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A cautionary tale about the evils of interference, matchmaking and good intentions turned awry, Emma is the study of a young woman raised without sufficient discipline or occupation. Handsome, clever and rich, Emma is the epitome of what a young woman should be in Regency England, except for the fact that her indulgent father and lack of a mother have left her spoiled and used to getting her own way. Emma's only true critic and voice of reason is Mr. Knightley, a gentleman whose opinion she values greatly. She delights in meddling in the romantic affairs of everyone around her, thinking celibacy is a privilege she alone can enjoy by virtue of her social standing. In the end, Emma is forced to acknowledge both her own lack of insight into the motives of others, and admit her need for a companion who can challenge her to become a better woman. (Summary by Moira Fogarty)...

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Romance, Fiction

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The Master Key was one of Baum's earliest full length fantasy books for children, published in 1901 just one year after The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The protagonist, Rob, while experimenting in his workshop, accidentally summons up an electrical fairy who presents him with electrical devices so advanced as to seem magical. His gifts include a flying contraption, a stun gun, and something resembling an omniscient portable TV set. Rob travels the world, rendering assistance to European heads of state and narrowly escaping disaster at the hands of “primitive” cannibals, Turks and Tatars, pirates, and evil scientists who try to steal his inventions. It's great fun, despite the occasional use of racial stereotypes that reflect the values of its time....

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Children

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Originally developed as a primary ESL Resource developed for Hispanic immigrant children in Southern California with descriptive and engaging dialogue. Easily adapted to structured learning tasks and for developing interactive discussion....

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That night, the moon was full and the skies were free of clouds. I had forgotten how beautiful the sky could be at night with a million pinpoints of light, each one a separate star. It was also nice to be in contact with air again. In an ice form, I was limited to how much air I could grab on to, and we droplets need oxygen to be truly healthy. “You look happy, Tweedy,” Alice said. “You bet I am,” I replied. “I’m looking forward to being on the move and seeing more of this great big world. “I wonder if we will flow westward towards the Pacific or eastward towards the Gulf of Mexico” Alice mused. “Roger said that if we went east, we’d go to the Atlantic Ocean” I corrected her, “not the Gulf of Mexico”. “Basically, Roger was correct,” Alice explained, “but to get to the Atlantic Ocean, we must first go through the Gulf of Mexico. And then depending on the currents, we might have to go through the Caribbean Sea as well before reaching the Atlantic Ocean. It is a long trip to get to the Atlantic Ocean from here - unless of course, we go in cloud form and fly over those eastern mountains.” ...

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Chapters 1 through 19 with each chapter averaging 850 words (approximately 2 pages)

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Obsession with genetic engineering segregated humanity into the perfected and defective. Dictated by science and technology, the search for immortality near destroyed the human race. What remains of mankind, struggles to survive in barbaric clans suppressed by Masters and false doctrine. Known as Project Noah, an underground community seeks to restore civilization by rehabilitating those snatched from the surface. An enemy from the past is out to re-establish a plan to cleanse the earth. Assaults on both the surface and underground survivors reveal devastating truths regarding their sanctuary and savours....

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This book was published as a low-cost paperback in 1975; it had a short shelf-life and quickly went out (and stayed out) of print. However I have continued to receive inquiries about it; that, as well as the fact that the workings of evolution are still widely misunderstood, are the factors which led me to produce this Gutenberg edition. In these times when every second popular science book is about the "environmental crisis", why resurrect such an ancient document? Simply because its fundamental argument is a timeless one, an insufficiently appreciated one, and one which is probably as briefly and as clearly expressed here as anywhere. One reviewer at the time thought that the book carried "a chilling message, especially for the parents of young children"; another found it " a shrill book that leaves one resoundingly chirpy about surviving." Now it is available for you to read and make up your own mind....

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If you live on a small island and keep goats, how should you make your decision about the number of goats to keep? If goats die only of old age or when you slaughter one to eat you'll need to be pretty careful, or you'll end up with a plague of goats which will strip the island bare. So don't let the goats breed too freely. But what if the island is also inhabited by a pack of wolves which eat goats as fast as you can breed them? In this case you must obviously do your damnedest to produce as many goats as you possibly can, just to be sure of having one or two for yourself. We live on an island, Earth, that once was full of wolves. But we have shot nearly all the wolves now, and nobody has explained to us that their name was Negative Feedback, and their consequence, Stability....

