"Hey, My Eyebrows Are Ugly - and Other Hazards of Growing Old" is a 15,000 word humorous view of the modern world as seen by a seventy year-old grumpy geezer - me. Age brings with it the realization that some things are beyond our control,important things, like the hair that grows above our eyes, the healthcare system, the idiots we are forced to share the road with, what kind of music other people listen to, just to name a few. These are some of the topics I discuss in "Eyebrows."...

Dark WindTurner, Illinois is a sleepy town about to be shocked out of its lethargy. The inhabitants have enjoyed years of tranquility, but are about to find out that nothing, even peace, comes without a price. The bill has come due, with terror, fear, and death being the only acceptable currency.When two children disappear without a trace from the streets of this idyllic community where few people bother to lock their doors, the citizens are stunned. The reappearance of the...

"Where is Caden James?" is a series of eBooks about me – Caden James Dow. I'm writing about my own experiences as I learn about new things by doing them everywhere I can. I'm writing about where I go and what I do so that I can share my experiences with you. Where do you think I am? In this ebook, the second of this series, I am at a bull sale; and I help my Dad buy a new bull for our farm.Yep, in this story I want to share what I did to learn more about taking care of livestock – ...

A Direct Method for Assigning Quantitative Relative Risk Values to Each Individually Identified/Located Vegetation Clearance Violation Point Associated with Hazard Trees Along/Within an Electric Power Transmission CorridorElectric utility transmission owners (and others) have invested many years and many dollars figuring out how to correctly identify a hazard tree within and along their rights-of-way. Now, those same folks are busy figuring out how to implement the NERC guidelines ...

A method and system is described for prescribing and constructing nontraditional camera placement trajectories (a series of specific waypoints) to more effectively capture digital image networks for the production of geometrically and geographically correct 3D point cloud models using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) techniques – the "work". The constructed waypoints define gently curving trajectories which a) guide photographers in the placement of cameras and/or b) provide pathways for ground...

The study of ethnology or ’Volkskunde’ in Austria has had a troubled past. Through most of the 20th century it was under the influence of the so-called Viennese ’Mythological School’ and the controversy between the two opposing branches, the ’Ritualist’ and the ’Mythologists', set much of the agenda from the 1920s until long after the World War ended in 1945. The volume examines two Austrian characters, Richard Wolfram and Karl Haiding, and the impact of their research and sets them in the...

"Where is Caden James?" is a series of eBooks about me – Caden James Dow. I'm writing about my own experiences as I learn about new things by doing them everywhere I can. I'm writing about where I go and what I do so that I can share my experiences with you. Where do you think I am? In this ebook, I am at home on the farm, my family's farm.Yep, in this story I want to share what I do around my own home. My home is a farm in south Mississippi. There are lots of things to do on a far...

This eBook is an actual account of Jim & Ed's (along with several friends and family members) guided drift fly fishing adventure on the Clinch River in northeastern Tennessee. The book features lots of nature photography. The book setting is the Clinch River in the vicinity of Clinton, TN. The fishermen find places to wade and drift fish on the river. The tackle, boats, techniques, wildlife spotted, and river flow conditions are described; and pictures of the fish caught illustrate the adv...

This ebook describes an approach (using mobile computing devices such as smart phones and tablet computers) to maximize the effectiveness/efficiency of ground survey crews while collecting ground points (coordinate data) along a LIDAR-scanned corridor and/or area. For electric power transmission rights-of-way, most of the work is carried out in rural or remote territories – off the grid - with no access to the internet. Knowing the route (especially the boundaries of the route) is of param...

This ebook is the second installment to the series "TopGun Veg-Tool". This ebook contains both the general description of the TopGun Veg-Tool and the technical specifications for its in-the-field operation.Vegetation management administrative personnel and foresters (in-the-field operators) will find valuable information in this ebook.This ebook is written in two major sections. The first section deals with the overall functionality of the TopGun Veg-Tool, including its mul...

This ebook is the first installment in the series "TopGun Veg-Tool". This ebook provides the definition/description of the TopGun Veg-Tool instrument for the utility forester to implement his electric power transmission vegetation management program.Photographs of in-the-field use (actual inspections) of the TopGun are provided.The TopGun Veg-Tool allows the utility forester to satisfy all the requirements of the most recent regulatory requirements (e.g., NERC Standard FAC-...

Whether preparing us for economic recovery after the zombie apocalypse, analyzing vampire investment strategies, or illuminating the market forces that affect vampire-human romances, Economics of the Undead: Zombies, Vampires, and the Dismal Science gives both seasoned economists and layman readers something to sink their teeth into. Undead characters have terrified popular audiences for centuries, but when analyzed closely, their behaviors and stories—however farfetched—mirror our own in ...