Atchison Blue

Atchison Blue
Author: Judith Valente
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2013-09-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1933495596

In this meditative spiritual memoir, Judith Valente, celebrated PBS religion journalist and celebrated poet, invites readers along on her transformative pilgrimages to Mount St. Scholastica monastery in Atchison, Kansas. The Benedictine sisters who invited Valente presented her with a view of monastic life and wisdom that brought spiritual healing to her fast-paced life--and promises to do the same for her readers. The first time Judith Valente arrived at Mount St. Scholastica monastery, she came prepared to teach a course on poetry and the soul. Instead, she found herself the student, taking lessons from the Benedictine sisters in the healing nature of silence, how to cultivate habits of mindful living, and the freeing reality that conversion is a lifelong process. With the heart of a poet and the eye of a journalist, she tells how her many visits and interviews with the Benedictine sisters forced her to confront aspects of her own life that needed healing--a journey that will invite readers to healing of their own. A beautiful and heartfelt work that crosses The Cloister Walk with Tuesdays with Morrie, Atchison Blue will resonate with readers of Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen, Mary Gordon, and Anne Lamott.

Optics of the Human Eye

Optics of the Human Eye
Author: David A. Atchison
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Medical
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2000
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780750637756

This text describes the optical structures and optical properties of the human eye. It is divided into five sections, covering topics such as basic optical structure of the human eye and image formation and refraction of the eye.

Architecting for Scale

Architecting for Scale
Author: Lee Atchison
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2016-07-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1491943424

Every day, companies struggle to scale critical applications. As traffic volume and data demands increase, these applications become more complicated and brittle, exposing risks and compromising availability. This practical guide shows IT, devops, and system reliability managers how to prevent an application from becoming slow, inconsistent, or downright unavailable as it grows. Scaling isn’t just about handling more users; it’s also about managing risk and ensuring availability. Author Lee Atchison provides basic techniques for building applications that can handle huge quantities of traffic, data, and demand without affecting the quality your customers expect. In five parts, this book explores: Availability: learn techniques for building highly available applications, and for tracking and improving availability going forward Risk management: identify, mitigate, and manage risks in your application, test your recovery/disaster plans, and build out systems that contain fewer risks Services and microservices: understand the value of services for building complicated applications that need to operate at higher scale Scaling applications: assign services to specific teams, label the criticalness of each service, and devise failure scenarios and recovery plans Cloud services: understand the structure of cloud-based services, resource allocation, and service distribution

Mellow Submarine

Mellow Submarine
Author: Michael Atchison
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-07-04
Genre: Interpersonal relations
ISBN: 9781534966727

When his heiress fiancee Jenna vanishes, Mike McAfee falls under suspicion. When a tabloid trumpets his one-night stand with a co-worker, his world crumbles. His boss - Jenna's father - fires him. The police grill him. The media devour him. To escape the pressure, Mike retreats to his childhood home. When a news crew shows up on the doorstep, Mike assumes the worst. But when he learns that Jenna has been living a secret life with an old boyfriend, Mike's reality changes instantly. With help from some old friends who have secrets of their own, Mike works to plot a new future even as he dodges a ruthless cable TV host and persistent reality television producers, all while feeding coins to the vintage jukebox at a sandwich shop called Mellow Submarine. A funny and moving book, Mellow Submarine should appeal to fans of Nick Hornby, Jonathan Tropper and Tom Perrotta."

History of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

History of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Author: Keith L. Bryant|Frailey Jr. (Fred W.)
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN: 1496222733

"Keith L. Bryant Jr. and Fred W. Frailey present a comprehensive history of the financing, construction, growth, and management of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway"--

In Search of Jeremy

In Search of Jeremy
Author: Melodye Faith Hathaway
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-09
Genre: Deaf children
ISBN: 9781492199359

The true story of the author's four-year-old deaf son, Jeremy, who wandered away from his babysitter's home south of Atchison, Kansas, near the Missouri River, on February 18, 1977 and disappeared. The author details the five-day search for her son, which officially ended with the findings of an air scent dog team. The author describes the aftermath of her son's disappearance and presumed death and describes the grieving process as well as the peace and hope she has found.

