At 11,239 feet Mt. Hood is the tallest Mountain in the state of Oregon. Mt. Hood is also a mountain that is part of the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur, It is horseshoe shaped and is large at 40,000 km. It has 452 volcanoes and 81% of the world’s largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire. A major earthquake triggers the eruption of Mt. Hood and the eruption completely destroys 9 towns in the State of Oregon. 25,000 families are left homeless by the event and most families lost everything they owned. Nora Noitall, the Governor of Oregon is faced with the monumental challenge of what to do in the aftermath. The Governors Chief of Staff, Sandy Lightfoot is charged with the responsibility of directly dealing with the crisis and developing a creative solution to deal with the issues presented.
Written with authority, yet as lucid and enticing as a novel. The finest book I know addressing the interaction of herbs, the brain, and behavior." -Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine "Both skeptics and believers in the value of herbal supplements for brain conditions will enjoy the calm objective analysis to which these two experienced pharmacologists put the most popular products. You may not like their conclusions, but their evidence is convincing." -Floyd E. Bloom, MD, Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Integrative Neuroscience Department, TSRI "It all began with Adam's apple. Knowing what you add to your diet may change your life. Getting a kick from a cup of coffee, fighting depression with St. John's wort, drifting away with valerian, or reaching a ripe old age with Gingko, this book gives insights into the pros and cons of taking herbal supplements. Excellent and entertaining reading!" -Hanns Möhler, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Zurich, Switzerland "If you are someone who takes and believes in herbal supplements, then this book is a must-read for you. I'll bet you will be surprised at some of the information. It is written by two extraordinarily qualified authors, who have decades of experience with the effects and toxicities of drugs and supplements. The aim of the book is to use proven criteria to evaluate if herbal supplements are effective or not. This information is not always easy to find, so read on." -Michael J Kuhar, Ph.D., Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University, Candler Professor of Neuropharmacology, School of Medicine, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, Center for Ethics of Emory University Herbal Supplements: An Up-to-Date, Science-Based Primer Do they work? What are the risks? Can they relieve pain, improve memory, help with depression, anxiety, or insomnia? What does the objective research really say? Today, many manufacturers of herbal supplements claim their products can improve brain function. However, the U.S. government does not require proof of these claims. Now, writing in plain English, two leading pharmacologists bring together all the scientific information you need to decide for yourself. Using clear examples, the authors explain how drugs and natural products can affect the body, how to determine whether any ingested substance is likely to have an effect, and how natural products might change the way prescription medications work. Next, they address specific herbal supplements which promise to enhance memory, relieve pain, promote sleep, and treat depression or anxiety. You will find the latest research about Ginkgo biloba, St. John's wort, valerian, lemon balm, kava, lavender, kudzu, daffodil, passion flower, and caffeinated beverages. If you use any of these products, you need this information-and you need this book.
Enna's 5S Facilitator Guide is designed with the worker in mind and for performance of the workshop in-house. When it comes to managing sustainable change within your organization effective communication and training are paramount. The key to sustainable success in a 5S program is having the ability to train and conduct 5S workshops internally. For this to take place, internal trainers require a practical and information rich guide to maximize their efforts.
Enna's 5S V2 Facilitator Guide is designed for you to perform 5S workshops in-house. This product focuses on the terms Sort, Set In Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain. It allows you to manage change within your organization, effectively communicate, and train staff. The key to sustainable success is having the ability to train and conduct 5S workshops internally. For this to take place, internal trainers require a practical and information rich guide to maximize their efforts.
Meet the Fairies from Pixie Hollow in a magical collection of comics! Follow Tinker Bell and the rest of the Fairies in this giant four-in-one collection that features classic stories originally published in the volumes titled Prilla's Talent, Tinker Bell and the Wings of Rani, Tinker Bell and the Day of the Dragon, and Tinker Bell to the Rescue. It's always the perfect time to return to Never Land!
If you are new to the topic of Value Chain Mapping (VSM), you will learn in this text exactly how to guide participants from start to finish using proven methods created by experienced professionals who specialize in Lean implementation. Si es nuevo en el tema del Mapeo de la Cadena de Valor (VSM), aprenderá en este texto exactamente cómo guiar a los participantes de principio a fin utilizando métodos probados creados por profesionales experimentados que se especializan en la implementación Lean.
