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Looking in detail at words that "treat people as things, and things as people, and do so at that strange space where joking, ridiculing, demeaning, oppressing, resisting, and regretting converge," Household Words is a study of how certain words act as indices of political and social change, perpetuating anxieties and prejudices even as those ways of thinking have been seemingly resolved or overcome by history. Specifically, Stephanie A. Smith examines six words—bloomer, sucker, bombshell, scab, nigger, and cyber—and explores how these words with their contemporary "universal" meaning appeal to a dangerous idea about what it means to be human, an idea that denies our history of conflict. She traces "bombshell" from Marilyn Monroe through women's liberation and the sexual revolution to Monica Lewinsky, "scab" from blemish to strikebreaker, "sucker" from lollipop to the routinely cheated. Exposing the ambiguities in each of the words, Smith reveals that our language is communal and cutting, democratic and discriminatory, social and psychological. Stephanie A. Smith is associate professor of English at the University of Florida and the author of Conceived by Liberty: Maternal Figures and Nineteenth-Century American Literature as well as three novels.

Like Invisibles and Snapshots of Dangerous Women, Outsiders is an accessible visual tour through life experienced on the margins of mainstream society. Squired through the social turmoil of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s by artists like Diane Arbus and Nan Goldin, Outsiders is an unforgettable look at people whose identity is in flux. Idealists, outsiders, and those brave enough to be themselves shot by visionary photographers including Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, and Nan Goldin reveal the roots of America's influential counterculture.

Since the 1960s, many artists have incorporated ecological concerns into their work, an endeavour that has required new strategies in art-making. To explore recent American manifestations of these interests, the David and Alfred Smart Museum commissioned new projects from artists Mark Dion, Peter Fend and Dan Peterman, each focusing on interrelationships between particular organisms - human beings - and a specific group of sites: a museum building, a river landscape, and a university campus. The results, exhibited at the Smart Museum during the summer of 2000, evoke the varied scales, from the microscopic to the global, at which human actions affect the environment. This catalogue documents each of the artists' projects through an array of images and words: Smart Museum associate Stephanie Smith provides an introduction and brief overviews of the three projects, each of the artists contribute statements, and photographers Susan Anderson and Tom van Eynde document - in over 100 images - the processes and projects that comprised the exhibition.

Is love really enough to put the past where it belongs? Lana Washington chooses to hide. She hides from life. Hides from her abusive ex-husband. From the fact that everyone she loves eventually she loses, but when Lana's house catches fire she is forced out of the predictable comfort her life has become. Jake Weston had led a simple life, ever since he was called home from war for a family emergency four years ago, leaving only him and Hallie. Then one phone call throws his neatly-pieced world upside down. Jake wasn't supposed to be there. This wasn't his problem. But as soon as those piercing green eyes focused in on him, he knew he was done for. Can Jake hold onto his secret, all the while still holding onto Lana? Will Lana be able to let go of the past and the hurt that binds her to her lonely existence? Or will one small white lie ruin it all?

Stephanie met the love of her life as a young girl and could not get his presence out of her heart. After a stent with the law, Samuel was sentenced to a life in prison, without the possibility of parole. Disappointed, hurt, and confused, she believed that she could not handle a long distance love, and walked away from Samuel. While in prison, Samuel was determined to fight for his love, and finally was able to find Stephanie. After all those years, the two reconnected and confessed that they were still in love with each other. Wanting to prove that their love can overcome any obstacle, even a harsh prison term, the pair's love intensified.Even though mistakes may happen, falling deep in love isn't one of them.

