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  Island of Woods - How Ireland...

  Paul McMahon

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  Forestry in Ireland has never been so contentious. Over the last century the area of Irish woodland has increased tenfold, mostly through the planting of imported conifer species; government policy is to plant more trees to supply industry and to tackle climate change, both urgent priorities. But there has been a backlash from farmers, local communities, environmentalists and EU regulators. The rate of planting has plummeted. And up to one-third of new plantations in Ireland are failed forests that should never have been planted in the first place. How did we end up in this peculiar situation?
  Island of Woods traces the history of Irish forests over the last 10,000 years. It explains why Ireland lost so much of its forest cover, before a burst of tree-planting over the last few decades. It examines the state of Irish forestry today and sketches a way forward for our woods that balances commercial, environmental and social goals – a vision of a different type of forestry that could transform the Irish landscape and re-establish a genuine tree culture in the country.
  This engaging examination of Irish woodlands relates historical events to present-day concerns and controversies, drawing out crucial themes that continue to shape the Irish landscape.

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  Cougar Bay Nature Preserve -...

  Theresa Shaffer

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  Fighting for Ecological HeritageIn 1992, a Hawaiian developer proposed a subdivision on Cougar Bay's northern shore, just two miles south of Coeur d'Alene. Dedicated, tenacious locals took on the seemingly impossible goal of stopping the "Cougar Beach" development. Unlikely allies--environmental activists and a cantankerous landowner--banded together. Private and public groups stepped up. In 1997, The Nature Conservancy purchased major shoreline areas and created a nature preserve. The sanctuary remained unaltered until more private land was gifted to the Bureau of Land Management and Kootenai County. After thirteen years of heroic perseverance, the Cougar Bay Nature Preserve became a reality. Idaho Wildlife Viewing Guide calls it one of the state's best wildlife viewing sites. Theresa Shaffer chronicles the battle to preserve this oasis for locals, visitors and wildlife alike.

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  Moonlight Elk - One Woman's Hunt...

  Christie Green

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  Christie Green learned to hunt in order to complement the food she grew in her garden. As an act of practical agency this fulfilled her needs, yet a restlessness stirred within. She longed for a life defined by something deeper than cultural norms. Could she travel beyond the supposed domain of women and venture into the wild, where men were said to prevail? 
   
   
   
  Here, hunting in the wild, the moon cycles through her, rising and falling, whispering messages from the dark side. Rather than circle the hot insistence of a masculine sun, Green begins to attune to the more elusive, mysterious murmuration of the moon. Animals and dreams, lunar partners, choreograph Green through time and space. She longs to dream, toil, live, and love at the edges of the fertile ecotones where she can withdraw inward, retreat like an animal into hiding, and then come into full, radiant view on her own terms. Green sheds the burdens of her domestic self and witnesses the animals defying reason as they walk her into their world, ambling her along, straddling night and day, waking and sleeping. Through them, definitions of gender dissolve and boundaries blur. In the process, Green eclipses western society's definitions of her as a woman, mother, lover, and entrepreneur, courageously birthing her own independence through a profound connection to the animals and the places they call home.

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  Applied Natural Language...

  Dr. Deepti Chopra

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  Unlock the Power of PyTorch 2.0 for Next-Level Natural Language Processing.
  Book Description
  Natural Language Processing (NLP) is revolutionizing industries, from chatbots to data insights. PyTorch 2.0 offers the tools to build powerful NLP models. Applied Natural Language Processing with PyTorch 2.0 provides a practical guide to mastering NLP with this advanced framework.
  This book starts with a strong foundation in NLP concepts and the essentials of PyTorch 2.0, ensuring that you are well-equipped to tackle advanced topics. It covers key techniques such as transformer models, pre-trained language models, sequence-to-sequence models, and more. Each chapter includes hands-on examples and code implementations for real-world application.
  With a focus on practical use cases, the book explores NLP tasks like sentiment analysis, text classification, named entity recognition, machine translation, and text generation. You'll learn how to preprocess text, design neural architectures, train models, and evaluate results. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced professional, this book will empower you to develop advanced NLP models and solutions. Get started today and unlock the potential of NLP with PyTorch 2.0!
  Table of Contents
  1. Introduction to Natural Language Processing
  2. Getting Started with PyTorch
  3. Text Preprocessing
  4. Building NLP Models with PyTorch
  5. Advanced NLP Techniques with PyTorch
  6. Model Training and Evaluation
  7. Improving NLP Models with PyTorch
  8. Deployment and Productionization
  9. Case Studies and Practical Examples
  10. Future Trends in Natural Language Processing and PyTorch      
  
  Index

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  Practice the Pause - Jesus'...

  Caroline Oakes

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  These days, many of us live in a state of overreactive fight-or-flight response and chronic stress. The demands of modern life pull us in all directions and can often put the meaningful connections in our lives at risk—connections to our deepest selves, to others, and even to God. 
   
   
   
  But there is good news. New developments in brain science have recently proven that an intentional practice of pausing for a few minutes of meditation, prayer, or other contemplative practice actually rewires our brain in ways that make us calmer, less reactive, and better able to see the bigger picture. 
   
   
   
  In Practice the Pause, spiritual director and writer Caroline Oakes offers easy-to-understand explanations of how this new brain science is confirming what every spiritual tradition has been telling us for millennia: by practicing the pause, we become more self-aware and better able to understand others. We become more "God aware." With a refreshing focus on the Eastern Christian understanding of Jesus as a master of wisdom, Oakes shines a spotlight on Jesus's own centering pause practice as a transformative path for personal and social change. We learn that even a seven-second pause practice can move us beyond the fight-or-flight responses of our ego in our daily lives and actually equip us to cultivate the common good in the world.

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  Engineering - from Civizilation...

  Jr. O. S. Beyer

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  What is engineering for: private profit or the public good? 
   
  In this incisive essay from *Civilization in the United States*, mechanical engineer O. S. Beyer, Jr. examines the transformation of American engineering and the economic forces reshaping the profession. 
   
  Beyer traces the field from its early pioneers—independent builders and inventors who designed roads, machinery, cities, and public infrastructure—to the rise of modern industrial corporations. As technology became increasingly essential to manufacturing and transportation, engineers gained greater technical responsibility but often lost control over how their work was used. 
   
  Instead of serving society directly, many became salaried employees required to prioritize corporate profit, production speed, and financial efficiency. Beyer warns that engineering systems designed without concern for human consequences can reduce workers to little more than parts in an industrial machine. 
   
  He also challenges engineers to reconsider their position between corporate leadership and organized labor. Because their decisions directly affect wages, safety, working conditions, and quality of life, engineers cannot remain socially neutral. 
   
  For Beyer, technical knowledge alone is not enough. Engineers must understand economics, politics, labor, and human behavior if technology is to improve society rather than simply enrich private owners. 
   
  Originally published in 1922, *Engineering* is a thought-provoking examination of professional ethics, corporate power, industrial labor, and the responsibility of those who design the systems on which modern life depends. 
   
  Narrated by John Riddle.

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