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The second season of the US sci-fi drama that follows the attempts
of Lawkeeper Joshua Nolan (Grant Bowler) to keep the peace in the
futureworld frontier town of Defiance. In the near future, Earth's
landscape has been decimated after years of war with the Votans, an
alien race seeking a new home after their own star system was
destroyed in a stellar collision. With a ceasefire now in effect,
an itinerant Nolan returns to the ruins of his former home town of
St. Louis, now known as Defiance, accompanied by his adopted alien
daughter Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas), to help keep the former
warring factions apart. The episodes are: 'The Opposite of
Hallelujah', 'In My Secret Life', 'The Cord and the Ax', 'Beasts of
Burden', 'Putting the Damage On', 'This Woman's Work', 'If You
Could See Her Through My Eyes', 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem',
'Painted from Memory', 'Bottom of the World', 'Doll Parts', 'All
Things Must Pass' and 'I Almost Prayed'.
From fossil-hunting to the end of faith, Impossible Monsters is a
gripping narrative history of the culture war that toppled religion
and gave birth to our secular age. 'As thrilling as it is sweeping,
populated by a brilliantly drawn cast of characters' TOM HOLLAND In
1811, when the self-schooled daughter of a carpenter pulled some
strange-looking bones from Britain's southern shoreline, few people
dared to question that the Bible told the accurate history of the
world. But Mary Anning had discovered the 'first' dinosaur, and
over the next seventy-five years - as the science of palaeontology
developed, as Charles Darwin posited theories of evolutionary
biology, and as religious scholars identified the internal
inconsistencies of the Scriptures - everything changed. By the
1850s, dinosaurs were a prominent feature of the second Crystal
Palace exhibition. By the 1860s, when Matthew Arnold stood on Dover
Beach and saw faith ebbing away, Britain had plunged into a crisis
of religious belief. By the 1870s, T.H. Huxley - Darwin's 'bulldog'
- was preaching a new history of the world in which mankind was
merely an accident of evolution. By 1886, following a six-year
battle which had seen him beaten, imprisoned, and forcibly removed
from Parliament, Charles Bradlaugh was able to take his seat in the
House of Commons as the first openly atheist MP. Told through the
lives of the men and women who found these vital fossils and who
fought about their meaning, some humble, some eccentric, some
utterly brilliant, Impossible Monsters tells the story of the
painful, complicated relationship between science and religion over
these seventy-five years, of the growth of secularism, and of the
role of dinosaurs and their discovery in changing perceptions about
the Bible, history and mankind's place in the world.
One night, seven teenagers wake completely alone and in the
dark. Their parents are gone, and it seems everyone on earth has
disappeared as well. Worse, the electricity is off. Surrounded by
darkness, their differences no longer matter; they are the sole
survivors of an alien attack and the last hope for humanity. But in
the black of night, can they outrun the hulking creatures with the
glowing red eyes?
Priya is the exotic girl who says what she thinks. Will was a
star athlete before the attack. They find Trevor and Aiyana, the
twins; Alex and Ricardo, the tough guys; and finally, Lindsey, the
innocent. Together, the seven of them are the last humans on
earth-but are they really humans at all? They have no idea that the
government has known of the incoming alien attack for decades; to
prepare they created special children with very special
abilities.
The chosen seven are part alien and part human, and they exist
to fight off the otherworldly forces, threatening to conquer the
planet. But with such differing personalities, will the seven be
able to put their pride be-hind and work together? They must move
beyond the grief of lost friends and family and find the strength
to go on; if they don't, the world will die, taken over by
monstrous creatures that can smell your fear.
The world is in turmoil. Reeling after a devastating alien
invasion that decimates the world's population, humanity survives
in small communities, fighting for their lives. Countless millions
died during the initial invasion, and those still alive are seen as
nothing more than a food source for the hungry Quar. Governments
quickly fall across the globe, and a primitive, brutal, survival
mentality now consumes the world.
