What is meant by 'influence' in the realm of literature, art, music or ideas? How is it related to concepts such as pastiche or parody? Self-evidently, our understanding of any 'past' work depends on contemporary methods of reading; but does it makes sense, therefore, to claim that influence can be retroactive? Harold Bloom used the term 'the anxiety of influence' as the title of a famous study, but his is only one of many theorizations that span the modern era. This collection of essays examines a variety of texts written in French from the eighteenth century onwards, together with a number of visual and musical works. (All quotations in other languages are followed by translations in English.) The contributors elucidate, question and/or draw on major theories of influence, in new readings of well-known works. Whilst all engage with French and/or francophone culture, the works examined open cross-disciplinary perspectives.

This collection engages with questions of influence, a vexed and problematic concept whose intellectual history is both ancient and vast. It examines a range of texts written in French, sometimes in dialogue with visual/musical works, drawn mainly from the eighteenth century onwards. Connections are made with related work in a range of disciplines.

Production of oil and natural gas from leases on federal lands and waters is an important part of the nation's energy portfolio and a significant source of revenue for the federal government. This book examines steps Interior has taken to ensure the public receives a fair return on oil and gas resources since 2007. It also examines the number of tracts leased, along with the trends in associated coal production and revenues generated since 1990; BLM's implementation of the process to estimate fair market value for coal leases; the extent to which BLM considers coal exports and domestic coal reserve estimates when estimating fair market value; and the extent to which BLM communicates information on federal coal lease sales to the public.

Major shifts in the field of model theory in the twentieth century have seen the development of new tools, methods, and motivations for mathematicians and philosophers. In this book, John T. Baldwin places the revolution in its historical context from the ancient Greeks to the last century, argues for local rather than global foundations for mathematics, and provides philosophical viewpoints on the importance of modern model theory for both understanding and undertaking mathematical practice. The volume also addresses the impact of model theory on contemporary algebraic geometry, number theory, combinatorics, and differential equations. This comprehensive and detailed book will interest logicians and mathematicians as well as those working on the history and philosophy of mathematics.

Since their inception, the Perspectives in Logic and Lecture Notes in Logic series have published seminal works by leading logicians. Many of the original books in the series have been unavailable for years, but they are now in print once again. In this volume, the twelfth publication in the Perspectives in Logic series, John T. Baldwin presents an introduction to first order stability theory, organized around the spectrum problem: calculate the number of models a first order theory T has in each uncountable cardinal. The author first lays the groundwork and then moves on to three sections: independence, dependence and prime models, and local dimension theory. The final section returns to the spectrum problem, presenting complete proofs of the Vaught conjecture for -stable theories for the first time in book form. The book provides much-needed examples, and emphasizes the connections between abstract stability theory and module theory.

Plotting narratives that blur the line between fact and fiction, David Lamelas is a pioneering figure of conceptual art. "Life as Activity: David Lamelas" draws vivid connections within the artist's multifaceted practice and explores how his sculpture, film, video, and photography invite us to participate in fictional narratives while moving through space and time. Life as Activity: David Lamelas developed from a graduate seminar in Hunter College's Advanced Certificate in Curatorial Studies and is supported by the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), which advances scholarship and public engagement with art from Latin America. ISLAA proudly sponsors Hunter College as its inaugural university partner in the ISLAA Artist Seminar Initiative, an education and curatorial program that fosters intimate exchanges between students and living Latin American and Latinx artists. David Lamelas's works experiment with conventional formats in ways that make us acutely aware of the constructed nature of narrative and identity. Featuring his investigations of different media - including sculpture, photography, and film - the book charts new ground through a body of work that spans from 1966 to 2020. Made in Argentina, Europe and the United States, the twelve projects that make up the focus of the book demonstrate the inventive ways Lamelas produces works in which he directs his critical eye toward diverse contexts to reveal the proximity of fantasy and truth.

Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their attackers, they are far from defenseless. In addition to adaptations like thorns, which may be produced in response to attack, plants actively alter their chemistry and physiology in response to damage. For instance, young potato plant leaves being eaten by potato beetles respond by producing chemicals that inhibit beetle digestive enzymes.
Over the past fifteen years, research on these induced responses to herbivory has flourished, and here Richard Karban and Ian T. Baldwin present the first comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of this rapidly developing field. They provide state-of-the-discipline reviews and highlight areas where new research will be most productive. Their comprehensive overview will be welcomed by a wide variety of theoretical and applied researchers in ecology, evolutionary biology, plant biology, entomology, and agriculture.

