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The Concept of Genius in D. A. Granin’s Work (Based on the Novel “Evenings with Peter the Great”)
No full textThe article deals with D. A. Granin’s concept of history as presented in the novel “Evenings with Peter the Great”. The author of the novel argues that historical process is driven and streamlined by people endowed with rare gifts and deep urge to create such as the first Russian emperor Peter the Great
Zechariah 9-14 as the substructure of 1 Peter’s eschatological program
No full textThe principal aim of this study is to discern what has shaped the author of 1 Peter to regard Christian suffering as a necessary (1.6) and to-be-expected (4.12) component of faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ. Most research regarding suffering in 1 Peter has limited the scope of inquiry to two particular aspects—its cause and nature, and the strategies that the author of 1 Peter employs in order to enable his addressees to respond in faithfulness. There remains, however, the need for a comprehensive explanation for the source that has generated 1 Peter’s theology of Christian suffering. If Jesus truly is the Christ, God’s chosen redemptive agent who has come to restore God’s people, then how can it be that Christian suffering is a necessary part of discipleship after his coming, death and resurrection? What led the author of 1 Peter to such a startling conclusion, which seems to runs against the grain of the eschatological hopes and expectations of Jewish restoration ideology?
This thesis analyzes the appropriation of shepherd and fiery trials imagery,
and argues that the author of 1 Peter is dependent upon Zechariah 9-14 for his
theology of Christian suffering. Said in another way, the eschatological program of
Zechariah 9-14, read through the lens of the Gospel, functions as the substructure
for 1 Peter’s eschatology and thus its theology of Christian suffering.
In support of this hypothesis, this study highlights the fact that Zechariah 9-
14 was available and appropriated in early Christianity, in particular in the Passion
Narrative tradition; that the shepherd imagery of 1 Pet 2.25 is best understood
within the milieu of the Passion Narrative tradition, and that it alludes to the
eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14; that the fiery trials imagery found in 1
Peter 1.6-7 and 1 Pet 4.12 is distinct from that which we find in Greco-Roman and OT
wisdom sources, and that it shares exclusive parallels with some unique features of
the eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14; that Zechariah 9-14 offers a more
satisfying explanation for the modification of Isa 11.2 in 1 Pet 4.14, the transition
from 4.12-19 to 5.1-4, why Peter has oriented his letter with the term διασπορά,
and why he has described his addresses as οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ; and finally that 1 Peter
contains an implicit foundational narrative that shares distinct parallels with the
eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14.
We can conclude that 1 Peter offers a unique vista into the way in which at
least one early Christian witness came to understand and to communicate the fact
that Christian suffering was a necessary feature of faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ
Copyright & Your Research
No full textAs publishing options increase in number, it is ever more important that university authors manage their copyrights in a way that ensures maximum benefit to them and to the university. Peter Hirtle, Senior Policy Advisor in the Cornell University Library and a Research Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, will give an overview of the sometimes puzzling issues surrounding creating, securing, owning, and using copyrighted works. Topics will include author agreements and contracts, the public access requirements in some federal grants, new publishing options, and the management of your copyrights. The session will benefit those who want to gain a better understanding of the changing nature of scholarly communications. PRESENTATION BY Peter B. Hirtle, Senior Policy Advisor, Cornell University Library, and Research Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet Security and Society, Harvard Universit
Dilbert-Peter Model of Organization Effectiveness: Computer Simulations
No full textWe describe a computer model of general effectiveness of a hierarchical organization depending on two main aspects: effects of promotion to managerial levels and efforts to self-promote of individual employees, reducing their actual productivity. The combination of judgment by appearance in the promotion to higher levels of hierarchy and the Peter Principle (which states that people are promoted to their level of incompetence) results in fast declines in effectiveness of the organization. The model uses a few synthetic parameters aimed at reproduction of realistic conditions in typical multilayer organizations. It is shown that improving organization resiliency to self-promotion and continuity of individual productiveness after a promotion can greatly improve the overall organization effectiveness.Organization Productivity, Peter Principle, Agent Based Modeling
Examining green production and its role within the competitive strategy of manufacturers
No full textPurpose: This paper reviews current literature and contributes a set of findings that capture the current state-of-the-art of the topic of green production.
Design/methodology/approach: A literature review to capture, classify and summarize the main body of knowledge on green production and, translate this into a form that is readily accessible to researchers and practitioners in the more mainstream operations management community.
Findings: The existing knowledge base is somewhat fragmented. This is a relatively unexplored topic within mainstream operations management research and one which could provide rich opportunities for further exploration.
