Most of us are eager to share our achievements, but few are willing to expose our failures. Half Heaven Half Heartache does just that as Judge Robert Alexander bares his soul on every page; good, bad, and ugly. Adopted by a Christian family, Alexander suffered terribly when his parents divorced, and struggled through military service as a young man during the Vietnam War. Embracing the horrors of a biker's life, he became everything he hated. You will love him and loathe him riding shotgun through Hell and back, watching him claw his way up from the lowest of lows. Seizing the brass ring of power, you'll endure his despair as he is blindsided by the agonizing emptiness awaiting him at the top. And just when it seemed hope was lost, Robert Alexander discovered the truth that even the deepest wounds can be healed when a man experiences God's amazing grace and mercy. Judge Robert E. Alexander is retired from the NYS Department of Correctional Services where he has served in a number of capacities. Additionally, he has taught for over 25 years as an Adjunct Faculty member at two prestigious colleges, serving on numerous civic organizations. Presently Judge Alexander presides over the Village of Corfu and Town of Pembroke Courts. Featured on radio, television, in documentaries, and magazine articles, he is the founder and Director of Men of the Harvest Ministries, a Christian charity providing appliances, food, and low cost vehicles for those in need. While holding several academic degrees, Judge Alexander is also an Ordained Minister who travels across the United States and Canada sharing the life changing message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He and his wife, Gerry Ellen, have beenmarried for 36 years, and have six children and 12 grandchildren.
Are corporations citizens? Is political inequality a necessary aspect of a democracy or something that must be stamped out? These are the questions that have been at the heart of the debate surrounding campaign finance reform for nearly half a century. But as Robert E. Mutch demonstrates in this fascinating book, these were not always controversial matters. The tenets that corporations do not count as citizens, and that self-government functions best by reducing political inequality, were commonly heldup until the early years of the twentieth century, when Congress recognized the strength of these principles by prohibiting corporations from making campaign contributions, passing a disclosure law, and setting limits on campaign expenditures. But conservative opposition began to appear in the 1970s. Well represented on the Supreme Court, opponents of campaign finance reform won decisions granting First Amendment rights to corporations, and declaring the goal of reducing political inequality to be unconstitutional. Buying the Vote analyzes the rise and decline of campaign finance reform by tracking the evolution of both the ways in which presidential campaigns have been funded since the late nineteenth century. Through close examinations of major Supreme Court decisions, Mutch shows how the Court has fashioned a new and profoundly inegalitarian definition of American democracy. Drawing on rarely studied archival materials on presidential campaign finance funds, Buying the Vote is an illuminating look at politics, money, and power in America.
This advanced text for psychology, human development, and education provides students with state-of-the-art overviews of the discipline in an accessible, affordable format. Unique both in the depth of its coverage and in the timeliness of the research that it presents, this comprehensive text conveys the field of child and adolescent development through the voices of scientists who themselves are now shaping the field.
For those who assume that increased regulation of political spending is inevitable in democratic nations, recent developments in U.S. campaign finance law appear puzzling. Is deregulation, exemplified by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC, a harbinger of things to come elsewhere or further evidence that the United States remains an anomaly? In this volume, experts on the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, Germany, Sweden, France, and several other European nations explore what deregulation means in the context of political campaigns and demonstrate how such comparisons can inform the study of campaign finance in the U.S. Whereas the contributors do not settle on any single theory of change in campaign finance law or any single perspective on the relationship between changes seen in the U.S. and those in other nations over the past decade, they do concur that the U.S. is rapidly retreating from the types of regulations that defined campaign finance law in most democratic nations during the latter decades of the twentieth century. By tracing and analyzing the recent history of regulation, the contributors shed light on many pressing topics, including the relationship between public opinion and campaign finance law, the role of scandals in inspiring reform, and the changing incentives of political parties, interest groups, and the courts.
Most of us are eager to share our achievements, but few are willing to expose our failures. Half Heaven Half Heartache does just that as Judge Robert Alexander bares his soul on every page; good, bad, and ugly. Adopted by a Christian family, Alexander suffered terribly when his parents divorced, and struggled through military service as a young man during the Vietnam War. Embracing the horrors of a biker's life, he became everything he hated. You will love him and loathe him riding shotgun through Hell and back, watching him claw his way up from the lowest of lows. Seizing the brass ring of power, you'll endure his despair as he is blindsided by the agonizing emptiness awaiting him at the top. And just when it seemed hope was lost, Robert Alexander discovered the truth that even the deepest wounds can be healed when a man experiences God's amazing grace and mercy. Judge Robert E. Alexander is retired from the NYS Department of Correctional Services where he has served in a number of capacities. Additionally, he has taught for over 25 years as an Adjunct Faculty member at two prestigious colleges, serving on numerous civic organizations. Presently Judge Alexander presides over the Village of Corfu and Town of Pembroke Courts. Featured on radio, television, in documentaries, and magazine articles, he is the founder and Director of Men of the Harvest Ministries, a Christian charity providing appliances, food, and low cost vehicles for those in need. While holding several academic degrees, Judge Alexander is also an Ordained Minister who travels across the United States and Canada sharing the life changing message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He and his wife, Gerry Ellen, have beenmarried for 36 years, and have six children and 12 grandchildren.
