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Money impacts every facet of life. And constant money related concerns have a negative impact on a person’s overall health and well-being. While money does not buy happiness, financial security can reduce stress and make life much easier to navigate. Mindful and Intentional Money Management takes people to the root of their money management behavior that has been formed by their money scripts (long held beliefs and perspectives on money that one has learned throughout life), personality, habits, attitude, and values. Dr. Simpson presents three action plans to build a solid financial foundation that include helping readers know where they’re going (setting goals), know where they are (creating a financial snapshot), and learn/play/execute (bridging the gap between their goals and financial snapshot). Part 1 introduces the SMARTER goal system to guide readers to set mindful and intentional financial goals. In Part 2, readers compare their income and expenses, assets and debt, and debt-to-income ratio to determine their current net worth. This provides their financial snapshot. Part 3 instructs readers on how to plan and execute strategies to make behavior changes that lead to lasting change and progress that support a secure financial future. Readers will identify and eliminate poor money management behaviors and replace them with new habits that are sustainable and aligned with their value system and goals. The power of habits and creating muscle memory will automate money management decisions and make the change in behavior much easier. The strategies offered here can be life changing when applied.

The Plunket Society, founded in 1907, has been heralded as New Zealand's most successful and famous voluntary organisation. Run by women for women, it played a vital role in the care of mothers and babies for most of the twentieth century, becoming a national and international icon. This comprehensive history of Plunket covers three broad themes: the relationship between the voluntary sector and the State in the provision of welfare, the development of paediatrics, and the relationship between health providers and their clients, the mothers. Bryder stresses, in particular, infant health and welfare, the political pressures applied by the government and medical profession, the influence of the remarkable women who shaped the fortunes of the society, and its diminishing impact in recent years. She also compares New Zealand's experience with other countries like Australia and Britain, and outlines the philosophy behind the organisation.

A young girl acknowledging she is a girl and likes being a girl. She enjoys the little things that identify her as a girl. This girl does not feel the need to question her gender identity. This girl explains how society identifies her as "special needs." She understands she is made in the image of God. She is perfect the way she is.

The black man suffering at the hands of whites, the white woman sexually threatened by the black man. Both images have long been burned into the American conscience through popular entertainment, and today they exert a powerful and disturbing influence on Americans' understanding of race. So argues Linda Williams in this boldly inquisitive book, where she probes the bitterly divisive racial sentiments aroused by such recent events as O. J. Simpson's criminal trial. Williams, the author of Hard Core, explores how these images took root, beginning with melodramatic theater, where suffering characters acquire virtue through victimization. The racial sympathies and hostilities that surfaced during the trial of the police in the beating of Rodney King and in the O. J. Simpson murder trial are grounded in the melodramatic forms of Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Birth of a Nation. Williams finds that Stowe's beaten black man and Griffith's endangered white woman appear repeatedly throughout popular entertainment, promoting interracial understanding at one moment, interracial hate at another. The black and white racial melodrama has galvanized emotions and fueled the importance of new media forms, such as serious, "integrated" musicals of stage and film, including The Jazz Singer and Show Boat. It also helped create a major event out of the movie Gone With the Wind, while enabling television to assume new moral purpose with the broadcast of Roots. Williams demonstrates how such developments converged to make the televised race trial a form of national entertainment. When prosecutor Christopher Darden accused Simpson's defense team of "playing the race card," which ultimately trumped his own team's gender card, he feared that the jury's sympathy for a targeted black man would be at the expense of the abused white wife. The jury's verdict, Williams concludes, was determined not so much by facts as by the cultural forces of racial melodrama long in the making. Revealing melodrama to be a key element in American culture, Williams argues that the race images it has promoted are deeply ingrained in our minds and that there can be no honest discussion about race until Americans recognize this predicament.

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Experience Paul Simpson's world through his musical landscapes with Linda Walker's painstakingly written biography, "Paul Simpson's Musical Odyssey: A Melodic Exploration of His World." Walker's compelling story reveals the intricate details of Simpson's remarkable career as an English musician, singer, and songwriter, highlighting his significant influence on synth-pop, post-punk, neo-psychedelic, new wave, and ambient genres. Simpson's career is shown in graphic detail, spanning from the thriving punk rock scene of the mid-1970s to the ethereal worlds of ambient soundscapes. Walker deftly steers through critical junctures, including Simpson's partnerships with notable figures such as Will Sergeant and Julian Cope, the creation of legendary bands such as The Wild Swans and Care, and the obstacles that shaped his development as an instrumental composer. "Paul Simpson's Musical Odyssey" goes beyond what is often expected in a music biography. Walker explores the heart of Simpson's creative process, giving readers a close-up view of his artistic endeavours, partnerships, and the careful balancing act between his private life and his music. Simpson's narrative is a monument to the transformational power of art, with an unrelenting devotion to honesty. Readers will see the ups and downs of Simpson's career as they turn the pages-departures, reunions, health issues, and a resolute commitment to artistic integrity. In addition to allowing readers to follow Simpson's journey, Walker's poetic style skillfully navigates the highs and lows of the subject matter, prompting thoughtful reflection on the deep links that exist between life, music, and the human experience. "A Melodic Exploration of His World" becomes more than just a subtitle when viewed through Walker's perspective; it captures the spirit of the work. The investigation goes beyond the music to the very essence of a man who dared to challenge musical conventions and make a lasting impression on the constantly changing landscape of the music business. Accompany Linda Walker as she leads readers through the intricate lyrics, melodic harmonies, and life-changing peaks that characterise Paul Simpson's musical journey. More than merely a biography, "Paul Simpson's Musical Odyssey: A Melodic Exploration of His World" invites readers to lose themselves in the harmonies and resonances that permeate the life of a genuine musical genius.

105 copies, over 135 unique samples of handmade paper, by 82 participants from 23 countries, indices by fiber, region, technique, additives. CC-by-sa 4.0The formerly Yahoo Papermaking special interest email list, nowadays migrated to Groups.io, has so far produced 21 Swatch Swap Yearbooks, 2019 and 2020 open to non-members. The resulting hand-bound books gather 3 by 2 inch swatches in an eclectic collection. A spread might have highly expert professional craft next to very fresh hobby exploration, then classic fiber work side-by-side of one-shot experiments, each accompanied by a recipe and comments by the papermaker.

This volume is aimed at individuals requiring an understanding of the background concepts and issues relating to Nunavut. It follows the historical development of the concept of Nunavut since 1867 to the signing of the land claim agreement in 1993.

Many television critics, legions of fans, even the president of the United States, have cited The Wire as the best television series ever. In this sophisticated examination of the HBO serial drama that aired from 2002 until 2008, Linda Williams, a leading film scholar and authority on the interplay between film, melodrama, and issues of race, suggests what exactly it is that makes The Wire so good. She argues that while the series is a powerful exploration of urban dysfunction and institutional failure, its narrative power derives from its genre. The Wire is popular melodrama, not Greek tragedy, as critics and the series creator David Simon have claimed. Entertaining, addictive, funny, and despairing all at once, it is a serial melodrama grounded in observation of Baltimore's people and institutions: of cops and criminals, schools and blue-collar labor, local government and local journalism. The Wire transforms close observation into an unparalleled melodrama by juxtaposing the good and evil of individuals with the good and evil of institutions.