Author :
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 28,31 MB
Release : 2011-09-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0761169679
"Missed Connections is a collection of illustrated love stories. There's "We Shared a Bear Suit." "If Not for Your Noisy Tambourine." "Hairy Bearded Swimmer." Each is told in the shorthand of a "missed connection," and then illustrated in Chinese ink and watercolor. The anonymous messages are hopeful and hopeless, funny and sad"--
Author : William Galperin
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 15,19 MB
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1503603105
Through close engagement with the work of Wordsworth, Austen, and Byron, The History of Missed Opportunities posits that the everyday first emerged as a distinct category of experience, or first became thinkable, in the Romantic period. Conceived here as something overlooked and only noticed in retrospect, the everyday not only becomes subject matter for Romanticism, it also structures Romantic poetry, prose, and writing habits. Because the everyday is not noticed the first time around, it comes to be thought of as a missed opportunity, a possible world that was not experienced or taken advantage of and of whose history—or lack thereof—writers become acutely conscious. Consciousness of the everyday also entails a new relationship to time, as the Romantics turn to the history of what might have been. In recounting Romanticism's interest in making things recurrently present, in recovering a past of what was close at hand yet underappreciated, William H. Galperin positions the Romantics as precursors to twentieth-century thinkers of the everyday, including Heidegger, Benjamin, Lefebvre, and Cavell. He attends to Romantic discourse that works at cross purposes with standard accounts of both Romanticism and Romantic subjectivity. Instead of individualizing or turning inward, the Romantics' own discourse depersonalizes or exhibits a confrontation with thing-ness and the material world.
Author : Bruce W. Jentleson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,40 MB
Release : 1999-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1461611377
The basic logic of preventive diplomacy is unassailable. Act early to prevent disputes from escalating; reduce tensions that could lead to war; deal with today's conflicts before they become tomorrow's crises. Yet as we look at the record of these first years of the post-Cold War era, it is quite mixed. There have been some preventive diplomacy successes and opportunities that have been seized by major powers and international organizations to help preserve and protect the peace. But there also have been other opportunities that have been missed, with some of the century's most deadly conflicts the result. This study examines ten major post-Cold War cases including Croatia-Bosnia, Rwanda, the Baltics, Russia-Ukraine, Macedonia, and North Korea_to assess the key factors contributing to both the success and failure of preventive diplomacy. The method of case study analysis employed is based on the work of Alexander L. George. Authors include both leading academics and prominent policy officials with first-hand knowledge.
Author : Marc Raboy
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 27,87 MB
Release : 1990-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0773562362
Toward the end of his career, Graham Spry used the phrase "missed opportunities" in reference to Canadian broadcasting. Raboy shows which opportunities have been missed and clarifies the relationship between the evolution of Canadian broadcasting policy over the past sixty years and the changes in Canadian society during the same period.
Author : Gabriel Moran
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 38,57 MB
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1491784407
Missed Opportunities: Rethinking Catholic Tradition opens up a dialogue between the official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and the challenges the contemporary world presents to that institutions tradition of moral doctrines. It grounds this dialogue on a re-examination of the foundational issues of church reform and the many ways that the church teaches. Then Missed Opportunities turns its attention to a sequence of complex issues. Resting his analysis upon research and a half-centurys experience with the educational programs of the Roman Catholic Church, Gabriel Moran, a retired professor of educational philosophy, sets the groundwork and then examines a variety of connected issues, including birth and death, abortion, the natural world, suffering and pain, nonviolence, grief and mourning, issues of human sexuality, responsibility, environmentalism, and religious education. Missed Opportunities: Rethinking Catholic Tradition guides readers through the depths of the societal challenges facing the Roman Catholic Church. By looking carefully at the nature of Catholic tradition and reconsidering how to bring that tradition into conversation with contemporary issues, Missed Opportunities proposes a pathway for the church to follow to undergo an honest and thorough reform, to regain its credibility in the midst of a society grown dubious, and to speak to todays issues in a voice consonant with the best resources in the Catholic tradition.
Author : La Tonya Williams
Publisher : Q-Boro
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 17,43 MB
Release : 2007-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Three engaging, true-to-life characters face the consequences of their poor choices, in this account of love, lies, and deceit all wrapped up into one powerful novel.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 25,2 MB
Release : 2008-12-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309185513
Adolescence is a time of major transition, however, health care services in the United States today are not designed to help young people develop healthy routines, behaviors, and relationships that they can carry into their adult lives. While most adolescents at this stage of life are thriving, many of them have difficulty gaining access to necessary services; other engage in risky behaviors that can jeopardize their health during these formative years and also contribute to poor health outcomes in adulthood. Missed opportunities for disease prevention and health promotion are two major problematic features of our nation's health services system for adolescents. Recognizing that health care providers play an important role in fostering healthy behaviors among adolescents, Adolescent Health Services examines the health status of adolescents and reviews the separate and uncoordinated programs and services delivered in multiple public and private health care settings. The book provides guidance to administrators in public and private health care agencies, health care workers, guidance counselors, parents, school administrators, and policy makers on investing in, strengthening, and improving an integrated health system for adolescents.
Author : Arthur Freeman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,39 MB
Release : 1990-08-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0060973358
Who of us can claim never to have made a mistake, missed a goal, regretted a choice, or suffered because of another's action? For those who suffer from a constant sense of regret about the past, who feel their present lives have been immutably shaped by actions they could or should or would have taken but didn't, real help is at hand. In clear, uncomplicated language, Dr. Arthur Freeman, a leading exponent of cognitive therapy, and his colleague Rose DeWolf, a skillful translator of the cognitive method, describe the techniques and provide exercises that will enable readers to actually "unblock" the past. The authors demonstrate that wouldo/coulda/shoulda thinking can be unlearned and that this process can be accomplished in a relatively short period of time.
Author : La Tonya Williams
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,80 MB
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781933967851
Three people - Monica, who, determined to lead a glamorous life, will destroy anyone in her way; Tamara, who, after being betrayed by her boyfriend, seeks revenge; and Barron, who attempts to have a relationship with the son he abandoned - must deal with the consequences of their actions. Reprint.
Author : Keith Nelson
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 23,70 MB
Release : 2011-12
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781613601136
Candid interviews with people from all walks of life illustrate how they lost amazing opportunities by following either the good-intentioned advice of those around them or by not being decisive and taking action. "Missed Ops" is about seizing inspirational moments and not letting them slip away into obscurity. It demonstrates strategies for breaking generational cycles of dissatisfaction, failure, and regret.
