New Releases by D. Baker

The objective of this book is to examine and explain one of the most controversial passages in the New Testament: Matthew 27:25, which has been traditionally used in the Christian Church to teach that the Jewish people are condemned for all time for the death of Christ. This exegetical study of Matthew 27:25 will be done within the context of the Gospel of Matthew and the broader contexts of the Old and New Testaments. The purpose for this study is to dispel and disprove the traditional anti-Semitic meaning of Matthew 27:25 that has tragically led to the unwarranted condemnation of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ. Hence, the particular focus of this study will directly address and answer the perennial, theological question that asks, "Does Matthew 27:25 mean and teach the Jews are altogether condemned by God for the crucifixion of Christ?" While it is true the Jewish nation, by and large, tragically rejected Jesus at His first coming, this in no way gives Christians theological license for the wholesale hatred, persecution, and destruction of the Jews, or for holding an anti-Semitic bias against them. No where in the New Testament Scriptures is it taught that the Jewish race--past, present, and future are condemned and morally indicted as "Christ killers" for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. This study is necessary to expose and correct the flawed interpretation of Matthew 27:25 that has historically persisted in Christendom and leads a person to build and develop an anti-Jewish theology. Factoring all this together in a careful exegesis of Matthew 27 will manifestly demonstrate that the Jewish people are not guilty of deicide and therefore arbitrarily condemned by God as a race of "Christ killers."

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of school finance, while establishing a firm understanding of the relationship between school finance systems to their broader economic, political and sociological context. Organization: This book is organized around (a) context, (b) equity, (c) adequacy and (d) productivity and efficiency. Research Base: This book is based on the best available and most up-to-date empirical research by leading scholars across the various fields related to school finance policy. Simulation Activities: This book inlcudes numerous spreadsheet simulation and data analysis activities. The authors have developed user friendly simulations with thorough documentation regarding the use and underlying assumptions of the simulation. Companion Website: Includes up-to-date, downloadable versions of all chapter simulations.

"This book is the comprehensive reference source for innovative knowledge on electronic surveys. It provides complete coverage of the challenges associated with the use of the Internet to develop online surveys, administer Web-based instruments, and conduct computer-mediated assessments. This combination of how-to information about online research coupled with profiles of specific measures makes it an indispensable reference"--Provided by publisher.

Happy companies are winning companies. Well-adjusted, psychologically healthy companies collaborate better. They innovate more effectively. They change faster. They see reality with exceptional clarity, but they know how to address it positively. They uncover opportunities where others fixate on obstacles and blame. What Happy Companies Know reveals the five crucial elements that happy companies share in common ... and shows how to lead any company to happiness! This book reflects the experiences of the world''s best companies, as well as the latest scientific research. Drawing on case studies from dozens of great businesses and exceptional leaders, this book''s authors offer a complete blueprint, practical tools, and proven best practices for achieving organizational happiness and breakthrough performance. This book shows readers how to build a company where individuals at every level can apply their diverse strengths towards shared goals that are meaningful, positive, and profitable.

Sodium channels confer excitability on neurons in nociceptive pathways and exhibit neuronal tissue specific and injury regulated expression. This volume provides recent insights into the control of expression, functioning and membrane trafficking of nervous system sodium channels and reviews why sodium channel sub-types are potentially important drug targets in the treatment of pain. The roles of sodium channels in dental and visceral pain are also addressed. The emerging role of sodium channel Nav1.3 in neuropathic states is another important theme. Authors from the pharmaceutical industry discuss pharmacological approaches to the drug targeting of sodium channels, and in particular Nav1.8, exclusively expressed in nociceptive neurons. The final chapter highlights the functional diversity of sodium channels in part provided by post-transcriptional processing and the insights into sodium channel function that are being provided by tissue specific and inducible gene knock-out technology.

