Download or read book Freeloading written by Chris Ruen and published by OR Books. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Family Freeloader written by Sister Renee Pittelli and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're all familiar with the stereotypical freeloading relative. He's usually depicted in the movies as an able-bodied but unkempt bum, who lives with mom or a more responsible sibling, refuses to get a job, and spends his days lying on the sofa, drinking beer, getting potato chips all over the carpet, and watching cartoon marathons. But in real life, few family freeloaders are so obvious. OUR freeloaders are professionals. They're subtle. They're versatile. They run complicated scams and convoluted cons on us. They always have their antennae up for any little clue they might find useful. Like the predators they are, they're constantly sizing us up to see what they can get out of us. They're looking for personality traits they can use against us, like gullibility, kindness, a trusting nature, or a soft heart. Even our pride is useful to them-because then they can employ flattery, or "gratitude," to get what they want. If you're susceptible to guilt, it makes you an easy target. If you're a sympathetic person, quick to feel sorry for those who are going through tough times, or if you easily empathize with others, then you're an even better target. If you're concerned about other people's opinions and want everybody to think you're nice, that's like a flashing neon "Sucker" sign over your head. To a con man, if you have trouble saying "No," that's a sign of weakness which he can exploit. If we're efficient, or pride ourselves on being "problem-solvers," then the freeloader will give us a problem to solve for him. If we have a "rescuer" mentality, our freeloader will help us satisfy those urges. Freeloaders and con men are looking for "people pleasers." Is it important to you to give others the impression that you're a "good Christian?" Or to prove to YOURSELF that you're a good Christian? We presume that "good" Christians give to charity, but how do you define "charity?" Do you think you have to give to every hard luck case who asks? Does your chronically unemployed cousin qualify as a legitimate charity cause in your mind? Would it make you a "bad" Christian to say "No" to the sister-in-law who constantly imposes on you? If you equate agreeing to every request anybody ever asks of you, or giving money to every person who seems to need it, with being a "good" Christian, then once a freeloader gets a hold of you, you're in for a long night........ Written with humor, wisdom, and a healthy dose of common sense, The Family Freeloader teaches us 21 Ways To Spot A Con, the various ploys that freeloaders use to scam money or favors out of us, how they observe and test us, and which personality traits make us seem like easy prey. We will systematically debunk their most common sob stories and surprisingly sneaky tactics, study what the Bible REALLY says about giving to the poor vs. supporting a bum, and learn step-by-step effective strategies for letting go of the guilt and saying "No" to our family freeloaders. This book is an invaluable lesson for all kind-hearted, generous folks who love their families, on how to avoid being taken advantage of by the unscrupulous among us.

Download or read book Annual review of psychology 25 1974 written by Mark R. Rosenzweig and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 1974 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Politics Hierarchy and Public Health written by Deborah Wallace and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steep socioeconomic hierarchy in post-industrial Western society threatens public health because of the physiological consequences of material and psychosocial insecurities and deprivations. Following on from their previous books, the authors continue their exploration of the geography of early mortality from age-related chronic conditions, of risk behaviors and their health outcomes, and of infant and child mortality, all due to rigid hierarchy. They divide the 50 states into those that gave their electoral college votes to Trump and those that gave theirs to Clinton in the 2016 presidential election and compare the two sets for socioeconomic and public health profiles. They deliberately apply only simple standard statistical methods in the public health analyses: t-test, Mann-Whitney test, bivariate regression, and backward stepwise multivariate regression. The book assumes familiarity with basic statistics. The authors argue that the unequal power relations that result in eroding public health in the nation and, in particular, in the Trump-voting states, largely cascade from the collapse of American industry, and they analyze the Cold War roots of that collapse. In two largely independent chapters on economics, they explore both the suppression of countervailing forces, such as organized labor, and the diversion of technical resources to the military as essential foundations to the population-level suffering that expressed itself in the 2016 presidential election. This interdisciplinary book has several primary audiences: creators of public policies, such as legislators and governmental staff, public health professionals and social epidemiologists, economists, labor union professionals, civil rights advocates, political scientists, historians, and students of these disciplines from public health through the social sciences. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Download or read book The New Russians written by Hedrick Smith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-12-05 with total page 925 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Russians, a “lively and provocative”* analysis of the Soviet Union in its twilight years. *The New York Times Book Review Even from afar, the transformation in the Soviet Union held a special fascination for all of us, and not only because it affected our destiny, our survival, even the changing nature of our own society. What happened there riveted our interest for a deeper reason: It was a modern enactment of one of the archetypal stories of human existence, that of the struggle from darkness to light, from poverty toward prosperity, from dictatorship toward democracy. It represented an affirmation of the relentless human struggle to break free from the bonds of hierarchy and dogma, to strive for a better life, for stronger, richer values. It was an affirmation of the human capacity for change, growth, renewal. The New Russians is about how that story of change began and what this change meant for the Russian people—and for the rest of the world.

