Cyberdemocracy is a study of the potential for "electronic democracy" through the examination of case studies in US and European cities and civic projects It aims to strike a balance between enthusiastic and dismissive approaches to "electronic democracy " The authors consider the impact of new technology with regard озъсс to the history of broadcasting and communications technology--in particular, the ways in which the principles and requirements of public service and universal access will, or will not be maintained This is a vigorous contribution to a vital debate about the state of democracy and the impact of communications technology It will be essential reading for both students and policy makers. ISBN 0415171350.
Hailed as "one of the most eminent environmental historians of the West" by Alan Brinkley in The New York Times Book Review, Donald Worster has been a leader in reshaping the study of American history Winner of the prestigious Bancroft Prize for his book Dust Bowl, Worster has helped bring humanity's interaction with nature to the forefront озъсш of historical thinking Now, in The Wealth of Nature, he offers a series of thoughtful, eloquent essays which lay out his views on environmental history, tying the study of the past to today's agenda for change The Wealth of Nature captures the fruit of what Worster calls "my own intellectual turning to the land " History, he writes, represents a dialogue between humanity and nature--though it is usually reported as if it were simple dictation Worster takes as his point of departure the approach expressed early on by Aldo Leopold, who stresses the importance of nature in determining human history; Leopold pointed out that the spread of bluegrass in Kentucky, for instance, created new pastures and fed the rush of American settlers across the Appalachians, which affected the contest between Britain, France, and the U S for control of the area Worster's own work offers an even more subtly textured understanding, noting in this example, for instance, that bluegrass itself was an import from the Old World which supplanted native vegetation--a form of "environmental imperialism " He ranges across such areas as agriculture, water development, and other questions, examining them as environmental issues, showing how they have affected--and continue to affect--human settlement Environmental history, he argues, is not simply the history of rural and wilderness areas; cities clearly have a tremendous impact on the land, on which they depend for their existence He argues for a comprehensive approach to understanding our past as well as our present in environmental terms "Nostalgia runs all through this society," Worster writes, "fortunately, for it may be our only hope of salvation " These reflective and engaging essays capture the fascination of environmental history--and the beauty of nature lost or endangered--underscoring the importance of intelligent action in the present. ISBN 0195092643.
Ложка для спагетти "GР & me" идеально подходит для того, чтобы помешивать и вынимать готовые спагетти, феттучини из кастрюли, а также для того, чтобы аккуратно разложить озъсъ порции и добавки в виде нарезанных тонкими полосками овощей или рыбы по тарелкам Удобная ручка не позволит ложке выскользнуть из вашей руки Характеристики: Материал: пластмасса, сталь Длина: 33,5 см Ширина: 6 см Изготовитель: Италия Артикул: 4008-GP. GP & me 2010 г ; Упаковка: пакет.
Валяние шерсти, новое направление в рукоделии, быстро завоевало популярность во всем мире, ведь работать с шерстью - одно удовольствие: она мягкая, теплая, разноцветная В древности озъта для многих кочевых народов сваленная шерсть была единственным видом текстиля, а в наши дни самые именитые модельеры охотно используют этот простой и доступный материал для создания модных коллекций одежды и аксессуаров Если вы решили приобщиться к модному творчеству, то книга Kceнии Шинковской, известного мастера по войлоку, поможет вам добиться замечательных результатов Что внутри? Содержание 1 Иллюстрации Автор Ксения Шинковская. Серия: Ручная работа.
В предлагаемой книге приведены рецепты и способы приготовления самых различных бутербродов, которые выручат Вас, когда неожиданно придут гости, и когда не хватает времени озъте для приготовления другой еды Они могут украсить и праздничный стол Ваша фантазия подскажет, как украсить бутерброды, чтобы они были аппетитными и красивыми В книгу также включены рецепты приготовления тарталеток и пиццы, ставших очень популярными в настоящее время Издание адресовано широкому кругу читателей. Серия: Лучшие рецепты.
