This is the true story of an American physician's tragic Thanksgiving in Managua, Nicaragua searching for his son Benjamin who was abducted by the U.S. embassy in Nicaragua. Dr. Mangold endured multiple assaults and robberies during his search and eventually ended up in an Immigration detention center while the embassy flew in his ex-wife to pick up Ben. Michael Mangold M.D. and Ben were pawns in a cosmic chess game between U.S. government officials and Mike's Nemesis. All he had was a handful of Cordobas and the truth against an unlimited amount of money and power. It is the "Story of Job" without an overcompensating God, and "The Odyssey" without the love and support of an awaiting Penelope. It is a true tale of good and evil and how the evil that people do has consequences for eternity.

Alone, broke, and abandoned by family and friends, this true story relates how Michael Mangold MD survived being homeless in Nicaragua by using his wits and at times doing the "unthinkable." With help from unexpected sources like a Roman Catholic priest in Esteli and Mormon missionaries in Leon, Desperately Seeking Cereal also describes how those who are entrusted to serve the needy and desperate often do so at a cost. If at all. The book is a sequel to My Worst Thanksgiving Ever and the fourth in Dr. Mangold's "Bridges" series. It is a tale of ugliness and beauty, of evil and good, and how all are to be found in the least expected sources.

What would YOU do if your spouse used the police and courts to abuse you? What would YOU do if your child was abducted in a foreign country? How would YOU survive in a foreign country without access to money or the support of family and friends? Worst Thanksgiving Ever Trilogy starts with Mythomania: A Psychodrama which describes what it is like to live in a Miniature Sick Society and how that sickness pervades our own society. My Worst Thanksgiving Ever is the story of Dr. Mangold's tragic Thanksgiving in Managua searching for his son Ben who was abducted by the U.S. embassy. Mangold endured multiple muggings during his search and was eventually imprisoned in an Immigration detention center while the embassy flew in his wife to pick up Ben. Desperately Seeking Cereal is the sequel to "Thanksgiving." Alone, broke, and abandoned by family and friends, this true story relates how Michael Mangold MD survived being homeless in Nicaragua by using his wits and at times doing the "unthinkable."

How can we lead sane lives in a world gone mad? How do we create a sane world when we are sick ourselves? Dr. Mangold interweaves politics, medicine, and psychology in a real-life account of how he was broken by forces fueled by fear and lies. This heart-felt and transparent account takes us on a personal journey into a world that is flying upside and on the verge of crashing soon. This true story recounts the struggles Dr. Mangold faced not only from an uncaring and unforgiving government but also from a wife whose own psycho-pathologies prevented her from performing the two tasks he needed so desperately during those struggles: love and support. It is more than an account of persecution and victimization. It is a story of falling and discovering that the rescue rope had been severed by those entrusted to throw it in the first place.

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 1996 im Fachbereich BWL - Controlling, Note: 2,7, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn (Unbekannt), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsangabe: Problemstellung: Ein steigendes Rentabilitats- und Risikobewusstsein in den Unternehmen zwingt auch zum Nachdenken uber die Bewirtschaftung der liquiden Mittel. Viele Unternehmen halten hohe Bestande an liquiden Mitteln, die fur die laufende Geschaftstatigkeit nicht benotigt werden. Insbesondere bei multinationalen Unternehmen, bei denen diese Mittel in den einzelnen Niederlassungen auf unterschiedliche Wahrungen verteilt sind, bieten hohe Liquiditatsbestande nicht nur Potentiale zur Rentabilitatssteigerung durch eine gewinnbringendere Verwendung, sondern bergen auch Risiken durch volatile Wechselkurse. Kosten- und Risikosenkungspotentiale liegen jedoch nicht nur in diesen Bestanden, sondern auch in der Steuerung der hohen Volumina kostspieliger grenzuberschreitender Zahlungen zwischen den Unternehmenseinheiten. Auch unterschiedliche gesetzliche Vorschriften der Lander, in denen multinationale Unternehmen mit ihren Niederlassungen vertreten sind, stellen Herausforderungen fur das Cash-Management dar. Eine Darstellung der Moglichkeiten zur optimalen Bewaltigung dieser Herausforderungen ist Inhalt dieser Arbeit. Gang der Untersuchung: Nach einer Klarung der relevanten Begriffe in Teil A wird in Teil B das Bedingungsgefuge des Cash-Managements dargestellt, wie es sich fur ein multinationales Unternehmen ergibt. Teil C gibt einen Uberblick uber die Alternativen, die zur praktischen Bewaltigung dieser komplexen Aufgaben zur Verfugung stehen. In Teil D werden dann quantitative Planungsmodelle vorgestellt, die zur Unterstutzung der Entscheidungstrager bei der optimalen Auswahl aus den zur Verfugung stehenden Handlungsalternativen entwickelt wurden. Teil E fasst schliesslich die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit zusammen. Inhaltsverzeichnis: Inhaltsverzeichnis: InhaltsverzeichnisI AbkurzungsverzeichnisIII N