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Les bateaux de l''espoir Vichy, les réfugiés et la filière martiniquaise Entre la débâcle de mai-juin 1940 et la fin de l''année 1941, quelque 5 000 hommes, femmes et enfants gagnèrent la Martinique depuis Marseille à bord de cargos, échappant ainsi à l''Europe embrasée. Certains étaient juifs, d''autres républicains espagnols ou socialistes antinazis. Parmi eux, le révolutionnaire Victor Serge, le cinéaste Jacques Rémy ou la romancière Anna Seghers. L''épisode est peu connu, et pourtant cette filière se révéla être une formidable voie de secours. Fort de plus de vingt années de recherches en France, en Allemagne, en République Tchèque, en Amérique du Nord et aux Antilles, dans des archives publiques ou familiales, Éric Jennings raconte cette aventure exceptionnelle. S''intéressant aux questions liées aux migrations et aux luttes anticoloniales, l''auteur examine cette voie d''exil, contemple la traversée, l''arrivée à Fort-de-France et le ré-internement de la majorité des voyageurs par des autorités coloniales inquiètes de cet afflux de migrants. Il retrace également des rencontres, notamment entre des réfugiés et les chantres de la négritude, comme Aimé Césaire. Il explore enfin la clôture de cette route de secours, en insistant sur le rôle des autorités américaines. L''arrivée de réfugiés aux noms à consonance allemande avait fini par alarmer Washington... Les craintes d''aujourd''hui autour d''une potentielle cinquième colonne parmi une masse de réfugiés – et les terribles conséquences de ces craintes sur des opérations de secours – n''ont donc rien de nouveau.

Argues that there is a shared public obligation to establish and maintain a culture of justice, with implications for education, poverty, free speech, and "PC" culture. In A Culture of Justice, Eric Thomas Weber shows how culture can enable or inhibit the pursuit of justice. Weber argues that there is a shared, public obligation to establish and maintain a culture of justice. Culture can be employed to threaten people''s self-respect, to diminish their sense of positive power to pursue meaningful life plans. Weber also addresses problems of poverty and stigmatization as well as of racism and threats conveyed by means of public speech and the cultivation of hatred. Advancing John Dewey''s idea that democracy is a way of life, not merely a set of political mechanisms, he draws implications for policies and practices related to poverty, education, free speech, and the inadequately named set of norms that we call "political correctness." Written in an accessible style, A Culture of Justice offers numerous everyday examples and conflicts for the reader to consider.

Der Versuch, Maschinen das Denken beizubringen, hat den Status der Science-Fiction längst überschritten. Künstliche Intelligenz ist mittlerweile ein Forschungsfeld für Wissenschaftler verschiedenster Disziplinen. Ein Ansatz, die Funktionsweise der menschlichen Intelligenz auf dem Computer nachzubilden, hat seinen Ursprung in der Biologie und basiert auf Modellen von Neuronalen Netzen. Eric Thomas geht der Funktionsweise und den Anwendungsmöglichkeiten dieser Modelle nach. Dabei zeigt er, dass es nicht nur um die Frage geht, ob Neuronale Netze Maschinen das Denken beibringen können, sondern auch darum, wie nutzerfreundlich sich die Erstellung und die Simulation von Neuronalen Netzen durch Softwarelösungen gestalten lässt. Aus dem Inhalt: - Künstliche Intelligenz; - Neuronale Netze; - Künstliche Neuronale Netze; - Usability; - MemBrain;

The Master Club Curriculum has been developed to build Martial Arts knowledge. This is a complete Martial Arts System all the way up to 6th degree Black Belt with the supervision of a certified instructor. The preparation for becoming a leader and instructor in martial arts!

Eroc (pronounced E-Rock) chases his dream of becoming a rock star while his life becomes a nightmare of love, friendship, loss and depression. Co-author Eric Munden shares his teenage art, journal entries and true life experiences to take the reader into the heart and soul of "Eroc" beyond the sex, drugs and rock ''n roll.

The Grind is today''s new textbook for success. It not only provides its readers with insight on achieving their goals, but further aims to bring about their peak levels of performance on a consistent basis. Three words can sum up the soul of this book: whatever it takes. This book features many in-depth examples of practices from some of the most prominent entities in the business world including Donald Trump, Sean Combs, Howard Schultz, David Geffen, Sam Walton, Russell Simmons, and many others who have achieved success. Along with characteristics such as hard work, dedication, attention to details, perseverance, The Grind includes groundbreaking unorthodox strategies to give the reader a competitive edge. Every person has the potential to become successful; the only limitation is the person''s own self and the effort they are willing to contribute. It is solely a choice whether or not they will do what is necessary to position themselves for success, and this book is the definitive reference that will motivate and show readers how to do just that.

