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Fragments From The Darkside

Author : Jerry Wayne Thomas
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781977200815

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In the short novel, Ginger, the protagonist, Gene, has many problems to deal with which include a relationship with his girlfriend Anna, a job he cares nothing about, and living up to the respect and knowledge of his elder neighbor, Abe. But when Gene purchases a doll out of curiosity, no problem will ever measure up to what Ginger will bring into his life. In The People Of Sleepy Hill, an entire society of strange-looking people, after the depression, are munching on a protein source that’s will make you think twice when going out to eat. A young teenager is caught in a situation where he’s afraid to sleep in the very short piece titled, At Nighttime. What’s not strange for him is the terrors that follow his fears are seen and somehow unseen at the same time. The Snowman is a chill of a terror in the cold region of Alaska in winter, where a now matured man swears he sees a force so frightening he needs to send a letter to the governor to grab immediate attention to warn others that this part of the state is not safe, at least once every ten years. Magic comes to life in Sand Boy, where a young boy’s drawings in the sand are as real as the sand itself, to a desperate woman wanting to bring her dead husband back to life in Zombie Love. Plus, seven other adventures from the dark side. I hope this collection of stories propel you beyond your wildest imaginations.

'Speak to Me': The Legacy of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon

Author : Russell Reising
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351218122

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'Speak to Me': The Legacy of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon by Russell Reising Pdf

The endurance of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon on the Billboard Top 100 Chart is legendary, and its continuing sales and ongoing radio airplay ensure its inclusion on almost every conceivable list of rock's greatest albums. This collection of essays provides indispensable studies of the monumental 1973 album from a variety of musical, cultural, literary and social perspectives. The development and change of the songs is considered closely, from the earliest recordings through to the live, filmed performance at London's Earls Court in 1994. The band became almost synonymous with audio-visual innovations, and the performances of the album at live shows were spectacular moments of mass-culture although Roger Waters himself spoke out against such mass spectacles. The band's stage performances of the album serve to illustrate the multifaceted and complicated relationship between modern culture and technology. The album is therefore placed within the context of developments in late 1960s/early 1970s popular music, with particular focus on the use of a variety of segues between tracks which give the album a multidimensional unity that is lacking in Pink Floyd's later concept albums. Beginning with 'Breathe' and culminating in 'Eclipse', a tonal and motivic coherence unifies the structure of this modern song cycle. The album is also considered in the light of modern day 'tribute' bands, with a discussion of the social groups who have the strongest response to the music being elaborated alongside the status of mediated representations and their relation to the 'real' Pink Floyd.

The Dark Side of Technology

Author : Peter Townsend
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192507785

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The Dark Side of Technology is intended as a powerful wake-up call to the potential dangers that could, in the near future, destroy our current advanced civilizations. The author examines how fragile our dependence on electronic communications, information storage, and satellites is, as vulnerability increases in an age of raising security concerns. This weakness is evident from the exponential rise in cyber-crime and terrorism. Satellites are crucial to modern-day living, but they can be destroyed by energetic space debris or damaged by solar emissions. Destruction of data, communications, and electrical power grids would bring disaster to advanced nations. Such events could dramatically change our social and economic landscapes within the next 10-20 years. New technology equally impacts employment, agriculture, biology, medicine, transport, languages, and our social well-being. This book explores both the good and the bad aspects of technological advances, in order to raise awareness and promote caution. Technology may be impressive, but we need to be mindful of potential negative future effects. We ought to seriously consider the long term consequences of an increasing failure to pursue healthy life styles, use of ineffective antibiotics, genetic mutations, and the destruction of food supplies and natural resources. The diverse topics covered aims to show why we must act now to plan for both the predictable downsides of technology, and also develop contingency plans for potential major catastrophes, including natural events where we cannot define accurate time scales.

