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ALCOHOL: The number one drug of choice for America's youth.

Throughout his college years, Toren Volkmann partied like there was no tomorrow And like so many parents, his mother, Chris, overlooked Toren's growing alcohol problem. But when he graduated, Toren realized that he had become a full-blown alcoholic with a college diploma.

Written from the viewpoints of both mother and son, this is a riveting, enlightening, and heartbreakingly true story of a family that was able to confront the fear, pain, and denial that threatened to destroy them-and survive the epidemic of teenage drinking that is putting America's future at risk..
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Seamless Assessment in Science . . . is the kind of book one reads and thinks, "I wish I would have done that." Well, Sandra Abell and Mark Volkmann did, and both elementary and middle school teachers and their students are better because they did.
- Rodger Bybee, Executive Director, BSCS

When you open your science classroom to inquiry-based learning you must align your curriculum to assessment strategies that mirror the investigatory spirit, rather than rely solely on traditional, end-of-unit tests that eschew process for product. It's time for new ways of assessment that parallel inquiry-driven instruction and offer a variety of options and entry points. It's time for Seamless Assessment in Science.

Seamless Assessment in Science is your one-stop guide for assessing students' learning. Working with the popular 5E model as an instructional framework, Sandra Abell and Mark Volkmann have designed accompanying methods for embedding formative and summative assessment throughout any science unit. They've tested their ideas in real classrooms. Seamless Assessment in Science includes thirteen vignettes, written by practicing teachers in a variety of settings where assessment isn't merely a test, but an opportunity for students to share what they've learned. You'll observe inquiry-driven classrooms in action as primary, intermediate, and middle level students tackle topics in the life, physical, and earth sciences.

Aligned with the National Science Education Standards, full of research-based strategies, and ready to work in your science classroom, Seamless Assessment in Science is so practical it will find a permanent home next to your planning book. Read Seamless Assessment in Science and find great ideas for assessment that complement inquiry-based instruction.

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When it comes to new products and services, what moves customers to buy? Why do they choose one product over another? What makes them bank on a company’s future? These are the billion-dollar questions facing all companies competing in highly connected markets—and today’s answers will determine tomorrow’s market leaders.

In this book, marketing and communications experts Ron Ricci and John Volkmann argue that the unique features of digital products—and of consumer goods that contain digital components—force customers to consider the viability of the company behind the solution to their problems. Picking a losing company could mean getting stuck with products that can’t be upgraded or services that can’t be extended. So customers buy from the company that they believe will be the long-term—indeed, the inevitable—winner. They buy from the company that has what the authors call momentum.

More than sheer motion, momentum is mass, speed, and direction, combined in a value proposition so compelling that all constituents in a given marketplace believe it—and want to go with it. Ricci and Volkmann provide a practical formula—borrowed from the world of physics and proven in the marketplace—for how companies build and sustain momentum. Drawing upon their intensive study of 20,000 consumer and corporate buyers, the authors also reveal the “six forces of digital differentiation” that characterize “inevitable” market winners in the customer’s mind.

Ricci and Volkmann introduce a “momentum index” that will enable senior management, product marketers, and marketing communication strategists to:

- Measure a brand’s momentum against that of its competitors
Diagnose a company’s strengths and weaknesses as a market contender
- Develop an action plan for sustaining or strengthening a competitive position
- Apply momentum strategies to the digital features of traditional offerings

For anyone responsible for managing or communicating about a company and its brands, this book shows how companies can ride momentum to industry dominance.

Ron Ricci is Vice President of Marketing for Cisco Systems. John Volkmann is Vice President of Strategic Communications at Advanced Micro Devices..
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Laugh out loud as three inquisitive kittens investigate a fishbowl and wonder "what it's like in there" while a goldfish swims in circles, unperturbed The black and white longhair is the most interested--an orange and a silver-gold tabby each act as the straight men in the comic routine. Kitty quickly discards the idea of climbing in with the fish upon discovering that water is wet. ("Oh! Wet? I don't like water.") But when a second, empty tank is found, the kitten decides the time is right to learn how to swim. After all, fish just wiggle their tails, right? And kittens have tails...

This very simple photo story, with one short sentence per page, relies on the photos of three adorable and silly kittens to carry the weight. And carry it they do! Roy Volkmann's photos play on the distortions caused by the fishbowl, both full and empty, as well as the natural curiosity and goofiness of young felines. The "conversations" among the three cats are apt and entertaining. It may not turn out to be an all-time classic, but it sure is a fun little picture book, especially for feline fans. Prefer puppies? Try Volkmann's Hide-and-Seek Puppies, a pleasing companion to Curious Kittens. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter.
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Each step in the process is introduced separately so students can concentrate on mastering each skill before attacking another one. Although the book was developed for a four-credit course, the process approach also works well in courses with a varying number of credits and styles of instruction. Topics covered include an introduction to the law; legal analysis; the basic office memorandum; the more complicated memorandum; a brief to the trial court; appellate advocacy; and oral advocacy. .
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Springfield is the capital of Illinois and the home of Abraham Lincoln and Vachel Lindsay. The city is filled with history, and that fact is reflected in the many sculptures, monuments, and plaques that have been commissioned to commemorate this history. The city contains more than 14 statues and busts of Abraham Lincoln. Famous sculptors have created 17 statues inside the state capitol alone, and 13 more statues and sculptures are located on the capitol grounds. The state’s Capital Development Board sponsors the Art-in-Architecture program and provides funding for newly commissioned sculptures in state-funded public buildings. Several major American sculptors are represented in the many works, including Leonard Volk, Leonard Crunelle, Larkin Mead, Fred Torrey, and James Earl Fraser. Works of contemporary artists such as Michael Dunbar, Richard Hunt, and Preston Jackson are also present. Oak Ridge Cemetery contains four war memorials and Abraham Lincoln’s tomb. Each of the sculptures, monuments, and plaques has a story to tell and helps to make Springfield’s history come alive..
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Plant neurobiology is a newly emerging field of plant sciences. It covers signalling and communication at all levels of biological organization – from molecules up to ecological communities. In this book, plants are presented as intelligent and social organisms with complex forms of communication and information processing.

Authors from diverse backgrounds such as molecular and cellular biology, electrophysiology, as well as ecology treat the most important aspects of plant communication, including the plant immune system, abilities of plants to recognize self, signal transduction, receptors, plant neurotransmitters and plant neurophysiology. Further, plants are able to recognize the identity of herbivores and organize the defence responses accordingly. The similarities in animal and plant neuronal/immune systems are discussed too. All these hidden aspects of plant life and behaviour will stimulate further intense investigations in order to understand the communicative plants in their whole complexity.

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