Hair health is a core benefit of products produced for consumers by the cosmetic industry, and more than 70% of women claim to want healthy hair. However, there is very little clarity in the industry as to the meaning of healthy hair in a consumer context and the technical factors that control what the consumer perceives as hair health. Providing updated information on how to prevent and restore hair damage, Healthy Hair characterizes the clinical, physical, and chemical properties of healthy hair. Factors that control a woman’s perception of healthy hair are described, and how these factors link to the fundamental biology of the hair fiber are explained, as well as insults to hair, such as brushing, coloring, and UV exposure. The influences of different products on hair health are discussed, and methods used to measure healthy hair at the molecular, single-fiber, and consumer levels are described. Hundreds of high quality color pictures illustrate the most important clinical, dermoscopic, and microscopic characteristics of both healthy and unhealthy hair.
This is the fifth book in the Anti-Princess Saga by Jennifer A Marsh. This book has elements of humor, romance and morbidity which stand out in Jennifer's style of writing. It has a strong, sarcastic leading lady who just really wants to find her place in either of her worlds. If you love Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs or Katie MacAlister this book is for you! Look for the final book in the Anti-Princess Saga coming September 2015.Happy endings don't exist in real life, or maybe they do but have a max quota and Quartessa was that next person in line that the “sold out” gate crashed down on. Either way, the events that always pop up to remind her that she is, and will forever be, screwed find new ways to steal her joy and replace it with misery even when things seem on the verge of working out in her favor.Bored out of her mind, and hardly able to get up from a sitting position any more, Quartessa prepares for the birth of her child as most women do, formulating a plan to kill its father and how to avoid the repercussions of the devil if her plan actually succeeds. Just your average nesting period. Unfortunately, Lucifer has other plans which pit love against love in an attempt to right his son's choices. And this time, she takes on her fiercest opponent yet with the hopes of making her life a little more bearable.And, with the prophesized birth coming fast, Quartessa is forced to make the hardest decision of her life. Quartessa has sacrificed a lot in the past, her happiness, her sanity, her life, her loves and her body, but nothing could prepare her for this one. For love creates so much bliss, but also torment. Quartessa is in too deep, and this time the price is far steeper than any other. But, as Quartessa has learned, the safety of others outweighs anything she may need to give up, including her life, not to death, but to something much more permanent. Quartessa learns the true meaning of sacrifice. The ultimate sacrifice is not death, it is life.
Ecosystem management has gained widespread visibility as an approach to the management of land to achieve sustainable natural resource use. Despite widespread interest in this emerging management paradigm, Ecosystems: Balancing Science with Management is the first book to directly propose approaches for implementing ecosystem management, give examples of viable tools, and discuss the potential implications of implementing an ecosystem approach. These ideas are framed in a historical context that examines the disjunction between ecological theory, environmental legislation and natural resources management.
This is the second book in the Anti-Princess Saga by Jennifer A Marsh. This book has elements of humor, romance and morbidity which stand out in Jennifer's style of writing. It has a strong, sarcastic leading lady who just really wants to find her place in either of her worlds. If you love Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs or Katie MacAlister this book is for you! Look for other books in the Anti-Princess Saga coming soon.Excerpt from back cover:With her life returned to normal–well, as normal as it was going to get–Quartessa and her three men enjoy some much deserved downtime in the human world. And with the happy prospect of her best friend's wedding she returns to Kortis for the blessed event. Unfortunately, nothing in Quartessa's life ever seems to go quite the way it should. A mysterious illness strikes the northern Aukum territory, and, due to her new reputation as “vanquisher of the Boru” she is asked by name to assist in restoring the Aukum King and Queen to their former health. The infection spreads quick, poisoning members of her own party before she can find a way to stop it. But when she begins gaining new powers rather fast, she learns that the Ring of Eccus' hold on her is not gone and that it is liable to make her either go mad or die from the power she continues to gain. A man from Quartessa's past returns, creating a rift in her love life that is far beyond her control, and she begins to question if she will ever find her place in either of her worlds or find the peace she so desperately desires. And when two strange men show up at her door looking for her father's new bride she is faced with the dilemma of either handing over Drina (and dealing with the King's wrath) or taking care of it herself.With this illness quickly spreading throughout all of Kortis, the ring's residual effects and these meddlesome men's constant returning visits, Quartessa has to find a way to balance the problems, ping-ponging between realms in her efforts. And when she finally understands what she must do to save her realm, she takes on the burden alone, knowing that it is only her who can put an end to her world's suffering. Not able to be in both worlds at the same time, and fearing for Kyle's safety, she is forced to rely on the help of old acquaintances from her human life that makes her question just how “normal” the human world actually is.