Download or read book The Society of Genes written by Itai Yanai and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-11 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly four decades ago Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene, famously reducing humans to “survival machines” whose sole purpose was to preserve “the selfish molecules known as genes.” How these selfish genes work together to construct the organism, however, remained a mystery. Standing atop a wealth of new research, The Society of Genes now provides a vision of how genes cooperate and compete in the struggle for life. Pioneers in the nascent field of systems biology, Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher present a compelling new framework to understand how the human genome evolved and why understanding the interactions among our genes shifts the basic paradigm of modern biology. Contrary to what Dawkins’s popular metaphor seems to imply, the genome is not made of individual genes that focus solely on their own survival. Instead, our genomes comprise a society of genes which, like human societies, is composed of members that form alliances and rivalries. In language accessible to lay readers, The Society of Genes uncovers genetic strategies of cooperation and competition at biological scales ranging from individual cells to entire species. It captures the way the genome works in cancer cells and Neanderthals, in sexual reproduction and the origin of life, always underscoring one critical point: that only by putting the interactions among genes at center stage can we appreciate the logic of life.

Download or read book Teamwork Is an Individual Skill written by Christopher M. Avery and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2001-04-09 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teamwork Is an Individual Skill argues that learning to work with others may be the most important skill in the knowledge economy. The book promotes productive relationships by focusing on five abilities: assuming personal responsibility for productive relationships; creating powerful partnerships; aligning individuals around a shared purpose; trusting when something is "just right"; and developing a collaborative mindset.

Download or read book Essential 120000 English Tamil Words Dictionary written by Nam H Nguyen and published by Nam H Nguyen. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 5080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entire dictionary is an alphabetical list of English words and their French equivalent translations. It will be very useful for everyone (home, school, students, travel, interpreting and learning French or English). முழு அகராதியில் ஆங்கில வார்த்தைகளின் அகரவரிசை பட்டியல் மற்றும் அவற்றின் பிரெஞ்சு மொழிகளுக்கான மொழிபெயர்ப்பாகும். இது எல்லோருக்கும் மிகவும் பயனுள்ளதாக இருக்கும் (வீடு, பள்ளி, மாணவர்கள், பயணம், மொழிபெயர்ப்பு அல்லது பிரெஞ்சு அல்லது ஆங்கிலம் கற்க).

Download or read book Essential 120000 English Romanian Words Dictionary written by Nam H Nguyen and published by Nam H Nguyen. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 2431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entire dictionary is an alphabetical list of English words and their French equivalent translations. It will be very useful for everyone (home, school, students, travel, interpreting and learning French or English). Întregul dicționar este o listă alfabetică a cuvintelor în limba engleză și traducerile lor echivalente în limba franceză. Acesta va fi foarte util pentru toată lumea (acasă, școală, studenți, călătorii, interpretare și învățare în limbile franceză sau engleză).

Download or read book Business Ethics A Kantian Perspective written by Norman E. Bowie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is more important than ever that a business must be both ethical and profitable. In this thoroughly revised and updated second edition, Norman E. Bowie shows that by applying Kant's three formulations of the categorical imperative, and by doing the right thing for the right reason, a business can achieve success in both of these fields. Bowie uses examples such as building trust, transparency through open book management, and respecting employees by providing a living wage and meaningful work. This new edition, for graduates and academic researchers in the field of business ethics, has been heavily revised to include the newest scholarship on Kantian ethics, with a new emphasis on Kant's later moral and political theory, a workable account of Kantian capitalism, and additional accounts on corporate social responsibility, Kantianism and human rights, corporate moral agency, and the Kantian theory of meaningful work.

