From the largest sharks to the smallest cryptic gobies, from homely toadfishes to the spectacularly colored reef fishes, this book is certain to help you better understand the fish you've seen or hooked.Features of Marine Fishes of Florida include Color photographs by leading marine photographers Differentiation of adult and juvenile forms Coverage of 133 fish families and hundreds of species Size and geographical range data Natural history and conservation notes Explanations of geologic history and current habitats
Jerusalem is no ordinary place. It is a symbolic city. David, the most revered king of Israel, captured the city and established it as the capital of Israel approximately 3000 years ago. His son King Solomon built the glorious and first temple in the city. The preservation and focus of Jerusalem through centuries past to the present are not accidents. God has kept Jerusalem throughout many wars and battles. Jerusalem is the city that God has chosen for Himself to put His name. Jerusalem Gates examines the significance of the twelve gates built-in the walls around Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah. The significant spiritual truths for both the individual’s Christian life as well as God’s prophetic plan for the ages are revealed. The order and position of each gate tell the story of God’s plan for people of every generation and the individual decisions that we must take to fulfil His preferred destiny for our lives. The book is divided into three sections: Section One provides insights into the early history of East Jerusalem, its wars, challenges, defeats, victories, sites, prophesies, and the opening of the embassy of the United States of America there on May 14, 2018. The views of Scriptures about Jerusalem are also shared. Section Two explains the significance of each of the twelve gates which were strategically located and named. You will learn about: -the sacrificial Lamb at the sheep gate; -the work of the Holy Spirit at the fountain gate: -the tried, tested and proven sword of the Holy Spirit and its effect on your life at the water gate; -the return of Jesus Christ and your need to live with hope for His return at the east gate; You will also learn how to: -receive the “crown of rejoicing” at the fish Gate; -be holy, obtain the legacy of our fathers in the faith, and get your “ministry call from God” at the old gate; -walk through the valleys of trials, tribulations. difficulties and troubles that will come your way and how to overcome should your “Gethsemane” be turned into a garden of suffering, betrayal, agony, abandonment, and loneliness at the valley gate; -eliminate the impediments, mental clutter and distractions that would hinder you from running the race of life to win “gold” at the dung gate; -battle and overcome the daily spiritual warfare that you encounter at the horse gate; -live our lives with eternity’s values in view at the inspection gate; -appreciate the great hymns and songs that kept the heroes of our faith through the years, and more. Section Three takes you through an exciting adventure into and life-changing insights about the new Jerusalem, its inhabitants, size, foundations, walls, and twelve gates. It is the eternal city of righteousness and peace and is built by God. At the heart of the book is the Christian’s journey through eleven of the gates to fulfil his or her God-directed destiny.
This book is about biblical project management, principles, tools, techniques, and practices used by Nehemiah, a cupbearer to the King of the Persian Empire in the re-building of the wall around Jerusalem and its revitalization. It can be used as a manual for project recovery by project sponsors, owners, leaders, project managers and teams managing projects. The book has three parts: Part One deals with the characteristics and definitions of a project and biblical project management, the roles of a project manager, and the importance of stewardship in project management. There is also a brief overview of the Bible, its inspired writers, its impact, legal, financial, and project management systems. Part Two examines Nehemiah’s project recovery management methodology, and his incredible use of advanced project management tools and techniques are demonstrated by referring to the approaches that he used to re-build the wall and achieve spiritual revival in Jerusalem. The reader will learn: about Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah how to prepare a project background and project definition report how to make successful interventions and to present the case for the recovery of a project to owners, sponsors, politicians and public officials how to conduct a detailed assessment of a troubled project how to do project reviews and document the variances in the scope of works, objectives, milestones, resources, quality, risks and expected deliverables, and to decide on the way forward about the capabilities required by the project manager to rescue projects such as courage; leadership; project management skills; technical competencies; project knowledge and understanding; wisdom; solving disputes; assessing the actual scope of works required; and evaluating the cultural, political, economic, social, environmental, and technical issues what to include in a final assessment report how to prepare the work breakdown structure, precedence network diagram; milestone plan, responsibility matrix, project organization, risk management plan how to develop the fifteen plans necessary for construction and control planning teamwork strategies, networking, project oversight, monitoring, tracking, construction management, stakeholders’ management and analyses, reasons why projects fail, the role of a project champion, and critical success factors for rescuing troubled projects Nehemiah’s project recovery management methodology how to revitalize and bring spiritual revival to a city how to conduct an ex-post evaluation of a project, and how to dedicate a project. Part Three discusses a) the significance-driven project manager; b) leadership; c) the significance of the walls, towers and gates around Jerusalem; d) how to follow the footsteps of Nehemiah, and e) power tools and power required for project managers.
