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This book takes both a historical and personal views of the atomic
bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The historical view is
provided by Dr. Devine, Joel Liebesfeld, Todd Liebesfeld, Esq., and
Prof. Schuber. The personal view is presented by Dr. Doherty who
discusses the account of Robert J. Walsh, a U.S. Army 34th Infantry
soldier telephone lineman, who was stationed near Nagasaki. Robert
took approximately 275 pictures for his photo album with a simple
Kodak camera. Many of the pictures are at ground zero and show the
devastation of the atomic bomb as well as a marker for the
epicenter. Robert was also electrocuted on high voltage wires and
fell off a telephone pole to the ground. His back was broken in
three places and he was put in a coma so that he would stay still
and the back could be fused. While in a coma, Robert was lost in
one of the nearby hospitals. His mother received a telegram that he
was lost. His mother was completely beside herself and turned to
Congressman Fred A. Hartley Jr. for help. Congressman Hartley
launched an investigation and found Robert in a hospital in Japan.
Robert was in a body cast for two years, part of it in a coma, but
did not get a bed sore due to the results of a Japanese nurse named
Snowball who invented a special medical instrument that she used
with Robert. Robert was brought back home and brought back to
Walter Reed Hospital where doctors used innovative techniques to
help him heal and walk again. The book also ends with Robert as a
senior citizen who lives a normal life leading a dance group at his
retirement center.
This Everyone book attempts to the guide the reader through the
more essential steps of understanding the basic principles or
elements that constitute the daily work of investigators in fields
relating to computing and electrical loss. The chapters are meant
to set a foundation for people who may want to enter the field of
investigations, or are at the beginning of a career in the area, or
are seasoned investigators looking to delve into more contemporary
areas of investigations, or for persons that are just interested in
reading about matters or topics that are currently revealed in
differing forms of media, such as in the successful TV drama series
CSI. The book is formatted sequentially so that the reader can
review important legal matters that are a part of most
investigations and then go on to peruse the elements of basic
electrical principles as they apply to certain types of fire and
fault losses. These beginning chapters set a broad stage for the
various areas of computing that follow. The book does not
necessarily have to be read in the order that it was written. In a
sense, the reader may choose to use the book as a reference book.
The chapters were written, for the most part, to be able to stand
alone, as monographs. There are many chapters that review a broad
range of more common topics and there are chapters concerned with
more esoteric areas of computing and electronics. Some of these
chapters discuss the high-tech methods that are sometimes deployed
by thieves, terrorists, pedophiles, stalkers, etc. All of the
co-authors reflect their experience as individuals that work
closely with the criminal justice and civil institutions.
This book discusses the fundamentals of emergency management. The
four phases of emergency management are discussed in detail
throughout the book. These phases are mitigation, preparedness,
response, and recovery with respect to floods, earthquakes, storms,
and other man made as well as natural disasters. This book uses
easy to understand examples that also include populations such as
senior citizens and the disabled. There are numerous chapters that
show the progression of emergency management equipment and how it
was used through the last four centuries in the United States.
There is also a section on the atomic age which explains radiation,
fallout, and some warning systems that are in place to warn the
public in case of nuclear accidents such as Three Mile Island.
There are also some never seen photos of Nagasaki shortly after the
blast in World War Two. We will also meet Uncle Bob who sometimes
worked in the hot zone and was later electrocuted, injured his
spine, and was in a coma for a while. We will also discuss some of
the issues with electrical burns too. Later chapters include the
topic of telemedicine and the technology used in telemedicine.
Telemedicine becomes important to serve rural communities around
the world where people may not have access to quality health care
usually available in cities.
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