The ultimate volume on ice climbing is finally here! Renowned climbing veteran Jeff Lowe shares his personal stories and professional insight in this comprehensive book, which offers a history of this fascinating sport, and an overview of the world's best ice climbs. Includes detailed, fully-illustrated instructions for mastering both basic and advanced techniques, information on avoiding hazards, and much more. As someone who has spent too much of his ice-climbing time literally quaking in his boots, I've been on the lookout for a book that will help me to minimize my terror and maximize my joy in clawing up frozen waterfalls and steep alpine couloirs. Jeff Lowe's spectacular new book is just what I was searching for. The awe-inspiring photos and thorough how-to text promise to radically decrease my learning curve," John Harlin, author, The Climber's Guide to North America Please order Ice World from a US supplier if you reside in the USA
If you are a Spirit filled minister or prayer warrior that wants to build your faith for miracles, then this is your book. You can go from being a spectator to being spectacular for the Kingdom of God and learn to put impossibilities to shame with this inspirational and practical bible study for doing greater works! Learn the process of exercising your God given dominion over time, distance, death and darkness. Find the keys to divine health and creative miracles. Benefit from decades of study and flowing in the anointing in this book to encourage and empower you towards a greater life for you and your circle of influence. This is your commission. "Miracles are real and people are believing in God and miracles in this age more than ever. This book is an announcement that such a new wave of Holy Spirit inspired transformation is well and truly underway! And nothing makes the message of Christ more accessible to the outside world than seeing it at work in practical ways: not only changing lives one at a time but also whole communities. Scriptures in this book are totally relevant, applicable and compatible to applied situations. Thank God, the book reveals the Lord's Everlasting Truth, and breaking forth again in His eternal power in this our day and age." Rev. Kennedy Onyango Kingdom Life Ministries, Mbita, Kenya. Jeff Lowe is the founder and overseer of Tree of Life Ministries in Long Beach, California. He has been in evangelism since 1988. He graduated with a B.A. in Theology from the International Miracle Institute, and also has an honorary Doctorate in Divinity. He continues to serve in evangelism and missionary work worldwide with the Cottonwood Church in Cypress California .
Individuals are tools of production and consumption, relentlessly looking for pleasure that never comes. Their same "self" vanishes while attempting to fill up the emptiness of their existences completely dehumanized and possessed by the totalitarian law of profit. Neither old nor new values will never appease their plight while the social regime remains unaltered. Until the social room we all occupy is humanized, there is no chance for Man to finally be born, we'll keep being oppressed by the ruthless Leviathan, no matter if it disguises itself with the reassuring forms of civil rights and democracy. Democracy is not an alternative to totalitarianism, it is just one of the faces of dominion. It is nothing more than a good system to produce goods and accumulate money under peculiar circumstances. There's nothing left out of the iron grasp by Capital, its domination spreads from end to end across our entire world and place in the universe. The law of profit allows no option, it's despotic, and it appropriates of everybody and everything, and moves the individuals according to the invisible, yet overbearing and unstoppable, hand of necessity. As a consequence, the search for humanization and liberation of all Mankind goes necessarily through overcoming the actual social regime, for a world without social classes, money, trade, politics and power. The entire novel plays and rocks between reality and dream, and yet hallucination and actuality melt and confuse one another. One thing is Chimera, another is Utopia, but most of all, it's all happening now right now in front of each and every one of us while we're wide awake...
