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The birth of a child brings new and wonderful things...but not
always. A Little Child Shall Lead Them chronicles the journey of
Brandon Alexander, a baby born with a host of terminal maladies,
and the spiritual metamorphosis of his mother, Lisa Alexander, in
her quest to cure him. Abandoning her pragmatic views, Lisa turns
to the Bible for help--a book she has effectively ignored for
years-and clings to the prospect of hope, faith, and miracles, all
wrapped up in the promise of God's healing. As Brandon battles to
survive, she delves deeper and deeper into the spiritual realm,
leaving her husband struggling to recognize who she is, or what she
has become, against the backdrop of his own realist philosophies.
The divergent views bring challenges in the midst of an already
impossible situation, leaving the couple wondering how many
casualties their son's illness will claim.Carla L. Garrett is an
Administrative Law Judge for the State of California. In that
capacity, she presides over due process hearings and issues
decisions in accordance with the legal principles set forth in
federal and state law. Prior, as Deputy Trial Counsel for the State
Bar of California, she spent more than a decade prosecuting
attorneys for professional misconduct. Carla is the mother of
three, serving as their provider, protector, teacher, cheerleader,
nurse, chauffer, advisor, advocate, admonisher, life coach, and as
their number one fan. Carla lives in Los Angeles with her children,
a stone's throw from the people who mean the most to her...her
parents, her sisters, and the rest of her amazing family.
Would you like to understand your role in the events of your
life and learn to make the kinds of choices that support your
dreams? "The World According to YOU "helps us understand how every
relationship, event, and drama in our lives reflects back to us who
we are being. We are essentially generating our reality, moment to
moment, through our feelings of worthiness or unworthiness, and the
thoughts, words, and actions that arise as a result. When we are
capable of seeing ourselves clearly and recognizing that our
choices create our lives, we can begin to understand that we
actually have a role in creating our micro and macro world after
all.
The last several decades have witnessed an explosion of new
empirical research into representations of the past and the
conditions of their production, prompting claims that we have
entered a new era in which the past has become more "present" than
ever before. Contemplating Historical Consciousness brings together
leading historians, ethnographers, and other scholars who give
illuminating reflections on the aims, methods, and
conceptualization of their own research as well as the successes
and failures they have encountered. This rich collective account
provides valuable perspectives for current scholars while charting
new avenues for future research.
'Globalization' and 'the Nation' provide significant contexts for
examining past educational thinking and practice and to identify
how education has been influenced today. This book, written
collaboratively, explores country case studies - Australia, Brazil,
Canada, China, the UK and USA as well as discussing the
transnational European Union.
What if the American literary canon were expanded to consistently
represent women writers, who do not always fit easily into genres
and periods established on the basis of men's writings? How would
the study of American literature benefit from this long-needed
revision? This timely collection of essays by fourteen women
writers breaks new ground in American literary study. Not content
to rediscover and awkwardly "fit" female writers into the "white
male" scheme of anthologies and college courses, editors Margaret
Dickie and Joyce W. Warren question the current boundaries of
literary periods, advocating a revised literary canon. The essays
consider a wide range of American women writers, including Mary
Rowlandson, Margaret Fuller, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Emily
Dickinson, Frances Harper, Edith Wharton, Gertrude Stein, Amy
Lowell and Adrienne Rich, discussing how the present classification
of these writers by periods affects our reading of their work.
Beyond the focus of feminist challenges to American literary
periodization, this volume also studies issues of a need for
literary reforms considering differences in race, ethnicity, class,
and sexuality. The essays are valuable and informative as
individual critical studies of specific writers and their works.
Challenging Boundaries presents intelligent, original,
well-written, and practical arguments in support of long-awaited
changes in American literary scholarship and is a milestone of
feminist literary study.
The essays of this collection explore how ideas about 'blood' in
science and literature have supported, at various points in history
and in various places in the circum-Atlantic world, fantasies of
human embodiment and human difference that serve to naturalize
existing hierarchies.
The last several decades have witnessed an explosion of new
empirical research into representations of the past and the
conditions of their production, prompting claims that we have
entered a new era in which the past has become more "present" than
ever before. Contemplating Historical Consciousness brings together
leading historians, ethnographers, and other scholars who give
illuminating reflections on the aims, methods, and
conceptualization of their own research as well as the successes
and failures they have encountered. This rich collective account
provides valuable perspectives for current scholars while charting
new avenues for future research.
SAS for Elementary Statistics: Getting Started provides an
introduction to SAS programming for those who have experience with
introductory statistical methods. It is also an excellent
programming supplement for an introductory statistics course. It is
appropriate for the beginning programmer with no prior SAS
experience and the researcher who would like to refresh SAS
programming skills. These lessons are those the author has found
successful in the classroom. Strengths of this book include the
following: Examples are easy to follow and understand. Chapters
have user-friendly text and objectives. Each chapter has clear
objectives with SAS syntax and output results given. Objectives are
stated as tasks with detailed step-by-step instructions.