Вегетарианская кухня становится все более популярной, т к обеспечивает высокопитательную и вместе с тем здоровую пищу Не зря она была названа `пищей богов` В книге предложены озътз многочисленные рецепты всевозможных закусок и холодных блюд, бульонов и супов, вторых блюд и т п из вегетарианской кулинарии, приготовленных как обычным способом, так и с помощью микроволн Для широкого круга читателей. Серия: Лучшие рецепты.
After a self-assured John F Kennedy bested a visibly shaky Richard Nixon in their famous 1960 debates, political television, it was said, would henceforth determine elections Today, many claim the Internet will be the latest medium to revolutionize electoral politics Candidates invest heavily in web and email campaigns to reach prospective озътщ voters, as well as to communicate with journalists, potential donors, and political activists Do these efforts influence voters, expand democracy, increase the coverage of political issues, or mobilize a shrinking and apathetic electorate? Campaigning Online answers these questions by looking at how candidates present themselves online and how voters respond to their efforts-including whether voters learn from candidates' websites and whether voters' views are affected by what they see Although the Internet will not lead to a revolution in democracy, it will, Bimber and Davis argue, have consequences: reinforcing messages, mobilizing activists, and strengthening partisans' views Reporting on a wealth of new data drawn from national and state-wide surveys, laboratory experiments, interviews with campaign staff, and analysis of web sites themselves, Campaigning Online draws the most complete picture of the role of campaign websites in American elections to date. Мягкая обложка ISBN 0195151569.
Составитель: М Сотникова Хоровой сборник "Изюминка" адресован учителям музыки общеобразовательных школ, гимназий, лицеев, руководителям детских хоровых коллективов, озъуд а также преподавателям системы дополнительного образования В настоящее пособие включены произведения, которые с одной стороны представляются составителю интересными и достойными внимания, а с другой - прошли отбор в его двадцатипятилетней практике Основным критерием отбора являлись: мелодичность, вокальность, яркая художественная образность, также на выбор повлияли заинтересованность и эмоциональный отклик детей в исполнении этих произведений. Издательство: Амфора, 2005 г Мягкая обложка, 68 стр ISBN 5-900179-54-0 Тираж: 500 экз Формат: 60x84/16 (~143х205 мм).
Book DescriptionJapanese environmental management style is in many ways distinct from that found in Europe or the USA There is less emphasis on litigation, more emphasis on administrative guidance and considerable use of voluntary mechanisms for policy implementation This volume considers what factors may have contributed to Japans relatively озъуж successful efforts at dealing with severe industrial pollution and problems associated with rapid urbanization The book introduces Japans environmental history, its key environmental regulations and the forces that have driven Japan to introduce these environmental regulations and programs It also examines the various formal and informal institutional mechanisms and policy instruments that have been introduced over the past several decades to implement pollution control and energy conservation The authors conclude by putting Japans environmental policy experiences in comparative perspective and considering what useful lessons can be drawn fromthe Japanese experience for developing nations Providing a detailed analysis of environmental policies and policy instruments in Japan by leading experts in the field, this book will be of great interest to students of environmental policy and politicsand policymakers concerned with environmental protection in Asia. 2005 г ISBN 1845423704.
The European Union has long sought to create a single financial area across Europe where consumers in one country benefit from financial markets and activities in other countries With the emergence of the Internet as a platform for the provision of online banking services, the creation of a pan-European market for banking services appeared a realistic озъул proposition In practice, however, this has not happened This book asks why and argues that the creation of banking markets via the Internet relies on both available technologies and appropriate laws and regulations The institutional and legal framework for online banking services in the single European market are examined, as is the level of legal harmonization achieved in the UK, France and Germany under the influence of the EU Directives pertaining to online banking activities. 2006 г Твердый переплет, 402 стр ISBN 0521860717.