This prophetic book offers details about what is now happening in the Kingdom of God, where it will be in the near future, and in the millennium period. (Practical Life)
This textbook is packaged with Navigate 2 Advantage Access which unlocks a complete eBook, Study Center, homework and Assessment Center, and a dashboard that reports actionable data. Experience Navigate 2 today at www.jblnavigate.com/2. Wildland Fire Fighter: Principles and Practice, Second Edition meets and exceeds the job performance requirements and objectives as outlined in the following National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and National Wildland Coordinating Group (NWCG) standards: • NFPA 1051, Standard for Wildland Firefighting Personnel Professional Qualifications, 2020 Edition (Chapters 4 and 5) • NWCG S-190, Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior, 2019 Edition • NWCG S-130, Firefighter Training, 2008 Edition • NWCG L-180, Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service, 2014 Edition From wildland fire service history, to safety, to water supply, to firing operations, this single manual covers everything an NFPA Wildland Fire Fighter I and Wildland Fire Fighter II (NWCG Fire Fighter Type 2 and 1) needs to know. In addition, the Second Edition was significantly updated and reorganized to better serve the Wildland Fire Fighter I and Wildland Fire Fighter II. The program now features two distinct sections. Section 1 includes six chapters, which set the foundation for Wildland Fire Fighter I knowledge and understanding. Section 2 comprises eight chapters, which encompass the higher-level competencies required for Wildland Fire Fighter II. This new organization will allow instructors the flexibility to teach their Wildland Fire Fighter I and II course(s) exactly the way they wish. The features in this text will help students take that extra step toward becoming outstanding wildland fire fighters. These features include: • Refined Table of Contents. Now divided by level, the new table of contents addresses NFPA and NWCG requirements and objectives in an easy-to-follow manner. • New Chapters. New chapters including The Wildland Fire Service, Wildland/Urban Interface Considerations, Tools and Equipment, Human Resources, and Radio Communications ensure a comprehensive understanding of history, safety, and operations. • Scenario-Based Learning. You are the Wildland Fire Fighter and Wildland Fire Fighter in Action case scenarios are found in each chapter to encourage and foster critical-thinking skills. • Practical Tips for Wildland Fire Fighters. The Listen Up! and Did You Know? features provide helpful advice and encouragement. • Skill Drills. This feature provides written step-by-step explanations and visuals for important skills and procedures. This clear, concise format enhances student comprehension of complex procedures. • After-Action Review Section. The end-of-chapter review includes detailed chapter summaries and key terms to reinforce important principles. • Updated photos and illustrations. New and improved photos and illustrations enhance learning with visuals of incidents and training simulations, as well as highlighting advances i
This much-awaited volume uncovers the long-lost pages of the major African multilingual newspaper, Abantu-Batho. Founded in 1912 by African National Congress (ANC) convenor Pixley Seme, with assistance from the Swazi Queen, it was published up until 1931, attracting the cream of African politicians, journalists and poets Mqhayi, Nontsisi Mgqweth, and Grendon. In its pages burning issues of the day were articulated alongside cultural by-ways. The People's Paper - comprising both essays and an anthology - explores the complex movements and individuals that emerged in the almost twenty years of its publication. The essays contribute rich, new material to provide clearer insights into South African politics and intellectual life. The anthology unveils a judicious selection of never-before published columns from the paper spanning every year of its life and drawn from repositories on three continents. Abantu-Batho had a regional and international focus, and by examining all these dynamics across boundaries and disciplines, The People's Paper transcends established historiographical frontiers to fill a lacuna that scholars have long lamented.
Chickamauga Antietam Charles, otherwise known as Chick, is an old man living in the Safe Haven homeless shelter. Lame and destitute, his only valuables are cached away in a secret pocket of his ancient pea coat. It is Christmas. He awakes to find he has been given a present by a stranger who passed through in the wee hours of the morning when all were asleep, save for one little girl who insists it was Santa. The gift is a lottery ticket. And when it hits, the others want him to share the wealth, but he has only one goal, and it obsesses him to his very marrow. He must go to Spain. To retrieve what was taken from him so many years ago-a theft that made him into the wreck he has been ever since. But to do it he must relive the sea story that started it all.
If you want to deepen your understanding about the Kingdom of God, then this is your book. Written in a bible study format, this scripture filled book will be a permanent reference for receiving the promises of God, using powerful prayer and confession to get Kingdom results. This book will open up your eyes to unseen realities by learning the mind of our Father and give you the God kind of faith. You will learn and build on your knowledge and apply the principles of the Kingdom to give you freedom in your life and help others get theirs.
Merriam-Webster defines poetry as "writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm". But it's what you define it as that matters...A group of authors has come together to bring a collection of artistic and emotional snippets of their lives, feelings, and the world around us. Some will make you cry, some will bring a smile to your face, and others will make you rethink your outlook. Come appreciate the artistic musings of the Poets of Hydra.
