Announcing the newest release in our well-received Popular Encyclopedia series—The Popular Encyclopedia of Church History, an ideal resource for anyone who want a clear, user-friendly guide to understanding the key people, places, and events that shaped Christianity. General editors Ed Hindson and Dan Mitchell have extensive experience with producing reference works that combine expert scholarship and popular accessibility. Together with a broad range of well-qualified contributors, they have put together what is sure to become a standard must-have for both Bible teachers and students. With nearly 300 articles across 400 pages, readers will enjoy... a comprehensive panorama of church history from Acts 2 to today a clear presentation of how the church and its teachings have developed concise biographies of major Christian figures and their contributions fascinating overviews of key turning points in church history This valuable resource will enrich believers’ appreciation for the wonderful heritage behind their Christian faith.
Since I'm first and foremost a public finance economist, I'll share one of my favorite tactics when debating fiscal policy. I'll oftentimes share a table showing a list of nations that have achieved very good results by restraining the growth of government spending. I'll show how the burden of government spending declined as a share of economic output and I'll show how budget deficits also shrank as a share of GDP. I'll then ask my colleague from the other side to please share a list of nations that got good results by raising taxes. Unsurprisingly, the usual response is either untrue claims or hemming and hawing. When seeking to educate and convince a non-ideological audience that they should favor economic freedom, I've learned that there's no substitute for this kind of real-world evidence. Most people think of themselves as being practical. My daily columns are designed to reach these people. If I can reach their minds, maybe their hearts will follow. -- From the Introduction
Written for every sports fan who follows the Bears, this account goes behind the scenes to peek into the private world of the players, coaches, and decision makers—all while eavesdropping on their personal conversations. From the Chicago locker room to the sidelines and inside the huddle, the book includes stories about Dick Butkus, Red Grange, George Halas, Walter Payton, and Gale Sayers, among others, allowing readers to relive the highlights and the celebrations.
Two seasoned fire officers take an in-depth look into the causes of line of duty deaths in residential building fires, and offer incident recommendations. This book is designed to provide firefighters and fire officers “street proven” tips, techniques, and company-level drills that address and overcome the 25 most common errors that occur at residential building fires.
The service-oriented architecture (SOA) style of integration involves breaking an application down into common, repeatable services that can be used by other applications (both internal and external) in an organization, independent of the computing platforms on which the business and its partners rely. In recent years CICS® has added a variety of support for SOA and now provides near seamless connectivity with other IT environments. This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps IT architects to select, plan, and design solutions that integrate CICS applications as service providers and requesters. First, we provide an introduction to CICS service enablement and introduce the architectural choices and technologies on which a CICS SOA solution can be based. We continue with an in-depth analysis of how to meet functional and non-functional requirements in the areas of application interface, security, transactional scope, high availability, and scalability. Finally, we document three integration scenarios to illustrate how these technologies have been used by customers to build robust CICS integration solutions.
This finger of yours, the only thing you never doubted:ep it grew up with you, typed your books.ep At the end it pulled the triggerep and beckoned to you: come. Everything as foreseen.ep From "The deceased writer: photograph in the rain". Published by North Point Press, 850 Talbot Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94706. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
This book will shake your faith in Jesus Christ. History has hidden who Jesus really is. The information from reputable sources forces us to change our image of Jesus. We fail to see the struggles of a normal man in a Jewish life. While the narrative text struggles to remain true to the Gospel, it also uses information of recent discoveries. It leaves you wondering just what has come to us in the selective texts of the Bible and why other texts have not been put in the Bible by a faith that wanted only a God and not a men.
No need to hop on a plane to the East Coast! California has beautiful fall foliage, especially in the Sierra Nevada, which glows red and golden every year with aspens, cottonwoods, dogwoods, maples, and oaks. This compact, lively guide shows visitors where and how to capture the best images of turning leaves in the eastern Sierra, Tahoe, and Yosemite, as well as destinations off the beaten track. Mitchell's advice is suitable for photographers of all levels, whether tourists who want to share their experience with friends or professionals seeking advice for dealing with the special challenges of fall photography. More than a manual of technical considerations, though, California's Fall Color encourages us to be overwhelmed by beauty--to take home an image containing the color but, just as importantly, the essence of that sublime feeling.
When a struggling actor lands the part of a serial killer on a true crime show, he thinks it's just the break he was looking for. It turns out to be a horror film in the making. Because the actor is mistaken for the actual criminal and becomes the target of a vicious vigilante who intends to bring him in, dead or alive."--Page [4] of cover.
