Research Methods: Functional Skills by James H Cauraugh

>> Saturday, June 21, 2014


This eBook describes the principles and concepts for planning and conducting research. Topics include critical thinking, scientific problem solving, experimental designs, methods, statistical analyses, and interpreting findings. Knowing how and when to apply the topics shows functional skills in complex reasoning. Increase your research methods knowledge and make evidence-based decisions.



Teaching research methods for 25 years provided the author with insights into effective ways to engage both enthusiastic and reluctant students in the games that scientists play. Many students are challenged to learn a new language dedicated to communicating and interacting on research method topics with both rudimentary and expert scientists. Consistent with Pink’s motivational research book (Drive, 2009), students excel when they have a purpose, master the knowledge base, and are given autonomy to use the information. This eBook describes the principles, concepts, and procedures for planning and conducting research. The easy to read writing style covers a broad knowledge base and integrates many of the concepts with real world empirical examples. Acquiring the functional skills necessary to become an independent, critically thinking scientist is a worthy purpose. Extensive discussions include science, variability, experimental design, statistics, and relevant rules for proceeding from sitting on the bench to being a player in science. Research methods mastery comes from intense learning of the specific information and extensive practice situations to develop expertise. Indeed, reading, writing, and reciting the rules involved in scientific problem solving, designing sound experiments, analyzing data appropriately, and examining internally valid and invalid conclusions contributes to mastery. Once students are able to apply the knowledge, write coherent reviews evaluating the literature, determine causal relationships leading to evidence-based decision-making, then autonomy is apparent. Reading and studying this research methods eBook will help you become a productive member and consumer of science.



Increasing your knowledge on the rules for planning and conducting experiments is important for all types of academic majors. Students from applied physiology and kinesiology, exercise science, exercise physiology, motor behavior, sport psychology, sport management, physical therapy, and occupational therapy readily acquired and used this knowledge. This eBook focuses on causes and effects as the most important for advancing science, whereas threats to internal validity are potential confounds. Minimizing threats to internal validity should be a primary goal in selecting an appropriate experimental design as well as considering appropriate statistical analyses. Thus, engage in research methods, develop functional skills, and become fulfilled.






About James H Cauraugh


James Cauraugh, Ph.D., is a Professor and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Health and Human Performance at the University of Florida. His teaching in the department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology has included both undergraduate and graduate courses in research methods, statistics, and motor learning/control as well as mentoring students toward their degrees. An active researcher throughout his career, his focused line of research investigates an important health care and society issue: post stroke motor control in individuals with chronic hemiparesis in their impaired arm. His research explored theoretically sound motor learning and control variables that influence stroke motor recovery progress and has produced an h-index of 23 and a g-index of 48. Four grants from the American Heart Association and one from the National Institutes of Health have funded his work. He has served as a grant reviewer for: (a) NIH Study Section; Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Sciences, (b) American Heart Association, (c) United Kingdom Stroke Association, and (d) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Dr. Cauraugh serves on three journal editorial boards, is an ad hoc reviewer for 12 other journals, and is a member of the National Academy of Kinesiology.






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Unique Ability: Creating the Life You Want by Catherine Nomura

>> Tuesday, June 17, 2014


by Catherine Nomura & Julia Waller.

What would your life be like if you could get to the essence of who you are and what you’re about? What if you could focus on doing what you’re best at and love to do most? This book contains a complete process that will help you identify your Unique Ability, then immediately put it to work in your life.








About Catherine Nomura


Catherine Nomura has spent more than 15 years helping entrepreneurial individuals and organizations grow through coaching, consulting, strategic planning, and product development. She joined Strategic Coach® in 1998 with a master's degree in development studies, an MBA in entrepreneurship, and a passion for promoting entrepreneurial thinking as a way for people to take control of their futures. A member of the company's core strategic leadership team, Catherine envisions and guides the creation of new products, strategic relationships, and forms of communication to spread Strategic Coach wisdom to new audiences. She is co-author of The Laws of Lifetime Growth, which has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide, and Unique Ability®: Creating The Life You Want.






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Bitten (A Reflections Series Bundle) by Dean Murray

>> Monday, June 16, 2014


Some stories are too big for one timeline.



Continue the action-packed love story started in Dean Murray's first two Reflections novels, Broken and Torn. Bitten is a boxed set of the next 6 titles in the Reflections universe plus Longing, a bonus short story.

Combined, the titles in this boxed set have more than 270 five-star reviews and now for the first time ever they are available in one book.



Some stories are too big for one timeline.



Continue the action-packed love story started in Dean Murray's first two Reflections novels, Broken and Torn. Bitten is a boxed set of the next 6 titles in the Reflections universe plus Longing, a bonus short story.



Combined, the titles in this boxed set have more than 270 five-star reviews and now for the first time ever they are available in one volume with a special price that is 37% off of the normal cost.



In Bitten you'll get:



Splintered (Reflections Volume 3)

Most girls would have killed to be in Adri’s shoes, in fact several people think that’s exactly what she did. Of course life with a pack of shape shifters isn’t quite what she expected. The time with Alec is great, but now that the rival pack is out of the picture, Alec’s wolves are all starting to turn on each other, and Adri is finding there is less and less she can do to help hold the pack together.



Alec’s determination to keep her at arm’s length physically is just as frustrating as always, but his ongoing refusal to explain the larger world the pack is operating in is starting to become more than just something that keeps Adri up at night. It’s starting to look like something that could get them all killed.



Intrusion (Reflection Volume 4)

Jess awoke to a world she doesn’t really understand, hounded by impulses that are quite literally more than any human could be expected to control.



It’s painfully evident that her friends and family are doing everything they can to help her regain her footing, but she can’t help resenting the fact that none of them lost as deeply as she lost in their last confrontation with the Coun’hij.



More than anything she wants to turn to Alec for help. The alpha of the pack should be a constant source of strength and reassurance, but in his own way he’s nearly as damaged as she is. What’s worse, a new threat has just arrived in Sanctuary and Jess is starting to wonder if Alec will sacrifice her as the weakest link in a crippled pack.



