Engaging the Moving Image

Engaging the Moving Image

Engaging the Moving Image
 Publisher: Yale University Press |  | ISBN: 0300091958 |
No'l Carroll, a brilliant and provocative philosopher of film, has gathered in this book eighteen of his most recent essays on cinema and television-what Carroll calls "moving images." The essays discuss topics in philosophy, film theory, and film criticism. Drawing on concepts from cognitive psychology and analytic philosophy, Carroll examines a wide range of fascinating topics. These include film attention, the emotional address of the moving image, film and racism, the nature and epistemology of documentary film, the moral status of television, the concept of film style, the foundations of film evaluation, the film theory of Siegfried Kracauer, the ideology of the professional western, and films by Sergei Eisenstein and Yvonne Rainer. Carroll also assesses the state of contemporary film theory and speculates on its prospects. The book continues many of the themes of Carroll's earlier work Theorizing the Moving Image and develops them in new directions. A general introduction by George Wilson situates Carroll's essays in relation to his view of moving-image studies.

Does the Woman Exist?: From Freud's Hysteric to Lacan's Feminine

Does the Woman Exist?: From Freud's Hysteric to Lacan's Feminine

Paul Verhaeghe, Does the Woman Exist?: From Freud's Hysteric to Lacan's Feminine
Other Press | 1988 | ISBN 1892746158 | 288 Pages | PDF OCR | 6.4 MB


"A miraculous answer to the confusions surrounding Freud's and Lacan's theory of feminine sexuality. . . . A must for anyone who wants to grasp what psychoanalysis has to say today." -Slavoj Zizek

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Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind

Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind

Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind
Publisher: Yale University Press | pages: 320 | 2004 | ISBN: 0300105142 | PDF | 12,4 mb

Graff is reopening the door on a major debate. In the wake of theory, in the wake of feminism, post-colonial criticism and all the rest, what is a liberal arts education supposed to be about? How should teachers teach? What should students learn? Intelligently, humanely, Gerald Graff is bringing all of these questions back home to the classroom, which, at least for now, seems exactly where they belong.

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Taoist i ching

Taoist i ching

Taoist i ching
Publisher: Shambhala | pages: 339 | 1986 | ISBN: 087773352X | PDF | 14,7 mb

The "Book Of Change" is considered the oldest of the Chinese classics. A book of fundamental principles by philosophers, politicians, mystics and others. To be read as a guide to comprehensive self-realization. 

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On Philosophy in American Law

On Philosophy in American Law

On Philosophy in American Law
 Publisher: Cambridge University Press |  2009 | ISBN: 0521883687 | 
In recent years there has been tremendous growth of interest in the connections between law and philosophy, but the diversity of approaches that claim to be working at the intersection of philosophy and law might suggest that this area of inquiry is so fractured as to be incoherent. This volume gathers 38 leading scholars working in law and philosophy to provide focused and straightforward articulations of the role that philosophy might play at this juncture of American legal history. The volume marks the 75th anniversary of Karl Llewellyn's essay "On Philosophy in American Law," in which he rehearsed the broad development of American jurisprudence, diagnosed its contemporary failings, and then charted a productive path opened by the variegated scholarship that claimed to initiate a realistic approach to law and legal theory. The essays are written in the spirit of Llewellyn's article: they are succinct and direct arguments about the potential for bringing law and philosophy together.

The Ethics of Peacebuilding

The Ethics of Peacebuilding

The Ethics of Peacebuilding

 
 Publisher: Allworth Press | 2004 | ISBN: 0748624481 | 

In the aftermath of the Cold War the hope for a more stable and just international order rapidly dissolved underneath the pressure of internecine conflicts raging on all continents.The Rwanda and Srebrenica genocides especially proved that promoting peace is a particularly fraught challenge in the face of intra-state conflict and sub-national groups that boldy confront nation-states. Tim Murithi investigates the role that ethics plays in promoting and consolidating peacebuilding, synthesizing the fields of moral philosophy and international relations through an analysis of the ethics of negotiation, mediation, forgiveness, and reconciliation. In its exploration of the extent to which ethical concerns influence and inform peacebuilding, this book contributes to a growing body of literature on ethics and international relations that enable students, scholars, and practitioners to contextualize their understanding of a principled peacebuilding.

Lacan, The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, 1954-1955 (Book II) (The Seminar of Jacques Lacan)

Lacan, The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, 1954-1955 (Book II) (The Seminar of Jacques Lacan)

Lacan, The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, 1954-1955 (Book II) (The Seminar of Jacques Lacan)
 Norton | 1991 | ISBN 0393307093 | 

A complete translation of the seminar that Jacques Lacan gave in the course of a year's teaching within the training programme of the Socie'te' Francaise de Psychanalyse. The French text was prepared by Jacques-Alain Miller in consultation with Jacques Lacan, from the transcriptions of the seminar.

Philosophy and the Passions: Towards a History of Human Nature

  Philosophy and the Passions: Towards a History of Human Nature

Philosophy and the Passions: Towards a History of Human Nature
 Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press |  2000 | ISBN: 0271020326 

A wide-ranging exegesis that systematically traces the history of philosophical conceptions of the passions in the work of such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Spinoza, Descartes, Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant and Freud. It asks whether passion tortures people because it blinds them.

