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  White-breasted Nuthatch and...

  Greg Cetus

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  The White-breasted Nuthatch is a diminutive passerine bird, widely distributed across the United States, Canada, and parts of Mexico. The White-breasted Nuthatch may spend much of its time industriously carrying seeds away to hide them in crevices. Its nasal calls are typical and familiar sounds of winter mornings in deciduous woods over much of North America. This binaural audio recording features the White-breasted Nuthatch birdsong recorded in its natural habitat in Iowa’s Yellow River State Forest near a delicate babbling river stream together with other birds, insects, and ground creatures. Other birdsongs include: Yellow Warbler, Song Sparrow, Eastern Phoebe with Blue Jay, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker drumming in background.

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  Hemorrhoids - Causes Symptoms...

  Lilly Richardsen

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  Hemorrhoids are swollen veins located in the lower rectum or anus. While they are a common medical condition affecting millions of people worldwide, they often remain a taboo topic, shrouded in discomfort and embarrassment. For many, the symptoms of hemorrhoids—ranging from itching and pain to bleeding—can significantly disrupt daily activities and overall well-being. Yet, despite their prevalence, hemorrhoids are frequently misunderstood, and many sufferers avoid seeking treatment due to stigma or misinformation.  
  Understanding hemorrhoids is the first step toward effective management and prevention. This condition develops from a variety of causes, including dietary habits, lifestyle choices, and even genetic predisposition. Factors such as chronic constipation, prolonged sitting, or straining during bowel movements can exacerbate the problem. For pregnant individuals, hormonal changes and increased abdominal pressure can also contribute to the development of hemorrhoids. While the physical discomfort is often the most immediate concern, the emotional toll of dealing with hemorrhoids should not be overlooked. 
  This book aims to demystify hemorrhoids by providing a thorough yet approachable guide to understanding their causes, symptoms, and treatments. At its core, this book emphasizes the importance of breaking the cycle of shame and misinformation that often surrounds this condition. By fostering awareness and encouraging proactive care, we hope to empower readers to take control of their health. 

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  Apache Kafka - A comprehensive...

  Et Tu Code

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  Get a deep understanding of Apache Kafka with this comprehensive guide!  
  The book starts by providing an overview of the Kafka ecosystem, followed by a detailed exploration of its architecture and core concepts.  
  You'll learn how to set up a multi-node Confluent Community Kafka cluster and understand Kafka's storage architecture. 
  Next, dive into the world of message processing and error handling, including idempotence and transactions.  
  The book also covers serialization techniques using JSON and AVRO, as well as exactly once processing in Apache Kafka. 
  Whether you're new to Kafka or looking to deepen your understanding, this ebook provides a thorough introduction to each topic, making it an essential resource for anyone working with Apache Kafka.

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  The Christian in the Cult - And...

  Jim Valekis

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  Have you ever wondered if your own faith community might be more cult-like than Christ-like? 
  Jim Valekis has. He spent 40 years in religious communities, where he served alongside dedicated believers who faithfully pursued God—and yet also witnessed leadership and teachings that hindered rather than helped the spread of God’s Word. His shocking discovery: when culture becomes the lens through which you view Christ, cult-like thinking can take root and infiltrate even the most earnest Christian community. 
  This powerful and raw memoir reveals how Valekis navigated four different "cult"ures: the Greek Orthodox tradition, Herbert Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God, American Evangelicalism, and—the worst—his own personal struggle with his preferred world view. 
  More than a narrative of one man’s experience, The Christian in the Cult offers tools for spiritual discernment while providing hope for those wounded by religious authority. The author’s honest spiritual journey culminates in a profound understanding of God’s faithfulness, which transforms how believers engage with their faith communities and share the Gospel. 
  With equal parts caution and urgent call to action, Valekis will help you recognize when religious culture obscures Christ's message, develop discernment to navigate faith communities wisely, and discover the freedom we can only find when we are truly living in Christ.

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  AI Driven - Staying Alive in the...

  Wolf Ruzicka, Victor Shilo

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  The AI Imperative: Innovate or PerishAs artificial intelligence transforms industries, companies must adapt or face extinction in this new era of "Digital Darwinism." In AI Driven, technology practitioners Wolf Ruzicka and Victor Shilo draw on decades of experience guiding Fortune 500 companies through digital revolutions. They clarify for business leaders the various stages of a gradual evolution from a traditional into an AI-powered enterprise using five diverse case studies.Whether grappling with the threat of digital disruptors, optimizing complex real-time systems, or leveraging AI to streamline core operations, the authors’ real-world examples showcase practical steps any organization can take. From reshaping company identity to discovering quick wins through minimum viable predictions, Ruzicka and Shilo detail methodologies to assess AI readiness, execute effectively across teams, and balance innovation with economic viability.While underscoring the competitive necessity of adopting AI, AI Driven debunks the myth of what AI really means for enterprises. With vision and iterative experimentation, legacy companies can spearhead category-killing AI solutions. Far from a magic bullet, it takes deliberate digital recalibration to thrive in the age of Digital Darwinism. AI Driven provides the blueprint.

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  The River You Touch - Making a...

  Chris Dombrowski

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  “We are matter and long to be received by an Earth that conceived us, which accepts and reconstitutes us, its children, each of us, without exception, every one. The journey is long, and then we start homeward, fathomless as to what home might make of us.”When Chris Dombrowski burst onto the literary scene with Body of Water, the book was acclaimed as “a classic” (Jim Harrison) and its author compared with John McPhee. Dombrowski begins the highly anticipated The River You Touch with a question as timely as it is profound: “What does a meaningful, mindful, sustainable inhabitance on this small planet look like in the anthropocene?”He answers this fundamental question of our time initially by listening lovingly to rivers and the land they pulse through in his adopted home of Montana. Transplants from the post-industrial Midwest, he and his partner, Mary, assemble a life based precariously on her income as a schoolteacher, his as a poet and fly-fishing guide. Before long, their first child arrives, followed soon after by two more, all “free beings in whom flourishes an essential kind of knowing […], whose capacity for wonder may be the beacon by which we see ourselves through this dark epoch.” And around the young family circles a community of friends—river-rafting guides and conservationists, climbers and wildlife biologists—who seek to cultivate a way of living in place that moves beyond the mythologized West of appropriation and extraction.Moving seamlessly from the quotidian—diapers, the mortgage, a threadbare bank account—to the metaphysical—time, memory, how to live a life of integrity—Dombrowski illuminates the experience of fatherhood with intimacy and grace. Spending time in wild places with their children, he learns that their youthful sense of wonder at the beauty and connectivity of the more-than-human world is not naivete to be shed, but rather wisdom most of us lose along the way—wisdom that is essential for the possibility of transformation.

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