Religion and State - The Muslim Approach to Politics The author argues that Muslims had never previously faced a material and cultural challenge such as the West presented them during the last two centuries; and that this modern-times challenge has been more severe for Muslims than for any other peoples. “Islam and the West, it can be argued, is a special case.” From this base, he sketches the Muslim leaders’ generally accommodationist responses to the West and the concurrent decline in Islamic influence. The leaders imbued the public sphere with an activist spirit and educated much larger numbers of students. But these “secularizing, centralizing, nationalizing” states also created impossible expectations of themselves that they completely failed to deliver on. This failure provided an opening for the shunted-aside Islamists to have their say. And the rest, as they say, is history. – Daniel Pipes
In northern India the Malwa have created an empire of unexampled evil. Guided or possessed by an intelligence from beyond time, with new weapons, old treachery, and an implacable will to power, the Malwa will sweep over the whole Earth. Only three things stand between the Malwa and their plan of eternal domination: the empire of Rome in the East, Byzantium; a crystal with vision; and a man named Belisarius, the greatest commander Earth has ever know. . . .
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
By Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig The leading textbook in Artificial Intelligence.
Used in over 1000 universities in 91 countries (over 90% market share).
The 85th most cited publication on Citeseer.
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach introduces basic ideas in artificial intelligence from the perspective of building intelligent agents, which the authors define as "anything that can be viewed as perceiving its environment through sensors and acting upon the environment through effectors." This textbook is up-to-date and is organized using the latest principles of good textbook design. It includes historical notes at the end of every chapter, exercises, margin notes, a bibliography, and a competent index. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach covers a wide array of material, including first-order logic, game playing, knowledge representation, planning, and reinforcement learning.
Learning Languages, Learning Life Skills: Autobiographical reflexive approach to teaching and learning a foreign language Learning Languages, Learning Life Skills offers an autobiographical reflexive approach to foreign language education. The orientation of the book is practical, containing rich descriptions of language learning situations including authentic language use and student stories.
Teaching, including planning, methods, classroom work and evaluation, and case studies of "good" language learning and how dialogue based on reminiscing can be used to promote students’ well-being in the language classroom are described in detail. Many practical examples of how to develop autobiographical reflexive approach, based on the phenomenological philosophy, and methodology, are presented. Learning Languages, Learning Life Skills significantly enhances the communicative approach and going beyond it into a new paradigm, whereby foreign language teaching and learning are seen as foreign language education.
FRAMEWORK Upper Intermediate level 4 WORKBOOK
Сегодня - долгожданная рабочая тетрать для популярного курса Framework Upper-Intermediate. Enjoy! Довольно "свежий" и очень приятный во всех отношениях курс. Предназначен взрослым студенам и Young Adults уровня Upper-Intermediate. Интересные темы и реальный английский язык. Всячески рекомендуем!
With a clear methodology based in the practice of the four skills, an inductive approach to grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, Framework is a fresh, new and innovative method . It promotes oral expression of ´Real English´ through the study of traditional themes from a more contemporary and relevant angle, inviting personalisation and discussion.
Framework has been piloted by hundreds of teachers and students nation-wide and combines teaching and learning techniques that really work. A section called The Real Thing which introduces students to real communicative contexts and also encourages them to notice structures within the text. A "Takeaway English" section in which students are presented with key functional high frequency language for survival in social situations. Dynamic and contemporary topics covered with a fresh approach. A serious approach to evaluation, self-assessment and recycling exemplified by Flashback units which revise key structures seen in preceding units. Total flexibility, as each unit is self-contained and, at the same time, interlocked with the rest of the book. An inductive approach to grammar with meaningful practice of new and recycled structures. A Reference Guide as a resource for students to have all the support they need to tackle the challenges of the course. The content and objectives have been developed according to the regulations of the Common European Framework. Отсканировано специально для englishtips.org
FRAMEWORK Upper Intermediate level 4 WORKBOOK
