Love happens in this instant tale when a young, young girl meets a boy who is very off into his world of pride, joy, and the comfort of wealth. Being open about life and their journey together as friends they grow up believing they would be together forever...until a tragedy befalls their small town. Separated from their loved ones they make it through with the help of the people who loved them. Will death be their final blow? Will they survive the torment of separation? And, will they find each other?
Connie, Lyndsey, Stable, and Ashley had found a bond of friendship that led them to set out on a journey and escape the horrible torture of the facility. Set out on an island and surrounded by the forest; this scenic place is a deserted town with old brick houses that's located in some parts of New York. Mainly Staten Island, New York, which is the place where they hold the captives free and freed the slaves. Divided by racism and religion they must seek refuge while being overruled and underprivileged. They have been freezing their minds to stay under the controlled government that put them in a scare while going home isn't an option. Falling head over hills with love, a racial government who refuses to let love be together is throwing love out of the picture. This is life, family, love, and freedom.
Foreword by Cameron Diaz A raw and heartening memoir of one woman’s journey from surviving childhood sexual abuse to becoming one of the most successful stuntwomen in Hollywood. “Reading Kimberly Shannon Murphy’s searing and vividly told memoir is like watching a gripping work of cinema verité: each scene demands our attention as the plot moves towards its dramatic conclusion. A powerful and inspiring story of suffering and shame, resilience and redemption.”—Gabor Maté M.D., New York Times bestselling author of The Myth of Normal “Piece by piece, the on-site medic tweezes the shards of candy glass from my face. I don’t mind the stinging. I don’t flinch.” As an award-winning stuntwoman, Kimberly Shannon Murphy was intimate with pain. For years, she propelled her body through dangerous spaces—medicating the trauma of her childhood sexual abuse with the adrenaline rush that came from pushing herself to the absolute limit. But as Kimberly learned, no matter how much you suppress your past, it always catches up with you. In Glimmer, Kimberly details her remarkable journey to the top of her field as a Hollywood stuntwoman for many A-list celebrities, including Cameron Diaz, Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, Taylor Swift, and Sandra Bullock, while carrying the pain of her childhood of sexual abuse in a family that refused to acknowledge its reality. In her beautifully written, unflinchingly honest memoir, Kimberly reflects on her past and present, chronicling her path to recovery and calculating the long shadow of trauma. Glimmer is the story of one woman’s quest to reclaim her life and to shine a spotlight on the dark topic of intergenerational familial abuse. As Kimberly reveals, being strong isn’t about getting your black belt, leaping out of four-story buildings, or putting 200-pound stuntmen in chokeholds—it’s about waking up every single morning and choosing to love yourself, no matter your history. A heroic and hopeful story of stolen innocence, pain, courage, and survival, Glimmer is an emotional roadmap for others who have suffered abuse and childhood trauma, offering them hope, healing, and inspiration.
