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Book High Profile

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert B. Parker
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9780399154041
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book High Profile written by Robert B. Parker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Struggling with a high-profile case involving the murders of a controversial talk-show host and a young woman, Paradise police chief Jesse Stone becomes increasingly frustrated by the lack of interest on the part of the victims' families.

Book High Profile Crimes

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  • Author : Lynn S. Chancer
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2010-02-15
  • ISBN : 0226101134
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book High Profile Crimes written by Lynn S. Chancer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O. J. Simpson. The Central Park jogger. Bensonhurst. William Kennedy Smith. Rodney King. These are more than crimes and criminals, more than court cases. They are cultural events that, for better or worse, gave concrete expression to latent social conflicts in American society. In High-Profile Crimes, Lynn Chancer explores how these cases became conflated with larger social causes on a collective level and how this phenomenon has affected the law, the media, and social movements. An astute and incisive chronicle of some of the most polarizing cases of the 1980s and 1990s, High-Profile Crimes shows that their landmark status results from the overlapping interaction of diverse participants. The merging of legal cases and social causes, Chancer argues, has wrought ambivalent effects on both social movements and the law. On the one hand, high-profile crimes offer important opportunities for emotional expression and raise awareness of social issues. But on the other hand, social problems cannot be resolved through the either/or determinations that are the goals of the legal system, creating frustration for those who look to the outcome of these cases for social progress. Guilt or innocence through the lens of the media leads to either defeat or victory for a social cause-a confounding situation that made the O. J. Simpson case, for example, unable to resolve the issues of domestic violence and police racism that it had come to symbolize. Based on nearly two hundred interviews, Chancer's discussions of the infamous Central Park jogger and Bensonhurst cases-as well as the rape trials of William Kennedy Smith and Mike Tyson, the assault cases of Rodney King and Reginald Denny, and, finally, the O. J. Simpson murder trial-provide a convincing, multidimensional and innovative analysis of the most charged public dramas of the last two decades.

Book The Guidebook To Securing High Profile Internships

Download or read book The Guidebook To Securing High Profile Internships written by Dalvin Josias Sejour and published by Dalvin Digital Design. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are thousands of books out there that talk about how to climb the corporate ladder and hundreds more that talk about ways to make it to the top. However, there are little to none that talk about the ins and outs of starting a career such as navigating uncertainty, securing internships, networking, battling with imposter syndrome, pivoting careers entirely and many other gems that get lost in exaggerated stories on people far removed from you. This book is not fiction or click-bait. It is a real story about my life and how I got started off in my career, while literally starting from scratch with no industry connections. By making a plan, taking a few leaps of faith, trying something new, and being my authentic self, I was able to go from stocking shelves at a local grocery store to securing 7 internships in my field both in the US and abroad doing what I love the most. As CEO of Dalvin Digital Design and a full-time Software Engineer, I, Dalvin Sejour will go through a step-by-step guide to replicate my early career success through my riveting, real and informational narrative. After graduating from high school, it seems like the world has an unrealistic expectation that you need to have everything figured out by the time you throw your cap in the air at graduation. Whether you are deciding to go to college, went straight into the workforce, graduated, or have started work and looking to pivot careers this easy-to-follow guide through my lenses has something to offer you.

Book The High Profile Black Republican Candidacies of Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele  Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and Hall of Famer Lynn Swann

Download or read book The High Profile Black Republican Candidacies of Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and Hall of Famer Lynn Swann written by James White and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specifically, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of three statewide black Republican candidacies in 2006 in Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. During the 2006 midterm election cycle, the Republican Party recruited and gave strong support to three high-profile African American statewide candidates. Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and former Pittsburgh Steelers star and television sports broadcaster Lynn Swann campaigned for their state’s governorship in Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively. Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele vied for a vacated United States Senate seat in Maryland. After five decades of miserable levels of support from black voters and numerous initiatives to increase its share of the African American electorate, the GOP estimated that credible black Republican candidacies would substantially improve its image among African American voters and, thus, garner a larger share of the black vote. State Representative James White

Book First Class Fatherhood

Download or read book First Class Fatherhood written by Alec Lace and published by Harper Horizon. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that in the United States alone, more than one in four children live in a home without a father? When Alec Lace recognized this crisis and launched his parenting podcast 2018, his mission was simple: to give dads an opportunity to encourage others, by sharing the experiences and wisdom they’ve gained during their respective journeys. A few years and hundreds of interviews later--including with many high-profile dads from sports, media, politics, the military, and other industries--Alec has curated a rich collection of anecdotes that provides guidance and inspiration on a wide array of topics, including but not limited to Advice for about-to-be or new dads Finance and education Discipline Dating and social life Faith, values, and service Fitness and health, for both children and fathers How to be a fatherhood ambassador First Class Fatherhood will engage the reader with thought-provoking ideas and realistic solutions from fathers who have been through it all. Alec believes that being a father is the most important role a man can play in the game of life. And his hope is that this book will help change the narrative of fatherhood and family life, and greatly reduce the number of children growing up without a father in the home.