ADVANCED PAEDIATRIC LIFE SUPPORT A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO EMERGENCIES The gold standard for treating paediatric emergencies Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies is the internationally renowned manual on emergency paediatric care. Written to support the course run by the Advanced Life Support Group, the book uses their structured approach: a tried and tested practical method of treating children during the crucial first few hours of a life-threatening illness or injury. Advanced Paediatric Life Support is used by doctors, nurses and allied health professionals dealing with emergencies in children. Its clear layout and straightforward style make it a highly practical tool both for training and in the event of an emergency. In the seventh edition you will find descriptions of both common and uncommon paediatric emergencies which you may encounter in clinical practice, their causes, and how to best treat them during the first hours after presentation. This book offers a thoroughly evidence-based approach to its subject, which includes: The latest International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) 2021 guidelinesA thorough introduction to the structured approach to paediatric emergencies, including important non-technical skills and communicationComprehensive explorations of the seriously ill child, including airway and breathing, circulation, decreased consciousness, seizures and exposurePractical discussions of the seriously injured child, including examinations of chest, abdominal, brain and spinal injuriesEvidence-based life support treatment and the practical application of the Advanced Paediatric Life Support structured management Perfect for emergency care physicians, nurses and other allied health professionals, Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies will also benefit paediatric clinicians, doctors-in-training and anyone else with an interest in the team management and treatment of paediatric emergencies.

In this updated 2nd Edition of Better Bodies Through Belly Dance, you can Belly Dance your way to fitness in a challenging 10-week program designed to help you tone, trim, and enjoy a better body. Each week incorporates an exciting combination of core and Belly Dance moves that will get your heart pumping, muscles working, and your body dancing As a bonus, each week includes an original Belly Dance choreography to utilize your exciting new moves.

Federal advisory committees are frequently chartered by the Chief Executive, Congress, and agency heads to render independent advice and to make recommendations. This report sets forth definitions and requirements for creating commissions as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Twelve commissions were created by the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY1999, and are used here to illustrate the various options that are available for creating independent study bodies.

Many nations around the globe are unable to experience a change in government without violence and bloodshed, but in America a peaceful transition from one presidential administration to the next has always been the case. Regardless of the bitterness surrounding a campaign like the 2000 election, the United States went through no coups or forcible attempts to hinder the change from the Clinton to Bush administrations. While such a state is important to a democracy, and indeed a rarity when compared to the rest of the world, Americans often take for granted the transition process. Behind this stable exterior, though, is a regulated process to ensure the orderly continuation of government. The president-elect has fewer than eleven weeks between election and inauguration, making the need for a defined process clear. Several pieces of legislation have been enacted to oversee all aspects of executive branch workings in anticipation of the new president. This book takes a close look at how the transition process has taken shape and been applied to each administration change since John F Kennedy's election in 1960. Included are presentations and examinations of legislation pertaining to the transition process, the text of the major laws, and general considerations for the presidential transition process. Anyone hoping to understand one of American democracy's most shining characteristics, the peaceful change in governments, needs to be familiar with the material discussed here.

Does God expect me to forgive? Is it possible to forgive everyone?Forgiveness is a hard thing to extend, but difficulty is not a disqualifier. Grudges, bitterness, and hatred motivate people to life-altering decisions every day. But, in the heat of the moment, we may not realize we're destroying relationships and forfeiting our peace. As Christians, we have been given the most perfect and complete forgiveness by Jesus Christ. When the Lord bestows a blessing in our lives, He expects us to bless others with it, and forgiveness is no exception. Forgiveness is a life-altering blessing, and God commands us to forgive others freely. But how? How do I forgive?

Love reindeer? Love yoga? This hilarious coloring book is for you With dozens of bendy reindeer in various yoga poses to color and decorate, this coloring book will have you feeling merry and bright this holiday season. Great for yogis of all ages who love to color, or anyone looking for a moment of zen during their holidays. These are perfect stocking stuffers or activities to keep little ones entertained while home or traveling this season.

The setting is Berlin, 1989, a bustling metropolis of three million souls 110 miles behind the Iron Curtain. Marianne Tucker, still emotionally wounded from being jilted at the altar, decides to start her life anew, a journey that takes her from sunny San Diego, California, to exciting Berlin, the divided and dangerous capital city of Germany. While working as a Foreign Service Passport Officer at the American Consulate, she encounters her runaway ex-fianc and tangles with the woman who had destroyed their lives.