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El documento ha sido redactado en forma de carta a una tía imaginaria, recién nombrada Secretaria de Comunicaciones de un país latinoamericano. Este pretexto narrativo nos permite abordar de manera creativa la discusión de temáticas y propuestas que ayuden a sacar mejor provecho de las oportunidades que brindan las tecnologías de información y comunicación, TICs, para el desarrollo humano en la región. ...

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"El problema más serio que nos encontramos al ver programas que tienen que ver con TICs y desarrollo es que muchísimas veces, demasiadas, éstos están desconectados de lo que sucede y se necesita en el mundo real de las personas"....

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1. Construir soluciones concretas 2. Andar al ritmo de la comunidad 3. Aprender de los errores 4. Localizar la comunicación globalizada 5. Trabajar con perspectiva de equidad de género 6. Hablar con voz propia 7. Generar nuevos conocimientos ...

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A través del arte, la literatura, la exploración de ciudad a partir del cuerpo, su casa y el vecindario, los participantes desarrollan experiencias de ciudadanía desde las formas tradicionales y modernas de comunicación. La cuestión central que el documento resolverá es, ¿cómo pueden contribuir las TIC a la construcción de un proyecto de Educación para la vida? De acuerdo con esto, el libro ha sido dividido en 7 capítulos, el primero de ellos dedicado al lugar y el contexto donde se desarrolló el proyecto, el segundo a hacer un recorrido, desde lo local hasta lo continental, sobre los usos de las TIC en la construcción de ciudadanía y gobernabilidad; el tercer capítulo relata el proyecto desde la comunicación y la cultura, el cuarto lo hace desde la educación, el quinto desde la identidad, el territorio y la memoria, el sexto capítulo se enfoca a revisar lo que ocurrió en el proyecto desde la ciudadanía. En el séptimo capítulo desarrollaremos las conclusiones y las perspectivas de trabajo a partir de lo construido. ...

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“La actividad cultural -dice Bernardo Kliksberg- ha sido vista con frecuencia, desde la economía, como un campo secundario ajeno a la vía central por la que debe tratarse de hacer avanzar el crecimiento económico. Ha sido con frecuencia tratada de hecho como un área que insume recursos, que no genera retornos sobre la inversión, funcionales económicamente, que es de difícil medición, y cuya gerencia es de dudosa calidad. A su vez también ha existido desde el terreno de la cultura, una cierta tendencia al auto encierro, sin buscar activamente conexiones con los programas económicos sociales. Todo ello ha creado una brecha considerable entre cultura y desarrollo. Ese estado de situación significa pérdidas considerables para la sociedad”...

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1 EL LUGAR DE TRABAJO Agradecimientos 9 El universo en un grano de arena 56 ¿Qué es el proyecto De la Calle a la Escuela?11 Introducción 13 La Estructura Del libro 49 Ventana 53 Recapitulando 61 2 TIC Y EDUCACIÓN PARA LA VIDA Una revisión general 64 El complejo camino hacia una democracia de los ciudadanos 71 El entorno regional: América Latina y el Caribe 65 Los cambios 68 La vida en Colombia 72 Recapitulando 75 3 COMUNICACIÓN Y CULTURA En el ojo de las TIC y la Educación para la Vida 78 Primer año. Conectividad: entre la euforia, el desencanto 79 La experiencia de ciudadanía y TIC vista desde la perspectiva de género 87 Segundo año. La conexión indirecta en una ciudad Palimpsesto 89 Tercer año. Internet y radio: una alianza para la educación 91 Radios para la vida 92 Niños y niñas: Las diferencias 99 TIC, escuela y vecindario 93 Las reuniones barriales: Comunicación y cultura a la Calle 100 Las percepciones desde el foro 101 Recapitulando 103 4 EDUCACIÓN En la calle y en la Escuela 106 Las estrategias de aprendizaje 112 Las evaluaciones 117 Recapitulando 121 5 IDENTIDAD, TERRITOR...

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While your child will enjoy doing Gol-Gol Games, you as the parent/ teacher/ facilitator may need to figure out how to guide your child through Gol-Gol Games, or play the game with your child. This is a useful companion book to Gol-Gol Games Volume 1, designed to help you guide the child, while both of you have fun....

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We are trying to use the “Socratic” method, as in asking questions and letting children think about the answers. We suggest you allow children to think and write the answers. Try not to draw either the objects or the circles for the child. Try to avoid suggesting techniques and methods of thinking. Children can develop their own ways of thinking. Less help in finding answers is a good thing for children! It makes them think. More time in finding answers is a very good thing for children! It makes them think without pressure. Read a book while the child draws. Relax....

