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Review: Craft: An Argument, by Pete Brown

Book Review| November 01 2021 Review: Craft: An Argument, by Pete Brown Craft: An Argument, Pete Brown London: Storm Lantern Publications, 2020 207 pp. Illustrations. $11.99 / £9.99 (paper) Katie Schwind Katie Schwind University of Colorado at Boulder Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Gastronomica (2021) 21 (4): 96–97. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2021.21.4.96 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Katie Schwind; Review: Craft: An Argument, by Pete Brown. Gastronomica 1 November 2021; 21 (4): 96–97. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2021.21.4.96 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentGastronomica Search Craft: An Argument may be about beer, but anyone interested in the culture of food has much to gain from Pete Brown’s arguments, which are steeped in detail from real-world experiences as a writer, researcher, and craft beer drinker. Although Brown focuses on the British world of craft beer—which has some aspects that are less significant for American drinkers, such as the centrality of cask ales—he purposefully connects the movement back to its American rebirth. This resurgence originally centered on the demand for inventive and interesting flavors. Small breweries began producing these new beers for local patrons, and as our means for communication have expanded the reach of breweries through social media and other platforms, the demand for the circulation of these inventive beers rose. This demand has led to increased supply and extreme growth, as basic economic theory... © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California2021 You do not currently have access to this content.

Archives and Recordkeeping: Theory into PracticeArchives and Recordkeeping: Theory into Practice Edited by Caroline Brown London: Facet Publishing, 2013. Softcover, 260 pp. SAA members £39.95, nonmembers £49.95. ISBN: 978-1-85604-825-5.

Archives and Recordkeeping: Theory into PracticeArchives and Recordkeeping: Theory into Practice Edited by Caroline Brown London: Facet Publishing, 2013. Softcover, 260 pp. SAA members £39.95, nonmembers £49.95. ISBN: 978-1-85604-825-5.

MICHAEL I. BROWN. Redeeming REDD: Policies, Incentives and Social Feasibility for Avoided Deforestation. London: Routledge and New York: Earthscan, 2013, xii+330p.

Redeeming REDD: Policies, Incentives and Social Feasibility for Avoided Deforestation MICHAEL I. BROWN London: Routledge and New York: Earthscan, 2013, xii+330p.In September 2013 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN global author- ity on climate change, presented its fifth assessment report. Its main message is that more solid evidence proves that human caused emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG) indeed drives climate change. Global average temperatures will likely rise with more than 2°C. Global weather patterns will change, causing more severe droughts in dry regions and more severe storms and downpours in wet regions, for instance in the typhoon prone region of Southeast and East Asia.Experts have realized that forests can and should be considered in climate-change mitigation efforts. According to FAO (2011; 2012), forests worldwide contain 650 billion tons of carbon and absorb about a quarter of carbon that is emitted into the world's atmosphere. Indonesia and other countries of mainland Southeast Asia have vast forest stocks or extensive peat lands that can significantly influence future climate change, depending on how they are being managed. To lose the capacity of forests to absorb atmospheric carbon, or allow the carbon stored in them to be released into the atmosphere would be disastrous and should be avoided. The Kyoto Protocol, which is the implementation program for the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), only allowed permanent afforestation and reforestation activities as measures eligible for compensation under UNFCCC. At the 11th UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP) in 2005 a new measure was proposed to compensate countries to prevent deforestation through Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). Through the program, proponents of REDD aim to reduce tropical deforestation and forest degradation by half which should roughly reduce global emissions of atmospheric carbon by about 10%.Michael Brown's book makes a well informed and thorough assessment of how complex the global REDD program has become since it started seven years ago, and of the apparently insur- mountable challenges that lie ahead to make it work. The book reviews the program's history, analyzes its scope and magnitude, and introduces the reader to the many actors involved, their stakes, tasks, and strategies. Redeeming REDD analyzes with much detail the complex science that lies behind the REDD program, but also the multiple discourses and politics that shape how the program is being implemented. The United Nations, World Bank, and other international organizations execute the UN-REDD program, relying largely on ODA funds to compensate for avoiding deforestation. However, at the same time a parallel stream of REDD projects is imple- mented by NGOs and BINGOs (big international non-government organizations), other civil soci- ety groups and the private sector. In addition to implementers, there are those who set standards, who develop tools, and who conduct research. As a result, REDD has-from an innovative idea- that galvanized much enthusiasm and interest among the global climate change community, trans- formed itself into a new global action behemoth.However, Redeeming REDD has a clear main message. In Brown's view, and in the view of many others, REDD can only become successful if and when it is fully supported by local forest communities, the people who live in and depend on the tropical forests that are targeted in REDD projects. He argues that at present the REDD deliberations and planning excessively focus on technical issues, like Measuring Reporting and Verification (MRV). MRV basically assures correct carbon accounting by calculating how much carbon emission reduction is achieved, how that is being reported to bodies that pay for reduced emission, and how to verify that the amount of carbon is indeed being stored permanently. At later UNFCCC-COP meetings, measures were adopted to minimize negative impacts of REDD initiatives on local forest communities and biodiversity iden- tified as safeguards. …

THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF ENALAPRIL AND LOSARTAN ON THE DIURNAL PROFILE OF ARTERIAL PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS

Main purpose of our study was to examine the comparative effects of enalapril and losartan on the performance of daily blood pressure monitoring at the patients with hypertension. 100 patients with II stage hypertension participated in this study. Age of patients ranged from 35 to 80 years (32 male; 68 female). Daily monitoring was carried out using 24- hour pressure monitor (CBM-01) serial number 201 001 by standard methods. 50 patients used ACE inhibitor enalapril maleate (KRKA, Sloveniya) in a dose of 5-20 mg / day for 12 weeks. 50 patients received losartan (MRKTD by Brown London) 25-50 mg / day. Received data were statistically processed by methods of medical statistics due to all modern standards. As enalapril, and losartan alone showed an adequate corrective efficacy in the morning of the absolute values of the blood pressure dynamics, «pressure load» indicators, but in a comparative analysis did not reach statistical significance. Each of the drugs showed us an adequate corrective efficacy of the absolute values at the morning blood pressure dynamics, but comparative analysis of statistical significance was not observed. Comparing to Losartan, Enalapril statistics were much better, while average nocturnal blood pressure were better decreased by losartan. In addition, it should be noted that despite the identical effect of the drugs, losartan is better tolerated than enalapril, without any side effects.

V861 LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSVESICAL URETERIC RESECTION AND RE-IMPLANTION

You have accessJournal of UrologyReconstruction, Transitional Cell Carcinoma & Adrenal1 Apr 2011V861 LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSVESICAL URETERIC RESECTION AND RE-IMPLANTION Philippe Grange, Amrith Rao, Davinder Sharma, Christian Brown, and Angelika Zang Philippe GrangePhilippe Grange London, United Kingdom More articles by this author , Amrith RaoAmrith Rao London, United Kingdom More articles by this author , Davinder SharmaDavinder Sharma London, United Kingdom More articles by this author , Christian BrownChristian Brown London, United Kingdom More articles by this author , and Angelika ZangAngelika Zang London, United Kingdom More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2011.02.683AboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Segmental excision and ureteric re-implantation is an accepted surgical option for benign stricture or localised transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) affecting the lower 1/3rd of the ureter. Most often, the operation is performed by an open approach, but increasingly laparoscopic approach is favoured because of the obvious advantages. One of the difficulties with the laparoscopic approach is dealing with the ureteric orifice & the intra-mural part of the ureter. Although we have performed this technique for benign ureteric strictures, this particular video is about a 62 year old lady with recurrent high-grade superficial TCC in the right lower ureter. With this high definition video, we demonstrate a transvesical laparoscopic lower ureteric excision and re-implantation. METHODS With the patient in lithotomy position, ureteroscopy is performed to look at the length that requires excision. Cystoscopic dismembering of the intramural ureter is carried out upto the perivesical fat using a Collin's knife. The bladder is then distended using the gas insufflation connected to the urethral catheter. A 10 mm VisiportTM along with the camera allows access to the bladder under direct vision. Further two 5 mm ports were inserted under the camera guidance. Bladder was also suspended using two percutaneous stitches, which allowed sufficient working space. Entire operation was performed with gas insufflation of the bladder. Ureter is mobilized further till the desired length of excision. A neo-orifice is created distally and the ureter is brought through this opening into the bladder. The site of the old ureteric orifice is then closed. The diseased distal segment is useful to manipulate the ureter and spatulation is carried out. The ureter is then anchored to the neo-orifice using interrupted sutures. The diseased segment is excised and retrieved urethrally. The guide-wire is passed via the urethra and directed into the ureter. JJ stent is subsequently inserted. RESULTS The total operative time was 180 minutes with blood loss < 50 mL. There were no intra- or post-operative complications. The in-hospital stay was 3 days. The patient was discharged home with a urethral catheter on free drainage, which was removed in 2 weeks after cystogram showing no evidence of leak. At the last follow-up ureteroscopy and multiple biospies, there was no evidence of stricture or disease recurrence. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate in this video our technique of transvesical laparoscopic excision and ureteric re-implantation. We demonstrate that the short-term functional and oncological outcome is equivalent to the established open approach. © 2011 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 185Issue 4SApril 2011Page: e345 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2011 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.MetricsAuthor Information Philippe Grange London, United Kingdom More articles by this author Amrith Rao London, United Kingdom More articles by this author Davinder Sharma London, United Kingdom More articles by this author Christian Brown London, United Kingdom More articles by this author Angelika Zang London, United Kingdom More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement Advertisement PDF downloadLoading ...

