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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Victoria J Parsons
One day you're at home and the next day you're halfway around the world, Megan thought. It's not the how did I get here that befuddles me so much Lord, she prayed, it's the why. Life was finally going as planned...Research and an unexpected discovery takes Megan, a young and brilliant American scientist, from a small Midwestern town to the isolated country of Drieholm. Driven by duty, Megan is determined to complete her mission, return home, and become the doctor she dreams to be. It isn't long before plans change again when her light-hearted lab partner talks her into a blind double-date. Mystery surrounds Megan's handsome suiter, but he doesn't deter Megan from her plans, or will he? A raucous romantic escapade begins for the two couples, mired by misunderstandings, mishaps, intrigue and looming danger.Her plans may not be God's plans for Megan's life, but she finds that His road is paved with overwhelming surprises of friendship, joy, purpose and true love.
The World of the Theory of Constraints
Victoria J Mabin; Steven J Balderstone
CRC Press Inc
1999
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The Theory of Constraints (TOC) - as developed by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt - has seen a rapid expansion since the publication of his book, The Goal. As with most fast growing areas, you can quickly feel out of touch with new developments. The World of the Theory of Constraints provides a summary of recently published research on TOC. The authors explored databases, and sought out papers and books drawing on as wide a range as possible. Aside from the works by Dr. Goldratt himself, the authors focus on items published since 1990, highlighting the most recent developments in TOC. The scope of the material covers works containing specific reference to TOC, including Synchronous Manufacturing and Constraint Management. The book is organized into three sections. The first section contains an analysis and interpretation of the results of the search. The second provides abstracts on all the material. The third supplies author, keyword, and subject indexes along with a list of books, journals, websites, and publishers. Extensively researched and referenced, The World of the Theory of Constraints furnishes comprehensive material on TOC. The multi-search approach has made this arguably the most exhaustive bibliography on this subject available. If you are researching TOC, this is the best place to start. If you use or teach TOC, you will want this resource. Features
Explore the journey of self-discovery with Lesa in this empowering book on building self-esteem. Rather than seeking external approval, Lesa learns to find beauty within herself. As a seemingly ordinary girl, Lesa faces a disheartening struggle when her friends and parents fail to recognize her worth. However, a transformative moment occurs when she gazes into the mirror and discovers the source of her own jubilation. This poignant narrative encourages readers to embrace self-love and recognize the intrinsic beauty that lies within, promoting a powerful message of empowerment and confidence.
Autophagy: Discover How To Cleanse Your Body, Activate The Metabolism And Improve Your Life With The Intermittent Fasting
Victoria J. Sunder
Independently Published
2019
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Aren't you tired of trying to lose weight but get disappointments by gaining the weight back?Try the book with simple tasks helping you lose weight, feel healthy and answers all your doubts. Win the weight loss battle from the secrets of intermittent and water Fasting. As a way of keeping your body healthier, all you need is slight changes in your lifestyle and diet and the journey to weight loss will be a simple task. The most fantastic part about autophagy is that it won't affect any of your schedules as it all depends on your plans and the courage to initiate the first steps. On the other side, not only does autophagy help you with weight loss, but it also acts as an anti-aging remedy. With the work within the pages, you will manage to impact your health and live your life at ease positively.What you will discover within the lines of the book: - What is autophagy and its benefit to your health - How to activate your metabolism naturally and lose stubborn fats - How to maximize the effects of autophagy and reclaim your health - How autophagy can act as an anti-aging therapy and rejuvenating effects. - What mistakes to avoid if you want to succeed in the weight loss journey - And much, much more And as an Extra Bonus - You will find the complete one-week plan to successfully implement the autophagyTake a moment and imagine a life full of energy, strength and health while in control of your lifestyle. Just follow the simple steps provided, and you will achieve a healthy, happy life. If you're ready to have one of the unique books that transform lives, then "click buy" and have the book for a better tomorrow.
"It's the mistakes and imperfections that make things truly beautiful." Haunted by fractured childhood memories and trauma born from her mother's death and her father's abuse, Elyse Brennan Wylder journeys to Paris hoping to find answers about her mother's past and perhaps her own future. With only an old photograph to guide her, she is thrown into a world far beyond anything she's ever imagined-both good and evil. After meeting J r me Sauveterre, an intriguing and passionate Parisian artist, Elyse quickly finds her life, her world, and her heart opening wide as they delve deeper into her mother's story and learn what love and intimacy really mean. As Elyse and J r me dig into the past, how far can they go before it's too late to turn back? Will they find a light at the end of the darkness and awake in Elysian Fields? Find out as this story of love and loss enfolds as the conclusion to the Hearts Drawn Wyld trilogy (Book 1, In Death We Part; Book 2, Running in the Mists).
