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Classic from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, , language: English, abstract: First published in 1844 ... Here are not many people¿and as it is desirable that a story¿teller and a story¿reader should establish a mutual understanding as soon as possible, I beg it to be noticed that I confine this observation neither to young people nor to little people, but extend it to all conditions of people: little and big, young and old: yet growing up, or already growing down again¿there are not, I say, many people who would care to sleep in a church. I don¿t mean at sermon¿time in warm weather (when the thing has actually been done, once or twice), but in the night, and alone. A great multitude of persons will be violently astonished, I know, by this position, in the broad bold Day. But it applies to Night. It must be argued by night, and I will undertake to maintain it successfully on any gusty winter¿s night appointed for the purpose, with any one opponent chosen from the rest, who will meet me singly in an old churchyard, before an old church¿door; and will previously empower me to lock him in, if needful to his satisfaction, until morning. For the night¿wind has a dismal trick of wandering round and round a building of that sort, and moaning as it goes; and of trying, with its unseen hand, the windows and the doors; and seeking out some crevices by which to enter. And when it has got in; as one not finding what it seeks, whatever that may be, it wails and howls to issue forth again: and not content with stalking through the aisles, and gliding round and round the pillars, and tempting the deep organ, soars up to the roof, and strives to rend the rafters: then flings itself despairingly upon the stones below, and passes, muttering, into the vaults. Anon, it comes up stealthily, and creeps along the walls, seeming to read, in whispers, the Inscriptions sacred to the Dead. At some of these, it breaks out shrilly, as with laughter; and at others, moans and cries as if it were lamenting. It has a ghostly sound too, lingering within the altar; where it seems to chaunt, in its wild way, of Wrong and Murder done, and false Gods worshipped, in defiance of the Tables of the Law, which look so fair and smooth, but are so flawed and broken. Ugh! Heaven preserve us, sitting snugly round the fire! It has an awful voice, that wind at Midnight, singing in a church!

Project Report from the year 2008 in the subject Communications - Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing, Social Media, grade: B (= very good), The Royal Institute of Technology (JMK - Department of Journalism, Media and Communication), course: Method Project Course, language: English, abstract: The research question I am interested in is concerned to the generation 50plus: How is the generation 50plus perceived in German social magazines and to what extend are their needs served by the published ads in those magazines, i.e. how is the generation 50plus addressed by the (advertising) industry? I have chosen this topic, since it is of a current importance in the discussion of media target groups beyond the border of the standardized definition of the alleged relevant target group for advertisers in the age of 1449 years. Especially the 50- to 64-year age group is more brand than price orientated. That means they have no problem to pay more for higher quality, to expand more for fashion, cosmetics and luxury articles, to wine and dine and to go out to theatres, cinemas or concerts quite often. It is estimated that the generation 50plus (also called »Best Ager«) has a spending power about the half of the purchasing power potential in Germany circa 90 billion Euros and an above-averaged propensity to consume. Therefore their spending power is four times higher than that of average households. Furthermore nowadays the target group of the generation 50plus spans already 30 billion citizens in Germany. The share of the Best Ager of all Germans will increase from currently 37 percent to 50 percent by 2050. These data clarify why »the aged« became to a central economic factor in Germany (but for example also in USA and UK, where their relevance and potential has been recognized some years earlier) and claims for a rethinking in marketing strategies. To investigate the research question I am going to combine a qualitative and quantitative method discourse analysis and content analysis. I will use the discourse analysis to study how the generation 50plus is described in previous articles (i.e. from older issues) in German social magazines (Focus, Der Spiegel etc.) and with what meanings, needs and values is it connoted. If necessary, I will translate the analysed articles in English, but one should be conscious of the possibility, that a deeper meaning can get lost with the translation. The content analysis is used to study whether the needs and values of the generation 50plus are served by ads from those magazines I have analysed already before with the discourse analysis, i.e. ads in above mentioned social magazines. For this I will use one current issue per magazine and analyse all represented ads.

