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49 Books Published by Routledge on Our Site — Book Cover Mosaic
Africa's International Relations: The Diplomacy of Dependency and Change
by Ali Mazrui
Routledge (Jun 07, 2019)
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The author presents a journey through African and Western history, culture and politics. By essaying Africa's international relations, Mazrui returns to an important truth: the power of race and culture in Africa's relations with the West. Discussing African political formation, his overriding theme, not unpredictably, is assimilation - of the enti
Frederick Douglass in Ireland: In His Own Words
Routledge (Jul 02, 2018)
Frederick Douglass spent four months in Ireland at the end of 1845 that proved to be, in his own words, �transformative'. He reported that for the first time in his life he felt like a man, and not a chattel. Whilst in residence, he became a spokesperson for the abolition movement, but by the time he left the country in early January 1846, he believed that the cause of the slave was the cause of the oppressed everywhere. For the remainder of his life, he became a champion of social justice for all, regardless of colour, gender, or ethnic origins. Douglass's time in Ireland also coincided with the onset of the tragedy that, retrospectively, was referred to �The Great Hunger'. When he commented on the poverty that was so pervasive in Ireland, he could not have known that he had witnessed the start of a humanitarian disaster that would change the world. This book adds new insight into Frederick Douglass and his time in Ireland. Contemporary newspaper accounts of the lectures that Douglass gave during his tour of Ireland (in Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, and Belfast) have been located and transcribed. The speeches are annotated and accompanied by letters written by Douglass during his stay. In this way, for the first time, we hear Douglass in his own words. This unique approach allows us to follow the journey of the young man who, while in Ireland, discovered his own voice. Moreover, it provides a definitive catalogue of Douglass's speech at a transformative time in his life, and in the development of the transatlantic anti-slavery movement.
On African-American Rhetoric
by Keith Gilyard
Routledge (Apr 22, 2018)
On African-American Rhetoric traces the arc of strategic language use by African Americans from rhetorical forms such as slave narratives and the spirituals to Black digital expression and contemporary activism. The governing idea is to illustrate the basic call-response process of African-American culture and to demonstrate how this dynamic has been and continues to be central to the language used by African Americans to make collective cultural and political statements. Ranging across genres and disciplines, including rhetorical theory, poetry, fiction, folklore, speeches, music, film, pedagogy, and memes, Gilyard and Banks consider language developments that have occurred both inside and outside of organizations and institutions. Along with paying attention to recent events, this book incorporates discussion of important forerunners who have carried the rhetorical baton. These include Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Sojourner Truth, Anna Julia Cooper, W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Toni Cade Bambara, Molefi Asante, Alice Walker, and Geneva Smitherman. Written for students and professionals alike, this book is powerful and instructive regarding the long African-American quest for freedom and dignity.
Frederick Douglass: A Biography
by Booker T. Washington
Routledge (Oct 06, 2017)
The Metaphysics of Love
Routledge (Sep 20, 2017)
The Metaphysics of Love develops the existential metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas, applying it to explore the ontological structure of the human person. Published first in 1962, this book demonstrates the fertility of Thomistic metaphysics and the enduring influence of Thomism on Western philosophy. It uncovers the ecstatic structure of human existence, in dialogue with philosophers ranging from Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas, to Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Tillich, Zubiri, and Ortega y Gassett, as well as theologians and historians Romano Guardini, Hilaire Belloc, and Eric Voegelin.Philosophical and theological examinations of love have in various ways raised the following question: how can love of self (eros) be harmonized with love of others (agape)? These types of love represent two drives, Wilhelmsen argues, that in the end must be seen as aspects of existence itself. Moral and psychological problems of love turn out to be manifestations of metaphysical issues.While different cultures have emphasized one of these drives or the other, a healthy culture will not completely forget either. Cultures differ in the way they emphasize one or the other, or flee from one or the other. These dimensions of human existence provide the framework for a person's love of self, neighbour, and God. This volume is part of Transaction's Library of Conservative Thought series.
Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life
by bell hooks
Routledge (Nov 17, 2016)
In this provocative and captivating dialogue, bell hooks and Cornel West come together to discuss the dilemmas, contradictions, and joys of Black intellectual life. The two friends and comrades in struggle talk, argue, and disagree about everything from community to capitalism in a series of intimate conversations that range from playful to probing to revelatory. In evoking the act of breaking bread, the book calls upon the various traditions of sharing that take place in domestic, secular, and sacred life where people come together to give themselves, to nurture life, to renew their spirits, sustain their hopes, and to make a lived politics of revolutionary struggle an ongoing practice. This 25th anniversary edition continues the dialogue with "In Solidarity," their 2016 conversation at the bell hooks Institute on racism, politics, popular culture and the contemporary Black experience.
Building a Learning Culture in America
by Kevin P. Chavous
Routledge (Aug 30, 2016)
Building a Learning Culture in America takes an incisive, no-holds-barred look at how America embraced and cultivated a culture of learning in the past, how that culture declined in the sixties and seventies, and what must be done to regain it. From political gridlock to systemic discrimination, Chavous details the many ways education today is off track, and cites specific examples of what Americans might do to reform it.
Part memoir and part manifesto, this is a frank, fascinating, and personal account of Chavous' experience as a politician working to enact school choice in Washington, DC, and throughout the United States. During the course of his political career, he has seen political skirmishes and party scuffles interfere with the United States' ability to improve its educational system. These conflicts did not cause the problem; they were merely a result. The true problem was more basic: the decline of America's learning culture.
This pivotal work calls for Americans to unite in making the changes needed to re-establish a learning culture as an inherent piece of the American national fabric, and tells us how to begin.
"In Building a Learning Culture in America, I really like that Kevin Chavous is talking about how we can make education cool again! Learning is cool, being well-educated is important, and it should be fun! We need to join Kevin in building a national movement around learning." —Laila Ali, Fitness & Wellness Expert, Television Personality and Boxing Champion
"I had the opportunity to work with Kevin in Washington, DC and saw first-hand his unwavering commitment to the education of our children. Building a Learning Culture in America is a story, a reflection, a consideration of national and international education issues, and most importantly, a manifesto. Kevin draws you into his self-described "life's work" by sharing his personal story and his journey into becoming a vocal, effective and sought-after advocate for children. Whether you agree with all of his stances or not, you will be moved by his passion and touched by the stories he shares of children and schools from around the globe. I'm ready to be a part of Made in America. Let's do it!" —Deborah Gist, Superintendent, Tulsa Public Schools
"Education often brings to mind the old saying about the weather—everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it. Kevin Chavous is not everyone. A force of nature himself, he's been battling to reshape American education for two decades. Weaving together educational expertise, lessons —Frederick M. Hess, Director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute
Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America
Routledge (May 11, 2016)
'The sheer range of West's interests and insights is staggering and exemplary: he appears equally comfortable talking about literature, ethics, art, jurisprudence, religion, and popular-cultural forms.' - Artforum Keeping Faith is a rich, moving and deeply personal collection of essays from one of the leading African American intellectuals of our age. Drawing upon the traditions of Western philosophy and modernity, Cornel West critiques structures of power and oppression as they operate within American society and provides a way of thinking about human dignity and difference afresh. Impressive in its scope, West confidently and deftly explores the politics and philosophy of America, the role of the black intellectual, legal theory and the future of liberal thought, and the fate of African Americans. A celebration of the extraordinary lives of ordinary Americans, Keeping Faith is a petition to hope and a call to faith in the redemptive power of the human spirit.
Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery
In Sisters of the Yam, bell hooks reflects on the ways in which the emotional health of black women has been and continues to be impacted by sexism and racism. Desiring to create a context where black females could both work on their individual efforts for self-actualization while remaining connected to a larger world of collective struggle, hooks articulates the link between self-recovery and political resistance. Both an expression of the joy of self-healing and the need to be ever vigilant in the struggle for equality, Sisters of the Yam continues to speak to the experience of black womanhood.
Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
In childhood, bell hooks was taught that "talking back" meant speaking as an equal to an authority figure and daring to disagree and/or have an opinion. In this collection of personal and theoretical essays, hooks reflects on her signature issues of racism and feminism, politics and pedagogy. Among her discoveries is that moving from silence into speech is for the oppressed, the colonized, the exploited, and those who stand and struggle side by side, a gesture of defiance that heals, making new life and new growth possible.
Black Looks: Race and Representation
In the critical essays collected in Black Looks, bell hooks interrogates old narratives and argues for alternative ways to look at blackness, black subjectivity, and whiteness. Her focus is on spectatorship?in particular, the way blackness and black people are experienced in literature, music, television, and especially film?and her aim is to create a radical intervention into the way we talk about race and representation. As she describes: "the essays in Black Looks are meant to challenge and unsettle, to disrupt and subvert." As students, scholars, activists, intellectuals, and any other readers who have engaged with the book since its original release in 1992 can attest, that's exactly what these pieces do.
Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics
For bell hooks, the best cultural criticism sees no need to separate politics from the pleasure of reading. Yearning collects together some of hooks's classic and early pieces of cultural criticism from the '80s. Addressing topics like pedagogy, postmodernism, and politics, hooks examines a variety of cultural artifacts, from Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing and Wim Wenders's film Wings of Desire to the writings of Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison. The result is a poignant collection of essays which, like all of hooks's work, is above all else concerned with transforming oppressive structures of domination.
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
A classic work of feminist scholarship, Ain't I a Woman has become a must-read for all those interested in the nature of black womanhood. Examining the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism, racism among feminists, and the black woman's involvement with feminism, hooks attempts to move us beyond racist and sexist assumptions. The result is nothing short of groundbreaking, giving this book a critical place on every feminist scholar's bookshelf.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
When Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center was first published in 1984, it was welcomed and praised by feminist thinkers who wanted a new vision. Even so, individual readers frequently found the theory "unsettling" or "provocative." Today, the blueprint for feminist movement presented in the book remains as provocative and relevant as ever. Written in hooks's characteristic direct style, Feminist Theory embodies the hope that feminists can find a common language to spread the word and create a mass, global feminist movement.
British Women and the Spanish Civil War
by Angela Jackson
Routledge (Feb 27, 2014)
Through oral and written narratives, this book examines the interaction between women and the war in Spain, their motivation, the distinctive form of their involvment and the effect of the war on their individual lives. These themes are related to wider issues, such as the nature of memory and the role of women within the public sphere. The extent to which women engaged with this cause surpasses by far other instances of female mobilization in peace-time Britain. Such a phenomenon therefore can offer lessons to those who would wish to encourage a greater degree of interest amongst women in political activities today.
The Global Obama: Crossroads Of Leadership In The 21St Century (Leadership: Research And Practice)
by Dinesh Sharma and Uwe P. Gielen
Routledge (Dec 05, 2013)
The Global Obama examines the president's image in five continents and more than twenty countries. It is the first book to look at Barack Obama's presidency and analyze how Obama and America are viewed by publics, governments, and political commentators around world. The author of Barack Obama in Hawaii and Indonesia: The Making of a Global President (Top 10 Black History Book) scaled the globe to gather opinions � cultural, historical, and political analyses � about Obama's leadership style. Writers, journalists, psychologists, consultants, and social scientists present their views on Obama's leadership, popularity, and many of the global challenges that still remain unresolved. As a progress report, this is the first book that tries to grasp �the Obama phenomenon' in totality, as perceived by populations around the world with special focus on America's leadership in the 21st�Century.
Suzan-Lori Parks in Person: Interviews and Commentaries
This collection of interviews offers unprecedented insight into the plays and creative works of Suzan-Lori Parks, as well as being an important commentary on contemporary theater and playwriting, from jazz and opera to politics and cultural m
Race, Philosophy, And Film (Routledge Studies In Contemporary Philosophy)
by Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo and Dan Flory
Routledge (Mar 22, 2013)
This collection fills a gap in the current literature in philosophy and film by focusing on the question: How would thinking in philosophy and film be transformed if race were formally incorporated moved from its margins to the center? The collection's contributors anchor their discussions of race through considerations of specific films and television series, which serve as illustrative examples from which the essays' theorizations are drawn. Inclusive and current in its selection of films and genres, the collection incorporates dramas, comedies, horror, and science fiction films (among other genres) into its discussions, as well as recent and popular titles of interest, such as Twilight, Avatar, Machete, True Blood, and The Matrix and The Help. The essays compel readers to think more deeply about the films they have seen and their�experiences of these narratives.
Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory And Practice
What are the conditions needed for our nation to bridge cultural and racial divides? By "writing beyond race," noted cultural critic bell hooks models the constructive ways scholars, activists, and readers can challenge and change systems of domination. In the spirit of previous classics like Outlaw Culture and Reel to Real, this new collection of compelling essays interrogates contemporary cultural notions of race, gender, and class. From the films Precious and Crash to recent biographies of Malcolm X and Henrietta Lacks, hooks offers provocative insights into the way race is being talked about in this "post-racial" era.
As I Run Toward Africa: A Memoir
by Molefi Kete Asante
Routledge (Jan 22, 2012)
As I Run Toward Africa is Molefi Kete Asante's memoir of his extraordinary life. He takes the reader on a journey from the American South to the homes of kings in Africa. Born into a family of 16 children living in a two bedroom shack, Asante rose to become director of UCLA's Centre for Afro American Studies, editor of the Journal of Black Studies and university professor by the age of 30. The government of Ghana designated Asante as a traditional king in 1996. Asante recounts his meetings with personalities such as Wole Soyinka, Cornel West and others. This is an uplifting real-life story about hope and empowerment.
Voices of Determination: Children That Defy the Odds
Voices of Determination tells the stories of ten children who overcame extraordinarily difficult circumstances to get an education and end the cycle of generational poverty. It debunks the myth that children are victims of circumstance. In this moving work, Kevin P. Chavous argues that children can and will succeed if the educational system provides them with the opportunity to learn.
