An Otherwise Perfect Plan Sample

Author : Ken Schafer
Publisher : Moon Jumper Press
ISBN 13 : 1958456039
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Otherwise Perfect Plan (Sample) written by Ken Schafer and published by Moon Jumper Press. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Otherwise Perfect Plan is a laugh-out loud contemporary YA, coming-of-age story told in the first person by the sixteen-year-old Gwen Pendergrass--and don't get her started on the baggage that last name comes with--a thoroughly unreliable narrator who tries to make sense of her world by weaving in everything from the business plan to building Stonehenge, to why physics makes it so difficult to get out of bed in the morning. Her riffs on life, modern society, and the virtues of several kinds of chocolate take her and us on a journey of discovery, both through the mystery of who her father was, along with the mysteries of her own emotions, proving once again that the journey can BE the destination. ------------------------------------------ It had always been just Gwen and her Mom, and Gwen had always been mostly fine with that. That is, until she learned how much her mom had given up in order to raise her alone. When a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes along for her mom to reinvent herself and get her life back on the track she’s been on prior to Gwen’s unplanned birth, Gwen becomes determined to find her father and give back to her Mom the life she’d always planned for herself. With nothing more than a photobooth film strip of her Mom and the guy she’s always been told was her dad to go on, she finds help in the most unlikely of places, a bored private detective whose office is a Jewish Delicatessen, a Vice Principal whose secret Demotivational Poster features a Star Wars Storm Trouper sitting dejected in a bar with the title FAILURE: Those were the droids you were looking for, and of course, her best friend Peter, who introduces her to the novel idea of sending a postcard. At times poignant, heartbreaking and joyously absurd, Gwen’s story is ultimately about a young woman trying to understand her past, her present, and how it and the people in it will all fit together in the future she’s creating.

Author : Valerie Jarrett
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525558144
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding My Voice written by Valerie Jarrett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Finalist for the NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Literary Work" "Valerie has been one of Barack and my closest confidantes for decades... the world would feel a lot better if there were more people like Valerie blazing the trail for the rest of us."--Michelle Obama "The ultimate Obama insider" (The New York Times) and longest-serving senior advisor in the Obama White House shares her journey as a daughter, mother, lawyer, business leader, public servant, and leader in government at a historic moment in American history. When Valerie Jarrett interviewed a promising young lawyer named Michelle Robinson in July 1991 for a job in Chicago city government, neither knew that it was the first step on a path that would end in the White House. Jarrett soon became Michelle and Barack Obama's trusted personal adviser and family confidante; in the White House, she was known as the one who "got" him and helped him engage his public life. Jarrett joined the White House team on January 20, 2009 and departed with the First Family on January 20, 2017, and she was in the room--in the Oval Office, on Air Force One, and everywhere else--when it all happened. No one has as intimate a view of the Obama Years, nor one that reaches back as many decades, as Jarrett shares in Finding My Voice. Born in Iran (where her father, a doctor, sought a better job than he could find in segregated America), Jarrett grew up in Chicago in the 60s as racial and gender barriers were being challenged. A single mother stagnating in corporate law, she found her voice in Harold Washington's historic administration, where she began a remarkable journey, ultimately becoming one of the most visible and influential African-American women of the twenty-first century. From her work ensuring equality for women and girls, advancing civil rights, reforming our criminal justice system, and improving the lives of working families, to the real stories behind some of the most stirring moments of the Obama presidency, Jarrett shares her forthright, optimistic perspective on the importance of leadership and the responsibilities of citizenship in the twenty-first century, inspiring readers to lift their own voices.

Author : Neil Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134787464
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Urban Frontier written by Neil Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-26 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why have so many central and inner cities in Europe, North America and Australia been so radically revamped in the last three decades, converting urban decay into new chic? Will the process continue in the twenty-first century or has it ended? What does this mean for the people who live there? Can they do anything about it? This book challenges conventional wisdom, which holds gentrification to be the simple outcome of new middle-class tastes and a demand for urban living. It reveals gentrification as part of a much larger shift in the political economy and culture of the late twentieth century. Documenting in gritty detail the conflicts that gentrification brings to the new urban 'frontiers', the author explores the interconnections of urban policy, patterns of investment, eviction, and homelessness. The failure of liberal urban policy and the end of the 1980s financial boom have made the end-of-the-century city a darker and more dangerous place. Public policy and the private market are conspiring against minorities, working people, the poor, and the homeless as never before. In the emerging revanchist city, gentrification has become part of this policy of revenge.

