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Tu n'aurais pas dû partir
by Monsieur Jean-Louis Grosmaire1914. Louison retrouve, dans un tiroir, une lettre qu’elle n’a jamais envoyée à son amie d’enfance restée en Franche-Comté... Son monde bascule, à l’image du monde autour d’elle, car la guerre gronde dans les anciens pays. Tu n’aurais pas dû partir est la suite du roman L’homme qui regardait vers l’ouest, qui raconte le départ de Paul et de sa fille Louison vers l’Amérique et leurs premières années en terre canadienne.Paul, le père de Louison, s’enrôle dans l’Armée canadienne pour sauver sa France natale. Madeleine, son épouse, devra élever seule les deux jeunes enfants depuis leur demeure à Hull.Et voilà que Louison et son ami de cœur James, un Sino-Canadien, s’engagent à leur tour dans la guerre.Dans ce troisième tome de la Saga Javelier, Grosmaire explore la vie des soldats canadiens, africains, des ressortissants chinois en France et au Canada.Prix Louis-Pergaud 2007Formats disponibles : broché et numérique (PDF et ePub accessibles)
Moving Abroad For Dummies
by Kristin M. WilsonExpert guidance for anyone who wants to settle down in another country Moving Abroad For Dummies is for anyone contemplating pulling the trigger on moving out of their homeland for a short time or for good. Be it to enhance a career, retire more comfortably on savings, or find a culture that's a better fit for you, relocating abroad takes some planning to be done right. This book walks you through all the considerations and the steps you'll need to take to make it happen. Author Kristin Wilson is a relocation expert with over 20 years of experience both living abroad and helping hundreds of others do the same. In this confusion-clearing guide, she offers must-know information on planning a move, getting affairs in order before hitting the road, and settling into your new home. Find out whether becoming an expat is the right move for you Learn how to budget for your new life, find a home abroad, and handle culture shock Become a permanent resident of your new country of choice Decide whether and when to return home At every stage of the moving abroad process—decision making, preparation, and adjustment to a new culture—this clear and easy-to-read Dummies guide has your back.
Content Creation mit Künstlicher Intelligenz für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Rafael BujotzekKreativ und effizient mit Künstlicher Intelligenz Schluss mit Kreativblockaden und zeitraubender Routine! Texte formulieren, Mails beantworten oder Bilder, Töne und Videos gestalten – nutzen Sie KI als leistungsstarkes Werkzeug. Rafael Bujotzek verrät, wie Sie durch geschicktes Prompting beeindruckende Ergebnisse erzielen, Reichweite gewinnen und Workflows automatisieren. Entdecken Sie, wie generative KI die Content Creation revolutioniert und für mehr Barrierefreiheit sorgt. Von Content Management mit nützlichen KI-Tools bis zu juristischen Stolperfallen: Dieses Praxisbuch macht Sie ohne Vorkenntnisse startklar für die Content-Produktion. Sie erfahren Wobei ChatGPT, Copilot, Midjourney und Co. Sie unterstützen können Was KI-Agenten leisten Wie Sie mit KI virale Social-Media-Posts und Podcasts starten Wem Barrierefreiheit nützt Welche rechtlichen Pflichten Sie beachten müssen
Handbook of Decision Analysis (Wiley Series in Operations Research and Management Science)
by Gregory S. Parnell Eric R. Johnson Steven N. Tani Terry A. Bresnick Eric SpeckingQualitative and quantitative techniques to apply decision analysis to real-world decision problems, supported by sound mathematics, best practices, soft skills, and more With substantive illustrations based on the authors’ personal experiences throughout, Handbook of Decision Analysis describes the philosophy, knowledge, science, and art of decision analysis. Key insights from decision analysis applications and behavioral decision analysis research are presented, and numerous decision analysis textbooks, technical books, and research papers are referenced for comprehensive coverage. This book does not introduce new decision analysis mathematical theory, but rather ensures the reader can understand and use the most common mathematics and best practices, allowing them to apply rigorous decision analysis with confidence. The material is supported by examples and solution steps using Microsoft Excel and includes many challenging real-world problems. Given the increase in the availability of data due to the development of products that deliver huge amounts of data, and the development of data science techniques and academic programs, a new theme of this Second Edition is the use of decision analysis techniques with big data and data analytics. Written by a team of highly qualified professionals and academics, Handbook of Decision Analysis includes information on: Behavioral decision-making insights, decision framing opportunities, collaboration with stakeholders, information assessment, and decision analysis modeling techniques Principles of value creation through designing alternatives, clear value/risk tradeoffs, and decision implementation Qualitative and quantitative techniques for each key decision analysis task, as opposed to presenting one technique for all decisions. Stakeholder analysis, decision hierarchies, and influence diagrams to frame descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics decision problems to ensure implementation success Handbook of Decision Analysis is a highly valuable textbook, reference, and/or refresher for students and decision professionals in business, management science, engineering, engineering management, operations management, mathematics, and statistics who want to increase the breadth and depth of their technical and soft skills for success when faced with a professional or personal decision.