Synopsis One Act Play, 10 Women Five engaged women, crowded in a line with their respective mothers, sisters and friends and hundreds more, are anxiously waiting for a store to open so they may get the best deals on wedding gowns. As they wait, the women converse about their lives, their men, their hopes, and respective lifetime visions of marriage with some surprising revelations about themselves.

Evelyn Murtaugh has traveled to Morganton, North Carolina from Chicago, Illinois to see Mrs. Heidi Traub on a very important matter. Evelyn's adoptive father passed away unexpectedly, and in his will left instructions that Evelyn was to receive a package. In the package, which Evelyn was told was twenty years old, there was a sealed envelope containing a cardboard puzzle piece. The game piece looked like half of a heart pendant. There was also a note inside, from Evelyn's biological father. In the note, he instructs "Evie" to seek out and return the missing piece of the heart.

"Hot Rod Hot Dogs" is set in a restaurant in the town of Blakesville, California, circa 1958. The owner of the restaurant, Mimi Nawrocki, is in danger of losing her business if the drag strip across the street gets closed down by Mr. Benson, the corrupt deputy mayor of the town. Swenson has convinced Mayor Tyrone J. Meane that the town needs to convert the real estate currently being "wasted" by the drag strip into a new, much more lucrative, golf course. The kids who race at the strip would be forced to drag race in unsafe areas, such as in the streets of town or in the nearby desert. Betty Jean Dale, one of the teens that hang out at "Hot Rod Hot Dogs," is very upset to hear that the strip and restaurant could be shut down. Betty Jean's father, Tom Dale, is the architect who designed the drag strip and got the town to approve it, against the deputy mayor's wishes. Tom argues with Swenson and tries to convince the local police, headed by longtime friend sheriff Roger Druyor, not to shut down the strip. The strip is ordered shut down. Betty Jean's new boyfriend, Jake Carson, is a hot-rodder who suffered a tremendous loss in a race when he was pitted against the mysterious "masked racer." Shortly thereafter, his girlfriend, Joanne Caputo, dumped him and joined a gang called the "Lone Wolves." Jake starts seeing Betty Jean, and Joanne starts going out with the mayor's troubled son, TJ Meane, who has secretly been in love with Betty Jean for years. But Joanne's not really attracted to TJ. She has been forced to spend time with TJ to distract him from the frame-up being perpetrated by the leader of the "Lone Wolves," Dirk Skagg. Dirk is being paid by Swenson to plant evidence linking TJ to the destruction of some private property in town. This would get the boy sent to juvenile hall, subsequently disgracing the mayor, paving the way for Swenson to become the new mayor of Blakesville. Featuring songs written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, "Hot Rod Hot Dogs" is a musical the entire family can enjoy

A Play in Two Acts. Multiple characters. Drama. Historical. Fiction.

"Water Brats" A Play for Teenagers in Two Acts Written by Kevin T. Baldwin 6 Females, 1 Male Synopsis: Six middle-school age girls from varying backgrounds get themselves trapped together in a large underground outfall connected to an abandoned treatment plant for the local sewer system. They need to find their way out in two hours before the next water discharge floods the tunnel. They have to travel from the diffuser tunnel to the outfall tunnel, or approximately two miles under sea level, in order to reach the other exit located near the bottom of the outfall shaft, one hundred feet under water. Along the way, they find a bag filled with money and the inscription "Millborough Savings Bank" along the side. But they can't tell any adult because, while down there, anyone with a cell phone finds that their devices aren't working sufficiently, thus they cannot call for help letting anyone know they're trapped. However one text message is received and comes through on a cell phone VERY clear: "I'm coming for you "

"G'Noo the Baby Roo's First Christmas" was first conceived of as a holiday bedtime story for my children. There is even an audio recording of the original story which I made for them back in the late 1990's. Eventually, it evolved into a stage play intended for young audiences. "G'Noo" is a short children's play about a young kangaroo, known as a "joey," who sees humans celebrating Christmas by exchanging presents but isn't quite sure what to make of it. Eventually, G'Noo asks her parents about the holiday but they aren't quite sure what it's all about, either. The play focuses on what would happen if there were no human around to teach animals what Christmas is all about. How would these animals interpret a "Christmas" beyond its religious significance? However you celebrate the holiday season, please enjoy your time with "G'Noo the Baby Roo" and may all your holidays bring you nothing but joy.

