Kiss the Rat Race Good-Bye: A Step-By-Step Program That Shows How You Can Get Your Finances in Shape Now to Be Financially Independent in 10 to 15 Y

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An attorney, photographer and prominent conservationist tells the story of his experiences in the Army during WWII, including seven months of intense battle in which he was one of only three members of his original platoon of sixty to survive without casualty. Blood and Candles includes photos taken by the author and others with camera and film \'liberated\' during the war.

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This issue is a comprehensive review of the U.S. Healthy Communities Initiative, the National Civic League's nationwide effort to foster ways of improving the health of communities. In the last decade, dozens of communities have participated in meaningful efforts that moved beyond conversation about sick care, to tackle topics like systems change and community building.

Contributors Leonard Duhl, Trevor Hancock, and Joan Twiss discuss the lessons learned in these ten years of the U.S. Healthy Communities Initiative and the possibilities for its future. Writer and consultant Joe Flower offers an in-depth look at skills and perspectives that community leaders need if they want to make lasting changes. Christopher Adams explores how the healthy-communities movement in California has tacked the issue of smoking and public health. A literature review on the experiences of citizen participation in health planning efforts over the last thirty years reveals themes comparable to the NCL's Civic Index for measuring a community's civic infrastructure.

Also in this issue, Allan Wallis, professor at the University of Colorado, Denver, Graduate School of Public Affairs, looks at social capital through the perspective of board and staff members of community-based organizations who do the direct work of community building. Kevin Mattson recounts a little-known episode in the history of the progressive reform movement: the "social centers" movement, which used school buildings as centers for citizen discussion on important community and political issues.

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This is a unique, integrated approach to water resource systems management and planning. The book provides methods for analyzing water resource needs, modeling, supply reliability, irrigation optimization, and much more. With more and more attention being given to the worldwide interest in sustainability, to the effects of global climate change on future water resources operation and management, as well as public health issues, Dr. Mays has gathered together leading experts in their respective fields offering the latest information on the subject. A fresh approach offering insight for the present generation within the water resources community.

Design of Water-Resource Systems: New Techniques for Relating Economic Objectives, Engineering Analysis, and Governmental Planning

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Design of Water-Resource Systems: New Techniques for Relating Economic Objectives, Engineering Analysis, and Governmental Planning
Arthur Maass , Maynard M. Hufschmidt , Robert Dorfman , Harold A., Jr. Thomas , Stephen A. Marglin , and Gordon Maskew Fair
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
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Water Resources Systems Planning and Management (Developments in Water Science)

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Water Resources Systems Planning and Management (Developments in Water Science)
Sharad K. Jain , and V.P. Singh
Manufacturer: Elsevier Science
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ASIN: 0444514295

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This book is divided into four parts. The first part, Preliminaries, begins by introducing the basic theme of the book. It provides an overview of the current status of water resources utilization, the likely scenario of future demands, and advantages and disadvantages of systems techniques. An understanding of how the hydrological data are measured and processed is important before undertaking any analysis. The discussion is extended to emerging techniques, such as Remote Sensing, GIS, Artificial Neural Networks, and Expert Systems. The statistical tools for data analysis including commonly used probability distributions, parameter estimation, regression and correlation, frequency analysis, and time-series analysis are discussed in a separate chapter.

Part 2 Decision Making, is a bouquet of techniques organized in 4 chapters. After discussing optimization and simulation, the techniques of economic analysis are covered. Recently, environmental and social aspects, and rehabilitation and resettlement of project-affected people have come to occupy a central stage in water resources management and any good book is incomplete unless these topics are adequately covered. The concept of rational decision making along with risk, reliability, and uncertainty aspects form subject matter of a chapter. With these analytical tools, the practitioner is well equipped to take a rational decision for water resources utilization.

Part 3 deals with Water Resources Planning and Development. This part discusses the concepts of planning, the planning process, integrated planning, public involvement, and reservoir sizing.

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Experience has shown that structural solutions for water diversion, conservation, and transfer are not always the most efficient and economically sound alternatives. New, non-structural means of solving problems must be used to guarantee safe and efficient allocation of water to domestic, agricultural, and industrial customers. Focusing on conflict resolution, Water Resources Systems Analysis discusses systematic approaches for the mathematical modeling of various water resources issues, helping decision-makers allocate water effectively and efficiently. Readers will gain an understanding of simulation, optimization, multi-criterion-decision-making, as well as engineering economics and time series analysis-all necessary for successful water resources systems analysis. The book explores recent developments in surface and groundwater systems optimization and modeling, and relates these to real field applications and case studies. Supported by essential mathematical tools, this book gives current and future hydrologists, water resources managers, and civil engineers a logical reference for prioritizing and addressing critical issues such as flood control, power generation, and water quality management.

