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Is He or Isn't He? A Response to God's Not Dead

By: Cliff Somers

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Is He or Isn't He? A Response to God's Not Dead

By: Cliff Somers

The book God’s Not Dead by Pastor Rice Broocks so engaged Cliff’s interest and his disagreement with its content that he undertook to write a response (or rebuttal). This book is it. Dealing with such diverse issues as cosmology, theology, and evolution, as well as an examination of what the Gospels of the Bible really say, this book is argumentative and opinionated. However, Cliff respects the pastor (as he refers to Broocks) and has tried to be respectful in his approach. As the book states early on, Cliff is an atheist but not a proselytizer. You may be interested in the origin of the universe, the idea of the tuned universe, the dogma known as creationism, or that known as intelligent design, the question of the meaning to religion of Darwin’s theory of natural selection, or the actual words of the Gospels. If so, this book will intrigue you no matter which side of the fence you find yourself on. Come on in, the water’s fine.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1684093678

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9781684093670

How Stupid Are We?

By: Cliff Somers

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How Stupid Are We?

By: Cliff Somers

How Stupid Are We? sets forth a detailed but mercifully short explanation of why and how the far right wealthy have usurped the Republican Party to ensure that their agenda is followed and their power is complete. The book deals with the incredible amount of money spent over more than three decades in this endeavor and shows the methods employed in order to increase the wealth disparity in this country, to disenfranchise the minorities and the working poor, to deny the obvious as to climate change, the dangers of smoking, acid rain, and the ozone hole, for example. It outlines the political tactics used to obstruct the passage of legislation favorable to the lower 99 percent. It discloses how the education system of the country has been invaded and our youth are being indoctrinated with self-destructive beliefs. The doctrine of "supply side" or "trickle down" economics is shown to have been instrumental in misleading and beggaring the lower 99 percent. Somers pulls no punches and works from an obvious passion. The book is pitched to the average literate reader and is not couched in abstruse or technical language.

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317

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Page Publishing Inc

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1642983411

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9781642983418

Ordinal Methods for Behavioral Data Analysis

By: Norman Cliff

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Ordinal Methods for Behavioral Data Analysis

By: Norman Cliff

This book was written with the belief that ordinal statistical methods--sometimes discussed under the title of "nonparametric statistics"--deserve much more serious attention as research tools than they have traditionally had. There are three classes of reasons for this: *Many behavioral variables constitute only ordinal scales, not interval measurements that are required for traditional statistics. *Various research issues that are of primary interest in behavioral research are themselves questions about order: Which group scores higher? Is the order on this variable similar to the order on that? *Inferences from ordinal statistics are less subject to distributional peculiarities of the data than are those from traditional statistics. Taking an innovative approach, this book treats ordinal methods in an integrated way rather than as a compendium of unrelated methods, and emphasizes that the ordinal quantities are highly meaningful in their own right, not just as stand-ins for more traditional correlations or analyses of variance. In fact, since the ordinal statistics have desirable descriptive properties of their own, the book treats them parametrically, rather then nonparametrically. The author discusses how ordinal statistics can be applied in a much wider set of research situations than has usually been thought, and that they can often come closer to answering the researcher's primary questions than traditional ones can. And he includes some extensions of ordinal methods in order to accomplish that end.

