One of the first longitudinal studies of collective resistance in the developing world, Waves of Protest examines large-scale contentious action in El Salvador during critical eras in the country's history. Providing a compelling analysis of the massive waves of protests from the early twentieth century to the present in El Salvador, Paul D. Almeida fully chronicles one of the largest and most successful campaigns against globalization and privatization in the Americas. Drawing on original protest data from newspapers and other archival sources, Almeida makes an impassioned argument that regime liberalization organizes civil society and, conversely, acts of state-sponsored repression radicalize society. He correlates the ebb and flow of protest waves to the changes in regime liberalization and subsequent de-democratization and back to liberalization. Almeida shows how institutional access and competitive elections create opportunity for civic organizations that become radicalized when authoritarianism increases, resulting at times in violent protest campaigns that escalate to revolutionary levels. In doing so, he brings negative political conditions and threats to the forefront as central forces driving social movement activity and popular contention in the developing world. Paul D. Almeida is assistant professor of sociology at Texas A&M University. He is coeditor with Hank Johnston of Latin American Social Movements: Globalization, Democratization, and Transnational Networks.

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Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Computer Science - Commercial Information Technology, grade: 1,0, University of Regensburg, language: English, abstract: Enterprise Service Busses and related concepts like Service Oriented Architectures are increasing in popularity. Businesses are facing new challenges and networking, inter- and intra enterprise cooperation and collaboration are getting more and more crucial for being ahead of the competitors. Enterprise Service Buses are providing a necessary, high- scalable and flexible IT architecture for integration, an improved communication, and reducing complexity at least in theory. The major goal of this project seminar is to examine the practical use of ESB. The first part of this documentation will provide the reader with some theoretical foundations on the Enterprise Service Bus, integration paradigms and some required functions of Enterprise Service Buses. The following section will then focus on one specific Open Source ESB ¿ the Apache ServiceMix that will be presented briefly. Its main functions and concepts will be examined in detail. Furthermore the setup of a generic development environment, debugging principles and tools will be described. The following part is the development of an explorative case study that illustrates important features and characteristics of an ESB in a practical way. The focus is to illustrate the routing and messaging capabilities of Apache ServiceMix. Based on an everyday example, the message flow in a restaurant, we are trying to demonstrate development principles, analyze useful patterns and also illustrate common pitfalls and challenges. In the final part, lessons learned and some generic recommendations for possible applications of ESBs are presented. The project team is observing that ESB is a highly important integration model especially in Service Oriented Architectures. Furthermore for some single and clearly defined scenarios the functions provided by Open Source ESBs are already satisfactory. On the other hand side, ESBs are still emergent, there are a lot of instability, complexity and a lack of development tools. The recommendation is to clearly evaluate ESB and also optional other solutions before its practical application in a real world scenario.

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Computer Science - Commercial Information Technology, grade: 1,0, University of Regensburg, language: English, abstract: Enterprise Service Busses and related concepts like Service Oriented Architectures are increasing in popularity. Businesses are facing new challenges and networking, inter- and intra enterprise cooperation and collaboration are getting more and more crucial for being ahead of the competitors. Enterprise Service Buses are providing a necessary, high- scalable and flexible IT architecture for integration, an improved communication, and reducing complexity at least in theory. The major goal of this project seminar is to examine the practical use of ESB. The first part of this documentation will provide the reader with some theoretical foundations on the Enterprise Service Bus, integration paradigms and some required functions of Enterprise Service Buses. The following section will then focus on one specific Open Source ESB ¿ the Apache ServiceMix that will be presented briefly. Its main functions and concepts will be examined in detail. Furthermore the setup of a generic development environment, debugging principles and tools will be described. The following part is the development of an explorative case study that illustrates important features and characteristics of an ESB in a practical way. The focus is to illustrate the routing and messaging capabilities of Apache ServiceMix. Based on an everyday example, the message flow in a restaurant, we are trying to demonstrate development principles, analyze useful patterns and also illustrate common pitfalls and challenges. In the final part, lessons learned and some generic recommendations for possible applications of ESBs are presented. The project team is observing that ESB is a highly important integration model especially in Service Oriented Architectures. Furthermore for some single and clearly defined scenarios the functions provided by Open Source ESBs are already satisfactory. On the other hand side, ESBs are still emergent, there are a lot of instability, complexity and a lack of development tools. The recommendation is to clearly evaluate ESB and also optional other solutions before its practical application in a real world scenario.

