How to Improve Your Working Memory: Discover Useful and Proven Tricks to Improve Your Memory and Fight Memory LossMemory is far and away the most remarkable of all your mental functions. Were your mind unable to store up an enormous part of all the information fed to it by your senses, each new moment of existence would bring with it the necessity of “starting from scratch” in everything you think and do. Everything you do is made easier for you by your memory ... each activity is s...

Keep Your Mind Sharp Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: How to Improve Your Working Memory and Unlimited MemoryMemory is far and away the most remarkable of all your mental functions. Were your mind unable to store up an enormous part of all the information fed to it by your senses, each new moment of existence would bring with it the necessity of “starting from scratch” in everything you think and do. You were not born with a poor memory. Remembering is a process that must be learned, just lik...

Le cinquième opus de la collection Darkness, censure et cinéma examine sans doute l’un des sujets les plus controversés au cinéma, l’un des tout derniers tabous à subsister à l’écran : l’homosexualité.Montrée, évoquée ou simplement suggérée, l’homosexualité à l’écran ne laisse jamais indifférent parce qu’elle exacerbe nos contradictions et ce que nous croyons être. En contournant les postulats, en revendiquant le droit à la différence, elle renvoie à l’idé...

Historians working in the classical liberal tradition believe that individual decision-making and individual rights matter in the making of history. History written in the classical liberal tradition emerged largely in the nineteenth century, when the field of history was first professionalized in Europe and the Americas. Professional historical research was then imbued with liberal values, which included rigorous attention to the sources, historicist suspicion of an ultimate mover, an hon...

Deleuze remains indifferent to the ambient pathos related to the end of metaphysics and compares the undertakings of destruction, overcoming and deconstruction of metaphysics with the gestures of murderers. He considers himself “a pure metaphysician,” which is rather unique in the contemporary philosophical landscape. What are we to make of this and similar claims? What do they mean in light of the effort made during the last several centuries to overcome, overturn, destroy, or deconstruct...

THE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF LINEAR CIRCUITSTextbook covering the fundamentals of circuit analysis and design, now with additional examples, exercises, and problemsThe Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 10th Edition, taps into engineering students’ desire to explore, create, and put their learning into practice by presenting linear circuit theory, with an emphasis on circuit analysis and how to evaluate competing designs. The te...

This Element argues that to understand why transparency “works” in one context, but fails in another, we have to take into account how institutional (macro), organizational (meso) contexts interact with individual behavior (micro). A review of research from each of these perspectives shows that the big promises thought to accompany greater transparency during the first two decades of the 20th century have not been delivered. For example, transparency does not necessarily lead to better gov...

What was once a small, southern, predominantly white denomination has become America's largest evangelical denomination. Yet with the Southern Baptist Convention's growth have come the challenges of increasing fragmentation, theological controversy, and sweeping cultural change. These challenges have caused leaders and members to ask: What does it mean to be a Southern Baptist in the twenty-first century? How can a fresh consensus be established from within? What are the core biblical conv...

The Age of the “Miracle Drugs" is Over!Current major diseases - AIDS, heart diseases, degenerative diseases (e.g., arthritis and rheumatism), diabetes, cancers and obesity - are mostly the consequence of our modern lifestyle. There is no longer any disease that can be cured by "miracle drugs." New drugs now developed to treat one disease invariably cause others to appear. Yet, it has been no accident that peoples from various cultures have survived in good...

Carl F. H. Henry was one of the most influential and formative evangelical voices of the twentieth century. His life and work continue to shape how evangelicals understand themselves, the gospel, and the world around them, offering wise guidance for remaining faithful to God's Word in the midst of a faithless world. In Essential Evangelicalism, some of today's prominent voices offer fresh and timely assessments of Henry's life and legacy, contending that his work is as relevant as...

John Piper has had a profound impact on countless men and women over his nearly thirty years of ministry. From his online ministry with Desiring God to his preaching ministry at Bethlehem Baptist to his writing ministry in over thirty books, his faithful service has encouraged and challenged many with God’s Word.Piper’s influence does not stem from his own abilities and accomplishments, but finds its source in his consistent and humble leading of others to Scripture, where the brea...

Drawing from a Society for Applied Anthropology study on human rights and the environment, Who Pays the Price? provides a detailed look at the human experience of environmental crisis. The issues examined span the globe -- loss of land and access to critical resources; contamination of air, water and soil; exposure to radiation, toxic chemicals, and other hazardous wastes. Topics considered in-depth include:human rights and environmental degradationnation-s...