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THE SHALLOWS ALSO BY NICHOLAS CARR The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google Does IT Matter? THE SHALLOWS What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains NICHOLAS CARR W. W. NORTON & COMPANY New York * London Copyright © 2010 by Nicholas Carr All rights reserved “The writing ball is a thing like me…” from Gramophone, Film, Typewriter by Friedrich A. Kittler, translated by Geoffrey Winthrop-Young and Michael Wutz. Copyright © 1996 by the Board of Trustees of the

conditioned by the ammount of risk we are ready to take. Earlier on today I visited a local farmer about three miles from where I live. He could not have been more than 55, but he said he was already too old to farm vigorously. He still suffered, he said, from the physical energy he displayed as a farmer in his younger days. Around his hut were two pepper bushes. There were cocoyams growing round him. There were snail shells which had given him it. There must have been more snails around the banana trees

Press 0521771587 - The Cambridge Companion to Sam Shepard Edited by Matthew Roudane Excerpt More information ´ MATTHEW ROUDANE Introduction Sam Shepard conferred upon the American stage its postmodernity in the 1960s. Of course he was not the only one to do so, but he interjected a youthful, exuberant, and experimental voice that extended our appreciation of a postmodern aesthetic. In the 2000s, Shepard continues experimenting with dramatic form and structure. He traverses the borders of faith

Problematic: Is the UK becoming a « divided realm »? Britain is today a crowded island and has a population of almost 61,8 million. Because of its geographical status, Britain has always been a multi-ethnic nation. Immigrant arrived for diverse reasons such as religious persecution or economic reasons. More recently, immigration has become a hot political issue. To start with, we are going to deal with a series of definitions: What is Great Britain? Which countries are in Great Britain? What is the United

Opportunities ............................................................................................................ 7 IV. Threats and Opportunities ....................................................................... 6 V. Identification of the Key external strategic issue ...................................... 7  Part 2: Internal analysis .................................................................................. 8 I. Mission statement .............................................

Lecture 2: The British Constitution & Monarchy To convey: traduire (au sens de communiquer, transmettre) To set up: établir, ériger To embody: incarner (embodiement) To draft: rédiger A landmark: un point de repère To lay down : établir par écrit A tax : un impôt Taxation : fait de payer des impôts To summon: convoquer A trial : un procès (from to try: juger) To make sure that Bill : Texte de loi proposé au Parlement (projet ou proposition) A money bill: un projet de loi de finances

without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lazarus, Richard S. Coping with aging / Richard S. Lazarus and Bernice N. Lazarus. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13 978-0 -19-517302-4 ISBN 0 -19 -517302-3 1. Older people. 2. Adjustment (Psychology) in old age. 3. Aging—Psychological aspects. I. Lazarus, Bernice N. II. Title. HQ1061.L39 2004 305.26 —dc22 2004009734 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States

long-standing personal relationships before they do business with people.  . It is still a good idea to develop a network of people who you know and trust. The Russian word "svyasi" means connections and refers to having friends in high places, which is often required to cut through red tape.  . Patience is essential.  . It is best to err on the side of formality when you first make contact. . Sincerity is crucial as it is required to build trust, and trust is needed to build a relationship. . Most

initiatique à travers The Brooklyn Follies Le Voyage initiatique à travers The Brooklyn Follies Jean-François Dreyfus Introduction Prolégomènes à l'étude du voyage initiatique dans The Brooklyn Follies Sous l'apparence du quotidien, un questionnement du monde A la découverte d'une forme de sacré Conclusion Bibliographie Introduction « I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn, and so the next morning I traveled down there from Westchester to scope out the terrain...» (1)

Read the following text. Water wars Fishermen haul in their nets on the Sea of Galilee. Things seem to have changed little from biblical times, but they have. These waters are a source of great tension between countries, not because they are holy, but because they are scarce. Yitzhak Gal from the Lake Authority showed me how the waters have fallen to a critically low level. “Five years ago, the water reached this line,” he explains. “Today you can see the lake is lower and the shoreline