Enhancing Professionalism: Human Rights & Me @ the University of Cape Town
Human Rights Education has become an integral part of the curricula in the Health Sciences Faculty at the University of Cape Town. As students develop their knowledge and skills to promote respect for human rights and quality health care they learn to be advocates for social justice, valuing the link between human rights and health. However students frequently report witnessing disturbing situations in their clinical encounters where the disjuncture between the theory and practice is challenging
Gender and Race, Work, and Public Policy, Spring 2005
Women workers rarely appear in labor market theory. When they do, they are represented as a separate category, determined by biological differences and their family responsibilities. Subject examines the status of working women under a variety of governmental policies and labor conditions. First part is a survey of key debates on sex and gender differences in employment and wages. Using the changing structure of the US labor force as an example, second part examines attempted policy responses to
Science Bulletins: Light Pollution—Beyond the Glare
Scientists have long understood that artificial light can disrupt wildlife that takes cues from natural light. It's becoming increasingly clear that light reflected off shiny artificial surfaces such as cars, buildings, and roads can also disrupt animal behavior—sometimes fatally. A new review of research on light pollution by a team of Hungarian and American scientists describes a new concern with polarized light pollution. When light bounces off reflective surfaces, it can become polarized,
The Three Lochs Way: stage 1
A photographic record of the first part of the Three Lochs Way
Hitler's Economics [Day 9 of Robert Wenzel's 30-day reading list that will lead you to become a knowledgeable libertarian, this Mises Daily was originally published August 02, 2003.] For today's generation, Hitler is the most hated man in history, and his reg
CO 1069-286-225 The National Archives UK posted a photo: Description: Brantford. Prince of Wales' tour of Canada, 1919, a volume of photographs published by the Canadian Pacific Railway
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Corel Painter 12 : Les aquarelles
Images of Earth and Space: SC97 Edition
The entire narrated Images video made for Supercomputing 97
Faculty of Law: Public Law Toolbox: Why it Matters
Mai Chen of CHENPALMER Law Specialists, and distinguished Otago Law alumna discusses New Zealand Public and Employment Law. Mai has recently had her book, Public Law Toolbox published, and she has contributed greatly to public and employment law discourse in New Zealand.
IPL: Professor Richard Walter
Professor Richard Walter of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology) presents his Inaugural Professorial Lecture on the topic of “Challenges and Diversions in Pacific Archaeology” on 19 October 2011. Professor Walter's research interests include prehistory and archaeology of Oceania with a special interest in Melanesia and Polynesia; material culture analysis; history of archaeological method and theory; ethno-archaeology; and faunal analysis.
Iniciació a les matemàtiques per a l'enginyeria
Dominar la matemàtica és imprescindible, tant en els seus continguts com en la seva metodologia, per a cursar qualsevol grau de caràcter científic. Per això, és necessari comprendre algunes de les seves tècniques i conceptes bàsics (moltes vegades, ja tractats a secundària i batxillerat) abans d'afrontar una assignatura matemàtica dintre dels estudis corresponents.
En aquest curs, doncs, es proporcionaran tècniques i conceptes bàsics de l'àlgebra lineal i el càlcul, amb la finalita
VU Chorale- It's Go Time
The Valparaiso University Chorale is among the top Lutheran collegiate choirs in the United States, upholding the highest standard of choral art through performance of the greatest choral literature of all eras.
The Chorale has served four residencies at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig — the only collegiate American choir to enjoy such a strong relationship with the church of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Under the direction of Dr. Christopher M. Cock, this 48-voice ensemble maintains an active a
Helepolis - en español
La helépolis era una torre de asedio móvil de 45 metros de altura, con 23 metros de lado en la base y 9 en lo alto. Fue utilizada infructuosamente por Demetrio Poliorcetes en el sitio de Rodas. El armazón de madera estaba forrado por planchas de hierro. En su interior tenía 9 pisos, con troneras para las armas. (.33)
Mass murder of Kamenka Jews-part 2
Ilya Boltyanskii, who was born in 1924 in Kamenka and lived there during the war years, recounts how the old Jews, Jewish women, and Jewish children were locked in a pigsty and held there for several days without water or food, then taken to the Zlatoustovka ravine, and shot them. Most of the children were thrown into the ravine alive.
For more information: http://www1.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/murderSite.asp?site_id=449
Lyudmila Burlaka, a Kherson Jew, escapes the grim fate of Kherson Jewry
Lyudmila Burlaka, who was born in 1935 in Kherson and lived there during the war years, describes how, together with other Jews, she was taken to be shot, how her mother pushed her out of a group of Kherson Jews doomed to death into a crowd of local spectators. She recounts how she was wounded by machine-gun fire but saved by local residents.
For more information: http://www1.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/murderSite.asp?site_id=214
TDHVL lectures
TDHVL lectures
EAHA Day 3 Session 4A: Principles Of Disaster Planning Lecture
Universities in the Eastern Africa Region have come together to implement an initiative Health Emergency Management Program (HEMP) that will build the capacity of local governments in the region to manage and plan for response to major disasters of public health importance. The Eastern African Region is prone to many natural and technological disasters of different kinds. There is not one nation in the region that is not vulnerable to the devastating effects of these disasters. Many of these dis
EAHA Day 1 Session 2A: Epidemics Lecture
Universities in the Eastern Africa Region have come together to implement an initiative Health Emergency Management Program (HEMP) that will build the capacity of local governments in the region to manage and plan for response to major disasters of public health importance. The Eastern African Region is prone to many natural and technological disasters of different kinds. There is not one nation in the region that is not vulnerable to the devastating effects of these disasters. Many of these dis
EAHA Day 1 Session 1: Introduction To Disasters Lecture
Universities in the Eastern Africa Region have come together to implement an initiative Health Emergency Management Program (HEMP) that will build the capacity of local governments in the region to manage and plan for response to major disasters of public health importance. The Eastern African Region is prone to many natural and technological disasters of different kinds. There is not one nation in the region that is not vulnerable to the devastating effects of these disasters. Many of these dis
