7/4/2023 0 Comments Asimov iThis battle between the qualitative and the quantitative, between human consciousness and abstract calculation, isn’t easily resolved, but one thing does seem certain: nobody likes an angry robot. But a team of robot psychologists, engaged in what we would today call quality control, soon discover certain glitches that become quite sinister.Īsimov, like philosophers before him, naturally assumed that there could be no true morality without emotion. It is perhaps most famous for the three essential laws embedded deep in every robot’s positronic brain.Īt first glance, these ethical precepts seem simple enough they are really not much different from the Golden Rule. I, Robot, first published in 1950, is a collection of short science fiction stories by author Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimov, I, Robot Becoming Human by Christian Ristow, Black Rock City 2015 (Photo by Playaman) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.ģ. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.Ģ.
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7/4/2023 0 Comments Bakhtin rabelais and his worldIf he does not discover, he foresees, he promises, he directs. But refracted by this foolery, the genius of the age and its prophetic power are revealed in all their majesty. "Rabelais collected wisdom from the popular elemental forces of the ancient Provencal idioms, sayings, proverbs, school farces, from the mouth of fools and clowns. "This image of the body acquired a considerable and substantial development in the popular, festive, and spectacle forms of the Middle Ages: in the feast of the fool, in charivari and carnival, in the popular side show of Corpus Christi, in the diableries of the mystery plays, the soties, and farces."- Rabelais and His World (1965) by Mikhail Bakhtin, (p.27 tr. Gargantua eating six pilgrims from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais, as illustrated by Gustave Doré 7/4/2023 0 Comments Passion and purityDuring those five years both experienced the same feelings that you may now have-loneliness. Jim took their word for it and committed himself to bachelorhood for as long as the will of God required.” Five years passed before Jim Elliot knew that it was God’s will that he and Elisabeth marry. There were some areas where women could not go. Older missionaries had told him that single men were needed to do jobs married ones could never do. Perhaps for life, perhaps only until he had firsthand experience in the place where he was to work as a jungle missionary. The rain was the other fact he explained to me as we sat on the grass by the Lagoon-that God was calling him to remain single. The sunlight, which turned my world into a radiance of color, was the knowledge of Jim Elliot’s love. 41 This Is Our God-We Have Waited for HimĪlso by Elisabeth Elliot: A Slow and Certain Light The Savage My Kinsman Love Has a Price Tag No Graven Image The Journals of Jim Elliot Through Gates of Splendor Shadow of the Almighty Let Me Be a Woman The Mark of a Man Discipline: The Glad Surrender Quest for Love He realizes she is blind when he hands her back her cane. As he hurriedly leaves, he bumps into a girl, but she doesn't react when his scarf comes off. After his parents are gone, Bobby heads to the library, bundled up to conceal his invisibility. He reveals his invisibility to his parents and is told to stay at home until his parents get back from work (his mother is an English professor, and his father a scientist). Teenager Robert Phillips, known by his nickname "Bobby," wakes up one day to find that he can no longer see himself. This book was followed by two sequels, Things Hoped For and Things That Are. The platinum edition includes a short interview with Andrew Clements and a redesigned cover. The book was originally released in 2002 by Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group, but was re-released in 2006 as a platinum edition by Puffin. The title is apparently taken from Hebrews 11:1, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" in the King James Version of the Bible. Things Not Seen is a first-person novel written by Andrew Clements and his third novel after Frindle and The Landry News. 7/4/2023 0 Comments William h armstrongRequests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.Ĭontact host institution for more information. Massachusetts Agricultural College-Faculty-PhotographsĪll rights for this image are held by the University of Massachusetts Amherst. William H Armstrong was a graduate of the Augusta Military Academy and Hampden-Sydney College and, for fifty-two years, taught ancient history and study. Moody National Companies is part of the Hospitality industry, and located in Texas, United States. Massachusetts Agricultural College-Alumni and alumnae-Photographs William Armstrong has been working as a Director at Moody National Companies for 9 years. Individuals Subjects: University of Massachusetts at Amherst-Faculty-Photographs Location: Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries Collection (local): University Photograph Collection Later became Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Superintendent of grounds 1930 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Drawing. Alumni of Massachusetts Agricultural College, class of 1899. 7/3/2023 0 Comments 22 11 63* Follow him into the house that he entersġ1and say to the master of the house, ‘The teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’ġ2He will show you a large upper room that is furnished. e 7When the day of the feast of Unleavened Bread arrived, the day for sacrificing the Passover lamb, f 8he sent out Peter and John, instructing them, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”ĩThey asked him, “Where do you want us to make the preparations?”ġ0And he answered them, “When you go into the city, a man will meet you carrying a jar of water. 1 a Now the feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, * was drawing near,Ģ b and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking a way to put him to death, for they were afraid of the people.