Parker Pillsbury: Radical Abolitionist, Male Feminist

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Parker Pillsbury--one of the most important and least examined antislavery activists of the nineteenth century--was a man of intense contradictions. Was he a disruptive eccentric who lashed out at authority (proclaiming Lincoln the worst president in the nation's history) or a sensitive visionary committed to social justice?

In the first full-length biography of this remarkable American, Stacey M. Robertson depicts a man who became a leading voice in the antebellum period. Crisscrossing the North for twenty-five years, Pillsbury denounced slavery to all who would listen. In his travels, he often endured the violent rage of mob opposition, but he also received the passionate support of fellow advocates. Robertson's vivid portrayal of this itinerant agitator revises standard views of the antislavery movement by highlighting the interplay between activists such as Pillsbury and the national leadership, which they often challenged. She also reveals how Pillsbury--one of the nation's first male feminists--struggled to reject the notion of male dominance in his political philosophy, public activism, and personal relationships.

The biography of a man devoted to justice and equality, this book places his motivations and experiences in the context of nineteenth-century social reform, but never strays far from Pillsbury himself. His voice--irascible and fiery, whimsical and compassionate--offers a vivid reminder that history is the story of individual lives.

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Parker Pillsbury: Radical Abolitionist, Male Feminist. (Book Reviews).(Review)(Brief Article): An article from: Journal of Southern History
Milton C. Sernett
Manufacturer: Southern Historical Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008IIUM4
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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Title: Parker Pillsbury: Radical Abolitionist, Male Feminist. (Book Reviews).(Review)(Brief Article)
Author: Milton C. Sernett
Publication: Journal of Southern History (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2001
Publisher: Southern Historical Association
Volume: 67 Issue: 4 Page: 846(2)

Article Type: Book Review, Brief Article

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An inspiring journey that shows the a powerful side of youth.......2000-04-06

What I think is so refreshing from Nancy's writings is her ability to capture the meaning and mission of young people working to make a difference in the world. It's a side of youth we so often don't see, and I hope this book will shatter the myth that all kids are apathetic, law-breaking, slackers.

When I was a teenager, I had the fortunate opportunity of being interviewed by Nancy Vittorini for her "Everyday Heroes" column in react magazine. At the time, I was running a national environmental group for teens and did about 500 media interviews a year. I thought this might be a typical interview. But I was wrong. After Nancy's article ran in react, I received over 2,000 letters from teens wanting to join my group. In my ten years of activism, I have NEVER seen results like that.

This book is a must-read for everyone. Give it as a gift to a friend, a neighbor, a niece or nephew, to your own kids. These inspiring stories will motivate you and others to help people in need and make our communities healthier places to live. All of us can be heroes with the help of this phenomenal book!

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International Handbook of Securities Settlement and Custody: A Guide to Practices in 65 World
Street Bank State
Manufacturer: Probus Publishing Co.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Stocks | Investing | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1557388253

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Only recently, the physician setting up his own practice was considered an anachronism. And doctors loosely affiliated with an independent practice association (IPA) fared no better. Lacking capital, financial management, and the mechanisms for adequate medical and information system management, many IPAs around the country were coping with financial instability. From the outset, IPAs seemed doomed to obsolescence by the organizational efficiencies and superior resources of third-party payors. Yet, in the early 1990s, IPAs underwent a remarkable turnaround-building infrastructure, investing in MIS systems, and accepting risk-transforming themselves into genuine competitors in healthcare quality and efficiency with HMOs. In fact, IPAs have become an increasingly common healthcare delivery model, offering distinct advantages over other payors to physicians interested in the administrative gains and security of a group practice, while still retaining their autonomy. Healthcare Financial Operations Manual for Independent Practice Associations is the first comprehensive guide to setting up an IPA, detailing the many operational, legal, and logistical complexities of managing a physician-owned organization. Since controlling the financial and tax aspects of an IPA is critical to its survival, the Manual addresses an entire range of financial accounting concerns, including accounting concepts and methods for an IPA, internal control procedures, insurance issues, tax issues, policy guidance, and profit-making issues. Specific topics addressed include:

How to manage and report primary, specialty, and inpatient care
How to credential IPA providers
How to negotiate contracts for single specialty and multispecialty IPAs
Antitrust laws and IPAs-with a case study of a Florida IPA
Why IPAs fail

