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When religion and family turn on you, what is left? This is the
amazing story of a young man willing to do whatever is necessary to
maintain a relationship with his children. After growing up in a
polygamist family and life-style, Jason Williams is given zero
chance for salvation from the leaders of the FLDS. His wife and
children are kidnapped from him and he is instructed to have
nothing to do with them. Instead of giving in, read the true story
of how Jason took on the FLDS leaders and saved his children.
Abolish Criminology presents critical scholarship on criminology
and criminal justice ideologies and practices, alongside emerging
freedom-driven visions and practices for new world formations. The
book introduces readers to a detailed history and analysis of crime
as a concept and its colonizing trajectories into existence and
enforcement. These significant contexts buried within peculiar
academic histories and classroom practices are often overlooked or
unknown outside academic and public discussions, causing the impact
of racializing-gendering-sexualizing histories to extend and grow
through criminology’s creation of crime, extending how the
concept is weaponized and enforced through the criminal legal
system. It offers written, visual, and poetic teachings from the
perspectives of students, professors, imprisoned and formerly
imprisoned persons, and artists. This allows readers to engage in
multi-sensory, inter-disciplinary, and multi-perspective teachings
on criminology’s often discussed but seldom interrogated
mythologies on violence and danger, and their wide-reaching
enforcements through the criminal legal system’s research,
theories, agencies, and dominant cultures. Abolish Criminology
serves the needs of undergraduate and graduate students and
educators in the social sciences, arts, and humanities. It will
also appeal to scholars, researchers, policy makers, activists,
community organizers, social movement builders, and various reading
groups in the general public who are grappling with increased
critical public discourse on policing and criminal legal reform or
abolition.
Abolish Criminology presents critical scholarship on criminology
and criminal justice ideologies and practices, alongside emerging
freedom-driven visions and practices for new world formations. The
book introduces readers to a detailed history and analysis of crime
as a concept and its colonizing trajectories into existence and
enforcement. These significant contexts buried within peculiar
academic histories and classroom practices are often overlooked or
unknown outside academic and public discussions, causing the impact
of racializing-gendering-sexualizing histories to extend and grow
through criminology’s creation of crime, extending how the
concept is weaponized and enforced through the criminal legal
system. It offers written, visual, and poetic teachings from the
perspectives of students, professors, imprisoned and formerly
imprisoned persons, and artists. This allows readers to engage in
multi-sensory, inter-disciplinary, and multi-perspective teachings
on criminology’s often discussed but seldom interrogated
mythologies on violence and danger, and their wide-reaching
enforcements through the criminal legal system’s research,
theories, agencies, and dominant cultures. Abolish Criminology
serves the needs of undergraduate and graduate students and
educators in the social sciences, arts, and humanities. It will
also appeal to scholars, researchers, policy makers, activists,
community organizers, social movement builders, and various reading
groups in the general public who are grappling with increased
critical public discourse on policing and criminal legal reform or
abolition.
Entire first series of the popular TV show. In 'Encounter at
Farpoint', a double length story, the Enterprise encounters a
planet that is being threatened by an alien creature - and to make
matters worse, Picard is called before the super-being Q to answer
questions on behalf of humanity. 'The Naked Now' has the cew
infected by a deadly virus which manifests itself in such symptoms
as intoxication and promiscuity. 'Code of Honour' sees Tasha
kidnapped by an alien who wants her as his mate. 'The Last Outpost'
finds the Enterprise coming face-to-face with the Ferengi for the
first time. In 'Where No One Has Gone Before', a warp experiment
goes wrong and flings the Enterprise into a strange galaxy billions
of light-years from its starting point. 'Lonely Among Us' has
Picard's body becomes the host for an alien entity. 'Justice' sees
the unfortunate Wes Crusher sentenced to death for violating a
local custom on an alien world. 'The Battle' finds Picard taking on
DaiMan Bok, who wants revenge for the death of his son. 'Hide and
Q' has the crew of the Enterprise D plagued once more by the cosmic
trickster Q. 'Haven' sees Riker's heart set to break when Deanna is
forced into an arranged marriage. In 'The Big Goodbye', Picard
indulges his love of film noir detective stories on the holodeck,
only to end up trapped when the system malfunctions. 'Datalore' has
the crew of the Enterprise discover the component parts of Lore,
Data's twin brother, on a devastated planet. 'Angel One' sees Riker
caught up in the politics of a planet ruled entirely by women.