Tap the power of Big Data with Microsoft technologies Big Data is here, and Microsoft's new Big Data platform is a valuable tool to help your company get the very most out of it. This timely book shows you how to use HDInsight along with HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows to store, manage, analyze, and share Big Data throughout the enterprise. Focusing primarily on Microsoft and HortonWorks technologies but also covering open source tools, Microsoft Big Data Solutions explains best practices, covers on-premises and cloud-based solutions, and features valuable case studies. Best of all, it helps you integrate these new solutions with technologies you already know, such as SQL Server and Hadoop. Walks you through how to integrate Big Data solutions in your company using Microsoft's HDInsight Server, HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows, and open source tools Explores both on-premises and cloud-based solutions Shows how to store, manage, analyze, and share Big Data through the enterprise Covers topics such as Microsoft's approach to Big Data, installing and configuring HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows, integrating Big Data with SQL Server, visualizing data with Microsoft and HortonWorks BI tools, and more Helps you build and execute a Big Data plan Includes contributions from the Microsoft and HortonWorks Big Data product teams If you need a detailed roadmap for designing and implementing a fully deployed Big Data solution, you'll want Microsoft Big Data Solutions.
A Collector's Guide and Checklist to World Landmark Books provides everything the collector of this beloved children's series needs to begin and expand his library of this award-winning series. World Landmarks were Random House's premier series produced for young readers from 1953 to 1968. They combined excellence of authorship with first class illustrations and strong production processes. Even today these titles are acknowledged as relevant educational texts. The Collector's Guide describes and illustrates every variant and sub-variety produced during the 15-year history of the series. Guidelines to price and rarity are provided. Related material such as records are cataloged, illustrated, and completely explained. The key to understanding first printings is provided, and unique aspects of the series such as the author's letters and the Random House Reading Program are discussed. A full series checklist covering every major collecting variant is included, allowing the collector to define a collecting theme and track progress toward its completion. An image of every cover is included for easy identification. Every student of Landmark Books will benefit from the information contained in the Guide and will have a leg-up on collectors who don't have these facts.
Living Life to the Fullest forges new understandings of the lives, hopes, and desires of children and young people with ‘life-limiting’ or ‘life-threatening’ impairments. Aimed at undergraduate students, this book contributes to contemporary political and theoretical debates about the human in an age of global precarity and austerity.
As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting". In the 2005 reboot of the then dormant Batman film franchise, Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne articulates how the figure of the superhero can serve as a transcendent icon. It is hard to imagine a time when superheroes have been more pervasive in our culture. Today, superheroes are intellectual property jealously guarded by media conglomerates, icons co-opted by grassroots groups as a four-color rebuttal to social inequities, masks people wear to more confidently walk convention floors and city streets, and bulletproof banners that embody regional and national identities. From activism to cosplay, understanding how these different groups and interests have made use of this powerful icon is essential to unmasking the appeal of superheroes and their wider impact. To address this interest, The Superhero Symbol brings together scholars from a range of disciplines, alongside key industry figures. Collectively, these contributions provide fresh perspectives on how these costume-clad heroes have engaged with media, culture, and politics, thereby becoming the "everlasting" symbols to which a wayward Bruce Wayne once aspired"--
The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates Many of the world's top minds make it a point to write in a journal every day! Journaling or keeping a diary is a fun and easy way to keep track of how far you've come and where you want to go! Journaling, for beginners, may seem daunting at first, but soon it will become the most pleasurable part of your day. If you make it a point to write - at least a little bit - every day, soon it will become a habit that you will cherish and look forward to doing. You can write down your goals, keep track of the ideas you have, record your feelings and so on... Your journal will quickly become a powerful and inspirational tool. There are a full 365 pages (actually, there's a couple extra) to record YOUR life! Don't know what to write? Each page has two writing prompts to help with your journal or notebook, they ask you - "What made you happy today?" and "What made you sad today?" - Plus there is a motivational/inspirational quote on each page that you can ponder. You can write anything you want (it's YOUR journal), but if you are stuck, answering these prompts will get you started. This one is a personalized journal for men (or a personalized journal for boys) If this is not your name, just do a search for... (Your name)'s Journal by Dan Eitreim. So if your name is John, the search would look like - John's Journal by Dan Eitreim - There will soon be journals for all the most popular male and female names. Get YOUR Personalized Journal right away!
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