For several weeks a year, over three decades, Dr John Burgess worked as a consulting cardiologist in Canada's North, a primary witness to rapidly changing disease patterns among the Inuit as a Western lifestyle became more prevalent. His services to the Inuit, as well as his teaching and research at McGill University, earned him the honour of the Order of Canada." "Burgess's remarkable career is chronicled in Doctor to the North, from the early influence of his physician father, to his medical training at McGill, in the US, and abroad, to his eventual position as professor of medicine and director of cardiology at Montreal General Hospital. Through first-hand accounts of his experience with Inuit patients, he describes a broad spectrum of heart diseases and discusses how they can be prevented." "Doctor to the North provides unique insight into the making of a heart specialist, researcher, and teacher. It also serves as a history of health care and heart disease in the Canadian Inuit and a cardiology treatise for present and future health care workers." --Résumé de l'éditeur.
Bert has always nurtured a fascination with mysteries and tackling complex challenges. His wife, Norah, has finally learned to embrace her psychic abilities. After they adopt a coywolf puppy to live with them in Wyoming, Bert and Norah open the doors of their new private investigation business. Using Norah’s abilities and coywolf, Missy’s, tracking skills, they become known for finding missing persons. As they continue their important mission under the big sky of the upper Midwest, Bert and Norah are eventually drawn into an unexpected and fast-paced hunt for an evil killer preying upon the trusting people living amid the beauty of this vast land. After it becomes apparent that they alone possess the unique skills to bring the pursuit to a conclusion, Bert and Norah race against time as their challenging investigation launches them on a collision course with a destiny they never could have foreseen. Bert and Norah: The Nickel Dime Murders is the tale of a husband and wife investigative team as they pursue a killer instigating terror within big sky country known for its beauty, not invading evil.
It is a beautiful fall morning in October 2017 as Bert Lynnes, a retired Army officer turned private investigator, sips coffee on the front porch of his Cody, Wyoming, log home. He reflects on the successful business he has built with his psychic wife, Norah, and their female coywolf tracker, Missy. Moments later when the phone rings at B & N Investigations, Bert is summoned by a mysterious and obviously prominent man to a local hotel where his team is soon drawn into a complex new Wyoming case. The mystery man’s child has gone missing. Without signs of a struggle or leads to follow, Bert’s team attempts to determine whether betrayal, abduction, or lovestruck runaway has occurred. In her temporary absence, Norah’s intuitive feelings and visions are called upon from afar. Bert must rely upon her insights in order to find the truth. Propelled down a path full of unexpected twists and turns, they must solve the case before someone dies. “I love mysteries and this book certainly filled that bill. There were twists and turns and just when I thought I had it figured out, I didn’t.” — LibraryLady (Amazon)
Applying his practical knowledge from years of experience with public services in mental-health communities, the author examines the weaknesses in our own services and make viable suggestions for restructuring them into total and life-extending systems.
Officially founded in 1819, the Montreal General Hospital is recognized as a pioneering institution in North America for the many discoveries in medical research made there and for its early association with the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University - the first medical school in Canada. Covering nearly 200 years of history, The General relates the story of the hospital from its origins and founding to the transition and aftermath of its incorporation into the McGill University Health Centre in 1997. With contributions that show the perspectives of clinicians, nurses, surgeons, professors, and administrators, chapters chronicle the history of particular departments and specializations of the hospital, including cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, obstetrics, emergency medicine, pathology, and radiology, as well as nursing, administration, and governance. Among the major turning points in the history of the hospital were the introduction of autopsy pathology by Sir William Osler, the debut of the electrocardiograph by Thomas Cotton in 1914, the discovery of a malignant tumour marker by Phil Gold and Samuel Freedman in 1965, its transformation from a community hospital serving anglophone Montreal to an internationally recognized academic centre during the 1950s and ’60s, and changes in governance due to the 1970 Quebec Medicare Act. Both a collective reminiscence and an extensive institutional history, The General is an engaging account of one prominent hospital’s development over nearly 200 years.
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