Dynamic Programming for Optimal Water Resources Systems Analysis (Prentice Hall Advanced Reference Series : Engineering)

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Dynamic Programming for Optimal Water Resources Systems Analysis (Prentice Hall Advanced Reference Series : Engineering)

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Achieving Sustainable Freshwater Systems: A Web Of Connections

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Achieving Sustainable Freshwater Systems: A Web Of Connections

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ASIN: 1559639296

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One of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century is to develop a means of satisfying the water demands of an ever-expanding human population while at the same time protecting the aquatic ecosystems and ecological services upon which all life depends.

Achieving Sustainable Freshwater Systems brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines to present key insights and information on sustainable freshwater systems. Contributors represent a variety of perspectives and expertise, helping to illuminate the multiple connections and concerns involved with freshwater systems. Throughout they focus on the idea that freshwater systems lie at the heart of many different environmental and societal concerns. Achieving sustainability will require a heightened understanding of the connections among those concerns, and a willingness for experts and stakeholders to work together across areas of interest.

For both scientists and managers, Achieving Sustainable Freshwater Systems represents an important new resource for formulating site-specific solutions to problems involving natural resource sustainability.

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An excellent and timely collection.......2003-09-19

The collaborative editorial effort of Marjorie M. Holland (Director of the Center for Water and Wetland Resources, University of Mississippi - Oxford); Elizabeth R. Blood (Research Scientist at the J. W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, Georgia); and Lawrence R. Shaffer (Biology Instructor, Northwest Mississippi Community College and Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Biology, University of Mississippi), Achieving Sustainable Freshwater Systems: A Web Of Connections is a informed and informative collection of erudite essays from diverse authors and specialists studying the problems that beset freshwater ecosystems and addressing the means to deal with the thorny issues concerning environmental preservation. From regional water strategies; to the history of wetlands laws; to wetland restoration and forestry, Achieving Sustainable Freshwater Systems is an excellent and timely collection which is especially recommended for inclusion into academic and governmental Environmental Studies reference collections -- especially for those wanting to directly address contemporary Freshwater Systems remedial and restoration issues.

Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems

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Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems

Manufacturer: Amer Society of Civil Engineers
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ASIN: 0872627128

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Analysis of Water Distribution Systems
Thomas M. Walski
Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
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ASIN: 0442291922

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As a research civil engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers, the author has developed and used numerous methods presented in this book for determining the internal functioning of water distribution systems. He has taught courses for Mississippi State University as well as numerous training courses for the Corps of Engineers. This book has evolved from these courses and the need the author perceived for a text that would combine the fundamentals of hydraulics with real world applications. This is a basic reference book for water distribution engineers and operators. It covers basic hydraulics, pipe sizing, computer modeling, pipe replacement and rehabilitation, and system testing.

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Analysis of Water Distribution Systems Review.......2001-02-11

This book combines common sense with theory as it relates to water distribution networks. The book does an effective job communicating some very complex topics to even the most novice person. It is considered as the bible for water distribution modelers. EPANET (Water distribution system modeling software)list-serv subscribers have listed this book as a good reference book for anything from basic water distribution networks to modeling of complex systems.

Benefit-Cost Analysis for Water System Planning. (Water resources monograph)

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Benefit-Cost Analysis for Water System Planning. (Water resources monograph)
Charles W. Howe
Manufacturer: Amer Geophysical Union
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The evolution of Ernest Bloch's music is traced throughout his travels in Europe and America. A complete picture of Bloch emerges from this integrated study of his life and his music. The opening biographical chapter provides a brief, personal history from which Bloch's career and many interests follow, including his pursuits in photography. The biographical information provides the framework for addressing the "Jewish Question," a common focus of Bloch's work. Bloch emerges, from this multifaceted study, as a composer whose music must be examined within both its Jewish heritage and in a larger, universal context. Musicians, scholars, and Bloch enthusiasts will welcome this volume examining Ernest Bloch's life, career and major works which are enhanced throughout by musical examples. Bloch's professional development is easily traced through the chronological organization of the book.

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Fascinating.......2002-01-27

David Kushner has once again taken this biographical journey to new levels. The Ernest Bloch Companion eludes to and explores the "Jewish Question" in a facsinating and informative journal documenting Ernest Bloch and his influence in the Jewish musical community. We highly recommend this dedicated work to all readers for high informative and intellectual value.

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The Ernest Bloch Companion
David Z. Kushner
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTSV62

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This book chronicles the 1950 exodus of the Iraqi Jews that was sparked by a heroic young woman who became known from Baghdad to Jerusalem as "The Mother of the Pound." Her story provided the inspiration for this book, which explores the story of the Jews of Iraq, their deep historical roots, their fate in the twentieth century and their defining traditions and spiritual values. To that story, the author brings both intimate knowledge and unique insights gained in nearly three decades as a practicing psychiatrist educated in Lebanon, Israel and the US. Told in a personal and engaging fashion, the book provides a panoramic picture of this segment of the Jewish Diaspora. The author's psychological perspective gives new insight into the evolution of culture and issues of religion and spiritual life. Finally, the book emphasizes the importance of pride in heritage and offers inspiration and direction for all who confront discrimination and prejudice today.

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