Author: David Smail File Type: pdf from introductionThe standpoint from which I write is a clinical one, and the (tentative and provisional) conclusions I come to are the result of having struggled for years to make sense of the kinds of distress people bring to the psychological clinic, and how they cope with it. In the course of that struggle I have found myself constantly wandering into territory that is only partially familiar to me and being forced to use tools not routinely found in the clinical psychologists kit. Though this is not a work of sociology, politics or philosophy, it will at times seem as if it is trying to be but I want to insist, still, that it is a work of clinical psychology, and that is because it is throughout rooted in and informed by clinical experience. Even then, however, I have heavily to qualify the use of the word clinical because it carries with it so many false assumptions. The majority of those who find themselves in distress in Western society turn to the clinic because there is nowhere else to go that carries the same promise of relief. They, as well as most of those who treat them, believe that they are hosts of a personal illness or disorder that can be cured by established medical andor therapeutic techniques. That belief, however, is in my view (and the view of many others) false, and it is clinical experience itself that reveals it as false.

Author: Stephen Puleo File Type: mobi From Publishers WeeklyIn this volume, Puleo, a contributor to American History magazine, sets out to determine whether the collapse of a molasses tank that sent a tidal wave of 2.3 million gallons of the sticky liquid through Bostons North End and killed 21 people was the work of Italian anarchists or due to negligence by the tanks owner, United States Industrial Alcohol. Getting into the minds of the major players in the disaster-USIA suits, victims, witnesses, North End residents, politicians-he re-creates not only the scene but also the social, political and economic environments of the time that made the disaster more than just an industrial accident. While the collapses aftermath is tragic, the story itself is not exactly gripping. More interesting are the tidbits of Bostons and Americas history, such as the importance of molasses to all U.S. war efforts up to and including WWI, which Puleo uses to put the tank collapse in the context of a very complex time in U.S. history. The most striking aspect of this tale is the timeliness of the topics it touches on. Describing Americans being persecuted because of their ethnicity, a sagging economy boosted by war, and terrorism on U.S. soil that results in anti-immigration laws and deportations, Puleo could just as easily be writing about current events as about events in 1919. Overall, this is another piece in the jigsaw puzzle that is Bostons long and rich history. Photos. br 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. FromIn January, 1919, a fifty-foot tank filled with molasses exploded, sending waves of viscous goo through waterfront Boston and killing twenty-one people. Were Italian anarchists to blame or was it negligence by the tanks owner, the United States Industrial Alcohol company? Such matters form the crux of Puleos account, which is narrated with gusto (and sometimes too much gusto one victim has molasses clinging to his private parts, like an army of insects that just keep coming). Molasses was a vital commodity at the time, used in rum manufacture (the tank was full to the brim to cash in on pre-Prohibition demand), and it had been important in the production of First World War munitions. Puleo overreaches in claiming the story of the flood as a microcosm of Americaan almost obligatory conclusion in this sort of historybut his enthusiasm for a little-known catastrophe is infectious. br 2005 From Publishers WeeklyIn this volume, Puleo, a contributor to American History magazine, sets out to determine whether the collapse of a molasses tank that sent a tidal wave of 2.3 million gallons of the sticky liquid through Bostons North End and killed 21 people was the work of Italian anarchists or due to negligence by the tanks owner, United States Industrial Alcohol. Getting into the minds of the major players in the disaster-USIA suits, victims, witnesses, North End residents, politicians-he re-creates not only the scene but also the social, political and economic environments of the time that made the disaster more than just an industrial accident. While the collapses aftermath is tragic, the story itself is not exactly gripping. More interesting are the tidbits of Bostons and Americas history, such as the importance of molasses to all U.S. war efforts up to and including WWI, which Puleo uses to put the tank collapse in the context of a very complex time in U.S. history. The most striking aspect of this tale is the timeliness of the topics it touches on. Describing Americans being persecuted because of their ethnicity, a sagging economy boosted by war, and terrorism on U.S. soil that results in anti-immigration laws and deportations, Puleo could just as easily be writing about current events as about events in 1919. Overall, this is another piece in the jigsaw puzzle that is Bostons long and rich history. Photos. br 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. From The New YorkerIn January, 1919, a fifty-foot tank filled with molasses exploded, sending waves of viscous goo through waterfront Boston and killing twenty-one people. Were Italian anarchists to blame or was it negligence by the tanks owner, the United States Industrial Alcohol company? Such matters form the crux of Puleos account, which is narrated with gusto (and sometimes too much gusto one victim has molasses clinging to his private parts, like an army of insects that just keep coming). Molasses was a vital commodity at the time, used in rum manufacture (the tank was full to the brim to cash in on pre-Prohibition demand), and it had been important in the production of First World War munitions. Puleo overreaches in claiming the story of the flood as a microcosm of Americaan almost obligatory conclusion in this sort of historybut his enthusiasm for a little-known catastrophe is infectious. br 2005 The New Yorker

