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Spiritual Combat in the Invisible War

Spiritual Combat in the Invisible War

William L Probasco

Archway Publishing
2021
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The Bible reveals angels to be indispensable companions and warriors in support of our invisible war against evil in the spiritual world. But not many people know much about the dark angels who rebelled against God and are now our fierce and deadly enemies. William L. Probasco, a pastor, teacher, and counselor, provides essential information about good and evil angels. Get answers to questions such as: - How do Satan's angels seek to do harm in this world? - What can we do to protect ourselves against attacks by dark angels? - What can we do to ensure we enjoy eternal life? Probasco also shares his own experiences with angels, including the time an angel revealed his presence to him. While the experience was thrilling, he has not asked God for a repeat performance, but he knows they are there to assist him as long as he obeys the will of God. The author also reveals the time he confronted a demon while counseling a woman in college and how he commanded the demon to come out in the name of Jesus. Find out why angels and demons walk among us and what it means for you with the insights in Spiritual Combat in the Invisible War.
God, Are You There?

God, Are You There?

William L Craig

Wipf Stock Publishers
2023
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This Wipf & Stock reprint edition of God, Are You There?, Five Reasons God Exists and Three Reasons It Makes a Difference by William L. Craig was originally published in 1999 by Ravi Zacharia International Ministries.
The Most Magic Word

The Most Magic Word

William L Moran

Pickwick Publications
2023
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This book brings together a valuable collection of 14 previously published essays (and one not published) filled with insight and erudition by William L. Moran. He for many years was the Andrew Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He had studied with W. F. Albright, Benno Landsberger, and Thorkild Jacobson and taught Assyriology at Harvard. They include "The Creation of Man in Atrahasis I 192-249"; "New Evident from Mari on the History of Prophecy"; The ANE Background of the Love of God in Deuteronomy"; "The Babylonian Job" and "The epic of Gilgamesh: A Document of Ancient Humanism."
Privatization, State Capitalism, and State Ownership of Business in the 21st Century
Privatization, State Capitalism, and State Ownership of Business in the 21st Century provides an overview of economic and political developments relating to privatization, state capitalism, and state ownership of business, and will then survey the extensive recent research examining privatization and state ownership. The author adopts a policy of categorizing the post-2004 research into three principal areas: (1) empirical privatization studies; (2) theoretical and empirical studies examining the level, type, and valuation impact of state ownership of business enterprises; and (3) empirical research examining the impact of state ownership on financial markets and institutions, plus the private and public social welfare implications of political connections between politicians and business executives. Privatization, State Capitalism, and State Ownership of Business in the 21st Century starts by surveying the recent empirical privatization research. Second, Section 3 summarizes the empirical and theoretical research examining the level, type, and valuation impact of state ownership in the world’s major economic regions. This summary will also assess research examining the relative efficiency of state versus private ownership, and the effect of state ownership on observed corporate financial policies. Section 4 summarizes the empirical research examining the intersection of state ownership and finance. This will begin with the literature assessing the rise of sovereign wealth funds, then will survey research examining the efficiency of state owned banks, and will conclude by summarizing research questioning the private and public social welfare implications of political connections between politicians and business executives. Section 5 provides the author’s concluding statements.
Graph Representation Learning

