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Playing Well With Others

Author : Lee Harrington
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 0937609595
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book Playing Well With Others written by Lee Harrington and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're a trembling novice or a jaded expert, there's always something new to be discovered in the endlessly changing, complex and titillating world of kink. While there are plenty of other books out there that explain how to give a spanking or tie a half-hitch, Playing Well With Others is the first book that explains kink *culture* -- the munches, parties, leather bars, conferences, workshops, fetish nights, exploratoriums and all the other gatherings of kinksters that turn BDSM and leather from a bedroom predilection to a lifestyle and a community. You'll learn to: • Examine your own motivations, needs, wants and desires • Ease your way into established communities • Understand etiquette in different adventurous sex communities • Familiarize yourself with the many types of events available to you • Care for your relationships as you explore new territory • Negotiate for play and aftercare • Go back to the “world at large” without ruffling feathers • ...and, of course, answer the all-important question: What do you wear?! The team of Harrington and Williams offers 30-plus years of experience in diverse kink communities: top, bottom and switch; gay, bi and straight; female, male and trans; white and POC. Both former titleholders and international educators, they are an unbeatable pair of "sexual sherpas" with an inimitable voice and a great deal of wisdom. Playing Well With Others is an unprecedented and essential guidebook for anyone who wants to explore or understand the "community" aspect of the kink lifestyle.

Discovering the Other

Author : Cameron Harder
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566995108
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Discovering the Other written by Cameron Harder and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is God's mission? Simply put, says theologian and field educator Cameron Harder, God's mission is to form communities that reflect and embody the life of the Trinity. Discovering the Other is an introduction to two tools that community builders have found helpful: appreciative inquiry and asset mapping. These tools help congregations see that all of life is saturated by the sacred and give them energy to begin living as if it were so. Instead of asking, 'What's wrong?' appreciative inquiry asks, 'What's right?' Asset mapping asks, 'What resources do you have personally that we could bring to our future together?' Out of these questions can arise a sense that every congregation is rich in history, people, and resources. Ideas emerge as people, inspired by the Spirit, listen and talk to each other. The leader's task is to facilitate, coalesce, and connect ideas, to catalyze and stimulate the development of vision. The creative connections lead to programs and projects that will enrich your congregation's mission. But most importantly, in the process they will engage you with others, with their stories, their hopes, their gifts - to build community. This book looks for God, not only through the lens of such tools, but in the tools themselves. It is an effort to understand how processes like appreciative inquiry and asset mapping reflect the character and community-building style of the God whom Christians worship as Divine community.

Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

EJKM Volume 8 Issue 1

Author :
Publisher : Academic Conferences Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book EJKM Volume 8 Issue 1 written by and published by Academic Conferences Limited. This book was released on with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Discovering Second Temple Literature

Author : Malka Z. Simkovich
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0827614284
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book Discovering Second Temple Literature written by Malka Z. Simkovich and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those unfamiliar with the many divisions within Judaism at that time or with Jewish life in other parts of the Roman Empire, this book offers an excellent introduction to a little-studied time period. Readers of Jewish history will definitely want to add this work to their shelves.--Rabbi Rachel Esserman, Reporter Exploring the world of the Second Temple period (539 BCE-70 CE), in particular the vastly diverse stories, commentaries, and other documents written by Jews during the last three centuries of this period, Malka Z. Simkovich takes us to Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, to the Jewish sectarians and the Roman-Jewish historian Josephus, to the Cairo genizah, and to the ancient caves that kept the secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls. As she recounts Jewish history during this vibrant, formative era, Simkovich analyzes some of the period's most important works for both familiar and possible meanings. This volume interweaves past and present in four parts. Part 1 tells modern stories of discovery of Second Temple literature. Part 2 describes the Jewish communities that flourished both in the land of Israel and in the Diaspora. Part 3 explores the lives, worldviews, and significant writings of Second Temple authors. Part 4 examines how authors of the time introduced novel, rewritten, and expanded versions of Bible stories in hopes of imparting messages to the people. Simkovich's popular style will engage readers in understanding the sometimes surprisingly creative ways Jews at this time chose to practice their religion and interpret its scriptures in light of a cultural setting so unlike that of their Israelite forefathers. Like many modern Jews today, they made an ancient religion meaningful in an ever-changing world.

