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Good ideas but somewhat redundant.
I bought this book as a required textbook for my K-8 science class. I have to say that is it a fairly easy read and very informative. However, after the first couple of chapters it starts to feel repetitive. At this point I have had it drilled into my head that literacy is important and we can link it in science. Chapter 6 is the best chapter for how that breaks down and has some great information about literacy and science along with different modes (types) of writing. If you are looking for ways to improve literacy by linking it to other subjects this is a good book to have on hand as a resource! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Sporting News, published by Sporting News Publishing Co. on January 28, 2005. The length of the article is 2749 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The value of Vick: the true worth of Michael Vick--an unconventional quarterback who can't be measured by conventional numbers--is that without him the Falcons are mediocre, but with him they can beat anyone.(NFL Conference Championship Preview)
Author: Dan Pompei
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Date: January 28, 2005
Publisher: Sporting News Publishing Co.
Volume: 229Issue: 4Page: 18(4)

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This digital document is an article from Art Culinaire, published by Culinaire, Inc. on September 22, 2008. The length of the article is 812 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A deal worth making.(Michael Reardon)(Interview)
Author: Michael Reardon
Publication: Art Culinaire (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2008
Publisher: Culinaire, Inc.
Issue: 90Page: 24(2)

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This digital document is an article from New Internationalist, published by New Internationalist Magazine on July 1, 2009. The length of the article is 1526 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Who owns the Arctic? The debate over Arctic sovereignty has never been more newsworthy--but what's really at stake? Jess Worth talks with professor Michael Byers who sorts the hype from the hard politics.(SOVEREIGNTY)(Interview)
Author: Jess Worth
Publication: New Internationalist (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2009
Publisher: New Internationalist Magazine
Issue: 424Page: 16(2)

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Jason David Frank, Mick Doyle, Ron Balicki, Dan Inosanto, Sean Faris, Gary Dourdan, Michael Worth, Paulo Tocha, David Archuleta, Baxter Humby, Ilram Choi, David Cummings. Excerpt:Baxter Humby was born in Winnipeg , Canada , in 1974 . Known as "The One Armed Bandit" because he has no right hand. It was amputated at birth, just below his elbow, after becoming entangled with the umbilical cord. Kickboxing Baxter is the current IMTC (International Muay Thai Council) World Super Welterweight Champion. He holds a number of different title belts including IKKC USA Kickboxing Champion, IMTC World Middleweight Champion and IKBA International Kickboxing Champion. His interest in sports led him to take up running at age 11 and martial arts at 17. He ran for the Canadian National Track Team in Barcelona in 1992 and in Berlin in 1994. He won the Canadian Super Welterweight Kickboxing Championship in 1996, and afterwards, in 1997, moved to California to pursue a professional kickboxing career. He currently trains with Muay Thai World Champion Maurice Travis and has a fight record of 53-10-1. Films In 2004, Humby travelled to China to star in the film "One Arm Hero". It was produced by martial arts film star Carter Wong ( Big Trouble in Little China ) and directed by Li Man Sing. Baxter Humby participated in the film Spider-Man 3 . He took Tobey Maguire 's place in filming a fight scene between Spider-Man and Sandman . Humby helped deliver the intended effect of punching through Sandman's chest. Trivia References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Dan Inosanto Daniel Arca Inosanto (born July 24, 1936) is an American Filipino martial arts (FMA) instructor from California who is best-known as a student of the late Bruce Lee and authority on Jeet Ku... ... Read more

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Chapters: Ron Balicki, Florendo Visitacion, Dan Inosanto, Mark V. Wiley, Michael Worth, Adriano Directo Emperado, Tim Hartman, Jeff Delaney. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ron Balicki is an actor and stuntman for various films and television series. He is also a well known martial arts practitioner, teacher and author. He is a student and the son-in-law of Dan Inosanto. Balicki grew up in Chicago, Illinois. In 1987 he became a Deputy Sheriff for Cook County in Chicago, Illinois. He helped to form a "Special Operations Resistance Team" which trained officers in how to handle riot control. Around this time he found work as a bodyguard for several Hollywood movie and music stars (Steven Seagal, Public Enemy, Kid 'n Play, Queen Latifah and D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (Will Smith). On December 6, 1995 he married Diana Lee Inosanto, daughter of Dan Inosanto. Ron and Diana have two sons: Sebastian and Zachary. Ron began training in the martial arts in the late 1960s. In 1982 Ron sought out one of Bruce Lee's most well known students and training partners, Dan Inosanto. After training with Inosanto, Ron earned his Full instructorship in Maphilindo Silat, Filipino Kali, Eskrima and Jun Fan Gung Fu (Jeet Kune Do concepts). Ron has served as stunt coordinator and fight choreographer on many film projects (see "filmography" section below). In addition he and his wife co-choreographed martial arts for the stage production, Be Like Water, produced at East West Players in 2008, which features the ghost of Bruce Lee visiting a troubled teenage Asian American tomboy, offering her lessons and guidance. Being a former Deputy Sheriff, Ron has traveled the world training Military and Paramilitary organizations from the DEA to local law enforcement agenci...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5465031 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Fund Raising Management, published by Hoke Communications, Inc. on June 1, 1991. The length of the article is 1410 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Prospect research: a tool for professionalism in fund raising. (Marketing)
Author: Michael J. Worth
Publication: Fund Raising Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 1991
Publisher: Hoke Communications, Inc.
Volume: v22Issue: n4Page: p43(2)

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A book of practical encouragement for those who wish to free themselves from their addictions. ... Read more

