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Super Volcano: The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath Yellowstone National Park
Despite growing evidence of geothermic activity under America's first and foremost national park, it took geologists a long time to realize that there was actually a volcano beneath Yellowstone. And then, why couldn't they find the caldera or crater? Because, as an aerial photograph finally revealed, the caldera is 45 miles wide, encompassing all of Yellowstone. What will happen, in human terms, when it erupts? Greg Breining explores the shocking answer to this question and others in a scientific yet accessible look at the enormous natural disaster brewing beneath the surface of the United States. Yellowstone is one of the world's five "super volcanoes." When it erupts, much of the nation will be hit hard. Though historically Yellowstone has erupted about every 600,000 years, it has not done so for 630,000, meaning it is 30,000 years overdue. Starting with a scenario of what will happen when Yellowstone blows, this fascinating study describes how volcanoes function and includes a timeline of famous volcanic eruptions throughout history. .
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The Ticking
The Ticking is the story of Edison Steelhead, a boy who at birth takes his mother's life and his father's deformed face. Secreted away by his father to be raised in a remote island lighthouse, Edison relates to his surroundings in the only way he knows how--by capturing them in his sketchbook. Able to find beauty in even the most grotesque of things, Edison embraces his own unsettling appearance and sets out to confront the rest of the world. Waiting for him on its alien shores are the sights and experiences that will give shape to both his future and his past. Written and illustrated by acclaimed artist Renee French, The Ticking is a compelling work of graphic literature, a reminder that before we can appreciate the beauty around us, we must first find it within ourselves. A gorgeous 216-page hardcover graphic novel, designed by Jordan Crane..
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Buy-Sell Agreements: Ticking Time Bombs or Reasonable Resolutions?
Buy-sell agreements are legal contracts What is not clearly understood, however, is that they are also business and valuation documents. As important as buy-sell agreements are, many are created almost as an afterthought, particularly from the viewpoint of shareholders/investors in private businesses. The parties to the agreement often do not take sufficient time to understand the exact nature of the agreement, how it will work in the future, and the implications for them (whether they will be a buyer or seller in future transactions) - despite the best efforts of a corporation s counsel. This book about buy-sell agreements, written by a business appraiser and businessman, helps both the corporation and its shareholders understand their buy-sell agreements by helping the reader ask and answer: Will the existing design and operation of your buy-sell agreement accomplish your business objectives? If a trigger event occurs, will the valuation mechanism in your buy-sell agreement accomplish the objective of providing a then-current price for the company s stock at the level (the kind of value) you and your partners/shareholders/investors agree to be reasonable? Buy-Sell Agreements: Ticking Time Bombs or Reasonable Resolutions? discusses the advantages and disadvantages of formula and fixed price agreements, single appraiser and multiple appraiser process agreements. The book also details the six defining elements of a buy-sell agreement. If your buy-sell agreement is absent (or unclear on) any of these defining elements, upon a trigger event, the result might be expensive and prolonged negotiation or litigation to get to a resolution. In addition, the book contains a Buy-Sell Audit Checklist to assist shareholders, corporate officers and their advisors in negotiating business and valuation issues relating to buy-sell agreements. This book is written to help business owners, attorneys, insurance professionals, business appraisers, and other profession.
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Torture and the Ticking Bomb (Blackwell Public Philosophy Series)
This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz’s controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation.
- Argues that the respectability Dershowitz's arguments confer on the view that torture is a legitimate weapon in the war on terror needs urgently to be countered
- Takes on the advocates of torture on their own utilitarian grounds
- Timely and passionately written, in an accessible, jargon-free style
- Forms part of the provocative and timely Blackwell Public Philosophy series
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Why Not Torture Terrorists?: Moral, Practical and Legal Aspects of the "Ticking Bomb" Justification for Torture (Oxford Monographs in International Law)
This book addresses a dilemma at the heart of the 'War on Terror': is it ever justifiable to torture terrorists in order to save the lives of others, the so-called 'ticking bomb' scenario? The book opens with an analysis of the pure moral argument from the standpoint of the individual as torturer. It then looks at the issues that arise once a state has decided to sanction torture in certain situations: how to establish factually that the situation is urgent, deciding who to torture, training people to carry out torture, and the efficacy of torture as a means of gathering information. The final part examines attempts to operate legal systems which tolerate torture; how they relate to the criminal law notion of necessity and to international human rights norms. After examining the utilitarian arguments for torture, and the impact on a society of permitting torture, the author presents a powerful argument for maintaining the absolute legal prohibition..
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Child Ticking: A Memoir
The author, born on an estate in Lithuania to a family with deep rooted traditions and raised in the spirit of social change, describes the people, events and surroundings which formed her awareness of self. The memoir stops at age nine when, after a shattering experience, the child realizes that the core of her being will not survive without an outer shell..
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