How do nations reinvent themselves after cataclysmic events? Who gets to decide what happened yesterday, then to propagate the tale, and what are the consequences of their choices? These are some of the questions author and historian Erna Paris carried with her through the United States, with its long-buried memory of slavery; to South Africa, to sit in on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's attempts to heal the divisions of apartheid; to Japan, France and Germany and the unresolved ...

Soaring income inequality and unemployment, expanding populations of the displaced and imprisoned, accelerating destruction of land and water bodies: today’s socioeconomic and environmental dislocations cannot be fully understood in the usual terms of poverty and injustice, according to Saskia Sassen. They are more accurately understood as a type of expulsion—from professional livelihood, from living space, even from the very biosphere that makes life possible.This hard-headed crit...

With over ten million albums sold and multiple Grammy nominations, the hard rock band Godsmack has become one of the most successful groups of the last decade. The band's driving beats and searing lyrics have garnered widespread acclaim, while their well-known work ethic has earned the industry's respect. Fans who attend Godsmack concerts are sure to be rewarded with a fiercely energetic show. The force behind the band comes largely from founder and front man Sully Erna. Onstage, growling ...

In the early 1980s, when Erna Walraven decided to follow her dreams and become one of the first female zookeepers in Australia, she thought her biggest challenges would be feeding big cats and subduing irate gorillas. In fact, it was her male colleagues who made work miserable, harassing and humiliating her for doing a 'man's job'. So, she looked to the animals under her care to prove them wrong.Despite what Erna's colleagues seemed to think, the females of the animal world were fa...

LAMPLIGHT’S GREATEST THREAT YET IS…THEIR OLD SCHOOLMATES?The girls of Lamplight may have all washed out of their training at the spy academies, but under their leader, Klaus, they’ve managed to take on Impossible Missions with indisputable success. However, they still have a lot to learn, and in the field, there’s no room for error. To add to the pressure, team Avian, consisting of the best spies from the academies, is in need of a leader—and they’ve got their sights set on Klaus. Is this ...

We are living in an age of crisis—or an age in which everything is labeled a crisis. Financial, debt, and refugee “crises” have erupted. The word has also been applied to the Arab Spring and its aftermath, Brexit, the 2016 U.S. election, and many other international events. Yet the term has contradictory political and strategic meanings for those challenging power structures and those seeking to preserve them. For critics of the status quo, can the rhetoric of crisis be used to foment urge...

The Time Management Mastery: How to Boost Productivity and Achieve Your GoalsTransform your life with effective time management techniques that empower you to boost productivity and achieve your goals. This insightful e-book serves as a comprehensive guide to mastering time management, equipping you with proven strategies to prioritize tasks, overcome procrastination, and maintain focus in a chaotic world. With easy-to-follow sections encompassing goal setting, the...

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,0, ( European University of Applied Sciences Hamburg ), language: English, abstract: The present term paper aims to present an expertise in change concepts following the rules of change management and using the example of the author’s work environment, the department of order management within the XY GmbH. After an introduction to the topic of change in an organization, ...

Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment, first published in 1790, was the last of the great philosopher's three critiques, following on the heels of Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and Critique of Practical Reason (1788). In the first two, Kant dealt with metaphysics and morality; in the third, Kant turns to the aesthetic dimension of human experience, showing how our experiences of natural and artistic beauty, the sublime magnitude and might of nature, and of pu...

Financial Freedom Blueprint: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Wealth and SecurityAre you ready to take control of your financial future? This essential e-book on personal finance serves as your ultimate roadmap to financial freedom. Learn to master budgeting, saving, and investing while effectively managing debt and building multiple income streams. It emphasizes the importance of financial literacy, guiding you through long-term planning, tax strategies, emergenc...

This is an open access book.This proceedings consists of research presented in ICOSI UMY, on 20-21 July 2022 at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. The conference covers the topic of health sciences and nursing. The key lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is that the goal of health innovation should be Health for All. To achieve this goal, health innovations must be regulated in such a way as to benefit as many people globally as possible. Some critical issues in the scope of improv...

Friedman and a distinguished group of contributors offer a compelling analysis of globalization and the lethal explosiveness that characterizes the current world order. In particular, they investigate global processes and political forces that determine networks of crime, commerce and terror, and reveal the economic, social and cultural fragmentation of transnational networks. In a critical introduction, Friedman evaluates how transnational capital represents a truly global force, but geog...