Author: Jianguo Liu File Type: pdf Source-sink theories provide a simple yet powerful framework for understanding how the patterns, processes and dynamics of ecological systems vary and interact over space and time. Integrating multiple research fields, including population biology and landscape ecology, this book presents the latest advances in source-sink theories, methods and applications in the conservation and management of natural resources and biodiversity. The interdisciplinary team of authors uses detailed case studies, innovative field experiments and modeling, and comprehensive syntheses to incorporate source-sink ideas into research and management, and explores how sustainability can be achieved in todays increasingly fragile human-dominated ecosystems. Providing a comprehensive picture of source-sink research as well as tangible applications to real world conservation issues, this book is ideal for graduate students, researchers, natural-resource managers and policy makers.Book DescriptionIdeal for researchers and natural-resource managers, this book explores new research and novel perspectives on sources and sinks - a powerful framework for conceptualizing the population dynamics of animals, plants and microorganisms. It presents the latest advances in source-sink theory, methods and applications for sustaining natural resources and biodiversity. About the AuthorJianguo (Jack) Liu is Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability and University Distinguished Professor as well as Director of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS) at Michigan State University. His major research interests include landscape ecology, conservation ecology and the integration of ecology with social sciences and policy for understanding and achieving sustainability.Vanessa Hull is a PhD student of Jianguo (Jack) Liu at the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS) at Michigan State University. Her research interests include animal behavior and ecology, landscape ecology and conservation biology.Anita T. Morzillo is an Assistant Professor, Senior Research, in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State University. Her major research interests include wildlife ecology and management, human dimensions of natural resources, landscape ecology, systems ecology, urban ecology and integrating ecology and social science for natural resource management.John A. Wiens is Chief Conservation Science Officer at PRBO Conservation Science, former Lead and Chief Scientist at The Nature Conservancy and former Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University. His broad interests include landscape ecology and the ecology of birds and insects in arid environments. His current scientific work focuses on critical issues of conservation in a rapidly changing environment resulting from climate change, economic globalization, land use change and human demands on natural ecosystems.

Author: Michael Rosen File Type: epub Dignity plays a central role in current thinking about law and human rights, but there is sharp disagreement about its meaning. Combining conceptual precision with a broad historical background, Michael Rosen puts these controversies in context and offers a novel, constructive proposal.Drawing on law, politics, religion, and culture, as well as philosophy, Rosen shows how modern conceptions of dignity inherit several distinct strands of meaning. This is why users of the word nowadays often talk past one another. The idea of dignity as the foundation for the universal entitlement to human rights represented the coming together after the Second World War of two extremely powerful traditions Christian theology and Kantian philosophy. Not only is this idea of dignity as an inner transcendental kernel behind human rights problematic, Rosen argues, it has drawn attention away from a different, very important, sense of dignity the right to be treated with dignity, that is, with proper respect. At the heart of the argument stands the giant figure of Immanuel Kant. Challenging current orthodoxy, Rosens interpretation presents Kant as a philosopher whose ethical thought is governed, above all, by the requirement of showing respect toward a kernel of value that each of us carries, indestructibly, within ourselves. Finally, Rosen asks (and answers) a surprisingly puzzling question why do we still have a duty to treat the dead with dignity if they will not benefit from our respect?**