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A trip to the Adirondack Mountains for young Joan Clayton begins as a boring vacation but soon turns into a mystery; Who is The Ghost in the Swing? "Underneath the hollyhocks, where a head received some knocks, lies a answer, a treasure, a message in a box." Felicia, the ghost from the swing has spoken Now Joan must solve the mystery with the help of her new dog Suds. Will she have the time to figure out all of the clues? The old scary gardener Anton Creed might get in the way. Her Aunt Margaret, who writes ghost stories might help. This summer trip will not be as boring as she first thought. Read on and find out the mystery of the signing tree and The Ghost in the Swing.
Where Two Rivers Meet, the Story of Black Hawk and Larkin G. Carter
Janet Smith Post
Reading by Ear, LLC
2019
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"Surrendering Into Soul" is not about exploring outer space. It is not about Neil Armstrong's left foot planted on the surface of the moon in 1969. It is not about NASA's 2020 Mars Perseverance rover, searching for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. It is not about Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson rocketing beyond the edge of space in 2021.This book is about exploring your own inner space and answering the question, "Who am I?" Do you have the strength to take this challenging and perilous journey-your own hero's or heroine's journey? Do you have the courage to explore the labyrinths of your own psyche and dive deeply into those depths, like Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces? Do you feel driven to release your fear, overcome your shame, and transform your rage into "right action," self-respect, and other respect?If so, "Surrendering Into Soul" is for you. It will not tell you what to do or how to do it. It will simply offer guideposts-stories, questions, metaphors, and analogies. Take what you like and leave the rest. The choice is yours. The path is yours.Where will your path lead you? I don't know. But if you are able to surrender into your own Soul and pursue your own hero's or heroine's journey, I promise you will uncover and discover your own answer to the question "Who am I." You will discover the unique gifts that are yours alone. You will be immersed in and function from the Buddha's "awareness," T.S. Eliott's "Still Point," Ram Dass's "Be here now." You will experience the Eternal Tao, samadhi, salvation, a Power Greater than Yourself, God, Allah.Having learned to trust that Power, you will know that it is always there to support you in ways you never could have imagined. Allowing it to flow through you and direct your every step, you will BE a conscious creator, co-creator and manifester of the kind of world in which you would like to live.You will connect to a Global Community, working and playing together in a world where the only intention is to serve as you are able and do no harm. Together, that Global Community, of which you are a part, transforms our chaotic world into a Peaceful, Powerful, Prosperous Planet-together and forever.
Cotton Rock: An Ozarks Story on the White River
Janet Smith Post
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013
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Perchance to Dream: Poems by an Old Soldier from a Life Well-Lived....
Janet Smith; Jacob Farr; Dominic Blades
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Chris Hani’s assassination in 1993 gave rise to one of South Africa’s greatest political questions: if he had survived, what impact would he have had on the ANC government? On the 30th anniversary of his murder by right-wing fanatics, this updated version of the best-selling Hani: A Life Too Short re-evaluates his legacy and traces his life from his childhood in rural Transkei to the crisis in the ANC camps in Angola in the 1980s and the heady dawn of South Africa’s freedom. Drawing on interviews and the recollections of those who knew him, this vividly written book provides a detailed account of the life of a hero of South Africa’s liberation, a communist party leader and Umkhonto we Sizwe chief of staff who was both an intellectual and a fighter.
Chris Hani's assassination in 1993 gave rise to one of South Africa's great imponderables: if he had survived, what impact would he have had on politics and government in South Africa? More pointedly, could this charismatic leader have risen to become president of the country? Hani was a hero of South Africa's liberation, a communist party leader and Umkhonto we Sizwe chief of staff who was both intellectual and fighter, a man who could inspire an army but carried a book of poetry in his backpack. Hani led MK into its earliest battles, and carved a formidable reputation as a thinker, debater and peacemaker. This book tells the story of Hani's life, from his childhood in rural Transkei and education at Fort Hare University to the controversial Memorandum of 1969, the crisis in the ANC camps in Angola in the 1980s and the heady dawn of freedom. Drawing on interviews and the recollections of those who knew him, this vividly written book provides a detailed account of the life of a great South African.
Based on historical case studies in Chicago, John J. Betancur and Janet L. Smith focus both the theoretical and practical explanations for why neighborhoods change today. As the authors show, a diverse collection of people including urban policy experts, elected officials, investors, resident leaders, institutions, community-based organizations, and many others compete to control how neighborhoods change and are characterized. Betancur and Smith argue that neighborhoods have become sites of consumption and spaces to be consumed. Discourse is used to add and subtract value from them. The romanticized image of "the neighborhood" exaggerates or obscures race and class struggles while celebrating diversity and income mixing. Scholars and policy makers must reexamine what sustains this image and the power effects produced in order to explain and govern urban space more equitably.
