tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21490192074378969712024-03-18T22:26:41.287-05:00Go Behind the NewsDig deeper into the latest news stories and uncover helpful background information.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-25675799251309822842019-04-18T18:29:00.000-05:002019-04-18T18:31:38.781-05:00Facebook Reprimanded for Latest User Privacy IssueAfter Facebook "asked new users for their email passwords as part of the sign-up process," the resulting contact list grab has been reversed and the information has not been disseminated to other parties, according to the company ("<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/18/facebook-uploaded-email-contacts-of-15m-users-without-consent" target="_blank">Facebook Uploaded Email Contacts of 1.5M Users Without Consent</a>," <i>The Guardian </i>(UK), April 18, 2019). The potential problem with this Facebook practice was recognized earlier this month when the company was trying to streamline account registration by capturing email passwords to identify new users.<br />
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<li>electronic surveillance</li>
<li>identity theft</li>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1072126/ada?qu=identity+theft&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&st=PD" target="_blank">200+ Ways to Protect Your Privacy: Simple Ways to Prevent Hacks and Protect Your Privacy--On and Offline</a> </i>by Jeni Rogers<br />
Adams Media, 2019<br />
call number: 005.8 Rog<br />
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"Discover simple strategies for protecting your personal and confidential information on and offline with this essential and easy-to-understand guide...there are lots of ways you can protect your privacy (or diminish it) that have little or nothing to do with access to the internet. Your home, your photos, your trash can, your kids, your favorite restaurant or store--and even you have the ability to unknowingly reveal your private information to everyone from thieves to busybodies. But you don't need to hire a specialist to keep your information safe--you can do it yourself with these 200+ easy-to-implement tactics" - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1065899/ada?qu=Privacy%2C+Right+of&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&st=PD" target="_blank">The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America</a> </i></b>by Sarah E. Igo<br />
Harvard University Press, 2018<br />
call number: 323.44 Igo<br />
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"<i>The Known Citizen</i> reveals how privacy became the indispensable language for monitoring the ever-shifting line between our personal and social selves. Igo's sweeping history, from the era of "instantaneous photography" to the age of big data, uncovers the surprising ways that debates over what should be kept out of the public eye have shaped U.S. politics and society. It offers the first wide-angle view of privacy as it has been lived and imagined by modern Americans." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial unicode ms" , serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1039904/ada?qu=Privacy%2C+Right+of&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&st=PD" target="_blank">Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech</a> </i>by Cyrus Farivar</span><br />
Melville House, 2018<br />
call number: 342.73 Far<br />
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"Until the 21st century, just about all of our activities were private by default, public through effort; today anything that touches digital space has the potential (and likelihood) to remain somewhere online forever. That means all of the technologies that have made our lives easier, faster, better, more efficient have also simultaneously made it easier to keep an eye on our activities. In 10 crucial legal cases, Habeas Data explores the tools of surveillance that exist today, how they work, and what the implications are for the future of privacy." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-50992657527589412482019-03-01T19:31:00.000-06:002019-04-18T18:31:58.588-05:00Eating Disorders Affect Millions of Females and Males in U.S.Almost 30 million people in the United States have eating disorders ("<a href="http://kwbe.com/abc_health/africanamerican-eating-disorder-survivor-shares-her-message-that-eating-disorders-dont-just-affect-thin-young-white-affluent-women-abcid36162643/" target="_blank">African-American Eating Disorder Survivor Shares Her Message That Eating Disorders Don’t Just Affect ‘Thin, Young, White Affluent Women</a>,'" <i>ABC News Radio</i>, March 1, 2019). These diseases cut across all genders, classes, races, and cultures. At sometime in their lives, eating disorders are experienced by 10 million males in this country.<br />
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<li>anorexia nervosa</li>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:993319/ada?qu=eating+disorders&st=PD" target="_blank">It's Not What You're Eating, It's What's Eating You: A Teenager's Guide to Preventing Eating Disorders -- and Loving Yourself</a> </i>by Shari Brady<br />
Skyhorse, 2018<br />
call number: 616.852 Bra<br />
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"Part accessible self-help guide and part constructive hands-on workbook, It's Not What You're Eating, It's What's Eating You teaches young people who struggle with low self-esteem and body insecurity to stop focusing on food as an answer to life's problems and to start getting to know themselves and what they value and want in life. Covering addictions and disorders like anorexia, bulimia, obesity, and binge eating disorder, this book also shows teens how to stop negative thought patterns, maintain meaningful and healthy relationships, indulge in self-care, love their own bodies, be happy, and take charge of their lives." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1057687/ada?qu=eating+disorders&qu=-juvenile&qu=-fiction&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&st=PD" target="_blank">Eating Disorders: Your Questions Answered</a> </i></b>by Justine J. Reel<br />
Greenwood/ABC-CLIO, 2018<br />
call number: 616.85 Ree<br />
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"The information, guidance, and resources it offers make it a valuable tool for anyone who is struggling with issues surrounding food, weight, and body image.<br />
* Makes the subject accessible to readers by means of a simple Q&A format<br />
* Helps readers hone their research and critical thinking skills in a Guide to Health Literacy section<br />
* Provides real-world examples of concepts discussed in the book through case studies<br />
* Dispels popular misconceptions in a Common Myths section and directs readers towards accurate information<br />
* Points readers towards additional books, organizations, and websites for further study and research in an annotated directory of resources." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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Routledge, 2018<br />
call number: 616.85 Hal<br />
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"Each chapter examines a teen or tween and brings the factors, whether they be environmental, genetic, co-existing conditions, etc. that contribute to his or her eating disorder, to life, while seamlessly integrating the latest research in gene inheritance, brain chemistry, and eating disorders in accessible, reader-friendly language. Each chapter provides treatment options, including outpatient, group therapy, and in-patient programs, for both the young person and the family. Each also ends with a Q & A section that reflects the concerns a parent, loved one, or treatment professional may have." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-22060905444654731212019-01-09T11:06:00.001-06:002019-02-28T18:44:28.523-06:00Combating Opioid Addiction
Hospitals dealing with increasing opioid overdose cases want to expand use of "anti-craving medicines such as buprenorphine or methadone with supportive counseling and behavioral therapy" that has shown promise in helping people kick the habit ("<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/03/opioid-addiction-could-anti-addiction-drugs-help-doctors-think-so/2473754002/" target="_blank">Too Many Overdoses: ERs Fight Drugs with Drugs Amid Opioid Crisis</a>," <i>USA Today</i>, January 3, 2019). A <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6709e1.htm" target="_blank">linked study</a> from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that "a total of 63,632 drug overdose deaths occurred in 2016, a 21.4% increase from 2015. Nearly two thirds (66.4%) of drug overdose deaths in 2016 involved prescription opioids, illicit opioids, or both, an increase of 27.7% from 2015."<br />
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Review selected hard copy/online library books related to opioid abuse and treatment at LSC-CyFair Branch Library. Click the title of a listed item, select the "Place Hold" button in the listing, and enter your library card number and PIN for each title you want to request for pick up at the library.<br />
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<li>medication abuse</li>
<li>opioid abuse</li>
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<li>oxycodone abuse</li>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1015790/ada?qu=opioid+abuse&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS" target="_blank">Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America</a></i> by Beth Macy<br />
Little, Brown and Company, 2018<br />
call number: 362.29 Mac<br />
