Literature

As UK universities close their English literature courses and Rishi Sunak wages war on degrees that 'don't increase earning potential', we celebrate 40 ...

Wainwright was brought up in Huddersfield and moved to London after graduating, where she became a bus driver. Lewis was brought up in Pontypool and went to stage school until the age of 12. For three years I read some of the best things ever written – not just English literature – at a time, the 1960s, when it was good, in other ways, to be alive and young. I loved my degree and I fell in love with the city of Durham, and the university too.” She subsequently worked for the Financial Conduct Authority, where she used behavioural science to understand whether regulations were protecting consumers, and is now head of behavioural risk at NatWest. Informed by her experience as a Conservative councillor in Guildford, she co-founded the Depolarization Project, which explores the idea of disagreement and promotes thought about the things that divide us. Dent was brought up in Carlisle and started working as a journalist while studying at Stirling. She started freelancing on graduation, writing columns for the Guardian, several novels for teenagers and a memoir. Hatton grew up in Gloucestershire and was a talented athlete from a young age, competing at a national level. He joined the Mail in 1979, and went on to become the title’s longest-serving editor. His specialism is re-scoring classic films, and in 2014 he was commissioned by the BFI to create a tribute to sci-fi films. She was given a two-year prison sentence for robbery at the age of 18, and started studying for her A-levels when she was released on curfew, gaining a place at Brighton to study English. She says: “I was the first person in my family to go to university and I almost dropped out at several points, as I was being messed about by the NHS and forced to wait to be seen by the Gender Identity Clinic. I was also facing family rejection and people abusing me in the street. At Leeds he edited the university newspaper, and joined the Daily Express in Manchester on graduation. The eldest of three children, born in north London to a Jamaican mother and an English father, Smith was the first person in her family to go to university.

By Tom Ward Thomas More University. Part 58 of Our Series: “Retrospect and Vista II: Thomas More College/University, 1971-2021” This is the second part of ...

In 1998, the department proposed to the AAC to “allow literature courses to ‘count’ as Fine Arts electives within the Core curriculum …” as an “attempt to at least allow students the option of taking a literature course as part of the Core requirements” (English Department Programmatic Review 1999, p. The department now stressed as its purpose that it would enable majors to live “lives of creativity, purpose and professional preparedness” (Interview with Dr. Daoud, June 21, 2022). The principal change was the introduction of the “English and Creative Writing” major. Following some initial student resentment over the tests, faculty tried to stress their importance to students and to include the tests as part of the ENG 405 “Senior Seminar.” The department tried to address the disparity of course and test contents by making ENG 305 “Directed Readings” more focused “on literary theory, literary research tools and methods,” while also introducing students “to the content of GRE field tests” (English Department Programmatic Review, 1999, pp. The department proposed to change the 101 and 102 “English Composition and Reading” courses in the core to new courses entitled “Literature and Writing” 101 and 102. In 1989, the English Department applied for a chapter of Sigma Tau Delta (STD), the National English Honors Society (Dillon to Hebert, Nov. 3, 1989, TMU Archives). The initiation of the Nu Omega Chapter of STD at TMC greatly benefitted the English majors who met the grade point requirement to become members (3.25 in English and 3.0 overall), as they were thereby eligible for scholarships (The Utopian, Dec. 5, 1989, p. The content of the courses was to be made more “writing intensive,” while a new “Intermediate Composition” course would be created as a non-core requirement for students whose writing skills were inadequate (Minutes of Curriculum Committee meeting, Mar. 20, 1992, TMU Archives). The Curriculum Committee regarded this as a means of addressing “in a positive manner” the English Department’s concern over the lack of literature in the core, though they also worried about further expanding a core of 56-61 credits (Curriculum Committee to Academic Affairs Committee, Mar. 23, 1992, TMU Archives). This seemed a way to increase literature in the core without adding additional credit hours. Even with several part-time professors, they were stretched thin by having to staff “service” courses required for the core, which often meant that staff had to grade a “sizeable part of the paper-correction load created by the writing requirements” (English Department Report, 1983-1984, p. The English Department members realized that part of the reason for the absence of a serious literature component was “criticism by the faculty that such a requirement would overload the core” (English Department Report, 1995-1996, p. Besides disagreeing with using such tests to assess their students’ achievements “– a concept we do not endorse – a concept which, in fact, we think is antithetical to the goals of our discipline,” they believed that “the range of knowledge expected is incredible.” What the students were expected to absorb in terms of “reading background and formal knowledge” for the standardized tests did not always correlate with what the faculty taught in their classes. 17, TMU Archives). Such a requirement partially fulfilled one goal of the department, “to instruct in written communication and in the appreciation of literature … ,” with the department bearing “the sole responsibility for offering the ‘service’ courses required for all students to fulfill the two-part writing skills requirement…” (English Department Self-Evaluation, ca. Sr. Colleen Dillion, SND, chair of the English Department at the time, hoped for a more extensive writing program to be adopted at TMC, something more than the “less-than-satisfactory results that can be achieved in a two-part writing requirement” (English Department Report, 1983-1984, pp. 1, TMU Archives). Yet this requirement, focused more on writing than around works of literature per se, seemed inadequate to the English Department, and the extent to which literature would be part of the core would be a point of contention for many years.