Book Automating Inequality

Download or read book Automating Inequality written by Virginia Eubanks and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER: The 2018 McGannon Center Book Prize and shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice The New York Times Book Review: "Riveting." Naomi Klein: "This book is downright scary." Ethan Zuckerman, MIT: "Should be required reading." Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing the Black Body: "A must-read." Astra Taylor, author of The People's Platform: "The single most important book about technology you will read this year." Cory Doctorow: "Indispensable." A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity The State of Indiana denies one million applications for healthcare, foodstamps and cash benefits in three years—because a new computer system interprets any mistake as “failure to cooperate.” In Los Angeles, an algorithm calculates the comparative vulnerability of tens of thousands of homeless people in order to prioritize them for an inadequate pool of housing resources. In Pittsburgh, a child welfare agency uses a statistical model to try to predict which children might be future victims of abuse or neglect. Since the dawn of the digital age, decision-making in finance, employment, politics, health and human services has undergone revolutionary change. Today, automated systems—rather than humans—control which neighborhoods get policed, which families attain needed resources, and who is investigated for fraud. While we all live under this new regime of data, the most invasive and punitive systems are aimed at the poor. In Automating Inequality, Virginia Eubanks systematically investigates the impacts of data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models on poor and working-class people in America. The book is full of heart-wrenching and eye-opening stories, from a woman in Indiana whose benefits are literally cut off as she lays dying to a family in Pennsylvania in daily fear of losing their daughter because they fit a certain statistical profile. The U.S. has always used its most cutting-edge science and technology to contain, investigate, discipline and punish the destitute. Like the county poorhouse and scientific charity before them, digital tracking and automated decision-making hide poverty from the middle-class public and give the nation the ethical distance it needs to make inhumane choices: which families get food and which starve, who has housing and who remains homeless, and which families are broken up by the state. In the process, they weaken democracy and betray our most cherished national values. This deeply researched and passionate book could not be more timely.

Book Low Pay  High Profile

Download or read book Low Pay High Profile written by Andrew Ross and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case studies of industrial sweatshops from around the world demonstrate showing how criticism combined with action has resulted in high-profile media coverage leading to fair labor standards as part of negotiations of world trade agreements. Simultaneous.

Book High Infatuation

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  • Author : Steph Davis
  • Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
  • Release : 2007-03-09
  • ISBN : 159485257X
  • Pages : 185 pages

Download or read book High Infatuation written by Steph Davis and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2007-03-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * A collection of vivid, intimate essays and prose poetry on the universal themes of life, love, friendship, personal empowerment, and more, told through a career in climbing * 40 percent of these pieces debut here for the first time * Davis has been profiled in publications including Outside, Men's Journal, W Magazine, and Sports Illustrated. Throughout her life, Steph Davis has chosen to take risks, to trust her impulses, to make decisions based on what feels right inside -- and never look back. Studying to be a concert pianist, she quit music the day she was introduced to rock climbing. Later, she abandoned the respectability of university life and pursuit of a law degree to become a "dirtbag climber," living out of her grandmother's hand-me-down Oldsmobile sedan with Fletcher, a heeler mix dog. Today, through courage and perseverance, Davis is a high-profile athlete whose sponsors have included Patagonia, Mammut, Clif Bar, Five Ten and Cascade Designs. In High Infatuation, Davis writes on the universal themes of life, love, friendship, personal empowerment, and more, told through a career in climbing. We wait with her in the tent through weeks of rain, wind, snow, and sleet, hoping for the weather to improve in the mountains of Patagonia, then race with her up a towering rock wall of Yosemite's El Capitan in a single day. More than adventure stories, these pieces reveal Davis' soul. They draw us into her struggles with safety, independence, ambition, and compassion. By following the journey of this remarkable woman, we learn what it means to live a truly adventurous life.

Book Social Security Disability

Download or read book Social Security Disability written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book ECMLG 2016   Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Management  Leadership and Governance

Download or read book ECMLG 2016 Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance written by and published by Academic Conferences and publishing limited. This book was released on with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance

Book ICE BEES 2021

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  • Author : Kemal Budi Mulyono
  • Publisher : European Alliance for Innovation
  • Release : 2022-03-17
  • ISBN : 1631903438
  • Pages : 1057 pages

Download or read book ICE BEES 2021 written by Kemal Budi Mulyono and published by European Alliance for Innovation. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 1057 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We proudly present the proceedings of 4th International Conference on Economics, Business and Economic Education Science 2021 (ICE-BEES 2021). It has focus on the innovations in economics, business, education, environment, and sustainable development. The issue of economics and sustainable development is important today. Especially in the time of Covid-19. Not only globally, but also Indonesia nationally to the local level. There are several important issues relating to this, both institutionally and the relationships between individuals and groups in supporting the agenda of sustainable development. More than 200 manuscripts were presented at this conference with 101 of them selected to be published in proceedings. We hope by this conference, discussions on the importance of sustainable development will increasingly become an important concern together. Brings better response from the government and social relations for development.

