Gabrielle A. Broughton, a leading voice in women's empowerment, has helped countless women reclaim their confidence and self-worth through her transformative blog, Growing Lovers. Now, she delivers a poetry collection on restoring self-love and inner freedom. How much of yourself have you given away just to feel worthy? You learned to be agreeable. To shapeshift into whatever version of you they could love. You softened your edges, bit your tongue, made yourself easy to hold, easier to leave. And somewhere along the way, you started believing that who you were wasn't enough on its own. But what if you stopped seeking permission to exist as you are? Final Release in Ink is more than poetry. It is a severing of every standard that told you to be less. A final goodbye to the doubt, the guilt, the conditioning that made you forget who you were before the world told you who to be. These words will rip you open, press into your wounds, and remind you that self-love is not about becoming someone new-it's about coming back home to yourself.

Gabrielle A. Broughton, a trusted voice in women empowerment, has inspired countless women through her popular blog and podcast. Now, she invites you to take the journey she's walked herself. Have you ever felt unseen, like your worth was dismissed before you even had the chance to fully realize it? Like your heart was mishandled by those who couldn't understand its depth? For every woman who has questioned her place in the world, felt crushed under the weight of impossible standards, or longed for connection only to find rejection-The Beauty They Could Not See is your story. In this raw and deeply personal memoir, Gabrielle unpacks the pain of rejection and the loneliness of feeling invisible in a world obsessed with perfection. But her journey doesn't end in despair. Through heartbreak, self-discovery, and resilience, she finds strength in the very parts of herself the world refused to see. Each chapter is a stand-alone story-read it in order, out of order, or wherever you're drawn. The power of these moments will linger long after you've turned the page. From confronting the scars of her past to learning the art of setting boundaries and finding friendships that feel like home, Gabrielle's raw honesty unveils the courage it takes to stop hiding, rediscover your voice, and embrace your worth. This memoir will challenge you, inspire you, and remind you of one unshakable truth: your beauty, your value, and your voice have always been yours to claim. Are you ready to see the beauty the world couldn't?

Need self-defense skills Now? Want to enhance your current skillset? Empower yourself! Learn effective techniques for stand-up and ground defense with Beyond Self-Defense. Martial Arts Halls of Fame inductee Grandmaster Barry A. Broughton, PhD has applied his extensive training in the martial arts and years of practice in orthopedics and sports medicine to create the comprehensive reality-based AKT Combatives system (that goes Beyond Self-Defense). Highly effective and practical techniques provide the novice and seasoned practitioner with simple yet brutally effective methods of self-defense. Adaptable techniques for anyone regardless of experience, size or gender. Learn your assailant's "anatomic vulnerabilities" for target acquisition. This personal combatives system provides a seamless transition of defense for all ranges and planes of attack, giving you the tools needed to defend yourself in any situation. Covers topics such as, Legalities, Self-defense vs. Personal Protection, Developing a Personal Doctrine, The Mindset Beyond Self-defense, Intent, Awareness and Preparation. General Safety Tips, Avoiding Sexual Assault, Home and Vehicle Awareness Guidelines, Controlling the Situation, Physiological response to violence, Proper training-proper response, Reflex response, Understanding Reactionary Gap, and much more. With over 325 full color images and diagrams with directional arrows, Beyond Self-Defense includes valuable personal protection concepts and effective techniques for real-life self-defense that will help you prevail during a violent confrontation. Currently being used as a college textbook, Beyond Self-Defense can also be used for self-education for real-world personal protection. The techniques are presented in a logical, progressive and instructional format, as taught in Dr. Broughton's self-defense courses and seminars. Educate Yourself! Be Prepared...Not Paranoid!"

The California Current System (CCS) is a coastal upwelling region that supports diverse and abundant mesopredators including fishes, seabirds, and marine mammals. Many fisheries, including Pacific salmon, anchovy, and sardine are present along the coast, making effective management of coastal marine resources in the CCS both ecologically and economically important. Oceanographic observation networks can provide useful information for resource management, but because of limited spatial coverage, fail to provide a complete picture of water mass dynamics. Next-generation ocean color radiometers with improved spectral resolution will provide opportunities for development of new algorithms to resolve important ecological questions in complex coastal environments. This dissertation focused first on phytoplankton bloom dynamics in the upwelling shadow of Monterey Bay, California. Using partial least squares regression, environmental factors were related to microbial and phytoplankton abundances in order to evaluate how environmental factors influence the local phytoplankton community. Microbial and phytoplankton abundances in the upwelling shadow were positively associated with warmer, nutrient-depleted water. "Major" blooms of all biological groups primarily occurred during the oceanic season when these environmental conditions persisted. Chapters 2 and 3 built on knowledge from Chapter 1 and included remote sensing techniques. Chapter 2 used hyperspectral ocean color and sea surface temperature (SST) data collected from low-flying aircraft and a systematic cross-shelf survey design to characterize water types in the northern CCS. Using three derived ocean color parameters (chlorophyll a, colored dissolved organic matter, and particle concentration) and SST, k-means clustering produced tenable water mass classifications; comparative k-means clustering using 20 spectral shape coefficients derived using functional data analysis failed to resolve meaningful water mass classifications. Data for this chapter were collected as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's Pacific Continental Shelf Ecosystem Assessment (PaCSEA) program. Finally in Chapter 3, I used hyperspectral data to understand bloom dynamics in Monterey Bay, California, Chapter 3 modified working primary productivity (PP) models to include a particle size distribution component. Based on phytoplankton physiology, I expected modified PP algorithms would improve PP estimates compared with traditional methods. Although modified PP models improved estimates by a factor of two to three when compared to 14C-derived ground truth values, no significant improvement was made over other regionally-tuned algorithms. This indicates that one or more other variables, such as depth resolved chlorophyll a, are needed to significantly improve future models. Data for this chapter were collected as part of the Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (HyspIRI) flight campaign using the Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) sensor. Due to issues with atmospheric corrections, not enough data were available to make statistically significant conclusions on the performance of this sensor in Monterey Bay.