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Current and aspiring justice, public safety, and private security leaders should read this book. This book is intended for a diverse readership. A rich composite of competencies is needed by the wide range of professional leaders who will read this book. The reader should expect to find examples of various concepts and skills from multiple working environments. These include business, education, health, social services, criminal justice, and government because police and other justice and public safety leaders find themselves interfacing with-and learning from-all these areas where leadership is applied daily. For the first time that we know of in history, everyone working in an agency may have a foundational understanding and agreement about leadership and how it can be developed. Along with the publication of this 4th Edition of this book, we are publishing the 1st Edition of "Every Fire-Rescue Professional is a Leader: A Practical Guide for Individual, Team, and Organization Development" to serve the leadership development needs of Fire and Rescue Professionals.

Field Guide #1 is an easily accessible workbook that helps users hone their competence in the 60 leadership skills described in Every Fire-Rescue Professional is a Leader. It is recommended for fire-rescue personnel at all ranks and positions and for agency governing body members. The Field Guide''s stripped-down format contains basic information about each skill, sample behaviors, self-assessments for users to track their progress, and space for personal notes and observations. Those observations can lead to new insights about how to use each skill to its fullest extent, especially when they are weighed against others'' experiences such as those described in the book through stories shared by fire-rescue professionals from all ranks. Completing the self-assessment results in a customized blueprint for enhancing users'' leadership skills. The Afterword section suggests the next steps for each level of competence.

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This is the complete set of our new Straight with Dominant Female collection of Erotic Paranormal Romances involving Tiger Shifters, Panther Shifters, and Werewolves. This will soon be joined by our Vampire and Menage a Trois collection and our Bear Shifter and Werebear collecrions

This is a book which contains six stories with three stories from our Tiger Shifter series, two stories from our Panther Shifter series, and the one single story from our Werewolves Series. We have published three of these books altogether, with one containing stories about vampires, and one has stories about bear shifters. This book is about large cats and dogs that shift to human, and have sex with gay men. There are very good plots in each story besides the gay sex angle. In the Tiger Shifter Series James finally gets the vacation of his dreams, to Thailand. But he is bored. He had been hoping to at least have sex over here.... One night he goes for a walk, and winds up far off the beaten path, just as darkness is starting to fall. He meets a dashing man named Raul, who offers to lead him back to the path. They have sex, and make plans to meet the next day. On his way to the rendez-vous, James trips and falls, and when he looks up, he sees a large snake hanging from a tree overhead. As he is contemplating death by snake, he hears a roar, and a huge tiger jumps by and grabs the snake in its mouth. Well, James is happy to see that, but now he has to contemplate death by tiger! then the tiger blurs, and starts shifting into a man. And not just any man, this was the man from last night! There are three books in this series, developing the relationship, and depicting the sex. in the Panther Shifter Series, Oliver and his mother have bought up half the town, and Oliver likes flashing his money to buy respect. He is attracted to a bartender who works in a seedy bar. Oliver writes a check to his Gerry''s boss to get the boss to take over Gerry''s shift so Gerry can go with Oliver. They go to Oliver''s place, and have sex. Next thing you know, Oliver''s mother is calling to find out if Oliver has met a female so she can have the expected grand kitties. Oliver blurts out that he has met someone, but regrets it when she orders him to bring her to Lunch at 2 PM tomorrow. She is shocked when Oliver brings a man, and especially since the man is human! Oliver''s brother makes enough remarks so that mommy dearest realizes that she is going to have to rely on the younger brother to give her grand-kitties. Nevertheless, she accepts Gerry as her son-in-law. This series comprises two stories. There is only one book in the Werewolves Series, but it has eight chapters and the longest of any of the stories. Daniel sets up an internet chat room to attract people to come have sex with his clan. Nick is interested, and Daniel invites him to go into the woods for a romp. Nick brings his pepper spray, but forgets his cell phone at home. When he gets to where he thinks he should be, he spots a wolf, who chases him much deeper into the woods. When Nick can run no more, he sits down to wait his fate. When he looks up, he sees Daniel, who calls him by name. Suddenly there are five more wolves, all shifting into men. It''s an Orgy! Nick gets so tired, he falls asleep right on the spot. When he wakes in the morning, Daniel is still there with him, and after a chat, Nick decides to stay in the woods with Daniel.

