This volume recommends some 500 positive, heart-warming stories for young readers--stories of the human spirit and what it can accomplish; stories of loving families surviving crises in positive ways; historical tales full of quick-witted people (especially girls); fairy tales with strong women; true stories of survival; and more. These gentle and uplifting reads span every genre--from science fiction and fantasy to mysteries, realistic fiction, biographies, and nonfiction. There are Accelerated Reader titles, Reading Counts titles, and Junior Library Guild selections. Primarily intended for grades 5 to 9, this is a list of reading suggestions for the young adult who wants a great read but does not want to be offended. Grades 5-9.

Cattoi and McDaniel present a selection of articles on the role of the body and the spiritual senses--our transfigured channels of sensory perceptions--in the context of spiritual practice. The volume investigates this theme across a variety of different religious traditions, starting from early and medieval Christianity, addressing a number of Eastern traditions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Daoism, and finally touching on some modern forms of spirituality and psychotherapy.

A young girl undertakes an impossible trip to the moon, makes friends with the stars, and brings back something priceless in this gentle and lyrically told picture book about family, history, and memory. Grana used to tell the best stories, and Mabel used to long to soar through the heavens. Nowadays, Grana mostly lies in bed and Mabel stays close to home. But one day, Grana asks, "If we can touch the moon, then what is impossible?" So Mabel decides to do just that, embarking on a journey through the stars where The Seven Sistahs, The Big Dipper, and other constellations help her on her quest and teach her about African mythology and African American history. With the support of her new companions, Mabel reaches for her biggest dream yet: to make her sick grandma well again.

Energy managers need to learn new and diverse ways to approach energy management in their company's assets as technology continues to evolve. Built into one cohesive and fundamental resource, Introduction to Energy Essentials: Insight into Nuclear, Renewable, and Non-Renewable Energies delivers an informative tool to understand the main steps for introducing and maintaining an energy management system (EnMS). Starting with a high-level introduction, the reference then takes a structured approach and dives into different sources of energy along with their contribution to energy efficiency, focusing on nuclear power, renewable and non-renewable energies. Multiple options are further discussed including economic considerations and cost comparisons per energy source, energy storage technology, and how to introduce an energy management system into your company. More advanced topics include nuclear reactor power plant systems and their thermal hydraulic analysis as well as cyber resiliency for future electric power and well plant control systems. Authored by experts, Introduction to Energy Essentials: Insight into Nuclear, Renewable, and Non-Renewable Energies gives today's energy managers and engineers a solid starting point to meeting the energy demands of today and in the future.

A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun, reaches her hands up for a book on a high shelf, and raises her hands up in praise at a church service. She stretches her hands up high like a plane's wings and whizzes down a hill so fast on her bike with her hands way up. As she grows, she lives through everyday moments of joy, love, and sadness. And when she gets a little older, she joins together with her family and her community in a protest march, where they lift their hands up together in resistance and strength.

Cattoi and McDaniel present a selection of articles on the role of the body and the spiritual senses - our transfigured channels of sensory perceptions - in the context of spiritual practice. The volume investigates this theme across a variety of different religious traditions within Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Daoism.

The moon's rings illuminate the desert path before you. Up ahead a ridge rises, obscuring the horizon. You cannot go back. There is nothing to go back to. A hundred worlds lie behind you and a thousand more lie ahead. You smell smoke in the air and hear a hint of music somewhere far away. One foot after another, you head toward the horizon, beckoned by the mystery of what lies beyond. The fifteen stories in this collection portray remarkable worlds for you to visit. These are worlds unlike our own - worlds where a pastor attends the 68th Periodic Interspecies Theologians' Conference; worlds where a boy goes on a spiritual journey in the mists of prehistory; worlds where humans are enslaved and one freed woman will do whatever it takes to save her species; worlds where humans, zombies, and vampires rub elbows in the office. We invite you on your own journey in the pages of Sojourn: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction, penned by the talented storytellers of the Fear the Boot podcast community. Some of these worlds will feel familiar, some will feel alien, and a few may entice you to sojourn just a bit longer. Within these pages, you will find stories by new and established writers alike. Authors include: Laura K. Anderson Thomas Childress Wayne Cole Hans Cummings Shannon Dickson Matt Forbeck Robert Freund Chris Hussey James Lowder Johann Luebbering Peter Martin Ryan J. McDaniel Tom McNeil Dan Repperger Elizabeth Roper

Cost growth in major DoD acquisition programs has been commonplace for the last 35 years, and shows no signs of improvement despite the adoption of new business practices legislation. In the current environment where taxpayer dollars are heavily competed for, and the expenditure of those dollars is highly scrutinized, it has become a high priority in Department of Defense leadership to build accurate cost estimates that reduce overruns and restore credibility to the defense acquisition process. Previous research has validated the use of two-pronged logistic and multiple regression approach that offers better predictive ability than the traditional multiple regression approach alone. This research further validates the use of this two-pronged approach by applying it to the engineering and schedule cost growth categories. We update and augment previously collected programmatic data from the Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) between 1990 and 2001 for programs covering all defense departments, with the latest SAR database (1990-2002). We start the analysis by building logistic regression models to predict whether cost growth will occur. Then we build multiple regression models to predict the extent to which a program will experience cost growth. The response variables for our models are the respective cost growth on procurement-funded efforts in the engineering and schedule cost categories, during the Engineering and Management Development phase of the acquisition process.

We were successful because we were committed to becoming partners with a lot of people. Our partnerships included the relationships we built with customers as well as those with fellow workers, suppliers and our stock holders. Whatever the form of communicaton is, and we relied heavily on interpersonal contact, as long as a business creates a social contract for its activities then it can be vital and profitable. "We Were All Partners" describes a company that focused on creating social contracts and how we did it through team building, measuring and training. The result of our dedication to the principles of partnership building were excellent profitability and industry leading performance.