Pragmatism and the Forms of Sense: Language, Perception, Technics

Pragmatism and the Forms of Sense: Language, Perception, Technics

Pragmatism and the Forms of Sense: Language, Perception, Technics
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press | pages: 288 | 2002 | ISBN: 027102223X | PDF | 10,8 mb

 Making sense of the world around us is a process involving both semiotic and material mediation - the use of signs and sign systems (preeminently language) and various kinds of tools (technics). As we use them, we experience them subjectively as extensions of our bodily selves and objectively as instruments for accessing the world with which we interact. Emphasizing this bipolar nature of language and technics, understood as intertwined "forms of sense," Robert Innis studies the multiple ways in which they are rooted in and transform human perceptual structures in both their individual and social dimensions. The book foregrounds and is organized around the notion of "semiotic embodiment." 

Be as You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

Be as You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

Be as You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi (Compass) By Sri Ramana Maharshi
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) 1989-02 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0140190627 | PDF | 8.8 MB

Ramana Maharshi was one of the most significant spiritual teachers to emerge from India during the first half of the century, and remains widely admired. This recent collection of conversations between him and the many seekers who came to his ashram for guidance contains the essence of his teaching. His concern throughout his long life of imparting his experience to others was to convince his listeners that self-realisation - or enlightenment - is not an alien or mysterious state, but the natural condition of man. This state can be easily discovered by undertaking the self-investigation clearly described in these talks. The lucid instructions to each section provide further illumination of this greater seer's message.

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Introduction to Phenomenology

 

Introduction to Phenomenology

Robert Sokolowski, "Introduction to Phenomenology"
 Cambridge University Press | 1999 | ISBN: 0521667925 | 
This book presents the major philosophical doctrines of phenomenology in a clear, lively style with an abundance of examples. The book examines such phenomena as perception, pictures, imagination, memory, language, and reference, and shows how human thinking arises from experience. It also studies personal identity as established through time and discusses the nature of philosophy. In addition to providing a new interpretation of the correspondence theory of truth, the author also explains how phenomenology differs from both modern and postmodern forms of thinking.



Summary: Excellent: Intriguing, Clear, and Succinct
Rating: 5

As a philosophy graduate student who knew little about phenomenology, I found this introduction fantastic. Phenomenology has the potential to overcome many of the dilemmas of modern philosophy, as Robert Sokolowski clearly and vividly presents. Though not yet convinced, I am eager to read more, a desire any good introduction should instill in its readers. If other protagonists in this philosophical tradition write as simply and as elegantly as Sokolowski, it's prospects are bright indeed...


Summary: Outstanding Introduction to Phenomenology
Rating: 5

`Introduction to Phenomenology' by Robert Sokolowski is an outstanding introduction to phenomenology, providing an accessible and helpful entry point to this important aspect of continental philosophy.

Unlike some introductory texts which focus on introducing the field's major thinkers and their work, Sokolowski's approach is thematic looking at phenomenology's questions and terminology rather than its historic personages. Readers interested in a more detailed and historically focused introduction to phenomenology may enjoy a series of MP3 audio lectures by John Drabinski's "Between Husserl and Heidegger' (available on-line).

Overall, this is an outstanding introduction to phenomenology; it is clear, concise and helpful. I highly recommend it for all readers new to this subject as well as those that have questions in this area.


Summary: Introduction to phenomenology
Rating: 5

This book will be just great for introducing my master degree students on very important concepts on Phenomenology, especially intentionality. It will also cope with the hard task of explaining what phenomenology really is. I have used the D'Artigues book for many years, since it is a good one , however Sokolowsky gives e new breath to any one looking for a better understanding of that important philosophic approach to our complex and challenging human world, mainly nowadays due to so many conflicting relationships everywhere.

Realism and Religion

Realism and Religion

Realism and Religion
 Publisher: Ashgate | ISBN: 0754652327 | 

 This book draws together a distinguished group of philosophers and theologians to present new thinking on realism and religion. The religious realism/antirealism debate concerns the questions of God's independence from human beings, the nature of religious truth and our access to religious truths. Although both philosophers and theologians have written on the topic, there has been little sustained investigation into these issues akin to that found in comparable areas of research such as ethics or the philosophy of science. The editors' introduction sets the context of the realism debate, traces connections and ideas linking the various chapters which follow, and proposes lines for future development and enquiry. Gordon Kaufman, Peter Lipton and Simon Blackburn provide the opening chapters and the context for the book. There follow contributions from a range of distinguished philosophers and theologians: Alexander Bird, John Hare, Graham Oppy and Nick Trakakis, Merold Westphal and John Webster. The authors present a variety of contrasting positions on key issues in the religious realism debate. This collection of original essays will appeal to newcomers to the field and suggest new lines of research for those already familiar with it.

Ethics in Practice: An Anthology

Ethics in Practice: An Anthology

Hugh LaFollette "Ethics in Practice: An Anthology"
 Wiley-Blackwell | English | 2002-02-25 | ISBN: 0631228349 | 

 Ethics in Practice, Second Edition is a comprehensive collection of more than 60 new, newly-revised, and classic essays on fourteen contemporary moral questions. Though the selection of essays, organization of sections, and incisive general and section introductions, this book integrates ethical theory and the discussion of practical moral problems.

Wolfhart Pannenberg on Human Destiny

Wolfhart Pannenberg on Human Destiny

Wolfhart Pannenberg on Human Destiny


Publisher: Ashgate | 2007 | ISBN: 0754662209 |

Based on one of the greatest living theologians, Wolfhart Pannenberg, this book is the first comprehensive study of 'human destiny'. Mapping out the movement of humanity over the course of its history to its common destiny from creation through sin and ethics to eschatology, the book examines the extent to which Herder has influenced Pannenberg's work in this important area and shows how Pannenberg's' project on ethics has developed and matured.

