Life is not short of ways to tell you are ordinary and aren't special in this big world; making you feel rejected, alone and insignificant in every possible way. However, one who doesn't believe you lack worth is the one who created you personally, from your hair color to your height to how long you are to occupy the planet. He is God Almighty, and He has deemed you ready to be given a specific purpose within His great plan for life. What is this purpose, you may ask? Author Rosemary Jenkins hopes to inspire readers to see their worth in God's eyes through her book, Project Inspiration, which comprises a collection of encouraging thoughts and scriptural words of hope. Each short story centers on a themed understanding of what God created each person, especially you, to be and ways life can dispel that blessed knowledge from being realized. Overwhelmed by life's demands? Read "Be Not Consumed" to comprehend that God didn't create you to stress over days filled with endless tasks, but to be filled experiencing God in every fiber of your being. The story entitled "Relationships" describes the various forms of relationships we can have, but with the driving point of knowing some relationships/friendships may come to an end. For whatever reason the relationship has to end, each person should be treated with respect, as God wants all His children to treat one another. Accompanying each inspirational story are scripture verses that highlight what God's Word reveals about the topic at hand. Readers will find themselves refreshed and uplifted after perusing Project Inspiration, seeing the author's apparent love and devotion to the Lord captured in her words and scripture. You were made with a purpose and God wants to unveil it to you each day!
Your own views on justice issues will be unalterably changed. There is much each of us can do. If we as a Society can provide viable alternatives for our at-risk youth, we can reduce recidivism and crime itself. After all, as Benjamin Franklin's old adage suggests, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!
The second edition of this successful text is an essential and accessible guide to legal aspects of midwifery for all midwife supervisors, midwives, and midwifery students. Midwives will find this book provides them with the knowledge and understanding they require to make sense of the legal principles that affect their day-to-day work and allay their anxieties, encouraging them to extend and develop their practice safely and with confidence. This new edition includes new and revised case studies throughout. It also contains new sections on NHS accountability, the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Act, reproductive technologies and disciplinary pathways. · Relates legal issues to everyday midwifery practice · Written by an experienced midwife for midwives · Accessible, relevant and up-to-date
I received the original manuscript that describes the meeting of Jes Mavers with the Native American Indian storyteller, Wandering Eagle at a dance in honor of a Swinomish Elder who was also a great storyteller. Apparently this manuscript had circulated for years in Washington State and several areas of northern Oregon. It is a curious form of early Cree. After much study, investigation, and great efforts in translating the work a tremendous epic story emerges being told to Jes Mavers by Wandering Eagle throughout the night. The story is at its roots a spiritual symbolic journey of the human soul. Its meaning unveils slowly and deliberately, enticing the reader with its mystical depth. Characters express the enduring values that bring out the best and the worst in humanity. The reader finds himself or herself swept into the journey of Stormtree, his training, his visions, and his own development into the last of the Spiritsons
The Southern Phoenix is a tale about the Black experience in the Deep South. This historical fiction novel introduces the sit-ins in Alabama, the 1965 riots in Watts, fair housing issues, and scenes-poignant, joyous, riveting, and sad-portraying what life was really like for the Black population during the decades of the mid-20th century.
Amber and her two friends only attend the shuffleboard tournament at the senior center to support their neighbor, Betty Jenkins. Imagine their surprise when they discover that three boys from their class are junior volunteers there. Certain that anything three boys can do, three girls can do better, they sign up to be volunteers as well. What starts out as good-spirited rivalry turns ugly as each group tries to outdo the other. After several warnings from Mrs. Snow, the volunteer coordinator, the two groups resort to sabotage. Will this be the end of the junior volunteers or will they figure out a way to work together? Maybe the seniors have a few tricks of their own to help smooth out this rocky start.
It is, in part, because of this that she has put together VIGNETTES FOR UNDERSTAND1NG LITERARY AND RELATED CONCEPTS. This book is, therefore, filled with suggestions for introducing and explaining a broad variety of literary topics. Her students and fellow teachers have always been eager to hear the next little "vignette" which she often uses so amusingly to illustrate her points. Not only will new and seasoned teachers as well as more highly motivated students be the beneficiaries of this user-friendly guide, but now everyone can enjoy her expertise and humor in this delightful literary handbook.