Bitten also includes:

Numb (Reflections Volume 4.5)

Trapped (Reflections Volume 5)

Forsaken (Reflections Volume 6)

Scent of Tears (A Reflections Short Story)

Longing






About Dean Murray


Dean started reading seriously in the second grade due to a competition and has spent most of the subsequent three decades lost in other people's worlds. After reading several local libraries more or less dry of sci-fi and fantasy, he started spending more time wandering around worlds of his own creation to avoid the boredom of the 'real' world.



Things worsened, or improved depending on your point of view, when he first started experimenting with writing while finishing up his accounting degree. These days Dean has a wonderful wife and daughter to keep him rather more grounded, but the idea of bringing others along with him as he meets interesting new people in universes nobody else has ever seen tends to drag him back to his computer on a fairly regular basis.






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The Silver Siren by Chanda Hahn

>> Sunday, June 15, 2014


Every journey has an end.

Unable to find the answers she sought in Skyfell, Thalia, Joss, and Kael travel to Haven with a prisoner in tow. An attack on the road waylays their plans, and Thalia finds herself traveling alone with Kael to the hidden sanctuary of the SwordBrothers.

But war is on the horizon and the Raven is amassing his army. This time, t



Every journey has an end.

Unable to find the answers she sought in Skyfell, Thalia, Joss, and Kael travel to Haven with a prisoner in tow. An attack on the road waylays their plans, and Thalia finds herself traveling alone with Kael to the hidden sanctuary of the SwordBrothers.

But war is on the horizon and the Raven is amassing his army. This time, the target is not Calandry, but the Sirens of Sinnedor. When family ties are revealed, Thalia must choose sides. Desperate to break the final seal on her power and save those she loves, will Thalia willingly taste the bitter pain of the iron butterfly machine one final time?






About Chanda Hahn


Chanda Hahn takes her experience as a children's pastor, children's librarian and bookseller to write compelling and popular fiction for teens.

She was born in Seattle, WA, grew up in Nebraska and currently resides in Portland, Oregon with her husband and their twin children; Aiden and Ashley.






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Create the High Performance Sales Environment® by Bob Junke


Create the High Performance Sales Environment® provides Sales Executives, Sales Managers, and aspiring Sales Managers with a systematic approach to help them drive sustained, metric-based performance improvement from the top-down.



Create the High Performance Sales Environment® provides Sales Executives and Sales Managers with a systematic approach to help them drive sustained, metric-based performance improvement from the top-down.



Bob Junke, the Founder and CEO of Adventace®, wrote this book because of his passion to help Sales Management run highly effective sales operations. He applies his 25+ years of experience working with Sales Management teams from hundreds of companies across North America, Europe, the Asia/Pacific Region, and South America. The objective of the book is to empower Sales Executives, Sales Managers, and aspiring Sales Managers by giving them a proven set of processes, tools, and metrics, along with the identification of key functions that automation should provide. The result is that they are better able to drive their sales operations and create proactive sales cultures.



Complementing his “how to” analysis, Bob interweaves entertaining, highly relevant, and often humorous real-life experiences, all of which provide important lessons about how to Create the High Performance Sales Environment®.



Here is what other Sales Executives have said:



I highly recommend this book for any Sales Executive or Sales Manager. As an early adopter of Bob’s processes and tools prior to joining EMC, I can attest that they work well in the field, and he has continued to hone them through his work with clients globally. This unique book will empower Sales Management by providing the roadmap needed to create a proactive sales culture. A must read!



* David Goulden, CEO of EMC Information Infrastructure, EMC Corporation



I was one of Bob's first clients. It was my first senior management position and I really wanted to standardize the way we sold and managed. I interviewed all the leaders in this field. Bob Junke was selected because I enjoyed the way he sold to me, his passion and experience in real sales environments, and because his methods were and remain current with today’s sales management challenges.



Bob helped us put a highly effective sales and sales management methodology in place across the world. The results were phenomenal. Since then I have worked with Bob over the years and seen the methodology grow and stay ahead of the pack. He has captured the essence in his book. Any salesperson aspiring to be a sales manager, sales managers, and sales executives should read this book and view it as the Bible for how to run a sales operation.



* James Suszka, Director of Sales, Balihoo



We operate in a very challenging world of work. Bob provides a systematic approach to linking sales strategy, sales execution and sales talent to accelerate organization and client success. A must read for organizations and sales leaders!



* Lynn Clement, Regional Vice President, Right Management



World-class sales and sales leadership comes down to the fundamentals. The more we drift from that concept the more trouble we experience. Work ethic, process, precision and measurement are present in every highly successful sales management professional. Bob has captured the essence of what it takes to succeed in this increasingly competitive profession. My teams and I have personally benefited immeasurably from Bob’s insight, experience, his programs, and now his book.



* John C. Gregitis, General Manager and Senior Vice President, Infor






About Bob Junke


Bob is the Founder and CEO of Adventace®, LLC. His vision has been to help Sales Executives and Sales Managers Create the High Performance Sales Environment®, where they are able to achieve top-down, metric-based performance improvement with results that are highly predictable, measurable, and capable of being sustained. To help clients achieve that vision he developed the Adventace® System.



This System is a combination of holistic methodology, supporting application, and change management tools and processes. Backed by his global network of sales and sales management consults, the Adventace® System has been delivered to over 600 clients globally, where it has been continuously refined. That System and its benefits are described in detail in this book.



In writing his book, Bob applied his 25+ years of personal experience as a consultant, seller, sales manager, VP of Sales, General Manager, and CEO. During that time he worked with clients in North America, Europe, the Asia/Pacific Region, and South America. Some of his clients have included BMC Software, Cisco Systems, Computer Associates, CTG, Epsilon, Getronics, IBM, Logica, Progress Software, QAD, Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks, SunGard, and Tandem Computers. He has trained and consulted to over 20,000 executives, managers, sellers, marketing people, and consultants.



