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Doen we natuurlijk niet als je tracking of cookies uit hebt gezet op je toestel of in je browser. Met cookies en vergelijkbare technieken verzamelen we ook je bol.com surfgedrag. Hiervoor voegen we info uit je bestellingen samen met je favorieten, algemene klantinfo en gegevens van anderen als je ze hier toestemming voor hebt gegeven. In beide gevallen bepalen we je interesses. Verder kun je kiezen voor persoonlijke advertenties buiten bol.com. Ook in nieuwsbrieven en notificaties als je die krijgt. Je kunt kiezen voor je eigen bol.com met persoonlijke aanbevelingen en advertenties, zodat we beter op jouw interesses aansluiten. Om bol.com goed te laten werken, gebruiken we altijd functionele en analytische cookies en vergelijkbare technieken. Packer invites his readers to, "Behold, thy God." The true nature and character of God must be reclaimed and proclaimed within the churches and culture. Capitulating to the modern spirit, they have become confused, ignorant, and impotent, making the Kingdom of God of no effect. Professing Christians have conformed to the modern spirit, displacing the nature and character of God and replacing Him with an idol of their own making. It was Packer's belief that "ignorance of God – ignorance of both his ways and of the practice of communion with him– lies at the root of much the church's weakness today" (p. Packer, in his classic book, Knowing God, confronts us with the truth in a gentle way, encouraging his readers to see God for who He really is, beholding the wonder, glory, and joy of knowing Him. "I know Him," we deceive ourselves into believing, while our precursory knowledge denotes an intimate relationship with the One we call our beloved. Our relationship with God sadly resembles a passing familiarity with a stranger we might see daily as we go about our business. Many people profess to know God but upon closer examination, it becomes apparent that knowing God is far too often conflated with knowing about God. Free – Buy Book Brief Download Book Brief So here, in Soares’ own words, is what has gone wrong in New York - and what needs to be done. The remarks eventually were read into the record, by someone else, and they were quickly ignored. He was slated to address a state Senate hearing on crime, but was disinvited because legislators did not like the optics of being criticized by someone they couldn’t dismiss as a “white supremacist” or Republican. Yet he’s also a fierce critic of the criminal justice “reforms” passed by the Legislature, saying they have made the state less safe and victimized black residents. It’s the speech Albany refused to listen to - or heed.ĭavid Soares is the Albany County district attorney, an African American and a Democrat. ‘Less is More’ horrors: the poison fruit of ‘criminal justice reform’ Lawmakers are set to deal their final blows to NYers before leaving NYC man who fatally shot would-be mugger makes bail with case headed to grand jury New York’s shoplifting hellscape: Letters to the Editor - June 6, 2023 Agent: Maria Carvainis, Maria Carvainis Agency. Higgins uses warmth and humor to develop congenial, realistic characters, making this fourth Blue Heron novel (after Waiting on You) a very appealing addition to her body of work. The stress of the appalling wedding drives Emmaline into Jack’s arms for a passionate night, but her low self-esteem and Jack’s persistent ex-wife make it hard for her to believe he could truly love her. Mutual friends in the small town of Manningsport, N.Y., know Jack’s good-natured willingness to serve as escort to female friends, and they arrange for him to accompany Emmaline to the wedding. Emmaline Neal, a police officer also involved in the rescue, has been invited to her ex-fiancé’s wedding in Malibu and is determined to show up with a date so she won’t be pitied by her family and acquaintances. In Manningsport, New York, tall, blond and gorgeous Jack Holland is practically a cottage industry when it comes to rescuing desperate women. After rescuing four teenagers from drowning, handsome Jack Holland is hailed as a hero, but he’s secretly haunted by the boy he didn’t reach in time, who is still in a coma. Everyone loves Jack Holland, but Emmaline Neal needs him.Her ex-fianc is getting married in Malibu and, obviously, she can't go to the wedding alone. kids learn what it means to tell a story, to write a rhyme, to sing along, to behave, to listen, to see what happens in a book series over the course of a character's journey. If you take the time and read the story over and over again. It's books like this that help make or break a child's interest in reading. but when they got hurt, they learned their lessons. And Momma Monkey just couldn't control them. But this one was the best in the series, at least in my opinion. And I call my cousin's and friend's kids little monkeys now whenever I'm around them. Who would not adore these monkeys? I remember being called a little monkey when I was a youngin'. and by 12, I