The Virtual Point Of Freedom

Author : Lorenzo Chiesa
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780810133754

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The Virtual Point of Freedom by Lorenzo Chiesa Pdf

The principal motif that runs throughout The Virtual Point of Freedom is a confrontation with the discourse of freedom, or, more specifically, the falsely transgressive ideal of a total emancipation that would know no constraints. Far from delineating a supposed “subject of freedom” that would allegedly overcome alienation once and for all, the seven chapters in Chiesa’s book seek to unfold an innovative reading of the dialectical coincidence between dis-alienation and re-alienation in politics, aesthetics, and religion, using psychoanalysis as a privileged critical tool. Topics include Pier Paolo Pasolini’s attack on the visual and biological degeneration of bodies brought about by pleasure-seeking “liberal” consumerism, Giorgio Agamben’s and Slavoj Žižek’s conflicting negotiations with the Christian tradition of “poverty” and “inappropriateness” as potential redemption, and Alain Badiou’s inability to develop a philosophical anthropology that could sustain a coherent politics of emancipation. The book concludes by sketching out the figure of the partisan, a subject who makes it possible to conceive of an intersection between provisional morality and radical politics.

Author : Dawn C. Nunziato
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780804772457

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Virtual Freedom by Dawn C. Nunziato Pdf

Communications giants like Google, Comcast, and AT&T enjoy increasingly unchecked control over speech. As providers of broadband access and Internet search engines, they can control online expression. Their online content restrictions—from obstructing e-mail to censoring cablecasts—are considered legal because of recent changes in free speech law. In this book, Dawn Nunziato criticizes recent changes in free speech law in which only the government need refrain from censoring speech, while companies are permitted to self-regulate. By enabling Internet providers to exercise control over content, the Supreme Court and the FCC have failed to protect the public's right to access a broad diversity of content. Nunziato argues that regulation is necessary to ensure the free flow of information and to render the First Amendment meaningful in the twenty-first century. This book offers an urgent call to action, recommending immediate steps to preserve our free speech rights online.

Author : Chris C. Ducker
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781939529756

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Virtual Freedom by Chris C. Ducker Pdf

Entrepreneurs often suffer from "superhero syndrome"—the misconception that to be successful, they must do everything themselves. Not only are they the boss, but also the salesperson, HR manager, copywriter, operations manager, online marketing guru, and so much more. It's no wonder why so many people give up the dream of starting a business—it's just too much for one person to handle. But outsourcing expert and "Virtual CEO," Chris Ducker knows how you can get the help you need with resources you can afford. Small business owners, consultants, and online entrepreneurs don't have to go it alone when they discover the power of building teams of virtual employees to help run, support, and grow their businesses. Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business is the step-by-step guide every entrepreneur needs to build his or her business with the asset of working with virtual employees. Focusing on business growth, Ducker explains every detail you need to grasp, from figuring out which jobs you should outsource to finding, hiring, training, motivating, and managing virtual assistants. With additional tactics and online resources, Virtual Freedom is the ultimate resource of the knowledge and tools necessary for building your dream business with the help of virtual staff.

Author : Sam Hanish
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211338574

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Author : M. D. Antonietta Francini
Publisher : Antonietta Francini M.D.
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780595425310

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Seeking Freedom and Joy in the Winding Path of Life by M. D. Antonietta Francini Pdf

Things are as they are because in no other way can they be. Seeking Freedom and Joy in the Winding Path of Life: A Spiritual Journey of Learning and Self-discovery, the moving autobiography of author Antonietta Francini, MD, tells the doctor's story of surviving World War II, battling cancer, and finding the healing power of mystical and esoteric teachings during a trip to India. Growing up in Rome, Dr. Francini experiences firsthand the cruelties of World War II, whose sights and sounds make her hate God for allowing such suffering. At the age of twenty, she leaves Italy to begin a new life in Venezuela, enrolling at the university as a medical student and receiving her degree four years later. Dr. Francini soon completes specialized training in gynecology, gets married, and starts a family. But in the fall of 1964, drastic changes in her health lead to a diagnosis of invasive thyroid cancer. After radical surgery to remove the tumor, Dr. Francini still blames God for all suffering-hers and others'-and she knows she needs to recover her faith. She embarks on a spiritual quest for peace, an adventure she shares in her multifaceted autobiography, Seeking Freedom and Joy in the Winding Path of Life.

