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St Albans was one of the greatest Benedictine abbeys of medieval
England, and the early 14th century was a period during which the
concerns of the community and the role of the abbot emerge
particularly clearly. Yet the history of the abbey during this
period has received little attention since general surveys
undertaken over eighty years ago, and the manorial history by
Levett in 1938. Basing herself on the unique and relatively
unexploited Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani, Michelle Still
examines the position of St Albans in both the secular and monastic
worlds, with a focus on the period 1290-1349. The study includes
discussion of the role of the abbot as a feudal landlord, a
provider of education (at the abbey's grammar school), and a
dispenser of charity. In conclusion, she notes the pivotal
importance of the personality and influence of the abbot of St
Albans in ensuring the strict observance of the Rule of St Benedict
in an age when traditional monasticism was increasingly challenged.
Through the detailed study of this one abbey, this book makes an
important contribution to the overall picture of monastic life in
medieval England.
* The Definitive Guide to ImageMagick is the first book to cover
ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org/) comprehensively, one of
the most popular open source software suites for creating and
manipulating images. * Beginner /Intermediate Programmers and Web
Developers looking for an automated solution for image
manipulation; this book explains how ImageMagick's features can be
incorporated in a variety of applications. * The author and review
team is unusually strong: the author has been involved in
large-scale image processing and storage for the past several
years. And the creators of ImageMagick were closely involved in the
book's technical review.
MythTV is a powerful open source personal video recorder (PVR)
application that runs on Linux. Developed for several years by
volunteers, it offers a stable and extensible platform for
automating all of the things you would expect from a PVR, and much
more.
"Practical MythTV: Building a PVR and Media Center PC" takes a
project-based approach to implementing your own MythTV setup. You
get to pick and choose the functionality you want to install for
your PVR, and will learn the details of everything from selecting
hardware to advanced customization.
You will learn how to record your favorite television shows,
store your DVDs for later playback, create a music library out of
your CD collection, and even use your PVR for voiceover IP. Your
PVR wouldn't be complete without a remote control or the ability to
play back content to other TVs in your home. You'll learn how to do
both of these things in this book. You'll even learn to how to
utilize your Xbox as a remote front-end to play back content.
Beyond these basics, you will learn advanced techniques like
commercial detection and skipping, auto-expiring content, creating
your own themes for MythTV, and utilizing plug-ins to do things
like display weather conditions, RSS feeds, and photo slide
shows.
An open source project backed by years of continual development,
ImageMagick supports over 90 image formats and can perform
impressive operations such as creating images from scratch;
changing colors; stretching, rotating, and overlaying images; and
overlaying text on images. Whether you use ImageMagick to manage
the family photos or to embark on a job involving millions of
images, this book will provide you with the knowledge to manage
your images with ease. An open source project backed by years of
continual development, ImageMagick supports over 90 image formats
and can perform impressive operations such as creating images from
scratch; changing colors; stretching, rotating, and overlaying
images; and overlaying text on images. Whether you use ImageMagick
to manage the family photos or to embark on a job involving
millions of images, this book will provide you with the knowledge
to manage your images with ease.
The tried-and-tested textbook in a new version: clear in terms of
content, varied methodology, curriculum-related,
competence-oriented "Discover, understand, shape religion" is
valued for the integrative concept, the demanding, fresh materials,
the tasks for head, heart and hand, the proximity to the student ,
the weight of art, the Bible and tradition, the consistent
consideration of neighboring religions. - The novelty of the 2nd
edition: Orientation of religious instruction to competencies, the
limitation of content to core curricula and the consideration of
individualized learning paths. Particular attention is paid to the
independence of the students, for example in learning and using
specific methods. The tasks are assigned to the chapters and
formulated in a student-oriented manner. Basic cognitive knowledge
is highlighted and sustainable learning is striven for.
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