6/29/2023 0 Comments Man made language by dale spender![]() ![]() Item Hourly labor wages Factory supervision Production engineer Factory janitorial work General and administrative salaries Other manufacturing overhead costs (factory rent, insurance, depreciation, etc.) Other general and administrative costs (office rent, insurance, depreciation, etc.) Description 750 hours per hour 200 hours for Job 101 = 300 hours for Job 102 = 250 hours for Job 103 = Total Cost $5, 000 7, 500 6, 250 $18, 750 4, 250 6, 000 2, 000 8, 000 7, 000 5, 000 ![]() Item Description Total Cost Hourly labor wages 750 hours $ 25 per hour 200 hours for Job 101 = $ 5, 000 300 hours for Job 102 = 7, 500 250 hours for Job 103 = 6, 250 $ 18, 750 Factory supervision 4, 250 Production engineer 6, 000 Factory janitorial work 2, 000 General and administrative salaries 8, 000 Other manufacturing overhead costs (factory rent, insurance, depreciation, etc.) 7, 000 Other general and administrative costs (office rent, insurance, depreciation, etc.) 5, 000 \begin
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6/29/2023 0 Comments Lemony Snicket by Lemony Snicket![]() So, part of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” was an acknowledgment of the bewildering state of affair that is childhood. Surely, you will be rewarded if you behave this way, or aren’t you having a wonderful time reading about this? And you never are. So much of children’s literature is about enforced fun or enforced morality. In fact, when the first two volumes of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” were ready to be published, I sent them to Edward Gorey with a note saying how much I admired his work and how much I hoped that he would forgive what I had stolen from him. The first book that I bought with my own money was “The Blue Aspic” by Edward Gorey. I would miss the bus because I was reading. All I remember is wanting to be a writer. When I was 5 years old, someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I said that I wanted to be an old man who lived on the top of a mountain giving advice. ![]() And then the woman from the right-wing organization said, “Is that spelled how it sounds?” ![]() And I thought, out of all the things you could have said, that was the worst one. So, she said, “What is your name?”Īnd then there was a pause. ![]() Tonight, we hear from Daniel Handler, a name you may only recognize if we identify him by his alias, Lemony Snicket.ĭANIEL HANDLER, Author: When I was researching my first novel, “The Basic Eight,” I was calling up right-wing religious organization and political groups in order to make fun of them.Īnd I thought to myself, I better not tell her my real name. GWEN IFILL: Now to another of our Brief But Spectacular interviews. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Framed around the key fascinating questions, it offers a big picture perspective on our biggest environmental and economic challenges – including energy, climate change, food, hunger, recycling, biodiversity, plastic pollution and antibiotics – just to name a few. We all know deep down that these are the ‘make or break’ years for humanity and the planet and that we cannot flee to another world: but what can any of us really do about it? There Is No Planet B has many of the answers, laid out in an accessible and entertaining way, and filled with astonishing statistics and analysis. You can read this before There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years written by Mike Berners-Lee which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years by Mike Berners-Lee ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Written over more than a decade and considerably altered by the outbreak of the First World War and its author's tragic experience of love and loss, À la recherche du temps perdu "is a work of formidable complexity, both in its radically new conception of time and narrative and in its penetrating analysis of history, man and society. First Printing in English (not to be confused with the more common Phoenix Library edition published by Chatto & Windus in 1929). Exceptional examples, tightly bound and clean throughout. Engraved armorial book plate to front paste-downs of Charlotte Bostwick Lovett (1822-1900), Philadelphia philanthropist. Publisher's slate blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges stained blue, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. Parts Three and Four (complete in two volumes) of this masterpiece of modernity, "a milestone in the study of human consciousness and a revolution in the history of prose writing." (Literary Encyclopedia) Translated from the original French by C. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Edward sapir language and culture![]() European philologists such as Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) used historical written sources to posit regular rules concerning sound change and other language structures. ![]() Philology was a tremendously influential discipline in the late 19th century, part of a range of historical theories of the era including the historical materialism of Karl Marx (1818-1883) and the theory of evolution from Charles Darwin (1809-1882). He studied philology as an undergraduate and Masters student in the Columbia University Germanics Department. His later work combining ideas from linguistics, cultural anthropology and psychology has had a critical influence on current linguistic anthropology.