Relevance in Argumentation

Relevance in Argumentation

Relevance in Argumentation
 Publisher: Routledge | ISBN: 0805847596 | 
In Relevance in Argumentation, author Douglas Walton presents a new method for critically evaluating arguments for relevance. This method enables a critic to judge whether a move can be said to be relevant or irrelevant, and is based on case studies of argumentation in which an argument, or part of an argument, has been criticized as irrelevant. Walton's method is based on a new theory of relevance that incorporates techniques of argumentation theory, logic, and artificial intelligence.
 The work uses a case-study approach with numerous examples of controversial arguments, strategies of attack in argumentation, and fallacies. Walton reviews ordinary cases of irrelevance in argumentation, and uses them as a basis to advance and develop his new theory of irrelevance and relevance. The volume also presents a clear account of the technical problems in the previous attempts to define relevance, including an analysis of formal systems of relevance logic and an explanation of the Grecian notion of conversational relevance.

Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite (Princeton Science Library)

Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite (Princeton Science Library)

Rudy Rucker, "Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite"
Princeton University Press | 2004 | ISBN: 0691121273 | 368 pages | Djvu | 5,7 MB

In Infinity and the Mind, Rudy Rucker leads an excursion to that stretch of the universe he calls the "Mindscape," where he explores infinity in all its forms: potential and actual, mathematical and physical, theological and mundane. Rucker acquaints us with Gödel's rotating universe, in which it is theoretically possible to travel into the past, and explains an interpretation of quantum mechanics in which billions of parallel worlds are produced every microsecond. It is in the realm of infinity, he maintains, that mathematics, science, and logic merge with the fantastic. By closely examining the paradoxes that arise from this merging, we can learn a great deal about the human mind, its powers, and its limitations.

Using cartoons, puzzles, and quotations to enliven his text, Rucker guides us through such topics as the paradoxes of set theory, the possibilities of physical infinities, and the results of Gödel's incompleteness theorems. His personal encounters with Gödel the mathematician and philosopher provide a rare glimpse at genius and reveal what very few mathematicians have dared to admit: the transcendent implications of Platonic realism.

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Either/Or : Part 1 Kierkegaard's Writings

Either/Or : Part 1 Kierkegaard's Writings

Either/Or : Part 1 Kierkegaard's Writings

Princeton | ISBN 0691020418 | 1988 | 

 The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume . . . indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes.

Theory of Religion

Theory of Religion 

Theory of Religion
Publisher: Zone Books |  1992 | ISBN: 0942299094 |

Review



"According to Bataille, religion is the search for a lost intimacy.' Bataille's discussion of this claim moves from the complete immanence of animality to the shattered world of objects and then to the partial recovery of intimacy and immanence through sacrifice. More ominous, Bataille argues that not only was the archaic festival an affirmation of life through destructive consumption, but it also sowed the seeds of war. The book concludes with a discussion of the rise of the modern military order and the origins of modern capitalism. The argument here is wide-ranging and significant.
—Ethics


 Description

Theory of Religion, along with its companion volumes of The Accursed Share, forms the cornerstone of Bataille's "Copernican" project to overturn not only economic thought but its ethical foundations as well. No other work of Bataille's has managed so incisively to draw the links between man's religious and economic activities.

"According to Bataille, religion is the search for a lost intimacy.' Bataille's discussion of this claim moves from the complete immanence of animality to the shattered world of objects and then to the partial recovery of intimacy and immanence through sacrifice. More ominous, Bataille argues that not only was the archaic festival an affirmation of life through destructive consumption, but it also sowed the seeds of war. The book concludes with a discussion of the rise of the modern military order and the origins of modern capitalism. The argument here is wide-ranging and significant. -- Ethics

A Pitch of Philosophy: Autobiographical Exercises

A Pitch of Philosophy: Autobiographical Exercises

A Pitch of Philosophy: Autobiographical Exercises (The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures) by Stanley Cavell
Publisher: Harvard University Press 1996-02-01 |  ISBN: 0674669819 |

This work is an introduction to the life of philosophy in the United States, as Emerson once lived it, in all its topographical ambiguity.





Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Cavell is an odd man out at Harvard-a philosopher with a taste for romanticism and an interest in rhetoric. He was especially moved by J.L. Austin's How To Do Things with Words (1975), one kind of Oxford "ordinary language" philosophy, but he developed his own critique. Lately, he is best known as the man who restored Emerson and Thoreau to philosophical respectability; hence his concern with having one's own voice in the sense of being heard in one's own way and with being a philosopher who makes a difference. The book offers us charming snippets of his life-the child writing pawn tickets for his father or listening to his pianist mother on the radio, the young man giving up the study of composition at the Juilliard School. And it shows the philosopher caught between deflationist beliefs about metaphysics and romantic beliefs about individualism. But Cavell's readings of philosophers famous and obscure (Derrida, Wittgenstein, Austin, Roderick Firth, Benson Mates) are never quite usual, and the snippets here are too brief and flickering to allow the reader to take their measure. Those who know Cavell's work and the works he speaks of will enjoy the book. Others will be baffled. For academic libraries.
Leslie Armour, Univ. of Ottawa
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


Review

The autobiographical note of Cavell's philosophy, here as in his other writings, evokes an atmosphere of fragility and danger...Whether in the discussion of the haunting of Hamlet, or in the analysis of inheritance in the film Gaslight in which `something is resounding', or even in the reflections on the `necessarily forged' signatures of ghosts, Cavell presents an understated but powerful analysis of a world and a self haunted by voices...Cavell's work extends philosophy into other domains...His autobiographical exercises exemplify `humane criticism' applied to philosophy, remaining true to the technical demands of the discipline and paying heed to the claims of the experience that sustains it.
--Howard Caygill (Times Higher Education Supplement )

