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Sean Connery returns as Secret Service agent James Bond in the
second of the series, once again saving the world from the
terrorist threats of the SPECTRE organisation. Bond is sent to
Istanbul to steal a Russian coding machine, but comes up against
two fearsome opponents also interested in the device: East German
spy Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya), who hides a deadly switchblade in her
shoe; and Red Grant (Robert Shaw), an assassin posing as a fellow
British agent.
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Goldfinger (Blu-ray disc)
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James Bond (Sean Connery) pits his wits against the power-crazed
criminal mastermind Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) in the third of the
long-running spy series. Mr Finger has secured most of the gold in
the world and now plans to render the rest useless. Henchman Oddjob
(Harold Sakata) helps him realise his plans, thanks to his
unusually lethal bowler hat, whilst Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)
is the glamorous pilot who Goldfinger hopes will execute the raid
on Fort Knox that will make him the richest man in the world. Can
Bond save the day again or has he finally met his match in the man
with the Midas touch? Includes the famous customized Aston Martin
DB5, complete with machine guns, smoke screen and ejector seat.
James Bond (this time played by George Lazenby) hands in his
licence to kill after being banned from hunting down his
arch-nemesis Blofeld (Telly Savalas). Continuing his investigations
alone, he follows a lead to Portugal, meets and falls in love with
Tracey Draco (Diana Rigg), and is told by her crimelord father that
Blofeld is now in Switzerland. Pretty soon its snow, kilts, girls,
secret bases and ski chases, as Bond chases down his enemy and
attempts to foil a plan to unleash a deadly chemical weapon.
This innovative book uses a little-known methodological research
tool to study ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Local
Exchange Trading Systems (LETS), the subject of the book, is a
novel and interesting social phenomenon which seems to constitute a
more ecologically rational and socially inclusive form of economic
activity. LETS is a system for exchanging goods and services
without the use of formal, legal tender. Unlike barter, LETS
members buy and sell using their own nominal currency units, but
the currency in which trade is conducted is purely a means of
exchange, not a commodity in itself or a store of value. The
authors of this book examine LETS, and in particular they discuss
whether LETS can be viewed as an aspect of the 'greening' of
citizenship, with the potential to contribute to the transition to,
and maintenance of, a more sustainable society. They describe the
part LETS can play in raising environmental awareness; offering
more sustainable practices of production and consumption and
helping to create in the community the preconditions for
sustainability. In their study of LETS, the authors use Q
methodology, (a qualitative methodology for the systematic study of
subjectivity and shared discourses) and at the same time they
evaluate its usefulness for social scientific environmental
research. They find that it is a powerful methodological approach
which is consistent with many of the core principles, values and
aims of ecological economics. They also conclude that Q has the
potential to contribute to environmental policy analysis and the
creation of a more participative, democratic and effective form of
environmental policy making. This book will be of great interest to
all social scientists interested in social movements, environment
and citizenship, and in particular those wanting to understand the
application of Q methodology for social science research.
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Moonraker (Blu-ray disc)
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When a space shuttle goes missing during a test flight, James Bond
(Roger Moore) is the man who must track it down. His investigations
take him to Venice (where he uses his specially customized
gondola), Rio de Janeiro (where he fights steel-toothed henchman
Jaws on top of a cable car), and finally into outer space (where he
uncovers a ruthless plot to wipe out the human race and replace it
with genetically engineered humanoids). Highlights include Bond's
encounters with NASA scientist Dr Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) and
the climactic battle aboard villain Hugo Drax's (Michael Lonsdale)
space station.
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Thunderball (Blu-ray disc)
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The fourth in the James Bond series, with Sean Connery once again
in the title role. Global criminal organisation SPECTRE has stolen
two nuclear bombs and is threatening to blow up the world. Bond
infiltrates the terrorists' underwater base off the Bahamas in
order to foil their plan. 'Thunderball' was remade in 1983 when
Sean Connery returned to the role of 007 in 'Never Say Never
Again'.
James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to Japan to keep the peace
between the superpowers when a SPECTRE rocket intercepts an
American space capsule carrying a nuclear warhead. In between
visits to the geisha house and flights in his Little Nellie, 007
manages to track down SPECTRE's secret base and its evil mastermind
Blofeld (Donald Pleasence). Will he be able to stop Blofeld's evil
plans or is this really the end of Bond and the world as we know
it? After this fifth entry in the series, Connery took a break from
the title role, only to return in 'Diamonds Are Forever' (1971).
