Jit Factory Revolution: A Pictorial Guide to Factory Design of the Future

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Here at last is the first-ever encyclopedic picture book of JIT. With 218 pages of photos, drawings, and diagrams, this unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at actual production and assembly plants illustrates exactly how JIT looks and functions. It shows the way each area of a JIT plant is set up and provides hundreds of useful ideas you can implement, including:

Multiprocess handling
Cell technology manufacturing
One-piece flow
Quick changeovers
Visual control systems
Kanban and andon

If you've made the crucial decision to run production using JIT and want to show your employees what it's is all about--this book is a must. The photographs, from various Japanese production and assembly plants, provide vivid depictions of what work is like in a JIT environment. And the text, simple and easy to read, makes all the essentials crystal clear.

Truly, a picture is worth a thousand words. You won't find a more accessible or enjoyable introduction to JIT anywhere. It's obvious why this is already one of our most popular books.

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Great pictures and examples, no nonsense language.......2004-10-19

This is a very nice overview of lean, or "just in time" as this was referred to in 1988 when this book was published. There are many great "before and after" examples in the book that illustrate many lean principles. There are nice diagrams that show how the different lean tools fit together and support each other. Downsides to the book are that the pictures from Japan (with kanji character signs), which might turn off people in some American factories, and some terminology issues (what's commonly called "takt time" is referred to as "cycle time" in this book, which might cause confusion). I have dozens of lean books, but enjoy this book for the historical context (it's a very early lean book) and for the specific examples and lessons I can learn from in my plant's lean efforts.

JIT Factory Revolution : A Pictorial Guide to Factory Design of the Future

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JIT Factory Revolution : A Pictorial Guide to Factory Design of the Future
Hiroyuki Hirano
Manufacturer: Productivity, Incorporated
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OLTYZ2

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This, the fifth annual, reproduces the materials of a debate that took place at the EUI in June 2000 among senior representatives of EU institutions, renowned academics and international legal experts in the field of antitrust on the proposals made by the European Commission for the reform and decentralisation of EC antitrust enforcement. The contributions and commentaries included address the following issues: the compatibility of the Commission's reform proposal with the provisions of the EC Treaty, how to ensure coherence, efficiency and legal certainty in a decentralised system of implementing EC antitrust provisions, and the problems posed by the Commission's reform proposal for the judiciary.

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In the 19th century conditions of rural life in the Middle East were revolutionized. But the traditional preoccupation in Muslim societies with urban culture means that the study of rural life has been comparatively neglected. In this book, available in paperback for the first time, Raouf Sa'd Abujaber does much to redress the balance.

He describes how cultivators, among them his own ancestors, moved eastwards into tribal lands across the Jordan and changed the use of land from pastoralism to settled agriculture. The agricultural cycle, relations between landowners and peasants, and the marketing of produce are illustrated through a series of case studies, including that of the author's own family estate. Drawing extensively on family papers, as well as British, Jordanian, Ottoman and French sources, this book should make a valuable contribution to the literature on historical geography and the social history of the Middle East.

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Only book of its kind.......2007-03-17

This excellent study examines the development of Jordan in the late 19th century and the early 20th by someone familiar with the sitution. It examines many small towns and small settlements and the diverse communities of Jordan, including the bedouin and Circassians. Of great interest are the various insights into the Christian tribes of Jordan and their role in the development of the country.

Seth J. Frantzman

Pioneers over Jordan: The Frontier of Settlement in Transjordan, 1850-1914

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Pioneers over Jordan: The Frontier of Settlement in Transjordan, 1850-1914
Raoul Sa'd Abujaber
Manufacturer: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
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Binding: Paperback

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Why does matter stick together? Why do gases condense to liquids, and liquids to solids? This book is a detailed historical account of how some of the leading scientists of the past three centuries have tried to answer these questions. Organized into four broad periods of advances in understanding, the first three are associated with Newton, Laplace and van der Waals, while the fourth gives an account of the successful use in the twentieth century of quantum and statistical mechanics to resolve most of the remaining problems.

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Why does matter stick together? Why do gases condense to liquids, and liquids to solids? This book provides a detailed historical account of how some of the leading scientists of the past three centuries have tried to answer these questions. The topic of cohesion and the study of intermolecular forces has been an important component of physical science research for hundreds of years. This book is organised into four broad periods of advances in our understanding. The first three are associated with Newton, Laplace and van der Waals. The final section gives an account of the successful use in the twentieth century of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics to resolve most of the remaining problems. The book will be of primary interest to physical chemists and physicists, as well as historians of science interested in the historical origins of our modern day understanding of cohesion.