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The role of the guide Suggested solutions for words and circles Suggested solutions for adding circles

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Imaginamos escenarios posibles y mejores a través de un proyecto; planeamos ese escenario, hacemos cuentas, pensamos, escribimos y avanzamos en lo que hemos imaginado. Al tiempo nos damos cuenta que lo imaginado no fue con exactitud, que algo faltó o sobró. Hay proyectos a muy corto plazo, como una comida entre un grupo; hay otros para toda la vida como la gestación de un ser humano, hay otros proyectos que salen del marco familiar y se meten en otros vecindarios, buscando mejorar lo presente. ...

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Una comunidad de aprendizaje asume que toda comunidad humana posee recursos de aprendizaje, agentes instituciones y redes que necesitan ser identificadas, valoradas, desarrolladas y articuladas para asegurar las necesidades de aprendizaje de todos en la comunidad. Una comunidad de aprendizaje adopta una visión amplia de educación y coloca el aprendizaje en el centro, abarcando educación, talleres y ambientes de aprendizaje. Una comunidad de aprendizaje está basada en la premisa de solidaridad, cooperación y alianzas entre casa y escuela, educación fuera y dentro de la escuela, instituciones privadas y públicas, a la par de un recurso humano, alrededor de una estrategia compartida de desarrollo y transformación comunitaria. ...

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Agradecimientos 9 Perfil de la institución responsable 11 Presentación 13 Introducción y resumen 15 La región del proyecto 17 PRIMERA PARTE Plano general 1. Lo que imaginamos 21 2. Lo que no previmos 33 3. Lo previsto 40 4. Lo que iba quedando 43 5. Lo que quedará 52 6. Conclusiones y recomendaciones 58 7. Entrega de cuentas 63 SEGUNDA PARTE Primer plano 1. Raíces en movimiento. Experiencia de construcción de ciudadanía 67 2. Los talleres 78 3. Los foros 92 4. Las exposiciones y ferias 100 5. Los ciclos de cine 103 6. Lo que cuenta la ciudad: La radio una excusa pedagógica 107 7. Palabras para entendernos 116 8. Anexos 125 ...

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Professor Florentin Smrandache is invited to spend a period of three months time at the Research Institute of Extension Engineering at Guangdong University of Technology in China in order to conduct research on extenics....

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Cu moralul extrem de ridicat, alerg pe autostrada I-40 din Gallup spre aeroportul din Albuquerque. Urlă muzica. Ferestrele deschise. Muzică populară românească, din Banat şi Oltenia, la casetă. Am înregistraţi şi pe cântăreţii mei din Bălceşti: Vasile Oprea (Vasilică a lu’ Tirina, vecinul meu), Mărin Covrig (coleg de şcoală primară şi generală), Gheorghe Lupu (mai mare cu doi ani ca mine, stătea peste drum de casa mea)....

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Application / 3 Invitation / 8 Extensica. Fotojurnal instantaneu din Canton / 9 Certificate / 170 Letter / 171

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To make the report useful to a potentially broad audience, team members set out to answer this question through a wide-ranging examination of the geopolitical, sociological, diplomatic, technological, and operational factors that shaped the characteristics and outcome of this particular air campaign....

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1 The Demise of Yugoslavia and the Destruction of Bosnia: Strategic Causes, Effects, and Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Dr. Karl Mueller 2 The Planning Background . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Lt Col Bradley S. Davis 3 US and NATO Doctrine for Campaign Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Col Maris McCrabb 4 The Deliberate Force Air Campaign Plan . .87 Col Christopher M. Campbell 5 Executing Deliberate Force, 30 August–14 September 1995 . . . . . . . . . 131 Lt Col Mark J. Conversino 6 Combat Assessment: A Commander’s Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Maj Mark C. McLaughlin 7 Assessing the Effectiveness of Deliberate Force: Harnessing the Political-Military Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Maj Mark C. McLaughlin 8 Aircraft Used in Deliberate Force . . . . . . . . 199 Lt Col Richard L. Sargent iii Chapter Page 9 Weapons Used in Deliberate Force . . . . . . . 257 Lt Col Richard L. Sargent 10 Deliberate Force Targeting . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Lt Col Richard L. Sargent 11 Deliberate Force Tactics . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Lt Col Richard L. Sargent 12 Deliber...