Collection of five films starring Sylvester Stallone. In
'Assassins' (1995) professional hitman Rath (Stallone) decides it's
time to call it a day, even though he is still the best around. But
as he searches for a way out he discovers that he is now the target
of another assassin, Bain (Antonio Banderas), who is determined to
be the new number one. The two men are both sent on an assignment
to kill intelligence operative Elektra (Julianne Moore). However,
Rath decides to flee with Elektra and outwit Bain. In 'The
Specialist' (1994) US demolition expert Ray Quick (Stallone)
attempts to abort the assassination of a South American drugs baron
when he realises innocent children will be killed in the explosion.
However, his partner (James Woods) goes ahead with the mission,
leaving the duo permanently estranged and Quick psychologically
scarred. Years later, a beautiful woman (Sharon Stone) asks Quick
to come out of retirement to kill a Cuban drug lord who has
murdered her father. Quick initially refuses, but is soon drawn
into a plot that brings him in contact with his ex-partner once
again. In 'Tango and Cash' (1989) two mismatched cops, one
sharp-suited (Stallone), the other a slob (Kurt Russell), are
thrown together when they are framed by a big-shot gun-runner (Jack
Palance). They are put in prison, duly escape, and then attempt to
clear their names whilst trying to track down a massive haul of
weapons before they get shipped abroad. In 'Demolition Man' (1993)
LA cop John Spartan (Stallone), nicknamed 'Demolition Man' due to
his hands-on approach to law enforcement, is condemned to 70 years
in the penal freezer after being set up by Simon Phoenix (Wesley
Snipes), Public Enemy Number One. Halfway through his sentence,
however, both he and Phoenix are catapulted out of captivity,
discovering their city has been transformed into a peaceful utopia,
under the benevolent rule of mayor Dr Cocteau (Nigel Hawthorne). As
a mysteriously pumped-up Phoenix carries on where he had left off
35 years earlier, Spartan teams up with a comparatively feisty cop
(Sandra Bullock) to bring him to justice and expose the man who is
engineering the whole scenario. In 'Cobra' (1986) a tough detective
known as Cobra (Stallone), is assigned to protect a beautiful model
(Brigitte Nielsen), the only witness to a series of brutal murders.
It transpires that the killings are not the work of one lone
psychopath but rather a highly organised army of neo-fascists.
This new collection from the leading journal, Environmental
Politics, presents an excellent overview of the key themes found in
contemporary green political thought since the early 1990s.
Bringing together the journal's major work, this new book charts a
fascinating period in which environmental politics developed from a
marginal position in society and the academy, to its current place
in the intellectual mainstream. Subdivided into clear sections on
political theory, social movements, political economy and policy
questions, and assisted by a contextualising introduction, this
volume focuses on a set of clear themes: the character of green
political theory relationships with other political traditions and
theories origins and dynamics of contemporary environmental
politics differences, similarities and tensions between the North
and South the relationship of environmentalism to market economics
and ecological modernization environmental aspects of distributive
justice at the local, national and global levels the roles, value
and valuing of nature in green theory and institutional practice.
As a compilation, this book is unique. It delivers a snapshot of a
variety of issues in the field, and is therefore ideally suited to
teaching purposes, especially at postgraduate level. In addition,
as each section is chronologically arranged, an evolution of
related ideas can be clearly seen and appreciated, which builds an
excellent understanding of the field of environmental politics
The articles in this special issue, drawn from a workshop hosted by
the Institute of Governance, Queen's University, Belfast,
explicitly engage with and challenge conventional academic analyses
in order to confront the ways in which the conflict on Northern
Ireland has traditionally been represented and understood. Part of
the reason for adopting this approach is because it is suggested
that to a certain extent, academic analyses have defined the
parameters of the conflict which has necessarily had implications
for the shape of ensuing solutions. A further claim is that the
persistent historical and political search for causes and solutions
may be constitutive of the problems that conventional analysts seek
to resolve. The articles in the first part introduce and
problematize traditional analyses of the conflict. Additionally,
these essays explain alternative approaches offering other ways of
thinking about how the 'problem' of Northern Ireland has been
constituted. The second part comprises empirically focused essays,
each either engaging with or confronting the issue of the liberal
hegemony that defines most analyses of the conflict. The final
essay returns to more explicitly re-consider how the 'problem' of
Northern Ireland has been theorized, represented and understood.
