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Decades of use and refinement have solidified the place of How to Think Theologically as the indispensable guide to helping students of theology realize their call to be theologians. By focusing not on thinkers or thoughts, but on thinking, Stone and Duke induct readers into those habits of mind that lead to understanding all things--social, cultural, and personal--in relation to God. The new edition includes: Expansions of existing chapters An annotated bibliography of recommended reading An appendix of theological labels An expanded glossary Key points highlighted in call-outs throughout Updated case studies Discussion questions Both experienced teachers and beginning students will benefit from Stone and Duke''s latest revision of their classic text.

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In 1933, John A. Lomax and his son Alan set out as emissaries for the Library of Congress to record the folksong of the “American Negro” in several southern African-American prisons. Listening to the Lomax Archive: The Sonic Rhetorics of African American Folksong in the 1930s asks how the Lomaxes’ field recordings—including their prison recordings and a long-form oral history of jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton—contributed to a new mythology of Americana for a nation in the midst of financial, social, and identity crises. Jonathan W. Stone argues that folksongs communicate complex historical experiences in a seemingly simple package, and can thus be a key element—a sonic rhetoric—for interpreting the ebb and flow of cultural ideals within contemporary historical moments. He contends that the Lomaxes, aware of the power folk music, used the folksongs they collected to increase national understanding of and agency for the subjects of their recordings (including the reconstitution of prevailing stereotypes about African American identity) even as they used the recordings to advance their own careers. Listening to the Lomax Archive gives readers the opportunity to listen in on these seemingly contradictory dualities, demonstrating that they are crucial to the ways that we remember and write about the subjects of the Lomaxes archive and other repositories of historicized sound.

In W. Stone Cotter''s Second Chance, the young readers fantasy sequel to Saint Philomene''s Infirmary for Magical Creatures, a brother and sister duo return to a magical underground realm to prevent disaster. Chance and Pauline Jeopard have been on an incredible adventure—one they can never talk about. After all, who would believe that a magical realm exists deep below ground, home to extraordinary creatures found only in fables? Worse yet, what if someone did believe? When a miner finds out about Donbaloh and threatens to drill and destroy it, Chance and Pauline must travel back to warn its inhabitants—risking it all in the process.

Why did the Soviet Union squander the political leverage afforded by its trade subsidy to Eastern Europe? Why did Soviet officials fail to bargain with resolve, to link subsidies to salient political issues, to make credible commitments, and to monitor the satellites'' policies? Using an unprecedented array of formerly secret documents housed in archives in Moscow, Warsaw, and Prague, as well as interviews with former Communist officials across Eastern Europe, Randall Stone answers these questions and others that have long vexed Western political scientists. Stone argues that trade politics revolved around the incentives created by distorted prices. The East European satellites profited by trading on the margin between prices on the Western market and those in the Soviet bloc. The Soviet Union made numerous attempts to reduce its implicit trade subsidy and increase the efficiency of the bloc, but the satellites managed consistently to outmaneuver Soviet negotiators. Stone demonstrates how the East Europeans artfully resisted Soviet objectives. Stone draws upon recent developments in bargaining and principal-agent theory, arguing that the incentives created by domestic institutions weakened Soviet bargaining strategies. In effect, he suggests, perverse incentive structures in the Soviet economy were exported into Soviet foreign policy. Furthermore, Stone argues, incentives to smother information were so deeply entrenched that they frustrated numerous attempts to reform Soviet institutions.

The series CNS Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators is destined to be the definitive reference work on the physiology and pharmacology of the central nervous system. Written by an outstanding group of international authors, chapters cover a wide range of interdisciplinary aspects of the subject. This first volume includes an in-depth examination of acetylcholine, ranging from the localization of synthetic enzymes through electrophysiology, pharmacology, and molecular biology to behavioral importance in learning and memory. This indispensable and comprehensive reference keeps you abreast of new developments in several areas of neuroscience.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.

