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The thrilling story of a brazen, uncatchable jewel thief who roamed
the homes of Dallas high society—and a window into the dark
secrets lurking beneath the surface of the Swinging Sixties. As a
string of high profile jewel thefts went unsolved during the
Swinging Sixties, the press dubbed the elusive thief "the King of
Diamonds" because he eluded police and the FBI for more than a
decade. Like Cary Grant in "To Catch a Thief," the King was so bold
that he tip-toed into the homes of millionaires while they were
watching television, or hosting parties. He hid in their closets.
And dared to smoke a cigarette while they were sleeping not far
away. Rena Pederson, then a young reporter withUPI, started
following the elusive thief while she managed the night desk. With
gymnastic skill, this thief climbed trees or crawled across
rooftops to get into sprawling mansions. He took jewels from
heiresses, oil kings, corporate CEOs. These were not just some of
the richest people in Texas; they were some of the richest people
of their time. Scotland Yard and Interpol were on the look-out. But
the thief was never caught and the jewels never recovered. To
follow the tracks of the thief, Rena has interviewed more than two
hundred people, from veteran cops to strippers. She went to pawn
shops, Las Vegas casinos, and a Mafia hangout—and discovered that
beneath the glittering façade of Dallas debutante parties was a
world of sex trafficking, illegal gambling, and political graft.
When one of the leading suspects was found dead in highly unusual
circumstances, the story darkened. High society crashed head-first
into Mickey Spillane. The odd psychological aspects of the The King
of Diamonds give us different kind of crime story. Detectives were
stumped: Why did the thief break into houses when his targets were
inside, increasing the risk of being captured? Why did he hide in
their closets? Many times, he was so close he could hear their
breathing as they slept. As one socialite put it, “It was a very
peculiar business.”
Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Metallic Materials
outlines the state-of-the-art on AM in high performance materials
utilizing the two most industrially interesting routes of powder
bed fusion (PBF) and directed energy deposition (DED). The book
delves into Feedstock, Processing, Monitoring and control, Modeling
and simulation, and Surface and thermal post-treatments. It
specifically addresses materials and the most relevant and high
performance applications, namely Ni-based alloys and Titanium
alloys, and also provides insights into potential applications
through illustrative case studies. With each chapter contributed by
experts in the field, this work will serve as a comprehensive
resource for graduate students and practitioners alike.
Award-winning journalist and former State Department
speechwriter Rena Pederson brings to light fresh details about the
charismatic Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi: the
inspiration for Burma s (now Myanmar) first steps towards
democracy. Suu Kyi's party will be a major contender in the 2015
elections, a revolutionary breakthrough after years of military
dictatorship. Using exclusive interviews with Suu Kyi since her
release from fifteen years of house arrest, as well as recently
disclosed diplomatic cables, Pederson uncovers new facets to Suu
Kyi s extraordinary story.
The Burma Spring will also surprise readers by revealing the
extraordinary steps taken by First Lady Laura Bush to help Suu Kyi,
and also how former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton injected new
momentum into Burma s democratic rebirth. Pederson provides a never
before seen view of the harrowing hardships the people of Burma
have endured and the fiery political atmosphere in which Suu Kyi s
has fought a life-and-death struggle for liberty in this
fascinating part of the world."
What would your life be like if Jesus lived it? Imagine the change
you would experience in your thoughts, actions, and relationships.
Think of the joy and freedom that could transform every area of
your life. That s exactly what God has in mind for you You ll find
out how in Growth. Through personal study and small group
interaction, this study sets you on a path to live out the
character of Jesus in this world as only you can. It happens not by
trying hard, but by training. By cultivating spiritual
disciplines--Scripture meditation, prayer, solitude, endurance,
loving others--you ll discover the joy of being transformed by
Christ and the freedom of living each day sustained by his power.
