This inspiring memoir by Michael Simmons highlights his mothers efforts to protect her children from her alcoholic, abusive husband. After a DWI results in him losing his job, Michaels father moves his family from Arkansas to Missouri, where losing another job means the family moves to a small house in the Arkansas countryside. His mother takes on picking cotton to earn money for the childrens Christmas presents. Another job loss, another move: the stress and uncertainty in his familys life creates insecurity and loneliness for Mike. He is finally befriended by a woman who takes him to church with her and introduces him to God. The Blue House places Mikes experiences alongside insightful commentary by Dr. Daniel Middlebrooks, who observes the life lessons Mike learns in a manner that guides readers to examine their own lives and find answers to their questions in scripture and self-reflection.
Everyone who listens to music hears a song on the radio or on a CD that they can relate to. Sometimes they relate so much, they sometimes wonder if that artist wrote the song about them. But That's Another Song is about a young man by the name of Rob Baymont. He just recently went through a bad breakup with someone whom he had been seeing for about six years, he loses his job, and because of that almost loses his home. He meets a gentleman at a local pub for drinks and to discuss a possible job, and as he is traveling home on a dark county road he sees a car parked in the parking lot of an old abandoned church. He hears a woman screaming in agony and fright and rushes into the church to find out what's going on, but he's too late. The woman is dragged off and possibly abducted.
Mental health matters. Read that again. Mental health matters for everyone...even black men. As a young black athlete, I have learned this the hard way. Due to a lack of knowledge and also poor coping mechanisms, I got to a point where I learned this lesson. With the use of poetry and honest reflections written in clear language, I share my struggles with identity, heartbreak, loss and grief/death of loved one, stress and even low self-esteem. If you are interested in mental health experience from the male point of view, look no further. I bring you on my journey with the hope that it will help you to find strength.
Now available in paperback. When his millionaire father is accused of murder, only Evan MacAlister can clear his father's name--but only by revealing his own crime.
The War of the Worlds" meets "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" as two kids and one old man prepare to save the world, in this hysterically twisted adventure. Illustrations.
Fifteen-year-old Brett Gerson is a real-life S.R.K. (spoiled rich kid)–the guy you love to hate. Yep, Brett’s pretty much got life in the bag–until his dad is jailed for insider trading, and the family money swirls down the drain. Brett wishes things could go back to the way they were–until some dirty swimming pools change everything.
This book is a tool to assist you in your journey towards your destiny. It identifies perfection and how it relates to every individual. Hopefully you will begin to see yourself different once you understand what God has done for you. I believe that God will reveal things to you, and you will be able to handle the obstacles that have bound and prevented you from moving forward. Everyone has hopes, dreams, and visions of whom or what they would like to become and or do. Somewhere along the way, you were distracted or found yourself overworked and you lost interest in what you had planned. How do you combat that and get back on track? Have you thought about your destiny? This is only a few of the questions that people ask themselves or have been asked by others. We will be discussing these things and others. I am sure you will be enlightened on a number of things you have been challenged with, and hopefully, you will find yourself revived.
Poems from The Sea of Life is a collection of forty poems written by Richard Michael Simmons and published posthumously. This first poetry book contains poems and is part one of a collection of 170 poems written from 1959-1987. These poems capture the emotions and themes of life and their interrelationship with nature. The theme of nature and sea manifest itself in Richard's writings from the inspiration of his life's experiences at sea, the dignity and respect of nature, and the social injustices of mankind during the times in which he lived. His message - adorned with the rhythm of alliteration and the metaphor of the soul - is for all times and all seasons. The art of the written word is not lost on, "the ordinary man who lives by the creative spirit, thinks in images, and dreams in fantasy . . . trying to escape the business of the everyday world." Walt Whitman. Cover: Journey #55, acrylic on canvas, by Rick Rivet
Michael Simmons, Mikey to his boyhood buddies, is a South Philly kid. Growing up a Jew in a predominantly Catholic Italian neighborhood, he learns early that life is a series of alternating feelings of alienation and acceptance.This sets the pattern for his whole life as he becomes a prosecutor in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, even while maintaining his lifelong friendship with Johnny Rags, who has become an important figure in the Philadelphia organized crime scene.Johnny Rags influence with people in high places helps Michael go on to achieve great success as a partner in the city's largest and most prestigious law firm where he becomes a mover and shaker in local politics.At the height of his success, Michael becomes the victim of a dreadful automobile accident in which he suffers brain injuries that destroy his ability to continue his chosen career.In the grip of severe depression, Michael faces the devil in his soul and decides he must do something drastic to reclaim his life, even though it means leaving his loving wife, Harriet, and assuming a new identity.Simmons sets a new goal; to steal a Native American artifact, a golden arrow, now on exhibit as part of a well-guarded display at a posh Phoenix resort. Only the possession of this arrow, he believes, will restore his sanity and purge the devil within.