Many of these narratives depict public schools at their worst. Chavous argues that poor communities routinely hire inexperienced teachers, lack resources, and pass kids along until they drop out. Once out of school, these youngsters quickly find out that they are unprepared for the job market. This, he claims, leads many young people to drift into anti-social behavior and turn to gangs, drugs, and unproductive lifestyles. In addition the narratives in this volume also address such social issues as immigration, bad neighborhoods, poor health care, addiction, and child abuse. Chavous highlights how hope for a better future enabled the children whose stories make up this volume to achieve a better life.
There are potential challenges at every stage of a child's development and the adults around them need to be nearby and ready to act effectively. Chavous concludes that the need to strengthen families and to rebuild surrounding communities should be the top priorities for society as a whole.
True To The Language Game: African American Discourse, Cultural Politics, And Pedagogy
In True to the Language Game, Keith Gilyard, one of the major African American figures to emerge in language and cultural studies, makes his most seminal work available in one volume. This collection of new and previously published essays contains Gilyard's most relevant scholarly contributions to deliberations about linguistic diversity, cultural identity, critical literacy, writing instruction, literary texts, and popular culture. The volume also features contemporary treatises on such timely topics as "students' right to their own language," code-switching pedagogy, and political discourse surrounding the rise of Barack Obama. Gilyard weaves together serious analysis, theoretical work, policy discussions, and personal reflections on the interplay of language, literacy, and social justice to make True to the Language Game essential reading for students and scholars in rhetorical studies, composition studies, applied linguistics, and education.
Rooming in the Master's House: Power and Privilege in the Rise of Black Conservatism
Rooming in the Master's House is a strikingly original portrait of the black conservative movement by two of the most celebrated African American scholars. Asante and Hall show that today's black conservative movement can be traced to the original class and social distinctions created during slavery when certain Africans were given positions in the master's house and consequently felt that they were better than the Africans who worked in the fields. Using historical and social sources, the authors weave a narrative explaining how the house Negro syndrome continues in current discourses on the black community and in American Politics.
Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom
In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today. In a series of short, accessible, and enlightening essays, hooks explores the confounding and sometimes controversial topics that teachers and students have urged her to address since the publication of the previous best-selling volumes in her Teaching series, Teaching to Transgress and Teaching Community. The issues are varied and broad, from whether meaningful teaching can take place in a large classroom setting to confronting issues of self-esteem. One professor, for example, asked how black female professors can maintain positive authority in a classroom without being seen through the lens of negative racist, sexist stereotypes. One teacher asked how to handle tears in the classroom, while another wanted to know how to use humor as a tool for learning. Addressing questions of race, gender, and class in this work, hooks discusses the complex balance that allows us to teach, value, and learn from works written by racist and sexist authors. Highlighting the importance of reading, she insists on the primacy of free speech, a democratic education of literacy. Throughout these essays, she celebrates the transformative power of critical thinking. This is provocative, powerful, and joyful intellectual work. It is a must read for anyone who is at all interested in education today.
Uncommon Sense: From the Writings of Howard Zinn
Why Howard Zinn has become one of the most important and influential American historians is perhaps nowhere more evident than in this new book. Few social critics have been as inspiring as the ever-hopeful Zinn and, unlike many historians, Zinn turns historical details toward deeper observations on the universal truths and struggles of humankind. His remarkable wisdom and insight can be found in his earliest writings through his latest essays, speeches, and plays. Uncommon Sense brings together his most poignant and profound quotations from decades of writing and speaking. The book reveals the philosophical side of Howard Zinn and a consistency of vision over 50 years on topics ranging from government to race, history, law, civil disobedience, and activism. Offering quotations of universal and timeless quality, the book shows why history will regard this historian as a political and moral philosopher in the company of Paine, Jefferson, Frederick Douglass, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Belonging: A Culture of Place
What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? These are some of the questions of place and belonging that renowned cultural critic bell hooks examines in her new book, Belonging: A Culture of Place. Traversing past and present, Belonging charts a cyclical journey in which hooks moves from place to place, from country to city and back again, only to end where she began—her old Kentucky home. hooks has written provocatively about race, gender, and class; and in this book she turns her attention to focus on issues of land and land ownership. Reflecting on the fact that 90% of all black people lived in the agrarian South before mass migration to northern cities in the early 1900s, she writes about black farmers, about black folks who have been committed both in the past and in the present to local food production, to being organic, and to finding solace in nature. Naturally, it would be impossible to contemplate these issues without thinking about the politics of race and class. Reflecting on the racism that continues to find expression in the world of real estate, she writes about segregation in housing and economic racialized zoning. In these critical essays, hooks finds surprising connections that link of the environment and sustainability to the politics of race and class that reach far beyond Kentucky. With characteristic insight and honesty, Belonging offers a remarkable vision of a world where all people—wherever they may call home—can live fully and well, where everyone can belong.
Reel to Real: Race, Sex and Class at the Movies (Routledge Classics)
Movies matter � that is the message of� Reel to Real, bell hooks' classic collection of essays on film. They matter on a personal level, providing us with unforgettable moments, even life-changing experiences and they can confront us, too, with the most profound social issues of race, sex and class. Here bell hooks � one of America's most celebrated and thrilling cultural critics � talks back to films that have moved and provoked her, from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction to the work of Spike Lee. Including also her conversations with master filmmakers such as Charles Burnett and Julie Dash, Reel to Real is a must read for anyone who believes that movies are worth arguing about.
Howard Zinn on Democratic Education
Perhaps no other historian has had a more profound and revolutionary impact on American education than Howard Zinn. This is the first book devoted to his views on education and its role in a democratic society. Howard Zinn on Democratic Education describes what is missing from school textbooks and in classrooms-and how we move beyond these deficiencies to improve student education. Critical skills of citizenship are insufficiently developed in schools, according to Zinn. Textbooks and curricula must be changed to transcend the recitation of received wisdom too common today in schools. In these respects, recent Bush Administration and educational policies of most previous US presidents have been on the wrong track in meeting educational needs. This book seeks to redefine national goals at a time when public debates over education have never been more polarised—nor higher in public visibility and contentious debate. Zinn's essays on education-many never before published—are framed in this book by a dialogue between Zinn and Donaldo Macedo, a distinguished critic of literacy and schooling, whose books with Paulo Freire, Noam Chomsky and other authors have received international acclaim.
Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations (Routledge Classics) (Volume 83)
According to the Washington Post, no one who cares about contemporary African-American cultures can ignore bell hooks' electrifying feminist explorations. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike Lee, Outlaw Culture presents a collection of essays that pulls no punches. As hooks herself notes, interrogations of popular culture can be a �powerful site for intervention, challenge and change'. And intervene, challenge and change is what hooks does best.
The Black Power Movement: Rethinking The Civil Rights-Black Power Era
The Black Power Movement remains an enigma. Often misunderstood and ill-defined, this radical movement is now beginning to receive sustained and serious scholarly attention. Peniel Joseph has collected the freshest and most impressive list of contributors around to write original essays on the Black Power Movement. Taken together they provide a critical and much needed historical overview of the Black Power era. Offering important examples of undocumented histories of black liberation, this volume offers both powerful and poignant examples of 'Black Power Studies' scholarship.
Affirmative Action: Racial Preference In Black And White (Positions: Education, Politics, And Culture)
by Tim Wise
Affirmative Action examines the larger structure of institutional white privilege in education, and compares the magnitude of white racial preference with the policies typically envisioned when the term "racial preference" is used. In doing so, the book demonstrates that the American system of education is both a reflection of and a contributor to a structure of institutionalized racism and racial preference for the dominant majority.
Africa and World Peace
by George Padmore
A study of how Africa, as an object of imperialism for the large capitalist nations, came to be drawn into power politics.
Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt (African Studies: History, Politics, Economics and Culture)
by Maulana Karenga
We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity
"When women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news," writes bell hooks. "If the topic gets specific and the focus is on black men, the news is even worse."
In this powerful new book, bell hooks arrests our attention from the first page. Her title—We Real Cool; her subject—the way in which both white society and weak black leaders are failing black men and youth. Her subject is taboo: "this is a culture that does not love black males:" "they are not loved by white men, white women, black women, girls or boys. And especially, black men do not love themselves. How could they? How could they be expected to love, surrounded by so much envy, desire, and hate?"
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope
Ten years ago, bell hooks astonished readers with Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Now comes Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope - a powerful, visionary work that will enrich our teaching and our lives. Combining critical thinking about education with autobiographical narratives, hooks invites readers to extend the discourse of race, gender, class and nationality beyond the classroom into everyday situations of learning. bell hooks writes candidly about her own experiences. Teaching, she explains, can happen anywhere, any time - not just in college classrooms but in churches, in bookstores, in homes where people get together to share ideas that affect their daily lives. In Teaching Community bell hooks seeks to theorize from the place of the positive, looking at what works. Writing about struggles to end racism and white supremacy, she makes the useful point that "No one is born a racist. Everyone makes a choice." Teaching Community tells us how we can choose to end racism and create a beloved community. hooks looks at many issues-among them, spirituality in the classroom, white people looking to end racism, and erotic relationships between professors and students. Spirit, struggle, service, love, the ideals of shared knowledge and shared learning - these values motivate progressive social change. Teachers of vision know that democratic education can never be confined to a classroom. Teaching - so often undervalued in our society — can be a joyous and inclusive activity. bell hooks shows the way. "When teachers teach with love, combining care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect, and trust, we are often able to enter the classroom and go straight to the heart of the matter, which is knowing what to do on any given day to create the best climate for learning."
Hitler's Black Victims: The Historical Experiences of European Blacks, Africans and African Americans During the Nazi Era (Crosscurrents in African American History)
by Clarence Lusane
Drawing on interviews with the black survivors of Nazi concentration camps and archival research in North America, Europe, and Africa, this book documents and analyzes the meaning of Nazism's racial policies towards people of African descent, specifically those born in Germany, England, France, the United States, and Africa, and the impact of that legacy on contemporary race relations in Germany, and more generally, in Europe. The book also specifically addresses the concerns of those surviving Afro-Germans who were victims of Nazism, but have not generally been included in or benefited from the compensation agreements that have been developed in recent years.
Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston
by Howard Bryant
Shut Out is the compelling story of Boston's racial divide viewed through the lens of one of the city's greatest institutions - its baseball team, and told from the perspective of Boston native and noted sports writer Howard Bryant. This well written and poignant work contains striking interviews in which blacks who played for the Red Sox speak for the first time about their experiences in Boston, as well as groundbreaking chapter that details Jackie Robinson's ill-fated tryout with the Boston Red Sox and the humiliation that followed.
Liberation, Imagination, and the Black Panther Party: A New Look at the Panthers and Their Legacy
by Kathleen Cleaver and George Katsiaficas
This fascinating book gathers reflections by scholars and activists who consider the impact of the Black Panther Party, the BBP, the most significant revolutionary organization in the later 20th century.
Images: Iconography of Music in African-American Culture (1770s-1920s) (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
by Eileen Southern
This lavishly illustrated book brings together for the first time a significant body of imagery devoted to the traditional culture of the African-American slave.
Where We Stand: Class Matters
Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan Coop boards, Where We Stand is a successful black woman's reflection—personal, straight forward, and rigorously honest—on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them.
Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus (Latin American Realities)
by Carolina Maria de Jesus
Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), nicknamed Bitita, was a destitute black Brazilian woman born in the rural interior who migrated to the industrial city of Sao Paulo. This is her autobiography, which includes details about her experiences of race relations and sexual intimidation.
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (Harvest in Translation)
"After reading Teaching to Transgress I am once again struck by bell hooks's never-ending, unquiet intellectual energy, an energy that makes her radical and loving." — Paulo Freire In Teaching to Transgress,bell hooks—writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual—writes about a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom.� Teaching students to "transgress" against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order�to achieve the gift of freedom is, for hooks, the teacher's most important goal. bell hooks speakes to the heart of education today: how can we rethink teaching practices in the age of multiculturalism? What do we do about teachers who do not want to�teach, and students who do not want to learn? How should we deal with racism and sexism in the classroom? Full of passion and politics, Teaching to Transgress�combines a practical knowledge of the classroom with a deeply felt connection to the world of emotions and feelings.� This is the rare book about teachers and students that dares to raise questions about eros and rage, grief and reconciliation, and the future of teaching itself. "To�educate is the practice of freedom," writes bell hooks, "is�a way of teaching anyone can learn." Teaching to�Transgress is the�record of one gifted teacher's struggle to make classrooms work.
In this powerful collection by one of today's leading African American intellectuals, Keeping Faith situates the current position of African Americans, tracing the geneology of the "Afro-American Rebellion" from Martin Luther King to the rise of black revolutionary leftists. In Cornel West's hands issues of race and freedom are inextricably tied to questions of philosophy and, above all, to a belief in the power of the human spirit.
Comparative American Identities: Race, Sex and Nationality in the Modern Text (Essays of the English Institute)
by Hortense J. Spillers
What constitutes the pervasive cultural assumptions known to us as "America?" Since the American hemisphere actually encompasses a variety of national identities, can it make sense to speak of a unified "American" identity? Can a place for marginalized identities be established within the cultural mainstream? Comparative American Identities maps out a dynamic terrain of "New World" cultural identities, questions and problems. The essays attempt to locate "America" as a cultural and historical site of plurality and division, a discursive space of multiple differences which becomes, paradoxically, the ground for a new notion of American unity.
Moving Cultural Frontier of World Order: From Monotheism to North-South Relations
The Barrel of the Gun and the Barrel of Oil in the North-South Equation
Black Slang: A Dictionary of Afro-American Talk
by Clarence Major
A lively and unique collection of words and phrases used by the Black community in the United States.