The European Union and Africa: the restructuring of North–South relations by WILLIAM BROWN London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2002. Pp. 247. £42.00.

<b>The European Union and Africa: the restructuring of North–South relations</b> by W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>ROWN</scp> London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2002. Pp. 247. £42.00.

SHORTER NOTICES

Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access LUCY BROWN LUCY BROWN London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXIII, Issue 450, February 1998, Page 214, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXIII.450.214 Published: 01 February 1998

Delayed collapse of cut slopes in stiff clay

Delayed failure of railway cutting slopes in stiff clays excavated in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has been studied for some forty years. Known failures have generally been deep-seated. More recently failures have been a problem in the slopes of motorway cuttings and embankments, although generally these have been shallow. The average operational strength at failure in these slides has been significantly less than the peak strength, and progressive failure has been postulated as the probable cause of this. Progressive failure can now be analysed using advanced numerical techniques. A series of coupled finite element analyses have been conducted assuming strain-softening soil with properties based on the Brown London Clay, and the results are reported. They show that progressive failure is considerable, and fully explain the observed field behaviour. The delays experienced in the field are also recovered by the analyses. Progressive failure is generated primarily by the high lateral stresses in the soil prior to excavation. The rupture surface generated spreads horizontally from the toe as the soil swells, and differs significantly from the critical surface predicted by limit equilibrium analysis. The average strength on it at collapse is significantly lower than that obtained by back analysis by limit equilibrium methods. It becomes lower as lateral stress increases, but the effect is compensated by the increasing depth of rupture. The roll of the hydraulic surface boundary condition, which is controlled by climate, is important in controlling collapse. The implications of the findings for monitoring and for remedial works in existing slopes is discussed.

About Face?: The United States and the United NationsRobert W. Gregg Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993, pp. vii, 181 - The United States and the Politicization of the World Bank: Issues of International Law and PolicyBartram S. Brown London: Kegan Paul International, 1992, pp. xvii, 295

About Face?: The United States and the United NationsRobert W. Gregg Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993, pp. vii, 181 - The United States and the Politicization of the World Bank: Issues of International Law and PolicyBartram S. Brown London: Kegan Paul International, 1992, pp. xvii, 295

Thin-sample technique of residual strength measurement. Technical note : Chandler, R J; Hardie, T N GeotechniqueV39, N3, Sept 1989, P527–531

Consolidated drained reversal shear box tests were performed on thin samples of a number of clay soils, in order to establish a standardized testing procedure. The results are presented of tests on weathered brown London clay. and on two low plasticity glacial tills. The index properties and other data relating to all 3 clays are tabulated. It is concluded that the thin sample method using the direct shear apparatus provides a reliable, simple alternative method for the measurement of residual strength if a ring-shear apparatus is unavailable. It may also offer a simple means of estimating phi sub nc, and be a useful index to inherent brittleness.

