Tom Anderson has put a lot of effort into putting his past as an awkward social outcast behind him. Now that he's gotten a good job at a high-paying law firm, he feels like all of his hard work will finally pay off, and he and his sick sister will be able to live comfortably for the first time since their parents died. Unfortunately, he discovers that his greatest high school bully - and the only person who knows that he's gay - is working at the firm as well. How will he handle having his bully for his boss? And what will happen when their relationship starts to change?

They say that when you date someone, you date their family. Does that count if it's one of the biggest crime families in Jersey? Sonny thinks he has a pretty good life. He gets to live with his best friend, Gaz, and work doing what he loves. There are just two things that aren't quite perfect: his lack of a love life and his employment as a bookie for the mob. When Sonny meets the sweet, gentle baker, Luke, he thinks that his luck in the love department has really turned around. The only issue is that he can't hide who he really is forever. After a disastrous third date turns into a long stay...

This book provides a practical guide to applying soft-computing methods to interpret geophysical data. It discusses the design of neural networks with Matlab for geophysical data, as well as fuzzy logic and neuro-fuzzy concepts and their applications. In addition, it describes genetic algorithms for the automatic and/or intelligent processing and interpretation of geophysical data. The book's closing chapter outlines the future of soft-computing methods in geophysics.