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A tale of why we stick together.......2005-08-05

This book provides the history of scientific thought into why things stick together. The book begins with a review of ancient Greek science, and the concept of atoms - objects too small to be divided. The text then picks up in the Enlightenment when scientists like Newton are pondering the question of how the physical world came about, and using experiments to guide their ideas. The major scientific discoveries and discoverers in the field of cohesion are detailed, including both theorists and experimentalists. These cover the fields of quantum mechanics, electrostatics, chemistry, and surface science. Basic principles are laid out such that any college student in science or engineering can understand the text. Overall, an insightful book, though not the most entertaining book to read.

The story of Aaron (so named) : the son of Ben Ali ; told by his friends and acquaintances / by Joel Chandler Harris ; illustrated by Oliver Herford
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The story of Aaron (so named) : the son of Ben Ali ; told by his friends and acquaintances / by Joel Chandler Harris ; illustrated by Oliver Herford
Joel Chandler (1848-1908) Harris
Manufacturer: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin Company
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The Story of Aaron (So Named) The Son of Ben Ali Told by His Friends and Acquaintences.
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The Story of Aaron (So Named) The Son of Ben Ali Told by His Friends and Acquaintences.
Joel Chandler Harris
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The Story of Aaron (So Named), The Son of Ben Ali Told by His Friends and Acquaintances with Illustrations by Oliver Herford.
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The Story of Aaron (So Named), The Son of Ben Ali Told by His Friends and Acquaintances with Illustrations by Oliver Herford.
Joel Chandler, Illustrated by Oliver Herford Harris
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ASIN: B000GVFHDI

The Story of Aaron, So Named, The Son of Ben Ali
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The Story of Aaron, So Named, The Son of Ben Ali
Joel Chandler Harris
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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ASIN: 0548015317

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1895. American author and journalist, Harris is famous, or infamous as the case may be, for his humorous adaptations of black folk legends in the Uncle Remus Stories. The Uncle Remus folk tales, told by a Negro to a little boy, feature a variety of animals with the rabbit as hero and the fox next in importance, and often stress the importance of brains over brawn. Harris fell out of favor with black critics and scholars in the '60s due to what they consider is arguably the worst kind of racist stereotyping-the depiction of ex-slaves identifying with the plantation system of the Old South. But in recent years these same critics are beginning to believe that Harris might have saved an important legacy. Told by his friends and acquaintances, The Story of Aaron is a children's story of a black slave in Georgia who knows the language of the animals. Contents: The Language of the Animals; A Ride on the Black Stallion; Gristle, The Gray Pony, begins his Story; Gristle, the Gray Pony, concludes his Story; Rambler, the Track Dog, begins his Story; A Run through the Woods; Rambler, the Track Dog, concludes his Story; Grunter the White Pig; The White Pig's Story; The Black Stallion's Story; Free Polly's Story; and The Army Marches By. Illustrated. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

The Story of Aaron: (So Named) the Son of Ben Ali: Told By His friends and Acquaintances

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The Story of Aaron: (So Named) the Son of Ben Ali: Told By His friends and Acquaintances
Joel Chandler Harris
Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap
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ASIN: B000KSE12U

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The Story of Aaron (So Named) The Son of Ben Ali: Told by His Friends and Acquaintances.
Joel Chander Harris
Manufacturer: Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
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ASIN: B000O5SQR0

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The story of Aaron: (so named) the son of Ben Ali, told by his friends and acquaintances
Joel Chandler Harris
Manufacturer: Houghton, Mifflin and Co
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ASIN: B00087HK7G

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At a little past 9:00 p.m., on October 23, 2002, nineteen young women and twenty-two men bounded from minivans and sprinted through the front doors of the sprawling Dubrovka Theater Center in Moscow. Once inside, the troop hurriedly changed into their costumes and, following a well-rehearsed script, took their designated places for the eveningâ€™s dramatic finale. These people were not, however, actresses and actors starring in the hit musical Nord Ost, which was entertaining a sellout crowd of 711 spectators in the concert hall. They were Chechen Islamic terrorists-suicide hostage-takers who had come to Moscow to die and take their audience prey with them, unless the Russians immediately withdrew from Chechnya.

The Dubrovka theater siege ushered in a new hostile escalation in the fanatical Islamist Chechensâ€™ ten-year fight against the Russian state. The "wolves of Islam" have adopted terror with maximum civilian casualties as its strategic weapon of choice, are employing the Palestinian model of suicide terror against civilians, and may be plotting with al Qaeda to conduct international terrorist operations abroad.

