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Subject Links a nine-level curriculum integration reading program for high-beginner to high-intermediate students. The series’ theme-based curriculum helps students to improve their language abilities and also acquire new knowledge from the interesting content presented in each of the passages. With multiple lessons for each theme, Subject Link allows students to develop a greater understanding of the curriculum and broaden the context of their learning beyond single subject areas. Creating relevant connections between different subject areas, Subject Link encourages students to build upon their prior knowledge and experiences to make learning more meaningful and to also gain a more holistic view of the world.

What is Religion?

Origins, Definitions, and Explanations

Series: Numen Book Series, Volume: 81

Editors: Idinopulos and Brian C. Wilson

What is Religion? consists of fourteen essays written by a selection of scholars who represent a wide spectrum of approaches to the acedamic study of religion. 
Each of the essays is an effort not only to take stock of the present controversy concerning appropriate methodologies for the study of religion, but also to take one giant step beyond that to formulate a precise definition of religion. 
Given the considerable confusion today about what it is exactly that religious studies scholars take to be their subject matter when they presume to professionally teachabout religion, this volume provides a much needed forum for leading scholars to debate and clarify what professors of religious studies understand as the central object or objects under their scrunity.

Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, AN INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE, International Edition, is appropriate for a variety of fields--including education, languages, psychology, anthropology, English, and teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)--at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. This completely updated edition retains the clear descriptions, humor, and seamless pedagogy that have made the text a perennial best-seller, while adding new information and exercises that render each topic fresh, engaging, and current.

Features

The authors'' up-to-date descriptions of the major components of language--phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics-are presented at an introductory level that assumes no prior knowledge of linguistics.
Discussions about the grammar and other linguistic characteristics of American Sign Language, and other sign languages of deaf people, are woven throughout to reveal the pervasive parallels with spoken languages.
Each chapter ends with an array of helpful review materials, including a chapter summary, a comprehensive list of references, suggestions for further reading, and exercises.
Numerous new exercises offer instructional options and learning opportunities designed to maximize students'' comprehension and mastery of text material.
The text''s signature cartoons illustrate the authors'' clear descriptions of complex linguistic points and principles.

Dictionary of British Education (Woburn Education Series)
Peter Gordon, Denis Lawton
This is an up-to-date guide for teachers and parents, administrators, governors , students and others to help the find their way about the increasingly complex world of education. The main section provides a dictionary that is more than a simple set of definitions: many words in education have been put into some kind of historical context to become fully meaningful. The second part gives some important landmarks from the nineteenth century to the present time, and also provides a list of political heads of education since state education was established. The final section is devoted to a list of acronyms and abbreviations, both of which have been the subject of multiple definitions in recent years.

The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide To Character Expression
Angela Ackerman, Becca Puglisi
One of the biggest problem areas for writers is conveying a character's emotions to the reader in a unique, compelling way. This book comes to the rescue by highlighting 75 emotions and listing the possible body language cues, thoughts, and visceral responses for each. Written in an easy-to-navigate list format, readers can draw inspiration from character cues that range in intensity to match any emotional moment. The Emotion Thesaurus also tackles common emotion-related writing problems and provides methods to overcome them. This writing tool encourages writers to show, not tell emotion and is a creative brainstorming resource for any fiction project

Discovering Nutrition
Paul Insel, Don Ross, Kimberley McMahon, Melissa Bernstein
Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access that unlocks a comprehensive and interactive eBook, animations, student practice activities and assessments, a full suite of instructor resources, and learning analytics reporting tools.

Written with non-majors in mind, Discovering Nutrition, Sixth Edition introduces students to the fundamentals of nutrition with an engaging and personalized approach. The text focuses on teaching behavior change and personal decision making with an emphasis on how our nutritional behaviors influence lifelong personal health and wellness, while also presenting up-to-date scientific concepts in a number of innovative ways. Students will learn practical consumer-based nutrition information using the features highlighted throughout the text, including For Your Information boxes presenting controversial topics, Quick Bites offering fun facts, and the NEW feature Why Is This Important? opens each section and identifies the importance of each subject to the field.