This textbook for ESL students gives a variety of topics with conversational dialogues, monologues, and questions. The focus is for young students to learn the conversational aspect of English, rather than strict forms of grammar and language usage. This text is a perfect companion for ESL teachers wanting to focus on speaking. Please note: The Kindle version of this book is good as a preview. Please buy the print version to use as a efficient lesson book.

"Avec quelle rage l''antigaullisme s''acharne à propager la légende de "la résistance de Londres" ! Aux uns comme aux autres, j''oppose la vérité : la France libre fut africaine". Voilà ce que soutenait fort justement Jacques Soustelle, ethnologue tôt rallié à l''homme du 18 juin. Car à l''automne 1940, le Royaume-Uni n''apportait à la France libre ni combattants, ni matières premières, ni territoires. Le domaine du général de Gaulle s''étendait alors de la frontière tchado-libyenne au fleuve Congo. Sans ces territoires, quelle crédibilité, quelle reconnaissance internationale, quel argument pouvait-il invoquer contre Vichy qui se targuait de la "fidélité" de l''Empire ? Alors que la geste des combattants levés en Afrique du Nord et de l''Ouest comme les hauts faits de la résistance intérieure sont aujourd''hui bien connus, le sort de l''Afrique équatoriale française et du Cameroun, bastions gaullistes de la première heure, est demeuré injustement ignoré. Ce livre entend, pour la première fois, porter le regard sur ces territoires appelés à soutenir de leurs hommes et de leurs richesses l''étendard de la croix de Lorraine. La résistance à l''Allemagne nazie, à l''Italie fasciste et au régime de Vichy ne fut pas seulement portée en métropole par les héros de l''armée des ombres ; elle fut aussi, dès le mois d''août 1940, une odyssée africaine dont cet ouvrage, fondé sur des archives inédites, entend retracer le cours.

Quel fut le sort des colonies françaises restées loyales à Vichy ? Cet ouvrage exceptionnel analyse l''enthousiasme réservé à la Révolution nationale en milieu colonial, et les adaptations, mutations, ramifications qu''y connut cette idéologie. Jusqu''ici, les historiens du régime de Vichy et les spécialistes du colonialisme n''avaient pas apprécié l''impact de la Révolution nationale outre-mer. Plus qu''un simple choc psychologique, la défaite de 1940, puis l''avènement de Vichy marquèrent un durcissement des pratiques coloniales, depuis le travail forcé jusqu''au racisme affiché, en passant par l''introduction d''un " folklore authentique ". Juifs et Francs-maçons furent persécutés jusqu''aux confins de l''océan Indien ou de la mer de Chine. En Guadeloupe, l''épuration ode la culture républicaine fut entreprise entre 1940 et 1943... En Indochine, 600 000 jeunes furent embrigadés dans les Chantiers de jeunesse pétainistes. En étudiant pour la première fois la Révolution nationale " sous les tropiques ", cet ouvrage, basé sur un travail d''archives effectué sur quatre continents, ouvre des perspectives inédites : tant sur l''histoire de Vichy que sur celle du colonialisme et de la décolonisation française. Il répond ainsi à une question clef : à quoi aurait ressemblé un régime de Vichy affranchi de toute présence allemande ?

Une utopie coloniale. Telle est Dalat, surnommée "la ville de l''éternel printemps", réplique miniaturisée de la France que Paul Doumer, alors gouverneur général, fait bâtir en 1900, avec l''aide du docteur Yersin, sur les hauts plateaux indochinois pour être à la fois un lieu de repos et de sécurité et un nouveau centre de pouvoir. Terrain de jeu des Français, capitale fédérale indochinoise en 1946 et siège non officiel du pouvoir jusqu''en 1955, Dalat représente pendant des décennies un puissant symbole de domination et de contrôle. C''est son histoire et, à travers elle, l''histoire de l''Indochine coloniale française et du Vietnam postcolonial que propose ce livre une histoire haute en couleur, à la fois globale et locale, qui débute dans la brutalité à l''apogée de l''impérialisme européen, survit à deux conflits mondiaux et une guerre coloniale, et croise des questions étonnamment actuelles : les peurs climatiques, la violence coloniale, les épidémies tropicales transmises par les moustiques, les tentatives pour contrôler à partir d''une zone sécurisée un territoire ethniquement diversifié, les rapatriements réguliers des troupes impériales, les stratégies coloniales du "diviser pour mieux régner", et le tourisme colonial.

Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus (STIV) was isolated from acidic hot springs of Yellowstone National Park and was the first hyperthermophilic virus described with icosahedral capsid architecture. Structural analysis of the STIV particle and its major capsid protein suggests that it belongs to a lineage of viruses that predates the division of the three domains of life. Functional predictions of the viral proteins are hindered because they lack similarity to sequences of known function. Protein structure, however, may suggest functional relationships that are not apparent from the sequence. Thus, we have initiated crystallographic studies of STIV and expect to gain functional insight into its proteins while illuminating the viral life cycle. These studies may also provide genetic, biochemical, and evolutionary insight into its thermoacidophilic host and the requirements for life in these harsh environments. The first three proteins studied in structural detail are A197, B116, and F93. As anticipated, these structures suggest possible functions. The structure of A197 reveals a glycosyltransferase GT-A fold.

Traditionally, Christians and church leaders compartmentalize their lives into growing spiritually and serving other people. One studies the Bible, worships or serves others without much thought for how these spiritual disciplines of formation and missional living impact and influence one another. Through a designed pastoral experiment involving twenty-four individuals in three community groups, this project proves that missional living combined with spiritual practices increases the spiritual growth in the members of The Baptist Church of Beaufort (SC)..

In July of 1947, Superlative Publications, based in Streator, Illinois, released a new pulp magazine by the name of Superlative Tales. Due to unmitigated and coincidential circumstances, the publication was only on newsstands for less than a month. There has been much spectulation as to why it was pulled form the shelves. Whatever the reason, this publication has not been seen by anyone until it was rediscovered once again in 2000 by Anthony Feinman. Now, for the first time in 59 years, Ink & Feathers Comics is releasing the pulp that time forgot! Complete with original ads, art, and layouts, Superlative Tales is truly a blast from the past! Featuring stories by Maxwell Wild, Judith Blank, Arthur Ford, Gordon Cabot, Thomas Egan, and "Barky" McBarkton with permission by their decendents, Myke Feinman, Valerie McCann, Andy Bowers, Andy Hall, Jay E Dickerson, Eric T Gradberg, and Anthony Feinman.

The criminogenic effects of a hostile view of relationships and low levels of self-control are among the most replicated in trait-based criminology. Some researchers in evolutionary anthropology and human development have argued that risky and antisocial behavior can be explained by bodily developments (often measured by pubertal timing) that occur in response to evolutionary pressures. Life history (LH) theory argues that environmental unpredictability and harshness in childhood cause accelerated development, which predicts risky sexual behavior. Researchers in the LH perspective have recently expanded their arguments to suggest that hostility, self-control, and externalizing problems are part of a reproductive strategy. This paper compares hypotheses stemming from LH theory and two traditional theories of crime and evaluates the value added by the LH perspective. Analyses indicate modest evidence for an LH explanation of crime. Other explanations for the relationships between pubertal timing and crime and implications for future research are discussed.

Overall, on-time enrollment increases by 52.5 p.p., while orphans see an 8.7 p.p. enhancement between 1994 and 2004. Among orphans, boys'' enrollment rates advance more than girls'' between the two years. Additionally, the study finds a reduction of wealth effects for all groups between the two years. Overall, the effect of wealth on enrollment decreases by 8.1 p.p., while orphans'' wealth effects decrease by 8.6 p.p. Despite PEDP''s improvements to all groups in the study, non-orphans'' enrollment is seen to increase by 16.3 p.p. more than orphans'' enrollment rates, which is statistically significant in creating a widened enrollment gap in 2004, which was smaller and not significant in 1994.

The Institute of Environmental Sciences (IES) at Miami University has offered a Master of Environmental Science since 1969. I have completed the class work needed for a Masters Degree concentrating in ''Resource Analysis''. The program required a practicum, internship or thesis to complete the degree. As do most IES students, I chose the internship option so that I could gain valuable hands-on experience in environmental consulting. I have always been interested in consulting work because it represented a bridge between environmentalists and developers who often entertain opposite goals. Here I could use my botanical and environmental background to ensure that developers and government entities develop the landscape within the framework of Ohio''s laws. In addition, I could work with engineers at EMH & T, Inc. to minimize the effects of development upon the environment under the current laws. I completed the internship with Evans, Mechwart, Hambleton and Tilton (EMH & T) Inc. in Columbus, Ohio.

A systematic structural analysis of the folds and faults determines the stress generating mechanism(s) responsible for their formation. Mechanisms considered include Appalachian tectonism, Paleozoic and contemporary strike-slip movements along Cross-Strike Structural Discontinuities (CSDs), flexural stresses generated by glacial loading, ice shove or ice drag, gravitational loading of stream beds, and deformation by the contemporary stress field. The results of this study indicate that the contemporary stress field, acting in conjunction with stresses from glacial loading, produces high, anisotropic horizontal stress that is deforming the bedrock within the study area.