In Wolves of Islam Paul Murphy tells the story of the principal cast of characters. To drive Russia out of the North Caucasus, Chechen terrorists carry out horrific acts of unimaginable terror. Individually and collectively, they have led Chechnya down the road to chaos, political anarchy, economic ruin, and physical destruction, as they continue to prosecute their Islamic holy war.

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questionable.......2006-04-10

This is the first time I have written a review on Amazon, but I have been bothered by the Wolves of Chechnya since I finished it a week ago. The people whose reviews I read who gave this book five stars either have an agenda, or have little knowledge of the issues and lack critical reading skills.

My first complaint is that the author does not cite ANY sources. Not even with a bibliography! He writes something in the beginning about synthesizing different sources of information and then drawing the most logical conclusion, though it appears that he more likely swallowed the Kremlin's version of history and puked it back up wholesale.

Murphy also tries to portray the Chechens as partners with al Qaeda, which is a laughable contention. Though Murphy writes that "al Qaeda" trained fighters to send into Chechnya, these fighters were actually trained at Khattab's camps, which were created, organized, staffed, and funded through a distinctly separate apparatus from bin Laden's. After their falling out, Khattab despised bin Laden. They did not cooperate.

And while plenty of Arabs made their way to fight jihad in Chechnya, no Chechens returned the favor. Mr. Murphy has it plain wrong when he writes that Chechens were caught in Afghanistan. Many journalists dutifully listed Chechen, along with Saudi, Yemeni, Pakistani, et al, when referring to al Qaeda's foreign fighters. But when the caves were cleared, there were actually no Chechens. A real expert--or at least an unbiased one--would know that.

I could go on with more specifics, but suffice it to say that an appearance of bias, combined with a failure to cite any sources, combined with factual errors and analytic weakness, makes this not the best choice of reading material for anyone.

Osmium 187 Is Bomb Component.......2005-11-02

Osmium 187 is a component of nuclear bombs, not the fissionable material.
"The security services keep the illegal trade in precious metals under constant control, but the sale of osmium-187 attracted their attention also for another reason. It is a strategic dual-purpose material used in the defence industry as a catalyst to increase the blast range of a nuclear bomb. "

Do Wolves eat their young?.......2005-09-02

After having been kidnapped, beaten, tortured and raped by Chechens rebels only days after the resignation of Gorbachev, I have but only sympathy for the "decent" Chechens who must bear witness to the daily horrors forced upon them by fanatics who possess not an shred of decency nor a human heartbeat.

Paul Murphy writes an extremely close account of the truth.
It's such a pity that the majority of human beings on this planet choose not to pay heed.

Well done Paul Murphy!

-Yvonne Bornstein, Author, Eleven Days Of Hell

Excellent Book on Chechen Terrorism.......2005-07-22

This is an excellent book about the history terrorism in Chechnya and its effect on Russia and the world today. From Shamil Basayev (aka Russia's Osama bin Laden) to Aslan Mashkadov, the anti-Jihadist Chechen president who later joined forces with Basayev for reasons of his own, author Paul Murphy chronicles the history of terrorist activities in Chechnya from 1991 to 2004 in crisp, precise language. If you are a reader who's interested in current events and the history of terrorism, especially Chechen terrorist activities, then get this book and read it.

Outstanding.......2005-06-13

Rare is the book or author who understands the concept of the perpetual jihad. But Paul Murphy, who uses that term in his preface, gets it. The jihad is not about land or politics, but about obtaining perpetual Islamic rule and law worldwide. Chechens like to compare their national character to the wolf, because it will attack a stronger foe, and they do it in the name of Islam.

Had Russia recognized Chechnya after the first recent war ended in 1996, moreover, the process of perpetual jihad would merely have been hastened, he adds, since Chechnya's president could not control the criminal gangs who sought to take Russian territory in Dagestan "to carve out their new Islamic state in the North Caucasus.

The principal character in this drama is Shamil Basayev, a Sufi Naqshbandi Islamist, heir to a deputy of the Imam Shamil who fought Russia in the 19th century Murid Wars, from 1830 to 1859. Credited to his name (if you can call it that) are the 1995 attack on a Russian hospital, and his famous 1991 hijacking of a Russian airliner and his 1996 Grozny offensive. He has a $5 million price on his head, but even this has not stopped the Sufi terrorist, who is a favorite with foreign journalists.

Basayev seeks to reestablish the imamate, which he envisions to encompass Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia and Karachaevo-Cherkessia, ultimately stretching from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea, a vision supported by Chechen president Dzokhar Dudayev, who took office illegally on November 2 1991--a month before the USSR was dissolved.