This book was previously published as a special issue of Critical
Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.
Written in an engaging and accessible manner by one of the leading
scholars in his field, Environment and Social Theory, completed
revised and updated with two new chapters, is an indispensable
guide to the way in which the environment and social theory relate
to one another. This popular text outlines the complex interlinking
of the environment, nature and social theory from ancient and
pre-modern thinking to contemporary social theorizing. John Barry:
examines the ways major religions such as Judaeo-Christianity have
and continue to conceptualize the environment analyzes the way the
non-human environment features in Western thinking from Marx and
Darwin, to Freud and Horkheimer explores the relationship between
gender and the environment, postmodernism and risk society schools
of thought, and the contemporary ideology of orthodox economic
thinking in social theorising about the environment. How humans
value, use and think about the environment, is an increasingly
central and important aspect of recent social theory. It has become
clear that the present generation is faced with a series of unique
environmental dilemmas, largely unprecedented in human history.
With summary points, illustrative examples, glossary and further
reading sections this invaluable resource will benefit anyone with
an interest in environmentalism, politics, sociology, geography,
development studies and environmental and ecological economics.
The book aims to give, via a collection of representative papers
from the journal Environmental Politics, an overview of both the
evolution and the diverse themes found in contemporary green
political thought, especially as found in the industrialized
nations. Accordingly, it charts the key research papers from the
leading European journal of environmental politics since the early
1990s, a period in which environmental politics developed from a
marginal status in society and the academy through to its current
place as a mainstream intellectual consideration; in doing so the
book will both trace a development of ideas and give an overview of
the diverse vital considerations in the field today. Subdivided
into sections on political theory, social movements, political
economy and policy questions, and assisted by a contextualizing
introduction, the collection deals with a set of themes that
include the following:
- The character of green political theory and its relationships
with other political traditions and theories,
- the origins and dynamics of contemporary environmental politics
in collective responses to particular issues,
- the differences, similarities and practical tensions between the
environmental politics of the North and that of the South,
- the relationship of environmental politics to market economics
and ecological modernization
- the environmental aspects of distributive justice concerns at the
local, national and global institutional levels
- the roles, value and valuing of nature in green theory and
institutional practice.
As a compilation, the book operates in a unique way. It serves on
one side as a compilation volume of key papers thatprovides a
snapshot of a whole variety of issues in the field, and is thus
suitable for teaching purposes, especially at postgraduate level.
In addition, each section is chronologically arranged, and so an
evolution of related ideas is manifest in the selection, thus
making the book an ideal "one stop" purchase for those seeking to
understand the development of the field of environmental politics
since the start of the 1990s, especially as it has been practiced
in developed nations outside the American continent.
Can Europe produce a sustainable future? What difficulties does
globalization throw in the way of states that aim to create a
sustainable economy? Europe, Globalization and Sustainable
Development explores the many facets of these issues in the light
of the most recent developments in Europe. The two focal points of
the studies are politics and policy. The contributions to the
current European experience made by ecofeminism, the
anti-globalization movement and the European environmental movement
are examined, as are matters such education for
environmentally-informed citizenship, the possibilities for
creating an environmentally-friendly form of industry and the
interaction between Europe and the rest of the world in
international policy-making forums such as the Johannesburg Earth
Summit. This edited volume considers the ways in which European
states and the European Union can and should organize themselves
economically and socially in order to address the challenges of
sustainable development. It will interest students and researchers
of environmental policy and European politics. Susan Baker is
Reader in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University and in
2003 was awarded a
The articles in this special issue, drawn from a workshop hosted by
the Institute of Governance, Queen's University, Belfast,
explicitly engage with and challenge conventional academic analyses
in order to confront the ways in which the conflict on Northern
Ireland has traditionally been represented and understood. Part of
the reason for adopting this approach is because it is suggested
that to a certain extent, academic analyses have defined the
parameters of the conflict which has necessarily had implications
for the shape of ensuing solutions. A further claim is that the
persistent historical and political search for causes and solutions
may be constitutive of the problems that conventional analysts seek
to resolve. The articles in the first part introduce and
problematize traditional analyses of the conflict. Additionally,
these essays explain alternative approaches offering other ways of
thinking about how the 'problem' of Northern Ireland has been
constituted. The second part comprises empirically focused essays,
each either engaging with or confronting the issue of the liberal
hegemony that defines most analyses of the conflict. The final
essay returns to more explicitly re-consider how the 'problem' of
Northern Ireland has been theorized, represented and understood.