was reading the Scarpetta series about serial killers. sometimes children's books meant for kids younger than me, sometimes books meant for older kids. This wonderful little book wasn't published until I was around ten years old, but I still read it one summer in a reading contest held at my library every year. 4+ of 5 stars to Eileen Christelow's children's story Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, one of a bunch in a series about little monkeys and their crazy antics. This book is nothing short of an exposé of what we would today call higher education’s historical crimes against humanity. Furthermore, the establishment and growth of these institutions were dependent on wealth accrued from the Atlantic slave trade and slavery, while their professoriates and administrations provided intellectual cover. He argues that some of the nation’s oldest institutions, Columbia included, played a major role in the extermination of indigenous populations and the enslavement of people of African descent from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. With his eye-opening book, Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities, MIT history professor Craig Steven Wilder ’94GSAS seeks to change that. But the general public has largely remained in the dark. The connection between slavery and the early histories of some of America’s most elite colleges and universities has long been known, and came to particular prominence after 2003, when Brown University’s president, Ruth Simmons, commissioned a committee to pursue the subject. There are also orcs, witches, mermaids, dragons, vampires and more. The stories in this anthology aren’t inherently rooted in black suffering and trauma. Many of them discuss the ways that black girls are oppressed, but the anthology highlights how diverse our experiences truly are. These stories feature many different black girls and non-binary people who are powerful and magnificent in their own right. Their gifts and abilities are extraordinary. The queer representation in this anthology made it even more enjoyable. It was beautiful to read about badass black women and non-binary people loving each other romantically and living their best lives.Įach story in this anthology is worth reading but I have my favourites. I emotionally connected with some of them on a deeper level. The stories below gripped me the most in terms of writing, plot, characters and world-building.Gilded by Elizabeth Acevedo – Set in the early 1500s in La Hispaniola (now the Dominican Republic), an enslaved girl patiently awaits her freedom. Should be helpful having a better idea of the kind of character she is.įeel free to take creative liberties if you feel it’s appropriate, or if you’re hesitant to do so, it can always be discussed. Some character notes that I feel are relevant are there too. The proportions in it are quite wonky so I’m not exactly expecting anyone to follow the design to a T. Here’s a shoddy doodle I did at 4am to get a better idea of what she ought look like, similar to the other ones you see. I realised looking back I have enough characters with a brown palette but not necessarily many with an orange one or many characters with black hair as of present. It’s quite generic and I felt like it looked too much like Dorothy so it never satisfied me. There’s other things in the hack that are more of a priority for me right now so I would rather use my money to commission someone to work on Jord’s mug instead. There’s another character I’ve been working on in the past that I don’t feel as motivated to do myself anymore. Haven’t used this thread in a while but there’s very much a need for me to revive rn. An intelligible society would assure that key decisions of its most important firms are fair, nondiscriminatory, and open to criticism. Demanding transparency is only the first step. Frank Pasquale exposes how powerful interests abuse secrecy for profit and explains ways to rein them in. Even after billions of dollars of fines have been levied, underfunded regulators may have only scratched the surface of this troubling behavior. Self-serving and reckless behavior is surprisingly common, and easy to hide in code protected by legal and real secrecy. But leaks, whistleblowers, and legal disputes have shed new light on automated judgment. Shrouded in secrecy and complexity, decisions at major Silicon Valley and Wall Street firms were long assumed to be neutral and technical. Hidden algorithms can make (or ruin) reputations, decide the destiny of entrepreneurs, or even devastate an entire economy. But who connects the dots about what firms are doing with this information? The Black Box Society argues that we all need to be able to do so―and to set limits on how big data affects our lives. The data compiled and portraits created are incredibly detailed, to the point of being invasive. Every day, corporations are connecting the dots about our personal behavior―silently scrutinizing clues left behind by our work habits and Internet use. |