Sexual abuse of children is all too common in society today. Media reports focus on the crime and its consequences without offering constructive advice on how victims can come to terms with their past and transcend it. Here, Deborah Kay teams up with award-winning social issues journalist Barry Levy to provide a courageous and compassionate account of what happened to her, and how she avoided being warped by her experiences, allowing, as she puts it, pockets of sunlight to shine through her. This is a book not only to read and reflect on but also to share.
A national bestseller for more than three years in hardcover, The Zone has introduced millions of people worldwide to a breakthrough approach to dieting based on Novel Prize–winning scientific research. Treating food as the most powerful drug available, The Zone plan shows how food, when used unwisely, can be toxic. Used wisely however, it will take anyone into the Zone, a state of exceptional health familiar to champion athletes. Now the benefits of Barry Sears߲evolutionary program can be experienced in just one week! With A Week in the Zone, everyone can start on the path to permanent weight loss and learn how to burn body fat, and keep it off – without deprivation or hunger. They'll also discover how the Zone helps to both increase energy and fight heart disease, diabetes, PMS, chronic fatigue, depression, and cancer.
Who has rights to forests and forest resources? In recent years governments in the South have transferred at least 200 million hectares of forests to communities living in and around them . This book assesses the experience of what appears to be a new international trend that has substantially increased the share of the world's forests under community administration. Based on research in over 30 communities in selected countries in Asia (India, Nepal, Philippines, Laos, Indonesia), Africa (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana) and Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua), it examines the process and outcomes of granting new rights, assessing a variety of governance issues in implementation, access to forest products and markets and outcomes for people and forests . Forest tenure reforms have been highly varied, ranging from the titling of indigenous territories to the granting of small land areas for forest regeneration or the right to a share in timber revenues. While in many cases these rights have been significant, new statutory rights do not automatically result in rights in practice, and a variety of institutional weaknesses and policy distortions have limited the impacts of change. Through the comparison of selected cases, the chapters explore the nature of forest reform, the extent and meaning of rights transferred or recognized, and the role of authority and citizens' networks in forest governance. They also assess opportunities and obstacles associated with government regulations and markets for forest products and the effects across the cases on livelihoods, forest condition and equity. Published with CIFOR
This is a record of my ancestors, drawn from a variety of sources. Sources include, but are not limited to, living memory of my family members, family papers, and a plethora of hints gleaned from Ancestry.com. I don't always know the actual sources of any one piece of information, so I will not always provide sources. Except for information about me and those relatives I know, or have known, in life, none of the information is my personal creation. It is impossible to own the names, dates, and places of one's ancestry, the way one would own authorship of a literary work. I do not for one moment claim that this work is complete or all-encompassing. I know that there are people, places, dates, and relationships that are incorrect, contradictory, or missing altogether. I hope that I can fill in the gaps in some later edition. For now, even an incomplete look at history is enough to start with. I will state that no piece of information in this book has been deliberately falsified by me, and I have done all that I know how to do with the resources presently available to me to make it as accurate as I know how. Readers may notice that certain ancestral lines wander into the realms of mythology or of Biblical tradition. I report what I have collected, even if it seems far-fetched or absurd to be descended from gods of any kind. I ask that you bear with me in these far distant corners of my ancestry. I would like to find more credible ancestors, but we cannot choose our relatives. I have chosen to trace my ancestry back from me, since that is the one point in my family tree of which I am completely sure. In each generation back in time, I include those ancestors whom I can identify, even if I know only part of a name, or if I know that someone is the grandchild of a particular other person. When my information on a particular line runs out, I simply don't include that line in the next generation back.
