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Gender, resources, and development; Why gender abalysis; The problem; Economies, and environmental crisis; Linkages: gender, ecological deterioration, and poverty; Tools for gender analysis; Improving problem identification; Wealth raanking; In-depth household interviews; Focus group discussions and other group interviews; Participant observation; Improving project design and implementation; Techniques specific to gender; Gender resource mapping; Confirmation survey; Gender-disaggregated seasonal activities calendar; Activities, resource, and benefits analysis; Improving project management; Communities in action on resources issues; Gender-sensitive monitoring and evaluation; Gender-sensitive monitoring of project progress; New initiatives; Conclusions and next steps; Ecogen assumptions and framework; Next steps for gender analysis.

Special Education in Contemporary Society: An Introduction to Exceptionality is designed for use by preservice and inservice teachers who will teach students with special needs in the general classroom. The text provides a rare glimpse into the lives of persons with exceptionalities, including their families and teachers. Focusing on human exceptionalities across the life span, the text employs a traditional organization beginning with four foundations chapters that introduce teachers to special education, followed by 10 "categorical" chapters each on a different "disability." Each categorical chapter features sections on transition, cultural diversity, technology, instructional strategies, and family considerations.

While tap dancers Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Eleanor Powell were major Hollywood stars, and the rhythms of Black male performers such as the Nicholas Brothers and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson were appreciated in their time, Black female tap dancers seldom achieved similar recognition. Who were these women? The author sought them out, interviewed them, and documented their stories for this book. Here are the personal stories of many Black women tap dancers who were hailed by their male counterparts, performed on the most prominent American stages, and were pioneers in the field of Black tap.

Giving time and money does enrich the giver. Here are steps anyone can take to better their own life and make a difference in the world. This revised and expanded edition of Give To Live (60,000 copies in print) offers new insights and applications. A tool for fund-raisers.

Moon People This story focuses on one man by the name of David Braymer and his adventures from High School teacher to 1st Science Officer on The Lunar Base 1 base station. One of three. This book is based on the turning point for Earth into a new era of space travel and the beginning of the Age of Aquarius. David also has a romance with one of the locals in New Smyrna Beach,Fla. and her name is Cheral Baskel a local restaurant owner. Now during Davids experiences he encounters some alien life forms some friendly, some not so friendly through out the universe. David also experiences the space battle of all battles and saves Earth and their new friends and lives to tell about it. We start our story in the year 2048 when Earth has an aggressive space program. They have just completed two large mobile base stations called Lunar Base 1,2, and are almost finished with the third base station called Lunar Base 3. These are three huge Base stations. They are 2/3 of a mile long and one quarter mile in diameter. They also have one very big surprise to them. All three split into three independent working sections and all three sections have lasers and rockets and their own engine. They also have shields that are a liquid that turns into a solid mass as hard as 4 inches of steel when exposed to the cold of space. They also have a very elaborate and high tech interior. They have a swimming pool, which is also their water reservoir. They also have a couple of lounges were everyone goes for fun. Now on their missions they encounter some new friends, called the Powleens. They are way advanced than us and they are also very friendly and eventually they join Earth and save Earth together. The Powleens are very tall about seven feet to eight feet on average their legs and arms and torso also their neck are elongated. But they are humanoid and angels from heaven to Earth. When the Powleens arch enemy the Arcons find them it ́s not to good for Earth because Earth gets caught in the middle. Well one thing leads to another and before you know it, it’s an all out space battle for the existence of Earth. Earth teams up with the powleens and the rest is history of coarse you have to read the book to find out the rest and I know you will enjoy it because its action pact from the beginning to the end. Also keep an eye out for its sequel called Moon People 2, "Mars Reborn". I hope you enjoy my book because I really enjoyed writing it for you. Thank you for your time and God Bless. Author Dale M.Courtney

Young and Homeless in Hollywood examines the social and spacial dynamics that contributed to the construction of a new social imaginary--"homeless youth"--in the United States during a period of accelerated modernization from the mid 1970s to the 1990s. Susan Ruddick draws from a range of theoretical frameworks and empirical treatments that deal with the relationship between placemaking and the politics of social identity.

This study of early sound shorts begins with an explanation of the development of sound motion pictures in Hollywood by such influential companies as Warner Bros. and Fox, with an emphasis on short subjects, leading up to the first few months when all of the major studios were capable of producing them. The next chapters discuss the impact on other mass entertainments, the development of audible news reels and other non-fiction shorts, as well as the origins of animated sound subjects. A comprehensive list of pre-1932 American-made shorts completes the volume.