Psychotherapie für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Adrian UrbanGehen Sie seelischen Problemen auf den Grund Interessieren Sie sich für andere Menschen und das, was sie bewegt? Arbeiten Sie vielleicht in einem sozialen oder medizinischen Beruf? Oder kennen Sie jemanden, dem es gerade seelisch schlecht geht, und möchten ihn unterstützen? Psychotherapie kann in vielen Fällen helfen. Adrian Urban beschreibt die Hintergründe von seelischen Schwierigkeiten und stellt Ihnen die wichtigsten Behandlungsansätze und deren Gründer vor, von der Psychoanalyse bis zur Systemischen Therapie. Zudem erläutert er den Ablauf einer Psychotherapie, gibt Hilfestellung bei der Beantragung und erklärt die wichtigsten rechtlichen Hintergründe. Sie erfahren Das Wichtigste über häufige seelische Störungen Wie ambulante und stationäre Therapien ablaufen Woran Sie einen guten Therapeuten erkennen Was zum Erfolg einer Psychotherapie beiträgt
KI im Marketing für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Shiv SinghMachen Sie sich fit für die Zukunft des Marketing! Mit der Einführung von künstlicher Intelligenz vollzieht sich in der Marketingbranche gerade eine Revolution. KI-Tools sind in der Lage Texte, Bilder, Audio, Video, Websites und mehr zu erstellen. Damit verändern sich alle bisherigen Arbeitsabläufe grundlegend. Der führende Marketingexperte Shiv Singh schildert in diesem Buch, wie und wo KI das Marketing umkrempelt, und zeigt auf, wo darin die Chancen liegen. Ausführliche Use Cases veranschaulichen, wie KI in den Marketingkampagnen großer Unternehmen bereits eingesetzt wird. Damit erhalten Sie wichtige Anregungen, wie Sie die Umstellung auf KI in Ihrem Unternehmen erfolgreich meistern. Sie erfahren Wie Sie SEO und Kundenansprache mit KI optimieren Welche KI-Tools Ihnen wirklich weiterhelfen Wie Sie KI für die Generierung kreativer Inhalte nutzen Wie Sie ethische Richtlinien für die Nutzung von KI aufstellen
GIS For Dummies
by Jami DennisA jargon-free primer on GIS concepts and the essential tech tools Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is the fascinating technology field that's all about understanding and visualizing our world. GIS For Dummies introduces you to the essential skills you'll need if you want to become a geospatial data guru. You'll learn to read, analyze, and interpret maps, and you'll discover how GIS professionals create digital models of landscapes, cities, weather patterns, and beyond. Understand how advances in technology, including AI, are turning GIS tools into powerful assets for solving real-world problems and protecting the planet. This beginner-friendly book makes it easy to grasp necessary GIS concepts so you can apply GIS in your organization, pursue a career in this dynamic field, or just impress others with your geographic knowledge. Learn the basics of data analysis, interpretation, and modeling using Geographic Information Systems Gain the skills to read and interpret all types of maps and visual GIS information Discover how GIS is used in fields like urban planning, environmental science, business, and disaster management Explore whether a career in GIS could be right for you GIS For Dummies is the perfect starting point for students, professionals, and anyone curious about the potential of GIS as a technology or career choice.
