Author's note: I'm in my mid-eighties, and I've just finished writing this collection of poems drawn from my boyhood years. They're not poems about my early life-they're poems from my early life. Each poem arose from a separate journey. I went back, became the boy I once was, then took a snapshot of something happening in that place and time. The place is a small farming and coal mining community in Western Pennsylvania. The time is my boyhood years, 1929-1937 or thereabouts. I'm sending these snapshots to my children and grandchildren. I'm also offering them to you, hoping you'll enjoy them. Robert Oliver August 2008
Ben just wants to get through high school. Unfortunately, the Galaxy wants to get at Ben. You see, Ben Dark is a Pilostar with skills literally out of this world. Now he must cope with the typical perils of teenage life: Killer Robots with a fascination for recycling, Aliens who want to possess the powers hidden in his head (with or without Ben attached), and keeping up at school where is 300 years behind in his homework. Thankfully, his tow best friends are there to help and protect (and annoy) him.
George Woods transformed the World Bank from a relatively passive investment organization into an active leader of world development. He pushed for greatly increased lending in support of agriculture and education, worked closely with the United Nations, and revived and greatly strengthened economic analysis in the Bank itself. He also initiated measures to expand the equity investments of the International Finance Corporation and sought annual funding of one billion dollars for the International Development Association, the Bank's soft-loan affiliate. He retired in 1968 after inducing Robert McNamara to be his successor.
Learn Python fundamentals that can be used in any programming setting – use the guidance in this book to program your own game in a unique and practical Python learning experience. Learning Python opens the door to a world of programming possibilities. From AI and machine learning to video game, app, and web development, Python is a critical behind-the-scenes component of everyday technology. Python powers the services of household names like Google, Netflix, and Spotify along with tech pioneers like NASA, IBM, and Intel. Put simply, Python is the in-demand and easy-to-learn programming language that gets stuff done. In Python QuickStart Guide, senior developer and programmer Robert Oliver lays out the quickest and most accessible path yet to the mastery of Python fundamentals. Distilling his experience drawn from over two decades of working with Python and other programming languages, Robert’s clear voice and writing present a practical, hands-on approach that anyone, at any experience level, can use to become a Python programmer. It doesn’t matter if you are a new or existing programmer, a job seeker looking for a career change or promotion, or just someone who wants to learn how to automate basic tasks with Python—Robert’s step-by-step approach, complete with a hands-on companion Python game project, is the perfect starting point to master Python fundamentals! Python QuickStart Guide is Perfect for: - New or experienced programmers looking to enhance their career opportunities with an in-demand programming language - Job seekers who want to supercharge their resumes and increase their value in the job marketplace - Students or recent college grads who have their sights set on a lucrative position in the tech industry - Full stack developers or programmers who need to round out their programming skills to take on new projects - Coding or programming bootcamp students looking for supplemental learning material - Anyone who wants to explore the world of programming, use Python to automate tedious tasks, or enhance their resume and future-proof their skills! Python QuickStart Guide Explains - The best practical approach to learning Python—follow along with the exercises in the book to program your own video game and learn along the way - How to master Python building blocks and build a robust set of programming skills at your own pace - How to avoid common pitfalls new programmers face, how to debug code, and how to eliminate frustrating errors - Coding best practices that anyone can use to level up their programming skills using Python or any other programming language You Will Learn - How to Use Python – Practical Examples, Code Snippets, Plus Follow Along to Code Your Own Game! - Python Fundamentals – How to Use Python for Web Design and Interfacing with GitHub, SQL, and Other Applications - Object-Oriented Programming Principles – Managing Data, Scripts, Logic, Inputs, Outputs, and More! - Programming Essentials – Debugging, Producing Clean Code, Best Practices, Time-Savers, and Tips - Python Next Steps –Testing, Optimization, Speed Improvements, Integrations with Other Applications, and More! *Lifetime Access To Free Python Programming Digital Assets* In addition to the follow-along Python game included with the exercises in the book, Python QuickStart Guide comes with a library of references and cheat sheets to help you go beyond the book and get the most out of your Python learning experience. QuickStart Guides are books for beginners, written by experts. *Giving Back* QuickStart Guides plants trees in areas where they are needed most with the help of our reforestation partner One Tree Planted.
Taming is for women contemplating childbirth and facing the interventional practices currently the mode. Taming explores the common interventions in hospital birth responsible for the rising incidence of violence, depression and suicide in children. Taming is an in-depth critique of modern obstetrical care while it instructs and encourages safer solutions in childbirth. Taming addresses the cause and effect of fetal trauma stressing fetal consciousness and sentience. Taming offers safe alternatives to the progressively interventional medical management of normal childbirth. Medically managed birth is about considerations of the doctors, the institutions, the insurance companies, and the fear of malpractice claims. Our babies are not products. They are conscious, feeling, sentient beings from the day of conception and must be honored as such. Part One is a review of institutional childbirth care delivery. This section is to give the reader a foundation to understand the medical model and the politics of hospital care. Part Two is designed to open the understanding of the prenatal and birth aspects of obstetrical management and attempts to clarify "Intentionality." Part Three offers a solution to and completion of birthing practices contrasted with the prospective of Mother-Baby-Centered childbirth. Taming attempts to answer the question: Is there a way for childbirth to occur where the baby's consciousness and sentience is implicit and where mother's authority over her body and process is maintained and respected?
This book evaluates why cities choose to bid for the Olympics, why Olympic bids fail, and whether cities can benefit from failed bids. Attention is shifted away from host cities (or winners), to consider the impact of the bidding process on urban development in losing cities. Oliver and Lauermann show that bidding is often a politically strategic exercise, as planning ideas are recycled from one bid project to the next. As Olympic bids become more deeply embedded in urban development and bid teams engage in legacy planning, Oliver and Lauermann demonstrate that bid failure is rarely definitive and is often a desirable result. This volume adds a new and innovative perspective to Olympic Studies and mega-events more broadly, with appeal to a variety of other disciplines including geography, urban planning, spatial politics and sport and civic policy.
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The Sons of Slayton" chronicles the lives and times of the Slayton family from 1750 in Spaulding, England to 1870 in post Civil War Kansas. On his deathbed, Morticiah Slayton cursed each succeeding generation of his lineage with the seemingly impossible burden of his unfulfilled dream: The attainment of the mythical Legend of the Seventh Son. The adventurous lives of the Slaytons parallel the historical events that shape the Manifest Destiny of the United States of America. Mort's son, Ezekiel, leaves England for the "Colonies" in pursuit of a new life and gets embroiled in the breech birth of our nation. Motivated by the battle cry of "Remember The Alamo," grandson Isaiah morphs from derelict to hero during the Texas rebellion. During its nine years as a nation state he serves as a Texas Ranger. The great-grandsons get involved in the Civil War. Their divergent lives thereafter define the wild, wild West.
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