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Short Flights With the Cloud Cavalry
by "Spin"
Cavalry of the Clouds
by "Contact"
Air Combat over the trenches by those who fought
The first hand accounts of the experiences of men in time of war
always make fascinating reading. Their stories are, of course,
always as varied as the individuals concerned and the eras to which
they belonged, whether they were soldiers, sailors or airmen, the
branch of their service, their nationalities, the conflict in which
they were participants and in which theatre they fought. This is
what makes military history so fascinating. Sometimes many men
report a common experience that abided for decades. Occasionally we
hear, across time, the voices of a few notable men who fought their
own war in their own special way and once their time had past
history would never know their like again. That is especially true
of the pilots of the First World war. The machinery of flight was a
new technology. The aircraft were raw, basic, flimsy and unproven
machines and both they and the brave men who piloted them were
fighting their first conflict while learning and evolving their
skills and equipment, quite literally, as they fought and died. The
dogfight days of the early biplanes, triplanes and early mono
winged fighters would be short, but their images together with
those of the iconic airships which they ultimately destroyed will
remain indelibly imprinted on the history of conflict and the
development of man's mastery of the air. Heroes to a man, these
trailblazers were almost always young, carefree, well educated and
modest young men full of the joy of living and commitment to their
aircraft and to flying. This special Leonaur edition contains the
writings of two such men from the Royal Air Force, written
anonymously during wartime, which take the reader back to those
dangerous and epic delays of aerial combat over the muddy trenches
of the Western Front in Europe during the Great War. Available in
softcover and hardback with dustjacket for collectors.
As nations race to hone contact-tracing efforts, the world's
experts consider strategies for maximum transparency and impact. As
public health professionals around the world work tirelessly to
respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that traditional
methods of contact tracing need to be augmented in order to help
address a public health crisis of unprecedented scope. Innovators
worldwide are racing to develop and implement novel public-facing
technology solutions, including digital contact tracing technology.
These technological products may aid public health surveillance and
containment strategies for this pandemic and become part of the
larger toolbox for future infectious outbreak prevention and
control. As technology evolves in an effort to meet our current
moment, Johns Hopkins Project on Ethics and Governance of Digital
Contact Tracing Technologies-a rapid research and expert consensus
group effort led by Dr. Jeffrey P. Kahn of the Johns Hopkins Berman
Institute of Bioethics in collaboration with the university's
Center for Health Security-carried out an in-depth analysis of the
technology and the issues it raises. Drawing on this analysis, they
produced a report that includes detailed recommendations for
technology companies, policymakers, institutions, employers, and
the public. The project brings together perspectives from
bioethics, health security, public health, technology development,
engineering, public policy, and law to wrestle with the complex
interactions of the many facets of the technology and its
applications. This team of experts from Johns Hopkins University
and other world-renowned institutions has crafted clear and
detailed guidelines to help manage the creation, implementation,
and application of digital contact tracing. Digital Contact Tracing
for Pandemic Response is the essential resource for this
fast-moving crisis. Contributors: Joseph Ali, JD; Anne Barnhill,
PhD; Anita Cicero, JD; Katelyn Esmonde, PhD; Amelia Hood, MA; Brian
Hutler, Phd, JD; Jeffrey P. Kahn, PhD, MPH; Alan Regenberg, MBE;
Crystal Watson, DrPH, MPH; Matthew Watson; Robert Califf, MD, MACC;
Ruth Faden, PhD, MPH; Divya Hosangadi, MSPH; Nancy Kass, ScD; Alain
Labrique, PhD, MHS, MS; Deven McGraw, JD, MPH, LLM; Michelle Mello,
JD, PhD; Michael Parker, BEd (Hons), MA, PhD; Stephen Ruckman, JD,
MSc, MAR; Lainie Rutkow, JD, MPH, PhD; Josh Sharfstein, MD; Jeremy
Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA; Eric Toner, MD; Mar Trotochaud, MSPH; Effy
Vayena, PhD; Tal Zarsky, JSD, LLM, LLB
The Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) has been actively involved in
addressing environmental justice issues since the early 1990's
during the advent of the environmental justice movement. In 1992,
OAR developed its first Environmental Justice Action Plan which
followed the recommendations of the Environmental Equity Work Group
in its report to the Administrator entitled, "Environmental Equity:
Reducing Risks for All Communities."
For nearly two decades, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) has been
committed to addressing environmental justice issues. In 1992, OAR
developed its first Environmental Justice Action Plan which
followed the recommendations of the Environmental Equity Work Group
in its report to the Administrator entitled, "Environmental Equity:
Reducing Risks for All Communities."
Short Flights With the Cloud Cavalry
by "Spin"
Cavalry of the Clouds
by "Contact"
Air Combat over the trenches by those who fought
The first hand accounts of the experiences of men in time of war
always make fascinating reading. Their stories are, of course,
always as varied as the individuals concerned and the eras to which
they belonged, whether they were soldiers, sailors or airmen, the
branch of their service, their nationalities, the conflict in which
they were participants and in which theatre they fought. This is
what makes military history so fascinating. Sometimes many men
report a common experience that abided for decades. Occasionally we
hear, across time, the voices of a few notable men who fought their
own war in their own special way and once their time had past
history would never know their like again. That is especially true
of the pilots of the First World war. The machinery of flight was a
new technology. The aircraft were raw, basic, flimsy and unproven
machines and both they and the brave men who piloted them were
fighting their first conflict while learning and evolving their
skills and equipment, quite literally, as they fought and died. The
dogfight days of the early biplanes, triplanes and early mono
winged fighters would be short, but their images together with
those of the iconic airships which they ultimately destroyed will
remain indelibly imprinted on the history of conflict and the
development of man's mastery of the air. Heroes to a man, these
trailblazers were almost always young, carefree, well educated and
modest young men full of the joy of living and commitment to their
aircraft and to flying. This special Leonaur edition contains the
writings of two such men from the Royal Air Force, written
anonymously during wartime, which take the reader back to those
dangerous and epic delays of aerial combat over the muddy trenches
of the Western Front in Europe during the Great War. Available in
softcover and hardback with dustjacket for collectors.
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