Too many Christians are religious - their faith is more a human endeavor than a response to God''s loving initiative. Such religion assumes that our value comes not from God but from what we do. It absorbs principles and postulates from the surrounding society, leading to further misconceptions about God and our relation to our Creator. All this hinders people from experiencing vibrant Christian community, where they could freely love and be loved. Mark Baker suggests that just as car companies test automobiles under severe conditions to uncover weaknesses, North American Christians may detect fallacies in their gospel by examining how it plays out under the challenges of poverty, injustice, and entrenched religiosity. Baker''s test case is drawn from his ten-year missionary experience in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, at churches born out of North American mission work. Baker observes Honduran church life, draws parallels to the dangers of religion in the North American church and mines from Galatians exciting possibilities of robust Christian grace and freedom. The result is a bracing and refreshing approach to Christian community for laypersons, pastors, missionaries, and mission strategists.

Millions of people are moving from rural areas to coastal cities. Meeting the basic human needs for protein foods in the future will be a difficult challenge. Fishery products are the world''s most important source of animal protein, which has led to a doubling of the demand for fish since the 1950s. As we can not expect to catch more food from the sea, we must turn to farming the waters, not just hunting them. The new challenge for planners now is to accelerate aquaculture development and to plan for new production, making urban areas of production, particularly recycled urban wastewater. This book includes papers from authors in the U.S., Europe, and Asia that review these developing issues from the perspective of both developed and developing countries.

Drugs for Bugs 2003 is a guide to outpatient antimicrobial therapy and can be used by physicians, nurse practitioners students alike. The book and PDA CD allow the clinician to quickly look up appropriate antibiotic therapy for the most common diseases that occur in the outpatient setting. The first section is presented in a head to toe fashion, with head and scalp diseases listed first and then ears, nose, throat, chest, etc. In the second section, information is listed on each antibiotic, with the goal of giving the clinician a quick reference guide for treatment of common outpatient infections. Drugs for Bugs 2003 also includes a CD-ROM for PDA, this is also available to buy separately

In its early years, Richwood was the site of several large mills that processed logs harvested from some of the last virgin forestland in the United States. Among these were a band saw mill, paper manufacturing plant, tannery, handle factory, and the largest wooden clothespin factory in the world. Images of America: Richwood explores the history of this fascinating community in its heyday through the eyes of local photographer Finley Taylor, who captured images spanning from just before World War I through the years just after World War II.

Play that Preaches is a collection of 52 scripture-based children''s sermons that help children engage the Biblical text through experiential learning. The book uses the premise that children learn best by doing, so each sermon includes active play that helps children understand and fully participate in the message. Each sermon includes a scripture text, message focus, learning experience, and arrangements or materials-needed section. A select number of the sermons originally appeared in Let the Children Come and Welcome the Children (published by Augsburg), and will be combined with original material.

rugs for Bugs is a guide to outpatient antimicrobial therapy and is to be used by physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and all students. It allows the clinician to quickly look up appropriate antibiotic therapy for the most common diseases that occur in the outpatient setting. The first section of the guide is presented in a head-to-toe fashion, with head and scalp diseases listed first and then ears, nose, throat, chest, etc. In the second section, information is listed on each antibiotic. The goal is to give the clinician a quick reference guide to help treat common outpatient infections. Drugs for Bugs is also available electronically for handheld computers

This practical guidebook offers eight lessons to help pastors and other church leaders teach adults how to communicate with God through various types of prayer. Each chapter opens with background information on a specific aspect of prayer and concludes with a lesson related to the chapter topic. Each chapter also includes experiential exercises and activities, informational charts and tables for leaders, and reproducible worksheets and handouts for the class participants.

LCTs (Landing Craft, Tanks) were crucial fighting vessels in the amphibious warfare of World War II, but until now no separate history had been written of them.. The LCT Story and Victory in Europe tells how LCTs were used in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters. It includes perspectives by Admirals Hewitt, Kirk, and Lowry, and by on-the-spot commanders in charge of assault waves at Omaha Beach and Southern France. But the essence of the record is in the immediacy of the authentic action reports of dozens of young naval officers as they hit the beach at Omaha or Southern France. Here is true history in the making, war reporting as vivid as we are likely to find. Until l972 the action reports, as well as some statements from the admirals and commanders, were classified secret. The author discovered them in the naval archives only recently. Following the LCT story is a collection of sixty-four annotated letters that the author sent home from the Mediterranean in l944. The introduction addresses the question of why young men fought. Over thirty-five photographs enhance the text.

