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Personal computers have made life convenient in many ways, but what
about their impacts on the environment due to production, use and
disposal? Manufacturing computers requires prodigious quantities of
fossil fuels, toxic chemicals and water. Rapid improvements in
performance mean we often buy a new machine every 1-3 years, which
adds up to mountains of waste computers. How should societies
respond to manage these environmental impacts?
This volume addresses the environmental impacts and management of
computers through a set of analyses on issues ranging from
environmental assessment, technologies for recycling, consumer
behaviour, strategies of computer manufacturing firms, and
government policies. One conclusion is that extending the lifespan
of computers (e.g. through reselling) is an environmentally and
economically effective strategy that deserves more attention from
governments, firms and the general public.
This book examines U.S.-Latin American relations from an
historical, contemporary, and theoretical perspective. Its
overriding objectives are to: 1) analyze the issues, stakes,
milestone events, trends, and mutual perceptions of the
relationship, and 2) use them to illustrate the utility and
limitations of some of the central theories, concepts, and analytic
frameworks developed to explain international relations and foreign
policymaking. The text provides students a set of analytic tools
that will better equip them to understand the complexities of
international politics in general, and hemispheric relations in
particular. By drawing examples from the distant and more recent
past -- and interweaving history with theory -- Williams
illustrates the enduring principles of International Relations
theory and provides students the conceptual tools required to help
them organize facts, think systematically about issues, weigh
competing explanations, and have confidence in their own
conclusions regarding the past, present, and future of
international politics in the region.
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Ravilious: Submarine (Hardcover)
James Russell; Edited by Tim Mainstone; Illustrated by Eric William Ravilious
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About the artist's second major foray into lithography, the set of
prints he made in 1940/41 while working as a war artist. Known as
the Submarine Series.
Award-winning cine-maVRicks Eric R. Williams, Carrie Love and Matt
Love introduce virtual reality cinema (also known as 360 Degrees
video or cine-VR) in this comprehensive guide filled with insider
tips and tested techniques for writing, directing and producing
effectively in the new medium. Join these veteran cine-VR
storytellers as they break down fundamental concepts from
traditional media to demonstrate how cine-VR can connect with
audiences in new ways. Examples from their professional work are
provided to illustrate basic, intermediate and advanced approaches
to crafting modern story in this unique narrative space where
there's no screen to contain an image and no specific stage upon
which to perform. Virtual Reality Cinema will prepare you to
approach your own cine-VR projects via: Tips and techniques for
writing, directing and producing bleeding-edge narrative cine-VR
projects; More than a hundred photos and illustrations to explain
complex concepts; Access to more than two hours of on-line cine-VR
examples that you can download to watch on your own HMD; New
techniques developed at Ohio University's Game Research and
Immersive Design (GRID) Lab, including how to work with actors to
embrace Gravity and avoid the Persona Gap, how to develop stories
with the Story Engagement Matrix and how to balance directorial
control and audience agency in this new medium. This book is an
absolute must read for any student of filmmaking, media production,
transmedia storytelling and game design, as well as anyone already
working in these industries that wants to understand the new
challenges and opportunities of virtual reality cinema.
In his influential and widely debated Capitalism and Slavery, Eric
Williams examined the relation of capitalism and slavery in the
British West Indies. Binding an economic view of history with
strong moral argument, his study of the role of slavery in
financing the Industrial Revolution refuted traditional ideas of
economic and moral progress and firmly established the centrality
of the African slave trade in European economic development. He
also showed that mature industrial capitalism in turn helped
destroy the slave system. Establishing the exploitation of
commercial capitalism and its link to racial attitudes, Williams
employed a historicist vision that has set the tone for an entire
field. Williams's profound critique became the foundation for
studies of imperialism and economic development and has been widely
debated since the book's initial publication in 1944. The Economic
Aspect of the Abolition of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery
now makes available in book form for the first time his
dissertation, on which Capitalism and Slavery was based. The
significant differences between his two works allow us to rethink
questions that were considered resolved and to develop fresh
problems and hypotheses. It offers the possibility of a much deeper
reconsideration of issues that have lost none of their
urgency-indeed, whose importance has increased.
