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Still Caring shows the many ways in which families or friends can provide continuing support to elderly people in residential aged care facilities, and how important this is. Such ongoing involvement in an elderly person's life in care can help to make it as comfortable, happy and fulfilling as possible. Self-care is also discussed, along with practical ideas about how Carers can look after their own well-being as they continnue to provide support to others. This book was completed while Australia's Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was investigating widespread concerns about the industry. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic also highlighted the vulnerability of elderly people in residential aged care. Like many others, the authors had a strong desire to enhance the lives of aged care residents and were driven to record their thoughts and offer suggestions for possible improvements. Written by two retired social workers with relevant personal and professional experience, Still Caring is an informative and insightful read for anyone, anywhere who is supporting an elderly person in residental aged care.

These three political thrillers by the acclaimed author—and daughter of President Harry Truman—offer an insider’s look into the dangerous shadows of D.C. Murder in the Supreme Court When Clarence Sutherland, Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court, is found dead, Lieutenant Martin Teller of the Washington Police and Susanna Pincher of the Justice Department are pulled together to find the killer. Murder on Embassy Road When a British Ambassador drops dead at his own gala, everyone suspects his Iranian valet—who has suddenly disappeared. But knowing the Ambassador’s reputation for womanizing and shady financial deals, Washington Metro’s Captain Sal Morizio digs deeper. Murder at the FBI FBI Agents Ross Lizenby and Christine Saksis are in a showdown with their own Bureau when they investigate the murder of a fellow agent at the J. Edgar Hoover Building. While the higher-ups want the case closed quickly, the trail leads to disturbing secrets among them.

Active traffic management (ATM) is the ability to manage recurrent and nonrecurrent congestion, both dynamically and proactively, on transportation infrastructure based on real-time or predicted traffic conditions. Focusing on trip reliability, ATM strategies maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of a facility while increasing throughput and enhancing safety. NCHRP Research Report 1120: Active Traffic Management Strategies: A Planning and Evaluation Guide, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, is designed to provide planning and evaluation guidelines to transportation agencies so they can easily identify the appropriate path forward with ATM strategies suited to their regional needs and characteristics. In addition to NCHRP Research Report 1120, an associated publication, NCHRP Web-Only Document 402: Developing a Planning and Evaluation Guide for Active Traffic Management Strategies, documents the research undertaken for the project.

New York Times Bestseller: The death of a special agent raises suspicions of corruption in this mystery in the “dazzling series” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). If there’s one organization you don’t want to mess with, it’s the FBI. But agents Ross Lizenby and Christine Saksis are about to rush headlong into a showdown with their own employer . . . Special Agent George L. Pritchard was murdered on the FBI’s own shooting range, his body found hanging behind a target during a public tour of the facility. Because of the embarrassment, the FBI had to launch an investigation—but when Lizenby and Saksis are brought in on the case, they begin to suspect that the agency’s heart is not really in it. Now they must navigate the roadblocks that keep getting thrown in their way, and determine whether their ultimate loyalty is to the agency, or to the truth . . . “Truman has settled firmly into a career of writing murder mysteries, all evoking brilliantly the Washington she knows so well.” —The Houston Post

A memoir consisting of episodes in the life of Margaret Benham. Its genesis was in the author's participation in "Save Your Life," a memoir-writing group.

Volume Three. -- "The New York Times Book Review"