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| mason by zainab: The Manor Scott Nicholson, 2004 A parapsychologist with a recurring dream finds herself drawn to an artist's retreat in the remote Appalachian Mountains, where a dangerous spirit is emerging, seeking everlasting life at any cost. Original. |
| mason by zainab: Creative Spirit: A Supernatural Thriller Scott Nicholson, 2010-10-04 Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares. - Bentley Little, The Burning When artists gather at a remote Appalachian estate for a retreat, they are unaware that their energy is feeding something unwholesome. Sculptor Mason Jackson and dying parapsychologist Anna Galloway must uncover the dark secrets of Korban Manor before their spirits become trapped forever. -------------------- CREATIVE SPIRIT A paranormal thriller After parapsychologist Anna Galloway is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she has a recurring dream in which she sees her own ghost. The setting of her dream is the historic Korban Manor, and she's compelled to face the secrets of her soul. Sculptor Mason Jackson has come to the manor to make a final, all-or-nothing attempt at success before giving up his dreams. When he becomes obsessed with carving Ephram Korban's form out of wood, even Anna can't divert his bizarre passion. The manor itself has secrets, with fires that blaze constantly in the hearths, portraits of Korban in every room, and deceptive mirrors on the walls. With an October blue moon looming, both the living and the dead learn the true power of their dreams. ---------------- Scott Nicholson understands that the best horror novels achieve primal fear through a combination of sustained atmosphere, richly drawn characters, and believable if uncanny evils that draw unholy power from everyday lives. --Christopher Ransom, author of The Birthing House Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off.--J.A. Konrath, Origin Scott Nicholson is the kind of writer who always surprises and always entertains.--Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero Scott Nicholson explores the dark legends of the southern end of the Appalachian mountain chain, a nightmare country that ends in Stephen King's yard.-- Sharyn McCrumb, author of The Ballad novels Keywords: Stephen King, Joe Hill, horror books, paranormal fiction, suspense, mystery, supernatural thriller, ghost story, haunted house book, scary google books, spooky ebooks, Dean Koontz, James Herbert, Blake Crouch, J.A. Konrath, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Nicholson, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Adam Nevill, Sarah Pinborough, ghost hunters, paranormal investigation, ghosts, John Saul, Sleeping Beauties, Gwendy's Button Box, The Shining, Ramsey Campbell, Robert McCammon, Brian Keene, Christopher Golden, Darcy Coates, Willow Rose, Ania Ahlborn, Amy Cross, Revival, Needful Things, Mark Tufo |
| mason by zainab: This Thing of Ours Caridad Svich, 2019-03-14 THIS THING OF OURS by Caridad Svich. A text for live performance. In THIS THING OF OURS, an act of violence struck our city. This has happened before. We say we will put our lives back together. Years will go by. We will grow apart, come together, have children, and some of us, will wonder how to keep going, as we turn to myths and seek lessons there. In our theaters of memory, in our songs of transcendence, perhaps we will find peace. THIS THING OF OURS was first seen at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis' Ignite Festival of New Work. |
| mason by zainab: The Search Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike, 1991 Om et statskup af berømt nigeriansk forfatter |
| mason by zainab: The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics Jeannie Lynn Sowers, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Erika Weinthal, 2023 Including 42 chapters, organized across 9 sections, The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics explores some of the most important environmental issues through the lens of comparative politics, including energy, climate change, food, health, urbanization, waste, and sustainability. The chapters delve into more traditional forms of comparative environmental politics (CEP)--the political economy of natural resources and the role of corporations and supply chains--while also showcasing new trends in CEP scholarship, particularly the comparative study of environmental injustice and intersectional inequities. The Handbook highlights scholarship from a broader range of regions and includes approaches from political science, anthropology, sociology, geography, gender theory, law, human rights, and development studies. |