BAKER, George Sumner, banker; born, Boston, Oct. 3, 1874; son of Jacob Murray and Ella A. (Bigelow) Baker; educated in Boston public schools; Latin and English High School, Boston; Detroit College of Law, LL.B., 1888; married, June, 1908, Gertrude. Dean, of Detroit; one daughter, Virginia D. Began active career as Auditor Citizens' Savings Bank, Detroit, 1888, continuing until 1904; treasurer University of Michigan, 1904-10; cashier Detroit Savings Bank since 1912. Member Detroit Board of Commerce. Republican. Unitarian. Clubs: Bankers', Detroit Boat. Recreation: outdoor sports. Office: Detroit Savings Bank. Residence: 119 Eliot St.


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AHA! children's museum to open outdoor education and play area
Jeff Barron
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
LANCASTER - AHA! A Hands-On Adventure A Children's Museum will open its outdoor education and play area behind its new building at 1708 River Valley Circle South soon.
It was supposed to open Saturday, but a problem with outdoor fencing caused that plan to be scrapped. Executive Director Wendy Gregory said an announcement of the new opening date is forthcoming.
The half-acre area features numerous exhibits for children to play and learn on, including a canal boat, a covered bridge, a large sand area, a picnic area, and a garden. The outdoor area also features a 1/10 mile track for walking or riding tricycles on it.
"It's been six months in the making," Gregory said. "A lot of weather delays and some last-minute big donations I decided I would wait for. It would have taken us about four years to get to this point if we had done what we were budgeted for."
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The donations include 17 trees the Stream and Wetlands Foundation and Davey Tree from Kent planted. Gregory said the trees put the museum way ahead of schedule in making the play area look like a park. The trees include oak, river birch, sycamore, and elm.
"Instead of having the typical playground with metal and plastic, it's all wood, stone and natural materials," she said. "And it's connected to nature so we can do the nature outdoor programming."
With grants, donations and in-kind donations, the outdoor area costs around $280,000.
"It's all local money except for the picnic shelter, which was the $50,000 grant from the state capital budget," Gregory said. "But everything else is local businesses, individuals and foundations."
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Opening the outdoor area is the second phase of the museum relocating from its former space at 315 S. Broad St. in April to it's new 5,000 square-foot space that sits on 11 acres near a wetlands area. Gregory said the next phase of the project is to build trails out into the wetland areas.
The outdoor area will be open all year, except in weather issues like lightning or icy conditions on the grounds. There will also be sledding on nearby hills.
"Because they're just big enough for a little (child) to start their sledding career," Gregory said.
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Based on AHA! attendance since its April move, the outdoor area should provide fun for a lot of children. Gregory said Aha! had about 16,000 visitors during the summer.
Aha! will hold an open house of the outdoor area at 4 p.m. Thursday for donors, members and other friends of the museum. That event, however, is not open to the public.
Visit the AHA! website at www.aha4kids.org for more information about the museum, including operating hours and admission fees.
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Лейпручей — река в России, протекает по территории Сосновецкого сельского поселения Беломорского района Республики Карелии. Длина реки — 34 км, площадь водосборного бассейна — 255 км².