As Joel B. Green and Mark D. Baker demonstrate, the New Testament displays a rich array of interpretations of the cross. The church in mission shaped these as it rooted the story of a scandalous cross in the language of everyday realities and relationships.

Avoiding theological jargon and using language more accessible to the lay person than that in the Bible, this book invites readers to discover for themselves what Jesus has done for the world and continues to do in the world. The invitation is offered in the form of daily readings from the four Gospel accounts of Jesus'' life and ministry.

A valuable primer and illustrated guide to help parents choose educational software and safe online resources to educate their children.

Lee D. Baker explores what racial categories mean to the American public and how these meanings are reinforced by anthropology, popular culture, and the law. Focusing on the period between two landmark Supreme Court decisions—Plessy v. Ferguson (the so-called "separate but equal" doctrine established in 1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (the public school desegregation decision of 1954)—Baker shows how racial categories change over time. Baker paints a vivid picture of the relationships between specific African American and white scholars, who orchestrated a paradigm shift within the social sciences from ideas based on Social Darwinism to those based on cultural relativism. He demonstrates that the greatest impact on the way the law codifies racial differences has been made by organizations such as the NAACP, which skillfully appropriated the new social science to exploit the politics of the Cold War.

STÆDT is a versatile, powerful program for simulation of data signals and processes on personal computers. Engineers and students use it for analysis and evaluation of communications systems. This package includes the complete STÆDT software on disk, plus a reference manual, Simulation Techniques: The STÆDT Program. A companion textbook, Simulation Techniques: Models of Communication Signals and Processes, explains the principles of simulation of signal transmission. A simulation with STÆDT is conducted as follows: A user identifies STÆDT commands for each block of a system to be simulated. The STÆDT library contains over 100 modular commands that implement signal processes such as filters, modulators, data sources, noise generators, nonlinear amplifiers, detectors, error counters, correlators, Fourier transforms, and many more elements With the aid of STÆDT ''s menus, the user prepares a command list to model the communications link The user specifies parameters for each command; parameters define the characteristics of each of the blocks in the link A simulation engine in STÆDT executes the command list; a simulated signal is passed through each of the commands just as an actual signal passes through a physical communications link Output to screen, file, or printer consists of waveforms, spectra, BER estimates or other data as specified in the command list The reference manual provides instructions for installation of STÆDT , rules for preparing command lists, methods of using the menus, complete details on each command, and extensive examples (additionally furnished as sample command lists on the disk). Computer requirements: IBM-compatible PC with at least 640K RAM, one hard disk drive, and one high-density 3.5 inch floppy disk drive. STÆDT runs under DOS 3.3 or later or as a DOS application under Windows 3.1 or 95. Graphics support: CGA, EGA, VGA, Olivetti, AT&T, or Hercules Monochrome Graphics (Hercules requires driver not included with STÆDT).

The design of communication systems has grown too complicated for the traditional design tools--mathematical analysis and laboratory breadboards. Enter the computer simulation, a powerful and versatile tool that is becoming essential for anyone who designs signal transmission or storage systems. This volume explains in detail how to use simulation programs as a software breadboard to analyze and evaluate the performance of data communications links. It describes the engineering principles of signal transmission and its simulation, explores programming issues, and provides a comprehensive reference for models of signal processes. The book clearly demonstrates how simulation techniques can be used to: * Create valid models of signal processes * Provide exibility through the use of modules * Simulate various elements of communications systems, from filters and modulators to test instruments * Explore alternative models for a given system * Circumvent the mathematical intractability of modern transmission links * Plan and construct a computer model in a matter of hours or days, versus the weeks or months needed for laboratory breadboards * Make parameter changes in minutes once a link has been modeled * Provide engineers and students with complete training on the elements of simulation A must have for designers, practicing engineers, and graduate students, this volume presents real-world techniques that can be used with the authors'' ST?DT program (a companion work also published by Wiley), or independently with other commercially available simulators.

Reference works and guides to on-line services have been appearing throughout the computer world. This is the first specifically designed for Christians who would like to take advantage of online services. Beginners learn how to choose equipment and software, while experienced net surfers are provided with a glossary of cyberspace terms, the news of coming advances, and much more.