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The Aftermath of Forever: How I Loved and Lost and Found Myself is a memoir that chronicles the romantic coming-of-age of a woman in her 20s experiencing dating in the San Francisco Bay Area. After the disappointment of a failed marriage, Natalye Childress embarks on a soul-searching journey to discover what happens when the one you thought you would be with forever breaks your heart. Using music as a vehicle to express herself, she revisits ten men from her past and paints a portrait of their relationships through the mixtapes she has made them. Her quest for love takes the form of delving into the hedonistic world of noncommittal beaus, abusive boyfriends, and friends with benefits. These men, although they leave her life almost as quickly as they entered it, collectively help shape her future as she embarks on a quest not only to find love, but to find herself

"Updated business wisdom from the founder of Dogfish Head, the nation's fastest growing independent craft brewery Starting with nothing more than a home brewing kit, Sam Calagione turned his entrepreneurial dream into a foamy reality in the form of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, one of America's best and fastest growing craft breweries. In this newly updated Second Edition, Calagione offers a deeper real-world look at entrepreneurship and what it takes to operate and grow a successful business. In several new chapters, he discusses Dogfish's most innovative marketing ideas, including how social media has become an integral part of the business model and how other small businesses can use it to catch up with bigger competitors. Calagione also presents a compelling argument for choosing to keep his business small and artisanal, despite growing demand for his products. Updated to offer a more complete look at what it takes to keep a small business booming An inspiring story of renegade entrepreneurialism and the rewards of dreaming big, working hard, and thinking unconventionally Shows how to use social media to reach new customers and grow a business For any entrepreneur with a dream, Brewing Up a Business, Second Edition presents an enlightening, in-depth look at what it takes to succeed on their own terms."--

"This publication is a biographical account of the founder of Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles, through a study of the lives of his closest friends and contemporaries. Some of the personalities featured include William Brown Ramsay, John Leyden and Thomas Horsfield."--

Patient empowerment as a key component in the future of healthcare systems is the focus of this concise in-depth analysis. It begins by defining patient empowerment as a collaborative partnership linking patients, providers, and systems, and examines the roles of health literacy, provider-patient and system-patient communication, and patient-centered care in the empowerment process. Models of positive and negative empowerment identify optimum conditions when patient and provider participate in service design and delivery as well as pitfalls and risks to patient and system when goals and input are mismatched. The book also translates concepts into practice with guidelines for empowerment strategies at the provider and organization levels to improve patient outcomes and system sustainability. Included in the coverage: · Empowering healthcare organizations to empower patients · A re-design of the patient-provider partnership · Patient empowerment: a requisite for sustainability · The risks of value co-destruction in service systems · The need for enlightening and managing the dark side of patient empowerment · Disentangling the relationship between individual health literacy and patient empowerment Straightforwardly written as a call for proactive change, The Bright Side and the Dark Side of Patient Empowerment is an illuminating text for scholars interested in patient empowerment and patient engagement, policymakers and managers operating in the healthcare field, and healthcare and social care providers

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Russian discovery of Nietzsche -- Dostoevskii's philosophical anthropology -- "Isn't the unfortunate Nietzsche right?": Vladimir Solov'ëv's response to Nietzsche -- "Only the word order has changed": Bogochelovek and chelovekobog -- Supplementing Christ: Dmitrii Merezhkovskii's use of Nietzsche's Übermensch -- Free from God, free within God: Nikolai Berdiaev's use of Nietzsche's Übermensch -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The big picture : how climate policies are linked to co-benefits -- 3. Cleaner air : cutting fossil fuel pollution -- 4. Greener land : forests, food and farming -- 5. Secure and safe energy : adapting to Peak Oil -- 6. Less waste : a resource-efficient economy -- 7. A stronger economy : long-term stability and prosperity -- 8. Health and well-being : benefits of a low-carbon lifestyle -- 9. Joining the dots.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Bet -- Chapter 2: The Voyage of the 'Clotilda' -- Chapter 3: The King of the Amazons -- Chapter 4: Captured -- Chapter 5: Barracoon -- Chapter 6: Into the Canebrake -- Chapter 7: Five Years a Slave -- Chapter 8: An African Town -- Chapter 9: Africatown-The Fall -- Chapter 10: Finding 'Clotilda' -- Chapter 11: Finding a Future in the Past -- Chapter 12: Reconciliation -- Chapter 13: Coda -- Photographs -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustration Credits -- Copyright.