Bob can be reached at:

+1 724-443-2383, and

bob.junke@adventace.com






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The Kids' Guide to Business by Jeff M. Brown

>> Friday, June 13, 2014


This book provides a kid-friendly approach to introduce, prepare, and launch kids into business. Kids take steps to develop a business and are easily engaged in business as they explore business basics and advanced business principles using the lemonade stand business case. Many business principles are taught from this simple business model of a roadside kiosk.



This book provides a kid-friendly approach to introduce, prepare, and launch kids into business. Kids take steps to develop a business and are easily engaged in business as they explore business basics and advanced business principles using the lemonade stand business case. Many business principles are taught from this simple business model of a roadside kiosk. The author acts as a business advisor, helping kids explore business ideas, learn business principles, develop skills, and gain valuable experience, while discovering and preparing for business. This book will be most effective with the assistance of an adult.



This book will:

• provide a simple, fun, and effective approach to learning about business by planning and doing

• introduce kids to business using the lemonade stand business model

• use a unique business planning tool approach to develop a business

• explore many business principles to develop skills and experiences in business

• create a business planning approach to apply to any business






About Jeff M. Brown


 Jeff is a passionate leader in:

 creating the opportunity to engage children in thinking about, understanding, and developing skills for business

 elevating the role of parents in the development of independent and well-prepared children

 A pioneer in recognizing the need and developing business programming for children in 2000.

 Author of The Kids’ Guide to Business

 Author of Strategies for Parenting: The Road to Independence

 Author of Teaching Kids Business: Why, What, When, Where, How & Impact

 A social entrepreneur and professional accountant CMA, who has a broad base of business and industry experience.

 Recognizes the opportunities for children, parents, and businesses to develop in ways to improve and have a positive impact on society.

 A logical and progressive thinker, who inspires thought-provoking conversations and perspectives

 A father of two and husband of 25 years; sports enthusiast, biker, golfer, and fitness fanatic

 As a seasoned businessperson, entrepreneur, author, and founder of several related social ventures, Jeff brings diverse and interesting perspectives to his subject matter.



 Founder of:

 TeachingKidsBusiness.com

 StrategiesforParenting.com

 TheGameofParenting.com

 BusinessPreparationProgram.com

 www.jeffmarkbrown.com

 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmarkbrown







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My Rebel Highlander by Vonda Sinclair


When Robert "Rebbie" MacInnis, the Earl of Rebbinglen, happens upon a mysterious but unforgettable woman from his past being abducted, he must rescue her and take her to his castle deep in the Scottish Highlands. She sparks within Rebbie a desperate hunger and a need to protect her. Lady Calla lost her heart years ago to this dark eyed stranger. Will her secrets destroy their chance at happiness?



Known for his wicked wit, fierce loyalty, and skills in battle, Robert "Rebbie" MacInnis, the Earl of Rebbinglen, loves freedom and has no plans of marrying anytime soon. But when his father, a powerful Scottish marquess, signs a contract betrothing Rebbie to an earl's young daughter, he is furious. If he has to marry, he's determined to choose his own bride, though he has no inkling who he would wish to wed until fate intervenes to remind him of one fair-haired, nameless beauty and the passionate night they spent together years ago. A night forever etched in his memory.



Lady Calla Ferguson, a penniless widow with a young son, is forced to seek employment as her cousin's companion in order to pay her late husband's massive gambling debt. Having been ignored or mistreated most of her life, Calla has become a resourceful survivor who will stop at nothing to get what she wants—safety and security for her son and herself. Wealthy merchant, Claybourne cares little for the money the Earl of Stanbury owed him; he simply wants the earl's beautiful, voluptuous widow and he'll do whatever it takes to get his hands on her, even kidnapping and blackmail.



When Rebbie happens upon Claybourne abducting Calla, he rescues her and hides her in a secluded castle deep in the wild Scottish Highlands. Calla conceals her passionate spirit beneath reserve and duty, along with closely-guarded secrets which, if exposed, could ruin both her life and her son's. Years ago, she lost her heart to a dark-eyed stranger she never thought to see again, but now he's her protector. Rebbie craves another pleasurable night like the one they shared in the past, and she cannot resist the fiery passion that echoes deep in her heart and soul. Soft but strong, Calla sparks within Rebbie a desperate hunger and a need to protect her. But will her secrets tear them apart?






About Vonda Sinclair


Vonda Sinclair’s favorite indulgent pastime is exploring Scotland, from Edinburgh to the untamed and windblown north coast. She also enjoys creating hot, Highland heroes and spirited lasses to drive them mad. She is a past Golden Heart finalist and Laurie award winner. She lives with her amazing and supportive husband in the mountains of North Carolina where she is no doubt creating another Scottish story. Please visit her website to learn more.

http://www.vondasinclair.com






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Cypress Lake by Graysen Morgen


The small town of Cypress Lake is rocked by murders. Dani, the Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy, is surprised when the girl that broke her heart in high school has returned and is her only suspect. Kristen has come back to town to put the past behind her and move on with her life. Seeing Dani again throws her off-guard, nearly derailing her plans to finally rid herself and her family of Cypress Lake.



The small town of Cypress Lake is rocked when one murder after another happens. Dani Ricketts, the Chief Deputy for the Cypress Lake Sheriff's Office, realizes the murders are linked. She's surprised when the girl that broke her heart in high school has not only returned home, but she's also Dani's only suspect.

Kristen Malone has come back to Cypress Lake to put the past behind her so that she can move on with her life. Seeing Dani Ricketts again throws her off-guard, nearly derailing her plans to finally rid herself and her family of Cypress Lake.






About Graysen Morgen


Graysen Morgen is the bestselling author of Falling Snow, Fast Pitch, and Bridesmaid of Honor, as well as many other titles. She was born and raised in North Florida with winding rivers and waterways at her back door and the white sandy beach a mile away. She has spent most of her lifetime in the sun and on the water. She enjoys reading, writing, fishing, and spending as much time as possible with her partner and their daughter.






