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  The Drive for Dollars - How...

  Eric A. Morris, Brian D. Taylor,...

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  The story of the interplay between finance, freeways, and urban form in the twentieth century and their enduring impact on American cities and neighborhoods in the twenty-first. 
   
   
   
  American cities are distinct from almost all others in the degree to which freeways and freeway travel dominate urban landscapes. In The Drive for Dollars, Brian D. Taylor, Eric A. Morris, and Jeffrey R. Brown tell the largely misunderstood story of how freeways became the centerpiece of US urban transportation systems, and the crucial, though usually overlooked, role of fiscal politics in bringing freeways about. The authors chronicle how the ways that we both raise and spend transportation revenue have shaped our transportation system and the lives of those who use it, from the era before the automobile to the present day. They focus on how the development of one revolutionary type of road—the freeway—was inextricably intertwined with money. With the nation's transportation finance system at a crossroads today, this book sheds light on how we can best fund and plan transportation in the future. The authors draw on these lessons to offer ways forward to pay for transportation more equitably, provide travelers with better mobility, and increase environmental sustainability and urban livability.

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  You Are Home - Heal from Family...

  PhD Sherrie Campbell, PhD Nadine...

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  If you are a survivor of family trauma, "home" was never a sanctuary. It was a place of pain, instability, and fear. You may have longed for a home filled with love, nurturing, connection, belonging, and safety―but instead were met with dysfunction and emotional harm. When a home is toxic, it becomes the last place you want to be. This guide will help you reclaim home―not as a physical place, but rather a deep sense of safety and trust in yourself. 
   
  You Are Home is a powerful "DIY manual" for understanding and honoring yourself as you begin this healing self-renovation project. You'll gain a new perspective of your past and discover tools to help you strengthen your foundation, establish boundaries with others, and rebuild your life from the ground up as you create a safer, stronger, more loving home within. 
   
  You'll discover empowering guidance to help you: clear out toxic energy or emotional clutter left by parents or family members who should have cared for you but brought you harm; fortify the structural integrity of your home by addressing core wounds; set boundaries with others in ways that support growth and transformation; learn mindfulness and reparenting techniques to balance your emotions; understand that you are never going backward―you are simply going inward; and envision your highest potential and manifest the life you were always meant to have. 
  If your childhood and much of your adult life have been defined by feelings of emotional homelessness―feeling unloved, unseen, and disconnected―safety and belonging may seem out of reach. But coming home to yourself is possible. This book will help you rebuild your home, and your life, one step at a time.

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  Europe without Borders - A History

  Issac Stanley-Becker

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  Europe is a place of free movement among nations—or is it? The Schengen area, established in 1985 and today encompassing twenty-nine European countries, allows people, goods, and capital to cross borders without restraint. Schengen transformed European life, advancing both a democratic project of transnational citizenship and a neoliberal project of international free trade. But the right of free movement always excluded non-Europeans, especially migrants of color from former colonies of the Schengen states. In Europe without Borders, Isaac Stanley-Becker explores the contested creation of free movement in Schengen. 
   
   
   
  Schengen laid the groundwork for the making of a single market and the founding of the European Union. Yet its emergence is one of the great untold stories of modern European history, one hidden in archives long embargoed. Stanley-Becker is among the first to have access to records of the treatymaking and Europe without Borders offers a pathbreaking account of Schengen's creation. Stanley-Becker argues that Schengen gave a humanist cast to a market paradigm; but even in pairing the border crossing of human beings with the principles of free-market exchange, this vision of free movement was hedged by alarm about foreign migrants. Meanwhile, these migrants—the sans-papiers—saw in the promise of a borderless Europe only a neocolonial enterprise.

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  Beyond Quantity - Research with...

  Jens Schröter, Andreas Sudmann,...

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  How do artificial neural networks and other forms of artificial intelligence interfere with methods and practices in the sciences? Which interdisciplinary epistemological challenges arise when we think about the use of AI beyond its dependency on big data? Not only the natural sciences, but also the social sciences and the humanities seem to be increasingly affected by current approaches of subsymbolic AI, which master problems of quality (fuzziness, uncertainty) in a hitherto unknown way. But what are the conditions, implications, and effects of these (potential) epistemic transformations and how must research on AI be configured to address them adequately?

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  In Defense of Open Society: Book...

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of In Defense of Open Society, by George Soros.
   
  It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by George Soros.
   
  Ideal those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
   
  In a time of rising authoritarianism and political uncertainty, In Defense of Open Society explores the principles that uphold democratic societies. Drawing on personal experiences and decades of philanthropic efforts, the book examines the threats posed to open societies by nationalism, populism, and the erosion of civil liberties. Through sharp analysis and compelling arguments, it advocates for the preservation of freedom, transparency, and justice as the cornerstones of a better future.

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  Assessing Russian Activities and...

  Office of the Director of...

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  It is no secret that the 2016 United States Presidential Election was one of the closest, nastiest, and most contentious in the history of the country.  The narrow victory of Donald J. Trump was an unprecedented upset, to say the least. The Republic party winnowed a field of 17 candidates down to a real estate developer and reality television star who appealed to large segment of the public that felt ignored by the established powers. The Democratic candidate, Hilary Clinton, was dogged with questions of trust and poor judgment stemming from her use of a private email server while serving as Secretary of State. When Wiki leaks released thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee only an hour after NBC released a damaging recording of candidate Trump boasting of his sexual conquests and the Republican platform became surprisingly friendly to Russia, it became evident that extraordinary forces were at play and influencing the public conversation.  After the election President Obama ordered the three major intelligence agencies to coordinate their findings during the lengthy election season and report them to key persons in the US Government.  The classified report was shared with the Executive branch, the Congress and the President-elect in early January. A shortened declassified version with the same assessments was released at the same time.  That report, entitled Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections, is read here verbatim.  It reveals that the Russian activities were deliberate, extensive, and originated at the very top of the Russian government.

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