Law's Detour

Law's Detour
Author: Peter Margulies
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2010-04-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0814795595

"From the Justice Department memos defending coerced interrogation to the firing of U.S. Attorneys who did not fit the Bush Administration's political needs, Law's Detour depicts the many detours that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney created to thwart transparency and undermine the rule of law after September 11, 2001. Bush officials set up a law-free zone at Guantanamo, pressured prosecutors to pursue political enemies, undermined the protection of bona fide refugees, and screened candidates for civil service jobs to ensure the hiring of "real Americans."" "While government needs flexibility to address genuine risks to national security - which certainly exist in the post-9/11 world - the Bush Administration's use of detours distracted the government from urgent priorities, tarnished America's reputation, and threatened voting and civil rights. In this comprehensive analysis of Bush officials' efforts to stretch and strain the justice system, Peter Margulies canvasses the costs of the Administration's digressions in the war on terror to thwarting economic and environment regulation." --Book Jacket.

Fired Up!

Fired Up!
Author: Michael Gates Gill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780670865482

A psychological and practical guide for the rocky road from the "corporate zoo" to the "wilds" of entrepreneurship, Fired Up! is filled with no-holds-barred realism and inspiring (and cautionary) stories that will help readers take charge of their destiny in this downsizing world.

High-Speed Railway Operation Under Emergent Conditions

High-Speed Railway Operation Under Emergent Conditions
Author: Limin Jia
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2021-07-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3662630338

This book addresses the current development status of high-speed railways globally and analyzes their operational schemes and practices under emergent conditions. It covers methods and problem-solving philosophy with regard to complexity analysis, capacity evaluation, passenger-flow forecasts, operating strategies, passenger-flow allocation, resource allocation and supporting technologies in the context of serious accidents and adverse environmental influences on train operation and service organization of high-speed railways. The abnormal scenarios, emergent conditions, adverse events and corresponding theoretical and applicational solutions dealing with the train operation both in line and network scale are all from real-world cases related to and designed for Chinese high-speed railway network which is the largest in scale, the highest in complexity and the most difficult in tackling with the complex and diverse climate and geographical environment , and thus makes the book both theoretically rigorous and practically applicable. It not only helps readers consider the train and network interactions from the perspective of complexity science, but also provides them with a philosophical framework and approaches available to construct their own roadmap and problem-solving paradigms in their daily research or management. This book is suitable for researchers, postgraduates and managerial and engineering practitioners in railway-related fields, especially in high-speed railway operation and emergency management.

Detour to Disaster

Detour to Disaster
Author: Noel Carpenter
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2023-07-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1611216729

In October of 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood set out through Alabama on what would be the final campaign of the Army of Tennessee. One event in particular, overlooked and misunderstood for generations, portended what was to follow and is the subject of Noel Carpenter’s Detour to Disaster: General John Bell Hood’s “Slight Demonstration” at Decatur and the Unravelling of the Tennessee Campaign. In this fascinating and meticulously detailed and documented account—the first book-length study of the weighty decision to march to Decatur and the combat that followed there—Carpenter investigates the circumstances surrounding these matters and how they overwhelmed the controversial young army commander and potentially doomed his daring invasion. Detour to Disaster is required reading for everyone interested in the Western Theater, and especially the doomed Tennessee Campaign.

Tsunami: Progress in Prediction, Disaster Prevention and Warning

Tsunami: Progress in Prediction, Disaster Prevention and Warning
Author: Yoshito Tsuchiya †
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1995-05-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780792334835

The Sixteenth International Tsunami Symposium, TSUNAMI ¿93, drew more than 150 scientists, engineers and specialists in tsunami research and disaster mitigation from 13 countries. The leading contributions to the symposium, selected after a rigorous reviewing process, are presented here under three broad headings: - Tsunami Generation, Propagation and Inundation: Their Prediction and Simulation. - Tsunami Disasters: Their Prevention and Mitigation. - Tsunami Observations, and Warning Systems and Plans for Improvement. Audience: Scientists, engineers and graduate students interested in the prediction of earthquakes and tsunamis, tsunami disasters and their prevention and mitigation. Professionals in the field of coastal management and protection.

Geospatial Information Technology for Emergency Response

Geospatial Information Technology for Emergency Response
Author: Sisi Zlatanova
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 630
Release: 2008-01-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1134100906

Disaster management is generally understood to consist of four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. While these phases are all important and interrelated, response and recovery are often considered to be the most critical in terms of saving lives. Response is the acute phase occurring after the event, and includes all arrangemen