Sun-hee's Adventures Under the Land of Morning Calm
Victoria J Sewell; Byron W Sewell
Evertype
2016
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An emotional, uplifting book about love, loss and hope Kat has a busy life. She runs her own beauty salon and has an alcoholic father to worry about. To make matters worse she has just discovered she is pregnant. Kat and Max have only been together for six months and she has a turbulent relationship with his mother and his ex-girlfriend who refuses to go away. As the pressure builds Kat finds herself wondering what path to take. Is having a baby the right thing to do? Can she keep her head above water while her life spirals out of control? Kat has some big decisions to make and whatever happens her life is going to change forever…
An uplifting page-turner about love, loss and hope Since Kat made her decision, everything around her seems to be falling apart. Not only is she dealing with family’s secrets, lies and deceit but the salon, which is opening around the corner, threatens her livelihood. To make matters worse her relationship with Max is on the rocks. Although her relationships with Max’s mother, her step-mother and her sister have grown stronger, are they strong enough? Working tirelessly to save her salon and save her relationship with Max, she is battling everyday to stay focused on her future. But what will the future bring?
An emotional and uplifting book which will have you gripped! Kat’s life has become a blur of dirty nappies and sleepless nights. She has moved into the flat above the salon she owns, alone and without Max the father of her children. To make matters worse, Max has revealed he plans to remarry. Constantly on edge, her babies are taking up all of her time and Max is never around to help. Diagnosed with post-natal depression, Kat feels more alone than ever. Will Kat be able to manage alone? Can she find hope and rebuild her life? Finding Myself is a novel about searching for the light at the end of the tunnel.
This personal poetry collection explores the intricacies of love and relationships, illuminating the feelings and experiences that one has along their journey of self-discovery.
Fenway gets a taste of the wild when he goes on a back-to-school camping trip in the fourth book in this adorable middle-grade series, now in paperback When Hattie starts using a word Fenway hasn't heard in a long, long time - "skool" - some other things change as well. The family fills the Food Box with yummy hot dogs and loads it in the car Fenway is thrilled that he gets to go along wherever they are going, and is even more excited when they arrive in the wilderness with tons of new scents to investigate, dogs and humans to meet, and lots of meat cooking over fires. Hattie seems excited about it all, too, and happy her friend Angel also came, but when more families arrive with lots of new kids, she starts to smell nervous. Especially when one certain kid that all the others seem to follow everywhere starts bossing everyone around. Fenway can sympathize, because a tiny dog is doing the same thing to all the other dogs. Fitting in can be a tough business, but luckily both Fenway and Hattie come around to realizing that being true to themselves is much more important.
Equitable Literacy Instruction for Students in Poverty
Doris Walker-Dalhouse; Victoria J. Risko
TEACHERS' COLLEGE PRESS
2024
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Differences in performance between students of poverty and more advantaged students are reflective of an opportunity gap, as opposed to a gap in student ability. This book argues that significant attention must be given to eliminating the barriers that produce educational inequities in student achievement. Walker-Dalhouse and Risko focus on disparities in literacy achievement that might be attributed to color-blind practices, deficit mindsets, low expectations, or context-neutral practices. Situating literacy learning within a comprehensive view of literacy development, they provide a set of instructional practices that will best support students living in poverty. Specifically, vignettes from kindergarten through middle school classrooms are used to demonstrate practices that address critical areas of the reading process; are responsive to students' racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, and linguistic histories and assets; attend to students' strengths and needs; and go beyond the impact of short-term testing to support optimal and sustainable learning. Educators and school leaders can use this resource to transform schools into nurturing and vibrant communities that are committed to change, equity, and diversity.Book Features:Provides recommendations and detailed guidance for enacting literacy instruction that will close opportunity gaps for students living in poverty.Includes vignettes from leading literacy educators and researchers that demonstrate high-quality literacy instruction implemented in K–8 classrooms.Presents instruction that is responsive to differences and honors the languages, literacies, and cultural resources that students bring to their learning.Offers specific recommendations and practices that can guide advocacy for change.
Equitable Literacy Instruction for Students in Poverty
Doris Walker-Dalhouse; Victoria J. Risko
TEACHERS' COLLEGE PRESS
2024
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Differences in performance between students of poverty and more advantaged students are reflective of an opportunity gap, as opposed to a gap in student ability. This book argues that significant attention must be given to eliminating the barriers that produce educational inequities in student achievement. Walker-Dalhouse and Risko focus on disparities in literacy achievement that might be attributed to color-blind practices, deficit mindsets, low expectations, or context-neutral practices. Situating literacy learning within a comprehensive view of literacy development, they provide a set of instructional practices that will best support students living in poverty. Specifically, vignettes from kindergarten through middle school classrooms are used to demonstrate practices that address critical areas of the reading process; are responsive to students' racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, and linguistic histories and assets; attend to students' strengths and needs; and go beyond the impact of short-term testing to support optimal and sustainable learning. Educators and school leaders can use this resource to transform schools into nurturing and vibrant communities that are committed to change, equity, and diversity.Book Features:Provides recommendations and detailed guidance for enacting literacy instruction that will close opportunity gaps for students living in poverty.Includes vignettes from leading literacy educators and researchers that demonstrate high-quality literacy instruction implemented in K–8 classrooms.Presents instruction that is responsive to differences and honors the languages, literacies, and cultural resources that students bring to their learning.Offers specific recommendations and practices that can guide advocacy for change.
