A Smile of Hope

A Smile of Hope
Author: Zenaida Roy-Almario
Publisher:
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2016-10-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781539463351

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A Smile of Hope is about a mother's love knowing no boundaries for her son, AJ Perez, who meets an untimely and sudden passing. Marivic Perez yearned for the opportunity to say goodbye to her son, and through her faith, her wishes are granted in special ways. Until they meet again, Marivic and her family continues to work in continuing AJ's legacy of inspirational hope. One does not need to know who AJ Perez was to want to read A Smile of Hope. A big take away from the book is; although we are all born into various "economic status," we are also born "equally gifted with some kind of talent and true potential." It is up to us individuals to recognize our gifted talent and to nurture and take care of its maximum potential with a kind heart, perseverance and humility. At a very young age, AJ was provided an opportunity to be in show business. He recognized he had the gift to entertain through his acting, dancing and singing. He made millions of fans very happy. He appreciated his gifts. He worked hard to always improve his craft. He was always grateful for his family, friends, colleagues and God. He knew the value of time and being present. He recognized the importance of goal setting and never giving up. He lived with purpose like there was no tomorrow.AJ's life of eighteen years may be considered very short by many. A Smile of Hope will convey it otherwise as perfectly timed with an abundance of blessings; and way before he was born, a life that was predestined and written in the stars.

Bootstrapping Trust in Modern Computers

Bootstrapping Trust in Modern Computers
Author: Bryan Parno
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2011-08-27
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1461414601

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Trusting a computer for a security-sensitive task (such as checking email or banking online) requires the user to know something about the computer's state. We examine research on securely capturing a computer's state, and consider the utility of this information both for improving security on the local computer (e.g., to convince the user that her computer is not infected with malware) and for communicating a remote computer's state (e.g., to enable the user to check that a web server will adequately protect her data). Although the recent "Trusted Computing" initiative has drawn both positive and negative attention to this area, we consider the older and broader topic of bootstrapping trust in a computer. We cover issues ranging from the wide collection of secure hardware that can serve as a foundation for trust, to the usability issues that arise when trying to convey computer state information to humans. This approach unifies disparate research efforts and highlights opportunities for additional work that can guide real-world improvements in computer security.

Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality

Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality
Author: Marc Grau Grau
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2022
Genre: Culture
ISBN: 3030756459

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This aim of this open access book is to launch an international, cross-disciplinary conversation on fatherhood engagement. By integrating perspective from three sectors -- Health, Social Policy, and Work in Organizations -- the book offers a novel perspective on the benefits of engaged fatherhood for men, for families, and for gender equality. The chapters are crafted to engaged broad audiences, including policy makers and organizational leaders, healthcare practitioners and fellow scholars, as well as families and their loved ones.

The Last Utopia

The Last Utopia
Author: Samuel Moyn
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2012-03-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674256522

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Human rights offer a vision of international justice that today’s idealistic millions hold dear. Yet the very concept on which the movement is based became familiar only a few decades ago when it profoundly reshaped our hopes for an improved humanity. In this pioneering book, Samuel Moyn elevates that extraordinary transformation to center stage and asks what it reveals about the ideal’s troubled present and uncertain future. For some, human rights stretch back to the dawn of Western civilization, the age of the American and French Revolutions, or the post–World War II moment when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was framed. Revisiting these episodes in a dramatic tour of humanity’s moral history, The Last Utopia shows that it was in the decade after 1968 that human rights began to make sense to broad communities of people as the proper cause of justice. Across eastern and western Europe, as well as throughout the United States and Latin America, human rights crystallized in a few short years as social activism and political rhetoric moved it from the hallways of the United Nations to the global forefront. It was on the ruins of earlier political utopias, Moyn argues, that human rights achieved contemporary prominence. The morality of individual rights substituted for the soiled political dreams of revolutionary communism and nationalism as international law became an alternative to popular struggle and bloody violence. But as the ideal of human rights enters into rival political agendas, it requires more vigilance and scrutiny than when it became the watchword of our hopes.

Titian Remade

Titian Remade
Author: Maria H. Loh
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2007
Genre: Imitation in art
ISBN: 9780892368730

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This insightful volumes the use of imitation and the modern cult of originality through a consideration of the disparate fates of two Venetian painters - the canonised master Titian and his artistic heir, the little-known Padovanino.

Oral Health in America

Oral Health in America
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2000
Genre: Dental public health
ISBN:

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Grave Misfortune: The USS Indianapolis Tragedy

Grave Misfortune: The USS Indianapolis Tragedy
Author: Richard A. Hulver
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2019-06-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 016095021X

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Dedicated to the Sailors and Marines who lost their lives on the final voyage of USS Indianapolis and to those who survived the torment at sea following its sinking. plus the crews that risked their lives in rescue ships. The USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a decorated World War II warship that is primarily remembered for her worst 15 minutes. . This ship earned ten (10) battle stars for her service in World War II and was credited for shooting down nine (9) enemy planes. However, this fame was overshadowed by the first 15 minutes July 30, 1945, when she was struck by two (2) torpedoes from Japanese submarine I-58 and sent to the bottom of the Philippine Sea. The sinking of Indianapolis and the loss of 880 crew out of 1,196 --most deaths occurring in the 4-5 day wait for a rescue delayed --is a tragedy in U.S. naval history. This historical reference showcases primary source documents to tell the story of Indianapolis, the history of this tragedy from the U.S. Navy perspective. It recounts the sinking, rescue efforts, follow-up investigations, aftermath and continuing communications efforts. Included are deck logs to better understand the ship location when she sunk and testimony of survivors and participants. For additional historical publications produced by the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, please check out these resources here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/naval-history-heritage-command Year 2016 marked the 71st anniversary of the sinking and another spike in public attention on the loss -- including a big screen adaptation of the story, talk of future films, documentaries, and planned expeditions to locate the wreckage of the warship.

The Tipping Point

The Tipping Point
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2006-11-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0759574731

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From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior. The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas. “A wonderful page-turner about a fascinating idea that should affect the way every thinking person looks at the world.” —Michael Lewis