Galdós’s early writings were inspired by the French writer Émile Zola, a practitioner of the literary school of Naturalism. This interest then turned to a type of spiritual naturalism under the influence of Russian writers, including Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Turgenev, whom he called his “great teacher.” One of his most important works during this period was the novel, Nazarín, a kind of retelling of the life of Christ, in which the main character, a disgraced priest, wanders about the countryside with two female companions, attempting to follow the teachings of the Bible to the letter. He is taken for either a saint or a mad man, and at the end is shut up in an institution. The publication of Nazarín was followed by its sequel, Halma, only six months later. In this novel, the protagonist, an aristocratic lady named Halma, after suffering great hardships, decides to use her inheritance to found an idyllic Christian society, harboring the needy and the sick. Two of its citizens will be the priest, Nazarín, and one of his two women followers; another will be Halma’s ne’er-do-well male cousin, Urrea. Her family and their friends express admiration for her high ideals, but they also believe she may be just as mad as the priest, and work to defeat her. A fortunate denouement comes only after the unforeseen intervention of the supposedly “mad” priest. Halma also has many points of contact with the motion picture Viridiana, by Spain’s’ great director, Luis Buñuel. In this film, a religious novice, Viridiana, attempts to turn a farm into a shelter for needy beggars. During her absence, however, the beggars wreck the house in a drunken orgy. While not sharing Buñuel’s artistic vision, Galdós, nevertheless, expresses his own ideas with great imagination.
Provides the first national account of the historical impact of urban planning and design on the Australian landscape. It defines and documents hundreds of places - parks, public spaces, redeveloped precincts, neighbourhoods, suburbs up to whole towns - that contribute to the character of urban and suburban Australia.
An updated and expanded new edition of an authoritative book on flight dynamics and control system design for all types of current and future fixed-wing aircraft Since it was first published, Flight Dynamics has offered a new approach to the science and mathematics of aircraft flight, unifying principles of aeronautics with contemporary systems analysis. Now updated and expanded, this authoritative book by award-winning aeronautics engineer Robert Stengel presents traditional material in the context of modern computational tools and multivariable methods. Special attention is devoted to models and techniques for analysis, simulation, evaluation of flying qualities, and robust control system design. Using common notation and not assuming a strong background in aeronautics, Flight Dynamics will engage a wide variety of readers, including aircraft designers, flight test engineers, researchers, instructors, and students. It introduces principles, derivations, and equations of flight dynamics as well as methods of flight control design with frequent reference to MATLAB functions and examples. Topics include aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, flying qualities, flight control, and the atmospheric and gravitational environment. The second edition of Flight Dynamics features up-to-date examples; a new chapter on control law design for digital fly-by-wire systems; new material on propulsion, aerodynamics of control surfaces, and aeroelastic control; many more illustrations; and text boxes that introduce general mathematical concepts. Features a fluid, progressive presentation that aids informal and self-directed study Provides a clear, consistent notation that supports understanding, from elementary to complicated concepts Offers a comprehensive blend of aerodynamics, dynamics, and control Presents a unified introduction of control system design, from basics to complex methods Includes links to online MATLAB software written by the author that supports the material covered in the book
Telling the truth is done in a way that is supportive, non-brutal, enlightening and comfortable. In general, people dont tell the truth because of many reasonsmostly because it is usually threatening to do so. But, if you dont get at the truthwhich means to see things the way that they really arethen you cant possibly discover the truth." --Werner Erhard This book, Self Realization: The est and Forum Phenomena in American Society, presents a view of the content and context of est , the events that took place and a look at the distinct personality of Werner Erhard who added his personal touch to the field of consciousness-raising. The est organization underwent great change from its beginnings and even now in its present form as the Forum series remains as a subject that is still open to a wide range of vast interpretations. It has been described as an organization that has tendencies of being a "cult" to one of an educational corporation that offers a profound and revealing experience. What is a fact is that the collective experiences of over 1,400,000 human beings who have gone through either the est training or the Forum series, and each of their particular contributions that have resulted from these experiences have certainly had an impact on America and the world. Werner Erhard, the founder of these courses, is undoubtedly the most famous ex-used-car salesman in the United States. Without any formal credentials, degrees or advanced educational training, he used his innate intelligence, intuition and insight to promote self-awareness in the United States. In the 1970s he was right for the timesin synch with the fledgling "me generation." By the time that he had retired the est training in 1984, and when he left the Forum in 1991, almost 750,000 people had undergone the courses that he had developed and marketed. Werner created the est training from three main sources: Mind Dynamics, Scientology and Zen. Even though these sources contributed greatly to est, a lot of credit must be given to Werner Erhard for putting the elements of the est training together in a unique fashion. He transformed the subject matter of life from mere words with his stated intent to alter the belief foundation that drives the lives of every human being on the planet. In the process, he became a trailblazeralbeit subject to the arrows that every pioneer becomes a target of from detractors, pundits, "experts" and others who did not understand what was being presented. For a while, Erhard was the poster child of the awareness movement that swept America during the 1970s. Eventually, through some of his actions, but mostly through the hostile environment of the media, he succumbed to the slaughter of the relentless and vicious attacks on his character and persona. Nevertheless, while it was vibrantly alive the est training provided one of the best and quickest opportunities available to radically alter ones life. Many competitors emerged but only est had the staying power for as long as it didand which still continues to this day under the Forum series. The importance of the est training and the Forum series, especially in the United States, is in the form of individual contributions that have transformed and enabled the people of this nation to enjoy a new level of spirituality, empowerment, perception and enhancement of their personal enlivenment and contribution.
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