Generative KI für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Pam BakerDie Möglichkeiten generativer KI optimal nutzen Mithilfe von generativer Künstlicher Intelligenz lassen sich Texte, Bilder, Videos, Sprache, Musik, Softwarecodes und auch Kunst und Design erschaffen. Doch wie können Sie die Möglichkeiten generativer KI individuell am besten nutzen? KI-Expertin Pam Baker gibt Ihnen einen guten Überblick und führt Sie in die bekanntesten Tools ein. Das Buch erklärt Ihnen, wie Sie geeignete Plattformen finden, gute Prompts schreiben, KI in Ihren Workflow einbinden und gezielt einsetzen – und entscheiden, wann doch ein wenig Human Touch gebraucht wird. Gut verständlich und praxisnah: der ideale Einstieg in ein Thema, das unsere Arbeitswelt rasant verändert. Sie erfahren Welche Plattformen sich für welche Zwecke eignen Wie Sie KI-generierte Texte, Bilder, Videos und Audios erstellen Wie Sie KI in Ihren Workflow integrieren Wie es Ihnen gelingt, KI-Inhalte »menschlicher« zu machen
Das politische System Deutschlands für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Sebastian WolfDie Republik auf etwas mehr als einen Blick Das politische System der Bundesrepublik ist nicht ganz einfach zu durchschauen. Was unterscheidet Vertrauensfrage und konstruktives Misstrauensvotum? Was hat es mit dem Föderalismus auf sich? Wie einflussreich sind Bundespräsident und Bundesverfassungsgericht? Ob in der Schule, der Hochschule oder einfach als interessierter Bürger, manchmal muss man unter anderem wissen, welche Aufgaben die Verfassungsorgane, Parteien und Verbände haben und wie sie zusammenwirken. Und da Deutschland fest in zwischenstaatliche Beziehungen eingebunden ist, geht der Autor auch auf internationale Einflüsse ein. Sie erfahren Welche Funktionen Bundesregierung. Bundestag, Bundesrat, Bundespräsident und Bundesverfassungsgericht haben Wie Parteien, Verbände und Medien die Politik beeinflussen Was es mit der Gewaltenteilung, den Bundesländern und der Kommunalpolitik auf sich hat
Disasters: A Sociological Approach
by Kathleen TierneyDisasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not wreak their damage equally across nations and populations. Every disaster has social forces at its very core. This important book sheds light on the social conditions and the global, national, and local processes that produce environmental degradation and disaster. Topics covered include the social roots of disaster vulnerability, exposure to natural hazards as a form of environmental injustice, and emerging threats. Written by a leading expert in the field, the book provides the necessary frameworks for understanding hazards and disasters, as it explores the contributions of various social science disciplines to disaster research and how these ideas have evolved over time. Bringing the social aspects of disasters to the forefront, Tierney discusses the challenge of conducting research in the aftermath of a disaster and critiques the concept of disaster resilience, which has come to be seen as a key to disaster risk reduction. This second edition places greater emphasis on climate-related disasters and offers new reflections on the impacts of Covid-19, additional material on the legacies of colonialism, and refreshed case studies. Peppered with research findings and insights from a wide range of disciplines, this rich introduction is an invaluable resource for students and scholars interested in both the social nature of disasters and their relation to broader social forces.