Река берёт начало из озера без названия и далее течёт преимущественно в северо-восточном направлении по заболоченной местности.

Река в общей сложности имеет 20 притоков (длиной до 10 км) суммарной длиной 38 км.

Втекает в Белое море.

В нижнем течении Лейпручей пересекает линию железной дороги Санкт-Петербург — Мурманск.

Населённые пункты на реке отсутствуют.

Притоки
 1 км от устья: Коргаручей (лв)
 8 км от устья: Молдоручей (пр)
 9 км от устья: Чёрный Ручей (пр)

Код объекта в государственном водном реестре — 02020001412202000004910.

См. также
 Реки Карелии

Примечания

Бассейн Онежской губы
Реки Беломорского района

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How does a Furosemide unpleasant breath odor count check for anemia?
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To start with the cab, no way is it a 7 seater, 5 maybe and the guy in the front centre is going to spend a lot of time kicking the comms gear. The driver is going to turn the siren on every time he goes into 3rd gear, and you just about need to lput your elbow out the window to drive. However there is more leg room than in the canters many units have and the seats are more comfortable.
the ladder mount ion the roof is really flimsy as is the locking handle, and god knows how a 3 stage is going to fit on that thing.
The well for the light mast is one great bucket that won't drain properly unless its half full and the mast itself isn't particulary stable and doesn't seem to hold air pressure that well. The lights themselves are only 500w i think and have exposed bubbles so good odds on popping a few of them.
The body itself is quite compartimitzed but nothing we had a metro south seemed to quite fit or we in strange places. For example the pole saw is internally stored and doesn't sit on the base of the compartment so it can roll around and if it leaks will leak all over the back locker, there is a tray front drivers site that is supposed to be for the genarator but it has this stupid latch at the back with a genarator on the tray you can barely reach and the genni and fuel are next to exposed wiring (see pic 005). The body really needs some shelving or a storage system for small hand and power tools so you don't have 5 cases rolling around in the compartments. There are also several compartments for things like the stokes litter, brooms etc that are about 6f off the ground.
the swaging on the wires for some of the doors in the bottom lockers is really poorly swaged especially the one that is supposed to be a step for the top ladder mount. Even simple things like cutting off zip ties on cable bunches hasn't been done. Hoever there are several roll out trays mounted which would be usefull if they are fitted in the right areas.
Also it isn't fitted with a towbar at the moment which means you can take a load of timber to a shoring job for example.
I thought this was a replacement concept for the LIGHT rescue vehicle (dual cab utes) not the HEAVY rescue trucks.
So would it be better than the HiLux and Navara Utes that are currently operating ?
hi ftstn do you have any idea of what the equipment list in them was?, i'd be very interested to see what tassie put in them.
Looks like a pretty good setup actually - I assume it'd be taking more stowage when it's on the beat?
yeah it could but weights may become an issue, that was at metro south and that kits in on their 4.1 so they just transfered it over, but to access it once you start piling stuff in can get interesting.


