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The Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions for 2020 provides
accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems
in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those
problems. Written by a highly respected team of authors brought
together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), it
offers recommendations for action by elected officials, policy
makers, and the public around key issues for social justice,
including a discussion of the role of key issues of sustainability
and technology in the development and timbre of future social
problems. It will be of interest to scholars, practitioners,
advocates, and students interested in public sociology and the
study of social problems.
Sustainable development is the single most important consideration
for those working in the tourism industry. Presenting a discussion
by leading contributors on the impacts of tourism on local culture
and the environment, this new edition moves forward the debates in
sustainable tourism, covering new locations, concepts and
perspectives, and new case studies providing a global outlook for a
universal issue.
Towards the Balance and Management of the Carbon Budget of the
Biosphere The current state of misunderstanding of the global C
cycle and our failure to resolve an issue that has been debated for
100 years (Jones and Henderson-Sellers, 1990) speaks loudly about
the limitations of modem science when faced with the complexity of
the biosphere. Efforts to understand and balance the global C
budget have gone through several phases. First was a holistic view
of the C budget as part of efforts to understand the geochemistry
of the Earth (e. g. , Clarke, 1908). Next, came a period of data
collection and sythesis which focused on the diversity of sectors
of the biosphere. This phase culminated in the early 1970's with
the realization that humans were greatly impacting the global C
cycle as measured at the Mauna Loa Observatory (Keeling et al. ,
1973). New syntheses of the global C budget emerged at this time
(Woodwell and Pacan, 1973; Bolin et al. , 1979). The next phase was
one of controversy and intense focus on particular sectors of the
biosphere. The controversy rested on discrepancies about the role
of the terrestrial biota in the global C cycle and the failure to
account for sufficient C sinks to absorb all the C emitted by
land-use change in the tropics (Woodwell et al. , 1978, 1983;
Houghton et al. , 1983).
This is a fully revised guide to one of Egypt's most beautiful
natural areas. The Fayoum, a large and exceptionally fertile
depression in Egypt's Western Desert, some 90 kilometers southwest
of Cairo, is a region both rich in history and outstanding in
natural beauty. Its historical legacy includes temples, pyramids,
and towns from the Middle Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Period, as well
as churches, monasteries, and mosques from later times. Its
farmland, watered by the region's landmark waterwheels, is among
the most generous in Egypt, and its landscape is varied and
beautiful.The large and ancient lake Qarun nestles in the north
between the soft green land and the harsh but dramatic desert
scarp, while two new lakes, connected by Egypt's only waterfalls,
have been created in the once barren Wadi al-Rayyan to the west,
bringing fishermen, farmers, and visitors to the desert. The
Fayoum's wildlife unfortunately no longer includes the crocodile,
which was sacred here in ancient times, but boasts swamp cats and
mongooses, spoonbills and flamingos.Neil Hewison here outlines the
history (and prehistory) of the Fayoum and its lakes, describes the
agriculture and rural life of the region, then guides the visitor
around the province site by site, never averse to taking an
interesting detour along the way. Originally published in 1984,
this guide to one of Egypt's most distinctive and beautiful regions
quickly became regarded as a classic. The text has been thoroughly
revised and updated for this new edition, including a new section
on the recently declared UNESCO World Heritage Site of Wadi
al-Hitan, the Valley of the Whales. The book is illustrated with
color photographs and two maps.
THE DAY THE WORLD CRIED AS ONE... 63 stories from Dallas to England
to France to Nepal to Japan of how people reacted to and dealt with
the assassination of President Kennedy on Friday, November 22,
1963. As the news of the assassination spread the big question on
nearly every American's mind was: "Was the assassination a single
act of a lone person, or the start of an attack on America,
changing the Cold War into an all out war?" Others around the world
asked the same question. People listened to their radios and
watched their black and white TVs for the answer. Some stories are
only a couple of paragraphs long; others are pages. Together they
are the commentary of the "man on the street" on one of the most
traumatic days in United States history. Though shaken to its roots
by such a devastating event, the threads of commonality in the
stories weave a clear pattern of our country's resiliency to remain
strong and united whatever the circumstances.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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++++ Mimosas Hjemkomst: Skuespil I Tre Akter Nils Kjaer Schuboth,
1907 Literary Criticism; European; Scandinavian; Drama /
Continental European; Drama / General; Literary Criticism /
European / Scandinavian; Norwegian drama
If you've ever been involved with competitive swimming, then this
is "must read" book for you. It will not only bring back memories
for your but it will also refresh your memory of life lessons you
learned through your swimming participation; life lessons you have
been able to apply to living Beyond The Pool. It will also remind
you of other lessons that you forgot that you even learned.
The Royal Book of Oz is the fifteenth in the series of Oz books. It
finds the Scarecrow upset when Professor Woggle-bug tells him that
he has no family, so he goes back to the corn-field where Dorothy
Gale found him to trace his roots. The Scarecrow discovers that he
was the King of the Silver Islands, a quasi-Chinese kingdom located
underground beneath the Munchkin region of Oz.
