Maths Problem Solving - Year 4 is the fourth of six books in the Maths Problem Solving series. The books have been written for teachers to use during the numeracy lesson. They cover the 'solving problem' objectives from the numeracy framework. This book contains three chapters; Making decisions, Reasoning about numbers or shapes and Problems involving 'real life', money or measures. The books are designed in such a way that each section has six stages of questions to be worked through. Every stage is split into three levels, for example 1a, 1b or 1c, based on achievement. Each corresponding question from these levels follow the same line of questioning, so that when the teacher talks about a certain question, the solution process is the same for each level but the complexity of the sum varies.

Lucrarea de fa?? are ?n vedere tratarea unei adev?rate realit??i europene ?nc? nerezolvat?: migra?ia. Ea este un fenomen cu care se confrunt? aproape toate popoarele lumii, efectele ei marc?nd societatea, fie din perspectiva celor care pleac? dintr-o ?ar? (a emigran?ilor), fie din perspectiva celor care vin ?ntr-o ?ar? (a imigran?ilor). Personal eu am sim?it emigra?ia ca pe o tr?ire pe un interval ?n care omul vie?uie?te ?ntre dou? lumi, lumi ca dou? p?r?i din sine pe care nu poate s? le mai uneasc? pentru a fi un ?ntreg. Lectura acestei lucr?ri este o incursiune ?n via?a emigrantului, cu motiva?ia lui, cu lumea lui din ?ara de unde pleac?, cu lumea lui ?n ?ara unde se a?az?, cu efectele ?i schimb?rile pe care le provoac? acest fenomen la nivel individual ?i social. Este o incursiune ?n apropierea unor realit??i occidentale unde emigran?ii ?ncearc? s? supravie?uiasc? discrimin?rilor ?i umilin?elor. Este tr?irea re?ntoarcerii acas?, ?n apropierea anotimpurilor ?i a eternit??ilor rom?ne?ti.

This book is merely a personal narrative, and not a pretentious history or a philosophical dissertation. It is a record of several years of variegated vagabondizing, and its object is rather to help the resting reader while away an idle hour than afflict him with metaphysics, or goad him with science. Still, there is information in the volume; information concerning an interesting episode in the history of the Far West, about which no books have been written by persons who were on the ground in person, and saw the happenings of the time with their own eyes. I allude to the rise, growth and culmination of the silver-mining fever in Nevada -a curious episode, in some respects; the only one, of its peculiar kind, that has occurred in the land; and the only one, indeed, that is likely to occur in it.Yes, take it all around, there is quite a good deal of information in the book. I regret this very much; but really it could not be helped: information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious ottar of roses out of the otter. Sometimes it has seemed to me that I would give worlds if I could retain my facts; but it cannot be. The more I calk up the sources, and the tighter I get, the more I leak wisdom. Therefore, I can only claim indulgence at the hands of the reader, not justification. THE AUTHOR."My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory--?an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Secretary," gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother. I coveted his distinction and his financial splendor, but particularly and especially the long, strange journey he was going to make, and the curious new world he was going to explore. He was going to travel! I never had been away from home, and that word "travel" had a seductive charm for me. Pretty soon he would be hundreds and hundreds of miles away on the great plains and deserts, and among the mountains of the Far West, and would see buffaloes and Indians, and prairie dogs, and antelopes, and have all kinds of adventures, and may be get hanged or scalped, and have ever such a fine time, and write home and tell us all about it, and be a hero. And he would see the gold mines and the silver mines, and maybe go about of an afternoon when his work was done, and pick up two or three pailfuls of shining slugs, and nuggets of gold and silver on the hillside. And by and by he would become very rich, and return home by sea, and be able to talk as calmly about San Francisco and the ocean, and "the isthmus" as if it was nothing of any consequence to have seen those marvels face to face. What I suffered in contemplating his happiness, pen cannot describe. And so, when he offered me, in cold blood, the sublime position of private secretary under him, it appeared to me that the heavens and the earth passed away, and the firmament was rolled together as a scroll! I had nothing more to desire. My contentment was complete.At the end of an hour or two I was ready for the journey. Not much packing up was necessary, because we were going in the overland stage from the Missouri frontier to Nevada, and passengers were only allowed a small quantity of baggage apiece. There was no Pacific railroad in those fine times of ten or twelve years ago--?not a single rail of it. I only proposed to stay in Nevada three months--?I had no thought of staying longer than that. I meant to see all I could that was new and strange, and then hurry home to business. I little thought that I would not see the end of that three-month pleasure excursion for six or seven uncommonly long years!