Book The Journal of the Society of Automotive Engineers

Download or read book The Journal of the Society of Automotive Engineers written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Proceedings of China SAE Congress 2021  Selected Papers

Download or read book Proceedings of China SAE Congress 2021 Selected Papers written by China Society of Automotive Engineers and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-22 with total page 1373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings gather outstanding papers presented at the China SAE Congress 2021, held on Oct. 19-21, Shanghai, China. Featuring contributions mainly from China, the biggest carmaker as well as most dynamic car market in the world, the book covers a wide range of automotive-related topics and the latest technical advances in the industry. Many of the approaches in the book will help technicians to solve practical problems that affect their daily work. In addition, the book offers valuable technical support to engineers, researchers and postgraduate students in the field of automotive engineering.

Book Video Demystified

Download or read book Video Demystified written by Keith Jack and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-09-21 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This international bestseller and essential reference is the "bible" for digital video engineers and programmers worldwide. This is by far the most informative analog and digital video reference available, includes the hottest new trends and cutting-edge developments in the field.Video Demystified, Fourth Edition is a "one stop" reference guide for the various digital video technologies. The fourth edition is completely updated with all new chapters on MPEG-4, H.264, SDTV/HDTV, ATSC/DVB, and Streaming Video (Video over DSL, Ethernet, etc.), as well as discussions of the latest standards throughout. The accompanying CD-ROM is updated to include a unique set of video test files in the newest formats. *This essential reference is the "bible" for digital video engineers and programmers worldwide *Contains all new chapters on MPEG-4, H.264, SDTV/HDTV, ATSC/DVB, and Streaming Video *Completely revised with all the latest and most up-to-date industry standards

Book Dimes  Profiles  and Wives

    Book Details:
  • Author : Toya Raylonn Vickers
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2010-12-29
  • ISBN : 1477167781
  • Pages : 269 pages

Download or read book Dimes Profiles and Wives written by Toya Raylonn Vickers and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-12-29 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the titillating story of three girlfriends who want desperately to be in love with the man of their dreams and walk down the aisle to wedded bliss. Tracey is the home girl that has had everything handed to her except her baby, Ooo-la-la Salon. She gets her man even if sometimes she doesnt want him. Sharon is the lady with all the connections that makes things happen, especially when it comes to her love life. She takes the time to literally try and mold her man into what she thinks it is she needs. Destiny is the girl next door that everybody loves but who sometimes doesnt love herself. She got the man she thought was of her dreams only to realize he was a true nightmare. Can either of them live up to the standards of a Proverbs 31 woman, a good wife, in the today's world? You will laugh, cry, scream and find yourself looking inside the pages of Dimes, Profiles, and Wives.

Book Lynnhaven River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Project Final Feasibility Report and Integrated Environmental Assessment  House Doc  113 176  December 11  2014  113 2

Download or read book Lynnhaven River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Project Final Feasibility Report and Integrated Environmental Assessment House Doc 113 176 December 11 2014 113 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book How They Got Away With It

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  • Author : Susan Will
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2012-10-30
  • ISBN : 0231527667
  • Pages : 385 pages

Download or read book How They Got Away With It written by Susan Will and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A team of scholars with backgrounds in criminology, sociology, economics, business, government regulation, and law examine the historical, social, and cultural causes of the 2008 economic crisis. Essays probe the workings of the toxic subprime loan industry, the role of external auditors, the consequences of Wall Street deregulation, the manipulations of alpha hedge fund managers, and the "Ponzi-like" culture of contemporary capitalism. They unravel modern finance's complex schematics and highlight their susceptibility to corruption, fraud, and outright racketeering. They examine the involvement of enablers, including accountants, lawyers, credit rating agencies, and regulatory workers, who failed to protect the public interest and enforce existing checks and balances. While the United States was "ground zero" of the meltdown, the financial crimes of other countries intensified the disaster. Internationally-focused essays consider bad practices in China and the European property markets and draw attention to the far-reaching consequences of transnational money laundering and tax evasion schemes. By approaching the 2008 crisis from the perspective of white collar criminology, contributors build a more general understanding of the collapse and crystallize the multiple human and institutional factors preventing capture of even the worst offenders.