Alex Hoffmann's life was pretty good...Until it wasn't. Wonderful family, great career, wanting for nothing, family vacations all over the world, Alex made it through some tragedy earlier in his life, and now, life was...Heaven. All Hell broke loose. The market crash led to the loss of his successful business, he found out his son was addicted to heroin, Alex himself began to fight addiction, and then he lost everything. Rehab, divorce, and DUI convictions sent Alex to bankruptcy, homelessness, and then jail. Then he lost his son. Only with the help of others-the angels in his midst-did Alex get his life back on track. He knew he needed to get better so he wouldn't get bitter. He got a new job, a new purpose, and a new lease on life, and began fighting the fight against the opioid and mental health crises facing his state and his country. In Our Last Day in Heaven, Alex shares his story of tragedy, loss, and hope...with Angels in the midst. Now, he faces another overwhelming challenge in his life, and, like the rest of his story, his goal is to be an example to others...that there is hope in the face of tragedy. Alex Hoffmann has taken up the fight against the opioid and mental health crises since his incarceration due to his own addiction, and the tragic loss of his youngest son to a heroin addiction and overdose. Since his recovery, Alex has met with local and national leaders to share his experiences, testify for legislation, and to council others facing addiction...All with the hope that other families don't have to go through what he did. "Alex is a smart, compassionate, and empathetic man who goes the extra mile for people. When I had no idea which way to turn, Alex gave me direction. It was Alex who taught me never to give up hope. When I wanted to give up, Alex's words kept me moving forward." - Susan Rickun; Parent of a recovering opioid addict "I applaud people like Alex Hoffman-parents who have lost children to this crisis and then have the courage to use their tragedy to help others avoid a tragedy of their own." - U.S. Senator Ron Johnson "In the face of absolute despair and helplessness, Alex did not collapse under the unbearable gravity of the tragedy that befell his family. Instead, he harnessed his pain and sorrow to transform his experiences into something good, and from his darkness arose a new passion and dedication to fight..." - John Nygren; Wisconsin State Representative (from the Foreword) "Our Last Day in Heaven shatters the myths that addiction only affects the so-called 'bad people' or that we can just arrest our way out of it. It exposes this epidemic as the equal opportunity destroyer of lives it is. Alex Hoffmann will persuade you that no longer can we hide behind the mistaken belief that substance dependency is a sign of moral weakness or a character flaw. This book is an insightful and thought-provoking examination of the biggest challenge of our times." - Brad Schimel; Attorney General, State of Wisconsin "Alex Hoffmann's story is one of hope, courage, and commitment that flows from the very deepest well of a parent's unconditional love for a child. His grief in loss has led to a lifetime dedicated to winning the war on addiction by battling against it proactively, with fervor, and on the very front lines of its existence." - Michael Rogowski; Partner, Husch Blackwell Law Offices, Madison, Wisconsin
Follow the blueprint in this book to launch a library DIY community history digitization program—one that provides the access and fosters engagement with patrons to sustain the program over time. Internet technologies have enabled anyone to tell their story—and to find out their own unknown story. Libraries are seeing increased interest in community and family history and in genealogy, as well as heightened demand for access to personal and community history materials in digital format. The opportunity exists for libraries to benefit their communities by providing these in-demand, digitized historical materials optimized for researchers at the individual level. Digitizing Your Community's History: The Innovative Librarian's Guide provides you with step-by-step directions for launching a DIY digitization program for personal and community historical materials. It covers the process of setting up a digitization program, training customers to use the equipment, best practices for storing digitized material, and tips for engaging the community in local history, such as ideas for exhibiting materials and programs for genealogy and family history. Just as importantly, the author addresses how to explain the benefits of programs like these to library stakeholders and supplies recommendations on sustaining library community history programs through access and engagement. The book also provides supplemental materials that include templates and programming ideas, lists of recommended software and apps, and recommended specifications for equipment and for file storage.
In the shallows of a certain pool, some minor fish swim languidly in shoals, contentedly. Deeper, in the depths of this same pool, a different breed of fish is rare, and each one swims alone. Their thoughts are not familiar in the common musings of the others, or even after the manner of their kind. Yet, strangely, both groups are there, and in their separate ways, await your curiosity.
This book has been conceived to provide guidance on the theory and design of cyclone systems. Forthose new to the topic, a cyclone is, in its most basic form, a stationary mechanical device that utilizes centrifugal force to separate solid or liquid particles from a carrier gas. Gas enters near the top via a tangential or vaned inlet, which gives rise to an axially descending spiral of gas and a centrifugal force field that causes the incoming particles to concentrate along, and spiral down, the inner walls of the separator. The thus-segregated particulate phase is allowed to exit out an underflow pipe while the gas phase constricts, and - in most separators - reverses its axial direction of flow and exits out a separate overflow pipe. Cyclones are applied in both heavy and light industrial applications and may be designed as either classifiers or separators. Their applications are as plentiful as they are varied. Examples include their use in the separation or classification of powder coatings, plastic fines, sawdust, wood chips, sand, sintered/powdered meta!, plastic and meta! pellets, rock and mineral cmshings, carbon fines, grain products, pulverized coal, chalk, coal and coal ash, catalyst and petroleum coke fines, mist entrained off of various processing units and liquid components from scmbbing and drilling operations. They have even been applied to separate foam into its component gas and liquid phases in recent years.
Drawn to France to explore the myth of Saint Christopher and the "cynocephalus" or the dog-headed, Annja Creed finds herself repeatedly and inexplicably targeted by vicious mercenaries. Her best defense is to trace this brutal violence back to its source, which she soon discovers to be a millionaire and self-professed descendant of King Charlemagne. Original.
Saddle on up and get ready for the silliest time of your life. A Fistful of Hollers (or how the west got silly) is jam-packed full of silly short stories, jokes, limericks and a belly full of laughs. With 162 pages of fun to choose from, in bite-sized chunks, this book strives to bring a smile to your face, all with a western theme. Or as Timothy Sayell says in his offering called Lonesome Rider: The sun was shining on the sage, The rocks, and on the sand. It did its very best, indeed, To brighten up the land, From the mountains, 'cross the prairies To the streams where gold was panned.
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