'11001001' finds the Enterprise hijacked by an alien race called
the Bynars, who upgrade the ship's computer to their own ends. 'Too
Short a Season' has the Enterprise accompany the ageing Admiral
Mark Jameson to Mordan IV, where his mission is to secure the
release of Federation hostages. 'When the Bough Breaks' sees Wesley
and various other children from the Enterprise kidnapped by the
technologically advanced but sterile civilisation on the planet
Aldea. In 'Home Soil', it transpires that the Enterprise is under
attack from Microbain, a microscopic life-form, after Data is
attacked by a laser drill. 'Coming of Age' finds Wesley preparing
to sit an Academy exam, while Picard is investigated by the
unpopular Lt Commander Dexter. 'Heart of Glory' has the Enterprise
play host to two Klingons who claim to have been attacked by
Ferengi. 'The Arsenal of Freedom' sees Picard lead a team to the
lifeless planet Minos to search for the USS Drake. 'Symbiosis'
finds Picard caught in the middle of a war between the
narcotics-addicted Ornarans and their enemies the Brekkans, who
possess a possible cure. In 'Skin of Evil', an Enterprise
shuttlecraft crash lands on Vagra II and is captured by the evil
Armus. 'We'll Always Have Paris' sees the man married to Picard's
first love create a hole in the universe. 'Conspiracy' has Picard's
best friend suffer from an acute paranoia which leads to the
destruction of his starship being destroyed. Finally, in 'The
Neutral Zone', the crew encounter an enemy stronger than any they
have come across before.
On any given day, nearly half a million children are served by
foster care services in the U.S. at an annual cost of over $25
billion. Growing demand and shrinking funds have so greatly
stressed the child welfare system that calls for orphanages have
re-entered the public debate for the first time in nearly half a
century. New ideas are desperately needed to transform a system in
crisis, guarantee better outcomes for children in foster care, and
reduce the need for out-of-home care in the first place. Yet little
is known about what works in foster care. Very few studies have
examined how alumni have fared as adults or tracked long-term
health effects, and even fewer have directly compared different
foster care services. In one of the most comprehensive studies of
adults formerly in foster care ever conducted, the Northwest Foster
Care Alumni Study found that quality foster care services for
children pay big dividends when they grow into adults. Key
investments in highly trained staff, low caseloads, and robust
supplementary services can dramatically reduce the rates of mental
disorders and substance abuse later in life and increase the
likelihood of completing education beyond high school and remaining
employed. The results of this unparalleled study document not only
the more favorable outcomes for youth who receive better services
but the overall return when an investment is made in high quality
foster care: every dollar invested in a child generates $1.50 in
benefits to society. These findings form the core of this book's
blueprint for reform. By keeping more children with their families
and investing additional funds in enhanced foster care services,
child welfare agencies have the opportunity to greatly improve the
health, well being, and economic prospects for foster care alumni.
What Works in Foster Care? presents a model foster care program
that promises to revolutionize the way policymakers,
administrators, case workers, and researchers think about
protecting our most vulnerable youth.
From the stresses of repeated deployments to the difficulties of
re-entry into civilian life, we are just beginning to understand
how protracted conflicts, such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan,
are affecting service members. Issues such as risky health
behaviors and chemical dependence raise productivity concerns as
they do with all organizations, but they also have a profound
impact on the safety and readiness of troops--and by extension, the
military as a whole--in life-or-death situations. Understanding
Military Workforce Productivity cuts through the myths and
misconceptions about the health and resilience of today's
active-duty armed forces. This first-of-its-kind volume presents
up-to-date findings across service branches in core health areas
including illness and injury, alcohol and drug abuse, tobacco use,
obesity, and mental health. The short- and long-term implications
discussed relate to the quality of the lives of service members and
their families, the quality and preparedness of the military as a
workforce, and prevention and intervention efforts. The book:
Presents data from ten large-scale health behavior surveys
sponsored by the Department of Defense. Offers background context
for understanding health and behavioral health and productivity
among service members. Introduces a health and behavioral health
model of productivity loss in the armed forces. Compares key
indicators of substance abuse, health, and mental health in
military and civilian populations. Reviews approaches for improving
military productivity. Identifies areas for further study.
Understanding Military Workforce Productivity offers a rare
close-up of health issues in the services, making it an invaluable
source of information for practitioners and researchers in mental
health, substance abuse, health behaviors, and military behavioral
health.
It might sound like an old story, but this 1970s Hollywood tale
isn't what you've heard before-a former college athlete from
conservative Orange County goes on to become a film actor. A fish
out of water in a town where everyone's looking for a break, he
jumps at the chance for a lead role in a science fiction parody.
Sure, he has to get naked, but so do lots of cute girls. He has no
idea this is the start of an odyssey that will take him through the
highs and lows of Hollywood in the 1970s, and make him the most
known unknown person in movies-Flesh Gordon.
