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Author: Henry Louis Gates File Type: pdf Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the PBS documentary series seen by 30 million people. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots, looking further back in time than ever before. Gatess investigations take on the personal and genealogical histories of more than twenty luminaries, including United States Congressman John Lewis, actor Robert Downey Jr., CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, President of the Becoming American Institute Linda Chavez, and comedian Margaret Cho. Interwoven with their moving stories of immigration, assimilation, strife, and success, Gates provides practical information for amateur genealogists just beginning archival research on their own families roots, and he details the advances in genetic research now available to the public. The result is an illuminating exploration of who we are, how we lost track of our roots, and how we can find them again.** Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the PBS documentary series seen by 30 million people. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots, looking further back in time than ever before. Gatess investigations take on the personal and genealogical histories of more than twenty luminaries, including United States Congressman John Lewis, actor Robert Downey Jr., CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, President of the Becoming American Institute Linda Chavez, and comedian Margaret Cho. Interwoven with their moving stories of immigration, assimilation, strife, and success, Gates provides practical information for amateur genealogists just beginning archival research on their own families roots, and he details the advances in genetic research now available to the public. The result is an illuminating exploration of who we are, how we lost track of our roots, and how we can find them again.

Author: Irina Borogan File Type: epub Half of Russias email traffic passes through an ordinary-looking building in an otherwise residential district of South West Moscow. On the eighth floor, in here a room occupied by the FSB, the successor organization to the KGB, is a box the size of a VHS player, marked SORM. SORM once intercepted just phone calls. Now it monitors emails, internet usage, Skype, and all social networks. It is the worlds most intrusive listening device, and it is the Russian Governments front line for the battle of the future of the internet. Drawn from scores of interviews personally conducted with numerous prominent officials in in the ministry of communications and web-savvy activists challenging the state, Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogans fearless investigative reporting in The Red Web is both harrowing and alarming. They explain the long and storied history of Russian advanced surveillance systems, from research laboratories in Soviet era labor camps to the legalization of government monitoring of all telephone and internet communications in 1995. But for every hacker subcontracted by the FSB to interfere with Russias antagonists abroadsuch as those who in a massive Denial of Service attack overwhelmed the entire internet in neighboring Estoniathere is a radical or an opportunist who is using the web to chip away at the power of the state at home. Empowered by communication enabled by social media, a community of activists, editors, programmers and others are finding ways to challenge abusive state powers online. Alexei Navalny used his LiveJournal to expose political corruption in Russian, and gained a viral following after attacking Putins party of crooks and thieves. Grigory Melkonyants, deputy director of the nations only independent election watchdog organization, developed a visual that tracked and mapped voter fraud across the country. And on December 10th, 2011 50,000 people crowded Bolotnaya Square to protest United Russia and its lawless practices. Twenty-four-year-old Ilya Klishin had used Facebook to spark the largest organized demonstration in Moscow since the dying days of the Soviet Union. The internet in Russia is either the most efficient totalitarian tool or the very device by which totalitarianism will be overthrown. Perhaps both. The Red Web exposes how easily a free global exchange can be splintered coerced into becoming a tool of geopolitical warfare. Without much-needed activism or regulation, the Internet will no longer be a safe and egalitarian public forumbut instead a site Balkanized and policed to suit the interests and agendas of the worlds most hostile governments. **Review[Andrei Soldatov is] the single most prominent critic of Russias surveillance apparatus. --Edward Snowden If you want to know the history of Russian intelligence, look no further. Revealing, new, and rich in detail. From simple surveillance to electronic snooping Russian-style, a gripping and important study. This is a book you hope Russian officials dont find in your luggage. --Richard Engel, chief foreign correspondent, NBC News hrRussia hands and Net neutrality advocates alike will find plenty to intrigue in this report from the front lines. --Kirkus Reviews hrA masterful study of the struggle between the Kremlins desire to control information and the unruly world of ordinary digital citizen. - The Guardian hr[Soldatov and Borogan] pull at the roots of the surveillance system in Russia today, and their research leads them quickly to the paranoid society of the Soviet Union.. - The Wall Street Journal hrThe excellent, highly readable tale of the ongoing struggle to control digital life in Russia. - The Los Angeles Review of BooksAbout the Author Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan are cofounders of Agentura.Ru and authors of The New Nobility. Their work has been featured in the New York Times, Moscow Times, Washington Post, Online Journalism Review, Le Monde, Christian Science Monitor, * CNN, and BBC. The New York Times* has called Agentura.ru a web site that came in from the cold to unveil Russian secrets. Soldatov and Borogan live in Moscow, Russia.

