Presents a unique offering that integrates systems theory, psychodynamics, and psychoeducation interventions within a biopsychosocial conceptualization of couples' problems Offers suggestions for handling common presenting problems, comorbid psychopathology, and the nitty-gritty of daily practice Is an integrative and comprehensive text, unlike most books in the field that approach couple treatment from a single theoretical perspective

This book explains the elimination of maternal characters in American, British, French, and German literature before 1890 by examining motherless creations: Pygmalion's statue, Frankenstein's creature, homunculi, automata, androids, golems, and steam men. These beings typify what is now called artificial life, living systems made through manufactured means. Fantasies about creating life ex-utero were built upon misconceptions about how life began, sustaining pseudoscientific beliefs about the birthing body. Physicians, inventors, and authors of literature imagined generating life without women to control the process of reproduction and generate perfect progeny. Thus, some speculative fiction before 1890 belongs to the literary genealogy of transhumanism, the belief that technology will someday transform some humans into superior, immortal beings. Female motherless creations tend to operate as sexual companions. Male ones often emerge as subaltern figures analogous to enslaved beings, illustrating that reproductive rights inform readers' sense of who counts as human in fictions of artificial life.

Entomopathogenic bacteria (Bacillus thuringiensis and B. sphaericus) are increasingly used as biopesticides to control larval insect populations which are either agricultural or forestry pests and to reduce those which as adults are vectors of severe human diseases. This new book, the first since 1993 to address all aspects of entomopathogenic bacteria, provides undergraduate and graduate students as well as research scientists with a complete, modern view of this important group of bacteria. The authors, chosen for their sustained contributions to the field, cover both fundamental and applied research in this area. The main topics include bacterial ecology and taxonomy, toxin diversity, activity and mode of action, regulation and environment of the genes, safety and ecotoxicology, production and field application of the bacteria, and outbreaks of resistant populations. The book concludes with the most recent data obtained on transgenic biotechnology and addresses environmental impact issues.

Presents a unique offering that integrates systems theory, psychodynamics, and psychoeducation interventions within a biopsychosocial conceptualization of couples' problems Offers suggestions for handling common presenting problems, comorbid psychopathology, and the nitty-gritty of daily practice Is an integrative and comprehensive text, unlike most books in the field that approach couple treatment from a single theoretical perspective

A Roadmap for Couple Therapy offers a comprehensive, flexible, and user-friendly template for conducting couple therapy. Grounded in an in-depth review of the clinical and research literature, and drawing on the author's 40-plus years of experience, it describes the three main approaches to conceptualizing couple distress and treatment-systemic, psychodynamic, and behavioral-and shows how they can be integrated into a model that draws on the best of each. Unlike multi-authored texts in which each chapter presents a distinct brand of couple therapy, this book simultaneously engages multiple viewpoints and synthesizes them into a coherent model. Covering fundamentals and advanced techniques, it speaks to both beginning therapists and experienced clinicians. Therapists will find A Roadmap for Couple Therapy an invaluable resource as they help distressed couples repair and revitalize their relationships.

Through examining Douglass's and Fanon's concrete experiences of oppression, Cynthia R. Nielsen demonstrates the empirical validity of Foucault's theoretical analyses concerning power, resistance, and subject-formation. Going beyond merely confirming Foucault's insights, Douglass and Fanon expand, strengthen, and offer correctives to the emancipatory dimensions of Foucault's project. Unlike Foucault, Douglass and Fanon were not hesitant to make transhistorical judgments condemning slavery and colonization. Foucault's reticence here signals a weakness in his account of human being. This weakness sets him at cross-purposes not only with Scotus, but also with Douglass and Fanon. Scotus's anthropology provides a basis for transhistorical moral critique; thus he is a valuable dialogue partner for those concerned about social justice and human flourishing.

A Roadmap for Couple Therapy offers a comprehensive, flexible, and user-friendly template for conducting couple therapy. Grounded in an in-depth review of the clinical and research literature, and drawing on the author's 40-plus years of experience, it describes the three main approaches to conceptualizing couple distress and treatment-systemic, psychodynamic, and behavioral-and shows how they can be integrated into a model that draws on the best of each. Unlike multi-authored texts in which each chapter presents a distinct brand of couple therapy, this book simultaneously engages multiple viewpoints and synthesizes them into a coherent model. Covering fundamentals and advanced techniques, it speaks to both beginning therapists and experienced clinicians. Therapists will find A Roadmap for Couple Therapy an invaluable resource as they help distressed couples repair and revitalize their relationships.

Nielsen offers a dialogue with Foucault, Frederick Douglass, Frantz Fanon and the Augustinian-Franciscan tradition, investigating the relation between social construction and freedom and proposing an historically friendly, ethically sensitive, and religico-philosophical model for human being and existence in a shared pluralistic world.