| mason by zainab: Atormentado Scott Nicholson, Para entusiastas de Stephen King, Dean Koontz y Neil Gaiman. Siempre sorprende, siempre entretiene. - Jonathan Maberry, Paciente Cero ATORMENTADO Una novela gótica de suspense moderna Después de que le diagnostiquen un cáncer con metástasis a la parasicóloga Anna Galloway, esta tiene un sueño recurrente en el que ve a su propio fantasma. La escena de su sueño es la histórica Mansión Korban, actualmente un retiro para artistas en los remotos montes Apalaches. Atraída tanto por las historias de fantasmas que rodean la mansión como por su propio sentido del destino, Anna se inscribe en el retiro. El escultor Mason Jackson llega a la Mansión Korban para llevar a cabo su último intento desesperado de tener éxito antes de abandonar sus sueños. Cuando se obsesiona con esculpir el cuerpo de Ephram Korban en madera, también se cuestiona su motivación pero algo le conduce a un frenesí creativo que nunca antes había sentido. La mansión tiene sus secretos, con hogueras que arden constantemente, retratos de Korban en todas las estancias y falsos espejos en las paredes. Con la luna azul de octubre al caer, tanto los vivos como los muertos conocerán el auténtico poder de sus sueños. ------ terror ebook, sobrenatural libro, fantasmas libros, paranormal, thriller, suspenso, misterio, fantasía oscura, historia casa embrujada, Clive Barker, James Herbert, Edgar Allan Poe, Libro de terror español, Gillermo del Toro, Joe Hill, Blake Crouch |
| mason by zainab: Sorrow and Bliss Meg Mason, 2020-09-01 Spiky, sharp, intriguingly dark and tender, full of pathos, fury and wit, Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason is a dazzling, distinctive novel from a boldly talented writer - now an instant Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Women's Prize. 'Sorrow and Bliss is a brilliantly faceted and extremely funny book about depression that engulfed me in the way I'm always hoping to be to be engulfed by novels. While I was reading it, I was making a list of all the people I wanted to send it to, until I realized that I wanted to send it to everyone I know' Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth 'As soon as I finished Mason's tragically funny debut novel, I gave it to a friend, bookmark and all. I have a feeling my much-underlined paperback has changed hands a dozen times by now; Sorrow and Bliss is too good to hang on to. . . . Mason navigates [Martha's challenges] with dark charm.' New York Times 'I am adding Sorrow and Bliss to my list of the best novels of 2020.' The Australian 'Both fantastically dark and almost unbearably funny ... its beautifully understated, airy style conceals the fiercest intelligence. I loved it so much that I stalked the author on social media - a first. Just read it. It's unforgettable.' India Knight, The Times 'Such a good book and so richly warrants the Fleabag reference... So funny, so devastating, it's really spiky and completely compelling, I absolutely loved it' Annabel Crabb This novel is about a woman called Martha. She knows there is something wrong with her but she doesn't know what it is. Her husband Patrick thinks she is fine. He says everyone has something, the thing is just to keep going. Martha told Patrick before they got married that she didn't want to have children. He said he didn't mind either way because he has loved her since he was fourteen and making her happy is all that matters, although he does not seem able to do it. By the time Martha finds out what is wrong, it doesn't really matter anymore. It is too late to get the only thing she has ever wanted. Or maybe it will turn out that you can stop loving someone and start again from nothing - if you can find something else to want. The book is set in London and Oxford. It is sad and funny. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION in the NZ BOOK AWARDS 'Gloriously tender and absorbing ... It is impossible to read this novel and not be moved. It is also impossible not to laugh out loud... Mason pulls off something extraordinary in this huge-hearted novel, alchemising an unbearable anguish into something tender and hilarious and redemptive and wise, without ever undermining its gravity or diminishing its pain.' The Guardian UK 'Compulsively readable, Sorrow and Bliss is one of the funniest books I've read ... It is tempting to compare Martha to other tragicomic greats, Fleabag in particular. But Martha is such a brilliant, singular creation ... that it is more interesting to imagine not the characters that have inspired her but the ones she will inspire. The Independent 'This is a romance, true, but a real one ... as devastating and sharply witty as Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag.' Books+Publishing 'A triumph. A brutal, hilarious, compassionate triumph.' Alison Bell, The Letdown 'A heartbreaking debut ... simultaneously funny and sad-and aching..Witty and stark, Martha's emotionally