This volume, edited by Robert C. Effros, surveys developments at international financial institutions, regional developments affecting central banks, the progress of the European Union countries toward monetary union and a unified banking market, the effect of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization on banking services, and the implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement for central banks. Other topics discussed include banking regulation and reform in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, countries of the former Soviet Union, and China; banking supervision; the role of deposit insurance; bankruptcy policy; derivatives; securitization; payments systems; securities transfers; and capital standards for market risk. Appendices reproduce relevant legal documentation.
An illustrated biography celebrating the life and legacy of a renowned Italian artist In this illustrated biography of the late Italian artist, Livio Orazio Valentini: An Artist's Spiritual Odyssey, Robert E. Alexander and John A. Elliott celebrate the life and legacy of the renowned painter and sculptor while acknowledging his special relationship with the people of Aiken, South Carolina. Born to a poor family in 1920, Valentini lived most of his life in Orvieto, Italy. With no money for a formal education, he became a self-taught artist. At the age of twenty, Valentini was called into military service during World War II. After being captured by the Germans, he was confined in Buchenwald and other concentration camps, where he endured two years of physical labor. For Valentini the confinement was life-changing; he experienced a spiritual awakening that became a lifelong odyssey reflected in his art and teaching. Valentini's art and even his existence centered on his efforts to find freedom. His paintings, charcoal sketches, and sculptures formed from terracotta, forged iron, tile, or stone are often a statement on the human condition, germination and rebirth, and the negativity and violence of humanity. Valentini often spoke about injustice and oppression through the metaphor of a caged bird, explaining how compassion could overcome cruelty and art could bring healing and hope to conquer fear. While Valentini's art was well known in Italy and other European countries, it was relatively unknown in the United States until the 1990s, when Aiken, South Carolina, and Orvieto, Italy, became linked after a chance meeting between Valentini and a fellow Rotary Club member who was vacationing in Orvieto. The connection blossomed into a multifaceted exchange program for students and citizens that celebrates culture and art, including Valentini's. Erika Pauli Bizzarri, who offered editorial assistance on this volume, has worked as a research and translation assistant on countless volumes including McGraw Hill's English edition of Encyclopedia of World Art. She taught art history at Gonzaga University in Florence, Italy.
The purpose of this book is to allow interested community members to gain an understanding of the historically important role postal services made to contemporary Australia. Specific attention is given to the appreciation of the beautiful architectural styles of the historically significant postal buildings and red pillar post boxes that are still available to be viewed. In a similar format to our first book ‘Discovering Australia’s historical milemarkers and boundary stones’, this book begins with a brief history of Australia’s postal services dating from the establishment of the first post office in 1809 up to the present day. Information on significant communication strategies such as the Cobb & Co. mail service and the Overland Telegraph Line (OTL) are included. Information is provided on the biographies of some important contributors to the Australian postal services. The following chapters, organised state by state from Queensland to the Northern Territory, describe a sample of post offices and red pillar post boxes. Finally, some interesting postal items are described with references providing links for further reading.
Campaign Finance: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) explains the laws, regulations, and court decisions surrounding campaign finance, and asks how they fit into the larger debate about how we want our democracy to work.
Methods of campaign financing have been controversial since George Washington first ran for office, and debates over campaign finance reform have raged just as long. Contemporary critics of reform often contend that it would decrease electoral competition, voter turnout, and the amount of information voters receive about candidates. Money Matters subjects these criticisms to careful, systemic analysis_using simulations, aggregate vote analyses, and individual-level data analyses based on House elections_and concludes that reform, with modest public subsidies and spending limits, would enhance rather than diminish the U.S. system of democratic governance. This timely book helps bridge the gap between quantitative academic research and applied progressive reform efforts. It will be of interest to scholars and students of political parties, the legislative process, campaigns and elections, political institutions, public policy, and political behavior and methodology.
Updated with the latest data from the field, Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions, Fifth Edition explains the concepts and teaches the skills needed to understand multi-faceted, and often very complex environmental issues. The authors present the arguments, rebuttals, evidence, and counterevidence from many sides of the debate. The Fifth Edition includes new Science in Action boxes which feature cutting-edge case studies and essays, contributed by subject matter experts, that highlight recent and ongoing research within environmental science. With an "Earth as a system" approach the text continues to emphasize Earth's intricate web of interactions among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere, and how we are central components in these four spheres. This flexible, unbiased approach highlights:1. how matter cycles over time through Earth's systems2. the importance of the input-throughput-output processes that describe the global environment3. how human activities and consumption modify Earth's systems4. and the scientific, economic, and policy solutions to environmental problemsRevised and updated to reflect current trends and statistics within Environmental Science.New content on renewable energy, solar panels, and compact fluorescent light bulbs.The latest information on Hydropower and the advantages and disadvantages of hydroelectric energy.The companion website includes robust learning tools that enable students to make full use of today's learning technology. Students will find practice quizzes, virtual flashcards, answers to in-text questions, and links to additional coverage regarding material discussed in the text.Instructor Resources include an instructor's manual, Test Bank, PowerPoint Lecture Outline Slides, and a PowerPoint Image Bank.
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Zeno’s Republic, a design of the ideal state consisting of gods and wise citizens, is subjected to a new reading as the vision of a society where life is lived according to natural law. Attached are the fragments with German translations. - Zenons Politeia, der Entwurf eines idealen Staates aus Göttern und Weisen, erfährt in der vorliegenden Studie eine neue Deutung als Gesellschaftsform, in der das Leben nach dem Gesetz der Natur verwirklicht ist. Beigegeben ist eine Sammlung der Testimonien.
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