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The treasure of the Black experience at a Historically Black
College/University (HBCU) is that it offers a personal and intimate
experience rooted in Black heritage that cannot be found at other
institutions. On campus, face-to-face instruction and activities
focused on addressing issues that plague the Black community are
paramount. This provides students with small classroom environments
and the personal support from administrators, faculty, and staff.
In March 2020, the Black experience was interrupted when a global
pandemic forced governors to declare states of emergencies and
mandate stay-at-home orders. The stay-at-home orders forced
universities to transition into fully remote environments. Doing so
heightened an array of emotions compounded by the reality of
previously recognized disparities in resources and funding amongst
higher education institutions. As a result of this abrupt
transformation, the HBCU experience was impacted by positive and
negative implications for Black people at the campus, local, state,
and national levels. The Black Experience and Navigating Higher
Education Through a Virtual World explores the reality of the Black
experience from various perspectives involving higher education
institutions with a focus on HBCUs. The book provides an overview
and analysis of a virtual experience that goes beyond the
day-to-day technological implications and exposes innovative ideas
and ways of navigating students and faculty through a remote world.
It focuses on heightening the awareness of disparities through the
Black experience in a virtual environment, provides guidance on
transitioning to fully remote environments, examines leadership
dynamics in virtual environments, analyzes mental health balance,
and examines implications on the digital divide. Covering topics
such as online course delivery, self-health, and social justice,
this book is essential for graduate students, academicians,
diversity officers in the academy, professors, and researchers.
Clark brings readers face-to-face with their most common terror:
the feeling that that they are not performing well enough for
parents, spouses, children, in the workplace, and, sadly, even for
God. In doing so, he exposes the tyranny of expectation that
debilitates so many Christians, causing them to spend their lives
paralyzed by the fear of poor performance.
2nd Place is a story of hope and encouragement that speaks to the
human spirit. The story is told from the perspective of a young boy
named Ricky Workman. The reader gets to watch him grow up, notice
his writing improve in his journal, and see him develop into a hard
working, loving, and people building man. We also get to see him
succeed and fail as a football player and track athlete. There are
no obvious antagonists in this story, but Rick still has his share
of conflict and struggle. Life experiences challenge him greatly,
but he remains true to the principles his parents and grandparents
teach him. This book was written in response to a need the author
has detected in the youth of today. Our global culture seems so
pre-occupied with finishing first that too many individuals simply
give up on worthwhile pursuits if there is any doubt in their minds
they will be the best. This story is an uplifting, yet real world
example of how someone can still feel valued even though they don't
win it all. Every school library needs high interest, low to medium
vocabulary books that arouse the interest of young people. 2nd
Place delivers beautifully in that regard.
Where other books have discussed selected social practices in
China, this volume is unique in its coverage of the entire social
control apparatus of that country. The contributors to this
comprehensive study describe the design and operation of the
Chinese social control system. Drawing on data gathered in China,
the book introduces readers to China's unusual blend of formal and
informal devices at the individual and neighborhood level up
through the formal criminal justice system. This social control
approach stresses citizen involvement and emphasizes prevention
rather than reaction. The various chapters describe how the
criminal justice system operates when these devices fail.
The book's primary conclusion is that the low rates of deviance
in China are a consequence of extensive social control efforts at
the grassroots level. These grassroots devices are carefully
controlled by the government. At the same time, however, China is
rapidly changing. There is an extensive development of a formal
criminal justice system and rapid economic development. The
contributors predict that China's crime rate will rise as these
trends continue. Professional criminologists, as well as students
and scholars of criminology, delinquency, and comparative criminal
justice systems, will find this book a valuable resource.
This book examines a selection of major types of theory explaining
religion: religious, philosophical, sociological, socio-economic
and psychological. It treats of the presuppositions behind such
theories and the grounds of their necessity and validity. It looks
at major styles in the definition of religion. It argues that the
case for making religion the subject of large scale theorising has
not been made and contends that the explanation of religion
proceeds better by concentrating on the specifics of religious
history and the interconnections between religious ideas.