Cyberpop: Digital Lifestyles and Commodity Culture is an analysis of cyberculture and its popular cultural productions The study begins with a Foucaultian model of cyberculture as a discursive formation, and explains how some key concepts (such as "virtuality," "speed," and "Connectivity") operate as a озъуп conceptual architecture network linking technologies to information and individual subjects The chapters then each focus on a particular cyberfiguration, including Hollywood films (GATTACA, The Matrix), popular literature (William Gibson's Neuromancer, Scott Westerfeld's Polymorph), advertising for digital products and services (Apple Computer's "1984/McIntosh" campaign, AT&T's "mLife" campaign), digital artworks (including virtual females such as Motorola's "Mya" and Elite Modeling Agency's "Webbie Tookay," and work by visual artist Daniel Lee for Microsoft's "Evolution" campaign), and video games (Tomb Raider) Each close reading illustrates the ways in which representations of digital lifestyles and identities--which typically fetishize computers and celebrate a "high tech" aesthetic encourage participation in digital capitalism and commodity cyberculture Matrix argues that popular representations of cyberculture often function as forms of social criticism that creatively inspire audiences to "think different" (in the words of Mac advertising) about the consequences of the digitalization of everyday life. 2006 г Твердый переплет, 208 стр ISBN 0415976774.
The issue of asymmetric information and public decision-making has been widely explored by economists Most of the traditional analysis of public sector activities has been reviewed to take account of the different incentive problems arising from an asymmetric distribution of relevant information among the actors of the public decision-making озъут process A normative approach has been developed, mainly employing the principal agent paradigm to design incentive schemes which tackle adverse selection and moralhazard problems within public organizations Still, this analysis is under way in many fields of public economics However, a debate is ongoing on the theoretical limitations of this approach and on its relevance for the actual public sector activities Public Decision-Making Processes and Asymmetry of Information encompasses different contributions to these issues, on both theoretical and practical areas The innermost problem in the current discussion arises from the fact that this normative analysisis firmly rooted in the complete contracting framework, with the consequence that, despite the analytical complexities of most models, their results rely on very simplified assumptions Most complexities of the organization of public sector, and more generally, of writing "contracts", are therefore swept away Once the need for an incomplete contracting approach is recognized, the question becomes how to relax some of the assumptions characterizing the complete contracting framework, without getting ad hoc results The Introduction to this book, written by Jean Jacques Laffont, sets the general grid to interpret the position of its papers in this debate The four papers in Part 1 of the book are devoted to developing the analysis of some of the theoretical issues mentioned in the Introduction Part 2 is devoted to discussing the applications of the theory to different public sector activities. ISBN 0792372387.
Это пособие составлено для младшего и старшего подготовительного класса В нем собраны традиционные и хорошо знакомые детские пьесы, которые предназначены для музыкального озъуч воспитания и обучения игре на фортепьяно Используются музыкальные примеры, основанные на русской музыкальной традиции, на примерах фольклорного творчества других народов Пьесы собраны в порядке нарастания технических трудностей: музыкального языка, ладовых, ритмических и гармонических элементов полифонии В настоящем пособии приводится ряд пьес, ознакомление с которыми облегчит труд педагога в подборе музыкального материала для занятий Автор Надежда Тахтарова. Издательство: Лицей, 2000 г Мягкая обложка, 48 стр ISBN 5-8053-0041-9 Тираж: 10000 экз Формат: 60x84/8 (~210x280 мм).
Book DescriptionBased on an extensive review of relevant literature and an econometric analysis of inequality indexes, this volume provides the first systematic analysis of the changes in within-country income inequality over the last twenty years In particular, it shows that inequality worsened in seventy per cent of the 73 developed, developing, озъуь and transitional countries analysed, and evaluates possible causes for this widespread rise in income inequality The book goes on to offer the first empirical assessment of the relation between policies towards liberalization and globalization and income inequality. 2005 г ISBN 0199284105.
Составитель: И Луговая В этой книге собраны песни, прошедшие испытание временем и не потерявшие популярности Они вошли в золотой фонд русской песенной культуры Здесь и русские озъфа народные песни, и задушевные романсы, и современные шлягеры, и бардовские песни – каждый найдет своюлюбимую песню. Издательство: Рипол Классик, 2001 г Твердый переплет ISBN 5-7905-0870-7, 5-7905-0865-0 Тираж: 20000 экз Формат: 60x84/32 (~100х140 мм).