Sider, R. D. (ed.), &lt;italic&gt;Collected Works of Erasmus. New Testament Scholarship: Paraphrases on Romans and .Galatians&lt;/italic&gt;. Pp. xxxviii + 192 (CWE vol. 42). Toronto, Buffalo, and London: University of Toronto Press, 1984. £20.00 (in Europe $30.00)

Journal Article Sider, R. D. (ed.), Collected Works of Erasmus. New Testament Scholarship: Paraphrases on Romans and .Galatians. Pp. xxxviii + 192 (CWE vol. 42). Toronto, Buffalo, and London: University of Toronto Press, 1984. £20.00 (in Europe $30.00) Get access Andrew J. Brown Andrew J. Brown London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume 34, Issue 1, March 1987, Pages 69–71, https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/34.1.69 Published: 01 March 1987

Measurements of shear stress distribution on the edges of a shear vane blade

The primary measurement carried out is that of torque. Soil strength is derived from this torque. The effects of the anisotropy and progressive failure, although they have been investigated, are largely ignored. This note discusses the distribution of shear stress measured by laboratory tests in Leighton Buzzard sand and field tests in over-consolidated, saturated, brown London clay. A rectangular vane 120 mm wide and 240 mm long was made so that foil strain gauges could be used to measure the loads on various parts of the vane blades. Equivalent shear stress distributions are plotted for various angular rotations of the vane shaft together with least squares regression curves fitted to normalised versions of the data. Normalised distributions from the vertical blade edge had weak correlations due to the scatter arising from the layers in the soils. However the distributions from the horizontal blade edge had much stronger correlations as the stresses were mobilised in a uniform horizontal layer of soil. It was found that shear force measurements gave values within 10 per cent of the torques measured at the top of the shear vane shaft indicating that most of the shearing resistance arises at the blade edges. Little torque arises from soil distortion in the sectors between adjacent blades. This concentration of shear distortion at the blade edges was confirmed radiographically. (TRRL)

RECENT PALAEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES

Journal Article RECENT PALAEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES Get access J. J. G. ALEXANDER and A. C. DELA MARE, The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey. Faber and Faber, 1969. Pp. xliv, 187; 76 pls. incl. 6 in colour. £15·75. A. S. OSLEY, Luminario: an introduction to the Italian writing-books of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Miland Publishers, Nieuwkoop, 1972. Pp. xiv, 173; 116 figs. in text. No price given. A. C. DE LA MARE, The handwriting of Italian humanists, vol. i, fasc. I. Oxford University Press for the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, 1973. Pp. xix, 143; 26 pls. incl. I in colour. £24.00. JULIAN BROWN JULIAN BROWN London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Library, Volume s5-XXXI, Issue 2, June 1976, Pages 150–157, https://doi.org/10.1093/library/s5-XXXI.2.150 Published: 01 June 1976

Analytical Methods in Planetary Boundary Layer Modelling

R A Brown London: Adam Hilger 1974 pp xii + 148 price £8 The planetary boundary layer, commonly about 1 km deep, is that part of the atmosphere in which the influence of the earth's surface is significant. Almost all human activity is carried on within it, and its structure is important for problems of pollution as well as many features of weather and climate.

