Lekhost a Tize: An Experiment in Film Production Methodology

Proliferation and convergence of new technologies as well as the diverse media it has given rise to have had a dramatic impact on the theory and practice of contemporary filmmaking. This trend also holds considerable implication for the range of cinematic forms likely to be embraced in the future as well as the methodologies necessarily exploited in their making. The formal and expressive possibilities inherent in the climate of experimentation existing at this unique juncture in history encourage out-of-the-ordinary solutions to long-standing problems while begging important questions regarding the process and goal of filmmaking. Taking the films of the Czech New Wave and their trademark formal experimentation as a point of departure, the present study attempts to incorporate the disparate influences of these novel circumstances to filmmaking. As such, Lekhost a Tíže represents one filmmaker\u27s efforts towards the goal of an intuitive and personal system of filmmaking, based on a flexible, yet expressive visual language that seeks to promote discovery without forfeiting narrative coherence

Addressing climate vulnerability : promoting the participatory rights of indigenous peoples and women through Finnish foreign policy

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Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook

The purpose of the Sourcebook is to act as a guide for practitioners and technical staff in addressing gender issues and integrating gender-responsive actions in the design and implementation of agricultural projects and programs. It speaks not with gender specialists on how to improve their skills but rather reaches out to technical experts to guide them in thinking through how to integrate gender dimensions into their operations. The Sourcebook aims to deliver practical advice, guidelines, principles, and descriptions and illustrations of approaches that have worked so far to achieve the goal of effective gender mainstreaming in the agricultural operations of development agencies. It captures and expands the main messages of the World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development and is considered an important tool to facilitate the operationalization and implementation of the report's key principles on gender equality and women's empowerment

NASA Tech Briefs, November 2002

Topics include: a technology focus on engineering materials, electronic components and systems, software, mechanics, machinery/automation, manufacturing, bio-medical, physical sciences, information sciences book and reports, and a special section of Photonics Tech Briefs

Options for IFR Operation Implementation for HEMS in the Czech Republic

Létání zásahů HEMS bez ohledu na meteorologické podmínky je jednou z možností, jak efektivně zvýšit dostupnost této služby. Pro umožnění takového provozu v českém prostředí je nutné zajistit jak odpovídající techniku, tak letové postupy dle IFR. V úvodu práce je popsána organizační struktura LZS v ČR. Další část práce se zabývá zavedeným systémem LZS v Norsku, Švýcarsku, Spojeném království, Německu a Slovensku za účelem získání inspirace pro návrh dalšího směru vývoje české LZS. Pro určení vhodných IFR letových postupů byly využity zkušenosti získané ze zahraničních projektů PROuD, HEDGE a HEDGE-NEXT. V hlavní části práce jsou identifikována slabá místa v systému české LZS s návrhem možného řešení situace.Enabling HEMS crews to fly with no regard to meterological conditions can be an effective solution with the purpose of improving an availability of the service. To make this kind of operation possible in the Czech HEMS environment, it is necessary to ensure both the adequately suited helicopter and the IFR operation implementation. An organisational structure of HEMS in the Czech Republic is described in the first part of this thesis. With the aim of getting an inspiration for a Czech HEMS future development, the following part of this thesis is dealing with a current HEMS system in Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Slovakia. Results from a few European projects, PROuD, HEDGE and HEDGE-NEXT, were used for a better consideration of appropriate IFR helicopter procedures in Czech HEMS environment. The main part of this thesis identifies weaknesses within a Czech HEMS system and suggests potential solutions

Exceptions to the Rule of Gender: Ambition, Writing, and Subjectivity in Christine de Pizan, Jeanne d\u27Albret and Marie-Catherine Desjardins de Villedieu

Critics often focus on how ambitious French women who were “exceptions to the rule of gender†disrupted egalitarian political structures that appeared after 1789. Geneviève Fraisse, for instance, theorizes that exceptional women in egalitarian systems such as democracies/republics pose a threat to patriarchal social order. In theory, all women in political circumstances such as these have the “right†to imitate the exceptional woman. The fear in “egalitarian†patriarchal societies is that all women might emulate the ambitious women who aspire to cultural echelons usually reserved for men. In a hierarchical regime, such as the ancien régime, exceptions are a normal, and at times celebrated, part of society. However, this does not imply that ancien régime women did not face adversity like ambitious women who appeared later in history. Indeed, the significance of the exceptional ancien régime woman has been largely ignored. My analysis fills this void by examining the early French woman writer’s importance as an exception to the rule of gender. Detailed analyses of ancien régime women’s texts reveal that exceptional women were indeed problematic in this era. Additionally, the personal experience of each writer, as evidenced through her works, illustrates that exceptional ancien régime women deftly negotiated social and political obstacles by writing publicly. This study focuses on the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries and examines the lives and writings of Christine de Pizan (1364-1430), Jeanne d’Albret (1528-1572), and Marie Catherine Desjardins, also known as Madame de Villedieu (1640-1679. Comparing their life experiences reveals that in the case of these women, destabilized family structures ultimately led to an opportunity for public engagement through writing. Left on their own as widows, Pizan, Albret, and Villedieu wrote to maintain their autonomy. They subtly challenged social structures that limited women, while recasting their own images in writing. Ultimately, their choice to write allowed them to achieve subjectivity in their lives and works

Minutes of a Regular Meeting, The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, January 27, 2004

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