In the year 1264 three young people come into information that the Earth will be destroyed by collision with an interstellar planet in a thousand years. They also learn that in the next year a leading reformer, the father of one of the three, will die in battle, setting back the progress of human history by 400-500 years, a margin great enough to enable people a thousand years later to save Earth. They must cause the battle to go the other way, and use that to launch still greater reforms that will set history on a fast course to planetary defense. Two of the three have superior abilities, but not superpowers. They have revelations, but must work out the details for themselves. They have opportunities that existed in their time and never before or since. In this book the reader will meet many interesting characters, many from history, although as history takes a different course, it also changes the characters and the roles they play.
During an armed conflict or period of gross human rights violations, the first priority is a cessation of violence. For the cease-fire to be more than a lull in hostilities and atrocities, however, it must be accompanied by a plan for political transition and social reconstruction. Essential to this long-term reconciliation process is education reform that teaches future generations information repressed under dictatorial regimes and offers new representations of former enemies. In Teaching the Violent Past, Cole has gathered nine case studies exploring the use of history education to promote tolerance, inclusiveness, and critical thinking in nations around the world. Online Book Companion is available at: http://www.cceia.org/resources/for_educators_and_students/teaching_the_violent_past/index.html
The MySQL certification program is a carefully developed, high-quality certification process that can help you prove your skills in developing, maintaining, and administering MySQL databases and applications. The Certified MySQL Cluster Database Administrator (CMCDBA) title takes your Database Administrator skills even further by helping you specialize in advanced, bleeding-edge technology used in some of the most highly demanding and complex data centers and applications in the world. Covering the Certified MySQL 5.1 Cluster Database Administrator exam, this study guide is the one authority to look to when you're preparing for the test. The book teaches you all the concepts, principles, and techniques that you'll need to know for the exam, with many practice questions and real-world examples help you prepare for test day. Whatever your reason for becoming certified, this book gives you the information you need to better understand MySQL Cluster technologies and prepare for the exams.
For courses in machine shop, machine tool technology, machining processes/manufacturing processes technology, industrial technology, industrial mechanics, and industrial engineering at the undergraduate level . The all-in-one solution for teaching machining, BPR, GD&T, and CNC courses Machine Tool Practices provides clear, practical, and richly illustrated treatment of machine tool technology and prepares students for NIMS certification. Vast in breadth and depth, this is the definitive text for training computer numerical controllers, conventional machine operators, general machinists, and tool and tie makers. The 11th edition includes dramatically expanded content and supplements on blueprint reading, GD&T, and CNC, giving it the potential to be the sole source of material for courses on these topics, while saving students the expense of two extra texts.
What if you could save the world from evil? What if that evil was the only thing that could save the world? Tough choices for any man. So begins the lifetime quest of eighty-seven-year-old Macarthur Addison, the fellow fated to make The choice
Dr. Karen Raymond has made the medical breakthrough of the century, a vaccine that could halt the spread of our most devastating modern plague, AIDS. But when her laboratory is destroyed and her colleagues murdered, she realized she's in danger: a conspiracy of proportions she never dreamed possible is out to crush her work. In another part of the country the population of an entire town has disappeared into thin air, leaving behind only half-finished meals, empty offices and schools. Who is responsible? A cabal of power-seeking corporations? Rogue victims of Army medical experiments gone horribly wrong? Who is behind the traitorous plot that threatens to sacrifice our country to the Kingdom of the Seven? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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