This book was previously published as a special issue of Critical
Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.
Why care about the environment? Is the earth's climate really
changing for the worse? What are CFCs exactly? And who or what is
the WTO? What are the causes of environmental problems? Who are the
main actors, and what are the main ideas and issues in
international environmental politics? Which countries have the
best/worst environmental record and policies?
The International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics is the
essential reference source to enable all those with an interest in
the politics of the environment - particularly students and
academics working within political science - to answer these
questions, and to explore many other related topics in
international environmental politics. It will be welcomed as an
essential teaching resource and a trusty companion to independent
study.
Written by a team of international experts, the Encyclopedia is
vital for fact-checking, provides authoritative initial orientation
to a particular topic or issue and will serve as a solid starting
point for wider explanation. With over 300 fully cross-referenced
entries, many of which are followed with suggestions for further
reading, the Encyclopedia includes:
* Country and regional entries, with country entries giving a
concise overview of the history, main actors, issues and policies
related to its environmental politics
* Normative and ethical dimensions of environmental politics, from
animal rights, social and global justice to deep ecology
* Environmental movements, organizations, struggles and actors from
local to international levels
* Issues in international environmental politics such as global
warming, biodiversity, trade and the environment
* Prominent individuals (historical and current) who have inspired
or been actively involved in international environmental politics -
such as Mahatma Gandhi, Petra Kelly, Vandana Shiva and Aldo Leopold
* Central topics and issues in environmental politics - such as
global warming, globalization, wildlife preservation, eco-taxes,
energy production and consumption, sustainable development and the
World Trade Organisation
Why care about the environment? Is the earth's climate really changing for the worse? What are CFCs exactly? And who or what is the WTO? What are the causes of environmental problems? Who are the main actors, and what are the main ideas and issues in international environmental politics? Which countries have the best/worst environmental record and policies? The International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics is the essential reference source to enable all those with an interest in the politics of the environment - particularly students and academics working within political science - to answer these questions, and to explore many other related topics in international environmental politics. It will be welcomed as an essential teaching resource and a trusty companion to independent study. Written by a team of international experts, the Encyclopedia is vital for fact-checking, provides authoritative initial orientation to a particular topic or issue and will serve as a solid starting point for wider explanation. With over 300 fully cross-referenced entries, many of which are followed with suggestions for further reading, the Encyclopedia includes: * Country and regional entries, with country entries giving a concise overview of the history, main actors, issues and policies related to its environmental politics * Normative and ethical dimensions of environmental politics, from animal rights, social and global justice to deep ecology * Environmental movements, organizations, struggles and actors from local to international levels * Issues in international environmental politics such as global warming, biodiversity, trade and the environment * Prominent individuals (historical and current) who have inspired or been actively involved in international environmental politics - such as Mahatma Gandhi, Petra Kelly, Vandana Shiva and Aldo Leopold * Central topics and issues in environmental politics - such as global warming, globalization, wildlife preservation, eco-taxes, energy production and consumption, sustainable development and the World Trade Organisation
Written in an engaging and accessible manner by one of the leading
scholars in his field, Environment and Social Theory, completed
revised and updated with two new chapters, is an indispensable
guide to the way in which the environment and social theory relate
to one another. This popular text outlines the complex interlinking
of the environment, nature and social theory from ancient and
pre-modern thinking to contemporary social theorizing. John Barry:
examines the ways major religions such as Judaeo-Christianity have
and continue to conceptualize the environment analyzes the way the
non-human environment features in Western thinking from Marx and
Darwin, to Freud and Horkheimer explores the relationship between
gender and the environment, postmodernism and risk society schools
of thought, and the contemporary ideology of orthodox economic
thinking in social theorising about the environment. How humans
value, use and think about the environment, is an increasingly
central and important aspect of recent social theory. It has become
clear that the present generation is faced with a series of unique
environmental dilemmas, largely unprecedented in human history.
With summary points, illustrative examples, glossary and further
reading sections this invaluable resource will benefit anyone with
an interest in environmentalism, politics, sociology, geography,
development studies and environmental and ecological economics.
