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Author: Philip Galanes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-11-27
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 145160579X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA series of whimsical essays by the New York Times "Social Q's" columnist provides modern advice on navigating today's murky moral waters, sharing recommendations for such everyday situations as texting on the bus to splitting a dinner check.
Author: Chuck Tingle
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2019-06-09
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9781072912354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAcross the wide world of the Tingleverse, one thing is clear: love is real. But, for many buckaroos, their preferred kind of love has nothing to do with sex. Whether asexual or just not feeling it at the moment, this collection of completely sexless tales is perfect for the desires of any readers who are looking for a non-sexual trip through the alternate timelines of Dr. Chuck Tingle.NOT POUNDED IN THE BUTT BY ANYTHING AND THAT'S OKAYWhen Ken starts his day late for a very important presentation at work, he has no idea how much this small mistake will change the rest of his life. Soon enough, the handsome man is having several platonic encounters with a Unicorn Butt Cop, his bigfoot boss, and a shirtless dinosaur librarian.Eventually, Ken finds himself on a dinner date with the muscular dinosaur, feasting on a home cooked meal as the two enjoy each other's presence. But is their connection simply friendship? Or something romantic?One thing's for sure, it's definitely not sexual; and that's okay!NOT POUNDED IN THE BUTT BY MY BOOK "NOT POUNDED IN THE BUTT BY ANYTHING AND THAT'S OKAY" AND THAT'S OKAYWorld famous author, Luck Dingle, needs a vacation. Taking a break from the cold of Billings, Luck travels to Hawaii only to discover that the sentient, physical manifestation of his latest book, Not Pounded In The Butt By Anything And That's Okay, has embarked on a similar journey.NOT POUNDED AT THE LAST SECOND BECAUSE CONSENT CAN BE GIVEN AND REVOKED AT ANY MOMENT AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTANDBlip is on the way to a white water rafting trip, but he's nervous about the adventure before it even begins. Fortunately, Blip finds himself with a wonderful and patient guide, a handsome bigfoot named Garto Grims who explains that, while the river may seem like there's only one path to take, there are actually several forks in the road, and it's always okay to stop entirely.As the attraction between Blip and Garto mounts, they suddenly find themselves locked in the heat of passion, and when Blip suddenly changes his mind about the encounter, he quickly learns that's okay!DRESSED UP HANDSOME AND NOT POUNDED BECAUSE COSPLAY IS NOT CONSENTClippo loves science fiction, fantasy and comic books, but he's never managed to make it to a convention; until now. This weekend, Clippo and his friend Jorn are headed to Tinglecon, dressed up real handsome and excited to show off their new outfits.But when someone approaches Clippo inappropriately, security is quickly called. With the T-Rex head of security as his guide, Clippo has a front row seat in observing the world of self-entitled morons who think cosplay is consent. Clippo witness's a variety of tests that prove time and time again, these idiotic men have no idea what they're talking about.NICE GUY DINOSAUR DOESN'T POUND ME IN THE BUTT BECAUSE I'M NOT INTERESTED AND HE'S NOT ACTUALLY NICE HE'S JUST ANNOYING AND CREPPY AND DOESN'T RESPECT MY BOUNDARIES WHEN I TELL HIM WE'RE NOT ON A DATEWhen Montan learns that his local comic shop is holding a tournament for one of his favorite, old-school videogames, he desperately wants to go. Unfortunately, tickets have been sold out for a while, but when a fedora-wearing dinosaur named Prenko overhears Montan's dilemma, he offers an extra ticket.NOT POUNDED BY THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF MY NEED TO PLEASE EVERYONE BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S OKAY TO GIVE BACK TO YOURSELFJoey likes to help the people around him, and he's proud of that fact, but after fainting at work from exhaustion the man begins to realize that he might be wearing himself out. Unfortunately, when the physical manifestation of Joey's need to please everyone around him shows up, things go from bad to worse.
Author: Denise Turner
Publisher: Critical Publishing
Published: 2021-01-11
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 1913453642
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCaptures the unique moment in time created by the Covid-19 pandemic and uses this as a lens to explore contemporary issues for social work education and practice. The 2020 coronavirus pandemic provided an unprecedented moment of global crisis, which placed health and social care at the forefront of the national agenda. The lockdown, social distancing measures and rapid move to online working created multiple challenges and safeguarding concerns for social work education and practice, whilst the unparalleled death rate exacerbated pre-existing problems with communicating openly about death and bereavement. Many of these issues were already at the surface of social work practice and education and this book examines how the health crisis has exposed these, whilst acting as a potential catalyst for change. This book acts as a testament to the historical moment whilst providing a forum for drawing together discussion from contemporary educators, practitioners and users of social work services.
Author: Lindsey Luckey
Publisher:
Published: 2020-03-31
Total Pages: 31
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the wake of a pandemic, everyone's world has been turned upside down. Children have not been able to go to school or see friends. This can be confusing, and this book aims to help them to understand that! Not only about the current pandemic, but germs in general! It encourages and explains the importance of hand washing and explains why it is important to stay safe at home, even though it can be hard to be away from friends! At the back of the book, are activity pages to give those kids something fun to do while maintaining a safe social distance.
