The problem of where to store waste has grabbed a lot of headlines, but people have been slow to realize that the environmental damage caused by storage sites is an even greater menace. This book makes the danger clear, as Joel Goldsteen offers the first comprehensive look at the selection and environmental impact of municipal and petrochemical waste storage sites along the Texas and Louisiana coasts. Goldsteen has distilled a large landfill-worth of data into a highly readable account of the creation and regulation of waste disposal sites, the health issues that surround them, and the human and natural factors that affect how safe or dangerous they become. Chapters that describe industrial development along the Gulf Coast and the concurrent challenges of wastewater treatment, solid waste management, and hazardous waste control are followed by in-depth descriptions of nine Texas and four Louisiana sites, all representative of problems far beyond the Texas-Louisiana coast.
Hands-On Devotions That Teach Spiritual Truths to the Whole Family As parents hoping to raise godly children in a world that is increasingly hostile to the Christian message, we may know that regular family devotions are something we should do. But it's hard to keep kids (or even ourselves) focused and engaged with so many other things competing for our attention. The solution? Make family devotions fun, exciting, and . . . a little dangerous. With 52 hands-on, possibly messy, totally unforgettable object lessons, this book not only makes family devotions way more fun, it delivers the spiritual impact you desire for your kids. So get out the safety goggles and start bringing the truths of Scripture to vivid life in your household.
In this seductive Drake sisters novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan, Libby Drake is pulled by the forceful desires of two men—and in danger of being swept away... Dr. Libby Drake is sensible and practical. To her more adventurous sisters, she’s always been the “good girl”. Certainly not the kind to attract the attention of a genius like Ty Derrick—until a tragic accident leaves the handsome biochemist at her mercy. Acting on her uncanny ability to heal, she stirs in the reawakened Ty his own long-suppressed desires for the woman who saved his life. But he’s not the only man with designs on Libby Drake. Her miraculous and selfless power has also captured the attention of a dangerously influential admirer. Someone in Sea Haven is pursuing the elementally gifted beauty for his own wicked purpose. And he’s willing to go to deadly lengths to make it happen.
Using the murder of Andrea O'Donnell, who was killed by her boyfriend, and her own experiences as a launch pad, the author examines the dichotomy between love and power. The text looks at the unreasonable choices women feel they have to make between care for themselves and care for another.
The Crowsnest Pass is famous for the tragic rock slide at Frank in 1903, but almost as famous are the many coal-mining tragedies that afflicted the region in the early twentieth century. With the discovery of a rich coal deposit in the region, the area underwent an economic boom and a spike in population that is still evidenced today. Unfortunately, with this type of mining, in rugged and often dangerous conditions comes the threat of disaster and occasionally death. This book examines carefully the various calamities that have afflicted the area and considers the impact on the inhabitants and victims of these numerous tragedies. Using original source material such as grave markers, folk songs, and oral histories, the author portrays vividly the psychological and sociological features of both the individual and collective responses to death and danger, giving the reader a unique picture of mining communities that is as true today as it was a century ago.
The National Conference on Recent Innovations in Emerging Computer Technologies (NCRIECT-2023) was held on the 9th and 10th of May 2023 at Kalinga University, Raipur. The conference was aimed at bringing together researchers, scholars, academicians, and industry professionals to discuss the latest advancements and innovations in the field of computer technologies. The conference began with an opening ceremony, where the chief guests and dignitaries were welcomed by the organizers. The keynote address was delivered by a renowned expert in the field of computer technologies, who spoke about the importance of innovation in driving progress and growth in the industry. This was followed by technical sessions, where researchers and professionals presented their papers on various topics related to computer technologies. The technical sessions covered a wide range of topics, including but not limited to artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, computer networks, security and privacy, computer graphics and visualization, software engineering, and emerging technologies. The presentations were well-received by the audience, who actively participated in the discussions and provided valuable feedback to the presenters. Apart from the technical sessions, the conference also featured a panel discussion on the topic of "The Future of Computer Technologies". The panel comprised experts from academia and industry, who shared their insights and perspectives on the future direction of the field. The discussion covered various topics, such as the impact of emerging technologies like blockchain and quantum computing, the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in shaping the future of work, and the challenges and opportunities in ensuring the ethical use of technology. Overall, the conference provided a platform for researchers and professionals to share their ideas, insights, and experiences, and to collaborate and network with their peers. The organizers thanked all the participants and sponsors for their support in making the conference a success, and announced plans to host a follow-up event next year.
