This book provides a practice-driven, yet rigorous approach to executive management decision-making that performs well even under unpredictable conditions. It explains how executives can employ prescribed engineering design methods to arrive at robust outcomes even when faced with uncontrollable uncertainty. The book presents the paradigm and its main principles in Part I; in Part II it illustrates how to frame a decision situation and how to design the decision so that it will produce its intended behavior. In turn, Part III discusses in detail in situ case studies on executive management decisions. Lastly, Part IV summarizes the book and formulates the key lessons learned.
This comprehensive Handbook of original chapters serves as a resource for clinicians and researchers alike. Two introductory chapters cover general issues in violence risk assessment, while the remainder of the book offers a comprehensive discussion of specific risk assessment measures. Forensic psychology practitioners, mental health professionals who deal with the criminal justice system, and legal professionals working with violent offenders will find the Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment to be the primary reference for the field.
Collects Avenging Spider-Man #15.1 And #16-22, Daredevil (2011) #22, Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1-12, Scarlet Spider (2012) #20 and Inhumanity: Superior Spider-Man. Otto Octavius has taken Peter Parkers body, his costume his life! to become a Superior Spider-Man. But theres one thing that comes with the suit that Otto didnt count on: the team-ups! The Marvel Universe is about to meet a far-from-Friendly Neighborhood Spidey, beginning with Mary Jane Watson?! But will Wolverine smell a rat? Will Daredevil sense trouble? And is Ottos secret safe from the Secret Avengers? The Superior Spider-Man hunts the Chameleon on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, bears a deadly grudge against the Scarlet Spider and plays his part when Thanos forces attack but what are his plans for the Sinister Six? Plus: encounters with the Hulk, the Future Foundation, Namor, the Punisher, Cloak and Dagger, and the Inhumans!
Celebrate all the holidays--and then some--with renowned storyteller Kevin Kling, whose sense of the ridiculous never gets in the way of his appreciation for human nature.
This book introduces students to Christian mysticism and modern critical responses to it. Christianity has a rich tradition of mystical theology that first emerged in the writings of the early church fathers, and flourished during the Middle Ages. Today Christian mysticism is increasingly recognised as an important Christian heritage relevant to today's spiritual seekers. The book sets out to provide students and other interested readers with access to the main theoretical approaches to Christian mysticism – including those propounded by William James, Steven Katz, Bernard McGinn, Michael Sells, Denys Turner and Caroline Walker-Bynum. It also explores postmodern re-readings of Christian mysticism by authors such as Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Marion and Jean-François Lyotard. The book first introduces students to the main themes that underpin Christian mysticism. It then reflects on how modern critics have understood each of them, demonstrating that stark delineation between the different theoretical approaches eventually collapses under the weight of the complex interaction between experience and knowledge that lies at the heart of Christian mysticism. In doing so, the book presents a deliberate challenge to a strictly perennialist reading of Christian mysticism. Anyone even remotely familiar with Christian mysticism will know that renewed interest in Christian mystical writers has created a huge array of scholarship with which students of mysticism need to familiarise themselves. This book outlines the various modern theoretical approaches in a manner easily accessible to a reader with little or no previous knowledge of this area, and offers a philosophical/theological introduction to Christian mystical writers beyond the patristic period important for the Latin Western Tradition.
After the blast, Kurt Cobain's body slumped. Next to his corpse lay a piece of paper with his last words. At the time the bullet seared his head, Cobain was a rock star, his grizzled face graced the covers of slick music industry magazines, his songs received mainstream radio play, his band Nirvana performed in huge arenas. But he had been thinking an awful lot about what he called the "punk rock world" that saved his life during his teen years and that he had subsequently abandoned for stardom. He first encountered this world in the summer of 1983, at a free show the Melvins held in a Thriftway parking lot. After hearing the guttural sounds and watching kids dance by slamming against one another, he ran home and wrote in his journal: "This was what I was looking for," underlined twice. As he dove into this world, he recognized its blistering music played in odd venues, but also a wider array of creativity, like self-made zines, poetry, fiction, movies, artwork on flyers and record jackets, and even politics. This too: how all of these things opened up spaces for ideas and arguments. Now in his suicide note he reflected on his "punk rock 101 courses," where he learned "ethics involved with independence and the embracement of your community."2 There are people who can recount where they were when Cobain's suicide became news. I was in Ithaca, NY, finishing up my dissertation... but my mind immediately hurled backwards to growing up in Washington, D.C.'s "metropolitan area" (euphemism for suburban sprawl). I started to remember the first time I entered this "punk