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The fully revised third edition of this unique and comprehensive
overview of the science and technology of the bottled waters
industry contains brand new chapters which address these new
developments. As well as an updated introductory chapter reviewing
the market, the degree to which the global legislative and
regulatory picture has changed is examined, and new and
increasingly-used quality standards are assessed. The book provides
a definitive source of reference for all those involved in bottled
water production: beverage technologists, packaging technologists,
analytical chemists, microbiologists and health and safety
personnel.
This book illuminates our understanding of what happens when
different cultures meet. Twelve cultural historians explore the
mechanism and inner dynamic of such encounters, and demonstrate
that while they often occur on the wave of global forces and
influences, they only acquire meaning locally, where culture
inherently resides.
This book illuminates our understanding of what happens when
different cultures meet. Twelve cultural historians explore the
mechanism and inner dynamic of such encounters, and demonstrate
that while they often occur on the wave of global forces and
influences, they only acquire meaning locally, where culture
inherently resides.
I was a regular listener of Glen Beck's program. Now and then he
would challenge his listeners not just to listen to him and believe
what he said but to also go out, research, and then come out with
what they believed are the problems and solutions to America's
problems. They would then offer these solutions with the rest of
America. In this way, what is useful if adopted can be good for the
American people and society as a whole. Because I believed that his
message was a challenge to me, I decided to write this book and
come out with what economic, political, social, civil, human rights
problems the USA, plus the rest of the world, are currently facing
and their possible solutions.
I was a regular listener of Glen Beck's program. Now and then he
would challenge his listeners not just to listen to him and believe
what he said but to also go out, research, and then come out with
what they believed are the problems and solutions to America's
problems. They would then offer these solutions with the rest of
America. In this way, what is useful if adopted can be good for the
American people and society as a whole. Because I believed that his
message was a challenge to me, I decided to write this book and
come out with what economic, political, social, civil, human rights
problems the USA, plus the rest of the world, are currently facing
and their possible solutions.
No single international organisation has the sole responsibility of
providing humanitarian assistance and protection to IDPs. However,
in some cases, various international organisations have come to
ameliorate the plight of IDPs where national governments are
overwhelmed. The 2007 December PEV in Kenya led to massive
displacement of people. This was viewed as a problem which was
impacting negatively on the productive sectors like tourism, trade,
and general investment. The Operation Rudi Nyumbani Programme was
launched in May 2008 with an aim of impressing the international
community that all was well in Kenya. The International
Organisation for Migration (IOM) was one of the organisations
involved in the resettlement of IDPs in Turbo, Kenya. It launched a
Shelter and Livelihoods for Peace and Reconciliation project to
help the IDPs return home, restore their livelihoods and achieve
lasting peace and reconciliation.
The book examines the dilemmas that confront the achievement of
sustainable development in dry lands. At the heart of this
condominium is increasing water needs to satisfy economic
development pursuits. This is countered by rapidly changing
meteorological conditions associated with climate change that pose
significant water supply risks. The result is a clash between
capitalist development processes as we have known them through the
years, and the objective well-being interests of the present and
posterity. Located at center of the great Rift Valley Lake Naivasha
is an ideal auditorium for the setting the drama of unbridled
economic growth and ecological crises seriously compromise the
future. Located in a sub-Saharan African country, Lake Naivasha is
a mesh of contrasts. In its vicinity resides poverty amidst wealth,
large scale irrigation sharing borders with rain fed agriculture,
sedentary lifestyle amidst nomads, human settlement within
wildlife. It offers opportunities for immense wealth and sadly
poses severe challenges to development. This book reports on the
water crises that faces the Naivasha and offers lessons for similar
places worldwide.
Olonana ole Mbatian, popularly known as Lenana, was one of the most
outstanding Masai and Kenyan leaders, African chief and Laibon
(prophet/visionary), whose life spanned the second half of the
nineteenth, and the first decade of the twentieth centuries. He
lived through and influenced a crucial period in Kenya's history:
when the Masai were engaged in nation building, there was
competition for leadership, land, people, livestock, wealth and
power; and when European intrusions, which were becoming ever more
intensive, were shaping Kenya's colonial culture and economy. This
is a balanced and critical study of an individual's biography, and
historical context. It analyses for example to what extent
Olonana's relationship with the colonialists influenced colonial
policy on pastoralism; the devastating effects of colonial policy
on pastoralism; and why the Masai shunned westernism, education and
trade in favour of traditional pastoralism, and the position of
Olonana on these issues. It considers popular perceptions of
Olonana as a champion of Masai cultural heritage; and assesses his
achievements and legacy. This is a concise biography of a key
figure in Masai history, about whom little has been written, which
serves well as a general introduction to the history and key
figures of the period.
In A Tapestry of African Histories: With Longer Times and Wider
Geopolitics, contributors demonstrate that African historians are
neither comfortable nor content with studying continental or global
geopolitical, social, and economic events across the superficial
divide of time as if they were disparate or disconnected. Instead,
the chapters within the volume reevaluate African history through a
geopolitically transcendent lens that brings African countries into
conversation with other pertinent histories both within and outside
of the continent. The collection analyzes the pre- and
post-colonial eras within African countries such as Kenya, Malawi,
and Sudan, examining major historical figures and events, struggles
for independence and stability, contemporary urban settlements,
social and economic development, as well as constitutional, legal,
and human rights issues that began in the colonial era and persist
to this day.
The decades-long civil war ended in 1992 in Mozambique, a
southeastern African nation once ruled by the Portuguese The
country now attracts foreign investment and has one of the
fastest-growing economies in Africa. Culture and Customs of
Mozambique is a timely overview of an important nation as it
rebuilds. The thorough narrative is the most-up-date and
authoritative source on Mozambique's society. Ndege covers the land
and history and especially clarifies the multiethnic society, which
comprises sixteen ethnic groups, most of which are of Bantu origin.
Each group speaks its own language, and some clans within each
group speak different dialects of the same language. He discusses
the migration of these groups into Mozambique from southern Africa
and their absorption of disparate and small communities, as well as
their diverse cultural customs and practices. Most important, the
Zambezi valley, which has for centuries been a meeting place of
many different societies, is significant in understanding the
nature and pattern of settlement of various ethnic communities in
modern-day Mozambique. Readers will learn about the young
population and the migration to cities today. The importance of the
family and the changes to the family and gender roles brought on by
education, urbanization, migration, and religion are discussed.
Other coverage includes the role of Islam and Christianity; the
importance of art; indigenous, oral, and modern literature and
media; a wide range of celebrations and leisure activities;
ceremonies and cuisine; unique music and dance; and more.
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