On November 9, 1991, Basayev went with Said-Ali Satuyev and Lom-Ali Chachayev to the Russian town of Mineralnye Vody, where they hijacked a plane with 178 passengers to Turkey. They threatened to explode the aircraft and all its passengers if Russia did not lift the state of emergency imposed on Chechnya.

In Georgia, in July 1992, the Grozny Confederation of Caucasus Mountain People Parliament sent troops to fight for the independence of Abkhazia; it is a documented fact that the veins of captured Georgian soldiers were cut open and the victims made to toast the Chechnyan victors with their own blood. Worse, 100 Georgian soldiers were herded into a central stadium and beheaded; their heads were used as footballs in a soccer match.

Basayev lost 56 men in the Abkhaz Battalion. But when he returned to Chechnya in February 1994, he had created a combat ready force to serve President Dudayev. Then Basayev and 20 men went to Afghanistan to train in the Amir Muawia camp (which U.S. cruise missiles hit in August 1998 in an attempt to kill bin Laden).

In June 1993, Basayev stormed the town hall in Grozny to disrupt a protest of Dudayev's string of undemocratic actions, and disbanded demonstrations in Tealtralnaya Square, killing at least 30 people. The attacks on the opposition continued in 1994, and Basayev took a key role in defending Dudayev against Russian-backed forces and 47 Russian tanks. Basayev attacked with rocket propelled grenades and took 21 Russian soldiers hostage.

During the first Chechen war, from 1994 through 1996, Basayev's forces rose in number to at least 2,000--some say 10,000. In December 1994, Russia sent 24,000 troops into Grozny to disarm "illegal armed formations and restore constitutional order." Chechen forces opened fire with a huge arsenal of grenade launchers, flamethrowers and a modified warhead that could blow the top of any tank with one hit. They destroyed the entire Russian brigade, killing about 1,000 Russian troops.

The Chechen atrocities were horrific. In one case, a Russian soldier was nailed to a cross and mutilated there. His own penis was cut off and stuffed in his mouth. It took Russia until early 1995 to control the last stronghold of resistance, in the village of Shatoi.

These terrorist exploits were followed by a gargantuan suicide mission in the summer of 1995. On a budget of $35,000, Basayev purchased trucks and a car to transport terrorists to Russia and pay bribes at the border. In Budennovsk, his men shot every policeman in sight at the local police station, raised the Chechen flag over city hall, killed 41 townspeople and captured the local hospital, where hundreds of hostages were imprisoned. To garner a press conference, he murdered five hostages. Sixteen days after the siege began, 143 hostages were dead and 415 people wounded--and Russia had been compelled to call a cease fire in Chechnya. In all there had been 1,600 victims.

And this was just the beginning for Basayev, a man Murphy calls Russia's Osama bin Laden.

In all, the 280-page book catalogs the gruesome details of more than 240 terror attacks with thousands of victims.

The one fault with this volume is that Murphy ascribes all the evil to the influence of the Wahabbi sect. But Basayev and his followers are all Naqshbandi Sufis, and they are following a jihad tradition that is 1,400 years old, inscribed in the theological and legal doctrines of all major branches of the faith, as attested in Andrew Bostom's forthcoming Legacy of Jihad.

--Alyssa A. Lappen

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Medieval Wordbook defines some 4,000 medieval terms and expressions from art and architecture, sex and science, costume and cookery, literature and magic, liturgy and astrology, and warfare and ceremony. A real companion to medieval culture, this concise handbook includes general concepts central to medieval thinking, such as allegory, polyphony, and numerology.

Entries include:
blackmail: Scottish for rent or tribute paid in grain or meat, as opposed to "white mail" paid in silver or coin
corduroy: from the French corde du roi, "cloth of the king," is a ridged silk or cotton fabric
gossip: from the Anglo-Saxon god sib, "sister in God," a friendly woman companion
upper crust: the top crust cut from round loaves of bread presented to the noble guests at feasts.

Customer Reviews:

Inspirational.......2004-02-11

As a writer of fantasy fiction, I found this book very helpful as a research tool in regard to words and terms that have fallen into disuse. A number of times I said, "So that's what that thing is called!" Also, as I flipped through the pages, I found terms that inspired new ideas in my novels.

The book is a compendium of theological and secular terms, both important to the time frame in which I write. A great overall resource!

A wonderful source of tidbit for history writers!!!.......2002-08-05

Easy print to read - a big help!! hehee. A-Z of interesting medieval words, giving all sorts of little details that historical writers just love, though lacking dates of origin of the words.