New & Key Features of the Sixth Edition:

- NEW - Why Is This Important? feature found within the margin of each section, describes the importance of each subject to the field and the general population in practical terms
- UPDATED - The Spotlight on Eating Disorders has been heavily revised and modernized to speak to today's students
- UPDATED - Revised to reflect the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, as well as the new Nutrition Facts label introduced in May 2016.
- NEW - The new Getting Personal feature, found in the Learning Portfolio at the end of each chapter, encourages students to apply learned concepts to their own lives

The Psychology Workbook for Writers: Tools for Creating Realistic Characters and Conflict in Fiction
Darian Smith
Writers know that their characters and stories should be multi-layered and believable. Now here’s a simple workbook that uses the same knowledge that gives therapists insight into human behaviour to create fiction that hits the mark. Each chapter outlines an aspect of psychological theory as it can be used for writing and provides two worksheets to translate it into action – one to develop characters, one to develop the story. Darian Smith is a prize winning fiction writer with a degree in psychology, a Diploma of Counselling, and is a member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors. He combines these two sides of his background to provide simple, easy to follow tools that make use of established psychological theory to help writers develop fully rounded, interesting, realistic characters and inject conflict into their stories. Give your writing the benefit of over a decade of training and experience and discover how to have readers wanting more.
Year:
2015
Publisher:
Wooden Tiger Press
Language:
english
Pages:
90

What is Religion?

Origins, Definitions, and Explanations

Series: Numen Book Series, Volume: 81

Editors: Idinopulos and Brian C. Wilson

What is Religion? consists of fourteen essays written by a selection of scholars who represent a wide spectrum of approaches to the acedamic study of religion. 
Each of the essays is an effort not only to take stock of the present controversy concerning appropriate methodologies for the study of religion, but also to take one giant step beyond that to formulate a precise definition of religion. 
Given the considerable confusion today about what it is exactly that religious studies scholars take to be their subject matter when they presume to professionally teachabout religion, this volume provides a much needed forum for leading scholars to debate and clarify what professors of religious studies understand as the central object or objects under their scrunity.

Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 4th Edition
Jack C Richards, Richard Schmidt
The indispensable reference for students of applied linguistics and language teaching. 2000 detailed entries from subject areas such as teaching methodology, curriculum development, sociolinguistics, syntax and phonetics.Clear and accurate definitions assume no prior knowledge of the subject matter and includes helpful examples, diagrams and tables.Links related subject areas and helps broaden students' knowledge
Year:
2010
Edition:
4
Publisher:
Pearson ESL
Language:
english
Pages:
654

"The Temple of Silence"

Long ago in Japan, there was a monastery in the tall mountain tops. It was called the "Temple of Silence". In it, students from the village and various areas visited for hours, days, weeks, months, sometimes, a few years, or dedicated their whole lives. It was up to their spiritual emptiness to decide how long they needed to stay refill and learn wisdom.

The grandmaster taught his students the art of silence... Through silence, simply by staring at them.

One day some decades later, down below in the villages of the valley, people heard voices from the "Temple of Silence"!

People who were the students of that monastery were surprised because everyday they would only hear the voice of a few gongs from the temples bell.

After waiting for few hours, they strutted up to see what was going on. As they entered they saw grandmaster's dead body covered with a white cloth.

And then they saw some smart duplicate teachers preaching to the new students the jurisprudence of silence, the philosophy of silence, the ethics of silence, the history of silence, and various other sub-topics upon silence.

Everything was there. However, the only thing lacking from the temples atmosphere was silence itself.

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The Mechanism of mystical Knowledge
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🖋Ayatollah Mutahhari States:

💠Some have asked: ‘you have not mentioned anything about the mechanism of Knowledge whose source and tool, according to mystics, are the heart and refinement of the self. Does Knowledge really have a mechanism, or a process of removing impediments along the way?’

