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Are you a veteran frustrated by the overwhelming VA claims process? Are you a reservist or national guardsman preparing to discharge from a period of active duty service? Are you an active duty service member preparing to separate from the military? If you answered yes to any of the above questions but feel uncertain about how to access the financial support and healthcare benefits you’ve earned through your service, this guide is here to help you take control! Whether you’re filing your first claim, appealing a denial, or striving to maximize your disability rating, VA Claims: A Step-...

The incredible story of how a schoolteacher built a million-dollar portfolio, and how you can too.

You don't have to be an expert to start a thriving, bountiful garden. Any basic guide can show you how. But if you want to figure out how to maximize your crop yield…know how to stretch your growing season beyond traditional limits…and even grow summer crops all year long…basic beginner’s guides won’t be of much help. After all, they’re only meant to cover the basics.

Discover the secret to graceful aging and lifelong vitality—even if age-related challenges have held you back for years! Do you dream of a vibrant, healthy life but struggle with aches, mental fog, or isolation? Are you overwhelmed by conflicting health advice and unsure whom to trust? You’re not alone. Over 50% of seniors worry about maintaining their health and independence. But imagine a life filled with energy, purpose, and deep connections—this isn’t wishful thinking.

Starting a creative company needn't cost you everything. If you agree, then you'll find wit and wisdom in this book for creative entrepreneurs. Author, artist, and graphic designer Patricia Arnold presents her best tips for starting a handmade business with this initial volume in her Creative Entrepreneur series. After starting a decade-old business with a shoestring budget and then founding a second business six years later, Patricia Arnold has a lot to say about building creative businesses from scratch.

Generative AI for Software Developers - Winning Strategies and Practical Tactics for AI-Powered Development "Generative AI for Software Developers" is an essential guide to mastering AI-driven development, helping engineers future-proof their careers. This book provides a structured, hands-on approach to understanding, implementing, and optimizing Generative AI tools and techniques in modern software engineering. Covering everything from AI-assisted coding and debugging to system design and deployment, this book equips developers with real-world applications and best practices to integrate ...

The fundamentals of permaculture are simple: care for people and the Earth, and share what you have. With these in mind, practitioners promote a system with a sense of respect for all life on the planet. You may, however, be anxious about not knowing what to do. After all, not everybody knows about permaculture. But don’t worry–you don’t need to be an expert to start your own permaculture garden.

Unleash your child's musical genius in just weeks. Unlock the joyful world of piano playing, even if they've never touched a keyboard! Looking for a fun, engaging way to introduce music to your child? Would you like them to experience the joy and creativity of playing an instrument without overwhelming lessons? Introducing a revolutionary guide to turn your child's melody dreams into reality! Break free from boring piano lessons! Simplify learning and start an incredible journey that engages, educates, and entertains.

Our government organizations face political fallout, media scrutiny, reduced funding, and the many challenges involved in motivating large, multi-layered and highly regulated organizations. It's no surprise that many government organizations report that their employees are less engaged than ever and that leaders feel helpless to change the situation. In many cases, employees and government leaders are caught in a vicious cycle. Performance declines, scrutiny increases, and employee paralysis ensues. How do you break this cycle and begin building successful government?

Based on thousands of counseling hours and personal practice, Gil Stieglitz spells out the 15 essential habits found in great marriages that aren’t found in difficult ones. Building a Ridiculously Great Marriage provides the short and dirty version of what it takes to have a marriage that is so great, other couples will stand up and notice - they might even call it “ridiculous”.

How can we practice being fair, optimistic, and tolerant? How can we show respect and empathy and help resolve conflict? These are just a few ways to build good character. These inspiring and engaging titles cultivate a growth mindset and reinforce social and emotional learning in young listeners. They will learn positive character traits and how to implement them in their daily lives. This volume includes Being Fair, Being Grateful, Being Honest, Being Optimistic, Being Responsible, Being Tolerant, and Having Empathy.

Creating Confident Writers Has Never Been Easier! These days, students seem to be struggling more and more with writing. From starting an essay to tackling a creative assignment, the art of writing seems to be more challenging for today’s youth. Our students have so much to say, but sometimes they might not know how to put their thoughts onto paper. These students have strong opinions and beliefs they want to express, but writing might not be one of their natural strengths. This means their brilliant ideas might never be shared in an ELA class or within a standard writing assignment. If ...

Thomas Lowe was destined for a life of mediocrity, working a dead-end job in rural America. But fate seemed to have other plans for him. One card changes everything. While he's gifted a power beyond imagination, he also unlocks a prophecy that puts him in the crosshairs of Ancient Clans and Noble Houses that have existed since the dawn of the first era.

Forget learning how to use money simply as a tool for survival. How about we start big? Why not start with discovering the secret to building wealth? Financial freedom isn’t something that just happens – it’s something you can build… and the younger you are when you pick up the necessary skills, the better. This one-of-a-kind money guide for teens will equip you with the foundational knowledge you need to understand how money works and what you need to do to make it work for you. If you want to have money, you need to know how to make it work for you – and that journey starts right here.

Simplify and speed up the development of business applications with Windows® Presentation Foundation (WPF) and the Model View ViewModel (MVVM) design pattern. With this hands-on guide, you'll master the techniques to bind data to your WPF user interfaces by constructing an example application through the course of the book. Gain valuable skills with WPF and MVVM that you can immediately apply to your own projects!

Decades ago, the High King of Sundolia waged a war that vanquished the Serpent clan and drove them out of the empire. But they did not leave peacefully. Their parting gift included curses that now rest within the empire's soil, growing more and more dormant as the years pass under the rule of that increasingly tyrannical high king. Until Alaya - a young woman with a hidden Serpent mark who shouldn't exist - accidentally wakes one of them up. Then another. She must seek the truth about her lost clan and the so-called curses they left behind. About her true home.

Our work-driven culture encourages us to take the entrepreneurial bait, but how can you know whether being an entrepreneur will end as a dream come true or a nightmare from which you cannot awake? Building on Bedrock will help answer that question. This book focuses on when you should take the leap and whether entrepreneurship is even the right thing for you. Based upon research, but told through the stories of American businessman and entrepreneur Sam Walton and others, this book discusses the who, what, when, where, how, how much, and why of successful entrepreneurs.

Whether you are building a small business from the ground up or managing a multinational company, you can learn the seven key traits for leadership success from one of the greatest business innovators and creative thinkers of the 20th century: Walt Disney. Whether you know him as the first to produce cartoons in Technicolor, the mastermind behind the theme park Disneyland, or the founder of the largest entertainment conglomerate, Walt's story of creativity, perseverance in spite of obstacles, and achieving goals resonates and inspires as much today as it ever has.

Are you impressed by your apps’ ability to display and work equally well on your desktop, smartphone, laptop, and tablet? As a result, you may have made up your mind to learn how you, too, can create such impressive sites for the web. There’s no question that you - or anybody - can attain such ability given the right training. All you need is a patient and knowledgeable instructor to impart to you these technical skills. But, you don’t have to go through expensive courses and tedious lectures for that.

The bestselling macro cookbook for eating delicious “fitness friendly” meals without spending hours in the kitchen struggling with expensive and hard-to-prepare recipes.