Charles Lewis

Alejandro Benes

Meredith O'Brien

Details where campaign contributions are coming from for the 1996 presidential candidates and describes the role these donations play in American elections

The Buying of the President

Excerpt from Two Sociable Friends: A Farce in One Act Act i.-home of Squire Gray - Squire and Madge - Paul a smug gier - ebess - Here 1am, dad - Shure I never did like brass but. Tons anyway - Major Smart on important business - Prevent him if possible from following a course that will lead to ruin - Bess and Terry - Ye'll not be able to resist the toe of his boot - Carew What a night for the wreckers - The plot to ruin Paul - Con vince the villagers and a rope will do the rest - Rodrick proposes to Madge and is rejected - Threats - Coward - The Polly sighted Paul returned and accused of being a wrecker - Take it back 1 say, or 1 will choke that lie down your cowardly throat - 'l'he proof I will never darken your door again until you retract those cruel words - Major Smart refuses to do his duty - Paul leaves home. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Farce in One Act (Classic Reprint)

Two Sociable Friends

Alina A. von Davier

Duanli Yan

Devising tests that evaluate a nation’s educational standing and implement efficacious educational reforms requires a careful balance among the contributions of technology, psychometrics, test design, and the learning sciences. Unlike other forms of adaptive testing, multistage testing (MST) is highly suitable for testing educational achievement because it can be adapted to educational surveys and student testing. Computerized Multistage Testing: Theory and Applications covers the methodologies, underlying technology, and implementation aspects of this type of test design. The book discusses current scientific perspectives and practical considerations for each step involved in setting up an MST program. It covers the history of MST, test design and implementation for various purposes, item pool development and maintenance, IRT-based and classical test theory-based methodologies for test assembly, routing and scoring, equating, test security, and existing software. It also explores current research, existing operational programs, and innovative future assessments using MST. Intended for psychologists, social scientists, and educational measurement scientists, this volume provides the first unified source of information on the design, psychometrics, implementation, and operational use of MST. It shows how to apply theoretical statistical tools to testing in novel and useful ways. It also explains how to explicitly tie the assumptions made by each model to observable (or at least inferable) data conditions.

Theory and Applications

Computerized Multistage Testing

The place of Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) in European literature is assured, and his significance for the development of German philosophy widely acknowledged. Here the focus is more specifically upon his poetics: a body of reflections on the nature of poetry and the meaning of the poet's vocation. These are found in poems and letters, in difficult (and often fragmentary) theoretical writings, and -- in the case of the 'Pindar Fragments' -- texts in which the distinction between poetry and theoretical reflection seems to be overcome. Although Hölderlin's poetics is considered from various points of view, the themes that emerge most frequently are Hölderlin's notion of a 'poetic law' or 'poetic logic', and his conception of tragedy and of what might be called the 'anti-tragic'. Also included is a new translation of Hölderlin's 'Notes' on Sophocles, which are here provided with a commentary. Charles Lewis received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Cambridge University. He has taught at Princeton University, and held an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at the Free University, Berlin.

Studies in Hölderlin's Poetics

The Law of Poetry

Susana Lewis

A Taste of Paradise is a guide to the preparation of delicious, easy to prepare foods with rich and authentic Caribbean flavors. These traditional foods form a natural, healthful diet with meals that are highly flavored and satisfying. The book provides over 200 traditional recipes for great tasting foods, many prepared with coconut cream. This book is more than an encyclopedia of traditional Dominican dishes. It explains how to prepare dishes, the selection and storage of tropical fruit, how to prepare plantains and cassava for cooking and how to obtain the most health benefit from foods. For example, it gives secrets on how to cook beans that are smooth and creamy and which avoid the formation of excess intestinal gas. This book was co-authored by a medical doctor board certified in preventive medicine

A Feast of Authentic Caribbean Cuisine and Refreshing Tropical Beverages for Health and Vitality

A Taste of Paradise

Discusses how the Internet has made it more confusing to discern fact from fiction, and how those in powerful positions use their authority to control the release of information and corrupt its content.

The Future of Truth and the Decline of America S Moral Integrity

935 Lies

This guide will show you how to set up a ETH wallet and NFT account in minutes.

