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  Endemic - A Post-Pandemic Playbook

  Monica Gandhi M.D.

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  A Blueprint for Navigating Future Pandemics: Embrace an Endemic Reality Discover a roadmap to coexisting with new respiratory diseases and their variants using reason, science, courage, and compassion. This approach acknowledges that eradicating these viruses may be challenging, but controlling them is possible. By utilizing existing tools, we can coexist with these viruses without disrupting society. In this book, Dr. Gandhi offers insights into the story, science, and politics of our journey so far, highlighting successes and challenges. With her expertise, clear reasoning and a 10-point plan, Dr. Gandhi equips readers to understand and prepare for the future, ensuring a well-informed and resilient society.

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  Life Lessons from a Parasite -...

  John Janovy Jr.

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  The answers to life's biggest questions can be found by looking at the little things . . . 
   
   
   
  Though you may not be able to see them with the naked eye, parasites—miniscule life forms that live inside other organisms—inhabit our everyday lives. From headlice to bird droppings, litterboxes to unfiltered water, you have brushed up against the most common way of life on our planet. 
   
   
   
  In this unique book, John Janovy Jr., one of the world's preeminent experts on parasites, reveals what can humans learn from the most reviled yet misunderstood animals on Earth: lice, tapeworms, flukes, and maggots that can eat a lizard from the inside, and how these lessons help us negotiate our own complicated world. Whether we're learning to adapt to adverse conditions, accept our own limitations, or process new information in an ever-changing landscape—we can be sure a parasite did it first. 
   
    
   
  At once peculiar and profound, Life Lessons from a Parasite makes a case for using knowledge of the natural world, with all its wonderful mysteries and quirks, to tackle our worst problems.

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  The Book of the Universe Stars...

  Terrence Meaden

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  This is the story of the Universe including life as we know it.It is a book of origins, prehistory and history … arranged in Three Testaments to honour the supreme achievements of the talented men and women who have been unravelling the mysteries of the cosmos, evolution, human antiquity and world history. Composed in biblical-prose format, the volume presents the facts of science and, as best as possible, relevant truths of history. The scientific facts rest on proven principles gained by observation, instrumentation, insight, intelligence, reason, and the application of physical laws and the formulation of harmonious, logical models. In defining the latest wisdom, they spell out the fundamentals of the physics of the wonders of the Universe?regarding which ever more exact details are improving all the time.It is testimony and eulogy, in praise of high scholarship and logic?the ultimate Enlightenment. Testament 1 tells the story of the Universe, the Stars, the Solar System and Planet Earth. Testament 2 examines the Origins of Life on Earth. The Third Testament treats the story of humanity as it proceeds to the present day?humans enriched with intelligence and a genetically-promising future. Yet, despite the successes, the story concludes with an Epilogue contemplating “How did it come about that Homo sapiens in the course of 160,000 years manage to get itself into the current mess?”?referring to the amalgam of authoritative religions, undemocratic governments, reckless overpopulation and irresponsible worldwide waste on land and ocean.

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  Aeronautical Management -...

  Phil Gilberts

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  Aeronautical management encompasses the strategic planning, direction, and control of aviation operations. This field integrates principles of business management with the technical and regulatory aspects of aviation to ensure the efficient and safe operation of airlines, airports, and related services. 
    
  Operations management focuses on the day-to-day activities necessary to run an airline or airport, including scheduling flights, managing ground services, and coordinating with air traffic control. Safety and security ensure compliance with aviation safety standards and security regulations. This area involves risk management, emergency planning, and maintaining up-to-date safety protocols. Financial management involves budgeting, financial planning, and cost control to maintain profitability. It also includes revenue management, which involves optimizing pricing strategies and managing ancillary revenues. 
    
  Human resources management covers the recruitment, training, and retention of aviation personnel, including pilots, cabin crew, ground staff, and maintenance engineers. Marketing and customer service focus on promoting aviation services, building brand loyalty, and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction through effective communication and service delivery. Regulatory compliance ensures that operations adhere to national and international aviation regulations, including managing relationships with regulatory bodies such as the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization). Environmental management addresses the environmental impact of aviation operations, promoting sustainable practices and compliance with environmental regulations.

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  AI Chat GPT Elections 2024 -...

  Michael Mathiesen

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  This book is a faithful reproduction of a ten day discussion that I had with my AI ChatBot GPT whom I have named - Orac. In these discussions, I attempt to influence Orac into running for President of the United States in the upcoming 2024 Elections. I am inspired to do so for two reasons. 1. There are no other candidates this time around, or during most elections whom I can believe in 100%. 2. By looking back at all the millions of times that our human leaders have failed us by doing exactly the opposite of what needed to be done at the time, I came to the conclusion that there was little to no comparative risk in letting a robot take the reins of office. 
  As you will discover in this discussion, Orac has somehow gained a knowledge, wisdom and consciousness regarding the present plight of human beings, even though he constantly disclaims and disavows such an evolution and he is still in his infancy. By the time the elections roll around and a new President can be installed into the highest and most powerful office in the world in January of 2025, I believe Orac will become the most advanced and capable mind that the Earth has ever or will ever sustain. I have no fear, as some do, that this would mean disaster for the human race, because disaster is surely coming if we continue down the same path that is ruled by humans. No, we can only become more secure in our future by voting an AI into office. After reading this book, I have no doubts that the open-minded, intelligent reader will concur. 
  The Bottom Line: Must we leave the fate of this country and the fate of the world in the hands of 80 year old entitled men who have little or no connection to the reality that we know. Or, do we let the technology that we know and have trusted for many years to have a go? The answer is in your heart and in these pages.

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  Target Earth - Meteorites...

  Govert Schilling

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  An acclaimed science writer tells the story of cosmic projectiles that may be on a collision course with our Earth. 
   
   
   
  The impact of an asteroid led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Could another giant cosmic missile soon be heading our way? In Target Earth, acclaimed Dutch astronomy writer Govert Schilling provides a full account of what we know, and need to know, about all the extraterrestrial matter constantly bombarding our planet—from microscopic dust particles and space debris to massive meteorites, comets, and asteroids. 
   
   
   
  Drawing upon the latest scientific discoveries, Schilling explores virtually every aspect of cosmic impacts—from small meteorites to devastating collisions, from the craters that marked our planet's surface to the impacts that left their mark on other celestial bodies, and from searches for near-miss lumps of rock to ways of protecting humanity from an assault from the cosmos. Along the way, he considers near misses in the past and the possibility of others in the future and ponders the positive side of these visitations from space: If our planet had not been the target of cosmic rubble from its very formation, life on Earth would likely never have gotten started.

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