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Virtual Government
By Alex Constantine. 1997
CIA Mind Control Operations in America Written and researched by the author of 'Psychic Dictatorship in the USA,' this new…
work explores the use of mind control techniques by the CIA.Retooling For An Aging America: Building The Health Care Workforce
By Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. 2008
As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a…
health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health needs. Retooling for an Aging America calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. The book also recommends that Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides. Educators and health professional groups can use Retooling for an Aging America to institute or increase formal education and training in geriatrics. Consumer groups can use the book to advocate for improving the care for older adults. Health care professional and occupational groups can use it to improve the quality of health care jobs.The Couple's Retirement Puzzle
By Dorian Mintzer, Roberta Taylor. 2014
The essential guide for couples to create a happy, healthy, and successful retirement! Retirement can be the best time of…
your life, but for couples, there's far more to it than cashing in on your 401(k). The most important asset you have during retirement is each other, yet many couples aren't sure where to begin to prepare for retired life or what to consider as they do. The Couple's Retirement Puzzle reveals ten key conversations couples should tackle before retirement to ensure a rewarding second half of life together, including: Do we have enough money to support the lifestyle we want? Should we retire simultaneously or separately? Do we stay put or explore new frontiers? What's the best way to stay healthy and fit after fifty? How do we meet new friends and create new interests outside of work? How will we balance time together and time apart? And more! Filled with smart practical advice, engaging anecdotes, and helpful exercises,The Couple's Retirement Puzzle will guide you and your partner to a fulfilling retirement you can enjoy and celebrate together.Introduction to Homeland Security
By James Ramsay. 2012
This book introduces students to the dynamic and complex enterprise that is homeland security. Using a broad lens, the authors…
explore key operational and content areas, as well as the practices and policies that are part of an effective homeland security program. With original essays from academics and practitioners, the book encapsulates the breadth of homeland security as it exists today. Topical coverage includes: administration, intelligence, critical infrastructure protection, emergency management, terrorism and counterterrorism, law and policy, technology and systems, strategic planning, strategic communication, civil-military affairs, private sector involvement, environmental security, and public health. Accessible, engaging, and comprehensive, this is an essential resource for courses on homeland security.Double Agent
By Peter Duffy. 2014
The never-before-told tale of the German-American who spearheaded a covert mission to infiltrate New York's Nazi underground in the days…
leading up to World War II--the most successful counterespionage operation in US history.From the time Adolf Hitler came into power in 1933, German spies were active in New York. In 1937, a German national living in Queens stole the blueprints for the country's most precious secret, the Norden Bombsight, delivering them to the German military two years before World War II started in Europe and four years before the US joined the fight. When the FBI uncovered a ring of Nazi spies in the city, President Franklin Roosevelt formally declared J. Edgar Hoover as America's spymaster with responsibility for overseeing all investigations. As war began in Europe in 1939, a naturalized German-American was recruited by the Nazis to set up a radio transmitter and collect messages from spies active in the city to send back to Nazi spymasters in Hamburg. This German-American, William G. Sebold, approached the FBI and became the first double agent in the Bureau's history, the center of a sixteen-month investigation that led to the arrest of a colorful cast of thirty-three enemy agents, among them a South African adventurer with an exotic accent and a monocle and a Jewish femme fatale, Lilly Stein, who escaped Nazi Vienna by offering to seduce US military men into whispering secrets into her ear. A riveting, meticulously researched, and fast-moving story, Double Agent details the largest and most important espionage bust in American history.The Human Factor
By Ishmael Jones. 2008
George W. Bush's presidency was poisoned by a lack of human source intelligence on 9/11, Iraq and weapons of mass…
destruction. Carter was humiliated by the hostage crisis in Iran. The Bay of Pigs was President Kennedy's greatest blunder. Vietnam ended the Johnson presidency and Korea ended Truman's. In each case, American blood and treasure were spent; and in each case, a lack of reliable intelligence played a great role.CIA officers are, needless to say, skilled and accomplished professionals. Unfortunately, the organization they inhabit is stifling, misguided, and careless. In the darkness of secrecy, with unlimited tax dollars and little or no accountability, the CIA bureaucracy has mutated into a leviathan that serves its own aims.From 1989 to 2002, Ishmael Jones carried out continuous field assignments for the CIA, pursuing WMD targets in the Middle East and Europe and terrorist targets in the Iraq War. Appalled by the stifling layers of bureaucracy and unable to reform the agency from within, Jones resigned with an unblemished record and this astonishing story to tell.The Human Factor is the story of a deep-cover agent facing both the day-to-day obstacles of survival and ludicrous challenges from his own agency's impenetrable bureaucracy. If the CIA is to be fixed-and for our own security it must be-The Human Factor may constitute the first step in that direction.Zone