Vladimir Dr?ghia ni se confeseaz? cu toat? sinceritatea ?ntr-un volum de poeme care c?nt?re?te exact 21 de grame, ?n care dulcea cucut? ??i des?v?r?e?te efectele ?n simbioz? cu cele mai ale noastre cuvinte. Sunt ni?te note t?rzii din b?t?i de inimi vii, prin care autorul creioneaz? convingerea absolut? care, de altfel, d? titlul c?r?ii.?Omul ?sta cu p?tr??ele pe burtic? are ?nc? for?a unui copil ne?lefuit. Aia pe care noi to?i am pierdut-o acum mult? vreme. Sper ca placheta asta de versuri s? ?ncap? pe m?inile unui editor de treab?. S-o fac? mic?-mic?, s?-ncap? ?n buzunarul de la piept. Acolo, ?n dreptul inimii. Whatever. Po?i s-o bagi ?i-n buzunarul de la blugi. Pe buca st?ng?. S-o mai sco?i din c?nd ?n c?nd ?i s?-?i speli ochii de praf cu o lacrima stupid?.“ – Florin Piersic Junior

E poate ciudat s spun despre o carte ca asta c e o plcere, dar e o plcere. E cu boala i da, e cu moartea, i nu-i vine s-o citeti pn cnd ncepi s-o citeti i ncep s te prind sarcasmele, luciditatea, melancolia tioas, simul luptei i profesionismul poetului; iadul organelor i-a ascuit lui Geacr instinctele i toat energia i s-a strns n minte ca un pumn care lovete, i nu numai s se apere, s atace.Din fericire, cartea e nu numai iad, e i revenirea printre cei vii; doar c ei n-au nicio idee ce nseamn s trieti: cafeaua de diminea/ dup atta timp/ e ca solveig (peer gynt).“ – Dan Sociu

13 interviuri de: Alexandru Vakulovski / deschide.md Dumitru Crudu / Europa Liber? Veronica D. Niculescu / zilesinopti.ro Diana Iepure / revistalaplic.md Sorin-Mihai Grad & Ormeny Francisc / EgoPhobia Ioana Vighi / hyperliteratura.ro Andra Rotaru / luceafarul.ro Amelia St?nescu / Zona Literar? Jovi Ene / filme-carti.ro Nicolae Baldovin / muzaholic.ro Aurelia Borzin / Ziarul Na?ional C?t?lin Stanciu / Merg ?n Bra?ov un cristian / Observator cultural Nu mai ?in minte care a fost primul interviu publicat, dar ?tiu sigur c? primul interviu nescris a fost jucat cu tata, adic? el se juca cu noi, ?nv???ndu-ne ce e o poezie, poveste, proz?, ce e un interviu. (Mihail Vakulovski)

Pornind de la un interviul luat de un cristian ?i publicat ?n Observator cultural, B?tr?ne?ea ucenicului alchimist (titlu generat de volumul de debut al lui O. Soviany, Tinere?ea b?tr?nului alchimist) este un amplu dialog despre literatur? ?i asumarea ei, o revizitare a c?r?ilor scrise, dar ?i o pledoarie pentru via?a din afara scrisului.