Author : Andrei D. Polyanin,Alexei Chernoutsan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781439806401

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A Concise Handbook of Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering Sciences by Andrei D. Polyanin,Alexei Chernoutsan Pdf

A Concise Handbook of Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering Sciences takes a practical approach to the basic notions, formulas, equations, problems, theorems, methods, and laws that most frequently occur in scientific and engineering applications and university education. The authors pay special attention to issues that many engineers and students

Author : P. C. Kemeny
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621896364

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Faith, Freedom, and Higher Education by P. C. Kemeny Pdf

While debates abound today over the cost, purpose, and effectiveness of higher education, often lost in this conversation is a critical question: Should higher education attempt to shape students' moral and spiritual character in any systematic manner as in the past, or focus upon equipping students with mere technical knowledge? Faith, Freedom, and Higher Education argues that Christianity can still play an important role in contemporary American higher education. George M. Marsden, D. G. Hart, and George H. Nash, among its authors, analyze the debate over the secularization of the university and the impact of liberal Protestantism and fundamentalism on the American academy during the twentieth century. Contributors also assess how the ideas of Dorothy Sayers, C. S. Lewis, Wendell Berry, and Allan Bloom can be used to improve Christian higher education. Finally, the volume examines the contributions Christian faith can make to collegiate education and outlines how Christian institutions can preserve their religious mission while striving for academic excellence.

Author : Fabrice Pierron,Michel Grédiac
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461418245

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The Virtual Fields Method by Fabrice Pierron,Michel Grédiac Pdf

The Virtual Fields Method: Extracting Constitutive Mechanical Parameters from Full-field Deformation Measurements is the first and only one on the Virtual Fields Method, a recent technique to identify materials mechanical properties from full-field measurements. It contains an extensive theoretical description of the method as well as numerous examples of application to a wide range of materials (composites, metals, welds, biomaterials etc.) and situations(static, vibration, high strain rate etc.). Finally, it contains a detailed training section with examples of progressive difficulty to lead the reader to program the VFM. This is accompanied with a set of commented Matlab programs as well as with a GUI Matlab based software for more general situations.

Author : Chris C. Ducker
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781939529749

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Virtual Freedom by Chris C. Ducker Pdf

Entrepreneurs often suffer from "superhero syndrome"—the misconception that to be successful, they must do everything themselves. Not only are they the boss, but also the salesperson, HR manager, copywriter, operations manager, online marketing guru, and so much more. It's no wonder why so many people give up the dream of starting a business—it's just too much for one person to handle. But outsourcing expert and "Virtual CEO," Chris Ducker knows how you can get the help you need with resources you can afford. Small business owners, consultants, and online entrepreneurs don't have to go it alone when they discover the power of building teams of virtual employees to help run, support, and grow their businesses. Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business is the step-by-step guide every entrepreneur needs to build his or her business with the asset of working with virtual employees. Focusing on business growth, Ducker explains every detail you need to grasp, from figuring out which jobs you should outsource to finding, hiring, training, motivating, and managing virtual assistants. With additional tactics and online resources, Virtual Freedom is the ultimate resource of the knowledge and tools necessary for building your dream business with the help of virtual staff.

Author : H. D. Ram,A. K. Chauhan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107499836

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Foundations and Applications of Engineering Mechanics by H. D. Ram,A. K. Chauhan Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive discussion of the fundamental theories and principles of engineering mechanics. Taking the module syllabi of various technical universities and colleges in India into consideration, it includes chapters on method of virtual work and mechanical vibration, follows a step-by-step problem-solving approach, and provides exercises at the end of each chapter.