An Evidence-Based Approach to Vitamins and Minerals
Jane Higdon; Victoria J. Drake
Thieme Publishing Group
2011
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The latest and most accurate, peer-reviewed information on the role of vitamins and minerals in health and disease An Evidence-Based Approach to Vitamins and Minerals: Health Benefits and Intake Recommendations is a trusted resource for the health professional who needs to interpret the explosion of studies on the role of micronutrients in health and disease and who is concerned about the proliferation of dietary supplements now available to the consumer. This evidence-based reference, now in a second edition, presents the most current scientific, epidemiological and clinical research on the role of vitamins and minerals in preventing disease and promoting optimal health. Organized by micronutrient, the book covers biological function, deficiency, recommended daily allowance, role in disease prevention and treatment, sources, safety, and interactions with other micronutrients and drugs--all endorsed by the internationally acclaimed Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. Special Features: Each chapter reviewed by a recognized expert in the field, who also served on the book's Editorial Advisory Board Contains the latest intake recommendations from the Linus Pauling Institute, as well as the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute for Medicine Provides a complete index by disease or disorder that facilitates easy location of condition-specific information found in multiple chapters Extensively referenced, with hundreds of citations from the most current experimental, clinical and epidemiological studies Includes useful appendices covering drug-nutrient interactions and nutrient-nutrient interactions, a glossary of terms, a units conversion table, and the Linus Pauling Institute "Prescription for Health," summarizing its recommendations for a healthy diet, lifestyle, and supplement useTaking the approach that micronutrients play a significant role not only in
An Evidence-based Approach to Phytochemicals and Other Dietary Factors
Jane Higdon; Victoria J. Drake
Thieme Publishing Group
2012
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Now in a completely updated second edition, An Evidence-based Approach to Dietary Phytochemicals and Other Dietary Factors is a trusted resource for all health professionals who need to interpret the explosion of information on the role of a plant-based diet in health and disease. It consolidates a wealth of scientifically accurate, peer-reviewed data on plant foods, dietary phytochemicals, and dietary supplements, and includes information on essential intake recommendations, dietary sources, nutrient and drug interactions, phytochemicals in disease prevention, possible adverse effects, and much more. Special features: All chapters revised and updated, with new sections on choline, coenzyme Q10, L-Carnitine, lipoic acid, and other dietary factorsLogically structured for quick access to information: begins with the evidence-based benefits of fruits and vegetables, legumes, nuts, whole grains, coffee, and tea; and goes on to the scientific and clinical data on individual dietary phytochemicals and classes of phytochemicals, including carotenoids, flavonoids, fiber, and moreSummaries at the end of each chapter for rapid reviewPeer-reviewed by experts in the field, ensuring that all material is accurate and up-to-dateThe well-constructed appendix includes not only a quick reference to diseases and foods and where to find them in the book, but also useful tables on phytochemical-drug interactions, phytochemical-nutrient interactions, and phytochemical-rich foods; a summary of the glycemic index of dietary carbohydrates; and a comprehensive glossary of terms
Rethinking Workplace Learning and Development
Karen E. Watkins; Victoria J. Marsick
EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD
2025
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Cognizant of the complexity and uncertainty that characterizes our post-pandemic world, this book highlights how learning and development needs to be wired into the culture of a business. Karen E. Watkins and Victoria J. Marsick extend the vision of learning and development to embrace a full range of learning interventions, considering what it means to change the culture of an organization into a learning-rich environment.Examining current practice and cutting-edge research in the field, the authors investigate how and why learning and development is evolving. Featuring case examples and vignettes of workplace learning and development at key global organizations including Pepsico, IBM, Unilever, Bank of America, and ESPN/Disney, the book explores alternative approaches to workplace learning. The authors delve into the hidden curriculum of informal and incidental learning, team learning, and the changing dimensions of learning organizations, ultimately mapping out how the L&D function can aid the progression of organizations.Rethinking Workplace Learning and Development will be of value to students and faculty in academic programs for workplace learning and development as well as those in business and human resource management. Its practical insights on how to best design, support and sustain L&D in the workplace will also benefit practitioners, managers and leaders of learning and development.
Although baptized as a child and serving faithfully as a pastor and theologian in the German Evangelische Kirche, Paul Leo was persecuted, removed from his church position, and imprisoned by the Nazi regime due to his Jewish ancestry. Leo was a descendent of Moses Mendelssohn, the famous Jewish philosopher, and Fanny Hensel nee Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, the composer and pianist. The book carefully documents how the Nazis took severe measures against Leo, a Christian minister, because of his Jewish lineage. This eventuated in his incarceration in Buchenwald concentration camp before he was able to flee Germany as an exile to the United States. His escape from Germany was mediated through a refugee camp in the Netherlands and emigration to the US through the sponsorship of his colleague and friend Otto Piper, on the faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary. The story of Paul Leo in America includes his teaching at Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, pastorates in southern Texas, and professorship at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. This book highlights the teaching and scholarly publications by Leo and his marriage to the accomplished artist Eva (Dittrich) Leo.