By Charlotte Mandell, Brian Evenson, Mathias Énard. 2010
One of the truly original books of the decade--written as a single, hypnotic, propulsive, physically irresistible sentence--Zone tells the story…
of a French Intelligence agent on his way to the Vatican to sell a briefcase of secrets. Over the course of his train ride, he thinks back over his life and all the damage he's caused in this violent century.National Intelligence Systems
By Gregory F. Treverton, Wilhelm Agrell. 2009
A series of investigations, especially in the United States and Britain, have focused attention on the performance of national intelligence…
services. At the same time, the onset of an era of terrorism and a broad span of trans-national security challenges has highlighted the crucial role of intelligence. This book takes stock of the underlying intellectual sub-structure of intelligence. For intelligence as for other areas of policy, serious intellectual inquiry is the basis for improving the performance of real-world institutions. The volume explores intelligence from an intellectual perspective, not an organizational one. Instead the aim of the book is to identity themes that run through these applications, such as the lack of comprehensive theories, the unclear relations between providers and users of intelligence, and the predominance of bureaucratic organizations driven by collection. A key element is the development, or rather non-development, of intelligence toward an established set of methods and standards and, above all, an ongoing scientific discourse. Here, in the transformation from an experience-based proto-science to a science of intelligence in-being, the book argues, lies perhaps the most fundamental challenge for a field of immense impact on the international community, on nations, and on individuals.THE FUTURE OF HUMAN HEALTHSPAN: Demography, Evolution, Medicine, and Bioengineering
By The National Academies. 2008
An individual's healthspan can be defined as the length of time an individual is able to maintain good health. In…
2007, over one hundred experts and researchers from public and private institutions across the nation convened to find new ways of addressing the human healthspan and the elusive nature of aging. Experts in public health, bioengineering, neuroscience and gerontology discussed how stress and lifestyle influence the decline of health at older ages. Other discussions focused on the integration of technology in the quality of life, gerontology, regenerative medicine and life expectancy with regard to social and behavioral traits. Still, other groups explored topics such as the cellular and molecular mechanisms of biological aging, the effects of exercise on the human healthspan, and changes in social context to enhance functional status of the elderly. Most importantly, experts agreed that it was imperative to ensure that the elderly have access to medical services by establishing relationships with health care and insurance providers.The Driving Force
By Michel Tremblay, Linda Gaboriau. 2003
In Act 1, Claude, 55, visits his father Alex, 77, in an Alzheimer's ward, intimately tending to his silent, vacant…
father's bodily needs while hopelessly trying to reach him with monologues and settle misunderstandings. In Act 2, in an eerie reversal of roles, Alex visits Claude in the same ward, similarly finding disconsolate irony where he had looked for forgiveness.New Man Journey
By Steve Silver. 2013
While retirement can be liberating, it can also feel daunting. For decades a man focuses on building his career, providing…
for his family, and being a father to his children. But once the career has faded and the children have grown, what's the his next step? What's his next great challenge? Himself. New Man Journey offers a practical game plan for men seeking purpose, fulfillment, and spiritual growth. Drawing from years of senior men's ministry and his own journey, Steve Silver encourages readers to examine their priorities and plan for the adventure of a lifetime. Warm in tone, conversational in style, New Man Journey is ideal for any retiree who's ready for the next challenge and chapter of his life.The Last Soldiers of the Cold War
By Fernando Morais. 2015
Here is the story of political prisoners finally freed in December 2014, after being held captive by the United States…
since the late 1990s. Through the 1980s and 1990s, violent anti-Castro groups based in Florida carried out hundreds of military attacks on Cuba, bombing hotels and shooting up Cuban beaches with machine guns. The Cuban government struck back with the Wasp Network--a dozen men and two women--sent to infiltrate those organizations.The Last Soldiers of the Cold War tells the story of those unlikely Cuban spies and their eventual unmasking and prosecution by US authorities. Five of the Cubans received long or life prison terms on charges of espionage and murder. Global best-selling Brazilian author Fernando Morais narrates the riveting tale of the Cuban Five in vivid, page-turning detail, delving into the decades-long conflict between Cuba and the US, the growth of the powerful Cuban exile community in Florida, and a trial that eight Nobel Prize winners condemned as a travesty of justice.The Last Soldiers of the Cold War is both a real-life spy thriller and a searching examination of the Cold War's legacy.From the Trade Paperback edition.Management of Gynecological Cancers in Older Women
