Though small among its woodpecker relatives, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker poses a huge dilemma for its human neighbors. Uniquely adapted to live in the old-growth pine forests of the southeastern United States, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker has nearly disappeared as the forests have been cleared for agricultural, commercial, and residential uses over the last two centuries. Today, it waits at a crossroads. Scientific management practices could restore the woodpecker's habitat and population, but the imperative to convert old-growth forests to other uses remains. In this book, three of the leading experts on the Red-cockaded Woodpecker offer a comprehensive overview of all that is currently known about its biology and natural history and about the ecology of the fire-maintained forests it requires for survival. As the most visible endangered species in the Southeast, and the one whose conservation impacts the largest land area, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker holds a compelling interest not only for ornithologists, but also for wildlife managers, foresters, developers, environmentalists, and government officials. For all of these groups, this book will be the essential resource for learning more about the Red-cockaded Woodpecker and ensuring its survival.
The extreme interrogation tactics permitted after the 9/11 attacks illustrate that the level of fear in society can influence the law of interrogation. In light of controversial water boarding policies and extraterritorial detention centers, what is the basis for interrogation law in the United States? What is the historical precedent for giving potential criminals the right to "remain silent" or confess to a crime? In Confessions of Guilt, esteemed scholars of law and criminal procedure George Thomas and Richard Leo tell the story of how, over the centuries, the law of interrogation moved from indifference about extreme pressure to concern over the slightest pressure, and back again. Demonstrating that the law of interrogation is inherently unstable and highly dependent on the perceived levels of threat felt by a society, the authors shed light on the nuanced and fascinating history of interrogation practices, both new and old.
Intestinal neoplasia comprises a large part of a surgical pathologist’s workload. Pathologists play a key role not only in the classification of malignancies but also in assisting screening programs, identifying incidental neoplasms, and guiding treatment by providing essential prognostic features for individual entities. A large variety of neoplasms affect the intestines, and there is ongoing discovery of new entities and prognostic features for known diseases. Pathologists and trainees should have a solid understanding of key morphologic features, pitfalls, and differential diagnoses. Importantly, pathologists should recognize and communicate features that help their clinical colleagues in making treatment decisions, with the ultimate goal of benefiting the patient first and foremost. The first volume of the Atlas of Intestinal Pathology provides a comprehensive yet concise, primarily visual review of intestinal neoplasms. It also serves as a useful resource primarily for pathologists and trainees in pathology by providing a concise yet comprehensive summary of morphology of intestinal neoplasia. Clinical practitioners and trainees also benefit from an understanding of the pathologic correlates to the diseases they manage.
Surrounded by emotionally open men and women, interested and interesting, yet socially unprepared to overtly refuse a good squeeze I was sure I'd entered dating seventh-heaven. Notwithstanding my tendency to develop option paralysis when it came to the art of hooking up with a potential suitress, this could be likened to shooting fish in a barrel. If I play my cards right. How wrong I could be? Any misconceived ideas I had any consistent sustainable sober-game are tested to the limits and gradually eroded away during this week-long mecca to mid-life crisis.
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The energy visibly crackled as it pulsed and reverberated around the flaming torch-lit beach and dark sky, through the landscape, in the plants, emanating from everything and everyone around me.'My grid shook, vertices barely held together by the few remaining strands of resistant disbelief the raw unbridled source energy thumped its way relentlessly through my chest and body.'Breathe, breathe.....the constriction was near unbearable....laced with fear...and... dread.....breathe...shallow gulps and gasps of air, painfully drawn into a frail hypersensitive frame would gradually ease into the now-familiar bed-fellow of resistance.With a moment of presence regained another letting go opportunity could emerge from the foray. A transitory, yet timeless trusting in the moment. Suddenly, the lattice gave way to the boundless, formless, creative potential hidden within.''What I knew I no longer know.'Ricardo Rochilez I
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