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"Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and what happened when, at fifteen, her parents were forced back to Mexico in this galvanizing yet tender memoir. Born to Mexican immigrants south of the Rillito River in Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth had the world at her fingertips as she entered her freshman year of high school as the number one student. But suddenly, Elizabeth's own country took away the most important right a child has: a right to have a family. As her parents' visas expired, they were forced to return to Mexico, leaving Elizabeth responsible for her younger brother, as well as her education. Determined to break the cycle of being "a statistic," she knew that even though her parents couldn't stay, there was no way she could let go of the opportunities the U.S. could provide. Armed with only her passport and sheer teenage determination, Elizabeth became what her school would eventually describe as an unaccompanied, homeless youth, one of thousands of underage victims affected by family separation due to broken immigration laws. For fans of Educated by Tara Westover and The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande, My Side of the River explores separation, generational trauma, and the toll of the American dream. It's also, at its core, a love story between a brother and a sister who, no matter the cost, is determined to make the pursuit of his own dreams easier than it was for her"--

Sanitation and Wellbeing -- Sanitation Policies, Programmes and Actions -- Current Scenario and Regional Variations -- Survey of Three States -- Toilet Construction and Behavioural Change -- Household Characteristics and Sanitation -- Public Action -- Discussion and Policy Implications.

This discussion paper provides an examination of proposed solar radiation modification (SRM) technologies and their multifaceted implications, based on insights gained from two expert workshops convened by the German Environment Agency and the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, blended with an overview of the academic literature as well as personal assessments and opinions from the authors. SRM encompasses diverse methods proposed to moderate the effects of climate change by reducing solar insolation into the earth climate system, with prominent options including stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) and marine cloud brightening (MCB). While some advocate for SRM research as imperative given the urgency of the climate crisis, others emphasize the need for caution due to potential technological, ecological, and geopolitical of SRM. The governance of SRM research poses significant challenges, with disagreements often rooted in divergent worldviews and values. We underscore the importance of nuanced approaches, advocating for a multilateral moratorium on the use of SRM while also supporting a stringent framework regulating research activities. Our analysis highlights the necessity of an informed and inclusive dialogue on SRM governance, balancing scientific inquiry with ethical and societal considerations.

While the 1914 Christmas truces have a mythological status in British culture, intimate interactions with the enemy are, this edited collection shows, a staple of modern warfare. Spanning the nineteenth century to the present, chapters consider how feeling for the enemy is shaped by competing ideals of nationalism, patriotism and cosmopolitanism, and explore limits to recognitions that 'they are just like us' structured by nationality, race, religion and class. Contributors scrutinise asymmetries of power in enemy encounters, including by gender, sexuality, economic security or precarity

Gerade in Städten finden Freizeitaktivitäten oft in unmittelbarer Nähe zu Wohnbebauung statt. Während die einen ihre Freizeit nutzen, fühlen sich andere in ihrer Ruhe gestört. Der Handlungsleitfaden hilft, Lärm als ernstzunehmendes Problem zu verstehen, das die physische und psychische Gesundheit beeinträchtigen kann. Er sensibilisiert alle Betroffenen für das Thema Lärm im Zusammenhang mit Freizeitveranstaltungen und -anlagen. Er zeigt zuständigen Behörden sowie Veranstalter*innen mögliche Maßnahmen und konkrete Handlungsoptionen zur Vermeidung von Konflikten. Schließlich stellt er eine Checkliste für die Lärmkonfliktvermeidung bei Freizeitveranstaltungen zur Verfügung.

"Developing countries may not have full-fledged welfare states like those we find in Europe, but certainly they have welfare state systems. For comparative social policy research, the term "welfare state systems" has many advantages, as there are numerous different types/models of welfare state systems around the world. This revised and expanded second edition brings together leading experts to discuss social policy in 32 countries/regions around the world. From the most advanced welfare state systems in Scandinavia and Western Central Europe to the developing powers of Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Russia. Country-specific chapters provide in general a historical overview, discuss major characteristics of the welfare state system, analyse country-specific problems, as well as critical current and future trends for further discussions, while also providing one (additional) major focal point/issue for greater in-depth analysis. Including new country case-studies on Mali, South Africa, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Vietnam, this book is reframed around urgent contemporary issues including migration and rising social inequalities, LGBTQIA+ rights, universal basic income, and transboundary social policy. It will be of great interest to all scholars and students of social policy, social development, development economists and health economists, experts in public policy, health policy (incl. mental health policy), housing policy, education policy, family policy, cis- and trans-gender policy, migration and population policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, as well as social policy and public policy makers and administrators"--

"We all know people who seem capable of connecting with almost anyone. They are the ones we turn to for advice, the ones who ask deep questions but also seem to hear what we are trying to say. What do they know about conversation that makes them so special? And what can they tell us about how communication really works? Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg argues, understand--some by intuition, some by hard-won experience--that there is a science to how human beings connect through words. They understand that whenever we speak, we're actually participating in one of three distinct conversations: What is this really about? How do we feel? And who are we? They know the importance of recognizing--and then matching--each kind of conversation, and how to hear the complex emotions, subtle negotiations and hidden beliefs that color and inform everything we say. Our pasts, our values, our affiliations-our identities-shape every discussion we have, from who will pick up the kids to how we want to be treated at work"--