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AbstractSystem dynamics (SD) has been shown to be a powerful strategic analysis approach, but it can also be a costly one. If there is an insistence that to have any validity and value, all models have to be constructed largely from scratch, then the time, expertise and costs involved appear, effectively, to preclude their widespread use in small–medium enterprise (SME) applications. This article describes "proof‐of‐concept" trials with a simulator based on a user‐parameterised generic model that could offer affordable and manageable access to SD modelling for SMEs. While not pretending to provide quantitative predictions, the simulator does provide managers with a vehicle to challenge the validity of their mental models as their firm undergoes major change, to gain insights into the future challenges, and maybe enhance their confidence through "pre‐experiencing" future scenarios. The trials concluded that user‐parameterised generic models do have potential value in this kind of usage, and may therefore be the only viable option for many smaller firms to benefit from system dynamics modelling and scenario planning. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Was so impressed with the appearance and discipline of the cadets that he has formed a uniformed company (Tompkins Blues) modeled on the cadet corps; understands Partridge and the cadets will be passing through the city on their way to Washington next week; wishes to meet them and escort them to their quarters. ; Mentions an upcoming pedestrian excursion to Washington, DC. Transcription by Raymond Bouchard. Transcriptions may be subject to error.

From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover he had a genius for battle, and he propelled the Union to victory in the Civil War. After Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the disastrous brief presidency of Andrew Johnson, America turned to Grant again to unite the country, this time as president. In Brands's sweeping, majestic full biography, Grant emerges as a heroic figure who was fearlessly on the side of right. He was a beloved commander in the field but willing to make the troop sacrifices necessary to win the war, even in the face of storms of criticism. He worked valiantly to protect the rights of freedmen in the South; Brands calls him the last presidential defender of black civil rights for nearly a century. He played it straight with the American Indians, allowing them to shape their own fate even as the realities of Manifest Destiny meant the end of their way of life. He was an enormously popular president whose memoirs were a huge bestseller; yet within decades of his death his reputation was in tatters, the victim of Southerners who resented his policies on Reconstruction. In this page-turning biography, Brands now reconsiders Grant's legacy and provides a compelling and intimate portrait of a man who saved the Union on the battlefield and consolidated that victory as a resolute and principled political leader.

AbstractUsing Canada as an example, social work must not only address its historical and current role in the colonisation and assimilation efforts aimed at Indigenous people, but also deconstruct its practices. Social work theory, methodology and practice parameters have been built on Eurocentric definitions and understandings. Indigenous peoples do not identify with these constructs but find themselves assessed and case managed based upon them. This extends colonialism and runs counter to a core principle of the profession, that being social justice. Canada is presently calling social work to participate in a reconciliation effort, although that assumes that there was a mutually beneficial relationship to restore. Some argue against that but there is a strong consensus that social work should carry its share of the burden in colonialism and self-reflect while also reaching out to build a different type of relationship with Indigenous peoples. This article reports on three projects that consider Indigenous knowledge and application to social work. Child protection is seen as a major focal point of change, as Indigenous children are significantly over-represented in the children in care population. Looking at this area of practice will help to illustrate the long roots of the colonial practices but also how current practice remains problematic.

The possibility of eliminating genocide on an international level is explored. Following an overview of international legal treatments of genocide, a definitional matrix for genocidal crimes that provides a legal structure for assessing degrees of guilt is provided. A review of contemporary genocide scholarship illustrates how such research has improved understanding of genocidal violence. The introduction of a world genocide early warning system is supported, focusing on such an organization's conceptual structure & role in preventing genocide. Ten early warning processes that will indicate potential genocidal situations are discussed, eg, determination of whether certain groups are being dehumanized & targeted for genocide. Although some societies are too self-absorbed to prevent future instances of genocidal violence, it is concluded that past instances have induced the international community to seriously address the issue of preventing genocide in the future. 2 Figures, 91 References. J. W. Parker

W. E. B. Du Bois's use of the trope of double consciousness in his early narratives is analyzed to show that this epitomized expression of African American existence is based on a priority of the romantic over the realistic & the spiritual over the material. The etymology of the word consciousness & the genealogy of the notion of double consciousness are traced from medieval English philosophy, through Johan Wolfgang Goethe & Ralph Waldo Emerson, to Du Bois. Double consciousness describes the cultural character of the African race in America for Du Bois because he calls for the "Talented Tenth" to be the moral & cultural leaders of the race, while he recognizes that this race feels itself to be inferior. It is argued that the racial, class, & cultural dualisms of Du Bois's day were translated through his dialogical imagination into a spiritual & moral triumph that existed simultaneously with physical & psychological defeat. H. von Rautenfeld

Paweł Kowal, Koniec systemu władzy. Polityka ekipy gen. Wojciecha Jaruzelskiego w latach 1986–1989, Wyd. Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, Wydawnictwo Trio, Warszawa 2012, ss. 524.

Wie übersteht man 275 Stunden allein mit Adolf Eichmann? Wie schafft man es, so lange die Lügen und Entschuldigungen vom dem zu ertragen, der Millionen Menschen in den Tod deportiert hatte, darunter auch den eigenen Vater? Avner Werner Less hat genau das erlebt. Nun hat Bettina Stangneth jenes Buch rekonstruiert, das der Eichmann-Verhörer selber nicht beenden konnte. Als man ihn 1960 bat, Eichmann zu verhören, wäre Less am liebsten davongelaufen. Zu viele hatte er im Holocaust verloren. Dann aber übernahm er die Aufgabe gerade deshalb: Er wollte verstehen. Er begann zu schreiben, über Eichmann, über sich, er notierte das, was keinen Platz im 3564-seitigen offiziellen Verhörprotokoll fand Fragen, seine Gedanken, aber auch seinen Ekel. All das mit scharfer Beobachtungsgabe, beeindruckender Urteilskraft, feinem Sarkasmus, vor allem aber mit dem Wunsch, der Welt zu erklären, was er aus dem Phänomen Eichmann gelernt hat. "Avner Werner Less hat Adolf Eichmann während 275 Stunden verhört. Aus den privaten Aufzeichnungen des israelischen Polizeihauptmannes ist nun – postum – ein Buch geworden, das einen neuen Blick auf den Organisator des Holocausts ermöglicht" (NZZ)