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This anthology of essays captures the perspectives of youth across Southeast Asia on the impact of technology on their economies and societies. The book highlights the basic requirements to realise technology’s promise, explore the transformative power of technology and how developments in specific sectors have impacted local communities. It also captures the very real anxieties about both the potential of technologies and the power wielded by those who develop, manage and control these technologies.
Secrets can be dangerous, but in the case of Raw Edge, they can be a good thing too. When the young band from Vancouver discovered that their new lead guitarist had a few secrets, they wondered if they had made the right choice. It didn't take them long to learn that they had. After all, music isn't the only thing the young band is doing.
An examination of anti–water privatization movements in the United States and Canada that explores the interplay of the local and the global. Attempts by local governments to privatize water services have met with furious opposition. Activists argue that to give private companies control of the water supply is to turn water from a common resource into a marketized commodity. Moreover, to cede local power to a global corporation puts communities at the center of controversies over economic globalization. In Contested Water, Joanna Robinson examines local social movement organizing against water privatization, looking closely at battles for control of local water services in Stockton, Califo...
Olympic silver medalist Bernard teams up with curler and bestseller author Scholz to uncover the keys to success both on and off the ice. Drawing on strategies, experiences, and wisdom from legendary curlers and athletes, "Between the Sheets" will help athletes live, play, and perform at their peak.
As the global recession of 2008 and beyond took hold of the American economy, smaller markets were disproportionately affected by job losses as well as the resultant brain drains, tax base reductions, diminished housing values, and diminishment of their overall quality of life. So it is not surprising that these smaller markets face unique challeng
This book examines our contemporary preoccupation with risk and how criminal law and punishment have been transformed as a result of these anxieties. It adopts an historical approach to examine the development of risk control measures used across the US, UK, New Zealand, Australia and Canada - particularly since the 1980’s - with the rise of the "security sanction". It also takes a criminological and sociological approach to analysing shifts in criminal law and punishment and its implications for contemporary society and criminal justice systems. Law, Insecurity and Risk Control analyses the range and scope of the ‘security sanction’ and its immobilizing measures, ranging from control ...
Rob Bailey must balance responsibilities as a boyfriend, as a college student, and as the new wielder of the Sword, an ancient book of spells that has binded itself to him. With a team of hit mages hired by a powerful sorcerer after him, it's trial by fire for the new Occultist, as he learns to handle his powerful magical tome, or suffer at the hands of these deadly enemies. But as he fights for his life, our hero wonders whether he's wielding this enigmatic weapon, or if it's the one in control. * From the mind of Dark Horse founder Mike Richardson (The Secret, Cut, The Mask)! * Written by Hack/Slash's Tim Seeley! * Cover by Steve Morris (Serenity, Dollhouse, Angel (Artist), Faith)
This study provides a critical examination of seminal issues within the main areas of criminal justice: its theoretical framework, domestic and comparative criminal justice, transnational and international criminal law. Exploring some of the most interesting challenges arising in these fields, it examines the impact of 'public morality' on sentencing policy, murder and the mandatory life sentence, genocide and the notion of magnitude and incitement to terrorism. Taking an approach that is fully integrated in contemporary criminal justice scholarship, it offers a diverse and expert perspective. With a comprehensive introduction and conclusion drawing the various strands together, it offers a rigorous, coherent overview of the key issues in play in contemporary international criminal justice. This diversity and expertise ensures its appeal to a large audience of students, scholars and practitioners of criminal justice around the world.
Introduces key ideas and offers a sense of the new frontiers and questions in the emerging field of disability media studies Disability Media Studies articulates the formation of a new field of study, based in the rich traditions of media, cultural, and disability studies. Necessarily interdisciplinary and diverse, this collection weaves together work from scholars from a variety of disciplinary homes, into a broader conversation about exploring media artifacts in relation to disability. The book provides a comprehensive overview for anyone interested in the study of disability and media today. Case studies include familiar contemporary examples—such as Iron Man 3, Lady Gaga, and Oscar Pis...
YourSpace 2 interviews MySpace royalty and how they became successful. Other books show you how they think it should be done, this book takes it straight from the celebrities themselves 'Because of Myspace my personal website www.Number1hater.com gets over 4 Million Plays a Day. I've also been published in blender magazine where I was labeled the biggest unsigned act of MySpace. I've also been in beat for MySpace popularity. I have gained like 80 percent of my fan base due to MySpace' - Number 1 Hater Musicians: Brooke Hogan , Five Times August, Jessie Baylin, Number 1 Hater, Shane Alexander, and then I turned seven, Corey, Jay Nash, Laura Jansen, Rob Giles, William Fitzsimmons, California F...