This book has roots in our respective doctoral dissertations, both completed in 1970 at Stanford under the tutelage of Professors Dagfmn F øllesdal, John D. Goheen, and Jaakko Hintikka. In the fall of 1970 we wrote a joint article that proved to be a prolegomenon to the present work, our 'Intentionality via Intensions', The Journal of Philosophy 68 (1971). Professor Hintikka then suggested we write a joint book, and in the spring of 1971 we began writing the present work. The project was to last ten years as our conception of the project continued to grow at each stage. Our iritellectual debts follow the history of our project. During our dis sertation days at Stanford, we joined with fellow doctoral candidates John Lad and Michael Sukale and Professors Føllesdal, Goheen, and Hintikka in an informal seminar on phenomenology that met weekly from June of 1969 through March of 1970. During the summers of 1973 and 1974 we regrouped in another informal seminar on phenomenology, meeting weekly at Stanford and sometimes Berkeley, the regular participants being ourselves, Hubert Dreyfus, Dagfmn Føllesdal, Jane Lipsky McIntyre, Izchak Miller, and, in 1974, John Haugeland.
This pioneering book offers a unique constellation of essays focused on the important social and economic changes affecting educational institutions in China. It provides an in-depth examination of the potential and obstacles for business and management education in the world''s second largest economy and most populated country. This volume is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in teaching, developing a new program, or entering into a joint venture in China. A wide range of topics, such as economic transition, pedagogical issues, professional training and alliance formation, are discussed from the standpoint of deans, educators, directors and consultants of educational institutions hailing from both the East and the West.
Business education is a critical ingredient in establishing a viable middle class of managers in transitioning and developing economies. This book is a comprehensive examination of business and management education, pedagogical models, and curricula innovations in institutions.
The War of American Independence, 1763–1783: Falling Dominoes addresses the military, maritime and naval, economic, key personalities, key societal groups, political, imperial rivalry, and diplomatic dynamics and events from the post-Seven Years’ War era in Great Britain’s North American colonies through the end of the War of American Independence. Beginning in 1763 and moving through the war chronologically, the authors argue that British political and strategic leaders failed to develop an effective strategy to quell the discontent and subsequent revolt in the North American colonies and thus failed to restore allegiance to the Crown. This book describes and analyzes events and the outcomes of central players’ decisions—the British North American colonies, Great Britain, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic—and the resultant actions. It examines events through the thematic lens of strategy, political and military leadership, public attitudes, economics, international rivalries and relations, and the role of traditionally less-considered groups: women, slaves, and Native American peoples. This book is an enlightening and essential read for all history students, from high school through to those on postgraduate courses, as well as those with an interest in the American Revolution.
Although the prescient Founders provided a means, Article Five, to change America's two-hundred- and thirty-two-year old Constitution and democratic-liberal governance, the hard truths of political compromise, civility and Presidential leadership in ideology-driven public policy, are the stuff of 'greatness' in American civilization. Modern post-World War II social historians arguably credit President Lyndon Johnson's 1964 massive Federal government intervention and anti-poverty efforts to achieve a 'Great Society.' Others may cite President Richard Nixon's Federal intervention to protect the environment, assure clean air, drinking water and end housing discrimination. President Ronald Reagan's paradigm shift, looked to lessen government's regulatory role and instead to 'trickle down' market forces, for his resonating slogan "Let's Make America Great Again." In 2010, President Barack Obama's landmark achievement of the Affordable Care Act, provided health care coverage to over thirty million Americans. By 2017, President Donald Trump, trademarked MAGA and provided massive, deficit-ballooning, tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy, sought to repeal environmental protection, health care legislation, and auto-fuel standards; minimized the federal regulatory oversight role in air travel safety assessments; initiated trade tariffs and adopted anti-immigration, anti-refugees and anti-asylum-seeking measures. Whether at the individual self or nation level, the road to 'greatness', first either affirms or solemnly swears to the rule of law and truth telling. A road trip by a team of investigative reporters revealed many deflections (rendered in free verse poetry) from America's quest for 'greatness:' from the delusional dance of the anti-government discontents; tax avoiding corporations, billionaires and wannabe trillionaires--all protected by the world's mightiest military and judiciary; the discontented food-fighters, demanding non-discriminatory, plain language access to labels on what they eat or drink; the plundered low wage workers (many most likely undocumented) in liberal, blue cities--whose crie de coeur 'middle-up,' highlighted the income disparities of the 'haves' and the 'have-mores:' from fired American high-tech professionals demanding an end to the illegal visa abuse of lower-paid, sought-after graduates of leading foreign technical universities; to the threatened deportations of American-born children. Tragically, planet earth faces the absurd consequences of mindless self-destruction caused by man-made pollution for untaxed profits; and many other bold newer threats, including the approaching hordes of climate change refugees. Unlike the many unknowns of a Shakespearean tragedy, we know the remaining acts necessary to sustain life on planet earth's annual free ride around the sun. Yet, a despoiled earth appears inexorably poised on the path of abandonment by the trillionaire class for a new planetary home. Bon Voyage!