For every $2 worth of software purchased legally, $1 worth of software is pirated illegally For the first time ever, the dark underground of how software is stolen and traded over the internet is revealed The technical detail provided will open the eyes of software users and manufacturers worldwide! This book is a tell-it-like-it-is expos of how озъфе tens of billions of dollars worth of software is stolen every year Did you know that most of the software on your computer, and nearly every program you've heard of, can be obtained without charge? In less time than it would take you to drive down to your "friendly neighborhood computer store" and purchase a software program, you can download the exact same program from the internet for free! Obtaining something intended to be sold without paying is "controversial" to say the least But whether you call if "free for the asking," "software piracy," or just out-and-out "stealing;" downloading, copying, and sharing software is being done by thousands of people everyday This book explains the epidemic problem of software piracy in great detail for both software users and manufacturers. 2005 г Мягкая обложка, 356 стр ISBN 1932266984.
In the coming decades, East Asian economies must face the challenges of an increasingly globalized marketplace This book explores the changing parameters of competition in East Asia, and argues that success ultimately will depend on the ability of the regions firms to harness the potential of global production networks and to build their own озъфр innovative capability Presenting the latest findings on global production networks and the evolution of technological capabilities, it provides researchers, students, and policymakers with in-depth information and analysis on key issues related to growth and development in East Asia East Asian firms must not only achieve greater efficiency but also become more innovative, offering differentiated products in order to vie with other first-tier suppliers of multinational corporations These firms will also need to develop a technological edge if they are to compete with corporations from the leading OECD countries and form their own global production networks Global Production Networking and Technological Change in East Asia argues that a development strategy linked to technological advance will be necessary to foster the growth of innovative national firms that can remain competitive in global markets. ISBN 0821356186.
"Двое" - книга сестер Толстых 90-е годы по-разному отразились в творчестве сестер-писательниц Татьяна в это время работала в основном в жанре публицистики, Наталия писала озъфх прозу Однако внимательный читатель заметит очевидные переклички в текстах Толстых В книгу включены рассказы Татьяны Толстой и рассказы Наталии Толстой, как уже знакомые читателю, так и новые Авторы Наталья Толстая Татьяна Толстая Родилась 3 мая 1951 года в Ленинграде С отцовской стороны ее дед - писатель А Н Толстой, дед со стороны матери - переводчик М Лозинский В 1974 году она окончила отделение классической филологии Ленинградского университета Первые рассказы Татьяны. Издательство: Подкова, 2004 г Твердый переплет, 384 стр ISBN 5-94584-034-3 Тираж: 5000 экз Формат: 70x100/32 (~120х165 мм).
Героини историй, рассказанных в этой книге, женщины сильных страстей и незаурядных характеров Они умеют любить вопреки и наперекор всему, пусть даже их чувство не приносит озъфч счастья ("Loveстория"), и с такой же силой ненавидеть, когда в душе поселяется зависть, которая в конце концов приводит к преступлению ("Уткоместь, или Моление о Еве")… Содержание Три любви Маши Передреевой Роман c 5-64 Loveстория Роман c 65-140 Уткоместь, или Моление о Еве Роман c 141-280 Екэлэмэнэ Рассказ c 281-318 Как накрылось одно акме Рассказ c 319-333 Автор Галина Щербакова Галина Николаевна Щербакова родилась в городе Дзержинске Донецкой области Окончила Челябинский педагогический институт, работала в школе учительницей русского языка и литературы, затем в газете Всенародная известность пришла к Галине Щербаковой после. Авторский сборник Издательство: Вагриус, 2004 г Твердый переплет, 336 стр ISBN 5-475-00086-7 Тираж: 7000 экз Формат: 84x108/32 (~130х205 мм).