Megfizethetetlen cím? k?nyvében Robert K. Wittman, az FBI M?kincsvédelmi Egységének alapítója el?sz?r rántja le a leplet figyelemre méltó karrierjér?l, A Thomas Crown-üggyel verseng?, ám a valós életben is megt?rtént nemzetk?zi thrillert kínálva. A The Wall Street Journal ?él? legendának” nevezte. A The London Times szerint ? ?a világ leghíresebb m?kincsnyomozója”. Wittman a megfizethetetlen m?kincsek és régiségek visszaszerzése m?g?tt rejl? t?rténetekkel kápráztatja el az olvasót. Beépített ügyn?kként általában fegyvertelenül szeg?d?tt m?kincstolvajok, csalók és feketepiaci keresked?k nyomába. Zsákmányainak változatossága egyedülálló. K?rbeutazta a világot, hogy megmentse Rockwell és Rembrandt, Pissarro, Monet és Picasso festményeit, gyakran titokban, a tengerentúli, külf?ldi kormányok szeszélyeire is tekintettel dolgozva. A Wittman által elfogott m?kincstolvajok és csalók k?z?tt van gazdag és szegény, eszes és ostoba, szervezett b?n?z? és kétségbeesett magányos farkas. Arról a csempészr?l, aki egy 6. századi, elrabolt kincset hozott neki, kiderült, hogy magas rangú diplomata. Az értékbecsl?, aki háborús h?s?k leszármazottjaitól lopta el azok családi ?r?kségét, egy ügyes, arisztokrata szélhámos volt. A múzeumi gondnok, aki George Washington hajfürtjeit tulajdonította el, csak egy kis pluszpénzt szeretett volna keresni. Az FBI számításai szerint Wittman t?bb száz millió dollár érték? m?kincset és régiséget mentett meg. Szerinte azonban a statisztika nem fontos, hiszen ki tudná eld?nteni, hogy mi ér t?bbet: egy Rembrandt-?narckép vagy egy a hadat megjárt amerikai zászló? Mindkett? megfizethetetlen.

Aceasta lucrare este primul studiu monografic complet despre opera scriitorului roman Geo Dumitrescu, reprezentant important al perioadei comuniste din Rom?nia. Astfel, ?n afar? de poezie, sunt discutate aici traducerile, publicistica ?i ideologia literar? a autorului, ?n scopul cre?rii unui portret c?t mai apropiat de realitate.

Cele 24 de studii, reunite i rearanjate, uneori i cronologic, de regul tematic, dau seam, ajuttor, asupra preocuprilor mele fa de cultura rusa din secolele XIX si XX. Ele sunt, cum am spus, complementare celor patru ntreprinderi unitare dedicate aceluiai domeniu. Primordiale rmn acelea. Acest volum nu urmrete dect s-i ajute pe cei n continuare sau din nou dornici s ptrund o mare cultur a lumii.Utilitatea e dispreuit, la noi, de muli intelectuali. Ei rvnesc mereu genialitatea. Geniul Tolstoi voia s fie util. Personal in dintotdeauna s m conformez ndemnului su.“ – Ion Ianoi

Kevesen vagyunk, s még tovább fogyunk, kik h?séggel, népünkért dolgozunk. Sokan kérdik: ?mért vagytok ostobák?” Csak hallgatunk és dolgozunk tovább. Más bíztat: ?Fordulj már végre el e romtemplomtól, és gazdag leszel!” De fog-szorítva tesszük, amit kell, jutalom, megtorlás, nem érdekel. Olyanok leszünk mint a parázsszemek! ?lesztünk tüzet, mely tán már elveszett.

Geo Vasile ne propune o selec?ie riguroas? de 100 de prozatori ?i esei?ti ale?i din ?ntreaga istorie a literaturii. Elementul inedit, provocator ?i inevitabil ?n acest context este selectarea ?i plasarea, evident, justificat?, a unor redutabili prozatori ?i esei?ti rom?ni ?n contextul generos ?i selectiv deopotriv? al concertului universal al litera?ilor. Astfel, al?turi de autori precum Paul Auster, Saul Bellow, Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio Cortázar, Henri Miller, Philip Roth etc., sunt a?eza?i Nicolae Breban, Augustin Buzura, Petru Cimpoe?u ?i mai tinerii s?i colegi, argumenta?ia adus? ?n arena de litere de istoricul ?i criticul literar Geo Vasile fiind una perfect justificat?, iar criteriul de selec?ie – unul atotputernic: valoarea.