Both inside and outside the health services, patients and healthy citizens give rise to increasing amounts of health data. They are created, collected, curated, stored and used for multiple purposes in a process I characterise as intensified data sourcing. This data intensification changes how we deal with health issues. In this chapter I reflect on similarities and differences between data flows mediated by public and private institutions, using Denmark as my primary example. Denmark in interesting ways prescribes a form of solidarity that might be associated with We Medicine: people deliver data in the process of receiving, or in exchange for, publicly financed healthcare; and the data can be used for research for the common good. The solidarity of the model is currently being challenged in various ways, however, as authorities circumvent the voluntariness of participation and begin seeing health data as business opportunities. Simultaneously, a private market in health data is emerging mediated by privately owned platforms. The chapter compares the public and commercial forms of data sourcing to explore what is at stake for individuals and society in those processes.

Personal tales of perseverance and beer making from the founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Beyond the Pale chronicles Ken Grossman's journey from hobbyist homebrewer to owner of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., one of the most successful craft breweries in the United States. From youthful adventures to pioneering craft brewer, Ken Grossman shares the trials and tribulations of building a brewery that produces more than 800,000 barrels of beer a year while maintaining its commitment to using the finest ingredients available. Since Grossman founded Sierra Nevada in 1980, part of a gr

'Mit der anvisierten Erweiterung der EU nach Osten wird Kaliningrad, eines der 89 'Subjekte' der Russischen Föderation, zu einer Enklave innerhalb der Union. Damit gerät das Gebiet wirtschaftlich, politisch und auch psychologisch in eine schwierige Lage. Beide Seiten - die EU und Rußland - werden sich zunehmend bewußt, daß die prekäre Situation dringend regional angepaßte Lösungen erfordert. Vor diesem Hintergrund gewinnt der Problemkomplex Kaliningrad in den jüngsten, auf Rußland bezogenen Brüsseler Strategiedokumenten an Relevanz. Das gleiche gilt für die russische 'Mittelfristige Strategie gegenüber der EU' vom Herbst 1999. Dort wird für Kaliningrad sogar die Vision einer 'Pilotregion' für die zukünftigen Beziehungen Rußland-EU aufgezeigt. Wo liegen die wichtigsten Probleme, und auf welchen Feldern bieten sich Perspektiven für das Gebiet? Der Bericht stützt sich auf offizielle Dokumente aus Brüssel und Moskau sowie auf Untersuchungen wissenschaftlichen und publizistischen Charakters aus dem Moskauer Zentrum, aus Kaliningrad selbst und aus dem Westen.' (Textauszug)

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction and Literature Review -- 2 Theoretical Orientation and Research Design -- 3 The Flow of Interactions: The Nature of Transactions between Russia and its Partners -- 4 Reciprocity in Unequal Relations: A Case Study of Lithuanian-Russian Cooperation -- 5 Lithuania Plays the Russia Card: Lithuanian-Russian Relations and the USSR -- 6 Through the Eyes of the Russian Government: Content Analysis of Elite Pronouncements -- 7 Russian Treaties: The Interplay of Multilateral and Bilateral Relations -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix Β -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Bibliography -- Index

The benefits to low carbon policies can extend beyond the multiple environmental benefits to bring cost savings, social and economic benefits and more efficient use of resources. Through rigorous analysis of the facts, the author presents innovative recommendations for policy-makers and all those with an interest in making a healthier, happier society. The threat of climate change can provoke an escape from fossil fuel dependency, and make the transition to a cleaner, safer, more sustainable future.