Set across a series of hills overlooking the broad estuary of the Rio Tejo (River Tagus), Lisbon’s stunning location and effortless beauty immediately strike most first-time visitors. It’s an instantly likeable place, a big city, with a population of around two million, but one that remains human enough in pace and scale to be easily taken in over a long weekend.

This fifth edition of Malcolm Shaw's bestselling textbook on international law provides a clear, authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the subject, fully revised and updated to Spring 2003. Basically preserving the structure which made the previous edition so successful, a new chapter on Inter-state Courts and Tribunals considers the role of the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, and there is a new chapter on international humanitarian law. Also examined are arbitration tribunals and the role of international institutions such as the WTO in resolving conflicts. The prosecution of individuals for violations of international law is examined. Additional coverage of events in Kosovo and Iraq analyses the questions of humanitarian intervention and the role of the UN. Written in a clear and accessible style, setting the subject firmly in the context of world politics and the economic and cultural influences affecting it, this book remains a highly readable and invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike. The scope of the text makes this essential reading for students of international law, international relations and the political sciences. The book is also valuable to professionals and governmental and international civil servants.

• A comprehensive but concise overview of international law
• The author's clear and accessible style makes the subject understandable to non-international lawyers, non-lawyers and students. His practical approach reflects his experience of 35 years as a legal adviser in a leading foreign ministry.
• Provides numerous references to sources and other materials, including many authoritative and useful websites

In recent years there has been a resurgence in the use of video in teaching and training contexts, due to technological advances that enable good quality moving pictures through CD-Rom, DVD and broadband Internet. This book offers advice and assistance to a growing group of teachers and trainers, technical and support staff in the most effective deployment of video and multimedia in open and distance learning.
A bridge between research and practice, Designing Video and Multimedia for Open and Flexible Learning discusses:
· what to teach on video and how to teach it
· when to choose and how to use other media for teaching
· a framework of pedagogic design principles for video and multimedia
· practical development advice for interactive multimedia
With insights into the comprehensive process of designing, developing and managing distance learning materials, this book will appeal to readers with varying interests and responsibilities, including course development, educational Video, Audiovision and interactive Multimedia design, as well as to students of general video and multimedia production.

The protection of sensitive information against unauthorized access or fraudulent changes has been of prime concern throughout the centuries. Modern communication techniques, using computers connected through networks, make all data even more vulnerable to these threats. In addition, new issues have surfaced that did not exist previously, e.g. adding a signature to an electronic document. Cryptology addresses the above issues - it is at the foundation of all information security. The techniques employed to this end have become increasingly mathematical in nature.

В учебнике изложены основы региональной экономики, взаимосвязи показателей и понятий, характеризующих место регионального подхода в исследовании экономических проблем, взгляды представителей различных экономических школ на проблемы рационального использования территорий, роль и место экономической политики в рациональной организации экономического пространства, подходы по регулированию региональной экономики, включая меры как прямого административного воздействия на размещение производительных сил, так и косвенного воздействия на протекающие в регионе процессы. Для студентов экономических специальностей, изучающих курс региональной экономики и региональной политики.

"Paint Clothes like the Pros" is an easy to follow, step by step tutorial for those interested in learning how to paint realistic clothes for their digital characters. It was made with Photoshop 6 but you can use most of the techniques from the tutorial in any other painting program with layers because all you really need is : an "airbrush tool", an "eraser tool", a "zoom tool" and something to pick the right color like the "eyedropper tool".

Regardless of whether your taste is heavy metal, hip-hop, or classical, this book will show you how to set up, operate, and maintain a working home recording studio. Learn to choose the right equipment for your music, produce audio for the Internet or a CD, and even get construction tips for building an optimal recording environment. Making a professional recording and burning it to CD is so easy anyone with a PC can do it at home in an afternoon. This guide takes readers through the easy steps that will enable them to produce master-quality recordings at home.