The sixth edition of "American National Security" has been extensively rewritten to take into account the significant changes in national security policy in the past decade. Thorough revisions reflect a new strategic context and the challenges and opportunities faced by the United States in the early twenty-first century. Highlights include:

- An examination of the current international environment and new factors affecting U.S. national security policy making- A discussion of the Department of Homeland Security and changes in the intelligence community- A survey of intelligence and national security, with special focus on security needs post-9/11- A review of economic security, diplomacy, terrorism, conventional warfare, counterinsurgency, military intervention, and nuclear deterrence in the changed international setting- An update of security issues in East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Russia and Central Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean- New material on globalization, transnational actors, and human security

Previous editions have been widely used in undergraduate and graduate courses.

Entomopathogenic bacteria (Bacillus thuringiensis and B. sphaericus) are increasingly used as biopesticides to control larval insect populations which are either agricultural or forestry pests and to reduce those which as adults are vectors of severe human diseases. This new book, the first since 1993 to address all aspects of entomopathogenic bacteria, provides undergraduate and graduate students as well as research scientists with a complete, modern view of this important group of bacteria. The authors, chosen for their sustained contributions to the field, cover both fundamental and applied research in this area. The main topics include bacterial ecology and taxonomy, toxin diversity, activity and mode of action, regulation and environment of the genes, safety and ecotoxicology, production and field application of the bacteria, and outbreaks of resistant populations. The book concludes with the most recent data obtained on transgenic biotechnology and addresses environmental impact issues.

This classic text provides a rich and nuanced discussion of American national security policymaking. American National Security remains the ideal foundational text for courses in national security, foreign policy, and security studies. Every chapter in this edition has been extensively revised, and the book includes discussion of recent security policy changes in the Trump administration. Highlights include: * An updated look at national security threats, military operations, and homeland security challenges * An analysis of the evolving roles of the president, Congress, the intelligence community, the military, and other institutions involved in national security * A revised consideration of the strengths, limitations, and employment of instruments of national power, including diplomacy, information, economic tools, and armed forces * An exploration of the economic and national security implications of globalization * An enhanced examination of the proliferation of transnational threats, including security challenges in space and in cyberspace * A new assessment of how international, political, and economic trends may change US leadership of the post-World War II international order * A comprehensive update on changing dynamics in key states and regions, including Russia, China, East Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America An authoritative book that explains US national security policy, actors, and processes in a wide-ranging yet understandable way, American National Security addresses key issues, including challenges to the free and open international order, the reemergence of strategic competition among great powers, terrorism, economic and fiscal constraints, and rapid advances in information and technology.

Election 2008 turned out to be a watershed contests, looking to crucial decisions of policy change about the war in Iraq, the international economy, global warming, social security and immigration. God in the Obama Era is written for general readers and is designed to help give objectivity and perspective on debated issues. Its approach is narrative and chronological, not dogmatic. Its premise is that the contemporary presidency stands in a longer historical tradition, which conditions both philosophical, and value judgments. A scholar, who has written in both the history and philosophy of religion, the author is interested in the long term moral values and religious symbols that motivate both voters and public officials. Of course, he is not so naïve as to suppose that truth is always on one side of the election divide. Clearly, the U. S. Constitution guarantees both freedom of worship and the non-establishment of religion. But faith convictions remain a powerful ideological force in American politics.

"American Civil-Military Relations" offers the first comprehensive assessment of the subject since the publication of Samuel P. Huntington's field-defining book, "The Soldier and the State." Using this seminal work as a point of departure, experts in the fields of political science, history, and sociology ask what has been learned and what more needs to be investigated in the relationship between civilian and military sectors in the 21st century.

Leading scholars--such as Richard Betts, Risa Brooks, James Burk, Michael Desch, Peter Feaver, Richard Kohn, Williamson Murray, and David Segal--discuss key issues, including: - changes in officer education since the end of the Cold War;- shifting conceptions of military expertise in response to evolving operational and strategic requirements;- increased military involvement in high-level politics; and- the domestic and international contexts of U.S. civil-military relations.

The first section of the book provides contrasting perspectives of American civil-military relations within the last five decades. The next section addresses Huntington's conception of societal and functional imperatives and their influence on the civil-military relationship. Following sections examine relationships between military and civilian leaders and describe the norms and practices that should guide those interactions. The editors frame these original essays with introductory and concluding chapters that synthesize the key arguments of the book.

What is clear from the essays in this volume is that the line between civil and military expertise and responsibility is not that sharply drawn, and perhaps given the increasing complexity of international security issues, it should not be. When forming national security policy, the editors conclude, civilian and military leaders need to maintain a respectful and engaged dialogue.