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'Not many books make me laugh out loud but this one absolutely did!' - Amazon reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿ ---------- Una McMurray is puzzled. Surely, statistically, the international cat show scene shouldn't be this... lethal? Keen to make her mark in her new job in pet insurance, Una's first task is to calculate whether cat ownership extends human lifespan. Tragically, that's not the case for prizewinning cat owner Jeff Bridgely - a most improbable accident has ended his dreams of triumphing at the upcoming International Cat Show. When a second competitor dies in mysterious circumstances, the maths just doesn't add up. Una vows to resolve this suspicious data discrepancy and impress her new project team, especially condescending Tim and ambitious trainee Patti. After borrowing Pedro the cat and brushing up on her feline facts, Una dives deep undercover in the cutthroat world of cat shows. Competition is fierce, but what Pedro lacks in pedigree, he makes up for in character. Although as Pedro's odds of winning shorten, so do Una's chances of survival... Armed with razor-sharp logic, analytical expertise and a scruffy moggy sidekick, can actuary Una catch the cat show killer before she becomes the latest fatal statistic? ---------- Readers love the Una McMurray Mysteries series! 'Laugh out loud funny with great characters . . .a warm and entertaining story. I really loved it' - Amazon reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Any book with death in the title that can make me laugh is worth picking up!' - Amazon reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿ 'A great addition to the cosy crime collection, it's funny and smart and has an original and interesting detective in Una' - Amazon reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Three actuaries walk into a cat show in Balham . . . high-stakes hilarity ensues. Amongst fictional detectives, Una McMurray is a gem. Her voice combines wit, warmth and satire. This is such a fun read' - Robert Holtom, author of A Queer Case 'Clever and very funny' - Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants 'Eleanor Oliphant meets The Thursday Murder Club' - Jessica Irena Smith, author of The Night of the Crash 'Deliciously fun mystery that gest serious about the body count, with clues that really do add up! Loved following Una seeing the risks at every turn - and having to overcome them if she's to save those she loves. #TeamPedro!' - Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, author of the Dr Nell Ward Mysteries series 'Witty and fun' - Woman's Own 'Terrifically funny and endearing' - Belfast Telegraph 'Impressive... full of unusual ideas and amusing relationships' - Morning Star

Classic from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, , language: English, abstract: First published in 1844 ... Here are not many people¿and as it is desirable that a story¿teller and a story¿reader should establish a mutual understanding as soon as possible, I beg it to be noticed that I confine this observation neither to young people nor to little people, but extend it to all conditions of people: little and big, young and old: yet growing up, or already growing down again¿there are not, I say, many people who would care to sleep in a church. I don¿t mean at sermon¿time in warm weather (when the thing has actually been done, once or twice), but in the night, and alone. A great multitude of persons will be violently astonished, I know, by this position, in the broad bold Day. But it applies to Night. It must be argued by night, and I will undertake to maintain it successfully on any gusty winter¿s night appointed for the purpose, with any one opponent chosen from the rest, who will meet me singly in an old churchyard, before an old church¿door; and will previously empower me to lock him in, if needful to his satisfaction, until morning. For the night¿wind has a dismal trick of wandering round and round a building of that sort, and moaning as it goes; and of trying, with its unseen hand, the windows and the doors; and seeking out some crevices by which to enter. And when it has got in; as one not finding what it seeks, whatever that may be, it wails and howls to issue forth again: and not content with stalking through the aisles, and gliding round and round the pillars, and tempting the deep organ, soars up to the roof, and strives to rend the rafters: then flings itself despairingly upon the stones below, and passes, muttering, into the vaults. Anon, it comes up stealthily, and creeps along the walls, seeming to read, in whispers, the Inscriptions sacred to the Dead. At some of these, it breaks out shrilly, as with laughter; and at others, moans and cries as if it were lamenting. It has a ghostly sound too, lingering within the altar; where it seems to chaunt, in its wild way, of Wrong and Murder done, and false Gods worshipped, in defiance of the Tables of the Law, which look so fair and smooth, but are so flawed and broken. Ugh! Heaven preserve us, sitting snugly round the fire! It has an awful voice, that wind at Midnight, singing in a church!

'This book is AMAZING!' Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of Outliers and Blink 'Reveals how we can all surpass our perceived physical limits.' Adam Grant, bestselling author of Hidden Potential 'Anyone who has ever felt exhausted, whether from heat or cold or altitude or pain or simply a loss of will, is going to find their own experience in this book." David Epstein, bestselling author of Range 'A high-water mark for understanding the physiology the art and the science of how to perform at your best.' Rich Roll, host of the Rich Roll podcast and author of Finding Ultra __________ We've all felt it. The moment your body says stop. Your legs screaming, lungs burning, every instinct telling you there's nothing left. But what if that signal isn't the end of your capacity? What if it's just your brain playing it safe? In Endure, award-winning science journalist and elite distance runner Alex Hutchinson upends everything we think we know about human limits. Drawing on decades of research and the cutting edge of sports science, he makes a compelling, evidence-backed case: fatigue is not a physical event. It is a sensation, one manufactured and managed by the brain, which is constantly calculating how much you have left and deciding, often conservatively, when to call it. This changes everything. Because if your limits are partly a decision rather than a fixed ceiling, they can be negotiated. Trained. Pushed. Hutchinson takes us from early experiments with electrical currents and frogs' legs to sophisticated brain imaging, from elite marathon runners chasing the two-hour barrier to mountaineers at the edge of survival on Everest. He examines what heat, cold, pain, altitude, and sheer loss of will actually do to performance and introduces the new frontier of endurance science, where researchers are using brain stimulation, psychological priming, and cognitive training to extend what athletes can do. But Endure is not just a book for athletes. It's for anyone who has ever stopped short of their potential and wondered why. Hutchinson's answer is surprising, scientifically rigorous, and, ultimately, galvanizing: the barrier that matters most is the one inside your head. __________ 'Just a fantastic, inspiring read ... Every athlete and coach needs to read this but the implications are applicable for anyone with an interest in performance and resilience.' - Chris Williamson, host of the Modern Wisdom podcast 'If you want to gain insight into the mind of great athletes, adventurers, and peak performers then prepare to be enthralled by Alex Hutchinson's Endure.' - Bear Grylls 'Endure is a pure science book that goes deep, especially into the mind, and the pacing and story-telling are top notch. - Runner's World 'So good. Smart, inspiring, and just fun to read. Makes me wanna be a better runner (and faster reader).' - Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times 'An intelligent, exhaustively researched study.' - The Times

