A Personal Academic Passion Completing Your Doctoral Thesis in a Timely Manner offers a method for finishing your doctoral thesis or dissertation in roughly under two years. I was able to use these ideas to write and defend my doctoral thesis in well under one year. The ideas were partially developed from writing industrial technical progress reports, so they should be an aid to industrial professionals needing to write internal reports and white papers. Master's Degree students will also find this book helpful in writing their thesis quickly. Although the ideas within the book cross all...

The National Cancer Institute gives a sobering assessment on the potential of cancer striking an American family. "Three out of every four American families will have at least one family member diagnosed with cancer" (Life After Cancer Treatment, 2006). Since both of my parents died from cancer, it should be no surprise that my siblings and I may suffer from this deadly disease. I think my siblings quietly wondered which one of us cancer would debilitate first. I do not recall ever discussing the devastation of cancer with any sibling. We only spoke of the free spirit life style of our now...