Uncertain Years

Author : Patricia Gober
Publisher : Springer
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319712345

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Building Resilience for Uncertain Water Futures by Patricia Gober Pdf

This book describes the existential threats facing the global water systems from population growth and economic development, unsustainable use, environmental change, and weak and fragmented governance. It argues that ‘business-as-usual’ water science and management cannot solve global water problems because today’s water systems are increasingly complex and face uncertain future conditions. Instead, a more holistic, strategic, agile and publically engaged process of water decision making is needed. Building Resilience for Uncertain Water Futures emphasises the importance of adaptation through a series of case studies of cities, regions, and communities that have experimented with anticipatory policy-making, scenario development, and public engagement. By shifting perspective from an emphasis on management to one of adaptation, the book emphasizes the capacity to manage uncertainties, the need for cross-sector coordination, and mechanisms for engaging stakeholder with differing goals and conflict resolution. This book will be a useful resource for students and academics seeking a better understanding of sustainable water use, water policy and water resources management.

Author : Adam Hamilton
Publisher : Convergent Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781524760335

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Unafraid by Adam Hamilton Pdf

Learn how to face and overcome the fears we feel about loneliness, illness, financial insecurity, disappointing others, failure, insignificance, and aging “A thoughtful, literate, faith-filled guide to reclaiming our minds and our lives.”—John Ortberg, senior pastor of Menlo Church and author of I’d Like You More If You Were More Like Me You’d be hard-pressed to overstate the extent to which fear, anxiety, and worry permeate our lives today. Fear wreaks havoc on our relationships and communities. It leads us into making bad decisions. It holds us back from the very pursuits that promise fulfillment and joy. As the senior pastor of a large, diverse church in America’s heartland, Adam Hamilton has seen the cost of fear up close. When he surveyed his congregation on how fear affects them, 2,400 people responded—and what they said was eye-opening. Eighty percent admitted to living with moderate or significant levels of fear. Unafraid is Hamilton's insightful and impassioned response. Drawing on recent research, inspiring real-life examples, and fresh biblical insight, Hamilton uses a mixture of facts and faith to help readers understand and counter fears related to such outsize perils as death and illness, as well as the everyday anxieties all of us encounter. He invites us to: Face our fears with a bias of hope Examine our fears in light of the facts Attack our anxieties with action Release our cares to God Writing with generosity and intelligence, Hamilton shows how believer and unbeliever alike can develop sustaining spiritual practices and embrace Jesus’s recurring counsel: “Do not be afraid.” For anyone struggling with fear or wondering how families and communities can thrive in troubled times, Unafraid offers an informed and inspiring message full of practical solutions.

Author : Tracy Cooper-Posey
Publisher : Stories Rule Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781772635881

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Chronicles Of The Lost Years by Tracy Cooper-Posey Pdf

When Sherlock Holmes was at the peak of his success he disappeared, abruptly, for three years. Dr. Watson believed him to be dead. No one knows what happened to him in those years…until now. Watson takes up his pen one last time to describe in a private memoir the true tale of Holmes’ adventures during his three-year absence from Baker Street and provides a fictional explanation for many of the mysteries and inaccuracies found within the Sherlock Holmes collection of stories and novels. The answers come in the shape of a woman – Elizabeth Sigerson. Elizabeth is independent, practical, a crack shot with a pistol and definitely not a woman of her time. Elizabeth is embroiled in Holmes’ life just when Holmes scheme to expose Moriarty is culminating. She can more than hold her own against Holmes’ abilities but she has a secret that Holmes is compelled to solve… Chronicles of the Lost Years is the first in a two book series: 1.0 Chronicles of the Lost Years 2.0 The Case of the Reluctant Agent 2.5 Sherlock Boxed In (Series Boxed Set) The series contains continuing characters and storylines and is best read in order. A Romantic Sherlock Holmes Novel __ Amazon Historical Mystery Bestseller This one, yet another account of the Great Hiatus, when Holmes hid out from the infamous Moriarty, is better than most. Cooper-Posey attempts to account for the change in Watson/Conan Doyle’s writing style once Holmes returns, and does a mighty good job. —The Globe and Mail Cooper-Posey does a masterful job of recreating the style of Doyle in this vivid, exciting tale. —Romantic Times Magazine Chronicles of the Lost Years is everything you expect from a Sherlock Holmes tale, twists and turns, brilliant reasoning, tenacious villains. I have been a Holmes fan for many years so I enjoyed this a great deal… a great deal of fun to read.—Cocktails and Books