Programming notes based on the author's experience occur throughout
the book. The author assists the reader in making sense of the
error messages in the SAS log. Brief reviews of statistical methods
are included in chapters accompanying the corresponding SAS
procedures. Easy transition from user terminology to SAS
terminology is provided. The ability to select or suppress results
using Output Delivery System (ODS) is made simple. Reading and
writing to external files are among the most used SAS skills, and
these concepts are clearly presented. The IMPORT and EXPORT
procedures and ODS are used to accomplish these tasks. Statistical
Graphics procedures and SAS/GRAPH can be quite challenging to
learn, but these are presented in a very achievable format. Basic
graph construction is first introduced then readers learn how to
add color, pattern, and other enhancements to graphics images.
SAS for Elementary Statistics: Getting Started provides an
introduction to SAS programming for those who have experience with
introductory statistical methods. It is also an excellent
programming supplement for an introductory statistics course. It is
appropriate for the beginning programmer with no prior SAS
experience and the researcher who would like to refresh SAS
programming skills. These lessons are those the author has found
successful in the classroom. Strengths of this book include the
following: Examples are easy to follow and understand. Chapters
have user-friendly text and objectives. Each chapter has clear
objectives with SAS syntax and output results given. Objectives are
stated as tasks with detailed step-by-step instructions.
Programming notes based on the author's experience occur throughout
the book. The author assists the reader in making sense of the
error messages in the SAS log. Brief reviews of statistical methods
are included in chapters accompanying the corresponding SAS
procedures. Easy transition from user terminology to SAS
terminology is provided. The ability to select or suppress results
using Output Delivery System (ODS) is made simple. Reading and
writing to external files are among the most used SAS skills, and
these concepts are clearly presented. The IMPORT and EXPORT
procedures and ODS are used to accomplish these tasks. Statistical
Graphics procedures and SAS/GRAPH can be quite challenging to
learn, but these are presented in a very achievable format. Basic
graph construction is first introduced then readers learn how to
add color, pattern, and other enhancements to graphics images.
Fully updated coming right up to the end of 2021, and now with more
on diversity and key themes such as gender and sexuality, this is
the ideal book to give students a real, all round and unbiased
grasp of not just the contemporary situation between Israel and
Palestine, but also it's history. This is an ever-current conflict
and one with global ramifications - as such it is of much interest
to students and there are many courses which focus on it in
history, politics, international relations etc. This is the most up
to date and the most 'textbook-like' volume on the market.
This Handbook is a much needed international reference work,
written by leading writers in the field of global citizenship and
education. It is based on the most recent research and practice
from across the world, with the 'Geographically-Based Overviews'
section providing summaries of global citizenship and education
provided for Southern Africa, Australasia, Europe, the Middle East,
North America, Latin America, and East and South East Asia. The
Handbook discusses, in the 'Key Ideologies' section, the
philosophies that influence the meaning of global citizenship and
education, including neo-liberalism and global capitalism;
nationalism and internationalism; and issues of post-colonialism,
indigeneity, and transnationalism. Next, the 'Key Concepts' section
explores the ideas that underpin debates about global citizenship
and education, with particular attention paid to issues of justice,
equity, diversity, identity, and sustainable development. With
these key concepts in place, the 'Principal Perspectives and
Contexts' section turns to exploring global citizenship and
education from a wide variety of viewpoints, including economic,
political, cultural, moral, environmental, spiritual and religious,
as well as taking into consideration issues of ethnicity, gender
and sexuality, and social class. Finally, the 'Key Issues in the
Teaching of Global Citizenship' section discusses how education can
be provided through school subjects and study abroad programmes, as
well as through other means including social media and online
assessment, and political activism. This Handbook will be vital
reading for academics, postgraduates and advanced undergraduates in
the fields of sociology and education, particularly those with an
interest in comparative studies.
What do the world's top managers have in common? They've learned
the secret of effective delegation and how vital it is to their own
success. The successful delegator can double or triple his or her
productivity. The non-delegator works frantically, grabs lunches,
lugs briefcases, is subjective and generally ineffective. The
delegator has time for work and personal life, works effectively
and views life clearly. The advantages of delegation are quite
simple - you are using other people's brains for your gains. As the
axiom goes, you'll be working smarter, not harder. The tips and
techniques in this book will help you to: c let go! c give advice
without interfering c establish progress reports that keep you
informed c manage upward and downward delegation c accomplish more
through others.
What do the world's top managers have in common? They've learned
the secret of effective delegation and how vital it is to their own
success. The successful delegator can double or triple his or her
productivity. The non-delegator works frantically, grabs lunches,
lugs briefcases, is subjective and generally ineffective. The
delegator has time for work and personal life, works effectively
and views life clearly. The advantages of delegation are quite
simple - you are using other people's brains for your gains. As the
axiom goes, you ll be working smarter, not harder. The tips and
techniques in this book will help you to: let go! give advice
without interfering establish progress reports that keep you
informed manage upward and downward delegation accomplish more
through others.
The essays of this collection explore how ideas about 'blood' in
science and literature have supported, at various points in history
and in various places in the circum-Atlantic world, fantasies of
human embodiment and human difference that serve to naturalize
existing hierarchies.
