This book is a probing reassessment of security prospects for the Asia-Pacific region centred on an analysis of three key notions: hegemonic power, human security and multilateralism. The post-September 11 world is steadily moving towards multipolarity as the hegemon's authority declines. The UN is at a pivotal moment in its history and middle powers like Japan and Australia will no doubt help to shape its future. Furthermore, China's star is rising and the region has to contend with all the ramifications of this complex reality. The book defines human security as a concept that offers the international community a broader philosophical and political purpose and gives substance to the emerging regional and global multilateralism. It poses perhaps the two most intriguing and critical questions of the moment: can civil society and epistemic communities, operating across cultural and civil boundaries, play a more influential role in defining the goals and processes of regional cooperation in Asia Pacific? and can states, multilateral organisations and civil society develop a more effective partnership in pursuit of these goals? This book brings together distinguished scholars and experts on public policy, social ethics, defence, human security and sustainability to consider the future of the Asia-Pacific region and appropriate responses by both states and civil society. It will appeal to scholars and researchers of international relations, politics and Asian studies as well as policymakers in the region.

Fakes and forgeries are objects of fascination. This volume contains a series of thirteen articles devoted to fakes and forgeries of written artefacts from the beginnings of writing in Mesopotamia to modern China. The studies emphasise the subtle distinctions conveyed by an established vocabulary relating to the reproduction of ancient artefacts and production of artefacts claiming to be ancient: from copies, replicas and imitations to fakes and forgeries. Fakes are often a response to a demand from the public or scholarly milieu, or even both. The motives behind their production may be economic, political, religious or personal - aspiring to fame or simply playing a joke. Fakes may be revealed by combining the study of their contents, codicological, epigraphic and palaeographic analyses, and scientific investigations. However, certain famous unsolved cases still continue to defy technology today, no matter how advanced it is. Nowadays, one can find fakes in museums and private collections alike; they abound on the antique market, mixed with real artefacts that have often been looted. The scientific community's attitude to such objects calls for ethical reflection.

This edited collection explores a diverse range of climate (in)justice case studies from the Majority World – where most of humans and non-humans live. It is also the site of the most severe impacts of climate change and home to some of the key solutions for the climate crisis. The collection brings together 12 chapters featuring the work of over 30 authors from around the globe. The impacts of climate change are disproportionately affecting individuals, communities, and countries in the Majority World who historically have contributed little to rising global temperatures. The 12 chapters focus on a range of cross-cutting themes, demonstrating both individual and collective experiences of climate change and struggles for achieving climate justice from the Majority World. This includes activism, resistance, and social movement organizing in India and Brazil; lived experiences and understandings of frontline communities in Bangladesh and South Africa; consequences of and responses to disasters in Mozambique and Puerto Rico; and contested accounts, narratives, and futures in the Maldives and Pakistan, among other topics. By adopting a decolonial lens, this book provides rich empirical content, insightful comparisons, and novel conceptual interventions. It foregrounds climate justice from an intersectional perspective and contributes to the ongoing efforts by scholars and activists to address epistemic injustice in climate change research, policy, and practice. It will appeal to undergraduate and graduate-level students, academics, activists, policymakers, and members of the public concerned with the impacts and inequalities of climate change in the Majority World.

This edited collection explores a diverse range of climate (in)justice case studies from the Majority World – where most of humans and non-humans live. It is also the site of the most severe impacts of climate change and home to some of the key solutions for the climate crisis. The collection brings together 12 chapters featuring the work of over 30 authors from around the globe. The impacts of climate change are disproportionately affecting individuals, communities, and countries in the Majority World who historically have contributed little to rising global temperatures. The 12 chapters focus on a range of cross-cutting themes, demonstrating both individual and collective experiences of climate change and struggles for achieving climate justice from the Majority World. This includes activism, resistance, and social movement organizing in India and Brazil; lived experiences and understandings of frontline communities in Bangladesh and South Africa; consequences of and responses to disasters in Mozambique and Puerto Rico; and contested accounts, narratives, and futures in the Maldives and Pakistan, among other topics. By adopting a decolonial lens, this book provides rich empirical content, insightful comparisons, and novel conceptual interventions. It foregrounds climate justice from an intersectional perspective and contributes to the ongoing efforts by scholars and activists to address epistemic injustice in climate change research, policy, and practice. It will appeal to undergraduate and graduate-level students, academics, activists, policymakers, and members of the public concerned with the impacts and inequalities of climate change in the Majority World.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

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Over the past decade interventional radiology techniques have replaced surgical and clinically guided diagnostic procedures such that the vast majority of patients have a non surgical diagnosis of a breast problem. Interventional Ultrasound of the Breast, written by a collection of well-established and respected authors from the UKa (TM)s leading cancer centres, is an invaluable reference for all medical and clinical oncologists, breast surgeons and radiologists.

No body, no cause of death, no physical evidence-and yet, after ten years, a murder conviction . . . Janet March, artist and wife of corporate lawyer Perry March, had it all: two children she adored, a promising career as an artist, supportive parents, and a dream house she designed. But behind closed doors her husband led a destructive double life of secrets and lies. On August 16, 1996, Janet had an appointment to finally file for divorce; she never made it to see her lawyer-because on the night of August 15, she vanished. Her disappearance incited a massive search and media frenzy that revealed to the world Perry March's seedy dealings in the underbelly of Nashville. But he took his children and absconded away to a new life in Mexico. For ten years, Janet's parents fought their depraved son-in-law through the court system in what would become an international custody battle culminating in Perry's dramatic extradition to Tennessee. Meanwhile, the Nashville Police Department investigated the case from every possible angle but never found a body. In spite of overwhelming odds, cold case detectives and prosecutors were determined to find justice for Janet-and with the help of a shocking surprise witness, they did.