But amid the chaos, one small pocket of technology held out
longer than the rest. Within a secret lab, Earth's salvation rested
on the small shoulders of a group of genetically modified children
known only as the Theta DNA kids. No longer fully human, they carry
the genetic traits of humanity within-and they now face the very
destiny they had been engineered for. They were humanity's last,
best hope for a future-any future.
Once out of the lab, the Theta DNA kids be-gin a dangerous,
nomadic adventure. Along the way, they encounter other small groups
of other Thetan DNA mutants and struggle to form alliances. Can
these young heroes put their own adolescent insecurities aside long
enough to truly work together for the common good? To do so, they
must learn to work together, to lead-and to fight for the very
future of humanity.
Their enemies are close, but even the teens don't fully
understand how close. Through the horrors of invasion, grief, loss,
and brutal truth, these young soldiers fight for every-thing, with
everything they've been genetically enhanced to give.
"Contrary to negative media generated stereotypes, I personally
believe that Black men are poised to experience unprecedented
levels of success in the world today. Never have the doors of
opportunity been open wider for us to follow our passions and
create the life of our dreams. For those of us who are willing to
make the investment in our own personal growth and development, we
will be rewarded with great relationships, dynamic health,
financial abundance, spiritual connection, a deep sense of purpose
and fulfillment and the opportunity to give back to our communities
and change the world for the better. What has been missing in the
past is a resource guide to support Black men in this endeavor and
therefore I have created "Black Men Rock" as that resource to
support them in creating extraordinary lives." Coach Michael
Taylor: Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker, Radio & TV
Show host.
Develop IT skills through an active, accessible approach to theory
and practice, providing an ideal foundation for lower secondary
students going on to study IT at CSEC (R) and for building
real-life computer skills; fully updated to reflect the new
curriculum and new approaches to IT teaching. - Build knowledge
with straightforward introductions to theoretical concepts, key
practical applications and new topics such as ethical use of
computers and multimedia. - Support all learning styles with a
range of questions - Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer,
Research, Project and a fun Crossword puzzle. - Develop critical
thinking and research skills with research projects. The answers
can be found here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Log-on-to-IT-Answers
Benefit from expert guidance in this new edition of a tried and
trusted approach; updated to reflect the new CSEC (R) IT
curriculum, it provides an engaging and accessible approach to
theory and practice. - Prepare for SBA with advice and guidance and
a full sample SBA project and suggested solution at the end of
Chapter 16. - Consolidate learning through a range of question
types such as Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer,
Research, Project and a fun Crossword puzzle. - Confidently cover
new topics and emerging technology with straightforward
explanations and numerous examples. The answers can be found here:
www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Log-on-to-IT-Answers
Provide an accessible approach to theory and practice with this new
edition updated to comprehensively cover recent IT developments and
the latest Caribbean curricula for Forms 1 to 3 (Grades 7 to 9). -
Consolidate learning through a range of question types such as
Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer and a fun Crossword
puzzle. - Build critical thinking and project work skills with
research and STEM projects using real life situations. - Develop
understanding with new topics covered such as computer ethics,
algorithm development, emerging careers. The answers can be found
here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/interactanswers
Provide an accessible approach to theory and practice with this new
edition updated to comprehensively cover recent IT developments and
the latest Caribbean curricula for Forms 1 to 3 (Grades 7 to 9). -
Consolidate learning through a range of question types such as
Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer and a fun Crossword
puzzle. - Build critical thinking and project work skills with
research and STEM projects using real life situations. - Develop
understanding with new topics covered such as computer ethics,
algorithm development, emerging careers. The answers can be found
here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/interactanswers
Provide an accessible approach to theory and practice with this new
edition updated to comprehensively cover recent IT developments and
the latest Caribbean curricula for Forms 1 to 3 (Grades 7 to 9). -
Consolidate learning through a range of question types such as
Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer and a fun Crossword
puzzle. - Build critical thinking and project work skills with
research and STEM projects using real life situations. - Develop
understanding with new topics covered such as computer ethics,
algorithm development, emerging careers. The answers can be found
here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/interactanswers
This thesis reports on the development of the first quantum
enhanced microscope and on its applications in biological
microscopy. The first quantum particle-tracking microscope,
described in detail here, represents a pioneering advance in
quantum microscopy, which is shown to be a powerful and relevant
technique for future applications in science and medicine. The
microscope is used to perform the first quantum-enhanced biological
measurements -- a central and long-standing goal in the field of
quantum measurement. Sub diffraction-limited quantum imaging is
achieved, also for the first time, with a scanning probe imaging
configuration allowing 10-nanometer resolution.
