Why is there something rather than nothing? A fundamental question which goes to the very heart of creation and existence. Yet there are only two realistic options: 'Intelligent Design', or 'Accident of Chance' - a choice between 'God' and 'Science'. Religion, however, lacks objective evidential support, and requires no justification beyond unconditional belief, while science addresses only material creation, but ignores essential 'intangibles' - mathematics, logic and rationality - without which the universe would not be able to function. These are the Enigmas of creation, and this book addresses all aspects as equally important, including theories of creation, the purpose and nature of the universe, implications of time, concepts of reality and existence, life (biological, artificial and destiny), laws of nature, metaphysical concepts of 'pre-creation', the nature of 'higher intelligence', and the validity and limitations of 'human' Probability. Proposals put forward include, that 'the future' does not exist - only indefinite perpetuation of increments of 'present'; laws of nature being stored by digital encoding onto quantum fluctuations of vacuum energy; and that quantum gravity does not exist. The book collates and evaluates these topics, to compare and prioritize the relative significance of 'real' and 'speculative' arguments, and reaches a 'balance of evidence' conclusion as to why the universe exists - Accident or Design?

Leistungsruckgang, allgemeine Erschopfung und eine starke Abneigung gegenuber der einst geliebten Arbeit - das sind Symptome von Burnout, die haufig bei Journalisten beobachtet worden sind. Mehr als ein Funftel der vom Autor Befragten leidet unter starkem Burnout. Sie sind korperlich, emotional und geistig erschopft. Als Ursache kommt nicht zuletzt eine Diskrepanz zwischen beruflichen Idealen und journalistischer Praxis in Betracht. Vor allem aber der Spagat zwischen den Anforderungen des Berufes und dem Wunsch, Familie, Partner und Freunde nicht zu vernachlassigen, ruft bei Journalisten Burnout hervor. Bodins Untersuchung gibt den Anstoss, das Bild vom Journalismus als 24-Stunden-Job zu korrigieren, weil dieser Selbstanspruch mit Burnout zusammenfallt. Flexible Arbeitszeiten, langfristige redaktionelle Planung, ein moderierender Fuhrungsstil und berufliche Reflexion sind weitere Mittel zur Pravention von Burnout.

The purpose of this research was to determine if computer network operations force presentation determination could benefit from studying examples from how functional combatant commands presented other forces and capabilities to the geographic combatant commands. Specifically, this study researched how the US Strategic Command presented space capabilities, how US Transportation Command presented logistics capabilities and how US Special Operations Command presented special operations forces. The research objective was achieved through a literature review of joint doctrine. The key topics examined in the literature review include: how do functional combatant commands interrelate with geographic combatant commands, how do combatant commands command and control cross-domain dependencies, and how do combatant commands manage cross-title relationships. The survey first looked for overarching lessons learned but determined each example (space, logistics, and special operations) necessarily used different force presentation models based upon resource allocation. This literature review of joint doctrine indicates US Strategic Command should consider implementing the following three actions in order to enact a strategy of developing organic CNO forces within each GCC. US Strategic Command should: (a) adapt the space SCA and proponent concepts. (b) use the logistics force presentation model as an intermediary step towards organic force presentation. (c) endorse a strategy of organic CNO force presentation within each GCC.

Why is there something rather than nothing? A fundamental question which goes to the very heart of creation and existence. Yet there are only two realistic options: 'Intelligent Design', or 'Accident of Chance' - a choice between 'God' and 'Science'. Religion, however, lacks objective evidential support, and requires no justification beyond unconditional belief, while science addresses only material creation, but ignores essential 'intangibles' - mathematics, logic and rationality - without which the universe would not be able to function. These are the Enigmas of creation, and this book addresses all aspects as equally important, including theories of creation, the purpose and nature of the universe, implications of time, concepts of reality and existence, life (biological, artificial and destiny), laws of nature, metaphysical concepts of 'pre-creation', the nature of 'higher intelligence', and the validity and limitations of 'human' Probability. Proposals put forward include, that 'the future' does not exist - only indefinite perpetuation of increments of 'present'; laws of nature being stored by digital encoding onto quantum fluctuations of vacuum energy; and that quantum gravity does not exist. The book collates and evaluates these topics, to compare and prioritize the relative significance of 'real' and 'speculative' arguments, and reaches a 'balance of evidence' conclusion as to why the universe exists - Accident or Design?

Describing Einstein's work is not easy. For such a diverse subject, 'difficult' is misleading, for it depends as much on the recipient as on the content, yet based on 'selective impressions' relativity has a daunting reputation, which deters many, and has gone unquestioned for years. This book takes a critical look at that image, and by ignoring the practical needs of professionals, places relativity in a very different perspective; harder parts are less common, but often matter least for general purposes; no knowledge of mathematics at all is necessary to fully understand what relativity says and means (contrary to popular belief), and on that basis, understanding Einstein should be within the grasp of every student interested to try, and with the motivation to succeed.
To achieve this aim, an approach has been adopted which places emphasis on meaning over content, with the ultimate objective that understanding is what matters most, rather than provision of facts and information. The book is aimed at a very wide range of potential readers, from complete novice to university level, with format and content material adapted accordingly. The general layout is modular, with topics classified under three categories of difficulty, to meet different levels of interest and aptitude, and these grades are identified in the contents section preceding each chapter.
Readers can thus customise their choice of reading, while cross referencing and frequent summaries facilitate moving between levels. Little mathematics is included in the text (and can all be skipped), but for advanced readers, a very full selection of equations (most with derivations from first principles) has been includedin a series of appendices which follow each chapter. An unusual feature is a chapter on cosmology, for those who wish to follow the logical consequences of general relativity. There is a very extensive glossary.