Download or read book The Backside of Normal written by Roger Olson and published by Seaworthy Publications Incorporated. This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For most of his life, Roger Olson tried to fit into the "so-called" American Dream. He got a master's degree in Education and taught high school for 15 years. He got married and tried to have children, then an unexpected divorce shattered his world and made him take stock of the life he was living. He needed to own a home that was close enough to his work, so he was saddled with a mortgage. He needed vehicles to get to and from work, and of course, these things lead to needing other things, like fuel, maintenance costs, insurance, electricity, and much more. Instead, Roger Olson went a different way. He managed to buy a small seaworthy sailing vessel, eventually quit his job and spent several decades sailing all over the Pacific, visiting many South Pacific island archipelagos, Australia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Thailand. He is the author of the book, "Plot Your Course to Adventure: How To Be a Successful Cruiser" He is also the producer of the short film about his voyage entitled "Melanesian Adventure," now available on youtube.com"--
Download or read book The Backside of Normal written by Roger Olson and published by Seaworthy Publications Incorporated. This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of his life, Roger Olson tried to fit into the "so-called" American Dream. He got a master's degree in Education and taught high school for 15 years. He got married and tried to have children, then an unexpected divorce shattered his world and made him take stock of the life he was living.He saw himself as not so much working for a living as living for a working. He needed a home to live in that was close enough to his work, so he was saddled with a mortgage. He needed a car to get to and from work, and of course, these things lead to needing other things, like fuel, maintenance costs, insurance, electricity, and much more.Instead, Roger Olson went a different way. He managed to buy a seaworthy sailing vessel, eventually quit his job and spent several decades sailing all over the world, principally in the South Pacific island archipelagos, Australia, and New Zealand. Roger is also the producer of the short film about his voyage entitled "Melanesian Adventure," now available on youtube.com.
Download or read book The Backside of Hades written by Sam Lucky and published by Ann Charles. This book was released on 2022-10-22 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This here place? Worse than the backside of Hades.” ~ Hank Varney First let me say, this here trip to Slagton weren’t my idea. This place is chock full of bad company done helped itself to a double dose of bad medicine. Slagton needs cleanin’, accordin’ to Miss Clem, and I know the crew to do it. I’m one of ’em. Hank Varney’s the name. Miss Clem and me, along with the two Sidewinders from Santa Fe—we’ll get the sharp-toothed vermin cleared out. Now, some people say I’m lucky, but I don’t know if’n it’ll do me any good, what with the army of trouble me an’ the crew are facin’. If’n we don’t live through it, well, there goes Deadwood. Maybe even the whole of the Black Hills. We’ll all be down the privy hole then, lookin’ up at the Backside of Hades.
Download or read book Sailing on the Edge Alone Across the Atlantic written by Peter Keating and published by Book Reality Experience. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of 57, Australian Peter Keating set out to sail, single-handed, across the Atlantic. This is his account, yet it is also the journey of each one of us, should we decide to peer over the horizon and strike out from safe harbours.
Download or read book It s Perfectly Normal written by Robie H. Harris and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully and fearlessly updated, this vital new edition of the acclaimed book on sex, sexuality, bodies, and puberty deserves a spot in every family’s library. With more than 1.5 million copies in print, It’s Perfectly Normal has been a trusted resource on sexuality for more than twenty-five years. Rigorously vetted by experts, this is the most ambitiously updated edition yet, featuring to-the-minute information and language accompanied by new and refreshed art. Updates include: * A shift to gender-neutral vocabulary throughout * An expansion on LGBTQIA topics, gender identity, sex, and sexuality—making this a sexual health book for all readers * Coverage of recent advances in methods of sexual safety and contraception with corresponding illustrations * A revised section on abortion, including developments in the shifting politics and legislation as well as an accurate, honest overview * A sensitive and detailed expansion on the topics of sexual abuse, the importance of consent, and destigmatizing HIV/AIDS * A modern understanding of social media and the internet that tackles rapidly changing technology to highlight its benefits and pitfalls and ways to stay safe online Inclusive and accessible, this newest edition of It’s Perfectly Normal provides young people with the knowledge and vocabulary they need to understand their bodies, relationships, and identities in order to make responsible decisions and stay healthy.
