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Compiling this work has been an intrinsic life process! It is filled with a love for learning, decades of teaching, and living in the moment with a framework for the future while reflecting on the gems of our past. Being human has changed rapidly in this digital age-unfortunately compromising and unbalancing the foundations of what life should be!There is a huge difference between a house and a home. Creating a home environment is a sensory-rich holistic experience that impacts on the well-being of all the family-a life purpose to share and make a positive contribution to help plant the seeds of contentment and peace in homes.Parents have the responsibility to be the best they can be. As Plato advised, "Know thyself." It is the greatest journey, but to create and grow thyself in this demanding digital age is a duty, not an option! It is a journey that starts within, built on self-awareness, gratitude, and contentment.This book has eight fun and inspiring steps that include space to journal and record your personal journey.Choose happiness. It is free!

This book is not for beginners. It does not teach you how to move around worksheets; neither does it teach you how to copy the contents of one cell to the other. The book assumes that you have worked with Excel for at least six months. We start by introducing you to the Ribbon and how to customize the user interface. You learn how to automate worksheet operations with macros. We take you through creating custom formats, data validation, worksheet outlines, data consolidation, error checking, etc. We look at intermediate and advanced functions such as Indirect, Match, Find, etc. and show you how to combine these functions to solve real-world problems. We discuss business models and apply statistical and financial functions. The rest of the topics we treat include using table formulas, creating range names, using names for formulas, Date and Time functions, error checking, workbook/worksheet protection, etc. We look at the Lookup functions (Vlookup, Hlookup, etc.) and the functions that can be used in lieu of the lookup functions to perform more complex lookups. Every chapter of the book contains exercises to reinforce your learning experience.We believe that practice makes perfect, so at the end of the book, we provide you with over 120 hands-on exercises (step-by-step answers provided). We guarantee that after going through all the exercises in the book, you will be on your way to becoming an Excel expert.

Emma and Jemma may look identical on the outside, but that doesn't mean that they are the same on the inside! Individuality is important and children should know that different is good.

Glo-Ball is an alien who has come to earth as his planet no longer exists. His friends and family have disappeared as his planet has been destroyed, along the lines of earth, by pollution and war. Adults can't see him. A native Australian elder gives him a watchdog protector. Just like a dog is man's best friend, Enviro is Glo-Ball's best friend. Dogs are companions and very loyal.Glo-Ball travels the world via the internet and addresses environmental issues.

Paul OHara, the secondof five children, was bornand educated in Perth,Western Australia. During his formative yearshis enquiring mind hascaused him to focus onthe deeper questions oflife. His interests includepoetry, chess, astronomyand genealogy.

This book is the fulfillment of a dream I had back in the year 2009. I had a very vivid dream that I would one day write a book entitled: The Obedience Call.In these end days God is calling Christians all around the world to train themselves into obedience, because obedience is not just important, it is absolutely necessary. Christians must complete the state of their sanctification in order to be ready for the Rapture.This book is a collection of five sermons on obedience. In the first four chapters you will learn about how to be a solider for Christ, the importance of walking in humility, meekness and patience, how to position yourself for God's favor, and how you can become a vessel of prudence for God to dwell in. In the final chapter you will learn about how it is necessary for you to fulfill your destiny, how we must live worthily by walking in obedience, how we must fight the good fight of faith, the true meaning of God's grace, an explanation of Philippians 1:6, and how we must sow in the Spirit to reap eternal life.

This book is about learning about manners by looking and listening.The pink fairy knows her manners and is rewarded, but the blue fairy does not. The blue fairy learns by looking and listening and is eventually rewarded as well. They become friends.

A life lived in fear of reaction and retribution was all Jennifer knew living with her father. She grew up in an environment of stress and constant awareness of what her father''s actions held for her. It was not until her late teens did she come to learn that living in fear was not normal. Jennifer''s memories were sad but were also elevated with her ability to see humor in some of her experiences.

Politics could be described as a kind of bartering that enables us to overcome the discontinuities in our lives by resolving conflicts in a peaceful rather than unruly manner, and seeking a sphere in which there is some common or general accord. It is thus the art of compromise, conciliation, and negotiation rather than brute or naked force where it concerns meaningful and effective decision-making. It is also an attempt to establish some legitimate authority in response to the different needs that arise in society, and create a system of benefits and burdens that are binding on all. To this extent it is about the means and not the end, or at least the sufficiency of any means as opposed to the morality of any end. How to achieve what is good is thus to achieve what is useful, or at least the best strategy or plan that suits the circumstance at hand. In this case we do not say that if the end is right or wrong then the means are value-free, but that since the means are value-laden then the end is value-free. Given that wielding a blunt instrument to achieve a result is neither ethical nor unethical, the best we can hope for is a more ethical approach to the fashioning of any singular or conjugate set of means. So it is with our diplomats in their global dealings and our policy makers in the world of home affairs. There is another view however that suggests that the difference between the political and the non-political hinges on the distinction between a public and a private life, with the assumption that what is true of the one must also be true of the other. That is, that politics is an ethical activity that replaces right behaviour with just behaviour; that it is the pursuit of human betterment through ostensibly public means just as ethics is the pursuit of human betterment through ostensibly private means. In answer to the question where this line should be drawn the most common response is between civil society and that entity we call the state. State institutions such as the government, the judiciary and the armed forces could be regarded as public because they touch all aspects of communal life. On the other hand, institutions such as the family, business conglomerates, trade unions and divers clubs could be regarded as private because they support only limited aims and are voluntary to join as well as voluntary to quit.(Although of course, not voluntary to join in the case of the family).This may also generate a particular perception of public life as being good in one sense but bad in another. Participation in the activities of the state may be deemed worthwhile if this is seen to involve interaction amongst individuals who are both free and equal in their regard for one another. On the other hand, state participation may be seen in a negative light if this limits the range of our choices, especially if it interferes with family commitments and everyday leisure pursuits. But if politics is concerned principally with questions about the state a related question concerns its origin, whether it has evolved naturally or whether it is a purely human artifice borne of certain indispensable needs. This controversy has a long history dating back to the Greeks, and Aristotles is typical of the kind of approach that supports the former. Political associations are regarded as natural progressions starting with those that are simple and working towards those that are more complex. The pairing of a male and a female is essential for the sake of procreation, and that introduces the basic unit of the family. The pairing of a master and a slave is essential for the sake of rulership, and that introduces the primacy of mental agility over physical strength. What we mean by the head of any household is then extended to the head of any village, although in this case the lord or master acquires a certain status which demands the strict loyalty of his subjects. A convening of several villages is then th

