Social Services

Since its debut E-commerce has been centered on the transaction, which represents less than one percent of the time we spend online. Now, we are entering the era of Pre-Commerce where customers make their own decision to buy or support a brand before the transaction. Pre-Commerce explains how the exploding use of social media channels has fundamentally changed the way customers go about making their purchasing decisions, how they educate themselves and why they choose to support certain brands above others.

First published as Journal of The Gallery London in 1993 with revised editions in 1998, 2001, 2008 and 2011, over 600 entries chronicle the life of the city: a powerfully driven arena of dysfunctional experience. Episodes record incidents and encounters: in the streets, the movement of shoppers and travelers, and scenes of social and internal life.

Charmain Bynoe, a council housing officer for the London borough of Southwark, inspired the nation when she appeared on the TV series Council House Britain. Now, in The Estate, she shines a light on the challenges faced by so many of our citizens and provides heartwarming and inspirational stories of how they have been helped to help themselves.

Guy Burgess était un membre du Secret Intelligence Service recruté comme agent par les services soviétiques. Il appartenait au groupe d'espions connu sous le nom des Cinq de Cambridge qui trahirent leur pays pendant la guerre froide. Burgess transmit notamment des documents secrets britanniques et aida un autre agent soviétique, Kim Philby, à rejoindre à son tour le SIS. Il devient après la guerre secrétaire du ministre d'État aux Affaires étrangères, Hector McNeil, et transmet des documents secrets du Foreign Office au KGB.

Così parlò Zarathustra: “Io vi insegno il Superuomo. L’uomo è qualcosa che deve essere superato. Che avete fatto voi per superarlo?” E Osho avviando la sua visitazione del capolavoro di Nietzsche, commenta: “Cosa intende Zarathustra per ‘superuomo’? Esattamente quello che io intendo per ‘uomo nuovo’. Ho tralasciato la parola ‘super’ per motivi ben precisi. Può essere fraintesa... lo è già stata. L’uomo del futuro è per me ‘l’uomo nuovo’.

Richard Sorge est un journaliste allemand et soviétique. En poste en Allemagne et au Japon, il est surtout connu pour son travail d'espion au Japon au service de l'URSS, avant et au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Son nom de code au NKVD était "Ramsay". De 1933 à 1934, Sorge édifie au Japon un réseau pour collecter des informations au profit du NKVD. Sorge rejoignit officiellement le parti nazi, le parti national socialiste (NSDAP), et travailla comme agent de l'Abwehr à l'ambassade allemande locale.

Le Special Operations Executive (SOE, "Direction des opérations spéciales") est un service secret britannique qui opère pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le SOE a pour mission de soutenir les divers mouvements de résistance des pays d'Europe occupés par l'Allemagne et l'Italie, et, progressivement, de tous les pays en guerre. Présent dans les pays de l'Axe Rome-Berlin-Tokyo, le SOE déploie également des sections dans les pays neutres.

Avec les deepfakes, la culture du faux s'immisce partout, ils sont de véritables armes de désinformation. Comment s'en protéger dans un quotidien où nous sommes en permanence confrontés aux images ?

Nietzsche divenne filosofo “per necessità”, perché attratto “dall’elemento universalmente umano”. E in tal senso incarna lo spirito dell’uomo, il suo essere spinto da una forza primordiale verso un perenne superamento, volto a cogliere l’essenza che lo anima. Nell’incredibile volume di scritti, appunti, frammenti e aforismi che Nietzsche ha lasciato, risulta chiaro l’intento di fornire tracce, più che un sistema di pensiero.

In quest’ultima parte dei discorsi dedicati da Osho al "Così parlò Zarathustra" di Nietzsche, risulta evidente una nuova trasposizione di identità. Infatti, il Maestro inizia richiamando l’attenzione sulmistico persiano, così come lui lo evoca, e nel testo – pur apprezzando tutte le intuizioni che portarono Nietzsche vicinissimo alla verità – sottolinea con fermezza le lacune nei ragionamenti delpoeta filosofo che confermano la sua inesperienza, rispetto alla dimensione dell’essere.