affecting story will delight fans of Sally Rooney' Publishers Weekly starred review 'Sorrow and Bliss is a book you'll want to devour in one sitting ... an adult coming-of-age novel told with force, breathlessness and a confessional style that makes you feel as if you're sharing intimacies with an old friend ... Mason's writing has been compared to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag for good reason ... fresh and revelatory ... sharp, racy and entertaining throughout.' The Saturday Paper 'Sharp yet humane, and jaw-droppingly funny, this is the kind of novel you will want to press into the hands of everyone you know. Mason has an extraordinary talent for dialogue and character, and her understanding of how much poignancy a reader can take is profound. A masterclass on family, damage and the bonds of love: as soon as I finished it, I started again.' Jessie Burton, bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Confession 'Sophisticated and often blackly funny'Sydney Morning Herald 'I just adored this book. It's timely and dark and poignant and funny. It was filled with such eviscerating compassion and rage; I couldn't get enough of it. I inhaled it in a single weekend, unable to put it down. Meg Mason is a searing talent.' Kate Leaver, The Friendship Cure |
| mason by zainab: Between Two Worlds Zainab Salbi, Laurie Becklund, 2006-08-17 Zainab Salbi was eleven years old when her father was chosen to be Saddam Hussein's personal pilot and her family's life was grafted onto his. Her mother, the beautiful Alia, taught her daughter the skills she needed to survive. A plastic smile. Saying yes. Burying in boxes in her mind the horrors she glimpsed around her. Learn to erase your memories, she instructed. He can read eyes. In this richly visual memoir, Salbi describes tyranny as she saw it - through the eyes of a privileged child, a rebellious teenager, a violated wife, and ultimately a public figure fighting to overcome the skill that once kept her alive: silence. Between Two Worlds is a riveting quest for truth that deepens our understanding of the universal themes of power, fear, sexual subjugation, and the question one generation asks the one before it: How could you have let this happen to us? |
| mason by zainab: In Sweet Company Margaret Wolff, 2006-02-17 In Sweet Company takes readers on a spiritual odyssey into the hearts and minds of some of the most influential women of our time —Olympia Dukakis, Sister Helen Prejean, Riane Eisler, Zainab Salbi, Margaret Wheatley, Katherine Dunham, Reverend Lauren Artress, Grandmother Twylah Hurd Nitsch, Sri Daya Mata, Rabbi Laura Geller, Le Ly Hayslip, Miriam Polster, Alma Flor Ada, and Gail Williamson. For all these women, their spiritual life nourishes them and serves as a dependable compass for decision making. Written with warmth and wisdom, In Sweet Company tells their stories, their personal journeys, and relates their thoughts on living a spiritual life. |
| mason by zainab: Chicken Soup for the Soul Stories for a Better World Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, 2012-09-11 101 of the most uplifting stories you've ever read about people reaching out, stepping up and transforming their lives and the world around them? |
| mason by zainab: The Red Diamond Zainab Iqbal, 2011-11-09 5:00 pm. It is time for the execution. Two minutes later, Derrick found himself stepping on the old shaftthat wooden shaft where the to-be-executed stood before it was taken out from beneath their feet, leaving them hanging in the air by their necks! The world was a beautiful garden of dreams and perpetual reveries, where everything went just as Derrick Frederick crafted it. Untilit turned upsidedown. Untilthat glorious picturesque shattered. And hes forced to take the path which you take only when no other is left, where you no longer govern your actions, your pain does! The Red Diamond gives him a stand where he thought - and almost accepted - that everything was lost . . . |
| mason by zainab: Student Directory University of Michigan, 2014 |
| mason by zainab: This Time We Knew Thomas Cushman, Stjepan Mestrovic, 1996-10-01 We didn't know. For half a century, Western politicians and intellectuals have so explained away their inaction in the face of genocide in World War II. In stark contrast, Western observers today face a daily barrage of information and images, from CNN, the Internet, and newspapers about the parties and individuals responsible for the current Balkan War and crimes against humanity. The stories, often accompanied by video or pictures of rape, torture, mass graves, and ethnic cleansing, available almost instantaneously, do not allow even the most uninterested viewer to ignore the grim reality of genocide. And yet, while information abounds, so do rationalizations for non-intervention