Featuring inspirational poems such as Walking by Faith, In Deepest Sympathy, Sea of Tears, Pages from Within, Harry Got Saved, Overdosie-doe, and many more! This book contains the raw and genuine (and sometimes graphic) poetry written by Valerie during the years she suffered with CPTSD. The process of writing during her darkest times, which she refers to as the ‘Black Hole of Pain’, was very therapeutic for her, even a way of escape. Countless others have shared that they had experienced being inspired, instilled with hope and even stirrings of emotional healing when they have read her writings. Whether you have been a victim or if you are doing selfish things that are hurting other people, may you find the strength and the courage that you need within these pages to believe that you can be set free from the torment of secret shame and pain! A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go towards mental health awareness, suicide prevention initiatives, and Haven of Oakland County. www.haven-oakland.org
When a massive pileup on an Arizona highway caused Valerie Paters and her Jeep to be entombed beneath a semi truck in a blinding snowstorm, it seemed certain that her life would soon end. Once extracted from the mangled metal, and suffering from massive injuries, Valerie was hospitalized and placed on life support while doctors waited to harvest her organs. But Valerie was more alive than she had ever been. As she stood in the radiant presence of Jesus. He wrapped her into Himself, assuring her of His love and of the promise that heaven is only a breath away. Heaven Is a Breath Away is a thrilling first hand account of the home that awaits Christians when they draw their last breath here on earth. With open arms, Christ welcomes to heaven those who belong to Him. Rarely has this vision been told in such exquisite detail. It will undoubtedly comfort those who have lost loved ones or are near death themselves. Heaven Is a Breath Away gives hope and encourages faith by sharing the heaven Jesus promised-a real place, magnificent in scope and beauty, permeated with iridescence, and alive with divine energy and love.
Acclaimed writers, family, friends, and more pay homage to the celebrated Southern author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini. New York Times–bestselling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year career. In sharing their stories of Conroy, his fellow writers honor his memory and advance our shared understanding of his lasting impact on literary life in and well beyond the American South. Conroy’s fellowship drew from all walks of life. His relationships were complicated, and people and places he thought he’d left behind often circled back to him at crucial moments. The pantheon of contributors includes Rick Bragg, Kathleen Parker, Barbra Streisand, Janis Ian, Anthony Grooms, Mary Hood, Nikky Finney, Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart, Ron Rash, Sandra Brown, and Mary Alice Monroe; Conroy biographers Katherine Clark and Catherine Seltzer; his longtime friends; Pat’s students Sallie Ann Robinson and Valerie Sayers; members of the Conroy family; and many more. Each author in this collection shares a slightly different view of Conroy. Through their voices, a multifaceted portrait of him comes to life and sheds new light on who he was. Loosely following Conroy’s own chronology, the essays herewith wind through his river of a story, stopping at important ports of call. Cities he called home and longed to visit, along with each book he birthed, become characters that are as equally important as the people he touched along the way.
Most people do not journal. And most do not set goals, write them down and take specific steps toward reaching them. Join the 3% who know how! Our Today Journal gives you the tools to enrich your life by taking time each day to focus on gratitude, prayerfully listening to God's will and create your ""most important things to do list"" each day. Live in the present, a gift from God, TODAY, and every day! It will energize your quest for happiness each moment of each day all year long.
Most people do not journal. And most do not set goals, write them down and take specific steps toward reaching them. Join the 3% who know how! Our Today Journal gives you the tools to enrich your life by taking time each day to focus on gratitude, prayerfully listening to God's will and create your "most important things to do list" each day. Live in the present, a gift from God, TODAY, and every day! It will energize your quest for happiness each moment of each day all year long.
The field of Bayesian Networks (BNs) has had much success in developing structure learning algorithms to learn BNs directly from data. However, research has normally started with the assumption that the data given to the learning algorithm is accurate. This assumption is a naive one and can lead to very biased and unrealistic decision making frameworks. If we are to use decision making algorithms to their full potential we must design them with the capability to account for data quality. Our research lays the foundation for the development of new algorithms that incorporate data quality assessments into traditional BN learning algorithms---specifically the PC algorithm. We begin by reviewing Bayesian networks, learning algorithms, and data quality measures. We then quantify the effect of inaccurate data on the PC algorithm and develop three techniques for incorporating data quality assessments into the algorithm. Results indicate that a technique which modifies the significance level used by the PC algorithm is promising. We show and explain these results and offer guidelines for future research in this area.
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