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Future Forests: Adaptation to Climate Change provides background on
forests as natural and social systems, the current distribution and
dynamics based on major biomes that set the stage for their role of
forests in global systems, the nature of climate change organized
by biomes, and detailed descriptions of mitigation and adaptation
strategies. This book forms presents a foundational summary of the
feedback between the effect of climate change on forests and the
converse effects of forests on climate, leading to conclusions on
how forest management needs to be dictated by climate change. The
book will be ideal for readers in the fields of climate change
science, forest science and conservation biology, helping them
develop a thorough understanding on the broad perspective of
climate change on forests, the response of forests to these
changes, and other climate-forest interaction potentials.
In his book, A Cow's Heaven, Steve McNulty presents ideas and
thoughts about life, and presents them in a fun, easy to read
manner. The book contains thoughts and suggestions about living
life, and being happy doing it. Cow's Heaven Theorems, Rules, and
Dictates are offered that can serve as stepping off points for
discussion. And Steve reminds the reader that we're animals, just
like the cow. And with that recognition, for some, things don't
seem quite so complicated or quite so serious. Provocative ideas
are found in the book, including the key Cow's Heaven Dictate to
treat yourself as you would a member of your own family. In other
words, don't beat yourself up when you do something stupid. Just
like you wouldn't ridicule a family member or a friend when they do
something wrong. You would offer encouragement, just like you
should do for yourself. There are other features in the book such
as Cow's Rule #42 which is to make charitable contributions first
to your family and friends, rather than to some large charitable
organization. Since everyone knows someone who needs help,
financially or otherwise. And of course the exclusive Cow's Heaven
Diet is spelled out in the book - featuring the requisite dairy
products, and a good mix of fruits, vegetables, and fish. And
plenty of exercise. We all know what makes up a good diet, but good
discipline is the primary "ingredient" in our recipes that enables
the diet planning to become a reality. With key decision points
needing to be made prior to the hand (containing food or drink)
approaching the mouth Think about it before you put something into
your mouth. And think about how much exercise you'll need to do to
offset those calories. In the book, useful insight is offered to
the reader, such as: Happiness is a Choice. That is, don't expect
happiness to come to you automatically, go look for it and find it.
The author provides some observations about business - such as the
Cow's Heaven Rule #21 that the busier things get, the more you
should slow down. And there's the author's ever-popular service
industry theorem of: Price, Quality, Speed: Choose Two Steve offers
that we need to make plans in our lives, and then lay out steps to
initiate and undertake those plans. Plans for future education, for
a career, and for finding a partner, a mate. Even pre-planning for
what to do on the weekend, and with whom. Without proper planning -
and execution of the plans - we can end up drifting through life
and not achieving the things we know we have the potential to
achieve. The purpose of this book is not to tell others how to live
their lives. It just presents some Observations and Lessons Learned
about Life and Living (per the subtitle ), and readers can take
from it what they like, and ignore what they don't like, or don't
agree with. We're all unique individuals, and everyone needs to
find what works for them. The book wraps up by offering that we
make the best of what we have - here and now. And that we don't
know what happens to us when our animal bodies expire. But when we
do expire, even if we don't get into the Human Heaven, maybe the
cows will invite us into their Cows Heaven.
Steve McNulty's book on "Small Business Management for Government
Contractors" will prove to be an invaluable tool for small
companies working with - or endeavoring to work with - the US
Government (USG). In this book, Steve lays out the important steps,
processes, and procedures for all companies to follow to become a
successful - and compliant - US Government contractor. Steve has a
unique blend of business and government background and experience
that qualifies him to see the issues from "all angles." He began
his career in 1978 as a state energy official, and has since worked
as both a business manager and clean energy specialist; with
private, for-profit companies and also non-profit organizations.
This broad foundation of private and public experience has enabled
Steve to build a solid knowledge base to assist small companies and
NGOs to succeed and prosper in their USG contracting pursuits.
Steve has laid out in this book the important lessons he's learned
over the past 33 years. He covers the depth and breadth of running
a small business, including contracts and financial management; HR
compliance; company and employee insurance; discussion on what are
the key components in a good Business Plan; an explanation of a few
techniques for successful marketing/business development (e.g.,
mining FBO.gov, reaching out to existing USG contractors to get on
their teams, walking the halls of your potential clients, using
social media, requesting a debrief if not selected on a bid, and
most importantly - performing well on your existing contracts).
Quoting from the book..."Developing and nurturing positive and
long-lasting relationships with current and potential clients is a
cornerstone of building a successful Government contracting
business." Take care of your clients, give them what they need. In
Small Business Management for Government Contractors, Steve covers
NICRA and audit issues; the benefits of participating in GSA
Schedules; choices for fringe benefits (or not to offer the full
suite of fringe benefits, and simply compensate the employees for
the value of certain fringe benefits); the importance of solid file
management, and document control; discussion of travel rules; and
other processes that are critically important for all current, or
aspiring, USG contractors to know. Topics in the book include ideas
for utilizing "Cloud" based virtual business services, and other
forms of outsourcing (such as maximizing the use of individual
consultants) to reduce the need to carry a large contingent of
regular, fixed staff. Steve maintains that services from the Cloud
will enable companies to reduce their hardware and software
requirements - by moving the burden of software updates and
associated hardware needs to the Cloud (that is, to off-site
entities who will keep data protected, software updated, and also
offer a growing range business services such as payroll processing,
accounting, and technical project services). Steve's book on Small
Business Management for Government Contractors points out that
security is the "plastics" of today and tomorrow (borrowing from
the 1967 movie classic The Graduate, where Dustin Hoffman was
lectured that plastics were the future of business). Achieving
enhanced security is critical in so many ways - including physical
security, data security, email security, website protection, and
more. Services from the Cloud and beyond will help organizations
deal with these growing challenges. In his book Steve suggests that
in tomorrow's computer networks, the components to be connected
will be wide and varied - including to traditional computer
workstations and printers and now smartphones and tablets; but also
more so in the future to security cameras, and even employees may
be connected by way of embedded computer chips. This is Steve's
second book, with the first being A Cow's Heaven, also found on
Amazon and CreateSpace. Happy reading
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