in Balkan affairs - the threshold of real genocide has yet to be reached in Bosnia; all sides are equally guilty; Islamic fundamentalism in Bosnia is a threat to the West; it will only end when they all tire of killing each other - to name but a few. In This Time We Knew, Thomas Cushman and Stjepan G. Mestrovic have put together a collection of critical, reflective, essays that offer detailed sociological, political, and historical analyses of western responses to the war. This volume punctures once and for all common excuses for Western inaction. This Time We Knew further reveals the reasons why these rationalizations have persisted and led to the West's failure to intercede, in the face of incontrovertible evidence, in the most egregious crimes against humanity to occur in Europe since World War II. Contributors to the volume include Kai Erickson, Jean Baudrillard, Mark Almond, David Riesman, Daniel Kofman, Brendan Simms, Daniele Conversi, Brad Kagan Blitz, James J. Sadkovich, and Sheri Fink. |
| mason by zainab: Student Culture and Identity in Higher Education Shahriar, Ambreen, Syed, Ghazal Kazim, 2017-03-27 The pursuit of higher education has become increasingly popular among students of many different backgrounds and cultures. As these students embark on higher learning, it is imperative for educators and universities to be culturally sensitive to their differing individualities. Student Culture and Identity in Higher Education is an essential reference publication including the latest scholarly research on the impact that gender, nationality, and language have on educational systems. Featuring extensive coverage on a broad range of topics and perspectives such as internationalization, intercultural competency, and gender equity, this book is ideally designed for students, researchers, and educators seeking current research on the cultural issues students encounter while seeking higher education. |
| mason by zainab: Sabra and Shatila Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout, 2004-08-20 The book covers the history of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, which took place over three bloody days in the Lebanese capital Beirut. It was committed against Palestinian refugees by Lebanese militias, aided and supervised by the Israeli Army, which had encircled the district.Now available for the first time in English, this classic book is the most comprehensive, authoritative account of what happened and who was responsible. The author, Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout, was a Professor at the Lebanese University at the time. Driven by the horror of what occurred, she interviewed survivors and set up an oral history project immediately after the massacre to preserve testimonies. This book is the result. Following a general introduction, the first part contains interviews mainly with victims' families. The second part analyses statistical data and attempts to determine the number of victims. The conclusion, 'Who Was Responsible?', sheds light on the various parties responsible. Over five-hundred pages long, illustrated with photographs and maps, unrivalled in detail and scope, this book is a courageous attempt to make sense of what happened and an important political document in its own right. |
| mason by zainab: If I'd Known Then Ellyn Spragins, 2010-06 Spragins's ingenious book is the rare self-help volume that young women would elect to read and decidedly enjoy. The author profiles 35 highly accomplished women and asks them to write a letter of counsel or encouragement addressed to their younger selves. The result is a collection of life directives that are highly personal and disarmingly honest. The contributorswho include actress Jessica Alba, activist Zainab Salbi and comic book artist Ariel Schragare stars in their own right, but their letters reveal that even winners have problemsthe same fears, concerns and shortcomings as anyone else. And in many cases they are still strugglingwhich raises the question: how wise can women in their 20s and 30s (no matter how accomplished) be? Very, it turns out. These artists, athletes and entrepreneurs compassionately address bad relationships, bullies, eating disorders and crises of faith without ever sounding jaded or condescending. This book offers sound advice and is highly recommended for women just starting out. |
| mason by zainab: Islamophobia and Acts of Violence Carolyn Turpin-Petrosino, 2022 Islamophobia and Acts of Violence is a collection of perspectives by authors from a variety of academic disciplines such as legal studies, communication studies, political science, and criminology on the subject of Anti-Muslim hate crimes. This volume seeks to bring various aspects of Islamophobic attitudes and behaviors, from microaggressions that reflect bigotry to bias motivated criminal acts, commonly referred to as hate crimes, to a broad audience. This volume could also serve as a supplemental text for educators who teach in areas such as ethnoviolence, hate crimes and terrorism, criminology, sociology, immigration studies, political science, world religions, especially middle eastern studies, and other related courses. |
