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In 1998, Robert Bilott was a 33-year-old Cincinnati lawyer on the verge of making partner when his career and life took an unforeseen turn. He was taken by surprise when he received a call from a man named Earl Tennant, a farmer from West Virginia with a slight connection to Robert's family. Earl was convinced the creek on his property, where his cattle grazed, was being poisoned by run-off from a neighbouring factory landfill. His cattle were dying in hideous ways, and he hadn't even been able to get a water sample tested by local agencies, politicians or vets. As soon as they heard the name DuPont - the area's largest employer - he felt they were reluctant to investigate further. Once Robert saw the thick, foamy water that bubbled into the creek, the gruesome effects it seemed to have on livestock, and the disturbing frequency of cancer and lung problems in the surrounding area, he was persuaded to fight against the type of corporation his firm routinely represented. With all the cards stacked against him, Rob happened upon a stray reference in a random memo to a chemical called PFOA - a substance he'd never heard of that is used in the manufacture of Teflon. From that one reference, he ultimately gained access to 110,000 pages of DuPont documents, some of them fifty years old, that reveal decades of medical studiesproving the harmful - more often than not fatal - effects of PFOA in animals and humans. And yet PFOA sludge had still been dumped into rivers and landfill, endangering many lives. The case of one farmer soon spawns a class-action suit and the shocking realisation that virtually every person on the planet has been exposed to PFOA and carries the chemical in his or her blood.

Environmental toxicology --- Perfluorooctanoic acid --- 532 Watervervuiling en waterzuivering --- C8 (Trademark) --- Perflourooctanoate --- PFOA (Chemical) --- Fluorocarbons --- Perfluorinated chemicals --- Surface active agents --- Environmental aspects --- Bilott, Robert. --- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company --- Du Pont de Nemours & Company --- Du Pont (Firm) --- Dupont (Firm) --- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. --- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. --- E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company --- Christiana Securities Company --- E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company --- Newport Company --- Trials, litigation, etc. --- Du Pont de Nemours (E. I.) & Company --- Dupont Company --- Du Pont Company --- Du Pont (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company) --- Dupont (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company) --- DowDuPont Inc. --- Corteva, Inc. --- EID (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company) --- Dow Chemical Company --- EIDP, Inc. --- Environmental law --- Toxicology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- United States of America

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La personnalité et l’œuvre d’Émile Bernard constituent un véritable « cas » dans l’histoire de l’art moderne, susceptible en cela d’intéresser au premier chef les historiens de l’art. Voilà en effet un homme qui a fréquenté quelques-uns uns des plus grands artistes de son temps, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cézanne, un homme qui a été au cœur des recherches avant-gardistes du groupe de Pont-Aven, qui a eu affaire aux grands marchands parisiens, Le Barc de Bouteville et Ambroise Vollard, et qui décide à un moment donné de se tourner résolument vers le passé pour essayer de retrouver ce qu’il croit définitivement perdu : la foi et le métier des maîtres anciens, pour tenir un discours de plus en plus réactionnaire sur les arts de son temps et renier les expériences de sa jeunesse. Si l’on ne saurait dire la part prise par le dépit de se sentir injustement méconnu dans cette singulière décision, il est certain qu’elle causa la mise à l’écart de l’artiste dans l’histoire canonique de la peinture du XXe siècle. L’exposition que présente aujourd’hui l’INHA porte précisément sur ce point, en s’efforçant d’éclairer tout le parcours d’Émile Bernard et en mettant en évidence, auprès de trois tableaux (dont un bel Autoportrait), l’un des points incontestablement forts de sa création, son œuvre magistral de graveur et de lithographe, notamment comme illustrateur de livres.

Arts & Humanities --- gravure --- lithographie --- synthétisme --- art moderne --- Pont-Aven --- Art pour l’art

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In fiscal year 1994, approximately $2.4 billion was spent on cleanup (or remediation) activities through the Defense Environmental Restoration Account and the Base Realignment and Closure act; in fiscal year 1996, approximately $2.1 billion will be spent, slightly less than half of the total Department of Defense (DoD) environmental security budget. Efforts to increase the efficiency of remediation activities, either by reducing costs or accelerating the process through simplification and streamlining, could have a substantial effect on DoD's ability to meet its cleanup obligations within an increasingly constrained budget. By examining the remediation management programs of two large chemical companies, Olin Corporation and DuPont, the authors identified activities DoD could implement to improve its remediation of thousands of sites at active and closing installations and formerly used defense sites. The following were the core identified tasks: Distribute responsibilities between the central management group and decentralized execution teams, adopt a business process perspective, include more-focused use of performance measurement, proactively identify and manage potential liabilities, and improve stakeholder (regulator and community) interactions.