Watch a webcast on the new edition Coming in Fall 2015 The ASQ: SE-2(TM) questionnaires are the most cost-effective, reliable way to screen young children for social-emotional issues in the first 6 years of life. Now in a NEW second edition, the 9 age-appropriate questionnaires (2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48, and 60 months) effectively screen 7 key social-emotional areas: self-regulation, compliance, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, social-communication, and interaction with people. What's New in ASQ: SE-2 ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires are better than ever, with helpful new features like: New 2 month questionnaire: Reliably screen and start monitoring children as young as 1 month, so critical interventions can start earlier. Screen through kindergarten: Now you can screen children from 1-72 months with no gaps, so you can use ASQ: SE-2 through kindergarten and the transition to school. New behavior and communication items designed to elicit parent concerns that may point to autism and early communication issues. New data and cutoffs: ASQ: SE-2 is based on updated research and a large sample size of more than 14,000 diverse children. New monitoring zone that clearly identifies children who are close to the cutoff and should be monitored and rescreened. Questionnaire items revised and refined based on user feedback, to help parents provide the best responses. Sturdy, convenient new box with a handle for easy portability. How to Use ASQ: SE-2 Questionnaires Fast and easy to use, ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires take just 10-15 minutes for parents to complete. First, parents fill out the questionnaire, checking the response that best describes their childa s behavior: "often or always, sometimes, " or" rarely or never." Clear questions help parents complete the questionnaires quickly and accurately, and open-ended questions ask about any related parental concerns. Professionals score the questionnaire in just 2-3 minutes, and then transfer a total score to a simple summary sheet along with any concerns the parent has noted. The summary sheet, a visual indicator of social emotional development and parent concerns, indicates whether any followup should be considered. Total scores that fall in the grapha s range of Risk (dark shaded zone) indicate the child may need further evaluation. NEW A total score in the new a monitoringa zone (light shaded area) helps identify children that may require followup actions based on items of concern. Professionals can work with parents to address behaviors of concern and provide social-emotional development information sheets and activities to help their child make progress before the next screening. Scores outside the shaded zones mean the childa s social-emotional development appears to be developing on schedule. Parents can monitor their childa s development by rescreening at the next ASQ: SE-2 interval. When you purchase a box of ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires, youa ll get photocopiable master copies on paper "and " printable PDF master copies on CD-ROM--so you and your staff will always have the format you want, right at your fingertips. Convenient, easy online completion and management for ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires are both available with the purchase of ASQ Online. ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires are also available in Spanish. Learn more about ASQ: SE-2 and its companion developmental screener, ASQ-3(TM) --the valid, reliable, and trusted tool for screening children during the crucial first 5A1/2 years of life.
Achieve bottom-line results with this authoritative guide to quality improvement techniques FOCUSED QUALITY Managing for Results Even the best total quality efforts can go down the drain if they are misdirected, unsupported, or poorly implemented. Now, with the help of this eye-opening guide, you will learn how to avoid common errors made by organizations attempting quality improvement techniques. Using the authors' Focused Quality Management (FQM) approach, you will see the higher quality, lower cost, and increased customer satisfaction that you expect. Key features of Focused Quality: Managing for Results include: * Detailed explanation of the steps in the FQM improvement process: Prepare, Plan, Deploy, Transition * Guidance for focusing quality initiatives--from the vision to specific process improvement projects * Techniques for identifying those processes that have the greatest impact on business success * Methods for managing and tracking process improvement teams as they carry out improvement initiatives * Diagnostic tools for troubleshooting quality initiative problems * A wealth of real-world examples to illustrate applications, techniques, tools, and concepts An indispensable resource for sustaining quality initiatives or for getting them back on track, Focused Quality: Managing for Results is must reading for all managers in industry, services, health care, and government.
These 21 questionnaires provides a low-cost, reliable way to screen infants and young children for developmental delays or concerns in the first 5 years of life.
Kids on the Doorstep Kimberly Van Meter Three bedraggled, neglected little girls bring out John Murphy's fiercest protective instincts. When their mother shows up, he's ready to do battle. But Renee Dolling wants to make up for past mistakes. She'll prove she's the mother her daughters deserve and the woman this rancher needs. Cop on Loan Jeannie Watt Playing bodyguard to a librarian is not the career move big-city cop Tony DeMonte had in mind - especially with Jasmine Storm endangering herself every other day. He can't stay in this small town forever, can he? Jasmine may just change his mind...