The book also clearly outlines how to acquire and negotiate a managed care contract and, with the help of its disk, provides a host of checklists, forms, and five sample contracts (not included in the book) that allow the user to chart his or her progress and get quickly up to speed on the essential paperwork. The Manual also provides hands-on advice on setting up an efficient computer system for an IPA, reflecting the acknowledged role of a first-rate information system in an IPAs success. Offering candid, real-world guidance on setting up and successfully administering an IPA, Healthcare Financial Operations Manual for Independent Practice Associations is the complete reference to making an IPA work-for both doctor and patient. JAMES W. KARLING, CPA, is founder and President of Karling & Associates, an eighteen-person CPA firm located in San Ramon, California, which specializes in providing consulting and accounting services to the healthcare and managed care industry. Prior to founding Karling & Associates in 1994, Jim was a partner for eighteen years with Ernst & Young and has also been National Director of Arthur Young & Companys healthcare practice. He has been a frequent speaker at healthcare programs and seminars and has published a number of articles on healthcare financial issues. REED TINSLEY, CPA, is director of Horne CPA Groups Physician Services Division. His entire practice is centered in the healthcare industry and he works closely with physicians, medical systems, and other delivery systems with managed care contracting issues. A leading speaker on a variety of healthcare topics, his seminars have been sponsored by the American Medical Association. He is cochair of the CPA section of the IPA Association of America and the author of Performing an Operational and Strategic Assessment of a Medical Practice and Valuation of a Medical Practice, also from Wiley. JOE D. HAVENS, CPA, is shareholder in charge of the Horne CPA Groups Hattiesburg, Mississippi, office and a member of its board of directors. He heads a team of healthcare consultants to physicians, medical groups, IPAs, hospitals, and managed care organizations as they develop strategies for healthcare reform. Havens also recently completed a five-part video series on healthcare subjects sponsored by Westcott Communications that is being promoted nationally to CPAs, consultants, and healthcare professionals. He coauthored the IPA Association of Americas Financial Accounting Manual for IPAs.

The IPA finally comes of age-in the first comprehensive guide to successfully managing one

In only a few short years, independent practice associations (IPAs) have been able to transform themselves-shedding their image as a healthcare delivery system ranking a distant second to HMOs. Revitalized with a new infrastructure, improved medical management and information systems, and forms of risk assumption, the IPA is suddenly marketable. Expanded geographic coverage, lower overhead, and a wide range of specialties are only part of the reason. Its other advantages-practical and administrative-are detailed in the first comprehensive guide to setting one up and making it work: Healthcare Financial Operations Manual for Independent Practice Associations. Focusing largely on survival issues, the Manual addresses a host of key financial accounting concerns, including accounting concepts and methods for an IPA, internal control procedures, insurance issues, tax issues, policy guidance, and profit-making issues, including such specifics as:

Management tools and reporting for primary, specialty, and inpatient care
Credentialing IPA providers
Risk pool accounting and auditing

Also clearly outlined are tips on how to acquire and negotiate a managed care contract (for both single specialty and multispecialty IPAs) as well as hands-on advice on setting up an efficient, first-rate claims payment system. And the books disk provides a complete package of checklists, forms, and five sample contracts (not included in the book) essential to managing an IPA. The book also includes a summary "Physician and IPA Toolkit" appendix, offers cautionary advice on why IPAs fail, and describes the current status of antitrust laws and IPAs. Healthcare Financial Operations Manual for Independent Practice Associations is a complete primer to setting up what is now one of the most efficient and cost-effective healthcare delivery systems available, one that meets the bottom-line needs of both doctor and patient.

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'The Organic Chemistry of Museum Objects' makes available in a single volume, a survey of the chemical composition, properties and analysis of the whole range of organic materials incorporated into objects and artworks found in museum collections.

The authors cover the fundamental chemistry of the bulk materials such as wood, paper, natural fibres and skin products, as well as that of the relatively minor components incorporated as paint, media, varnishes, adhesives and dyes. This expanded second edition, now in paperback, follows the structure of the first, though it has been extensively updated. In addition to chapters on basic organic chemistry, analytical methods, analytical findings and fundamental aspects of deterioration, the subject matter is grouped as far as possible by broad chemical class - oils and fats, waxes, bitumens, carbohydrates, proteins, natural resins, dyestuffs and synthetic polymers.

This is an essential purchase for all practising and student conservators, restorers, museum scientists, curators and organic chemists.

