Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice offers an exciting guide to ways of listening and sounding. This book provides unique insights and perspectives for artists, students, teachers, meditators and anyone interested in how consciousness may be effected by profound attention to the sonic environment . Deep Listening(R) is a practice created by composer Pauline Oliveros in order to enhance her own as well as other's listening skills. She teaches this practice worldwide in workshops, retreats and in her ground breaking Deep Listening classes at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Mills College. Deep Listening practice is accessible to anyone with an interest in listening. Undergraduates with no musical training benefit from the practices and successfully engage in creative sound projects. Many report life changing effects from participating in the Deep Listening classes and retreats. Oliveros is recognized as a pioneer in electronic music and a leader in contemporary music as composer, performer, educator and author. Her works are performed internationally and her improvisational performances are documented extensively on recordings, in the literature and on the worldwide web.

Rethinking "trance" -- Deep listeners -- Habitus of listening -- Trancing selves -- Being-in-the-world : culture and biology -- Magic through emotion : toward a theory of trance consciousness -- Postscript : trancing, deep listening, and human evolution.

Communities of Faith is a collection of essays on the multicultural Christian spirit and practices of churches around the world, with particular attention to Africa and the African diaspora. The essays span history, theology, anthropology, ecumenism, and missiology. Readers will be treated to fresh perspectives on African Pentecostal higher education, Pentecostalism and witchcraft in East Africa, Methodist camp meetings in Ghana, Ghanaian diaspora missions in Europe and North America, gender roles in South African Christian communities, HIV/AIDS ministries in Uganda, Japanese funerary rites, enculturation and contextualization principles of mission, and many other aspects of the Christian world mission. With essays from well-known scholars as well as young and emerging men and women in academia, Communities of Faith illuminates current realities of world Christianity and contributes to the scholarship of today's worldwide Christian witness.

The preoccupation with “depth” and its relevance to cinema and media studies For decades the concept of depth has been central to critical thinking in numerous humanities-based disciplines, legitimizing certain modes of inquiry over others. Deep Mediations examines why and how this is, as scholars today navigate the legacy of depth models of thought and vision, particularly in light of the “surface turn” and as these models impinge on the realms of cinema and media studies. The collection’s eighteen essays seek to understand the decisive but evolving fixation on depth by considering the term’s use across a range of conversations as well as its status in relation to critical methodologies and the current mediascape. Engaging contemporary debates about new computing technologies, the environment, history, identity, affect, audio/visual culture, and the limits and politics of human perception, Deep Mediations is a timely interrogation of depth’s ongoing importance within the humanities. Contributors: Laurel Ahnert; Taylor Arnold, U of Richmond; Erika Balsom, King’s College London; Brooke Belisle, Stony Brook University; Jinhee Choi, King’s College London; Jennifer Fay, Vanderbilt U; Lisa Han, UC Santa Barbara; Jean Ma, Stanford U; Shaka McGlotten, Purchase College-SUNY; Susanna Paasonen, U of Turku, Finland; Jussi Parikka, U of Southampton; Alessandra Raengo, Georgia State U; Pooja Rangan, Amherst College; Katherine Rochester, VIA Art Fund in Boston; Karl Schoonover, University of Warwick (UK); Jordan Schonig, Michigan State U; John Paul Stadler, North Carolina State U; Nicole Starosielski, New York U; Lauren Tilton, U of Richmond.

This book presents how to apply recent machine learning (deep learning) methods for the task of speech quality prediction. The author shows how recent advancements in machine learning can be leveraged for the task of speech quality prediction and provides an in-depth analysis of the suitability of different deep learning architectures for this task. The author then shows how the resulting model outperforms traditional speech quality models and provides additional information about the cause of a quality impairment through the prediction of the speech quality dimensions of noisiness, coloration, discontinuity, and loudness.