“Lo Zen è un’esperienza improvvisa: non c’è preparazione, non ci sono prove, non c’è una disciplina, non c’è un sentiero” chiarisce Osho, e aggiunge: “All’improvviso apri gli occhi: come se un lampo ti avesse colpito, interrompendo il sonno di milioni di anni. In quell risveglio, conosci il mistero dell’esistenza.” A quella folgorante esperienza Osho avvicina in queste tredici immersioni, sollecitando il momento inevitabile che nella vita quotidiana si ha la tendenza a ignorare.

Secondo Osho «Il silenzio è la meditazione per eccellenza, ed è la base di qualsiasi esperienzareligiosa. Ma in cosa consiste? Potresti crearlo, potresti coltivarlo, potresti importelo... ma così rimane qualcosa di superficiale, di falso, una finzione. Potresti farne una pratica, in quel casoinizierai a percepirlo e a sperimentarlo; ma proprio il tuo farne un esercizio, lo renderà una sorta di autoipnosi. Quello non è il vero silenzio. Il silenzio vero affiora solo quando la tua mente si dissolve, non a causa di un qualsiasi sforzo, magrazie a una comprensione.

Im Schnitt verlieren deutsche Unternehmen innerhalb von 5 Jahren 50 Prozent ihrer Kunden – aber es kostet bis zu 600 Prozent Mehrkosten...

As the marijuana market sets up to push small growers out the door while favoring larger growers, we take a look at some of the largest indoor and outdoor farms in the world. As you will hear, they are massive and located in some of the most marijuana-friendly countries. The year of 2018 will be remembered as the year Canada approved recreational marijuana but it will also be remembered as the year the Food and Drug Administration approved the first cannabis based drug, Epidiolex. It’s a CBD oral solution that will help thousands who suffer from seizures associated with epilepsy.

Medicinal marijuana has been used to treat, prevent, cure, and manage diseases and symptoms for centuries. The FDA recently approved a cannabinoid-based drug. This has essentially given the green light to marijuana pharmaceutical companies. They can go ahead and study cannabis solutions to diseases that have killed millions. In this audiobook, you will be shocked to learn about some of the very promising and latest encouraging treatments of the modern day.

In this little audiobook will be found a few hints on the art of service which I have gathered from my elders and from my own experience. I am still trying to follow these hints, sometimes successfully, more often unsuccessfully; but I feel that they are all true, and I am thankful to be permitted to share them with others who - like myself - are learning how to serve.

In a world that often demands conformity, rebellion is not merely a choice but a necessity. This book is an exploration of the power of disobedience, examining the artists, thinkers, and activists who dared to challenge the status quo. From the literary giants who defied conventions to the social reformers who shattered societal norms, The Secret Art of Disobedience delves into the minds of those who dared to question, to challenge, and to create. It is a celebration of the maverick spirit, an invitation to think critically, and a call to action for those seeking to make a difference.

Who are the special agents? In our understanding - these are people with amazing abilities. They have overturned the will power, good physical shape and unique abilities. People are open books for them, they are easy to recognize a lie and the truth, know how to find out information and how to get others to perform tasks assigned by them. They manage to be his in any company and at the same time can easily become invisible. They are able to achieve their goals and never turn away from the intended path.

Simon Mainwaring offers a visionary new practice in which brands leverage social media to earn consumer goodwill, loyalty and profit, while creating a third pillar of sustainable social change through conscious contributions from customer purchases. These innovative private sector partnerships answer perhaps the most pressing issue facing business and thought leaders today: how to practice capitalism in a way that satisfies the need for both profit and a healthy, sustainable planet.

A missing national treasure. A dancer who might be a spy. A double agent. An old actor. A murder. How are they all interconnected? Desmond Okewood, new to the British Secret Service, must impersonate a German agent, infiltrate a band of traitors, and discover the connections.