Based on historical case studies in Chicago, John J. Betancur and Janet L. Smith focus both the theoretical and practical explanations for why neighborhoods change today. As the authors show, a diverse collection of people including urban policy experts, elected officials, investors, resident leaders, institutions, community-based organizations, and many others compete to control how neighborhoods change and are characterized. Betancur and Smith argue that neighborhoods have become sites of consumption and spaces to be consumed. Discourse is used to add and subtract value from them. The romanticized image of "the neighborhood" exaggerates or obscures race and class struggles while celebrating diversity and income mixing. Scholars and policy makers must reexamine what sustains this image and the power effects produced in order to explain and govern urban space more equitably.
Mapping Paths to Family Justice
Anne Barlow; Rosemary Hunter; Janet Smithson; Jan Ewing
Palgrave Macmillan
2017
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?The family justice system in England and Wales has undergone radical change over the past 20 years. A significant part of this shifting landscape has been an increasing emphasis on settling private family disputes out of court, which has been embraced by policy-makers, judges and practitioners alike and is promoted as an unqualified good.Mapping Paths to Family Justice: Resolving Family Disputes in Neoliberal Times examines the experiences of people taking part in out-of-court family dispute resolution in England and Wales. It addresses questions such as how participants’ experiences match up to the ideal; how recent changes to the legal system have affected people’s ability to access out-of-court dispute resolution; and what kind of outcomes are achieved in family dispute resolution.This book is the first study systematically to compare different forms of family dispute resolution. It explores people’s experiences of solicitor negotiations, mediation and collaborative law empirically by analyzing findings from a nationally representative survey, individual in-depth interviews with parties and practitioners, and recorded family dispute resolution processes. It considers these in the context of ongoing neoliberal reforms to the family justice system, drawing out conclusions and implications for policy and practice.
The A to Z of South African politics
Kashiefa Ajam; Kevin Ritchie; Lebogang Seale; Janet Smith; Thabiso Thakali
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
2019
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Puzzled by the difference between a coalition and confidence-and-supply? Confused about how McKinsey, Trillian and a bunch of corrupt individuals at Eskom fleeced the utility? Don't know your Nhlapo Commission from your Moerane Commission? The third edition of Jacana's popular guide has all the information you need to navigate your way through our complex political scene. With more than 300 entries covering important terms, events, policies, groups and individuals, it's an excellent source of current and historical data. Highlighting the power brokers and stars as much as those who are on their way down or captured, this valuable quick research tool is for anyone interested in where South Africa is at - and why. What are the links between the Auditor-General and the Asset Forfeiture Unit? Why do Black Twitter and its political influencers matter? Who are the diehard reds, and who switched from communism to capitalism? Who goes by the nickname of "Mkhuluwa" (old man), and who as "His Excellency"? South Africa is the only African country that is a member of the G20, but which bright minds represent it there and in other international arenas? The country is highly-ranked in platinum, palladium and gold output, but which are the trade unions and who are the revolutionary leaders fighting on behalf of workers? You'll find those answers here too. Everything you should know, starting with the shack-dwellers' movement, Abahlahi baseMjondolo, and ending at Jacob Zuma, is inside. And as a bonus, there's a quiz at the end to test your head. The A-Z of South African politics was compiled and written by newspaper editor and former investigative journalist Kashiefa Ajam, former editor of three newspapers and award-winning journalist Kevin Ritchie, former newspaper editor and award-winning journalist Lebogang Seale, former newspaper editor and award-winning author Janet Smith and top news editor and award-winning journalist Thabiso Thakali.