Welcoming 800,000 visitors each year, Stonehenge is the most famous pre-historic monument in all of Europe. It has inspired modern replicas throughout the world, including one constructed entirely of discarded refrigerators. This curious structure is the subject of cult worship, is a source of pride for Britons, and offers an intellectual challenge for academics. It has captured the imagination and the attention of thousands of people for thousands of years. Over the centuries, ÒexpertsÓ have tried to discover the meaning behind Stonehenge. While each new theory contradicts earlier speculation, every new proposal attributes a purpose to the site. From bards of the twelfth century to Black Sabbath, from William Blake to archaeologists of the twenty-first century, Stonehenge has embodied a wealth of intention. Was it designed for winter solstice, for goddess worship, or as a funerary temple? While all have been suggested, even Òproven,Ó the mystery continues. Through the eyes of its most eloquent apologists, Rosemary Hill guides the reader on a tour of Stonehenge in all its cultural contexts, as a monument to many thingsÑto Renaissance Humanism, Romantic despair, Victorian enterprise, and English Radicalism. In the end, the stones remain compelling because they remain mysteriousÑapparently simple yet incomprehensibleÑthat is the wonder, the enchantment, of Stonehenge.
This text provides an analysis of 18th-century urban culture and local historical scholarship. The author shows how a sense of the past was crucial not only in instilling civic pride and shaping a sense of community, but also in informing contests for power and influence in the local community.
Every day, thousands of women enter acting classes where most of them will receive some variation on the Stanislavsky-based training that has now been taught in the U.S. for nearly ninety years. Yet relatively little feminist consideration has been given to the experience of the student actress: What happens to women in Method actor training?' An Actress Prepares is the first book to interrogate Method acting from a specifically feminist perspective. Rose Malague addresses "the Method" not only with much-needed critical distance, but also the crucial insider's view of a trained actor. Case studies examine the preeminent American teachers who popularized and transformed elements of Stanislavsky’s System within the U.S.—Strasberg, Adler, Meisner, and Hagen— by analyzing and comparing their related but distinctly different approaches. This book confronts the sexism that still exists in actor training and exposes the gender biases embedded within the Method itself. Its in-depth examination of these Stanislavskian techniques seeks to reclaim Method acting from its patriarchal practices and to empower women who act. 'I've been waiting for someone to write this book for years: a thorough-going analysis and reconsideration of American approaches to Stanislavsky from a feminist perspective ... lively, intelligent, and engaging.' – Phillip Zarrilli, University of Exeter 'Theatre people of any gender will be transformed by Rose Malague’s eye-opening study An Actress Prepares... This book will be useful to all scholars and practitioners determined to make gender equity central to how they hone their craft and their thinking.' – Jill Dolan, Princeton University
A sweeping account of the global rise of English and the high-stakes politics of languageSpoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingua franca- - its common tongue. The language of business, popular media, and international politics, English has become commodified for its economic value and increasingly detached from any particular nation. This meteoric "riseof English" has many obvious benefits to communication. Tourists can travel abroad with greater ease. Political leaders can directly engage their counterparts. Researchers can collaborate with foreign colleagues. Business interests can flourish in the global economy.But the rise of English has very real downsides as well. In Europe, imperatives of political integration and job mobility compete with pride in national language and heritage. In the United States and England, English isolates us from the cultural and economic benefits of speaking other languages.And in countries like India, South Africa, Morocco, and Rwanda, it has stratified society along lines of English proficiency.In The Rise of English, Rosemary Salomone offers a commanding view of the unprecedented spread of English and the far-reaching effects it has on global and local politics, economics, media, education, and business. From the inner workings of the European Union to linguistic battles over influence inAfrica, Salomone draws on a wealth of research to tell the complex story of English - and, ultimately, to argue for English not as a force for domination but as a core component of multilingualism and the transcendence of linguistic and cultural borders.
While Melissa is laid up with the chicken pox, Laura and Amber meet Doris Duncans granddaughter, Beth Anne, who has Down syndrome. They invite Beth Anne to take Melissas place as a volunteer at the senior center. When grouchy Mrs. Henry breaks her hip, the girls are called on to lend a hand. Laura and Amber reluctantly agree and take Beth Anne along. Though shes afraid of Mrs. Henry at first, Beth Anne soon becomes her companion, even helping Mrs. Henry get out of her wheelchair. In the meantime, Melissas jealousy comes into play as Beth Anne asks to become a permanent member of The Handy Helpers. Reader comments I would give this book a five star rating and would highly recommend it to everyone. I like the relationships that each character forms with Beth Anne. I also think some of the situations they get into are so funny but real life like. I love the great moral values talked about in the book. It inspires me to want to start a Handy Helpers group myself. -Sadie Mullins
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