Author : Emiliana Armano,Arianna Bove,Annalisa Murgia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317100836

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Mapping Precariousness, Labour Insecurity and Uncertain Livelihoods by Emiliana Armano,Arianna Bove,Annalisa Murgia Pdf

The condition of precariousness not only provides insights into a segment of the world of work or of a particular subject group, but is also a standpoint for an overview of the condition of the social on a global scale. Because precariousness is multidimensional and polysemantic, it traverses contemporary society and multiple contexts, from industrial to class, gender, family relations as well as political participation, citizenship and migration. This book maps the differences and similarities in the ways precariousness and insecurity in employment and beyond unfold and are subjectively experienced in regions and sectors that are confronted with different labour histories, legislations and economic priorities. Establishing a constructive dialogue amongst different global regions and across disciplines, the chapters explore the shift from precariousness to precariat and collective subjects as it is being articulated in the current global crisis. This edited collection aims to continue a process of mapping experiences by means of ethnographies, fieldwork, interviews, content analysis, where the precarious define their condition and explain how they try to withdraw from, cope with or embrace it. This is valuable reading for students and academics interested in geography, sociology, economics and labour studies.

Author : Michele Wucker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781643136790

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You Are What You Risk by Michele Wucker Pdf

The #1 international bestselling author of The Gray Rhino offers a bold new framework for understanding and re-shaping our relationship with risk and uncertainty to live more productive and successful lives. What drives a sixty-four-year-old woman to hurl herself over Niagara Falls in a barrel? Why do we often create bigger risks than the risks we try to avoid? Why are corporate boards newly worried about risky personal behavior by CEOs? Why are some nations quicker than others to recognize and manage risks like pandemics, technological change, and climate crisis? The answers define each person, organization, and society as distinctively as a fingerprint. Understanding the often-surprising origins of these risk fingerprints can open your eyes, inspire new habits, catalyze innovation and creativity, improve teamwork, and provide a beacon in a world that seems suddenly more uncertain than ever. How you see risk and what you do about it depend on your personality and experiences. How you make these cost-benefit calculations depend on your culture, your values, the people in the room, and even unexpected things like what you’ve eaten recently, the temperature, the music playing, or the fragrance in the air. Being alert to these often-unconscious influences will help you to seize opportunity and avoid danger. You Are What You Risk is a clarion call for an entirely new conversation about our relationship with risk and uncertainty. In this ground-breaking, accessible and eminently timely book, Michele Wucker examines why it’s so important to understand your risk fingerprint and how to make your risk relationship work better in business, life, and the world. Drawing on compelling risk stories around the world and weaving in economics, anthropology, sociology, and psychology research, Wucker bridges the divide between professional and lay risk conversations. She challenges stereotypes about risk attitudes, re-frames how gender and risk are related, and shines new light on generational differences. She shows how the new science of “risk personality” is re-shaping business and finance, how healthy risk ecosystems support economies and societies, and why embracing risk empathy can resolve conflicts. Wucker shares insights, practical tools, and proven strategies that will help you to understand what makes you who you are –and, in turn, to make better choices, both big and small.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Economic forecasting
ISBN : UOM:39015077942590

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Energy, an Uncertain Future by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Pdf

Author : Beryl Matthews
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749018733

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The Uncertain Years by Beryl Matthews Pdf

As World War II breaks out, four friends consider the changes that war will mean. Tomboyish Becky plans to join the ATS, her neighbours Bob and Jim the navy and army respectively. Only Becky's brother Will is left out of the excitement; because of a slight physical disability, he is forced to stay behind. As the friends are separated, their youthful enthusiasm is tempered by the grim newspaper headlines and their own experiences, and they will feel both joy and pain before the war is over.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428974869

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U.S. Postal Service deficiencies continue while Antelope Valley project status remains uncertain : report to the Honorable William M. Thomas, House of Representatives by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rory Muir
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300249545

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Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune by Rory Muir Pdf

A history of younger sons in Regency England and how these “spares” supported themselves: “Illuminates the hard facts with vignettes of actual lives lived.” —The Spectator In Regency England the eldest son usually inherited almost everything—while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance, had to make a crucial decision: What should they do to make an independent living? Historian Rory Muir weaves together the stories of many obscure and well-known young men of good family but small fortune, shedding light on an overlooked aspect of Regency society. This is the first scholarly yet accessible exploration of the lifestyle and prospects of these younger sons.