Watch a webcast on the new edition! Coming in Fall 2015! The ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires are the most cost-effective, reliable way to screen young children for social-emotional issues in the first 6 years of life. Now in a NEW second edition, the 9 age-appropriate questionnaires (2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48, and 60 months) effectively screen 7 key social-emotional areas: self-regulation, compliance, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, social-communication, and interaction with people. What's New in ASQ: SE-2 The Spanish ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires are better than ever, with helpful new features like: Updated Spanish translation that went through a rigorous vetting process by Spanish language experts, so the questionnaires are appropriate across dialects spoken in the US. New 2 month questionnaire: Reliably screen and start monitoring children as young as 1 month, so critical interventions can start earlier. Screen through kindergarten: Now you can screen children from 1 72 months with no gaps, so you can use ASQ: SE-2 through kindergarten and the transition to school. New behavior and communication items designed to elicit parent concerns that may point to autism and early communication issues. New data and cutoffs: ASQ: SE-2 is based on updated research and a large sample size of more than 14,000 diverse children. New monitoring zone that clearly identifies children who are close to the cutoff and should be monitored and rescreened. Questionnaire items revised and refined based on user feedback, to help parents provide the best responses. Sturdy, convenient new box with a handle for easy portability. How to Use ASQ: SE-2 Questionnaires Fast and easy to use, ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires take just 10 15 minutes for parents to complete. First, parents fill out the questionnaire, checking the response that best describes their childa s behavior: "often or always, sometimes, " or" rarely or never." Clear questions help parents complete the questionnaires quickly and accurately, and open-ended questions ask about any related parental concerns. Professionals score the questionnaire in just 2 3 minutes, and then transfer a total score to a simple summary sheet along with any concerns the parent has noted. The summary sheet, a visual indicator of social emotional development and parent concerns, indicates whether any followup should be considered. Total scores that fall in the grapha s range of Risk (dark shaded zone) indicate the child may need further evaluation. NEW! A total score in the new a monitoringa zone (light shaded area) helps identify children that may require followup actions based on items of concern. Professionals can work with parents to address behaviors of concern and provide social-emotional development information sheets and activities to help their child make progress before the next screening. Scores outside the shaded zones mean the childa s social-emotional development appears to be developing on schedule. Parents can monitor their childa s development by rescreening at the next ASQ: SE-2 interval. When you purchase a box of ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires, youa ll get photocopiable master copies on paper "and " printablePDF master copies on CD-ROM so you and your staff will always have the format you want, right at your fingertips. Convenient, easy online completion and management for ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires are both available with the purchase of ASQ Online. ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires are also available in English. Learn more about ASQ: SE-2 and its companion developmental screener, ASQ-3 the valid, reliable, and trusted tool for screening children during the crucial first 5A1/2 years of life.
Add the excitement of puppets to your alphabet instruction! You'll get step-by-step instructions to make a simple puppet for each letter of the alphabet, a mini poster with a rhyme or song for the featured letter, two activities that use the puppet to build letter knowledge and phonemic awareness, and timesaving patterns.
Watch the ASQ: SE-2 webinar series! This convenient Starter Kit includes everything you need to start screening children with ASQ: SE-2: a box of 9 photocopiable paper masters of the questionnaires and scoring sheets, a CD-ROM with printable PDF questionnaires, the ASQ: SE-2 User's Guide, and a free ASQ: SE-2 Quick Start Guide. What's New in ASQ: SE-2 ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires are better than ever, with helpful new features like: New 2 month questionnaire: Reliably screen and start monitoring children as young as 1 month, so critical interventions can start earlier. Screen through kindergarten: Now you can screen children from 1 72 months with no gaps, so you can use ASQ: SE-2 through kindergarten and the transition to school. New behavior and communication items designed to elicit parent concerns that may point to autism and early communication issues. New data and cutoffs: ASQ: SE-2 is based on updated research and a large sample size of more than 14,000 diverse children. New monitoring zone that clearly identifies children who are close to the cutoff and should be monitored and rescreened. Questionnaire items revised and refined based on user feedback, to help parents provide the best responses. Sturdy, convenient new box with a handle for easy portability. The Starter Kit is part of the ASQ: SE-2 screening system. ASQ: SE-2 is the NEW edition of the bestselling screener trusted to uncover possible social-emotional issues as early as possible during the crucial first 6 years of life. The 9 age-appropriate ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires effectively screen 7 key developmental areas: self-regulation, compliance, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, social-communication, and interaction with people. Convenient, easy online completion and management for ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires are both available with the purchase of ASQ Online. Learn more about ASQ: SE-2 and its companion developmental screener, ASQ-3 the valid, reliable, and trusted tool for screening children during the crucial first 51/2 years of life.
