For decades, the Louisiana political scene has been a source of interest and intrigue for scholars and casual observers alike. In recent years, the state’s political, economic, and environmental challenges have drawn sustained attention from regional and national media. Observers have typically focused on Louisiana’s distinctive political culture, including jungle primaries, colorful candidates, and tolerance for scandal. However, recent shifts have eroded the state’s unique political character, aligning it with national political trends of partisan realignment, political polarization, and outside influence in state and local elections. The Party Is Over brings together top scholars, journalists, and policy analysts to investigate these recent shifts in institutions, politics, and policy and situate them in the context of national politics. Both accessible and thorough, the volume offers an informed and reliable foundation for those new to Louisiana’s political culture and for long-time observers seeking new insights into recent developments. Contributors recognize the challenges posed by the new politics and point toward opportunities to leverage the state’s cultural and economic strengths to build a better Louisiana.
Children have a tremendous imagination for good. This insite should be embraced and directed to always be the "Best You Can Be", like the little rose bush.
Life with others is messy. The bonds we form are often the source that drives us to helping professionals like therapists and pastors in the first place. And yet, it is from these relationships that our greatest moments of healing spring. Recognizing the value of relationships, pastors and therapists have been leading small therapeutic groups for years. Yet few leaders have a specific, easy-to-follow, and researched framework to structure their groups. Helping Groups Heal presents “The Healing Cycle,” a grace-based model that facilitates healing and growth in groups. It has been tested with a variety of settings, and can be adapted to nearly any small group, from sex addiction therapy to marriage therapy to Bible studies. The basic components of “The Healing Cycle” are grace, safety, vulnerability, truth, ownership, and confession. Helping Groups Heal guides the reader through these elements, offering case studies and practical advice from the voices of researchers and practitioners. Each chapter shows how “The Healing Cycle” moves its members to share their truth, own it, and make positive change in their lives. Each step of the process allows participants to move past surface issues and find depth in their understanding of their pain. Whether you have been leading small groups for years or are about to lead your first session, Helping Groups Heal is an accessible, easy-to-follow guide through “The Healing Cycle” that will give each group member what’s needed to grow, relate, and heal.
This guide details how and where M&A experts go online to compile lists of companies that are in the market to buy or sell, find the prices paid for similar businesses, and identify legal issues that may surface in a deal. Business researchers will find sources for hard-to-find information on companies that may be privately held, subsidiaries of another company, or based outside of the United States.
This lively, yet heart-warming story features two pages of statistics about cheetahs. The dramatic photographs combined with an entertaining and informative text appeals to children, as they find out how cheetahs live, what they eat, how they spend their day and why they are endangered.
This lively, yet heart-warming story features two pages of statistics about pandas. The dramatic photographs combined with an entertaining and informative text appeals to children, as they find out how pandas live, what they eat, how they spend their day and why they are endangered.
This 72 page literature study guide is filled with fun activities from the mid-grade novel Callie's Contest of Courage. Play Language games, make Nana's banana cream pie, a butterfly box, send care packages to troops overseas. Girls won't be able to put it down!
Cowboys and Conductors is a must read for anyone interested in the art of leadership. Told through the lens of the human-horse connection, the authors lead the reader on a skillfully orchestrated ride into the grey." Jan Neuharth Founder, Paper Chase Farms, Inc. Author of the award-winning Hunt Country Suspense Novels -- Are you finding it increasingly difficult to traverse today's complicated world? Having trouble finding your true purpose, surrounding yourself with the right people or creating the perfect place within which to flourish personally and professionally? You are not alone. Listen in as a horse-whispering cowboy and orchestra conductor turned CEO share their journeys and lessons learned. Their boundless approach to extremely complex issues yielding transformative results is the essence of GREY LEADERSHIP(R). Saddle up for an epic ride through the vast terrain of humanship! -- "As someone who has led large teams in both corporate and non-profit situations, this book points to the key insight that leaders win the trust of followers with patience, creativity, and engagement." Alan Mason Managing Director, BlackRock Board Member, League of American Orchestras "A fine thought-provoking book which ably connects the dots between two seemingly very different professions and ways of life that, because of these authors, we find have a lot more in common than one could have expected." Nicholas McGegan, OBE Conductor Music Director Laureate, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale "As a voracious reader of business motivation and self-improvement books myself, Cowboys & Conductors is one I learned the most from in at least a decade. It's a totally fresh and exciting look at leadership, management, and life!" Robert Eckert General Manager, Steiner Germany Head of Beretta Optics Global "The authors' down-to-earth approach to an incredibly complex topic that plagues every personal and professional leader on this planet is not only easy to understand and implement, it's also both comforting and challenging at the same time." Mathew Knowles, Ph.D. Founder, CEO & Executive Producer, Music World Entertainment
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