In Theology and the Marvel Universe, fourteen contributors examine theological themes and ideas in the comic books, television shows, and films that make up the grand narrative of the Marvel Universe. Engaging in dialogue with theological thinkers such as Willie James Jennings, Franz Rosenzweig, Soren Kierkegaard, Rene Girard, Kelly Brown Douglas, and many others, the chapters explore a wide variety of topics, including violence, sacrifice, colonialism, Israeli-Palestinian relations, virtue ethics, character formation, identity formation, and mythic reinvention. This book demonstrates that the stories of Thor, Daredevil, Sabra, Spider-Man, Jessica Jones, Thanos, Luke Cage, and others engage not just our imagination, but our theological imagination as well.

In Theology and the Marvel Universe, fourteen contributors examine theological themes and ideas in the comic books, television shows, and films that make up the grand narrative of the Marvel Universe. Engaging in dialogue with theological thinkers such as Willie James Jennings, Franz Rosenzweig, Søren Kierkegaard, René Girard, Kelly Brown Douglas, and many others, thechapters explore topics such as violence, sacrifice, colonialism, Israeli-Palestinian relations, virtue ethics, character formation, identity formation, and mythic reinvention, among others. This book demonstrates that the stories of Thor, Daredevil, Sabra, Spider-Man, Jessica Jones, Thanos, Luke Cage, and others engage not just our imagination, but our theological imagination as well.

This issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Mitchell M. Levy, focuses on Biomarkers in Critical Care. This is one of four issues each year selected by the series consulting editor, Dr. John Kellum. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: The History of Biomarkers; Biomarkers for Identifying Infection; Procalcitonin: Where Are We Now?; Soluble TREM-1: Diagnosis or Prognosis?; Lubricin as a Biomarker in Sepsis; Check Point Inhibitors and Their Role in Immunosuppression in Sepsis; Metabolomics and the Microbiome as Biomarkers in Sepsis; Lactate: Where Are We Now?; Predicting Renal Dysfunction; Biomarkers in the Evolution of ARDS; Biomarkers and RV Dysfunction; Biomarkers and Precision Medicine: State of the Art; The Use of Biomarkers for Population Homogeneity in Clinical Trials; and The Future of Biomarkers.

Have you ever left a class or training program excited about what you learned, only to realize a month later that you have applied little of it back on the job? As a training manager have you ever invested significant dollars and resources to carefully design and deploy a training program only to see little or no shift in individual behavior or culture afterwards? Even when your students passed the knowledge tests and you are certain learning occurred?

As learning professionals, we often focus on the easy goal--imparting knowledge--and ignoring what it really takes to create lasting change. Creating a lasting impact on people and organizations requires much more than knowledge transfer. Lasting change occurs when learners practice and perfect what they have learned back on the job, building real skills instead of acquiring factual information, and, most difficult of all, changing habits so those new skills are applied consistently for real business results and bad habits are killed off.

Today there is little time in class to practice skills to a minimal level of proficiency, let alone achieve outstanding performance. Learners focus their attention back to their job and forget what they learned, despite all good intentions. Post-training reinforcement has been difficult and labor intensive. Traditional action learning can be effective but the resources needed to do it properly are not always available for every training effort. In today's world, instructors and managers don't have the time to monitor key objectives once students leave the classroom (or the learning management system). The follow-up to monitor cohort teams and schedule discussions can overwhelm instructors or training organizations. Sound familiar?

The good news is that "#SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE LEARNING tweet Book10: Making Learning Stick: Transforming Knowledge into Performance" is full of simple research-based techniques you can use to make training stick. Ways to activate knowledge, improve retention, and extend skill practice. Techniques to shape behavior change when students leave the classroom and go back to work. And the most exciting part is that emerging web and mobile technologies can be used today to extend your reach, and help you to reinforce learning, promote retention, build better habits, and create lasting success.

"#SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE LEARNING tweet Book10" is part of the THiNKaha series whose slim and handy books contain 140 well-thought-out quotes (tweets/ahas).