The Red Notebook is a collection of family records. It is hand-written by my paternal great-grandfather, Moses Joy Townsend, Jr.. His initials appear at various places throughout the text, and I have maintained those in the transcription. His daughter, my paternal grandmother, Zoa Townsend Fletcher, added small notes and corrections to various pages of the text over the years. I have included these without identifying notation so that the reading of the notebook will be easier. I have maintained the original spelling, punctuation, etc..The records in this book appear in the same order as in the original notebook, and bear the original headings. I have added a table of contents and a selected index to the original contents. This is a valuable reference for genealogists covering the area around Lancaster, Massachusetts, during the earliest era of American colonization. Debbie Barry Clarkston, Michigan March 8, 2012The Red NotebookFamily Records of Moses Joy Townsend, Jr., and Related FamiliesIncluding Aldrich, Andrews, Beaman, Butterworth, Clark, Comey, Fairbanks, Gollop, Hasey, Haskell, Hathaway, Hayward, Houghton, Joy, Kendall, Lovett, Newell, Prescott, Prince, Sawyer, Sprague, Stevens, Stodder, Taft, Thayer, Thornton, Tidd, Townsend, Tyler, Wheelock, Wilder, WillardOriginal Hand-written Notebook Pages ByMoses Joy Townsend, Jr.Corrections by His Daughter,Zoa Hathaway Townsend FletcherTranscribed by His Great-Granddaughter,Deborah Katharine Fletcher Barry
This book sets out the educational challenges, benefits and possibilities of embracing a truly inclusive approach to gifted and talented education and provides a framework for a school to create its own inclusive policy in this area of need. Calling on international research, current educational initiatives, and work within the Barrow Education Action Zone (EAZ) and elsewhere, the authors set out to demonstrate that the inclusion and standards agendas can - and should - take with them the growing interest in the educational needs of gifted and talented pupils. The result is a short but comprehensive and fundamentally practical book, which will be of value to any school or LEA wishing to create and implement a dynamic, reflective and inclusive policy for gifted and talented pupils.
Real love is not for the faint of heart, and the courage it takes to survive its loss and love again is more than the average soul can bear. Rae Crenshaw does not lack for companionship. The tall beauty radiates charm and confidence, but this attractive combination conceals a vulnerable heart that has known far too much pain. She finds solace for her emptiness in casual trysts, maintaining a severe emotional distance, all the while seeking that which she feels can never be found again. Evon Lagac's young life has been one of extremes - a failed dance career, a beautiful relationship, and a traumatic loss. Once full of exuberance and happiness, she must now struggle to find peace amidst despair and loneliness. Share the tears and the triumphs of these two remarkable women as you celebrate their journey to the realization that perhaps, for a lucky few, second chances do exist.
This is a collection of stories, essays, book reports, and other prose that I wrote between the ages of 13 and 18, plus a few stories that I wrote in my late 20s. Many of these pieces were written as assignments for school. These are a child's best efforts at expressing ideas, and the writing is, therefore, often childish. I beg your indulgence, and I hope you enjoy your journey through these pages.
In 2011, I came into possession of several boxes of family documents that had belonged to my grandparents, Allen Miller and Zoa Hathaway (Townsend) Fletcher, Jr., of Ludlow, Vermont. Included among the documents were a number of property deeds, leases, estate records, and other legal documents, related to the family, dating back to 1837. Some of the documents are entirely hand-written, while others are hand-written on printed forms, and still others are entirely typed. I have transcribed the documents into this book, in chronological order, so that they may be made available to historians and genealogists. Documents without dates are located at the back of this book.I have preserved the spelling, capitalization, etc., from the original deeds, so far as possible. I have done my best to preserve the spacing and placement of the text in the documents. I have done my best to transcribe signatures correctly, but I acknowledge that some signatures may be misspelled due to poor legibility. I have represented signatures in italics.This book does not represent all legal documents related to my family; it is only those that have come to me from my grandparents by way of my father, Robert Daniel Fletcher. Debbie Barry Clarkston, Michigan March 15, 2012
2nd, Expanded Edition, with Digital Scans of the Original Documents, Including Properties in the Towns of Cavendish, Ludlow, Mount Holly, and Plymouth, Vermont
2nd, Expanded Edition, with Digital Scans of the Original Documents, Including Properties in the Towns of Cavendish, Ludlow, Mount Holly, and Plymouth, Vermont
In 2011, I came into possession of several boxes of family documents that had belonged to my grandparents, Allen Miller and Zoa Hathaway (Townsend) Fletcher, Jr., of Ludlow, Vermont. Included among the documents were a number of property deeds, leases, estate records, and other legal documents, related to the family, dating back to 1837. Some of the documents are entirely hand-written, while others are hand-written on printed forms, and still others are entirely typed. I have transcribed the documents into this book, in chronological order, so that they may be made available to historians and genealogists. Documents without dates are located at the back of this book.I have preserved the spelling, capitalization, etc., from the original deeds, so far as possible. I have done my best to preserve the spacing and placement of the text in the documents. I have done my best to transcribe signatures correctly, but I acknowledge that some signatures may be misspelled due to poor legibility. I have represented signatures in italics.This expanded second edition includes digital scans of the original documents, presented side-by-side with the transcriptions. Some of the original documents are difficult to read because of the handwriting used to create them. I hope having access to digital scans of the originals will be helpful for genealogists and other researchers and scholars.This book does not represent all legal documents related to my family; it is only those that have come to me from my grandparents by way of my father, Robert Daniel Fletcher. Debbie Barry Clarkston, Michigan February 4, 2013
