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Multi-Billionaire Steven Talbot, determined to find those responsible for the death of his beloved wife and daughter enables his security company to investigate their deaths. The trail leads down a dark path of corruption, cover-ups and betrayal, nothing is as it seems. Soon he is the target of a global conspiracy to control the world and bring America to its knees. The decisions Talbot faces go against everything he believes, yet he feels he has little choice; freedom must be defended, but how?In the second book of Refuge 'The Battle Begins' series, Steven Talbot finds help from unlikely sources in this political crime drama which provides hope for Americas future.

In the year 2025 big cities in America are being terrorized by well organized gangs as the food and supply shortages increase to disastrous near famine levels. The U.S. economy is in decline and violent crime is the order of the day. Citizens begin to flee the large metro areas for small town life in search of peace and tranquility. As the economic situation deteriorates the criminal gangs advance on the easy targets of rural America, to plunder and destroy everything in their path. Jefferson City is such a target and Sheriff G W Mekinen has had enough. The hardheaded, constitution by the book sheriff develops a plan to combat an ever increasing crime wave by enlisting the help of prominent city residents. However, all is not as it seems, the gangs are too well armed and evolve into what at first appears to be a criminal army. What the citizens of Jefferson must do to defend themselves quickly becomes a topic of debate as moral values clash with the need to survive. What Mekinen and others find after a criminal terrorist raid shakes them to the core; they must rise to the occasion or perish but those behind the attacks have a different agenda.

From a doting dad to determined humanitarian, Mark Collins has leveraged his challenges into philanthropic success. Founder of YOUschool, a learning organisation with the purpose of helping young people choose their best path in life, it is Mark's lived experiences that help him give children the best opportunities to enjoy happy, loving, and joyful lives through to adulthood. It is from his son, Max, that Mark draws inspiration. After being diagnosed with epilepsy at age five, Max has spent the last seven years in and out of hospitals - his dad by his side every step of the way. Mark has spent this time learning everything he can about his son's condition, raising money, and promoting awareness for epilepsy. It was his son's illness that spurred Mark to focus on his own health and wellbeing, recognising the direct effect and influence that the energy of others had on his son's symptoms. Mark began regularly practising meditation, yoga and eating natural foods with Max as a way of assisting him in his treatment. Max's seizure count went from sometimes over 50 per day to consistently zero with an energetic approach rather than a physical one. From neuro linguistic techniques and hypnosis to toxin removal and cranio-sacral adjustments, Mark and Max found their own way forward after being told that this was just how Max is, there is nothing other than the medication he takes. This book was written as the events in them played out over a two-year period. It is a blend of parenting advice, health and wellness techniques and a real life story of unconditional love and dedication between a father and son.

9 Practical Ways to Support International MissionsMany new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Church Questions is a series by 9Marks that seeks to provide Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions about church life. Each booklet offers biblical answers and practical applications with the goal of nurturing healthy church practice and commitment.In this concise booklet, Mark Collins addresses the essential role of the local church in furthering global missions. He shows how Christians can participate in the global cause by sharing the gospel locally with friends and neighbors; studying the work of missionaries throughout the world; investing in the global missions work supported by a local church; praying for missionaries; and more. This helpful resource reminds readers how fundamental they are to the spread of the gospel throughout the world and offers practical ways for them to participate.

All money will be donated to Cancer MacCallum Cancer Centre and Battersea dog House (where Mark volunteered) Mark Collins is a son. a brother and a loving partner, a best friend and cannot forget a daddy to his fur baby. He was the life of the party, he lit up any room he entered. He was very humble and never understood why people were drawn to him and why he was loved by everyone that met him. He always had a joke for any occasion. even death. He would make you feel happy even if that meant taking the mickey out of you, but was never horrible in doing so. He would turn his hand to anything once but would definitely let you know if he didn't like it, ha ha. When Mark was diagnosed with colon cancer. he decided to write this blog. When reading this, you will find yourself laughing at some of the strangest things. Mark would be so happy -that his journey is being read and laughed at. Me wanted to show his true journey from how he was diagnosed. through the chemotherapy and surgery. (not forgetting every cancer journey is different and personal) but he wanted to show the horrible side and also what he found to be the lighter side. Please enjoy reading, do not feel bad about laughing, and REMEMBER if your are worried, get it checked.

Lee Harvey Oswald was an American former Marine and Marxist who assassinated United States President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. According to four federal government investigations and one municipal investigation, Oswald shot and killed Kennedy from a sniper's nest as the President traveled by motorcade through Dealey Plaza in the city of Dallas, Texas. Oswald was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps and defected to the Soviet Union in October 1959. He lived in the Belarusian city of Minsk until June 1962, at which time he returned to the United States with his Russian wife Marina and eventually settled in Dallas. About 45 minutes after Oswald fatally shot Kennedy, he shot and killed Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit on a local street. Oswald then slipped into a movie theatre, where he was arrested for Tippit's murder. Oswald was later charged with the murder of Kennedy. He denied shooting anybody, saying that he was a "patsy". Two days later, Oswald was in the process of being transferred from the city jail to the county jail when he was fatally shot by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby in full view of television cameras broadcasting live. In September 1964, the Warren Commission released its findings and concluded that Oswald acted alone in assassinating Kennedy by firing three shots from the Texas School Book Depository. This conclusion was supported by previous investigations carried out by the FBI, the Secret Service, and the Dallas Police Department. Despite forensic, ballistic, and eyewitness evidence supporting the lone gunman theory, public opinion polls taken over the years have shown that most Americans believe that Oswald did not act alone, but conspired with others to kill the president. The assassination has spawned numerous conspiracy theories.