For the past 25 years the theory of pseudodifferential operators
has played an important role in many exciting and deep
investigations into linear PDE. Over the past decade, this tool has
also begun to yield interesting results in nonlinear PDE. This book
is devoted to a summary and reconsideration of some used of
pseudodifferential operator techniques in nonlinear PDE. The book
should be of interest to graduate students, instructors, and
researchers interested in partial differential equations, nonlinear
analysis in classical mathematical physics and differential
geometry, and in harmonic analysis.
We are working with Cambridge International to gain endorsement for
this forthcoming series. Help learners develop essential computing
skills with an approach that uses real-life examples, reinforces
key vocabulary and provides opportunities to learn, practise and
apply throughout. - Encourage learners to become confident in
working with information and ideas of their own and those of others
with discussion tasks, as well as with What can you do? panels at
the end of each unit for self-assessment. - Provide a clear pathway
through the learning objectives with Practise tasks in each unit,
as well as Go further and Challenge yourself! panels with questions
designed to support differentiation. - Recap and activate learners'
prior knowledge with Do you remember? activities and introduce new
computing skills with Learn and Practise tasks. Contents How to use
this book Term 1 Unit 1 Flowcharts in programming (Scratch MIT: Be
a designer) Unit 2 Be a data manager Unit 3 Selecting hardware and
software Unit 4 Variables in programming (Scratch MIT: Be a
storyteller) Term 2 Unit 5 Digital content Unit 6 Sub-routines in
Programming (Scratch MIT: Be an animator) Unit 7 Be a data
architect Unit 8 Micro:Bit Makecode: Be an innovator Term 3 Unit 9
Keeping data safe Unit 10 Scratch MIT: Be a game developer Unit 11
Storage and robots Unit 12 iRobot: Be a problem solver Glossary
Through a series of international case studies, the nature and the
geographical implications of the development of multinational
corporations is examined. The volume concentrates on the latter
Post-War period of corporate restructuring and readjustment in
response to world-wide recession in the mid-1980s. The volume is
divided into two parts. In the first each of the chapters considers
a particular aspect of the problem of how multinational
corporations have developed. In the second part the chapters
consider different aspects of the economic and social impacts of
these corporations. The common theme that links all the papers is
their emphasis on careful historical analysis of different forms of
spatial organisation and their transformation into other, different
forms.
Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) is remembered today only as an alleged
Social Darwinist who applied the theory of the survival of the
fittest to society. Yet he was among the most influential and
widely-read philosophers of the nineteenth century. There were few
Victorian thinkers and scientists who did not know his work, and
who did not formulate their own positions partly in reaction to
his. Michael Taylor's book provides the only detailed and reliable
modern survey of the whole corpus of Spencer's thought. Taylor
introduces a Spencer very different to his posthumous reputation:
not primarily a political philosopher, but the architect of a
comprehensive philosophical system that aimed to demonstrate the
inevitability of human perfection through universal natural laws.
He also locates the Synthetic Philosophy firmly in its place and
time by showing how it developed out of the concerns of a group of
like-minded British writers and thinkers during the 1850s. This
book will be of interest to historians of philosophy and of
science, to social scientists, to scholars and students of
nineteenth century literature, and to anyone who wishes to
understand one of most important figures in Victorian intellectual
life.
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