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Despite the fact that Juarez is a Mexican border city just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, most Americans are unaware that for more than twelve years this city has been the center of an epidemic of horrific crimes against women and girls, consisting of kidnappings, rape, mutilation, and murder, with most of the victims conforming to a specific profile: young, slender, and poor, fueling the premise that the murders are not random. Indeed, there has been much speculation that the killer or killers are American citizens. While some leading members of the American media have reported on the situation, prompting the U.S. government to send in top criminal profilers from the FBI, little...
An inspiring guide packed with simple steps to empower your life. - Christine Comaford, NY Times Bestselling Author of Rules For Renegades Where Eat, Pray, Love stops; Body, Mind, and Solo continues and expands with valuable advice on how to create your own exciting adventures. - Sophie Azouaou, Examiner Columnist & Media Personality With her bestselling travel guide, Fly Solo: The 50 Best Places on Earth for a Girl to Travel Alone, now available in four languages, author Teresa Rodriguez sets out to inspire others who want to take the leap of doing things alone in Body, Mind, and Solo. In this clever book, Teresa uses travel as the metaphor for change and courage. She gives simple steps to build the confidence you need to do things on your ownbe it travel the world, leave a bad relationship, or start your own business. Discover the hope and inspiration you need to follow your dreams. Body, Mind, and Solo gives you the tools to become the powerful person you were meant to be. By following these seven easy steps, you can find strength and knowledge to conquer your fears. Step out into the world with enthusiasm and joy.
During the time he spent in the Portuguese islands of Porto Santo and Madeira, Cristopher Columbus, a navigator from Genoa, was in charge of a dying sailor, from Castile whose caravel had been carried by the current from the Gulf of Guinea to a remote sea, possibly the Caribean. On his deathbed, this man had told Columbus the secret of some lands where Siberians had arrived during the Pleistocene and some documents about some possible previous trips. This sailor assured that such lands he had achieved carried by the currents were the same ones he was referring to. When Columbus arrived in Spain, he tried to convince the Crown of Castile about his projects, which were precisely the same ones ...
The trend of measuring performances is global and pervasive. We all live in quantified societies, in which performances in an ever-growing array of fields–from education to health, work to credit, justice to consumption–are assessed and governed through quantitative techniques. While the disruption brought by the quantitative turn has been widely studied by social scientists, legal research on the issue is minimal. This book aims to fill the gap. The essays herein collected explore how performance measurements interact with the law in different regions and sectors, which legal effects they produce, and for whose benefit.