Prozesse optimieren mit Power Automate in Microsoft 365 für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Damian GorzkullaWorkflows und Aufgaben auch ohne Programmierkenntnisse automatisieren! Wenn Sie häufig wiederkehrende Aufgaben oder Prozesse in einer Microsoft-365-Umgebung ohne Programmierkenntnisse automatisieren möchten, dann ist dieses Buch für Sie gemacht! Damian Gorzkulla führt Sie Schritt für Schritt und mit vielen Beispielen aus dem Berufsalltag in die Grundlagen und fortgeschrittenen Techniken dieses mächtigen Automatisierungswerkzeugs ein: von der Erstellung einfacher Flows aus Vorlagen über Genehmigungsprozesse und die Integration in Microsoft Teams bis hin zur Steuerung über die mobile Power-Automate-App oder die Einbindung von KI-Funktionalität. Sie erfahren Wie Sie Power Automate privat und im Beruf nutzen Wie Sie Power Automate und andere Microsoft-365-Anwendungen kombinieren oder integrieren Wie Sie die mobile Power-Automate-App nutzen
How College Presidents Succeed: Lessons in Leadership from Three Generations of Reveleys
by Michael NelsonLeadership lessons in higher education and what they can teach us about leadership in all walks of life In an era when college presidents serve for on average fewer than six years—leaving out of personal ambition for a next post or being forced to leave under fire—there is an inspirational counterexample of leaders dedicated to the long-term success of their institutions. This book weaves together the stories behind what the Washington Post dubbed &“Virginia&’s academic dynasty&” to determine what makes for sound and effective institutional leadership. Here are the lessons of three generations of college presidents from one family, the Reveleys, who have successfully led major colleges and universities across the commonwealth of Virginia for decades, an ongoing legacy unrivaled in modern American higher education. All three generations of Reveleys profiled here successfully dealt with the challenges of stewarding varied institutions—Hampden-Sydney College, William & Mary, and Longwood University—in a politically and demographically evolving state embedded within an equally dynamic and complex national, economic, and cultural environment for higher education. Now, in the Reveleys&’ own words—drawn from more than one hundred hours of oral interviews and thousands of pages of personal papers—this book tells their story and offers readers insights into best leadership practices gleaned from their unparalleled cumulative experience.
Particle Emission From Nuclei: Volume III: Fission and Beta-Delayed Decay Modes
by Dorin N. Poenaru Marin S. IvaşcuThis book has three volumes. The first volume is mainly devoted to the macroscopic-microscopic theory in its traditional form and extended to very high mass and charge asymmetry. Applications of this theory to the emission of different kinds of charged particles from nuclei are presented in the second volume, where recent experimental achievements in alpha decay, proton, and heavy ion (14C, 24Ne, 28Mg, etc.) radioactivities are also discussed. Experiments on spontaneous fission, fission isomers, and more complex phenomena like particle-accompanied fission, delayed processes: p, a, 2p, t, n, 2n, 3n, and the new mechanism of cold fission (or fission with compact shapes) are described in detail in the third volume.
The Boy From Clearwater: Book 2
by Pei-Yun YuThe "glorious" sequel to Freeman Award-winning The Boy from Clearwater After his imprisonment in Green Island, Kun-lin struggles to pick up where he left off ten years earlier. He reconnects with his childhood crush Kimiko and finds work as an editor, jumping from publisher to publisher until finally settling at an advertising company. But when manhua publishing becomes victim to censorship, and many of his friends lose their jobs, Kun-lin takes matters into his own hands. He starts a children’s magazine, Prince, for a group of unemployed artists and his old inmates who cannot find work anywhere else. Kun-lin’s life finally seems to be looking up... but how long will this last? Forty years later, Kun-lin serves as a volunteer at the White Terror Memorial Park, promoting human rights education. There, he meets Yu Pei-Yun, a young college professor who provides him with an opportunity to reminisce on his past and how he picked himself up after grappling with bankruptcy and depression. With the end of martial law, Kun-lin and other former New-Lifers felt compelled to mobilize to rehabilitate fellow White Terror victims, forcing him to face his past head-on. While navigating his changing homeland, he must conciliate all parts of himself––the victim and the savior, the patriot and the rebel, a father to the future generation and a son to the old Taiwan––before he can bury the ghosts of his past. P R A I S E ★ "Yu, Zhou, and King bear glorious witness to little-known tragic history by empathetically spotlighting an everyday superhero who survived—and thrives." –Booklist (starred) ★ "An accessible, timely account of Taiwan’s struggles for democracy and human rights as experienced through a personal lens." –Kirkus (starred) "Triumphant and rewarding." –Foreword
The Boy from Clearwater: Book 1