Originality/value: This paper sets out to review current literature, from a more conventional production operations perspective, and contributes a set of findings that capture the current state-of-the-art of this topic
Energy efficient manufacturing from machine tools to manufacturing systems
No full text46th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, 29-31st May 2013, Sesimbra, PortugalEnergy efficiency is one of the key drivers for sustainability. Within manufacturing environments, energy efficiency importance has grown, and it is now considered among other decision-making factors such as productivity, cost and flexibility. However, in most cases the energy consumption of the various components of the manufacturing systems, such as machine tools, are considered using average energy consumption models for the needs of discrete event simulation. The paper presents an overview of energy efficiency approaches, focusing in both production and machine tool level and how these two can be integrated together. Furthermore, the main challenges towards energy efficient manufacturing are discussed identifying the major barriers from both technology and cultural point of view
Casino Room At The Opera Ball
No full textRobert O. Utter, at the end of the table, and N. D. Bolen plan the casino room, always a popular feature of the Opera Ball, while three of the women workers for the Opera Ball keep their eyes on the ball. They are, left to right, Mrs. Stanley Durham, Mrs. Tom L. Larimore and Mrs. Peter Galier. Fort Worth Star-Telegram Morning edition September 28, 1969.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1960s/4474/thumbnail.jp
Book Reviews
No full textPeter C. Rollins, Editor. Hollywood as Historian: American Film in a Cultural Context. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1983. Pp. x, 276. Paper, 26.00. Review by Richard Robertson of the Alabama Humanities Resource Center.
M. A. Fitzsimmons. The Past Recaptured: Great Historians and the History of History. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1983. Pp. ix, 230. Cloth, 20.00. Review by Thomas T. Lewis of Mount Senario College.
John Anthony Scott. The Ballad of America: The History of the United States in Song and Story. Second edition. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1983. Pp. xiii, 439. Paper, 15.95; Paper, 15.95. Review by Raymond C. Bailey of Northern Virginia Community College.
Vivian C. Fox and Martin H. Quitt, eds. Loving, Parenting, and Dying: The Family Cycle in England and America., Past and Present. New York: Psychohistory Press, 1981. Pp. vi, 488. Cloth, 11.95. Review by Ross W. Beales, Jr. of the College of the Holy Cross.
Arthur S. Link and William A. Link. The Twentieth Century: An American History. Arlington Heights, Illinois: Harlan Davidson, Inc., 1983. Pp. x, 374. Cloth, 16.95. Review by James L. Forsythe of Fort Hays State University.
Mine Okubo. Citizen 13660. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1983. Pp. xii, 209. Paper, 7.00. Review by Gerald H. Davis of Georgia State University.
Edward Peters. Europe and the Middle Ages. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983. Pp. 319. Paper, 2.95. J. H. Shennan; France Before the Revolution. London and New York: Methuen, 1983. Pp. vii, 35. Paper, 20.95; Paper, $10.95. Review by Irby C. Nichols Jr., North Texas State University.
 
Barriers to energy reduction in manufacturing
No full textSustainability has become an important part of the culture of most organisations, with
shareholders and customers demanding that companies operate in an environmentally
responsible way. This research focuses specifically on one aspect of industrial sustainability:
energy reduction in manufacturing.
This research explores the management and organisational barriers within a manufacturing
organisation, which prevent it from either implementing reductions in energy usage, or from
realising the full benefit from them. The existence of these barriers is tested by collecting data
on the perceptions of individuals within a UK facility belonging to a large aerospace
manufacturing organisation, and by observing the progress of energy reduction projects in this
facility. Data is collected through interview, questionnaire and by direct observation of the
actors within this facility who are engaged in energy reduction activities.
Three case studies are presented focusing on projects to reduce the energy consumed by the
surface treatment and machining of aluminium aircraft parts. Building from the literature, a list of
twenty barriers to energy reduction is developed and illustrated through these case studies.
By analysing the narrative of these case studies it can be seen that these barriers are linked
causally. This causality implies that a smaller number of key barriers will act as root causes of the
larger list of barriers and is a main contribution of this work. The key barriers are found to be a
lack of accountability and a lack of ownership.
The causality is exploited by proposing that interventions to overcome these key barriers will
remove or diminish the effect of the other barriers. The first intervention proposed is that
objectives be set for Manufacturing Operations to ensure that it is functionally accountable for
its energy consumption. The second intervention is that a focal point be nominated to own the
resulting activities and be given appropriate resources to meet the objectives
Critical pedagogy in hard financial times
No full textPeter Mayo takes issue with education financing not from an economic or technical
viewpoint, but from a philosophical and systemic one, drawing on critical pedagogy.
There is no sense, this article argues, to talk of higher education or its funding without
reference to the capitalist system which the mainstream education discourse reaffirms. The author concludes with an alternative vision of lifelong learning as a social act for the creation and enhancing of democratic spaces, reflected in the ongoing global “Occupy” protests for social equality.peer-reviewe
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