A successful career woman looking to settle down is torn between two very different men in this romance by the author of The Other Side. Smart, sexy Victoria Small has come to the end of her year off—from men, that is. She’s enjoyed her hiatus, the peace, quiet—and no unexpected interruptions. But now she’s ready to have someone to come home to. And her timing is perfect, as not one, but two, handsome possibilities enter her life… Ted, a powerful, blue-eyed CEO sends a thrill of excitement through her that shocks Victoria out of her comfort zone. Meanwhile, Parker, a talented surgeon, melts her defenses with his warmth and ebony good looks. The men are as different as can be—inside and out—but they have one thing in common: they both want Victoria. And as she struggles to decide what—and who—she really wants, Victoria will have to face her deepest fears, secrets, and desires—and decide if she’s brave enough for true love, no matter what color it comes in. Her answer just may surprise everyone, including herself… Praise for Unexpected Interruptions “Hickman hits all the high notes in this charming modern romance where love and loyalty trump race.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

From telemarketers to traffic jams to twenty-item shoppers in the ten-item line, our lives are full of interruptions. They're often aggravating, sometimes infuriating, and can make us want to tell people what we really think about them. But they also tell us something quite important about ourselves. The prophet Jonah's life was interrupted by a clear call of God that made him mad enough and scared enough to run in the completely opposite direction. Yet it wasn't really an interruption. It was an opportunity for Jonah to be involved in something the likes of which the Old Testament world had never seen: national revival in a Gentile country. What if Jonah had seen God's interruption for what it truly was—a divine intervention that held more adventure and possibility than any other thing he could have been doing at the time? What could have felt any better than being directly in the center of God's will? Yet we play it that same way—always running from major pains and minor problems that just don't seem to suit us at the time. Who knows what we're missing by being so interruption avoidant? In this very personal account of opportunities lost and lessons learned, popular conference speaker and author Priscilla Shirer shows how to embrace the amazing freedom and fulfillment that comes from going with God, even when He's going against your grain. .

It would be a horrific world to live in if we were harshly judged by a single wrong decision made under immense economic pressure. But it is not those moments that define you. It is how you respond to them that makes you who you are. You will find out what you are really made of once you have everything stripped away. A journey from a fortunate middle-class family of privilege and a wealthy multimillionaire developer lifestyle to the soul-crushing prison life learns what is truly important in life. Love truly makes the world go round, God's love. With redemption, grace, and forgiveness. It is what saves us from ourselves. Love redeems us from our deepest darkest despair. It is our light when we are lost in the woods. Love does not let our mistakes define us. Love helps us learn from our mistakes and changes our direction, guiding us to a newer, better, brighter tomorrow. Love defines us. Clark's life's story is full of unexpected interruptions teaching Patience Humility Gratitude The most Important lesson "Your choices in the past do not define you" Clark made a terrible choice in fear. This fear led him to the emotional, irrational, and disastrous decisions that ultimately tore apart everything that he had built for himself and his family. He lost everything in life that was worth living for and discovered what was worth fighting for. His fear had become a powerful motivator in his life. Controlling his emotions, actions, and his will to stand up to his selfishness and face reality. Some of the world's greatest cowards are staring at you through the mirror. Do not look away, that's what they want you to do. Stand up to them. He kept fear like some people keep a dirty secret, or instead, his fear kept him as a servant. It was undoubtedly something that he was experiencing in real-time, where there was a financial burden or relationship conflict. He was making decisions out of fear, and he kept making one poor choice after another because he did not want to face the coward in the mirror. He discovered his fear had a few friends. Pride was one of his closest allies, and vanity kept him from facing the facts that sometimes he doesn't make the best decisions. Arrogance had convinced him that he could hide mistakes and preserve his reputation as a deal maker. Vanity was a real SOB to deal with every night. Clark is looking back, knowing that if he had faced that fear and displaced my vanity, he would have been all right. He would have recovered, and his life would have carried on to another project, another deal. His problems would not have been half as challenging as the consequences were for the actions that brought him to his knees. If he would have remembered what love was. As you read his journey of unexpected interruptions, you should know that no matter your mistakes or what seems to be failures, know that these are just little interruptions that may just lead you to where you need to be. You need not fear them or any other obstacle in life. You are, however, encouraged to learn and grow

Curriculum design experts Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins have reviewed thousands of curriculum documents and unit plans across a range of subjects and grades. In this book, they identify and describe the 25 most common problems in unit design and recommend how to fix them--and avoid them when planning new units. McTighe and Wiggins, creators of the Understanding by Design® framework, help you use the process of backward design to troubleshoot your units and achieve tighter alignment and focus on learning priorities. Whether you're working with local or national standards or with other learning goals, you can rely on their practical and proven solutions to promote deeper and better learning for your students.

The fast evolution of education and the expansion of internet resources necessitate increasingly advanced tools and methodologies. Enabling virtual conversations for knowledge dissemination, community development, and connection might promote an explorative strategy. Teachers, trainers, and facilitators must create compelling virtual learning. Critical questions: How can companies engage online learners? How can educators improve virtual learning? A system can undergo substantial alterations when technology is employed as a tool or function. E-learning and m-learning offer new interaction options for learners, trainers, and stakeholders. Innovative technologies can encourage new educational alternatives against conservatism. You've been waiting for Revolutionizing the Online Learning Journey: 1500 Ways to Increase Engagement. This practical guide is for instructors, instructional designers, professional trainers, consultants, and others directly involved in teaching, producing, and leading online learning. The authors' data will reveal a wealth of methods that may make virtual meetings interesting, inclusive, and inventive for all participants. This book offers several ideas and tools that may be simply integrated to keep learners engaged and make learning sessions more engaging. You'll also learn about new learning tools like virtual reality and artificial intelligence to expand your possibilities.

In Thrown Off Script, Mike Domeny (321 Improv) takes the principles that make improv work on stage, and parallels them with Biblical truths so you can turn interruptions into opportunities and thrive in the unexpected.

One of the most widespread words in medicine is placebo and placebo effect, although it is not always clear what it means exactly. Recent progress in biomedical research has allowed a better clarification of the placebo effect. We know that this is an active psychobiological phenomenon which takes place in the patient's brain and that is capable of influencing both the course of a disease and the response to a therapy. Since publication of the first edition of this book in 2008, there has been an explosion of placebo research, and this new edition brings the topic fully up to date. Throughout, the book emphasizes that there are many placebo effects and critically reviews them in different medical conditions, such as neurological and psychiatric disorders, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, immune and hormonal responses, as well as oncology, surgery, sports medicine and acupuncture. The psychosocial context around the patient is crucial to the placebo effect, for example the doctor's words and attitudes, and throughout this is considered. Exhaustive in its coverage, and written by a world authority in the field, this is the definitive reference text to the placebo effect - one that is essential for researchers and clinicians across a wide range of medical specialities.

Get motivated by this collection of voices from women in leadership and their allies. Janel Keating and Jasmine K. Kullar gather a wide variety of educational leaders to focus on effective leadership practices as they relate to women, the roadblocks and complications women face in professional advancement, and strategies for lifting off the sticky floor and breaking the glass ceiling. Aspiring educational leaders and current leaders seeking professional growth will: Gain insight into the unique challenges faced by women in education as well as strategies for overcoming them Focus on the importance of mentoring and building up the next generation of female leaders Obtain tools to better advocate and self-market for the next career move Receive compassionate advice on implementing self-care strategies to avoid teacher burnout Cultivate confidence in women’s leadership and advance successful schools Contents: Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: Cultivating the Leadership of Confidence Chapter 2: Facing Change Chapter 3: Leading With Compassion and Insight Chapter 4: Looking out the Window and in the Mirror Chapter 5: Rising Through the Ranks Chapter 6: Braving Difficult Conversations Chapter 7: Seeking Mentorship and Sharing Your Expertise Chapter 8: Preparing for Promotion Chapter 9: Taking Care of Yourself Chapter 10 Learning From Women Leaders