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Real-world strategies for confronting your worst nightmares.
Unlike many survival books that offer one person's opinions, WHAT IF? Experts' Survival Strategies for Natural Disasters, Urban Threats, and Other Deadly Emergencies is a scenario-based guide with insights from a panel of more than 40 actual survival experts to help you plan for and confront worst-case scenarios. These pros include trainers for U.S. military special operations, the Department...
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Statistics about identity theft from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are staggering. The FTC now says that as many as one in every eight adults and one in every four households has been victimized by identity thieves in the past five years. To make matters even worse, if you end up a victim of identity theft, it can take years to clean up the mess. The FTC defines identity theft as stealing personal information such as your name, credit card number,...
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Expert advice for living an informed and prepared concealed carry lifestyle
Concealed carry is about a lot more than gear, handgun and ammo choices. It's a lifestyle requiring confidence in your abilities, from the fighting mindset and verbal commands needed to de-escalate and control a situation, to threat-avoidance tactics and hand-to-hand combat alternatives. This title covers training and drills that are practical and achievable no matter what...
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This report identifies factors which contribute to collisions that can be addressed by intelligent transport systems technologies in the People's Republic of China. It examines opportunities for establishing a policy framework for the development and implementation of mobile-communication-based cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) using connected vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-road infrastructure technologies. Some C-ITS applications...
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Saviez-vous que 61 % des Français disposent d'un jardin ?
De l'épuisement physique aux blessures graves causées par l'utilisation d'appareils d'entretien, en passant par des insolations… Les risques sont multiples. Les tondeuses à gazon, par exemple, provoquent chaque année des traumatismes sérieux : électrocution, plaies au visage et aux mains, problèmes musculaires…
Dans ce mini-livre, nous vous livrons les clés d'un jardinage en...
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As you read this, your computer is in jeopardy of being hacked and your identity being stolen. Read this book to protect yourselves from this threat. The world's foremost cyber security experts, from Ruby Lee, Ph.D., the Forrest G. Hamrick professor of engineering and Director of the Princeton Architecture Laboratory for Multimedia and Security (PALMS) at Princeton University; to Nick Mankovich, Chief Information Security Officer of Royal Philips...
7) DIY Guns: Recoil Magazine's Guide to Homebuilt Suppressors, 80 Percent Lowers, Rifle Mods and More!
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Build it Yourself, with Help from RECOIL!
There's supreme satisfaction in do-it-yourself firearms projects, and here, in the first book of its kind, the editors from RECOIL Magazine have compiled some of the best information ever published on everything from completing a gun based on an 80-percent lower to building your own suppressor and just about every other type of DIY project you can imagine.
Whether you're a seasoned gunsmith or weekend tinkerer,...
8) Strategy for Promoting Safe and Environment-Friendly Agro-Based Value Chains in the Greater Mekon
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As the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) has made considerable progress in food security, addressing health, safety, and environmental concerns is also essential. The strategy and action plan will strengthen the commitment to food security, increase market access for small producers, and ensure inclusive food safety for the GMS. It aims at achieving the GMS vision of being a leading global supplier of safe and environment-friendly agriculture products...
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Bricoler c'est bien, bricoler protégé c'est mieux !
Pratiqué en toute sécurité, le bricolage peut-être une grande source de plaisir. Mais si l'on ne respecte pas certaines précautions élémentaires, sa pratique devient risquée et dangereuse. Pourtant, avec un peu de bon sens et en adoptant les bons réflexes, la majorité de ces accidents peut être évitée. Il suffit de respecter un certain nombre de consignes et de vérifier la qualité...
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Become a pro at living and thriving off the land.
Survival Skills of the Native Americans is a fascinating, practical guide to the techniques that have made the indigenous people of North America revered for their mastery of the wilderness. Readers can replicate outdoor living by trying a hand at making rafts and canoes, constructing tools, and living off the land.
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Building a strong campfire
Learning to hunt and butcher your...
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The bestselling School Nurse Resource Manual was created, as a quick reference for school nurses covering the many issues they encounter in their practice, and to assist them, their administrators and consulting physicians to develop consistent, evidenced-based policies, protocols and procedures for safe student care.
All the clinical guidelines are presented in a very practical and consistent format covering: Definition/Etiology - Signs and Symptoms...
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This book is addressed to a mixed audience that includes academics, public policymakers, and civil society actors. It could be used in courses related to Public Policy, Government Information, Open Data, and Law and Technology. This forward-looking text examines future directions for open government data This book grounds its discussion of the future of open data in the evolution of the phenomenon. Open data is problematized based upon the changing...
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Richard A. Clarke served as a national security official under presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Michael J. Morell is a former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Cass R. Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University. Peter Swire is the Nancy J. and Lawrence P. Huang Professor...
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As a child, there are constantly people trying to pick you up, hug you, or tickle you. Sometimes, though, children fall victims to people who try to touch them inappropriately. But how do you tell someone, most likely an adult, that you don't want to be touched? Or, if it has already happened, how do you tell an adult you trust about what happened? You're only a child, and they're the adults. Why would they believe you?
My Body Belongs to Me! is...
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For any runner who loves hitting the pavement and conquering half-, full-, and ultra-marathons, getting injured is a terrifying, and often heartbreaking, setback. Yet, almost three-quarters of long distance runners will suffer from a serious injury several times in their athletic career.
Although it may be impossible to completely avoid injury, The Long Distance Runner's Guide to Injury Prevention and Treatment is a vital source to help those who...
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With over 3,000 pieces of wit and wisdom from runners famous and humble, here is an important running resource and a great gift for any runner. George Sheehan, a celebrated running writer, philosopher, and physician, once wrote, "The more I run, the more certain I am that I am heading for my real goal: to become the person I am." Today, many runners-whether they are training for the Olympics or whether they fit runs into their lunch hours-would agree...
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Media reform plays an increasingly important role in the struggle for social justice. As battles are fought over the future of investigative journalism, media ownership, spectrum management, speech rights, broadband access, network neutrality, the surveillance apparatus, and digital literacy, what effective strategies can be used in the pursuit of effective media reform? Prepared by thirty-three scholars and activists from more than twenty-five countries,...
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