💠Since the question is correct and reasonable to our topic, let me address it. One of its functions is that if a person engages in refining his self, his intellect becomes more clear sighted. In a dark hall, for example, we cannot see beyond a few meters. In order to see further, we are in need of light and space. One effect of refinement of the self is that it makes the space clearer for the intellect. But this is not the only function of refinement of the self as the heart also gives inspiration to man.

💠Meanwhile, they have asked about its mechanism. It is a good question. Let me highlight a mere reminder.

💠One of the very subtle issues and a very high and subtle psychological field is a sort of morality known today as ‘dynamic morality’. The mystics (Arifs) have labeled this ‘spiritual wayfaring’ (Sayr Wa sulook), and this is the very mechanism our colleagues want to know, and it is very significant.

💠In their study of the Orient, one of the issues to which the Europeans have given exceptional importance is exactly this one in which the mystics, through what Allamah Iqbal of Lahore called ‘inner experience’, have described the mechanism of the hearts functions as ‘stations and stages’ (manāzil wa marāhil).”


♦️Note: what Ayatollah Mutahhari just explained above relates to the stages and degrees of Knowledge. He highlights a few theories about knowledge having one stage or multiple stages. In explaining the mystic (Irfan) approach, he emphasizes that attaining Knowledge has many stages and stations, through which refinement of the self (tazkiye nafs) is the prescribed method to achieve and pass those stages in order to arrive at the destined station (i.e. insane kamil [perfect man])

📚Theory of Knowledge by ostad Shaheed Ayatollah Mutahhari pg. 80

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🌺 Prophet of God Jesus (peace be with him and his mother) said:

🌺 How can you work for this world when you are provided for therein without work, but not work for the Hereafter when you will not be provided for therein without work?

🌺 Verily, you are bad scholars, who take a salary for their duties and squander their deeds. The doer of a deed hurries to demand its reward, and you hurry to leave this wide world for the dark confines of the grave.

🌺 God forbade you from misdeeds as he ordered you to pray and fast. How can one displeased with his portion and who debases his rank (as a scholar) be counted amongst the people of knowledge?

🌺 When he knows of God's knowledge and power, how can one who accuses God by what He decrees for him and whom nothing can satisfy be counted amongst the people of knowledge? How can one over whom the world holds more sway than the Hereafter, who embraces the world and loves the thing that harms him more than the thing that benefits him be counted amongst the people of knowledge? How can one who seeks knowledge so that he can display it rather than act upon it be counted amongst the people of knowledge?
📚 Sunan-ud Dāramī, vol. 1, p. 103.
📚 Al Kāfi, vol. 2, p. 319.
📚 Desires of the Aspirant, p. 52.

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After considering these facts, can we expect that we can understand all the philosophies of Islamic laws? If this was so, what was the need for prophets? We would sit and correct those things, which we feel right according to our whims and fancies, and would lead a life roaming the deserts.

And on the other side, the question arises: are we aware of the philosophy behind each existence of each creature in the world and about the laws, which govern them? The religious laws are not different from the creation and our knowledge regarding both of them is limited.

From this discussion, we conclude as follows:

In all the ages only those philosophies of the Islamic laws can be understood, which are in the ambit of their knowledge and according to their standard. Basically, we should not expect more because of our limited knowledge and the depth of the laws. We conclude by saying that for following the Islamic laws we cannot put the condition of knowing their philosophies, otherwise it means we are claiming to have unlimited knowledge and we are considering our intelligence equal to Allah’s and this is itself against logic.

In short, the discussions about the hidden logic behind the laws and the right to discuss about them is one thing and to obey these laws is another. The latter is not conditional to former.

We discuss about religious laws to increase our knowledge about their benefits, importance and different effects. We do not discuss these things to decide whether we should practice these laws or not.

It is like asking the doctor about our treatment, about the medicines prescribed; their effects and benefits etc. so that we can acquire more information about these things. However, our taking of medicine is not conditional on his explanation, otherwise it would be necessary that the person should also be a doctor.