īorn in Lauenberg, Germany, and New York City-raised, Sapir was fluent in languages including English, German, and Yiddish. He was also known as an elegant prose writer, a talented poet, and an accomplished musician. It may be treated as history or it may be studied comparatively as form.” Reflecting this, his work included traditional 19th century historically-oriented philology, 20th century synchronic study of linguistic form, and exploring the relationship between the individual and culture. Writing for American Mercury magazine in 1924, Sapir argued, “There are two ways, it seems, to give linguistics its requisite dignity as a science. ![]() ![]() Linguistic anthropologist Edward Sapir (1884-1939) negotiated between multiple worlds of linguistic study. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sapkowski has won five Zajdel Awards, including three for short stories "Mniejsze zło" (Lesser Evil) (1990), "Miecz przeznaczenia" (Sword of Destiny) (1992) and "W leju po bombie" (In a Bomb Crater) (1993), and two for the novels "Krew elfów" (Blood of Elves) (1994) and "Narrenturm" (2002). The world in which these adventures take place is heavily influenced by Slavic mythology. At the same time cynical and noble, Geralt has been compared to Raymond Chandler's signature character Philip Marlowe. ![]() ![]() Geralt exists in an ambiguous moral universe, yet manages to maintain his own coherent code of ethics. The main character of The Witcher (alternative translation: The Hexer) is Geralt, a mutant assassin who has been trained since childhood to hunt down and destroy monsters. This cycle and his many other works have made him one of the best-known fantasy authors in Poland in the 1990s. Sapkowski has created a cycle of tales based on the world of The Witcher, comprising three collections of short stories and five novels. His first short story, The Witcher ( Wiedźmin), was published in Fantastyka, Poland's leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics. Sapkowski studied economics, and before turning to writing, he had worked as a senior sales representative for a foreign trade company. Andrzej Sapkowski, born Jin Łódź, is a Polish fantasy writer. ![]() ![]() He nonetheless studied with the eminent historian Chen Yinke, who supervised his thesis. As an undergraduate, he would have preferred to study liberal arts, but because of his father's preference, he entered the department of economics. ![]() Yang entered Tsinghua University in 1933 and studied in the department of economics, graduating in 1937. Elected Academician, Academia Sinica (1959).Harvard University: Far Eastern Languages and Cultures Department (later renamed the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures), Associate Professor (1947 - 1958) Harvard University Professor Department of Far Eastern Languages and Cultures(1958 -1980) Harvard Yenching Chinese History Professor (1965 -1980) Harvard University Professor emeritus (1980 -1990).He was the first full-time historian of China at Harvard and a prolific scholar specializing in China's economic history. ![]() Yang, was a Chinese-American sinologist and professor at Harvard University. Yang Lien-sheng ( Chinese: 楊聯陞 July 26, 1914 – November 16, 1990) who often wrote under the name L.S. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments The big swiss book![]() Using a VPN allows you to bypass any restriction, providing access to the best torrent sites and services from around the world. Furthermore, copyright infringement can come with hefty fines if you’re not careful. On top of that, torrent sites are often blocked by ISPs. This is where eBook torrents come in, as they offer a wide selection of books for free.ĭespite the convenience of torrenting, there are several limitations of ePub torrent sites, such as geo-based restrictions, preventing users from accessing certain torrent sites depending on their location. However, the costs can add up quickly if you are an avid reader. 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Wolitzer's ambitious and satisfying novel (following The Interestings) charts a Massachusetts girl's coming-of-age and asks pressing questions about what it means to be an empowered modern woman. ![]() ![]() Taylor, a professor of African American studies- at Princeton, is the rare academic writer whose sense of humor is as sharp as her scholarship. "Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 's has not written the average rushed first-wave book on a social movement. The text chronicles a portion of history we rarely ever see, while also bringing together data and deep primary source research in a way that lucidly explains the origins of the current moment." " From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation is an essential read for anyone following the movement for Black Lives. 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