Presenting an analysis of the water relationships of the major
groups of organisms: fungi, plants and animals, the text examines
water stress at all levels of biological organization. Topics
covered include: 1) organic osmotic agents: their distributions,
modes of action, and mechanisms of regulation; 2) desiccation
stress; mechanisms for preserving cellu lar integrity under
conditions of low cellular water activity; 3) water stress and
water compartmentation in plants; and 4) freezing stress: the
prevention and regulation of ice formation in biological fluids,
and mechanisms for overcoming the damaging effects of low
temperatures on cellular integrity. Common adaptive strategies in
diverse organisms are emphasized, as well as the fundamental
physical-chemical properties of aqueous solutions that establish
the nature of the interactions among water, low molecular weight
solutes and macromolecules.
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Standing on the Outside Looking In - Underrepresented Students' Experiences in Advanced Degree Programs (Paperback)
Howard-Hamilton, Mary F., Morelon-Quainoo, Carla L., Johnson, Susan D., Winkle-Wagner, Rachelle, Santiague, Lilia
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Compared to the literature on the impact of postsecondary
institutions on undergraduate institutions, the literature on the
academic experiences of graduate students from underrepresented
populations is comparatively meager. ""Standing on the Outside
Looking In"" remedies this gap by gathering a rich collection of
personal narratives and empirical research to provide a
comprehensive account of the actual lived experiences of graduate
students of color and their perception of the campus climate. This
volume examines issues of access, retention, and transition; and
explores the personal experiences of students of color in
advanced-degree programs by engaging the following questions: What
factors influence underrepresented students' decisions to pursue
advanced-degree programs? What factors affect students' choices of
programs and institutions? What challenges do they face as they
transition into degree programs? What factors enable students of
color to persist? How can colleges and universities provide the
support necessary to increase persistence and matriculation among
graduate students of color? The contributors cover issues such as
financial aid; the culture, mission and racial climate at doctoral
granting institutions; the transitional challenges STEM
undergraduates face on entering graduate programs; mentoring; the
distinct concerns and challenges that African American, Asian and
Latina/o students encounter in doctoral and professional programs;
and the need to acknowledge and support their spirituality.
Franklin Tuitt concludes the book by summarizing the issues raised,
and making recommendations to faculty, administrators, and
directors of graduate programs about what they can do to promote
the well-being and success of graduate students of color.
Underrepresented students will find that this book gives voice to
and validates their day-to-day experiences, as well as the
situations they encounter on college campuses. Faculty, staff and
administrators could use this book as a guide for ways to better
support students of color in advanced-degree programs.
Is our universe intelligently designed? What are the possibilities
of healing, transformation, and service? What is the Law of One?
After 19 years of research into the channeling phenomenon that
involved communications with members of the Confederation of
Planets in the Service of the One Infinite Creator, a group
consciousness called Ra, who had evolved on the planet Venus,
established contact with three dedicated seekers of truth to
explore these and other questions. Ra said that all people and all
of creation are One Being: the One Infinite Creator. They suggested
that the process of learning to love (awakening to the "Original
Thought") is studied via humanity's movement through all of time.
The Ra Material sessions conducted by these three individuals
examine the meaning of our cosmic existence and contain 106
transcripts of every conversation, including events leading up to
first contact, and, in Book V, commentary about the contact. This
40th-anniversary boxed set includes all five books in hard cover.
Fully updated coming right up to the end of 2021, and now with more
on diversity and key themes such as gender and sexuality, this is
the ideal book to give students a real, all round and unbiased
grasp of not just the contemporary situation between Israel and
Palestine, but also it's history. This is an ever-current conflict
and one with global ramifications - as such it is of much interest
to students and there are many courses which focus on it in
history, politics, international relations etc. This is the most up
to date and the most 'textbook-like' volume on the market.
This Handbook is a much needed international reference work,
written by leading writers in the field of global citizenship and
education. It is based on the most recent research and practice
from across the world, with the 'Geographically-Based Overviews'
section providing summaries of global citizenship and education
provided for Southern Africa, Australasia, Europe, the Middle East,
North America, Latin America, and East and South East Asia. The
Handbook discusses, in the 'Key Ideologies' section, the
philosophies that influence the meaning of global citizenship and
education, including neo-liberalism and global capitalism;
nationalism and internationalism; and issues of post-colonialism,
indigeneity, and transnationalism. Next, the 'Key Concepts' section
explores the ideas that underpin debates about global citizenship
and education, with particular attention paid to issues of justice,
equity, diversity, identity, and sustainable development. With
these key concepts in place, the 'Principal Perspectives and
Contexts' section turns to exploring global citizenship and
education from a wide variety of viewpoints, including economic,
political, cultural, moral, environmental, spiritual and religious,
as well as taking into consideration issues of ethnicity, gender
and sexuality, and social class. Finally, the 'Key Issues in the
Teaching of Global Citizenship' section discusses how education can
be provided through school subjects and study abroad programmes, as
well as through other means including social media and online
assessment, and political activism. This Handbook will be vital
reading for academics, postgraduates and advanced undergraduates in
the fields of sociology and education, particularly those with an
interest in comparative studies.
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