Download or read book Faith from the Back Side written by J. Ellsworth Kalas and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular author J. Ellsworth Kalas opens new insights on the subject of faith.
Download or read book Storying Mental Illness and Personal Recovery written by Dorthe Kirkegaard Thomsen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the interplay between mental illness and narrative identity, offering pathways to personal recovery.
Download or read book Biomineralization written by Kazuyoshi Endo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book is the proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Biomineralization (BIOMIN XIV) held in 2017 at Tsukuba. Over the past 45 years, biomineralization research has unveiled details of the characteristics of the nano-structure of various biominerals; the formation mechanism of this nano-structure, including the initial stage of crystallization; and the function of organic matrices in biominerals, and this knowledge has been applied to dental, medical, pharmaceutical, materials, agricultural and environmental sciences and paleontology. As such, biomineralization is an important interdisciplinary research area, and further advances are expected in both fundamental and applied research.
Download or read book Advances in Manufacturing Systems written by Shailendra Kumar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing (RAM 2020). The volume focuses on latest research trends in manufacturing systems such as CAE, CAD/CAM, robotics and automation, reverse engineering, resource planning and simulation, computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) systems, product life-cycle management, collaborative engineering, process monitoring control and traceability technologies, supply chain management, environment risk analysis, and manufacturing systems of renewable energy devices. The topics covered also include emerging fields of the fourth industrial revolution such cyber physical systems and cyber security, and wireless sensors and sensor networks for manufacturing. This book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners interested in latest developments in the field of manufacturing systems.
Download or read book Transient Effects in Friction written by Andreas Goedecke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transient friction effects determine the behavior of a wide class of mechatronic systems. Classic examples are squealing brakes, stiction in robotic arms, or stick-slip in linear drives. To properly design and understand mechatronic systems of this type, good quantitative models of transient friction effects are of primary interest. The theory developed in this book approaches this problem bottom-up, by deriving the behavior of macroscopic friction surfaces from the microscopic surface physics. The model is based on two assumptions: First, rough surfaces are inherently fractal, exhibiting roughness on a wide range of scales. Second, transient friction effects are caused by creep enlargement of the real area of contact between two bodies. This work demonstrates the results of extensive Finite Element analyses of the creep behavior of surface asperities, and proposes a generalized multi-scale area iteration for calculating the time-dependent real contact between two bodies. The toolset is then demonstrated both for the reproduction of a variety of experimental results on transient friction as well as for system simulations of two example systems.
Download or read book Not So Normal written by Tom Symington and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in post-World War II Alberta in a stable, loving home, Tom Symington didn’t feel that he was “different.” Evading early pressures of romance and sexual exploration, repressing instances of name-calling (“femmy”), and hostility from schoolmates, Tom was almost able to believe in a world that valued the rights and freedoms of all citizens. From Calgary to Sierra Leone to France, this candid, heartbreaking memoir braids the evolution of gay rights in Canada with the life journey of one individual. Following high school, as Tom entered university and became a teacher, he was forced to reconcile his sexual orientation with the prevailing social and legal environment in Alberta, Canada, and the world beyond. As decades passed, “femmy” merged with “gay,” “queer,” and “LGBTQ+ community” in a rallying movement and an enduring struggle towards pride and self-acceptance against the current of societal expectations and discriminatory legislation. Not So Normal is as much a coming-of-age odyssey and a celebration of selfhood as it is a grave reminder that there is still much work to be done in the realm of human rights, and an urgent call to action to recentre love in our increasingly diverse and divisive world.
