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Citizen gives you information no one else offers stories that set the record straight on the issues that affect your family, your neighborhood, and your church plus stories of local heroes who've overcome great odds (and their own fears) and stood up for the values you cherish.
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Review oAUJust as the atomic bomb brought us the citizen scientist, the computer has brought us the citizen engineer. This book is for engineers who take their societal responsibilities seriously, combining the idealism of dreamers with the pragmatism of builders.oAY oAODanny Hillis, cofounder, Thinking Machines, Inc., and Applied Minds, Inc. Ta oAUIn good economic times and bad, the forces driving companies to go green are getting stronger. Innovation will be the key to solving thorny environmental problems and creating lasting value for smart companies. Engineers are at the center of innovation. For businesses and the economy to experience the environmental and economic benefits of going green, weoAUll need engineers who read, understand, and act on the ideas in this book.oAY oAOAndrew Winston, author, Green to Gold Ta oAUThe authors recognize the increasingly widespread impact of engineers on society in this new century and the resulting responsibilities that engineers now have. While engineering has long embraced safety in the designs of bridges and cars, not all of us consider the long-term environmental impact of our designs, or the importance of contributing to the knowledge base of engineering and honoring its intellectual property rights, as well as preserving the security and privacy of our fellow citizens who use our designs. I believe Citizen Engineer is a book that all of us teaching, studying, or practicing engineering should read, as well as those outside engineering who want to understand this force of change in the twenty-first century.oAY oAODavid Patterson, professor of computer science, University of California, Berkeley Ta oAUDouglas and Papadopoulos have created an essential road map for reengineering products, services, companies, and commerce in ways that are environmentally responsible, economically profitable, and just plainelegant.oAY oAOJoel Makower, executive editor, GreenBiz.com; author, Strategies for the Green Economy Ta oAUThis book is the first to provide detailed guidance about eco-responsible product design and responsible use of intellectual propertyoAOtwo areas that are becoming vitally important to both the development of the engineer and the advancement of the engineering profession.oAY oAODr. Bill Wulf, professor of engineering and applied science, University of Virginia; member, National Academy of Engineering Ta oAUWith details and examples as well as principles, this book endows every engineer with a visceral connection to eco responsibility and to the new ways to create and use intellectual property.oAY oAORobert Sproull, fellow and director, Sun Labs Ta oAUCitizen Engineer explains a critical transition of the engineering profession from technical focus to include social responsibilities and business context. This shift has changed the very nature of engineering as it is practiced today and as it must be taught in engineering degree programs.oAY oAOProfessor Steven D. Eppinger, deputy dean, MIT Sloan School of ManagementTaAbout the Author David Douglas is senior vice president of cloud computing and chief sustainability officer at Sun Microsystems. He oversees the strategy and execution of environmental initiatives across the company, including enhancements to SunoAUs products in the areas of energy efficiency, cooling technologies, product recycling, and clean manufacturing. In addition, Dave is responsible for Sun's cloud computing business, with a focus on creating reliable, scalable, and sustainable computing and storage. He has been in the high-tech industry for more than two decades, including more than a decade of experience leading organizations to build more innovative, efficient, and eco-responsible products, and he has a long-standing passion about environmental issues. He earned bacheloroAUs and masteroAUs degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT. Dave sits on the board of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and is a senior fellow at the Breakthrough Institute. He currently lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with his family. DaveoAUs blog can be found atTahttp://blogs.sun.com/enviro. Ta Ta With more than 20 years experience in the technology industry, Greg Papadopoulos has held several executive positions, most recently serving as Chief Technology Office and Executive Vice President oAO Research and Development at Sun Microsystems, Inc., responsible for managing Sun's technology decisions, global engineering architecture and advanced development programs.Ta Prior to Sun, Papadopoulos was Senior Architect at Thinking Machines and has also founded a number of his own companies.Papadopoulos was an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, where he conducted research in scalable systems, multi threaded/data flow processor architecture, functional and declarative languages, and fault-tolerant computing. He holds a bachelor's degree in systems science from the
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Find the encouragement you need to walk the narrow way with the insights you'll find in Citizen.
Description #3 by DVD Empire:
Citizen Kane (Blu-ray)Orson Welles' masterwork (#1 in the American Film Institute's list of Best American Movies) dazzles anew in a superb 70th-anniversary digital transfer. It's grand entertainment, sharply acted (starting many of Welles' Mercury Players on the road to thriving film careers) and directed with inspired visual flair. Chronicling the stormy life of an influential publishing tycoon, this Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winner (1941) is rooted in themes of power, corruption, vanity - the American Dream lost in the mystery of a dying man's last word: Rosebud.The Magnificent Ambersons (DVD)The Magnificent Ambersons is a treasure for long-time movie fans, a discovery for first-time viewers and a tantalizing what if? because the studio wrested the film's completion from writer/director Orson Welles. Yet what remains of this second work from Citizen Kane's legendary filmmaker is still a marvel of Welles at peak form, with dazzling deep-focus cinematography, splendid and surprising performances and other Welles hallmarks. The story of a bygone era based on Booth Tarkington's novel, it follows the socially prominent Midwestern Amberson family, whose fortunes are undone by industrialization and pride. This captivating classic captured four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. And it will also capture your mind and heart with its gripping story and timeless beauty.
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