Author : E. Gabriella Coleman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780691144610

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Coding Freedom by E. Gabriella Coleman Pdf

Who are computer hackers? What is free software? And what does the emergence of a community dedicated to the production of free and open source software--and to hacking as a technical, aesthetic, and moral project--reveal about the values of contemporary liberalism? Exploring the rise and political significance of the free and open source software (F/OSS) movement in the United States and Europe, Coding Freedom details the ethics behind hackers' devotion to F/OSS, the social codes that guide its production, and the political struggles through which hackers question the scope and direction of copyright and patent law. In telling the story of the F/OSS movement, the book unfolds a broader narrative involving computing, the politics of access, and intellectual property. E. Gabriella Coleman tracks the ways in which hackers collaborate and examines passionate manifestos, hacker humor, free software project governance, and festive hacker conferences. Looking at the ways that hackers sustain their productive freedom, Coleman shows that these activists, driven by a commitment to their work, reformulate key ideals including free speech, transparency, and meritocracy, and refuse restrictive intellectual protections. Coleman demonstrates how hacking, so often marginalized or misunderstood, sheds light on the continuing relevance of liberalism in online collaboration.

Author : Woodrow Barfield,Marc Jonathan Blitz
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781786438591

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Research Handbook on the Law of Virtual and Augmented Reality by Woodrow Barfield,Marc Jonathan Blitz Pdf

Virtual and augmented reality raise significant questions for law and policy. When should virtual world activities or augmented reality images count as protected First Amendment ‘speech’, and when are they instead a nuisance or trespass? When does copying them infringe intellectual property laws? When should a person (or computer) face legal consequences for allegedly harmful virtual acts? The Research Handbook on the Law of Virtual and Augmented Reality addresses these questions and others, drawing upon free speech doctrine, criminal law, issues of data protection and privacy, legal rights for increasingly intelligent avatars, and issues of jurisdiction within virtual and augmented reality worlds.

Author : Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,N. Ichalkaranje
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540798675

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New Advances in Virtual Humans by Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,N. Ichalkaranje Pdf

In this book, various aspects of cognitive and emotional behaviour is described. In chapter one, a state of the art introduction to VH is presented and the associated research is given. In Chapter 2, cognitive and emotions processes are described. A Comprehensive context model for multi-party interactions with the VH is given in the next chapter. Finally, it is very important to model the socializing of groups of virtual humans. This is discussed in Chapter 4. The automatic modelling of expressions for VH is described in Chapter 5. The last chapter gives a case study of an intelligent kios avatar and its usability. This book gives examples of some advances that enable VH to behave intelligently. It provides an overview of these research problems and some unsolved problems.

Author : PenZen Summaries
Publisher : by Mocktime Publication
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-28
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The summary of Virtual Freedom – How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business presented here include a short review of the book at the start followed by quick overview of main points and a list of important take-aways at the end of the summary. The Summary of This comprehensive guide to the practise of virtual outsourcing is referred to as Virtual Freedom. It discusses in depth all of the factors that you will have to take into account when putting together your virtual team and offers sound guidance on how to avoid the typical snares that can be encountered along the way. Virtual Freedom summary includes the key points and important takeaways from the book Virtual Freedom by Chris C. Ducker. Disclaimer: 1. This summary is meant to preview and not to substitute the original book. 2. We recommend, for in-depth study purchase the excellent original book. 3. In this summary key points are rewritten and recreated and no part/text is directly taken or copied from original book. 4. If original author/publisher wants us to remove this summary, please contact us at [email protected].

Author : Jack Phillips
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0521254426

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Freedom in Machinery: Volume 2, Screw Theory Exemplified by Jack Phillips Pdf

Does a machine run well by virtue of its accuracies, or its freedoms? This work presents an exciting, diagrammatic display of the hidden geometry of freedom and constraint. It bolsters the imaginative design of robots, but applies across all fields of machinery. The figures and their captions comprise alone a self-standing story, and this connects effectively with the rigorously argued text. The seamless combination of the two volumes (1984, 1990) renders the internal cross-referencing (forward and backward within the volumes) easier to look up. The appearance of this paperback is a clear testament to the work's ongoing readership. The term screw theory occurs throughout. This relates (after Ball) to the book's philosophy; and one might equally mention kinetostatics (after Federhofer). An all-pervading, counter-intuitive fact accordingly presents itself: while, analogously, angular velocity relates to force, linear velocity relates to couple. A direct consequence of Freedom in Machinery is a more recent book by the same author. Specifically titled General Spatial Involute Gearing and published in Germany (2003), it exemplifies the many ways in which Freedom in Machinery clarifies the enigmatic field of spatial mechanism. That field continuously expands with the current, continuous thrust of ordinary engineering practice.