It is necessary to keep this point in mind, that the purpose to discuss the secrets and hidden wisdom of the laws to the utmost level is to guess and imagine with fancy ideas the philosophies of the high religious laws. For example if it is said that Azan is the medium to make loud sounds, Prayers is a kind of Swedish exercise and the purpose of fast is to lose weight, Hajj is the means of income for Arabs and prostration (sajdah) and bowing (ruku) are the means to protect the bone’s.

Not at all, this is not the purpose about the Islamic laws, because fancy ideas and imagination not only distract a person from Islamic laws but also reduce their value implying that the Islamic laws are unreliable.


Adopted from introduction of the book "Logic for Islamic Rules" written by: Ayatullah Makarim Shirazi and Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani

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The Mechanism of mystical Knowledge
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🖋Ayatollah Mutahhari States:

💠Some have asked: ‘you have not mentioned anything about the mechanism of Knowledge whose source and tool, according to mystics, are the heart and refinement of the self. Does Knowledge really have a mechanism, or a process of removing impediments along the way?’

💠Since the question is correct and reasonable to our topic, let me address it. One of its functions is that if a person engages in refining his self, his intellect becomes more clear sighted. In a dark hall, for example, we cannot see beyond a few meters. In order to see further, we are in need of light and space. One effect of refinement of the self is that it makes the space clearer for the intellect. But this is not the only function of refinement of the self as the heart also gives inspiration to man.

💠Meanwhile, they have asked about its mechanism. It is a good question. Let me highlight a mere reminder.

💠One of the very subtle issues and a very high and subtle psychological field is a sort of morality known today as ‘dynamic morality’. The mystics (Arifs) have labeled this ‘spiritual wayfaring’ (Sayr Wa sulook), and this is the very mechanism our colleagues want to know, and it is very significant.

💠In their study of the Orient, one of the issues to which the Europeans have given exceptional importance is exactly this one in which the mystics, through what Allamah Iqbal of Lahore called ‘inner experience’, have described the mechanism of the hearts functions as ‘stations and stages’ (manāzil wa marāhil).”


♦️Note: what Ayatollah Mutahhari just explained above relates to the stages and degrees of Knowledge. He highlights a few theories about knowledge having one stage or multiple stages. In explaining the mystic (Irfan) approach, he emphasizes that attaining Knowledge has many stages and stations, through which refinement of the self (tazkiye nafs) is the prescribed method to achieve and pass those stages in order to arrive at the destined station (i.e. insane kamil [perfect man])

📚Theory of Knowledge by ostad Shaheed Ayatollah Mutahhari pg. 80

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Learning how to interpret EKGs was a struggle for me. I remember coming home to a stack of EKGs my father (an interventional cardiologist) had left for me to interpret. I had no idea where to start. I was lost. All I saw were squiggly lines.

I started reading all the introductory books (Dubin’s, Thaler’s, etc.) and any resource I could get my hands on. None of the resources really did it nor did they provide much clinical relevance. I found myself reading textbooks (Chou’s, Marriott’s, etc.) and the medical literature to close the gaps. Ultimately, this was a very inefficient process.

I decided to develop a curriculum for my fellow medical students. I created videos. For some reason, students asked for more. People from around the world asked for more. Eventually there were hundreds of videos. The EKG Guy community was created. And thanks to you, it has now grown to over 750,000 followers in less than 18 months to become the largest, fastest growing ECG community in the world! I soon realized that maybe I was not the only one that struggled to learn EKGs, or at least wanted a better option.

With all that said, it is clear that medical professionals want better ECG learning options and hopefully I’ve provided that. And, maybe I wasn’t the only one struggling after all. I truly hope no one ever struggles learning ECGs again.

I want to thank you for your ongoing support. It means a lot. Thank YOU for helping us transform ECG education to deliver better patient care!

– The EKG Guy (Anthony Kashou, MD)

Overview:
The EKG Guy’s Ultimate EKG Breakdown is designed for individuals with little to no knowledge of the electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG), as well as for more advanced interpreters. This 25+ hour comprehensive course includes over 150 short lectures that cover the most important ECG topics. It is perfect for students, residents, nurses, fellows, paramedics, and other medical professionals where ECG literacy is useful.

