Imagine Valentine's Day. Then imagine a party, a hundred or so people crammed inside a small, upstairs apartment; from someone's iPod we hear "indie" music ironically spliced with flavor-of-the-month club hits. Imagine, also, a young man. His name is Christopher. He sits on a couch, beside two Spanish boys.I must explain: two Spanish boys, both lovely and smiling and pleasant; with hands tucked tightly into their laps, they will giggle at someone, anyone, for having said or done som...

Johnny Thunders is dead. Hit and run. Hadn't seen my poor, neglected Johnny in months, and here I am burying him. With my bare hands and a shovel I am burying him. In the backyard of the house Phoebe and I had once lived in together, he is being buried. I look over and see Flora, Phoebe's bitch mother, the same woman who's convinced everyone, including Phoebe, what a "childish mess" I am; which, in a sense, is true, but Christ, what a lousy thing to tell people—to take so much pleasure in ...

For the first time ever, managers will have a tool that will enable them to effectively grapple with the controversial, and sometimes explosive issues surrounding sexual orientation. Cultivated from Bob Power's 25 years business experience with some of the world's finest organizations, A Manager's Guide to Sexual Orientation in******the Workplace provides managers with the knowledge, skills and resources to foster higher productivity and performance through an all...

In dit praktijkgerichte werkboek word je stap voor stap ingevoerd in de principes van de Rationeel-Emotieve Training, de RET. De RET gaat ervan uit dat het vaak niet de situaties zelf zijn die stressgevoelens en niet-effectief gedrag veroorzaken, maar de gedachten over die situaties. Gedachten en emoties die flexibel en productief functioneren in de weg staan, kun je zo veranderen dat ze je niet meer blokkeren. Aan het werk met de RET Aan de hand van veel oefeningen en opdrachten leer je m...

Saliva, or Drowning Pool, or something kicked me in the dick through a shitty PA system as a big son-of-a-bitch announced as Loco Mask II—wearing a sequined blue hood with crazy yellow dragons stitched onto the sides—charged through the curtain and down the aisle towards a shoddily built ring. On his way there, an old woman in the crowd lobbed a plastic cup of beer at him. It exploded against his greasy pectorals.Mom said to me, "That's Jack. He's what you call a 'heel'—a bad guy."

This title combines original research, case studies, and synoptic analysis to cover highly charged topics in America today. Each chapter in this edited volume offers conditional responses to three essential questions about the disciplinary status of homeland security: What are the domain’s central problems? What research methods are best able to address those problems? What has research contributed to addressing homeland security’s core problems?The volume is divided into two main ...

Parole and probation officers must deal with individuals suffering from psychiatric or substance abuse disorders on a frequent basis. Ellis Amdur and Alan Pelton offer parole and probation officers a comprehensive set of strategies to keep themselves as well as the general public safe, while functioning at the highest level of professionalism.The first section of this book offers an overview of the role of community corrections in dealing with the mentally ill and/or substanc...

The book charts the author's journey from the moment of learning that his recenlty married wife has been killed in a car accident thorough the first two years.The second section adds some pragamatic Q&A about dealing with grief and its aftermath such as how and when to dispose of the deceased's clothes, etc.

"This wonderful anthology of fresh voices . . . includes writers from Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago." — BooklistAkashic Books and Peepal Tree Press, two of the foremost publishers of Caribbean literature, launch a joint Caribbean-focused imprint, Peekash Press, with this anthology. Consisting entirely of brand-new stories by authors living in the region (not simply authors from the region), this collec...

Far from mere idle tales, rumors are a valuable window into our anxieties and fears. Rumors let us talk as a community about some very inflammatory issues--issues that may be embarrassing or disturbing to discuss-allowing us to act as if we are talking about real events, not personal beliefs. We can air our hidden fears and desires without claiming these attitudes as our own. In The Global Grapevine, two leading authorities on rumor, folklore, and urban legend--Gary Alan Fine and ...

Digital technology is fundamentally altering the world we live in, but can only be truly understood in relation to the physical world we all inhabit. The most successful future products and policies will be those that take this rich digital/physical ecology seriously. The physical world is increasingly filled with digital products to the extent that the boundaries of digital and physical reality become blurred. From mundane devices such as mobile phones and washing machines, to esoteric re...

Sexual Identity on the Job provides academics and practitioners with a solid resource for addressing sexual identity concerns and issues in the workplace. It offers corporate trainers, managers, and policymakers suggestions for creating a positive psychological environment of inclusion for all workers through policies of nondiscrimination, the availability of domestic partner benefits, and solid efforts to eliminate on-the-job discrimination toward lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgende...