Do you wonder where God is in Alzheimer's? Are you searching for hope in caregiving? I searched too--I lost both of my parents to Alzheimer's. They were its innocent victims. Caregiving for someone with Alzheimer's can be painfully brutal. We know how it ends. There is no cure. It doesn't get better. But I learned that we don't have to be defeated by it. And there is much grace and collateral beauty to be found in the journey. From broken memories to broken bones, Alzheimers catalyzed terror and defeat in my family. My parents were terrorized by the scrambling of their minds. We who loved them had to suffocate our feelings of defeat as they returned to innocence. As a caregiver, God allowed me to share in my parents passages back to undefeated innocence. I gained loving moments that I would have missed if I hadnt been involved and if I hadnt taken up the proper vantage point to see them. Undefeated Innocence offers hope to caregivers by weaving poignant personal experiences, humor, and biblical stories with a study of the Beatitudes. It answers Where is God? in Alzheimers. It confirms that caregiving experiences are abnormally normal, and its okay to store toothpaste in an underwear drawer. Undefeated Innocence reveals Gods grace through the storms and affirms that caregivers are not alone in wondering if life can return to a place of peace.

Undefeated is the 2015 FCA camp theme. We serve a God who has never lost. God is holy. God is mighty. He is UNDEFEATED! The FCA Athlete's Bible is made for competitors on the professional, college, high school, junior high, and youth levels. Featuring 232 pages of exclusive FCA content, this FCA Athlete’s Bible is full of amazing tools to help equip, encourage, and empower athletes in any sport to study God’s Word. Includes: FCA Camp Meeting Material, Training Time devotionals, Warm-Up Studies, Athlete Studies, the Starting Line Devotional and the More Than Winning Gospel presentation. - “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” -1 Corinthians 15:57

In a world fraught with secrecy, danger, and betrayal, Edward Mercer is an elite operative caught in a web of international intrigue. "The Enemy Within: A Thriller of Espionage" unravels a world where trust is a luxury, deception a necessity, and survival the ultimate goal. When a mysterious shadow organization threatens to destabilize global security, Mercer finds himself drawn into a complex game of cat and mouse. From the dark alleys of Berlin to the hidden chambers of the embassy, the enemy is everywhere, and the line between friend and foe is blurred. Betrayals are unveiled, alliances are formed, and love is twisted into a weapon as Mercer navigates a treacherous path. Each step unveils a new layer of deceit, a fresh web of lies, a complex plot masterminded by an unseen puppeteer pulling the strings. As the clock ticks down to an impending disaster, Mercer's loyalty is torn, his courage tested, and his resolve challenged. With lives hanging in the balance, a deadly dance with assassins, and a race against time, can he unravel the truth and make the ultimate sacrifice? Featuring gripping action sequences, heart-pounding suspense, and a rich tapestry of characters, "The Enemy Within: A Thriller of Espionage" delves into the shadowy world of intelligence agencies, double agents, and covert operations. It's a tale that explores the human psyche, the price of loyalty, and the complex nature of trust. Shadows linger, secrets are buried, but the truth is waiting to be uncovered. Dive into a thrilling espionage adventure that keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. Are you ready to enter a world where nothing is as it seems, and every face hides a hidden agenda?

This book is questions whether the discovery of truth is the central aim of the rules and practices of criminal investigation and trial.

This book addresses the fundamental ethical and legal aspects, penal consequences, and social context arising from a citizen's acceptance of guilt. The focus is upon sentencing people who have pleaded guilty; in short, post-adjudication, rather than issues arising from discussions in the pretrial phase of the criminal process. The vast majority of defendants across all common law jurisdictions plead guilty and as a result receive a reduced sentence. Concessions by a defendant attract more lenient State punishment in all western legal systems. The concession is significant: At a stroke, a guilty plea relieves the State of the burden of proving the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and in open court. Plea-based sentencing has become even more visible in recent years. The book provides insightful commentary on the following questions: - If an individual voluntarily accepts guilt, should the State receive this plea without further investigation or any disinterested adjudication? - Is it ethically acceptable to allow suspects and defendants, to self-convict in this manner, without independent confirmation and evidence to support a conviction? - If it is acceptable, what is the appropriate State response to such offenders? - If the defendant is detained pretrial, the ability to secure release in return for a plea may be particularly enticing. Might it be too enticing, resulting in wrongful convictions?

Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina.

What are the aims of a criminal trial? What social functions should it perform? And how is the trial as a political institution linked to other institutions in a democratic polity? What follows if we understand a criminal trial as calling a defendant to answer to a charge of criminal wrongdoing and, if he is judged to be responsible for such wrongdoing, to account for his conduct? A normative theory of the trial, an account of what trials ought to be and of what ends they should serve, must take these central aspects of the trial seriously; but they raise a number of difficult questions. They suggest that the trial should be seen as a communicative process: but what kinds of communication should it involve? What kind of political theory does a communicative conception of the trial require? Can trials ever actually amount to more than the imposition of state power on the defendant? What political role might trials play in conflicts that must deal not simply with issues of individual responsibility but with broader collective wrongs, including wrongs perpetrated by, or in the name of, the state? These are the issues addressed by the essays in this volume. The third volume in this series, in which the four editors of this volume develop their own normative account, will be published in 2007.

“A provocative, arresting, put-you-there account of a forgotten 1940s Army basketball team that we now realize shouldn’t be forgotten” (Lars Anderson, New York Times–bestselling author). In 1943, the West Point basketball team, the Cadets, had only managed a 5-10 record, and for the 1944 season, coach Ed Kelleher’s hopes of reversing Army’s fortunes rested on his five starters. They consisted of three seniors—team captain “Big Ed” Christl, John “Three Star” Hennessey, and class president Bobby Faas—and two juniors, Dale Hall and Doug Kenna. As the new season opened in January of 1944, Kelleher’s strategy paid handsome dividends. By the end of January, West Point was 6–0; by the end of February, the team boasted a 13-0 record. Of course, during those weeks, it only took a glance at the newspaper headlines to be reminded that there were far bigger contests than intercollegiate basketball afoot in the winter of 1944. The world was at war. The US Army needed its finest on the front line more than on the court, and the three seniors were soon destined for other battles . . . In the years that followed, the Army’s basketball team would never again have a chance to play in the NCAA tournament, and in the modern era, few remember West Point’s perfect 1944 season. Although West Point’s home basketball court is named the Edward C. Christl Arena, and the National Invitational Tournament’s trophy is named after his coach, Edward A. Kelleher, too few people fully appreciate why. But after reading Undefeated, they will. “Hoosiers meets Band of Brothers.” —Col. Scott Maytan