Stanley Cavell is among the very few philosophers in America to have achieved a major reputation primarily through writing on the arts, and perhaps the only one to have evolved a prose style that has something of the character of artistic expression in its own right...The author's voice kept--keeps--ringing in my inadequately pitched ear.
--Arthur C. Danto (ArtForum )

Cavell has carried on the tradition of Wittgenstein and John Austin into new areas of philosophy and literature...The present work is both an intellectual autobiography and a philosophy of the autobiography, in which he defends the authority of the personal voice. Of most philosophical interest is a long account, part actual, part possible, of an exchange between Austin and Derrida with Cavell's own voice as adjudicator much in evidence. (Choice )

This is A Cavell's Progress. A reworking of his lifework themes intimating how the diverse parts, which might seem unconnected from the outside, are felt as of a piece. In philosophy, the discovery of Austin, the understanding of Wittgenstein, the raising of Emerson to the philosophical canon, the fascination with film, with images of women in a medium for women, the revelation that film and opera are the mediums of otherness for women. All this hung together with much intense family reminiscence, of Cavell choosing at sixteen his name, much about his mother the musician, about his father and the pawn shop.
--Ian Hacking, University of Toronto

The result of Cavell's struggle to defend the Austinian heritage, in its 'democratic' defense of the ordinary, by restoring the distinctive voice and tone that he takes Derrida to neglect is to my knowledge the most suggestive discussion of the distinctive status of tone and voice in response to the two philosophical traditions epitomized, however ironically, by Derrida and Austin.
--Samuel Weber, UCLA



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Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: Harvard University Press (February 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0674669819
 ISBN-13: 978-0674669819

Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
 Alfred Publishing | 1995 | ISBN: 0895246457 | 

Description

This smash album features the hit 'Poundcake.' Other songs include: Right Now * 316 * Runaround and more.

Details

Mass Market Paperback: 1 pages
Publisher: Warner Bros Pubns (June 12, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0895246457
 ISBN-13: 978-0895246455

Charlie Parker - Omnibook: For B-flat Instruments

Charlie Parker - Omnibook: For B-flat Instruments

Charlie Parker - Omnibook: For B-flat Instruments
 Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation |  2009 | ISBN: 0769260527 | 

Description

60 solos such as Moose the Mooch, Ornithology and Anthropology, transcribed by Jamey Aebersold and Ken Slone. A cross section of the music of Charlie Parker. Spiral-bound, with chord symbols, metronome markings, record information, and practice suggestions.



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Plastic Comb: 144 pages
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (April 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0769260527
 ISBN-13: 978-0769260525

Green BIM: Successful Sustainable Design with Building Information Modeling

Green BIM: Successful Sustainable Design with Building Information Modeling

Green BIM: Successful Sustainable Design with Building Information Modeling
Publisher: Sybex | ISBN: 0470239603 | edition 2008 | PDF | 241 pages | 12,5 mb

Meet the challenge of integrating Building Information Modeling and sustainability with this in-depth guide, which pairs these two revolutionary movements to create environmentally friendly design through a streamlined process. Written by an award-winning team that has gone beyond theory to lead the implementation of Green BIM projects, this comprehensive reference features practical strategies, techniques, and real-world expertise so that you can create sustainable BIM projects, no matter what their scale.

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Meet the challenge of integrating Building Information Modeling and sustainability with this in-depth guide, which pairs these two revolutionary movements to create environmentally friendly design through a streamlined process. Written by an award-winning team that has gone beyond theory to lead the implementation of Green BIM projects, this comprehensive reference features practical strategies, techniques, and real-world expertise so that you can create sustainable BIM projects, no matter what their scale.



From the Back Cover

Practice Integrated Sustainable Design with BIM

Meet the challenge of integrating Building Information Modeling and sustainability with this in-depth guide, which pairs these two revolutionary movements to create environmentally friendly design through a streamlined process. Written by an award-winning team that has gone beyond theory to lead the implementation of Green BIM projects, this comprehensive reference features practical strategies, techniques, and real-world expertise so that you can create sustainable BIM projects, no matter what their scale. From basic concepts, to sophisticated test methodologies, to improved workflows, this timely book offers a wealth of information you can implement right away.

Learn why BIM is an important tool for sustainability

Understand when and how to evaluate the effect of green resources on your projects

Understand Building Information Modeling, from concept to construction

See how to best use 3D geometric models instead of 2D CAD designs

Factor sustainability into the design process, leveraging free environmental resources

Set up a BIM model and identify material quantities to figure upstream impact and downstream consequences

Transform traditional processes into new workflows that integrate the entire design team and emphasize green solutions from the start



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Paperback: 241 pages
Publisher: Sybex (April 28, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470239603
 ISBN-13: 978-0470239605

The Political Economy of Reform. Lessons from Pensions, Product Markets and Labour Markets in Ten OECD Countries by William Tompson

"The Political Economy of Reform. Lessons from Pensions, Product Markets and Labour Markets in Ten OECD Countries" by William Tompson

"The Political Economy of Reform. Lessons from Pensions, Product Markets and Labour Markets in Ten OECD Countries" by William Tompson
OECD | 2009 | ISBN: 9264073067 | 501 pages | PDF | 5 Mb

This report examines why some policy reforms get implemented and others languish by examining 20 structural reform efforts in 10 OECD countries over the past two decades. The report’s two-pronged analytical approach – quantitative and qualitative – results in unique insights for policy makers designing, adopting and implementing structural policy reforms.

