Monica Thompson takes you through a piece of her life's journey and allows you to glimpse into the loss of her family at the age of two, the finding of her true soul mate, and the discovery of her purpose in life - to help hurting and needful people. It was through her love of shopping that Monica found Hope's Closet, a retail and donation center for the Women's Center of East Texas. By shopping at Hope's Closet, and other places like Hope's, Monica found she can help others, while purchasing items for her family. Join her on this journey.
Many women dream of meeting and marrying the right man but are you the woman Mr. Right is dreaming of meeting and marrying? Prayers for Me before We is a 21-day prayer journal that encourages you to pray about and reflect on where you are when it comes to the topics of faith, courage, friendships, submission, mental health and much more.
Some men dream of meeting and marrying the right woman but are you the man Ms. Right is dreaming of meeting and marrying? Prayers for Me before We is a 21-day prayer journal that encourages you to pray about and reflect on where you are when it comes to the topics of faith, courage, friendships, submission, mental health and much more.
Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who had a stroke and had to be rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. When she woke up, she discovered that the stroke had left her face disfigured. She had twisted lips. She started to cry and her husband tried to comfort her. He bent over to kiss her and made a shocking discovery. It didn't work. He missed her lips. The same lips he had kissed a million times before. He bent over a second time determined to express his love. This time he manipulated and twisted his lips to accommodate hers. He made contact and she knew just how much he loved her. As a result of crime, drugs and violence, many of our children have twisted lips. We can't reach them with traditional middle class curriculums or conventional teaching techniques. We need a fresh, new, innovative approach. We must be prepared to twist our lips to accommodate theirs. Many of them have rejected the American Dream of getting ahead by getting a good education and working hard. They see that the American Dream didn't work for their kin and they have no reason to believe it will work for them. They also see a disproportionate number of their family members and friends going to prison. As a result, they question the fairness of the criminal justice system and their equality under the law. Many of them choose gangs, drugs and crime out of desperation before they realize the life altering consequences of these choices. Making Choices And Facing Consequences is designed to: 1) promote the development of personal self-management skills; 2) teach readers what constitutes unlawful and risky behavior and how to avoid dangerous and unsafe situations; and 3) promote responsiblecitizenship and behavior standards. Fifteen of the resource units in this book consist of real life stories about children and young adults. The stories revolve around gangs, drugs, violent crimes, property crimes and sexual assaults. Each story builds to a point of importance and then presents the character(s) with critical choices. Our message is delivered through these stories. The beauty of the program is the power of these stories, the way they are told, the way they engage the students, and the teaching opportunities they create.
For years I have lived my life taking care of my home, children, working and taking care of people with disabilities. Until one day without warning I was in an auto accident and my life changed forever. Having close to twenty-one surgeries and months of therapy and not only healing up my injuries, I lost the use of my arms and hands for three years. I am not one to give up and continued to search for help until I found a doctor that gave my arms and hands back to me. While healing my injuries and being in excruciating pain and taking medication for this, death was a real possibility. On the morning of April 16th, 1998 chronic pain had taken over. I was forty-nine years old and now the pain became my death. I found myself out of my physical body and found my transition from life to death and felt more alive than ever before. My journey took me through darkness with angels escorting me to the center of heaven where I was introduced to God. God embraced me with his light and healed me and led me to love. God also took me on a journey to visit the heavenly realm. I met the greeting party that came forward. The events that followed were proof of life after my physical death. I am sharing my photographic recollections of my journey to heaven. There is Peace, Gods Pure Love, and the visible world that no one can see from earth. God sent me back with messages for the people of the world and He also sent me back with the message of Love. God also sent back his light in my soul so I could call upon him when I put the thought in my mind. God gave me the gift to travel to His light. My journey to heaven is very vivid. There is a Loving Light that waits for everyone. The process of dying is very joyful and peaceful. Near death experiences are very real. I am one of Gods chosen ones, able to go from life, to death, and back to life again. I am able to tell others about Gods world and all of the beautiful things in it (and how to change the world that everyone lives in here on earth). The few minutes that I spent in heaven with God, the Angels, the Greeting Party and the journey God took me on through His Paradise, have changed my behavior and attitude toward death.
This drug education and crime prevention program is designed to: 1) promote the development of personal self-management skills through decision making exercises that allow young adults to examine real life situations and consider the choices and consequences presented by each situation; 2) teaching young adults what constitutes unlawful and risky behavior and how to avoid dangerous and unsafe situations; and 3) promote responsible citizenship and appropriate behavior standards"--Page x.
