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A saga de um clã Xavier
No full textThe book brings together historical memories of the Xavier family, of which the author is a member, and includes everything from the heroic episode between members of the Xavier family and Lampião's gang, to a Xavier family tree and tributes to the members of this family, as well as photographic records of known members. The author rescues and preserves important memories of the family, reconstructing facts that, if told orally, could gradually be erased. The story told by Maria do Socorro Cardoso Xavier is also a way of preserving the memory of Ipueira, reporting on the social life and historical setting of the place, using family narrative.O livro reúne registros de memórias históricas da família Xavier, da qual a autora é membro,
e traz desde o episódio heróico entre membros da família Xavier e o bando de Lampião, à
uma árvore genealógica dos Xavier e homenagens aos membros dessa famílias, além de
registros fotográficos dos membros conhecidos. A autora resgata e preserva memórias
importantes da família, reconstituindo fatos que, contados oralmente, poderiam se apagar aos
poucos. A história narrada por Maria do Socorro Cardoso Xavier também é uma forma de
preservar a memória de Ipueira, relatando sobre a vida social e cenário histórico do lugar,
utilizando da narrativa familiar
[Xavier Donald MacLeod, half-length portrait, nearly facing front, with mustache and spectacles]
No full textAuthor, teacher, editor of the St. Louis Leader.Alternative identification: McLoud.Scratched on back of plate: Mc-Loud. Written in ink on back of plate: 434.Identification from engraving by Capewell & Kimmel in Knickerbocker Gallery, 1854, p. 135.Original served by appointment only.Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153).Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress)
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
CdTe/CdS solar cells on flexible substrates
No full textThe development of CdTe/CdS solar cells on flexible substrates is reviewed in this article. Photovoltaic structures on lightweight and flexible substrates have several advantages over the heavy glass based structures in both terrestrial and space applications. The cells mounted on flexible foil are not fragile, the requirements of the supporting structures are minimum and they can be wrapped onto any suitably oriented or curved structures. The specific power of the solar cells is an important factor in space applications and hence development of photovoltaic devices on light weight substrates is interesting. CdTe is one of the leading candidates for photovoltaic applications due to its optimum band gap for the efficient photo-conversion and robustness for industrial production with a variety of film preparation methods. Flexible solar cells with conversion efficiencies exceeding 11% have been developed on polyimide foils. The development of CdTe devices on metallic substrates is impeded due to the lack of a proper ohmic contact between CdTe and the substrate. The polymer substrate has the advantage that the devices can be prepared in both "superstrate" and "substrate" configurations
Sir William Collins and Xavier Herbert
No full textSir William Collins, publisher and Xavier Herbert, author. Hand written comment about the photograph by Xavier Herbert on verso. [Gift of David Rowbotham
San Xavier District pedestrian access and safety study : final report
No full textabstract: The San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation is home to approximately 2,000 people. Numerous others come to the District to visit the San Xavier del Bac Mission Church. The San Xavier District Pedestrian Access and Safety Study is being prepared to improve the walking and bicycling environment on the San Xavier District for Community members and visitors alike. The study is being funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation Multimodal Planning Division’s Planning Assistance for Rural Areas program.Includes bibliographical references
Interview with Xavier Aldana Reyes
No full textXavier Aldana Reyes is Reader in English Literature and Film in Manchester, a founding member of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies, and the author of Spanish Gothic: National Identity, Collaboration and Cultural Adaptation (2017) and Gothic Cinema (2019). His publications in Gothic and horror studies include Twenty-First-Century Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion (with Maisha Wester; 2019), Horror: A Literary History (2016) and Digital Horror: Haunted Technologies, Network Panic and the Found Footage Phenomenon (with Linnie Blake; 2015). Aldana Reyes also edited fiction anthologies for the British Library series, Tales of the Weird, including the following titles: The Gothic Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (2018), The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson (2019), Promethean Horrors: Classic Tales of Mad Science (2019) and Roarings from Further Out: Four Weird Novellas, by Algernon Blackwood (2019)
Some Proposals for Administrative Improvement at St. Xavier\u27s School, Kathmandu
No full textSt. Xavier\u27s Kathmandu is the school where the writer has been working prior to his coming here. He is associated with the school for the last eight years, and that is where he will be working after completion of the degree here. During the course of studies here the writer has been considering how he can apply what he learns here to St. Xavier\u27s Kathmandu. So, the purpose of this essay is to develop some proposals for improvement in some areas of administration at this school. This will particularly be useful for if he is to be an administrator of the same school sometime in the future.
Chapter one will be an introduction to the country(Nepal), its people, culture, educational history, the beginning of St. Xavier\u27s school and so on. The subsequent chapters will deal with theories of management/ management styles, personnel management, school community relations, parental involvement, and financial administration.
This is not a research paper. Most of the facts about the country, city, and especially the school will be from the writer\u27s personal experience. On the basis of the courses taken here, a review of literature will be done for the different topics that are dealt with in the essay
Xavier Albó: Memoria, Crónica, Perfil
No full textAuthor historicizes the monumental contribution to the study of Quechua of linguist and anthropologist Xavier Albó. Author recalls Albó's early linguistic and anthropological influence during the late 1960s as a clear inspiration to study Quechua linguistics, the largest indigenous language spoken today in the Americas
Digital Gothic : an interview with Xavier Aldana Reyes
No full textXavier Aldana Reyes is Reader/Associate Professor in English Literature and Film at Manchester Metropolitan University and a founder member of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies. He is author of Gothic Cinema (2020), Spanish Gothic (2017), Horror Film and Affect (2016) and Body Gothic (2014), and editor of Twenty-First-Century Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion (with Maisha Wester, 2019), Horror: A Literary History (2016) and Digital Horror (with Linnie Blake, 2015). Xavier is chief editor of the Horror Studies book series at the University of Wales Press, and has edited anthologies of Gothic and horror fiction for the British Library. One of Xavier's research interests is the optical dynamics of found footage horror films. On this topic, he has published an article on narrative framing for Gothic Studies, and chapters on affective immersion in the film [REC] (2007) and viewer involvement and guilt in The Last Horror Movie (2003). More recently, he wrote a chapter on 'Online Gothic' that considers social media found footage horror for the collection The Edinburgh Companion to Globalgothic (2022)
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