Rural Odyssey is a story of a young man in rural America. It weaves together growing up in a strict Pentecostal based life with stories, experiences, faith, and secrets in family relationships. Medical school at 19, surgical training, marriages, drugs, and children make for a readable, understandable, hilarious, and intensely fascinating adventure.

"Date Like a Grownup: Anecdotes, Admissions of Guilt & Advice Between Friends" examines the impact of loneliness and social obsolescence on men and women in their second single lives and provides punctuating proof that looking for love from a place of isolation is as unwise as grocery shopping on an empty stomach. Unlike many other relationship manuals, this book is not a guide to game playing and winning temporary partners. Instead, readers will develop a personalized strategy for building a life foundation that facilitates growing a "right fit" relationship. ...

Baron Macaulay was a leading figure in Victorian literature. His essays were quite popular. Macaulay first visited Italy in 1938 after which he reconstructed the lost ballad-poetry of Rome in English form. Lays of Ancient Rome begins with a lengthily preface in which Macaulay discusses the earliest histories of Rome. There follows a section on Horatius. The second topic covered is the Battle of Lake Regillus. The final two sections cover Virginia and the Prophecy of Capys. This is an excellent reference work for the study of ancient Rome.

The prevalence of obesity in young adults is increasing, while physical activity and fitness levels are decreasing. Both obesity and low fitness/physical activity are associated with increased levels of hs-CRP. Since, young people may not present with high levels of traditional risk factors (e.g. total blood cholesterol, LDL), the identification of at risk young individuals can be difficult. The development of the high sensitivity- CRP assay may help to better predict future risk in young individuals. It is currently unknown if hs-CRP is increased ...

Nuestro estudio tuvó como objetivo comparar la eficacia en el control del dolor postoperatorio de pacientes sometidos a artroplastia total de rodilla en un grupo experimental quienes infiltramos en la región peri-articular (transquirurgica) con una mezcla de fármacos (Ropivacaina, Epinefrina y Ketorolaco) y un grupo control (placebo) al que se aplicó solución salina; aunque, existe evidencia reciente satisfactoria sobre esta técnica. Tomando en cuenta la demografía del paciente y su genética, aún ...

O desenvolvimento sustentável de uma dada localidade pressupõe um conjunto de ações que devem ser adotadas pelas administrações locais em conjunto com a sociedade civil, a qual deve ser o ator principal no planejamento, execução e controle das ações coletivas, envolvendo as diferentes dimensões do exercício da cidadania, através da criação de espaços de interação entre os membros da comunidade local. Esse processo somente é ...

The Dwarven Smith's Tome is the fifth in our Places by the Way series of location modules. Places by the Way offers you an assortment of colorful pieces to help you fill out your campaign world. Even the most epic campaigns need interludes — places where heroes can regroup and pursue amusing side quests in between world-saving feats of derring-do

53 SMILES is about life – your life, my life, our lives – and its tiny stories address the big questions of the human condition and tell of our simple greatness, our foibles and how to let go of the need to be something for somebody else. This book, then, has many uses: · For daily meditations, · For personal/spiritual development workshops, · For teaching children (of any age) life lessons, · As a coffee table book · For table topics for Toastmasters · A conversation starter, and ...

The present work seeks to bring literary theory in line with the most recent practical turn the humanities are witnessing. When simplified, succinctly presented, and skillfully used in multi-coded interpretation within a semiocritical framework, literary theories become practical exercises in criticism, not only facilitating the interpretation of literature, but also making it more enjoyable and more rewarding. This book is different from its counterparts in the sense that it includes an exceptionally expanded model of the practice of literary theories, ...

This work concerns with some machinability aspects on surface roughness, tool wear and chip morphology in hard turning of AISI 4140 and AISI 4340 steels using coated ceramic tool under dry environment. The machined surface characterization, tool wear mechanism, chip morphology and economical feasibility are investigated in this study. By adopting combined techniques such as Taguchi's orthogonal array and analysis of variance, the effect of cutting parameters on surface roughness and flank wear are explored and appropriate conclusions are drawn. Additionally ...