Cartea de fa?? ?ncearc? s? dea seam? cu privire la c?teva dintre c?r?ile ?i figurile critice importante ale culturii rom?ne, de la E. Lovinescu, la Al. Paleologu, Nicolae Mano?lescu, Eugen Simion, Lucian Raicu, Paul Cornea, Ion Iano?i, Dan Horia Mazilu sau Gheorghe Cr?ciun. Exist?, ?n cuprinsul c?r?ii de fa??, ?i c?teva comentarii consacrate memorialisticii rom?ne?ti de dup? 1989, ?n care am c?utat s? relev?m dimensiunile scriiturii depozi?ionale ?i valoarea documentar? a unor texte revelatoare prin deschidere ideatic? ?i prin adev?rul dic?iunii etice ?i afective.Un manual indirect de literatur? postdecembrist?.

Az igazság cím? k?nyvben Damu Roland d?bbenetes ?szinteséggel és részletességgel mesélte el életét egészen addig a pillanatig, amíg a bíróság ki nem mondta rá a joger?s ítéletet: négy és fél év szabadságvesztést. T?rténete azonban ezzel korántsem ért véget. 2012. április 19-én (egy héttel a hivatalos behívó el?tt) váratlanul szembesült azzal a visszavonhatatlan d?ntéssel, hogy azonnali hatállyal meg kell kezdenie a b?rt?nbüntetését. ?s ez még csak az els? olyan jogtalan d?ntés volt a sorban, amelyet nem volt egyszer? megemésztenie... Miért vitték el egy héttel korábban? Miért került egy, az otthonától 320 kilométerre lév? b?rt?nbe? Miért kellett t?bbet bizonyítania másoknál? Szakadatlan igazságkeresése a b?rt?nbe vonulása után semmit sem vesztett lendületéb?l. Második k?nyvében a t?le megszokott részletességgel számol be a három b?rt?nben t?lt?tt év pokláról, az ottani mindennapokról, megaláztatásokról... ?s persze a számára oly fontos emberi kapcsolatokról, a megtalált igaz szerelemr?l. "A második k?nyvem szorosan kapcsolódik az els?h?z, de ez már a b?rt?nben t?lt?tt évekr?l szól. Olyan dolgokért ültem három évet, amit nem k?vettem el. Ez a k?nyv rólam, a feleségemr?l szerelmünkr?l és a b?rt?nben megélt dolgokról szól az én szemsz?gemb?l. Továbbra is ragaszkodom ahhoz, hogy csak az igazságot írjam le. Pontosan tudom, hogy a feleségem szeretete, h?sége, kitartása nélkül nem éltem volna túl a b?rt?néletet. Most tele vagyok ?tletekkel, tervekkel. A legfontosabb pedig: T?L?LTEM!" (Damu Roland)

Edi?ie ?ngrijit? de Mircea A. Diaconu.Traian Chelariu apar?ine grupului tinerilor scriitori afirma?i ?n Cern?u?ii anilor ’30, a c?ror maturitate creatoare a fost distrus? de instaurarea comunismului ?n Rom?nia. Cu un doctorat ?n psihologie, cu burse de studiu la Paris ?i Roma, redactor-?ef al ?Universului Literar", se remarcase ?ntre r?zboaie ?i prin volumele sale de poezii ?i de eseuri filozofice. Dup? 1945, este exclus din ?nv???m?ntul superior, o vreme nu lucreaz? nic?ieri, apoi este angajat muncitor la deratizare, pentru a fi reintegrat, t?rziu, ?n ?nv???m?ntul superior, ca lector, la Institutul de ?nv???m?nt Superior care se ?nfiin?ase la Suceava ?n 1964. Avea sa moar? doar peste doi ani. De?i cu recomand?ri de la Vianu, Perpessicius, Tudor Arghezi ?i al?ii, nu reu?e?te s? fie reprimit ?n Uniunea Scriitorilor.