Safety is more than the absence of accidents. Safety has the goal of transforming the levels of risk that are inherent in all human activity, while its interdisciplinary nature extends its influence far into most corporate management and government regulatory actions. Yet few engineers have attended a safety course, conference or even a lecture in the area, suggesting that those responsible for the safe construction and operation of complex high-risk socio-technical systems are inadequately prepared. This book is designed to meet the expressed needs of aviation safety management trainees for a practical and concise education supplement to the safety literature. Written in a highly readable and accessible style, its features include: ¢ detailed analysis of the forward-looking System Safety approach, with its focus on accident prevention; ¢ classification of transportation safety literature into distinct schools of thought (Tort Law, Reliability Engineering, System Safety Engineering); ¢ real world, practical, illustrations of the theory; ¢ the history, theory and practice of safety management ; ¢ inter-disciplinary thinking about safety . The flying public is faced with a bewildering array of aviation safety data from a diverse and ever increasing number of sources. This book is an essential guide to the available information, and a major contribution to the international public debate on aviation safety.
Following the death of my mother Anita from her bout with cancer, my life took a major turn because I was fed up with innocent trusting people dying from this awful disease. I decided to make changes in my career, marriage, and moved from Connecticut to Florida, did a 180 degree change to my life to research all I could on this disease. My discoveries were not only that this one disease can be cured without drugs, radiation, and surgeries, but so can most others.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson have just finished a rather substantial breakfast when they hear a sharp rap at the door, announcing the unexpected arrival of a clerk from the Colonial Office. Holmes and Watson have been summoned by Her Majestys government and are soon on their way to meet the prime minister to find out why. After the two detectives meet the prime minister in the shadows of a gentlemans club, they learn they have been called upon to travel to the Yukon and rout elements that threaten British stability. As the two true British patriots begin an epic journey far from the comforts of Baker Street, they must not only brave the dangers and hardships of the northern Canadian wilds, but also determine the line between a patriot and a scoundreldeceit and violenceall while looking inward at their own weaknesses. Peril in the Yukon is a unique and compelling tale that highlights the rollicking, spirited adventure of two unforgettable detectives as they traipse through unfamiliar climes to track down a culprit.
Two extremely bizarre air travel events by avid video gamers, served as an allegory for the normalcy bias that flows from the US low accident rate, the consequences of unlearned lessons of air travel history and ignored facts from 1974 to 2018. When something bad happens, however rarely, the low accident rate is cited with great hubris. Yet, we know the limited value of 'a data-driven' narrative, that itself ignores inconvenient data. When neither manufacturers, nor safety oversight authorities, nor the flyers themselves, know what can possibly happen up there, it's a bad day for everyone! So far in the new millennium, the specter of recurring similar air travel events, worldwide, has taken over 1,300 lives. Hauntingly, from 2008 - 2017, US airspace experienced a phenomenal rise in near midair collisions-operational data conveniently ignored by low accident rate devotees. The twin specters of creeping accident recidivism, and "an accident-free" mindset, challenges full understanding of how present and future risk develops. A theme underscored by all the other actors encountered, is that the rate hides more than it explains, misleads, and fails to protect travelers. For it's only by working back from hazard identification, best enables transformative, forward-looking, risk mitigation by corporate and independent government regulatory authorities. Worldwide air accident recidivism, and the rise in US near midair and other ignored events, are precautionary wakeup calls: identify system-wide, sleepwalking hazardous vectors and adjust the safety narrative to reality!
Although the prescient Founders provided a means, Article Five, to change America's two-hundred- and thirty-two-year old Constitution and democratic-liberal governance, the hard truths of political compromise, civility and Presidential leadership in ideology-driven public policy, are the stuff of 'greatness' in American civilization. Modern post-World War II social historians arguably credit President Lyndon Johnson's 1964 massive Federal government intervention and anti-poverty efforts to achieve a 'Great Society.' Others may cite President Richard Nixon's Federal intervention to protect the environment, assure clean air, drinking water and end housing discrimination. President Ronald Reagan's paradigm shift, looked to lessen government's regulatory role and instead to 'trickle down' market forces, for his resonating slogan "Let's Make America Great Again." In 2010, President Barack Obama's landmark achievement of the Affordable Care Act, provided health care coverage to over thirty million Americans. By 2017, President Donald Trump, trademarked MAGA and provided massive, deficit-ballooning, tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy, sought to repeal environmental protection, health care legislation, and auto-fuel standards; minimized the federal regulatory oversight role in air travel safety assessments; initiated trade tariffs and adopted anti-immigration, anti-refugees and anti-asylum-seeking measures. Whether at the individual self or nation level, the road to 'greatness', first either affirms or solemnly swears to the rule of law and truth telling. A road trip by a team of investigative reporters revealed many deflections (rendered in free verse poetry) from America's quest for 'greatness: ' from the delusional dance of the anti-government discontents; tax avoiding corporations, billionaires and wannabe trillionaires-all protected by the world's mightiest military and judiciary; the discontented food-fighters, demanding non-discriminatory, plain language access to labels on what they eat or drink; the plundered low wage workers (many most likely undocumented) in liberal, blue cities-whose crie de coeur 'middle-up, ' highlighted the income disparities of the 'haves' and the 'have-mores: ' from fired American high-tech professionals demanding an end to the illegal visa abuse of lower-paid, sought-after graduates of leading foreign technical universities; to the threatened deportations of American-born children. Tragically, planet earth faces the absurd consequences of mindless self-destruction caused by man-made pollution for untaxed profits; and many other bold newer threats, including the approaching hordes of climate change refugees. Unlike the many unknowns of a Shakespearean tragedy, we know the remaining acts necessary to sustain life on planet earth's annual free ride around the sun. Yet, a despoiled earth appears inexorably poised on the path of abandonment by the trillionaire class for a new planetary home. Bon Voyage!
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