"G-Worldwide Entertainment premieres her frontline artiste's sophomore video, Kiss Daniel "Laye". In quick succession to his debut hit "Woju" single, the RnB sensational singer reappears in "Laye", a flirty love song with a classy Taste of Location plus simplicity tailored to perfection.
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The client had a restaurant that went out of business with unpaid payroll taxes. The taxpayer was assessed with over a $200,000 Trust Fund Recovery Penaltyability. He had put everything he owned into his business to try and make it work so he had very limited assets after its closure. He was working as a unit manager for a restaurant chain after his business closed. Although a merger salary it was enough to provide the minimal necessities for him and his family. He had been receiving the threating letters from the IRS demanding payment and threating garnishing his wages or levy his bank account. He didn't dispute owing the tax but simply didn't have the ability to pay it in full. He wanted to know what his options were in regards to being proactive in settle his account with the service. I informed our client that he looked like a good offer-in-compromise candidate. I explained the OIC progam as looking at your net worth today and then you ability to repay on a monthly basis. For this particular client he had no current net worth, he just came out of bankruptcy due to the failed business venture. The client is married and has two children and was living a very modest lifestyle since taking his new job. After crunching the numbers, the taxpayer showed the ability to pay $250 per month. We filed an offer in comprise for $6,000 to settle in full the $200K plus liability which was accepted. The client was ecstatic to have negotiated a reasonable settle that he was capable of paying.
An Offer in Compromise is a complicated endeavor, further complicated if you own a business. The documentation required by the IRS prohibits many tax payers from filing a process able OIC. Preparing and filing the Offer is step 1. As a part of the process of working an OIC the IRS will ask for additional documents and explanations. If you own a business, the IRS will inquire more and require additional documentation. Never take the process of an OIC for granted, each case is unique and each case will present unique challenges. The stakes are high. Your debt to the IRS is at stake. The collections statute is extended while the IRS works your offer. Your time and effort and the cost of professional fees are at stake as well. Tax Matters Solutions can provide the guidance and experience that will give your case and your OIC the best possible chance of success.


The 2018 Mazda3 arrives with style and agility for the day ahead. Returning to take on models like the Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic, the new Mazda3 is back to set the standard for the compact sedan class. Suburban Mazda of Farmington Hills has new 2018 Mazda3 models in stock and a team of knowledgeable sales professionals to assist you with your purchase. Our staff is here to walk you through side-by-side comparisons of the Mazda3 and the competition to help you make an informed decision before you buy. We have years of experience and strive to make sure your next car-buying experience with us is a pleasure. Our goal is to pair you with the Mazda3 you want today. Your satisfaction is key, and we want to get you back on the road quickly and easily. Whether you're looking for a sleek sedan for your daily commute or a night out with friends, a 2018 Mazda3 from Suburban Mazda of Farmington Hills is a great option. Continue reading to see how the Mazda3 compares to the Civic and Corolla.
Style and innovation combine in the new Mazda3. This stylish four-door is sure to turn heads all over town. With its open-face Mazda grille and angled LED headlights, the Mazda3 is designed to impress drivers and passengers alike. This sedan seats up to five passengers as well with plenty interior space for a comfortable ride during extended trips. Mazda also includes premium materials throughout the Mazda3's cabin for refinement and quality you will appreciate.
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The Mazda3 comes in at a lower MSRP than the Toyota Corolla, giving drivers ample performance and features with change to spare.
If you're looking for fuel-efficiency, the Mazda3 is a great option. The Mazda3 averages up to 38 miles per gallon on the highway, while the Corolla only averages 36 miles per gallon on the highway.
Both sedans seat up to five passengers and come with plenty of interior volume for your next road trip.
Get more standard power in the new Mazda3 thanks to its 155-horsepower inline-four-cylinder engine. The Corolla's standard inline-four-cylinder engine only produces 132 horsepower.
Unlike the Corolla, the Mazda3 comes with a standard manual transmission or automatic transmission.
Both models come standard with front-wheel drive to help with agility and fuel efficiency.
The Mazda3 comes in two body styles: a sedan and a hatchback. The Corolla is only offered as a sedan.
The Mazda3 is more affordable than the Honda Civic and has an overall lower cost-of-ownership as well.
The Mazda3 also has a larger fuel tank capacity than the Civic, allowing you to have more time on the road between fill-ups.
Get off the line quicker. The Mazda3 produces 150 pound-feet of torque, while the Civic only puts out 138 pound-feet of torque.
There is more available front-seat shoulder room in the Mazda3 for a comfortable and spacious riding experience than in the Civic.
Both models come standard with manual transmissions or available automatic transmissions sending power to the front wheels.
Both sedans also come with plenty standard features including a backup camera, steering wheel controls, automatic headlights, cruise control, keyless entry, and electronic stability control.
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La Liga de Campeones de la EHF femenina 2020-21 es la 30ª edición de la máxima categoría de clubes del balonmano femenino. Comenzó el 10 de septiembre de 2022 y finalizará en junio de 2023.

Formato de competición

Los 16 equipos de la Champions estarán divididos en dos grupos de ocho equipos cada uno, pasando los dos mejores equipos de cada grupo a cuartos de final y quedando totalmente eliminados de la competición los dos últimos de cada grupo.

Los cuatro equipos restantes de cada grupo se enfrentarán en un playoff del que saldrán los equipos restantes para los cuartos de final.

Una vez disputados los cuartos de final, se realizará una Final Four, donde se conocerá al campeón de la edición.

En esta edición no se permitió la participación de los equipos rusos ni bielorrusos por la invasión rusa de Ucrania de 2022.

Equipos clasificados

En esta edición participan los siguientes clubes:

Fase de grupos

Grupo A

Grupo B

Referencias

Balonmano en 2022
Competiciones deportivas de Europa en 2022
Liga de Campeones de la EHF femenina
Balonmano en 2023
Competiciones deportivas de Europa en 2023


McLenaghan Maintenance are local Eldfast approved installers, who specialise in chimneys and roof maintenance, at the best possible prices. We are well-experienced and skilled in all types of access, which includes ladder, roped and powered.
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China and India: Towards Global Economic Supremacy?
China and India, currently the two most widely discussed countries of Asia are considered to be the wings of Asian economic take off. The first one is a country with plenty of economic opportunities for the developed countries, who try to maximise exports to China and invest massively in it. Nevertheless, it has recently become the country most feared by Western governments, since its overwhelming industrial exports already seem to flood the corresponding markets of the US and EU, thus limiting internal creation of industrial employment in the West. With a certain delay, India has recently begun to attract attention, mainly due to the shooting up of its exports of IT services, while its current economic position seems to be as promising as that of China in the first half of the '90s. Recent long term econometric projections point out that these two countries, which have today a potential growth capacity as no other country has had in history, could, in half a century, be at the top of economic and political power alongside the US. Alternatively, other approaches focussing on the low levels of their micro-welfare indicators as well as on their internal political problems (such as the pending transit to democracy in China and the possible arrest or cooling down of reforms in India) predict difficult times ahead for the continuation of their currently high GDP growth rates.
Rita Dulci Rahman is a diplomat for the Netherlands government with 26 years of experience in international relations who has published more than 30 articles on international relations. She has also taught at the University of Leiden. Jose Miguel Andreu is a professor of economics at the University of Sevilla, an advisor to the African Development Bank, and the author of numerous articles on Spanish and international economic matters. He has also served as a Spanish diplomat to India and has taught at Basque Country University, the University of Alcala de Henares, and the Open University of Spain.


