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At the center of West of Then is Karen Morgan -- island flower, fifth-generation haole (white) Hawaiian, Mayflower descendant -- now living on the streets of downtown Honolulu. Despite her recklessness, Karen inspires fierce loyalty and love in her three daughters. When she goes missing in the spring of 2002, Tara, the eldest, sets out to find and hopefully save her mother. Her journey is about what you give up when you try to renounce your past, whether personal, familial, or historical, and what you gain when you confront it. By turns tough and touching, Smith's modern detective story unravels the rich history of the fiftieth state and the realities of contemporary Hawaii -- its sizable homeless population, its drug subculture -- as well as its generous, diverse humanity and astonishing beauty. In this land of so many ghosts, the author's search for her mother becomes a reckoning with herself, her family, and with the meaning of home. more...

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WHO has produced a first comprehensive analysis of global tobacco use and control: The WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008. The report confirms that the global tobacco epidemic is one of the greatest public health threats of modern times, that, left unchecked, could result in one billion deaths in the 21st century. The epidemic is shifting towards the developing world, where 80% of tobacco-related deaths will occur within a few decades. The shift is caused by a global tobacco industry strategy to target young people and adults in the developing world. The report concludes that although there has been progress in recent years, virtually every country needs to do more . Currently only 5% of the world s population is fully covered by any one of the key interventions that have significantly reduced tobacco use in the countries that have implemented them. The WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008 identifies as powerful response to the epidemic a set of the six key proven strategies to drive down tobacco use - the mpower package - whose implementation provides the best chance for saving millions of lives devastated by tobacco:. Monitor tobacco use and prevention policies. Protect people from tobacco smoke. Offer help to quit tobacco use. Warn about the dangers of tobacco. Enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. Raise taxes on tobacco. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) created political momentum for global tobacco prevention. The mpower package provides a clear roadmap to help countries fulfil and build on their WHO FCTC obligations and save many millions of lives by the middle of this century. Countries are not alone in combating the tobacco industry which is powerful and cash-rich. WHO, together with its partners, is scaling-up capacity to help implement the mpower strategies at country level. The WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008 highlights the potential for partnerships to tackle the t more...

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Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. Part I: The Development, Composition and Behavior of the World Opiate Market. 2. The Past as Prologue: The Development of the World Opiate Market and Rise of the International Control Regime. 3. 4. Did the Taliban's Ban Really Matter?. 5. Keeping Track of Opiate Flows. Part II: Country Studies. 6. Afghanistan and Burma: The Two Dominant Producers. 7. India: Diversion from Licit Cultivation. 8. Colombia: The Emergence of a New Producer. 9. Tajikistan: The Rise of a Narco-State. Part III: Policy Analysis and Implications. 10. The Theoretical and Practical Consequences of Variations in Effective Illegality. 11. Synthesis of Findings and Lessons for Policy Making. Appendices. Notes more...

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