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Security is important to all of us individually and in society so that we feel safe to enjoy our freedoms. Security should be important to every organization, whether a solo entrepreneur to a non-profit to a church to a Fortune 500 to a government agency. Measuring the operational and maturity of a security function has always been difficult. There are many great resources on HOW to establish a metrics program and many solutions for collecting and analyzing events/statistics from a wide variety of security functions. Jim felt the need for some solutions for all of the industry regardless of organization type or size, or country. Converged Security Metrics book goal is to provide a yearly, ever-maturing set of Top 25 security metrics for the widest variety of security functions (physical security, cyber security, personnel security, fraud, law enforcement, executive protection, etc.). Kindle and Hardback come in a week or two.

Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Jim and June McConnell's adoption and foster parenting journey-the joys, sorrows, challenges, and everything in between.When Jim and his wife, June, decided to become foster parents, they had no idea of the journey ahead of them. Excited to love and help kids, they welcomed numerous foster children into their home. They could never have imagined the unique challenges they would face dealing with the foster care systems intended to help those children.Unable to have children of their own, Jim and June sought to adopt, which opened up a whole new world of love, joy, and challenges-including what they would learn firsthand about fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).With a conversational tone, Jim shares the joys of welcoming foster and adopted children into his home. He details how things did not always go as planned, the adjustments they made, and the wisdom he and June learned along the way. Included is a section to help readers understand the symptoms and destructive effects of prenatal alcohol and drug use.Insightful, instructive, transparent, and entertaining, The Never-Ending Joys of Parenting will help-and inspire-all parents in their child-rearing journey.

For three decades, Louis Norman "Bobo" Newsom (1907-1962) was one of the most well-known pitchers in baseball. Drawing on interviews with family, friends and former teammates, this first full-length biography of Newsom takes an entertaining look at the life and career of one of sports' most memorable characters.