Rain S Theory

Rain's Theory 2

After finally finding her heart's keeper, and trying to make up for lost time, things go terribly wrong for Rain when Theory lands on the wrong end of a bad situation. Rain has to pull it together and be the strength that Theory can't be for himself. With nothing left to chance, Theory has to hit the streets to find out who had an ax to grind with him. With Frank by his side they are on a mission to get revenge, and to make things worse, he has to find time to fix what Lani and her father have screwed up in Rain's life. Just when Frank and Diamond are figuring things out, desitny shows up and gives Frank a reason to rethink his decision. Family can make you or break you, and Rain quickly finds out that she can't hide from hers. Adopted or not, she's not exempt from family drama, and her sister, Charlotte, is the definition of trouble. Will the crew survive and make it to the next stage in their lives, or will they fall victim to the choices that they've made along the way.

Migration, Reproduction and Society

In Migration, Reproduction and Society, Alejandro I. Canales offers a theoretical model for understanding the dilemmas presented by migration in the transformation of contemporary society. Aging and changing demographics in advanced societies make economic and social reproduction dependent upon the contributions made by immigration. However, these same demographic processes are conducive to ethnic transformations. The political dilemma facing advanced societies is that immigration is required to ensure their reproduction, but this entails becoming multicultural societies where the political hegemony of ethnic and demographic majorities becomes radically subverted. This paves the way to a pervasive political conflict already evident in the current immigration crisis in Europe just as in the revival of racism and xenophobia in the United States. En Migration, Reproduction and Society, Alejandro I. Canales propone un modelo teórico para el entendimiento del dilema político y social concerniente al papel de las migraciones en la transformación de la sociedad contemporánea. El envejecimiento y decline demográfico en las sociedades avanzadas hacen que la dinámica económica y la reproducción social de la población dependan directamente de los aportes que hace la inmigración. Sin embargo, estos mismos procesos demográficos propician una transformación étnica de sus actuales equilibrios sociales y demográficos. El dilema político que enfrentan las sociedades avanzadas es que para asegurar su reproducción debe necesariamente abrirse a la inmigración, pero ello conlleva la posibilidad de constituirse en sociedades multiculturales en donde la hegemonía política de las actuales mayorías étnicas y demográficas se trastocaría radicalmente. Es la base de un conflicto político cuyos indicios ya se advierten en la actual crisis migratoria en Europa, así como en el renacer del racismo y xenofobia en los Estados Unidos.

A History of the Theories of Rain and Other Forms of Precipitation