In his influential and widely debated Capitalism and Slavery, Eric
Williams examined the relation of capitalism and slavery in the
British West Indies. Binding an economic view of history with
strong moral argument, his study of the role of slavery in
financing the Industrial Revolution refuted traditional ideas of
economic and moral progress and firmly established the centrality
of the African slave trade in European economic development. He
also showed that mature industrial capitalism in turn helped
destroy the slave system. Establishing the exploitation of
commercial capitalism and its link to racial attitudes, Williams
employed a historicist vision that has set the tone for an entire
field. Williams s profound critique became the foundation for
studies of imperialism and economic development and has been widely
debated since the book s initial publication in 1944. The Economic
Aspect of the Abolition of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery
now makes available in book form for the first time his
dissertation, on which Capitalism and Slavery was based. The
significant differences between his two works allow us to rethink
questions that were considered resolved and to develop fresh
problems and hypotheses. It offers the possibility of a much deeper
reconsideration of issues that have lost none of their urgency
indeed, whose importance has increased."
Award-winning cine-maVRicks Eric R. Williams, Carrie Love and Matt
Love introduce virtual reality cinema (also known as 360 Degrees
video or cine-VR) in this comprehensive guide filled with insider
tips and tested techniques for writing, directing and producing
effectively in the new medium. Join these veteran cine-VR
storytellers as they break down fundamental concepts from
traditional media to demonstrate how cine-VR can connect with
audiences in new ways. Examples from their professional work are
provided to illustrate basic, intermediate and advanced approaches
to crafting modern story in this unique narrative space where
there's no screen to contain an image and no specific stage upon
which to perform. Virtual Reality Cinema will prepare you to
approach your own cine-VR projects via: Tips and techniques for
writing, directing and producing bleeding-edge narrative cine-VR
projects; More than a hundred photos and illustrations to explain
complex concepts; Access to more than two hours of on-line cine-VR
examples that you can download to watch on your own HMD; New
techniques developed at Ohio University's Game Research and
Immersive Design (GRID) Lab, including how to work with actors to
embrace Gravity and avoid the Persona Gap, how to develop stories
with the Story Engagement Matrix and how to balance directorial
control and audience agency in this new medium. This book is an
absolute must read for any student of filmmaking, media production,
transmedia storytelling and game design, as well as anyone already
working in these industries that wants to understand the new
challenges and opportunities of virtual reality cinema.
The last two decades saw a host of governments abandon statist
development models for more market-friendly ones. However, not all
reform attempts fared equally well. Why do some governments succeed
in implementing market reforms while others fail? Why might the
same government succeed in one policy area but not another? Market
Reforms in Mexico explores these central questions by examining
Mexico's reform experience in privatization, deregulation, and
environmental policy. More than simply a book on 'Mexican politics,
' this study speaks to the broader political dynamics behind the
success or failure to implement reforms; first, by assessing new
policy initiatives in multiple arenas across presidential
administrations in Mexico, then by comparing Mexico's privatization
experience to that of Argentina's. Through structured, focused
comparison of select case studies, the author argues that the fate
of dramatic reform initiatives turned on coalition politics (both
inside and outside the state), and explains how institutional
dynamics and the capacity to solve the problem of policy 'costs'
strongly affected reformers' prospects of success
The landscape of electronic waste, e-waste, management is changing
dramatically. Besides a rapidly increasing world population,
globalization is driving the demand for products, resulting in
rising prices for many materials. Absolute scarcity looms for some
special resources such as indium. Used electronic products and
recyclable materials are increasingly crisscrossing the globe. This
is creating both - opportunities and challenges for e-waste
management. This focuses on the current and future trends,
technologies and regulations for reusable and recyclable e-waste
worldwide. It compares international e-waste management
perspectives and regulations under a view that includes the
environmental, social and economic aspects of the different linked
systems. It overviews the current macro-economic trends from
material demand to international policy to waste scavenging,
examines particular materials and product streams in detail and
explores the future for e-waste and its' management considering
technology progress, improving end-of-lifecycle designs, policy and
sustainability perspectives. To achieve this, the volume has been
divided in twelve chapters that cover three major themes: holistic
view of the global e-waste situation current reserve supply chain
and management of used electronics, including flows, solutions,
policies and regulations future perspectives and solutions for a
sustainable e-waste management. The emphasis of the book is mainly
on the dramatic change of the entire e-waste sector from the
cheapest way of getting rid of e-waste in an environmental sound
way to how e-waste can help to reduce excavation of new substances
and lead to a sustainable economy. It is an ideal resource for
policy-makers, waste managers and researchers involved in the
design and implementation of e-waste.