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"Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction....From the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, Macy parses how America embraced a medical culture where overtreatment with painkillers became the norm." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1005956/ada?qu=opioid+abuse&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS" target="_blank">The Addiction Solution: Treating Our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs</a> </i></b>by Lloyd I. Sederer<br />
Scribner, 2018<br />
call number: 362.29 Sed<br />
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"Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, brings together scientific and clinical knowledge, policy suggestions, and case studies to describe our current drug crisis and establish a clear path forward to recovery and health and lays out specific, evidence-based, researched solutions to the prevention and problems of drug use, including exercise, medications, therapy, recovery programs, and community services." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1057842/ada?qu=opioid+abuse&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS" target="_blank">The Opioid Crisis: A Reference Handbook</a> </b>by David E. Newton<br />
ABC-CLIO, 2018<br />
call number: 615.7 New<br />
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"A comprehensive overview of opioid use throughout human history, current problems surrounding opioid abuse, and suggested approaches to solving these problems including a complete historical overview of opioid use in human societies, a chronology of important events in the history of opioid use, and the synthetic and neurological chemistry of opioids and how different types have been used throughout history." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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WNED/PBS, 2018<br />
call number: 362.293 Und (DVD Collection)<br />
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"Examines the toll of opioid addiction in the U.S. on individuals, families, and communities through personal stories, including a couple who lost their son to prescription painkillers, and expert commentary."- publisher's summary<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-61853883025522403672018-12-13T17:54:00.000-06:002019-01-09T09:50:56.535-06:00Breaking the Poverty CycleDespite minimal unemployment in the state, the prevalence of families having to get by with even full-time minimum wage earnings allows poverty to persist, especially for the youngest Texans ("<a href="https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/new-report-indicates-one-in-five-texas-children-lives-in-poverty/" target="_blank">New Report Indicates One In Five Texas Children Lives in Poverty</a>," <i>Texas Standard</i>, November 15, 2018). In the recently released <a href="https://forabettertexas.org/images/KC2018_SOTCReport_web.pdf" target="_blank">2018 State of Texas Children report</a>, the Center for Public Policy Priorities, one of the recommendations is to increase the minimum wage and access to paid sick leave.<br />
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<li>living wage movement</li>
<li>poor children United States</li>
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Praeger, 2018<br />
call number: 339.4 Fif<br />
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"Applying lessons from history to the reality of poverty today in the United States--the most affluent country in the world--this book analyzes contributing factors to poverty and proposes steps to relieve people affected by it." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1009425/ada?qu=poverty&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&st=PD" target="_blank">"We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now": The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages</a> </i></b>by Annelise Orleck<br />
Beacon, 2018<br />
call number: 331.5 Orl<br />
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"An urgent, illuminating look at globalization as seen through the eyes of workers-activists- small farmers, fast-food servers, retail workers, hotel housekeepers, home-healthcare aides, airport workers, and adjunct professors who are fighting for respect, safety, and a living wage." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1033003/ada?qu=poverty&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&rw=36&st=PD" target="_blank">Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth</a> </b>by Sarah Smarsh<br />
Scribner, 2018<br />
call number: 305.562 Sma<br />
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"An eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in America that will deepen our understanding of the ways in which class shapes our country." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-8016287920845335192018-11-06T01:21:00.000-06:002018-11-06T01:21:49.278-06:00Digital Currency and Blockchains Provide Banking Services for Even Those with Flip PhonesLocal currency in Kenya is transitioning "from multicolored paper notes to a digital token based on blockchain" supported by a Swiss company, Bancor ("<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-31/closing-the-cash-gap-with-cryptocurrency" target="_blank">Closing the Cash Gap with Cryptocurrency</a>," <i>Bloomberg Businessweek</i>, November 3, 2018). This project is noteworthy because the use of digital currency is going beyond "speculation or illicit trade" to becoming the "basis for financial inclusion and economic stimulus for the poorest."<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1015478/ada?qu=Electronic+commerce.&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS&rt=false%7C%7C%7CSubject%7C%7C%7Cfalse&st=PD" target="_blank">The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking</a></i> by Saifedean Ammous<br />
Wiley, 2018<br />
call number: 332.1 Amm (<i><b>note:</b></i> in processing - can place a hold to request it)<br />
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"When a pseudonymous programmer introduced "a new electronic cash system that's fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party" to a small online mailing list in 2008, very few paid attention. Ten years later, and against all odds, this upstart autonomous decentralized software offers an unstoppable and globally-accessible hard money alternative to modern central banks. The Bitcoin Standard analyzes the historical context to the rise of Bitcoin, the economic properties that have allowed it to grow quickly, and its likely economic, political, and social implications." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1019267/ada?qu=blockchains&te=ILS" target="_blank">Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Is Changing the World</a></b> by Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott<br />
Portfolio, 2018<br />
call number: 332.1 Tap (<i><b>note:</b></i> in processing - can place a hold to request it)<br />
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"Blockchain is the ingeniously simple technology behind Bitcoin. But it is much more than that. It is a public ledger to which everyone has access, but which no single person controls. It enables companies and individuals to collaborate with an unprecedented degree of trust and transparency. It is cryptographically secure, but fundamentally open. And soon it will be everywhere...Don and Alex Tapscott reveal how this game-changing technology will shape the future of the world economy, dramatically improving everything from healthcare records to online voting, and from insurance claims to royalty payments." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1006359/ada?qu=Bitcoin.&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS&rt=false%7C%7C%7CSubject%7C%7C%7Cfalse" target="_blank">The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything</a> </b>by Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna<br />
St. Martin's Press, 2018<br />
call number: 332.1 Cas<br />
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"Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna demystify the blockchain and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities; grant billions of excluded people access to the global economy; and shift the balance of power to revive society's faith in itself. They reveal the disruption it promises for industries including finance, tech, legal, and shipping." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-83270779973255806632018-09-28T18:49:00.001-05:002018-09-28T18:49:46.195-05:00Killer Flu: Get a Shot to Save Your Life and OthersAfter a devastating flu season in 2017-18 where 80,000 people died, government health officials are urging the public to get vaccinated ("<a href="https://www.bloombergquint.com/global-economics/return-of-u-s-flu-season-brings-worries-about-a-virulent-replay#gs.aTqAb8Q" target="_blank">Return of U.S. Flu Season Brings Worries About a Virulent Replay</a>," <i>Bloomberg/Quint</i>, September 27, 2018). Of the children who died from the flu, around 80 percent did not get the shot. Learn about the historic epidemic of 1918 and how public health officials are trying to prevent deaths one hundred years later.<br />
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Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018<br />
call number: 362.1 Elb<br />
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"Taken by millions of people around the planet in the fight against pandemic flu, Tamiflu has provoked suspicions about undue commercial influence in government decision-making about stockpiles. It even found itself at the center of a prolonged political battle over who should have access to the data about the safety and effectiveness of medicines." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1006677/ada?qu=more+deadly+than+war&te=ILS" target="_blank">More Deadly Than War: The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First World War</a></b> by Kenneth C. Davis<br />
Henry Holt, 2018<br />
