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Duncan Easley never considered himself a criminal. An outlaw, maybe, as he takes a bold step forward and joins the booming world of illegal cannabis cultivation in Northern California''s Emerald Triangle.

Presenting an updated and expanded edition of the epic adventure from Kevin H Woodside! A moment ago, they were safe. They were in their homes, living their lives. It was a lovely Saturday morning in spring. The next moment, they were gone. Snatched from the Earth. Removed and transplanted. Taken to another world - one of fantasy and danger; of mystery and wonder. A world called Ciro. For Layla Conner, whose life was on the verge of monumental change, she now faces a destiny that seems insurmountable. For Rick Gupta, whose life goals lacked focus, he has been given a relic of incredible power and a dangerous new role. A shadow moves across Ciro. Kingdoms have fallen. Ancient forces have woken and gone to war. The only hope are these strangers from another world. Ciro Saga begins . . .

Reprint of the original, first published in 1842.

"The Politics of Crime Prevention explores American public opinion about community investment designed to address the root causes of crime and examines the politics of crime prevention funding, such as the "defund the police" debate"--

Dr. Kevin H. Abdur-Rahman''s life journey took on an unusual evolutionary process from delinquency to adult court, long-term incarceration, rehabilitation, and progressive and productive life. From Pop Warner quarterback to one of the most recognized drug dealers in Philadelphia and one of the most influential people on the campus of one of America''s most historic universities. In his first book, Solving the Riddle, Dr. Abdur-Rahman presented an individual case study of at-risk youth, a convicted felon, and a reformed ex-felon that demonstrated the example that if given healthy information, an individual can transcend negative environmental influences and transform his life into positive and successful outcomes. In this book, The Eruption of Possible, Dr. Abdur-Rahman transitions from the focus on an individual''s transformation to the community of ex-offenders who have to remain hidden because once their past is discovered they are judged by what they did and not who they have become. He vividly suggests that not only is there a correlation between being a former practitioner of crime and the knowledge of how to end the cycle of criminal thought, but successfully transitioned ex-felons also have to become a major part of the equation when it comes to developing strategies and methodologies to reduce crime and gun violence. Dr. Abdur-Rahman indicates that society must let ex-felons write their own narratives and not keep them buried in the dungeons of their own past. "There comes a point when you have to let a butterfly be a butterfly and not keep reminding him that he was once a caterpillar." Successfully transitioned ex-felons exist in our communities but remain mostly invisible, which makes their presence and their leadership a nonfactor in the war against crime and gun violence. The journeys of these people who have divorced themselves from the criminal justice system and remain free not only from crime but also from criminal thinking must be a part of the intervention narrative. Include them in our conferences and symposiums and let them share their ideas on crime and violence. Let''s study the mental framework it took for them to break the cycle and return to their own humanity as well as what inspires them to continue on this path of self-reform. The Eruption of Possible examines the successfully transitioned ex-felons who are leading exemplary lives after resurrecting themselves from a life of crime. The author puts forth the idea that ending or reducing the epidemic of crime and gun violence among our youth should be put into the hands of former practitioners of crime who have successfully transitioned into positive and productive lives. Creating a National Coalition of Former Inmates (COFI) as a think tank and problem-solving body can lead to a collection of answered questions and solved mysteries.

With friends gathered around, the travelling minstrel Valdevo Baudelaire shares some of his most adventurous tales, tales of gallantry, great courage, strife, and woe, of tricks and mischief, heroes and villains, and light and darkness. Dragons, fairies, humans, dwarves, and elves alike come together to fight the deadly, demonic army of a dark lord, while kings contest for rule, powerful wizards help those in need, magical swords empower the brave, and knights vie for love and honour. Full of wisdom and fun, this collection of short stories will bring readers into a high fantasy world of epic portions. So, embrace your mystical side and let your imagination wander as you kickback and enjoy reading The Tales of Rithanon.

This is volume I of a trilogy and is the seminal work documenting the widespread discrimination and censorship of Darwin Dissidents. Case studies in this volume document how individuals in academia and scientific disciplines are denied freedom of speech and continued access to their spheres of influence. In many instances dissidents are punished due to their religious beliefs with assertions that religious beliefs invalidate one''s ability to practice or teach good science.

What are the signs that dentists can see that signal a larger health concern? If you have family history of heart disease or stroke; if you have -- or are at risk for -- diabetes; even if you are considered a "healthy" person, Healthy Smile, Healthier Life has information that can help you live a healthier, happier... and longer life.As a dentist, the mouth is the obvious starting place for Dr. Norige''s quest for better patient health. In Healthy Smile, Healthier Life, Dr. Norige explains -- in plain English -- the red flags in your mouth that signal unnecessary stress is being placed on your heart, and other warning signs he can see that affect more than your mouth. Why is a dentist concerned with recognizing these signs? The mouth is part of the whole body system, which means that any change in the mouth can have a ripple effect throughout the body. Dr. Norige''s philosophy of complete health dentistry guides him to find ways to positively change your oral health and therefore your overall health.Take your first step towards a better understanding of the connection between your oral health and overall health with Healthy Smile, Healthier Life.