Watch the ASQ: SE-2 webinar series! Everything you need to start screening children from Spanish-speaking families with ASQ: SE-2, this Spanish Starter Kit includes a box of 9 photocopiable print masters of the Spanish questionnaires and scoring sheets, a CD-ROM with printable PDF Spanish questionnaires, the ASQ: SE-2 User's Guide in English with all key letters, forms, handouts, and forms in Spanish, and a FREE ASQ: SE-2 Quick Start Guide in Spanish. What's New in ASQ: SE-2 ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires are better than ever, with helpful new features like: New 2 month questionnaire: Reliably screen and start monitoring children as young as 1 month, so critical interventions can start earlier. Screen through kindergarten: Now you can screen children from 1 72 months with no gaps, so you can use ASQ: SE-2 through kindergarten and the transition to school. New behavior and communication items designed to elicit parent concerns that may point to autism and early communication issues. New data and cutoffs: ASQ: SE-2 is based on updated research and a large sample size of more than 14,000 diverse children. New monitoring zone that clearly identifies children who are close to the cutoff and should be monitored and rescreened. Updated Spanish translation vetted by Spanish language experts Sturdy, convenient new box with a handle for easy portability. The Spanish Starter Kit part of the ASQ: SE-2 screening system. ASQ: SE-2 is the NEW edition of the bestselling screener trusted to uncover possible social-emotional issues as early as possible during the crucial first 6 years of life. The 9 age-appropriate ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires effectively screen 7 key developmental areas: self-regulation, compliance, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, social-communication, and interaction with people. Convenient, easy online completion and management for ASQ: SE-2 questionnaires are both available with the purchase of ASQ Online. Learn more about ASQ: SE-2 and its companion developmental screener, ASQ-3 the valid, reliable, and trusted tool for screening children during the crucial first 51/2 years of life.
This exciting new series leads to skill mastery and higher scores on the New York State Test! New York State Coach, Empire Edition is test-focused with 100% alignment To The Performance Indicators, and covers all ELA requirements and assessed material. With in-depth instruction, students will carefully develop the ELA skills they need to succeed on the challenging New York State Test! Guided and Independent Practice allow students to apply new skills and strategies; 4-page lessons zero in on essential topics covered on the New York State Test; Comprehensive reading and listening sections expand on critical literary elements; Writing sections prepare students for test writing prompts in grades 4, 6 and 8, Grade-appropriate practice questions encompass multiple choice, short response, extended response, graphic organizers, and editing paragraphs
From the bestselling author of The Marriage Lie comes a riveting new novel of suspense about a woman who must decide just how far she’ll go to escape the person she once loved Beth Murphy is on the run… For nearly a year, Beth has been planning for her escape. She's thought through everything -- a new look, new name and new city -- because one small slip and her husband will find her. Sabine Hardison is missing… A couple hundred miles away, Jeffrey returns home from a work trip to find his wife, Sabine, is missing. Wherever she is, she’s taken almost nothing with her. Her abandoned car is the only evidence the police have, and all signs point to foul play. As the police search for leads, the case becomes more and more convoluted. Sabine’s carefully laid plans for her future indicate trouble at home, and a husband who would be better off with her gone. But are things really as clear cut as they seem? Where is Sabine? And who is Beth? The only thing that’s certain is that someone is lying and the truth won’t stay buried for long. Don't miss bestselling author Kimberly Belle's next deeply addictive thriller, The Personal Assistant—where she explores the dark side of the digital world when a mommy-blogger’s assistant goes missing! Look for these other pulse-pounding thrillers by Kimberly Belle: The Marriage Lie The Last Breath Stranger in the Lake My Darling Husband Three Days Missing The Ones We Trust
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