call number: 614.518 Dav<br />
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"This book explores how this vast, global epidemic was intertwined with the horrors of World War I and how it could happen again. Complete with photographs, period documents, modern research, and firsthand reports by medical professionals and survivors, this book provides captivating insight into a catastrophe that transformed America in the early twentieth century." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1030111/ada?qu=pandemic+1918&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS" target="_blank">Pandemic 1918: Eyewitness Accounts from the Greatest Medical Holocaust in Modern History</a> </b>by Catharine Arnold<br />
St. Martin's Press, 2018<br />
call number: 614.518 Arn<br />
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"In January 1918, as World War I raged on, a new and terrifying virus began to spread across the globe. In three successive waves, from 1918 to 1919, influenza killed more than 50 million people...Nowhere on earth escaped: the United States recorded 550,000 deaths (five times its total military fatalities in the war) while European deaths totaled over two million...Through primary and archival sources, historian Catharine Arnold gives readers the first truly global account of the terrible epidemic." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-8313045928518702712018-08-07T16:31:00.000-05:002018-08-07T16:31:02.900-05:00Solving the World Water Crisis with Icebergs?An idea to tow icebergs to parts of world that need clean drinking water has surfaced some forty years ago after it was originally conceived ("<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/how-hauling-icebergs-could-help-sustain-world-s-thirstiest-regions-ncna898036" target="_blank">How Hauling Icebergs Could Help Sustain the World's Thirstiest Regions</a>," <i>NBC News</i>, August 7, 2018). An United Arab Emirates-based company will attempt a test of this technique employing "satellite imagery to scour the Southern Ocean for a suitable iceberg, lasso it with nets and chains, and then use a small flotilla of boats to tow it" later this year.<br />
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<li>groundwater</li>
<li>water conservation</li>
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University of Texas Press, 2018<br />
call number: 333.91 MacG<br />
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"As a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk, Texas has become a bellwether state for water debates. Will there be enough water for everyone? Is there the will to take the steps necessary to defend ourselves against the sea? Is it in the nature of Americans to adapt to nature in flux? The most comprehensive--and comprehensible--book on contemporary water issues, A Thirsty Land delves deep into the challenges faced not just by Texas but by the nation as a whole, as we struggle to find a way to balance the changing forces of nature with our own ever-expanding needs." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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Island Press, 2017
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call number: 551.48 Pos<br />
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"We have disrupted the natural water cycle for centuries in an effort to control water for our own prosperity. Yet every year, recovery from droughts and floods costs billions of dollars, and we spend billions more on dams, diversions, levees, and other feats of engineering. These massive projects not only are risky financially and environmentally, they often threaten social and political stability. What if the answer was not further control of the water cycle, but repair and replenishment? Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature's rhythms. In New Mexico, forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water; along the Mississippi River, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff; and in China, "sponge cities" are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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Yale University Press, 2017<br />
call number: 628.1 All<br />
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"Groundwater is essential for drinking water and food security. . .But a growing global population, widespread use of industrial chemicals, and climate change threaten this vital resource. Groundwater depletion and contamination has spread from isolated areas to many countries throughout the world. . .Drawing on examples from around the world, including case studies in the United States, Canada, Australia, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa, the authors examine groundwater from key scientific and socioeconomic perspectives. While addressing the serious nature of groundwater problems, the book includes stories of people who are making a difference in protecting this critical resource." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-73356436130193289542018-06-06T19:15:00.001-05:002018-06-06T19:15:13.029-05:00Study Suggests More Stalled Hurricanes and Massive Flooding ComingAfter examining the traveling (or translation) speed of tropical cyclones from 1949 and 2016, a climate science concluded that storms slowed ten percent during that time suggesting more hurricanes similar to 2017's Harvey are inevitable ("<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/climate/slow-hurricanes.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news" target="_blank">Hurricanes Are Lingering Longer. That Makes Them More Dangerous.</a>" <i>The New York Times</i>, June 6, 2018). The <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0158-3.epdf?referrer_access_token=ikHOtxxXgcGm0lk181xjjdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MemqNFYaQFhK1eblrz65R9wqFwJ5SEHzsxU9YMRaRIdQw1M6uzDKD130o1mA92xrWWvRByx7kfcFkliqHuJlPxCpQPw-dmpWMz2vGVLFpMClC_9xdHwCyMhteWcjyNcO7Jh1Xww9b58tOwML-XfYWgfQaNyC4XDKF0-uhjYLM7z39i7_NbtCTCwGm4ZGiEo_5oS5dAYMKj5uMc3P_Pj08g6Zt6NVTONA6Y47qNhjI825mdTc9Gd_7o__X4-i5GMORIbbwh41Zutzq_Pri6_kZC0ncfRsOGDJsN7skUmhF2md1rkWFkrOH3kAQPJeK8RXg6NDwgwULLniYR66jD8DE1yM74sfLrRNf50TLakuqCJAUZyoMjvK7t23P7d3FajaTwk7SqcmnXwsN30dmrR_Vf&tracking_referrer=www.nytimes.com" target="_blank">complete study published in the journal <i>Nature</i></a> and the news article mention that global warming may have some part to play in storm stagnation.<br />
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Greenhaven, 2017<br />
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"In the wake of every killer hurricane, devastating wild fire, severe drought, or once-in-a-century flooding event, it has become commonplace for scientists, politicians, and ordinary citizens to debate whether or not these severe weather events can be tied directly to climate change and global warming. The scientific consensus generally indicates that we are beginning to see upticks in extreme weather due to warming and the resulting shift in weather patterns. . .This anthology collects the strongest viewpoints from across the ideological spectrum and the globe and allows readers to evaluate the arguments and evidence for themselves before forming an educated opinion." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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"The program compares the 2017 hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria to the Great Hurricane of 1780. That typhoon devastated the island of Barbados and other locations throughout the Atlantic, causing close to 22,000 fatalities. Using historic documents and sediment core samples taken from the ocean, scientists attempt to find patterns to help them predict the severity of hurricanes." - <i>School Library Journal</i> review excerpt<br />
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Pediment Publishing, 2017<br />
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"Hurricane Harvey, from the staff of the Houston Chronicle, tells the story of this unprecedented storm. In 200 pages of breathtaking photos and compelling narratives, we document everything from severe flooding to rescues and evacuations, damage, and volunteer and recovery efforts." - publisher's summary<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-64725337600569553522018-05-30T15:49:00.000-05:002018-05-30T15:49:22.870-05:00Teacher Strikes Expose Major Education CrisisWhile all states but Vermont have some balanced budget process and tax cuts that are promised to boost state economies, education finance is getting major cuts ("<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/23/opinion/teachers-protest-education-funding.html" target="_blank">We Don't Need No Education</a>," <i>The New York Times</i>, April 23, 2018). The article goes on to state that "earnings of public-school teachers have fallen behind inflation since the mid-1990s." And so teacher protests are in the news.<br />
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H.W. Wilson, 2017<br />
call number: 370.973 Usn<br />
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"Articles will discuss different strategies in reforming primary and secondary education in the US. American students do not rank well compared to their peers in other countries. Every administration aims to improve education through a variety of means--increased regulation, funding, standards review and teacher professional development…This volume will cover all the current issues in the debate on education reform including teacher training and pay, class size, flexible scheduling and standardized testing." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:980320/ada?qu=Educational+change&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS&st=PD" target="_blank">Addicted to Reform: A 12-Step Program to Rescue Public Education</a></i> by John Merrow</div>