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024: THE NEW NOVEL BY THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE WEEKEND A Guardian Book of the Summer 2024 A Book of the Year for the Sydney Morning Herald and ABC Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award Shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year Shortlisted for the ABIA Award for Literary Fiction Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 'A beautiful, mature work that does not flinch from life' SUNDAY TIMES 'A transfixing novel' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A book about what it means to be good: simply and with great humility, it asks the big questions, leaving the reader feeling kinder, more brave, enlarged' ANNE ENRIGHT, author of The Wren, The Wren 'I have rarely been so absorbed by a novel . . . A powerful, generous book' GUARDIAN 'Beautiful, strange and otherworldly' PAULA HAWKINS, bestselling author of A Slow Fire Burning 'It extends and deepens Wood's already remarkable achievements as a novelist in powerful and often profound ways' SATURDAY PAPER 'Both profound and addictively entertaining. I loved it' CLARE CHAMBERS, bestselling author of Small Pleasures 'Extraordinary . . . a stunning work of fiction from a major writer who keeps getting better' AUSTRALIAN 'Remarkable . . . I'm still trying to figure out how she pulled it off. The best thing she's done' TIM WINTON, author of The Shepherd's Hut 'No words can quite convey how much I loved this book' KAREN JOY FOWLER, author of Booth Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Australian outback. She doesn't believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive existence almost by accident. But disquiet interrupts this secluded life with three visitations. First comes a terrible mouse plague, each day signalling a new battle against the rising infestation. Second is the return of the skeletal remains of a sister who disappeared decades before, presumed murdered. And finally, a troubling visitor plunges the narrator further back into her past. PRAISE FOR CHARLOTTE WOOD'S THE WEEKEND A Sunday Times 'Best Book for Summer 2021' A Times, Observer, Independent, Daily Express and Good Housekeeping Book of the Year 'So great I am struggling to find the words to do it justice . . . Wood is an agonisingly gifted writer. I am now going to read all her other books' MARIAN KEYES 'A rare pleasure' SUNDAY TIMES 'A perfect, funny, insightful novel about women, friendship and ageing' NINA STIBBE 'Glorious . . . C

'This book is AMAZING!' Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of Outliers and Blink 'Reveals how we can all surpass our perceived physical limits.' Adam Grant, bestselling author of Hidden Potential 'Anyone who has ever felt exhausted, whether from heat or cold or altitude or pain or simply a loss of will, is going to find their own experience in this book." David Epstein, bestselling author of Range 'A high-water mark for understanding the physiology the art and the science of how to perform at your best.' Rich Roll, host of the Rich Roll podcast and author of Finding Ultra __________ We've all felt it. The moment your body says stop. Your legs screaming, lungs burning, every instinct telling you there's nothing left. But what if that signal isn't the end of your capacity? What if it's just your brain playing it safe? In Endure, award-winning science journalist and elite distance runner Alex Hutchinson upends everything we think we know about human limits. Drawing on decades of research and the cutting edge of sports science, he makes a compelling, evidence-backed case: fatigue is not a physical event. It is a sensation, one manufactured and managed by the brain, which is constantly calculating how much you have left and deciding, often conservatively, when to call it. This changes everything. Because if your limits are partly a decision rather than a fixed ceiling, they can be negotiated. Trained. Pushed. Hutchinson takes us from early experiments with electrical currents and frogs' legs to sophisticated brain imaging, from elite marathon runners chasing the two-hour barrier to mountaineers at the edge of survival on Everest. He examines what heat, cold, pain, altitude, and sheer loss of will actually do to performance and introduces the new frontier of endurance science, where researchers are using brain stimulation, psychological priming, and cognitive training to extend what athletes can do. But Endure is not just a book for athletes. It's for anyone who has ever stopped short of their potential and wondered why. Hutchinson's answer is surprising, scientifically rigorous, and, ultimately, galvanizing: the barrier that matters most is the one inside your head. __________ 'Just a fantastic, inspiring read ... Every athlete and coach needs to read this but the implications are applicable for anyone with an interest in performance and resilience.' - Chris Williamson, host of the Modern Wisdom podcast 'If you want to gain insight into the mind of great athletes, adventurers, and peak performers then prepare to be enthralled by Alex Hutchinson's Endure.' - Bear Grylls 'Endure is a pure science book that goes deep, especially into the mind, and the pacing and story-telling are top notch. - Runner's World 'So good. Smart, inspiring, and just fun to read. Makes me wanna be a better runner (and faster reader).' - Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times 'An intelligent, exhaustively researched study.' - The Times