Second Bloom

The book describes a simple and unique 10-step process to help readers create a plan to change their lives.

In Second Bloom, Silver looks unflinchingly and honestly at the suffering of cancer, while at the same time celebrating the possibility of joy, the persistence of beauty and love, the simultaneous winnowing and comfort of faith. These poems are contemplative and often personal, but reach out to the world as a whole: from IV poles to hula hoops, from riding a roller coaster with one's son to comforting a dying friend at Christmas. The poems glean their subject matter from ordinary life, from art, from the natural world. Silver's poetry attempts to preserve the world's luminous moments and to hold grace and despair simultaneously in the human heart.

Gloria has devoted her life to her two sons and found joy tending her backyard garden. She had no idea anything was missing until Matt strolled in pushing a wheelbarrow. The attraction was immediate. After his divorce, Matt's goal was to be the best father he could be for his daughters. Toward that end, he's spent his time growing his landscape business. His plans never included falling in love again. Love descended upon them in a backyard filled with dying roses. Together, they were able to not only revive the roses but to rekindle the light of love within each other. Now Matt has proposed, Gloria has accepted, and they look forward to a future together. Can Gloria and Matt weed through the challenges--including exes and kids--that arise after Matt's proposal and find true love and happiness with each other?

"The perfect book right now for young readers searching for hope, strength, inspiration — and just a little horticultural havoc."—New York Times The first book in a can't-put-it-down, can't-read-it-fast-enough action-thriller trilogy that's part Hatchet, part Alien! The invasion begins--but not as you'd expect. It begins with rain. Rain that carries seeds. Seeds that sprout--overnight, everywhere. These new plants take over crop fields, twine up houses, and burrow below streets. They bloom--and release toxic pollens. They bloom--and form Venus flytrap-like pods that swallow animals and people. They bloom--everywhere, unstoppable. Or are they? Three kids on a remote island seem immune to the toxic plants. Anaya, Petra, Seth. They each have strange allergies--and yet not to these plants. What's their secret? Can they somehow be the key to beating back this invasion? They'd better figure it out fast, because it's starting to rain again....

Bloom Filter: A Data Structure for Computer Networking, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Bioinformatics, and Beyond focuses on both the theory and practice of the most emerging areas for Bloom filter application, including Big Data, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, and Bioinformatics. Sections provide in-depth insights on structure and variants, focus on its role in computer networking, and discuss applications in various research domains, such as Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Bioinformatics. Since its inception, the Bloom Filter has been extensively experimented with and developed to enhance system performance such as web cache. Bloom filter influences many research fields, including Bioinformatics, Internet of Things, computer security, network appliances, Big Data and Cloud Computing. Includes Bloom filter methods for a wide variety of applications Defines concepts and implementation strategies that will help the reader use the suggested methods Provides an overview of issues and challenges faced by researchers

Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band—if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. But while interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easygoing guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer over batches of bread, love is ready to bloom . . . that is, if Ari doesn’t ruin everything. Writer Kevin Panetta and artist Savanna Ganucheau concoct a delicious recipe of intricately illustrated baking scenes and blushing young love, in which the choices we make can have terrible consequences, but the people who love us can help us grow.

Computational Intelligence (CI) has emerged as a rapidly growing field over the past decade. This volume reports the exploration of CI frontiers with an emphasis on a broad spectrum of real-world applications. Such a collection of chapters has presented the state-of-the-art of CI applications in industry and will be an essential resource for professionals and researchers who wish to learn and spot the opportunities in applying CI techniques to their particular problems.

This 1915 work by Louise Shelton provides the experienced gardener with a comprehensive scheme for continuous bloom, as well as abbreviated plans for those gardeners who would specialize in spring and autumn flower displays.