The design of permanent cutting slopes in stiff fissured clays

In the design of cutting slopes for permanent or ‘long-term’ stability in brown London Clay and weathered Upper Lias Clay, the following shear strength parameters can be used in association with the circular arc analysis: brown London Clay c′= 1·5 kN/m2, φ′ = 20°; brecciated Upper Lias c′= 1·5 kN/m2, φ′=23°; fissured Upper Lias c′= 2 kN/m2, φ′=25°. These parameters apply to first-time slides. Provided that reasonably conservative values of the pore-pressure ratio ru are adopted the factor of safety can be 1·0 or marginally greater. Curves relating height to slope are presented, and comparisons made with nine long-term slips in brown London Clay cuttings, and with eleven long-term slips in cuttings in the weathered Upper Lias. Dans l'analyse des talus excavés dans les pentes pour la stabilité permanente ou à ‘long terme’ dans l'argile brune de Londres et dans l'argile altérée du Lias Supérieur, les paramètres de résistance au cisaillement suivants peuvent être utilisés pour le calcul de stabilité par la méthode du cercle de glissement: brown London clay c′= 1·5 kN/m2, φ′=20°; argile fortement fissurée du Lias Supérieur c′= 1·5 kN/m2, φ′=23°; argile fissurée du Lias Supérieur c′= 2 kN/m2, φ′= 25°. Ces paramètres sont valables pour les glissements initiaux. Si des valeurs relativement conservatrices sont choisies pour la valeur de la pression interstitielle, le coefficient de sécurité peut être 1·0 ou légèrement supérieur. Des courbes reliant la hauteur à l'inclinaison de la pente sont présentées; et des comparaisons sont établies avec neuf glissements à long terme dam des excavations darts la brown London Clay, et avec onze glissements à long terme dans des excavations d'argile altérée du Lias Supérieur.

Correspondence

Journal Article Correspondence: THE CRAFTSMAN OR THE COUNTRY JOURNAL Get access T. BROWN T. BROWN London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Library, Volume s5-XXIX, Issue 4, December 1974, Page 460, https://doi.org/10.1093/library/s5-XXIX.4.460 Published: 01 December 1974

A New Ring Shear Apparatus and Its Application to the Measurement of Residual Strength

Synopsis This Paper describes both the design and principles of operation of a new ring shear apparatus, and its application to the measurement of the residual strength of undisturbed and remoulded samples. As the test results differ significantly from those obtained in multiple reversal direct shear box tests, a critical examination is made of all possible sources of error in both measurement and interpretation. The results of tests on five soils, blue London Clay, brown London Clay, Weald Clay, a Norwegian clay and the Cucaracha Shale from Panama, are presented and discussed in relation to other published residual strength data from tests on these materials. The factors controlling the brittleness of soils tested under drained conditions are examined. Cet article décrit à la fois la conception et les principes d'opération d'un nouvel appareil de mesure du cisaillement circulaire par torsion, et de son application à la mesure des résistances résiduelles d'échantillons non pertubés et remoulés. Comme les résultats des essais diffèrent d'une manière significative de ceux obtenus lors d'essais multiples effectés dans une boîte de cisaillement renversé direct, on donne une analyse critique de toutes les sources d'erreurs possibles à la fois dans les mesures et dans leur interprétation. Les résultats d'essais sur cina sols: arsdle bleu de Londres, argile brun de Londrks, argile de Weald, argile Norvégien et schiste Cucaracha de Panama, sont présentés et discutés par rapport aux autres résultats d'essais de résistance résiduelle publiés sur ces matériaux. On examine les facteurs qui contrôlent la fragilité de ces sols dans des conditions de drainage.

Reviews

Journal Article Reviews Get access PAUL BERTRAM, Shakespeare and ‘The two noble kinsmen’. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press, 1965. Pp. x+306. $10.00. ARTHUR BROWN ARTHUR BROWN London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Library, Volume s5-XXII, Issue 3, September 1967, Pages 268–270, https://doi.org/10.1093/library/s5-XXII.3.268 Published: 01 September 1967

A History of British Trade Unions since 1889. Volume I: 1889-1910.

Journal Article A History of British Trade Unions since 1889. Volume I: 1889–1910 Get access A History of British Trade Unions since 1889. Volume I: 1889–1910. By H. A. Clegg, A. Fox and A. F. Thompson. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964. Pp. xi + 514. 55s.) E. H. Phelps Brown E. H. Phelps Brown London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 75, Issue 297, 1 March 1965, Pages 178–180, https://doi.org/10.2307/2229266 Published: 01 March 1965

Distribution and Productivity Under Inflation, 1947-57

Journal Article Distribution and Productivity Under Inflation, 1947-57 Get access E. H. Phelps Brown, E. H. Phelps Brown London School of Economics. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar M. H. Browne M. H. Browne London School of Economics. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 70, Issue 280, 1 December 1960, Pages 725–756, https://doi.org/10.2307/2228882 Published: 01 December 1960