This drug education and crime prevention program is designed to: 1) promote the development of personal self-management skills through decision making exercises that allow young adults to examine real life situations and consider the choices and consequences presented by each situation; 2) teach young adults what constitutes unlawful and risky behavior and how to avoid dangerous and unsafe situations; and 3) promote responsible citizenship and appropriate behavior standards"--Page viii.
Find out about the adventures of sailors who hunted whales in the 1800s and what products were made from whale oil and whale parts. (Set of 6 with Teacher's Guide and Comprehension Question Card)
Being brought up by an overbearing, competitive mother has left Virginia with an altered view of men and relationships. She rushed in to marriage to escape her mother, but her new husband, Joe, is difficult and unpredictable, but Virginia is determined to make their relationship work. When Joe reveals a darker side that twists married life into something damaging, drawing her into one humiliating situation after another, Virginia is forced to admit that her romantic dream has turned into a nightmare. First published in 1956, The Angel in the Corner is a book about suffering, endurance, and ultimately, strength.
Nestled in the quiet hills of Vermonts Green Mountains lies the shire town of Hyde Park. Located in the heart of Lamoille County, its vibrant history reflects the essence of small-town culture, community, and pride. Chartered in 1781 and first settled by John McDaniel in 1787, the town was named after Capt. Jedidiah Hyde, who settled in town with his family from Norwich, Connecticut. One of Vermonts former governors, Carroll S. Page, was an integral part in the towns development in the late 1800s as he was successful in establishing the worlds largest calfskin factory. Surviving the flood of 1927 and the hurricane of 1938, the town in the 1900s experienced growth in business and prosperity. Through vintage photographs of tree-lined streets, mountain views, dairy farms, mills, churches, schools, and the people who bring the very essence of this community to life, Hyde Park celebrates the spirit of this historic town.
This book provides a critical survey of the gothic texts of late twentieth-century and contemporary Scottish women writers including Kate Atkinson, Ellen Galford, A.L. Kennedy, Ali Smith and Emma Tennant focusing on four themes: quests and other worlds, w
Packed with case studies and practical real-world examples, Electricity Marginal Cost Pricing Principles allows regulators, engineers and energy economists to choose the pricing model that best fits their individual market. Written by an author with 13 years of practical experience, the book begins with a clear and rigorous explanation of the theory of efficient pricing and how it impacts investor-owned, publicly-owned, and cooperatively-owned utilities using tried and true methods such as multiple-output, functional form, and multiproduct cost models. The author then moves on to include self-contained chapters on applying estimating cost models, including a cubic cost specification and policy implications while supplying actual data and examples to allow regulators, energy economists, and engineers to get a feel for the methods with which efficient prices are derived in today's challenging electricity market. A guide to cost issues surrounding the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity Clearly explains cost models which can yield the marginal cost of supplying electricity to end-users Real-world examples that are practical, meaningful, and easy to understand Explans the policy implications of each example Provide suggestions to aid in the formation of the optimal market price
From organic produce and clothing to socially conscious investing and eco-tourism, the lifestyles of health and sustainability, or LOHAS, movement encompasses diverse products and practices intended to contribute to a more sustainable lifestyle for people and the planet. In The Gospel of Sustainability, Monica M. Emerich explores the contemporary spiritual expression of this green cultural shift at the confluence of the media and the market. This is the first book to qualitatively study the LOHAS marketplace and the development of a discourse of sustainability of the self and the social and natural worlds. Emerich draws on myriad sources related to the notions of mindful consumption found throughout the LOHAS marketplace, including not just products and services but marketing materials, events, lectures, regulatory policies, and conversations with leaders and consumers. These disparate texts, she argues, universally project a spiritual message about personal and planetary health that is in turn reforming capitalism by making consumers more conscious.
Although born Giuseppe Guttovergi to a poor, immigrant Italian family, it was as Paul Creston that Giuseppe rose to prominence, becoming one of the most widely performed American composers. Rhythm was a continued subject of research for this composer, and by 1945 he had established a terminology of rhythmic structures, which he observed both in his music and the music of other composers, even writing two books on the subject. This volume presents for the first time a complete descriptive account of the life of the composer, as well as access to currently available materials by and about him.