Resource Discovery

Author : Zoé Lacroix
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642144152
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Resource Discovery written by Zoé Lacroix and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource discovery is the process of identifying and locating existing resources thathavea particularproperty. Aresourcecorrespondsto aninformationsource such as a data repositoryor databasemanagement system (e. g. , a query form or a textual search engine), a link between resources (an index or hyperlink), or a servicesuchasanapplicationoratool. Resourcesarecharacterizedbycoreinf- mation including a name, a description of its input and its output (parameters or format), its address, and various additional properties expressed as me- data. Resources are organized with respect to metadata that characterize their content (for data sources), their semantics (in terms of ontological classes and relationships), their characteristics (syntactical properties), their performance (with metrics and benchmarks), their quality (curation, reliability, trust), etc. Resource discovery systems allow the expression of queries to identify and - cate resources that implement speci?c tasks. Machine-based resource discovery relies on crawling, clustering, and classifying resources discovered on the Web automatically. The First Workshop on Resource Discovery (RED) took place on November 25, 2008 in Linz, Austria. It was organized jointly with the 10th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-Based Applications and S- vices and its proceedings were published by ACM. The second edition of the workshop was co-located with the 35th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB) in the beautiful city of Lyon, France. Nine papers were selected for presentation at this second edition. Areas of researchaddressedby these papers include the problem of resource characterization and classi?cation, resourcecomposition,andontology-drivendiscovery.

Finding Intentional Community

Author : James Werning
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532612273
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Finding Intentional Community written by James Werning and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the neighborhood of your dreams. Here you'll find great friends. Help and encouragement. Shared meals and resources. Family gatherings. These pages present a parade of homes like you've never imagined . . . neighborhoods, farms, apartments, and houses in which Christians are discovering the key to contentment in community. It's nothing new. Community was God's idea in the garden. Sure, it was twisted by the fall, but the early church's example of healthy community is being re-experienced by many believers today. Maybe you're considering a move to an intentional community. Or maybe you want to develop deeper friendships and commitment without going anywhere at all. Then read on. These people can lead you to the next step, through engaging stories of brokenness, joyful surrender, creative awakenings, and simple childlikeness. Enjoy this colorful tour of some of the most alive and authentic communities in America today. This could be the most satisfying journey home that you have ever taken.

Finding Communities in Social Networks Using Graph Embeddings

Author : Mosab Alfaqeeh
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031609166
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book Finding Communities in Social Networks Using Graph Embeddings written by Mosab Alfaqeeh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Early Discovery | Growing In The Community Of Believers

Author : Rick Curtis
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411630335
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Early Discovery | Growing In The Community Of Believers written by Rick Curtis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Conquering Complexity

Author : Mike Hinchey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447122976
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Conquering Complexity written by Mike Hinchey and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Software has long been perceived as complex, at least within Software Engineering circles. We have been living in a recognised state of crisis since the first NATO Software Engineering conference in 1968. Time and again we have been proven unable to engineer reliable software as easily/cheaply as we imagined. Cost overruns and expensive failures are the norm. The problem is fundamentally one of complexity: software is fundamentally complex because it must be precise. Problems that appear to be specified quite easily in plain language become far more complex when written in a more formal notation, such as computer code. Comparisons with other engineering disciplines are deceptive. One cannot easily increase the factor of safety of software in the same way that one could in building a steel structure, for example. Software is typically built assuming perfection, often without adequate safety nets in case the unthinkable happens. In such circumstances it should not be surprising to find out that (seemingly) minor errors have the potential to cause entire software systems to collapse. The goal of this book is to uncover techniques that will aid in overcoming complexity and enable us to produce reliable, dependable computer systems that will operate as intended, and yet are produced on-time, in budget, and are evolvable, both over time and at run time. We hope that the contributions in this book will aid in understanding the nature of software complexity and provide guidance for the control or avoidance of complexity in the engineering of complex software systems.

Incarnational Mission

Author : Samuel Wells
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467449695
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book Incarnational Mission written by Samuel Wells and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold new way of thinking about Christian mission “With,” says Samuel Wells, “is the most important word in the Christian faith.” In this compelling follow-up to Incarnational Ministry: Being with the Church, Wells explores what it means for mission-minded Christians and churches to be with the world. Drawing on the Gospels, Acts, and personal insights gleaned from his more than two decades in ministry, Wells elaborates on the concept of being with in eight dimensions: presence, atten-tion, mystery, delight, participation, partnership, enjoyment, and glory. His vivid narratives and wise reflections will help Christian readers better understand how to be with all kinds of people outside the church, both individually and collectively. CONTENTS Prologue: Not of This Fold Introduction: The Mission of Being With 1. Being with the Lapsed 2. Being with Seekers 3. Being with Those of No Professed Faith 4. Being with Those of Other Faiths 5. Being with the Hostile 6. Being with Neighbors 7. Being with Organizations 8. Being with Institutions 9. Being with Government 10. Being with the Excluded Epilogue: Are You Hungry?

Religious Leadership

Author : Sharon Henderson Callahan
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452276129
Total Pages : 825 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Religious Leadership written by Sharon Henderson Callahan and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2-volume set within The SAGE Reference Series on Leadership tackles issues relevant to leadership in the realm of religion. It explores such themes as the contexts in which religious leaders move, leadership in communities of faith, leadership as taught in theological education and training, religious leadership impacting social change and social justice, and more. Topics are examined from multiple perspectives, traditions, and faiths. Features & Benefits: By focusing on key topics with 100 brief chapters, we provide students with more depth than typically found in encyclopedia entries but with less jargon or density than the typical journal article or research handbook chapter. Signed chapters are written in language and style that is broadly accessible. Each chapter is followed by a brief bibliography and further readings to guide students to sources for more in-depth exploration in their research journeys. A detailed index, cross-references between chapters, and an online version enhance accessibility for today's student audience.