The basic concepts and fundamentals will provide a strong ECG foundation as you progress in your career. By the time you complete this lecture series, you will have as much knowledge as most entry-level resident physicians (and cardiology fellows!).

Course Breakdown:
Part I: The Basics

In part I of the course, we look at the basics of the electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG). We discuss the cardiac anatomy and circulation, electrical conduction system of the heart, electrodes and vectors, various aspects of the normal cardiac cycle, along with important concepts to be aware of when interpreting a 12-lead EKG.

Part II: Rhythms

In part II of the course, we look at various rhythms. This portion of the book is broken down into sinus, atrial, atrioventricular, and ventricular rhythms. These topics also include the pathophysiology, mechanism, ECG features, and clinical significance of each rhythm.

Part III: Chamber Enlargement

In part III of the course, we discuss various types of atrial and ventricular enlargement. These topics also include the pathophysiology, mechanism, diagnostic ECG features, and clinical significance of each.

Part IV: Conduction Defects

In part IV of the course, we look at various conduction defects – including, different atrioventricular and intraventricular conduction blocks. These topics also include the pathophysiology, mechanism, ECG features, and clinical significance of each.

Part V: Myocardial Ischemia & Infarction

In part V of the course, we look at myocardial ischemia and infarction. This section includes a basic overview of myocardial ischemia, why ECG findings come about in the setting of ischemia, what changes are considered significant, coronary vascular anatomy, how to localize different coronary artery occlusions and clinical significance, various conduction defects that can come about in setting of myocardial infarction, among other ECG findings in certain ischemic conditions.

Part VI: Drugs & Electrolytes

Size : 4.54 GB

Learning how to interpret EKGs was a struggle for me. I remember coming home to a stack of EKGs my father (an interventional cardiologist) had left for me to interpret. I had no idea where to start. I was lost. All I saw were squiggly lines.

I started reading all the introductory books (Dubin’s, Thaler’s, etc.) and any resource I could get my hands on. None of the resources really did it nor did they provide much clinical relevance. I found myself reading textbooks (Chou’s, Marriott’s, etc.) and the medical literature to close the gaps. Ultimately, this was a very inefficient process.

I decided to develop a curriculum for my fellow medical students. I created videos. For some reason, students asked for more. People from around the world asked for more. Eventually there were hundreds of videos. The EKG Guy community was created. And thanks to you, it has now grown to over 750,000 followers in less than 18 months to become the largest, fastest growing ECG community in the world! I soon realized that maybe I was not the only one that struggled to learn EKGs, or at least wanted a better option.

With all that said, it is clear that medical professionals want better ECG learning options and hopefully I’ve provided that. And, maybe I wasn’t the only one struggling after all. I truly hope no one ever struggles learning ECGs again.

I want to thank you for your ongoing support. It means a lot. Thank YOU for helping us transform ECG education to deliver better patient care!

– The EKG Guy (Anthony Kashou, MD)

Overview:
The EKG Guy’s Ultimate EKG Breakdown is designed for individuals with little to no knowledge of the electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG), as well as for more advanced interpreters. This 25+ hour comprehensive course includes over 150 short lectures that cover the most important ECG topics. It is perfect for students, residents, nurses, fellows, paramedics, and other medical professionals where ECG literacy is useful.

The basic concepts and fundamentals will provide a strong ECG foundation as you progress in your career. By the time you complete this lecture series, you will have as much knowledge as most entry-level resident physicians (and cardiology fellows!).

Course Breakdown:
Part I: The Basics

In part I of the course, we look at the basics of the electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG). We discuss the cardiac anatomy and circulation, electrical conduction system of the heart, electrodes and vectors, various aspects of the normal cardiac cycle, along with important concepts to be aware of when interpreting a 12-lead EKG.

Part II: Rhythms

In part II of the course, we look at various rhythms. This portion of the book is broken down into sinus, atrial, atrioventricular, and ventricular rhythms. These topics also include the pathophysiology, mechanism, ECG features, and clinical significance of each rhythm.

