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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.
Wastewater disposal by marine outfalls is proven and effective and
is a reliable and cost effective solution with minimal
environmental impacts. The design and siting of submarine outfalls
is a complex task that relies on many disciplines including
oceanography, civil and environmental engineering, marine biology,
construction, economics, and public relations. Marine Wastewater
Outfalls and Treatment Systems brings these disciplines together
and outlines all tasks involved in the planning and design of a
wastewater system involving a marine outfall. This book concerns
the design of marine wastewater disposal systems: that is an ocean
outfall plus treatment plant. All aspects of outfall design and
planning are covered, including water quality design criteria,
mathematical modelling of water quality and dilution, gathering
required oceanographic data, appropriate wastewater treatment for
marine discharges, construction materials for marine pipelines,
forces on pipelines and outfall design, outfall hydraulics, outfall
construction, tunnelled outfalls, operation and maintenance,
monitoring, case studies are discussed and methods for gaining
public acceptance for the project are presented. Finally, costs for
many outfalls around the world are summarized and methods for
estimating costs are given. This is the first book to consider all
aspects of marine outfall planning and construction. The authors
are all extensively involved with outfall schemes and aware of
recent developments. The science and technology of all aspects of
outfall discharges into coastal waters and estuaries of treated
municipal or industrial wastewater has advanced considerably over
the past few years. Marine Wastewater Outfalls and Treatment
Systems provides an up to date and comprehensive summary of this
rapidly developing area.
This 82-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical
novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and
fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face
prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with
perseverance, a little bit of luck ,and a generous amount of love
in their new home in the US. Downloadable audio recordings of all
12 novels and free supplementary materials for teachers are
available (visit ProLinguaLearning.com for more details). Plot
Summary for Neighbors: In the 1980s in El Salvador, the struggle
for power between the governmentâs army and the Guerillas causes
widespread damage and death. A peasant couple, RamĂłn and Pilar,
see their neighbor being taken away, his wife killed, and his house
burned. RamĂłn becomes involved in a protest and is marked for
death. He tries to escape to the U.S. but is returned to El
Salvador and discovers that his village was destroyed and his
family gone. He again crosses the U.S. border and is rescued from
death in the desert by two nuns. He is given sanctuary by a couple
in Texas. While there, he learns that his family is safe. Together
again, they move to Maryland where they work in a restaurant. After
several years, they work to help others gain protected status and
sanctuary in the U.S.
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No Bad Ghosts (Hardcover)
Daniel Meyer; Illustrated by Amanda Riff
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Social responsibility theory calls on the American press to
serve as watchdog over powerful government and to provide a forum
for robust democratic debate. Based on five current case studies,
"The Publisher-Public Official" explores the extent to which
politicians who simultaneously serve as newspaper editors or
publishers fulfill this ethical duty. The book features interviews
with the editors/publishers and with a sample of their readers, and
provides results of a survey of readers who were asked whether it
is possible to wear two hats and do both jobs effectively and
responsibly. Newspaper articles and editorial pages are also
examined for possible conflicts of interest in occupying two
roles.
Veteran newspapermen Don Sneed and Daniel Riffe present an
overview and history of the press's role as watchdog, outlining
what professional ethical codes say about publishers' political
involvement and offering perspective by today's newspaper group
executives. Chapters 4 through 8 provide a composite portrait of
the five publisher-public officials as seen through their own eyes
and their readers' eyes. A final chapter details how extensive the
phenomenon of publisher-public official is and offers concluding
thoughts to the study. This illuminating work will be particularly
useful to journalism professionals and educators, politicians, and
political scientists.
This issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics teaches you the latest
developments and best practices in pediatric rheumatology. Guest
edited by Andreas Reiff, topics include juvenile arthritis,
juvenile spondyloarthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, vasculitis,
scleroderma, eye conditions, and more
The Handbook of Research on Non-Functional Properties for
Service-Oriented Systems: Future Directions unites different
approaches and methods used to describe, map, and use
non-functional properties and service level agreements. This
handbook, which will be useful for both industry and academia,
provides an overview of existing research and also sets clear
directions for future work.
The fifth edition of this comprehensive and engaging text guides
readers through the essential tools and skills necessary to conduct
quantitative content analysis research. Readers will find a clear
definition of quantitative content analysis and step-by-step
instructions on designing a content analysis study, along with
examples of content analysis studies and journal articles. This
edition has been updated with the latest methods in sampling in the
digital age, computerized content analysis, and the uses of social
media in content analysis research. It maintains the concise,
accessible approach of previous editions while including refreshed
examples and discussions throughout. This is an essential text for
content analysis courses in communication and media studies
programs of all levels, as well as a useful supplementary text in
more general research methods courses.