Graph Representation Learning

William L. Hamilton

Morgan Claypool Publishers
2020
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This book is a foundational guide to graph representation learning, including state-of-the art advances, and introduces the highly successful graph neural network (GNN) formalism. Graph-structured data is ubiquitous throughout the natural and social sciences, from telecommunication networks to quantum chemistry. Building relational inductive biases into deep learning architectures is crucial for creating systems that can learn, reason, and generalize from this kind of data. Recent years have seen a surge in research on graph representation learning, including techniques for deep graph embeddings, generalizations of convolutional neural networks to graph-structured data, and neural message-passing approaches inspired by belief propagation. These advances in graph representation learning have led to new state-of-the-art results in numerous domains, including chemical synthesis, 3D vision, recommender systems, question answering, and social network analysis.It begins with a discussion of the goals of graph representation learning as well as key methodological foundations in graph theory and network analysis. Following this, the book introduces and reviews methods for learning node embeddings, including random-walk-based methods and applications to knowledge graphs. It then provides a technical synthesis and introduction to the highly successful graph neural network (GNN) formalism, which has become a dominant and fast-growing paradigm for deep learning with graph data. The book concludes with a synthesis of recent advancements in deep generative models for graphs -- a nascent but quickly growing subset of graph representation learning.
Revolutionary Princeton 1774-1783: The Biography of an American Town in the Heart of a Civil War
Discover how eighteenth-century Princeton and its residents--including two signers of the Declaration of Independence--contributed to and were affected by the American Revolution. The battles of Trenton and Princeton have been the subject of several recent books, but this story complements them by expanding the story to include the many experiences of the people of Princeton in the wider Revolution and their contributions to it. This story combines social history with the better known military and political history of the Revolution. It does not just deal with amorphous groups and institutions, but rather with individuals working with and affected by various groups on both sides of the conflict. Readers can identify with real people they get to know in the story. This story of Princeton unfolds in narrative format and, while deeply researched, reads more like a novel than an academic study. Larry Kidder's Revolutionary Princeton is a smart local history of Princeton's place in the American Revolution. Kidder rightly reminds his readers that the American struggle for independence was also a civil war within the British empire, within each colony, and within towns, villages, and cities. The people pf Princeton lived through the civil war that was the American War for Independence. Larry Kidder deftly reminds us that the reality of the war was ugly, messy, and tore apart families and communities. Ricardo A. Herrera is Professor of Military History at the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies, author of For Liberty and the Republic: The American Citizen as Soldier, 1775-1861. Larry Kidder has given us a piercing view of a town caught up in an international and a civil war. For a time the town was at the epicenter of both, with dramatic consequences for the region and the wider conflict. The struggles of Princetonians--patriots and tories--will disabuse any notion that the War for Independence at the local level was an easy time. Cogently written, Revolutionary Princeton is a good read and a welcome contribution to the literature of the American Revolution. Mark Edward Lender, author of Cabal The Plot Against General Washington Larry Kidder produces another great hit with his latest book, Revolutionary Princeton 1774-1783: The Biography of a Town at the Heart of a Civil War. Most of us has heard of the Battle of Princeton and the recent saving of precious battlefield land. Larry not only does a tremendous job covering the Battle of Princeton in great detail but he also provides important details about Princeton before and after the battle, covering the entire Revolutionary War period. This book includes excellent maps to go along with an engaging narrative. This is a must have book for everyone's Revolutionary War library. -Brian P. Mack - The Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park
The Believers Guide to Building Wealth

The Believers Guide to Building Wealth

William L Neill

Leeds Press Corp
2021
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About The Believers Guide to Building WealthI started the Certified Financial Planners coursework at North Carolina State University and some of the information used came from my classwork in preparation for the CFP exam at NC State University. Perhaps from my own personal study and the attempt to be good at the profession of a financial planner, contributed more than any other reference source. My tenure as a representative with Triad Executive Planners set the groundwork for my experience in this business. The work we did to help people see the light about life insurance, retirement, and planning for life is beyond reward. It is a fulfillment that goes deep into living life itself. The many people I've met over the years and some who became my clients and as well as my business associates. A well worthwhile experience and journey that has shaped my perspective in many ways inlife. It has found a lodging place deep in my heart and even now I counsel folk on making good choices about financial matters. Get the facts I am proud to produce this on behalf of all the representatives who have given their all to help families without regard to commission priority. I applaud you and your company We have a lot of work remaining whilefamilies are still under-insured but strapped to pay for adequate coverage because of the type of coverage and the lack of the representative's ability to do better. In Forbes Magazine March 2015, there was a graph showing the percentage of wealthy folk (9%); upper middle class; lower middle class; middle class; and poor. What a travesty. Seems like poverty is both planned and a choice. Planned by the wealthy by not sharing the wealth building information with those who, if given the same opportunity on a level playing field, would prosper also. It is my sincere desire that this work will at least begin a dialogue among those who desire a different financial lifestyle. There is still hope and a chance. Effect a Change
Rudolf Dreikurs, M.D.-Adlerian Psychology