By Riccardo A. Audisio, Stuart M. Lichtman. 2013
This book aims to provide an up-to-date review of the literature in each of the major areas relating to the…
management of older gynecological cancer patients, and makes recommendations for best practice and future research. The authors come from a broad geographic spread including the UK, mainland Europe and North America to ensure a worldwide relevance.Retinal Degenerative Diseases
By Matthew Lavail, Robert Anderson, Christian Grimm, John Ash. 2012
This book will contain the proceedings of the XIV International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration (RD2010), held July 13-17, 2010, in…
Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. The volume will present representative state-of-the-art research in almost all areas of retinal degenerations, ranging from cytopathologic, physiologic, diagnostic and clinical aspects; animal models; mechanisms of cell death; candidate genes, cloning, mapping and other aspects of molecular genetics; and developing potential therapeutic measures such as gene therapy and neuroprotective agents for potential pharmaceutical therapy.Immunosenescence
By Anna Phillips, Janet Lord. 2013
Immunosenescence is a unique, multi-disciplinary approach to the understanding of immune aging. It addresses the topic from the biological, as…
well as the psychological, social and behavioral perspectives. It is, thus, a valuable and timely addition to the literature in this area. Contributors include experts in the field, reviewing the state of the art in research.Aging and Diversity
By Stephen Fried, Lisa S. Wagner, Chandra M. Mehrotra. 2009
This new edition has been completely rewritten and includes chapters that address key topics in diversity and aging: research methods,…
psychological aging; health beliefs, behaviors, and services; health disparities; informal and formal care for older persons; work and retirement; religious affiliation and spirituality; and death, dying, and bereavement. Taking a broad view of diversity, Mehrotra and Wagner discuss elements of diversity such as gender, race or ethnicity, religious affiliation, social class, rural-urban community location and sexual orientation. Including these elements allows them to convey some of the rich complexities of our diverse culture - complexities that provide both challenges to meet the needs of diverse population and opportunities to learn how to live in a pluralistic society. Throughout the book, Mehrotra and Wagner present up-to-date knowledge and scholarship in a way that engages readers in active learning. Rather than simply transmitting information, the authors place ongoing emphasis on developing readers' knowledge and skills; fostering higher order thinking and encouraging exploration of personal values and attitudes. Distinctive features of the book include: Opening vignettes for each chapter that present a sampling of how the issues to be discussed apply to diverse elders. Active learning experiences that invite readers to interview diverse elders, conduct internet searches, and give an analysis of a case study. Quizzes at the end of the chapters help readers ascertain the extent to which they have learned the material; the key for each quiz includes details about correct and incorrect responses so that additional learning can occur. Aging and Diversity Online boxes interspersed throughout the book provide internet resources that readers may use to find new research and publications. Suggested readings and audiovisual resources given at the end of each chapter serve as a guide to additional information on topics covered in the chapter. This approach of presenting the material will help the readers understand and apply key concepts and principles in ways that will not only improve the lives of older people they serve, but will also enhance their own aging experience.La espiritualidad de los años: Guía sobre la tercera edad para buscadores espirituales
By Carol Orsborn, Robert L. Weber. 2000
Una guía compasiva para transformar el envejecimiento en crecimiento espiritual • Ofrece al lector veinticinco preguntas clave que le servirán…
como guía para acceder a fuentes de inspiración y valor que antes desconocía • Nos invita a encontrar un papel constructivo para la vergüenza y el arrepentimiento y aceptar la libertad de buscar un camino que sea verdaderamente nuestro Cuando rebasamos los años de la mediana edad, nuestro deseo de encontrar una manera adecuada de abordar el envejecimiento cobra mayor urgencia y pertinencia en nuestras vidas cotidianas. Los autores Robert Weber y Carol Orsborn ofrecen a una nueva generación de buscadores espirituales la posibilidad de ver el envejecimiento como un sendero espiritual y revelan que la única manera de seguir creciendo como personas consiste en afrontar de una vez las difíciles interrogantes que nos plantean los temas de la pérdida de seres queridos, el significado de la vida y la mortalidad. La realización del potencial espiritual no se alcanza esquivando las dificultades que acompañan al envejecimiento, sino trabajando para superarlas. Los autores