This is a complete set of our Billionaire Vampire Series and our Menage a Trois Series, three books in each series. We have three complete sets consisting of six books each in seven different series. The books may be purchased individually as E-books. These are adult-only books, with graphical descriptions of gay male sexual acts between humans and other species, such as vampires and werewolves. The Billionaire Vampire series is about a young man who had been kicked out of his home for being gay, and he heard about a party where he might meet someone who could take him in. Well, he did, but it was a Vampire who happened to be a billionaire. After he recovered he was offered the opportunity stay with the billionaire as his personal property. Since there are three books in the series, you may assume he did so. In the Menage a Trois Series, a young man goes to a bar to meet someone, and meets two guys who Both turn out to be Vampires! They suck out his blood, and replace it with endorphins that make him feel good. And the sex isn''t bad, either! Our other books involve wolves, bears and big cats that can shift into human form. Each story is approximately 3000 to 5000 words.

Within the rapidly expanding field of educational technology, learners and educators must confront a seemingly overwhelming selection of tools designed to deliver and facilitate both online and blended learning. Many of these tools assume that learning is configured and delivered in closed contexts, through learning management systems (LMS). However, while traditional "classroom" learning is by no means obsolete, networked learning is in the ascendant. A foundational method in online and blended education, as well as the most common means of informal and self-directed learning, networked learning is rapidly becoming the dominant mode of teaching as well as learning. In Teaching Crowds, Dron and Anderson introduce a new model for understanding and exploiting the pedagogical potential of Web-based technologies, one that rests on connections — on networks and collectives — rather than on separations. Recognizing that online learning both demands and affords new models of teaching and learning, the authors show how learners can engage with social media platforms to create an unbounded field of emergent connections. These connections empower learners, allowing them to draw from one another’s expertise to formulate and fulfill their own educational goals. In an increasingly networked world, developing such skills will, they argue, better prepare students to become self-directed, lifelong learners.

A three and a half year glimpse into the world of Rita Royale, an instinctive thirty-one year old unmarried, half Jewish, professional poker player. Free spirited mentally, physically and sexually. A woman entirely unconcerned with labels and purposely detached from any and all political worlds until a phone call from her sister changes everything. Within six months of taking power, Canada''s majority left wing coalition government has voted overwhelmingly for Sharia law as the new law of the land. A backlash leading to a civil war erupts in Western Canada almost immediately and the Albertan woman who had ignored the world for so long is drawn straight into the heart of the whirlwind. From a private in the Western Militia to a major in Badger Troop, a special forces unit in the new Free Canadian Army, the beautiful Rita rises quickly in rank while guided by an eagle spirit and an unseen general with plans to retake and reshape his country. A serious and sometimes humorous look into the life and times of Rita Royale as she juggles love in its many variations, fights for women''s freedom in a war of no surrender, and strives to fathom the mind of the military and the crazies alike.

Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The year 2021. Major Royale has been posted to Sidney as the new Liaison Officer, as the war for Canada slowly winds down. Although the war may have been won, the battles continue. Islamic terrorists, military traitors, suicide bombers and the threat of nuclear destruction provide the backdrop for this second and final book in the Rita Royale series. Toss in a homeless teenaged artist, a harlot in the heat wave, the suspected Antichrist, a dash or two of romance, and you have a recipe for an exciting read. The Beach House does not disappoint. Life will never be the same for the residents living close to the now thirty-six year old Special Forces major.

This article discusses the familiar shortcomings of cold calling as a method of successfully locating qualified prospects and converting them to final sales. We propose as the solution a "new technology" sales tool and strategy to help even the most ineffectual salesperson become a superstar. The tool is called a Wearable Video Ad Player and has been extensively field tested to accurately guage the likelihood of the desired end results: more quality prospects and more closed sales. Everyone who has seen this tool in action agrees that it is one of the most powerful sales tools availabe to date. There is virtually universal application for this tool. In this article we take you through 3 prospecting scenarios and discuss how by using this tool prospects are more easily acquired and more easily converted into paying customers. This artcile is the first in a series of articles to follow that will reveal a host of "new technology" marketing tools and stategies that will benefit any business organization or individual. We invite you to keep an eye out for future publications if you or someone you know is in sales.