In this madcap adventure, a brother and sister find themselves in the underground hospital for magical creatures where they must save the lives of millions of magical creatures . . . and themselves. Deep below ground, there is a secret hospital for magical creatures. At Saint Philomene''s Infirmary, all creatures are welcome—except humans. So when twelve-year-old human boy Chance Jeopard unearths a plot to destroy the hospital and its millions of resident patients, he is launched into the role of unlikely—and unwelcome—hero. His infinitely pragmatic and skeptical sister, Pauline, thinks it''s all nonsense until she finds herself swept up in the mission. It will take all their wit and courage for the brother and sister to save Saint Philomene''s—and escape alive! - GODWIN BOOKS -

"Blues, stay away from me...." The words of this rhythmic tune, performed by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, could be the theme song of one out of ten adults in the United States this year who will feel the misery that saps their energy and drains their spirit. The ''depression'' diagnosis increases with each year, and has been doing so for the last fifty years. "Are you blue? Do you feel low, unusually tired, sad much of the time, depressed? Do you have a family member or close friend who is depressed? Perhaps you are uncertain. Is it depression, or something else?" The book opens asking the question: "Are You Depressed?" It helps readers to understand what depression is (and isn''t) through descriptions, examples of real cases, and a handy self-quiz to determine if they have symptoms of depression. The book provides an overview of the faces of depression: physiological, cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal. Depression can be hard to figure out and other maladies can masquerade as depression. Defeating Depression helps readers determine what it is they are experiencing. It looks in depth at each of the four characteristics of depression and provides specific knowledge about ways in which our bodies, thinking, behavior, or close interpersonal relationships may affect our mood. Suggestions are given for ways the depressed and their families can defeat depression and live a more hopeful life. Defeating Depression also examines the close similarity between depression and spiritual desolation. Readers will discover that depression is not just a modern, secular condition, but throughout history has affected religious people as well as those who are not religious. One''s own personal values also can have a significant impact upon depression. Re-ordering one''s values, and carving out a real sense of meaning and purpose in life can help overpower melancholia and lead to lasting contentment. One chapter focuses on one of melancholia''s most tragic consequences, suicide. It offers practical directions-imperatives, in some cases-for dealing with the risk of suicide without delay. Indeed, sometimes self-help is not enough. Unfortunately, the wrong kind of assistance may even make depression worse. Defeating Depression provides nuts-and-bolts information and suggestions concerning how and where to get the best and most effective outside help to combat depression such as: names, addresses, toll-free numbers, and websites of helpful agencies. The last chapter makes the point that, even if you are now depressed or have been in the past, depression does not need to be a signature event. There is no red "D" tattooed on your forehead. Even those who must continue to actively manage their tendency toward melancholia can live happy, fulfilling lives. . Defeating Depression is an easy-to-use self-help guide for both those who are experiencing depression and for their family members. It is written in very approachable language and yet is based on sound psychological principles. Defeating Depression provides specific steps and actions that can be taken to help those experiencing depression to gain relief and find pleasure in life again. Defeating Depression will suggest ways for the reader (the person suffering depression or a family member) to address aspects of depression effectively. It offers explicit, achievable steps to diminish the suffering, and increase joy and satisfaction in life. The author, Howard Stone, Ph.D., is a psychologist, marriage and family therapist, and professor emeritus at Texas Christian University. In addition, he directed a counseling center in Arizona for many years. He is the author of a number of influential books on counseling and has served on numerous editorial boards of professional journals. He has lectured on depression and counseling throughout the United States as well as many other countries.

The objective of this dissertation is to advance the state-of-the-art in the kinematic modeling, identification, and control of robotic manipulators with rigid links in an effort to improve robot kinematic performance. The positioning accuracy of commercially-available industrial robotic manipulators depends upon a kinematic model which describes the robot geometry in a parametric form. Manufacturing error in the machining and assembly of manipulators lead to discrepancies between the design parameters and the physical structure. Improving the kinematic perfor mance thus requires the identification of the actual kinematic parameters of each individual robot. The identified kinematic parameters are referred to as the arm signature. Existing robot kinematic models, such as the Denavit-Hartenberg model, are not directly applicable to kinematic parameter identification. In this dissertation we introduce a new kinematic model, called the 5-Model, which is applicable to kinematic parameter identification, and use it as the foundation for our development of a general technique for identifying the kinematic parameters of any robot with rigid links.