An epic adventure--the most brilliant escape and evasion from the
Nazis ever written.
Eric Williams, a Royal Air Force bomber captain, was shot down over
Germany in 1942 and imprisoned in Stalag Luft III, the infamous
German POW camp. Digging an underground tunnel hidden beneath a
wooden vaulting horse, he managed to escape after ten months and,
accompanied by a fellow officer, made his way back to England. In
this thinly fictionalized retelling, Williams relates his story in
three distinct phases: the construction of a tunnel (its entrance
camouflaged by the wooden vaulting horse in the exercise yard) and
hiding the large quantities of sand he dug; the escape; and the
journey on foot and by train to the port of Stettin, where Williams
and his fellow escapee stowed away aboard a Danish ship, the
"Norensen."
From painstakingly digging the tunnel to secretly depositing the
dirt and gravel around the camp to dodging searchlights and search
dogs and climbing barbed wire fences, this is an escape story hard
to beat. For sheer heroism, courage, and perseverance, this classic
is arguably the most ingenious POW escape of WWII. "The Wooden
Horse" became a legend among servicemen long before its publication
in 1949 and has remained one ever since.
'Ravilious in Pictures: The War Paintings' celebrates and
commemorates the wartime career of Eric Ravilious, who died on
active service in Iceland at the age of 39. One of a series of
books, it creates a vivid portrait both of the artist himself and
of life in wartime Britain.
'It's often said that books are compulsory reading, but this book
really is compulsory. You cannot understand slavery, or British
Empire, without it' Sathnam Sanghera Arguing that the slave trade
was at the heart of Britain's economic progress, Eric Williams's
landmark 1944 study revealed the connections between capitalism and
racism, and has influenced generations of historians ever since.
Williams traces the rise and fall of the Atlantic slave trade
through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to show how it laid
the foundations of the Industrial Revolution, and how racism arose
as a means of rationalising an economic decision. Most
significantly, he showed how slavery was only abolished when it
ceased to become financially viable, exploding the myth of
emancipation as a mark of Britain's moral progress. 'Its thesis is
a starting point for a new generation of scholarship' New Yorker
Listen: Ian Johnston busts the bad behavior myth. Should we really
accept road trauma as collateral damage from daily road use?
Eliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road Transport: A Crisis
of Complacency explores why societies and their elected leaders
view traffic safety as a (relatively) minor problem. It examines
the changes in the culture of road use that need to occur if this
public health problem is to be effectively resolved. Examines why
road use culture is ego-centric ("what's in it for me?") and why
this blocks progress Explores current traffic safety measurement
methods and demonstrates how they have underpinned our flawed
approach Discusses the controversial issue of speed and speeding
and shows how a new approach to speed management will be
fundamental to transformational change Details a simple account of
the concept of a "Safe System" (as now promoted by the WHO and the
OECD) while exploring the failure to get beyond the principles to
extensive implementation The book dispels the myths that currently
drive societies' (misguided) view of traffic safety-the bad
behavior myth and the official myth that everything that can be
done is being done-and how these myths limit progress in reducing
death and serious injury. It presents current scientific knowledge
and draws parallels with other areas of public safety and health.
The book draws on examples from the media and from public policy
debates to paint a clear picture of a flawed public policy
approach. It presents a model for a preventive medicine approach to
traffic safety policy to get beyond an ego-centric culture to a
communal safety culture.
Listen: Ian Johnston busts the bad behavior myth. Should we really
accept road trauma as collateral damage from daily road use?
Eliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road Transport: A Crisis
of Complacency explores why societies and their elected leaders
view traffic safety as a (relatively) minor problem. It examines
the changes in the culture of road use that need to occur if this
public health problem is to be effectively resolved. Examines why
road use culture is ego-centric ("what's in it for me?") and why
this blocks progress Explores current traffic safety measurement
methods and demonstrates how they have underpinned our flawed
approach Discusses the controversial issue of speed and speeding
and shows how a new approach to speed management will be
fundamental to transformational change Details a simple account of
the concept of a "Safe System" (as now promoted by the WHO and the
OECD) while exploring the failure to get beyond the principles to
extensive implementation The book dispels the myths that currently
drive societies' (misguided) view of traffic safety-the bad
behavior myth and the official myth that everything that can be
done is being done-and how these myths limit progress in reducing
death and serious injury. It presents current scientific knowledge
and draws parallels with other areas of public safety and health.
The book draws on examples from the media and from public policy
debates to paint a clear picture of a flawed public policy
approach. It presents a model for a preventive medicine approach to
traffic safety policy to get beyond an ego-centric culture to a
communal safety culture.
Personal computers have made life convenient in many ways, but what
about their impacts on the environment due to production, use and
disposal? Manufacturing computers requires prodigious quantities of
fossil fuels, toxic chemicals and water. Rapid improvements in
performance mean we often buy a new machine every 1-3 years, which
adds up to mountains of waste computers. How should societies
respond to manage these environmental impacts?
This volume addresses the environmental impacts and management of
computers through a set of analyses on issues ranging from
environmental assessment, technologies for recycling, consumer
behaviour, strategies of computer manufacturing firms, and
government policies. One conclusion is that extending the lifespan
of computers (e.g. through reselling) is an environmentally and
economically effective strategy that deserves more attention from
governments, firms and the general public.
In The Screenwriters Taxonomy, award-winning screenwriter and
educator Eric R. Williams offers a new collaborative approach for
creative storytellers to recognize, discuss and reinvent
storytelling paradigms. Williams presents seven different aspects
of storytelling that can be applied to any fictional narrative
film-from super genre, macrogenre and microgenre to voice and point
of view-allowing writers to analyze existing films and innovate on
these structures in their own stories. Moving beyond film theory,
Williams describes how this roadmap for creative decision making
can relate to classics like Sunset Boulevard, The Wizard of Oz and
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as well as such diverse modern
favorites like 12 Years a Slave, Anomalisa and Shrek.
Active Disturbance Rejection Control of Dynamic Systems: A Flatness
Based Approach describes the linear control of uncertain nonlinear
systems. The net result is a practical controller design that is
simple and surprisingly robust, one that also guarantees
convergence to small neighborhoods of desired equilibria or
tracking errors that are as close to zero as desired. This
methodology differs from current robust feedback controllers
characterized by either complex matrix manipulations, complex
parameter adaptation schemes and, in other cases, induced high
frequency noises through the classical chattering phenomenon. The
approach contains many of the cornerstones, or philosophical
features, of Model Free Control and ADRC, while exploiting flatness
and GPI control in an efficient manner for linear, nonlinear,
mono-variable and multivariable systems, including those exhibiting
inputs delays. The book contains successful experimental laboratory
case studies of diverse engineering problems, especially those
relating to mechanical, electro-mechanical, robotics, mobile
robotics and power electronics systems.
This book examines U.S.-Latin American relations from an
historical, contemporary, and theoretical perspective. Its
overriding objectives are to: 1) analyze the issues, stakes,
milestone events, trends, and mutual perceptions of the
relationship, and 2) use them to illustrate the utility and
limitations of some of the central theories, concepts, and analytic
frameworks developed to explain international relations and foreign
policymaking. The text provides students a set of analytic tools
that will better equip them to understand the complexities of
international politics in general, and hemispheric relations in
particular. By drawing examples from the distant and more recent
past -- and interweaving history with theory -- Williams
illustrates the enduring principles of International Relations
theory and provides students the conceptual tools required to help
them organize facts, think systematically about issues, weigh
competing explanations, and have confidence in their own
conclusions regarding the past, present, and future of
international politics in the region.
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A Broken Game (Hardcover)
Chelsea Caslie; Illustrated by Eric Williams; Edited by Alex Williams
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