Download or read book Second Choice written by April Mann and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-07 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 3 months into their relationship, Naomi feels like everything is finally starting to fall into place in her life. But as doubt begins to creep into her head again, she sets out on a mission to make sure that the relationship between her and Michael is truly based on more than just the physical, and in the process manages to create a ripple effect of issues in the relationships of all those around her. Having finally found something more important to focus on in life, Michael creates a healthy balance between his work life and his home life unaware that, behind the scenes, his father is planning his next move which could force Michael to leave everything he knows behind, and finally give in to his fathers demands in an attempt to save the most important person in his life. His brother. When faced with a second road in life to choose from, will they stay the current course, or put everything in jeopardy, including their happiness, to help those who mean the most to them.
Download or read book Split Second Choice written by Jim Winner and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Second Choice written by Charity Parkerson and published by Charity Parkerson. This book was released on 2022-11-10 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neither Clint nor Lynx can have who they want. It only seems natural to pass their time together. Until their second choice starts to feel a lot like their first, that is. Clint has spent his life hiding his sexuality to the point of destroying everything. He didn’t change until his secrets cost him the love of his life. Now he’s determined to be different, even though it’s too late. He has to change for himself. That turns out to be easier than he likes, since his new best friend is as eccentric and out as they come. Since Lynx was five, he’s been in love with the same guy. Unfortunately, that guy was too blind to see it and Lynx was too scared to lose a friend to push. Now he’s lost his shot and trying to move on. Clint seems like just the distraction he needs. Until that diversion becomes an obsession, and now Lynx doesn’t know what to do. Two men who think they’ve lost their chance are about to learn that sometimes love is better the second time around. If only they can stop themselves from self-destructing... again.
Download or read book Second Choice written by Robert Andersen and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A psychiatrist looks at his own black-market adoption"--Back cover.
Download or read book Social Choice and Individual Values written by Kenneth Joseph Arrow and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1963-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literature on the theory of social choice has grown considerably beyond the few items in existence at the time the first edition of this book appeared in 1951. Some of the new literature has dealt with the technical, mathematical aspects, more with the interpretive. My own thinking has also evolved somewhat, although I remain far from satisfied with present formulations. The exhaustion of the first edition provides a convenient time for a selective and personal stocktaking in the form of an appended commentary entitled, 'Notes on the Theory of Social Choice, 1963, ' containing reflections on the text and its omissions and on some of the more recent literature. This form has seemed more appropriate than a revision of the original text, which has to some extent acquired a life of its own.
Download or read book Second Choice written by Thomas, Viv and published by Paternoster Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second Choice challenges some of the assumptions in Western culture and gives a different slant on the idea of success. Viv Thomas insists that to live our lives well it is vital that we are able to live in a world of second choice or no choice at all. Through the lens of Daniel's experience in Babylon as well as contemporary stories and reflections, Viv Thomas explains that when our lives are dislocated wonderful things can happen. Second choice situations can become places of grace, community, imagination and maturity if we learn to embrace life as it is.
Download or read book The Paradox of Choice written by Barry Schwartz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions—both big and small—have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented. As Americans, we assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression. In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice—the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish—becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice—from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs—has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse. By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counter intuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on those that are important and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.
Download or read book The Life You Never Expected written by Andrew Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation written by Kenneth Train and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-13 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents
Download or read book Always the Second Choice written by Emily E. K. Murdoch and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always the second choice and never the bride - even at her own wedding?Olivia Lymington never liked her sister, but twins are always supposed to be close. Now Isabella is engaged to the charming and handsome Colin Vaughn, Duke of Larnwick, and Olivia is forced to act as chaperone until the big day. That's why, when Isabella goes missing, the entire Lymington family considers it Olivia's responsibility to find her wayward twin.Colin Vaughn, Duke of Larnwick, is tired of waiting for Isabella to become his bride, and now she's gone, he's outraged. He'll track her down if it's the last thing he'll do - and make her marry him. But the journey is throwing up some unexpected surprises; namely, the delectable identical twin sister of his missing bride.It's out of the shadows and into the spotlight for Olivia but she's hardly eager to accept the attentions of a Duke she knows will have to marry her sister. He's determined to fight his desire. She's not convinced that he really understands she is not Isabella. It's a war of wills and is it possible for the two of them to win - or for disaster to fall on them both.Can Olivia accept that she is no longer second choice, or will Colin's appreciation for the second Lymington twin be his own undoing?
