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Bursts of revelation amidst the everyday can change the course of our lives. Charlie Cleverly challenges us to be looking out for - and to respond to - those moments when God breaks through, because only then can we live our lives to the full.

The security of federal government buildings and court facilities affects not only the daily operations of the federal government but also the health, well-being, and safety of federal employees and the public. In the 112th Congress, legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives and Senate to improve the Federal Protective Service (FPS), the agency charged with responsibility to protect federal buildings. This book provides an ove...

Consumers are increasingly turning for help to financial planners--individuals who help clients meet their financial goals by providing assistance with such things as selecting investments and insurance products, and managing tax and estate planning. This book examines how financial planners, investment advisers and broker-dealers are regulated and overseen at the federal and state levels, what is known about the effectiveness of this regulati...

This book provides an overview of The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) which established a national Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC) under the joint direction of the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Inspector General, and designed to co-ordinate Federal, state and local law enforcement activities with respect to heal...

Since 1975, a growing number of states have implemented high risk pools (HRPs), which offer non-profit health insurance to individuals who are unable to purchase affordable coverage in the private market because of pre-existing conditions. State HRPs often contract with a private health insurance carrier to administer the pool, and plan options can vary significantly both within pools and from state to state. This book examines the temporary f...

The TRIO programs are the primary federal programs providing support services to disadvantaged students to promote achievement in post-secondary education. The TRIO programs have been designed to prepare qualified individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds for post-secondary education and encourage their success throughout the educational pipeline from secondary school to undergraduate and graduate education. While the TRIO programs primarily ...

This series provides an overview of education in America today, with a focus on the current issues, analyses, policies and programs being implemented and challenged. This volume discusses the Supreme Court's decisions regarding the range of topics that involve religious concerns in education, public aid to sectarian schools, a legal analysis of religious discrimination in public schools, the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA), higher educat...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the biosynthesis, physiological functions and commercial uses of glycine. Topics discussed include the molecular complexation of glycine with 18-crown-6 in aqueous-organic solvent, concentrated glycine based electrolytes and application to solid pH sensor, heterologous expression of the glycine receptor chloride channel, the theoretical evaluation of the properties of energy de...

Widespread use of health information technology, such as electronic health records (EHR), has the potential to improve the quality of care patients receive and reduce health care costs. Historically, patient health information has been scattered across paper records kept by many different providers in many different locations. When this occurs, health care professionals may lack ready access to critical information needed to make the most info...

Encephalopathies are disorders or diseases of the brain. In modern usage, encephalopathy does not refer to a single disease, but rather to a syndrome of global brain dysfunction which can be caused by many different illnesses. In this book, the authors discuss the symptoms, causes, and potential complications relating to encephalitis, encephalomyelitis and encephalopathies. Topics include HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorder, nonconvulsive...

This book compiles biographical sketches of top professionals in the field of education research, as well as research summaries from a number of different focuses in this important field.

Starters and plenaries are now an essential part of all lessons and this highly practical, bestselling book provides busy secondary teachers with 50 creative activities to use in the classroom. The tasks will help ensure the first five minutes of any lesson are a time for motivation, energy and forward thinking and will help students to reflect on, and embed their learning at the end. From game show inspired quizzes to bingo and dominoes, Kate...

Es zeichnet sich eine wachsende Bedeutung von Gesundheit und Ernährung für die gesamte Lebensqualität ab. Ernährung wird nicht nur als bloße Nahrungsaufnahme verstanden, sondern Verbraucher versuchen, ihren Gesundheitszustand und ihr Wohlbefinden durch das Ernährungsverhalten aktiv zu beeinflussen. Eine Erscheinung dieser Gesundheitsorientierung ist der Konsum von gesundheitsfördernden und als gesund wahrgenommenen Lebensmitteln. Ziel der vorl...

Klassisch bis exotisch und in jedem Fall super lecker sind die Suppenrezepte aus der Trierer Zuppa-Suppenbar, die Juana Georgia Gürtler für dieses großartige Kochbuch so fröhlich und farbenprächtig illustriert hat. 53 Augenschmäuse und Gaumenfreuden, von A bis Z, das Auge isst immer mit. Guten Appetit!

Description: Transforming Faith Communities argues for a model of being church that combines congregationalism with a constructive approach to church-state relationships. Congregationalism within a vision for a renewed Christendom is commended here as a viable option for Christian mission in the twenty-first-century world. In making this case, two movements are explored--those inspired by sixteenth-century Anabaptism and late twentieth-centur...

Completely reorganized and annotated by Roger Tory Peterson, America's best known ornithologist, this spectacular new edition displays all 435 of Audubon's brilliant hand-colored engravings in exquisite reproductions taken from the original plates of the Audubon Society's archival copy of the rare Double Elephant Folio. 482 full-color illustrations. 435 duotones.

A Lord of the Rings for the 21st century. Only a lot shorter. And funnier. And completely different.

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The tradition of weird poetry is one that stretches back for millennia, to the earliest literary expression of the human race. In this new volume-the first comprehensive historical anthology of weird, horrific, and supernatural poetry in more than 50 years-the editors have rightly begun their survey of weirdness in verse with Homer's Odyssey, proceeding through Greek, Latin, and medieval verse to such towering poets of English and American lit...