"American Civil-Military Relations" is essential reading for students and scholars interested in civil-military relations, U.S. politics, and national security policy.

Some things are better left buried... Kharnak d'nul V'rsuth has been plundering the sands of the Ul-Utet desert for forgotten treasure since he was a young man On a remote dig, he uncovers a simple clay jar emblazoned with the sacred symbol of the ancient patron of Mankind, the SevenGod. It is a rare and priceless treasure, but one that brings with it many dangers. But this jar is more than an artifact. It's arrival has been anticipated for hundreds of years for it contains the key to set free the demon-god Eqqa Qua from his underworld prison in Shiavoth. The minions of the demon-god are vigilant and relentless, ultimately forcing Kharnak to take back to the desert and face the dangers lurking beneath the dunes. Accompanied by the vengeful god Hebat the Stone Man, Kharnak is given a mission. If he succeeds, Eqqa Quai will remain imprisoned. If not, all of humanity will pay the price of his failure with blood and chains.

For years Peter has subconsciously formed his life, unbeknown to him at the time, what he focused on he received. In this book, you will see how you can attain self empowerment. Peter will show you how to build a confident and loving life and help block out the negative chitter chatter of others. When putting these teachings into action you can transform any situation into a positive experience. With an open mind and open arms, receive

In the 1970s, the newly formed Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) played a key role in instituting and integrating peacetime military reforms. TRADOC updated doctrine, revised training practices, and ensured that these and other aspects of the combat developments process were mutually supportive. TRADOC changed the manner in which the U.S. Army prepared for war. That TRADOC played such a central role is important because a common expectation is that military organizations will be unable to reform themselves. This perspective is deficient in that it fails to predict the changes that Generals William DePuy, Donn Starry, and Paul Gorman spearheaded in the 1970s and early 1980s. The Army faced external pressures--changing national security policy, budget stringency, and the political decision to move to an all-volunteer force--but these challenges and constraints did not provide Army leaders with a detailed plan of action. The shape and extent of reforms within the U.S. Army in the 1970s were primarily determined by leaders from within the organization. This thesis explains the role of TRADOC in the Army's reforms in the 1970s and draws implications relevant to today's Army Transformation.

Presidential Election 2012--a crucial watershed in United States history----will set the course for economics and domestic politics as well as international relations in the next four years. Who will the winner be? Two Harvard trained lawyers: the former Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, (JD MBA cum laude) 1975, Republican, and the incumbent President, Barack Obama, (JD magna cum laude) 1991, Democrat, will face off against each other in a national contest. PACs on either sides are investing enormous energy, time, and funds in a quest for victory. How do present challenges, national and international, relate to our nation's historical past, as well as to earlier presidential election campaigns? Will the nation's economy recover and prosper? What of United States and China relations, of conflict in the Muslim world? How would past presidents, Washington, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, Wilson, Truman and Lyndon Johnson view present crises--in a world of atomic weapons and the internet. What of the struggle for democracy and human rights. The book's author, Professor Niels C. Nielsen (Philosophy and Religion), emeritus at Rice University, invokes the historian, H. G. Wells' Time Machine. What if such an imagined device could take us back into the past and forward in the future? We need to know our place in history--to appraise its opportunities and perils. What if we could communicate with a visitor from another planet or galaxy. What could we learn about democracy, cosmology and warcraft? Religious faith lives on and its sidewinds will influence election results--as a Mormon faces off against a United Church of Christ Congregationalist. What have our candidates as well as former presidents believed about ethics, God and human destiny? What can President Obama or Governor Romney do to deliver prosperity at home and abroad? What went wrong and precipitated the Great Recession? Democracy and pledges made in the heat of campaign and electioneering may be all too soon forgotten. But American citizens, indeed, the world will have to live with the winner's policies about global warming, immigration, education and hydrogen weapons.

Daedus and the surviving members of the Markan Legion struggle to survive in the aftermath of their final battle against the Serpent Lords upon the island of Amayelli Cahuitl. Victims of both fate and treachery, they have been deprived of their most powerful allies and betrayed by their own special operations units, the LongKnives. Remnants of the enemy armies have scattered to the most inaccessible parts of the island, striking when they are least expected, competing for the finite resources of their island prison, and hiding from the relentless hunger and savagery of the Nagual. But Daedus knows time is running out and the soon the Nagual, no longer under Adzutucoatl's direct command, will turn upon them to survive. Unless he can find a way to get them off the island. Worsening their situation, the demi-goddess Chihuacoatl, the Madness that Walks, has awoken from a centuries long sleep and broken free of her earthly bondage. Having defeated and robbed Adzutucoatl of much of his power, she escaped the clutches of the Tomb of Time with the sole intent of resurrecting her dark empire. Waiting for her somewhere deep within the womb of magic called Xincan, in the holy land of Matauils, are the twin master blades of wildersteel. With both back in her possession, it is certain she is marshaling her forces to attempt subjugating mankind once again And somewhere in the Lands of the Southern Shores, new evils anxiously anticipate the arrival of Adzutucoatl and his outland army. One waits with vengeance and a prisoner to ultimately claim what he sees as his own. A few seek to further their powers and reach with the demise of the Banebaal. The last views Adzutucoatl, Daedus and his soldiers as both a means to an end and a threat demanding his immediate attention.

