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This book tackles issues most people within the Christian
community don't like to talk about-- the ungodly desires, habits,
false security, or pleasures that have them in bondage. For the
sake of "keeping it real" with the readers, I share my personal
testimonies of past struggles ... making it easier to face up to
anything that has you in bondage and press forward toward Christ. I
pray that as many people as possible can be exposed to the gospel
and walk in the freedom, victory and authority Christ bought for
us. I am a living witness that doing so will help you stop living
below your potential and trust Christ in every aspect of your life.
If you are a big fan of the truth, you will find hope and
encouragement in the messages found between the pages of this
book.
"Great leaders have many talents, but one critical skill --
often unrecognized -- is the ability to ask and answer questions.
This unique book offers 78 questions that leaders at all levels
need to ask and answer both inside and outside the
organization.
Leaders who master this question-response technique will gain
much useful information about what is really going on in their
businesses, as well as the admiration of employees, customers, and
others with whom they interact.
The questions and answers cover a range of common and uncommon
situations, including: the need to connect employees' efforts to
company goals; layoffs, business downturns, and mergers; personal
crises of employees; coaching and mentoring sessions; and customer
retention. The book even includes advice on answering questions
when the answer is ""I don't know"" or ""I can't tell you."" With
worksheets in each chapter, it prepares leaders to ask important
questions of:
* Customers (""Why do you do business with our
competition?"")
* Employees (""What's a recent management decision you didn't
understand?"")
* And even themselves (""What do I want to be remembered
for?"")"
Originally published in 1982, this book discusses the role of adult
education in social and community action. In particular it presents
a critical assessment of 'community education' and the theories of
Illich, Freire and Gramsci and it proves that there is a radical
adult education tradition in the USA, Europe and North America
which can offer many insights into the contemporary debate about
the role of adult learning. The material is based on a decade of
practical involvement in community action and education in Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, where - despite deep political and
religious divisions - community action has united Catholics and
Protestants in a common resolve.
This book seeks to explore the ethical dimensions of economic
governance through an engagement with Adam Smith and a critical
analysis of economistic understandings of the Global Financial
Crisis. It examines ethical and political dilemmas associated with
key aspects of the financialisation of Anglo-American economy and
society, including systems of asset-based welfare, modern risk
management and debt. In the wake of the financial crisis,
recognition of the way in which everyday lives and life chances are
tied into global finance is widespread. Yet few contributions in
IPE explicitly tackle this issue as a question of ethics. By
developing Adam Smith's under-utilised account of how
market-oriented behaviour is constituted through a process of
'sympathy', this book provides an innovative way of understanding
contemporary issues of economic governance and the possibilities
and limits for intervention within it. By taking Adam Smith's moral
philosophy seriously, it becomes evident that the ever-deeper
enmeshing of finance in our everyday lives is a failed experiment.
Turning the common understanding of Smith on its head, we can also
turn accepted wisdom about the recent financial crisis on its head
and see the urgency of making better known the ethico-political
contestation that lies at the heart of financial market relations.
It will be of interest to students and scholars of IPE as well as
those across the social sciences who wish to question the
foundations of contemporary economy and society.
In March 2011, a major police investigation was opened in the
search for missing Swindon local, Sian O'Callaghan. When taxi
driver Christopher Halliwell was arrested, Detective Superintendent
Stephen Fulcher didn't expect what happened next. After the body of
another missing girl, Becky Godden-Edwards, was uncovered, the
police had two murders on their hands and one suspect, but how many
more unsolved murders could Christopher Halliwell be responsible
for? The hidden cache of around 60 pieces of women's clothing and
accessories that he led police to suggests that the number could be
much higher than the two murders he has been convicted of. In The
New Millennium Serial Killer, former police intelligence officer
Chris Clark and true crime podcast host Bethan Trueman use their
in-depth research to present a comprehensive study into convicted
killer Christopher Halliwell. Discussing the crimes for which he
was convicted but presenting them alongside the unsolved cases of
missing and murdered women who fit with his victim type, and who
went missing in the areas where he was familiar, from the 1980s to
the time of his arrest in 2011. With many jobs over the years which
allowed Halliwell to travel to different areas of the UK, along
with a passion for fishing and narrow boating, including Yorkshire,
East Lancashire, and the Midlands. With a foreword by former
Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher, The New Millennium Serial
Killer presents a fascinating account of this cruel killer and
tells the heartbreaking stories of over twenty women whose cases
remain unsolved today, seeking to find justice for their loved ones
who are still waiting for answers. Do they remain with Christopher
Halliwell and the collection of women's items?