Author : Ivan Plander
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814545716
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Artificial Intelligence And Information-control Systems Of Robots '97 - Proceedings Of The Seventh International Conference written by Ivan Plander and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1997-08-12 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AIICSR '97 (Artificial Intelligence and Information-Control Systems of Robots) is one of the most traditional East-West professional meetings devoted to artifical intelligence (AI) and its applications in robots. The themes of the conference are aimed at the issues of AI theory and applications. The conference is devoted to the development and philosophical reflections of AI, and presents the most important topics, such as knowledge discovery and data mining, and study of context. In addition to robots, AI has created softbots — software robots working in a complex information environment. The WWW has become the most exciting application of AI. Further important topics in this volume include formal modelling of reactive systems, development of parallel and distributed computer architectures, declarative programming, agent societies and other fields, from which theoretical results in computer vision and its applications in robotics deserve special attention.

Author : Timothy A. Carey
Publisher : Living Control Systems Publ
ISBN 13 : 1938090101
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Control in the Classroom written by Timothy A. Carey and published by Living Control Systems Publ. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered how learning happens? Control in the Classroom introduces the main ideas of a profound explanation of human behavior and then applies these ideas to the issue of curriculum delivery. This illuminating explanation, known as Perceptual Control Theory, shows that control is the fundamental phenomenon at the core of the business of living. Control is critical in the classroom - both for teachers and for students. From this perspective, teaching can be considered to be a process of helping students develop greater control capabilities. The first part of the book introduces the theory in an easy-to-read, light-hearted style. Through an abundance of examples the principles of the theory are applied both to classroom activity and life in general. You might even discover that understanding this theory helps you in other areas of your life, not only in teaching. The second part of the book addresses specific aspects of curriculum delivery such as lesson plans and goal setting. Forms are provided to help you develop expertise in this approach. Examples of completed forms are included as well. This exciting and intriguing book will be an invaluable resource for both inexperienced and seasoned teachers. Any educator who wants to improve life in the classroom by taking a behind-the-scenes peek at what might be going on when students learn will be delighted with this book. By taking some time to understand the important principles and becoming familiar with the suggested forms and practices, teachers will be able to help themselves and their students have more rewarding experiences in the classroom. With this book in your collection, walking into your classroom really will be embarking on an adventure in learning and achievement.

Author : Nikolaos G. Bourbakis
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810205461
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Applications of Learning & Planning Methods written by Nikolaos G. Bourbakis and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1991 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning and planning are two important topics of artificial intelligence. Learning deals with the algorithmic processes that make a computing machine able to ?learn? and improve its performance during the process of complex tasks. Planning on the other hand, deals with decision and construction processes that make a machine capable of constructing an intelligent plan for the solution of a particular complex problem.This book combines both learning and planning methodologies and their applications in different domains. It is divided into two parts. The first part contains seven chapters on the ongoing research work in symbolic and connectionist learning. The second part includes seven chapters which provide the current research efforts in planning methodologies and their application to robotics.

Author : Enoch Burton Gowin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developing Executive Ability written by Enoch Burton Gowin and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
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Author : Jodi Peine
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1412949319
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Educator's Professional Growth Plan written by Jodi Peine and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2007-07-26 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers school leaders guidance for designing and implementing a sustainable professional growth process, demonstrates how participants can develop individual action plans, and helps redefine school improvement efforts.

Author : Rick Nelson
Publisher : Elm Hill
ISBN 13 : 1400327261
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jesus the Way and Truth to a Successful Happy Life! written by Rick Nelson and published by Elm Hill. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you claiming all of Gods promises and benefits to live the abundant joyful life? Learn the four key principle steps Jesus taught that promises to give you peace, joy, and happiness in every aspect of your life. Jesus said, I am the way and truth to that life. John 14:6 I wasted 40 years of my life trying to find happiness in all the wrong ways with drugs and alcohol, and never found it. You’ll hear a lifetime of experience and stories of how Jesus dramatically changed my life by following his steps. He has a blessed journey planned ahead for you too.