This is the fourth book in the Anti-Princess Saga by Jennifer A Marsh. This book has elements of humor, romance and morbidity which stand out in Jennifer's style of writing. It has a strong, sarcastic leading lady who just really wants to find her place in either of her worlds. If you love Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs or Katie MacAlister this book is for you! Look for other books in the Anti-Princess Saga coming soon. Excerpt from back cover: What's it like to be pregnant with a demon? Well, it isn't normal, much like Quartessa's already complicated existence. But no one told her just what a fast endeavor it was going to be when she goes from flat tummy to baby bulge in a matter of a few weeks. Expelled and disowned from her father's land and life, and still recovering her tragic loss, Quartessa tries to pick herself up and regain some control in her life despite the fact that it never really seems possible for her. As much as Quartessa wishes that her life was in her control, fate has a funny way of popping back up to screw with her in ways that piss her off, change her life forever, or merely just to remind her that her future isn't up to her in the slightest bit. And when she meets a man who informs her of her child's future, she begins to question if she ever really had a say in anything she has or will do. In Kortis, the Zolera territory becomes torn between the truth and their King's denial. Knowing that a mutiny is sure to ensue, Gader seeks his sister's assistance in restoring order within their land. And, despite the fact that her and her father are currently at odds, she agrees to help for the sake of her brother and her kind. But when she learns just who her kind seeks to replace her father, she becomes torn between her family ties and the wellbeing of her former home. With her demon darkness growing stronger, alongside her fear that it will take her over to kill those she loves before she can ever touch them again, she seeks a way to rid herself of it as well as James. But when his demeanor changes for the better, Quartessa finds herself stuck in one hell of a dilemma. Not everything that lives remains so. And neither can be said for what is dead but refuses to be gone.
This is the third book in the Anti-Princess Saga by Jennifer A Marsh. This book has elements of humor, romance and morbidity which stand out in Jennifer's style of writing. It has a strong, sarcastic leading lady who just really wants to find her place in either of her worlds. If you love Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs or Katie MacAlister this book is for you! Look for other books in the Anti-Princess Saga coming soon. Excerpt from back cover: Demons. Can't be around them without wanting to maim them. Can't get them to leave you alone once they have sunken their jagged teeth into you. The wolves were just as bad, but in other ways. They overexerted themselves trying to protect you when you would rather they just back off. Or they just threatened you, sent their cronies to your house and threatened all you love until they got what they wanted. Neither side really seemed able or willing to back off, but this is only half of the story of our ill-fated Princess. The human world was far from what Quartessa had envisioned before the ugly paranormal underbelly had come into view and distorted her scope of the place she had thought normal. But James isn't the only demon she is forced to face this time around when her world transitions into her own private hell as her mother-in-law's past fully catches up with her. With enough to deal with in the world she thought she knew, tensions also begin rising in Kortis when a Zolera traitor is suspected of a royal death. As the body count begins to rise, Quartessa learns that no one is safe from whoever is trying to dismantle her father's land, but no one is safe from accusation either, least of all her. To rid her life of Drina's past debts, find the traitor amongst her kind, and keep her demons at bay, she tries her hardest to juggle the amounting tasks weighing down her mind and causing her to question even herself. In the end, she learns just what it means to do what's right, regardless the steep consequence doing so might entail. In an instant, her world is forever changed. Even in victory, there is often failure.
A counting book in rhyme presents various marine animals and their children, from a mother manatee and her little calf one to a mother octopus and her little babies ten. Complete with a glossary, musical score, and numbers hidden in the illustrations.
This book tells, for the first time, the life story of William Marsh, a little-known but intriguing Revolutionary figure. One of the founders of Vermont and later, a Loyalist, Marsh faced political challenges and strife, violence, a long exile away from his family, and after the war, years of rebuilding and securing his children's futures in a rapidly changing world" -- Back cover.
Research evidence suggests that summer breaks contribute to income-based achievement and opportunity gaps for children and youth. However, summertime can also be used to provide programs that support an array of goals for children and youth, including improved academic achievement, physical health, mental health, social and emotional well-being, the acquisition of skills, and the development of interests. This report is intended to provide practitioners, policymakers, and funders current information about the effectiveness of summer programs designed for children and youth entering grades K-12. Policymakers increasingly expect that the creation of and investment in summer programs will be based on research evidence. Notably, the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) directs schools and districts to adopt programs that are supported by research evidence if those programs are funded by specific federal streams. Although summer programs can benefit children and youth who attend, not all programs result in improved outcomes. RAND researchers identified 43 summer programs with positive outcomes that met the top three tiers of ESSA's evidence standards. These programs were identified through an initial literature search of 3,671 citations and a full-text review of 1,360 documents and address academic learning, learning at home, social and emotional well-being, and employment and career outcomes. The authors summarize the evidence and provide detailed information on each of the 43 programs, focusing on the evidence linking summer programs with outcomes and classifying the programs according to the top three evidence tiers (strong, moderate, or promising evidence) consistent with ESSA and subsequent federal regulatory guidance.
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Witnesses: Jennifer L. Dorn, Admin., Fed. Transit Admin. (FTA); William W. Millar, Pres., Amer. Public Transportation Assoc.; Robert A. Molofsky, General Counsel, Amalgamated Transit Union; & Richard A. White, Gen. Mgr., Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
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