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Lifelines For Money Misfortunes

No one wants to think about the unpredictable accidents, disasters, and crises that could disrupt our lives, but in order to overcome these unexpected surprises you must be prepared.

Nobody understands this better than author Stephen Pollan. Over the past thirty years, he has introduced thousands of individuals to innovative new strategies for dealing with their careers, money, and numerous other issues that are a part of the "business of life." And now, in Lifelines for Money Misfortunes, Pollan—with the help of coauthor Mark Levine—reveals both the secrets of personal crisis management and the tactics for navigating catastrophes that could upset your financial equilibrium.

Divided into two comprehensive parts, this practical guide will help you tackle some of life's toughest challenges. The essential insights found throughout these pages will allow you to persevere, even if:

• You've lost your job

• You're temporarily or permanently disabled

• You lose a major client or customer

• Your adult child needs financial support

• You're transferred against your will

• You haven't saved enough for retirement

Stephen Pollan doesn't have the answers to all of life's questions, but with Lifelines for Money Misfortunes, he'll advise you on how to best manage the crises that could critically affect your wealth and well-being.

In Religion and World History, distinguished authors John C. Super and Briane K. Turley examine the value of religion for interpreting the human experience in the past and present. They explore the elements of religion which best connect it to the cultural and political dynamics that have influenced history. Working within this framework, Super and Turley present three unifying themes: the relationship between formal and informal religious beliefs, how these change through time, and how they are reflected in different cultures; the relationship between church and state, from theocracies to the repression of religion; and the ongoing search for spiritual certainty, and the consequent splintering of core religious beliefs and the development of new ones. One of the few recent books to examine religion's role in geo-political affairs, its unique approach enables the reader to grasp the many and complex ways in which religion acts upon and reacts to broader global processes.

This is a totally FREE (partially copyrighted) learning aid.  This book was designed as part of a first year curriculum for Kindergarten or First Grade students studying English as a Foreign Language.  It employs the “Crawl, Walk, Run” methodology of instruction. Just print out the worksheets for the kids, and go over them on the white-board. In teaching this book, please teach the phonetic sounds of the letters of the alphabet before teaching the names of the letters.  This way, when the children are writing, they are thinking of the sounds that the letters make, and not the names.  In this way, they are teaching themselves to read.  Writing reinforces the language pattern. I suggest writing the material on the board, and having the class repeat after you letter by letter, then all at once. Top half of the page first.  They may need to repeat more than once.  Then, draw the dotted line bottom portion, and write in what you want your class to write on the worksheets.  After they finish writing, have them read what they wrote to you individually to check pronunciation.  Then, let them color the pictures as a motivational reward.  This also keeps them busy while you move on to check the next child’s work. With the very young children, you should review what you have learned of the alphabet every day so that they will not forget.  Just put it on the board and go over it at the beginning of every class, forwards and backwards.  When you cover the entire alphabet.  Let them recite the sounds of the letters to you forwards, then backwards, then mix up all the letters in a different pattern every day for a few months to make sure they really know all of the corresponding sounds.  Repetition reinforces rote (long-term) memory. When teaching the reviews, and/or reading flow drills, the kids will probably be saying the sounds of the individual letters at first.  They can read, but slow and choppy.  Let them say the individual sounds first.  Then have them repeat after you.  You say the word or words in super slow motion, accentuating every letter .  It may take some time, but they will catch on and get faster. Different classes will learn at different paces.  Teachers should decide how much material to cover for each class.  Some classes will need to spend more time on one worksheet  than others.  Some classes may need to spend up to one week on one worksheet, especially at the beginning.  Other classes will be able to cover multiple worksheets in one lesson.  This is a free learning aid to be used in conjunction with other books as you see fit.  It is in power-point, so you can even add to it, and make up your own worksheets.  Also, please feel free to make copies of this electronic workbook and distribute them to anyone interested in teaching or learning English.
There is also an appendix at the end of the book for a little more guidance. Be patient, be kind, be fun, be as entertaining as possible, and be sure to ask for help if you need it.

The Best We Can Be: Parents and Children Growing Together is a publication designed to provide support for life's most rewarding and challenging job: parenting. This resource demonstrates how parents can use everyday activities and materials for strengthening their relationships with their children, promoting their early learning and preparing them for success in school and in life. The sections are coordinated with the first 14 well-child checkups and provide age-appropriate advice for enriching the time spent with children to facilitate their development in all domains.

The publication is based on the premise that "little moments lead to big rewards," and each page ends with a "Big Rewards" section that gives parents the reasoning behind the suggested activities.

In addition, The Best We Can Be includes tips for keeping children safe and healthy, as well as strategies for dealing with the challenges that children's emerging skills can create for parents. Each section ends with a "prescription" for parents, inspired by the pediatric literacy program Reach Out and Read, which encourages them to support their children's language and literacy development through conversation and reading books together.

This collection of twenty-nine original essays,surveys satire from its emergence in Western literature to the present.

• Tracks satire from its first appearances in the prophetic books of the Old Testament through the Renaissance and the English tradition in satire to Michael Moore’s satirical movie Fahrenheit 9/11.
• Highlights the important influence of the Bible in the literary and cultural development of Western satire.
• Focused mainly on major classical and European influences on and works of English satire, but also explores the complex and fertile cultural cross-semination within the tradition of literary satire.