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call number: 371.01 Mer<br />
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"During his four-decade career at NPR and PBS, John Merrow reported from every state in the union, as well as from dozens of countries, on topics including America's obsession with standardized testing, the low standards of many teacher-training institutions, how corporate greed created an epidemic of attention deficit disorder, and Michelle Rhee's indifference to cheating in Washington, D.C....Chapters in this book include"Measure What Matters," "Ask the Right Question," and "Change Teaching." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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"Innovation expert Ted Dintersmith took an unprecedented trip across America, visiting all fifty states in a single school year. He originally set out to raise awareness about the urgent need to re-imagine education to prepare students for a world marked by innovation--but America's teachers one-upped him. All across the country, he met teachers in ordinary settings doing extraordinary things, creating innovative classrooms where children learn deeply and joyously as they gain purpose, agency, essential skill sets and mindsets, and real knowledge. Together, these new ways of teaching and learning offer a vision of what school could be—and a model for transforming schools throughout the United States and beyond. Better yet, teachers and parents don't have to wait for the revolution to come from above. They can readily implement small changes that can make a big difference." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-39321784257624028732018-04-13T16:41:00.002-05:002018-04-13T16:41:30.307-05:00Syrians Hit by Yet Another Chemical Weapons AttackSyrian President President Bashar al-Assad continues to use chemical weapons in his country's seven-year civil war ("<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/world/middleeast/syria-chemical-attacks-assad.html" target="_blank">Burning Eyes, Foaming Mouths: Years of Suspected Chemical Attacks in Syria</a>," <i>The New York Times</i>, April 8, 2018). The latest attack this month in a Douma suburb, almost fifty died and over 500 experienced symptoms attributed to a "suspected chemical attack."<br />
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Norton, 2018<br />
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"Extending back to the first demonstrations of 2011, No Turning Back dissects the tangle of ideologies and allegiances that make up the Syrian conflict . . . Rania Abouzeid brings readers deep inside Assad's prisons, to covert meetings where foreign states and organizations manipulated the rebels, and to the highest levels of Islamic militancy and the formation of ISIS." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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"A documentary that follows the efforts of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently," a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<i><b><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:925573/ada?qu=we+are+syrians&te=ILS" target="_blank">We Are Syrians: Three Generations, Three Dissidents</a></b></i> edited by Adam Braver and Abby DeVeuve
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call number: 956.91 Wea<br />
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"Three generations of Syrian citizens who became dissidents under the Assad family's rule, forced to flee Syria by a government that wanted to silence them. In We Are Syrians First, Naila Al-Atrash, Radwan Ziadeh, and Sana Mustafa tell how they confronted each of those questions in their commitment to protect freedom of expression under an authoritarian government. While these are individual stories of courage and defiance, together they tell the larger story of the Syrian conflict and the conditions that brought about the worst humanitarian crisis in recent history." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-53043260650810749622018-02-09T14:47:00.000-06:002018-02-09T15:28:21.793-06:00Why Misinformation and Fake News Can PersistThe ability of your mind to clear "discredited" news stories from your "working memory" is affected by education and also age ("<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cognitive-ability-and-vulnerability-to-fake-news/" target="_blank">Cognitive Ability and Vulnerability to Fake News</a>," <i>Scientific American</i>, February 6, 2018). In addition, individuals displayed a tendency to believe false statements more if they were repeated over time. Links to the research studies that discuss these results are in the above article so you can see the details and judge their conclusions for yourself.<br />
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Harper, 2017<br />
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"Behind most major political stories in the modern era, there is an agenda; an effort by opposition researchers, spin doctors, and outside interests to destroy an idea or a person. The tactic they use is the Smear. Every day, Americans are influenced by the Smear without knowing it. Paid forces cleverly shape virtually every image you cross. . . The trick of the Smear is that it is often based on some shred of truth, but these media-driven "hit pieces" are designed to obscure the truth. Success hinges on the Smear artist's ability to remain invisible; to make it seem as if their work is neither calculated nor scripted. It must appear to be precisely what it is not." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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call number: 001.42 Bor<br />
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"An accessible, one-stop guide to the why, what, and how of contemporary fact-checking, Borel, an experienced fact-checker, draws on the expertise of more than 200 writers, editors, and fellow checkers." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:956355/ada?qu=truth+matters&te=ILS&rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle" target="_blank">The Truth Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Separating Facts from Lies and Stopping Fake News in Its Tracks</a></i></b> by Bruce Bartlett
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"Today's media and political landscapes are littered with untrustworthy sources and the dangerous concept of 'fake news.' This accessible guide helps you fight this deeply troubling trend and ensure that truth is not a permanent casualty. Written by Bruce Bartlett, a former Senior Policy Analyst in the Reagan administration and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Treasury Department in the Bush 41 White House, this book presents actionable tips and tricks for reading critically, judging sources, using fact-checking sites, avoiding confirmation bias, identifying trustworthy experts, and more." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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Rowman and Littlefield, 2017<br />
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"Our society faces international challenges from cyber attacks and dissemination of fake news with a goal to destabilize our society. Fake news can be used as a weapon with destructive effects as powerful as any military attack. Fake news can spread as fast as a wildfire carried on the winds of social media. Students and all citizens need to be prepared and informed of ways to quickly understand and distinguish real and fake news." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-7438074268477416472018-01-15T13:41:00.001-06:002018-02-09T13:57:13.656-06:00Drug-Related Crime Surges in MexicoDrug cartel violence plagues several areas in Mexico causing an unprecedented homicide rate. Visitors are warned to avoid these parts of the country due to warring gangs ("<a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-mexico-states-warning-20180111-htmlstory.html" target="_blank">Why the State Department Said These 5 Mexican States Were Unsafe for Travel</a>," <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, January 11, 2018).<br />
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call number: 364.152 Cor<br />
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"The true confession of an assassin, a sicario, who rose through the ranks of the southern California gang world to become the leader of an elite, cruelly efficient crew of hit men for Mexico's 'most vicious drug cartel,' and eventually found a way out." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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Simon and Schuster, 2016<br />
call number: 364.106 Sla<br />
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"The story of two American teens recruited as killers for a Mexican cartel, and their pursuit by a Mexican-American detective who realizes the War on Drugs is unwinnable." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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Paramount Home Video, 2016<br />
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"In the Mexican state of Michoacán Dr. José Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cartel. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley, Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to stop Mexico's drug wars from seeping across our border." - studio summary<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-38621005999523853572017-11-07T17:15:00.001-06:002017-11-07T17:15:49.616-06:00A Nation Under Siege Due to Mass ShootingsUniversity of Alabama criminology professor Adam Lankford's international research on gun ownership comes to the conclusion that "the only variable that can explain the high rate of mass shootings in America is its astronomical number of guns" ("<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news" target="_blank">What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer</a>," <i>The New York Times</i>, November 7, 2017).<br />
