The term 'big data' is virtually ubiquitous in both cultural and technical contexts. The fifth volume of Inflection is an open-ended investigation into how designers are interpreting and countering the prevailing narrative that pushes for greater efficiency and automation using sophisticated data analytics. Feedback gathers a wide range of responses, united by their collective advocacy for a sophisticated understanding of processes, frameworks and ethics. Inflection is a student-run design...

Elle s'est hissée dans un monde d'hommes. Jusqu'à les dépasser avec le sourire. Lynn Hill a écrit l'une des grandes pages de l'escalade au féminin.Le 16 septembre 1994 est une journée incroyable dans l'histoire de l'escalade : une jeune Californienne réussit en moins de vingt-quatre heures et en libre l'ascension du Nose, la voie emblématique du Yosemite. À l'adresse des nombreux hommes qui s'y sont cassé les dents, elle conclut d'une formule célèbre : " It goes boys !

A sympathetic, compassionate, and inspiring guide for parents—from the founders of one of the first Christian ministries for parents of LGBTQ children.Greg and Lynn McDonald had never interacted with members of the LGBTQ community until they discovered that their son was gay. Without resources or support, they had no idea how to come to terms with this discovery. At first they tried to “fix” him, to no avail. But even in the earliest days of their journey, the McDo...

A sympathetic, compassionate, and inspiring guide for parents—from the founders of one of the first Christian ministries for parents of LGBTQ children.Greg and Lynn McDonald had never interacted with members of the LGBTQ community until they discovered that their son was gay. Without resources or support, they had no idea how to come to terms with this discovery. At first they tried to “fix” him, to no avail. But even in the earliest days of their journey, the McDo...

For every television series, the original vision grows within a press of forces-both social and artistic expectations, conventions of the business, as well as conventions of the art. Bad television-predictable, commercial, exploitative-simply yields to the forces. Good television, like the character of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, fights them. Fighting the Forces explores the struggle to create meaning in an impressive example of popular culture, the television series phenomenon Buffy the Vam...

Este libro es para mamás y papás cristianos que están en el trayecto de vida con su hijo LGBTQ+. La Guía de estudio**Cómo aceptar el trayecto es un recurso para ayudarles a explorar la singular historia de su familia, donde pueden ahondar en las lecciones y verdades que ofrece la Biblia sobre cómo amar a Dios y amar a su hijo, ya sea como parte de un pequeño grupo o por su cuenta.Cuando los autores Greg y Lynn McDonald se enteraron de que su único hijo es gay, se les cayó ...

This book is for Christian moms and dads who are in the middle of your journeys with your LGBTQ+ child. The Embracing the Journey Companion Study Guide is a resource to help you explore your family’s unique story. It’s the place where you can dive deep, either as part of a small group or on your own, into the lessons and truths that the Bible offers about how to love God and love your child.When authors Greg and Lynn McDonald found out that their only son was gay, his news...

In the nonprofit sector, money drives mission. Well-managed budgets and investments can spur long-term growth and achievement, while financial mismanagement can damage and even destroy organizations. Weikart, Chen, and Sermier—in their exciting new text geared wholly to nonprofits—provide the financial tools nonprofit managers need to thrive in pursuit of mission success.Given the wide array of nonprofit managers′ backgrounds, and recognizing that there is often an inherent fear of...

This comprehensive introduction to Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy lays out the background and fundamentals of the approach covering theory and practice.Gendlin, after many articles on Focusing-oriented psychotherapy, finally published the text Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy in 1996, making these ideas more widely available to the world. With contributions from some of the world's most influential contemporary Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapists and a foreword by Gendlin, this book...

The thoroughly updated and expanded Second Edition of Greg G. Chen, Lynne A. Weikart, and Daniel W. Williams’ Budget Tools: Financial Methods in the Public Sector brings together scores of exercises that will take students through the process of public budgeting, from organizing data through analysis and presentation. This thoroughly revised text has been restructured – it now has 30 compact modules to focus on individual skills a...

Can an innocent bit of garlic be responsible for your allergies, skin issues, anxiety, digestive problems or hot flashes? Garlic, kale, and other foods high in sulfur can lead to challenging health issues, chronic disease and possibly even cancer, in people who can't metabolize sulfur.In this ground-breaking book, you'll discover:• The vital role sulfur plays in health• How environmental toxins can wreck sulfur metabolism• The wide range of health effects ca...

Now in a revised and updated edition with added original chapters, this acclaimed book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the complex links between revolutionary struggles and human rights discourses and practices. Covering events as far removed from one another in time and space as the English Civil War, the Parisian upheavals of 1789, Latin American independence struggles, and protests in late twentieth-century China, the contributors explore the paradoxes of revolutionary and ...