The Black Consciousness Reader
Baldwin Ndaba; Therese Owen; Masego Panyane; Serumul. Rabbie Serumul. Rabbie; Janet Smith
JACANA MEDIA (PTY) LTD
2021
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The fact is that the role, relevance and contribution of the Black Consciousness philosophy is more warranted now than ever. See, Black Consciousness does not die. It remains relevant even when it is apparently dormant. Its approach and method are always readily available to be used by the oppressed when the need arises to confront particular and universal challenges posed by institutional racism and violence. Black Consciousness has turned up the heat against oppressive rule, exploitation and racism in South Africa and around the world, as young people and politicians, academics and campaigners reconfigure a global socioeconomic revolution. Long linked with universal freedom movements, Black Consciousness has a particularly profound and proud history in the country that gave birth to Steve Biko. An intrinsic part of international solidarity actions, it still captures the imagination of resistance fighters young and old. Embracing African liberation, the Black Panthers, Black Power in England, Marxism in the Caribbean and remarkable links even to Mao Tse-tung’s Cultural Revolution, it remains at the centre of struggles for people’s power. First published in 2017, the year of the 40th anniversary of Biko’s murder by the apartheid regime, The Black Consciousness Reader has been revised and updated as an essential collection of history, interviews and opinions about the philosophy. A contribution to the world’s Black cultural archive, it examines how the proper acknowledgement of Blackness brings a greater love, a broader sweep of heroes and a wider understanding of intellectual and political influences. Although Biko is a strong figure within this history, the book documents many other significant Black Consciousness personalities and actions, as it predominantly focuses a South African eye on its influence on power, feminism, land, art, music, society and religion. Keorapetse ‘bra Willie’ Kgositsile and his son, American rap prodigy Earl Sweatshirt are inside it. So too Onkgopotse Tiro, Vuyelwa Mashalaba, a young Nomzamo Winnie Mandela, Bobby Seale, Assata Shakur, Neville Alexander, Thomas Sankara, Walter Rodney, Lefifi Tladi, Ready D, Ntsiki Biko, Nina Simone, Barney Pityana, Zulaikha Patel and many others. It looks at links between K-Pop and Black Consciousness, militancy in Harlem and the uprisings in Soweto, Black theology and the bible’s red commandments. This amalgam of facts, ideas, images and moving pictures is written and compiled by political journalist Baldwin Ndaba, culture writers Therese Owen and Masego Panyane, columnist and poet Rabbie Serumula, author and political analyst Janet Smith and multimedia specialist and church leader Paballo Thekiso.
Entrepreneurial Finance
Janet Kiholm Smith; Richard L. Smith; Richard T. Bliss
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
2011
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Entrepreneurial Finance: Strategy, Valuation, and Deal Structure applies the theory and methods of finance and economics to the rapidly evolving field of entrepreneurial finance. This approach reveals how entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and outside investors can rely on academic foundations as a framework to guide decision making. Unlike other texts, this book prepares readers for a wide variety of situations and problems that stakeholders might confront in an entrepreneurial venture. Readers will find a unique and direct focus on value creation as the objective of each strategic and financial choice that an entrepreneur or investor makes. The authors specifically address the influences of risk and uncertainty on new venture success, devoting substantial attention to methods of financial modeling and contract design. Finally, the authors provide a comprehensive survey of approaches to new venture valuation, with an emphasis on applications. The book appeals to a wide range of teaching and learning preferences. To help bring the book to life, simulation exercises appear throughout the text. For those who favor the case method, the authors provide a series of interactive cases that correspond with the book chapters, as well as suggestions for published cases. Finally, the book is organized to complement the development of a business plan for those who wish to create one as they read along. Entrepreneurial Finance is most effectively used in conjunction with a companion website, http://www.sup.org/entrepreneurialfinance. On this site, Venture.Sim simulation software, spreadsheets, templates, simulation applications, interactive cases, and tutorials are available for download. For those teaching from the book, the authors also provide an invaluable suite of instructor's resources.
This publication introduces a portable audit model to facilitate a simple, flexible, and effective audit of single or multiple quality system standards and achieve both compliance and initiation of improvement initiatives. This model is similar to a universal adaptor plug, allowing easy connection and interchangeability of the multiple standards even under rapid system changes typical of modern day operations. This universal plug will allow focus on compliance verification and improvement at a high level of consistency with minimum process disruption and cost. Emphasis is not only on compliance but also on improvement partnership with operations through the use of strategy models. These strategy models will help accentuate the internal audit role as a dynamic element and catalyst for improvement. Real life-based challenges (masked identity) are used in case studies to demonstrate the application of typical internal audit methodologies combined with an implementation engine such as Lean auditing strategies. This will clarify theories that are commonly viewed as abstract by the novice and, in some cases, misunderstood by experienced professionals. This is the breakthrough from a dormant internal audit program into a proactive tool for added-value improvement. Lean methodology is integrated through simple models that don't require one to be a Lean or Black Belt guru. The focus is using logical sense to understand and apply the concept.
The Art of Integrating Strategic Planning, Process Metrics, Risk Mitigation, and Auditing
Janet Bautista Smith
ASQ Quality Press
2016
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Wondering how to prepare well for your cross-cultural marriage?This book will help you explore who you are as individuals, your own backgrounds and that of your families and cultures. It also encourages you to look ahead at communication challenges, your conflict patterns and some of the choices that occur during the life time of married life.The respectful interplay of marriage and work/Christian ministry is integral to the purpose of the book. Previous editions have sold all over the world.Text, Stories and Questions for Consideration for those who choose a life partner coming from a culture or social grouping other than their ownDesigned to help you describe yourself, and to broaden your understanding about how individuals from differing backgrounds approach life, this book will assist in answering the questions; Is this person right for me? In the knowledge of a wise choice in the will of God and, later perhaps, How can we enrich our marriage?
Harley and The James Gang: Adventure in the Forest
Janet Lynn Smith
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013
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A Story for Kira: I Think That She Thinks That She Is A Cat
Janet Lynn Smith
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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