A norm-referenced communication assessment tool, EMCS focuses specifically on measuring young children's motor control and identifying impairments that may lead to a speech delay or disorder. Developed for use with children between 8 and 24 months of age, this concise assessment can also be used with children up to 72 months of age who exhibit atypical speech, motor, or cognitive development. Speech-language pathologists and early interventionists can use the motor control profile generated by EMCS to guide additional communication assessment, plan intervention goals, and chart changes over time. EMCS is straightforward and easy to use. Professionals conduct a 15- to 20-minute Behavior Sample, a face-to-face evaluation. After a brief warm-up, professionals sample behavior across a variety of contexts using familiar play materials and books. Gathering observation data on a simple form, professionals assess arm and hand control, including pointing, grasping, stacking, and taking objects with one or both hands motor speech control, including movements of the jaw, face, lips, and tongue abnormal structure/function, including jaw sliding, abnormal posture, excessive drooling, and asymmetrical facial structure After completing the scoring form, professionals will have a comprehensive picture of speech-related motor controlùinformation they can use as a starting point for further assessment and intervention. EMCS includes a manual with standardization and norming data and clear instructions for administering, scoring, and interpreting the tool; the forms for conducting and scoring the Behavior Sample; two trainingvideos on sampling and scoring; and a toy kit with all of the materials needed for the Behavior Sample.Perfect for use with the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile (CSBS DP)! Using EMCS in tandem with CSBS DP gives professionals more specific, in-depth information on a child's communication and motor development.
The Red NotebookSecond, Expanded EditionWith Original Scans of Hand-written PagesFamily Records of Moses Joy Townsend, Jr., and Related FamiliesIncluding Aldrich, Andrews, Beaman, Butterworth, Clark, Comey, Fairbanks, Gollop, Hasey, Haskell, Hathaway, Hayward, Houghton, Joy, Kendall, Lovett, Newell, Prescott, Prince, Sawyer, Sprague, Stevens, Stodder, Taft, Thayer, Thornton, Tidd, Townsend, Tyler, Wheelock, Wilder, WillardOriginal Hand-written Notebook Pages ByMoses Joy Townsend, Jr.Corrections by His Daughter,Zoa Hathaway Townsend FletcherScanned, Compiled, and Transcribed by His Great-Granddaughter,Deborah Katharine Fletcher Barry
This cutting-edge collection of 8,000 online assets provides a wealth of resources designed to be used with Seidel: Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination, 6th Edition. Online resources are provided for each chapter include animations, adult and pediatric video clips, case studies, glossary terms with audio pronunciations, images, interactive exercises, multiple-choice review questions, PowerPoint slides, health history checklists, test bank questions, audio clips, web links, and more. Features 70 full-color animations that clarify anatomic and physiologic processes and provide a visual understanding of underlying structures and functions, such as pulmonary circulation, events of the cardiac cycle, and sensory and motor pathways of the CNS. Includes 28 audio segments with 19 cardiac and 9 respiratory sounds that allow users to hear actual heart and lung sounds, including murmurs, friction rubs, crackles, and wheezes. Includes 820 full-color images of anatomy, physiology, assessment procedures, and normal and abnormal findings that make lectures or online assignments more visual and engaging. Features 200 interactive exercises using a variety of engaging activities such as Hangman, Quiz Show, Cryptogram, and Memory Match. Presents 75 updated lab and diagnostic tests as a reference to aid in understanding the lab values that can affect assessment findings. Provides 1,200 PowerPoint slides (for faculty use only) to enhance classroom lectures. Incorporates 1,000 multiple-choice review questions for student review and self-assessment. Includes an additional 1,280 multiple-choice test bank questions for faculty use, with coded answers and rationales. Features full-color adult and pediatric video clips demonstrating a total of over 380 step-by-step physical exam procedures performed on both adult and pediatric patients. Includes extensive web links for further research or online assignments. Includes a user guide with complete information on getting started, a full description of each asset, and how to work through each section. Presents new in-depth interactive case study modules that walk students through history taking, examination, normal and abnormal findings, and, in select cases, differential diagnosis. Features 15 health history checklists, formatted for downloading to handheld devices. Includes new pediatric video clips. Provides over 100 new adult exam video clips from the new Seidel: Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination Video Series. Includes 10 new animations that visually depict complex anatomic processes or examination procedures. Provides a complete glossary with audio pronunciations to facilitate mastery of key terms and concepts.