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This title "provides a balanced view of the contemporary gun debate in the United States, explaining the positions of both gun rights proponents and advocates of stricter gun control without demonizing either and . . . presents current and historical data on U.S. gun violence--including homicides, suicides, and accidental shoots--and places these numbers against international statistics on gun violence, thereby providing the context to enable readers to reach their own opinion on the gun debate." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:828601/ada?qu=mass+shootings&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS" target="_blank">Mass Shootings: Media, Myths, and Realities</a> </i></b>by H. Jaymi Elsass and Jaclyn Schildkraut<br />
Praeger, 2016<br />
call number: 364.152 Sch<br />
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"This book provides readers and researchers with a critical examination of mass shootings. . .<br />
* Tackles common misconceptions about mass shootings perpetrated by and through the media and provides information that grounds the realities of such events in empirical evidence<br />
* Explores the history of mass shootings, both before and after the infamous 1999 Columbine High School event and shootings that occurred in and out of schools<br />
* Addresses common myths associated with mass shooting events by the media, such as how often and where they occur and the absence of any warning signs<br />
* Helps readers understand the realities of these events, including their international reach, the potential warning signs, and how evidence associated with the events can provide clues into why they occurred" - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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"In the past decade, no individual act of violence has killed more people in the United States than the mass shooting. . . Why do people go on killing sprees? Are gun-free zones magnets for deadly rampages? What can we do to curb the carnage of this disturbing form of firearm violence? Contrary to conventional wisdom, the author shows that gun possession often prods aggrieved, mentally unstable individuals to go on shooting sprees; these attacks largely occur in places where guns are not prohibited by law; and sensible gun control measures like the federal assault weapons ban-which helped drastically reduce rampage violence when it was in effect-are instrumental to keeping Americans safe from mass shootings in the future. To stem gun massacres, the author proposes several original policy prescriptions, including a high-capacity magazine ban and buy-back program, the establishment of multi-jurisdictional task forces to assess active shooter threats, and an overhaul of the way the justice system investigates and prosecutes violent crimes." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:899794/ada?qu=vaccination&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS&rt=false%7C%7C%7CSUBJECT%7C%7C%7CSubject&st=PD" target="_blank">The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease</a> </i></b>by Meredith Wadman<br />
Viking, 2017<br />
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"The epic and controversial story of a major breakthrough in cell biology that led to the conquest of rubella and other devastating diseases. Until the late 1960s, tens of thousands of American children suffered crippling birth defects if their mothers had been exposed to rubella, popularly known as German measles, while pregnant; there was no vaccine and little understanding of how the disease devastated fetuses. In June 1962, a young biologist in Philadelphia, using tissue extracted from an aborted fetus from Sweden, produced safe, clean cells that allowed the creation of vaccines against rubella and other common childhood diseases. Two years later, in the midst of a devastating German measles epidemic, his colleague developed the vaccine that would one day wipe out homegrown rubella. The rubella vaccine and others made with those fetal cells have protected more than 150 million people in the United States, the vast majority of them preschoolers. The new cells and the method of making them also led to vaccines that have protected billions of people around the world from polio, rabies, chicken pox, measles, hepatitis A, shingles and adenovirus." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:894064/ada?qu=vaccines&qu=-juvenile&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS&st=PD" target="_blank">Deadliest Enemy: Our War against Killer Germs</a></i></b> by Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker<o:p></o:p></div>
Little, Brown, 2017<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:906421/ada?qu=vaccination&qu=-juvenile&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS&st=PD" target="_blank">Vaccination and Its Critics: A Documentary and Reference Guide</a></i></b> by Lisa Rosner<br />
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"This authoritative and unbiased narrative--supported by 50 primary source documents--follows the history of vaccination, highlighting essential medical achievements and ongoing controversies." - publisher's summary excerpt<br /><br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:832157/ada?qu=vaccination&qu=-juvenile&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS&st=PD" target="_blank">Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines</a></i></b> by Jennifer A. Reich<o:p></o:p></div>
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"A rich, multi-faceted examination into the attitudes and beliefs of parents who choose not to immunize their children . . . <i>Calling the Shots</i> offers a unique opportunity to understand the points of disagreement on what is best for children, communities, and public health, and the ways in which we can bridge these differences." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-90419706859415535342017-09-18T14:19:00.000-05:002017-09-18T19:45:00.018-05:00Alcohol Abuse Study Exposes Problem DrinkingA recent <a href="http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2647079" target="_blank">study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) </a>found that close to 13% of adults in the United States are alcoholics, a figure that soared almost 50% over the most recent study some ten years earlier ("<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/americans-alcoholic-study-article-1.3414465" target="_blank">One in Eight Americans Is an Alcoholic</a>," <i>New York Daily News</i>, August 15, 2017). Those seeing the biggest increases in alcoholism include women, African- Americans, and individuals 45+ years old.<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:587129/one?qu=30-Day+Sobriety+Solution&te=ILS" target="_blank">The 30-Day Sobriety Solution: How to Cut Back or Quit Drinking in the Privacy of Your Own Home</a> </i></b>by Jack Canfield and Dave Andrews<br />
Atria Books, 2016<br />
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"Integrating neuroscience, cognitive therapy, proven tools, and teachings, <i>The 30-Day Sobriety Solution</i> is a clear, practical daily program that will help you achieve your goals--whether that's getting sober or just cutting back--and create positive, permanent change in your life." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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St. Martin's Press, 2016<br />
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"<i>Unbroken Brain</i> offers a radical and groundbreaking new perspective, arguing that addictions are learning disorders and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention and policy. Like autistic traits, addictive behaviors fall on a spectrum - and they can be a normal response to an extreme situation. By illustrating what addiction is, and is not, the book illustrates how timing, history, family, peers, culture and chemicals come together to create both illness and recovery - and why there is no "addictive personality" or single treatment that works for all." - publisher's summary excerpt<br /><br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:865275/ada?qu=youth+substance+abuse&te=ILS" target="_blank">Youth Substance Abuse: A Reference Handbook</a></i></b> by David E. Newton<br />
ABC-CLIO, 2016<br />
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"Alcohol Use Among Special Populations"<br />
Volume 38, Number 1, 2016<br />
<b><i>Alcohol Research: Current Reviews</i> </b>(the peer-reviewed Journal of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)<br />
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<li><a href="https://www.arcr.niaaa.nih.gov/arcr381/article11.htm" target="_blank">Drinking Over the Lifespan: Focus on Early Adolescents and Youth</a><br />Michael Windle, Ph.D.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.arcr.niaaa.nih.gov/arcr381/article12.htm" target="_blank">Drinking Over the Lifespan: Focus on College Ages</a><br />Jennifer E. Merrill, Ph.D., and Kate B. Carey, Ph.D.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.arcr.niaaa.nih.gov/arcr381/article13.htm" target="_blank">Drinking Over the Lifespan: Focus on Older Adults</a><br />Kristen L. Barry, Ph.D. and Frederic C. Blow, Ph.D.</li>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-16032448979715744602017-07-31T15:47:00.000-05:002017-09-19T15:50:36.551-05:00Police Treatment of Suspects in the SpotlightIn a recent speech on how to handle gang violence, President Trump suggested that the need to protect suspects from injury during arrest should not be of primary concern to law enforcement. ("<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-police-nice-suspects/story?id=48914504" target="_blank">Trump to Police: 'Please Don't Be Too Nice' to Suspects</a>," <i>ABC News</i>, July 28, 2017). "When you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just seen them thrown in, rough. I said, ‘Please don’t be too nice,’" he said. Trump expressed similar sentiments in the past when confronted with individuals speaking against him in a public forum, "Get him out," he said of a protester. "Try not to hurt him. If you do, I'll defend you in court. Don't worry about it."<br />