Edi?ie ?ngrijit? de Mircea A. Diaconu.Respectiva edi?ie ?n dou? volume Zilele ?i umbra mea ?ntrune?te pentru prima data ?n istoria culturii rom?ne, edi?ia integral? a disputatului jurnal al lui Traian Chelariu.Jurnalul din anii ’30, inedit ?n cea mai mare m?sura, este interesant din mai multe puncte de vedere. Pe de o parte, el ?nregistreaz? minu?ios atmosfera din mediul intelectual din Cernau?ii perioadei interbelice. Via?a universitar?, disputele tinerilor scriitori, ?ncercarea de a impune coordonate rom?ne?ti lumii culturale, toate acestea sunt minu?ios radiografiate ?n cele zece caiete manuscris. ?n jurnal, sunt reproduse scrisori trimise sau primite de la Ion Nistor, ministru ?n mai multe legislaturi, de la Mircea Streinul, tumultuosul coleg de genera?ie, de la alte figuri importante ale locului. Pe de alt? parte, g?sim aici reperele form?rii unui intelectual ale c?rui valori s?nt focalizate de necesitatea unei deveniri culturale. Viziunea stoic? pe care Traian Chelariu o ?ntruchipeaz? ?n anii ’50 este fundamentat? pe experien?a unei tinere?i angajate pe traiectul asum?rii culturii. ?n plus, jurnalul cuprinde experien?a studiilor sale la ?coala Rom?n? de la Paris ?i la Roma, fiind ?i din acest punct de vedere un document.

Cartea este rezultatul unor studii aprofundate intreprinse de autoare ?n domeniul stilurilor de via?? contemporane, rom?ne?ti dar ?i din alte p?r?i ale lumii. Cercetarea acestora a fost f?cut? intensiv mai ales ?n ultimii zece ani. La baza acestor texte stau, ?n primul r?nd, interven?iile hebdomadare ale autoarei la emisiunea Tenta?ii culturale de la Radio Rom?nia Cultural. Evident, ?n transformarea unor ?pastile“ radiofonice ?ntr-un volum de eseuri ?nchegate, structurate tematic ?i revizuite stilistic a fost parcurs? o cale lung?. Din bogata tematic? a lucr?rii, men?ion?m: ?ocurile cotidianului; pierderile pe care le implica adaptarea; cum au schimbat telefoanele mobile fa?a lumii; civiliza?ia str?zii (ieri ?i azi); cultura ?n autobuz; la bibliotec?, prin biblioteci; ?n pia??, la coada, la doctor; ?n c?l?torie, din c?l?torii; prin ora?e mari ?i mici; despre comis-voiajori, despre bac?i?; nun?i, botezuri, funeralii... Cartea este scrisa ?ntr-un stil simplu, accesibil ?i ludic. Se adreseaz? speciali?tilor ?n istorie social?, antropologie, psihologie de mas?, reform? social?, dar ?i publicului cultivat, ?n general.

Az út, ami hazavisz. Akik túlélték a halál pillanatát, azt mondják, pár másodperc alatt lepereg a szemük el?tt az életük. De csak ott, az utolsó pillanatban kristályosodik ki a lényeg, ám akkor általában már kés?. ?n negyven napot kaptam a sorstól, hogy végignézzem életem filmjét - még id?ben. Mint amikor a s?tétben váratlanul felkapcsolják a villanyt... Megismerhettem a lényeget... Zarándoklatra indultam, fájdalmas vezeklés lett bel?le. Egy olyan ?b?nért", amit nem is tudtam, hogy elk?vettem. Amit itt leírtam, nem a képzelet szüleménye. Legyalogoltam a nyolcszáz kilométert, és átéltem minden pillanatát. Remegtem a d?bbenett?l, amikor kézzel foghatóvá vált a csoda, és sírtam a zavarodottságtól, amikor nem értettem, mi t?rténik velem. Ha más meséli, amit ott átéltem, azt mondom, túl színes a fantáziája.