rock world." Around a year or two before Cobain went to the Thriftway parking lot, I opened the doors of the Chancery, a small club in Washington, D.C., and witnessed a tiny little stage, maybe a foot and a half off the ground. Suddenly, a small kid about my age (fifteen), his hair bleached into a shade of white that glowed in the lights, jumped up. I remember it being brighter than expected (unlike my earlier, wee-boy experiences in darkened, cavernous arenas where bands like Kiss or Cheap Trick would play to me and thousands of stoned audience members). This kid with the blond hair might have said something, I don't remember, what I recall is that his band broke into the fastest, most vicious sounding music I had ever heard. Suddenly bodies started flying through the air, young men (mostly) propelling themselves off the ground into the space between one another, flailing their arms, skin smacking skin. Control was lost, for when a body moved in one direction, another body collided into its path. When someone fell over, another would pick him up. The bodies got pushed onto the stage, making it hard to differentiate performer from audience member. At one moment it appeared the singer had been tackled by a clump of kids, and he seemed to smile. Sometimes, I could even make out what the fifteen-year old was shouting, especially, "I'm going to make their society bleed!" Overwhelmed, I rushed outside to clear my head"--
It's 1916, and war is raging on France's Western Front. Bill Parker and Jack Reynolds, best mates and Aussie larrikins, as well as veterans and heroes of Gallipoli and the Western Front, are chosen by the British Intelligence to carry out a secret mission behind German lines. A rogue German scientist has developed a deadly gas that can kill almost instantaneously. Together with a homicidal American mercenary, they have forced captured Allied POWs to construct a POW camp with a built-in battlefield, trenches and all, in the Bulgarian hinterland. Their plan is to test the effects of the gas on the live Allied prisoners for the German general staff. If successful, the gas will be mass produced and deployed on the Front, resulting in certain victory for Germany and hundreds of thousands of Allied lives lost. Parker and Reynolds track them across Europe and Africa on a desperate race against time, fighting running battles with conventional German forces all the while, to a final confrontation in deepest Africa. Bill Parkers dreams of his life and his love back home in Australia play an integral part in his survival and the outcome of his mission.
Shopping for the freshest new design talent? You'll find them here in Fresh Dialogue 2, the latest entree from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Showcasing three exciting new voices--Warren Corbitt and Matt Owens from One9ine; Kevin Lyons; and Susan Parr from ReVerb--Fresh Dialogue 2 presents their design ideas and practices through discussion and vivid color images. One9ine is a design company specializing in visual communications for print, broadcast, and interactive media. Corbitt and Owens share a broad and in-depth knowledge ranging from editorial redesign to brand identity and website development. Their current client roster includes Wieden and Kennedy, MoMA, I.D., and Bartle Bogle and Hegarty. Kevin Lyons has worked for Urban Outfitters, Nike, Jordan Brand, Stussy, and the Spike Jones-owned Girl Skateboard Company. He was recently named one of the "top forty designers under 30" by I.D. Magazine. ReVerb is a design consultancy, research bureau, and trend-watching agency. Led by Somi Kim, Lisa Nugent, and Susan Parr, the 10-year-old company has evolved from an experimental design collective to a hybrid team that provides an integrated approach to the design, messaging, and execution of communications in diverse media.
Celebrate all the holidays--and then some--with renowned storyteller Kevin Kling, whose sense of the ridiculous never gets in the way of his appreciation for human nature.
What is Jennifer’s true purpose? Can she really trust the inhuman Gabriel? Who is behind Simon Marsh? As Jennifer continues her quest to understand the message of the black panther, an old threat arises. A desperate act by Jennifer forces her to confront her past or risk losing Vijay. In the background, civic unrest grows and Vijay is established as the face of the new resistance. A battle arises in the AI world with humans left as bystanders unable to help. Confronted on all sides, Jennifer feels driven to challenge Gaia directly with a result that no one saw coming.
This speculative, romantic fantasy is the second novel of the Jennifer Trilogy, which continues the series of Gaia’s Daughters and sets the stage for the astounding conclusion.
e;Sawat, I want to go into the water..."e;Phuket, Thailand, seemed to be the perfect getaway choice for twenty-two-year-old Calum Armstrong:What he saw, and did, on that holiday proves to have far-reaching consequences; not only for himself, but also for those closest to him.In Germany, uncompromising Frankfurt detective, Otto Netzer, is leading the manhunt for a brutal serial killer who preys on heavily-pregnant women...Neither Calum, nor the killer, yet realise that their destiny lies in the hands of a mythical creature who resides beneath the turquoise waters of the Andaman Sea.Intriguing and exotic, Kevin Ansbro's novel explores how our actions can come back to haunt us in the most unexpected ways.'Murder, myth and Mr Ordinary meet up in this extraordinary novel. However bad the weather is here, Ansbro's vivid writing will transport you to a sun drenched tropical island - with darkness at its heart. I loved it!' - Karen Holmes, editor 2QT
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