The One Hundred Percent Solution

Author : G.M. Nair
Publisher : dSdF
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781733894333

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The One-Hundred Percent Solution by G.M. Nair Pdf

The Future Group is the city’s biggest and most lucrative company even though no one really knows what it is they do. Michael Duckett has worked there for four years and he still has no clue. All he knows is that he hates his meaningless job and all the people in it. But it pays the bills. Bills that have been stacking up since his roommate and best friend Stephanie Dyer decided to open a detective agency – despite her chronic inability to commit to anything. When Michael is suddenly fired, he and Stephanie are forced to return to the world of private investigation against his better judgment. A mysterious woman wants to enlist the services of Duckett & Dyer: Dicks For Hire to track down an assassin who has a bone to pick with Michael’s former employer. Apparently, The Future Group has been harboring a deadly secret for decades. One that could put the world in the grip of an indescribable horror. It turns out Michael was lucky to get out of that job alive. Too bad he and Stephanie are being dragged back to work.

Author : Paul Hawken
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781524704650

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Drawdown by Paul Hawken Pdf

• New York Times bestseller • The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world “At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed; a credible, conservative solution-by-solution narrative that we can do it. Reading it is an effective inoculation against the widespread perception of doom that humanity cannot and will not solve the climate crisis. Reported by-effects include increased determination and a sense of grounded hope.” —Per Espen Stoknes, Author, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming “There’s been no real way for ordinary people to get an understanding of what they can do and what impact it can have. There remains no single, comprehensive, reliable compendium of carbon-reduction solutions across sectors. At least until now. . . . The public is hungry for this kind of practical wisdom.” —David Roberts, Vox “This is the ideal environmental sciences textbook—only it is too interesting and inspiring to be called a textbook.” —Peter Kareiva, Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. One hundred techniques and practices are described here—some are well known; some you may have never heard of. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earth’s warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline. These measures promise cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being—giving us every reason to see this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world.

Author : Matthew Miller
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780786739714

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The Two Percent Solution by Matthew Miller Pdf

Suppose someone told you that for just two cents on the national dollar we could have a country where everyone had health insurance, full-time workers earned a living wage, poor children had great teachers in fixed-up schools, and politicians no longer had to grovel to wealthy donors. And suppose that when we were done, government would still be smaller than it was when Ronald Reagan was president. If you're like most people, you'd probably think that for two cents on the dollar this sounds like an intriguing deal. But 2 percent of America's GDP is more than 200 billion a year--way beyond what politicians in Washington think is possible. Between our proper intuition that 2 percent is a small amount, and the Washington consensus that a 2 percent shift in priorities is beyond imagining, lies the opportunity to transform American politics. In this agenda-setting book, Matthew Miller challenges our country (and those who would lead it) to change the way we think about our public responsibilities before the baby boomers' retirement siphons all the money out of the system. The Two Percent Solution is a call to arms that no serious candidate, Republican or Democrat, can afford to ignore.

Author : Gordon Lafer
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501708176

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The One Percent Solution by Gordon Lafer Pdf

In the aftermath of the 2010 Citizens United decision, it's become commonplace to note the growing political dominance of a small segment of the economic elite. But what exactly are those members of the elite doing with their newfound influence? The One Percent Solution provides an answer to this question for the first time. Gordon Lafer's book is a comprehensive account of legislation promoted by the nation's biggest corporate lobbies across all fifty state legislatures and encompassing a wide range of labor and economic policies.In an era of growing economic insecurity, it turns out that one of the main reasons life is becoming harder for American workers is a relentless—and concerted—offensive by the country’s best-funded and most powerful political forces: corporate lobbies empowered by the Supreme Court to influence legislative outcomes with an endless supply of cash. These actors have successfully championed hundreds of new laws that lower wages, eliminate paid sick leave, undo the right to sue over job discrimination, and cut essential public services.Lafer shows how corporate strategies have been shaped by twenty-first-century conditions—including globalization, economic decline, and the populism reflected in both the Trump and Sanders campaigns of 2016. Perhaps most important, Lafer shows that the corporate legislative agenda has come to endanger the scope of democracy itself. For anyone who wants to know what to expect from corporate-backed Republican leadership in Washington, D.C., there is no better guide than this record of what the same set of actors has been doing in the state legislatures under its control.

Author : Denton A. Cooley
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780999731895

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One Hundred Thousand Hearts by Denton A. Cooley Pdf

The pioneering surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley performed his first human heart transplant in 1968 and astounded the world in 1969 by conducting the first successful implantation of a totally artificial heart in a human being. Over the course of his career, Cooley and his associates performed thousands of open-heart operations and pioneered the use of new surgical procedures. Of all his achievements, however, Cooley was most proud of the Texas Heart Institute, which he founded in 1962 with a mission to use education, research, and improved patient care to decrease the devastating effects of cardiovascular disease. In 100,000 Hearts, Cooley tells about his childhood in Houston, his education at the University of Texas, his medical-school training at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and Johns Hopkins, and his service in the Army Medical Corps. While at Johns Hopkins, Cooley assisted in a groundbreaking operation to correct an infant’s congenital heart defect, which inspired him to specialize in heart surgery. Cooley’s detailed descriptions of working in the operating room at crucial points in medical history offer a fascinating perspective on the distance medical science traveled in just a few decades.

Author : Charles O. Curtman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Analytical chemistry
ISBN : UOM:39015051130584

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Lessons in Qualitative and Volumetric Chemical Analysis by Charles O. Curtman Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organizations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1870 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Pesticides
ISBN : MINN:31951D021591534

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Interagency Coordination in Environmental Hazards (Pesticides). by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organizations Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Electronic
ISBN : COLUMBIA:HR00286958

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Public Health Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN : UCBK:C006804073

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Report of Investigations by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Strategic Forces Subcommittee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000058792476

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Space Acquisitions by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Strategic Forces Subcommittee Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Aviation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Transportation
ISBN : UOM:39015061288117

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Airport Security (Orlando, Florida) by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Aviation Pdf

Author : Courtney A. Young
Publisher : Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
Page : 2258 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780873353854

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SME Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Handbook by Courtney A. Young Pdf

This landmark publication distills the body of knowledge that characterizes mineral processing and extractive metallurgy as disciplinary fields. It will inspire and inform current and future generations of minerals and metallurgy professionals. Mineral processing and extractive metallurgy are atypical disciplines, requiring a combination of knowledge, experience, and art. Investing in this trove of valuable information is a must for all those involved in the industry—students, engineers, mill managers, and operators. More than 192 internationally recognized experts have contributed to the handbook’s 128 thought-provoking chapters that examine nearly every aspect of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy. This inclusive reference addresses the magnitude of traditional industry topics and also addresses the new technologies and important cultural and social issues that are important today. Contents Mineral Characterization and AnalysisManagement and ReportingComminutionClassification and WashingTransport and StoragePhysical SeparationsFlotationSolid and Liquid SeparationDisposalHydrometallurgyPyrometallurgyProcessing of Selected Metals, Minerals, and Materials

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Materia medica
ISBN : UOM:39015010956418

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American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Administrative law
ISBN : UOM:39015039270148

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Code of Federal Regulations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Pharmaceutical industry
ISBN : WISC:89012924577

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The American Drug Clerks Journal by Anonim Pdf