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Burn by Callie Hart

>> Thursday, June 12, 2014


Sloane Romera is getting closer to finding her sister, but there are obstacles standing in her way.



Big ones.



Julio Perez isn't happy with Zeth. The couple's presence in his compound is creating tension, and the gang lord is determined to figure out what they're hiding. When people start arriving for Julio's gathering, things take are bound to take unexpected and dangerous turns.



Sloane



I’m not safe.



I haven’t been safe for a while now.



I ran to Zeth for protection, but Zeth is in danger himself. With Julio on one side, and the leader of the Widow Makers MC on the other, the smartest thing to do would be to run. I’ve been running long enough, though.



This is the closest I’ve come to finding my sister in two years.



I can’t back down now.



Zeth



My right hand man’s being tortured in the basement.



The guy who tried to buy Sloane’s virginity is burning rubber in our direction.



My psychotic boss is on a mission to find me, and the girl I’m supposed to be keeping safe has landed herself right in the middle of all of this.



Just another breezy weekend in the Californian desert.



What could possibly go wrong in the next 48 hours?








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Dammit, I Learned a Lot from That Son-of-a-Gun by Brandt Street Press


What happens when someone shares a story with us—a true story, a story from their heart-of-hearts? We feel connected. We realize the commonality of our emotions. How we are, as human beings, all the same. We all falter. We all fear. We all stumble. And we can all come back stronger. This book contains those stories.



“These stories are as compulsively 
readable as popcorn in a scary movie!”


Sue Stauffacher, Children’s Book Author



“A quick and riveting read, one with
 which you’ll be happy to have spent time.”


Drey Samuelson, U.S. Senate Chief Of Staff





“You’ll find yourself turning around, 
perhaps glancing over your shoulder.”


Patricia Menick, Sculptor & Installation Artist





“Read one, you’ll come back for more.”


Ron Steffens, Educator/Author/Forest Firefighter



What happens when someone shares a story with us—a true story, a story from their heart-of-hearts?



We feel connected. We realize the commonality of our emotions. How we are, as human beings, all the same. We all falter. We all fear. We all stumble. And we can all come back stronger.



Every son-of-a-gun in this book of twelve new, true stories is different, but you’ll recognize each one. We’ve all had them in our lives, these sons-of-guns. And whether we love them or we hate them, they are our teachers. They impart some kernel of truth that we carry with us always.



You may not know these people, but you will know these stories. They’re about emotions we all feel—fear, anger, temptation, even those times you slap yourself on the forehead and call yourself an idiot. The circumstances may be different, but the pain, the heartache and the triumph, those remain true.



Enjoy these stories, dammit!






About Brandt Street Press


Brandt Street Press is an independent book publisher located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.






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To Tame a Highland Earl by Tarah Scott


Groomed for a life amongst the English aristocracy, Lord Erroll Rushton is unexpectedly thrust back into his father’s Scottish world when the Englishwoman he compromises refuses to marry him.

Miss Eve Crenshaw wishes to marry for love. When London’s most notorious rakehell breaks into her bedchamber in the dead of night and ruins her, she plans a daring elopement that shocks even the earl.



A man torn between two worlds. Both need him… neither wants him.

Groomed for a life amongst the English aristocracy, Lord Erroll Rushton is unexpectedly thrust back into his father’s Scottish world when the Englishwoman he compromises refuses to marry him.



No gentleman breaks into a lady’s bedchamber...but then, no lady sleeps with a pistol under her pillow.

Miss Eve Crenshaw will marry for love or won’t marry at all. When London’s most notorious rakehell breaks into Eve’s bedroom in the dead of night and compromises her beyond repair, she plans a daring elopement that shocks even the earl.






About Tarah Scott


Award winning published author Tarah Scott cut her teeth on authors such as, Georgette Heyer, Zane Grey, and Amanda Quick. Her favorite book is a Tale of Two Cities, with Gone With the Wind as a close second. She writes classical romance, suspense, horror and mainstream.



Born in New Mexico, Tarah grew up in the Southwest. Fifteen years ago, she relocated to Westchester County, New York, where she and her daughter reside in a lakeside community. Don’t be fooled by what sounds like a quiet life. The city that never sleeps is only an hour away, and this Texas girl and her New York bred daughter wouldn’t have it any other way.








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The Things We Can't Change Part Five: The Epilogue by Kassandra Kush

>> Wednesday, June 11, 2014


Evie and Zeke thought that their troubles were over.



They thought they had solved their problems and moved past their own fears and insecurities. They thought it was their time.



They were wrong.



Evie and Zeke thought that their troubles were over.



They thought they had solved their problems and moved past their own fears and insecurities. They thought it was their time.



They were wrong.



Tony is back. Evie's father's killer is still on the loose. Evie still can't seem to talk sense into her stepmother or figure out her future. Zeke still has a final secret. And someone is still sending him notes about it.



Every epilogue, every story, is supposed to have a happy ending.



Evie and Zeke have one more fight to find theirs








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The Language of Power by Rosemary Kirstein

>> Sunday, June 8, 2014


Following a slim clue, the steerswoman Rowan comes to the city of Donner hoping to learn more about the master-wizard Slado. But as the new facts add up, a strange tale from the past emerges, a tale behind all the secrets of the present. Luckily, the Outskirter Bel is on hand to watch Rowan's back. Because there's one sure way to know that Rowan is on the right track: Someone will try to kill her.



The steerswoman Rowan has learned much about the master-wizard Slado: how his spells are devastating the distant lands known as the Outskirts, and how they will ultimately threaten even the Inner Lands. But she knows nothing else about him, not even why he is hiding his actions from the other wizards. He must be found, and stopped. Now, following the slimmest of clues, Rowan arrives in the city of Donner hoping to learn more about Slado's plans. But when the answers begin coming in faster than the questions can be asked, a strange tale from the past emerges, a tale behind all the secrets of the present... Fortunate that Rowan has the Outskirter warrior Bel on hand to watch her back. Because there's one sure way to know that the steerswoman is on the right track: Someone will try to kill her.