Leader s guide included Growth group sessions are: Training to Live
Like Jesus The Practice of Scripture Meditation The Practice of
Solitude Simple Prayer Three Transforming Prayers The Roundabout
Way And the Greatest of These Is Love"
Psychoanalysis and Hidden Narrative in Film proposes a way of
constructing hidden psychological narratives of popular film and
novels. Instead of offering interpretations of classic films,
Trevor C. Pederson recognizes that the psychoanalytic tradition
began with making sense of the seemingly inconsequential. Here he
turns his attention to popular films like Joel Schumacher's The
Lost Boys (1987). While masterworks like Psycho (1960) are not the
object of interpretation, Hitchcock's film is used as a skeleton
key. The revelation that Norman Bates' character had been his
mother all along, suggests a framework of reading a film as having
symptom characters who are excised to create a latent plot. The
symptom character's behavior or inter-relations are then
transcribed to an ego character. This is a shift in the tradition
of literary doubling from hermeneutic intuition to a formal
methodology that generates data for the unconscious. Pederson
continues the project of unifying competing schools into a single
model of mind and offers clinical examples from his own practice
for all its terms. Psychodynamic techniques that emphasize the
importance of working with the body, the id, and the ubiquity of
repetition are introduced. A return to Freud's structural theory,
in which complexes are anchored in the stages of superego
development, is used to carefully plot and explain the social
nature of the superego and its relation to authority in society
(secondary narcissism) and the otherworldly (primary narcissism).
Discrete phases of superego development and their ties to both the
social and the id revive the grand promises of classical
psychoanalysis to link with every field in the humanities.
Psychoanalysis and Hidden Narrative in Film will appeal to
psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists as well as
scholars of film studies and literature interested in using a
psychoanalytic approach and ideas in their work.
Our Bodies Are Selves is a look at what it means to be human in a
world where medical technology and emerging ethical insight force
us to rethink the boundaries of humanity/spirit and man/machine.
This book gives us a fresh look at how our expanding biological
views of ourselves and our shared evolutionary history shows us a
picture that may not always illumine who and where we are as
Christians. Offering up Christian theological views of embodiment,
the authors give everyday examples of lives of love, faith, and
bodily realities that offer the potential to create new definitions
of what it means to be a faith community in an increasingly
technological age of medicine.
This book is an attempt to get beyond pluralism by embedding
psychoanalysis in philosophy and returning to Freud qua
psychologist to link the depths of the mind to the surface. The
author argues that egoism and altruism are a more accurate
representation of activity and passivity and that Freud's work
points to masculine and feminine drives on each pole, which,
because of psychic bisexuality, can exist in either sex. The author
argues that Freud places the Oedipus complex as the height of
striving for personal happiness in passionate love or success. The
subsequent father complex is snatched from obscurity and given its
proper weight as the recreation of the parental incest taboo
amongst siblings. Passionate love and success are mastered as the
ideal to marry and seek fairness in one's dealings with others. The
author argues that Freud's work suggests that the earlier form of
the superego are depersonalized to create different ontologies, or
forms of being in the world, that reference the necessary
subjective sense of Space, Time, the Superlative, and up to oedipal
Prestige.Lastly, to justify this return to the drive, superego, and
psychic bisexuality the author provides an explication of
Wittgenstein's private language argument.
This book outlines three shibboleths of psychoanalysis: psychic
bisexuality, the Oedipus complex, and social ontology. It affirms
the centrality of the Oedipus complex and illustrates the
characterological functioning of the pre-phallic superego.
Published in 1999, this book analyses the development of the recent
cultural trend represented by the newer Islamic movements among
Muslim immigrants in Western Europe. Included is a comprehensive
description of the institutionalisation and organisation of Islam
in Western Europe and an investigation of the organisation,
activities, visions and strategies of the European and Islamic
movements. Particular attention is paid to the most important
Islamist trend among the Turkish minorities, Milli Gorus. The
empirical data is original and has been primarily collected through
interviews with leaders of Islamic organisations in Denmark, Berlin
and Paris. The Islamistic stress on the validity of Islam as
constituting the basis of particular social and cultural interest
is analysed in the perspective of the concepts of 'life world' and
'system world' presented by Jurgen Habermas. The investigation
demonstrates the existence of locally organised communities, whose
social and cultural interests are in need of representation. It is
shown that Islamism constitutes a clear and concrete point of
departure from a positive identification in the Muslim immigrant
societies. This critical relevance of Islamism is discussed in the
light of the social and economic marginalisation characterising the
situation of the immigrated Muslim minorities in Western Europe.
