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In this groundbreaking book, Jay Poole, shows a new approach to solving the difficult problems one can face in work and on projects. When faced with a problem on his current project, follow Jay as he goes on an adventure to the North Pole with an opportunity to learn new techniques and strategies to become and remain successful with the process of completing projects and working with others to ensure improvements are sustained. Through the utilization of his knowledge and openness to learn alternatives to solving problems, Jay is introduced to Santa's head elf, ERNIE. ERNIE takes Jay through a brief journey of how elves at the North Pole work through problems and maintain actions taken to ensure full implementation. Taking Jay from his work desk to the North Pole and back, Jay learns a new approach to problems solving and is reminded of important aspects of what goes into ensuring project success and sustaining improvements.
Religion, Welfare, and Social Service Provision: Common Ground delves deeply into the partnerships forged between religious communities, government agencies and nonprofits to deliver social services to the needy. These pages offer a considered examination of how local faith entities have served those in their midst, and how the provision of those services has been impacted by evolving social policies. This foundational volume brings together the work of more than two dozen leading researchers, each providing long overdue scholarly inquiry into religiously affiliated helping and the many possibilities that it holds for effective cooperation.
Reviewing exhaustively the current state of the art of tissue engineering strategies for regenerating bones and joints through the use of biomaterials, growth factors and stem cells, along with an investigation of the interactions between biomaterials, bone cells, growth factors and added stem cells and how together skeletal tissues can be optimised, this book serves to highlight the importance of biomaterials composition, surface topography, architectural and mechanical properties in providing support for tissue regeneration. Maximizing reader insights into the importance of the interplay of these attributes with bone cells (osteoblasts, osteocytes and osteoclasts) and cartilage cells (chon...
Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex, and Power, Second Edition highlights new essays on pornography, pop culture, queer identity, Muslim masculinity, and the war on women. With personal candor and political insight, this collection of diverse authors explores sex work, digital activism, incarceration, domestic violence, surviving incest, and standing firmly as male allies facing the backlash against womene(tm)s reproductive rights. Featuring eleven new essays and six revised thematic sections, this second edition of a favorite anthology continues to encourage robust discussion and vibrant debate about masculinity and the possibilities for progressive change. The contemporary, compelling essays in Men Speak Out appeal to students, scholars, activists, and everyday readers.
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