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Readers drawn to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Laurie Garrett's
The Coming Plague, or Theo Colburn's Our Stolen Future will
appreciate this work by Thomas Kerns as well. The growing epidemics
of chemically induced illnesses from long-term, low-dose exposure
to toxicants in both developed and developing nations are being
studied by serious researchers. Questions are being raised as to
how societies will deal with these new problems. Kerns's book is
the first to directly address the ethical dimension of managing
environmental health and ubiquitous toxicants (such as solvents,
pesticides, and artificial fragrances). The work includes recent
medical literature on chronic health effects from exposure to
toxicants and the social costs of these disorders; relevant
historic and human rights documents; recommendations for public
policy and legislation; and primary obstacles faced by public
health advocates. College instructors and students, victims of
chemical sensitivity disorders, public health workers, scientists,
and policymakers who are interested in the challenge of these
emerging epidemics will find Kerns's text highly informative.
Haiti has long been known as a benighted place of poverty and
corruption. Even before the 2010 earthquake destroyed much of the
country, it was beset by difficulties inextricably rooted in its
history of rebellion and revolution. Since gaining independence
from France in 1804, following the only successful slave revolt in
the history of the world, Haiti s past has been characterized by
dictatorships, serious conflict, and near-constant social and
political unrest, as the country struggles to define its
independence and realize its promise. Haiti: The Perpetual
Liberation collects 140 photographs of Haiti by Swiss photographer
Thomas Kern, taken in black and white with an analogue camera over
the course of twenty years of travel there. As the photographs
demonstrate, the people of Haiti remain determined to realize the
country s promise in the face of crushing poverty and crisis, and,
behind the barrage of bad news that dominates its public image, it
is a country full of hope and life. The photographs, which make up
the first part of a four-part boxed set, are joined by three
separate text booklets each in one of three languages: English,
German, and Creole that feature texts by Kern on his work and his
approach to the country, as well as two essays by Swiss journalist
Georg Brunold and Haitian novelist Yanick Lahens that provide
context and commentary for the images and discuss the country s
people and culture, and its enduring political conflict. A powerful
photographic portrait, Haiti: The Perpetual Liberation shows a
different, more personal and therefore also more ordinary view of
the troubled country that reaches beyond what we think we know
about Haiti.
A unique insight for both practitioners and academics on how to achieve a 'relationship advantage'. The relationship in information technology (IT) outsourcing often determines the difference between a successful, a less successful, and a failing outsourcing deal. The authors examine five case studies (Xerox, British Aerospace, ESSO, BP, and the UK Inland Revenue), and by way of a novel client-supplier relationship framework they identify the key dimensions of an outsourcing relationship.
Motif ist eine Software-Umgebung zur Implementierung grafischer
Benutzungsoberfl{chen. Mit Motif erstellte Applikationen enthalten
alle Elemente, die eine moderne Benutzungsoberfl{che auszeichnen,
wie }berlappende Windows, Dialogboxen und Men}s. Motif ist f}r UNIX
und VMS erh{ltlich und hat gute Chancen, Standard f}r diese
Betriebssysteme zu werden. Motif besteht aus einem Toolkit, einer
Beschreibungssprache, einem Window Manager und einem Style Guide.
In diesem Buch wird die Programmierung von Applikationen mit Hilfe
des Motif-Toolkits beschrieben. Das Motif-Toolkit stellt
Grundbausteine f}r grafische Benutzungsoberfl{chen zur Verf}gung,
die sogenannten Widgets. Es baut dabei auf dem X-Window-System und
den X-Toolkit-Intrinsics des MIT auf. Das Toolkit deckt aber nicht
alle Aspekte einer Applikation ab. Daher werden auch die
notwendigen Kenntnisse }ber X und die Intrinsics vermittelt, ohne
die eine erfolgreiche Motif-Applikation nicht realisiert werden
kann. Das auf die Praxis zugeschnittene Buch wendet sich an all
diejenigen, die Applikationen mit grafischen Benutzungsoberfl{chen
entwickeln wollen. Die Konzepte des Toolkits werden anhand
realistischer Beispiele vorgestellt. Dabei werden Grund-Schemata
entwickelt, die auch auf andere Motif-Applikationen anwendbar sind.
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