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Revision of a Quad 520f
The Quad 510 and 520 were the first professional current dumping amplifiers. Produced from 1984 until 1995.
Production numbers:
Quad 510 Mono 19" Rack Amplifier(Pro), produced from 1984-1989 numbers: 3200
Quad 510 Mono 19" Rack Amplifier(Neutrik)Pro), produced from 1989-1995 numbers: 600
Quad 520 Stereo 19 " Rack Amplifier(Pro), produced from 1984-1986 numbers: 4000
Quad 520f Stereo 19 " Rack Amplifier(Pro), produced from 1986-1989 numbers: 7500
Quad 520f Stereo 19 " Rack Amplifier(Neutrik)Pro), produced from 1989-1995 numbers: 3000
The 520f with Pcb 12828-8 was based on the final circuit of the 606 and 306 which were introduced in 1986. Prior to the Pcb 12828-8 there was also a 12282-7 version with a slightly different circuit diagram (mayby there are more variants?). It shows how Quad solved the problems around the current limitter circuit and the H+ rail for the class A amplifier. Still not the best solution, but a fare and good working compromise. The 520 differ on two major aspects from a 520f, a double conventional power supply instead of the power supply with the regulated earth to prevent any DC current through the loudspeaker, and discrete build current sources in the input circuit. The 606 design was based on single integrated current sources. The 510 never got the "f" suffix but was after 1986 or so also based on the new circuit (and modules). But the 510 did not have the 'floating earth' DC protection.
The 520f had standard unbalanced inputs, balanced high quality input modules could be ordered separately or factory installed. The model type suffix was then changed in "M". There was also an "S" model where no input volume controls where installed. In the first series of 520f the inrush current limiter was an option, from serial 6500 this was implemented in the factory. When buying second hand; be alert, the suffix on the front for all models is the same;"f". There was also a special version for the BBC; 521f. Here the type number on the front was changed. The 521 had all the options, including balanced input volume controls and a provision to separate the mains earth from the chassis. To make it simple; Quad also built 520's to special order. Recently I saw units with the number 522 on the front for sale on eBay, as far as I know, these were also build for the BBC.
Because of the pro use, it is very difficult to buy an unmolested 510 or 520(f). Only a few found their way to domestic applications or received TLC in pro environments. But from a technical (electronic) viewpoint most units can be restored to pristine order.
The 510 and 520 families have double output transistors in stead of the triples in a 606. This limits the output power, but in practice you will not notice the difference when playing music. The 520 ranges of amplifiers are thermal protected, so if you wish, the current limiters can be changed to allow a higher peak output current with low impedance loads. The 510 is not thermal protected, althoug it is mentioned in the manuals.
If you can chose: buy a 520f. The 510 is also very good, but is single channel and primarily designed for driving special loads.
Revision challenges.
Except for the power supply capacitors, all the other components which are needed are standard and easy available. In the original amplifier a 6800uF 63V capacitor is used in the PSU, a BHC capacitor from the ALP's series. If you reed the BHC datasheet's carefully, BHC do not advise to use the ALP series for new projects, only for replacement. Also most suppliers only have a limited stock of ALP series. I chose a 15.000uF capacitor from the ALC series to replace the ALP, it has the same can size and plus and minus pin spacing, but has only four pins instead of five and uses a different pin layout. The two or three (ALP) extra pins are added for stability and so a rigid PCB and capacitor coupling as a result. But there is a design problem. The extra pins are normally not connected to the plus or the minus of the capacitor, but in some circumstances the extra pins will be internally connected to the minus due to electrolyte leakage. This will not degrade the performance of the capacitor. But, in the Quad Psu printed circuit board design some of the extra pins are connected to the plus or even worse H+. Because of this layout issue, I assume a lot of 520's ended up with short circuit power supplies and are re "capped" for the wrong reason!
If you can get hold of some original ALP capacitors, isolate the extra pins by removing the copper track around the pins, don't remove the solder eyelets. Or do as I did, remove (clip) the extra pins and use heavy duty two sided sticky tape to firmly connect the capacitor mechanically to the Pcb. To accommodate the pin layout of the ALC, some new holes have to be drilled, see the picture. Remove the laquer around the new holes for proper soldering. Check the position of the holes before you drill the holes, make a template. Also the two sets of resistors R104 and R105 have to be placed at the copper side of the Pcb.
Replace C7, C9 and C11 by capacitors with the same value. That's all to restore it to an improved electronic state. If the inrush limiter is fitted, also replace C300 with a 2.2uF bipolar capacitor. The 520 has a different Psu Pcb layout, but I think the ALC series will fit after some work.
Further improvements:
Double the capa city of C7, C9, and C11. Decouple these capacitors with 0.1uF film type capacitors on the copper side of the circuit board. Also decouple D1 and D12 which these type of capacitors. Replace C2, C3, and R5 by 0.33uF, 1uF and 62kOhm, this will bring the input and DC feedback circuit to Quad 909 level. Because of excessive heat produced by R16, R17 and R24, place C7 at the copper side of channel two (2), and reposition R16 , R17 and R24 at the copper side of channel one (1).
The channel 1 board is on the left hand side of the case, if you look at the front of the case.
Current limiters.
Quad struggled with the design of the limiters from the first 405 schematic. The key problem is the position of the upper dumper driver. Ideal this driver, which is a part of the class A stage, should be connected to H+ (like the rest of the class A stage). In most schematics, including some of the the 606, the voltage of the emitter of the driver is modulated by the voltage across the current sensing resistor in the dumper circuit. The final solution from Quad is to connect the class A stage to this point. And in this way trusted on the very good Psu ripple rejection ratio of the class A stage. But in this case the ripple is not only mains borne, but also "musical". Why not implemented it the "right" way? Any comments are welcome on this subject. See also the post I made on 19 september 2008.
Mono blocks :
To build a parallel monoblock some extra actions are needed. Connect the two power supplies together on the Psu Pcb, use low gauge insulated wire (min 0.75mm2). Connect the earth, H+ and H- from one power supply to the other. Remove from one power supply T100, T101, R100, R101, R102, and R103. Remove from one channel R40 and C14. Because the 502f already has input potmeters, we don't need an extra potmeter. Connect the two inputs together, use a nominal input signal of 500mV 1Khz, measure with an AC Milli volt meter the difference between the two outputs, adjust one potmeter for minimum reading. Lock the potmeter in the usual way. Then connect the loudspeaker via two (one in each channel) series resistors of 0.3 Ohm to both channels and earth. Check the 405 documentation on this point in the download section also for an alternative way to adjust the potmeter by using a loudspeaker.
A 520 has a normal double Psu, so skip the part "Remove from one power supply T100, T101, R100, R101, R102, and R103".
Dada Electronics will not launch a 520f revision-kit but all the components you need are available in the Webshop. The Quad documentation and the BHC data sheet with all the information can be downloaded for free in the Download section of the Website.
In practice the use of the standard potmeters will give problems, so use a multi turn trimpot. See also the post of Stefan Vertongen.
Joost Plugge, may 2010
To simplify things I have made a list of the components you need for the above revision / upgrade with direct links to our Webshop:
4x BHC Aerovox ALC10C 15000µF 63V for the power-supply
2x MKT 330nF 100V 10mm for C2
2x MKT 1µF 100V 10mm for C3
2x Nichicon 100µF 63V for C7
4x Nichicon 470µF 63V for C9 & C11
1x Bipolar 2µ2 100V for C300 (inrush limitter)
10x MKT 100nF 63V over C7, C9, C11, D1 & D2
2x Metalfilm 62K 1/2W 1% for R5
And for Monoblock-conversion:
2x Dale 0R3 5W 1%
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QSC Expands the Q-SYS Ecosystem for Cinema Applications
The Q-SYS Ecosystem delivers seamless integration for Cinema
QSC Q-Sys N-Series
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DPA-Q Series amplifiers are fully native components of the Q-SYS audio, video and control (AV&C) Ecosystem. Like all Q-SYS peripherals, DPA-Q Series amplifiers offer simple drag-and-drop integration into a Q-SYS design, enabling network routing, advanced processing (including Intrinsic Correction™ custom voicings for QSC loudspeakers) and control. This expedites the installation process and provides superior system performance.
All DPA-Q Series network amplifiers, including both four and eight channel models, use a new 5th generation high-efficiency, Class-D hybrid powertrain design built upon the dependable PL380 PowerLight™ amplifier platform. The new design offers both high voltage and high current operation with excellent audio quality and thermal performance.
"Q" models offer mic/line inputs (with +12 V phantom power) directly on the back of the amplifier that act as Q-SYS on-ramps in addition to its amplification duties. "Qn" models feature only network inputs to simplify system design and reduce system cost when additional mic/line inputs are not needed. Both models provide bi-directional GPIO ports plus one relay for further control and integration of other third-party peripherals within Q-SYS.
"For over 30 years, QSC has been the preeminent choice for power amplifiers in the Cinema industry, and that is why you will find them in the majority of the world's cinemas," says Barry Ferrell, Senior Vice President, Cinema, QSC. "Now, as part of the Q-SYS Ecosystem, theatre operators can use our new DPA-Q amplifiers to combine the legendary performance of QSC with the advantages of complete integrated network audio, video, and control."
Q-SYS NS Series Network Switches
For cinema technicians looking to expedite deployment of Q-SYS on a local network, QSC introduces the Q-SYS NS Series. The NS Series is a range of enterprise-grade, fully managed 1/10GbE network switches that are pre-configured to meet the performance requirements of the Q-SYS Ecosystem and associated third-party networking technologies.
Available in 8-port, 24-port, and 48-port models, these Dell EMC network switches provide real-time transport of Q-SYS AV&C, as well as AES67 audio streams simultaneously within the same VLAN, all without the need to manually configure the network switch or end points. Independently tested and verified by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), the NS Series is a plug-and-play solution that enables faster, more reliable system deployment and ensures support for the entire Q-SYS Ecosystem, including future networked Q-SYS processors and peripherals.
Q-SYS NV Series Network Video Endpoint
The Q-SYS NV Series (NV-32-H) network video endpoint, developed specifically for the Q-SYS Ecosystem, is a native, multi-stream, software-defined HDMI encoder/decoder that enables network-based video distribution. The NV Series features the new QSC Shift™ video compression codec, which provides low latency video streaming with resolutions up to 4K60 4:4:4 over a standard gigabit network by dynamically adjusting network bandwidth consumption based on video content. This provides flexible and network efficient compression and distribution of common meeting video content without sacrificing the ability to stream full motion video.
For Q-SYS-enabled cinemas who offer their facilities for business presentations, sales meetings, or alternative content, the NV Series provides a simple and cost-effective way to present video content anywhere in the cinema complex.
"Unlike other AV-over-IP products on the market, the NV Series is native to the most powerful, flexible and scalable AV&C platforms on the market – the Q-SYS Ecosystem. This provides Q-SYS users a tightly integrated solution that is faster and simpler to set up and maintain than other video distribution solutions," says Mike Brandes, Product Manager, Q-SYS Video, QSC. "Users now have a holistic approach for existing or new AV&C designs while delivering the right balance of quality, latency and network efficiency needed for real-time video distribution.
Cinema technicians can also route network audio between NV Series video endpoints and any other Q-SYS peripherals leveraging Q-LAN network technology. They can also take advantage of feature-rich Q-SYS technologies such as software-based processing and drag-and-drop GUI creation and deployment to control the NV Series.
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Dec 19, 2019 QSC Now Shipping New DPA-Q Network Amplifiers
QSC announces the global availability of the new DPA-Q Series network power amplifiers in four- and eight-channel models. The new DPA-Q Series amplifiers unite the QSC legacy of robust power amplifiers, advancements in high-efficiency output devices, and native network transport, plus the control and monitoring capabilities of the Q-SYS Ecosystem.
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Oct 31, 2019 Ian Freer Joins QSC as Field Sales Engineer
QSC is pleased to announce the appointment of Ian Freer as Field Sales Engineer (Cinema), APAC. In his new role, Ian will be primarily responsible for product support in the Asia Pacific region.
Oct 14, 2019 QSC Announces DCI Compliance for CMS-5000 Cinema Media Server
QSC announces the CMS-5000 has been found to meet all of the requirements of the Digital Cinema System Specification Version 1.2, published by Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, (DCI). This certification validates that the next-generation cinema media server can reliably play controlled digital cinema content in movie theatres around the world and can reproduce high-quality images and sound as well as secure the content against piracy.
Jul 11, 2019 QSC Enhances Cinema Automation with New Q-SYS Plugin
QSC announces a plugin for the Q-SYS Ecosystem that allows users to discover and control any JNIOR models 410, 412, or 414 automation controller, manufactured by INTEG Process Group, Inc.
Jun 17, 2019 QSC Releases DPM Manager™ Software 3.0
QSC announces the addition of DPM Director as part of the latest release of DPM Manager™ Software 3.0. The iPhone application, available first with an Android version to follow, allows technicians to control and monitor with ease. Further enhancements to the software include improved workflow and new Intrinsic Correction settings.
May 23, 2019 QSC Opens its New SAARC Headquarters in Bengaluru, India
QSC today celebrates the inauguration of its new SAARC headquarters in Bengaluru, India. The new office is 9,270 sq. ft. and serves as a business development, management and support hub for QSC Systems, Live Sound and Cinema businesses in the region. It also serves as a dedicated training and demonstration area and includes a 13,760 sq. ft. terrace space for customer events.
Apr 30, 2019 QSC Brings 'Avengers: Endgame' to Life for World Premiere in Los Angeles
QSC is proud to announce it provided sound for the spectacular world premiere of the Avengers: Endgame on April 22 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Premiere guests enjoyed a stunning presentation of film in DolbyVision and ATMOS using QSC loudspeakers, amplifiers, and signal processing featuring Q-SYS in a custom-built movie theater.
Jan 14, 2019 Industry Veteran Ulf Qvicklund joins QSC as Cinema Sales Manager, EMEA
QSC, LLC, a leading global manufacturer of cinema solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ulf Qvicklund to Cinema Sales Manager, EMEA.
Dec 10, 2018 Rod Archer Joins QSC as Product Manager, Cinema
QSC, LLC, a leading global manufacturer of cinema solutions, is pleased to announce that Rod Archer has joined the QSC Cinema team as Product Manager. In his new role, Rod will be primarily responsible for product strategy and execution for Q-SYS for Cinema, Cinema Media Server, Control and Accessibility Product categories.
Dec 6, 2018 QSC Introduces New Surround Loudspeakers for Cinema
QSC announces the SR-800 and SR-1000 surround loudspeakers, designed as a cost-effective solution for use in typical small-to-medium sized 5.1/7.1 cinemas. The SR-800 and SR-1000 surround loudspeakers deliver high-quality sound performance and product features at a new, economical price point.
Nov 27, 2018 QSC Announces First QSC Certified Multiplex
QSC is proud to announce the first "QSC Certified" multiplex, Alamo Drafthouse Raleigh. QSC Certified Theatres are equipped with complete sound systems from QSC, and meet a set of technical guidelines for equipment, projection, acoustics, and room design, to ensure an outstanding movie-going experience.
Oct 18, 2018 New Q-SYS Networking Solutions Now Available from QSC
QSC introduces new Q-SYS Networking Solutions, including Q-SYS NS Series network switches and additional networking resources to help cinema technicians simplify installation and increase profitability of Q-SYS-based networked audio, video and control (AV&C) systems.
Oct 11, 2018 The Vancouver International Film Festival Premieres with QSC Accessibility Solutions
Founded in 1982, The Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society is a not-for-profit cultural organization that operates the internationally acclaimed Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) and year-round programming of the Vancity Theatre at the Vancouver International Film Centre. VIFF is among the five largest film festivals in North America, screening films from more than 70 countries on nine screens.
May 23, 2018 Aravind Yarlagadda Named QSC Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Product Development
QSC is pleased to announce the appointment of Aravind Yarlagadda as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Product Development. In this newly created role, Aravind will oversee all aspects of product development for QSC.
Apr 25, 2018 QSC & Adaptive Technologies Group Tackle Big Room Immersive Sound at CinemaCon
QSC, a leading global manufacturer of cinema solutions, and Adaptive Technologies group, a provider of professional installed audio and video solutions, teamed up as part of the effort to temporarily convert the Colosseum at Caesars Palace into one of the largest cinemas equipped with Dolby Atmos immersive sound.
Apr 20, 2018 QSC Announces New Products at CinemaCon 2018
QSC, a leading global manufacturer of cinema solutions, is pleased to announce the addition of seven new products to the most comprehensive line of cinema products in the industry. New products include additions to the Media Server, Test and Measurement, Loudspeaker, and Digital Cinema Monitor categories.
Apr 20, 2018 QSC Announces Q-SYS™ Ready CMS-5000 Cinema Media Server
QSC, a leading global manufacturer, expands its comprehensive catalog of cinema solutions by introducing the next-generation cinema media server, the innovative CMS-5000.
Apr 5, 2018 Jay Wyatt Joins QSC as Sales Engineer
QSC, LLC, a leading global manufacturer of cinema solutions, is pleased to announce that Jay Wyatt has joined the QSC Cinema team as Sales Engineer. In his new role, Jay will be primarily responsible for pre-sales technical support, product training, and cinema system design consulting.
Jan 16, 2018 QSC Unveils New Flyable Subwoofers for Cinema
QSC, LLC, a leading global manufacturer of cinema solutions, introduces the SB-118F and SB-218F new flyable subwoofers designed for low frequency enhancement in Cinema applications. The subwoofers feature integrated handles and eight built-in mounting points making them ideal for safe and easy suspension from ceilings or walls.