| mason by zainab: Wild and Bright Skyler Mason, 2021-12-11 |
| mason by zainab: International Conflict Resolution 2nd Ed. Charles Hauss, 2010-04-01 Using a broad range of case studies, this book examines conflict and the international relations facing the world today. |
| mason by zainab: Local Boards of Education Report on Salary and Travel for the Fiscal Year Ended ... Georgia. Department of Audits and Accounts, 2007 |
| mason by zainab: Kenya Gazette , 1935-12-16 The Kenya Gazette is an official publication of the government of the Republic of Kenya. It contains notices of new legislation, notices required to be published by law or policy as well as other announcements that are published for general public information. It is published every week, usually on Friday, with occasional releases of special or supplementary editions within the week. |
| mason by zainab: The Future of Work in Africa Jieun Choi, Mark A. Dutz, Zainab Usman, 2020-06-26 The Future of Work in Africa focuses on the key themes of creating productive jobs andaddressing the needs of those left behind. It highlights how global trends, especially theadoption of digital technologies, may change the nature of work in Sub-Saharan Africa bycreating new opportunities and challenges. It argues that, contrary to global fears of workerdisplacement by new technologies, African countries can develop an inclusive future of work,with opportunities for lower-skilled workers. Harnessing these opportunities is, however,contingent on implementing policies and making productive investments in four main areas.These are enabling inclusive digital technologies; building human capital for a young, rapidlygrowing, and largely low-skilled labor force; increasing the productivity of informal workersand enterprises; and extending social protection coverage to mitigate the risks associated withdisruptions to labor markets. This companion report to the World Bank’s World DevelopmentReport 2019 concludes with important policy questions that should guide future research,whose findings could lead to more inclusive growth for African nations. |
| mason by zainab: Out of Bounds Pamela A. Patton, Maria Alessia Rossi, 2023-10-03 Where are the limits of medieval art as a field of study? What happens when conventionally trained art historians disregard the chronological, geographical, or cultural parameters that both direct and protect their scholarship? Beginning with Thelma K. Thomas and Alicia Walker’s acute assessment of the need for a “medieval art history for now,” the essays in Out of Bounds ask what happens when the study of medieval art disregards boundaries that it once obeyed. The volume focuses on questions surrounding the production of knowledge and on how scholarly investigation beyond the conventional thematic boundaries of medieval art history is changing, demonstrating how the field can address the ethics of scholarship today by positing a global turn in response to growing demands for socially responsible medieval studies. Collectively, the contributors demonstrate how “going out of bounds” can transform modern understanding of the people, traditions, and relationships that gave rise to medieval works. As such, this book argues for the necessity of reshaping scholarly discourse about the nature and significance of medieval art and generates fresh scholarly interpretations and important new critical tools for teaching and researching the Middle Ages. The contributors to this volume are Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Michele Bacci, Jill Caskey, Eva Frojmovic, Sarah M. Guérin, Christina Maranci, Alice Isabella Sullivan, Thelma K. Thomas, Michele Tomasi, and Alicia Walker. |
| mason by zainab: Return to Ruin Zainab Saleh, 2020-10-06 This volume of exiles’ accounts “[uses] the stories as springboards to discussing Iraqi history, politicization, and diasporic experiences in depth” (International Journal of Middle East Studies). With the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqis abroad, hoping to return one day to a better Iraq, became uncertain exiles. Return to Ruin tells the human story of this exile in the context of decades of U.S. imperial interests in Iraq—from the U.S. backing of the 1963 Ba’th coup and support of Saddam Hussein’s regime in the 1980s, to the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 invasion and occupation. Zainab Saleh shares the experiences of Iraqis she met over fourteen years