From Chris to Christian is a non-fiction account of the "Phoenix Effect" in one mans life; a powerful memoir dealing with an incredible personal transformation. From the brink of a complete personal breakdown, deep into an active 20-year bout with alcoholism, an unexpected man enters Christian Phillips' life and begins to catalyze a change so prolific that it had to be documented. The loose account "Fragments of Time" along with an accurate narrative and the sharing of real life miracles is a testament to the power of faith, a strong will and the acceptance of God's reality in the world. From Chris to Christian wants you to throw everything you thought you knew about God out the window, open your mind and let the most wonderful journey of your life begin.
Why has the underrepresentation of women and racial minorities in elected office proved so persistent? Many researchers have asserted that the main shortfall happens at the candidacy stage--women and people of color are competitive candidates, but too few throw their hat into the ring. However, these studies are animated by two assumptions that tend to speak past each other. On the one hand, gender and politics scholars often suggest that women lack sufficient ambition to run for office relative to men. On the other hand, race and politics scholars have suggested that districts with majority white populations do not provide adequate resources or opportunities for minority candidates to succeed. These approaches tend to treat women and racial minorities as parallel social groups, and fail to account for the ways in which race and gender simultaneously shape candidacy. Nowhere to Run introduces the intersectional model of electoral opportunity, which argues that descriptive representation in elections is shaped by intersecting processes related to race and gender. Across states, realistic opportunities for potential candidates of color to get on state legislative ballots are sharply circumscribed by the distribution of white majority populations in most districts; and within the districts that are most widely viewed as winnable seats--majority minority districts--the perceived scarcity of viable electoral opportunities exacerbates factors that tend to push women of color farther from the candidate pipeline. These overlapping constraints result in an electoral landscape where women of color face constraints on electoral opportunity that are intersecting and multilayered. Drawing on an original dataset encompassing nearly every state legislative general election from 1996-2015, as well as interviews and surveys with candidates, donors, and other political elites from 42 states, Nowhere to Run tests this theory with a first of its kind study of Asian American and Latina/o candidacies, and the first simultaneous look at the relationship between changing populations and descriptive representation for African American, Asian American, Latina/o, and white women and men. The book sheds new light on how multiple dimensions of identity simultaneously shape pathways to candidacy and representation for all groups seeking a seat at the table in American politics.
Many of those embarking, or considering embarking, on commercial pilot's training have little idea of what they will have to do, as far as flying training is concerned, to get the licence. The Commercial Pilot's Licence aim to dispel some common misconceptions and to tell you in an easy and user-friendly way what you need to know to get a JAA CPL and become a better pilot. Much of the literature available to CPL students has much to say about what you will have to fly but not how to fly it. This book, by contrast, offers real practical advice on the lesson content and how to fly the manoeuvres, rather than just a list of what you are expected to know at the end of it.Topics covered include:Things to consider before you start; The CPL syllabus sections; What happens during the test; After the test. An easy, user-friendly guide to all you need to know to get a JAA Commercial Pilot's Licence and become a better pilot.Offers practical advice on the lesson content and concentrates on how to fly the manoeuvres.Illustrated with 26 colour photographs.Anneli Christian-Phillips is a commercial pilot with over three thousand hours' instructional experience.
In addition to the articles, this volume includes an interview with Doris Dorrie and the filmmaker's own English translation of her original script for Nobody Loves Me."--Jacket.
This book provides those studying for the MRCOG Part 2 examination with welcome practice in answering the newly introduced EMQ style of question. Modelled on the current MRCOG syllabus, the book is designed to test the candidate's theoretical and practical knowledge of obstetrics and gynaecology. The book opens with an introductory section, explaining the EMQ and its place in the examination, and advising candidates on how they should approach this question type to obtain the highest marks. This is followed by a collection of 71 EMQ themes, with a total of 291 questions for the reader to attempt. The questions are based on common clinical scenarios and cover a variety of topics. Answers are included after each topic, and these include explanatory material and useful references. With a concentration on the core areas of the syllabus and a wide and varied selection of practice EMQs, this book will be an invaluable addition to the bookshelves of all candidates in preparation for the MRCOG Part 2.
Johannesburg was still a brash mining town, better known for the production of wealth than knowledge, and the University of the Witwatersrand a mere ten years old when, in 1932, these ten lectures were delivered under the auspices of the University Philosophical Society. They portrayed the ideas of the university’s leading academics of the day, and the programme of lectures reveals a studied effort to introduce an element of bipartisan political representation between English and Afrikaner in South Africa by including Wits’ first principal, Jan Hofmeyr, and politician, D.F. Malan, as discussion chairs. Yet, no black intellectuals were represented and, indeed, the politics of racial segregation bursts through the text only in a few of the contributions. For the most part, race is alluded to only in passing. As Saul Dubow explains in his new introduction to this re-issue of the lectures, Our Changing World-View was an occasion for Wits’ leading faculty members to position the young university as a mature institution with a leadership role in public affairs. Above all, it was a means to project the university as a research as well as a teaching institution, led by a vigorous and ambitious cohort of liberal-minded intellectuals. That all were male and white will be immediately apparent to readers of this reissued volume. Ranging from economics, psychology, a spurious rebuttal of evolution to a substantial revisionist history and the perils of the ‘machine age’, this book is a sombre reflection of intellectual history and the academy’s role in promulgating political and social divisions in South Africa.
Are you an entrepreneur? Then this book may be the next critical step towards the success you want and deserve. While that statement may seem presumptuous, it should resonate with the entrepreneur in you. Even if this book isn't the missing ingredient, the innovative business owner and manager in you may still come to treasure it and continually refer back to it. The authors wrote this book for those free thinkers who constantly look for the edge that creates the success.
Self-Assessment by Ten Teachers presents a new opportunity for medical students to assess their levels of knowledge and understanding in obstetrics and gynaecology, and to practise their exam technique. Working well as a stand-alone book, this comprehensive self-assessment book is also designed to complement the well-known volumes 'Gynaecology by Ten Teachers' and 'Obstetrics by Ten Teachers', both of which have now reached their 18th editions. The book tests information covered in the two 'Ten Teachers' volumes via the full variety of exam question types - EMQs, MCQs, SAQs and OSCEs. Each answer has a short explanation of its own, and cross-references are also made to page numbers and topics in the main textbooks.
This book presents medical students and those preparing for postgraduate examinations with an ideal opportunity to assess their levels of knowledge and understanding in obstetrics and gynaecology, and to practice their exam technique across a range of question formats. It can be used as a standalone revision guide, but is also designed to complemen
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