The Dark Side of Church/State Separation

Author : Stephen Strehle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351484145

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The Dark Side of Church/State Separation analyzes the Enlightenment's attack upon the Judeo-Christian tradition and its impact upon the development of secular regimes in France, Germany, and Russia. Such regimes followed the anti-Semitic/anti-Christian agenda of the French Enlightenment in blaming the Judeo-Christian tradition for all the ills of European society and believing that human beings can develop their own set of values and purposes through rational means, apart from any revelation from God or Scripture. Stephen Strehle's analysis extends our understanding of church/state relations and its history. He confirms the spiritual roots of modern anti-Semitism within the ideology of the Enlightenment and recognizes the intimate relationship between anti-Semitism and anti-Christianity. Strehle questions the absolute doctrine of church/state separation, given its background in the bigotries of the philosophes. He notes the nefarious motives of subsequent regimes, which used the French doctrine to replace the religious community with the state and its secular ideology. This detailed historical analysis of original sources and secondary literature is woven together with special appreciation for the philosophical and theological ideas that contributed to the emergence of political institutions. Readers will gain an understanding of the most influential ideas shaping the modern world and present-day culture.

The Dark Side

Author : William Schlichter
Publisher : BHC Press/Indigo
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The liberation of Summersun brings the wrath of the universe upon the Silver Dragon crew. Sandmen stole away Commander Reynard, and not a single myth in the galaxy speaks of them taking anyone alive—ever. Political tensions mount across the galaxy, caused by the crew’s direct participation in the assassination of Commodore Micah Donkor and the kidnapping of Princess Aurora. VP-Admiral Maxtin, with the looming death of his old ally and superior Vice-Presidential Admiral Easter, enters a power struggle with Easter’s war-eager new favorite: Admiral Kantian. While the Silver Dragon crew tries to find a way to search for Reynard and navigate the political upheaval they helped set in motion, the Sandmen besiege them. They manipulate the crew’s already fragile relationships. When crew members begin sabotaging one another, trust wears thin. The crew members journey across unknown planets, dreamscapes, and even hostile alternate realities to come together and fight beings who use their darkest fears and desires against them.

Teaching Science for Social Justice

Author : Angela Calabrese Barton
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807743836

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Using a combination of in-depth case studies and rigorous theory, this volume; provides valuable insight to help teachers work with inner-city youth; explores the importance of inclusiveness, membership rules, and the purposes and goals of good science; and shows how science connects to the lives of youth both in and out of school.

The Dark Side of Creativity

Author : David H. Cropley,Arthur J. Cropley,James C. Kaufman,Mark A. Runco
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781139490078

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The Dark Side of Creativity by David H. Cropley,Arthur J. Cropley,James C. Kaufman,Mark A. Runco Pdf

With few exceptions, scholarship on creativity has focused on its positive aspects while largely ignoring its dark side. This includes not only creativity deliberately aimed at hurting others, such as crime or terrorism, or at gaining unfair advantages, but also the accidental negative side effects of well-intentioned acts. This book brings together essays written by experts from various fields (psychology, criminal justice, sociology, engineering, education, history, and design) and with different interests (personality development, mental health, deviant behavior, law enforcement, and counter-terrorism) to illustrate the nature of negative creativity, examine its variants, call attention to its dangers, and draw conclusions about how to prevent it or protect society from its effects.

Dispatches from the Dark Side

Author : Gareth Peirce
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781683811

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Dispatches from the Dark Side by Gareth Peirce Pdf

In this set of devastating essays, Gareth Peirce analyzes the corruption of legal principles and practices in both the US and the UK that has accompanied the 'War on Terror'. Exploring the few cases of torture that have come to light, such as those of Guantnamo detainees Shafiq Rasul and Binyam Mohamed, Peirce argues that they are evidence of a deeply entrenched culture of impunity among those investigating presumed radicals among British Muslim nationals and residents, who constitute the new suspect community in the UK. Peirce shows that the British government has colluded in a whole range of extrajudicial activities - rendition, internment without trial, torture - and has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal its actions. Its devices for maintaining secrecy are probably more deep-rooted than those of any other comparable democracy. If the government continues along this path, Peirce argues, it will destroy the moral and legal fabric it claims to be protecting.