of fieldwork in Iraqi London—offering stories from an aging communist nostalgic for the streets she marched since childhood, a devout Shi’i dreaming of holy cities and family graves, and newly uprooted immigrants with fresh memories of loss, as well as her own. Focusing on debates among Iraqi exiles about what it means to be an Iraqi after years of displacement, Saleh weaves a narrative that draws attention to a once-dominant, vibrant Iraqi cultural landscape and social and political shifts among the diaspora after decades of authoritarianism, war, and occupation in Iraq. Through it all, this book illuminates how Iraqis continue to fashion a sense of belonging and imagine a future, built on the shards of these shattered memories. |
| mason by zainab: Les Muses hantées Scott Nicholson, L’enfant de l’amour de Stephen King et de Sharyn McCrumb.-- The Mountain Times Lorsque des artistes se réunissent dans un domaine retiré des Appalaches pour une retraite, ils ignorent que leur énergie alimente quelque chose de malsain. Le sculpteur Mason Jackson et la parapsychologue mourante Anna Galloway doivent découvrir les secrets sombres du Manoir Korban avant que leurs esprits n'y soient emprisonnés à jamais. --------------------- Les Muses hantées Un thriller gothique moderne Après qu’on lui eut diagnostiqué un cancer métastatique, la parapsychologue Anna Galloway fait un rêve récurrent dans lequel elle voit son propre fantôme. Le décor de son rêve est l’historique Manoir Korban, qui est maintenant une retraite d’artistes dans les montagnes retirées des Appalaches. Attirée par les histoires de fantômes entourant le manoir et par son propre sens de la destinée, Anna s’enregistre pour la retraite. Le sculpteur Mason Jackson est venu au Manoir Korban pour faire une dernière tentative de succès, un tout-ou-rien, avant d’abandonner ses rêves. Quand il devient obsédé par le désir de sculpter Ephram Korban dans le bois, il s’interroge sur sa motivation mais il est emporté par une frénésie créatrice différente de toutes celles qu’il ait jamais connues. Sylva Hartley est une vieille sorcière de la montagne qui est liée à Ephram Korban avant et après la mort de ce dernier. Sa connaissance des formules anciennes et potions magiques des Appalaches l’a attachée au manoir d’une façon plus intense et plus sombre. Sylva entretient un secret de famille qui refuse de rester endormi dans sa tombe. Le manoir lui-même a des secrets, avec les feux qui brûlent constamment dans les cheminées, les portraits de Korban dans chaque pièce, et des miroirs trompeurs sur les murs. L’atmosphère ténébreuse de la maison affecte les visions créatrices des artistes en visite. Une mystérieuse femme en blanc appelle Anna depuis la forêt, tandis que Mason est poussé par les murmures d’un critique invisible. Avec une lune bleue d’octobre menaçante, les vivants et les morts apprennent le vrai pouvoir de leurs rêves. Il s’agit d’un pouvoir que Korban a façonné pour lui-même, car il sillonne une terre obscure où les passions brûlent jusqu’à geler et où même les fantômes sont hantés. ----------------------------- Mots-clés : livres surnaturel, romance, suspense, fantôme, paranormal, mystère, thriller livres, terreur, horror livres, fantasy, Stephen King, livres des maisons hantées, Dean Koontz, horreur français |
| mason by zainab: Apocalypse Against Empire Anathea Portier-Young, 2014-01-09 The year 167 B.C.E. marked the beginning of a period of intense persecution for the people of Judea, as Seleucid emperor Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted -- forcibly and brutally -- to eradicate traditional Jewish religious practices. In Apocalypse against Empire Anathea Portier-Young reconstructs the historical events and key players in this traumatic episode in Jewish history and provides a sophisticated treatment of resistance in early Judaism. Building on a solid contextual foundation, Portier-Young argues that the first Jewish apocalypses emerged as a literature of resistance to Hellenistic imperial rule. In particular, Portier-Young contends, the book of Daniel, the Apocalypse of Weeks, and the Book of Dreams were written to supply an oppressed people with a potent antidote to the destructive propaganda of the empire -- renewing their faith in the God of the covenant and answering state terror with radical visions of hope. |