Humankind has long considered the relationship it holds with nature
to be both a blessing and a challenge. The onset of climate change
has brought a new impetus to this relationship. This volume of
Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice will examine
environmental philosophy from a number of viewpoints. Each
contributor has a unique perspective on the interaction and
engagement between humanity and the rest of nature, from the
technological to the philosophical. Environmental Philosophy: the
Art of Life in a World of Limits provides a series of interesting
studies on humanity's place in the world, and the impact this is
having on the planet. The book poses the question as to whether
life can be lived in harmony with nature, and what limits can be
achieved in the impact such life has on the world around us.
"Advances in Ecopolitics Series" presents a collection of
environmental alternatives worthy of consideration in light of the
ongoing economic downturn which has accompanied the latest
incarnation of unsustainable practices. Each publication discusses
a significant element in the environmental theory which now
represents an important aspect of sustainable living. The latest
volume, "Global Ecological Politics", examines the range of
environmental campaigns that are occurring across the planet. It
showcases a selection of case studies on grassroots initiatives and
activism in areas such as green economic alternatives, regional
activism in defence of communities, alternative or utopian
communities, green politics and ecotourism. This extensive array of
ecological participation demonstrates that viable green
alternatives are available in this current era of legitimation
crisis across the formal political and economic sectors. "Global
Ecological Politics" presents an important collection of articles
for researchers, lecturers and academics in the socio-economic and
political sector and is essential reading for those involved in all
areas of environmentalism.
Optical wireless communications is a dynamic area of research and
development. Combining fundamental theory with a broad overview,
this book is an ideal reference for anyone working in the field, as
well as a valuable guide for self-study. It begins by describing
important issues in optical wireless theory, including coding and
modulation techniques for optical wireless, wireless optical CDMA
communication systems, equalization and Markov chains in cloud
channels and optical MIMO systems, as well as explaining key issues
in information theory for optical wireless channels. The next
section describes unique channels that could be found in optical
wireless applications, such as NLOS UV atmospheric scattering
channels, underwater communication links and a combination of
hybrid RF/optical wireless systems. The final section describes
applications of optical wireless technology, such as quantum
encryption, visible light communication, IR links and sensor
networks, with step-by-step guidelines to help reduce design time
and cost.
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John Barry Quinn
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In the shadows under the bridge, with the Weymouth to Waterloo
express just minutes away, the father and son lower a trainee
reporter’s unconscious body across the tracks. All Jude Devlin
ever wanted was to be a good journalist; to write stories and see
his name in print in his local free newspaper. Instead, Jude had
stumbled over a career-defining story, a scandal that could bring
down the criminal family that ruled the city and expose police
corruption that prevented anyone from doing anything about it. But
to land that story he would have to put himself and those he loved
in danger. It’s the late 80’s, Thatcher’s Britain where the
miners have been beaten, the war against the IRA is at its height
and the one against AIDS is beginning. It’s a country where money
talks, bullshit walks and you are either one of us or one of them.
To the notorious and secretive Quirk family, Jude is one of them.
His efforts to expose matriarch Debs Quirk and her three sons and
uncover who, inside the police, is protecting the family, threatens
to destroy their criminal empire. Jude must be disposed of.
"The Transition to Sustainable Living and Practice" provides a
series of insights into real alternatives to the current economic
malaise, with an examination of key themes such as transition
towns, traditional villages, new green financial concepts, the
sustainable utopia, co-operative farming, sustainability and
activism, ecofeminism, green protectionism, intentional communities
and a green philosophy of money.
Expert news sources offer context and act as translators,
communicating complex policy issues to the public. Therefore, these
sources have implications for who, and what is elevated and
legitimized by news coverage. This element considers patterns in
expert sources, focusing on a particular area of expertise:
politics. As a starting point, it conducts a content analysis
tracking which types of political experts are most likely to be
interviewed, using this analysis to explain patterns in expert
sourcing. Building on the source data, it next conducts experiments
and surveys of journalists to consider demand for expert sources.
Finally, shifting the analysis to the supply of expert sources, it
turns to a survey of faculty to track expert experiences with
journalists. Jointly, the results suggest underlying patterns in
expert sourcing is a tension between journalists' preferences, the
time constraints of producing news, and the preferences of the
experts themselves.
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