Anna has once again landed in jail. First, she poisoned her lover''s wife and served ten years in prison. On her release, she meets her lover once more and becomes romantically involved, only to find out he deceived her from the very beginning. She only meant to harm him for the harm he had caused her, but she went too far. Anna now has another sentence to serve and struggles to look forward to some sort of future. To do this, she must reinvent herself and survive.

There are seven stories in this book, and none of which are connected. The characters are fictitious and bear no resemblance to anyone, past or present.The stories are written in a lighthearted vein and have adult content and are, therefore, not suitable for children.

It's Bedtime is a way of comforting a child when it's time for bed. Saying "good night" to their belongings and knowing what is there in the dark helps them to feel safe.

Book 11 Wolf Has Gone will be the last book in the Margie and Wolf series for now! This book is about realising that letting go, sometimes can be scary? But with true friendship, letting go is not forever.I hope you have enjoyed spending four beautiful seasons from the year 1906 with Margie, Wolf and all their friends...

The island of New Guinea has a high diversity of species and a high level of endemism, containing more than 5 percent of earth's biodiversity in just over one half of a percent of the land on earth. New Guinea supports the largest area of mature tropical moist forest in the Asia/Pacific region. Papua New Guinea consists of the eastern part of the island of New Guinea, plus the islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, Buka, and Bougainville. There are between fifteen thousand and twenty thousand species of vascular plants in Papua New Guinea, with at least two thousand species of trees. The most important challenge for Papua New Guinea is the protection of biological diversity against the pressures resulting from global climate change, inappropriate destructive conversion of natural communities, unsustainable exploitation of forests, national economic development, and societal demands, including a fair sharing of the nation's wealth and law and order issues.There are very few resources available to natural resource managers, environmental scientists, nongovernment agencies, and various extractive industries, most importantly, the timber industry that will assist in the identification of major tree species within Papua New Guinea. It is hoped that the publication of these three volumes will enable those who are responsible for natural resource management to improve their knowledge of the trees in these forests so that they can fully appreciate the richness of these biologically diverse forests. The forests of Papua New Guinea need to be managed sensitively and sustainably based on advanced evidence-based knowledge.The Trees of Papua New Guinea publication provides a comprehensive treatment of 675 species of trees (vol. 1: 261 species, vol. 2: 249 species, vol. 3: 165 species) that will assist in the identification of the trees of Papua New Guinea.

A young doctor in a large hospital accidentally meets a very unusual patient, and through her, he becomes aware of the existence of a group of people who do not want to be known. Soon after, he unwillingly finds himself on a strange planet far away from earth, where in an accident, he nearly dies.A crystal healer from a matriarchal warrior race, through her special training, accidentally gets involved with an alien force that is infiltrating her planets'' political structure. She finishes exiled to a distant planet where she manages to save the young doctor''s life. The two healers join their life together but unwillingly get involved in local politics, causing all sorts of complications.

The book has been inspired by my personal journey on developing this art that I have been studying for the last six years. I have been writing poetry for the last twenty-nine years.I love reading books of the late eighteenth century, early nineteen hundreds, and especially Shakespeare and the Spanish generation of the 25, Lorca, and Machado. I feel passion for Adolfo Gustavo Becquer.I have interest and devotion just to make your day spark up. And remember, only patience will let the presence of life actually be that.

When you're a child, it seems like nothing bad can happen to your parents. But sometimes it does, and you find your life turned upside down. It can be a very scary time.Mummy Is Sick, but I Love You, by author Cheryl Slade, is a conversation and a promise from Mummy to her child. Now that she's ill, Mummy can't always do everything she used to. She promises that once she is better, she'll be capable of doing it all again. Mummy explains to her sweetheart all the things that might happen whilst she's sick but assures her child of her never-ending love and that things will be better when she's well again.Mummy Is Sick, but I Love You comes from Slade's experiences after her diagnosis with breast cancer. When she couldn't find a suitable book to explain what was happening to her young son, she decided to write her own. The result can help others who are facing similar situations.

Meet Doris the pug. She is a fun-loving dog with a serious face but with a sense of adventure. Watch her in her everyday life and see what she gets up to with the help of her trusted friend, Crumbs.