Book DescriptionSlovenias achievements over the past several years have been remarkable Thirteen years after independence from the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, the country is among the most advanced of all the transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe and a leading candidate for accession to the European озъхб Union in May 2004 Remarkably, however, very little has been published documenting this historic transition In the only book of its kind, the contributors many of them the architects of Slovenias current transformation a nalyze the countrys three-fold transition from a command to a market economy, from a regionally based to a national economy, and from a part of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia to a member of the European Union (EU) With chapters from Slovenias president, a former vice prime minister, the current and previous ministers of finance, the minister of European Affairs, the current and former governors of the Bank of Slovenia, as well as from leading development scholars in Slovenia and abroad, this unique collection synthesizes Slovenias recent socioeconomic and political history and assesses the challenges ahead Contributors discuss the Slovenian style of socioeconomic transformation, analyze Slovenias quest for EU membership, and place Slovenias transition within the context of the broader transition process taking place in Central and Eastern Europe Of interest to development practitioners and to students and scholars of the region, Slovenia: From Yugoslavia to the European Union is a comprehensive and illuminating study of one countrys path to political and economic independence. 2004 г ISBN 0821357182.
Составитель: Петр Котов В этом сборнике представлены популярные песни самых различных жанровых направлений Все мелодии даны с подтекстовкой и аккордовым гитарным сопровождением озъхе в виде схем-рисунков участка грифа, на которых указаны места прижатия струи пальцами левой руки Такая форма изложения дает возможность петь с аккомпанементом даже читателям, не знакомым с нотной грамотой Для широкого круга читателей. Издательство: Книжный дом, 2005 г Мягкая обложка, 64 стр ISBN 985-489-101-1 Тираж: 10030 экз Формат: 84x108/32 (~130х205 мм).
Что вспоминают чаще всего, когда называется имя Потемкина? То, что это был всесильный фаворит, купавшийся в роскоши, самый талантливый сподвижник Екатерины Великой, крупный озъхл государственный деятель Кому-то память подсказывает нечто менее существенное, например банальные рассказы о пресловутых `потемкинских деревнях` Но ведь был и Потемкин-человек со всеми особенностями его неординарной натуры И об этой, частной и малоизвестной многим стороне его жизни поможет узнать книга, которую вы, читатель, держите в руках Но это рассказ не столько о нем, сколько о судьбах близких ему людей, его племянниц, которые в свое время блистали при дворе Екатерины II Их воспевал самый именитый тогда поэт Г Державин, они были связаны родственными или дружескими узами со многими знаменитыми людьми - с прославленными героями Н Раевским и П Багратионом, с декабристами, с И Крыловым и А Пушкиным Книга написана на основе многочисленных исторических материалов Автор Альбина Данилова. Издательства: Изографус, Эксмо, 2003 г Твердый переплет, 608 стр ISBN 5-94661-063-5 Тираж: 5000 экз Формат: 60x90/16 (~145х217 мм).
Автор книги долгие годы проработала на телевидении, выпуская программу `Книжный двор` Помимо описанных ею интереснейших встреч с виднейшими русскими писателями, в книге озъху привлекает рассказ о том, что такое, в сущности, телевидение, как снимают программы для ТВ и какие люди там работают Автор Татьяна Земскова. Издательство: Воскресенье, 2002 г Твердый переплет, 290 стр ISBN 5-88528-296-X Тираж: 3000 экз Формат: 60x84/16 (~143х205 мм).
"Herman Tavani has written an excellent introduction to the field of cyberethics We need a good book in cyberethics to deal with the present and prepare us for an uncertain future Tavani's Ethics and Technology is such a book " --from the foreword by James Moor, Dartmouth College Is there privacy in a world of camera phones and wireless озъхх networking? Does technology threaten your civil liberties? How will bioinformatics and nanotechnology affect us? Should you worry about equity and access in a globalized economy? From privacy and security to free speech and intellectual property to globalization and outsourcing, the issues and controversies of the information age are serious, complex, and pervasive In this new edition of his groundbreaking book, Herman Tavani introduces computer professionals to the emerging field of Cyberethics, the interdisciplinary field of study that addresses these new ethical issues from all perspectives: technical, social, and philosophical Using fascinating real-world examples--including the latest court decisions in such cases as Verizon v RIAA, MGM v Grokster, Google versus the Bush Administration, and the Children's Online Pornography Act (CIPA) --as well as hypothetical scenarios, he shows you how to understand and analyze the practical, moral, and legal issues that impact your work and your life Tavani discusses such cutting-edge areas as: * Globalization and outsourcing * Property rights and open source software * HIPAA (privacy laws) and surveillance * The Patriot Act and civil liberties * Bioinformatics and genomics research * Converging technologies--pervasive computing and nanocomputing * Children's online pornography laws Updating and expanding upon the previous edition, Ethics and Technology, Second Edition provides a much-needed ethical compass to help computer and non-computer professionals alike navigate the challenging waters of cyberspace About the Author Herman T Tavani is Professor of Philosophy at Rivier College and Co-Director of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT) He is the author, editor, or co-editor of five books on ethical aspects of information technology www wiley com/college/tavani. 2006 г Мягкая обложка, 432 стр ISBN 0471998036.
