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This edited volume analyses the global making of security
institutions and practices in our postcolonial world. The volume
will offer readers the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding
of the global making of how security is thought of and practiced,
from US urban policing, diaspora politics and transnational
security professionals to policing encounters in Afghanistan,
Palestine, Colombia or Haiti. It critically examines and decentres
conventional perspectives on security governance and policing. In
doing so, the book offers a fresh analytical approach, moving
beyond dominant, one-sided perspectives on the transnational
character of security governance, which suggest a diffusion of
models and practices from a 'Western' centre to the rest of the
globe. Such perspectives omit much of the experimenting and
learning going on in the (post)colony as well as the active agency
and participation of seemingly subaltern actors in producing and
co-constituting what is conventionally thought of as 'Western'
policing practice, knowledge and institutions. This is the first
book that studies the truly global making of security institutions
and practices from a postcolonial perspective, by bringing together
highly innovative, in-depth empirical cases studies from across the
globe. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars
interested in International Relations and Global Studies,
(critical) Security Studies, Criminology and Postcolonial Studies.
This edited volume analyses the global making of security
institutions and practices in our postcolonial world. The volume
will offer readers the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding
of the global making of how security is thought of and practiced,
from US urban policing, diaspora politics and transnational
security professionals to policing encounters in Afghanistan,
Palestine, Colombia or Haiti. It critically examines and decentres
conventional perspectives on security governance and policing. In
doing so, the book offers a fresh analytical approach, moving
beyond dominant, one-sided perspectives on the transnational
character of security governance, which suggest a diffusion of
models and practices from a 'Western' centre to the rest of the
globe. Such perspectives omit much of the experimenting and
learning going on in the (post)colony as well as the active agency
and participation of seemingly subaltern actors in producing and
co-constituting what is conventionally thought of as 'Western'
policing practice, knowledge and institutions. This is the first
book that studies the truly global making of security institutions
and practices from a postcolonial perspective, by bringing together
highly innovative, in-depth empirical cases studies from across the
globe. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars
interested in International Relations and Global Studies,
(critical) Security Studies, Criminology and Postcolonial Studies.
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The Beat Beneath My Feet (DVD)
Simon Lowe, Nicholas Galitzine, James Tarpey, Lisa Dillon, Luke Perry, …
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A teenager befriends a disgraced rock star in this comedy drama.
When shy schoolboy Tom (Nicholas Galitzine) hears rock music
blaring from his new neighbour's flat the aspiring musician decides
to go in search of the person behind it. He discovers the
mysterious new resident named Steve (Luke Perry) is in fact a
former rock star who was declared dead eight years ago due to a
large unpaid tax bill and is now hiding on Tom's South London
council estate. After threatening to expose his secret, Tom
convinces Steve to teach him the ways of rock and roll for his
school's upcoming battle of the bands.
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Michael Muller: Skits (Paperback)
Michael Muller; Edited by Hendrik Bundge; Text written by Hendrik Bundge, Heike Fuhlbrugge, Louisa Elderton
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This book shows how to work with stories and narrative approaches
in almost all fields of action of a company, and demonstrates the
added value resulting from a holistic narrative perspective. The
authors take thereby a practice-based perspective from the
viewpoint of managing directors, the C-suite, organizational
developers, corporate communicators and advisers with a rich
description of the methods and implementation. By the employment of
these narrative methods, leadership styles, communication,
knowledge and change management can be planned in such a way that
on the one hand the identity-core of the enterprise remains always
apparent and on the other, the organization can develop in an agile
fashion into the future.
Floating-point arithmetic is the most widely used way of
implementing real-number arithmetic on modern computers. However,
making such an arithmetic reliable and portable, yet fast, is a
very difficult task. As a result, floating-point arithmetic is far
from being exploited to its full potential. This handbook aims to
provide a complete overview of modern floating-point arithmetic. So
that the techniques presented can be put directly into practice in
actual coding or design, they are illustrated, whenever possible,
by a corresponding program. The handbook is designed for
programmers of numerical applications, compiler designers,
programmers of floating-point algorithms, designers of arithmetic
operators, and more generally, students and researchers in
numerical analysis who wish to better understand a tool used in
their daily work and research.
This edited volume critically assesses emerging trends in
contemporary warfare and international interventionism as
exemplified by the 'local turn' in counterinsurgent warfare. It
asks how contemporary counterinsurgency approaches work and are
legitimized; what concrete effects they have within local settings,
and what the implications are for how we can understand the means
and ends of war and peace in our post 9/11 world. This book is
essential reading for anyone interested in understanding recent
changes in global liberal governance as well as the growing
convergence of military and seemingly non-military domains,
discourses and practices in the contemporary making of global
political order.