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Moab, Utah – A Photographer's Shooting Guide I by Jerry Patterson

>> Saturday, June 7, 2014


This ebook is strictly about great places to photograph in the Moab, Utah from iconic mesas, arches, goose-necks, sunrise and sunsets both for day time and night sky / Milky Way photography. The reader is taken from Professor Valley east of Moab to Arches National Park, Canyonlands, House on Fire and Monument Valley. Google satellite map markers are used with each photo to help find each location.



This ebook is strictly about great places to see and photograph in the Moab, Utah (USA) area. It's about getting out and shooting all the iconic mesas, arches, goose-necks, sunrise and sunsets in one immense but small part of southwestern USA. It provides one with many of the best scenic sites to see and photograph while at the same time assisting one in getting to know his or her way around the area. It also includes photos taken off the beaten path to add a level of adventure in discovering the area. What makes this ebook unique in part is that I have included numerous photos of the Milky Way taken over many iconic sites such as Balanced Rock, Double Arch, The Windows, Mesa Arch and even The Mittens in Monument Valley. For each site on the site list, I indicate if a given site is best photographed at sunrise, morning, afternoon or sunset and what places are recommended to capture the Milky Way during night sky photography work.



The scope/ range of this ebook covers the following areas:

1. Professor and Castle Valley east of Moab and the Colorado River along US 128 in that area

2. Arches National Park and Cache Valley

3. Potash Road (lower Colorado River)

4. Canyonlands

5. Natural Bridges National Monument Park

6. Monument Valley



I have included directions to each site but to further assist the reader in finding the precise site where each photo was taken, each photo is hyper-linked to a Google satellite map marker. When the reader clicks on a photo, one's internet browser will open to a Google satellite map marker where one may zoom in and out in both map and satellite mods to fully understand the road system and trail for that site.



For those wishing to have a nice star-burst of the sun's rays when photographing any one of the arches or balanced rock, I provide a tried and true technique which will add a wow effect to your shot and this is done without the use of a special filter over the lens or faked in post processing.



To visit and photograph all the sites in this ebook, both day and night sky sites, be prepared to stay at least six to eight great days in Moab.



Should you ever visit the Tetons Mountains of Jackson Hole, WY, you may want to pick up a copy of my first ebook "Jackson Hole, WY - A Photographer's Shooting Guide" also available on Smashwords.com This ebook is modeled after it, especially with reference to the use of Google satellite map markers to pinpoint each site for you.



Enjoy and thanks for your interest in my ebook.



Jerry Patterson






About Jerry Patterson


I'm a semi-pro photographer in the strict sense. That is to say, I do not make a living solely by photography...I do, like many who call themselves a "pro' , have a full time job outside of photography.



I'm the author of three ebooks "Moab, Utah - A Photographer's Shooting Guide I" and "Jackson Hole, WY - A Photographer's Shooting Guide" which is the first of two ebooks of the same title. In these photography shooting guides, I make extensive use of Google satellite map marker where for each site in the ebook I have an associated photo. The reader simply clicks on any photo and the web browser immediately opens the webpage for the Google satellite map marker whereby the reader may easily see the exact site I stood for the photo but more importantly see the road system to the exact site.



I am a photo tour guide and yearly lead several three day sunrise to sunset photo shoot adventures / tours in Jackson Hole, WY, home of the majestic Teton Mountains where I also lead night sky / Milky Way workshops with light painting. In 2015, I will expand my multi-night night sky / Milky Way workshops in Arches National Park in Moab, Utah (USA).



I'm also a night sky / Milky Way (MW) photographer and conduct night sky / MW workshops during my 3 day Jackson Hole photo shoot adventures. And now, I will be expanding my night sky / MW workshops to Arches National Park, Canyonlands in Moab, Utah (USA) and Monument Valley in Arizona (USA).



Additionally, I'm also involved in daytime and night sky / MW time lapse work.



In July 2013 I participated in the millennial celebration of the historic Moulton Barns in Jackson Hole, WY (USA) by donating two 24x36 inch canvas prints for auction for the preservation of these two barns.



Locally, in my current home town, I provide presentations of my Jackson Hole photos from time to time to the photography club and also instructions on the use of GND filters and Photoshop post processing.



My photos are currently represented by Getty Images and may be seen on several websites. The images found on Getty were first discovered on my Flickr page.



Landscape Photography Magazine selected one of my photos of a sunrise on the Grand Teton among many photos submitted by numerous fine art photographers as the photo of the week ... http://landscapephotographymagazine.com/2014/hedricks-pond-overlook-jackson-hole-wyoming-usa/



My 2014 Jackson Hole, WY three day sunrise to sunset photo shoot adventures / tours



1) June 13-15

2) June 20-22

3) July 4-6



I will be leading night sky / Milky Way workshops starting May 15-18 and during all the above photo shoot adventures / tour dates.



If you're in JH during one of those time frames and would like to join my photo shoot, please contact me via email at ... wrtrekker@yahoo.com






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Jackson Hole, WY – A Photographer's Shooting Guide by Jerry Patterson


This is a photographer's shooting guide for Jackson Hole, WY complete with photos of all locations and links to Google map pointers to pinpoint each exact shooting location.



This is a photographer's shooting guide for Jackson Hole, WY complete with photos of all locations and links to Google map pointers to pinpoint each exact shooting location.



This one of a kind guide includes specific locations to shoot various lakes, rivers, wildlife, sunrise and sunsets throughout the valley and throughout different seasons.



In addition to directions to each photos site, photos will have something very unique. They will include a link to Google maps so that one may quickly see the precise location any one photo was taken and may switch between the map and satellite view with zoom in/out capability.



Please note. I'm in the process of writing "Jackson Hole, WY - A Photographer's Shooting Guide eBook II." I update my original document of the JH shooting guide from time to time and I save this to a printable .pdf document with better resolution graphics. Should you purchase this ebook and desire to receive free updates as I update the ebook, please be sure to send me an email to my Yahoo account which may be found in my Flickr profile at: http://www.flickr.com/people/wrtrekker/






About Jerry Patterson


I'm a semi-pro photographer in the strict sense. That is to say, I do not make a living solely by photography...I do, like many who call themselves a "pro' , have a full time job outside of photography.