Originally published in 1982, this book discusses the role of adult
education in social and community action. In particular it presents
a critical assessment of 'community education' and the theories of
Illich, Freire and Gramsci and it proves that there is a radical
adult education tradition in the USA, Europe and North America
which can offer many insights into the contemporary debate about
the role of adult learning. The material is based on a decade of
practical involvement in community action and education in Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, where - despite deep political and
religious divisions - community action has united Catholics and
Protestants in a common resolve.
The police believed Sutcliffe was operating only in the Greater
Manchester Police, South Yorkshire Police and West Yorkshire
Metropolitan Police force areas, using his car. In fact, Sutcliffe
was operating nationally and internationally, using his
employer’s lorry to commit attacks. Authors Chris Clark and Tim
Hicks have meticulously researched Sutcliffe’s crimes and reveal
many of his previously unknown victims for the first time.Â
The police failed to deliver justice for the victims’ families,
and the media has failed to hold the police to account for this
failure – both in the original investigation and in subsequent
cold-case investigations. Â Â The authors hope that by
bringing more of the facts of the case into the public domain and
by telling the victims’ stories, they can help to bring closure
for friends and relatives of victims of the Yorkshire Ripper.
Handling personal and often sensitive information is central to
daily practice in social and health services. However, the
increasing emphasis on multi-disciplinary and inter-agency working
required for effective, joined-up services presents new challenges
and dilemmas in preserving citizens' rights to privacy. This book
examines key philosophical, ethical, legal and professional
practice issues in the area of privacy and confidentiality and
explores their implications for policy and practice. Offering a
range of analytical frameworks, the contributors, from different
disciplines including law, philosophy, anthropology and the
personal service professions, provide a synoptic multi-disciplinary
view of this increasingly challenging area where technological
development, civil liberties, surveillance, health and welfare
become inexorably intertwined.The book will be of key interest to a
wide range of professionals in the personal services, academics in
related areas, students of the professions and their contributory
disciplines.
"Weaving the Cosmos" traces humanity's journey from the mythical
origins of religion, through the struggles to make sense of
Christianity in the fourth century, and the strangely similar
struggles to make sense of quantum theory in the twentieth century,
to modern quantum cosmology. What we see, both in the human mind
and in the cosmos which has given birth to that mind, is a dance
between rational Form and intuitive Being. This present moment of
ecological crisis opens to us a unique opportunity for bringing
together these two strands of our existence, represented by
religion and science. As the story unfolds, the historical account
is interwoven with the author's own experiences of learning the
principles through which we can bring about this integration in
ourselves and in society. The final chapter surveys the many
changes now emerging in society which give us hope that a
transformation can be achieved from our dysfunctional past to a
future in which we can be truly human, in harmony with the earth.
Handling personal and often sensitive information is central to
daily practice in social and health services. However, the
increasing emphasis on multi-disciplinary and inter-agency working
required for effective, joined-up services presents new challenges
and dilemmas in preserving citizens' rights to privacy. This book
examines key philosophical, ethical and legal issues in the area of
privacy and confidentiality and explores their implications for
policy and practice. ,Offering a range of analytical frameworks the
book focuses on different practice areas, including health and
social care, children's services and criminal justice. The
contributors from disciplines including law, philosophy,
anthropology and the personal service professions bring their
direct personal experience of working to create new systems and
practices in a turbulent policy environment. The book provides a
synoptic multi-disciplinary view of this increasingly challenging
area where technological development, civil liberties,
surveillance, health and welfare become inexorably intertwined. The
book will be of key interest to professionals, managers, policy
makers and academics in the health and personal social services.