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! ** ARE YOU READY TO LIVE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE UNIVERSE ANDTHE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE? The #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Universe Has Your Back shows you how. SUPER ATTRACTOR WILL TEACH YOU ESSENTIAL METHODS FOR MANIFESTING A LIFE BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS Identified as “a new role model” by The New York Times and featured on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday as a “next-generation thought leader," Gabrielle Bernstein lays out the exact steps for living in alignment with the Universe and manifesting your greatest self- -more fully than you've ever done before. This book is a journey of remembering where your true power lies. You’ll learn how to co-create the life you want. You’ll accept that life can flow, that manifesting miracles is fun, and that you don’t have to work so hard to get what you want. Most importantly, you’ll feel good. And when you feel good, you give off a presence of joy that elevates everyone around you. I've always known that there is a nonphysical presence beyond my visible sight," Gabby writes . "All my life I've intuitively tuned in to it and used it as a source for good...What we call it is irrelevant. Connecting to it is imperative.” Super Attractor is a manifesto for making that connection and claiming your desires with confidence, marrying your spiritual life with your day-to-day experience. In these magical pages, you'll learn how to: * Move beyond dabbling in your practice, when it's convenient, to living a spiritual life all the time * Take practical steps to create an aligned life filled with purpose, happiness, and freedom * Feel a sense of awe each day as you witness miracles unfold * Release the past and live without fear of the future * Tap into the infinite source of abundance, intuition, joy, and well-being that is your birthright * Bring more LIGHT to your own life and the world around you Chapter titles include: · The Universe Always Delivers · It's Good to Feel Good · There's More Than Enough to Go Around · Have Fun along the Way · Lift the Veil · Invisible Guidance is Available to You · Do Less and Attract More · Taking Spiritually Aligned Action · Appreciate and Appreciate More · Let the Universe Catch Up with Your Dreams · Unwavering Faith in the Universe This book is a journey of remembering where your true power lies. You'll learn how to co-create the life you want. You'll accept that life can flow, that attracting is fun, and that you don't have to work so hard to get what you want. Most important, you'll feel good. And when you feel good, you'll give off a presence of joy that can elevate everyone around you. After reading this book, you will know how to fulfill your function: to be a force of love in the world. Accepting that you are a Super Attractor will change everything. You’ll trust that it’s safe to release the past and you’ll no longer fear the future. You’ll tap into an infinite source of abundance, energy, happiness and well-being. This well-being will become the norm for you and you’ll know intuitively how to show up for life and bring more light to the world around you. “Gabrielle is the real thing. I respect her work immensely.” — Dr. Wayne Dyer

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! ** ARE YOU READY TO LIVE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE UNIVERSE ANDTHE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE? The #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Universe Has Your Back shows you how. SUPER ATTRACTOR WILL TEACH YOU ESSENTIAL METHODS FOR MANIFESTING A LIFE BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS Identified as “a new role model” by The New York Times and featured on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday as a “next-generation thought leader," Gabrielle Bernstein lays out the exact steps for living in alignment with the Universe and manifesting your greatest self- -more fully than you've ever done before. This book is a journey of remembering where your true power lies. You’ll learn how to co-create the life you want. You’ll accept that life can flow, that manifesting miracles is fun, and that you don’t have to work so hard to get what you want. Most importantly, you’ll feel good. And when you feel good, you give off a presence of joy that elevates everyone around you. I've always known that there is a nonphysical presence beyond my visible sight," Gabby writes . "All my life I've intuitively tuned in to it and used it as a source for good...What we call it is irrelevant. Connecting to it is imperative.” Super Attractor is a manifesto for making that connection and claiming your desires with confidence, marrying your spiritual life with your day-to-day experience. In these magical pages, you'll learn how to: * Move beyond dabbling in your practice, when it's convenient, to living a spiritual life all the time * Take practical steps to create an aligned life filled with purpose, happiness, and freedom * Feel a sense of awe each day as you witness miracles unfold * Release the past and live without fear of the future * Tap into the infinite source of abundance, intuition, joy, and well-being that is your birthright * Bring more LIGHT to your own life and the world around you Chapter titles include: · The Universe Always Delivers · It's Good to Feel Good · There's More Than Enough to Go Around · Have Fun along the Way · Lift the Veil · Invisible Guidance is Available to You · Do Less and Attract More · Taking Spiritually Aligned Action · Appreciate and Appreciate More · Let the Universe Catch Up with Your Dreams · Unwavering Faith in the Universe This book is a journey of remembering where your true power lies. You'll learn how to co-create the life you want. You'll accept that life can flow, that attracting is fun, and that you don't have to work so hard to get what you want. Most important, you'll feel good. And when you feel good, you'll give off a presence of joy that can elevate everyone around you. After reading this book, you will know how to fulfill your function: to be a force of love in the world. Accepting that you are a Super Attractor will change everything. You’ll trust that it’s safe to release the past and you’ll no longer fear the future. You’ll tap into an infinite source of abundance, energy, happiness and well-being. This well-being will become the norm for you and you’ll know intuitively how to show up for life and bring more light to the world around you. “Gabrielle is the real thing. I respect her work immensely.” — Dr. Wayne Dyer