Dr. Abdur–Rahman''s life journey took on an unusual evolutionary process from delinquency to adult court, long–term incarceration, rehabilitation, and a progressive and productive life. From Pop Warner quarterback to one of the most recognized drug dealers in Philadelphia and one of the most influential people on the campus of one of America''s most historic universities. To solve the riddle of life''s journey, there are questions that must be answered, mysteries that must be solved, and meaning applied to both. In this book, Dr. Abdur–Rahman has presented a case study of an at–risk youth and ex–felon that demonstrated the example that, if given healthy information, one can avoid and even transcend the environmental influences and dysfunction that create negative outcomes. In addition, he has given working professionals in the field of delinquency prevention ideas that can help them develop their own successful methodologies and has proven a vital need for "Clean Slate" legislation to create a second–chance forum, so other successfully transitioned ex–felons do not have to hide their past and employers can feel comfortable hiring ex–felons. You will hear him tell stories about situations and individual relationships, each giving hints to the riddle that he had to solve for himself. Anyone wanting an autographed copy of my book can go to my website www.solvingtheriddlellc.com and pay through PayPal to get an autographed copy.

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A succinct, expert guide to how we got to Brexit After all the debates, manoeuvrings, recriminations and exaltations, Brexit is upon us. But, as Kevin O''Rourke writes, Brexit did not emerge out of nowhere: it is the culmination of events that have been under way for decades and have historical roots stretching back well beyond that. Brexit has a history. O''Rourke, one of the leading economic historians of his generation, explains not only how British attitudes to Europe have evolved, but also how the EU''s history explains why it operates as it does today - and how that history has shaped the ways in which it has responded to Brexit. Why are the economics, the politics and the history so tightly woven together? Crucially, he also explains why the question of the Irish border is not just one of customs and trade, but for the EU goes to the heart of what it is about. The way in which British, Irish and European histories continue to interact with each other will shape the future of Brexit - and of the continent. Calm and lucid, A Short History of Brexit rises above the usual fray of discussions to provide fresh perspectives and understanding of the most momentous political and economic change in Britain and the EU for decades.

Preparação para o sucesso nas provas de concursos, residência e de título! Revisão em Anestesiologia - Detonando as Bancas é um guia de estudo de alta produtividade, desenvolvido para maximizar o tempo de estudo e levar à aprovação nas provas escritas. Todo em cores, apresenta listas com marcadores e diversos diagramas que facilitam a rápida memorização e recuperação de informações importantes. É o instrumento de revisão ideal para residentes e profissionais da área que se preparam para concursos e provas de título. • 22 capítulos concisos abrangem as cinco áreas testadas – ciências básicas, ciências clínicas, ciências básicas e clínicas baseadas em órgãos, subespecialidades clínicas e problemas especiais ou complicações na anestesiologia. • O conteúdo é apresentado em partes de fácil acesso com o uso de um formato em cores. • Palavras-chave da anestesiologia são realçadas para rápida memorização. • Lacunas de conhecimento recentemente identificadas são abordadas em cada capítulo. • Cada capítulo é concluído com questões de múltipla escolha comentadas.

The metal-catalyzed amination of aryl and alkenyl electrophiles has developed into a widely used methodology for the synthesis of natural products, active pharmaceutical ingredients, agricultural chemicals, and materials for molecular electronics. Copper catalysts promote the coupling of a wide range of nitrogen nucleophiles, including amines, amides, and heteroaromatic nitrogen compounds with aryl and alkenyl halides. The reactivity profile of copper catalysts is complementary to that of palladium catalysts in many cases. Copper catalysts are highly effective with less nucleophilic nitrogen nucleophiles, such as amides and azoles, whereas palladium catalysts are more effective with more nucleophilic amine nucleophiles. Copper is an attractive alternative to palladium due to its significantly lower cost. In addition, high activity palladium catalysts require expensive and often air-sensitive ligands, whereas the modern copper systems use relatively stable and inexpensive diamine or amino acid ligands. Copper-catalyzed C N coupling reactions are tolerant of a wide range of functional groups and have been applied to the synthesis of a variety of complex natural products. Significant work has also been done to understand the mechanism of these reactions. Current mechanistic understanding of these methodologies is covered in this monograph. The contents of the book are taken from the comprehensive review of the topic in the Organic Reactions series. Optimal experimental conditions for the amination of aryl and alkenyl halides with all classes of nitrogen nucleophiles are presented. Specific experimental procedures from the literature are provided for the major classes of copper-catalyzed C N coupling reactions. A tabular survey of all examples of Cu-catalyzed arylation and alkenylation of nitrogen nucleophiles is presented in 35 tables organized by nitrogen nucleophile and electrophilic coupling partner. The literature is covered through December 2015 and provides 300 recent citations to supplement the 680 citations of the original hardbound chapter. These latest literature references have been collected in separate sections according to the sequence of the tables in the tabular survey section. In each of the sections, the individual citations have been arranged in alphabetic order of the author names. Copper-Catalyzed Amination of Aryl and Alkenyl Electrophiles is intended to provide organic chemists with an accessible, but detailed, introduction to this important class of transformations.

