As commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), General Stanley McChrystal played a crucial role in the War on Terror. But when he took the helm in 2004, America was losing that war badly: despite vastly inferior resources and technology, Al Qaeda was outmaneuvering America's most elite warriors. McChrystal came to realize that today's faster, more interdependent world had overwhelmed the conventional, top-down hierarchy of the U.S. military....

"On July 17, 2014, a forty-three-year-old black man named Eric Garner died on a Staten Island sidewalk after a police officer put him in what has been described as an illegal chokehold during an arrest for selling bootleg cigarettes. The final moments of Garner's life were captured on video and seen by millions. His agonized last words, 'I can't breathe,' became a rallying cry for the nascent Black Lives Matter protest movement. A grand jury ultimately...

"In Philadelphia--suffering among the country's highest murder rates -- the tension between the Philadelphia Police Department and its Citizens Oversight Committee has long been reaching a boiling point. That turmoil turns from bad to worse shortly after the committee begins targeting police shootings -- especially those of twenty-seven-year-old Homicide Sergeant Matt Payne, the 'Wyatt Earp of the Main Line' -- and then the committee's combative leader...

For forty-five years, Jonnie and Thomas Brown built a life together. They supported each other through college, marched together to receive their degrees, formed a family, traveled, and shared the love of a lifetime. When Thomas fell ill on a trip to Florida, everything changed. He was admitted to a local hospital where, within days, he died-the victim of neglect and treatment below the medical standard of care. In “You Promised to Do No Harm”,...

Jesus' blood on the cross did not, even a drop, cleanse us of our sins. For if this is true, then the unrepentant criminal hanging there on the cross beside Jesus had also been saved, just as the other criminal who had repented. Jesus lived because he wanted us to live to the fullest by showing us the way, the truth, and the life. He died because he wanted to show us how committed was, he in bringing us that fullness of life. In the spirit of the...

The history of modern Nicaragua is populated with leaders promising a new and better day. Inevitably, as Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia demonstrates, reality casts a shadow and the community must look to the next leader. As an impoverished state, second only to Haiti in the Americas, Nicaragua has been the scene of cyclical attempts and failures at modern development. Author Daniel Chavez investigates the cultural and ideological bases of what...

If you are a leader or manager who works in healthcare-and that includes most doctors and nurses, as well as those with 'manager' in their job title-this book is written for you. Healthcare accounts for more than 10 per cent of all spending in developed countries. Millions of people work health services across the world. Of this vast number of healthcare workers, a majority are leaders—yet few are offered simple, practical advice on how to lead...

All 'Beings' Are of Equal Value: Consciousness and the Pursuit of Excellence In Service to Self and In Service to All Beings. Blueprint is a simple description of the author's vision for a blueprint for the creation of the New Societies of a New Consciousness Civilization on Earth, based on the principles of her spiritual viewpoint. As a Being birthed by God The Creator The Eternal Infinite Living Void of Consciousness, you are God Also and Co-creator...

Unlock the Power of Docker to Revolutionize Your Development and Deployment Strategie Book Description Embark on an enriching Docker journey with this definitive guide meticulously designed to take you from foundational knowledge to advanced mastery. This book adopts a holistic approach to containerization, starting with essential concepts, Docker's intricacies, and then moving on to an exploration of core concepts and architecture. You will then...