One of the first longitudinal studies of collective resistance in the developing world, Waves of Protest examines large-scale contentious action in El Salvador during critical eras in the country's history. Providing a compelling analysis of the massive waves of protests from the early twentieth century to the present in El Salvador, Paul D. Almeida fully chronicles one of the largest and most successful campaigns against globalization and privatization in the Americas. Drawing on original protest data from newspapers and other archival sources, Almeida makes an impassioned argument that regime liberalization organizes civil society and, conversely, acts of state-sponsored repression radicalize society. He correlates the ebb and flow of protest waves to the changes in regime liberalization and subsequent de-democratization and back to liberalization. Almeida shows how institutional access and competitive elections create opportunity for civic organizations that become radicalized when authoritarianism increases, resulting at times in violent protest campaigns that escalate to revolutionary levels. In doing so, he brings negative political conditions and threats to the forefront as central forces driving social movement activity and popular contention in the developing world. Paul D. Almeida is assistant professor of sociology at Texas A&M University. He is coeditor with Hank Johnston of Latin American Social Movements: Globalization, Democratization, and Transnational Networks.

EASY TO LEARN: Engaging lessons and a variety of activities make learning fun, and complete teacher materials make it easy to ensure your student’s progress. Since teacher/student interaction is an integral part of this program, both the teacher and student materials are necessary for a comprehensive exposure to concepts. BIBLE BASED: Based upon the perfect source of the Bible, Horizons Preschool allows you and your students to study the world around you from the viewpoint of the Creator. Lessons begin with a Bible concept and flow into an organized selection of learning activities and academic subjects. Students gain the important knowledge that God is the beginning of all things, and they get a perspective of the world that cannot be gained in any other way. HIGHER REASONING ABILITIES: Analytical reasoning skills are used in making daily decisions. Beginning with the introduction of each concept, Horizons teaches these thinking skills to help students gain a complete understanding of the concept. Students begin to reason from the principles taught in Horizons lessons and apply them to real-life situations. HANDS-ON LEARNING (MANIPULATIVES): Some students can better visualize the application of principles by physically demonstrating them. Hands-on learning or tactile memory is included in Horizons through the use of manipulatives. Teacher’s guides contain daily lists of activities and inexpensive materials that can be used for hands-on learning

The energy of creation is real. According to Dr. Caroline Myss, this unlimited power source is available right now-if you know the science of how to access it. Now, for the first time, this bestselling author and medical intuitive reveals a bold program for excavating the deep unconscious forces that block the flow of energy through your life with Advanced Energy Anatomy. On this nine-session curriculum, Dr. Myss reviews her results with thousands of people in search of healing, and identifies the one power that can literally change the future: your power of choice. Each choice you make can bring you into partnership with the divine, Dr. Myss teaches, in a sacred process between you and the divine that she calls co-creation. To open the divine mystery and work with it as your partner in creation, Dr. Myss identifies four central archetypes and seven principles of co-creation. Join Dr. Myss as she explores how to work with these principles, and apply them to the most important areas of your life: money, relationships, career, creativity, and spirituality. Advanced Energy Anatomy guides you to a new understanding of how archetypes and other unconscious forces relate to problems of health, addiction, self-esteem, and victimhood, while opening you to partnership with the divine power that makes everything in life possible.

According to their effects on man, the author distinguishes between four different noise zones, the transition ta the next zone being characterised by the appearance of an additional effect. These are: psychic reactions, vege tative reactions, injuries ta the internal ear, and, finally, mechanical de struction of ganglion cells. The author gives examples of psychic reactions, depending not only an the nature of the noise but also an the mental attitude of the person per ceiving the noise towards its source. The most characteristic reaction is a constriction of peripheral blood vessels, followed by a decrease in circula tion in the whole body. The degree of this reaction depends an the intensity of the noise, but not an its frequency, though the width of the noi se band plays an important r8le. As ta the vegetative reactions, there is no adaptation to noise. In sleep they are stronger than in a wakeful state. Exposure ta noise for years causes persistent effects an the blood flow through the skin, but also an the heart action and the regulation of the equilibrium. Noise of more than 90 phones may prove injurious ta the auditory ap paratus. Higher frequencies are more detrimental than lower ones. The audiometric diagram allows ta distinguish between traumatic injuries and those due ta old age. Extraaural effects of noise are only ta be found among operators of jets and rockets, especially at test-stands, and may be pre vented by wearing protective devices.