From the stresses of repeated deployments to the difficulties of
re-entry into civilian life, we are just beginning to understand
how protracted conflicts, such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan,
are affecting service members. Issues such as risky health
behaviors and chemical dependence raise productivity concerns as
they do with all organizations, but they also have a profound
impact on the safety and readiness of troops--and by extension, the
military as a whole--in life-or-death situations. Understanding
Military Workforce Productivity cuts through the myths and
misconceptions about the health and resilience of today's
active-duty armed forces. This first-of-its-kind volume presents
up-to-date findings across service branches in core health areas
including illness and injury, alcohol and drug abuse, tobacco use,
obesity, and mental health. The short- and long-term implications
discussed relate to the quality of the lives of service members and
their families, the quality and preparedness of the military as a
workforce, and prevention and intervention efforts. The book:
Presents data from ten large-scale health behavior surveys
sponsored by the Department of Defense. Offers background context
for understanding health and behavioral health and productivity
among service members. Introduces a health and behavioral health
model of productivity loss in the armed forces. Compares key
indicators of substance abuse, health, and mental health in
military and civilian populations. Reviews approaches for improving
military productivity. Identifies areas for further study.
Understanding Military Workforce Productivity offers a rare
close-up of health issues in the services, making it an invaluable
source of information for practitioners and researchers in mental
health, substance abuse, health behaviors, and military behavioral
health.
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Greater Tuna (Paperback)
Jason Williams; Photographs by Joe Sears, Ed Howard; Jaston Williams
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LEVERAGE YOUR MOST POWERFUL TRADING ASSET: YOUR PERSONALITY The
Mental Edge in Trading explains the critical link between
successful trading and personality traits--and it gives you the
tools to use this information to make smarter trades. A highly
trained psychiatrist, Dr. Jason Williams, son of legendary trader
Larry Williams, explains how to assess and measure your innate
personality traits and align them with your trading style for more
profitable trading on a more consistent basis. Dr. Williams tested
proven winning traders who were managing billions of dollars to see
what the great winning traders had in common, what personality
traits made them so successful. The results are in this
groundbreaking book that will help you become like these winning
traders. His conclusions are based on hard science, the latest
brain research, and the careful study of successful traders, not on
psychobabble meanderings. Dr. Williams provides: A comprehensive
overview of how personality/emotions affect every trading decision
The information you need to determine the emotions that dominate
your decision making Proven methods for adapting your trading
plan--and your behavior--to make more money than ever With The
Mental Edge in Trading, you have everything you need to apply your
cluster of personality traits to become a better, wiser, and more
consistently successful market trader. Solid trading strategies and
accurate market indicators are crucial. But when push comes to
shove, the glue that binds them is your emotional state at any
given time. When things go south, the best trading system will
collapse like a house of cards--if you allow it to. The Mental Edge
in Trading provides the tools you need to ensure this never happens
to you by helping you understand and use your emotions when it
counts most. It's the key to long-term trading success. Until now,
no other book has provided a practical, detailed method for
achieving the mental edge in trading. What you'll find inside is
based on intensive research into the minds of today's most
profitable traders. The Mental Edge in Trading explains the
immutable relationship of human thought, emotion, and behavior and
reveals how to: Determine if you should be a systems or
discretionary trader Conquer you underlying fear of risk by
understanding where it comes from Calm innate anxieties before you
start your trading day Use optimism as a "tool" for profitability
Remain vigilant as to why you are placing each and every trade This
complete trading-improvement tool gives you the information you
need to determine and improve your personality traits, discover
your dominant emotions, and use this information to adapt your
behavior for more successful trading.
Liquid Acquisition Devices for Advanced In-Space Cryogenic
Propulsion Systems discusses the importance of reliable cryogenic
systems, a pivotal part of everything from engine propulsion to
fuel deposits. As some of the most efficient systems involve
advanced cryogenic fluid management systems that present
challenging issues, the book tackles issues such as the difficulty
in obtaining data, the lack of quality data and models, and the
complexity in trying to model these systems. The book presents
models and experimental data based on rare and hard-to-obtain
cryogenic data. Through clear descriptions of practical data and
models, readers will explore the development of robust and flexible
liquid acquisition devices (LAD) through component-level and
full-scale ground experiments, as well as analytical tools. This
book presents new and rare experimental data, as well as analytical
models, in a fundamental area to the aerospace and space-flight
communities. With this data, the reader can consider new and
improved ways to design, analyze, and build expensive flight
systems.
This book demonstrates how nonlinear/non-Gaussian Bayesian time
series estimation methods were used to produce a probability
distribution of potential MH370 flight paths. It provides details
of how the probabilistic models of aircraft flight dynamics,
satellite communication system measurements, environmental effects
and radar data were constructed and calibrated. The probability
distribution was used to define the search zone in the southern
Indian Ocean. The book describes particle-filter based numerical
calculation of the aircraft flight-path probability distribution
and validates the method using data from several of the involved
aircraft's previous flights. Finally it is shown how the Reunion
Island flaperon debris find affects the search probability
distribution.
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Cyber Kill (Paperback)
E. Jason Williams
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