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Scribner, 2017<br />
call number: 363.209 Cam<br />
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"One of the most authentic and consistently illuminating portraits of police work ever, <i>Blue on Blue </i>describes the fascinating inner workings of the world's largest police force and Chief Charles Campisi's unprecedented two decades putting bad cops behind bars. From 1996 through 2014 Charles Campisi headed NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) working under four police commissioners and gaining a reputation as hard-nosed and incorruptible. When he retired, only one man on the 36,000-member force had served longer. During Campisi's IAB tenure, the number of New Yorkers shot, wounded, or killed by cops every year declined by ninety percent, and the number of cops failing integrity tests shrank to an equally startling low." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:823619/ada?qu=to+protect+and+serve&te=ILS" target="_blank">To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America's Police</a></i> by Norm Stamper<br />
Nation Books, 2016<br />
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"Stamper delivers a revolutionary new model for American law enforcement: the community-based police department. It calls for fundamental changes in the federal government's role in local policing as well as citizen participation in all aspects of police operations: policymaking, program development, crime fighting and service delivery, entry-level and ongoing education and training, oversight of police conduct, and--especially relevant to today's challenges--joint community-police crisis management. Nothing will ever change until the system itself is radically restructured, and here Stamper shows us how." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:918901/one?qu=jeff+pegues&te=ILS" target="_blank">Black and Blue: Inside the Divide Between the Police and Black America</a></i></b> by Jeff Pegues<br />
Prometheus, 2017<br />
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"CBS News Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent Jeff Pegues provides unbiased facts, statistics, and perspectives from both sides of the community-police divide. Pegues has rare access to top law enforcement officials throughout the country, including FBI Director James Comey and police chiefs in major cities. He has also interviewed police union leaders, community activists, and others at the heart of this crisis--people on both sides who are trying to push American law enforcement in a new direction. How do police officers perceive the people of color who live in high-crime areas? How are they viewed by the communities that they police? Pegues explores these questions and more through interviews not only with police chiefs, but also officers on the ground, both black and white. In addition, he goes to the front lines of the debate as crime spikes in some of the nation's major cities. What he found will surprise you as police give a candid look at how their jobs have changed and become more dangerous. Turning to possible solutions, the author summarizes the best recommendations from police chiefs, politicians, and activists. Readers will not only be informed but learn what they can do about tensions with police in their communities." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-18000758258628960212017-06-12T19:02:00.000-05:002017-08-05T14:20:28.617-05:00Are We Really Ready for Self-Driving Cars?Numerous safety, legal, ethical, and logistical issues still exist as governments, industry, and consumers weigh the benefits of self-driving automobiles ("<a href="http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21722628-forget-hype-about-autonomous-vehicles-being-around-cornerreal-driverless-cars-will" target="_blank">The Long, Winding Road for Driverless Cars</a>," <i>The Economist</i>, May 25, 2017). This article discusses the different levels of autonomous vehicles from 1 (think cruise control) to 5 (fully automatic without a human in all types of driving conditions).<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:905787/ada?qu=Autonomous+vehicles&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS" target="_blank">Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming</a> </i>edited by Paul Hawken<br />
Penguin Books, 2017<br />
call number: 363.738 Dra (on order)<br />
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"Renowned environmentalist Paul Hawken has assembled a team of over 200 scholars, scientists, policymakers, business leaders and activists to illustrate the hundred most substantive solutions to combat climate change that together will not only slow down the growth of carbon emissions, but reverse them altogether (including a chapter on autonomous vehicles)." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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MIT Press, 2016<br />
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"He offers a guided tour of robotics today, describing the components of robots, the complicating factors that make robotics so challenging, and such applications as driverless cars, unmanned warfare, and robots on the assembly line." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:867701/ada?qu=Autonomous+vehicles&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS" target="_blank">Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead</a> </i>by Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman<i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i><br />
MIT Press, 2016<br />
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"In this book, Hod Lipson (Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University) and Melba Kurman offer readers insight into the risks and benefits of driverless cars and a lucid and engaging explanation of the enabling technology. Recent advances in software and robotics are toppling long-standing technological barriers that for decades have confined self-driving cars to the realm of fantasy. A new kind of artificial intelligence software called deep learning gives cars rapid and accurate visual perception. Human drivers can relax and take their eyes off the road. When human drivers let intelligent software take the wheel, driverless cars will offer billions of people all over the world a safer, cleaner, and more convenient mode of transportation. Although the technology is nearly ready, car companies and policy makers may not be. " - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-51976834640498353052017-04-19T19:59:00.000-05:002017-04-19T20:06:58.112-05:00No Reason to Tolerate Sexual HarassmentTwo U.S. Naval Academy professors speak about rampant disrespect of women via recent cases of sexual harassment (although men can be victims of such harsh treatment, too) in military and civilian life ("<a href="https://hbr.org/2017/03/too-many-men-are-silent-bystanders-to-sexual-harassment" target="_blank">Too Many Men Are Silent Bystanders to Sexual Harassment</a>," <i>Harvard Business Review</i>, March 13, 2017). They suggest that all men must display the "moral courage to stand up to such behavior."<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:795365/ada?qu=sexual+harassment&rw=12&te=ILS&st=PD" target="_blank">Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work</a> </i>by Gillian Thomas<br />
St. Martin's Press, 2016<br />
call number: 344.73 Tho<br />
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"The 1964 Civil Rights Act is best known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, but it also revolutionized the lives of American women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex." But Congress gave little guidance about how much it wanted to change in a "Mad Men" world where women played mainly supporting roles. . .This book includes a chapter about Mechelle Vinson, whose years of sexual abuse by her boss showed that sexual harassment is just as much a denial of equal opportunity as a lower paycheck." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:806937/ada?qu=sexual+harassment&rw=12&te=ILS&st=PD" target="_blank">Women's Rights in the USA: Policy Debates and Gender Roles</a> </b>(5th edition) by Dorothy E. McBride and Janine A. Parry<br />
Routledge, 2016<br />
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"This title is a resource for the inquiry into women’s rights politics and policies. It is a record of the changes in the major areas affecting gender roles and the status of women: constitutional law, political participation, reproduction, family law, education, work and pay, work and family, sexuality and economic status." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><i><a href="http://www.sapr.mil/public/docs/reports/MSA/APY_15-16/APY_15_16_MSA_Report_v2.pdf" target="_blank">Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies (MSAs) for Academic Program Year (APY) 2015-2016</a></i></span><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i></b><br />
Department of Defense, 2017<br />