The main conclusion is that Islamism is a collective political
representation of an alternative position to the dominant cultural
and social marginalisation.
Widely recognized as the gold standard reference in the field,
Green's Operative Hand Surgery, 8th Edition, provides complete
coverage of the surgical and nonsurgical management of the full
range of upper extremity conditions. In a clearly written and
well-illustrated format, it contains both foundational content for
residents and fellows as well as new approaches, case-based
controversies, and outcomes-based solutions for practitioners. Drs.
Scott W. Wolfe, William C. Pederson, Scott H. Kozin, and Mark S
Cohen, along with new, international contributing authors, provide
expert perspectives and preferred methods for all aspects of
today's hand, wrist, and elbow surgery. Contains thoroughly revised
and updated indications and techniques to treat the full spectrum
of upper extremity disorders. Highlights the latest advances and
approaches, such as wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet
(WALANT) hand surgery, nerve transfer techniques, tendon transfer
and tendon avulsion repairs, skin grafting techniques, and more.
Offers nearly 140 innovative and high-resolution videos (99 are
NEW) that provide real-life, step-by-step guidance on key
procedures. Provides state-of-the-art information on wrist
arthritis, hand trauma, new arthroplasties, targeted muscle
reinnervation, wrist instability surgeries, fracture management,
rehabilitation, congenital disorders, orthotic interventions, and
more. Includes newly updated, high-resolution illustrations,
images, and photos throughout. Presents case-based controversies
and unique solutions, plus current views on what works and what
does not, based on recent science and outcome measures. Enhanced
eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows
you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the
book on a variety of devices.
Published in 1999, this book analyses the development of the recent
cultural trend represented by the newer Islamic movements among
Muslim immigrants in Western Europe. Included is a comprehensive
description of the institutionalisation and organisation of Islam
in Western Europe and an investigation of the organisation,
activities, visions and strategies of the European and Islamic
movements. Particular attention is paid to the most important
Islamist trend among the Turkish minorities, Milli Gorus. The
empirical data is original and has been primarily collected through
interviews with leaders of Islamic organisations in Denmark, Berlin
and Paris. The Islamistic stress on the validity of Islam as
constituting the basis of particular social and cultural interest
is analysed in the perspective of the concepts of 'life world' and
'system world' presented by Jurgen Habermas. The investigation
demonstrates the existence of locally organised communities, whose
social and cultural interests are in need of representation. It is
shown that Islamism constitutes a clear and concrete point of
departure from a positive identification in the Muslim immigrant
societies. This critical relevance of Islamism is discussed in the
light of the social and economic marginalisation characterising the
situation of the immigrated Muslim minorities in Western Europe.
The main conclusion is that Islamism is a collective political
representation of an alternative position to the dominant cultural
and social marginalisation.
Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed ten justices to the U.S. Supreme
Court - more than any president except Washington - and during his
presidency from 1933 to 1945, the Court gained more visibility,
underwent greater change, and made more landmark decisions than it
had in its previous 150 years of existence. FDR challenged,
confronted, and ultimately transformed the Supreme Court from a
conservative, anti-interventionist institution opposed to
government involvement in the economy to a liberal, activist Court
that expanded government powers, protected civil liberties, and
promoted civil rights. This collection of ten essays examines FDR's
influence on the Supreme Court and the Court's growing influence on
American life during his presidency. Subjects include the
court-packing fight of 1937, the impact of the New Deal on the
Court, key FDR appointments (Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, and
William O. Douglas), and the Roosevelt Court's enduring legacy.
Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt are widely considered the
two greatest presidents of the past two centuries. How did these
two very different men rise to power, run their administrations,
and achieve greatness? How did they set their policies, rally
public opinion, and transform the nation? Were they ultimately more
different or alike? This anthology compares these two presidents
and presidencies, examining their legacies, leadership styles, and
places in history.
Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt are widely considered the
two greatest presidents of the past two centuries. How did these
two very different men rise to power, run their administrations,
and achieve greatness? How did they set their policies, rally
public opinion, and transform the nation? Were they ultimately more
different or alike? This anthology compares these two presidents
and presidencies, examining their legacies, leadership styles, and
places in history.
No event shaped the twentieth century more than World War II, and
no leader shaped the conduct of the war and the formation of the
modern world more than President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In this
anthology, leading scholars examine Roosevelt's role in the
international arena, focusing on his diplomacy with Europe, Russia,
the Baltic States, Canada, and the Caribbean; his relations with
American Jews in the face of the Holocaust; his military
appointments; and the operation of the Civilian War Services
Division.
Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed 10 justices to the U.S. Supreme
Court -- more than any president except Washington -- and during
Roosevelt's presidency the Supreme Court gained more visibility,
underwent greater change, and made more landmark decisions than it
had in its previous 150 years of existence. This collection
examines FDR's influence on the Court and the Court's growing
influence on American life during his presidency.
No event shaped the twentieth century more than World War II, and
no leader shaped the conduct of the war and the formation of the
modern world more than President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In this
anthology, leading scholars examine Roosevelt's role in the
international arena, focusing on his diplomacy with Europe, Russia,
the Baltic States, Canada, and the Caribbean; his relations with
American Jews in the face of the Holocaust; his military
appointments; and the operation of the Civilian War Services
Division.
FDR's presidency remains one of the most significant in our
nation's history. Although lacking a grand scheme or single plan,
Roosevelt's New Deal changed the federal government's role to a
degree unmatched in American history. This anthology examines the
reactions to these sweeping changes of particular groups within
Congress and beyond, and also considers facets of the New Deal era
from a contemporary perspective. In addition the book provides an
appendix of congressional "mavericks, " and a substantial glossary
of the many individuals mentioned in the text.
FDR's presidency remains one of the most significant in our
nation's history. Although lacking a grand scheme or single plan,
Roosevelt's New Deal changed the federal government's role to a
degree unmatched in American history. This anthology examines the
reactions to these sweeping changes of particular groups within
Congress and beyond, and also considers facets of the New Deal era
from a contemporary perspective. In addition the book provides an
appendix of congressional "mavericks, " and a substantial glossary
of the many individuals mentioned in the text.
In Gaming Utopia: Ludic Worlds in Art, Design, and Media, Claudia
Costa Pederson analyzes modernist avant-garde and contemporary
video games to challenge the idea that gaming is an exclusively
white, heterosexual, male, corporatized leisure activity and
reenvisions it as a catalyst for social change. By looking at over
fifty projects that together span a century and the world, Pederson
explores the capacity for sociopolitical commentary in virtual and
digital realms and highlights contributions to the history of
gaming by women, queer, and transnational artists. The result is a
critical tool for understanding video games as imaginative forms of
living that offer alternatives to our current reality. With an
interdisciplinary approach, Gaming Utopia emphasizes how game
design, creation, and play can become political forms of social
protest and examines the ways that games as art open doors to a
more just and peaceful world.
Each year thousands of students compete for pre-doctoral internships in professional psychology in the United States. Megargee's Guide to Obtaining a Psychology Internship, now in its fourth edition, has become a highly recognized and indispensable guide for students seeking these internships. Megargee's Guide gives students essential information about the internship selection process, including updated material on the computer selection process that was implemented by the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). Also included is a discussion of new standardized sets of application forms that have been adopted by most internship sites; the disparities between internship supply and demand; and the rules governing internship selection. It also provides practical information such as a four-step process for preparing a resume and tips for preparing for interviews.
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