Adolescents' Self-Discovery in Groups

Author : Theresa A. Thorkildsen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317445430
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Adolescents' Self-Discovery in Groups written by Theresa A. Thorkildsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded in investigations conducted over the past 25 years, Adolescents’ Self-Discovery in Groups demonstrates how adolescents can become more active in society based on how they form, maintain, and evaluate groups. By collaborating with youth in a wide range of communities, Thorkildsen details the trajectory of adolescents’ development—from a primarily self-oriented perspective to beliefs about and participation in local and global activities. Focused especially on the potential of schools for catalyzing this development, this volume details youth’s affirmations and critiques of educational practices, and uses these evaluations to illustrate adolescents’ readiness to fulfill leadership responsibilities. Written for scholars, students, and professionals seeking to understand how adolescents construe their social worlds, Adolescents’ Self-Discovery in Groups makes a powerful case for group interaction being central to adolescent development.

Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery

Author : Mukesh K. Mohania
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642151051
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery written by Mukesh K. Mohania and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data warehousing and knowledge discovery has been widely accepted as a key te- nology for enterprises and organizations to improve their abilities in data analysis, decision support, and the automatic extraction of knowledge from data. With the exponentially growing amount of information to be included in the decision-making process, the data to be considered become more and more complex in both structure and semantics. New developments such as cloud computing add to the challenges with massive scaling, a new computing infrastructure, and new types of data. Consequently, the process of retrieval and knowledge discovery from this huge amount of heterogeneous complex data forms the litmus test for research in the area. In the last decade, the International Conference on Data Warehousing and Kno- edge Discovery (DaWaK) has become one of the most important international sci- tific events bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners to discuss the latest research issues and experiences in developing and deploying data warehousing and knowledge discovery systems, applications, and solutions. th This year’s conference, the 12 International Conference on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery (DaWaK 2010), continued the tradition by discussing and disseminating innovative principles, methods, algorithms, and solutions to challe- ing problems faced in the development of data warehousing, knowledge discovery, the emerging area of "cloud intelligence," and applications within these areas. In order to better reflect novel trends and the diversity of topics, the conference was organized in four tracks: Cloud Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Knowledge Discovery, and Industry and Applications.

The Cairo Genizah and the Age of Discovery in Egypt

Author : Rebecca J. W. Jefferson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788319664
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The Cairo Genizah and the Age of Discovery in Egypt written by Rebecca J. W. Jefferson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cairo Genizah is considered one of the world's greatest Hebrew manuscript treasures. Yet the story of how over a quarter of a million fragments hidden in Egypt were discovered and distributed around the world, before becoming collectively known as “The Cairo Genizah,” is far more convoluted and compelling than previously told. The full story involves an international cast of scholars, librarians, archaeologists, excavators, collectors, dealers and agents, operating from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, and all acting with varying motivations and intentions in a race for the spoils. Basing her research on a wealth of archival materials, Jefferson reconstructs how these protagonists used their various networks to create key alliances, or to blaze lone trails, each one on a quest to recover ancient manuscripts. Following in their footsteps, she takes the reader on a journey down into ancient caves and tombs, under medieval rubbish mounds, into hidden attic rooms, vaults, basements and wells, along labyrinthine souks, and behind the doors of private clubs and cloistered colleges. Along the way, the reader will also learn about the importance of establishing manuscript provenance and authenticity, and the impact to our understanding of the past when either factor is in doubt.

Discovery of historical evidence of the Holy Quran

Author : Abdul Waheed
Publisher : Abdul Waheed
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discovery of historical evidence of the Holy Quran written by Abdul Waheed and published by Abdul Waheed . This book was released on with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today the whole world knows that the source of knowing history is also the holy religious texts from which we get to know the history of that time. Among them, the Holy Quran is also a religious text from which we get to know the history of that time and also the ancient history. There are many things in the Quran which were not discovered earlier but now they have been discovered, the details of the same are given in this book. There are still many things left in this book, if you know about them, then let me know, I will try to include your articles. Thank you

Discovery Science

Author : Tapio Elomaa
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642244777
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Discovery Science written by Tapio Elomaa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Discovery Science, DS 2011, held in Espoo, Finland, in October 2011 - co-located with ALT 2011, the 22nd International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory. The 24 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited lectures were carefully revised and selected from 56 submissions. The papers cover a wide range including the development and analysis of methods for automatic scientific knowledge discovery, machine learning, intelligent data analysis, theory of learning, as well as their application to knowledge discovery.