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  To Climb Trees

  Mike Blake

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  To Climb Trees :: Natures source of goodness. "This Poem 'To Climb Trees'. Part 2 of the series Nature: Natural Healing.A time when our Arboreal neighbours where plentiful and now need a helping hand.The joy of climbing trees, and especially watching expert climbers like Capuchin monkeys.Our need to have trees and forests once again, and the tree huggers that keep our nature alive and in the eye of the media.

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  Uranium - War Energy and the...

  Tom Zoellner

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  Uranium is a common element in the earth's crust and the only naturally occurring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet. After World War II, it reshaped the global order—whoever could master uranium could master the world.Marie Curie gave us hope that uranium would be a miracle panacea, but the Manhattan Project gave us reason to believe that civilization would end with apocalypse. Slave labor camps in Africa and Eastern Europe were built around mine shafts, and America would knowingly send more than 600 uranium miners to their graves in the name of national security.Fortunes have been made from this yellow dirt; massive energy grids have been run from it. Fear of it panicked the American people into supporting a questionable war with Iraq, and its specter threatens to create another conflict in Iran. Now, some are hoping it can help avoid a global warming catastrophe.In Uranium, Tom Zoellner takes readers around the globe in this intriguing look at the mineral that can sustain life or destroy it.

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  Big Chicken - The Incredible...

  Maryn McKenna

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  In this eye-opening exposé, acclaimed health journalist and National Geographic contributor Maryn McKenna documents how antibiotics transformed chicken from local delicacy to industrial commodity—and human health threat—uncovering the ways we can make America's favorite meat safer again. What you eat matters—for your health, for the environment, and for future generations. In this riveting investigative narrative, McKenna dives deep into the world of modern agriculture by way of chicken: from the farm where it's raised directly to your dinner table. Consumed more than any other meat in the United States, chicken is emblematic of today's mass food-processing practices and their profound influence on our lives and health. Tracing its meteoric rise from scarce treat to ubiquitous global commodity, McKenna reveals the astounding role of antibiotics in industrial farming, documenting how and why "wonder drugs" revolutionized the way the world eats—and not necessarily for the better. Rich with scientific, historical, and cultural insights, this spellbinding cautionary tale shines a light on one of America's favorite foods—and shows us the way to safer, healthier eating for ourselves and our children.

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  Technology Management

  IntroBooks Team

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  In a world that is completely dependent on technology, how can big businesses, organizations, enterprises and sectors stay behind? The need for technology is increasing day by day and hence there are so many organizations that are focusing on innovation and creation to make their name big in the market. Technology is the key to the success of any organization and hence more and more technologies are being incorporated into many different companies. The need for technology is increasing which is the reason why the need for its management is also increasing. 
  Technology management is a concept that is gaining a lot of popularity because it is needed in abundance by various big organizations. It is process and art of handling all the technologies of an organization and making sure that they are in the right use and are absolutely safe. A technology manager has the right and sound knowledge for each and every aspect when it comes to technology and also when it comes to management. Technology management is the trendiest occupation out there and its need will never end till the time we are dependent on technology.

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  The top 5 Blu-ray players -...

  Tobias Runge, Thomas Johannsen

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  The time for devices with singular talents is definitely over - a modern Blu-ray player is able to do much more than just playing back Blu-rays or DVDs. Music and video streaming from a local network, multimedia file playback from a USB stick or an SD card, Internet apps and 3D are among this species' standard talents today. In this book, we present to you five Blu-ray players that meet the diverse requirements. (Michael E. Brieden Verlag, 2012)
  
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  Rational Fog - Science and...

  M. Susan Lindee

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  Science and violence converge in modern warfare. While the finest minds of the twentieth century have improved human life, they have also produced human injury. They engineered radar, developed electronic computers, and helped mass produce penicillin all in the context of military mobilization. Scientists also developed chemical weapons, atomic bombs, and psychological warfare strategies.Rational Fog explores the quandary of scientific and technological productivity in an era of perpetual war. Science is, at its foundation, an international endeavor oriented toward advancing human welfare. At the same time, it has been nationalistic and militaristic in times of crisis and conflict. As our weapons have become more powerful, scientists have struggled to reconcile these tensions, engaging in heated debates over the problems inherent in exploiting science for military purposes. M. Susan Lindee examines this interplay between science and state violence and takes stock of researchers' efforts to respond.From the first uses of the gun to the mass production of DDT and the twenty-first-century battlefield of the mind, the science of war has achieved remarkable things at great human cost. Rational Fog reminds us that, for scientists and for us all, moral costs sometimes mount alongside technological and scientific advances.

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