ģ c Then Satan entered into Judas, * the one surnamed Iscariot, who was counted among the Twelve, d 4and he went to the chief priests and temple guards to discuss a plan for handing him over to them.ĥThey were pleased and agreed to pay him money.ĦHe accepted their offer and sought a favorable opportunity to hand him over to them in the absence of a crowd. 7/3/2023 0 Comments The third wheel by jeff kinney"Kinney is right up there with J K Rowling as one of the bestselling children's authors on the planet". Praise for Jeff Kinney: "The world has gone crazy for Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid". But a lot can happen in one night, and in the end, you never know who's going to be lucky in love.Share in the hilarious adventures of everyone's favourite wimpy kid, Greg Heffley, in the highly-anticipated seventh book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Then an unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves Rowley the odd man out. His bestfriend, Rowley, doesn't have any prospects either but that's small consolation. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he's worried he'll be left out in the cold on the big night. Also now a box office-busting major motion franchise with the third Wimpy Kid movie, Dog Days released in the UK in August 2012! Love is in the air, but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's school has turned his world upside down. This book is perfect for readers of 8+ and all the millions of Wimpy Kid fans. The Third Wheel is the hilarious seventh book in the brilliant, bestselling and award-winning Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. 7/3/2023 0 Comments Dark Guardian by Rebecca KingSince the decision to replace the original cast with the 4Kids staff, there has been large debates mainly over the internet on who is the better voice actor for Sonic and Shadow. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Utrom, Miyamoto Usagi, Raxis, additional voices.Īfter leaving the Sonic cast, Jason voiced the lead role of gym leader and traveling companion Cilan in the Pokémon: Black & White anime, as well as co-starring in the podcast Casterstheshow as seen on YouTube. However, Griffith still voiced Sonic for commercials for the CW4kids' program block, Toonzai, which was recorded after the new cast was announced. The new voices for Shadow and Jet are provided by Kirk Thornton and Michael Yurchak, respectively. Sonic's new voice actor was Roger Craig Smith, starting with Sonic Free Riders and Sonic Colors. In 2010, Sega announced that they were replacing the entire voice cast (except for Mike Pollock who would keep on voicing Dr. When Jet was introduced in Sonic Riders, Griffith began voicing that character as well. When Sega replaced all of the Sonic the Hedgehog series voice actors with the Sonic X voice acting team in order to keep their voices the same in all media forms, Griffith took over the voices of Sonic and Shadow from their previous actors, Ryan Drummond and David Humphrey respectively. When 4Kids Entertainment localized the Sonic X anime series for American viewers, Griffith took on the voices of both Sonic the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog. Berg stresses the point that sanctification does not occur at once however, it occurs progressively. Furthermore, God uses His word and Spirit to necessitate the required change. In addition, God uses the believer’s friends and the church as vessels that bring about the intended change. Berg notes that the process of change is gradual, and God often uses several things to ensure that an individual is changed completely.ĭuring the process of change, God ensures that the believer encounters trials and temptations to test his or her strength. Berg (2003, 2) argues the process of change initiated in the changed individual enables him or her to resemble Christ in terms of ambitions, actions, and attitudes. Once an individual accepts Jesus Christ and becomes a child of God, God initiates the process of change. According to the Bible, Jesus is the child of God, and anyone who chooses to follow Jesus also becomes a child of God. Thus, Jesus Christ bears the sins of that individual, and in return, the person has to choose to follow Jesus Christ. Berg reminds his audience that for one to become an accomplished Christian, he or she must accept Jesus Christ as his savior. Therefore, Berg endeavors to illustrate how Biblical teachings contribute to the sanctification of believers. Sanctification is a process through which people are made holy according to the Biblical teachings. The book Changed into His Image, by Jim Berg, discusses sanctification. She would spend much of the next four years in a hospital bed, fighting for her life and chronicling the saga in a column for The New York Times. By the time Jaouad flew home to New York, she had lost her job, her apartment, and her independence. Just like that, the life she had imagined for herself had gone up in flames. Then a trip to the doctor and, a few weeks shy of her twenty-third birthday, a diagnosis: leukemia, with a 35 percent chance of survival. Next came the exhaustion, and the six-hour naps that only deepened her fatigue. It started with an itch-first on her feet, then up her legs, like a thousand invisible mosquito bites. The real world she found, however, would take her into a very different kind of conflict zone. In the summer after graduating from college, Suleika Jaouad was preparing, as they say in commencement speeches, to enter “the real world.” She had fallen in love and moved to Paris to pursue her dream of becoming a war correspondent. Jaouad’s insights about the self, connectedness, uncertainty and time speak to all of us.”- The Washington Post Her writing restores the moon, lights the way as we learn to endure the unknown.”-Chanel Miller, The New York Times Book Review “I was immersed for the whole ride and would follow Jaouad anywhere. A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life-from the author of the Life, Interrupted column in The New York Times. |