Pondering Serendipity

Pondering Serendipity is the full colour, play-by-play, first-person account of a filmmaker's traveling adventures, rendezvouses, unforgettable friends, strangers, loved ones, and haphazard wanderings through a career wilderness. It's a non-stop, uncensored, intimate, nonsensicle story that will make you laugh, ponder, and turn the page.Award winning filmmaker, Jarrett Rusnak takes you on a shotgun ride through his personal life, from serendipitous cinematic adventures in Bucharest, Romania, to green tinted accounts of Saskatchewan Roughrider prowess on the football field. Along the way he wrestles with career ambitions, personal demons, and unbenevolent pigeons.

Amassed over a number of years SERENDIPITY and Ninety-nine Other Epiphanies in Verse cohesively explores matters of the heart, mind and soul in poetry form. It aims to bring awareness and understanding to certain thoughts, emotions and relevant topics that are bound to be relatable to the readers.

The field of ethics in science aims to improve the way the audience perceives science, and this unique workbook discusses the areas of ethics and scientific misconduct. It provides assessments and exercises for learners to work through in groups or alone. Completion of the workbook but especially the assessment and tests will earn the learner a certificate for scientific misconduct training compiled by the author, and the certificate is available from the author's own website. This volume is a companion to the author's published volume, Ethics in Science: Ethical Misconduct in Scientific Research, Second Edition and will appeal to undergraduates, graduates and even high school students. Features: A unique training workbook in ethics and good conduct, easliy accessible and user friendly Unlike books in this area which mostly cover the theoretical foundations of ethics in science, here the author provides a practical workbook and ancillaries Case studies and a PowerPoint presentation are provided and readers will receive a certificate of completion There is a wealth of instructor resources available from the homepage A knowledge of scientific misconduct is of utmost importance in an era of mass higher education

"Many of the findings in the book . . . are classics of ecology. . . . A rare and delightful insight into timely science."—Jane Lubchenco, Nature "Estes's refreshing narrative deftly weaves rigorous science with personal reflection to create an absorbing and introspective read that is equal parts memoir, ecological textbook, and motivational guidebook for young ecologists."—Science To newly minted biologist James Estes, the sea otters he was studying in the leafy kelp forests off the coast of Alaska appeared to have an unbalanced relationship with their greater environment. Gorging themselves on the sea urchins that grazed among the kelp, these small charismatic mammals seemed to give little back in return. But as Estes dug deeper, he unearthed a far more complex relationship between the otter and its underwater environment, discovering that otters play a critical role in driving positive ecosystem dynamics. While teasing out the connective threads, he began to question our assumptions about ecological relationships. These questions would ultimately inspire a lifelong quest to better understand the surprising complexity of our natural world and the unexpected ways we discover it. Serendipity tells the story of James Estes’s life as a naturalist and the concepts that have driven his interest in researching the ecological role of top-level predators. Using the relationships between sea otters, kelp, and sea urchins as a touchstone, Estes retraces his investigations of numerous other species, ecosystems, and ecological processes in an attempt to discover why ecologists can learn so many details about the systems in which they work and yet understand so little about the broader processes that influence these systems. Part memoir, part natural history, and deeply inquisitive, Serendipity will entertain and inform readers as it raises thoughtful questions about our relationship with the natural world.

Trade Me Success Secrets covers bidding strategies, behaviour and pitfalls for buyers, safe ways to trade to avoid being ripped off, how to search the thousands of listings for just what you want, and much more. It covers the selling process, tips to get your auction noticed and boost bidding, products to sell (and not to sell), Legal obligations and minefields, getting the product to the buyer, promoting and managing your Trade Me business, 101 products to start selling on Trade Me, and much more.

Psychotherapist, healer, and artist of being alive, Kayce Stevens Hughlett, offers readers the personal gift of transformation in this devotional daybook. Like Mark Nepo's classic "Book of Awakening," Hughlett invites individuals to enliven their lives day-by-day through 365 practical reflections and prayers of inspiration, purpose, freedom, and joy. Infused with teachings from historical and current wisdom figures like Carl Jung, Martha Beck, Buddha, Jesus, Lao Tzu, Thomas Merton, Sue Monk Kidd, Anne Lamott, and others, "As I Lay Pondering" feels like sitting down for a conversation with a close friend. Filled with soul, it will meet you where you are whether looking for a recharge or grasping for a lifeline. It is a book you can turn to anytime and read cover to cover, randomly or one entry at a time. Filled with inspiration, short stories, and simple activities to deepen the pathway to presence, this book is the ideal companion for any personal journey.

Many of the things discovered by accident are important in our everyday lives: Teflon, Velcro, nylon, x-rays, penicillin, safety glass, sugar substitutes, and polyethylene and other plastics. And we owe a debt to accident for some of our deepest scientific knowledge, including Newton's theory of gravitation, the Big Bang theory of Creation, and the discovery of DNA. Even the Rosetta Stone, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the ruins of Pompeii came to light through chance. This book tells the fascinating stories of these and other discoveries and reveals how the inquisitive human mind turns accident into discovery. Written for the layman, yet scientifically accurate, this illuminating collection of anecdotes portrays invention and discovery as quintessentially human acts, due in part to curiosity, perserverance, and luck.

It seems that everyone in Felch, Michigan, knows the boys called the Three Musketeers and their loyal four-legged companion, Zipper. On their first day of summer vacation, Donnie, Jerry, and Jimmy are more than ready to explore the woods, trout streams, and fields that surround their town. The woods aren't scary at all for the boys-or at least that is what they thought. After a trout-fishing excursion that afternoon, the boys walk home on an old logging road, unaware of the danger that lies ahead. When Zipper starts barking uncontrollably, the boys suddenly realize they are facing the biggest bear they have ever seen-and her cubs. With a cedar swamp on either side of the logging road, the Donnie, Jerry, and Jimmy seem to have no place to go but straight into the arms of the bear, who is none too happy. But the boys need not fear, for the mythical swamp creature Waller Wampus is about to come to their rescue. "Ring of Fire" is an enchanting tale that captures the innocence of youth and the beauty of nature as three boys learn to survive with the help of an unlikely friend.