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  Oil Beach - How Toxic...

  Christina Dunbar-Hester

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  Can the stories of bananas, whales, sea birds, and otters teach us to reconsider the seaport as a place of ecological violence, tied to oil, capital, and trade? 
    
  San Pedro Bay, which contains the contiguous Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, is a significant site for petroleum shipping and refining as well as one of the largest container shipping ports in the world—some forty percent of containerized imports to the United States pass through this so-called America’s Port. It is also ecologically rich. Built atop a land- and waterscape of vital importance to wildlife, the heavily industrialized Los Angeles Harbor contains estuarial wetlands, the LA River mouth, and a marine ecology where colder and warmer Pacific Ocean waters meet. In this compelling interdisciplinary investigation, award-winning author Christina Dunbar-Hester explores the complex relationships among commerce, empire, environment, and the nonhuman life forms of San Pedro Bay over the last fifty years—a period coinciding with the era of modern environmental regulation in the United States. The LA port complex is not simply a local site, Dunbar-Hester argues, but a node in a network that enables the continued expansion of capitalism, propelling trade as it drives the extraction of natural resources, labor violations, pollution, and other harms. Focusing specifically on cetaceans, bananas, sea birds, and otters whose lives are intertwined with the vitality of the port complex itself, Oil Beach reveals how logistics infrastructure threatens ecologies as it circulates goods and capital—and helps us to consider a future where the accumulation of life and the accumulation of capital are not in violent tension.

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  Secure Software Design

  Saimon Carrie

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  "Secure Software Design: Advanced Strategies for Building Resilient and Secure Applications" delves into the intricacies of creating robust and secure software systems in an increasingly complex digital landscape. In this comprehensive guide, readers will explore advanced strategies and best practices for fortifying their applications against evolving cyber threats. 
  From understanding the principles of secure software design to implementing advanced security measures, this book equips developers, architects, and security professionals with the knowledge and techniques needed to protect their applications and data from malicious actors. Through practical examples, case studies, and expert insights, readers will learn how to:Apply secure coding principles and best practices to minimize vulnerabilities and exploits.Implement advanced authentication and authorization mechanisms, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) and role-based access control (RBAC).Utilize encryption and secure communication protocols to safeguard data at rest and in transit.Incorporate security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) through threat modeling, secure coding standards, and security testing.Leverage emerging technologies, such as AI and machine learning, to enhance threat detection and incident response capabilities.Navigate compliance requirements and regulatory frameworks, including GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. 
  This book provides invaluable insights and actionable strategies for building resilient and secure applications in today's cyber-threat landscape. 
   

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  Artificial Intelligence &...

  David M. Patel

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  *****This book now comes with a FREE VIDEO COURSE: ChatGPT for Beginners!*****Do you want an easy guide to understanding AI?Curious about the hype around generative AI?Looking for ways to use ChatGPT, MidJourney for business & personal gain?If you find yourself nodding in agreement, then this book is exactly for you!Amazon bestselling author & AI Consultant David M. Patel is going to show you everything you need to know become an expert user of artificial intelligence & generative AI. He is going to lead you step-by-step to discovering the foundations of artificial intelligence, understand how generative models work and how to tap into the full power of AI tools like ChatGPT, DALL-E 3 and MidJourney to skyrocket your productivity and scale yourself exponentially.In this action-oriented guide, you are going to discover:In part I – Artificial Intelligence for Beginners:- The Fascinating History of AI: 60+ Years of Breakthroughs- 5 Major Components of AI You Need to Know- The 3 Types of Machine Learning & How They Differ- What Role Data and Algorithms Play in AI (Most People Overlook This)- Major Fields of AI: NLP, Computer Vision and Robotics + ApplicationsIn part II – Generative AI - Foundations:- What Generative AI Is and Isn't- The 9 Types of Generative AI & How They Work- Business Ideas with Generative AI: 2 Detailed Case Studies- 4 Essential Tools for Developing Your Own Generative AI ModelIn part III: HOW TO-GUIDES & Practical Applications:- How To Use Generative AI for Copywriting, Graphic Design & Video Editing- The 12 Best Generative AI Tools for 2024 (#7-#12 Are Barely Known)- 13 HANDS ON-GUIDES - Write Articles & Design images with AI & Build Your Own GPT- 50+ Best Generative AI Podcasts, Influencers and Thought Leaders to FollowAnd so much more!It's more than just a book; it's your roadmap to the future.Discover, learn, act - the future of AI awaits you!