Insight into collateral management and its increasing relevance in modern banking In the wake of recent financial crises, firms of all sizes have adjusted their policies to incorporate more frequent instances of collateral management. Collateral Management: A Guide to Mitigating Counterparty Risk explains the connection between the need for collateral management in order to alleviate counterparty risk and the actions that firms must take to achieve it. Targeted at middle and back office managers seeking a hands-on explanation of the specifics of collateral management, this book offers a thorough treatment of the subject and attends to details such as internal record management, daily procedures used in making and receiving collateral calls, and settlement-related issues that affect the movements of cash and securities collateral. An expert in financial topics ranging from trade lifecycle to operational risk, author Michael Simmons offers readers insight into a field that, so far, is struggling to produce enough expertise to meet its high demand. Presents hands-on advice and examples from a bestselling, internationally renowned author who introduces his third book on operations and operations-related activities Explains the relationship between collateral management and preventing institutional defaults, such as the recent Lehman Brothers downfall Since 2008, firms have recognized and embraced the importance of collateral management, but this book will provide practitioners with a deeper understanding and appreciation of its relevance.
Chased by the monsters of her reality and those of her mind, Jasmin Zelle is on the run. Betrayed by her partner and captured by those who should protect her, she is forced to throw away principle and ideals she once stood to protect. Fighting a drug addiction, her deteriorating life, and complete insanity, she is forced to ask herself an impossible question. When you have no life left to fight for, is the fight even worth it?
The only comprehensive account of operational risk in securities settlements Securities Operations focuses on the settlement aspects of a securities transaction. As financial analysts make a greater effort toward quantifying and managing operational risk, they are paying more attention to securities transactions in general and to the settlement phase in particular. While describing the practical issues, this book enumerates the different "back office" related risks potentially encountered throughout the settlement. Simmons also covers more advanced topics such as derivatives, trade compensation, internal allocation of funding costs, and operational performance measurement. Michael Simmons (London, UK) is currently Head of Business Consultancy at Wilco International, a major software systems provider to the financial markets. Over the years, financial professionals around the world have looked to the Wiley Finance series and its wide array of bestselling books for the knowledge, insights, and techniques that are essential to success in financial markets. As the pace of change in financial markets and instruments quickens, Wiley Finance continues to respond. With critically acclaimed books by leading thinkers on value investing, risk management, asset allocation, and many other critical subjects, the Wiley Finance series provides the financial community with information they want. Written to provide professionals and individuals with the most current thinking from the best minds in the industry, it is no wonder that the Wiley Finance series is the first and last stop for financial professionals looking to increase their financial expertise.
Solve the mystery to find out why the newly planted trees are falling down in Snordom, a town of the most civilized Boars. Also uncover the surprising answers on how the townsfolk fixed the problem.