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Rajouri, Sept 8: It sounds incredible that more than 200 school bags meant for free distribution among the students of government schools in Kotranka education zone found in the garbage dump in Kotranka town in Rajouri district.
"This justifies the allegations levelled by the people of remote areas that the few among government school teachers/ employees of the education department are not sincere to their legitimate duties resulting in poor academic standard in the government schools especially in remote areas.
Sources said that these school bags were provided under Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) few years ago to be distributed among the poor students but the concerned officials/ teachers instead providing to the students dumped these bags to be sold in the black market for the personnel financial gains.
This is very much clear when inspector Manzoor Kohli, SHO, Kotranka said, "Few days back after information about selling of school bags in the market by the government employees was received and accordingly inspection was carried out but without any recovery of objectionable material".
He added, apprehending trouble after police investigation those in possession of these school bags, abandoned them in the field where the garbage was dumped.
SHO said that on an information police rushed to the spot and recovered the school bags and brought to police station for further investigation under relevant sections of law.
Ch. Lal Hussain, Chief Education Officer when contacted said,"It was a very serious matter and needs detailed investigation. Committee will be constituted to identify the officials who were given charge to distribute these bags free among the students under their area".
He added stringent action after detailed inquiry against the erring officials can't be ruled out.
The matter came to light when a local spotted the bags carrying Logo of SSA lying in the garbage dump and informed the police.