According to their effects on man, the author distinguishes between four different noise zones, the transition ta the next zone being characterised by the appearance of an additional effect. These are: psychic reactions, vege tative reactions, injuries ta the internal ear, and, finally, mechanical de struction of ganglion cells. The author gives examples of psychic reactions, depending not only an the nature of the noise but also an the mental attitude of the person per ceiving the noise towards its source. The most characteristic reaction is a constriction of peripheral blood vessels, followed by a decrease in circula tion in the whole body. The degree of this reaction depends an the intensity of the noise, but not an its frequency, though the width of the noi se band plays an important r8le. As ta the vegetative reactions, there is no adaptation to noise. In sleep they are stronger than in a wakeful state. Exposure ta noise for years causes persistent effects an the blood flow through the skin, but also an the heart action and the regulation of the equilibrium. Noise of more than 90 phones may prove injurious ta the auditory ap paratus. Higher frequencies are more detrimental than lower ones. The audiometric diagram allows ta distinguish between traumatic injuries and those due ta old age. Extraaural effects of noise are only ta be found among operators of jets and rockets, especially at test-stands, and may be pre vented by wearing protective devices.

Improve your analytics and data platform to solve major challenges, including operationalizing big data and advanced analytics workloads on Azure. You will learn how to monitor complex pipelines, set alerts, and extend your organization's custom monitoring requirements. This book starts with an overview of the Azure Data Factory as a hybrid ETL/ELT orchestration service on Azure. The book then dives into data movement and the connectivity capability of Azure Data Factory. You will learn about the support for hybrid data integration from disparate sources such as on-premise, cloud, or from SaaS applications. Detailed guidance is provided on how to transform data and on control flow. Demonstration of operationalizing the pipelines and ETL with SSIS is included. You will know how to leverage Azure Data Factory to run existing SSIS packages. As you advance through the book, you will wrap up by learning how to create a single pane for end-to-end monitoring, which is a key skill in building advanced analytics and big data pipelines. What You'll Learn Understand data integration on Azure cloud Build and operationalize an ADF pipeline Modernize a data warehouse Be aware of performance and security considerations while moving data Who This Book Is For Data engineers and big data developers. ETL (extract, transform, load) developers also will find the book useful in demonstrating various operations.

Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Domestic Hot Water provides a fundamental understanding of heat and energy conversions and of both solar domestic hot water system types with associated components and photovoltaic/inverter system combinations. It provides the information needed to determine and understand the proper siting requirements, the amount of energy needed (based upon usage), the amount of solar energy available, the methods of comparing collectors for both hot water and photovoltaic situations, and the number of collectors necessary for either hot water or electricity . Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Domestic Hot Water also details the investment and cost savings advantages of using solar energy through a unique compilation of information and explanations not available in other publications or on the internet. This includes comprehensive financial explanations with examples using basic engineering management analysis methods. These examples include present and future worth relative to break-even costs and cash flow analysis and actual quoted systems and worksheets for typical electrical solar PV and DHW demand scenarios allowing you to calculate your own cost estimates and to evaluate your own projects relative to investment payback. Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Domestic Hot Water will enable readers make informed decisions about the economic practicality of solar generation sources for residential or commercial use based upon location, energy demands, associated conventional fuel costs, solar energy system costs, and tax incentives.