by Yu Pei-YunFreeman Book Award Winner GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Honoree An incredible true story in graphic novel form that lays bare the tortured and triumphant history of Taiwan, an island claimed and fought over by many countries, through the life story of a man who lived through its most turbulent times. Part One: Taiwan, 1930s. Tsai Kun-lin, an ordinary boy born in Chingshui, recounts a carefree childhood despite the Japanese occupation: growing up happily with the company of nursery rhymes and picture books on Chingshui Street. As war emerges Tsai's memories shift to military parades, air raids, and watching others face conscription into the army. It seems no one can escape. After the war, the book-loving teenager tries hard to learn Mandarin and believes he is finally stepping towards a comfortable future; but little does he know, a dark cloud awaits him ahead. Part Two: Taiwan, 1950s. In his second year at Taichung First Senior High School, Tsai is arrested simply for joining a book club and subsequently tortured, deprived of civil rights, and sent to Green Island for "reformation." Lasting until his release in September 1960, Tsai, a victim of the White Terror era, spends ten years of his youth in prison on an unjust charge. But he is ready to embrace freedom. Experience parts one and two of the tour-de-force graphic novel series that took Taiwan by storm – parts three and four coming May 2024. P R A I S E ★ "The stupendous achievements here are many: a synergistic literary success; a historic record of twentieth-century Taiwan; the remarkable account of a boy’s life; and a triumph of translation." —Booklist (starred) "A story of persistence, both hopeful and chilling, and a powerful vision of the personal implications of Taiwan’s mid-century history." —School Library Journal "Stunning." —Kirkus
The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980
by Charles C. BoltonRace has shaped public education in the Magnolia State, from Reconstruction through the Carter Administration. For The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980, Charles C. Bolton mines newspaper accounts, interviews, journals, archival records, legal and financial documents, and other sources to uncover the complex story of one of Mississippi’s most significant and vexing issues. This history closely examines specific events—the aftermath of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the 1966 protests and counterdemonstrations in Grenada, and the efforts of particular organizations—and carefully considers the broader picture. Despite a “separate but equal” doctrine established in the late nineteenth century, the state’s racially divided school systems quickly developed vast differences in terms of financing, academic resources, teacher salaries, and quality of education. As one of the nation’s poorest states, Mississippi could not afford to finance one school system adequately, much less two. For much of the twentieth century, white people fought hard to preserve the dual school system, in which the maintenance of one-race schools became the most important measure of educational quality. Black people fought equally hard to end segregated schooling, realizing that their schools would remain underfunded and understaffed as long as they were not integrated.
Machine Learning for Algorithmic Trading: Predictive models to extract signals from market and alternative data for systematic trading strategies with Python, 2nd Edition
by Stefan JansenLeverage machine learning to design and back-test automated trading strategies for real-world markets using pandas, TA-Lib, scikit-learn, LightGBM, SpaCy, Gensim, TensorFlow 2, Zipline, backtrader, Alphalens, and pyfolio.Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format.Key FeaturesDesign, train, and evaluate machine learning algorithms that underpin automated trading strategiesCreate a research and strategy development process to apply predictive modeling to trading decisionsLeverage NLP and deep learning to extract tradeable signals from market and alternative dataBook DescriptionThe explosive growth of digital data has boosted the demand for expertise in trading strategies that use machine learning (ML). This revised and expanded second edition enables you to build and evaluate sophisticated supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning models.This book introduces end-to-end machine learning for the trading workflow, from the idea and feature engineering to model optimization, strategy design, and backtesting. It illustrates this by using examples ranging from linear models and tree-based ensembles to deep-learning techniques from cutting edge research.This edition shows how to work with market, fundamental, and alternative data, such as tick data, minute and daily bars, SEC filings, earnings call transcripts, financial news, or satellite images to generate tradeable signals. It illustrates how to engineer financial features or alpha factors that enable an ML model to predict returns from price data for US and international stocks and ETFs. It also shows how to assess the signal content of new features using Alphalens and SHAP values and includes a new appendix with over one hundred alpha factor examples.By the end, you will be proficient in translating ML model predictions into a trading strategy that operates at daily or intraday horizons, and in evaluating its performance.What you will learnLeverage market, fundamental, and alternative text and image dataResearch and evaluate alpha factors using statistics, Alphalens, and SHAP valuesImplement machine learning techniques to solve investment and trading problemsBacktest and evaluate trading strategies based on machine learning using Zipline and BacktraderOptimize portfolio risk and performance analysis using pandas, NumPy, and pyfolioCreate a pairs trading strategy based on cointegration for US equities and ETFsTrain a gradient boosting model to predict intraday returns using AlgoSeek's high-quality trades and quotes dataWho this book is forIf you are a data analyst, data scientist, Python developer, investment analyst, or portfolio manager interested in getting hands-on machine learning knowledge for trading, this book is for you. This book is for you if you want to learn how to extract value from a diverse set of data sources using machine learning to design your own systematic trading strategies.Some understanding of Python and machine learning techniques is required.