I'm the author of three ebooks "Moab, Utah - A Photographer's Shooting Guide I" and "Jackson Hole, WY - A Photographer's Shooting Guide" which is the first of two ebooks of the same title. In these photography shooting guides, I make extensive use of Google satellite map marker where for each site in the ebook I have an associated photo. The reader simply clicks on any photo and the web browser immediately opens the webpage for the Google satellite map marker whereby the reader may easily see the exact site I stood for the photo but more importantly see the road system to the exact site.



I am a photo tour guide and yearly lead several three day sunrise to sunset photo shoot adventures / tours in Jackson Hole, WY, home of the majestic Teton Mountains where I also lead night sky / Milky Way workshops with light painting. In 2015, I will expand my multi-night night sky / Milky Way workshops in Arches National Park in Moab, Utah (USA).



I'm also a night sky / Milky Way (MW) photographer and conduct night sky / MW workshops during my 3 day Jackson Hole photo shoot adventures. And now, I will be expanding my night sky / MW workshops to Arches National Park, Canyonlands in Moab, Utah (USA) and Monument Valley in Arizona (USA).



Additionally, I'm also involved in daytime and night sky / MW time lapse work.



In July 2013 I participated in the millennial celebration of the historic Moulton Barns in Jackson Hole, WY (USA) by donating two 24x36 inch canvas prints for auction for the preservation of these two barns.



Locally, in my current home town, I provide presentations of my Jackson Hole photos from time to time to the photography club and also instructions on the use of GND filters and Photoshop post processing.



My photos are currently represented by Getty Images and may be seen on several websites. The images found on Getty were first discovered on my Flickr page.



Landscape Photography Magazine selected one of my photos of a sunrise on the Grand Teton among many photos submitted by numerous fine art photographers as the photo of the week ... http://landscapephotographymagazine.com/2014/hedricks-pond-overlook-jackson-hole-wyoming-usa/



My 2014 Jackson Hole, WY three day sunrise to sunset photo shoot adventures / tours



1) June 13-15

2) June 20-22

3) July 4-6



I will be leading night sky / Milky Way workshops starting May 15-18 and during all the above photo shoot adventures / tour dates.



If you're in JH during one of those time frames and would like to join my photo shoot, please contact me via email at ... wrtrekker@yahoo.com






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The Fair Viking Princess: At First Sight by Marilyn Gregoire

>> Friday, June 6, 2014


When Anna was drugged at a frat party and gang raped, she prayed to God for help. Never did she expect that her help would come in the form of a tall, handsome man her age who was determined to make it to his wedding night with his virginity intact. But that promise gave her time, time to heal, time to be sure. Follow their journey back to when promises were made and were meant to be kept.



At a junior high youth rally, a boy and a girl both prayed the same prayer. How else could God answer them except to reconnect them when the time was right? For the sake of this beauty, whose name he never caught, Alan Zimmermann would do anything to find her, the “Viking Princess,” even if it meant deepening his faith and learning what God really wanted of him. Anna Hillman was gang raped on the eve of her graduation from college, and there was date rape before that. She prayed to God for help. Trusting men was impossible, but she sank what little trust she had left into God alone and was rewarded in the form of a tall, handsome man her age who was determined to make it to his wedding night with his virginity intact. That promise gave her time, time to heal, time to really know him, time to be sure that if any man ever touched her again, that she wanted it to be him and only him, but Alan’s bent on finding his princess. Will he still accept her when he finds out the secret she’s been keeping? Follow their journey back to the beginning, back before trust was lost. When promises were made and were meant to be kept.






About Marilyn Gregoire


Marilyn Gregoire grew up in various small towns in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota—on the outskirts, looking out. When she met and married her sweetheart, Jon, they moved out into the country and the prairie has had her heart ever since. She is a secretary for the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks and loves her job. But writing fiction is a creative outlet and a very exhilarating hobby. She and Jon also raise animals, birds and a big garden on their farm. Whether picking a long row of green beans or cleaning a big farm house, Marilyn uses the mundane work to develop characters and story lines. Marilyn and Jon both enjoy their grown children and grandchildren.



Her faith in God has always been a priority in her life and helping the church through music ministry has been a blessing since she enjoys the friendship of like-minded believers who help motivate and inspire Marilyn in real and enduring ways!






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The Incident Box Set – All Eight Episodes of the popular Sam Jameson Serial Thriller by Lars Emmerich


"Lars Emmerich is right up there with James Patterson, David Baldacci, Nelson DeMille, and Frederick Forsyth." - Gene GeRue, Amazon



THE COMPLETE SERIES: Save 50% on all eight episodes of the international sensation THE INCIDENT, a Sam Jameson Serial Thriller.



"Lars Emmerich is right up there with James Patterson, David Baldacci, Nelson DeMille, and Frederick Forsyth." - Gene GeRue, Amazon



THE COMPLETE SERIES: Save 50% on all eight episodes of the international sensation THE INCIDENT, a Sam Jameson Serial Thriller.



Where do you run when even the good guys want you dead?



Special Agent Sam Jameson is having a bad week. People are trying to kill her.



That would be business as usual in the counterespionage world, except that it’s the good guys who have her in the crosshairs.



Why are the DC Metro police trying to kidnap her? Do her bosses at Homeland want her in a body bag, too?



And why does everyone she talks to seem to end up in the morgue?



Will a ruthless mercenary, a hapless American traitor, and a dead man’s cryptic clue hold the key to Sam’s survival? As the noose tightens around her neck, Sam must uncover a brutal and deadly conspiracy before she becomes its next victim.






About Lars Emmerich


Lars Emmerich is an author and retired fighter pilot. He lives with his family in Colorado and Virginia. He's hard at work on the next Sam Jameson thriller, due out soon.