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| mason by zainab: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering Daniela Damian, Kelly Blincoe, Denae Ford, Alexander Serebrenik, Zainab Masood, 2024-09-20 Creating an inclusive environment where different software developers can feel welcome and leverage their talents is an ethical imperative no company can ignore. Indeed, software organizations have in the last decade been trying to make changes for a more diverse and inclusive software development environment. The push for increased diversity in software has been a public one, from annual diversity reports by some of the worlds’ most visible companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Facebook, to large projects such as Linux Foundation’s Software Developer Diversity and Inclusion project that explores, evaluates, and promotes best practices from research and industry to increase diversity and inclusion in software engineering. Despite these many efforts, diversity remains low. Numbers from the software industry show that less than 25% of software engineers are women. Diversity is also low in regards to many other facets of diversity. This book provides an overview of research into the different aspects of diversity and inclusion in software engineering, as well as the tools, methods, and practices proposed to foster diversity and to build inclusive software teams and development environments. It describes research challenges in studying diversity and inclusion in software. Readers will be challenged to consider how they are contributing to a lack of inclusion and what they can do to improve inclusion in the software industry. What You Will Learn Aspects of diversity (e.g., age, culture, gender, race) and relationship to software engineering activities and outcomes How to measure diversity Investigations of intersectionality in software engineering Research methods for the study of diversity and inclusion in software engineering Empirical studies of effective practices to foster diversity and inclusion in software engineering Interventions and programs that have been used to successfully support retention in software engineering Software engineering education for diverse and inclusive software engineering, and proven teaching methods/environments that support diverse and inclusive software engineering Who This Book Is For For Researchers, the book presents a state-of-the-art collection of existing studies into many aspects of diversity, methods, and tools proposed and tried out in practice, challenges in research, and contributing to a research agenda on this topic for future studies. For Industry practitioners, the book describes efforts to investigate diversity in software teams, whether in corporate or open source environments. It also describes empirical evidence about effectiveness of certain methods and approaches to foster diversity and inclusion in software development. For Educators,the book describes practices and effective changes in Computer Science/Software Engineering curricula that were found as effective in engaging learners from minoritized groups, creating inclusive software teams that are diverse, and which relate to educational material useful for training for diversity, equity, and inclusion. |
| mason by zainab: Understanding Islam and Muslim Traditions, 2nd Ed. James Chambers, 2021-08-01 Understanding Islam and Muslim Traditions, 2nd Edition provides important information about the faith in an easy-to-navigate format. This is a resource guide that introduces readers to Islam through an examination of its religious observances, customs, holidays, calendar system, and folk beliefs, describing how people around the world express their Muslim identity. This 2nd edition includes an important section on Islamophobia in America, providing readers with both the historic backdrop and current environment. |
| mason by zainab: Ann Arbor, Michigan City Directory , 2001 Jan. 2003- : 7 directories in 1: section 1: alphabetical section; section 2: business section; section 3: telephone number section; section 4: street guide; section 5: map section; section 6: movers & shakers; section 7: demographic summary. |
| mason by zainab: Commencement Iowa State University, 2008 |
| mason by zainab: Houses of Strother: Robert Strother (1680-1735), Benjamin Strother (c. 1680-1752), Joseph Strother (1648-c. 1766), and their descendants Lloyd F. Oliver, 1994 The immigrant ancestor of this family, William Strother I (ca. 1627/30- 1700/02), is supposed to have immigrated from Northumberland, England to Virginia around 1650. He married Dorothy Savage, daughter of Capt. Anthony Savage, ca. 1651. He settled in Sittenborne Parish on the Rappahannock River then in Old Rappahannock County. This county was later Richmond Co. and is now in King George County. Couple had the following children: William II (ca. 1653-1726), James, Jeremiah, Robert, Benjamin and Joseph. William II married Margaret Thornton, (1678-1756), daughter of Francis Thornton, Sr. and Alice Savage. Descendants live in Virginia, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and elsewhere. |
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| mason by zainab: Conference Proceedings , 2002 |
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