In the early 1990s, people predicted the death of privacy, an end to the current concept of property, a paperless society, 500 channels of high-definition interactive television, world peace, and the extinction of the human race after a takeover engineered by intelligent machines Imagining the Internet zeroes in on predictions about the Internet's озъца future and revisits past predictions--and how they turned out It gives the history of communications in a nutshell, illustrating the serious impact of pervasive networks and how they will change our lives over the next century. 2005 г Твердый переплет, 256 стр ISBN 0742539369.
The first truly modern computers were introduced just after World War II Practical, electronic, multipurpose, digital machines with memory for both data and programs, they were developed by a range of pioneering teams across four continents This is the story of how it all started We've come so far, so fast Within a relatively short period of time, озъцг we've managed to put enormous computing power in offices and homes around the globe But before there was an IBM, before there were laptops and personal PCs, there were small, independent teams of pioneers working on the development of the very first computer Spread across four continents and ranging in temperament and talent, they built practical, electronic, multi-purpose, digital machines with memory for both data and programs Tracing the period just after World War II when the first truly modern computers were developed, The Electronic Brain chronicles the escapades of the world's first "techies " Some of the initial projects are quite famous and well known, such as "LEO", the Lyons Electronic Office, which was developed by the catering company J Lyons & Co in London in the 1940s Others are a bit more arcane, such as the ABC, which was built in a basement at Iowa State College and was abandoned to obscurity at the beginning of WWII And then - like the ale of the Rand 409 which was constructed in a barn in Connecticut under the watchful eye of a stuffed moose - there are the stories that are virtually unknown All combine to create a fascinating history of a now-ubiquitous technology Relying on extensive interviews from surviving members of the original teams of hardware jockeys, author Mike Hally recreates the atmosphere of the early days of computing Rich with provocative and entertaining descriptions, we are introduced to the many eccentric, obsessive, and fiercely loyal men and women who laid the foundations for the computerized world in which we now live As the acronyms fly fast and furious - UNIVAC, CSIRAC, and MESM, to name just a few -- The Electronic Brain provides a vivid sense of time, place, and science. 2005 г Твердый переплет, 275 стр ISBN 0309096308.
В книгу вошли повесть и рассказы Дины Рубиной Что внутри? Содержание 1 Автор Дина Рубина Родилась в 53-м, уже после смерти Усатого, в семье художника и учительницы истории Детство озъцй мое, равно как и юность, и молодость, да и вся последующая жизнь - в домашней тесноте, буквальной: маленькие квартирки, где у растущего человека нет своего угла. Авторский сборник Издательство: Эксмо, 2006 г Твердый переплет, 304 стр ISBN 5-699-10867-X Тираж: 12000 экз Формат: 84x108/32 (~130х205 мм).
The 1990s were a time of transition and reorientation in various aspects of the regions economic, social and political life This publication offers an analysis of the changes in Latin America and the Caribbean within the global and regional context While exploring the socio-economic developments in the region, the publication takes a closer озъцн look at industrial and agricultural sectors, trends in employment and gender equity, as well as social sector reforms and territorial restructuring Автор Хосе Антонио Окампо Jose Antonio Ocampo. Издательство: Economic Commission for Latin America and Car, 2003 г Мягкая обложка, 420 стр ISBN 9211214017.