A couple find themselves as the new butler and maid serving a cruel and sadistic couple who engage them in all sorts of debauchery and torture. They have no idea how they got to this place, nor can they seem to act of their own free will in order to defend themselves or escape. How did they wind up in such a place?

"They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To" is a play in two acts about the changing face of American culture in small manufacturing towns in the latter half of the 1980s.

Shortly after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, there was a substantial increase in "holy sightings." All over the world images of Mary, God or Jesus were reported in the highly unlikeliest of places and objects. "Heaven's Rivers" takes place during this time. Daniel reports for duty as a new priest in a Catholic parish serving the veritable "crosshairs" of two wealthy and impoverished neighborhoods. His supervisor, Father Cliff, believes Daniel's sudden interest in becoming a priest is compensating for the loss of his beloved wife years before. Daniel meets Juliet, a troubled youth whom he ministers to and takes into the rectory. Juliet is accused of euthanizing her grandmother at Daniel's behest. When Father Cliff confronts Daniel about the accusation, Daniel claims to have been advised by the voice of the Blessed Mother Mary. "Heaven's Rivers" is a two-act dramatic play that explores a man's faith in God, in others and in himself.

Four plays intended for young actors. Suitable for all audiences. Includes: The Magical Monkeys of Mergatroid Rapunzel Rumpelstiltskin and The Emperor's New Clothes

Imagine an Air Force that can't train to fight a big war, can't train for the small war, but is too busy and poor to fix the problems. Now open your eyes. We're there. Fighting the Global War on Terror requires a specific skill set that is different from flying an alert mission for Operation Noble Eagle, and is very different from the requirements of fighting a near-peer competitor. But, if the Air Staff has its way, by Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 most of the fighter and bomber squadrons will be training to fight three different kinds of wars with about 32% less flying hours than they had 2004 (according to ACC/A3TO). Air Force resources and policies are preventing fighter squadrons from being combat ready and something must be done. What can we do? What we can do is to halt the next roughly 10% cut to flying hours that the Air Staff is trying to impose as an "efficiency" starting in FY10. How did we gain this efficiency? Well, we created it by cutting the flying hour budget. You see, if you don't fund the hours then you have spent less on readiness and you can claim an "efficiency" in the name of Air Force Smart Operations (AFSO)...21. I didn't want to forget the 21. That makes it futuristic and inherently better, doesn't it? There may be some great applications for AFSO21, but using blanket cuts that are relying on some hoped-for efficiency doesn't seem like a good bet. What else doesn't seem like a good bet? The Air Staff willingly restoring the unfunded hours. So what else can we do to train better if we aren't getting the right resources?

For over two thousand years the book of Proverbs has provided wise counsel and spiritual direction for God's people. The piercing truths of Proverbs penetrate the readers' hearts, challenging them to align their lives with the wisdom the proverbs proclaim. Roaring Lions, Cracking Rocks and other Gems from Proverbs bring these ancient sayings into contemporary focus by applying their insights to modern situations. Marriage, parenting, friendship, work, money and other topics are brought under the scrutiny of this ancient wisdom. Each chapter in this thought-provoking book is a short essay on a specific proverb that makes God's Word come alive with fresh relevance. You'll be amazed what a roaring lion or cracking rock can mean for your life today.

"When the Bottom Fell Out" A Play in Two Revealing Acts During the 1980s a beautiful young accountant is offered the chance to be featured in a men's magazine. When she accepts her entire life is turned upside down. "When the Bottom Fell Out" is a comedy written in two acts, featuring many wonderfully charming characters.

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value to researchers of domestic and international law, government and politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and much more.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School LibraryOcm21180363London: Stevens and Haynes, 1883. xlvii, 633 p.: forms; 21 cm.

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