Floating-point arithmetic is the most widely used way of
implementing real-number arithmetic on modern computers. However,
making such an arithmetic reliable and portable, yet fast, is a
very difficult task. As a result, floating-point arithmetic is far
from being exploited to its full potential. This handbook aims to
provide a complete overview of modern floating-point arithmetic. So
that the techniques presented can be put directly into practice in
actual coding or design, they are illustrated, whenever possible,
by a corresponding program. The handbook is designed for
programmers of numerical applications, compiler designers,
programmers of floating-point algorithms, designers of arithmetic
operators, and more generally, students and researchers in
numerical analysis who wish to better understand a tool used in
their daily work and research.
This edited volume critically assesses emerging trends in
contemporary warfare and international interventionism as
exemplified by the 'local turn' in counterinsurgent warfare. It
asks how contemporary counterinsurgency approaches work and are
legitimized; what concrete effects they have within local settings,
and what the implications are for how we can understand the means
and ends of war and peace in our post 9/11 world. This book is
essential reading for anyone interested in understanding recent
changes in global liberal governance as well as the growing
convergence of military and seemingly non-military domains,
discourses and practices in the contemporary making of global
political order.
This compact book introduces the concepts of Java lambdas and
parallel streams in a concise form. It begins by introducing new
supporting features such as functional interfaces, default methods
and more. After this, the author demonstrates how streams can be
parallelized in a very simple way-within certain limits, no
knowledge about the thread management is needed. Nevertheless, some
basic elements in the context of parallelism need to be considered.
Here, the book provides a variety of information and best
practices. What You Will Learn Master lambdas and streams Work with
the default method Harness streams and the stream() function Use
Stream and Spliterator Take advantage of parallel streams Work with
collectors and concurrency Who This Book Is For Experienced Java
programmers and developers. div>
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High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering, Garching/Munich 2009 - Transactions of the Fourth Joint HLRB and KONWIHR Review and Results Workshop, Dec. 8-9, 2009, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Garching/Munich, Germany (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2010)
Siegfried Wagner, Matthias Steinmetz, Arndt Bode, Markus Michael Muller
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The Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) and the Bavarian Competence
Network for Technical and Scienti?c High Performance Computing
(KONWIHR) publish in the present book results of numerical
simulations facilitated by the High P- formance Computer System in
Bavaria (HLRB II) within the last two years. The papers were
presented at the Fourth Joint HLRB and KONWIHR Review and - sult
Workshop in Garching on 8th and 9th December 2009, and were
selected from all progress reports of projects that use the HLRB
II. Similar to the workshop two years ago, the majority of the
contributed papers belong to the area of computational ?uid
dynamics (CFD), condensed matter physics, astrophysics, chemistry,
computer sciences and high-energy physics. We note a considerable
increase of the user c- munity in some areas: Compared to 2007, the
number of papers increased from 6 to 12 in condensed matter physics
and from 2 to 5 in high-energy physics. Bio s- ences contributed
only one paper in 2007, but four papers in 2009. This indicates
that the area of application of supercomputers is continuously
growing and entering new ?elds of research. The year 2007 saw two
major events of particular importance for the LRZ. First, after a
substantial upgrade with dual-core processors the SGI Altix 4700
superc- puter reached a peak performance of more than 62 Tera?op/s.
And second, the n- pro?t organization Gauss Centre for
Supercomputing e. V. (GCS) was founded on April 13th.
Policing and security governance in areas of limited statehood have
become central issues in contemporary academic and political
debates. This book offers an in-depth study on public security
provision, the resulting state-society relations, and policing in
Mexico City.
Policing and security governance in areas of limited statehood have
become central issues in contemporary academic and political
debates. This book offers an in-depth study of public security
provision, the resulting state-society relations, and policing in
Mexico City.
Remarkable features of revenue management (RM) problems in the
cargo, manufacturing and broadcasting industries are so-called
flexible products. "Flexibility" means that the actual mode of
production is not defined at the time of purchase, but can be
chosen later on by the service provider. This book is among the
first to analyze RM problems with flexible products and RM in
broadcasting companies. The implications of flexibility are
explicitly taken into account in the models and methods presented.
As an aside, the book contains descriptions of algorithms to
generate stochastic demand data streams for general RM problems. An
implementation as a Microsoft Windows executable file is available,
which can directly be used both by theoreticians and practitioners
in their own simulation studies. This book will be of great value
for researchers, managers and students interested in RM with
flexible products in general and broadcasting companies in
particular.
This book shows how to work with stories and narrative approaches
in almost all fields of action of a company, and demonstrates the
added value resulting from a holistic narrative perspective. The
authors take thereby a practice-based perspective from the
viewpoint of managing directors, the C-suite, organizational
developers, corporate communicators and advisers with a rich
description of the methods and implementation. By the employment of
these narrative methods, leadership styles, communication,
knowledge and change management can be planned in such a way that
on the one hand the identity-core of the enterprise remains always
apparent and on the other, the organization can develop in an agile
fashion into the future.