Machine Learning with PyTorch and Scikit-Learn: Develop machine learning and deep learning models with Python
by Sebastian Raschka Vahid Mirjalili Yuxi (Hayden) LiuThis book of the bestselling and widely acclaimed Python Machine Learning series is a comprehensive guide to machine and deep learning using PyTorch s simple to code framework. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesLearn applied machine learning with a solid foundation in theoryClear, intuitive explanations take you deep into the theory and practice of Python machine learningFully updated and expanded to cover PyTorch, transformers, XGBoost, graph neural networks, and best practicesBook DescriptionMachine Learning with PyTorch and Scikit-Learn is a comprehensive guide to machine learning and deep learning with PyTorch. It acts as both a step-by-step tutorial and a reference you'll keep coming back to as you build your machine learning systems. Packed with clear explanations, visualizations, and examples, the book covers all the essential machine learning techniques in depth. While some books teach you only to follow instructions, with this machine learning book, we teach the principles allowing you to build models and applications for yourself. Why PyTorch? PyTorch is the Pythonic way to learn machine learning, making it easier to learn and simpler to code with. This book explains the essential parts of PyTorch and how to create models using popular libraries, such as PyTorch Lightning and PyTorch Geometric. You will also learn about generative adversarial networks (GANs) for generating new data and training intelligent agents with reinforcement learning. Finally, this new edition is expanded to cover the latest trends in deep learning, including graph neural networks and large-scale transformers used for natural language processing (NLP). This PyTorch book is your companion to machine learning with Python, whether you're a Python developer new to machine learning or want to deepen your knowledge of the latest developments.What you will learnExplore frameworks, models, and techniques for machines to learn from dataUse scikit-learn for machine learning and PyTorch for deep learningTrain machine learning classifiers on images, text, and moreBuild and train neural networks, transformers, and boosting algorithmsDiscover best practices for evaluating and tuning modelsPredict continuous target outcomes using regression analysisDig deeper into textual and social media data using sentiment analysisWho this book is forIf you have a good grasp of Python basics and want to start learning about machine learning and deep learning, then this is the book for you. This is an essential resource written for developers and data scientists who want to create practical machine learning and deep learning applications using scikit-learn and PyTorch. Before you get started with this book, you’ll need a good understanding of calculus, as well as linear algebra.
Bibliothèques et archives dans les communautés de langue officielle en situation minoritaire: Enjeux et devenir (Études canadiennes)
by Lucie Hotte Alain Roy Hélène Carrier Linda SavoieComment les bibliothèques et les archives contribuent-elles à préserver l’histoire et le patrimoine des communautés de langue officielle en situation minoritaire (CLOSM)? Cet ouvrage examine leur rôle clé dans la préservation de la mémoire collective et leur impact sur la vitalité culturelle de ces communautés. Cette analyse s’articule autour de plusieurs dimensions essentielles. Elle examine d’abord comment le patrimoine documentaire soutient la mémoire collective et met en lumière les efforts déployés par les bibliothèques et les centres d’archives pour la promouvoir et la rendre accessible. Elle s’intéresse ensuite aux politiques nécessaires pour lever les barrières linguistiques et renforcer l’accès aux ressources culturelles. Enfin, elle s’attarde à l’état et au développement des collections, en portant une attention particulière à la représentation des CLOSM.Structuré en deux grandes sections, cet ouvrage offre une riche réflexion sur les bibliothèques et leur rôle dans le soutien aux communautés linguistiques minoritaires, tout en adoptant une perspective nationale et internationale. Il explore également l’apport essentiel des archives communautaires à la vitalité des CLOSM à travers le pays, soulignant leur importance dans la préservation et le dynamisme des identités collectives.Avec son approche unique et éclairante, ce livre s’adresse à celles et ceux qui s’intéressent à la préservation du patrimoine et au rôle des institutions culturelles dans le développement des communautés linguistiques minoritaires.