Author: Mark Hardcastle File Type: pdf Commended in the Mental Health category of the 2008 BMA Medical Book Competition. This book offers an insight into the experience of psychiatric in-patient care, from botha professional and a user perspective. The editors highlight the problems in creating therapeutic environments within settings which are often poorly resourced, crisis driven and risk aversive. The contributors argue that for change to occur there needs first of all to be a genuine appreciation of the experiences of those involved in the unpredictable, anxiety-arousing and sometimes threatening environment of the psychiatric ward. Each chapter comprises a personal account of in-patient care by those in the front line people who have been admitted to a psychiatric ward their relatives or those that provide the care. These accounts are followed by two commentaries written from different perspectives, suggesting lessons that can be learnt to improve the quality of care. Experiences of Mental Health In-patient Care will be useful for all mental health professionals, including mental health nurses, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, arts therapists, social workers and trainees, as well as service users and carers organisations. **Review On every page of the book I found in the accounts of users, carers and professionals gems that encapsulated so much of my own differing encounters with psychiatric in-patient care. Rachel Perkins From the Foreword So, halleluiah, in this enlightened book we have a bite-sized collection of intelligent, insightful, and absorbing contributions which refreshes the soul... The book not only challenges but informs and inspires...[I] intend to ensure that as many people as possible are aware of its value. Malcolm Rae from the Foreword ...a highly illuminating approach and a worthwhile read for anyone seeking an insight into the experience of inpatient care from a variety of perspectives. Clare Allan, *The Guardian* ...this splendid book is an excellent resource at many levels. - Psychiatric Bulletin *...an excellent, stimulating, useful and welcome book. - *Mental Health Practice This book is likely to become a classic critique of in-patient treatment. Read it do not despair race straight to www.starwards.org.uk to find inspiring examples of what many acute wards are managing to achieve, despite the challenges so vividly described in this valuable book. - Marion Janner, Mental Health Today, November 2007 *This is a thought-provoking and challenging publication that poses many questions about how service improvement might occur - essential reading for anyone working in mental health, particuarly students. - Anne Gilbert, Gestalt Psychotherapist, Counsellor and Supervisor, Therapy Today,* October 2007 *I would recommend this book for every mental health department because it is a valuable resource. - Pam Schofield, Senior Occupational Therapist, British Journal of Occupational Therapy,* March 2008, 71(3) *... this is an essential read for anyone starting work in in-patient settings, but just as valuable for experienced staff to help them remain mindful of their own feelings and reactions in these complex environments, as well as those of service users and carers. - Jonna Siitarinen, Clinical Psychology Forum, *October 2008 This collection of personal accounts brings the experience alive for those involved in inpatient psychiatry. As such it is a valuable resource for mental health professionals, patients, and patients families. - William M. Regan, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Vol. 70, No. 3, March 2009 About the Author Mark Hardcastle is a consultant nurse with Sussex Partnership (NHS) Trust and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Brighton. David Kennard is a clinical psychologist and group analyst, formerly Head of Psychology at The Retreat, York, and is Chair of ISPS UK. Sheila Grandison is the Head of Arts Therapies at East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust. Leonard Fagin retired in 2006 as an NHS consultant psychiatrist and Clinical Director at North East London Mental Health NHS Trust and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London.