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DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii 1 THE USAF TODAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 FRAMING THE QUESTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 THE CURRENT FIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Irregular Warfare: Winning the Long War . . . 6 Air Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Strategic Communication: Spreading the Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Culture and Language in the Expeditionary Air Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Distributed Planning: The Key to Centralized Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Unmanned Aerial Systems: The Air Force in Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Intelligence Reform: The Secondary Effects of Merging Intelligence with Surveillance and Reconnaissance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 The Total Force in Transition . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Air Base Disaster Planning: Contingency Operations . . . . . . ....

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Air Force Smart Operations for the Twenty-first Century (AFSO 21) is the Air Force’s initiative to recapitalize funds by maximizing value and minimizing waste in operations. This paper identifies potential failure points associated with the changing Air Force culture. Overall, the Air Force’s change plan appears to be proceeding according to schedule. However, it does not appear that the Air Force is adequately planning for a long-term sustainment of AFSO 21. There is still time for Air Force senior leadership to correct the system’s alignment and put AFSO 21 on track for long-term sustainment. A culture of continuous process improvement will take root once the Air Force leadership fully commits to AFSO 21....

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Lt. Col. J. Reggie Hall’s Agile Combat Support Doctrine and Logistics Officer Training: Do We Need an Integrated Logistics School for the Expeditionary Air and Space Force? examines the evolution of USAF logistics doctrine, the linkage between doctrine, strategy, tactics, and training programs, and the corresponding application of logistics employment and sustainment functions in a deployed environment. In doing so, he analyzes the USAF’s diverse logistics officer training programs to determine if there is a deficiency in interdisciplinary logistics employment and sustainment training. He ascertains whether or not that training shortfall reveals a gap between USAF logistics doctrine and expeditionary air and space force combat strategy. His study also investigates the USAF transition to the air and space expeditionary force (AEF) operational employment concept as the force projection mechanism for the expeditionary air and space force and the reliance on ACS as the primary enabler to identify specific areas here the absence of integrated logistics training impacts or potentially degrades mission success....

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In this paper, Lt Col Rex R. Kiziah, USAF, examines current US efforts to cooperatively develop and deploy with Japan and South Korea a theater missile defense (TMD) family of systems (FoS) in Northeast Asia. First, the author summarizes the US security strategy for the East Asia-Pacific region with emphasis on the importance of regional missile defense. Second, he characterizes the ballistic missile capabilities of North Korea and China, which constitute the primary threat in the region and have spurred increased US and allied pursuit of advanced TMD systems. Third, the author discusses the advantages, country-specific issues and status of cooperative US, Japanese, and South Korean TMD developmental activities. Finally, Colonel Kiziah details some of the complex regional security issues associated with US, Japanese, and South Korean missile defense activities vis-à-vis China and Taiwan; the challenges in ameliorating Chinese concerns; and the prospects of longterm partnering and fielding of a tri-country, integrated regional TMD system....

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, originally published between 1960 and 1963, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Science fiction, Short stories

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This is a charming book on Art History for children (and everyone else). Each chapter focuses on a great painting, reproduced in color in the original text. The authors explain the story behind the paintings, as well as the life, times, and techniques of the artists.You may find downloadable versions of all sixteen paintings at http://www.archive.org/details/Book_of_Art_Illustrations_lv http://www.archive.org/details/Book_of_Art_Illustrations_lv , and you can easily do a google search for the other artworks mentioned in the book. (Summary by Kara)...

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Children, Instruction, History, Art

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is the second volume of reader-selected collection of short stories originally published between 1941 and 1963, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Introduction by Cori Samuel with input from Wikipedia....

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Science fiction, Short stories

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) and his sister Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) played important roles in the artistic milieu of Victorian England. Members of a highly cultured Italian immigrant family, they achieved widespread fame and exerted a significant influence upon the poetry and art of their time. Dante Gabriel was a co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of painters, contributing to a renewed interest in medieval themes and techniques. Both his painting and his poetry anticipated the Aesthetic movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His deep intellect and highly emotional nature are reflected in poems that exhibit a combination of complex symbolism and powerful feeling. He was a master of the sonnet form, as best exemplified in his book The House of Life. Christina served as a model for some of her brother’s early paintings, and she was closely identified with the Pre-Raphaelites. Her poetry is more accessible and displays perhaps a greater felicity of expression than her brother’s. Today she holds a higher reputation, often being ranked (sometimes rather condescendingly) among the leading women...

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Poetry

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Fiction, Science fiction, Short stories