call number: <a href="http://www.sapr.mil/public/docs/reports/MSA/APY_15-16/APY_15_16_MSA_Report_v2.pdf" target="_blank">U.S. government document online</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-80425131095480301322017-02-07T20:50:00.000-06:002017-02-08T10:43:57.555-06:00Interrogation vs. Torture in the War on TerrorAfter a proposed executive order, “Detention and Interrogation of Enemy Combatants”was "leaked" and President Trump affirmed his pro-waterboarding stance (though giving Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the ultimate choice to use it) a decision was made to remove sections on torture and black site prisons ("<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/white-house-backing-down-on-revival-of-torture-black-sites.html" target="_blank">White House Backing Down on Renewed Use of Torture, Black Sites</a>," <i>New York Magazine</i>, February 4, 2017). This document also planned to overturn a 2009 executive order (<a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/01/27/E9-1885/ensuring-lawful-interrogations" target="_blank">13491</a>) that interrogators must adhere to tactics outlined in the current <a href="https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm34-52.pdf" target="_blank">Human Intelligence Collector Operations (“Army Field Manual”)</a>.<br />
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Crown, 2016.<br />
call number: 364.973 Gre<br />
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"Rogue Justice connects the dots for the first time--from the Patriot Act to today's military commissions, from terrorism prosecutions to intelligence priorities, from the ACLU's activism to Edward Snowden's revelations. And it poses a stark question: will the American justice system ever recover from the compromises it made for the war on terror? Riveting and deeply reported, Rogue Justice could only have been written by Karen Greenberg, one of this country's top experts on Guantanamo, torture, and terrorism, with a deep knowledge of both the Bush and Obama administrations. Now she brings to life the full story of law and policy after 9/11, introducing us to the key players and events, showing that time and again, when liberty and security have clashed, justice has been the victim." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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"Consequence is Fair's story, the story of a man who begins with a desire to serve and, through a winding series of choices, becomes an interrogator for a private contractor at Abu Ghraib during one of our nation's darkest moments. In 2004, after several months as an interrogator, Fair's now constant nightmares take new forms: first, there had been the shrinking dreams; now the liquid dreams begin. By the time he leaves Iraq after that first deployment (he will return), Fair will have participated in or witnessed a variety of aggressive interrogation techniques including sleep deprivation, stress positions, diet manipulation, exposure, and isolation." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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"Does torture accomplish what its defenders say it does? For ethical reasons, there are no scientific studies of torture. But neuroscientists know a lot about how the brain reacts to fear, extreme temperatures, starvation, thirst, sleep deprivation, and immersion in freezing water, all tools of the torturer's trade. These stressors create problems for memory, mood, and thinking, and sufferers predictably produce information that is deeply unreliable-and, for intelligence purposes, even counterproductive. As O'Mara guides us through the neuroscience of suffering, he reveals the brain to be much more complex than the brute calculations of torturers have allowed, and he points the way to a humane approach to interrogation, founded in the science of brain and behavior." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-11914084712942951142017-02-06T16:56:00.002-06:002017-02-07T20:51:01.587-06:00The Refugee Crisis and the Executive Order on ImmigrationA federal judge suspended President Trump's temporary travel ban created by executive order <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2017-02281" target="_blank">13769</a>, setting up litigation that could land eventually in the Supreme Court ("<a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-seattle-immigration-trump-20170203-story.html" target="_blank">Seattle Federal Judge Orders Nationwide Halt to Immigration Ban</a>," <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, February 4, 2017).<br />
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The New Press, 2016.<br />
call number: 305.906 Eat<br />
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"In this well-written collection of case studies, Eaton (The Children in Room E4) and her collaborators explore civic efforts focused on the integration-rather than assimilation-of immigrants, a concept that celebrates the talents of established residents and newcomers alike." - <i>Publishers Weekly</i> review excerpt<br />
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"The rising rates of international migration have been matched by growing public and media interest around the world…Using interviews with migrants from around the world, Koser presents the human side of issues such as asylum, human trafficking, migrant smuggling, and the international labor force, inviting readers to come to their own conclusions on the international migration situation today." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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ABC News, 2016 (from the <i>Films on Demand</i> database)<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:879091/ada?qu=consequences+of+chaos&te=ILS" target="_blank">The Consequences of Chaos: Syria's Humanitarian Crisis and the Failure to Protect</a></i></b> by Elizabeth G. Ferris and Kemal Kirişci<br />
Brookings Institution Press, 2016<br />
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"The Consequences of Chaos looks beyond the ever-increasing numbers of Syria's uprooted to consider the long-term economic, political, and social implications of this massive movement of people. Neighboring countries hosting thousands or even millions of refugees, Western governments called upon to provide financial assistance and even new homes for the refugees, regional and international organizations struggling to cope with the demands for food and shelter--all have found the Syria crisis to be overwhelming in its challenges. And the challenges of finding solutions for those displaced by the conflict are likely to continue for years, perhaps even for decades." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-15395271346172796502016-10-31T18:40:00.000-05:002016-10-31T18:40:28.719-05:00Is Fracking Hastening a Water Crisis?In a five-year period, some "358 billion gallons of water" was used in U.S. hydraulic fracturing or fracking that translates to "an amount equal to the annual water needs of 200 mid-sized cities," based on a recent <a href="https://www.ceres.org/issues/water/shale-energy/investor-guide-to-fracking-water-risk/investor-guide-to-hydraulic-fracturing-water-stress" target="_blank">report by Ceres</a>, a nonprofit interested in global sustainability ("<a href="http://mashable.com/2016/10/06/fracking-water-use/#T4qd8XWWVOqB" target="_blank">Over Half of U.S. Fracking Wells Are in Water-Stressed Areas, Report Says</a>," <i>Mashable</i>, October 6, 2016). "About 57 percent of the nearly 110,000 shale gas wells" are in areas where water is not plentiful, such as California, Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma.<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:789550/ada?qu=fracturing+hydraulic&qu=-juvenile&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS&av=0&st=PD" target="_blank">The Green and the Black: The Complete Story of the Shale Revolution, the Fight over Fracking, and the Future of Energy</a> </i>by Gary Sernovitz<br />
St. Martin's Press, 2016.<br />
call number: 333.823 Ser<br />
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"Sernovitz explains the reality of fracking: what it is, how it can be made safer, and how the oil business works. Sernovitz also tells the bigger story. Fracking was just one part of a shale revolution that shocked our assumptions about fueling America's future. . .America, once again the largest oil and gas producer in the world, has altered its balance of power with Russia and the Middle East. Yet the shale revolution is not without its infamous downsides. It has disrupted local communities, raised fears of pollution, and prolonged the world's use of fossil fuels. Is there any way to reconcile the costs with the benefits of fracking? To do so, we must start by understanding fracking and the shale revolution in their totality. This book bridges the gap in America's energy education." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<i><b><a href="http://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:678227/ada?qu=fracturing+hydraulic&qu=-juvenile&qf=LIBRARY%09Library%091%3ACYF%09Cy-Fair+Library&te=ILS&av=0&st=PD" target="_blank">The Human and Environmental Impact of Fracking: How Fracturing Shale for Gas Affects Us and Our World</a></b></i> edited by Madelon Lubin Finkel<br />
Praeger, 2015<br />
call number: 363.738 Hum<br />
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"* Offer a comprehensive, impartial understanding of unconventional natural gas development from many different perspectives by experts in the field<br />
* Draw from the findings of the most up-to-date research and discusses areas where scientific findings are yet unclear<br />
* Address fracking's potential effects on humans, animals, and environmental factors including air quality, water quality, and climate change<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-76021717883843933762016-09-23T14:49:00.002-05:002016-09-23T14:52:51.908-05:00Animal Rights Advocates Score a Landmark VictorySeen as the "end of privately funded research on chimpanzees in the U.S.," the final nine primates were recently transferred from the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana to a Georgia sanctuary ("<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0911/Hundreds-of-chimps-to-move-from-research-labs-to-sanctuaries" target="_blank">Hundreds of Chimps Head from Research Labs to Sanctuaries</a>," <i>Christian Science Monitor</i>, September 11, 2016). A nonprofit group, Project Chimps, has worked to free these unique animals after a June 2015 ruling by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that secured "endangered species status to captive chimps."<br />