The professional conference has been, for many years, the primary tool for continuing education and networking in many professions. Now, however, the economic and environmental costs associated with travel, and the opportunity costs associated with absence from the workplace, compel organizers, trainers and executives to weigh the costs versus the benefits of this form of professional development. Online conferences offer an effective alternative that is economical, environmentally friendly and convenient. These factors position online professional conferences as poised to emerge as a mainstream form of lifelong learning in all professions. This book looks at the elements of effective continuing professional education, the affordances of interactive technologies, and the lessons learned by experienced online conference organizers. It is designed to provide guidance and advice to those wishing to coordinate, sponsor or participate effectively in an online professional development conference. The text describes various ways in which a variety of networking technologies are being used to support successful online professional development events. Resources for conference organizers are given in the form of links to commercial and open source software, and companies providing platforms and comprehensive support for the organization of online conferences. The text contains the results of interviews with 12 organizers of the most successful online conferences to date. Finally, a list of best practices, based on the research literature, experiences of the authors and experienced online conference organizers, is presented in the final chapter.

CRIMINAL EVIDENCE: PRINCIPLES AND CASES delivers the key rules of evidence in criminal matters, as well their interpretations and applications, and is especially useful for students planning a career in law enforcement or law. Comprehensive without being encyclopedic or overwhelming, Gardner and Anderson give students the rationale behind the rules, and demonstrate how law enforcement officers apply them on the job. This text includes many of the features that popularized Gardner and Anderson''s best-selling text CRIMINAL LAW, such as high-interest examples, key concepts boxes, and case excerpts that engage students and make the topics more relevant. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Sometimes the more one tries to escape the past, the more it comes back to haunt them. The Adventures of Evers Green is just such a tale, a fictional story of a man drawn into a world where he is forced to confront his weakness and failings. A world of suicides, misery and little hope. A place of past mistakes and the slim possibility of redemption. It is an adventure story of love, war, tragedy and triumph. A man who finds hope in a world where hope hangs by a thread. Where one misstep can mean the end of everything. A mind-bending ride into a world of drugs, sex and rock and roll. This is The Adventures of Evers Green.

With this edition of CRIMINAL LAW, Gardner and Anderson continue their tradition of combining excellent coverage of current issues with an accessible writing style and study system--making this text your first choice for building a practical understanding of complex legal topics. The text offers complete coverage of the issues and principles driving American criminal justice today, with a presentation of cases, governmental reports, studies, and news reports that support rather than overwhelm your learning. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Actualmente se está produciendo una revolución tecnológica en el ámbito de la educación superior. En este marco, el crecimiento del e-learning se está percibiendo como un fenómeno sin precedentes y, sobre todo, como causa de múltiples cambios. Por esas razones, de forma exhaustiva, un marco coherente para entender el e-learning en el contexto de la enseñanza universitaria. Los autores se sirven de su extensa experiencia investigadora en este ámbito para explorar las implicaciones tecnológicas, pedagógicas y organizativas del e-learning. Y, lo que es más importante aún, ofrecen modelos prácticos para que los educadores consigan desarrollar todo el potencial de ese entorno educativo. El valor añadido de este libro radica en que los autores no se centran en cuestiones específicas de la tecnología en constante evolución, sino más bien en la comprensión de esas tecnologías desde una perspectiva educativa. Este libro será de gran ayuda para los investigadores, profesionales y responsables de gestión que necesiten orientación sobre cómo adoptar de forma adecuada el e-learning en sus centros de trabajo. También resultará atractivo a todas aquellas personas interesadas en el impacto que el e-learning está teniendo sobre la educación superior y la sociedad general.

