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Artist Mark Cooper aims to change the way you think about making art with kids. Working with schools around the country, Cooper has brought together scores of teachers and hundreds of children to make remarkable collaborative art that has enlivened classrooms and public spaces and been displayed in the nation's most prestigious museums. In this inspiring, practical, idea-filled book, Cooper shows how any teacher—not just art teachers—can imagine and execute similar projects in their own classrooms. But more than that, Cooper transforms our sense of possibilities, arguing for a new view of art in schools. Making Art Together is a book about art education structured around big ideas: that adults can flourish in the role of Master Artist, that the perspective of contemporary art offers liberating possibilities for rethinking art in schools, that art can and should be about the larger world, and thus naturally ties in to all areas of the curriculum. Most of all, Cooper shows us the power of collaboration. From mammoth, freestanding sculptures to billboards against violence to maps of the world, the projects here are all planned, designed, and completed by children themselves. The resulting artwork is complex and ambitious on a scale that would be out of reach for any individual child. Working collaboratively, using a distinctly democratic model, kids actually think and work like adult artists throughout every stage of the project. Together the sky's the limit—the artistic and educational opportunities are boundless. Making Art Together is a bold, beautifully illustrated book that could—at a time when art budgets are being slashed—revitalize our sense of what art in schools can accomplish.

They said it couldn't be done. They said it was too complicated. They said there were too many pieces and too many moving parts. They said it was impossible. One of the most satisfying career accomplishments is successfully delivering an Impossible Project. In 6 Secrets for Delivering Impossible Projects you will learn how to find your Impossible Project, avoid getting dragged into a Death March, build and nurture your team, identify your most crucial teammate, and lead your team from the development of an initial solution through its final delivery. If you gravitate toward the most difficult problems or seek out the most interesting and impactful challenges, then 6 Secrets for Delivering Impossible Projects will give you the tools for successfully delivering your own Impossible Projects.

When his own government turns against him, undercover agent Jason Steed will have to rely on his training to defeat the Triads.

Providing critical insights that will interest readers ranging from economists to environmentalists, policymakers, and politicians, this book analyzes the economics and technology trends involved in the dilemma of decarbonization and addresses why aggressive policy is required in a capitalist political economy to create a sea change away from fossil fuels. The environmental damage across the globe is a result of the success of capitalist industrialism—250 years of carbon pollution resulting from consumption of fossil fuels to drive the economy and the worldwide aspiration to ever-increasing levels of economic development. But capitalism has also produced the tools to solve the problems it has created in the form of a technological revolution in low-carbon renewables, distributed resources, and intelligent systems to integrate supply and demand. This book comprehensively examines the political economy of electricity and analyzes the challenge of transforming today's electricity sector to meet the dual goals of decarbonization and development expressed in the Paris Agreement. Author Mark Cooper defines the dilemma of development and decarbonization as the great challenge facing the electricity industry and documents how the economic resources costs of a 100 percent-renewable portfolio has declined to the point that decarbonization can pay for itself, making the low-carbon renewable technologies that enable desired environmental and public-health benefits an easy sell. He identifies the substantial benefit of increasing use of information, communications, and advanced control technologies; shows how targeted innovation could speed the transition by a decade or two and lower the overall cost of the transition by as much as half; and explains why the flexible, multi-stakeholder approach of the Paris Agreement is the correct approach.

Are you living with integrity? This is the question that Erik Erikson puts to us in our full maturity. This is a test of a life well-lived. Dr. Cooper gives us a template for how to achieve integrity as opposed to despair through examining the adventure of our lives. Life is an adventure, according to Dr. Mark Cooper. Using the well-known psychologist Erik Erikson's eight stages of development, Dr. Cooper shows how we can live more fully by taking an essential inventory of each stage. Using his own life as an example, Dr. Cooper maps the adventure of moving through life from earliest childhood to retirement and beyond, showing the ways in which choices we make can help us make the most of each stage. Dr. Cooper has a lifetime of experience as a therapist and adult educator and he has chosen adventure at each step of his own journey. Moving from the earliest experience of the mind's development within the family of origin to exploration of spirituality in the middle stages of life as we explore career and intimacy to the valuing of the body in later stages, Dr. Cooper shows us how we are shaped by and can shape our life journey.