With the end of the Cold War, the International Monetary Fund emerged as the most powerful international institution in history. But how much influence can the IMF exert over fiercely contested issues in domestic politics that affect the lives of millions? In Lending Credibility, Randall Stone develops the first systematic approach to answering this question. Deploying an arsenal of methods from a range of social sciences rarely combined, he mounts a forceful challenge to conventional wisdom. Focusing on the former Soviet bloc, Stone finds that the IMF is neither as powerful as some critics fear, nor as weak as others believe, but that the answer hinges on the complex factor of how much credibility it can muster from country to country. Stone begins by building a formal, game-theoretic model of lending credibility, which he then subjects to sophisticated quantitative testing on original data from twenty-six countries over the 1990s. Next come detailed, interview-based case studies on negotiations between the IMF and Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Bulgaria. Stone asserts that the IMF has exerted startling influence over economic policy in smaller countries, such as Poland and Bulgaria. However, where U.S. foreign policy interests come more heavily into play, as in Russia, the IMF cannot credibly commit to enforcing the loans-for-policy contract. This erodes its ability to facilitate enduring market reforms. Stone''s context is the postcommunist transition in Europe and Asia, but his findings carry implications for IMF activities the world over.

How is the United States able to control the IMF with only 17 per cent of the votes? How are the rules of the global economy made? This book shows how a combination of formal and informal rules explains how international organizations really work. Randall W. Stone argues that formal rules apply in ordinary times, while informal power allows leading states to exert control when the stakes are high. International organizations are therefore best understood as equilibrium outcomes that balance the power and interests of the leading state and the member countries. Presenting a new model of institutional design and comparing the IMF, WTO, and EU, Stone argues that institutional variations reflect the distribution of power and interests. He shows that US interests influence the size, terms, and enforcement of IMF programs, and new data, archival documents, and interviews reveal the shortcomings of IMF programs in Mexico, Russia, Korea, Indonesia, and Argentina.

In this book, Stone effects a return to gender, after many years of neglect by Twenty-First-Century critics, via a methodology of close reading that foregrounds moments of sexual decentering and disequilibrium within the text and in the interstices of the dialogue between Shakespeare and his critics. Issues addressed range from the cross dressing of Viola and Imogen to the cross gartering of Malvolio, the sound of "un" and the uncanny lyric narcissism of Richard II, Hamlet’s misogyny, androgyny, and the poison of marital/political "union," Othello’s fears of impotence, rumors of Antony’s emasculation versus the militant yet nurturing triumphalism of Cleopatra’s suicide, and Posthumus’s hysterical reaction to the "woman’s part" in himself and his compensatory fantasies of parthenogenesis. Stone unpacks ideologically powerful but unsustainable male claims to self-identity and sameness, set over against man’s type-gendering of women as the origin of divisive sexual difference, discord, and the dissolution of marriage. Men who blame women for the difference that divides and weakens their sense of unity and sameness to oneself are unconscious that the uncanny feminine is not outside the masculine, its reassuring canny opposite; it is inside the masculine, its uncanny difference from itself.

AANA Advanced Arthroscopy: The Foot and Ankle, by Ned Amendola, MD and James W. Stone, MD, helps you make the most effective use of advanced and emerging, state-of-the-art arthroscopic techniques for managing a wide range of foot and ankle problems. Premier arthroscopic surgeons discuss disease-specific options, managing and avoiding complications, and rehabilitation protocols.in print and online. 14 videos demonstrate brostrum repair, ankle arthroscopy in acute ankle fracture, chevron malleolar osteotomy and OATS, radial TFCC repair with anchor, endoscopic treatment of FHL tendinopathy, anterior ankle arthroscopy for fusion, great toe arthroscopy for soft tissue impingement, and more. Access the fully searchable text, along with a video library of procedures and links to PubMed, online at expertconsult.com. Stay current through coverage of hot topics like Osteochondral Lesions of the Talar Dome: Cartilage Replacement, Tendoscopy; Degenerative Arthritis of the Ankle; Complex Fusions: Ankle, Subtalar, and Triple; and Great Toe Arthroscopy. Hone your skills thanks to 14 videos of techniques-on Brostrum Repair, Ankle Arthroscopy in Acute Ankle Fracture, Chevron Malleolar Osteotomy and OATS, Radial TFCC Repair with Anchor, Endoscopic Tx of FHL Tendinopathy, Anterior Ankle Arthroscopy for Fusion, Great Toe Arthroscopy for Soft Tissue Impingement, and more-performed by experts. See arthroscopic surgical details in full color and understand nuances through interpretative drawings of technical details. Optimize surgical results and outcomes with an emphasis on advanced and emerging arthroscopic techniques, surgical tips, and pearls.