Author : Shankar P. Bhattacharyya,Lee H. Keel
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1991-10-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0849301955

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Control of Uncertain Dynamic Systems by Shankar P. Bhattacharyya,Lee H. Keel Pdf

This book is a collection of 34 papers presented by leading researchers at the International Workshop on Robust Control held in San Antonio, Texas in March 1991. The common theme tying these papers together is the analysis, synthesis, and design of control systems subject to various uncertainties. The papers describe the latest results in parametric understanding, H8 uncertainty, l1 optical control, and Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT). The book is the first to bring together all the diverse points of view addressing the robust control problem and should strongly influence development in the robust control field for years to come. For this reason, control theorists, engineers, and applied mathematicians should consider it a crucial acquisition for their libraries.

Author : Howard Wainer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-30
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691152677

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Picturing the Uncertain World by Howard Wainer Pdf

From the publisher. This book explores how graphs can serve as maps to guide us when the information we have is ambiguous or incomplete. Using a visually diverse sampling of graphical display, from heartrending autobiographical displays of genocide in the Kovno ghetto to the "Pie Chart of Mystery" in a New Yorker cartoon, Wainer illustrates the many ways graphs can be used--and misused--as we try to make sense of an uncertain world. Picturing the Uncertain World takes readers on an extraordinary graphical adventure, revealing how the visual communication of data offers answers to vexing questions yet also highlights the measure of uncertainty in almost everything we do. Are cancer rates higher or lower in rural communities? How can you know how much money to sock away for retirement when you don't know when you'll die? And where exactly did nineteenth-century novelists get their ideas? These are some of the fascinating questions Wainer invites readers to consider. Along the way he traces the origins and development of graphical display, from William Playfair, who pioneered the use of graphs in the eighteenth century, to instances today where the public has been misled through poorly designed graphs.

Author : Avril C. Horne,Rebecca Elizabeth Tharme,Jonathan Tonkin,Eric D. Stein
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832508633

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Environmental Flows in an Uncertain Future by Avril C. Horne,Rebecca Elizabeth Tharme,Jonathan Tonkin,Eric D. Stein Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Allen
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812253443

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Uncertain Refuge by Elizabeth Allen Pdf

"An examination of sanctuary seeking in the literature of medieval England between the twelfth and the seventeenth centuries"--

Author : Jaime Gil-Aluja,Antonio Terceño
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814415767

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Methods for Decision Making in an Uncertain Environment by Jaime Gil-Aluja,Antonio Terceño Pdf

This book contains a selection of the papers presented at the XVII SIGEF Congress. It presents fuzzy logic, neural networks and other intelligent techniques applied to economic and business problems. This book is very useful for researchers and graduate students aiming to introduce themselves to the field of quantitative techniques for overcoming uncertain environments. The contributors are experienced scholars of different countries who offer real world applications of these mathematical techniques.

Author : Geoffrey R. Pierce
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780557024216

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Generation X and Educational Leadership: an Uncertain Ascension by Geoffrey R. Pierce Pdf

Educational organizations will continue to deal with a substantial shortage of educational leaders in the near future. The cost of the shortage in human terms could be disruptive to students and costly to community stakeholders. Public school districts attempting to confront the educational leadership shortage might find generational connections advantageous to providing a solution. The ability of Generation X to assist in addressing the expanding educational leadership void should be considered as a means of attracting a generational candidate pool to public school district leadership ascension.This text provides an excellent exploration of the problems and solutions of the educational leadership shortage and the implications involving Generation X. A series of critical thinking questions at the end of each chapter make the text ideal for educational leadership certification and licensure programs.