Positively Quit simplifies the process of becoming a non-smoker. Cassius, himself an ex-smoker, starts from the beginning, guiding you to recall how and why you started smoking. He then empowers you through the process of undoing your decision to start smoking. He prepares you for each of the challenges you will face and outlines your alternatives to smoking. For those who are curious, his final chapter explains the science behind his approach to quitting. This is the only manual you will need to stop smoking and, when you follow his steps, you will rediscover the freedom of being a non-smoker.

Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. II, No. 2) April 2010 "Recovering The Self" is a quarterly journal which explores the themes of recovery and healing through poetry, memoir, essays, Opinion, fiction, humor, media reviews and psycho-education. Areas of concern include aging, disabilities, health, abuse recovery, trauma/PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Contributors come from around the world to provide a mirror of the experience of peoples of all cultures and beliefs. This issue explores a number of areas of concern including: Complementary and Alternative Therapies Combat Veterans and PTSD Overcoming jealousy Mental illness Addiction Parenting Eldercare Psychotherapy Media reviews Abuse Recovery and much more! Acclaim for "Recovering The Self" "Editor Ernest Dempsey does an admirable job of pulling this material together in a pleasing shape. Each piece offers a revelation, insight, or lesson for the reader to take away. The writing throughout is excellent." --Janet Riehl, author "Sightlines: A Poet's Diary" "I highly recommend a subscription to this journal, "Recovering the Self, " for professionals who are in the counseling profession or who deal with crisis situations. Readers involved with the healing process will also really enjoy this journal and feel inspired to continue on. The topics covered in the first journal alone, will motivate you to continue reading books on the subject matter presented. Guaranteed." --Paige Lovitt for Reader Views Visit us online at www.RecoveringSelf.com Published by Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com Periodicals: Literary - Journal Self-Help: Personal Growth - Happiness

Cassius Cheong's The Positively Quit Manual is the thinking person's guide to quit smoking. My experience helping smokers quit successfully is that it works best for those who are rational, independent-minded and determined to quit for good. If this description fits you, you'll likely find this manual a useful tool to help you quit smoking for good. Visit www.positivelyquit.com for more details.

This manual covers what you need to know, encourages you to review and understand your reasons and motivation for quitting, and then presents a truly useful approach to quitting. You can't go wrong with this manual.--Brian Nussbaum, Psy.D.

The Positively Quit Manual was written with one key objective in mind - to help smokers who want to quit do so as quickly and painlessly as possible. To do this, we did our best to keep things as simple as possible, pared information down to the bare necessity and included only those techniques that worked effectively for the greatest number of our clients. The Manual writer smoked a packet of cigarettes a day for 20 years. He tried going 'cold turkey', 'cutting down' and other methods but failed each time. He found that quitting was relatively easy, however, using the observations and techniques described in this manual. Follow the simple instructions in it and you'll likely find quitting smoking relatively easy as well.

There has been much debate on the purposes and methods of assessment over the last couple of years. This book gathers together the latest thinking and looks at how assessment can be used to promote or inhibit learning. Unlike other books on the market, this one summarizes theory and shows how it can be best put into practice, using as little jargon as possible. Some of the issues discussed in this text include: * how assessment can erode self-esteem and motivation * how skills of reflection, self-evaluation and personal target setting can impact on learning * how far learners of all ages understand what they are required to learn * how far students are able to evaluate their own performance and what schools can do in the short, medium and long-term to promote more effective learning. Part of the What's In It For Schools series, this book is ideal for teachers and other non-academics concerned with education who require a grounding in the issue to help them in their daily work.

Most studies of Roman local administration focus on the formal structures of power: imperial laws, urban institutions and magistracies. This book explores the interplay of formal power with informal factors such as social prejudice, parochialism and personal rivalries in the cities of northwestern Asia Minor from the first to the fifth centuries AD. Through a detailed analysis of the municipal speeches and career of the philosopher-politician Dion Chrysostomos, we gain new in-depth insight into the petty conflicts and lofty ambitions of an ancient provincial small-town politician and those around him. The author concludes that Roman local politics were rarely concerned with political issues but more often with social status and the desire for recognition within an agonistic society.

Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence: Basic Chemistry and Analytical Applications is a compendium of papers presented at the second International Symposium on Analytical Applications of Bioluminescene and Chemiluminescence in San Diego, California on August 26-28, 1980. Part I deals with chemilunescence and excited states including topics on the spectroscopy of the solvent cage — generation and characteristics of the excited state and the three features of chemi- and bioluminescence. Part II deals with events prior to producing luminol-dependent chemiluminescence; this part also examines the effects of stimulants on membrane potential. Part III discusses bacterial bioluminescence and analyzes the properties of a lumazine protein from a bioluminescent bacterium. This part also analyzes accessory enzymes responsible for such bacterial bioluminescence. Part IV examines the chemistry of firefly bioluminescence and presents the formula of three reactions catalyzed by firefly luciferase. Part V analyzes bioluminescence from other sources such as the earthworm and land snails. Part VI discusses the applications of bioluminescence in clinical chemistry, soil science, and marine biology. Part VII deals with the future uses of bioluminescence, while Part VIII is an abstract of other papers dealing with this subject. This collection can be helpful for biologists, zoologists, micro-biologists, marine biologists, and researchers dealing with bio-chemistry and related disciplines.