When Jim gordon set out to build a wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod, he knew some people might object. But never in his wildest dreams did he expect what happened next.... Cape Wind is the story of how - and why - people of privilege and power used their high-level connections to stop America's coming energy revolution.
The Hate Factories of AmericaIn the past fifty-seven years, Robert "Big Head" Whitcomb has spent over thirty-five years incarcerated in the state prison system and the federal prison system.He saved seven correctional officers and a number of convicts from certain death. He did what he thought was right, but he thinks himself no hero; he is just a convict who believed that even in the hate factories of America, there can still be a little good.
Bob Lenon came from Nebraska to Yuma, in 1914, just two years after Arizona had become the 48th state. He remembers seeing the Colorado River when it had no highway bridges and traveling on a plank road across dunes where an Interstate Highway now runs. Because Bob grew up listening to neighbors' tales of gold in the hills, it was natural for him to make mining his life-as a prospector and as a mining engineer. He became an intrinsic part of the process by which copper, gold, and other metals were extracted from Arizona rock. In more than 90 years as an Arizonan, he has witnessed many changes, and, in fact, as a surveyor, he mapped a lot of them! In this second of two volumes, Bob describes his university years and his work for big mining companies in Bisbee and then as a smalltime entrepreneur in a region where mining had fallen upon hard times. He also recalls his service in World War II, after which, for 50 years, he was a mining consultant and owner of a surveying firm in Patagonia. In addition, he recounts tales told by a few of the historic maps in his vast collection.
This book celebrates life-not my life, not just life on this planet, but life itself. Not just the life that we can see but life that is everywhere-as far away as we can imagine it. The book is a synthesis of Native American philosophy and evolutionary biology. Although science is very important and enriches our knowledge, we must still turn to spirituality for a sense of where we are in the universe.I begin with an "Opening Prayer" and two other poems that set a spiritual tone. Next, I provide a Creation Story-one of many that are as varied as the world cultures they come from but that is more expansive than others because it takes into account man's origins in the Sea. Next, the "Odyssey" is a poetic interpretation of the journey from man's roots in Africa 200,000 years ago to the paths (both land and sea) by which Homo sapiens colonized the globe. I then include several poems that express my own spirituality, which is very much congruent with Native American philosophy. Finally, there is an Afterword that goes into considerable detail about my merging of that philosophy with science.
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