A Quick Guide to Create Non-Fungible Tokens

How to Create a NFT in Less Than an Hour

Facts are and must be the coin of the realm in a democracy, for government "of the people, by the people and for the people," requires and assumes to some extent an informed citizenry. Unfortunately, for citizens in the United States and throughout the world, distinguishing between fact and fiction has always been a formidable challenge, often with real life and death consequences. But now it is more difficult and confusing than ever. The Internet Age makes comment indistinguishable from fact, and erodes authority. It is liberating but annihilating at the same time. For those wielding power, whether in the private or the public sector, the increasingly sophisticated control of information is regarded as utterly essential to achieving success. Internal information is severely limited, including calendars, memoranda, phone logs and emails. History is sculpted by its absence. Often those in power strictly control the flow of information, corroding and corrupting its content, of course, using newspapers, radio, television and other mass means of communication to carefully consolidate their authority and cover their crimes in a thick veneer of fervent racialism or nationalism. And always with the specter of some kind of imminent public threat, what Hannah Arendt called "objective enemies.'" An epiphanic, public comment about the Bush "war on terror" years was made by an unidentified White House official revealing how information is managed and how the news media and the public itself are regarded by those in power: "[You journalists live] "in what we call the reality-based community. [But] that's not the way the world really works anymore. We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality . . . we're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do." And yet, as aggressive as the Republican Bush administration was in attempting to define reality, the subsequent, Democratic Obama administration may be more so. Into the battle for truth steps Charles Lewis, a pioneer of journalistic objectivity. His book looks at the various ways in which truth can be manipulated and distorted by governments, corporations, even lone individuals. He shows how truth is often distorted or diminished by delay: truth in time can save terrible erroneous choices. In part a history of communication in America, a cri de coeur for the principles and practice of objective reporting, and a journey into several notably labyrinths of deception, 935 Lies is a valorous search for honesty in an age of casual, sometimes malevolent distortion of the facts.

The Future of Truth and the Decline of America's Moral Integrity

Be of good cheer because this is day chosen specifically for you to take the first step on the road to total freedom. Freedom from disease. Freedom from poverty. Freedom from self-sabotage. Freedom from hate. Freedom from fear. Freedom from mediocrity and all unfavorable circumstances. Today is your day to move your life forward. So, claim it, visualize it, feel it and receive it. Over the last ten years, The Law of Attraction has been the new crave. Success Consciousness defines the Law of Attraction as the attractive magnetic power that draws similar energies together. It manifests through the power of creation everywhere and in many ways. This law attracts thoughts, ideas, people, circumstances, and situations. It basically states that whatever you think about and focus on most, is what you attract into your experience thus giving you direct control over the circumstances of your life. It offers you some practical ways of harnessing this power using scientific prayer (Affirmations, Creative Visualization and Emotions)Although these principles have been used for centuries in Eastern Culture, most Americans treated this as if were a new concept when Rhonda Byrne released The Secret in 2006. Authors like Napoleon Hill and Dr. Joseph Murphy taught on this subject years ago and had some early success but it never caught fire. So, what we see today is a resurgence of old concepts with modern day applications. For traditional Christians, reading this book will be a bit uncomfortable at first. But I implore you to keep reading irrespective of your comfort level. You may also find my critique of the Bible a bit scathing, and overtly aggressive at times. Just trust that my only objective is to remove the clouds of religious tradition so that the sun may shine brighter on the Bibles truths and hidden wisdom. I show you the most effective and non-limiting approaches to scripture, while at the same time uncovering there hidden meaning.This book will give you practical ways to use the spiritual exercises effectively, boost your creative confidence, and attract abundance in all areas of your life. We will discuss some key habits of highly effective people and explore the power of your subconscious mind. For the people that are already on this path, this book will be one of many experiences that will be attracted into your life on your journey towards complete enlightenment.Ancient teachers and philosophers have long understood that the power to move mountains comes from inside of us. The physical world that we see is only a reflection of what's been created internally. Since the beginning of time attempts to understand, define, and label this power that creates worlds has been the source of passionate debate and major conflict. This power has been called God, The Source, Allah, Love, The Heavenly Father, The Matrix, Yahweh, The Universe, The Creative Mind, The Creator, and Jehovah. Stephen Hawking calls it The Mind of God, Dr. Joseph Murphy calls it the Subconscious Mind, and Neville Goddard calls it "your own wonderful imagination." In this book, I use almost these labels interchangeably. And even though I realize that gender is an altogether human characteristic as opposed to a spiritual one, I also refer to this power as Him.

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