“…And while the just passed Congressional tax bill reduced taxes for many of the estimated 30 million small business owners in the U.S., the nation’s taxes continue to be complex. …”

“…Scharmer argues that our capacity to pay attention coshapes the world. What prevents us from attending to situations more effectively is that we aren't fully aware of that interior condition from which our attention and actions originate. …”

“…The myth of the machine that does exactly what we tell it has come to an end. What makes us think we can rely on all this technology? What keeps it together today, and how might it work tomorrow? …”

“…Material for stories surrounds us. Yet few people are skilled at sharing personal anecdotes and even fewer know how to link them to professional goals. …”

“…For much of the twentieth century, the iconic figure of the U.S. working class was a white, male industrial worker. …”

“…These people are many of us: as urban populations occupying 3 per cent of our planet's land area, drawing water from 41 per cent of the world's ground surface, consuming 60 to 80 per cent of global energy and achieving 80 per cent of the world's economic productivity. …”

“…This book ultimately proposes a new understanding of the long arm of Arab American history that puts sexuality and gender at the heart of ways of navigating US racial systems…”

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“…Aquests nous mitjans de comunicació, recolzats per unes tecnologies de la informació i la comunicació en un canvi constant, van permetre la creació de noves esferes de discussió multidisciplinàries i multiculturals. En aquest context, l'ús dels nous mitjans per part dels moviments activistes polítics ha atret l'atenció de la comunitat acadèmica en els últims anys. …”
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“…De l’estudi d’aquesta noció en l’obra se’n desprèn que Panikkar la incorpora al seu plantejament tot relacionant-la amb altres constants del seu pensament (hermenèutica diatòpica, pisteuma, teologia cristiana) i en proposa un ús polisèmic. La intuïció de fons de l’adualitat consisteix a constatar que hom participa plenament de la realitat quan no la redueix completament al pensament, és a dir, a qualsevol extrem teòric ni al seu oposat.A la segona part, s’exploren les possibilitats que ofereix aquesta noció per contribuir a fonamentar l’assistència espiritual en entorns sanitaris: el “moment advaita” de què parla l’autor troba un clar reflex en alguns dels reptes plantejats des de la pràctica assistencial, com a mínim en el marc hispànic. …”
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“…La rellevància de crear (i de mantenir) marques poderoses sembla imperar en el món actual i l'ús de la comunicació persuasiva per contribuir-hi sembla ser, també, un requeriment indubtable. …”
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“…El propòsit final és definir els aspectes que caracteritzen el seu model persuasiu, partint de la hipòtesi que va executar la propaganda amb un estil particular, marcat per l'ús freqüent de mitjans i tècniques persuasives basades en la publicitat i d'altres d'inspiració anglosaxona desenvolupades durant la Gran Guerra (1914-1918). …”
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“…The forces that create and constrain these populations help us understand so much that is puzzling in human action and interaction: from addictions and other self-defeating behaviors to the experience of willfulness, from pathological over-control and self-deception to subtler forms of behavior such as altruism, sadism, gambling, and the 'social construction' of belief. …”

“…She also traces Nightwood’s relationship with the media and places the theatre in an international context by comparing its history to that of like companies in the U.K. and the U.S…”

“…The European focus offers a valuable counter-balance to an often prominent US understanding of bioethics. The volume is split into four parts. …”

“…In nuanced analyses, he shows how wolves move, irritate and excite us, offering answers to the primary question: What does it feel like to coexist with these large predators?…”

“…Such use is unfortunate, because it hides and mystifies the difference between the biologically given sex and culturally created gender. Let us make our analysis a little more clearly. Whenever in technical terms we talk about sex, we mean biological composition and whenever we talk about gender we attach a cultural meaning. …”

“…iPhones and iPads were intended to be easy to use, but over the years, a lot of complexity has crept in. As a result, most of us—even those who have been using these devices for years—jump through unnecessary hoops to perform basic tasks and overlook helpful but less-than-obvious features. …”