The figure of Saint Dominic was one that inspired a legion of followers throughout the ages. The Black and White habit of his order clothed Saints Thomas Aquinas, Catherine of Siena, Albert, and PiusV to name but a few. Fr. Lacordaire brings to us an introduction to the life of his own spiritual father, and does so with the simplicity and erudition of a true Friar Preacher.
Par les temps qui courent, alors que s'envole le cours du pétrole, se profile un prodige d'inventivité : une pile miracle. Sans incidence au niveau pollution, d'un rapport poids-puissance et d'une longévité sans équivalence, c'est mieux que la pile Wonder. Elle ne n'use pas même si l'on s'en sert. (Quoique !) Ce bidule de haute technologie, susceptible de libérer l'humanité de la tyrannie de l'or noir, pourrait bien envoyer les potentats visqueux au placard. Là où fleure bon la naphtaline. Cela étant, les huiles détentrices des ultimes réserves d'huiles minérales ne l'entendent pas de cette oreille. Elles s'ingénient à mettre le bâton dans les roues de la mobilité écologique. La bataille contre les cousus d'or noir n'est pas gagnée d'avance. S'ensuivent moult aléas où les verts ne sont pas piquées des vers. Finalement triomphent les blancs chevaliers des funestes pollueurs.
Incidents of bioterrorism and biowarfare are likely to recur, leading to increased public concern and government action. The deficiencies of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) are in urgent need of attention: the BTWC is the central international agreement to prevent the proliferation of biological warfare programmes. Uniquely, this book is written by diplomats involved in the decade-long effort (1991-2001) in which State Parties to the BTWC tried to agree a Protocol to the Convention with legally binding measures to strengthen its effectiveness, and academics concerned with the negotiations. Just before negotiations foundered, when the Chairman's proposed text was virtually complete, the problems and proposed solutions were examined thoroughly, leading to this book. The book is wide-ranging in its review of the history of biological warfare, the reasons why the current biological revolution is of such concern, and the main features of the BTWC itself. The core of the book examines the key elements of the proposed protocol - declarations, visits, challenge-type investigations, and enhanced international cooperation - and the implications for government, industry and biodefence, giving us all a better understanding of what still remains to be done to avert a biowarfare catastrophe.
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