ADIOS is the second book in this action packed political thriller trilogy. The first in the series was ALOHA. If you liked ALOHA, then youre going to love ADIOS. President Bruce Gavin has his hands full with problems on all fronts. At the top of his list are illegal immigration and the influx of drugs from the Mexican Drug Cartels. Now he learns that al-Qaeda has been in meetings with the largest cartel in Mexico. Nothing good can come from this. Can a determined woman with two small children stop the most powerful Cartel in Mexico? Follow her intense journey as the drug cartel desperately seeks to destroy her and her family. Will her actions impact US policy on immigration? President Gavin is out of the closet and in a relationship with a defrocked Catholic Priest. Will the US and the World accept an openly gay President or will his sexuality be the cause of his ultimate demise? ADIOS sets you up for the finale in the last book of the trilogy, GOODBYE.
President Obama loses the 2012 election to the new Republican front runner, Bruce Gavin, the young Senator from Portland, Oregon. Campaign promises included reducing the National Debt dramatically and quickly before it bankrupts the country. (Review Comments) At the same time, the country is dealing with the moral issue of Gay Marriage. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments and close to a decision that may rock the country and even reach into the Presidency. (Review Comments) What will the President have to do to keep his promise of a return to fiscal sanity? Can he keep the Christian Right Wing of the Republican Party in check and avoid the label of a "RINO"? (Review Comments) With ALOHA!, the authors take you beyond today's traditional thinking and set you up for a ride into the future. The interesting part of this fiction is that it could be reality within a few more years. Are you ready for it?
THE ONLY EASY DAY WAS YESTERDAY is the unofficial motto of the United States Navy SEAL’s. This story is fiction but it is built on a foundation of fact. It is the story of Ashley Morgan Jamison and how she earned the Navy SEAL Triton and became the first woman in American History to earn the right to be called a Navy SEAL. Navy SEAL’s are not born that way. They work hard to develop the physical strength to make it happen, and they must have a mindset that allows them to be mentally tough. Ashley is challenged at each stage of her life, but she meets all challenges with a mental toughness that very few possess. This is a story that just doesn’t happen overnight. It is a story that is developed over 23 years of a woman’s life. Every year presents a new challenge and Ashley thrives on challenges. Ashley’s story is fiction but it is not far from reality. Women are now allowed to apply to become United States Navy SEAL’s but they must pass every test that men must pass. There are no qualification differences. Some women have tried but as of this writing no woman has yet to succeed. It is my hope that somewhere, sometime a woman will read this story and based on Ashley’s experiences the reader will learn, apply and succeed in pulling off something that no woman has yet to accomplish. I would like nothing better than to see this fiction story become a reality.
When it comes to managing setup reduction within your organization, having the right guide to communicate and train employees in the concept is paramount. Enna's SMED Quick Changeover Facilitator Guide is designed with the shop floor in mind, and to allow for the performance of the workshop in-house. For this to take place, internal trainers require a practical and information rich guide to maximize their efforts. Enna's SMED Quick Changeover Guide provides you with this knowledge.
By popular demand, The Bruce Gavin trilogy is now a series. This fourth book is set in 2028. Jeb Bramble followed Bruce Gavin as President and he has just completed his two terms as President. The country has enjoyed 8 years without a foreign war and has no appetite for foreign involvement. The Iran and Israel conflict has escalated once again; this time to the ultimate crisis. Will the United States be willing to come to Israels aid? The Republican Party is desperately seeking someone to follow Jeb against a formidable Democratic candidate with a family pedigree in US politics. Partisan politics is still the rule of the day. Can the Republicans find a leader that can garner support from both sides of the aisle? The country and the world are being forced to finally deal with the Autism epidemic. The rate of Autism is now one in every 50 births. The economic and societal impact is tremendous and being felt worldwide. Can a cure be found and at what cost? The journey continues and some of your favorite characters still have a role to play. Shalom to you!
The VSM Office Participant Workbook is designed to be used during the Value Stream Mapping Office Workshop. This workbook systematically follows the trainer through the presentation and workshop. The workbook should be personalized and retained by each participant for continued reference after the training is finished.
Enna's 5S Office Facilitator Guide is designed with the worker in mind and to allow for the performance of the workshop away from the shop floor. When it comes to managing sustainable change within your organization, effective communication and training are paramount. The key to sustainable success in a Office 5S program is having the ability to train and conduct workshops internally. For this to take place, internal trainers require a practical and information rich guide to maximize their efforts.
Version 2 of Enna's 5S Office Workbook is designed to be used during the Office 5S Workshop. This product focuses around the terms Sort, Set In Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain. This workbook allows the participant to systematically follow the workshop presentation and will serve as a continued reference long after training and the workshop are finished.