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James Hyde is known for his eccentric variations of painting formats, such as frescoes on Styrofoam, paint in glass boxes, pigment-slathered over-sized pillows and wall hangings fashioned from beach chair webbing. ... Read more

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Awesome sampler of everyday life
This is a very good, very extensive overview of life through History in a variety of places. The focus isn't on Western society, and there are many passages about China, India, Oceania... It's not intended to be a complete research guide, but as a primer to give you an idea of how societies lived, this is invaluable.
(and the illustrations are very good, too)

Ever wonder how people lived in the past?
This excellent compendium starts with pre-historic hunter-gatherers and pastoralists and then progresses to the big three ancient civilizations of the Sumerians, Egyptians, and Harrapans and then moves on to the Minoans, Mycenaeans, Greeks, Persians, and Hittites.What you will marvel at in this book is how people lived, worshipped, fought, and even what sort of career choices people could make!To be or not to be a scribe or a soldier in ancient Egypt.We also get insights into Eurasian hordes such as the Scythians, Huns, Vandals, Mongols, and other tribes from the steppes.There are also great sections on the black plague which ravaged Europe and the life of the Samurai in ancient Japan.This book spans the globe as it looks in on how people survived in difficult times.Things we take for granted today such as abundant food, health care, and transportation were sometimes luxuries enjoyed only by elites.This book is a real eye-opener and well worth checking out.

Impressive ilustrations
One of fine examples how much the good imagesandilustrations from historical litteratureadd to the value of the book.While I was reading the chapters aboutempires, cities, revolutions and adventures,I had thefeeling of authenticity of theexperience. It took an effort to leave the bookevery night. Such a pleasure !

Terrific overview!
A great overview of daily life in many cultures and countries from 100,000 BC to the present day.This book is an emminently suitable reference for libraries and a godsend for the writer who needs just one quick fact or the ineffable flavor of a past time.Highly recommended! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Government Finance Review, published by Government Finance Officers Association on April 1, 1996. The length of the article is 3658 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The City of Fort Worth, TX, has created a budget simulator on a computer diskette called Budgetmaker to facilitate its citizens to make informed decisions regarding the city's recommended budget. Budgetmaker was also intended to enlighten the citizens on the reasons behind the city manager's proposed budget and provide them with sufficient background information to understand any other financial alternative.

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Title: Helping citizens understand budget decisions: the City of Fort Worth's budget guide and simulator diskette. (citizens of Fort Worth, TX, make budget decisions via Budgetmaker)
Author: Michael McKinney
Publication: Government Finance Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 1996
Publisher: Government Finance Officers Association
Volume: v12Issue: n2Page: p17(4)

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This digital document is an article from The Review of Metaphysics, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 761 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Smith, Steven G. Worth Doing.(Book Review)
Author: Michael P. Nelson
Publication: The Review of Metaphysics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 59Issue: 2Page: 451(2)

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It is highly likely that the sale of your business is not going to provide for 100 percent of the earning power that you have received from your business. It's also true that most business owners have unrealistically optimistic ideas concerning the sale value of their business. So how do you, a business owner, prepare for financial independence and a secure retirement? How do you make your business worth more to others so that it's worth more to you? One way is through the Podolny Method, a logical, step-by-step program for initiating real change in your business. First, it helps you determine what you really want. It answers the questions: Why are you in business? What do you expect personally from your business, both now and when your ownership ends and you move on to the next phase of your life? Michael Podolny's eight-step method will help you establish where your business is and how your business works for or against your personal requirements. Most importantly, The Podolny Method provides you with the tools to initiate and sustain the changes that need to take place if you are to make your business to serve you. ... Read more

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This book is based in part on a study of the fund-raising practices of governing boards of private colleges and universities that the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges conducted curing the summer of 2004. This study was intended to delineate the ways trustees address their fund-raising responsibilities today - how boards are organized for fund-raising, how trustees are carrying out their responsibilities, and how their roles interact with those of presidents and chief advancement officers. The purpose of this book goes deeper than merely reporting results of the study. This text is intended as a practical guide for trustees, presidents, and chief advancement officers aiming to increase the effectiveness of their important fund-raising partnerships. The author is a Professor of Nonprofit Management at George Washington University. ... Read more

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Few personal accounts have been written on the progression of the dual disorder of alcoholism and panic disorder. Jack Wendell takes many trips to hell riding the wave of an anxiety attack,returning to the only sanity he came to know with the help of alcohol. On his journey, he encounters a host of unlikely companions and circumstances, including rehabs, institutions, therapists and a horde of dysfunctional people who would harbor him for a time. When he stumbled into Fort Worth, homeless, hopeless and broke, his life turned a corner unexpectedly in a dingy barroom. This is a book that everyone trying to understand alcoholism and panic disorder should read. Recovery is profoundly influenced by the experience, strength and hope of those who have found their way to freedom. ... Read more

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Honest And Helpful Book
Michael Smith's book The Road To Fort Worth is an inspirational trip down the author's own road to hell then freedom.As a sufferer of panic disorder myself, I know how hard it is to overcome this.Alcohol can certainly calm the nerves but, as Mr. Smith soon found out, it can lead to problems of its own.Not until he's battling alcoholism and panic disorder does he wake up and realize there has to be help out there for him.Though true help was a long time coming.

No matter where he was directed it just seemed to make matters worse or only helped for so long before he started the downward spiral again.Would nobody truly understand what he was going through and help him rather than masking his problems with prescription drugs, shoving him from one form of treatment to another, all with no positive result?

In the end this is a book about hope, about never giving up on yourself no matter how bleak the present and future may seem.It's a book that instills the comfort and reality that miracles do happen. ... Read more