Reducing greenhouse gases and increasing the use of renewable energy continue to be critical goals for the power industry and electrical engineers to promote energy cost reductions. Engineers and researchers must keep up to date with the evolution of the power system sector, new energy regulations, and how different pricing techniques apply in today’s market. Electricity Cost Modeling Calculations, Second Edition delivers an updated view on pricing models, regulation, technology and the role renewable energy is starting to take in electricity. Starting with fundamental concepts relating to market structure, an increase in international regulations is added to expand the engineer’s knowledge. Cubic cost modeling and new modeling cases are included along with updated literature reviews for deeper research. The reference then extends into more advanced quantitative methods such as updated rate designs, and a new chapter is included on the marginal cost pricing of electricity in the United States with applications to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, making the reference relevant for today’s power markets. This book provides engineers with a practical guide on the latest techniques in electricity pricing and applications for today’s markets. Provides updates on international regulations and the role of renewable energy sources Presents foundational concepts and advanced quantitative aspects including updated practical case studies Discusses the appropriate rate/tariff structure for more efficient use of electricity and renewable options
While earlier theorists held up "experience" as the defining character of installation art, few people have had the opportunity to walk through celebrated installation pieces from the past. Instead, installation art of the past is known through archival photographs that limit, define, and frame the experience of the viewer. Monica E. McTighe argues that the rise of photographic-based theories of perception and experience, coupled with the inherent closeness of installation art to the field of photography, had a profound impact on the very nature of installation art, leading to a flood of photography- and film-based installations. With its close readings of specific works, Framed Spaces will appeal to art historians and theorists across a broad spectrum of the visual arts.
This handbook is a comprehensive collection of measures and assessment tools intended for use by researchers and clinicians that work with people with problem eating behaviors, obese clients, and the associated psychological issues that underlie these problems.
Constructing African Art Histories for the Lagoons of C?d'Ivoire is an investigation of the methods employed by art historians who study creative production in Africa. While providing insights into the rich visual arts of the Lagoon Peoples of southeastern C?d'Ivoire, this study is one of the few attempts by an Africanist to situate local and regional artistic practices in the context of the global art market, and to trace the varied receptions an African art work is given as it leaves a local context and enters an international one. Drawing on her three seasons of fieldwork among Akan populations in C?d'Ivoire, Monica Blackmun Vison?rovides a comprehensive account of a major art-producing region of Africa, and explores such topics as gender roles in performance, the role of sculpture in divination, and the interchange of arts and ideas across ethnic boundaries. The book also addresses issues inherent in research practices, such as connoisseurship and participant observation, and examines theoretical positions that have had an impact on the discipline of African art history.
Health-related disparities remain a persistent, serious problem across the nation's more than 60 million rural residents. Rural Populations and Health provides an overview of the critical issues surrounding rural health and offers a strong theoretical and evidence-based rationale for rectifying rural health disparities in the United States. This edited collection includes a comprehensive examination of myriad issues in rural health and rural health care services, as well as a road map for reducing disparities, building capacity and collaboration, and applying prevention research in rural areas. This textbook offers a review of rural health systems in Colorado, Kentucky, Alabama, and Iowa, and features contributions from key leaders in rural public health throughout the United States. Rural Populations and Health examines vital health issues such as: Health assessment Strategies for building rural coalitions Promoting rural adolescent health Rural food disparities Promoting oral health in rural areas Physical activity in rural communities Preventing farm-related injuries Addressing mental health issues Cancer prevention and control in rural communities Reducing rural tobacco use Rural Populations and Health is an important resource for students, faculty, and researchers in public health, preventive medicine, public health nursing, social work, and sociology.
Inspired by a true story, the compelling tale of a child who arrives in America on the slave ship Amistad describes her capture, her witness to a mutiny and the Supreme Court trial that prompts her return to Africa.
This book investigates one of the major issues that runs through the history of Italian Judaism in the aftermath of emancipation: the correlation between integration, seen as the acquisition of citizenship and culture without renouncing Jewish identity, and assimilation, intended as an open refusal of Judaism of any participation in the community. On account of that correlation, identity has become one of the crucial problems in the history of the Italian Jewish community. This volume aims to discuss the setting of construction and formation--the family-- and focuses on women's experiences, specifically. Indeed, women were called through emancipation to ensure the continuity of Jewish religious and cultural heritage. It speaks to the growing interest for Women's and Gender Studies in Italy, and for the research on women's organizations which testify to the strong presence of Jewish women in the emancipation movement. These women formed a sisterhood that fought to obtain rights that were until then only accorded to men, and they were deeply socially engaged in such a way that was crucial to the overall process of the integration of Jews into Italian society.
This book covers the application of psychological principles and techniques to situations and problems of aviation. It offers an overview of the role psychology plays in aviation, system design, selection and training of pilots, characteristics of pilots, safety, and passenger behavior. It covers concepts of psychological research and data analysis and shows how these tools are used in the development of new psychological knowledge. The new edition offers material on physiological effects on pilot performance, a new chapter on aviation physiology, more material on fatigue, safety culture, mental health and safety, as well as practical examples and exercises after each chapter.
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