By the time he was 24 Bob Williamson was already a violent criminal with a prison record and a .357 Magnum; he'd been kicked out of the military as a diagnosed sociopath: he was helplessly addicted to methamphetamine and heroin; he'd been an alcoholic since his teens and had gone through a nasty divorce; his family had given up on him; he was homeless, penniless, and didn't have a single friend; he didn't believe in God and was as mean and vicious as a rabid dog. He was all alone, mired in abject squalor. By all rights he should be locked away somewhere for the rest of his life, or more likely dead, buried, and forgotten. He reached the point where he felt that suicide was his only viable option and he was ready and willing to pull the trigger, but then a horrific car accident and a chance encounter with a merciful nurse helped change his life. He learned a trade, started a business and, virtually overnight, accumulated a small fortune and achieved what he believed to be the absolute pinnacle of success; but the sudden mountain of cash triggered an avalanche of new problems and soon he was overwhelmed with temptation, arrogance, and sheer lust for more of everything. He was addicted to a new drug -- money, but again miraculously overcame his addictions and is no longer a slave to the "flash and the cash", the pride of life, and the lust for unadulterated power." -- Cover, p. [4].
We are fast approaching multiple tipping points that once breached will lead to catastrophic climate chaos. Disruption to our very way of life will leave no one immune. Some, seeking to maintain their grip and the status quo, will continue with the “business and living as usual model” for their vested commercial or political agendas, and may wish this reality remain clouded for the majority of us. ZERO Greenhouse Emissions – The Day the Lights Went out – Our Future World exposes for the layman the reality of our collective futures. It places the pieces of the jumbled puzzle together. It steps back to put up for questioning the "best available science" of climate change, the political agendas, the industrial and economic flaws of both developed and developing nations. It asks logically for us to question the illogical sleepwalk of our present course. Many with vested interests may wish you not to read this book. "What they would rather you didn’t know about Climate Change.
The Weldons is a fictional biography book about a man and his two sons who travel through the hostile Indian country of Texas and Oklahoma in the early 1900s. Hunting for a gold mine in Colorado, they flee from a smallpox epidemic and then return home to Steiner Valley, Texas. Next, Jonathan Weldon, his wife, three daughters and two boys travel by horse and wagon to homestead three-hundred-sixty acres in New Mexico. They live there eleven years in a hand-built dugout from 1908 to 1919. The number of people in this family eventually became eleven. There were two boys and seven girls plus the mother and father. Three of the girls were born while living in their dugout. Life was very hard but they were a loving, close-knit family.
14th Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory, COLT 2001 and 5th European Conference on Computational Learning Theory, EuroCOLT 2001, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 16-19, 2001, Proceedings
14th Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory, COLT 2001 and 5th European Conference on Computational Learning Theory, EuroCOLT 2001, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 16-19, 2001, Proceedings
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th Annual and 5th European Conferences on Computational Learning Theory, COLT/EuroCOLT 2001, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in July 2001. The 40 revised full papers presented together with one invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 69 submissions. All current aspects of computational learning and its applications in a variety of fields are addressed.
Features over 500 of Northern California's favorite perennials. Includes planting tips, blooming periods and information on choosing plants for specific sites. Beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs, this guide also includes a plant information chart. The authors' common sense and practical wisdom will help you meet the unique gardening challenges of Northern California.
America's Happy Gardener(tm) and award-winning KSFO radio host Bob Tanem brings all of his gardening know-how to this valuable new tool for the Northern California gardener. Gardening Month by Month in Northern California is a beautiful perpetual calendar
Discover the best annuals for Northern California with this colorful guide. Plenty of photographs accompany clear, easy-to-follow gardening advice, including tips on when to plant, growing from seed versus nursery-grown bedding plants, optimal growth conditions, problems and pests. This handy reference features almost 450 annuals best suited to the region.
Nurseryman Bob Tanem and garden writer Don Williamson team up for another great gardening book for Northern California. Learn all about selecting, planting and caring for trees and shrubs that will thrive in your yard.
Organizational learning, allied with information management and intellectual capital, are crucial elements in the success of any business. This text moves beyond knowledge management into the realms of corporate dialogue, creativity and corporate culture.
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