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The "next step for those who want to discover angels in their
lives, this book goes beyond angelic appearances to a keen new
awareness of how angels influence world evolution and one's own
psyche. You will explore new research on angels; roles in personal
and planetary karma, the heirachy, the origin and destiny of
Christ, archangels and fallen angels, and the meaning of angels in
the Revelation.
In 2008 a media firestorm erupted when snippets of Reverend
Jeremiah Wright Jr.'s sermons were picked up by media outlets
around the world. At that time presidential candidate Barack Obama
was a member of Wright's church, Trinity United Church of Christ in
Chicago. Wright's words were frequently used to question the
patriotism of Obama. The scrutiny over Obama and Wright's
relationship made Trinity UCC a flashpoint in the 2008 campaign.
The Moment tells the inside story of Trinity UCC during this time
of turmoil. Carl and Shelby Grant describe "the Moment" as it
unfolded, from Wright's first appearances in the media to Obama's
resignation from Trinity Church. They also provide helpful
background information, including general history of the black
church, African American immigration to Chicago, and black politics
in the Windy City. In this context, the voices of Trinity UCC
members come alive to show the impact of "the Moment" within and
beyond the presidential election, illustrating the thorny
intersections of religion, race, politics, and the media in the
United States.
This volume examines how pre-Columbian societies in the Americas
envisioned their cosmos and iteratively modelled it through the
creation of particular objects and places. It emphasises that
American societies did this to materialize overarching models and
templates for the shape and scope of the cosmos, the working
definition of cosmoscape. Noting a tendency to gloss over the ways
in which ancestral Americans envisioned the cosmos as intertwined
and animated, the authors examine how cosmoscapes are manifested
archaeologically, in the forms of objects and physically altered
landscapes. This volume includes case studies of cosmoscapes that
present themselves as forms of architecture, portable artifacts,
and transformed aspects of the natural world. In doing so, it
emphasises that the creation of cosmoscapes offered a means of
reconciling peoples experiences of the world with their
understandings of them.
Do you have a great idea for the next big thing, an eye-catching
new corporate logo, or an exciting new business concept? Understand
how to safeguard your ideas and creations with this expert guide to
the fundamentals of intellectual property. Walking you step-by-step
through the processes involved in protecting your great ideas, this
book offers all the advice you need to ensure that you're the only
one cashing in on your creativity and hard work.
Women who are dominant are more likely to have sons. Demographic studies show that more male children are born after wars, yet most people believe that their baby's sex is a matter of chance - determined by the father's sperm. Valerie Grant presents evidence that the mother's personality - which is related to female testosterone levels - can actually influence which type of sperm fertilises the egg. Using data from human and animal studies Valerie Grant discusses the implications for human evolution, developmental psychology and reproductive biology. Her claims are controversial and the implications of her findings far reaching. Whether mothers have sons or daughters may not be a matter of chance. It may depend on which sex infant the mother is more suited to raise.
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Integrating Building Performance with Design shows you the
importance of designing for building performance early in your
architectural design process. The book offers you simple tools and
exercises, along with examples of built professional work and
successful student projects illustrated by more than 100 full color
images to help you with your work. Topics include site, solar
orientation, thermal comfort, building enclosure, daylighting,
passive heating and cooling, active heating and cooling, indoor air
quality, stormwater, and rainwater harvesting.
Integrating Building Performance with Design shows you the
importance of designing for building performance early in your
architectural design process. The book offers you simple tools and
exercises, along with examples of built professional work and
successful student projects illustrated by more than 100 full color
images to help you with your work. Topics include site, solar
orientation, thermal comfort, building enclosure, daylighting,
passive heating and cooling, active heating and cooling, indoor air
quality, stormwater, and rainwater harvesting.
The book provides an in-depth analysis of the governance of
Africa's natural resource sectors (oil, biofuels, forestry,
fisheries, minerals) and new insights for readers as they navigate
the burgeoning research on global governance initiatives and
regional/national strategies that seek to improve the governance of
the continent's natural resources.
The book provides an in-depth analysis of the governance of
Africa's natural resource sectors (oil, biofuels, forestry,
fisheries, minerals) and new insights for readers as they navigate
the burgeoning research on global governance initiatives and
regional/national strategies that seek to improve the governance of
the continent's natural resources.
Due toa series of historical conflicts, coincidences and
discoveries, the ancient civilizations and contemporary dilemmas
posed by the 'Middle East' were much on the minds of authors and
ordinary citizens in the English-speaking world of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the wake of the First
World War, the European powers sought to redraw the boundaries of
many Near Eastern countries, a dubious favour that has had many
repercussions. But what did contemporary writers and thinkers think
that their images of the Middle East and the so-called 'Arab Other'
might do for them in return? This text provides some answers to
these questions. It examines the imaginative uses to which
representative Anglo-American modernist writers put their images of
the Near East and its inhabitants. These Orientalist fantasies
became entangled in desires to reshape both the Western character
and Western literature - renovating both seemed essential to the
larger project of saving Western civilization from decadence.
Unfortunately for these authors, or perhaps fortunately, these
dreams of identification with an Other and with a region viewed as
hard, granitic, noble and strange increasingly fall victim to their
own popularity. Authors like Wyndham Lewis, who remained obsessed
with kitsch even as he railed against it, record the increasing
difficulty of keeping their fantasy pure and untouched. The final
chapter of the text traces the fantasy's willed destruction in the
works of gleefully perverse authors such as Paul Bowles, and that
fantasy's rich and equally perverse persistence.
Corporate Governance in the US and Europe provides a comprehensive
and concise overview of the most recent developments in corporate
governance. It is based on a recent joint conference arranged by
New York University and the London School of Economics, which
brought together eminent academics and practitioners, including
Michael Jensen in Finance and Martin Lipton in Law, to discuss the
stock market boom-and-bust, and the recent corporate scandals. The
book is aimed at practitioners, policy makers and academics who
have to deal with corporate governance.
Corporate Governance in the US and Europe provides a comprehensive
and concise overview of the most recent developments in corporate
governance. It is based on a recent joint conference arranged by
New York University and the London School of Economics, which
brought together eminent academics and practitioners, including
Michael Jensen in Finance and Martin Lipton in Law, to discuss the
stock market boom-and-bust, and the recent corporate scandals. The
book is aimed at practitioners, policy makers and academics who
have to deal with corporate governance.
A Black woman who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus
sparked a bus boycott and became part of one of the most iconic
moments in American history. Yet, few know that Rosa Parks had
actively worked toward social justice her whole life. And even
fewer know that the seeds of the statewide bus boycott were first
planted by a teenager named Claudette Colvin, who was arrested on
similar charges months earlier. Parks and Colvin inspired a nation,
showing how positive change can start with a single defiant act.
Their actions have become the stuff of legend, but there is so much
more to their lives, their stories, and the movement they began.
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