lecturer: Chapter summaries that
are cross-referenced to the text; Clearly identified outcomes and
assessment standards; Assessment tasks and activities are aligned
to the outcomes and assessment standards; and A CD Lecturer's Guide
with model answers to assessments in the Student's Book, additional
assessments with model answers and general reference material on
teaching outcomes-based education.
GeoMeasurements by Pulsing TDR Cables and Probes examines Time
Domain Reflectometry (TDR) research and provides information on its
use as a robust, reliable, and economical production tool. Common
uses for TDR technology include telecommunications and power
industries, but the text examines applications such as measurement
of moisture of unsaturated soils; detection of fluids for leak and
pollution; measurement of water levels for hydrological purposes;
measurement of water pressures beneath dams; and deformation and
stability monitoring of mines, slopes, and structures. Chapters
discuss: basic physics of signal generation, transmission, and
attenuation along the coaxial cable probe designs and procedures
for calibration as well as the variation in probe responses to
changes in water content and soil mineralogy variations in waveform
characteristics associated with cable, deformation, cable
calibration, and installation techniques for metallic cables in
rock several cases demonstrating the use of TDR cables in soil as
well as weathered and soft rock a rationale for the use of
compliant cable in soil the use of metallic cable (MTDR) and
optical fiber (OTDR) to monitor response of structures
sensor/transducer components, connections from the sensors to the
TDR pulser/sampler, and system control methods available software
for transmission and analysis of TDR signatures The diverse
interest and terminology within the TDR community tends to obscure
commonalities and the universal physical principles underlying the
technology. The authors seek to crystallize the basic principles
among the seemingly divergent specialties using TDR technology in
geomaterials. By examining varied experiences, GeoMeasurements by
Pulsing TDR Cables and Probes provides a synergistic text necessary
to unify the field.
K'Oben traces the Maya kitchen and its associated hardware,
ingredients, and cooking styles from the earliest times for which
we have archaeological evidence through today's culinary tourism in
the area. It focuses not only on what was eaten and how it was
cooked, but the people involved: who grew or sourced the foods, who
cooked them, who ate them. Additionally, the authors examine how
Maya foodways and the people involved fit into the social system,
particularly in how food is incorporated into culture, economy, and
society. The authors provide a detailed literature review of
hard-to-find sources including: out of print centuries old
cookbooks, archaeological field notes, ethnographies and
ethnohistories out of circulation and not available in English,
thesis documents only available in Spanish and in university
archives as well as current field research on the Maya. The more
recent Maya foodways can be studied from cookbooks, ethnographies
and ethnohistorical documentation. Between the two of us, we have
assembled a small but representative collection of cookbooks, some
self-published and rare, that were available in Merida and
elsewhere in Mexico during the late 20th century. Some are quite
old, and all reflect local traditional foodways. Geographically,
the book concentrates on Yucatan, Tabasco and Chiapas in Mexico,
but will include Pre-Classic and Classic evidence from Guatemala
and El Salvador, whose foodways are influenced by Maya traditions.
GeoMeasurements by Pulsing TDR Cables and Probes examines Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) research and provides information on its use as a robust, reliable, and economical production tool. Common uses for TDR technology include telecommunications and power industries, but the text examines applications such as measurement of moisture of unsaturated soils; detection of fluids for leak and pollution; measurement of water levels for hydrological purposes; measurement of water pressures beneath dams; and deformation and stability monitoring of mines, slopes, and structures. Chapters discuss: · basic physics of signal generation, transmission, and attenuation along the coaxial cable · probe designs and procedures for calibration as well as the variation in probe responses to changes in water content and soil mineralogy · variations in waveform characteristics associated with cable, deformation, cable calibration, and installation techniques for metallic cables in rock · several cases demonstrating the use of TDR cables in soil as well as weathered and soft rock · a rationale for the use of compliant cable in soil · the use of metallic cable (MTDR) and optical fiber (OTDR) to monitor response of structures · sensor/transducer components, connections from the sensors to the TDR pulser/sampler, and system control methods · available software for transmission and analysis of TDR signatures The diverse interest and terminology within the TDR community tends to obscure commonalities and the universal physical principles underlying the technology. The authors seek to crystallize the basic principles among the seemingly divergent specialties using TDR technology in geomaterials. By examining varied experiences, GeoMeasurements by Pulsing TDR Cables and Probes provides a synergistic text necessary to unify the field.