If you want to own or manage a breakout company, R. Neil Thiessen
can make it happen-and he'll save you frustration, time, and money,
to boot.
Proven in myriad industries, Thiessen's Diamond Solution is a
powerful tool for gaining insight into your business and uncovering
opportunities that you never knew existed. With this guide, you
will learn to develop critical elements for business success,
including clarity, focus, adaptability, flexibility, and
efficiency, as well as how to:
Decide whether growth is the right option right now for your
business Take stock of existing company assets and human resources
Determine what's currently working and what is not Build a
trustworthy staff that is engaged and involved and will deliver
results Foster a culture of accountability and action Implement
"Leaderment," an ideal combination of leadership and management Use
Opportunity Assessment to prioritize your precious resources
With the expert tips and strategies, case studies and examples,
and practical exercises in this motivating and empowering book, you
will avoid pitfalls, minimize risks, and achieve extraordinary
results as your business grows with limited resources and limitless
imaginations.
If you want to own or manage a breakout company, R. Neil Thiessen
can make it happen-and he'll save you frustration, time, and money,
to boot.
Proven in myriad industries, Thiessen's Diamond Solution is a
powerful tool for gaining insight into your business and uncovering
opportunities that you never knew existed. With this guide, you
will learn to develop critical elements for business success,
including clarity, focus, adaptability, flexibility, and
efficiency, as well as how to:
Decide whether growth is the right option right now for your
business Take stock of existing company assets and human resources
Determine what's currently working and what is not Build a
trustworthy staff that is engaged and involved and will deliver
results Foster a culture of accountability and action Implement
"Leaderment," an ideal combination of leadership and management Use
Opportunity Assessment to prioritize your precious resources
With the expert tips and strategies, case studies and examples,
and practical exercises in this motivating and empowering book, you
will avoid pitfalls, minimize risks, and achieve extraordinary
results as your business grows with limited resources and limitless
imaginations.
This volume presents the work carried out by eight working groups
at a meeting held in Bad Harzburg, Germany, in March 1993, to
develop an assessment of the present and likely future carbon
fluxes associated with the major components of the Earth's
terrestrial biosphere. Major topics considered were: global carbon
cycle; boreal forests and tundra; temperate forests; tropical
forests; grasslands, savannas and deserts; land and water interface
zones; agroecosystems; and biomass management.
Develop accurate computer models to determine wildfire risks and
controlled-burn benefits Although scientists now recognize that
fire is essential to many ecosystems, the ecological and political
issues of managing wildfire continue to be vexing. Mapping Wildfire
Hazards and Risks offers multiple perspectives on using a
Geographic Information System (GIS) for more effective wildfire
management. This innovative technology is the ideal tool to
organize and display all the information available, so authorities
can make informed judgments based on all the facts.Because the
authors are not merely theorizing but discussing the GIS they are
actually building and using, Mapping Wildfire Hazards and Risks
offers practical ideas and perspectives, including: specific
information on the modeling approach and kinds of data utilized
valuable discussions of the social and environmental factors
included in the model techniques for predicting the effects of
wildfire on neighborhoods, soil erosion, sedimentation, and air
quality predictions of long-term ecosystem recovery given wildfires
of different sizes and intensities maps, charts, tables, and
formulas to make the process of building a GIS understandable and
accessibleMapping Wildfire Hazards and Risks is a compilation of
the ideas of federal and state agencies, universities, and
non-governmental organizations on how to rank and prioritize
forested watershed areas that are in need of prescribed fire. This
book provides the essential information for deciding how to set
priorities for wildfire management that might reduce risks or lower
future damages.
There have been many exciting advances in our understanding of
mammalian sex determination and differentiation in the last decade.
Using these advances to elucidate clinical conditions of abnormal
sexual development, the authors bring together great expertise in
molecular endocrinology, molecular genetics, and dysmorphology. The
text begins with a discussion of normal gonadal and sexual
development that presents enough embryology, biochemistry, and
endocrinology to make the remaining chapters easy to assimilate.
Then the authors discuss overarching clinical issues that are
common to genetic abnormalities of gonadal and sexual development,
providing a detailed account of genetic causes of gonadal
maldevelopment, followed by a compendium of the singular,
syndromal, endocrinologic, and systemic-metabolic genetic causes of
sexual maldevelopment. The final section describes genetic forms of
gamete failure.
Seldom dogmatic, this unconventional textbook frequently presents
alternatives, highlights speculation, raises questions, and
attempts to provide answers. Yet it will be a uniquely valuable
reference on an area of genetic medicine where much has happened in
recent years. This book will be welcomed by medical geneticists,
genetic counselors, endocrinologists, gynecologists, urologists,
and students who need fully-referenced information about the
genetic aspects of humans sexual maldevelopment in order to better
manage their patients and their patients families.
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