BRIAN TRACY DECODED SPEAKER AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT AUTHOR WRITTEN BY: SUCCESS DECODED (Not written by Tai Lopez) Learn about themes like: PSYCHOLOGY OF ACHIEVEMENT BECOMING THE BEST SELF YOU CAN EVER BE FIND YOUR TURNING POINT SELF-DEVELOPMENT You will also learn the following: How to become a better person through effective listening, compassion and empathy. Achieve personal development through conversational and goal-setting skills. Master your luck, stop complaining and meet great people. You will discover his answers to all of these questions: HUMAN INTERACTION AND RELATIONSHIPS How To Be More Patient With Other People? Why Personal Development Helps You Meet Great People? BOUNDARIES Why Set Boundaries? Why Boundaries Are A Way To Express Love To Everyone, Including Yourself? QUALITIES What Is The Link Between Empathy And Compassion? Why Stop Complaining? How To Become Unstoppable? TOOLS FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Why Attend A Speaking Academy? Can You Succeed At Your First Try? Why It's Okay To Plateau In Learning For A While? What Is The Major Turning Point For Most People? What's The Biggest Advantage Or Continuous Personal Development? What's The Power Of Auto Suggestion? CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS Why The Opening Of A Speech Is Extremely Important? What Are Other Great Opening Ideas For A Speech? What Is The Key To Becoming A Great Conversationalist? Why Ask For Clarification? Why Paraphrase Other People's Words During A Conversation? Why Does Effective Listening Make You Fascinating? PRODUCTIVITY How To Deal With Energy Vampires? How To Control Your Probabilities Or Your "Luck"? How To Change Your Conditions By Setting Goals? Can You Reprogram Your Brain? Are Failed Businesses Real Failures? - So, get started right now. Pick BRIAN TRACY'S brain and level up!

Deep Blues explores the archetypal journey of the human psyche through an examination of the blues as a musical genre. The genesis, history, and thematic patterns of the blues are examined from an archetypal perspective and various analytic theories. Mythological and shamanistic parallels are used to provide a deeper understanding of the role of the bluesman, the blues performance, and the innate healing potential of the blues. Universal aspects of human experience and transcendence are revealed through the creative medium of the blues. The atmosphere of Deep Blues is enhanced by the black and white photographs of Tom Smith which capture striking blues performances in the Maxwell Street section of Chicago. Jungian analysts, therapists and psychoanalytic practitioners with an interest in the interaction between creative expression and human experience should find Deep Blues satisfying. Deep Blues should also appeal to enthusiasts of music, ethnomusicology, and the blues.

The Art of Coaching is a book to shift thinking and open up new possibilities, to stimulate fresh insight, to adapt to your needs as a coach or manager and to use creatively in practice. Written by two experienced, highly qualified international coaches and supervisors, this creative book offers ideas to use across the range of coaching contexts including leadership, decision making, change and supervision. Combining brand-new, original diagrams with classic models from the learning development and management fields, Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall have a created a valuable resource for quick reference, instant accessibility and fast learning, built on a strong theoretical base. Each model in the book is explained with a clear, accessible diagram and a simple guide to what it is, how it works and how to put it into action. The text is full of inspiration for applications of the ideas in scenarios based on real coaching practice. The Art of Coaching will be an invaluable companion for coaches looking for new ways of developing awareness with clients, coaching students and trainees, coach supervisors, learning and development professionals and those working in human resource departments.

In order to discover inner peace and peace in our world, we will need to let go of traditional understandings of pain and suffering as God's will. We will need to stop claiming that Christianity contains elite, exclusive truths. We learn here from the Jesus of the Gospel of Mark how to open our eyes and awaken to the Presence of God here and now. Gail Stearns brings insight from biblical scholars, spiritual leaders, and her own experience as a pastor and university teacher, to move us to a place where we can dwell more deeply in the present and live in a more compassionate world.

"Deep Connections in Communication: The Way to Strengthen Personal and Professional Relationships" Communication is at the center of human life. We interact with other people every day, at work, in family, with friends and other people. However, improving communication skills, strengthening relationships and increasing success is often overlooked. The book "Deep Connections in Communication" offers the keys to strengthening personal and professional relationships, starting from the basic concepts of communication. In this book, you will find: Active Listening and Empathy: Develop active listening and empathy skills, which are the cornerstones of communication. Really understand the other person and strengthen your emotional bonds. Conflict Management: Learn to handle conflicts in a positive way. Make relationships stronger by improving your problem-solving skills. Overcoming Cultural Differences: Learn tips and strategies to communicate more effectively with people from different cultures. Technology and Communication: Practical tips for effective communication in the digital world. Understand technology better and stay safe while connecting with people. Business and Personal Communication: Discover how you can use your communication skills in business and your personal life. Pave the path to professional and personal success. The book "Deep Bonds in Communication" is a guide for both those who want to improve their communication skills and those who want to establish more solid and meaningful relationships. Discover the power of communication and make your life richer and more fulfilling. You too can build deep bonds in communication by reading this book. Good reading!