Transformational Tourism deals with the important issue of how travel and tourism can change human behaviour and have a positive impact on the world. The book focuses on human development in a world dominated by post-9/11 security and political challenges, economic and financial collapses, as well as environmental threats; it identifies various types of tourism that can transform human beings, such as educational, volunteer, survival, community-based, eco, farm, extreme, religious, spiritual, wellness, and mission tourism.

The well-known painter, Oskar Kokoschka, also produced a considerable and significant body of literary work: plays, a few poems, essays and autobiographical stories. The present volume contains all his plays ( some in more than one version) and the poems, plus one short prose passage. All the pieces in this collection, apart from the play Comenius, were written in the period 1907-1918. The plays, despite Kokoschkas dislike of the term, reflect the style of Expressionism current in Germany during the period. Indeed, the early ones anticipated and, to as certain extent, helped to define Expressionism.

Agriculture is the product of a complex mixture of behavioural, biophysical and market drivers. Understanding how these factors interact to produce crops and livestock for food has been the focus of economic investigation for many years. The advent of optimisation algorithms and the exponential growth in computing technology has allowed significant growth in mathematical modelling of the dynamics of agricultural systems. The complexity of approaches has grown in parallel with the availability of data at increasingly finer resolutions. Farm-level models have been widely used in agricultural economic studies to understand how farmers and land owners respond to market and policy levers. This book provides an in-depth description of different methodologies and techniques currently used in farm-level modelling. While giving an overview of the theoretical grounding behind the models, an applied approach is also used. Case studies range from the application of modelling to policy reforms and the subsequent impacts on rural communities and food supply. This book also provides descriptions of the use of farm-level models in much wider fields such as aggregation and linking with sectoral models. Its purpose is to show the reader the methods that have been employed to inform decision-makers about how to improve the economic, social and environmental goals required to achieve the aims of multidimensional policy.

Die Film-, Fernseh-und Video-Branche in unserem Land boomt -das belegen die Zahlen, Daten und Fakten der vorliegenden Untersuchung, die infas, das Institut fur angewandte Sozialwissenschaft in Bad Godesberg, im Auftrag der nordrhein-westfalischen Landesregierung zusammengetragen hat. Fakten, die zur Nachricht machen, was wir schon seit langem geahnt haben: Nordrhein- Westfalen ist ein Medienland. Wie optimistisch die audio-visuelle Branche ihre Zukunft in Nordrhein- Westfalen sieht, macht die infas-Erhebung deutlich: Jeder zweite der insgesamt 400 Betriebe will expandieren; geplant sind Ausbau der Raumlichkeiten, Investitionen in die technische Ausstattung und -nicht zuletzt -Einstellung neuer Mitarbeiter. Schon jetzt gibt es in Nordrhein-Westfalen etwa 10 Tausend Beschaftigte in audiovisuellen Medienberufen -laut Expertenmeinung mit wachsender Arbeitsmarktnachfrage und besten beruflichen Perspektiven. Gefragt sind nicht nur Kreativitat, sondern auch Technik-Verstandnis und immer oefter betriebswirtschaftliches Know how. Beispiele derartiger interdisziplinarer Ausbildungsprofile, denen unsere Hochschulen mehr und mehr gerecht werden, gibt es bereits in Nordrhein- Westfalen. Ich denke da z.B. an Studiengange wie Kameramann/-frau an der Fachhochschule Dortmund oder Kommunikationsdesign an der Universitat - Gesamthochschule Essen. Voellig neue Akzente im Bereich einer innovativen Medienausbildung setzt die Kunsthochschule fur Medien, die wir im Wintersemester 1990/91 in der Medienstadt Koeln eroeffnet haben. Als jungster, grenzuberschreitender Darsteller in der medienbezogenen Wissenschaftslandschaft NRW hat 1992 das Europaische Medieninstitut in Dusseldorf Einzug gehalten -ein neues Zentrum fur die Kommunikation und Information uber die Medien in Europa. Die Studie spiegelt Dichte, Vielfalt und Qualitat der Ausbildung in unserem Land. Sie zeigt aber auch Lucken, die wir in Zukunft schliessen wollen.

Ottumwa, Iowa has been a river town from the moment settlers chose the spot along the banks of the Des Moines River in 1844. Islands come and go; water levels rise and fall; floods sweep through; bridges are built, taken down, and rebuilt. The river changes and even moves, but it continues to provide water, food, and fun, supporting industry and transportation - and remaining the heart of the community. Illustrations courtesy of The Lemberger Collection. For more information about the collection, which has been called the largest and best-documented privately-owned photography collection in the world, visit www.mlemberger.com.

The 17 Day Diet offers a lifetime plan for shedding pounds fast in a safe and lasting way. The program is structured around four 17 day cycles: Accelerate--the rapid weight loss portion, which helps flush sugar and fat storage from your system Activate--the metabolic restart portion, with alternating low and high calorie days to help shed body fat Achieve--the phase that involves learning to control portions and introducing new fitness routines Arrive--a combination of the first three cycles to keep good habits up for good. On weekends, enjoy your favorite foods In this guide, 17 Day Diet Reloaded: The Ultimate Step by Step Cheat Sheet on How to Lose Weight & Sustain It Now, we will document a quick and easy way to implement this diet with easy to use cheat sheets and ultimate mistakes to avoid. The best guide for someone who is busy and wants to get the whole gist of this diet and implement the 17 day diet in the next one hour