Daedus is an exp-priest turned soldier. For a decade he has led the dwindling Markan IVth Cohort across the Frostmarches as Praefect and fought against the barbaric hordes of the Augur Potentates. An Imperial Courier arrives unexpectedly, bearing orders to return to the capitol at once. Upon their return, it quickly becomes clear someone in the Markan Senate is setting the stage for a coup and Daedus and his men are pawns in this power struggle. Their situation further worsens with the arrival of Adzutucoatl, a tattooed emissary from the distant jungles of a nearly forgotten land: Mictlan. He has come to Marka bearing rare gifts in exchange for troops to wage war against enemies every bit as powerful as the Augur Potentates. Intrigued by the developments within the capitol, Adzutucoatl takes a powerful interest in Daedus and the IVth and arranges a meeting upon his ship. What transpires sets into motion events that lead Daedus and his stalwart companions on an epic journey into the heart of darkness. Here they must conquer the treachery of sorcerers and the unforgiving nature of their new environment. Only then will they come face to face with the true nature of their mission: to face the wrath of a vengeful demi-goddess intent on breaking free of her earthly prison and to stop her from resurrecting her dark empire with her weapons of wildersteel.

This is a history of the teaching of Russian in the State of Arizona. It attempts to describe the efforts of EVERYONE who has EVER taught Russian ANYWHERE in the State of Arizona, as well as the subsequent fates of hundreds of their Arizona students of Russian. Over 1600 teachers and students are mentioned.

Women Warriors in Romantic Drama examines a recurring figure that appears in French, British, and German drama between 1789 and 1830: the woman warrior. The term itself, "woman warrior," refers to quasi-historical female soldiers or assassins. Women have long contributed to military campaigns as canteen women. Camp followers ranged from local citizenry to spouses and prostitutes, and on occasion, women assisted men in combat. However, the woman warrior is a romantic figure, meaning a fanciful ideal, despite the reality of women's participation in select scenes of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. The central claim of this book is the woman warrior is a way for some women writers (Olympe de Gouges, Christine Westphalen, Karoline von Gunderrode, and Mary Robinson) to explore the case for extending citizenship to women. This project focuses primarily on theater for the reason that the stage simulates the public world that female dramatists and their warriors seek to inhabit. Novels and poetry clearly belong to the realm of fiction, but when audiences see women fighting onstage, they confront concrete visions of impossible women. I examine dramas in the context of their performance and production histories in order to answer why so many serious dramas featuring women warriors fail to find applause, or fail to be staged at all. Dramas about women warriors seem to sometimes contribute to the argument for female citizenship when they take the form of tragedy, because the deaths of female protagonists in such plays often provoke consideration about women's place in society. Consequently, where we find women playing soldiers in various entertainment venues, farce and satire often seem to dominate, although this book points to some exceptions. Censorship and audience demand for comedies made producing tragedies difficult for female playwrights, who battled additional obstacles to fashioning their careers. I compare male (Edmund Eyre, Heinrich von Kleist) and female writers' dramatizations of the woman warrior. This analysis shows that the difficult project of getting audiences to take women warriors seriously resembles women writers' struggles to enter the ostensibly male domains of tragedy and the public sphere. Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

For most of the eighteenth century, automata were deemed a celebration of human ingenuity, feats of science and reason. Among the Romantics, however, they prompted a contradictory apprehension about mechanization and contrivance: such science and engineering threatened the spiritual nature of life, the source of compassion in human society. A deep dread of puppets and the machinery that propels them consequently surfaced in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century literature. Romantic Automata is a collection of essays examining the rise of this cultural suspicion of mechanical imitations of life. Recent scholarship in post-humanism, post-colonialism, disability studies, post-modern feminism, eco-criticism, and radical Orientalism has significantly affected the critical discourse on this topic. In engaging with the work and thought of Coleridge, Poe, Hoffmann, Mary Shelley, and other Romantic luminaries, the contributors to this collection open new methodological approaches to understanding human interaction with technology that strives to simulate, supplement, or supplant organic life. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.