analizan cómo pasar de los temores sobre el envejecimiento hacia una apreciación más plena de la próxima fase de la vida, basados en veinticinco preguntas que nos ayudan a aceptar el lado sombrío del envejecimiento y las oportunidades espirituales que entraña. Comparten sus experiencias para enseñarnos lo que significa sentirnos llenos de energías en cuanto a las posibilidades de la edad madura. Analizan cómo hallar un papel constructivo para el arrepentimiento, la vergüenza y el sentimiento de culpabilidad, encontrar nuestro justo valor para la sociedad y aceptar la libertad de buscar un camino que sea verdaderamente nuestro. Weber tuvo una formación católica jesuita y Orsborn proviene de un contexto judío. Basados en las más recientes investigaciones en teoría psicológica y religiosa, dan sus propias respuestas francas a las veinticinco preguntas, y respaldan su sabia orientación con anécdotas, lecturas inspiradoras y ejercicios espirituales. Al trabajar profundamente con el lado sombrío y el lado luminoso del envejecimiento, no solo aprendemos a hacer frente a las situaciones, sino a dejar que nuestro espíritu alce vuelo.Introduction to Homeland Security
By Keith Gregory Logan, James D. Ramsay. 2012
This text for students covers the organization, operations, practices, and policies of the Office of Homeland Security, with an emphasis…
on practical issues. Contributors are academics and practitioners in emergency management, law, information systems, and political science; many work at military educational institutions. Part 1 details the organization and administration of homeland security, and includes a chapter on public and private sector partnerships. Part 2 covers homeland security resources, with material on protection of critical infrastructure, intelligence, support of civil authorities, and technology. Part 3 describes strategies in planning, communication, and counterterrorism. A final chapter sets out foundations of homeland security education. The text includes many b&w photos and images. Logan teaches at Kutztown University. Ramsay teaches at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)United States of Jihad: Who Are America's Homegrown Terrorists, and How Do We Stop Them?
By Peter Bergen. 2016
A riveting, panoramic look at “homegrown” Islamist terrorism from 9/11 to the present Since 9/11, more than three hundred Americans—born…
and raised in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and elsewhere—have been indicted or convicted of terrorism charges. Some have taken the fight abroad: an American was among those who planned the attacks in Mumbai, and more than eighty U.S. citizens have been charged with ISIS-related crimes. Others have acted on American soil, as with the attacks at Fort Hood, the Boston Marathon, and in San Bernardino. What motivates them, how are they trained, and what do we sacrifice in our efforts to track them? Paced like a detective story, United States of Jihad tells the entwined stories of the key actors on the American front. Among the perpetrators are Anwar al-Awlaki, the New Mexico-born radical cleric who became the first American citizen killed by a CIA drone and who mentored the Charlie Hebdo shooters; Samir Khan, whose Inspire webzine has rallied terrorists around the world, including the Tsarnaev brothers; and Omar Hammami, an Alabama native and hip hop fan who became a fixture in al Shabaab’s propaganda videos until fatally displeasing his superiors. Drawing on his extensive network of intelligence contacts, from the National Counterterrorism Center and the FBI to the NYPD, Peter Bergen also offers an inside look at the controversial tactics of the agencies tracking potential terrorists—from infiltrating mosques to massive surveillance; at the bias experienced by innocent observant Muslims at the hands of law enforcement; at the critics and defenders of U.S. policies on terrorism; and at how social media has revolutionized terrorism. Lucid and rigorously researched, United States of Jihad is an essential new analysis of the Americans who have embraced militant Islam both here and abroad.— Washington Post, Notable Non-Fiction Books in 2016Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Older Adults: Evidence for Practice
By Carla Martins. 2014
Based on extensive clinical research, this book sheds new light onto how Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can be used…
with older adults as an effective complementary intervention, identifying specific ways in which MBSR programmes can be adapted and fine-tuned to meet the needs of this group. Presenting robust new evidence to support the efficacy of MBSR as a holistic therapeutic approach, the author draws interesting and original conclusions about its positive impact on older people's psychological and spiritual wellbeing, physical health, neuropsychological performance, attitudes towards death and dying and overall quality of life. The lived experiences of older adults taking part in an MBSR programme provide rich first-hand insights into the therapeutic process, and the author draws valuable conclusions about ethical considerations and the responsibilities and personal transformation of the MBSR facilitator. Professionals involved in delivering mindfulness-based interventions to older adults, including psychologists, counsellors, spiritual directors and physicians, will find this to be essential reading. It will also be of interest to students, academics and researchers wishing to keep abreast of the latest research and developments in the MBSR field.