Prepare for success on in-training, certifying, and recertification exams! Anesthesia Review: Blasting the Boards is a high-yield study guide designed to maximize your study time and help you ace the written boards. A full-color, outline format features bulleted lists and numerous diagrams to facilitate quick memorization and information retrieval. It’s an ideal review resource for residents, CRNAs preparing for certification, and practitioners who need to recertify.

"Designed for high school students enrolled in an agriculture program with a wildlife management, natural resource management, or environmental science course. This all-new fourth edition is thoroughly revised, with additional information on renewable natural resources, endangered and threatened species, wildlife management, and identification of wildlife and nonindigenous species. It is the intent of this text to present the very broad and complex subject of wildlife fisheries, and natural resource management in a manner that is interesting and understandable to the student. As our human population continues to grow, the pressure on natural resources will inevitably increase. It is therefore imperative that our young people develop an understanding and appreciation of our fish, wildlife, and other natural resources. It will be their responsibility to conserve and preserve them for future generations."--Page viii.

Thugs and Thieves argues that understanding the differential etiology of violence constitutes a fundamental chasm in the empirical literature. The authors address the important, unanswered question of why some individuals commit violent offenses while others restrict themselves to nonviolent ones.

Conquistador Voices, a two-volume work by Kevin H. Siepel, is intended for the general reader. The book presents the history of the Spanish Conquest of the Americas principally through the voices of those who participated in that signal event. Its goal is to make this story engaging by substantial use of first-person narrative--much of it newly translated from Spanish and Italian sources.The overall story is told in five parts, each part featuring a principal Conquest actor--an explorer or conquistador. Volume I is devoted to the four voyages of Christopher Columbus, and to the subsequent conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortes.Volume I opens with a scene-setting narrative and introduction to Columbus, a man with an unshakable belief in an idea and a dogged determination to carry out that idea. Columbus''s landing and initial encounter with the peoples of the Americas is covered, as is his worsening relationship with the colonists, his arrest and removal to Spain, his rehabilitation, and his subsequent year-long, mutiny-ridden isolation on a Jamaican beach. Equally well covered are the many aspects of his complex personality.The second part of volume I covers the conquest of Mexico and the Aztecs by Hernan Cortes. We are taken on the early exploratory voyages to the Mexican coast, eventually to land there with Cortes and his not-totally-loyal troops. We see Cortes take charge of his men, gather initially-hostile Indian warriors to his cause, and move this large force inexorably toward the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. We witness Cortes''s bold seizure of the Aztec king Montezuma, the Spaniards'' flight from the capital on the noche triste, Cortes''s determination to hold this land against attacking Spaniards, and his final razing of the city with the slaughter of most of its inhabitants.An effort has been made throughout Conquistador Voices to avoid moralizing on these events, but to report them--with all due filtering of wheat from chaff--as we have been told that they occurred. Nine maps accompany the text, along with index, copious footnotes, and brief bibliography.

The Pursuit of Personal Excellence (the POPE) is an exhilarating introspective journey of disciplined mental mastery. The POPE gives you the solution for positive change to fulfill your dreams! It will equip you with the tools necessary to change your life from mediocre to phenomenal! The POPE will help you transform your life with mental discipline and a personal commitment to excellence sprinkled with love, compassion, integrity, self-knowledge, confidence, and personal mental power! If youre looking for personal power and purpose in your life, the POPE is your answer! Rich or poor, the POPE will inspire you! The POPE dares to change the world!

JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law says that social media and networking have proven pivotal in the success of the Arab Spring protest movements in a manner that was previously unforeseen by commentators and scholars.

