This book is a reminder of what is important in The Kingdom of God. You will remember that the deepest revelations of The Kingdom can be understood by a child. Speaking Kingdom language is not the 'christian-ese' that many have learned in order to sound spiritual but the beautiful languages spoken by The King of The Kingdom. The true language of Kingdom is expressed in Body Language which is best expressed in action not words. Christian, Pastor and most importantly Son Tim McDonald was reminded by The King Himself of the need to go back to the basics and learn the fundamentals of The Kingdom. As you read you will recognize the sound of the faith from which flow the riches of every revelation from God. This book is a gentle reminder on how to speak Kingdom.
UNSUSTAINABLE frames the problem of cost and effectiveness in AmericaOs public schooling system, and provides a strategy to address it. It argues something that many education professionals and policy makers have come to believe but rarely mention: That this countryOs system of K-12 schooling is not sustainable and is becoming a poorer value each year that goes by. It argues for improving the cost and effectiveness of public schooling through a strategy of innovation that targets productivity. Addressing the question how to do this, the book provides policy recommendations to the state, district, and federal levels. In a final chapter it outlines uncommon strategies for overcoming some of the most difficult political, practical, and structural roadblocks to improvement.
This book is a reader in number theory. Number theory is possibly the most accessible branch of higher mathematics and the author believes that senior high school, undergraduate and all amateur lovers of mathematics can actually just read this book, albeit slowly at times, and gain an appreciative knowledge of ways in which several major discoveries were made in number theory. There is a culinary theme to the book which becomes self-evident to the reader, hence the title, "A Taste of Number Theory." Unlike most introductory number theory textbooks, this book does not include any student homework - we want the reader to scan number theory, develop sufficient skills to read on, but not to be delayed by hours of problem solving. Unlike introductory number theory textbooks, it does explore quite complicated topics in number theory, requiring a mathematical background way beyond that of the typical high school curriculum. To this end, several "just-in-time" shopping excursions are included - the prerequisite is high school algebra - the excursions add the minimal amounts of complex number theory, calculus and trigonometry required to follow the story. An examination of discoveries from the years of development preceding three major theorems - Fermat's Last Theorem, Primes in arithmetic progression and the Prime Number theorem - form the major content of the book: the feast and the two banquets. There are many side paths: tastings, a degustation, even a sorbet. The book concludes by exploring a current unsolved challenge, the Riemann Hypothesis. This book would be an ideal reward for success in mathematics by senior high school students, undergraduates or personal strugglers. We hope you actually enjoy it!
We are fortunate to have so many beautiful old photos and postcards of Queens County. Trying to identify where old pictures were taken can sometimes be difficult. Some areas can look much the same as they did many years ago, while other areas look completely different. Fires have destroyed many old buildings and others have been demolished. Tim McDonald once again shares nearly 200 old photos and postcards in this second volume. These images show the earlier days of Queens County and how things have changed over the past hundred years. Each page of the book displays a photo from the past at the top and a photo from the present at the bottom. Both photos were taken at the same location. A brief history is presented between the photos. In 1990 Tim McDonald began collecting old Queens County photographs and postcards. HIs collection now contains over 1500 images.
This is a technical report that supports a companion report, Leveraging Complexity in Great-Power Competition and Warfare: Volume I, An Initial Exploration of How Complex Adaptive Systems Thinking Can Frame Opportunities and Challenges.
On each page, a photograph at the top shows a scene from Queens County taken many many years ago, and below it the same scene photographed in the past year. Between the photographs is a history of what is in the photos: the businesses and buildings, when they opened or closed, when they were built or when they were demolished or destroyed by fire - a record of the changes through the years. Almost every community in Queens County is included, including smaller places like South Brookfield and Port Joli.
* Encapsulates the knowledge and experience of some of the foremost experts in Oracle development, the vast majority of whom are also established and successful authors. * Covers landmark software and techniques (invented by the authors) that have changed the face of Oracle development. * A broad ranging, anecdotal and humorous title that will appeal to anyone (developers, DBAs, manager, architects etc) involved with and Oracle-based project. * Simplified code snippets, the book provides real solutions that people can then build upon themselves.
Situated in the middle of the Irish Sea, the Isle of Man is like a stepping-stone between the lands that surround it. In medieval times, it played an important role in the histories of Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. This book explores the first part of that turbulent era, tracing the story of the Isle of Man from the fifth to the thirteenth centuries. It looks at the ways in which various peoples – Britons, Scots, Irish, English and Scandinavians – influenced events in Man over a period of more than 800 years. A large portion of the book is concerned with the Vikings, a group whose legacy – in place names, old burial mounds and finely carved stones – is such a vivid element in the Manx landscape today.
A behind-the-scenes look at the most powerful voices on New York’s AM dial, this is the all-encompassing history of WFAN. Created in 1987, WFAN was the nation’s first 24-hour, all sports radio station and this work recounts how, a quarter-century later, it is the highest-rated station in New York and the home to many unforgettable radio personalities past or present, including Don Imus, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, Mike Francesa, and Boomer Esiason. Seasoned journalist Tim Sullivan provides an account that soaks itself in the history, impact, egos, fans, and all the controversies of WFAN, making it an enthralling read for any sports fan.
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