The bestselling self-help classic that has helped millions—promoting positive mental attitude as a key to personal success. Your mind has a secret invisible talisman. On one side is emblazoned the letters PMA (positive mental attitude) and on the other the letters NMA (negative mental attitude). A positive attitude will naturally attract the good and the beautiful. The negative attitude will rob you of all that makes life worth living. Your success, health, happiness, and wealth depend on how you make up your mind! When motivational pioneer Napoleon Hill and millionaire CEO W. Clement Stone teamed up to form one of the most remarkable partnerships of all time, the result was Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude, the phenomenon that proposed to the world that with the right attitude, anyone can achieve his or her dreams. Now this remarkable book is available for the twenty-first century. You, too, can take advantage of the program that has brought success to generations of people seeking -- and finding -- a better way to live.

If you''re feeling squeezed by the need to get out of debt, stay out of debt, and live within your means, Spend Joyfullycan help. It explores the basics of money in your life. - What does money mean to you? - How do you manage money? - How can you use money to your advantage? - Why do you make the choices you do when you spend? - How can you get the most bang-for-your-buck when you spend? With Spend Joyfully, James W. Stone changes the way you think about spending money. He explores how you can live your life with purpose and make decisions about your money to fulfill a goal in life. The result is a new attitude about money that leads to a more satisfying life. Tying that Attitude to a Budget, and understanding Cash Flow are the ABC''s of managing your Financial Lifestyle. The subject matter is presented in three sections focused on: 1) Where your money is and how to manage it; 2) How to protect yourself from spending mindlessly; and 3) How to live in a world dominated by advertising. Spend Joyfullyis easy to read, with several small stories to illustrate the material and help you retain what you have read. Readers will identify with many of the examples given. Spend Joyfully focuses on avoiding financial problems, identifying problems when they do arise, and solving these problems. It does not tell you how to make more money or how to invest your money. Rather, it is about using the money you have to live a more satisfying life - and live without letting money take control over you. Out of the Coal Field and Into the Dealership Born in the coal mining fields of West Virginia and raised by parents of the Great Depression, Jim was taught the lessons that could help him make the most of what he had. They were lessons of frugality and making do. But like many lessons they were forgotten the moment he left Appalachia and saw how easy it was to have great new possessions, from TVs and tailored suits to that big, shiny Buick. Very impressive, too, until reality set in. Things "wanted" had become "needed." Bills piled up and soon Jim was in over his head because his purchasing decisions had no bearing on his ability to pay for them. Jim fought his way out of debt and developed his structured approach to Spend Joyfully with clear links between spending and paying, in this easy-to-read book.

What does CORE mean? CoreEconomicsis based on an extensive survey conducted by the author, Gerald Stone. Professor Stone asked several hundred instructors which chapters of their principles books they actually cover in their courses. Two important points emerged: • One chapter/one week. Instructors typically cover one chapter per week, or 15 chapters in a 15-week semester. • The majority of instructors teach the same 2/3 of a standard economics textbook. The overwhelming majority of instructors covers the same chapters in the bulk of their course and then spend minimal time covering additional chapters. Over 90% of professors cover a maximum of 15 chapters in their microeconomics or macroeconomics text, which typically includes 19-22 chapters. Based on this he decided to write a textbook that covers the core topics of economics in the sequence they are most commonly taught. The result is CoreEconomics, a text that provides everything you need to cover in your course in one chapter per week at 2/3 the cost of the average principles of Economics text. In this sense, “core” does not mean brief or abridged. Rather, it means that the textbook contains the chapters that most instructors need, but very few additional chapters or special-interest topics, such as agricultural economics, urban economics, insurance, and risk. BecauseCoreEconomicsfocuses on the core principles, it includes very few boxes, sidebars, or additional features. Rather, examples are incorporated into the main narrative of each chapter. The result is a more satisfying reading and learning experience for the student.

A traditional textbook focusing on the core topics in economics. It includes the usual textbook apparatus, including key terms and definitions. It also includes a set of innovative end-of-chapter questions and problems, many of which have been drawn from today_s headlines and the business press.

Through compelling life stories--including her own--top money manager Judy Resnick shows women how to take control of their own money and their lives. Major review attention.

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