Download or read book The Psychology of Belief written by Nancy S. Kim and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we believe in the views of a political party or leader? How can we better understand vaccine hesitancy or denial of climate change science? What drives extremist or conspiracist beliefs? This vital and timely new text provides a compelling survey of the science behind how people form beliefs and evaluate those of others, and why it is that beliefs are often so resistant to change in the face of conflicting evidence. Bringing together theories and empirical evidence from cognitive, developmental, and social psychology, Nancy S. Kim presents an engaging overview of the field and its implications for a wide range of beliefs – from moral, political, religious, and superstitious beliefs to beliefs about ourselves and our own potential. The intriguing studies discussed demonstrate how many psychological factors contribute to belief, including memory, reasoning, judgment, emotion, personality, social cognition, and cognitive development. With thoughtful questions and a range of cross-cultural case studies, this is an ideal overview for students of psychology and all readers interested in the psychology of belief.

Download or read book Supernatural Selection written by Matt Rossano and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2006, scientist Richard Dawkins published a blockbuster bestseller, The God Delusion. This atheist manifesto sparked a furious reaction from believers, who have responded with numerous books of their own. By pitting science against religion, however, this debate overlooks what science can tell us about religion. According to evolutionary psychologist Matt J. Rossano, what science reveals is that religion made us human. In Supernatural Selection, Rossano presents an evolutionary history of religion. Neither an apologist for religion nor a religion-basher, he draws together evidence from a wide range of disciplines to show the valuable--even essential--adaptive purpose served by systematic belief in the supernatural. The roots of religion stretch as far back as half a million years, when our ancestors developed the motor control to engage in social rituals--that is, to sing and dance together. Then, about 70,000 years ago, a global ecological crisis drove humanity to the edge of extinction. It forced the survivors to create new strategies for survival, and religious rituals were foremost among them. Fundamentally, Rossano writes, religion is a way for humans to relate to each other and the world around them--and, in the grim struggles of prehistory, it offered significant survival and reproductive advantages. It emerged as our ancestors' first health care system, and a critical part of that health care system was social support. Religious groups tended to be far more cohesive, which gave them a competitive advantage over non-religious groups, and enabled them to conquer the globe. Rather than focusing on one aspect of religion, as many theorists do, Rossano offers an all-encompassing approach that is rich with surprises, insights, and provocative conclusions.

Download or read book To the Stars and Beyond written by Damien Broderick and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: n Damien Broderick’s haunting tale, “The Meek,” the survivors of humanity’s drive toward racial suicide must pay an awful price for their continued survival. John Glasby’s “Innsmouth Bane” tells how the alien entity Dagon first came to nineteenth-century America. In “Helen’s Last Will,” James C. Glass shows us that death may not always be “the end.” Charles Allen Gramlich’s “I Can Spend You” is a futuristic western which puts prospecting in a whole new light! “The Voice of the Dolphin in Air,” by Howard V. Hendrix, is a poignant tale of life and death on Mars and the LaGrange space stations. In Philip E. High’s “This World Is Ours,” David Hacket is given the task of revitalizing a declining city (and world), and finds himself facing an alien invasion. James B. Johnson’s “The Last American” is fighting to preserve the memory of the old U.S. of A.—in a last stand at the Alamo! In “Small World: A Small Story,” by Michael Kurland, Vanspeepe invents a new transportation device, hoping to change the world—and he does! “The Channel Exemption: A Sime~Gen Story,” by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, focuses on the tensions between Sime and Gen when a mixed party of humans is stranded on an alien planet. Gary Lovisi’s tale, “My Guardian,” tells how mankind is finally able to put an end to wars and mass killings. “Black Mist,” by Richard A. Lupoff, is a stunning mystery set at a Japanese research station on the Martian moon, Phobos. Don Webb, in his fascinating tale, “The Five Biographies of General Gerrhan,” demonstrates how easy it is for the professional writer to (mis)interpret, deliberately or otherwise, the story of a space hero. Twelve great reads by a dozen great writers!