The Plea of Innocence: Restoring Truth to the American Justice System
by Tim BakkenProposes groundbreaking, fundamental reform for the adversarial legal system to keep innocent people from going to prison We rely on the adversarial legal system to hold offenders accountable, ensure everyone is playing by the same rules, and keep our streets safe. Unfortunately, a grave condition lingers under the surface: at all times the imprisonment of possibly tens of thousands of innocent people. The Plea of Innocence offers a fundamental reform of the adversarial system: plausibly innocent people may now plead innocent and require the government to search for exonerating facts; in return, they will be required to waive their right to remain silent, speak to government agents, and participate in a search for truth. While almost all the participants within the system hope that only guilty people will be convicted, the unfortunate reality is that innocent people are convicted and imprisoned at an alarming rate. With the privatization of defense institutions, accused innocent people are themselves responsible for finding the facts that could exonerate them. Though the poor are represented by public defenders—in fact, almost no one who is charged with a crime has enough money to pay for a complete defense—it is still accused people, not public officials, who bear the entire burden of proving their innocence. Tim Bakken believes that reform of the three-hundred-year-old adversarial system is long overdue, and that the government should be responsible for searching for truth—exonerating facts for innocent people—rather than being satisfied with due process. While it is improbable that all the facts in any case will ever be known, the essential point is that the acquisition of facts will almost always benefit an innocent person who has been accused of a crime. Featuring compelling evidence and concrete steps for reform, The Plea of Innocence is at once sensible and revolutionary, a must-read for anyone invested in restoring truth to the justice system.
Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change
by Aaron SachsHow gallows humor can bolster us to confront global warmingWe’ve all seen the headlines: oceans rising, historic heat waves, mass extinctions, climate refugees. It feels overwhelming, like nothing can make a difference in combating this ongoing global catastrophe. How can we mobilize to save the world when we feel this depressed? Stay Cool enjoins us to laugh our way forward. Human beings have used comedy to cope with difficult realities since the beginning of recorded time—the more dismal the news, the darker the humor. Using this rich tradition of dark comedy to investigate climate change, Aaron Sachs makes the case that gallows humor, a mainstay of African Americans and Jews facing extraordinary oppression, can cultivate endurance, persistence, and solidarity in the face of calamity. Sachs surveys the macabre tradition of laughing during great suffering, from the Black Plague to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906—and offers some of the earliest examples of superlative dark comedy. He also explores how a new generation of activists and comedians are deploying dark humor to great effect, by poking fun at older people’s apathy about climate catastrophes, lambasting oil corporations’ “eco” rebranding, and even producing an off-Broadway dystopian comedy called “Sea Level Rise.” Sachs offers suggestions for how environmentalists can use dark comedy first to boost their own morale, and then to reframe their activism in more energizing and relatable ways. Environmentalism is probably the least funny social movement that’s ever existed. Stay Cool seeks to change that. Will comedy save the world? Not by itself, no. But it can put people in a decent enough mood to get them started on a rescue mission.
Motherhood on Ice: The Mating Gap and Why Women Freeze Their Eggs (Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice #10)
by Marcia C. InhornAnswers the question: Why are women freezing their eggs?Why are women freezing their eggs in record numbers? Motherhood on Ice explores this question by drawing on the stories of more than 150 women who pursued fertility preservation technology. Moving between narratives of pain and empowerment, these nuanced personal stories reveal the complexity of women’s lives as they struggle to preserve and extend their fertility. Contrary to popular belief, egg freezing is rarely about women postponing fertility for the sake of their careers. Rather, the most-educated women are increasingly forced to delay childbearing because they face a mating gap—a lack of eligible, educated, equal partners ready for marriage and parenthood. For these women, egg freezing is a reproductive backstop, a technological attempt to bridge the gap while waiting for the right partner. But it is not an easy choice for most. Their stories reveal the extent to which it is logistically complicated, physically taxing, financially demanding, emotionally draining, and uncertain in its effects. In this powerful book, women share their reflections on their clinical encounters, as well as the immense hopes and investments they place in this high-tech fertility preservation strategy. Race, religion, and the role of men in the lives of single women pursuing this technology are also explored. A distinctly human portrait of an understudied and rapidly growing population, Motherhood on Ice examines what is at stake for women who take comfort in their frozen eggs while embarking on their quests for partnership, pregnancy, and parenting.