Part III: Chamber Enlargement

In part III of the course, we discuss various types of atrial and ventricular enlargement. These topics also include the pathophysiology, mechanism, diagnostic ECG features, and clinical significance of each.

Part IV: Conduction Defects

In part IV of the course, we look at various conduction defects – including, different atrioventricular and intraventricular conduction blocks. These topics also include the pathophysiology, mechanism, ECG features, and clinical significance of each.

Part V: Myocardial Ischemia & Infarction

In part V of the course, we look at myocardial ischemia and infarction. This section includes a basic overview of myocardial ischemia, why ECG findings come about in the setting of ischemia, what changes are considered significant, coronary vascular anatomy, how to localize different coronary artery occlusions and clinical significance, various conduction defects that can come about in setting of myocardial infarction, among other ECG findings in certain ischemic conditions.

Part VI: Drugs & Electrolytes

Size : 4.54 GB

Learning how to interpret EKGs was a struggle for me. I remember coming home to a stack of EKGs my father (an interventional cardiologist) had left for me to interpret. I had no idea where to start. I was lost. All I saw were squiggly lines.

I started reading all the introductory books (Dubin’s, Thaler’s, etc.) and any resource I could get my hands on. None of the resources really did it nor did they provide much clinical relevance. I found myself reading textbooks (Chou’s, Marriott’s, etc.) and the medical literature to close the gaps. Ultimately, this was a very inefficient process.

I decided to develop a curriculum for my fellow medical students. I created videos. For some reason, students asked for more. People from around the world asked for more. Eventually there were hundreds of videos. The EKG Guy community was created. And thanks to you, it has now grown to over 750,000 followers in less than 18 months to become the largest, fastest growing ECG community in the world! I soon realized that maybe I was not the only one that struggled to learn EKGs, or at least wanted a better option.

With all that said, it is clear that medical professionals want better ECG learning options and hopefully I’ve provided that. And, maybe I wasn’t the only one struggling after all. I truly hope no one ever struggles learning ECGs again.

I want to thank you for your ongoing support. It means a lot. Thank YOU for helping us transform ECG education to deliver better patient care!

– The EKG Guy (Anthony Kashou, MD)

Overview:
The EKG Guy’s Ultimate EKG Breakdown is designed for individuals with little to no knowledge of the electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG), as well as for more advanced interpreters. This 25+ hour comprehensive course includes over 150 short lectures that cover the most important ECG topics. It is perfect for students, residents, nurses, fellows, paramedics, and other medical professionals where ECG literacy is useful.

The basic concepts and fundamentals will provide a strong ECG foundation as you progress in your career. By the time you complete this lecture series, you will have as much knowledge as most entry-level resident physicians (and cardiology fellows!).

Course Breakdown:
Part I: The Basics

In part I of the course, we look at the basics of the electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG). We discuss the cardiac anatomy and circulation, electrical conduction system of the heart, electrodes and vectors, various aspects of the normal cardiac cycle, along with important concepts to be aware of when interpreting a 12-lead EKG.

Part II: Rhythms

In part II of the course, we look at various rhythms. This portion of the book is broken down into sinus, atrial, atrioventricular, and ventricular rhythms. These topics also include the pathophysiology, mechanism, ECG features, and clinical significance of each rhythm.

Part III: Chamber Enlargement

In part III of the course, we discuss various types of atrial and ventricular enlargement. These topics also include the pathophysiology, mechanism, diagnostic ECG features, and clinical significance of each.

Part IV: Conduction Defects

In part IV of the course, we look at various conduction defects – including, different atrioventricular and intraventricular conduction blocks. These topics also include the pathophysiology, mechanism, ECG features, and clinical significance of each.

Part V: Myocardial Ischemia & Infarction

In part V of the course, we look at myocardial ischemia and infarction. This section includes a basic overview of myocardial ischemia, why ECG findings come about in the setting of ischemia, what changes are considered significant, coronary vascular anatomy, how to localize different coronary artery occlusions and clinical significance, various conduction defects that can come about in setting of myocardial infarction, among other ECG findings in certain ischemic conditions.

Part VI: Drugs & Electrolytes