PRNewswire/ -- China Literature Limited ("China Literature" or "the Company", stock code: 0772), a leading online literature and intellectual property ...

Non-IFRS profit attributable to equity holders of the Company increased 0.2% year-over-year to RMB666.0 million (USD99.2 million). For example, we licensed a single edition of toy sculptures of the theme character "Medusa" from Battle Through the Heavens (斗破苍穹), which sold out immediately after the pre-sale launch with a GMV of RMB5 million. Non-IFRS operating profit increased 8.2% year-over-year to RMB693.8 million (USD103.4 million), reflecting our successful efforts to control operational costs. In the first half of 2022, the provision for doubtful receivables was RMB60.5 million (USD9.0 million) on a net basis, mainly related to TV series and film projects. - Average MAUs on our self-owned platform products and self-operated channels increased 13.8% year-over-year from 232.7 million to 264.7 million in the first half of 2022. General and administrative expenses decreased 12.2% year-over-year to RMB557.5 million (USD83.1 million), primarily due to a decrease in research and development expenses. Revenues from online business were RMB2,307.0 million (USD343.7 million), compared with RMB2,540.0 million in the first half of 2021. Selling and marketing expenses decreased 17.6% year-over-year to RMB1,110.5 million (USD165.5 million), mainly as we reduced promotion and advertising expenses for our online business as a part of cost control and efficiency improvement initiatives during the first half of 2022. - Operating profit was RMB251.2 million (USD37.4 million), compared with RMB1,284.0 million in the first half of 2021. The other losses in the first half of 2022 consisted mainly of fair value losses of RMB372.9 million (USD55.6 million) resulting from the decreased valuations of our investee companies, partially offset by a fair value gain of RMB112.2 million (USD16.7 million) due to a change in the fair value of consideration liabilities related to the acquisition of New Classics Media. The year-over-year difference was mainly due to a gain of RMB1,076.8 million related to the sale of our equity interest in Lazy Audio during the first half of 2021. Non-IFRS operating profit increased by 8.2% year-over-year to RMB693.8 million, and non-IFRS operating margin increased from 14.8% a year ago to 17.0% in the first half of 2022.

Abdulkadir Uslu and his team saved his 41-year-old patient from a difficult heart rhythm disorder, for which drug treatment was insufficient, with a method that ...

He said they mapped the outer part of the heart, called the “epicardium,” in 3D. Uslu pointed out that they mapped this region because they knew that the palpitation was caused by the outer surface, and pointed out that they could not catch the normal rhythm called sinus rhythm with ablation. At the end of two months, it was said that the operation was unsuccessful, so it would be tried again. Noting that they determined that this was an abnormal flutter, Uslu said that they then determined the exact focus in a complex way with 3D mapping to find the region where the abnormal rhythm originated. The operation was performed in the last week of December.” said. Stating that they planned the procedures accordingly, Uslu stated that they detected palpitations originating from the right upper atrium of the heart and they diagnosed the patient as “atrial tachycardia”. “We plan to treat the palpitation as a complex arrhythmia and treat it with both three-dimensional mapping and conventional methods. Taskiran noted that his disease worsened during this process and ablation treatment was recommended as a result of the examinations, but he continued to use medication because he was afraid. Stating that their first attempt was unsuccessful, Uslu said that they plan to completely isolate the heart from its own tissue by ablation by freezing the area called the “appendix” that comes out of the heart atrium. ” Emphasizing that the case has entered the medical literature in the world, Uslu said, “This case was published in a prestigious electrophysiology journal in Europe. It is one of the rare tachycardia surgeries performed in the world. Assoc. Uslu explained that they first placed a catheter in the heart to distinguish whether the palpitation was abnormal or sinus tachycardia originating from the heart, with electrophysiological study. Uslu stated that they are trying to remove the focus with a process called “radiofrequency ablation”. The article titled “Surgical treatment of a difficult case of atrial tachycardia requiring multiple electrophysiological procedures” by Abdulkadir Uslu and his team, in which Taskiran’s heart regained its normal rhythm, was published in the international refereed journal Journal of Electrocardiology and presented to our journal. What distinguishes the ablation treatment applied to Ercument Taskiran from others is the combination of “hot” and “cold” ablation methods as well as 3-dimensional mapping and the step-by-step implementation of all electrophysiology procedures.

