This is a story that addresses the many conflicts that teens are faced with today. It follows the story of a young woman, Delphina, who shares how her first year of college created a lot of changes for herself and how she learned to overcome her identity quandary. The story is seen from her perspective and how she learned to deal with the numerous things college life had to offer her, including love, acceptance, family issues and many more issues that can come up for people in gaining their independence.
Editors Charles E. Hill and Frank A. James III bring together a group of evangelical biblical scholars and historical and systematic theologians to explore the doctrine of the atonement for a new millennium.
A crash course in designing and constructing buildings Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of architecture into tedious discourse that would put even Frank Gehry to sleep. Architecture 101 cuts out the boring explanations, and instead provides a hands-on lesson that keeps you engaged as you explore the world's greatest structures. Featuring only the most important facts, building styles, and architects, you'll enjoy uncovering the remarkable world of architecture with this book. Inside, you'll also find fascinating elements like: Illustrations of popular building styles, such as Georgian and Greek Revival Drawings of the essential parts of different buildings Unique profiles of the most inspirational figures in architecture From Norman Foster and Frank Lloyd Wright to the Beauvais Cathedral and the Empire State Building, Architecture 101 is packed with hundreds of entertaining architecture tidbits that you can't get anywhere else!
The current situation in Europe seems to emphasize that our modern society is still not ready to accept migration as an important part of human history. Instead of welcoming immigrants and refugees with open arms, state power is trying to restrict asylum for those who are in need. The reasons, why people leave their home countries are different: human trafficking, prosecution, war, or just the hope for a better future. Despite the ethical and moral perspective and the duty of a modern democratic state to support those in need, restrictions and limitations of civil rights often seem to be the sole answer. While the members of the European Union are accusing each other, a solution for the problem of refugee migration is far away. The relationship between migration and state power has always been difficult. To highlight its history the third volume of Global Humanities deals with the philosophy and the history of this interrelationship as well as its reception in popular media. It analyzes the difficulties with regard to migration and state power from Huguenot France to Korea and Taiwan after 1945. Furthermore, by providing historical case studies, it shows that the problems of migration movements are not new at all and that there have always been similarities with regard to the reaction to those movements, which more than resembles the actual situation in Europe and other parts of the world.
The Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway" is an essential resource for anyone visiting this 469-mile parkway. This mile-by-mile driving guide highlights the key points found along the parkway, including trailheads, overlooks, and historical sites.
This dynamic series captures the spirit of each country through accurate, easy to-read text combined with photographs It explores the culture and history of each nation from nature and sport, to language and religion.
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 1,3, San Diego State University, language: English, abstract: 1. Bank of America presentation and major activities, 2. Choice of four factors and explanation, 3. Possible impacts on Bank of America due to the regulatory changes, 4. References.
The Effervescent Frank Lloyd Wright isnat an architectural book, nor a biography, nor a serious book (though written in all seriousness). It is a lighthearted, rambling exposition, elucidated in no chronology: from the serious AIA to the more joyful music, jealousy and egotistic chapters. This talkative book is meant to be entertainingasometimes with a firm (burst of) laughter, sometimes deeply sorrowful. Storms isnat concerned about her book being too gossipy, for Wright has himself to blame. This volume is, like Wright, effervescent (bubbling, scintillating, sparkling, lively). It was hard not to idolize/idealize the brilliance of Wrighta]and Storms didnat succeed. The book also contains a bulky aCourse of Lifea that isaas a tribute to the recalcitrant architectawritten in reverse. It discusses colorful details, without aspiring to be an exhaustive biography.
The United States is at a time of promise for historic transformation in mental health care. For decades, systemic problems have persisted-including high levels of unmet need, underdevelopment of community-based supports, and inequities in access and quality of care. In 2019, only 45 percent of people with a mental illness received any mental health treatment. This translates to unmet need for more than 30 million Americans. Additionally, despite similar levels of mental health care need, racial/ethnic minorities in the United States are about half as likely to use mental health care as non-Hispanic Whites. There are also striking geographic variations in availability of mental health specialty care, with rural areas particularly underserved. Yet recent years have seen positive signs of change. Congress has passed key legislation-such as the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act-with overwhelmingly bipartisan support, states have endorsed an expanded role of Medicaid in providing coverage for individuals with serious mental illness who are often lower income and struggling with employment, and researchers have identified new evidence-based treatment models that health systems can implement. This report provides recommendations to promote transformational change to improve the lives of the millions of Americans living with mental illness. To identify these recommendations, the authors conducted a broad review of policy ideas related to goals for the mental health system. They conducted an extensive analysis of mental health systems processes, policies, and solutions supported by evidence and received input from experts around the country.
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