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Dans cette pièce intimiste, Kevin relate comment, après être tombé en amour avec un homme de théâtre québécois, il entreprend des démarches d'immigration. Entre ses mésaventures administratives, ses frustrations et ses moments de bonheur, Kevin fait la connaissance d'hommes et de femmes qui, comme lui, ont choisi le Québec comme terre d'adoption. Leurs parcours sont extrêmement variés et leurs paroles sont rapportées directement, l'auteur choisissant de laisser leurs mots se rendre à nous. Si les histoires sont parfois douloureuses, elles témoignent de l'universalité des désirs de paix et de liberté.

This compilation begins by presenting the assertion that indeterminism does not imply free will, and because the considerations about an autonomous mind sending orders to the body is against neuroscience or evolutionary theories about human beings. The quantum theory of measurement can be interpreted without the intervention of human minds, but other fields of science cannot contemplate the mentalist scenario. A fatalistic or materialist view, which denies the possibility of a free will, makes much more sense in scientific terms. The authors address the issue of free in the context of how able we are to develop and use the free-will capacity we do have. Impulse patterns underlying conscious processes are not isolated from the rest of the brain. Thus, impulses occurring during consciousness must have consequences. The impulse patterns of conscious reasoning and creative synthesis must have the capacity to engage other circuitry that drives decision-making and implements behavior. This may occur in real time, and a significant degree of free will occurs even if those patterns may have programmed circuitry to create predetermined, stereotypical predilections for future behavior which can be vetoed or modified in real time. This book determines that people high in the trait of psychological reactance may resist such attempts to alter their free will beliefs. Belief in free will is associated with many desirable outcomes and may be the result of natural selection.

This book focuses on urban'green infrastructure'– the interconnected web of vegetated spaces like street trees, parks and peri-urban forests that provide essential ecosystem services in cities. The green infrastructure approach embodies the idea that these services, such as storm-water runoff control, pollutant filtration and amenities for outdoor recreation, are just as vital for a modern city as those provided by any other type of infrastructure. Ensuring that these ecosystem services are indeed delivered in an equitable and sustainable way requires knowledge of the physical attributes of trees and urban green spaces, tools for coping with the complex social and cultural dynamics, and an understanding of how these factors can be integrated in better governance practices. By conveying the findings and recommendations of COST Action FP1204 GreenInUrbs, this volume summarizes the collaborative efforts of researchers and practitioners from across Europe to address these challenges.

Dans ce volume, Le Dieu Trine, W. Jenson Robert aborde les thèmes relatifs à la nature du Dieu chrétien, y compris les questions christologiques et trinitaires classiques en dialogue avec les Pères de l'Eglise et les principaux théologiens catholiques et orthodoxes. Pour l'auteur, la fonction principale d'un système trinitaire est d'identifier narrativement Dieu ; la mort et la résurrection de Jésus-Christ offre une cohérence dramatique nécessaire à cette identification.

The 41st edition of this established reference work offers a wealth of information on the worldwide publishing landscape. It includes more than 1,100,000 publishers'ISBN prefixes from 221 countries and territories. The Geographical Section (volumes 1-5) provides the names of more than 1,000,000 active publishing houses, arranged alphabetically by country, and within country by name. Entries contain the full address including email and URL particulars as well as ISBN prefixes. Publishers can be identified via their ISBN prefixes through the Numerical ISBN Section (volumes 6-7). The eBookPLUS format comprises the content and search criteria of the printed edition and its indices, facilitating complex searches.

Soil Carbon in Sensitive European Ecosystems - From Science to Land Management is a comprehensive overview of the latest research in this field drawn together by a network of scientists from across Europe. Soil carbon assessments are crucial at present to our understanding of the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems and our ability to assess implications for the global carbon exchange and its consequences on the future climate. This book focuses primarily on ecosystems and their soil carbon stocks. The book identifies three key sensitive ecosystems within Europe: Mediterranean Forest and Agricultural Systems; Mountains; and Peatland. Contributors include those currently working for the European research programme, COST Action 639 BurnOut (www.cost639.net; 2006-2010). COST Action 639 emerged from a demand from policy makers in Europe for more detailed information on soil carbon dynamics. The cooperation between experts for reporting and experts for soil dynamics is the focus of the book. This book seeks to provide an up-to-date account on the state-of-the-art research within this topical field.

Les communautés religieuses ont occupé une place considérable dans l'histoire du Québec, surtout dans les domaines de l'éducation, de la santé et des services sociaux. Malheureusement, certains événements ont fait dévier l'admiration que l'on portait à ces femmes et à ces hommes qui furent d'un grand dévouement. La Fondation du Patrimoine laurentien a voulu rappeler l'influence énorme qu'ont eue ces communautés sur le développement harmonieux de nos valeurs humaines. C'est à travers les témoignages de certains de leurs membres que leur engagement nous est ici rappelé. Pierre Valcour est surtout connu dans le domaine des communications. Il a été comédien, réalisateur et producteur et s'occupe, depuis plusieurs années, de recueillir des témoignages historiques. Madeleine Lavallée est une religieuse de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame qui a enseigné pendant vingt-cinq ans aux niveaux secondaire et collégial. Elle a fait des études cinématographiques et a travaillé dans deux compagnies de production, Chudec et Auvidec. Depuis quatre ans, son intérêt pour l'histoire et le patrimoine religieux l'a amenée à collaborer à la Fondation du Patrimoine laurentien.