Tormented by his mother's death... Taken for granted by his father... Trained in deadly martial arts... Jason Steed is looking for a place to call home. He finds what he's looking for in the Sea Cadets—an elite group of British youngsters being groomed for lifelong service in the military. But when a routine training exercise goes awry, Jason finds himself in the middle of a secret mission. The future of the world hangs in the balance...and Jason might be the only one who can save it. "A coming of age heart wrenching story packed with laughs and fast paced action. Most readers who love action and spy fiction will devour this dynamic book in a single sitting or two, otherwise they'll be in extreme agony waiting to see what happens next."—Fictionreviewer.com

How to start-up a start-up Through stories of young entrepreneurs who have started businesses, this book illustrates how to turn hobbies, skills, and interests into profit-making ventures It doesn't matter how old you are or where you're from; you can start a profitable business. in this book you will find a strategies * Selecting your target audience to market to * Recognizing what the pitfalls are that new business owners should avoid * Finding financing if you need working capital for your new venture * Setting up the correct type of business (sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability or corporation) * Setting achievable goals (long and short-term) My names is Mark J Cooper, I am a husband and father of two children. My parents, very good people, have given me so much, the best of their economic and intellectual possibilities. They have always taught me to study a lot, take good marks, and look for a steady job with a good pay. Unconsciously they prepared me for the best prison I could have. At just 26 I was already a very stressed person, an absent father working all the time and a bad husband. At the age of 27, I decided to change my life, invest in entrepreneurial training, and study all passive income business. Studying these businesses also means immediately applying what has been studied, and it is precisely what I have done, becoming financially independent at less than thirty years old. In this series of books, I want to explain what I learned in these businesses, the mistakes I have made and provide to you with a series of winning strategies.

Arguing for a sweeping new consideration of the shift from print to cinema as a governing system for organizing modern American social relations, this book uncovers an intimate connection between Hollywood romances of the silent era and the empowerment of a managerial class. During the 1910s and 1920s, American movies told love stories through what rapidly became ubiquitous images. Again and again, silent features showed lovers separated by seeming happenstance and reunited as if by magical forces. Mark Garrett Cooper argues that this "magic" implies the expertise of the corporate movie studio with its hierarchies of professional experts. In other words, the Hollywood love story amounts to a managerial technique. Through close study of such films as Birth of a Nation, Enoch Arden, The Crowd, Why Change Your Wife? and The Jazz Singer, Love Rules shows how cinematic romance offers an object lesson in how to arrange American society--a lesson that implies that such work can be accomplished only by a managerial class. Love Rules offers a boldly original account of how the Hollywood feature film supplanted the "imagined community" of print culture and, in doing so, played a key role in the transformation of American mass culture.

In "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences," Mark Twain embarks on a satirical dissection of James Fenimore Cooper's writing, showcasing a masterclass in literary criticism wrapped in Twain's signature humor. Twain meticulously identifies and critiques perceived flaws in Cooper's novels, specifically highlighting inconsistencies, implausibilities, and narrative shortcomings. The text serves not only as a critique of Cooper's literary style but also as a broader commentary on the standards of American literature in the 19th century. Twain adopts a witty, conversational tone, blending erudition with sharp satire, revealing the undercurrents of his time while simultaneously entertaining his audience. Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a central figure in American literature whose varied experiences as a riverboat pilot, gold prospector, and journalist profoundly shaped his worldview. His keen observations of human nature and societal norms became instrumental in his writing. Twain's foray into literary critique in this work reflects both his passion for the craft and his frustration with mediocrity in literature, particularly the overhyped prominence of contemporaries like Cooper. "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences" is a must-read for those who appreciate literary critique infused with humor and insight. Twain'Äôs sharp wit and incisive analysis transcend time, inviting readers to reflect critically on not only Cooper's work but the broader literary landscape. Those keen on understanding the evolution of American literature will find this exploration invaluable.

What is the difference between save money and invest money? How do i measure my long term results? What could be pratical applications ? These are some of the classic questions that people make when they want to start investing money and time in any business. Very often all these questions remain unanswered and people at this point do two things: - They give up - They start to invest money without success This book is born for this reason, to provide an answer to all these questions. My names is Mark J Cooper, I am a husband and father of two children. My parents, very good people, have given me so much, the best of their economic and intellectual possibilities. They have always taught me to study a lot, take good marks, and look for a steady job with a good pay. Unconsciously they prepared me for the best prison I could have. At just 26 I was already a very stressed person, an absent father working all the time and a bad husband. At the age of 27, I decided to change my life, invest in entrepreneurial training, and study all passive income business. Studying these businesses also means immediately applying what has been studied, and it is precisely what I have done, becoming financially independent at less than thirty years old. In this series of books, I want to explain what I learned in these businesses, explain the mistakes I have made and provide to you with a series of winning strategies.