Mycorrhizal Mediation of Soil: Fertility, Structure, and Carbon Storage offers a better understanding of mycorrhizal mediation that will help inform earth system models and subsequently improve the accuracy of global carbon model predictions. Mycorrhizas transport tremendous quantities of plant-derived carbon below ground and are increasingly recognized for their importance in the creation, structure, and function of soils. Different global carbon models vary widely in their predictions of...

My name is Mary Magdalene Collins, and I am the wife of Terrance Collins Jr. and mother to three amazing little humans, Kamden, Kennedi, and Kace. These four are my reasons to fight. Ask yourself, What is your reason to fight for your life? Once you find the will to get into battle, coming out a winner is not an option. Please do not feel as if I still do not have my good days and bad, because I do (but not as bad). This is a life journey, and yes, I say that I am free. But just as easy as...

This book was written to shed light on loss that occurred with Hurricane Katrina. Highlighted are the short stories written by the author that were originally meant to be published in the volume Songs of the City. Stories like The Gravetender, The Rain, and others. Songs of a City Redone is an attempt to talk about nonmaterial loss that was a result of the flooding. The stories have been summarized as best as possible. They are based on people and places In New Orleans, there were others w...

A retired widower has his quiet life turned upside down when he mysteriously comes into a large windfallJulius Hutch has planned to spend his retirement years 'pottering' and worrying about his bills, but wakes one morning to discover a foreign merchant bank has put four million pounds into his account - and won't take it back. So Julius, a humble man, sets out to spend the money helping other people, and wooing Pauline, the local bank teller. Up against an enormou...

This story is about our near death experience in New York City. We had just visited our son in Denver and were on the way home. If certain travel plans had not been changed, we would not be survivors of 9-11-2001.

Millions of women suffer physically, emotionally and spiritually in the aftermath of an abortion. Yet it remains our country's best kept secret. How do you explain the guilt, the shame and the grief you feel over a choice you made on a subject no one talks about?This author shares her personal story. Nineteen, single, and pregnant, those she loved and trusted the most told her she should have an abortion. No one cared what she wanted. Little did she know the impact it would have on...

So, Let me share with you a little about me and what this book is about...It occurred to me that a lot of people are “ourselves” when we are truly by our self. The only person or animal that may see us for who we truly are ( other than the Almighty ) is our dog.If there ever were a time when our pet could voice his opinion or concern... I wonder how that would go for us...personally.The following is an interview with one of our four footed friends who came into the lig...

Yes, you can! You can stop smoking in 7 days - You can kick that nasty, toxic expensive habit in 7 days or less- stop smoking in 7days -NO patches, NO prescriptions to buy, no weight gain - Why not try it? You have nothing to lose but everything to gain...To stop smoking is certainly one of the most difficult tasks anyone can do in their life.If you are a smoker and truly want to quit, you probably have attempted to kick the habit several times already. Despite your previous...

As a former CFS sufferer and current healthcare practitioner, I feel Ms. Butcher provides an informative and interesting perspective on this disease and her road to recovery.Kyrie Kleinfelter,D.C.,Upper Cervical Chiropractor.As a fellow sufferer of CFS, I was truly able to relate to Ms. Butchers experiences, thoughts and feelings. Her reference to the Word of God comforted my heart. Truly inspiring and honest.Darla Canney,CFS Patient.Ms. Butcher ...

Dear Midnight is a free verse poetry book that consists of the most beautiful and devastating moments in my life. In chapter one "To the ones that hurt me," I'm left abandoned, leaving my heart shattered by the ones I thought cared. I'm left alone with my emotions that I never got the chance to say because I was left alone In a cold, dark, and empty room, that I'm still trying to find my way out of. In chapter two "To the hurting," I have sat with my thoughts long enough to understand why ...

In chat rooms, magazine articles and martial arts clubs there are people who love and people who hate pressure points.Both camps have their reasons why they believe as they do and arguments ensue.Bruce Everett Miller is experienced in Chinese and Western medical practices and is the chief instructor of the Quan Li K'an style of martial arts.He discusses how, if you actually look at what BOTH camps are saying, you will find that underneath all the rhetoric there is a...

The pain is not going to go away. The realization may have been years in the making, or it may have come in one swift, devastating stroke. But at last, you know that pain–your pain, whatever it may be–is here to stay. Whether it's an illness, rebellious child, chronic muscle pain, grief, or severe disability in the family, it's a common experience of all people."Human Pain wears a thousand guises," says Joni Eareckson Tada. If you experience chroni...