Genuine Etiquette Manners (GEM) is her first in a series of children’s books depicting the importance of a good moral compass, manners, and thinking of others before yourself as a guide. Ultimately, it helps you understand the reasons why and how others view you.
Romance was the last thing on their minds--until the holidays brought these two women face to face with the men of their dreams. . . Holiday Seduction Kayla Perrin Mikki Harper isn't looking forward to going home for her sister's wedding--especially since she's just been dumped. Then she runs into "Boring Barry" from high school and soon the two are catching up on old times--and Mikki discovers Barry is anything but boring. Mikki doesn't expect to see him again, especially not at a dinner hosted by the groom's family. It turns out Barry wants to relive their fling. But will Mikki run into his arms--or back to her ex, who's suddenly had a change of heart? Her Holiday Gifts Deborah Fletcher Mello Commissioned to bake a towering cake for the Whitman Corporation's CEO at their New Year's extravaganza--Malisa Ivey is mortified when she gets trapped inside. Even worse, the cake is then transported--with Malisa inside--to Gabriel Whitman's office. The sexy business tycoon is shocked when a beautiful woman pops out of his dessert--and can't help but wonder what it would be like to have such sweetness in his life all year. . .
Provides exercises to help children learn the process of writing through actually writing stories and poems, and includes advice about printing and binding the results
This memoir is about a life filled with joy and adventures, but also so many mistakes that its author thinks it could be classified as a "How not to do book." Personal and unique observations compiled through world travel, raising a family, work, love, loss and just living each day are intimately disclosed on every page. A product of the great American post war proud middle class, Deborah believes anything is possible, until it's not, and even then hangs on for the ride. What happens? Let her tell you.
One man's mission ignites one woman's fire... Niall Talbot has volunteered to hunt down and destroy all the remaining shadow dragons — who were weakened by the destruction of the Dragon's Blood Elixir — before they can wreak more havoc. Among them is his dead twin brother, making Niall's mission not only dangerous but personal. Tattoo artist Rox believes the world is a canvas to be made more beautiful. An unconventional spirit who isn't afraid of anything, she doesn't even flinch when a shape-shifting dragon warrior suddenly appears on her doorstep. And as a woman who follows her heart in matters of passion, she makes the perfect mate for a firestorm with Niall... "WHISPER KISS by Deborah Cooke is now my unofficial official favorite! Rox's quirky characteristics and beauty and Niall's no nonsense outlook on life as well as his dedication just drew me into this wonderful but often dangerous world of the Pyr and I loved every single scene. Bursting with emotions, passion, and even a real fire or four, I count myself lucky not to have spontaneously combusted! Don't miss this sizzling addition to Deborah Cooke's DRAGONFIRE series — it is marvelous!"—Romance Junkies *** The Dragonfire Series of Paranormal Romances Each Dragonfire Novel is a complete romance, but you would probably prefer to read them in order to follow the story of the Dragon's Tail Wars, the final battle for supremacy between the Pyr and the evil Slayers. The series is complete with fourteen stories. 