Corporate actions are events that affect large corporations through to the individual investor - even those that own a single-share! All organizations that hold equity and debt securities for themselves and/or on behalf of others are affected when the issuer of a security announces an income or corporate action event. The successful management of the array of different event types requires understanding of the inherent risks, and tight controls at critical points in the event lifecycle. The management of income and corporate action events are important and essential parts of the securities industry business. Written by authors with many years experience within this sector, Corporate Actions: A Guide to Securities Event Management sets out to demystify the subject and provides a thorough, step-by-step introduction to corporate actions and income events. Corporate Actions is a comprehensive source for understanding a major component of operational processing. The individual components and their relation to each other within the corporate actions lifecycle are explained in detail, through which the reader will gain a clear and thorough understanding of the lifecycle together with potential processing risks and the strategies to mitigate Corporate Actions is essential reading for all those involved in the securities industry, from new recruits to those involved in both the day-to-day operations process and those within executive management. It will also prove invaluable to those providing consultancy and software solutions to the securities industry. Corporate Actions is the first major work on this subject. Many people within the securities industry have heard of corporate actions - many people know they can be highly risky - many organizations have lost vast sums of cash in attempting to process them - very few understand them!
The award-winning Simmons Hall, completed in 2002, is Steven Holl's 'vertical slice of a city', an urban microcosm on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus. Motivated by the sea sponge and the idea of porosity, Holl invents a highly innovative structure that inspires its residents and compels them to revel in the unexpected. Immense interior voids, irregular and arrhythmic geometrical holes that form unexpected public spaces, as well as extraordinarily adaptable modular wooden furnisings, create a kinetic work-in-progress to be dictated by one's experience of the space and the whims of its occupants. Holl, whose tactile architecture has been celebrated as 'buildings that satisfy the spirit as well as the eye', has channeled his love of sculptural shapes, details, and inventive and original use of light, space, color, and material in Simmons Hall to find its rightful place in the company of Alvar Aalto's Baker House, and Eero Saarinen's chapel and his Kresge Auditorium at MIT. [This book] features extensive photographic documentation by Andy Ryan of the construction and finished project. These images are accompanied by an exhaustive graphic presentation of sketches, model, rendering, and working drawings, interviews with Holl, and commentary from architects and critics that examine both the technical and cultural significance of this important structure"--Back cover.
Many educators already know that hip-hop can be a powerful tool for engaging students. But can hip-hop save our schools—and our society? Hip-Hop Genius 2.0 introduces an iteration of hip-hop education that goes far beyond studying rap music as classroom content. Through stories about the professional rapper who founded the first hip-hop high school and the aspiring artists currently enrolled there, Sam Seidel lays out a vision for how hip-hop’s genius—the resourceful creativity and swagger that took it from a local phenomenon to a global force—can lead to a fundamental remix of the way we think of teaching, school design, and leadership. This 10-year anniversary edition welcomes two new contributing authors, Tony Simmons and Michael Lipset, who bring direct experience running the High School for Recording Arts. The new edition includes new forewords from some of the most prominent names in education and hip-hop, reflections on ten more years of running a hip-hop high school, updates to every chapter from the first edition, details of how the school navigated the unprecedented complexities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and uprising in response to the murder of George Floyd, and an inspiring new concluding chapter that is a call to action for the field.
(Guitar Reference). Foreword by C.F. Martin IV. This comprehensive guide explains how to buy and maintain the guitar that matches your needs. From its beginning in European classical music, through American innovations like blues, jazz, country, and all the way to rock, pop and folk, the acoustic guitar's versatility is remarkable. This book covers all types of models with an emphasis placed on steel-string flattops, archtops and classical guitars. Topics covered include: How to tell the difference between a good sounding and bad sounding instrument; How much of the sound is determined by the wood; How to amplify and maintain its natural sound; How much money to spend in order to get an instrument that matches your level of playing; A color section illustrates historically significant instruments.
As the United States creates the Space Force as a service within the Department of the Air Force, RAND assessed which units to bring into the Space Force, analyzed career field sustainability, and drew lessons from other defense organizations. The report focuses on implications for effectiveness, efficiency, independence, and sense of identity for the new service.
The congregation is not tired, they are just bored to death. Wake up your congregation with sticky, interesting messages. Learn the not so secrets of the most impacting preachers of our day.
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