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  Ethical Machines - Your Concise...

  Reid Blackman

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  The promise of artificial intelligence is automated decision-making at scale, but that means AI also automates risk at scale. Are you prepared for that risk? 
   
   
   
  Already, many companies have suffered real damage when their algorithms led to discriminatory, privacy-invading, and even deadly outcomes. Self-driving cars have hit pedestrians; HR algorithms have precluded women from job searches; mortgage systems have denied loans to qualified minorities. And often the companies who deployed the AI couldn't explain why the black box made the decision it did. 
   
   
   
  In Ethical Machines, Reid Blackman gives you all you need to understand AI ethics as a risk management challenge. He'll help you build, procure, and deploy AI in a way that's not only ethical but also safe in terms of your organization's reputation, regulatory compliance, and legal standing—and do it at scale. And don't worry—the book's purpose is to get work done, not to ponder deep and existential questions about ethics and technology. Blackman's clear and accessible writing helps make a complex and often misunderstood concept like ethics easy to grasp. Most importantly, Blackman makes ethics actionable by tackling the big three ethical risks with AI—bias, explainability, and privacy—and tells you what to do (and what not to do) to mitigate them.

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  Tectonophysics - Earth's Moving...

  Mike Crawford

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  Tectonophysics is the branch of geophysics that studies the physical processes governing the movement and deformation of Earth's lithosphere. It serves as the foundation for understanding the forces that drive plate tectonics, mountain building, earthquakes, and volcanic activity. This field integrates principles from geology, physics, and engineering to explain how stresses, strains, and material properties influence the behavior of the Earth's crust and mantle. 
  The development of tectonophysics as a scientific discipline emerged from the broader study of geodynamics and plate tectonics. In the early 20th century, Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift, suggesting that continents were once joined in a supercontinent called Pangaea before slowly drifting apart. However, his ideas lacked a convincing mechanism. It was not until the mid-20th century that discoveries such as seafloor spreading and mantle convection provided the necessary framework for the modern theory of plate tectonics. These findings revolutionized the understanding of Earth's dynamic nature, establishing tectonophysics as a crucial field in geoscience. 
  At its core, tectonophysics investigates the forces that drive plate motions. Earth's interior consists of the solid inner core, the molten outer core, the mantle, and the brittle lithosphere. Heat from the core generates convective currents in the mantle, which exert stress on the overlying tectonic plates. These stresses lead to deformation in the lithosphere, resulting in phenomena such as faulting, folding, and crustal thickening. The study of stress and strain is fundamental in tectonophysics, as it helps explain the mechanisms behind earthquakes and mountain formation.

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  The Reflective Cosmos - A...

  Ylia Callan

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  The Reflective Cosmos invites you on an extraordinary journey through space, life, and consciousness, revealing a bold new vision of the universe as a vast mirror of itself. What if space is not empty, but a dynamic medium shaped by pressure, reflection, and resonance? What if life and mind emerge not as accidents, but as natural expressions of this cosmic architecture? 
  Blending science, philosophy, and imagination, this groundbreaking audiobook explores questions at the frontier of human thought: 
  Is the universe infinite, or does it bend back on itself like a reflection? 
  Could pressure and waves in the cosmic medium explain dark matter, black holes, and the hidden energy of space? 
  How are life, evolution, and consciousness woven into the same reflective principles that guide galaxies and stars? 
  Might information, order, and mind itself arise from the logic of mirrors? 
  From the mechanics of space and time to the mysteries of the living mind, from the breath of black holes to the reflective horizon of infinity, The Reflective Cosmos offers a unified story of existence - where physics, biology, and consciousness converge. 
  This is not just a book about the universe - it is a mirror in which the universe comes to know itself.

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