Medicinal chemistry is both science and art. The science of
medicinal chemistry offers mankind one of its best hopes for
improving the quality of life. The art of medicinal chemistry
continues to challenge its practitioners with the need for both
intuition and experience to discover new drugs. Hence sharing the
experience of drug research is uniquely beneficial to the field of
medicinal chemistry. Drug research requires interdisciplinary
team-work at the interface between chemistry, biology and medicine.
Therefore, the topic-related series Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
covers all relevant aspects of drug research, e.g.
pathobiochemistry of diseases, identification and validation of
(emerging) drug targets, structural biology, drugability of
targets, drug design approaches, chemogenomics, synthetic chemistry
including combinatorial methods, bioorganic chemistry, natural
compounds, high-throughput screening, pharmacological in vitro and
in vivo investigations, drug-receptor interactions on the molecular
level, structure-activity relationships, drug absorption,
distribution, metabolism, elimination, toxicology and
pharmacogenomics. In general, special volumes are edited by well
known guest editors.
The Bikoroa Plays is a major of cycle of three plays, The Boat, The
Return Home and Full Circle that were first staged in 1981 at the
University of Lagos and the National Theatre of Nigeria. The Boat
is a prose drama that documents Ngbilebiri history. The Return Home
is a historical play set in the 1920s. Full Circle is set in the
1950s and concerns a brothers' quarrel in a traditional setting.
The three plays are characterised by their dramatic qualities and
unique poetic voice.
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The Eliot Tracts collects for the first time a series of 11
documents published in London between 1643 and 1671 that describe
missionary work by the British among the Indians in New England.
Written by John Eliot, Thomas Shepard, and other intellectual and
political leaders among the colonists, these tracts constitute the
most detailed and sustained record of missionary activity by the
English in the New World in the first century of settlement. They
are also one of our richest sources of ethnographic information
about the Indians of Southern New England in the 17th century as
recorded by the British settlers. In addition to the tracts, the
volume contains two letters written by John Eliot that argue for
the millennialist significance of the missionary work and so
situate the missionaries' project within one of the most important
theological debates of the time.
The introduction establishes the historical and theological
context in which the tracts were written and published. The text of
the tracts and letters is that of the original 17th-century
publications, including interlinear English/Algonquian
translations. Functional variations in relative font size and
spacing have been retained to reproduce the visual organization of
the original documents, though simplified and regularized across
all the tracts to give the volume a visual conformity and
coherence. An index allows readers to trace the record of
particular towns and individual proselytes and missionaries across
the 30 years covered by the tracts, and to follow the contributions
of the different authors as they recount their experiences over
that period.
This first book in a three volume series celebrates and examines
the work of four African American authors of young adult
literature. They are Virginia Hamilton, Julius Lester, Walter Dean
Myers, and Mildred D. Taylor; they serve as the foundation of young
adult literature and provide robust stories that center and
illuminate African American youth. In addition, this volume also
examines the role of the Coretta Scott King Award in promoting
access and visibility to authors and illustrators who shine a
spotlight on African American youth and society. The chapter
authors--librarians and established and emerging scholars in the
field of young adult literature--survey the work of Hamilton,
Lester, Myers, or Taylor; their accolades; and how audiences
initially responded to their work. Each chapter highlights a single
work and discusses how it might be taught, providing pre, during,
and post reading activities or, in some cases, individual, small
group, or whole class activities. This volume is a resource for
classroom teachers, teacher educators, reading specialists,
librarians, and other educators who study, research, and read young
adult literature. This first volume supplements studies in the
foundations of African American authors of young adult literature
and explorations of critical works by these authors.
Robert Clark delves into 100 millennia of human history to create a
unified and consistent explanation for humankind's inner need to
spread itself across the globe. He examines key events from
different eras, such as the voyages of the Chinese treasure fleet,
the shaping of the Aztec's trade system in MesoAmerica, the role of
steam-powered transpor
This reference is essential reading for anyone attempting to
understand modern terrorism by studying the arc of terrorism
throughout history, from anarchists to Al Qaeda, ISIS, and beyond.