Sign up for the mailing list at www.larsemmerichbooks.com/free-stuff/ to receive a free e-copy of Lars' acclaimed novel DEVOLUTION.






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Healthy Pancreas, Healthy You. Part 3. How to Improve the Exocrine Pancreatic Function, Postpone Pancreatic Deterioration, and Heal Digestive (Pancreatic) Disorders by Peter Melamed


This book is for patients and medical providers, to explain nondrug treatments of the digestive (pancreatic) and metabolic disorders. There is no proper digestion without proper pancreatic function. Healing mineral water, acupuncture, herbs, supplements, enzymes, probiotics, and even abdominal massage, exercises, and hypnosis can be extremely useful for pancreas and the whole health.



This book is the practical guide to healing liver, gallbladder and pancreatic disorders, IBS, GERD, sphincter of Oddy dysfunction, metabolic syndrome, overweight, diabetes, metabolic acidosis, fatty liver and pancreas, food allergy, Candida-yeast overgrowth, Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth, etc.



This book focuses on the many ways, to improve the functions of the pancreas without drugs and surgeries. Medical doctors and health professionals all over the globe have used holistic approaches for hundreds of years, for millions of patients, to improve the digestive (pancreatic) health. The authors emphatically believe that healing methods described in this book can improve the quality of life and life span of sufferers of digestive and metabolic pancreatic diseases.



Pancreas is not an “accessory” digestive gland; all gastrointestinal health and metabolism critically depends upon the proper functioning of this vital organ.



Every year, 87,000 cases of pancreatitis occur in the USA. This is only the tip of the iceberg of digestive (pancreatic) diseases. Most attacks of pancreatitis are mild and go undiagnosed. Acute, chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer are diseases on the rise. In almost all chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, exocrine pancreatic function is diminished. Some studies indicate pancreatic abnormalities in 13% of a “normal” population.

Various experts consider that 8% of diabetes mellitus cases are caused by chronic pancreatitis. A large number of diabetics silently suffer from digestive problems, as well. The epidemic of obesity leads to a rise in epidemic proportions of fatty liver and fatty pancreas. The authors believe that the pandemic of digestive (pancreatic) disorders is strongly interrelated with the pandemics of metabolic acidosis and dysbiosis.



Medical providers can help their patients by focusing on early stages of the pancreatic disorders. Therefore, authors propose that the practical, clinical classification of the exocrine pancreatic deficiency stages be the following: functional, structural, and final. For each of these stages, the readers will find healing programs and practical recommendations.



This book is unusual because all of the chapters include two sections: the first breaks down the medical issues into simple words for people without a medical background, the next section addresses people with a medical background. This last section is for doctors, health care practitioners, and people to want to examine serious medical research about pancreatic health.



Reader will learn how to heal many digestive (pancreatic) disorders in their early stages by utilizing a number of proven, nondrug methods. One approach that is virtually unknown in the US is drinking healing mineral water prepared from genuine Karlovy Vary spring salt at home. Millions of people around the world have used this “miracle” mineral water to aid digestive health for more than 250 years. Reader may be surprised to learn that acupuncture, herbal remedies, nutritional supplementation, visceral massage, hypnosis, whole body cleansing with the restoration of friendly intestinal flora, colon hydrotherapy, and special exercises may help relieve many digestive disorders.



Some topics about pancreatic health in this book are new. To convince the conservative readers, we provide more than 300 referrals from respectful and well-known professors, researchers, medical doctors, and health practitioners from all over the world.



The authors hope that this book will be useful to not only many different health professionals such as medical doctors, naturopathic physicians, RNs, chiropractors, herbalists, acupuncturists, nutritionists, and colon hydro therapists and, but also and most importantly, for the hundreds and thousands of sufferers with the digestive (pancreatic) disorders.






About Peter Melamed


Peter Melamed, Ph.D. received his medical education first as a registered nurse and then as a medical doctor in Russia. He took specialized training in anesthesiology, intensive care, and internal medicine. Working as a physician, he became interested in holistic healing through his clinical experience with herbs, acupuncture, healing mineral water, and internal cleansing. He was granted a license to practice acupuncture in Russia in 1978, and from that time, he combined conventional Western medical treatment with herbs, acupuncture, and other nondrug healing therapies.

In 1975, Peter Melamed established Biotherapy as a natural, holistic approach to healing. Biotherapy combines the wisdom of traditional Russian folk medicine, ancient Oriental medical therapies, and European naturopathy with cutting-edge Western technology.

After immigrating to the USA and passing all the exams, Peter Melamed succeeded in starting up a private practice in 1996 at the Biotherapy Alternative Medicine Clinic of San Francisco Bay Area.

He is the author of many articles and two books:

1. Natural European Way of Whole Body Cleansing. Karlovy Vary Mineral Water for Healing and Rejuvenation

2. Healthy Pancreas, Healthy You






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Health Promotion Pathways: Applied Activities for the Collegiate Classroom by Jennifer J. Edwards, Ph.D.

>> Tuesday, June 3, 2014


Health Promotion Pathways is an activity guide for college students enrolled in health promotion classes. The activities range in duration, including problem-solving activities, case studies, and events. They are written to inspire open-ended responses and class discussion. This activity guide best supports content in community health, health education, and program planning.



Health Promotion Pathways offers activities for college students enrolled in health promotion classes. It supports the applied nature of the public health field by presenting activities that require students to relate textbook knowledge to real life. In general, this activity guide best supports content in community health, health education, and program planning.



The activities range in duration, including problem-solving activities, case studies, and events. They are written to inspire open-ended responses and promote learning that students co-create among themselves. The majority of these activities are designed for the instructor to infuse his or her own teaching philosophy when guiding responses during class discussion.








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Flower of Iowa by Lance Ringel

>> Monday, June 2, 2014


Flower of Iowa takes place against the turbulent backdrop of World War I. In France during the final months of the war in 1918, young American Tommy Flowers juggles the challenges of life in the trenches with an unexpected attraction to British soldier David Pearson. The men must navigate this revelation as the war reaches a crescendo. Flower of Iowa is a tale of love, bravery and tragedy.