'42 Rules of Driving Success with Books (2nd Edition)' will help you appreciate the ease of creation and the depth of value a book (or series of books) can create for your business. Whether you write the book yourself, have your clients/partners provide content, or have it ghostwritten, being the author of a book makes you an expert and being the expert gets you business. By reading this book, you will be informed and inspired by the stories and lessons of 40 other professionals that benefited greatly with their book.

The authors in this book wrote content that allowed them to demonstrate innovation, share their marketing strategy, improve client retention, and share tricks and techniques on using a tool or service. The fact that they put this content in a book gave their ideas weight and increased their credibility and reputation. Having their books show up on Amazon, BarnesandNoble.com and other physical and eBook locations as well as personally delivering their books to clients/prospects really helped to drive the impact of their message.

If you are a CEO, CMO, evangelist or someone in your company that needs to demonstrate thought leadership, drive lead generation, and increase revenue, '42 Rules of Driving Success with Books (2nd Edition)' is an invaluable read as it will help you catapult your success. Start your journey or enhance it today by applying the ideas and techniques contained in this book by 40 experts that have all used books for their professional success.

In our modern, often volatile economy, we can no longer expect permanent or long term employment with any one employer. Today's worker has, on average, multiple jobs and even multiple careers. Layoffs, terminations, and pink slips are so universal that they are now euphemistically called downsizing or rightsizing. But whatever the label, the process is no easier to deal with--not for the employee whose services are being terminated nor for the organization and executives who initiate the termination.

Fortunately, there is a silver lining to all this turbulence, and that is that the concept of career transition is here to stay. Career transition is the process by which the terminating organization assists terminated employees with making the transition and often helps in the search for new employment. While the benefits to the employee are apparent, what is less clear are the benefits to the company effecting the downsizing. Career transition helps displaced employees understand the business reasons for tough corporate decisions. By keeping such displaced, often disgruntled, employees focused on their own future, it shifts attention away from personal negatives like depression and greater ills like expensive lawsuits. Strategic and compassionate career transition services have therefore become part of today's corporate environment.

In "#SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE LEARNING tweet Book04: Career Transition Training and Services That Work in Today's Environment" career transition expert "Barbara Safani" collaborates with Amazon best-selling author "Mitchell Levy" to show you how to make the career transition journey a little bit easier. A worthy read for any mid- or senior-level executive who is faced either directly or indirectly with the prospect of downsizing, this little volume packs a punch well above its weight. It will help you and your organization manage a difficult downsizing process smoothly, while preserving your company's reputation and treating displaced employees with dignity and respect.

"#SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE LEARNING tweet Book04: Career Transition Training and Services That Work in Today's Environment" is part of the THiNKaha series whose slim and handy books contain 140 well-thought-out quotes (tweets/ahas).

Over 50 recruitment industry leaders and expert LinkedIn users generously share their secrets of LinkedIn success. The book will show recruiters, sourcers and others in the recruitment industry how they can make more effective use of the various tools and resources within LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a much-used resource by those "in the know." Recruiters already using this resource will be stimulated to make even more use of it and those who have so far not explored LinkedIn extensively will realize the opportunities it offers. This book is a must-read for anyone wanting the inside story on how to use LinkedIn to grow their business through collaborative deals or 'splits'. Drawing on the actual experience of expert recruiters, the book also covers: Finding candidates Finding jobs for third parties Discovering business opportunities Gaining market intelligence which is simply not available, or so accessibly, elsewhere

Get a clear understanding of all you need to know before starting your winning joint-ventures. 100 pages on... * What is a joint venture? * How to choose the right partner? * Where to find the right partner and whom should you run away from? * Planning your joint-venture business * Aligning your goals * Marketing your business and more... plus quotes from leading joint-venturers and business people, plus: * Clear "Your Homework" to take you to success in no time * Easy to remember "Take Aways" at the end of each chapter Each chapter gives you clear instructions, concise knowledge and easy to implement instructions to make your next joint-venture the last one you will ever need to start Read what others have said: "An essential for the entrepreneur who's realized they can't go it alone." Scott Allen, About.com Entrepreneurs Guide "After you read 'Happy About Joint Venturing' you will know what every successful business person must know." Jay Conrad Levinson, The Father of Guerrilla Marketing