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Thirty-three-year-old William Bradford and his close friend, sixty-year-old Thomas Wingate, are disillusioned with the excessive expenditures of the federal government. They launch a website, www.SaveAmerica.com, to influence government and the voting populace. Bradford and Wingate offer a one million dollar reward to any person who can rid the federal government of the most fiscally irresponsible Congressmen. At intervals, the Save America team, based in Aiken, South Carolina, features a different fiscally irresponsible politician on its site, and those selected will consider almost any requests in exchange for their names and image to be deleted from www.SaveAmerica.com. Senator Jones is one of these men. Hes been on Capitol Hill for five terms and has been a fixture in the Senate for thirty years. A day after his image appears on Save America, Jones is killed and many blame www.SaveAmerica. But donations continue to pour in, providing William and Thomas additional funds to support their effort. While trying to maintain their obscurity, William and Thomas must overcome a host of obstacles to help them attain their goal of curtailing excessive government spending.

Counting by the Sea is a children's counting book 1-20. Since I love walking on the beach, I chose things I see on my walks. Most of the items are common to the Carolina seashores where I have spent many summers as a child and as an adult. Children love to play at the seashore and children love finding and seeing things washed up on the shore. The items I found on my walks inspired me for the paintings. The idea for this book came about years ago while I was studying children's literature as an undergraduate education major. I took a short book I had written in college and expanded it. I enjoyed drawing the pictures because I love to draw pictures of the ocean.

Recovering A-NEW A Culturally Competent Cognitive/Behavioral Treatment Model (Ground Zero: The Urban War-Zone) Authored By: Ronald Beavers, Ph.D. Executive Summary His Sheltering Arms-HSA provided an environment in South Central Los Angeles where crime and substance use has become a culture of its on, this is totally depleting the very fabric of life from the most wonderful citizens that have lived there starting at the end of WWII. Although demographics have changed somewhat that accommodates an ever increasing Latino population that just as most Blacks who had migrated after WWII all are seeking greater social and economic opportunities instead theres still much gentrification that plagues the area. We look at South of the Santa Monica (10) Freeway to Rosecrans Blvd. and then Alameda Corridor to the East and Western Ave. to the West this defines South Central Los Angeles where the heaviest influence of crime and substance use although there has been in the past several years has decreased it still posses as a major public health concern for young and old. May it be noted that the Alameda Corridor has the greatest re-entry prison population in the country; there are 40,000 low impact prisoners soon to be released in this catchment area alone, this model is designed to affectively inoculate the participants of the Recovering A-NEW with treatment, skills and tools for their family members as well that is premised on safety and productive living by incorporating culturally relevant AUTHENTIC behavior that creates a healthy family and community. The Recovering A-NEW is a Culturally Competent Cognitive/Behavioral Treatment Model recognizes that there is a need to fill the void found in the standard references in the field of traumatology. The need is especially obvious in the area of assessing the response-set to trauma and its residual effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Because of the complexities that trauma clients present with sometimes its features, the clinician is confronted with many sub-sets and dynamics that can prove to be very challenging in providing the appropriate assessment and treatment plan. In the field of stress-disorder and its correlate to addiction, the conceptual, empirical, and psychological advances of the past three-decades have been references, compiled by practitioners, clinicians and researchers who have made the informed decisions concerning the assessment of trauma (Peterson, K.C., Prout, M.F., & Schwarz R.A., 1993). These affects, most of the time took on the secondary feature of addiction, in the individual using alcohol and/or illicit drugs to cope with the effects of trauma. It is the hope that this text will ultimately bring the practitioners the possibility of insight and understanding as they work to enable the healing process in victims of trauma. When we examine measures of urban related traumatic events, i.e. murders, domestic violence, gangs and a host of other events that tend to comprise the mental/health care of those that live within the urban areas we see a strong correlation that is combat-related trauma that are described elsewhere in this Recovering A-NEW a Culturally Competent Cognitive Model. We also focus on scales that are suitable for studying civilian trauma in the clinical or community populations. The measurers described here are those that either have been significant to this field of trauma historically or appear quite promising for future research. In the past 20 years there has been a substantial and significant amount of literature aimed at providing a psychological characteristic of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Much of the literature is based on research that has used psycho-physiological measures and techniques to assess various features of the disorder as specified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, fourth edition (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association,