Highlights General:␍- Product name: 28-port GbE L3 Managed Switch with 4 SFP+ Uplink␍- switch class: Layer 3 Ports:␍- Total port count: 32␍- Gigabit SFP: 24␍- Gigabit combo (SFP/RJ-45): 4␍- 10-Gigabit SFP+: 4 Performance:␍- Switching capacity (Gbps): 136␍- Forwarding rate (Mpps): 101.1␍- Packet buffer (byte): 4 MB␍- MAC address table: 32 K Power:␍- Input: 100 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz␍- Max. power consumption (watt): 60.1 Standard Compliance:␍- IEEE 802.3 10Base-T Ethernet␍- IEEE 802.3u 100Base-Tx Ethernet␍- IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T Ethernet␍- IEEE 802.3z 1000 Base-X␍- IEEE 802.3x flow control␍- IEEE 802.3az EEE support␍- IEEE 802.1p CoS support␍- IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)␍- IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)␍- IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)␍- IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging␍- IEEE 802.1X Port authentication␍- IEEE 802.3ad LACP aggregation Traffic Management and QoS␍- Rate limiting: policy-based/portbased bandwidth control with 64 kbps granularity␍- Two Rate Three Color Marker (trTCM)␍- CIR/PIR bandwidth control␍- Port-based egress traffic shaping␍- Broadcast storm control␍- IEEE 802.1p with 8 priority queues per port␍- WFR, WRR, SPQ scheduling algorithms␍- DSCP/DSCP to 802.1p priority mapping␍- IGMP/IGMP snooping v1, v2, v3␍- IGMP throttling␍- IGMP snooping fast leave␍- IGMP snooping statistics␍- Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)␍- Congestion control on all ports␍- Selective Q-in-Q IPv4␍- Wire-speed IP forwarding␍- RIP v1, v2␍- OSPF␍- Static routing␍- DHCP server/relay␍- OSPF summary address␍- DVMRP␍- ECMP␍- IP port moving␍- VRRP IPv6␍- IPv6 over Ethernet␍- IPv6 addressing␍- ICMPv6␍- Dual Stack␍- IPv6 static routing␍- Neighbor discovery␍- DHCPv6 relay Link Aggregation␍- IEEE 802.3ad LACP link aggregation␍- Static port trunking␍- Up to 16 aggregation groups, 8 ports per group randomly selected␍- Link aggregation algorithm of source/destination IP address User Security and Authentication␍- IEEE 802.1Q tag-based and portbased VLAN␍- GVRP automatic VLAN member registration␍- Up to 4 K static/dynamic VLANs␍- Full range 4 K PVID support␍- Port-based VLAN and VLAN isolation␍- IP classification VLAN␍- VLAN counter␍- VLAN search␍- VLAN translation␍- VLAN MAC limit␍- Intrusion lock␍- MAC freeze␍- MAC search␍- MAC filtering␍- Port security␍- Limited MAC number per port␍- IP source guard␍- Loop guard␍- IP filtering␍- TCP/UDP socket filtering␍- BPDU transparency␍- IEEE 802.1X port-based authentication␍- Enhanced 802.1X compensation assignment over VLAN␍- TACACS+␍- Layer 2 protocol tunneling␍- Guest VLAN

Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Domestic Hot Water provides a fundamental understanding of heat and energy conversions and of both solar domestic hot water system types with associated components and photovoltaic/inverter system combinations. It provides the information needed to determine and understand the proper siting requirements, the amount of energy needed (based upon usage), the amount of solar energy available, the methods of comparing collectors for both hot water and photovoltaic situations, and the number of collectors necessary for either hot water or electricity . Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Domestic Hot Water also details the investment and cost savings advantages of using solar energy through a unique compilation of information and explanations not available in other publications or on the internet. This includes comprehensive financial explanations with examples using basic engineering management analysis methods. These examples include present and future worth relative to break-even costs and cash flow analysis and actual quoted systems and worksheets for typical electrical solar PV and DHW demand scenarios allowing you to calculate your own cost estimates and to evaluate your own projects relative to investment payback. Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Domestic Hot Water will enable readers make informed decisions about the economic practicality of solar generation sources for residential or commercial use based upon location, energy demands, associated conventional fuel costs, solar energy system costs, and tax incentives.

Inspirational and visually on trend, Ashley Hicks's latest work is a pattern book for the twenty-first century. Offering insights and revelations, Hicks's own exquisitely quirky and colorful historicist interiors are discussed with designs from the recent and faraway past. Ashley Hicks has created a mix of manifesto, souvenir album, and confession in this collection of noteworthy rooms--featuring his own one-of-a-kind interiors along with rooms that have inspired him. The manifesto aspect is rather limited, since Hicks is not a great believer in aesthetic rules or the value of so-called good taste, but as a souvenir album, it charts Hicks's personal creative journey of the last few years, illustrated with photographs of some favorite historical interiors and objects that represent a mixture of source material and inspiration. The book's twelve chapters reveal Hicks's creative process, how he approaches different themes in his own interiors, furniture designs, and works of art, and how these themes can be applied to the works of others. Such subjects as flowers, color, layers, form, pattern, and memory are presented in the context of actual projects. Historical and recent interiors are discussed for their decorative value--notable rooms and architecture include the Pantheon in Rome; Emperor Maximilian's tomb in Innsbruck; the Royal Pavilion, Brighton; and the Petit Trianon at Versailles. Hicks has created a book for devotees of decorating and the history of interior design.

THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING, LIFE-CHANGING PHENOMENON - SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A beautiful, gentle exploration of the dark season of life and the light of spring that eventually follows' - RAYNOR WINN 'Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself' - ELIZABETH GILBERT Stunning new hardback special edition of the life-affirming, bestselling balm for the soul Wintering is a comforting meditation on the fallow periods of life, times when we must retreat to care for and repair ourselves. Katherine May thoughtfully shows us how to come through these times with the wisdom of knowing that, like the seasons, our winters and summers are the ebb and flow of life. A moving personal narrative interwoven with lessons from literature, mythology and the natural world, May's story offers instruction on the transformative power of rest and retreat. Illumination emerges from many sources: solstice celebrations and dormice hibernation, C.S. Lewis and Sylvia Plath, swimming in icy waters and sailing arctic seas. Wintering invites us to change how we relate to our own fallow times. May models an active acceptance of sadness and finds nourishment in deep retreat, joy in the hushed beauty of winter, and encouragement in understanding life as cyclical, not linear. A secular mystic, May forms a guiding philosophy for transforming the hardships that arise before the ushering in of a new season. 'A book for the soul' - CAITLIN MORAN 'Absolutely beautiful' - CHERYL STRAYED

THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING, LIFE-CHANGING PHENOMENON - SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A beautiful, gentle exploration of the dark season of life and the light of spring that eventually follows' - RAYNOR WINN 'Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself' - ELIZABETH GILBERT Stunning new hardback special edition of the life-affirming, bestselling balm for the soul Wintering is a comforting meditation on the fallow periods of life, times when we must retreat to care for and repair ourselves. Katherine May thoughtfully shows us how to come through these times with the wisdom of knowing that, like the seasons, our winters and summers are the ebb and flow of life. A moving personal narrative interwoven with lessons from literature, mythology and the natural world, May's story offers instruction on the transformative power of rest and retreat. Illumination emerges from many sources: solstice celebrations and dormice hibernation, C.S. Lewis and Sylvia Plath, swimming in icy waters and sailing arctic seas. Wintering invites us to change how we relate to our own fallow times. May models an active acceptance of sadness and finds nourishment in deep retreat, joy in the hushed beauty of winter, and encouragement in understanding life as cyclical, not linear. A secular mystic, May forms a guiding philosophy for transforming the hardships that arise before the ushering in of a new season. 'A book for the soul' - CAITLIN MORAN 'Absolutely beautiful' - CHERYL STRAYED

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With so much obvious financial need in the world today, why is a book about "receiving" necessary? Most of us might assume that to receive should be a normal process, especially in these economic times when almost everyone needs to receive on some level of life. Yet a psychiatrist to the rich recently explained, "A surprising number of my talented, successful clients still feel unworthy. They feel guilty about having large sums of money. My job is to help them accept their good fortune and to enjoy it." People seem to be restraining themselves from experiencing a prosperous life and OPEN YOUR MIND TO RECEIVE will help to release them. Although they may not realize it, their own consciousness may be blocking the flow of prosperity into their lives. A prosperity consciousness transformation can happen to anyone who faithfully uses the universal laws of abundance in this book on a sincere and consistent basis. The results will be in accord with one's own soul growth. The success philosophy Ponder writes about obviously does not contain a risky "get-rich-quick" formula. Instead, it describes a soul-satisfying process of growth that contains unlimited and eternal benefits into which one evolves. OPEN YOUR MIND TO RECEIVE serves a deeper purpose, especially in these economic times when so many people are being forced to move from outer, material methods of acquiring prosperity to inner, mental and spiritual sources. Prosperity should no longer be regarded so much as a matter of politics and economics, but more as a matter of increased understanding and growth. True abundance on all levels of life comes as a result of developing a prosperous consciousness. And "consciousness" is the result of ideas held in mind. Year after year, Catherine Ponder's books continue to enlighten the world with prosperity secrets that work. Countless authors credit her inspiring words as the spark that set them on their own path to prosperity. OPEN YOUR MIND TO RECEIVE is now updated with new real-life stories, all revealing the laws of abundance that help the reader to pinpoint the source and open the floodgates of prosperity.