Affirmative action strikes at the heart of deeply held beliefs about employment and education, about fairness, and about the troubled history of race relations in America. Published on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, this is the only book available that gives readers a balanced, non-polemical, and lucid account of this highly contentious issue. Beginning with the roots of affirmative action, Anderson describes African-American demands for employment in the defense industry--spearheaded by A. Philip Randolph''s threatened March on Washington in July 1941--and the desegregation of the armed forces after World War II. He investigates President Kennedy''s historic 1961 executive order that introduced the term "affirmative action" during the early years of the civil rights movement and he examines President Johnson''s attempts to gain equal opportunities for African Americans. He describes President Nixon''s expansion of affirmative action with the Philadelphia Plan--which the Supreme Court upheld--along with President Carter''s introduction of "set asides" for minority businesses and the Bakke ruling which allowed the use of race as one factor in college admissions. By the early 1980s many citizens were becoming alarmed by affirmative action, and that feeling was exemplified by the Reagan administration''s backlash, which resulted in the demise and revision of affirmative action during the Clinton years. He concludes with a look at the University of Michigan cases of 2003, the current status of the policy, and its impact. Throughout, the author weighs each side of every issue--often finding merit in both arguments--resulting in an eminently fair account of one of America''s most heated debates. A colorful history that brings to life the politicians, legal minds, and ordinary people who have fought for or against affirmative action, The Pursuit of Fairness helps clear the air and calm the emotions, as it illuminates a difficult and critically important issue.

E-Research teaches students how to become both active practitioners and informed consumers of Net-based research, its tools, and its techniques. E-Research takes the learner through the complete research process from problem formulation, through literature review, ethics approval, quantitative and qualitative data gathering and analysis, to dissemination and publication. This text is written in clear, nontechnical language with educational research examples, illustrating how each of these components of the research process changes in a Net-enabled context. Every professional is obliged to understand and, in most cases, master the use of tools of their trade even when those tools are undergoing rapid evolution. E-Research is not a research methods text. Rather, it begins where standard methdology texts end, by focusing on when and how to use the Internet to enhance the research process.

Every Officer is a Leader: Transforming Leadership in Police, Justice, and Public Safety, authored by leadership expert Terry Anderson and several well known leaders in the law enforcement and criminal justice profession, responds to the need for a comprehensive leadership development model for the education and training of police, justice and public safety supervisors, managers and front line officers. He examines how leadership development has a profound impact on the morale and performance of individual officers, teams, and organizations, illustrating in depth and detail how police and other justice and public safety leaders (in corrections, fire, customs, immigration, security, courts, etc.) can implement the Transforming Leadership process, skills, and principles. The recent focus (during the past 10 years) on community policing initiatives has made competency based leadership skills training essential for front line officers. The author''s innovative contribution is a focus on the necessity to build "a leadership organization" before - and to an extent, while - you move ahead into building a "learning organization" that is responsive to community and internal organizational needs. The personal, team, and organization development skills discussed in this book are necessary pre-requisites to successful implementation of any neighborhood or community policing initiatives. Every Officer is a Leader: Transforming Leadership in Police, Justice, and Public Safety provides a model for integrating other models into a holistic leadership development framework. It furnishes a map for developing critical leadership skills with self-assessment, includes the developmental aspects of leadership expert Terry Anderson''s previous book on Transforming Leadership, and applies them to law enforcement and criminal justice. Anderson and his contributing authors add clarity, perspective, and examples to show how individual leaders can develop themselves, and one another, into high-performance team leaders and officers who motivate others to respond to issues that affect the morale, health, and safety of the communities in which they serve. This new focus adds a perspective on security issues that affect police, justice and public safety organizations.

True leadership is the most valuable commodity in the world- yet few really know how to attain it. This new edition of a much talked about executive and management self-development book offers a fresh approach to assessing and cultivating vital leadership skills in any organization. It is newly updated with creative self-assessment tools and an emphasis on leadership coaching and mentoring. It goes beyond the traditional to define the relationship between leadership performance and corporate performance optimization. Transforming Leadership introduces a new style of leadership-one that blends effective business practices with compassion and awareness-to help today''s leaders develop and build what Anderson calls a "leadership organization" that will flourish in our ever-changing global marketplace. It shows you how to become a dynamic leader as well as prepares you to develop your colleagues'' and employees leadership skills while you work with them. This is the kind of innovative, inside-out leadership that is sure to help any company meet the challenges that lie ahead.