A student-friendly introduction to the broad field of leisure studies, encouraging students to engage in reflexive analysis of their own common sense understandings of contemporary leisure practices.

This book briefly introduces to the bio-inspired concept of constructive swarms and focuses on the design and evolution of two different artificial constructive swarm models. First, a connectionist approach is taken in which the sensory and the actuator system of virtually flocking swarm individuals are connected by an artificial neural network. The swarms are evolved to satisfy the expectations of the breeder by means of manual evaluation. Exhaustive computing times turn out to be a great obstacle to achieving good results. A second model is designed to ...

Dannaya kollektivnaya monografiya posvyashchena odnoy iz aktual'neyshikh problem psikhologicheskogo soprovozhdeniya protsessa lichnostnogo i professional'nogo stanovleniya molodogo pokoleniya. Ona vklyuchaet stat'i, otrazhayushchie rezul'taty teoreticheskoy i prakticheskoy nauchnoy raboty avtorov po monitoringu professional'nogo samoopredeleniya yunoshestva i molodezhi severnogo regiona, provodimoy na baze fakul'teta psikhologii Surgutskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta na protyazhenii ryada let. Kniga adresovana vsem, kto interesuetsya teoreticheskimi i ...

During the holidays, so many of us can suffer for all kinds of reasons. The magnitude of our weary world weighs on our hearts and minds. We wrestle with chronic pain, broken relationships, shattered dreams, fragile faith, and unexpected losses. Our grief and sorrow feel particularly acute when compared to the festivity and joy everyone else seems to be feeling. More and more churches are acknowledging this fact with “Blue Christmas” services (also called “Longest Night” services) and offering resources to give particular support and ...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Learn all the French slang and current phrases you never learned in French class with this handy French-English phrasebook for modern travelers. Sipping a café au lait at a sidewalk bistro... Getting down at Paris's hottest club... Cheering on Les Bleus at the stadium... Drop the textbook formality and chat with the locals in France's everyday language. - What's up? Ça va? - She's totally hot. Elle est bandante. - This party is lit! Cette bringue est enflammée! - That brie smells funky. Ce brie sent putain de drôle. ...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

“We’re not gangsters, bitch. You are acting crazy.” Shayla said. “No, bitch we’re not gangsters—we’re fucking Savages, and I will kill for all of mine.” Shanice said.   Savage Sisters Meet the Savage Sisters Shayla, Shanice, Shante, and Shakira. After the brutal murder of their father these sisters must learn to defend themselves. Living in the gritty streets of North Philadelphia is not easy. Trying to keep the family together seems so hard especially, when they are all struggling with personal ...

The Boy Scouts' Mountain Camp is a classic adventure novel written by Howard Payson and first published in 1912. The story follows a group of Boy Scouts who embark on a summer camping trip in the mountains. Led by their scoutmaster, the boys face a series of challenges and obstacles as they navigate the rugged terrain and learn important skills like camping, hiking, and survival.Throughout the book, readers are introduced to a colorful cast of characters, including the brave and resourceful scout leader, the enthusiastic and eager young scouts, and a host ...

This book is about a journey, a journey of a simple person from a small town boy to follow his heart trying to make it big. Is he successful, does he reach to a destination or like any other persons he also felled in the pit of questions and social obligations? Not so fast, things will uncover during the course of the journey (book). I hope everyone likes the read as this is one story which is close to my heart and hopefully after this read it will be close to you as well.