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"The youth uprising now simply known as the Sixties was fed by one of the greatest booms in publishing history. The Underground Press Syndicate (UPS) began as a loose confederation of five papers in 1966, and within a few years swelled to over 500 across the world, including Kaleidoscope, International Times and the East Village Other. They "spread like weed," said the UPS director, weed dealer and eventual founder of High Times Tom Forcade. The metaphor was apt: the UPS spurred the legalization movement, and weed became its totem--and a helpful means for government agencies to crack down on the UPS, since weed permeated UPS pages, with gaps in text crammed with weed-inspired "spot illustrations." Heads Together collects these drawings, shining a light on lesser-known names in the stoner-art canon, and many who weren't names at all since no signature was attached. It also compiles guides for growing weed from the period that were treated like contraband by the CIA. Activist-oriented, psychedelic rolling papers are showcased too. As pot now fast-tracks toward legalization in the US and beyond, its once-incendiary status is brought into odd relief. Pot's contemporary corporate profiteers do not reflect those who fought for legalization, or the Black and Latino populations strategically criminalized for pot well before hippies were targeted and long after. The art in this book speaks to a time when pot was smoked with optimism, as something capable of activating transformation in the face of corrupt and powerful forces."-- Vendor website, viewed April 13, 2023

"A collection of over 40 inspiring stories describing Israel's humanitarian efforts around the globe that began 70 years ago and continue to this day. These efforts range from rescuing victims in the aftermath of natural disasters worldwide to providing life-saving solutions to people in the third world, and more"--

Focusing on practical guidance, this collection offers young adults essential ideas and strategies to navigate the challenges of transitioning into the real world. It addresses key aspects of life, equipping readers with the tools needed for personal and professional success.

Entering the Real World is a collection of practical ideas to empower young adults as they enter and adjust to the real world. The ideas are simple, straightforward and easy to adapt; no major life changes are needed (though some could result).

Adaptive, heterogeneous many-core architectures, like the Digital on-Demand Computing Organism (DodOrg), offer significant computing power and energy efficiency compared to homogeneous systems. However, their complexity creates challenges for developers and administrators in terms of management and utilization. This thesis aims to simplify this complexity by applying Organic Computing principles, focusing on self-x properties such as self-optimization and self-configuration. It proposes a holistic approach to achieve self-optimizing and proactive system behavior in these architectures, addressing key challenges. The first challenge involves establishing self-awareness within the observer component, which allows the system to assess and classify its current state. This requires a scalable monitoring infrastructure for continuous, coordinated observations capable of real-time data processing across diverse hardware. The second challenge is enabling self-optimizing behavior, where the system autonomously learns the best optimizations during runtime. Lastly, achieving proactive behavior allows the system to predict future states and initiate changes to optimize performance or prevent adverse conditions. The proposed solution features a flexible, hierarchical monitoring infrastructure for comprehensive system observation and data reduction. A lightweight, rule-based method enables self-awareness, while a Learning Classifier Syst