This textbook is packaged with Navigate 2 Advantage Access which unlocks a complete eBook, Study Center, homework and Assessment Center, and a dashboard that reports actionable data. Experience Navigate 2 today at www.jblnavigate.com/2. Wildland Fire Fighter: Principles and Practice, Second Edition meets and exceeds the job performance requirements and objectives as outlined in the following National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and National Wildland Coordinating Group (NWCG) standards: • NFPA 1051, Standard for Wildland Firefighting Personnel Professional Qualifications, 2020 Edition (Chapters 4 and 5) • NWCG S-190, Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior, 2019 Edition • NWCG S-130, Firefighter Training, 2008 Edition • NWCG L-180, Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service, 2014 Edition From wildland fire service history, to safety, to water supply, to firing operations, this single manual covers everything an NFPA Wildland Fire Fighter I and Wildland Fire Fighter II (NWCG Fire Fighter Type 2 and 1) needs to know. In addition, the Second Edition was significantly updated and reorganized to better serve the Wildland Fire Fighter I and Wildland Fire Fighter II. The program now features two distinct sections. Section 1 includes six chapters, which set the foundation for Wildland Fire Fighter I knowledge and understanding. Section 2 comprises eight chapters, which encompass the higher-level competencies required for Wildland Fire Fighter II. This new organization will allow instructors the flexibility to teach their Wildland Fire Fighter I and II course(s) exactly the way they wish. The features in this text will help students take that extra step toward becoming outstanding wildland fire fighters. These features include: • Refined Table of Contents. Now divided by level, the new table of contents addresses NFPA and NWCG requirements and objectives in an easy-to-follow manner. • New Chapters. New chapters including The Wildland Fire Service, Wildland/Urban Interface Considerations, Tools and Equipment, Human Resources, and Radio Communications ensure a comprehensive understanding of history, safety, and operations. • Scenario-Based Learning. You are the Wildland Fire Fighter and Wildland Fire Fighter in Action case scenarios are found in each chapter to encourage and foster critical-thinking skills. • Practical Tips for Wildland Fire Fighters. The Listen Up! and Did You Know? features provide helpful advice and encouragement. • Skill Drills. This feature provides written step-by-step explanations and visuals for important skills and procedures. This clear, concise format enhances student comprehension of complex procedures. • After-Action Review Section. The end-of-chapter review includes detailed chapter summaries and key terms to reinforce important principles. • Updated photos and illustrations. New and improved photos and illustrations enhance learning with visuals of incidents and training simulations, as well as highlighting advances i
Cell phones, computers, industrial machines... They all seem to develop a mind of their own after a while. This collection of shorts will focus on technology going totally mad on us. A possessed cell, a computer that has gained its own intelligence, an industrial mixer that decides to rewrite recipes. Anything and everything could happen in these stories. Humor, horror, gore, and more.PROOF - THE FOOLPROOF SYSTEM: At Meadow Lawn Medical Acres, we strive to offer the best hospital care for all out patients. Our award-winning facility and board-certified medical staff create a cohesive foolproof environment that promises the best health care available. (Just don't lose your I.D. bracelet.)WIRES CROSSED: What happens when AI companions have an emotional breakdown? Carly, Joe, and Bryant are about to find out!HOUSE HOSTAGE: Haven't you always wanted to have a smart house? This story might change your mind on that. William and his AI housekeeper don't quite see eye to eye.I WANT MY MONEY BACK: Machines have feelings too. Lexi Carter finds that out one morning while already running late to work. It is amazing how things work out depending on you react to the machines. Will it be painful or miserable? Will it be a love connection?WE ARE TOAST: One man's dented toaster is another man's companion. That is, until household technology decides it is undervalued and underappreciated.EAR-JACKED: Introducing the newest in smartphone technology! Meet the Deluxe Elite XL and all it comes with! Tech firm founder and CEO Cleve Hobbs has something new up his sleeve. Something you'll just die to have!TOO SMART FOR HIS OWN GOOD: Gabe works in a cubicle farm at the world's leading technology firm when he gets invited down to R&D for a meeting. What he learns deep in the bowels of the tech firm's sub-basements will change his life and all of humanity forever.HOLOGRAPHIC LOVE-HATE: It is the year 2045 and everyone has holographic systems integrated into their homes. Callie's home is no different. Her parents allowed her to customize it to however she wanted it to be. She called it Jaxon and made him look like her favorite actor. Like any other teenager, she took advantage of her hologram and would often tease it. That is until her parents disappear and she suddenly wakes up in a strange room.HUMAN DEMISE: Demise is defined as the termination of existence, and this is what the planet faces when challenged by an unseen and expected enemy. Before there is time to react people kill people and fear sweeps the planet. After an attack of such magnitude, how can the Human Demise not follow?AI FROM HELL: What if technology had a mind of its own?Our parents had died at the hand of their very own creations, and we were left to suffer the hell they had created. Life Live was hard, but it was all right as long as we were the only ones suffering the torture of artificial intelligence inelegance too smart for its own good.We would have endured the torture until death, but when we uncovered the bots plan for world domination and saw the murders on the news to match, we knew we had to take things into our own hands...and we knew the bots needed to be destroyed.Armed with only the knowledge our parents had given us, and determination to match, Sarah and I embarked on a gory journey that will either lead to their destruction or our demise...or both.Read this gory short story to find out if good will prevail, or if in the world of technology there might not be any happy endings.Technology Gone Mad! is a collection of stories that will make you cringe, laugh, think, and maybe even reconsider how you treat your devices and appliances.
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