1. Kiss of Fire (Quinn and Sara) 2. Kiss of Fury (Donovan and Alex) 3. Kiss of Fate (Erik and Eileen) 4. Winter Kiss (Delaney and Ginger) 5. Harmonia's Kiss (a short story about the Dragon's Tooth Warriors) 6. Whisper Kiss (Niall and Rox) 7. Darkfire Kiss (Rafferty and Melissa) 8. Flashfire (Lorenzo and Cassie) 9. Ember's Kiss (Brandon and Liz) 10. Kiss of Danger (a Dragon Legion novella featuring Alexander and Katina) 11. Kiss of Darkness (a Dragon Legion novella featuring Damien and Petra) 12. Kiss of Destiny (a Dragon Legion novella featuring Thad and Aura) 13. Serpent's Kiss (Thorolf and Chandra) 14. Firestorm Forever (Sloane and Sam, plus Drake and Veronica, and Marcus and Jac. Yes, this book has THREE firestorms and is the big finish.) The three Dragon Legion novellas are also available in a bundle called The Dragon Legion Collection. There is a world guide called Here Be Dragons: A Dragonfire Companion. The Dragonfire books are also available in three boxed sets of three books each: 1. Dragonfire Quest (Kiss of Fire, Kiss of Fury and Kiss of Fate) 2. Dragonfire Elixir (Winter Kiss, Whisper Kiss and Darkfire Kiss) 3. Dragonfire Reunion (Flashfire, Ember's Kiss, Harmonia's Kiss, Kiss of Danger, Kiss of Destiny and Kiss of Darkness) 4. Dragonfire Triumph (Serpent's Kiss, Firestorm Forever) *** The stories of the Pyr continue in the DragonFate novels, a paranormal romance series featuring dragon shifter heroes and heroines who have their own powers. This series is in progress: 1. the prequel, Maeve's Book of Beasts 2. Dragon's Kiss 3. Dragon's Heart 4. Dragon's Mate 5. Dragon's Wolf (May 2022) *** Keywords: dragon, dragon shifter romance, destined mate, action adventure, urban fantasy romance, dragonfire, romantic comedy, tattoo, bromance, New York, Manhattan, tattoo artist, artist, eco-tourism, protector, guardian, opposites attract, enemies to lovers, wounded hero, scars, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Donna Grant, Thea Harrison, Jennifer Ashley, Christine Feehan, Lara Adrian, G. A. Aiken
Nine poignant and empowering short stories from the author of The Breadwinner. The seated child. With a single powerful image, Deborah Ellis draws our attention to nine children and the situations they find themselves in, often through no fault of their own. In each story, a child makes a decision and takes action, be that a tiny gesture or a life-altering choice. Jafar is a child laborer in a chair factory and longs to go to school. Sue sits on a swing as she and her brother wait to have a supervised visit with their father at the children’s aid society. Gretchen considers the lives of concentration camp victims during a school tour of Auschwitz. Mike survives seventy-two days of solitary as a young offender. Barry squirms on a food court chair as his parents tell him that they are separating. Macie sits on a too-small time-out chair while her mother receives visitors for tea. Noosala crouches in a fetid, crowded apartment in Uzbekistan, waiting for an unscrupulous refugee smuggler to decide her fate. These children find the courage to face their situations in ways large and small, in this eloquent collection from a master storyteller. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, the remarkable story of two cousins who must take a road trip across America in 1969 in order to let a teen know he's been drafted to fight in Vietnam. Full of photos, music, and figures of the time, this is the masterful story of what it's like to be young and American in troubled times. It's 1969.Molly is a girl who's not sure she can feel anything anymore, because life sometimes hurts way too much. Her brother Barry ran away after having a fight with their father over the war in Vietnam. Now Barry's been drafted into that war - and Molly's mother tells her she has to travel across the country in an old schoolbus to find Barry and bring him home.Norman is Molly's slightly older cousin, who drives the old schoolbus. He's a drummer who wants to find his own music out in the world - because then he might not be the "normal Norman" that he fears he's become. He's not sure about this trip across the country . . . but his own mother makes it clear he doesn't have a choice.Molly and Norman get on the bus - and end up seeing a lot more of America that they'd ever imagined. From protests and parades to roaring races and rock n' roll, the cousins make their way to Barry in San Francisco, not really knowing what they'll find when they get there.As she did in her other epic novels Countdown and Revolution, two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles takes the pulse of an era . . . and finds the multitude of heartbeats that lie beneath it.
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