Download or read book Normal People written by Sally Rooney and published by Crown. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • “A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships” (People) from the author of Conversations with Friends, “a master of the literary page-turner” (J. Courtney Sullivan). “[A] novel that demands to be read compulsively, in one sitting.”—The Washington Post ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: People, Slate, The New York Public Library, Harvard Crimson Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation—awkward but electrifying—something life changing begins. A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years at university, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other. Normal People is the story of mutual fascination, friendship, and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find that they can’t. WINNER: The British Book Award, The Costa Book Award, The An Post Irish Novel of the Year, Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Vogue, Esquire, Glamour, Elle, Marie Claire, Vox, The Paris Review, Good Housekeeping, Town & Country
Download or read book Computational Intelligence and Security written by Yue Hao and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-06-18 with total page 1205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two volume set LNAI 3801 and LNAI 3802 constitute the refereed proceedings of the annual International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Security, CIS 2005, held in Xi'an, China, in December 2005. The 338 revised papers presented - 254 regular and 84 extended papers - were carefully reviewed and selected from over 1800 submissions. The first volume is organized in topical sections on learning and fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation, intelligent agents and systems, intelligent information retrieval, support vector machines, swarm intelligence, data mining, pattern recognition, and applications. The second volume is subdivided in topical sections on cryptography and coding, cryptographic protocols, intrusion detection, security models and architecture, security management, watermarking and information hiding, web and network applications, image and signal processing, and applications.
Download or read book Plasma Processing XIII written by G. S. Mathad and published by The Electrochemical Society. This book was released on 2000 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Design of DNA Genetic Codes and Life Function written by Charles Schaper and published by Molecular Sciences Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-07-04 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is comprised of original research and presents for the first time discoveries on the origins of the genetic code of life: the mapping between DNA nucleotides and amino acids. For the first time, a digital communications framework is developed from molecular structures. The chapters include: Discovering the Primer of DNA - The basic discovery process indicating a common structure with the DNA nucleotide pairs, the relationship of steroid hormones to DNA structure, and its correlation to pharmacological efficacy. Encoding DNA - The encoding of a unified complex that will enable both structure and immediate function of DNA; originally synthesized through intermolecular coupling of pairs of pairs of hydrogen bonded steroid structured molecules. Transmitting DNA - The transmission of the encoded complex through the formation of a DNA double helix and steroid molecules which provide access to the information content contained within the double helix. Decoding DNA - The processes of decoding the double helix structure through the function capability provided by the steroid molecules, including decoding tables of an interaction vessel formed by the steroid molecules comprising walls and ceiling. Translating DNA - The mapping of the nucleotide triplet to amino acid is shown through the analysis of the structural and chemical characteristics of the DNA double helix formed in conjunction with the steroid molecules, thereby enabling a code of three nucleotides per amino acid. Example - An example is provided of constructing a protein chain of seven amino acids, including the encoding, transmission, decoding and translation aspects. Replication - Replication of the double helix through the steroid molecules is shown, along with error correction procedures. Genetic rearrangement - Methods of splicing and recombining the DNA structures to form increasingly complex structures. This is intended for the individual who wants to know about the origins of life function, DNA, and the Genetic Codes. As it contains original research, it is not to be used for commercial purposes.
Download or read book Handbook of Surgical Planning and 3D Printing written by Paolo Gargiulo and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-03-23 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Surgical Planning and 3D Printing: Applications, Integration, and New Directions?covers 3D printing and surgical planning from clinical, technical and economic points-of-view. This book fills knowledge gaps by addressing: (1) What type of medical images are needed for 3D printing, and for which specific application? (2) What software should be used to process the images, should the software be considered a medical device? (3) Data protection? (4) What are the possible clinical applications and differences in imaging, segmentation, and 3D printing? And finally, (5) What skills, resources, and organization are needed? Sections cover technologies involved in 3D printing in health: data structure, medical images and segmentation, printing materials and 3d printing, 3D printing and Clinical Applications: orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, maxillofacial, orthodontistry, surgical guides, integrating 3D printing Service in Hospitals: infrastructures, competences, organization and cost/benefits, and more. Provides a unique insight into a technological process and its applications Heps readers find answers to practical and technical questions concerning 3D printing and surgical planning Presents deep insights into new directions of 3D printing in healthcare and related emerging applications such as bioprinting, biocompatible materials and metal printing for custom-made prosthetic design
Download or read book Analysis of Direct Solar Illumination on the Backside of Space Station Solar Cells written by Ann M. Delleur and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
