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Prophecy and Power
Heralded as the greatest living Arab poet, Syrian-born Adonis is also a staunch critic of violence and despotism in the Islamic world. In this book, he explores the nature of political power in Islam by focusing on the figure of the prophet Mohammed as both a political and a mythical leader. In conversation with Houria Abdelouahed, Adonis examines the Qur’anic intervention in establishing the prophet’s power, especially when the text is read based on faith and not reason. The authors discuss the historical developments before and after the prophet’s death, which established the power of the Caliph or the leader as absolute. The second part of the book examines the consequences of these developments in the Arab and Islamic world today, where this ‘tyrannical’ understanding of power continues to hold sway. The authors conclude with a call for secularism in the Arab world and a passionate plea for the separation of religion from the political, legal and social spheres.
Bauphysik-Kalender 2021
Die Standardkapitel zur Brandschutzbemessung von Bauteilen für alle Bauarten nach den Eurocodes 1 bis 6 und gemäß Industriebau-Richtlinie wurden für die vorliegende Ausgabe aktualisiert und überarbeitet.<br> Die ganzheitliche Betrachtung des vorbeugenden Brandschutzes unter Berücksichtigung der nutzungsbedingten Gefährdungspotentiale und Schutzziele spielt bei der Planung und Errichtung von Bauwerken eine wesentliche Rolle und verlangt von allen Beteiligten bei Entwurf und Planung, von Bauproduktenherstellern, Materialprüfungsämtern und Bauaufsichtsbehörden ein hohes Maß an Fachkenntnis über den aktuellen Stand der Technik aller relevanten Bereiche. Nur durch eine interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit können sichere und optimierte Brandschutzkonzepte entwickelt und realisiert werden, Umplanungen vermieden und Genehmigungsverfahren optimiert werden.<br> Daher bietet die aktuelle Ausgabe des Bauphysik-Kalender spezielle Kapitel zur Anwendung der Ingenieurmethoden (z. B. Parkgaragen, Schulgebäude), zum spezifischen Brandverhalten ausgewählter Baumaterialien (z. B. Dämmstoffe aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen) und zum spezifischen Brandschutz bei ausgewählten Baukonstruktionen (z. B. Außenwandbekleidungen). Im Hinblick auf die Wirtschaftlichkeit von Planungsentwürfen sind häufig Brandschutzkonzepte mithilfe von Ingenieurmethoden zielführend, während es in der Planung selbst durch Building Information Modelling (BIM) Einsparpotentiale gibt. Die Stellung des Brandschutzes im Bauordnungsrecht sowie die Regelungen zur Verwendung von Bauprodukten und Bauarten sind grundlegend und werden praxisnah erläutert.<br> Wie immer bewegen sich alle Kapitel nahe an der Ingenieurpraxis und enthalten zahlreiche Beispiele. Auch verbreitete Fehler bei der Bauausführung und während der Nutzung werden diskutiert. <br> Der neue Bauphysik-Kalender 2021 mit dem Schwerpunktthema Brandschutz bietet eine solide Arbeitsgrundlage und ein verlässliches aktuelles Nachschlagewerk für die Planung in Neubau und Bestand, und zwar sowohl für den konstruktiven Brandschutz als auch für die ingenieurmäßigen Brandschutzkonzepte.<br>
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
Learn how to address racial wealth disparity in the United States today From the life, professional experiences, and research of former Harvard Business School professor Steven Rogers, comes his boldly stated, A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues . This informative epistle investigates the causes of racial wealth disparity in the United States and provides solutions for addressing it. Through extensive data and historical research, anecdotes, teaching, and case studies, it presents practical ways White people can work with and help the Black community. It teaches readers that eliminating the $153,000 wealth gap between Black and White people is the solution to over 75% of our problems and offers solutions to help improve Black-White racial relations in the United States. In straightforward language, filled with facts, stories, advice, and sometimes even humor, A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues encourages every White person to share his/her wealth with the Black community—plain and simple. This book recommends that you spend a portion of your annual household budget with Black-owned companies. If more money is spent at Black-owned businesses, those companies can grow and create more jobs for Black people. Rogers also proposes White people make large savings deposits into Black-owned banks. These are the financial institutions that are the backbone of the Black community that provide loans to the Black community for businesses, education, automobiles, and home mortgages. And finally, he resolutely encourages White people to support government reparations to Black Americans who are descendants of Black men and women, who were enslaved from 1619 to 1865. Those who read the book will: Understand the root causes of racial disparities in America Discover how you can personally contribute to reducing the inequality between Black and White people in the United States today Get concrete recommendations on how to redirect your spending to Black-owned institutions to help decrease the racial wealth gap This groundbreaking book provides financial recommendations that you can put into practice today, using his helpful instructions in most of the chapters, to address the systemic inequality between White and Black Americans. Read A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues and be part of the path forward.
The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders
An authoritative overview of language and speech disorders, featuring new and updated chapters written by leading specialists from across the field The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders , Second Edition, provides timely and authoritative coverage of current issues, foundational principles, and new research directions within the study of communication disorders. Building upon the reputation of the landmark first edition, this volume offers an exceptionally broad and in-depth survey of the field, presenting original chapters by internationally recognized specialists that examine an array of language, speech, and cognitive disorders and discuss the most crucial aspects of this evolving discipline while providing practical information on analytical methods and assessment. Now in its second edition, the Handbook features extensively revised and refocused content throughout, reflecting the latest advances in the field. Original and updated chapters explore diverse topics including literacy and literacy impairments, patterns of normal and disordered language development, hearing impairment and cochlear implants, language acquisition and language delay, dementia, dysarthria, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and many others. This acclaimed single-volume reference resource: Provides 26 original chapters which describe the latest in new research and which indicate future research directions Covers new developments in research since the original publication of the first edition Features in-depth coverage of the major disorders of language and speech, including new insights on perception, hearing impairment, literacy, and genetic syndromes Includes a series of foundational chapters covering a variety of important general principles, including labelling, diversity, intelligibility, assessment, and intervention The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders , Second Edition, is essential reading for researchers, scholars, and students in speech and language pathology, speech, language and hearing sciences, and clinical llinguistics, as well as active practitioners and clinicians.