* Available for the first time in paperback
* Detailed, comprehensive coverage of the subject area
* The only definitive guide to the survey of chemical composition

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The legacy continues as thousands of 'Dear Jane' enthusiasts find more historical patterns linking past and present. *As in the bestselling book, 'Dear Jane', a fascination with remarkable pieced and appliqued antique quilts is the basis for 'Dear Hannah'. *Contains 144 block patterns, in small 4 1/2 inch sizes, set off with 48 unique border triangles and four corner blocks. *Through 28 charming letters to her granddaughter, Hannah, the past is woven with the present to impart an appreciation for women and quilters throughout history. AUTHORBIO: Brenda Papadakis, who has been making quilts since 1975, especially enjoys drafting and designing. She saw a photo of Jane Stickle's 1863 quilt and became so enamored that she spent the next five years researching the life and times in which Jane lived. The book "Dear Jane" is the result of that labor. REVIEW: As in the bestseller Dear Jane, a fascination with pieced and appliqued antique quilts is the basis for Dear Hannah. Through 28 charming letters to her granddaughter, the past is woven with the present to impart an appreciation for women and quilters throughout history.

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Not for me.......2007-08-11

I LOVE her Dear Jane book but this one I don't like at all. It's mostly applique blocks which are ugly in my opinion. I didn't see any blocks I really cared to spend any time on. The letters to her grandchild were a sweet idea but this book is one of my LEAST favorites.

TERRIFIC.......2007-03-19

If you love Dear Jane, you must have this one too....I really enjoy it and hope to do the quilt some day...have to finish Dear Jane first.

A wealth of ideas!.......2004-02-23

What an amazing book! Better than I had hoped, this book contains 144 block patterns, including 72 appliqued flowers, birds, and animals, and 3 dozen pieced blocks. There are a number of different quilts pictured in the book made up using some or all of the blocks, in different layouts and colourways. There is even a redwork version! When purchasing I thought I would be working on one quilt for a while but now I have been inspired to do half a dozen different quilts from this book. Absolutely fantastic and great value!

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Perspectives in Forest Entomology : [Proceedings of a Lockwood Conference...]
John F. Anderson , Harry K. Kaya , John F. Anderson ed. , and Harry K. Kaya ed.
Manufacturer: Academic Press Inc.,U.S.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
General | Agricultural Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0120566508

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Perspectives in Forest Entomology
John F. And Harry K. Kaya /editors Anderson
Manufacturer: Academic Press Inc.,U.S.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OHRFHU

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This book empowers parents to prepare their children for dating by answering questions such as, What is the purpose of dating? When should a child date? Who should he or she date? Where should they go and what should they do on a date?

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Reasonable, Balanced Approach to Christian Dating.......2002-01-14

Book Review
Preparing Your Child for Dating (Dr. Bob Barnes, Zondervan, 1998;
203pp)
by Ed Vasicek

Preparing Your Child for Dating is an excellent, well-rounded volume covering the broad spectrum of dating issues from a mainstream evangelical Christian viewpoint. The author, Dr. Bob Barnes, operates under the premise that controlled dating under parental supervision prepares one for dating when no longer under that supervision. Courtship (as per Josh Harris) he argues, leaves a child naive and unprepared for dating once "out of the nest."

The book is divided into four sections, with sections two and three receiving the most space. The divisions are: (1)A Generation with No Guidelines,(2)The Plan for Dating,(3)The Dating Process,and(4)The Lessons Learned.

Two chapters were notable in the first section. One of them, entitled, "Develop a Plan Before You Develop A Problem" urges parents to be proactive in dating. He writes, "Left to their own devices,with no guidance from parents,teens begin dating with very immature ideas about the opposite sex.....Parents must develop a dating plan for their children...(pp.24-25)."

Another chapter, titled, "Who's in Charge Here?" tells it like it often is: "In many homes, the children are in charge of their own dating. Their parents think there's nothing they can do...In Parent-Directed Dating, the parents implement a training program that teaches their children about dating but puts the responsibility for proper dating squarely on the shoulders of the child, (pp.35-36)."

Section two talks about developing a "dating plan." Since the long-term goal of dating is to find an appropriate person to marry, Dr. Barnes suggests developing a list with children before they date as to what they want in a mate. The list is divided into absolute requirements(examples: a dedicated Christian,no drugs/alcohol, etc.),important but not absolutely necessary qualities, and then preferences. When a girl is asked out on a date,for example,she goes over that list with a parent. This helps decisions to be more objective and less emotional. Rather than become emotionally involved and then choosing whether to obey the Lord or rationalize disobedience,misplaced emotions are avoided.

When going to a "party," the author argues, it is very logical for parents to speak to the host parents. They need to inquire as to whether the parents will be present and what standards will be upheld. Though young people will claim theirs was the only mom to do such a thing, Dr.Barnes says "do it!"

Parents must also discuss with their teens what is and is not
appropriate. The word "appropriate," he suggests, is a key term. What sort of affection(in public and private)is and is not acceptable? What sort of places are and are not appropriate?