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212

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Psychology Press

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1317781430

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9781317781431

The Ed Letters

Memories of a New England Boyhood

By: Edwin Ashley,Cliff Ashley,Diane deManbey Duebber

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The Ed Letters

Memories of a New England Boyhood

By: Edwin Ashley,Cliff Ashley,Diane deManbey Duebber

Born in 1909 and 1913 respectively in a little town called Marion, on the south coast of Massachusetts, brothers Ed and Cliff Ashley shared a childhood filled with simple country adventures and colorful characters, from old whalers who boasted of gigantic harpoons, to Civil War veterans who told magnificent stories of glory on the battlefield.Remarkably, the Ashleys' cherished memories have been preserved in the letters that Cliff, who moved to Maine as a young man, wrote to his brother Ed over the course of 60 years. Cliff wrote of the scrapes they'd gotten into as kids, the games they'd played, the townsfolk they'd known, and the sleepy little town they called home. Ed read and saved each of those letters, and when his failing eyesight prevented him from reading the ones he continued to receive, a caregiver read them to him. After hearing each new treasure, he'd put it in a box in his closet with the others. Realizing the value of those stored memories, the caregiver compiled Cliff's letters in a book, putting Ed's memories to writing in the form of replies.Here, then, is the result...a wonderful collection of letters, filled with quaint stories and a colorful cast of small-town characters, reminiscent of television's Andy Griffith Show. Readers will enjoy stories about Mr. Midnight, the mysterious traveling salesman...ornery Bessie Nelson and her cats...Mr. Whitmarsh and his boney old horse, Gracie...Neal Potter, who hornswoggled the grocer with a bottle-return scheme...and many other delightfully funny characters.

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116

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Spinner Publications

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0932027628

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9780932027627

Belchertown

By: Doris M. Dickinson,Cliff McCarthy

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Belchertown

By: Doris M. Dickinson,Cliff McCarthy

Belchertown, a photographic celebration of small-town life in western Massachusetts, depicts the story of the community from its settlement to the 1960s. An industrious group, Belchertown residents worked to establish shops, work fields, and manufacture carriages in the early years. The town was once known as the Detroit of the carriage industry. These labors and the benefits they generated are illustrated in this exciting new book. Despite changes in the transportation industry that made Belchertown increasingly accessible by trains and later by cars, residents succeeded in preserving the municipality's small-town character. Through the opening and the closing of the Belchertown State School and the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir, the town remained a comfortable haven from the hustle and bustle of city life. Residents enjoyed doing business in town, attending local schools, churches, and civic organizations, and gathering together for the celebrated Belchertown Fair. The 200 vintage images in this book, primarily selected from the extensive photograph collection housed at the Stone House Museum of the Belchertown Historical Association, depict the idyllic nature of life in Belchertown through the years.

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132

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738589721

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9780738589725

Police Misconduct

A Global Perspective

By: Cliff Roberson

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Police Misconduct

A Global Perspective

By: Cliff Roberson

This book explores the different types of police misconduct including the use of excessive force. It also explores what types of officers become involved in illegal misconduct, steps jurisdictions may take to prevent such problems, and discusses who should police the police. Also included is a historical analysis of police misconduct, discussions on the legal restrictions designed to prevent police misconduct, and steps that the jurisdiction may take to limit their liability. Ancillary material is available with course adoption.

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343

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CRC Press

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1315393727

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9781315393728

Island Epidemics

By: Andrew David Cliff,Peter Haggett,Matthew Smallman-Raynor

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Island Epidemics

By: Andrew David Cliff,Peter Haggett,Matthew Smallman-Raynor

In Island Epidemics, the authors show that the complex warfare of invasion and extinction observed by Darwin for plants and animals applies with equal force to human diseases. A world picture is presented of diseases, which range from the familiar (influenza and German measles) to the exotic (kuru and tsutsugamushi), and islands which range in remoteness, from the accessible United Kingdom to the inaccessible Tristan da Cunha and Easter Island.

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0198288956

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How Stupid Are We?

By: Cliff Somers

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Book's by Cliff Somers

Is He or Isn't He? A Response to God's Not Dead

Is He or Isn't He? A Response to God's Not Dead

How Stupid Are We?

How Stupid Are We?

Ordinal Methods for Behavioral Data Analysis

Ordinal Methods for Behavioral Data Analysis

The Ed Letters

The Ed Letters

Belchertown

Belchertown

Police Misconduct

Police Misconduct

Island Epidemics

Island Epidemics

How Stupid Are We?

How Stupid Are We?

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