When Jessie Barnes' parents are seriously injured in a car accident, she takes a leave of absence from her investigator job with the Chicago Police Department to help care for them in their home in Aiken, South Carolina. While in town, she's tapped to help the shorthanded local sheriff's department. Just a week after her arrival in the sleepy southern town, she is called to investigate a double homicide. Tom and Carol Lowe have been shot to death in their spacious home on Mulberry Street. This isn't a typical crime for Aiken, which generally deals with much lesser-profile problems. Working with lead investigator Bill Hankinson, Jessie must leave her tough Chicago tactics behind as she adjusts to his southern ways. The job gets interesting when additional murders occur in nearby Burnettown. She is assisted through the investigations and her indoctrination into the southern lifestyle by William Bradford, a local entrepreneur who develops a romantic interest in her. As Jessie and the sheriff's department struggle to discover the truth behind these unlikely crimes, their investigation reveals shocking details that are highly unusual in these typically peaceful towns.

Beavers are possibly the most talented and gifted of all animals in North America. They are literally lumberjacks, carpenters, surveyors, architects, masons, and hydro-engineers. And, they are rightfully and truly managers in every sense of the word. They systematically alter the river environment from the moment they settle in. Dam-building, pond-building, food pantry-building, and even lodge-building all have deadlines, and if not met, significantly reduce their chances of survival. This book will help you see beavers as you have never seen before and will appreciate them even more.

Unearth the power of hope as you overcome trauma and adversity. Embrace an inspiring journey of healing, personal growth and empowerment with Bible-based guidance. Hope is a Good Thing: A Journey of Healing and Growth After Trauma and Adversity is a comprehensive guide penned by Dr. Hope. In it, she bravely shares her own encounters with trauma and adversity, illuminating the path from suffering to empowerment, healing, and elevation. Driven by honesty and openness, this book provides an intimate insight into the struggles faced and the triumphs achieved, making for a truly inspiring read. In this profound guide, the author masterfully interweaves her personal experiences with biblical scripture, creating a unique fusion of practical wisdom and spiritual guidance. The book goes beyond mere words, offering therapeutic activities designed to aid readers on their healing journey. It helps the reader to comprehend the multi-dimensional nature of hope, encouraging them to fully embrace it and cultivate a hopeful mindset. Hope is a Good Thing is more than just a book; it is an invitation to embark on a transformative journey. It urges you to view hope as a vital force that fuels your growth, helps you surmount hurdles, and guides you to a place of renewed strength and purpose. As you navigate the pages of this guide, you will discover that hope is not merely a good thing but an indispensable element of the human experience. It is the beacon that illuminates our path, the balm that soothes our wounds, and the catalyst that propels us forward, no matter the adversity we face. Through the journey this book offers, you will find that hope doesn't just exist in the face of adversity; it thrives. And in its thriving, it carries us with it, lifting us from the depths of despair into the realm of healing and growth. A realm where we are not merely survivors but victors. Hope is a Good Thing is your companion on this journey, filled with wisdom, empathy, and above all, hope. It is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to navigate their way out of the shadows of adversity and into the light of healing and growth. This book is an empowering testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of hope.

For many years biologists and ecologists focused on the bottom-up approach to how an ecosystem managed itself. However, in the late 1960s, Dr. Robert Paine began seeing a different ecological trend. His data began revealing that some organisms, often apex predators, actually managed (secured) the characteristics of their habitat by either predation or some behavior that maintained the health and vitality of the ecosystem. Paine called these “keystone species,” based on the idea that were these organisms removed, then the environment would decline in health and eventually fail, falling prey to becoming a monoculture. His studies with starfish and mussels are a classic, and he was able to replicate the hypothesis in other habitats. This book revisits 14 of the organisms addressed in the first 39 issues of the Love of Nature series.