The case studies cover a wide variety of reform attempts in three key areas: pensions, labour- and product-market regulation. Key factors in the political, economic and reform-specific arenas are identified as helping or hindering reform, and these findings are cross-checked using a relatively simple set of Spearman rank correlations.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary
Structural policy reform: Learning from the past
Introduction
Key determinants of successful structural reform
Case studies in pension-system reform
Case studies in labour-market reform
Case studies in product-market reform

Description

This report examines why some policy reforms get implemented and others languish by examining 20 structural reform efforts in 10 OECD countries over the past two decades. The case studies cover a wide variety of reform attempts in three key areas: pensions, labour- and product-market regulation. Key factors in the political, economic and reform-specific arenas are identified as helping or hindering reform, and these findings are cross-checked using a relatively simple set of Spearman rank correlations. The reports two-pronged analytical approach quantitative and qualitative results in unique insights for policy makers designing, adopting and implementing structural policy reforms.Table of Content :Executive SummaryPart I. Structural Policy Reform: Learning from the Past/STRONG Chapter 1. Introduction: Why past can be prologue-Annex 1.A1. Statistical methods and data sourcesChapter 2. Key determinants of successful structural reformPart II. Case Studies in Pension-System ReformSTRONGChapter 3. France: The 2003 pension reform Chapter 4. Italy: The 1994 pension reform proposalsChapter 5. Mexico: The reform of the federal employees' pension system, 2001-07Chapter 6. Poland: Reform of the general pension system, 1996-99
Chapter 7. Poland: Reform of the farmers'social security system, 2003-05Chapter 8. United States: The 2005 Social Security reform debatePart III. Case Studies in Labour Market ReformChapter 9. France: the contrat d'insertion professionelle, 1994Chapter 10. Germany: The Hartz reforms of the labour market, 2002-05Chapter 11. Italy: The Treu (1997) and Biagi (2002) reforms Chapter 12. Mexico: Labour law reform 2001-03Chapter 13. The Netherlands: Reform of disability insurance, 2002-06Chapter 14. Spain: Labour market reform 1994 and 1997Chapter 15. Sweden: Sickness insurance, 1990-2002Chapter 16. United States: The 1996 welfare reformSTRONGPart IV. Case Studies in Product-Market ReformBRChapter 17. Australia: Power-sector reform 1990-2004Chapter 18. Australia: Water reform, 1004-2004Chapter 19. Germany: Retail opening hours 1999-2004.Chapter 20. The Netherlands: Rent deregulation 2004-07Chapter 21. Spain: Retail entry and opening hours, 1995-2004 Chapter 22. Sweden: Postal liberalisation, 1992-99
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Paperback: 498 pages
Publisher: OECD Publishing (September 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 926407306X
ISBN-13: 978-9264073067

Cinderella - 1953 - Comic Format

Cinderella - 1953

Cinderella - 1953
Classics Illustrated Juniors - Comic Format
Illustrated E-book | ISBN: 1894998111 | CBR | 36p | 13 Mb

Cinderella (Classics Illustrated Junior, No 503)
Charles Pearrault,
Publisher: Classics Illustrated Junior
ISBN: 1894998111 Edition: Paperback; 2004-03-01


Cinderella (French: Cendrillon) is a well-known classic folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances which suddenly change to remarkable fortune. The word "cinderella" has, by analogy, come to mean one whose attributes are unrecognised, or one who unexpectedly achieves recognition or success after a period of obscurity and neglect. The still-popular story of Cinderella continues to influence popular culture internationally, lending plot elements, allusions, and tropes to a wide variety of media.

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L'orienté objet

L'orienté objet
 Eyrolles | 2007-04-13 | ISBN: 2212120842 |

L'approche objet est enseignée dans les universités dès les premiers niveaux des cursus informatiques, car sa compréhension est le prérequis indispensable à toute pratique économe, fiable et élégante de la plupart des techniques informatiques qui en sont dérivées, depuis Java et Python, jusqu'à UML 2, en passant par C# et C++. L'objet par la pratique avec Python, Java, C# et C++ et PHP 5... en UML 2. Cette troisième édition de l'ouvrage L'orienté objet décortique l'ensemble des mécanismes de la programmation objet (classes et objets, interactions entre classes, envois de messages, encapsulation, héritage, polymorphisme, modélisation...) en les illustrant d'exemples empruntant aux technologies les plus populaires : Java 5 et C# 2, C++, Python, PHP 5, UML 2, mais aussi les services web, RMI, les bases de données objet et bien sûr les design patterns... Chaque chapitre est introduit par un dialogue vivant, à la manière du maître et de l'élève, et se complète de nombreux exercices en UML 2, Java 5, Python, PHP 5, C# 2 et C++. À qui s'adresse ce livre ? Ce livre sera lu avec profit par tous les étudiants de disciplines informatiques liées à l'approche objet (programmation orientée objet, modélisation UML, Java, Python, PHP 5, C# / C++...) et pourra être utilisé par leurs enseignants comme matériel de cours. Il est également destiné à tous les développeurs qui souhaitent approfondir leur compréhension des concepts objet sous-jacents au langage qu'ils utilisent.





PHP & MySQL For Dummies 3rd edition (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))


PHP & MySQL For Dummies 3rd edition (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
 Publisher: For Dummies | ISBN: 0470096004 | 
Build an online catalog and a members-only site. Everything you need to know to create a dynamic PHP and MySQL Web site! Been thinking of creating a high-quality interactive Web site? This book is just what you need to get started! Here's the fun and easy way(r) to develop a Web application in PHP 4, 5, or 6 and MySQL 5, test your software, enable your Web pages to display, change, and move database information, and much more.