The Dark Side of Knowledge

Author : Cornel Zwierlein
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004325180

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How can one study the absence of knowledge, the voids, the conscious and unconscious unknowns through history? Investigations into late medieval and early modern practices of measuring, of risk calculation, of ignorance within financial administrations, of conceiving the docta ignorantia as well as the silence of the illiterate are combined with contributions regarding knowledge gaps within identification procedures and political decision-making, with the emergence of consciously delimited blanks on geographical maps, with ignorance as a factor embedded in iconographic programs, in translation processes and the semantic potentials of reading. Based on thorough archival analysis, these selected contributions from conferences at Harvard and Paris are tightly framed by new theoretical elaborations that have implications beyond these cases and epochal focus. Contributors: Giovanni Ceccarelli, Taylor Cowdery, Lucile Haguet, John T. Hamilton, Lucian Hölscher, Moritz Isenmann, Adam J. Kosto, Marie-Laure Legay, Andrew McKenzie-McHarg, Fabrice Micallef, William T. O ́Reilly, Eleonora Rohland, Mathias Schmoeckel, Daniel L. Smail, Govind P. Sreenivasan, and Cornel Zwierlein.

Yosemite National Park Planning: The Dark Side

Author : Mr. Connor Murphy
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781456626877

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Yosemite National Park Planning: The Dark Side by Mr. Connor Murphy Pdf

I first visited Yosemite Valley 70 years ago, and revisited the Valley many times since. But over the past half century, I've become distraught over the commercial plundering of this national treasure—I’m heartbroken by the crowding, the traffic, and the proliferation of inappropriate construction projects. This book spells out how we the people can take back the Valley and return it to nature.

The Dark Side of the Left

Author : Richard J. Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106013801763

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Political correctness, idealizing the oppressed, and an affinity for authoritarian and charismatic leaders are all parts of what Ellis calls "the dark side of the left."

Dark Side of The Ocean: 47 Book Collection (Pirate Novels, Treasure-Hunt Tales & Sea Stories)

Author : Herman Melville,R. L. Stevenson,Daniel Defoe,Tobias Smollett,Walter Scott,Frederick Marryat,Edgar Allan Poe,James Fenimore Cooper,Thomas Mayne Reid,Victor Hugo,R. M. Ballantyne,Jules Verne,Jack London,L. Frank Baum,Randall Parrish,Charles Boardman Hawes,Joseph Conrad,Rudyard Kipling,Ralph Henry Barbour,Rafael Sabatini,Jeffery Farnol,Henry De Vere Stacpoole
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 8909 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066053123

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Dark Side of The Ocean: 47 Book Collection (Pirate Novels, Treasure-Hunt Tales & Sea Stories) by Herman Melville,R. L. Stevenson,Daniel Defoe,Tobias Smollett,Walter Scott,Frederick Marryat,Edgar Allan Poe,James Fenimore Cooper,Thomas Mayne Reid,Victor Hugo,R. M. Ballantyne,Jules Verne,Jack London,L. Frank Baum,Randall Parrish,Charles Boardman Hawes,Joseph Conrad,Rudyard Kipling,Ralph Henry Barbour,Rafael Sabatini,Jeffery Farnol,Henry De Vere Stacpoole Pdf

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique and meticulously edited sea adventure collection: Content: Captain Charles Johnson: The History of Pirates R. L. Stevenson: Treasure Island Jack London: The Sea Wolf The Mutiny of the Elsinore A Son of the Sun Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe Captain Singleton Tobias Smollett: The Adventures of Roderick Random Walter Scott: The Pirate Frederick Marryat: Mr. Midshipman Easy Masterman Ready; Or, The Wreck of the "Pacific" Edgar Allan Poe: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket James Fenimore Cooper: The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea The Red Rover Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale Miles Wallingford Homeward Bound; Or, The Chase: A Tale of the Sea Thomas Mayne Reid: The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Victor Hugo: Toilers of the Sea Herman Melville: Redburn White-Jacket Moby Dick Benito Cereno R. M. Ballantyne: The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean Fighting the Whales Jules Verne: The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant 20 000 Leagues under the Sea Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen An Antarctic Mystery L. Frank Baum: Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea Randall Parrish: Wolves of the Sea Charles Boardman Hawes: The Dark Frigate The Mutineers Joseph Conrad: The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' Lord Jim Typhoon The Shadow Line The Arrow of Gold Rudyard Kipling: Captains Courageous Ralph Henry Barbour: The Adventure Club Afloat Rafael Sabatini: Captain Blood The Sea-Hawk Jeffery Farnol: Black Bartlemy's Treasure Martin Conisby's Vengeance Henry De Vere Stacpoole: The Blue Lagoon The Garden of God

Immunoglobulin Therapy in the 21st Century: The Dark Side of the Moon

Author : Isabella Quinti,Marcella Visentini,Albert Farrugia
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-20
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9782889197033