Also, of interest to people just interested in the period.
A Must for any SCA-er!!!

Excellent resource for historical writers.......2002-05-23

A wonderful book of medieval words and their meanings. With diagrams and drawings scattered about.

I have found this a very handy book when needing words and their meanings that have fallen into disuse, but much needed by writers of period pieces.

Medieval Wordbook
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Medieval Wordbook
Madeleine P. Cosman
Manufacturer: Facts on File, Inc.
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ASIN: B000N0ZVJM

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The elimination of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) in 1995 came during a storm of budget cutting and partisan conflict. Operationally, it left Congress without an institutional arrangement to bring expert scientific and technological advice into the process of legislative decisionmaking. This deficiency has become increasingly critical, as more and more of the decisions faced by Congress and society require judgments based on highly specialized technical information.

Offering perspectives from scholars and scientists with diverse academic backgrounds and extensive experience within the policy process, Science and Technology Advice for Congress breaks from the politics of the OTA and its contentious aftermath. Granger Morgan and Jon Peha begin with an overview of the use of technical information in framing policy issues, crafting legislation, and the overall process of governing. They note how, as nonexperts, legislators must make decisions in the face of scientific uncertainty and competing scientific claims from stakeholders. The contributors continue with a discussion of why OTA was created. They draw lessons from OTA's demise, and compare the use of science and technological information in Europe with the United States.

The second part of the book responds to requests from congressional leaders for practical solutions. Among the options discussed are expanded functions within existing agencies such as the General Accounting or Congressional Budget Offices; an independent, NGO- administrated analysis group; and a dedicated successor to OTA within Congress. The models emphasize flexibility -- and the need to make political feasibility a core component of design.

Advances in Concurrent Engineering: CE97 Proceedings

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Advances in Concurrent Engineering: CE97 Proceedings
Biren Prasad
Manufacturer: CRC
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Binding: Loose Leaf

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Science and Technology Advice to the President, Congress, and Judiciary

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unforeseen trends

Science and Technology Advice to the President, Congress, and Judiciary

Manufacturer: Pergamon
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unforeseen trends.......2007-02-23

Golden put together a set of articles written by some distinguished authors, given as advice to the US government about science and technology issues. For example, one author is David Packard, co-founder of HP. Another was George Keyworth, science advisor to Reagan.

Many articles concern how the US should direct its governmental research efforts. Keep in mind that this was written in 1988, when the Cold War was still on, and no one foresaw its imminent closure. So research directions were often in the context of maintaining a technological edge against the Soviets. There was also concern expressed about economic competitors, especially Japan. This has to be viewed in the light of Japan's impressive economic performance up to the time of writing. What was not seen would be its 15 years of subsequent stagnation.

Yet something else unforeseen by the authors was the rise of the World Wide Web. This would put the US firmly in the cutting edge of technology use for the 90s and into the Noughties.

Science and Technology Advice to the President, Congress, and Judiciary/Aaas Publication 93-09s (Aaas Publication, 90-09.)

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Science and Technology Advice to the President, Congress, and Judiciary/Aaas Publication 93-09s (Aaas Publication, 90-09.)

Manufacturer: Transaction Pub
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ASIN: 0871685108

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Science and technology; advice to the President, Congress, and Judiciary.
William T., editor. GOLDEN
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ASIN: B000OREDM0

Science, Technology and Congress: Analysis and Advice from the Congressional Support Agencies, 1990-91

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Science, Technology and Congress: Analysis and Advice from the Congressional Support Agencies, 1990-91
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Science, technology, and Congress: Analysis and advice from the congressional support agencies : a report of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government

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Science, technology, and Congress: Analysis and advice from the congressional support agencies : a report of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVICE TO THE PRESIDENT, CONGRESS, AND JUDICIARY

Manufacturer: Pergamon Press New York, Oxford, Beijing, et al
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ASIN: B000IB9TH6

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This publication presents challenges and work accomplished by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) during the year 1999.The report is structured on the foundation of five priority areas: environmental information, assessment and research; enhanced co-ordination of environmental conventions and development of policy instruments; fresh water; technology transfer and industry; and support to Africa. The Annual Report shows how UNEP, by working closely with governments, other United Nations organisations, the non-governmental and scientific community, the business and private sectors and the trade unions, is helping to achieve real and measurable improvements in the capacity of the Earth's natural resource base to support a decent quality of life for all. The Report alerts that environmental challenges of the next quarter-century will become even more complex as the world's growing human population places ever-greater demands on the Earth 's natural resources.