Apprendre SQL avec MySQL : Avec 40 exercices corrigés



Apprendre SQL avec MySQL : Avec 40 exercices corrigés
 Eyrolles (23 mars 2006) | ISBN: 2212119151 | 
Apprendre SOL par la pratique. Tout particulièrement adapté aux étudiants, cet ouvrage permet de découvrir SOL et les bases de données à travers MySQL, le système de gestion de bases de données Open Source le plus populaire. Chaque notion importante est introduite à l'aide d'un exemple simple et pédagogique, et chaque chapitre se clôt par une série d'exercices (avec corrigés disponibles en ligne) qui permettront au lecteur de tester ses connaissances. Il apprendra ainsi comment déclarer, manipuler, faire évoluer et interroger des tables avec leurs différentes caractéristiques et éléments associés (contraintes d'intégrité et de vérification, index, séquences et vues). La gestion des utilisateurs avec leurs privilèges et la structure du dictionnaire des données sont également détaillées. Programmer avec MySQL. Tous les éléments du langage procédural de MySQL sont décrits avec précision (variables, structures de contrôles, interactions avec la base, transactions, sous-programmes, curseurs, gestion des exceptions, déclencheurs et SOL dynamique). L'ouvrage aborde enfin les moyens d'exploiter une base MySQL en programmant avec lava (API JDBC 3.0) ou via une interface Web de type PHP (extension mysqli). Ainsi, la connexion, l'extraction, la mise à jour, la gestion des séquences et la programmation de transactions sont clairement expliquées par le biais de ces deux langages. A qui s'adresse cet ouvrage ? A tous ceux qui souhaitent s'initier à SOL, à MySQL ou à la gestion de bases de données ; Aux développeurs Java et PHP qui souhaitent stocker leurs données.

PHP for Teens

PHP for Teens
 Course Technology PTR | ISBN: 159863139X | 
Don't limit the functionality of your web site! If you're ready to create interactive, dynamic pages for your site, then PHP for Teens is ready to show you how. You don't need any experience with PHP to begin. You'll learn everything you need to know along the way. The topics covered by PHP for Teens will get you up and running whether you're using a PC, a Mac®, or Linux®. You'll cover everything from basic design and introductory PHP concepts to variables, expressions, and operators. You'll also get a quick overview of HTML and PHP form design. Take control of your web site using the power of PHP!

Pratique de MySQL et PHP

Pratique de MySQL et PHP
 Dunod | 25/02/2009 | ISBN: 2100523368 | 
Ce livre s'adresse à tous les développeurs web, aux étudiants en informatique et à tous ceux qui veulent s'initier à la pratique de ces deux piliers du monde Open Source que sont MySQL et PHP.

Le principal objectif de ce livre est d'exposer de manière claire et précise les techniques utilisées pour la création de sites web interactifs avec MySQL et PHP.

Plutôt que de donner des recettes sans justification il cherche à expliquer au lecteur pourquoi et comment recourir à telle technique plutôt qu'à telle autre. Il lui permet ainsi de mieux assimiler ses connaissances et d'être capable de les réutiliser dans d'autres contextes.

Un site web complète ce livre avec des exemples, des liens, des compléments utiles et tout le code de l'application consacrée au cinéma qui sert d'exemple tout au long du livre.

Les trois premières éditions de cet ouvrage, qui est rapidement devenu le titre de référence en français sur MySQL et PHP, avaient été publiées par O'Reilly France.Cette quatrième édition s'enrichit d'un nouveau chapitre sur les environnements de programmation PHP/MySQL et introduit notamment le Zend Framework.

Public :
Chefs de projet web, Développeurs bases de données. Développeurs web. Etudiants en informatique.
Au sommaire

* Programmation web avec MySQL et PHP
* Conception et création d'un site
* Compléments
* Annexes

Joomla! Template Design: Create your own professional-quality templates with this fast, friendly guide

Joomla! Template Design: Create your own professional-quality templates with this fast, friendly guide: A complete guide for web designers to all aspects ... Joomla!
1.0.8 PHP Content Management System by Tessa Blakeley Silver
 Publisher: Packt Publishing (June 29, 2007) |  ISBN: 1847191444 | 
A complete guide for web designers to all aspects of designing unique website templates for the free Joomla! 1.0.8 PHP Content Management System

* Create Joomla! Templates for your sites
* Debug, validate, and package your templates
* Tips for tweaking existing templates

In Detail

Joomla! is a free, award-winning content management system written in PHP that allows users to easily publish their content on the World Wide Web and intranets. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable.

The Joomla! template is a series of files within the Joomla! CMS that control the presentation of the content. The template is the basic foundation design for viewing your Joomla! website. To produce the effect of a "complete" website, the template works hand in hand with the content stored in the Joomla! databases.

This book will help you build templates for your Joomla! site. It will help you understand the options in dealing with them. It will help you learn about how to use multiple templates in the same site. It will advise you on creating beautiful Joomla! designs, and using CSS rather than tables in your templates. The book guides you on using animations and other effects in Joomla! templates and provides you with tricks for tweaking existing templates.

What you will learn from this book?

* Set up a basic workflow for Joomla! template design
* Work on layouts for your template
* Debug and validate your template code
* Use the W3C's XHTML and CSS validation tools
* Package up your finished template into a working ZIP file
* Know the standard XHTML markup and CSS classes for Joomla!
* Create Suckerfish drop-down menus
* Get Flash content quickly into your Joomla! site
* Create interactive and dynamic forms in your Joomla! site
* Download and install Joomla! Extensions for your Joomla! site
* Use the wrapper (Wrapper Menu Item) for fully working Ajax applications

Approach

This book covers the "how-tos" of creating templates for Joomla. There is also advice about what works and what to consider when working with your Joomla! template.