In the third section,the author discusses "The Dating Process." Ages for double and single dating must be decided beforehand. The author gives no absolute plan (purposely so),but does mention that his daughter was allowed to double date at age 16, for example. Privileges must be earned(for example, a curfew can be extended after a young person has proven himself/herself trustworthy by obeying the previous curfew, etc;otherwise the curfew is made even earlier!). Quiet, objective firmness can control the argumentive pattern that develops when parents give in.

One strong emphasis in this section is the importance of "interviewing" the "date" beforehand (perhaps having the young person over for Sunday dinner). This can "weed out" many problems and is in itself worth the price of the book.

The last section, "The Lessons Learned" discusses releasing a prepared young person to independence, the ultimate goal being self-discipline.

As a pastor, one of the biggest obstacles I find in rearing young people today is parents whose heads are buried in the sand, assuming things have changed little since they were young (as mentioned above). To all such,I share this quotation from Dr. Barnes: "Tragedy lurks when a parent chooses not to be informed...(p.137)."

I give this book two thumbs up, and, along with "I Kissed Dating
Goodbye," should give concerned parents a well-rounded perspective of thoughtful opinion from two differing Christian perspectives.

As a pastor,I would like to add this comment: The "courtship" approach mandates that a young person whole-heartedly embrace it. I do not think it is healthy for parents to force their young people into this approach. The second approach (the
above book)is,in my opinion,the minimum for Christian parents.

Remote control, the "duh, I don't know, duh, what are the other kids doing?" approach spells disaster, and is advocated by neither book. Parents know more than their teens (though your youngsters remain skeptical of this), and must direct the process.

Pratical, hands-on, must read for parents of dating teens.......1998-12-13

Barnes gives us chapter by chapter, practical how-to tips on how to start early in talking out what children are really crying for...information and guidance. With this book we have a better chance in properly preparing our children/teens for having fun at dating, planning dating, guiding them in deciding when to say yes or no, foundations for choosing their lifelong mate, protecting from the negatives in dating, meeting/interviewing her date/his date, how to start the discussion, how to protect from deciding for them, preparing them to decide for themselves at college, curfew: when to relax and tighten them. Every parent on earth should have read this book...then apply it.

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Preparing Your Child for Dating
Bob Barnes
Manufacturer: Zondervan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OSZCBU

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Title Totally Deceiving.......2006-02-25

This book has nothing whatsoever to do with Valdieri in Piedmont, where Italian peasants kept hidden, fed and saved countless Jews during WWII...it is a poorly written "memoir" by a man who apparently was extremely lucky during this terrible time and by sheer accident spent a couple of days in the region--he and his family whining all the while about their lack of comforts. A HUGE disappointment!

A chronicle of heartstopping adventure and survival.......2004-01-31

A chronicle of heart stopping adventure and survival, of heart breaking loss and betrayal, and of heartfelt humanity and assistance by simple people who had everything to lose and nothing to gain by helping the helpless. Albert Sharon's testimony is a must for any one who believes or has ceased to believe in the indomitable human spirit.

A very unique and moving memoire.......2003-12-03

The writer of this Holocaust memoir describes his feelings and perceptions of the world he experienced as a teenager.

The voice of this book is one of innocence and one forgets that the writer was a mature man when he put his story to paper. I was drawn into the daily lives of those around him, their family feuds, their fears, their courage, their weakness and their strengths.

The story takes us from the middle class comfort of a family in Brussels to an odyssey through the French Pyrenees, Southern France, over the Alps into Italy. One meets evil face to face, but what stand out are simple, decent acts of humanity by many local people of different faiths, along this journey of survival.

This story weaves into the Holocaust experience a commingling of faith with fate. I have read many Holocaust memoirs, but this one is truly unique and should not be missed. It is an outstanding read, uplifting, filled with hope and a belief in a better world even in the heart of darkness. Suitable for all ages.

a review from the U.S.A........2003-12-02

I recently not only had the great privilege of reading "Walking to Valdieri" by Albert M Sharon but of actually meeting Lynn Sharon, the late Albert Sharon's wife to whom he dictated his memoirs! most books about the Holocaust are always terribly depressing, but this one made me laugh and cry from start to finish! inspite of all the hardships that Albert and his family had to endure while on the run from the Nazis, it is filled with hope and optimism and I highly recommend it for both old nd young readers.

An Incredible Odyssey.......2003-11-29

Although this is a holocaust memoir, it reads more like family odyssey.The author shows the good and the evil; we meet compassionate Germans,as well as decent French and Italians who put their lives on the line to help Jews. He writes about ordinary people who manage to do extraordinary things, and he writes masterfully, with humor and with sensitivity. But there is always an undercurrent of death and evil that permeates the very air one breathes. This is an incredible memoir and suitable, in my opinion, for all ages.

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