Exploitation and Economic Justice in the Liberal Capitalist State
develops the first new, liberal theory of economic justice to
appear since John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin proposed their
respective theories back in the 1970s and early 1980s. It does this
by presenting a new, liberal egalitarian, non-Marxist theory of
exploitation that is designed to be a creature of capitalism, not a
critique of it. Indeed, the book shows how we can regulate economic
inequality using the presuppositions of capitalism and political
liberalism that we already accept. In doing this, the book uses two
concepts or tools: a re-conceived notion of the ancient doctrine of
the just price, and the author's own concept of intolerable
unfairness. The resulting theory can then function as either a
supplement to or a replacement for the difference principle and
luck egalitarianism, the two most popular liberal egalitarian
theories of economic justice of today. It provides a new,
highly-topical, specific moral justification not only for raising
the minimum wage, but also for imposing a maximum wage, for
continuing to impose an estate tax on the wealthiest members of
society, and for prohibiting certain kinds of speculative trading,
including trading in derivatives such as the now infamous credit
default swap and other related exotic financial instruments.
Finally, it provides a new specific moral justification for dealing
with certain aspects of climate change now regardless of what other
nations do. Yet it is still designed to be the object of an
overlapping consensus - that is, it is designed to be acceptable to
those who embrace a wide range of comprehensive moral and political
doctrines, not only liberal egalitarianism, but right and left
libertarianism too.
For many years, Antony Duff has been one of the world's foremost
philosophers of criminal law. This volume collects essays by
leading criminal law theorists to explore the principal themes in
his work. In a response to the essays, Duff clarifies and develops
his position on central problems in criminal law theory.
Some of the essays concentrate on the topic of criminalization.
That is, they examine what forms of conduct (including attempts,
offensiveness, and negligence) can aptly qualify as criminal
offences, and what principled limits, if any, should be placed on
the reach of the criminal law. Several of the other essays assess
the thesis that punishment is justifiable as a form of
communication between offenders and their community. Those essays
examine the presuppositions (about the nature and function of
community, and about the moral structure of atonement) that must be
embraced if communication is to be a primary role for punishment.
The remaining essays examine the nature and limits of
responsibility in the law, as they engage with philosophical
debates over 'moral luck' by investigating the ways in which the
law can legitimately hold people responsible for events that were
not within their control. These chapters tie the first and third
parts of the book together, as they explore the relationship
between the principles that determine a person's responsibility and
the principles that determine which types of actions can
appropriately be criminalized.
Finally, Duff responds with comments that seek to defend and
clarify his views while also acknowledging the correctness of some
of the critics' objections.
With unemployment at historically high rates that show signs of
becoming structural, there is a pressing need for an in-depth
exploration of this economic injustice. Unemployment is one of the
problems most likely to put critical pressure on our political
institutions, disrupt the social fabric of our way of life, and
even threaten the continuation of liberalism itself. Despite the
obvious importance of the problem of unemployment, however, there
has been a curious lack of attention paid to this issue by
contemporary non-Marxist political philosophers. On Unemployment
explores the moral implications of the problem of unemployment
despite the continuing uncertainty involving both its causes and
its cures. Reiff takes up a series of questions about the nature of
unemployment and what justice has to tell us about what we should
do, if anything, to alleviate it. The book comprehensively
discusses the related theory and suggests how we might implement
these more general observations in the real world. It addresses the
politics of unemployment and the extent to which opposition to some
or all of the book's various proposals stem not from empirical
disagreements about the best solutions, but from more basic moral
disagreements about whether the reduction of unemployment is indeed
an appropriate moral goal. This exciting new text will be essential
for scholars and readers across business, economics, and finance,
as well as politics, philosophy, and sociology.
With unemployment at historically high rates that show signs of
becoming structural, there is a pressing need for an in-depth
exploration of this economic injustice. Unemployment is one of the
problems most likely to put critical pressure on our political
institutions, disrupt the social fabric of our way of life, and
even threaten the continuation of liberalism itself. Despite the
obvious importance of the problem of unemployment, however, there
has been a curious lack of attention paid to this issue by
contemporary non-Marxist political philosophers. On Unemployment
explores the moral implications of the problem of unemployment
despite the continuing uncertainty involving both its causes and
its cures. Reiff takes up a series of questions about the nature of
unemployment and what justice has to tell us about what we should
do, if anything, to alleviate it. The book comprehensively
discusses the related theory and suggests how we might implement
these more general observations in the real world. It addresses the
politics of unemployment and the extent to which opposition to some
or all of the book's various proposals stem not from empirical
disagreements about the best solutions, but from more basic moral
disagreements about whether the reduction of unemployment is indeed
an appropriate moral goal. This exciting new text will be essential
for scholars and readers across business, economics, and finance,
as well as politics, philosophy, and sociology.
The fifth edition of this comprehensive and engaging text guides
readers through the essential tools and skills necessary to conduct
quantitative content analysis research. Readers will find a clear
definition of quantitative content analysis and step-by-step
instructions on designing a content analysis study, along with
examples of content analysis studies and journal articles. This
edition has been updated with the latest methods in sampling in the
digital age, computerized content analysis, and the uses of social
media in content analysis research. It maintains the concise,
accessible approach of previous editions while including refreshed
examples and discussions throughout. This is an essential text for
content analysis courses in communication and media studies
programs of all levels, as well as a useful supplementary text in
more general research methods courses.
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