Little Jessie Nelson was expecting to grow wings and fly right out of the old oak tree and straight to heaven to be with her mother. All alone and abandoned, she was ready to go home and find peace. But a greater plan was at work for this small ember, and the black emptiness that shadowed her small existence would soon fall away, to become a light out of the darkness. Set in their ways and too blind to see beyond their own selfish needs, the Miller boys had it all: looks, talent, and money. Following the path of pride, fearlessness, and immortality, their possibilities were endless. Growing up in the world of the elite, nothing could have prepared them for the year they meet Jessie.
Procurement is a critical government activity, yet very little scholarly attention is devoted to procurement fraud in public policy, public management, or public financial management research. While many publications focus on the stages of the procurement process and appropriate protocols to follow for successful procurements, the opportunities for exploitation of the process have not been as widely studied. Procurement fraud is similarly understudied in the white-collar crime literature, where attention has primarily been placed on corporate crime or political corruption. This book extends criminal justice and white-collar crime scholarship by using these literatures to frame public procurement fraud. Additionally, organizational behavior approaches are applied to public procurement fraud to explain possible motivations for this type of occupational crime. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to provide insights into the characteristics of individuals who abuse the procurement process for personal gain, and it offers some strategies for detecting and preventing further abuse. Original research is also presented and compares the offender-based and offense-based characteristics of the perpetrators of public procurement fraud with those of street and white-collar criminals. The intention of this book is to elevate the issue of public procurement fraud and to align it with criminal justice and white-collar crime scholarship.
The '70s brings the end of the hippy era, when sex and drugs are prevalent, and teenagers explore the avenues of their parents' liberal culture. Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a gentle, compelling and whimsical girl with illuminating blue eyes, lives a life of isolation and neglect on top of a lonely mountain in Nevada, with her psychotic father. Unaware of the world around her and living with an undetected disease as well as special, almost magical gifts, Jessie struggles at the all-girl Catholic school she attends, her only connection to the world outside her empty existence. Jessie is taunted by classmates who find her odd, and she is also troubled by a shadow from the past. When she learns to play the violin, she is discovered by her long-lost Aunt Debbie, who takes her away and introduces her to a new family. Jessie finds herself in a whole new world, filled with teenagers and family life. She also meets Luke, the handsome and kind quarterback and captain of Mining High School's football team, and Mike, a cocky, self-centered rebel. She is both confused and surprised by all the male attention she is suddenly receiving. Should she spread her wings? While those around her take for granted the simplicities and gifts of life, Jessie's gentle spirit and innocence inspires others to appreciate the world around them. Christy Smith wrote this book as the first in a trilogy from her own experiences and after inspiration came in a dream. She is retired and lives in Reno, Nevada. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/ ExpectingToFly-NewWings.html
Located just seconds from the winding Tennessee border, the remote mountain settlement of Lost Cove, North Carolina was once described as where the "moonshiner frolics unmolested." Today, Lost Cove is a ghost town accessible mainly to hikers hoping to catch a glimpse of the desolate settlement. In this first historically comprehensive book on Lost Cove, the author paints a portrait of an isolated yet thriving settlement that survived for almost one hundred years. From its founding before the Civil War to the town's ultimate decline, Lost Cove's history is an in-depth account of family life and kinship in isolation. The author explores historically relevant interviews and genealogical findings from railroad documents, old newspaper articles, church records and deeds. Also included are oral histories that provide authentic, conversational accounts from families in the cove.
Discover how Leonie achieved intentional transformation through Christ, and as you read, find hope, even in the most challenging of times.A childhood filled with adverse, severe experiences left Leonie with post-traumatic stress disorder, a prisoner in her soul, and trapped in her mind. As a single mother of three, when she looked at herself in the mirror, she saw herself as a broken girl with a sick soul, a noisy mind, and a broken heart. The Thread was born out of these life-shattering circumstances. In a tapestry of stories, Leonie shares her struggles, pairing them with tales of women in the Bible who also faced severe tragedy, trial, or failure. She leads readers along a gentle path that shows them how they responded in faith and explains "the thread" it created in each of them. The result is a resounding six-step T.H.R.E.A.D call to action to help you:1. Think of the Outcome You Want to Achieve2. Harvest the Lessons You Have Learned and Heal Your Heart3. Release Fear and Reclaim Your Life4. Enlist Allies to Support the Woman Who Has Been Locked Inside5. Adopt New Mindsets to Break the Hurtful Patterns and Create New Healthy Behaviors6. Dream of a New You & Design Your Joyful Life and Enjoy ItThe women of The Thread have the courage to discover, embrace, and accelerate their God-given purpose. Leonie's prayer is that each beloved reader will recognize that they, too, are worthy of love, can find freedom, and enjoy closeness with God.
- Meet up with a manatee in the Florida Everglades. - Lift a race-car engine with one hand at Sci-Trek in Atlanta, Ga. - Sail beside dolphins at the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. - Walk through a tornado tunnel at the South Florida Science Museum. - Do EVERYTHING at Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando.
The resource sector must embrace Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples Much of the land, the waters, and all that lived upon or in them is, or was once, under the stewardship of Indigenous Peoples. But when it comes to resource extraction, Indigenous communities have often paid the highest price, and received the least in the way of benefit. That's changing, and quickly. Today and in the future, the involvement in and views of Indigenous communities for any large-scale proposed development project are critical. In Weaving Two Worlds, Christy Smith and Michael McPhie offer insights, knowledge, and guidance from their decades of work between resources companies and Indigenous communities. Smith and McPhie offer two voices from two worlds-Indigenous and non-Indigenous-to show how the resource sector can play a meaningful role in advancing Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Using powerful case studies, personal stories, guidelines, and tools for reflection, they offer an invaluable guide for understanding decolonization and becoming an ally. You'll gain practical skills and tips on how to build meaningful, mutually productive relationships with Indigenous Peoples, from initial consultation to project planning and development. Weaving Two Worlds offers a practical roadmap to a future in which Indigenous rights are fully acknowledged, both in law and in practice. Whether Indigenous or non-Indigenous, we breathe the same air, drink the same water, and rely on the Earth to provide for our well-being. We all have an opportunity to move forward and repair the harm of biases and colonial practices, and work to realize a sustainable future that benefits all of humanity.
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