In The Hidden Places of WWII, the author takes readers to
overlooked places where WWII history was made. These are sites that
were thought to be closed or locked away forever or, in some cases,
thought never to exist at all, or were ignored by military
historians for decades. With historical photos, contemporary
photos, and written in a conversational style, the book opens the
eyes of a new generation of readers, as well as an older
generation, and takes them to the actual locations that changed
history. Many military history readers don't know that you can
still visit Nazi U-boat pens in Lorient and La Rochelle on the
French Atlantic coast (they were used in the filming of Raiders of
the Lost Ark) and even pieces of the Atlantic Wall Hitler had built
along the French coast in '43 and '44 to thwart the invasion he
knew was coming. These are only two of the many hidden places the
author introduces the reader to.
This book describes system dynamics with discontinuity caused by
system interactions and presents the theory of flow singularity and
switchability at the boundary in discontinuous dynamical systems.
Based on such a theory, the authors address dynamics and motion
mechanism of engineering discontinuous systems due to interaction.
Stability and bifurcations of fixed points in nonlinear discrete
dynamical systems are presented, and mapping dynamics are developed
for analytical predictions of periodic motions in engineering
discontinuous dynamical systems. Ultimately, the book provides an
alternative way to discuss the periodic and chaotic behaviors in
discontinuous dynamical systems.
This book describes system dynamics with discontinuity caused by
system interactions and presents the theory of flow singularity and
switchability at the boundary in discontinuous dynamical systems.
Based on such a theory, the authors address dynamics and motion
mechanism of engineering discontinuous systems due to interaction.
Stability and bifurcations of fixed points in nonlinear discrete
dynamical systems are presented, and mapping dynamics are developed
for analytical predictions of periodic motions in engineering
discontinuous dynamical systems. Ultimately, the book provides an
alternative way to discuss the periodic and chaotic behaviors in
discontinuous dynamical systems.
Transformative learning involves experiencing a deep, structural shift in the basic premises of thought, feelings, and actions. It is a shift of consciousness that dramatically and permanently alters our way of being in the world. Such a shift involves our understanding of ourselves and our self-locations; our relationships with other humans and with the natural world; our understanding of relations of power in interlocking structures of class, race and gender; our body awarenesses; our visions of alternative approaches to living; and our sense of possibilities for social justice and peace and personal joy. The editors of this collection make several challenges to the existing field of transformative learning—the first is to theoreticians, who have attempted to describe the nature of transformative learning without regard to the content of transformative learning. The editors argue that transformative learning theory cannot be constructed in a content-neutral or context-free way. Their second challenge, which assumes the importance of content for transformative learning, is to educators as practitioners. The editors argue that transformative learning requires new educational practices consistent with the content. Arts-based research and arts-based teaching/learning practices are one example of such new educational practices. Education for the soul, or spiritual practices such as meditation or modified martial arts or indigenous peoples’ forms of teaching/learning, is another example. Each article in the collection presents a possible model of these new practices.
Epicureanism is commonly regarded as the refined satisfaction of
physical desires. As a philosophy, however, it also denoted the
striving after an independent state of mind and body,
imperturbability, and reliance on sensory data as the true basis of
knowledge.
Epicurus (ca. 341-271 B.C.) founded one of the most famous and
influential philosophical schools of antiquity. In these remains of
his vast output of scientific and ethical writings, we can trace
Epicurus' views on atomism, physical sensation, duty, morality, the
soul, and the nature of the gods.
Transformative learning involves experiencing a deep, structural
shift in the basic premises of thought, feelings, and actions. It
is a shift of consciousness that dramatically and permanently
alters our way of being in the world. Such a shift involves our
understanding of ourselves and our self-locations; our
relationships with other humans and with the natural world; our
understanding of relations of power in interlocking structures of
class, race and gender; our body awarenesses; our visions of
alternative approaches to living; and our sense of possibilities
for social justice and peace and personal joy. The editors of this
collection make several challenges to the existing field of
transformative learning - the first is to theoreticians, who have
attempted to describe the nature of transformative learning without
regard to the content of transformative learning. The editors argue
that transformative learning theory cannot be constructed in a
content-neutral or context-free way. Their second challenge, which
assumes the importance content for transformative learning, is to
educators as practitioners. The editors argue that transformative
learning requires new educational practices consistent with the
content. Arts-based research and arts-based teaching/learning
practices are one example of such new educational practices.
Education for the soul, or spiritual practices such as meditation
or modified martial arts or indigenous peoples' forms of
teaching/learning, is another example. Each article in the
collection presents a possible model of these new practices.
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