9 Practical Ways to Support International MissionsMany new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Church Questions is a series by 9Marks that seeks to provide Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions about church life. Each booklet offers biblical answers and practical applications with the goal of nurturing healthy church practice and commitment.In this concise booklet, Mark Collins addresses the essential role of the local church in furthering global missions. He shows how Christians can participate in the global cause by sharing the gospel locally with friends and neighbors; studying the work of missionaries throughout the world; investing in the global missions work supported by a local church; praying for missionaries; and more. This helpful resource reminds readers how fundamental they are to the spread of the gospel throughout the world and offers practical ways for them to participate.

Pro Office 365 Development, Second Edition, is a practical, hands-on guide to building applications for the cloud with Office 365. Combine Office 365 features out of the box with custom code to make the most of what this increasingly powerful and flexible platform has to offer.As an Office 365 developer, you have an amazing range of technologies at your fingertips. Build custom SharePoint apps in Visual Studio using HTML5, CSS, and jQuery. Create declarative workflow applications with Visio and SharePoint Designer. Use Access Web Database to publish your data on the web, or write Exchange and Lync applications. All these possibilities and more are covered.You also have unprecedented control and flexibility over how you use these technologies in your applications. With a powerful set of Office 365 APIs, you can now access and integrate Office 365 data directly into your web or native applications, with full control of authentication, authorization and discovery.No prior cloud experience is necessary. Sample projects are designed to bring the reader up-to-speed quickly, with full step-by-step instructions to maximize your success across the whole Office 365 suite. Whether you want to build desktop client applications or browser-only solutions, Pro Office 365 Development will show you how to do it.

Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2015 is written to help ASP.NET developers make the leap to the inevitable and exciting world of HTML5. With this book, you'll quickly master the new HTML elements, the improved CSS features, and advanced content including audio, video, canvas, SVG, and drag and drop capabilities. You will also learn how your enterprise applications can benefit from some brand-new technology such as web workers and web sockets. Using practical hands-on demonstrations you will learn all of the really cool features that you can start using now, within your existing ASP.NET applications.HTML5 promises to revolutionize the way web sites are developed with an impressive set of built-in client-side features. The use of HTML5 as a preferred development language in Windows 10, along with growing support from the major browser vendors, is likely to make HTML5 the de-facto standard for all future web development. The number of HTML5-capable phones alone is estimated to top 2 billion by 2016. Many professional web developers who are firmly rooted in the Microsoft toolset such as Visual Studio, Active Server Pages, and .NET are trying to understand how HTML5 fits into their world.Written with the Visual Studio 2015 developer in mind, this book:Illustrates how to integrate the new HTML5 features in an ASP .NET MVC6 applicationExplains how to add active content including video and graphicsDemonstrates the new scripting features of HTML5 such as application cache and local storage

In this concise booklet, Mark Collins demonstrates the essential role Christians play in furthering global missions, offering 9 helpful ways for Christians to participate in making disciples of all nations. Part of the Church Questions series.

A Modern Man's Guide to Fishing is the book that men the world over have been waiting for. And boy do they need it! From the novice to the professional - or those who haven't held their rod in a while - this book covers everything you need to know. From advice on how best to care for your tackle, to what to do when you've got more than one fish on the line. You'll learn how to stop your line spinning out prematurely, be reminded of the joys of long-forgotten practices, such as trout-tickling, and become better at knowing which Fish make for great eating. So to all our fellow Fishermen still dreaming of the "one that got away", we urge you to get off the couch, dust off your rod and know that if you're willing to give your all to this most mysterious of sports, the rewards will be great indeed. A Modern Man's Guide to Fishing is both a celebration of, and an homage to, the Fish. Happy Fishing!

Pro Access 2010 Development is a fundamental resource for developing business applications that take advantage of the features of Access 2010 and the many sources of data available to your business.

This book details how Microsoft's Workflow Foundation technology can be used in a wide variety of applications. Each chapter shows how to build an application and then explains each of the new concepts introduced. It includes many sample projects.

Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012 is written to help ASP .NET developers make the leap to the inevitable and exciting world of HTML5. Discover the future of web development with Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012. Illustrates how to integrate the new HTML5 features in an ASP .NET application.

Pro Office 365 Development is a practical, hands-on guide to building cloud-based solutions using the Office 365 platform. This groundbreaking offering from Microsoft provides enterprise-class collaborative solutions at an affordable price, and this book shows you how to use the Office 365 platform to easily build amazing custom applications, including coding for Excel Services, Microsoft Access, and SharePoint Online. This book provides everything you'll need to start developing custom solutions. You'll find step-by-step instructions for providing custom features using the cloud-based services, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online. There are lots of sample programs using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), JavaScript and Silverlight. Whether you want to build desktop client applications or browser-only solutions with Microsoft's new cloud-based productivity offering, this book will show you how to do it.Develop SharePoint solutions, including declarative workflows Use Access and Excel services to quickly build SharePoint sites Build content-sensitive collaborative solutions with instant messaging and video conferencing

Workflow is the glue that binds information worker processes, users, and artifacts. Without workflow, information workers are just islands of data and potential. Office 2010 Workflow details how to implement workflow in SharePoint 2010 and the client Microsoft Office 2010 suite to help information workers share data, enforce processes and business rules, and work more efficiently together or solo. This book covers everything you need to know¿from what workflow is all about to creating new activities; from the SharePoint Designer to Visual Studio 2010; from out-of-the-box workflows to state machine workflows. There¿s even a section on integrating external data with Business Data Services. Want solid knowledge of how to implement workflow in the new world of Office and SharePoint? Pick up Office 2010 Workflow today.

Many successful project managers are beginning to utilize Microsoft SharePoint to drive their projects and operational initiatives. Each chapter is focused on a typical project management activity and demonstrates techniques that can be used to facilitate that activity.