citizens and politics in everyday life

... television machinery by fleshing out the concept of participation in interactive television and how this has transformed associations between producing and consuming By discussing three cases of interactive ... inside of digital machinery, by respectively taking on the SCREEN and the KEYBOARD as perceptual interfaces and conceptual metaphors that serve as points of passage between user and machine In ... having students things that matter in the world by immersing them in rigorous professional practices of innovation (ibid.) In doing so, a game player is trained to become a member of a certain...

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... that others will join us in questioning, critiquing, and intervening in surveillance and security regimes in everyday life T.M ChapTer Questioning Surveillance and Security Torin Monahan unfortunately, ... surveillance and security are intimately intertwined with institutions, ideologies, and a long history of social inequality (Lyon 2001; Gandy 1993) From this standpoint, one can begin to ask the kinds ... collecting and saving data is productive for maintaining and protecting civil society Indeed, social forgetfulness is a core value in American society, tied to its frontier history (seen in idioms...

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... policy instruments, identifying both the nexus and the distinctiveness of state politics and state policy-making The book enriches our understanding of the policy-making process in states and particularly ... 1998) According to the bond rating house of Standard and Poor, the financial rating of the states regarding total employment growth in 1994 indicates that Alabama, Illinois, and South Carolina fell ... states (Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina, and Virginia) In four states the director of finance (Alabama and Minnesota) or administration (Missouri and Wisconsin) appoints the budget...

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... Activity % of Internet Users Web surfing or browsing 81.7 Email 81.6 Finding hobby information 57.2 Reading news 56.6 Finding entertainment information 54.3 Buying online 50.7 Finding travel information ... Rainie and Jones 36 distinguish the more experienced “netizens” from others in the way they incorporate the Internet into both home and work life, and their comfort level in spending and managing ... were marginal at best on watching television, gardening, reading newspapers, magazines and books, shopping, telephoning, going to the pub, doing nothing, writing letters, sleeping, playing computer...

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... anchor constitutional meaning in certain privileged points in time Originalist interpretation focuses on the original, fixed, historical meaning of the Constitution Originalists look for historical ... Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper This one is for Nora —d.a.f For Paul, again and always —s.s This page intentionally left blank Life is painting a picture, not doing ... changes in legal culture and institutional processes In short, we think judges can be both guided by “the law” and also active participants in molding the law The biggest barrier to accepting this...

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... 6: Imagining the Possibilities: Accessing the Envision Brainset From Memory to Imagination Defining the Envision Brainset Neuroscience of the Envision Brainset Exercises: The Envision Brainset ... 7: Thinking Divergently: Accessing the Connect Brainset Defining the Connect Brainset Neuroscience of the Connect Brainset When to Access the Connect Brainset Exercises: The Connect Brainset47 ... part in my studies, enrolled in my creativity courses, and consulted me to help them in their creative professions Many of these individuals have been instrumental in talking me into writing this...

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... differences in life expectancy in industrialized countries? In E Crimmins, S Preston, and B Cohen (eds.), International Differences in Mortality in Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources Washington DC: ... arthritis and cancer, and emotional and mental illness including depression), disability and functioning status, and several salient health behaviors (smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical ... selection, imperfect recall and secular trends in diagnosis In principal, each of these effects could also be operating differentially in England and the US, and hence affecting our cross-country comparisons...

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... with many individuals reporting marked impairment of their health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and general well-being [5-8] Productivity, both during leisure time and while working (presenteeism), ... participating countries to fulfil their recruitment agreement Predefined sample size for Germany, Greece, Norway and Spain was 500 patients (allowing to obtain two-sided 95% confidence intervals for single ... consultations in Greece Some 43% of patients were employed (including self-employed), ranging from 34% in Spain to 52% in Sweden Demographic and clinical characteristics of such patients, by country,...

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... probability and stochastic optimization for international journals, including Applied Probability and Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences Understanding Probability Chance Rules in ... by adding an introductory chapter on Markov chains, particularly suited for students in computer science and engineering In the same style as the other chapters, the topic of Markov chains is ... taught by presenting interesting and realistic examples A solutions manual containing solutions to all of the exercises was prepared for instructors Finally, educational software supporting this book...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 05:20

... probability and stochastic optimization for international journals, including Applied Probability and Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences Understanding Probability Chance Rules in ... by adding an introductory chapter on Markov chains, particularly suited for students in computer science and engineering In the same style as the other chapters, the topic of Markov chains is ... taught by presenting interesting and realistic examples A solutions manual containing solutions to all of the exercises was prepared for instructors Finally, educational software supporting this book...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 08:20

... sobbing and not just crying; races instead of runs; exhilarating instead of fun; adored instead of liked F I G U R AT I V E LANGUAGE Another way to enliven your writing and your storytelling ... F 95 It’s fun and challenging to create these images and comparisons without necessarily planning a big piece of writing If you start thinking this way and keep track of interesting images as ... you can see and touch And that brings us back to where we started Remember page 1? Writing gives visibility to your thinking Whether you write essays for information and understanding, for persuasion...

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