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William Morrow, 2016.<br />
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"From the leader of the nation's most powerful animal-protection organization comes a frontline account of how conscience and creativity are driving a revolution in American business that is changing forever how we treat animals and create wealth. Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States reveals how entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 CEOs, world-class scientists, philanthropists, and a new class of political leaders are driving the burgeoning, unstoppable growth of the 'humane economy.'" - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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Routledge, 2015<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-29500981338658484652016-05-31T19:16:00.000-05:002016-06-06T19:18:49.951-05:00Who Decides Transgender Civil Rights?A new lawsuit filed by eleven states including Texas challenges the Obama administration's charge granting public facility use based on gender identity ("<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lgbt-idUSKCN0YG2NT" target="_blank">States Ratchet Up Transgender Battle with Lawsuit against U.S.</a>" <i>Reuters</i>, May 25, 2016). The legal action was prompted by a May 13 order that said "transgender students must be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice" in public schools.<br />
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The Experiment, 2016<br />
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"In this up-to-date, comprehensive resource, Dr. Ehrensaft explains the interconnected effects of biology, nurture, and culture to explore why gender can be fluid , rather than binary. As an advocate for the gender affirmative model and with the expertise she has gained over three decades of pioneering work with children and families, she encourages caregivers to listen to each child, learn their particular needs, and support their quest for a true gender self.." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dartmouth Coll. P, 2015.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />
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"Although transgender people are increasingly represented in academic studies and popular culture, they rarely have the opportunity to add their own voices to the conversation. In this remarkable book, Jackson Shultz records the stories of more than thirty Americans who identify as transgender. They range in age from fifteen to seventy-two; come from twenty-five different states and a wide array of racial, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds; and identify across a vast spectrum of genders and sexualities." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-68994135826899054312016-04-06T17:17:00.001-05:002016-04-06T17:17:44.503-05:00Shifting the Balance of the Supreme CourtSince the vacancy on the Supreme Court isn't likely to be filled soon, the article's author wonders how the balance of the court may be affected if more left-of-center justices are added to the current bench ("<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/what-if-the-supreme-court-were-liberal/477018/" target="_blank">What If the Supreme Court Were Liberal?</a>" <i>The Atlantic</i>, April 6, 2016). Several current justices are advancing to potential retirement age soon, so consideration of a political shift looks at how it would affect such areas as abortion rights, affirmative action, death penalty, and gun control.<br />
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Sage/CQ Press, 2016<br />
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"This book examines all major aspects of the highest court in the nation, from the selection of justices and agenda creation to the decision-making process and the Court's impact on government and U.S. society. . .This new edition gives particular attention to current developments such as the impact of political polarization on the Court, the justices' increasingly public roles, and recent rulings on same-sex marriage and health care." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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Basic, 2015<br />
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"Beginning with the Constitution's birth in 1787, Paulsen and Paulsen offer a grand tour of its provisions, principles, and interpretation, introducing readers to the characters and controversies that have shaped the Constitution in the 200-plus years since its creation. Along the way, the authors provide correctives to the shallow myths and partial truths that pervade so much popular treatment of the Constitution, from school textbooks to media accounts of today's controversies, and offer powerful insights into the Constitution's true meaning." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149019207437896971.post-10376952733476617202016-03-04T14:25:00.002-06:002016-03-04T14:25:42.908-06:00Privacy Concerns Related to Unlocking a Cell PhoneA battle between law enforcement and technology companies continues over issues involved in gaining access to data from cell phone of a San Bernardino shooter ("<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/03/03/tech-firms-relatives-of-san-bernardino-victims-weigh-in-on-the-apple-fbi-court-fight/" target="_blank">Relatives of San Bernardino Victims and Tech Giants Lend Voices to Apple-FBI Fight over Locked iPhone</a>," <i>The Washington Post</i>, March 3, 2016). In this case, a judge "directed Apple to write software disabling a feature that erases the phone’s data after 10 incorrect attempts at trying a password." Apple stalled this process with legal tactics, stating that creating such a back door into one of it products would have a major impact on its business.<br />
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Nation, 2015<br />
call number: 323.448 Sch<br />
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"The revelation that the federal government has full access to all phone records and the vast trove of presumably private personal data posted on the Internet has brought the threat of a surveillance society to the fore. But the erosion of privacy rights extends far beyond big government. Big business has long played a leading role in the hollowing out of personal freedoms. In this new book, Robert Scheer shows how our most intimate habits, from private correspondence, book pages read, and lists of friends and phone conversations have been seamlessly combined in order to create a detailed map of an individual's social and biological DNA." - publisher's summary<br />
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Norton, 2015<br />
call number: 358.414 Str<br />
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"Your cell phone provider tracks your location and knows who is with you. Your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, and reveal if you're unemployed, sick, or pregnant. Your e-mails and texts expose your intimate and casual friends. . . Corporations use surveillance to manipulate not only the news articles and advertisements we each see, but also the prices we're offered. Governments use surveillance to discriminate, censor, and chill free speech, and put people in danger worldwide. And both sides share this information with each other or, even worse, lose it to cyber-criminals in huge data breaches. Much of this is voluntary: we cooperate with corporate surveillance because it promises us convenience, and we submit to government surveillance because it promises us protection. The result is a mass surveillance society of our own making. But have we given up more than we've gained? Security expert Bruce Schneier offers another path, one that values both security and privacy. He shows us what we can do to reform our government surveillance programs and shake up surveillance-based business models, while also providing tips for you to protect your privacy every day." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://hcpl2.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsc/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:705221/ada?qu=terms+of+service&te=ILS" target="_blank">Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection</a> </i>by Jacob Silverman<br />
Harper, 2015<br />
call number: 303.483 Sil<br />
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"Social networking has grown into a staple of modern society, but its continued evolution is becoming increasingly detrimental to our lives. Shifts in communication and privacy are affecting us more than we realize or understand. . . . Jacob Silverman calls for social media users to take back ownership of their digital selves from the Silicon Valley corporations who claim to know what's best for them. Integrating politics, sociology, national security, pop culture, and technology, he reveals the surprising conformity at the heart of Internet culture, explaining how social media companies engineer their products to encourage shallow engagement and discourage dissent. Reflecting on the collapsed barriers between our private and public lives, Silverman brings into focus the inner conflict we feel when deciding what to share and what to "like, " and explains how we can take the steps we need to free ourselves from its grip." - publisher's summary excerpt<br />
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