Homo brucans e o carte interdisciplinar?, multifa?etat?, de ?inut? preponderent hermeneutic?, axat? pe teme legate de interpretarea Vechiului ?i Noului Testament (eseuri pe Decalog, pe personalitatea Sf. Pavel sau pe semnifica?ia mitic? ?i religioas? a cenu?ei), pe R?zboiul Rece, Revolu?ia Rus? ?i Contracultura anilor ‘60 (eseuri despre decantarea mediatic? ?n Rom?nia a revoltelor studen?e?ti din anul 1968, futuri?ti, violen?a lui Lenin sau despre The White Negro al lui Norman Mailer), pe aspecte structurale ale literaturii rom?ne din perioada de dup? Revolu?ia din decembrie 1989 (teme de genul: impactul lui Silviu Brucan asupra mentalit??ii postrevolu?ionare, identitarul rom?nesc difuz pe Internet, dinamica genera?ional? a literaturii rom?ne, rolul dinamizator al lui Marin Mincu ?i Adrian Marino), pe psihoistorie (cu un portret al lui Loyd deMause ?i o radiografie a concep?iilor sale). ?n final, cartea se ?ncheie cu decantarea eseistic? a unei c?l?torii ?n India, prilej de evocare a personalit??ii lui Mircea Eliade.

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Oliver Cromwell, the future Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, was born at Huntingdon on April 25, 1599, receiving his baptismal name from his uncle, Sir Oliver Cromwell of Hinchingbrooke, a mansion hard by the little town. It was at Huntingdon that the father of the infant, Robert Cromwell, had established himself, farming lands and perhaps also adding to his income by the profits of a brewhouse managed by his wife, Elizabeth—a descendant of a middle-class Norfolk family of Steward—originally Styward—which, whatever writers of authority may say, was not in any way connected with the Royal House of Scotland. "I was," said Cromwell in one of his later speeches, "by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height nor yet in obscurity. I have been called to several employments in the nation, and—not to be overtedious—I did endeavour to discharge the duty of an honest man in those services to God and His people's interest, and to the Commonwealth." The open secret of Cromwell's public life is set forth in these words:—his aim being: first, to be himself an honest man; secondly, to serve God and the people of God; and thirdly, to fulfil his duty to the Commonwealth. In this order, and in no other, did his obligations to his fellow-creatures present themselves to his eyes. For the work before him it could not be otherwise than helpful that his position in life brought him into contact with all classes of society. What powers and capacities this infant—or indeed any other infant—may have derived from this or the other ancestor, is a mystery too deep for human knowledge; but at least it may be noted that the descent of the Cromwells from Sir Richard Williams, the nephew of Thomas Cromwell, the despotic Minister of Henry VIII., brought into the family a Welsh strain which may have shown itself in the fervid idealism lighting up the stern practical sense of the warrior and statesman.Of Oliver's father little is known; but his portrait testifies that he was a man of sober Puritanism, not much given to any form of spiritual enthusiasm—very unlike his elder brother, Sir Oliver, who had inherited not only the estate, but the splendid ways of his father, Sir Henry Cromwell—the Golden Knight—and who, after running through his property, was compelled to sell his land and to retire into a more obscure position. As the little Oliver grew up, he had before his eyes the types of the future Cavalier and Roundhead in his own family. So far as parental influence could decide the question, there could be no doubt on which side the young Oliver would take his stand. His education was carried on in the free school of the town, under Dr. Beard, the author of The Theatre of God's Judgments Displayed, in which a belief in the constant intervention of Providence in the punishment of offenders was set forth by numerous examples of the calamities of the wicked. Though Oliver afterwards learned to modify the crudeness of this teaching, the doctrine that success or failure was an indication of Divine favour or disfavour never left him, and he was able, in the days of his greatness, to point unhesitatingly to the results of Naseby and Worcester as evidence that God Himself approved of the victorious cause.