Author: M.J. Ryan
Publisher: Conari Press
Published: 2013-04-01
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1573245992
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a guide to recapturing the virtue of patience on a daily basis, looking at its benefits and practices while offering twenty simple patience boosters.
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2020-11-28
Total Pages: 501
ISBN-13: 0309670381
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen communities face complex public health emergencies, state local, tribal, and territorial public health agencies must make difficult decisions regarding how to effectively respond. The public health emergency preparedness and response (PHEPR) system, with its multifaceted mission to prevent, protect against, quickly respond to, and recover from public health emergencies, is inherently complex and encompasses policies, organizations, and programs. Since the events of September 11, 2001, the United States has invested billions of dollars and immeasurable amounts of human capital to develop and enhance public health emergency preparedness and infrastructure to respond to a wide range of public health threats, including infectious diseases, natural disasters, and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear events. Despite the investments in research and the growing body of empirical literature on a range of preparedness and response capabilities and functions, there has been no national-level, comprehensive review and grading of evidence for public health emergency preparedness and response practices comparable to those utilized in medicine and other public health fields. Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response reviews the state of the evidence on PHEPR practices and the improvements necessary to move the field forward and to strengthen the PHEPR system. This publication evaluates PHEPR evidence to understand the balance of benefits and harms of PHEPR practices, with a focus on four main areas of PHEPR: engagement with and training of community-based partners to improve the outcomes of at-risk populations after public health emergencies; activation of a public health emergency operations center; communication of public health alerts and guidance to technical audiences during a public health emergency; and implementation of quarantine to reduce the spread of contagious illness.
Author: Thomassen, Anja Overgaard
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2020-12-11
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 1799849767
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExisting research understands co-production as leading to shifts in roles of the public sector institutions and their staffs. The shift is seen in the way that a discursive use of the term service provision with embedded logics encompassing fiscal accountability, performance measurement, efficiency, and process regulation has changed towards discourses that embrace collaboration between the public sector front staff and the citizens, with the aim of developing legitimate and effective welfare services that are co-produced by means of active participation and distributed decision making. However, this change requires new approaches to the way in which the implementation of new practices and tools is executed in practice as studied and researched, and how the new practices and tools are understood and evaluated in organizations. Processual Perspectives on the Co-Production Turn in Public Sector Organizations is an essential reference book that examines, unfolds, and develops approaches to co-production and implementation as dynamic, processual, collaborative, sensemaking, and as requiring and resulting in capacity building and learning. Moreover, the book examines new approaches to engage citizens and public sector actors in collaborative and co-productive processes, especially with concern for new goals pertaining to sustainability, social equity, democratic legitimacy, etc. Covering topics that include knowledge management and collective leadership, the book presents perspectives on capacity building, learning, change, and evaluation in organizations and current research in different areas of the public sector. It is intended for public sector administrators and managers investigating the relevancy, approaches, and methods in co-production. Furthermore, it targets civil actors and welfare service users, leaders and managers of public organizations, researchers, academicians, and students in programs that include social welfare development, public administration, political science, and organizational development.
Author: Hedy Cleaver
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2011-10-12
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780117063655
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis second edition of "Children's needs - parenting capacity" updates the original exploration of the research literature in the light of legal and policy changes in England and findings from more recent national and international research. The edition has also been expanded to cover parental learning disabilities and how it may impact on parenting and children's health and development. The findings show that these parenting issues affect children differently depending on their age and individual circumstances. While some children grow up apparently unscathed, others exhibit emotional and behavioural disorders. This knowledge can inform practitioners undertaking assessments of the needs of children and their families and effective service responses. This publication is essential reading for practitioners, managers and policy makers concerned with improving the outcomes for children and families who are experiencing such problems.
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 62
ISBN-13: 9241547685
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis guidance is an update of WHO global influenza preparedness plan: the role of WHO and recommendations for national measures before and during pandemics, published March 2005 (WHO/CDS/CSR/GIP/2005.5).
Author: Randall Collins
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014-05-06
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 1400851742
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSex, smoking, and social stratification are three very different social phenomena. And yet, argues sociologist Randall Collins, they and much else in our social lives are driven by a common force: interaction rituals. Interaction Ritual Chains is a major work of sociological theory that attempts to develop a "radical microsociology." It proposes that successful rituals create symbols of group membership and pump up individuals with emotional energy, while failed rituals drain emotional energy. Each person flows from situation to situation, drawn to those interactions where their cultural capital gives them the best emotional energy payoff. Thinking, too, can be explained by the internalization of conversations within the flow of situations; individual selves are thoroughly and continually social, constructed from the outside in. The first half of Interaction Ritual Chains is based on the classic analyses of Durkheim, Mead, and Goffman and draws on micro-sociological research on conversation, bodily rhythms, emotions, and intellectual creativity. The second half discusses how such activities as sex, smoking, and social stratification are shaped by interaction ritual chains. For example, the book addresses the emotional and symbolic nature of sexual exchanges of all sorts--from hand-holding to masturbation to sexual relationships with prostitutes--while describing the interaction rituals they involve. This book will appeal not only to psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists, but to those in fields as diverse as human sexuality, religious studies, and literary theory.