Students of social work, probation, medicine, nursing and
professions allied to medicine will find a common multidisciplinary
framework for their respective professional concerns to protect the
interests and promote the wellbeing of clients, their families and
the wider community.
This book tells the tale of the illustrious Royal Air Force career
of Tom Clark, a World War Two gunner and post-war signaller in
action during some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth
century. Lovingly penned by his son, it provides an authentic
insight into this dynamic period of world history. From work as an
air gunner, involved in the daunting task of taking on the might of
Hitler's U-boat fleet, to post-war involvement in an Intelligence
capacity during the dramatic events surrounding Khrushchev and the
atomic threat of the late 1950s, Clark's career was dramatic and
varied to say the least. Having joined the RAF as an aircraft man
just before the Second World War, Clark was destined to take part
in a whole range of wartime operational engagements. His career
featured involvement in the famous 1941 hunt for the elusive
Bismarck, the dangers of life as part of an Air Sea Rescue squadron
in conflicted waters, and the experience of training as a gunnery
leader (later an instructor), training air gunners for the famed
Desert Air Force. His career also took in a fraught period behind
enemy lines, when his crew of four were shot down in enemy
territory in Northern Italy. Seven weeks in a safe house in
Florence are relayed in engaging and dramatic style, as are a raft
of other personal and professional achievements, set within the
context of the wider conflict. Here is a career that deserves to be
recorded and celebrated, and there is perhaps no-one better placed
than the subject's son to act as custodian to his thrilling story.
This book shares research and practice on current trends in digital
technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global
South. Growth of research in this field has been slower than the
pace of change for practitioners, particularly in bringing
socio-technical views of information technology and agricultural
development perspectives together. The contents are therefore
structured around three main themes: sharing information and
knowledge for agricultural development, information and knowledge
intermediaries, and facilitating change in agricultural systems and
settings. The book includes: -Views from diverse academic
disciplines as well as practitioners with experience of
implementing mobile applications and agriculture information
systems in differing country contexts. -Case studies from a range
of developing countries and information from across the public and
private sector. -A set of practitioner guidelines for successful
implementation of digital technologies. With contributions reaching
beyond just a technological perspective, the book also provides a
consideration of social and cultural factors and new forms of
organization and institutional change in agricultural and rural
settings. An invaluable read for researchers in international
development, socio-economics and agriculture, it forms a useful
resource for practitioners working in the area.
This book shares research and practice on current trends in digital
technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global
South. Growth of research in this field has been slower than the
pace of change for practitioners, particularly in bringing
socio-technical views of information technology and agricultural
development perspectives together. The contents are therefore
structured around three main themes: sharing information and
knowledge for agricultural development, information and knowledge
intermediaries, and facilitating change in agricultural systems and
settings. The book includes: -Views from diverse academic
disciplines as well as practitioners with experience of
implementing mobile applications and agriculture information
systems in differing country contexts. -Case studies from a range
of developing countries and information from across the public and
private sector. -A set of practitioner guidelines for successful
implementation of digital technologies. With contributions reaching
beyond just a technological perspective, the book also provides a
consideration of social and cultural factors and new forms of
organization and institutional change in agricultural and rural
settings. An invaluable read for researchers in international
development, socio-economics and agriculture, it forms a useful
resource for practitioners working in the area.
'A splendid critique' James O'Brien, Times Literary Supplement
'Richly nuanced, the most stimulating book I have read on Labour in
ages' Martin Kettle, Guardian 'A brilliant book ... a reading of
left-wing politics that suggests a road ahead' Independent A 'dark
knight' conflict between good and evil; control by elite puppet
masters; nostalgia for a golden age: these are the core myths of
populism. And these narratives, argues Chris Clarke, have seduced
the Left in Britain, causing bitter division and electoral
disaster. Only by breaking this narrative spell and moving towards
pluralism can Labour hope to fix itself - and to one day hold power
again. Previously published by Rowman & Littlefield and Policy
Network under the title Warring Fictions
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