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Victims of Progress
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The Race to the Bottom: Why a Worldwide Worker Surplus and Uncontrolled Free Trade are Sinking American Living Standards
With the end of the 1990s economic boom, The Race to the Bottom deftly explores how the United States has entered a no-win global competition in which the countries with the lowest wages, weakest workplace safety laws, and toughest repression of unions win investment from the U.S. and Europe. Tonelson analyzes how the entry of such population giants as China, India, and Mexico into the global market has accelerated the erosion of wages and labor standards around the world. And he describes how an ever-larger share of this low-wage competition is hitting not just sectors like apparel and toys, but also many of America's highest wage industries like aerospace and software. Tonelson explains why the re-education and retraining programs touted by many political leaders offer little but false hopes to most U.S. workers as he outlines the real decisions Washington needs to make to ensure long-term prosperity for the U.S. and the rest of the world. Updated with a new prologue from the author. .
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Cinema Verite in America: Studies in Uncontrolled Documentary
Cinema verite might be defined as a filming method employing hand-held cameras and live, synchronous sound. This description is incomplete, however, in that it emphasizes technology at the expense of filmmaking philosophy. Beyond recording means, cinema verite indicates a position the filmmaker takes in regard to the world he films. In this book, cinema verite finds a place of its own, and is not simply regarded as a mutant offspring of documentary techniques. Lingering between documentary and fiction, cinema verite attempts to strip away the accumulative conventions of traditional cinema in the hope of rediscovering a reality that eludes other forms of filmmaking and reporting. Simple and direct, it tries to eliminate the barriers between subject and audience. Even though any kind of cinema is a process of selection, there is (or should be) all the difference in the world between the cinema verite aesthetic and the methods of fictional and traditional documentary film. "This is an important work because it draws together, well, for the first time, both a cogent and well-exemplified definition of cinema verite and a critical history of the flowering of this sub-genre of the documentary film.... Mamber is outstanding in his ability to describe cinema verite conventions as they appear on the screen, rather than just locating them in the abstract... The film-by-film methodological treatment is particularly helpful since it concentrates and makes concrete. The book is exceptionally well illustrated with sixty stills that invariably bring back to mind the films. The documentation is excellent as are the filmographies and the bibliography. A two-page suggested course schedule for classroom utilization, and an index included." -- Film Library Quarterly.
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JennyAir Guide to Flight Simulator: Uncontrolled Flight
Uncontrolled Flight
An uncontrolled flight is one that, in Flight Simulator, takes place out of radio contact with Air Traffic Control (ATC). (NOTE: The term "Uncontrolled Flight" may also be used to describe loss of control of the aircraft!)This JennyAir Guide to flying in Microsoft Flight Simulator takes you on a tutorial flight demonstrating the traffic pattern and simple compass navigation. Illustrated. Suitable for Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 (FSX, FS9) etc. .
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Field Safety in Uncontrolled Environments: A Process-Based Guidebook
Field activities are normally safe, but accidents do happen and consequences are potentially so serious that measures should be taken to reduce the risks. The field safety program elaborated in this book is straightforward, widely applicable, and scaleable to the wide range of field activities, from short roadside stops to month-long backcountry expeditions. It applies to all field activities, identifying the roles and responsibilities that must be addressed in pre-trip preparations, field operations, and post-trip follow-up. This manual is both an overview of the field safety process and a template for creating individual programs. Included are digital versions of the checklists and forms for easy customization..
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Effect of an uncontrolled fire and the subsequent fire fight on the chemical composition of landfill leachate [An article from: Waste Management]
This digital document is a journal article from Waste Management, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: Landfill leachates sampled during and after an accidental landfill fire were analysed and the levels of selected metals and chemical compounds compared to those occurring in the leachate under normal conditions. The fire at the landfill site was put out by excavation and cooling by use of water. The investigation during the fire and fire fight revealed a moderate increase in the level of nitrogen and also in pH and conductivity. Heavy metals and COD in the leachate showed considerably increased levels. In general, the determined variables appeared to normalise within one week after the fire was extinguished. It can be concluded that landfill fires extinguished by excavation may lead to elevated leachate levels of especially COD and heavy metals, but that this is only a short-term effect. .
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