The thing that turns a regular old accent chair into a reading chair, is that it's not purely for display. You're not putting it in the corner of the room no ...

No, this chair might be in a corner, but it's the comfy corner that has a floor lamp and quiet energy. The thing that turns a regular old accent chair into a reading chair, is that it's not purely for display. Once upon a time, a reading chair referred to something specific.

"Anyone could end up [on the new unified register]," says Aleksandr Verkhovsky of the SOVA Centre in Moscow. Human rights defenders and legal specialists have ...

"The new Criminal Code articles will affect religious organisations to the same extent that they will affect the whole of society," Chugunov explained to Forum 18 on 2 August. "So far, there is no reason to believe that such an impact will be special. In terms of participation in the activities of [undesirable foreign organisations], the impact of the amendments may be greater .. but it's too early to say." As lawyer Sergey Chugunov noted on his Telegram channel on 30 June, "now individuals can also be recognised as [foreign agents], so any citizen, including a member of the clergy, could be awarded this title in a personal capacity". "In practice, there may be several options," he commented to Forum 18 on 8 August. "There may be members or participants of organisations recognised as extremist. Forum 18 received no replies by the end of the working day in Moscow of 15 August. In relation to the founders of such organisations, leaders and their deputies, a court decision on involvement will not be required. The register of people is to be set up immediately, while the list of materials is to be created in July 2023 (see below). They provide for the creation of a "unified register of information about persons involved in the activities of an extremist or terrorist organisation", against which election officials can check prospective candidates. The text itself therefore does not make clear whether or not any person could be added to the new register, even if they have never had a formal relationship with a banned organisation and have never been involved in an extremism-related criminal case. The Federal List of Extremist Materials includes materials on religion which do not call for the human rights of others to be violated, alongside those with racist, anti-semitic, violent nationalist, and Islamist content (see below). "You could be a member in an organisation that has a membership, a participant – in any organisation (an employee is someone who has a contract of some kind). But there are 'people who are involved [prichastiye]' in the same register, and it's not at all clear who they are. "Anyone could end up [on the new unified register]," says Aleksandr Verkhovsky of the SOVA Centre in Moscow.

Abstract: Freshwaters can experience growths of toxin-producing cyanobacteria or harmful algal blooms (HABs). HAB-producing cyanobacteria can develop ...

56 pages / 2.8 MB Report Number: ERDC/EL TR-22-10 Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/45063

Let's consider Pali. Pali, a Middle Indo-Aryan language, native to the Indian subcontinent, is known to be diverse, with both its speakers and its backgrounds.

It is known as Upasampada Kammavaca, which commissioned the process and calligraphy used to officiate the establishment of the ‘sons of Burma’ as monks in various monasteries. But no one is ready to take on the task. Its offshoots include Sanskrit, Hindi, and a fragment of Pashto. It is conscionable to think of a society without all these derivations from past languages. But whatever happened to the philological introspections of the language? Acting as a guide to the life of many are to witness, they see Vedalla, specifically as a symbol of communication. The genres of Pali are mainly found in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.

She burst onto the literary scene in 1985 with her debut novel, “Face,” and later grappled with the immigrant experience and dangers of the nuclear age.

“I was so touched by his trials and amazed by the notion of actually making a face,” Ms. Pineda told the Associated Press in 1985, referring to the subject of the newspaper article who inspired her novel. In “Entry Without Inspection: A Writer’s Life in El Norte” (2020), Ms. Pineda recounted her family’s immigrant experience in the context of a broader investigation of immigration in the United States. Ms. Pineda received a bachelor’s degree in English from Barnard College in New York in 1954. Her mother, a draftswoman and illustrator, came from Francophone Switzerland, and the family spoke French at home. “Face” was a finalist for the 1985 National Book Award for first work of fiction. At Theatre of Man, Ms. Pineda directed productions based mainly on sound and movement. In her fictionalized rendering, the man was a poor, nearly illiterate Brazilian barber, Helio Cara, who, while racing on foot to the bedside of his dying mother, slips off a rain-slicked cliff and destroys his face. Is the shortsighted story of mankind the result of poor memory, defective or limited genetic development?” Ms. Pineda confronted the often fraught notion of identity, among other themes, in works of fiction, nonfiction and drama spanning more than half a century. Or — turning the questions on their head: Who is this I that dares to think of itself as concealed behind its face …? Her father, she recounted, had entered the United States in 1910 as an undocumented immigrant, studied at Harvard University and became a philologist and linguist. Unable to pay for plastic surgery, he wears a rubber mask before eventually using his manual skills as a barber to remake his face — and himself.