Who this book is written for?

This book is aimed at web designers who want to create their own unique templates for Joomla!. Readers should have basic knowledge of Joomla! (which can be obtained by working through Building Websites with Joomla!) and also some knowledge of CSS and HTML, and using Dreamweaver for coding purposes.


About the Author

Tessa Blakeley Silver

Tessa Blakeley Silver's background is in print design and traditional illustration. She evolved over the years into web and multi-media development, where she focuses on usability and interface design. Prior to starting her consulting and development company hyper3media (pronounced hyper-cube media) hyper3media.com, Tessa was the VP of Interactive Technologies at eHigherEducation, an online learning and technology company developing compelling multimedia simulations, interactions, and games that met online educational requirements like 508, AICC, and SCORM. She has also worked as a consultant and freelancer for J. Walter Thompson and The Diamond Trading Company (formerly known as DeBeers) and was a Design Specialist and Senior Associate for PricewaterhouseCoopers' East Region Marketing department. Tessa authors several design and web technology blogs. Joomla! Template Design is her first book.

Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dynamic Websites

Robin Nixon "Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dynamic Websites"
 O'Reilly Media, Inc. | English | 2009-07-22 | ISBN: 0596157134 | 

If you know HTML, this guide will have you building interactive websites quickly. You'll learn how to create responsive, data-driven websites with PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript, regardless of whether you already know how to program. Discover how the powerful combination of PHP and MySQL provides an easy way to build modern websites complete with dynamic data and user interaction. You'll also learn how to add JavaScript to create rich Internet applications and websites.

Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript explains each technology separately, shows you how to combine them, and introduces valuable web programming concepts, including objects, XHTML, cookies, and session management. You'll practice what you've learned with review questions in each chapter, and find a sample social networking platform built with the elements introduced in this book.

This book will help you:

• Understand PHP essentials and the basics of object-oriented programming
• Master MySQL, from database structure to complex queries
• Create web pages with PHP and MySQL by integrating forms and other HTML features
• Learn about JavaScript, from functions and event handling to accessing the Document Object Model
• Use libraries and packages, including the Smarty web template system, PEAR program repository, and the Yahoo! User Interface Library
• Make Ajax calls and turn your website into a highly dynamic environment
 • Upload and manipulate files and images, validate user input, and secure your applications


Drupal 5 Views Recipes


Marjorie Roswell "Drupal 5 Views Recipes"
 PP | English | 2009-06-15 | ISBN: 1847196969 | 

94 recipes to develop custom content displays for your Drupal web site
• Display particular types of content in unique and compelling ways on your Drupal web site
• Enhance your web site with calendars, timelines, galleries, maps, podcasts, Views Fusion, and more
• Indispensable resources for Drupal 5 Administrators - Drupal Administration Menu, Views Bulk Operations, ModuleInfo, and Editable Fields modules
• More than 90 recipes - pick the ones that work best for your web site
In Detail
The Drupal View modules give you flexibility and freedom to customize the display of your web site's content. Although there are more than 100 views-enabled modules, few site administrators use Drupal Views to its full potential.
This book will enable you to realize the fullest potential of this powerful resource by providing a wide variety of powerful recipes for creating and displaying a wide variety of views - essential classics you will use again and again to innovative display methods that will make your Drupal site stand out. Pick and choose the ones you would like to prepare for your web site.
In this book you will find ninety-four recipes to create a wide selection of views. The list includes event listings, interactive calendars and timelines, maps, proximity search, podcasting, carousels, Views Fusion, and many more. You will also explore default views, views with CCK, and master a variety of ways to associate views with related content.
Most people think of Views for site visitors. But Views can also be handy for site administrators. You will get to know the Views Bulk Operations module, along with Editable Fields, and Views Custom Fields. (You'll probably wonder why you never used them before!)
If you want to take Views to the next level, the book contains a code-rich chapter on theming. However, you will find most of the recipes detailed by the author do not require any original coding at all.
As you progress through the recipes, you will be immersed in such Drupal Views topics as fields, arguments, filters, exposed filters, sorting, style plug-ins, formatters, cloning and copying views.
Because Drupal is a worldwide and ever adapting system, the author also includes great tips and resources for navigating the online Drupal community and expanding your knowledge of the recipes.
Finally, there is an extensive Appendix, which includes listings of all default views, formatters and style plug-ins for Drupal 5, along with a categorized list of patches.
What you will learn from this book?
• Master the Views User Interface
• Create views arguments
• Implement and create default views for recent comments, the frontpage, group listings, and more
• Explore a variety of ways to associate views with related content
• Display event listings, calendars, and timelines
• Make site administration easier using several administration modules
• Enhance your web site with Google Map tools, YouTube video bar, photo gallery, audio, and Views Fast Search
• Enable your users to flag and bookmark content for later viewing
• Incorporate views into panels and tabs
• Create a directory of available theme functions, and learn some key debugging strategies
• Use theme overrides and CSS to create more attractive views
• Fix the long-standing taxonomy term bug, and the body field Views display issue
• Create and apply patches
• Create some helpful browser buttons and search plug-ins to facilitate finding information online
Approach
This book will give you a long list of powerful recipes. Choose the ones that suit your needs and use them through step-by-step instructions. Most of the recipes are code-free, but a number of the recipes contain code snippets.
Who this book is written for?
This book is primarily written for Drupal site builders, administrators, and themers who want to develop custom content displays using Views. It can be used by anyone who has a Drupal 5 web site, including original site developers as well as people who have inherited a Drupal 5 site.
Some knowledge of HTML and CSS is required; PHP basics will be handy for some of the recipes.