Download or read book HUD space science veterans Appropriations for 1974 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on HUD-Space-Science-Veterans and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sports Briefs written by Christopher Wilson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huh-huh. Funny. If youre familiar with the writings of Christopher Wilson, you have, no doubt, elicited a similar response. If youve never had the pleasure of reading Wilson, then you are fickinta be in for a treat. Sports Briefs is a collection of Wilsons 68 best columns from FanStop.com. Youll revisit Wilsons problems he had keeping his football pants up (The camera would then focus on me running to the sidelines, never letting go of my belt, to where I found a peaceful spot beside the water cooler where I could sip and pull, simultaneously.), along with hearing J.R. Rider tell the Thanksgiving story, in a way only Uncle J.R. can (I say uncle, but sum of yall could prolly call me Daddy.). The initial column from the highly-praised Suzy, Jaws and Merril series is included, as well as the moving account of the last days Wilsons father spent in Hospice battling cancer. Wilsons unique style of humor, sarcasm and storytelling is evident throughout, sure to draw numerous guffaws. For those who try on a new pair every week, or for those who have never worn them before, try on a pair of Sports Briefs today.

Download or read book Engaging Political Philosophy written by Robert B. Talisse and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging Political Philosophy introduces readers to the central problems of political philosophy. Presuming no prior work in the area, the book explores the fundamental philosophical questions regarding freedom, authority, justice, and democracy. More than a survey of the central figures and texts, Engaging Political Philosophy takes readers on a philosophical exploration of the core of the field, directly examining the arguments and concepts that drive the contemporary debates. Thus the fundamental issues of political philosophy are encountered first-hand, rather than through intermediary summaries of the major texts and theories. As a result, readers are introduced to political philosophy by doing philosophy. Written in a conversational style, Engaging Political Philosophy is accessible to students and general readers. Instructors can use it in the classroom as a stand-alone textbook, a complement to a standard collection of historical readings, or as a primer to be studied in preparation for contemporary readings.

Download or read book Essential 120000 English French Words Dictionary written by Nam H Nguyen and published by Nam H Nguyen. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 4420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning a new language or a second language is not quick or easy. Especially the first few months, it requires a lot of time, a lot of patience, and commitment. The Essential 120,000 English-French Words Dictionary is a great resource anywhere you go; it is an easy tool that has just the words you want and need! The entire dictionary is an alphabetical list of English words and their French equivalent translations. It will be very useful for everyone (home, school, students, travel, interpreting and learning French or English). The words you will learn will help you in any situation! Learning a new language or a second language allows you to connect with the country and culture you are working on through books, magazines, newspapers, movies, television, websites, and conversations. Best of all, learning languages is a passion that will help you in the future, and the skill will belong to you forever! Just remember one thing that learning never stops! Read, Read, Read! And Write, Write, Write!A thank you to my wonderful wife Beth (Griffo) Nguyen and my amazing sons Taylor Nguyen and Ashton Nguyen for all their love and support, without their emotional support and help, none of these educational language eBooks and audios would be possible. Apprendre une nouvelle langue ou d'une langue seconde n'est pas rapide ni facile . Surtout les premiers mois , il nécessite beaucoup de temps , beaucoup de patience et d'engagement. The Essential 120 000 mots anglais-français Dictionnaire est une excellente ressource partout où vous allez ; il est un outil facile qui a juste les mots que vous voulez et devez ! L' ensemble du dictionnaire est une liste alphabétique de mots anglais et leurs traductions équivalentes françaises . Il sera très utile pour tout le monde ( maison, école, étudiants , Voyage , l'interprétation et l'apprentissage du français ou de l'anglais ) . Les mots que vous apprendrez vous aider en toute situation ! Apprendre une nouvelle langue ou d'une langue seconde vous permet de connecter avec le pays et la culture vous travaillez à travers les livres , magazines, journaux , films, télévision , sites Web et des conversations . Le meilleur de tous , l'apprentissage des langues est une passion qui vous aideront dans l'avenir , et la compétence appartiendra à vous pour toujours ! N'oubliez pas une chose que l'apprentissage ne ??s'arrête jamais! Lire , lire, lire ! Et écrire, écrire , écrire ! Un grand merci à ma merveilleuse épouse Beth ( Griffo ) Nguyen et mes fils étonnantes Taylor Nguyen Nguyen et Ashton pour leur amour et leur soutien , sans leur soutien affectif et de l'aide , aucun de ces livres et audios de la langue d'enseignement serait possible .