The loss of private customer data such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, birth-dates, and other confidential information to unauthorized third parties presents a daunting set of challenges and legal obligations to affected businesses. Identity theft has been America''s “fastest growing crime” since at least 1989 and although actual cost data is difficult to gauge, various studies estimate that the U.S. business community suffers direct domestic losses of fifty-six to one-hundred billion dollars per year. These rather staggering figures do not include significant additional tangential costs such as the criminal prosecution and incarceration of offenders. Identity theft also directly costs private consumers over two billion dollars and one-hundred million hours of time per annum to resolve in the aftermath of having their identities stolen. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse reports that over eight *50 million individuals were victims of identity theft in 2007 alone. That source also reports at least 900 business-related data breaches in the United States alone involving the compromise of over 245 million records containing personal information. Over the past two years, hackers, disaffected employees, and other cyber criminals have compromised data networks at TJ Maxx/Marshalls, Barnes & Noble, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Stanford University, Princeton University, The Veterans Administration, Fannie Mae, and the City of San Francisco. According to the Department of Justice, reports of data breaches increased even more dramatically in 2008 with 656 reported breaches, reflecting an increase of 47% over the preceding year''s total of 446. This includes a total of 35,691,255 stolen or otherwise compromised identities. According to that same study, only 2.4% of all breaches had encryption or other strong protection methods in use, and 8.5% of reported breaches had password protection. Considering the enormity of these incidents, there is no way to be certain “how many other retailers, who might not be quite as careful, are already being breached?” As dependence upon data access, especially wireless applications, continues to grow, new vulnerabilities will be further exploited. Obviously, given the current risk environment, businesses are obligated to do their utmost to protect systems and ensure customer confidentiality. Unfortunately, in this same threat environment, careful consideration must also be given to planning and preparation for worst case scenarios. In the event of a major system compromise, who bears the cost of system restoration or customer reimbursements? What about negative publicity, loss of goodwill, and lawsuits? What constitutes minimum due diligence before and after a data-compromise? What steps should management consider post-breech? What are the legal consequences to our business, customers and other stake-holders? Should we purchase cyber-insurance? Part one of this article addresses current infrastructure risks and the challenges associated with cyber insurance underwriting. Part two attempts to summarize what has become a rather complex legal and regulatory landscape. Part three addresses due diligence and post-breach best practices that may facilitate the retention of customer goodwill while minimizing business costs and legal liabilities.

The title From Nashborough to the Nobel Prize refers to the path of a Buchanan family member, James McGill Buchanan, Jr., who was not, like others of the family, a political figure; not a businessman but a scholar and teacher. Still, he was representative of the hardworking, independent-minded family, even the prototypical American family, from which he came.

Dos prestigiosos especialistas ofrecen un análisis coherente del comercio, las migraciones y los flujos internacionales de capital en la economía atlántica entre 1814 y 1914. La obra, cuya principal originalidad reside en haber aplicado las herramientas de los modelos de economía abierta a dicho período, ha influido profundamente en el mundo académico. Los autores prestan además particular atención a los debates contemporáneos sobre la globalización. Premio 1999 de la Association of American Publishers/PSP como mejor libro de economía de dicho año.

As September approaches, eleven year old Jessica Clare Songbird is anxious about transferring to a new school. She is worried about new teachers, different subjects and boys and girls she has never met. One night Jess has a bad dream about school. She wakes and calls out for her cat, Boodee, to come into the bed with her. She falls back to sleep and finds herself in the school building again. This time Boodee is with her. He guides her into four classrooms each one offering wondrous lessons. When she wakes she will never see school or the world in quite the same way. Enter the dream with Jess Clare and Boodee and discover the lessons of diversity, self confidence and what life looks like when you bring love with you.

In the current risk climate, the loss of confidential patient data to unauthorized third parties presents a daunting challenge for healthcare professionals. In this context, the introduction of large networks of computerized health information has caused the number of individuals with access to patient medical records to expand exponentially. Physicians make widespread use of laptops, home-computer links, smart phones, smart cards, USB flash drives and PDAs. E-prescribing systems link physicians and others directly to pharmacies. A contemporary physician''s Blackberry typically contains far more patient information than the locked filing cabinets of previous years. Unfortunately, all of this healthcare data -- ranging from medical diagnosis and treatment codes, to names, addresses, birthdates, social security numbers, bank and credit card accounts -- has enormous value to identity thieves who exploit open networks and Wi-Fi systems. Within the context of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 all "covered entities" that collect private health information must comply with specific administrative, technical and physical security standards and procedures for "electronic protected health information."

We examine the impact of the Great Depression on the share of votes for right-wing anti-system parties in elections in the 1920s and 1930s. We confirm the existence of a link between political extremism and economic hard times as captured by growth or contraction of the economy. What mattered was not simply growth at the time of the election but cumulative growth performance. But the effect of the Depression on support for right-wing anti-system parties was not equally powerful under all economic, political and social circumstances. It was greatest in countries with relatively short histories of democracy, with existing extremist parties, and with electoral systems that created low hurdles to parliamentary representation. Above all, it was greatest where depressed economic conditions were allowed to persist.