Download or read book Documents written by Massachusetts. General Court. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation written by Kenneth Train and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the new generation of discrete choice methods, focusing on the many advances that are made possible by simulation. Researchers use these statistical methods to examine the choices that consumers, households, firms, and other agents make. Each of the major models is covered: logit, generalized extreme value, or GEV (including nested and cross-nested logits), probit, and mixed logit, plus a variety of specifications that build on these basics. Simulation-assisted estimation procedures are investigated and compared, including maximum stimulated likelihood, method of simulated moments, and method of simulated scores. Procedures for drawing from densities are described, including variance reduction techniques such as anithetics and Halton draws. Recent advances in Bayesian procedures are explored, including the use of the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and its variant Gibbs sampling. The second edition adds chapters on endogeneity and expectation-maximization (EM) algorithms. No other book incorporates all these fields, which have arisen in the past 25 years. The procedures are applicable in many fields, including energy, transportation, environmental studies, health, labor, and marketing.
Download or read book His Second Option The Better Choice written by Christina Charles and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Javid is an upcoming inspiring r&b singer who is working hard on making his dreams come true. He has the love and support from everyone except the person that matters the most, his girlfriend of 7 years Shana. Shana doesn't believe that Javid should waste his time with music and want him back working in the medical field. She will stop at nothing to end his dreams and do whatever it takes for him to see things her way. Shana's negativity and harsh ways chases him right into the arms of his best friend and biggest fan Chevonne. Chevonne loves and supports whatever Javid wants to do in his career and personal life. Shana doesn't take the news of Javid moving on too well and will stop at nothing to get Javid back home where he belongs.
Download or read book Minnesota Reports written by Minnesota. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Download or read book Weapon of Choice written by Fredrick E. Ayres and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How ordinary Americans, frustrated by the legal and political wrangling over the Second Amendment, can fight for reforms that will both respect gun owners’ rights and reduce gun violence. Efforts to reduce gun violence in the United States face formidable political and constitutional barriers. Legislation that would ban or broadly restrict firearms runs afoul of the Supreme Court’s current interpretation of the Second Amendment. And gun rights advocates have joined a politically savvy firearm industry in a powerful coalition that stymies reform. Ian Ayres and Fredrick Vars suggest a new way forward. We can decrease the number of gun deaths, they argue, by empowering individual citizens to choose common-sense gun reforms for themselves. Rather than ask politicians to impose one-size-fits-all rules, we can harness a libertarian approach—one that respects and expands individual freedom and personal choice—to combat the scourge of gun violence. Ayres and Vars identify ten policies that can be immediately adopted at the state level to reduce the number of gun-related deaths without affecting the rights of gun owners. For example, Donna’s Law, a voluntary program whereby individuals can choose to restrict their ability to purchase or possess firearms, can significantly decrease suicide rates. Amending Red Flag statutes, which allow judges to restrict access to guns when an individual has shown evidence of dangerousness, can give police flexible and effective tools to keep people safe. Encouraging the use of unlawful possession petitions can help communities remove guns from more than a million Americans who are legally disqualified from owning them. By embracing these and other new forms of decentralized gun control, the United States can move past partisan gridlock and save lives now.
Download or read book Parliamentary Procedure at a Glance written by O. Garfield Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1990-11-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The easy-to-use, commonsense approach to rules for group leadership, with over a million copies sold! A unique, simplified, commonsense approach to rules for effective group leadership. This practical manual: · Is based on Robert’s "Rules of Order," neither changing nor superseding standard procedure. · Enables anyone to use Robert’s "Rules" without memorizing the rules. · Features the unique "split-page" Finger Index for in-meeting use to locate specific rules. · Includes easy-reference question-and-answer charts answering the eight basic aspects of every motion. · Gives sound advice on chairmanship, classification and precedence of motions, amendment, proper phraseology, adjournment procedure, questions of privilege, points of order, appeals, parliamentary strategy, nominations and elections, duties of the secretary, record the minutes. · Contains all rules in common use governing the discussion and action of groups. · Is indispensable for clubs, unions, fraternal orders, conventions, conferences, and all meetings and organizations where orderly progress of business calls for the use of parliamentary procedure.