Rudolf Dreikurs, M.D.-Adlerian Psychology

William L Camp Facapp

Christian Faith
2022
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Rudolf Dreikurs, MD, was an Australian-born American psychiatrist and educator, who lived from 1897 to 1972. He originally helped to develop the Australian psychologist Alfred Adler's ideas called individual psychology into a pragmatic method for understanding the purposes of inappropriate childhood behavior without punishment or reward. He worked with Dr. Adler both in Europe and in the United States and later organized and refined Dr. Adler's and his own ideas into an effective treatment system. These insights and treatment methods were then further refined by Dr. Dreikurs during the remainder of his life to become a highly usable theory of personality and psychological treatment, not only for use with children but also with families, counselors, teachers, and others, including groups. The content of this book summarizes the results of his commitment and mission in doing this work as he created, tested, refined, and applied these concepts in creation of methods for understanding and treatment of a wide variety of behavior problems and disorders common in families worldwide. He also trained people to use these methods in various countries throughout the world. In doing so, he adapted and applied his knowledge in work with business, industry and government, including the military. The ideas and methods contained in this volume are easily understood and may be applied immediately by parents and their families, by teachers in classrooms, and by others -- now, today -- with valuable positive results. The chapters in this book provide a distillation of logical techniques and procedures, for productive application of his original insights including those originated by Dr. Adler and others. Dr. Camp had the honor to meet Dr. Dreikurs in 1970, two years before his death. At that time Dr. Dreikurs told him and a few others that if he had their youth, he would write another book or books to further update and share his insights with new/upcoming generations. This volume is part of an attempt to do exactly that.
Nightly Delights

Nightly Delights

William L. Jeffers

Independently Published
2019
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The best of fears are based in the dead of night, brought on by the wicked tricks of the imagination and the evils of the world around us. Whether watching a horror movie or a psychological flick, we all dread the unknown, that which we do not know or do not understand. That is the ultimate fear.Mysterious deaths, unwelcome visitors, transactions with the wicked or the saintly, these are just a few of the unexpected interactions that happen in the shadows. Will you be righting wrongs you have done, or finding redemption at the hands of a stranger? Never knowing what lurks round the next corner is as terrifying as the eerie scratching at the glass door at three in the morning when the lights go out.Nightly Delights is a collection of such stories, where the unknown and the unthinkable will keep you company as you lay at home on a dark quiet night. May they disturb your peace and fuel your imagination for the night to come.Won't you join us?A collection of short stories guaranteed to spark your imagination. Warning... author is not responsible for any nightmares that may occur after reading this book.
Three Quarks Missed the Mark: Or: The neutron is not a dud! (but the Standard Model is!)
The discovery of the Higgs boson supposedly placed the final brick in the house of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. However, just how sturdy is that house? Are quarks real? No one has ever seen one. What about leptons? Are they really fundamental particles, even though they decay into a collection of other particles? And the bosons, the force carriers? With W and Z masses greater than most hadrons, how are they, too, considered fundamental? Three Quarks Missed the Mark delves into the world of particle physics and examines the evidence for the components of the Standard Model. It offers alternative models of baryons, mesons and leptons that align with observations of their behavior. The book provides explanations of why and how mesons and baryons decay the way they do. It looks at how particles interact with each other in cloud chamber and bubble chamber events and translates those observations back into structure of hadrons and leptons. Three Quarks Missed the Mark reveals that the quark model of the proton is based on a flawed assumption that set into motion a campaign determined to show that it works, in spite of observations to the contrary. Consequently, quarks are not real particles, just elements of a mnemonic system, of sorts, to manage and understand the hadrons and their interactions. Three Quarks Missed the Mark shows that the electron and its fellow lepton siblings, the muon and tau, are not fundamental particles as declared by the Standard Model, as evidenced by their disintegration into lesser particles. It also reveals a couple of surprises about the neutrino, including a potentially big one regarding the solar neutrino problem. Bottom line: it shows that the 17 particles claimed to be fundamental by the Standard Model are actually complex (when they exist at all) and that there are only two true fundamental particles. Three Quarks Missed the Mark offers a rare challenge to the group-think acceptance that most of the physics world affords the Standard Model. This book is a must-read for those who have not fully bought-in to the validity of the Standard Model; and offers a test of the conviction of die-hard Standard Model believers. Regardless of your position on the Standard Model, Three Quarks Missed the Mark will stimulate thinking that will cause you to see subatomic particles in an insightfully different way. Don't miss this opportunity to discover what appears to truly happen in the subnuclear world of particle physics
Dragon-Bound Bard: From the Chronicles of the Dragon-Bound

Dragon-Bound Bard: From the Chronicles of the Dragon-Bound

William L. Culbertson

Independently Published
2019
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In the world of the dragon-bound: Tarissa Lathetta sang and waited tables in a Silverdale pub where her dragon-bound temper made dealing with rowdy customers difficult. A talented musician, Tarissa dreamed of becoming a bard. Discovering the identity of her father allowed her to study for a career in Silverdale's musical tradition. But it also put Tarissa at the heart of the conflict between the Keepers, power brokers in Silverdale, and the kingdom of Landly. Her personal growth soon meant she had to choose between her heart and her head. Others in the city just wanted her dead.