Master the Java EE 8 and JSF (JavaServer Faces) APIs and web
framework with this practical, projects-driven guide to web
development. This book combines theoretical background with a
practical approach by building four real-world applications. By
developing these JSF web applications, you'll take a tour through
the other Java EE technologies such as JPA, CDI, Security,
WebSockets, and more. In Practical JSF in Java EE 8, you will learn
to use the JavaServer Faces web framework in Java EE 8 to easily
construct a web-based user interface from a set of reusable
components. Next, you add JSF event handling and then link to a
database, persist data, and add security and the other bells and
whistles that the Java EE 8 platform has to offer. After reading
this book you will have a good foundation in Java-based web
development and will have increased your proficiency in
sophisticated Java EE 8 web development using the JSF framework.
What You Will Learn Use the Java EE 8 and the JavaServer Faces APIs
to build Java-based web applications through four practical
real-world case studies Process user input with JSF and the
expression language by building a calculator application Persist
data using JSF templating and Java Persistence to manage an
inventory of books Create and manage an alumni database using JSF,
Ajax, web services and Java EE 8's security features. Who This Book
Is For Those new to Java EE 8 and JSF. Some prior experience with
Java is recommended.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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Michael Muller. Sharks (Hardcover)
Philippe Cousteau, Jr., Dr Alison Kock, Arty Nelson; Photographs by Michael Muller
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Michael Muller has carved a career out of impressive encounters.
Famed for his portraits of the world's most elite actors,
musicians, and sports stars, he has in the last decade built up one
of the most spectacular portfolios of underwater shark photography.
Muller's quest is to document sharks with an unprecedented
proximity and precision, bringing the Hollywood portrait session to
the ocean predator. In ocean depths around the world, he approaches
the sharks with a patented seven-bulb, 1200-watt plexi-encased
strobe lighting rig, developed with NASA engineering, and no cage.
This collection of Muller's images, including the first-known
photograph of a great white breaching at night, is a catalog of
adrenalin and awe. Arranged geographically, it follows Muller's
ocean adventures from black tip and sand tiger sharks in South
Africa to great hammerheads in the Bahamas, with thrilling
narratives from each trip documenting the challenges and
near-misses along the way. To compliment Muller's work for advocacy
organizations such as WildAid and EarthEcho, the images are
contextualized with essays from Philippe Cousteau, Jr. and marine
biologist Alison Kock, who discuss exploration and conservation of
our oceanic kingdom. Culture writer Arty Nelson adds an overview of
Muller's work, while a technical section explains the precise
equipment behind these spectacular shots. Together, these
insightful texts and awesome images offer a record of breathtaking
photographic feats, a tribute to the beauty and might of the shark,
and a rallying cry for its fragile future. This book is also
available in a signed Collector's Edition and two Art Editions,
each including a signed and numbered print.
Die Narrative Organisationsentwicklung ist ein relativ neues
Paradigma, das jedoch zunehmend Eingang in Change-, Strategie-,
Kommunikations-, Wissensmanagement- und Entwicklungsprozesse in
Unternehmen findet. Die Pramisse dahinter ist, dass Sinn (Purpose),
Werte, Identitat, Wissen und Kommunikation von Unternehmen
wesentlich durch narrative Strukturen (Geschichten und Erzahlungen)
definiert, entwickelt und weitergegeben werden. Dieser Band
versammelt Fallbeispiele, in denen narrative Ansatze und Methoden
in der Organisationsentwicklung von Praktiker*innen angewendet
wurden. Sie dienen als Anregung, in der eigenen Organisation mit
narrativen Herangehensweisen zu arbeiten. Jedes Fallbeispiel ist so
anschaulich und transparent erzahlt, dass der/die Leser*in
Methoden, Strategien und Ablaufe an den Bedarf der eigenen
Organisation oder des eigenen Projektes anpassen kann. Der Band ist
ein Arbeitsbuch, das Ideen gibt und Methoden in ihrer Anwendbarkeit
transparent macht - und so den Leser*innen den Einstieg in die
Narrative Organisationsentwicklung und -beratung erleichtert. Die
Idee des Buches entstand im Rahmen der ersten europaischen
Fortbildung in der "Narrativen Organisationsberatung"; die
Fallarbeiten der Teilnehmenden zur Zertifizierung in der
Fortbildung, die sie in ihren Herkunftsorganisationen durchgefuhrt
haben, bilden den Grundstock dieses Buches. Erganzt wurde es durch
Falle weiterer Alumni der Fortbildungen der Herausgeber*innen sowie
erfahrener Praktiker*innen in der narrativen
Organisationsentwicklung.
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Public School Education
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