A Biographical History of Nodaway and Atchison Counties, Missouri

A Biographical History of Nodaway and Atchison Counties, Missouri
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781016274531

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Discovering Moons

Discovering Moons
Author: Judith Valente
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780979882586

Judith Valente¿s poems are deeply rooted in the everyday world, and yet transport us to a place in the soul, a place that C.S. Lewis once described as ¿the real, real world.¿ She is a poet concerned with those moments that telescope the sacred in the ordinary, offer a clarifying vision of what it means to be human, and remind us we are part of something larger than ourselves. These are love poems to life, whether she is writing about a lunar eclipse, the origin of the alphabet, the art of finding beauty in flaws, or an imagined stroll with William Carlos Williams. The poems contain a keen sense of place. They transport us to a summer parade in rural Illinois, a beach under stars on the island of Maui, a sacred festival in Chiang Mai, a classroom in a Catholic girls school in northern New Jersey. In language that is at once accessible and inventive, these open-handed poems remind us it is a miracle simply to be alive.

The Art of Pausing

The Art of Pausing
Author: Judith Valente
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2013
Genre: God
ISBN: 9780879465094

"The poems and reflections in The Art of Pausing: Meditations for the Overworked and Overwhelmed are the work of three writers who inhabit very different worlds. But for each, the reading and writing of haiku is an essential spiritual practice. The Art of Pausing is built upon haiku by one of the three authors, all Christians, inspired by the ninety-nine names of God found in the Koran. Each haiku is accompanied by a reflections by the same author or an abstract photo of nature by Brother Paul. This book is for anyone who loves beauty, has a penchant for reflection, yet feels overworked and overwhelmed."--Amazon.com.

Today I Am...: An Empowering Journal Back To Self

Today I Am...: An Empowering Journal Back To Self
Author: Patricia Lynn Atchison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2019-08-15
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9780978336950

Do you feel lost, wondering who you are, or once were? Are you struggling to find more JOY in your life? When life's journey causes you to end up lost and unable to define who you are, then it's time for a change. It's time to find renewed self-confidence, improved self-esteem, increased happiness, much joy, and pure gratitude. Become aware of the world surrounding 'YOU' at this moment. Learn how to view each 'TODAY' with new promise, gratitude, positivity, light, and love. Today I Am..., is a yearly gratitude journal filled with uplifting present moment quotes by the author, Patricia L. Atchison, and features daily creative practices to engage the mind and spirit, including, learning about healing, grounding, mindfulness, intentions, releasing, positivity, living in the present, and discovering love for self. Define your thought patterns today so that you can see in the future how you've grown to come to know you again. You'll discover the power and meaning of the 'I AM...' statement, and what it means to live for yesterday, tomorrow and today, and where you should be focusing your attention. Define your joy and values today, see how they change as you practice mindfulness meditation, setting positive intentions, and learning positive affirmations. Learn how to write notes to yourself and to use mirror talk to increase self-esteem. Vision boards are explained to help you gain insight on future wishes and desires. The block sections in this journal are perfect for writing your 365 Days of Daily Gratitude. Also, set your positive Today I AM... affirmations and intentions. This journal makes it easy to create a daily five-minute practice of gratitude. Included is a fun 26-day writing exercise, using the letters of the alphabet to describe your Today I Am... positive intention words. No problem if you're stuck for ideas, as the author included a list of word selections which you can use for any of the Today I Am... practices. Finally, reflect on your growth at the end of 365 Days of Daily Gratitude, and see how far you've come with renewed self-confidence, improved self-esteem, increased happiness, much joy, and pure gratitude. Create space in your life's journey to fill your heart with love for self, and get to know you again!