Praise for One Mile Past Dangerous Curve: "This book aims to be about the best of us as it shows us at our least. Thank goodness for Darrell Spencer, the only writer in America to be trusted on the subjects of faith, love, weal and woe." ---Lee K. Abbott " . . . absolutely dire and dear, his best book, a novel about American life right now. . . . this book is accurate, acerbic, and heartfelt at once." ---Ron Carlson Praise for Darrell Spencer: "Mr. Spencer's writing crackles with freshness and lucidity, featuring characters who slide into one another in random encounters and relationships." ---New York Times Book Review "[Spencer] possesses a remarkable ear for the cadence of everyday speech." ---Michael Chabon From the acclaimed author of Caution: Men in Trees and A Woman Packing a Pistol comes a tale of kinship, love, and lawlessness. One Mile Past Dangerous Curve is the story of the Dancers---a family on the verge of collapse. Glen Dancer has come to Ohio to set up another in a series of Snapper franchises. But in the midst of construction, Glen finds himself fighting a painful and futile battle with cancer. His son Eddie, recently divorced, moves from Las Vegas to help. A sign painter by trade, Eddie finds only intermittent work in town until the day a mysterious and wealthy businessman commissions a series of twenty road signs, each different, all featuring odd, cryptic messages. It is on a back-country road, where Eddie has gone to assemble one of the signs, that some previously vague threats become concrete. Though Eddie doesn't know it, the neighboring woods hide a secret, a secret that a gun-toting rural gang wants to keep at any cost.
The ten-year-old Greek_ENglish Angelo Lovefull puts a stop to violence and the other ills of football. Relentless competition, love for money, corruption, person idolizing, miring football fans on the stands or in front of the television set, all that set up violence and tension. He offers to everyone a new, wonderful athletic game, which very soon may surpass the ball-based games (football, basketball) throughout the world. During every game, hundreds of fans will practice in the grounds. Spectators and athletes will change places in the grounds. Exciting and team-oriented – as well as individually-based, this is a game for all ages in every neighbourhood or national grounds!
Why is someone killing the office temps? Genie and Ray try to solve the puzzle before they end up as dead as their co-workers. "Gossip Kills" is a murder mystery overflowing with romance and real-life comedy, plus a dash of social satire.
In The Place with No Edge, Adam Mandelman follows three centuries of human efforts to inhabit and control the lower Mississippi River delta, the vast watery flatlands spreading across much of southern Louisiana. He finds that people’s use of technology to tame unruly nature in the region has produced interdependence with—rather than independence from—the environment. Created over millennia by deposits of silt and sand, the Mississippi River delta is one of the most dynamic landscapes in North America. From the eighteenth-century establishment of the first French fort below New Orleans to the creation of Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan in the 2000s, people have attempted to harness and master this landscape through technology. Mandelman examines six specific interventions employed in the delta over time: levees, rice flumes, pullboats, geophysical surveys, dredgers, and petroleum cracking. He demonstrates that even as people seemed to gain control over the environment, they grew more deeply intertwined with—and vulnerable to—it. The greatest folly, Mandelman argues, is to believe that technology affords mastery. Environmental catastrophes of coastal land loss and petrochemical pollution may appear to be disconnected, but both emerged from the same fantasy of harnessing nature to technology. Similarly, the levee system’s failures and the subsequent deluge after Hurricane Katrina owe as much to centuries of human entanglement with the delta as to global warming’s rising seas and strengthening storms. The Place with No Edge advocates for a deeper understanding of humans’ relationship with nature. It provides compelling evidence that altering the environment—whether to make it habitable, profitable, or navigable —inevitably brings a response, sometimes with unanticipated consequences. Mandelman encourages a mindfulness of the ways that our inventions engage with nature and a willingness to intervene in responsible, respectful ways.