To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I this August, we proudly announce the publication of Flower of Iowa by Lance Ringel. In the tradition of historical novels about the epic war that tore Europe in half, Flower of Iowa is a sprawling tale of battle, courage, the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of love. This unforgettable book recalls Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, if that classic tale of love and war had featured two men at the bruised heart of the story.

Taking place in France during the final months of the bloody war in 1918, Flower of Iowa focuses on American soldier Tommy Flowers. As the naïve young man struggles to learn how to be a good soldier, he becomes attracted to Nicole Lacroix, a young French barmaid. However, Flowers finds himself in a rivalry for her affections with his brash Australian lieutenant, Jamie Colbeck.

At the same time, Tommy befriends British soldier David Pearson – a friendship that soon develops an unexpected intimacy. Baffled by their feelings, but committed to exploring them further, Tommy and David do everything to spend time together, even after David is wounded and sent home to England to convalesce. When Tommy and David are parted again by the war, a compassionate nurse, Sister Jean Anderson, generously devises a scheme by which she will secretly shuttle love letters between the pair until they can reunite.

Equally tragic and hopeful, dramatically stirring and historically faithful, Flower of Iowa takes its place among the memorable novels about the Great War, distinguishing itself with a gallery of compelling characters, meticulous research and exhilarating storytelling that vividly captures the war that changed the world forever.

Flower of Iowa is the first published novel by veteran journalist and writer Lance Ringel. Long fascinated with The Great War (as WWI was called at the time), Ringel first began work on the book in 1992 at the height of the controversy surrounding President Bill Clinton’s campaign promise to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Ringel envisioned a saga that examined a relationship between two soldiers set against the backdrop of WWI. This idea launched him into a five-year journey across America and through Europe in a quest to make sure that Flower of Iowa was as historically accurate as possible. Ringel visited former battlefields across the French countryside, their surrounding towns, as well as numerous museums in Europe and the United States.

While the first draft of Flower of Iowa was completed in 1997, Ringel continued to make periodic revisions of the manuscript over the past 17 years. However, as the centenary of World War I drew near, the author decided it was the perfect time to share his book with the huge audience of WWI enthusiasts in America and around the world.






About Lance Ringel


A journalist and writer for four decades, Lance Ringel has penned five novels and three plays. At Vassar College, where he has worked for 14 years, he served as principal writer for Vassar Voices, a staged reading honoring the college’s sesquicentennial. It debuted at Lincoln Center, starring Meryl Streep, Lisa Kudrow and Frances Sternhagen and subsequently toured America and London. Ringel also wrote the narrative for At Home in the World, a music-and-words collaboration directed by John Caird that recently played across Japan. Ringel has had an impressive career in politics as well, serving as Assistant Commissioner of Human Rights under New York Governor Mario Cuomo. A native of central Illinois, Ringel currently resides in Poughkeepsie, New York, with his spouse of 37 years, actor-composer Chuck Muckle. Flower of Iowa is his first published work.







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Private Practice Preparedness – The Health Care Professional's Guide to Closing a Practice Due to Retirement, Death, or Disability by Rob Reinhardt, LPCS, M.Ed., NCC


Private Practice Preparedness provides the tools for healthcare professionals to fulfill their ethical obligations regarding continuance of care in the case of emergency or retirement. Its unique Step-By-Step Guide to closing a practice allows appointed representatives to efficiently take over a practice in an emergency. Registration of your purchase allows you to download all included templates.



Be sure to save your order information and receipt as proof of purchase. These will allow you to register your purchase and download the included templates!



Private Practice Preparedness: The Health Care Professional's Guide to Closing a Practice Due to Retirement, Death, or Disability provides the information and tools to ensure a smooth transition of care. Beyond the scope of a personal or professional will, Wheeler and Reinhardt share information, as well as tools to collect and organize such materials. In-depth descriptions of the roles of the Emergency Response Team for closing a practice, their duties, and templates to assist in carrying them out are included. All tools needed, for someone in private practice, to respond to an emergency thoroughly and quickly are laid out in this book. Its unique Step-By-Step Guide to closing a practice allows appointed representatives to efficiently take over a practice in an emergency, or as part of a planned transition.



The Step-by-Step Guide along with several templates are available for download for all registered purchasers of the book! Be sure to save your order information and receipt for proof of purchase.



Templates available for download with registration include:

- Practice Reference

- Records Custodian Agreement

- Sample Retirement Notice

- Sample Closure Notice

- Sample Telephone Message

- Computer & Software Inventory

- Step-by-Step Guide to Closing a Practice






About Rob Reinhardt, LPCS, M.Ed., NCC


Rob is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor in North Carolina, and a Nationally Certified Counselor. Director of a growing counseling and wellness practicehe is also the CEO of Tame Your Practice, a private practice consulting firm. In addition to running a successful practice himself, he helps mental health and other professionals grow their practices, with a focus on efficient and compliant use of technology. Rob is also column editor of the “Tech Tutor” column of Counseling Today, the magazine of the American Counseling Association.



Prior to entering the world of mental health care, his career was focused on Information Technology, with experience in software development, project management, and corporate management.In talking with Nancy about the need for health care professionals to engage in advanced planning for emergency or planned practice closing, Rob recognized the growing need for documentation of electronic systems. He brings his knowledge of computers and software to this project, in the hopes of easing the burden of transition for professionals and their appointed representatives.



When he isn't talking therapy with clients or technology with health care professionals, Rob can be found playing ultimate frisbee, playing board games, traveling, and/or enjoying time with his family.






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Crossroads of the Gods: The Wiccan Way of the King by Bear Heart


The Essential Magical Rituals, Invocations and preparations for the Sword and Cauldron of the King of All Witches








About Bear Heart


Bear Heart is a 3rd Degree High Priest of Wicca and full inheritor of the Crossroads of the Horned God tradition of European sorcery. A practicing magician of ritual high magic for over 20 years, he maintains membership in a number of other magical and secret societies.






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