Hazardous waste site remediation --- Military bases --- Environmental management --- Environmental Engineering --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Cleanup of hazardous waste sites --- Hazardous substances --- Hazardous waste cleanup --- Hazardous waste site cleanup --- Hazardous waste sites --- Remediation of hazardous waste sites --- Pollution --- Army posts --- Bases, Military --- Military facilities --- Military installations --- Military posts --- Military stations --- Posts, Military --- Stations, Military --- Environmental aspects --- Waste disposal --- Case studies --- Cleanup --- Cleaning --- United States. --- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company --- Olin Corporation --- Environmental aspects. --- Management --- United States --- Armed Forces --- Facilities --- Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation --- Du Pont de Nemours & Company --- Du Pont (Firm) --- Dupont (Firm) --- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. --- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. --- E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company --- Christiana Securities Company --- E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company --- Newport Company --- D.O.D. --- DOD (Department of Defense) --- Mei-kuo kuo fang pu --- Ministerstvo oborony SShA --- Министерство обороны США --- National Military Establishment (U.S.) --- ABŞ --- ABSh --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- America (Republic) --- Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary --- Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları --- Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları --- Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw --- Amerika Qūrama Shtattary --- Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari --- Amerika Qushma Shtattary --- Amerika (Republic) --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi︠a︡vks Shtattnė --- Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Ameriketako Estatu Batuak --- Amirika Carékat --- AQSh --- Ar. ha-B. --- Arhab --- Artsot ha-Berit --- Artzois Ha'bris --- Bí-kok --- Ē.P.A. --- EE.UU. --- Egyesült Államok --- ĒPA --- Estados Unidos --- Estados Unidos da América do Norte --- Estados Unidos de América --- Estaos Xuníos --- Estaos Xuníos d'América --- Estatos Unitos --- Estatos Unitos d'America --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn --- Feriene Steaten --- Feriene Steaten fan Amearika --- Forente stater --- FS --- Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ --- Istadus Unidus --- Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės --- Mei guo --- Mei-kuo --- Meiguo --- Mî-koet --- Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Miguk --- Na Stàitean Aonaichte --- NSA --- S.U.A. --- SAD --- Saharat ʻAmērikā --- SASht --- Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty --- Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty --- Si︠e︡vero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Si︠e︡vernoĭ Ameriki --- Spojené obce severoamerické --- Spojené staty americké --- SShA --- Stadoù-Unanet Amerika --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá --- Stany Zjednoczone --- Stati Uniti --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Stâts Unîts --- Stâts Unîts di Americhe --- Steatyn Unnaneysit --- Steatyn Unnaneysit America --- SUA (Stati Uniti d'America) --- Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati --- Sŭedinenite shtati --- Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua --- U.S. --- U.S.A. --- United States of America --- Unol Daleithiau --- Unol Daleithiau America --- Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko --- US --- USA --- Usono --- Vaeinigte Staatn --- Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Verenigde State van Amerika --- Verenigde Staten --- VS --- VSA --- Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah --- Yhdysvallat --- Yunaeted Stet --- Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika --- ZDA --- Združene države Amerike --- Zʹi︠e︡dnani Derz︠h︡avy Ameryky --- Zjadnośone staty Ameriki --- Zluchanyi︠a︡ Shtaty Ameryki --- Zlucheni Derz︠h︡avy --- ZSA --- Η.Π.Α. --- Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής --- Америка (Republic) --- Американь Вейтьсэндявкс Штаттнэ --- Америкӑри Пӗрлешӳллӗ Штатсем --- САЩ --- Съединените щати --- Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі --- ولايات المتحدة --- ولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة --- ولايات المتحدة الامريكية --- 미국 --- États-Unis --- É.-U. --- ÉU --- Du Pont de Nemours (E. I.) & Company --- Dupont Company --- Du Pont Company --- Du Pont (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company) --- Dupont (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company) --- DowDuPont Inc. --- Corteva, Inc. --- EID (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company) --- Dow Chemical Company --- EIDP, Inc.

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The chapter ‘Water Engineering in Ancient Societies’ involves the use of modern hydraulic engineering principles to describe the design, construction and use of ancient World Heritage water-system structures in South America and the Middle East.

Petra --- Nabataean --- water systems --- hydraulic analysis --- CFD --- canals --- reservoirs --- pipelines --- flow stability --- pre-Columbian --- urban Tiwanaku --- Bolivia --- hydraulic/hydrological analysis --- surface canals --- perimeter drainage channel --- moat --- subterranean channels --- societal structure --- Roman --- Pont du Gard --- water engineering --- castellum --- aqueduct --- CFD analysis --- hydraulic design --- critical flow --- Machu Picchu --- Inca --- ancient water engineering --- hydraulics --- central-Andes --- engineered landscapes --- political ecology --- Prehispanic --- resilience --- water security --- wetland management --- Roman aqueducts --- inverted siphons --- static pressure --- pressure surges --- lead pipes --- stone conduits --- air entrapment --- Vitruvius --- Inka --- Tipon --- precolumbian --- flow rates --- fountain --- Peru --- Archaic period --- Caral --- CFD models --- beach ridges --- ENSO events --- landscape change --- site termination