As the rise of ISIS demonstrates, terrorist groups continue to
destabilize vital regions around the world. This book features a
series of introductory essays addressing how terrorism has evolved,
spanning centuries to focus ultimately on the advent of modern
terrorism, which has taken place from 1968 to the present. It
discusses the emerging challenges presented by the proliferation of
violent non-state actors, including Al Qaeda and ISIS. In addition,
it explores exactly what has motivated terrorists and speculates as
to how terrorism may continue to evolve. The core of Terrorism: The
Essential Reference Guide comprises A-Z entries on terrorist
organizations, major terrorist attacks, and prominent terrorist
leaders. The work concludes with a carefully selected group of
primary source documents essential to understanding the
contemporary terrorist landscape and a detailed timeline that will
help readers to place significant terrorism-related events in their
proper context. Provides readers with an overview of how terrorism
has changed over time and what new threats may be on the horizon
Analyzes counterterrorism policies and what emerging trends should
be considered to more effectively counter the threat posed by
international terrorism Offers a sweeping tour of terrorist groups;
their tactics, techniques, and procedures; and their ideologies,
motivations, and objectives Provides an A-Z review of "who's who"
in the annals of modern terrorism
Medicinal chemistry is both science and art. The science of
medicinal chemistry offers mankind one of its best hopes for
improving the quality of life. The art of medicinal chemistry
continues to challenge its practitioners with the need for both
intuition and experience to discover new drugs. Hence sharing the
experience of drug research is uniquely beneficial to the field of
medicinal chemistry. Drug research requires interdisciplinary
team-work at the interface between chemistry, biology and medicine.
Therefore, the topic-related series Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
covers all relevant aspects of drug research, e.g.
pathobiochemistry of diseases, identification and validation of
(emerging) drug targets, structural biology, drugability of
targets, drug design approaches, chemogenomics, synthetic chemistry
including combinatorial methods, bioorganic chemistry, natural
compounds, high-throughput screening, pharmacological in vitro and
in vivo investigations, drug-receptor interactions on the molecular
level, structure-activity relationships, drug absorption,
distribution, metabolism, elimination, toxicology and
pharmacogenomics. In general, special volumes are edited by well
known guest editors.
Molecular Biology, Third Edition, provides a thoroughly revised,
invaluable resource for college and university students in the life
sciences, medicine and related fields. This esteemed text continues
to meet the needs of students and professors by offering new
chapters on RNA, genome defense, and epigenetics, along with
expanded coverage of RNAi, CRISPR, and more ensuring topical
content for a new class of students. This volume effectively
introduces basic concepts that are followed by more specific
applications as the text evolves. Moreover, as part of the Academic
Cell line of textbooks, this book contains research passages that
shine a spotlight on current experimental work reported in Cell
Press articles. These articles form the basis of case studies found
in the associated online study guide that is designed to tie
current topics to the scientific community.
The modern telecommunications world is a complicated place,
overloaded with jargon and bewilderingly full of different
technical options and opportunities. Many experts are only experts
of small domains and within limited geographies. For newcomers it
is often difficult to gain a grasp on the basic principles and even
harder to unravel the mysterious technical paradoxes and the
apparent contradictions of many modern technologies. My greatest
hope in writing this book is that you, the reader, will find help
and insight amongst its pages. I wish for no greater commendation
than your thoughts that you find the subject of A TM presented here
in an accessible and readable form. I hope also that the
comprehensive glossary will remain with you, as your wayfinder
through all that jargon! Martin P. Clark Frankfurt, Germany 20
December 1995 Acknowledgements No book on Asynchronous Transfer
Mode (ATM) could fail to recognize the invaluable contribution to
this technology and to world standardization as a whole made by the
International Telecommunications Union and the ATM Forum, and you
will find references to their work throughout the text. Particular
copyright extracts are labelled accordingly, but the full texts may
be obtained (as relevant) from ITU Sales and Marketing Service,
Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland or from ATM
Forum, 2570 West EI Camino Real, Suite 304, Mountain View,
California CA 94040, USA.