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Transforming restoration claims | Insurance Business America
Climate change and an increase in severe weather events have intensified the risk of catastrophic household renovation claims. As seen during the Texas deep freeze earlier this year, when under-insulated pipes froze and burst and spilled hundreds of millions of gallons of water, a ruptured pipe can wreak havoc on a home or building.
Historically, if a homeowner experienced a burst pipe in the middle of the night, they would call a plumber or restoration contractor to come out and turn off the water and start mitigating the damage. Unlike an auto accident, where a dent in the car isn't going to get any worse over time, a water leak is dynamic, and the capacity to minimize its damage often depends on the timeliness with which work can be authorized.
"There's always been this trusting relationship between insurance agents and restoration contractors," says Tim Kempe, chief of staff at Next Gear Solutions. "Frequently, the contractors don't have time to sit and wait on sending an adjuster to go out to the site and say what needs to be done. Claims adjusters have to work collaboratively with restoration contractors, who are there on site to assess the situation and get started because they want to prevent further damage to the property."
By basing its tools on standards like those from the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC), Next Gear has distinguished itself as a leading platform provider for property restoration – modernizing the claims-handling workflow with a cloud-based suite of solutions.
"There are standards in the industry for completing restoration work," Kempe says, "and we want to build tools around those standards so that we can document issues for the purposes of invoicing and communicating with policyholders and with other stakeholders in the claim."
In mid-September, Next Gear Solutions was acquired by CoreLogic, a leading global provider of property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions. Garret Gray, the founder and CEO of Next Gear, says the combination of the two companies offers a compelling alternative to the status quo.
"We invite those seeking strategic agility to consider the breadth of our entire platform," he says.
"We are committed to providing leading-edge solutions that promote customer choice"
and will continue to work with all industry participants to ensure the secure and customer-directed flow of data so the market has expanded options."
CoreLogic president and CEO Frank Martell adds that his team is excited to collaborate with Next Gear to create best-in-class solutions for restoration contractors, insurance carriers and other market participants.
"The combination of Next Gear and CoreLogic creates a leap forward in claims handling technology, bringing customer focus, innovation and more options for all property insurance ecosystem stakeholders,"
he says. "There has never been a greater focus on transforming critical workflows in the insurance ecosystem, and CoreLogic is committed to continuing to invest heavily in expanding our state-of-the-art platforms and digital solutions that will drive innovation and make our customers more successful."
The CoreLogic platform offers underwriting and risk assessment tools such as underwriting automation and risk evaluation solutions. For claims management, CoreLogic offers claims automation, weather verification and aerial solutions. And its hazard and location intelligence tools include catastrophe isk management, location intelligence and hazard risk solutions for insurance.
Next Gear's cloud-based solutions include tools like DASH, which is essentially an enterprise resource planning solution for restoration companies. In addition to helping these companies run their entire business, DASH delivers real-time documentation capabilities. With the Next Gear mobile app, users can create jobs, track equipment, upload photos and record audio notes directly in the job file in DASH, eliminating the burden of excessive paperwork.
Next Gear also offers SettleAssist, an automated adjusting tool that streamlines the collection and input of claims estimate information for both field and desk adjusters through an intuitive inspection application. It incorporates detailed, specific carrier guidelines to increase the accuracy of estimates the first time around. Next Gear developed SettleAssist using insights from top-performing adjusters, so the tool can help insurers settle claims like they've been
handled by their best adjusters.
Another useful Next Gear tool for insurers is MICA, a leading suite of water mitigation solutions for the restoration industry. MICA empowers insurance carriers to conduct real-time audits by exceptions and improve cycle time due to less rework. It also enables adjusters to view job data any time, anywhere, and access detailed reports upon work completion. Contractors can use MICA to automate equipment calculations, minimizing paperwork and boosting efficiencies.
"We're reimagining and rethinking this policyholder experience," Kempe says. "This is not a solution that will remove the human element from the claims adjusting process or the claims settlement process. We're focused on how to put tools in the hands of folks so that they're working more on making great experiences for people who are dealing with difficult situations.
"We're helping people focus on people. It's about optimizing the time you spend on site instead of wrestling with documentation or software."
We hope to empower restoration contractors to address emergency situations such as a burst pipe quickly and help people put their lives back together."
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Discussion Cluster stuck on "Creating"
I tried to start a cluster through FireCloud's notebook feature this morning. Through the FireCloud UI, the cluster has been stuck on "Creating" for ~4 hours. This same status is reflected using the Swagger UI page.
"message": "Cluster amp-t2d-op/ldsc-cluster cannot be stopped in Creating status"
My main goal is just to kill the cluster, avoiding as many charges as possible. Do you have an ideas for the best course of action now?
@tmajarian Just wanted to let you know that the team is actively looking into this issue - thank you for your screenshot and updated information!
@SChaluvadi This seems to have been resolved. The cluster was successfully deleted. Thanks!
@tmajarian I have passed along your report of this issue to the team for troubleshooting. In the meantime, can you attempt to delete the cluster and let me know if it works? I have attached a screenshot of how to delete from the FireCloud UI.
@SChaluvadi It looks like when a cluster is in the "creating" state, you do not have the option to delete. The cluster is still showing "creating" ~18 hours later.
Trying to delete it now. Thanks for the help.
@tmajarian Thank you for your post - it raised a bug that we were able to fix today. Glad to see that it worked for you!