What happens when a sanctuary city becomes a target?In 2025, under federal directive, ICE launched the most aggressive immigration crackdown in modern American history-right in the heart of Los Angeles. Families vanished overnight. Children were left behind. And private detention centers filled faster than courtrooms could process cases.Sanctuary Under Siege: Resistance, and the Real War on Immigrants is the definitive tell-all account of this mome...

This book explores many essential topics in a basic and easy-to-understand manner. This book, and the accompanying Electronic Devices and Circuit Fundamentals, have been modified with significant updates in content. The books are developed using a classic textbook – Electricity and Electronics: A Survey (5th Edition) – as a framework. Both new books have been structured using a similar sequence and organization as previous editions. The previous edition of Electricity and Electronics: A Su...

Book Description - The Surrogate's LieAuthor: Kelly R. RichardsonGenre: Psychological Thriller / Urban Crime Drama / Motherhood SuspenseTone: Dark, intense, character-driven with high emotional and psychological stakesShe thought carrying their child would give her a fresh start. She was dead wrong.Twenty-four-year-old Brooke Camden is broke, desperate, an...

Atlas of Pediatric Cardiac CTA is a concise visual guide to the imaging of congenital heart disease in infants and children. The book focuses on the utilization of cardiac CTA imaging for pediatric patients as distinct from adult patients, with an emphasis on techniques for retrospective and prospective scanning, reduction of the radiation dose, and CT data processing and analysis. It also describes cardiac CTA evaluation search patterns to assess the complex anatomy in congenital...

This atlas is a concise visual guide to the imaging of acquired heart disease in infants, children, and adolescents. Imaging plays an ever-increasing vital role in diagnosis, preoperative planning, and postoperative management for children with these disorders. The book reviews techniques for lowering radiation, discusses protocols for imaging in children, and provides recommendations for the most appropriate studies that decrease the time and cost of imaging these patients. Focusing on fu...

While most current texts on the coronary artery include only a single chapter on anomalies, this is the first of its kind to focus on the challenges involved with imaging coronary artery anomalies in infants. Since the appearance of coronary artery anomalies is dramatically different in infants with commonly associated congenital heart disease, unique techniques and careful timing are required for imaging these 1-2 mm blood vessels. Additionally, many coronary anomalies are not commonly se...

The 1980s were arguably the NBA’s best decade, giving rise to Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Michael Jordan. They were among the game’s greatest players who brought pro basketball out of its 1970s funk and made it faster, more fluid, and more exciting. Off the court the game was changing rapidly too, with the draft lottery, shoe commercials, and a style driven largely by excess.One player who personified the eighties excess is Micheal Ray Richardson. During his eight-year career in...

This complete introduction to the use of modern ray tracing techniques in plasma physics describes the powerful mathematical methods generally applicable to vector wave equations in non-uniform media, and clearly demonstrates the application of these methods to simplify and solve important problems in plasma wave theory. Key analytical concepts are carefully introduced as needed, encouraging the development of a visual intuition for the underlying methodology, with more advanced mathematic...

Efficient energy management and effective conservation procedures have been very important considerations for our society for many years. An oil embargo in the 1970s and early 1980s brought about a new awareness of energy conservation. Because of various factors like loss of tax credits and efficiency standards imposed by the government, public interest dropped considerably in regard to energy conservation. A revival in energy conservation among the general public occurred following the Pe...

This book explores many fundamental topics in a basic and easy-to-understand manner. It, and the accompanying DC-AC Electrical Fundamentals by the same co-authors, have been developed using a classic textbook – Electricity and Electronics: A Survey (5th Edition) by Patrick and Fardo – as a framework. Both new books have been structured using the same basic sequence and organization of the textbook as previous editions.This book has been expanded to 23 chapters, fu...

Devices and Circuit Fundamentals is:• Chapter Outline• Learning Objectives• Key Terms• Figure List• Chapter Summary• Formulas• Answers to Examples / Self-Exams• Glossary of Terms (defined)

This book explores many fundamental topics in a basic and easy-to-understand manner. It, and the accompanying DC-AC Electrical Fundamentals by the same co-authors, have been developed using a classic textbook - Electricity and Electronics: A Survey (5th Edition) by Patrick and Fardo - as a framework. Both new books have been structured using the same basic sequence and organization of the textbook as previous editions.This book has been expanded to 23 chapters, further simplifying content ...