Robert Clark delves into 100 millennia of human history to create a
unified and consistent explanation for humankind's inner need to
spread itself across the globe. He examines key events from
different eras, such as the voyages of the Chinese treasure fleet,
the shaping of the Aztec's trade system in MesoAmerica, the role of
steam-powered transport in the supply of an English city, the rise
of the gas-powered engine, and the digitization of information in
the computer age, melding them together to form a framework for
understanding the process of globalization.Drawing on a variety of
academic disciplines including the physical sciences, biology,
anthropology, geography, economics, political science, sociology,
and demography, Clark reveals the spread of humans and their
cultures to be part of an ongoing struggle to supply the energy
needs of an increasingly large and complex society. "Entropy" and
"thermodynamics," terms often ignored or misunderstood by social
science students, clearly frame a fascinating vision of humans'
inherent tendency toward a globalized world.Although human
expansion has drawn increasing attention in the last several
decades, as this tumultuous century has progressed, Clark shows
that the process of globalization is not a recent concept. From the
very roots of the species, humankind has been driven by a range of
internal and external factors to expand in order to survive the
increasing complexity of human civilization.
From the philosophy of mind and language, through physics and
mathematics, to the philosophy of the human sciences, morality and
religion, there is almost no area of philosophy to which Hilary
Putnam has not made highly original and influential contributions.
This wide-ranging collection of papers provides a critical
assessment and exploration of Putnam's Seminal Work. Written by
Philosophers themselves well known for their work in the field,
each essay bears witness to the continuing influence and importance
of Putnam's thought. Putnam's reply constitutes an extensive new
essay which clarifies, and develops further, central themes in his
philosophy.
This volume includes papers by Simon Blackburn, George Boolos,
Michael Hallett, Michael Redhead, Thomas Ricketts, David Wiggins
and Crispin Wright.
This in-depth, historical analysis of terrorism investigates the
major funding streams of terrorists, insurgents, guerrillas,
warlords, militias, and criminal organizations throughout the world
as well as the efforts of the international community to thwart
their efforts. Terrorist financing is an ongoing game of creating,
concealing, and surreptitiously utilizing funds. This intriguing
book considers every facet of guerrilla funding-from how activities
are financed, to what insurgents do with the revenue they generate,
to the range of countermeasures in place for deterring their
moneymaking activities. Case studies prompt an analysis of past
government responses and inform recommendations for countering
irregular warfare worldwide. Author Colin P. Clarke presents the
business side of terrorism, taking a look at the cash-producing
ventures he labels "gray activities" such as diaspora support,
charities, fraudulent businesses, front companies, and money
laundering as well as "dark activities" including kidnapping for
ransom, robbery, smuggling, trafficking, and extortion. He
considers the transnational efforts to stop terrorist
activities-from wiretaps and electronic surveillance to financial
sanctions and the freezing of funds and accounts-and points to the
emergence of interagency task forces for detaining and destroying
the operations of major criminal organizations across the globe.
Examines the financing of major terrorist organizations such as
ISIS, Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Taliban, and other
significant groups Features maps of key regions and graphs
comparing funding streams of various groups Includes information
derived from interviews with expert threat finance practitioners,
academics, scholars, and policy professionals Provides a chronology
of critical events
The Business of Beauty is a unique exploration of the history of
beauty, consumption, and business in Victorian and Edwardian
London. Illuminating national and cultural contingencies specific
to London as a global metropolis, it makes an important
intervention by challenging the view of those who-like their
historical contemporaries-perceive the 19th and early 20th
centuries as devoid of beauty praxis, let alone a commercial beauty
culture. Contrary to this perception, The Business of Beauty
reveals that Victorian and Edwardian women and men developed a
number of tacit strategies to transform their looks including the
purchase of new goods and services from a heterogeneous group of
urban entrepreneurs: hairdressers, barbers, perfumers, wigmakers,
complexion specialists, hair-restorers, manicurists, and beauty
"culturists." Mining trade journals, census data, periodical print,
and advice literature, Jessica P. Clark takes us on a journey
through Victorian and Edwardian London's beauty businesses, from
the shady back parlors of Sarah "Madame Rachel" Leverson to the
elegant showrooms of Eugene Rimmel into the first Mayfair salon of
Mrs. Helena Titus, aka Helena Rubinstein. By revealing these
stories, Jessica P. Clark revises traditional chronologies of
British beauty consumption and provides the historical background
to 20th-century developments led by Rubinstein and others. Weaving
together histories of gender, fashion, and business to investigate
the ways that Victorian critiques of self-fashioning and
beautification defined both the buying and selling of beauty goods,
this is a revealing resource for scholars, students, fashion
followers, and beauty enthusiasts alike.
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