Symfony - Mieux développer en PHP avec Symfony 1.2 et doctrine

Symfony - Mieux développer en PHP avec Symfony 1.2 et doctrine
 Eyrolles | ISBN:2212124941 | 2009 |  Reconnu dans le monde pour sa puissance et son élégance, Symfony est issu de plus de dix ans de savoir-faire. Le framework open source de Sensio fédère une très forte communauté de développeurs PHP professionnels.
Il leur offre des outils et un environnement MVC pour créer des applications web robustes, maintenables et évolutives. Au fil d'une démarche rigoureuse et d'un exemple concret d'application web 2.0, ce cahier décrit le bon usage des outils Symfony mis à la disposition du développeur : de l'architecture MVC et autres design patterns à l'abstraction de base de données et au mapping objet-relationnel avec Doctrine, en passant par les tests unitaires et fonctionnels, la gestion des URL, des formulaires ou du cache, l'internationalisation ou encore la génération des interfaces d'administration


php|architect's Guide to PHP Security





php|architect's Guide to PHP Security
Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc. | September 5, 2005 | ISBN: 0973862106 | 200 pages | PDF | 5 MB

Security is a hot topic these days, with new exploits and patches released on a daily basis for all sorts of operating systems and applications.

Recently, the security bubble has expanded to touch the PHP world, and several well-known applications have been the target of a great number of attacks.

Despite all the negative publicity, however, PHP is and remains a very stable--and very secure--programming environment. php|architect's Guide to PHP Security, written by security expert (and frequent php|architect contributor) Ilia Alshanetsky, provides you with a guide that covers everything you need to secure existing PHP applications and write new ones with security in mind.

* Provides techniques for both PHP 4 and PHP 5
* Includes a step-by-step guide to securing your applications
* Provides comprehensive coverage of security design
* Teaches you how to defend yourself from hackers
* Shows you how to distract hackers with a "tar pit" to help you fend off potential attacks

Rather than drowning you in overlong explanations, this book focuses on providing you with accurate information on proper security techniques, and showing you a step-by-step approach to writing applications that are stable, secure and reliable.

Development , Programming Books Serie 1

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Unleashed

Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Unleashed
Publisher: Sams | ISBN: 0672330326 |


Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services is Microsoft’s powerful platform for building enterprise-level data integration and data transformation solutions. It’s a powerful product, but it’s also complex and can be confusing if you don’t have a clear map for the journey. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Unleashed will be the only book you’ll need to harness the power that Integration Services provides.

Through clear, concise explanations and samples, you’ll grasp a clear understanding of working in the Integration Services environment, including how to set up stock components, how to use the various designer features, and how to gain practical knowledge on configuring, deploying, securing, and managing packages. Sample packages are provided to reinforce the discussion and quickly help you gain hands-on experience, and more complex topics such as Data Flow Task internals and tuning, advanced transformations, and writing custom components are all illustrated in easy-to-understand graphics. In addition, there are several custom tasks and transformations and two useful utilities with full source code available for you to use and study, including an ADO.NET destination, a text file encryption task, and a data profiling transform.

Detailed information on:

* Using the powerful Integration Services tools to create solutions without the need to write lines of code
* Creating packages programmatically or developing custom tasks via the Integration Services object
* Building robust packages to solve common requirements
* Securing packages for different environments
* Using often overlooked or unknown platform features
* Setting up all the stock components, including data flow components, tasks, Foreach enumerators, connection managers, and log providers
* Writing robust and useful custom tasks
* Building packages that seamlessly deploy to other environments
* Writing custom data flow adapters and transforms
* Using script tasks and components
* Easily modifying configurations for multiple packages simultaneously
* Writing a Task UI that looks just like the stock tasks
* Tapping into the power of Integration Services for accessing heterogeneous data sources
* Using expressions to make packages more responsive to the environment
* Migrating your DTS packages with no stress

Kirk Haselden is the Group Program Manager for the Microsoft Master Data Management product forthcoming in the next wave of Office SharePoint Services and owns the long term strategy, vision, planning, and development of that product. Kirk has been with Microsoft for 12 years in various groups including Hardware, eHome, Connected Home, SQL Server, and Office Business Platform. He was the development manager for Integration Services and the primary designer for the runtime, as well as many of the tasks. He has written a number of articles for SQL Server Magazine, speaks regularly at industry events, writes profusely on his personal and MSDN blog, and holds 35 patents or patents pending.

Scripting VMware Power Tools: Automating Virtual Infrastructure Administration

Scripting VMware Power Tools: Automating Virtual Infrastructure Administration
 Publisher: Syngress | ISBN: 1597490598 | 
This book covers the native tools that VMware provides with ESX Server. It then discusses in detail the different scripting API's and how they can be leveraged to provide some very useful, practical and time saving tools to manage a virtual infrastructure. From virtual server provisioning to backups and everything in between, all are covered in detail with real world examples that have been tested and will work either copied directly from the book or with slight modifications for the reader's specific environments.
This book is a one stop shop for virtual tools. VMware provides the most robust virtualization platform in the market and it has very cool management tools like VirtualCenter and the MUI. Yet more often then not, the most overlooked and most powerful management tools are either not considered ort unknown. These are the native command line tools and scripting possibilities the ESX Server has built right in it. From simple shell scripts to COM and Perl and new in ESX Server 2.5 Common Information Model (CIM) VMware provides API's to access your virtual infrastructure and leverage 100% of its functionality.