The 5S Office Participant Workbook is to be used during the implementation of a 5S Office Workshop. This workbook will be used by the participant to follow along with the presentation and as a reference during the workshop as it answers key questions. The workbook should be retained for continued reference long after training is finished.
The agrarian reform dynamics in southern Africa have to be understood within the framework of colonial land policies and legislation that were designed essentially to expropriate land and natural resource property rights from the indigenous people in favour of the white settlers. Colonial land policies institutionalised racial inequity with regard to land although conditions are not homogeneous there are broad themes that cut across the southern Africa region. Colonialism dispossessed and impoverished the people by taking away the most productive lands. Neoliberal globalization has undermined the people’s well-being through direct influences on agriculture and rural economies in conjunction with policies promoted by national governments and international agencies. Another shared feature is to be found in the high rates of unemployment, poor returns to small-scale agriculture, lack of access to social services such as health and education all of which serve to erode existing livelihood activities and perpetuate relative and absolute poverty in rural areas. This comparative study on Zimbabwe’s agrarian reforms may provide countries such as South Africa and Namibia with valuable lessons, as they attempt their own land reforms. Conflicts between colonialists and the indigenous people in the then Rhodesia centred mainly on the land question. This inequitable distribution of land resulted in Africans waging liberation struggles in order to reclaim their land from the colonialists. In most post-colonial countries, calls have been made for land redistribution as a way of redressing colonial injustices in land tenure systems. The process of reclamation of land and redistributing it to the indigenous people is fraught with problems and has resulted in the present-day land crisis in many parts of Africa and other continents. These are some of the issues this book examines, attempts to understand and explain from a gender perspective. Gender relations are viewed in terms of land use and ownership in pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial Zimbabwe. These socially constructed roles have been found to be unequal in terms of power and decision making. It is argued that lessening of social inequalities between men and women reduces poverty, raises farm efficiency and improves natural resource management. The book emphasizes that once women are empowered, the quality of life of their households improves.
Sayonara is the last book, in the second trilogy, of the Aloha Series. The series begins in 1950 with Aloha and concludes in 2036 with Sayonara. The characters are the heart of the series. Through their eyes, opinions and actions the audience is taken through a series of themes and plot points drawn from todays headlines. Sayonara introduces a few new characters and continues with many of the popular ones that have surfaced during the past five books. In 2011, the great earthquake and tsunami hit Japan with a force as powerful as any natural disaster recorded in history. How is it possible that this natural event could lead to a nuclear war? The first woman President of the United States, Rose Kennedy Schlossberg, continues to govern with unparalleled popularity, but like all powerful leaders she is not without her enemies. President Schlossberg is also a single woman with significant feelings for a special man in her life. Can the President have a personal life while holding the most powerful position in the world and can she avoid the enemy that would give anything to see her dead? As usual, North Korea is the wild card in the state of world affairs. The succession of power in the country is of concern to all world powers. Will the son of the current Supreme Leader assume power and shake the world order with the threat of using a nuclear weapon? All of this combines to make Sayonara a thrill filled political ride that concludes this amazing series. If you have not read them in order, you should. They are Aloha, Adios, Goodbye, Shalom, Ciao and Sayonara. Available at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com
The 5S Participant Workbook is to be used during the 5S Workshop. These workbooks allow participants to systematically follow the facilitator through the 5S presentation and workshop. This workbook will be personalized and retention of the book will allow for continued reference long after the training and workshop are finished.
Enna's Lean Supply Chain & Logistics Simulation will help your company realize its goal of becoming more Lean, more agile, and taking a lead over the competition. This is a hands-on simulation that demonstrates the effectiveness of Lean in the specialized context of the Supply Chain, Logistics, and Distribution environment. Throughout the three rounds of the simulation the participants will learn the importance of reducing batch size and streamlining the process flow, as well as learning how to apply new concepts. Step by step, team members become familiar with Lean and take these Lean concepts and apply them directly during the simulation. By dealing with everything from orders received, working with the supplier, and finally shipping the product, the participants will gain an understanding of the importance of seeing the entire Supply Chain. The simulation comes with a Flash presentation, including a results tracking sheet that is completed at the end of each round in order to help visualize improvement and profitability. Through a subtle change between Rounds 1 and 2, and a larger Lean transformation after Round 3, the benefits of Lean will become clearly apparent. Not only does this visualization help the participants see and experience Lean, but also how it will be advantageous to them and their own job.
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