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In the early decades since the introduction in the early '80s of immunoglobulin therapy many studies tried to identify which clinical indications might benefit from the therapy, which treatment’s schedules are effective and safe. It is universally accepted that immunoglobulin therapy is a life-saving treatment in patients with PID. The rise of new indications for further different clinical conditions resulted in a steady increase in demand for immunoglobulins. Currently the consumption of immunoglobulin for PID represents a small fraction of the market. In the recent past we have been observing: 1) An increase in the demand for plasma and in the consequent need to increase the number of donors; 2) Changes in methods to improve IgG recovery and to increase productivity as a response to growing clinical demand; 3) Introduction of immunoglobulin treatments with higher concentration; 4) Changes in the timing of administration with an increase in the rate of infusion; 5) Introduction of immunoglobulin treatment administered subcutaneously mainly confined initially to patients with PID and later extended to other clinical indications which often require higher volumes of infusion. Doctors following patients with PID were initially alarmed only to a possible risk of shortage. More relevant and less discussed appear the possible consequences of: 1) the risk of an improper transfer of information on treatments from a clinical indication to another. In particular, the idea of a mere replacement function in patients with PID might possibly be borrowed from the model of other clinical conditions requiring a replacement such as haemophilia. In PID, immunoglobulin treatment instead is obviously replacing a missing feature. However, other immune alterations are responsible for the large number of PID-associated diseases including inflammatory manifestations and tumors, common causes of morbidity and mortality. The immunomodulatory effects of immunoglobulin administered at replacement dosages on multiple cells and immune system functions are still largely to be checked in in vitro studies and in vivo. 2) the changes in the immunoglobulin production and schedules of administration. These should have been assessed in studies of drug surveillance, necessary in order to evaluate on large numbers of what it is initially reported on patients enrolled in the pivotal clinical trials, usually in the absence of most of the main disease-associated clinical conditions affecting pharmacokinetics, efficacy and tolerability. Severe side effects are now more frequently reported. This requires surveillance studies in order to verify the tolerability. Nowadays, personalized health research presents methodologic challenges, since emphasis is placed on the individual response rather than on the population. Even within a universally accepted indication, such as in PID, the identification of prognostic markers should guide the therapeutic intervention. 3) the risk of a decrease in the surveillance and monitoring of PID-associated clinical conditions. In fact, self- administration of immunoglobulins administered subcutaneously increased the independence of a number of patients. On the other hand, it led to the reduction in the number of contacts between specialized centers and patients who often require a close monitoring of disease-associated conditions. A wide debate between experts is necessary to afford the new challenge on immunoglobulin usage.

Treachery on the Dark Side

Author : Steven Burgauer
Publisher : Zero-G Press
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1892086034

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His boots heavy with mud, Fornax Nehrengel marched zombie-like through the bleak and raw dawn. He wore the face of exhaustion, wincing as each step brought forth a fresh dose of pain from the untreated blister oozing puss from between his toes. His dark skin and hair were grimy, his legs and arms sore. From deep within his belly an unheated breakfast of gruel protested its confinement. Indifference deadened his spirit and his eyelids drooped with fatigue. The black scowl etched into his face said it all. Fear. Exhaustion. Pain.Through chapped and broken lips Fornax Nehrengel silently cursed his plight. He was not a brave man. Indeed, he found it curiously ironic that he should be fighting to defend a flag he paid scant allegiance to. Fornax resented being here and desertion was on his mind . . .Now, join Fornax Nehrengel on an intense, light-speed adventure that zooms from the moon to Mars and back again. With him is an undercover Secret Service agent, a crusty old economics professor, a nefarious brother, and a hot-blooded young woman. And chasing them? A power-hungry elite intent on stealing what could be mankind's most important invention since the internal combustion engine. Who said science fiction can't be sexy and fun at the same time?

Women Writers and the Dark Side of Late-Victorian Hellenism

Author : T. Olverson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230246805

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Women Writers and the Dark Side of Late-Victorian Hellenism by T. Olverson Pdf

Examining the appropriation of transgressive, violent female figures from ancient Greek literature and myth by late Victorian writers, Olverson reveals the extent to which ancient antagonists like the murderous Medea and the sinister Circe were employed as a means to protest against and comment upon contemporary social and political institutions.