2008.02.28-Migration Conference Keynote Address: The Great Immigration Debate: Facts and Fiction, Id
Migration, Rights and Identities: Examining the Range of Local and Global Needs.
2008.02.28-Migration Conference Keynote Address: The Great Immigration Debate: Facts and Fiction, Id
Migration, Rights and Identities: Examining the Range of Local and Global Needs.
2008.02.28-Migration Conference Concluding Panel Discussion on Policy Implications
Conference on Migration, Rights and Identities: Examining the Range of Local and Global Needs.
2008.02.28-Migration Conference Concluding Panel Discussion on Policy Implications
Conference on Migration, Rights and Identities: Examining the Range of Local and Global Needs.
2007.10.26-U.S. & Australia Relations
Dennis Richardson, the Amabassador to the United States for Australia, traces the relationship between the two countries, particularly in light of U.S. military operations in Iraq and the global "War on Terror."
2007.01.10-Martin Luther King Jr. Week Keynote Address
Known throughout the world for her ongoing efforts to combat all forms of oppression in the United States and abroad, Davis is a living witness to the historical struggles of our contemporary era, and in this lecture she analyzes the status of civil ...
2006.08.02-David Chapman on Global Warming
David Chapman discusses the science of global warming and talks about the need for the international community to work together to reduce the causes of climate change.
2006.04.04-Religion and Culture: Secularism and Its Discontents
It has been said that religion is once again "haunting the imagination of the West." But if this is true, then what it means to be "secular" has also come under renewed scrutiny. This lecture explores a range of exemplary positions in the global deba...
2006.03.07-Light at the Edge of the World
Wade Davis, explorer-in-residence at The National Geographic Society, talks about his experiences during his more than three years in the Amazon and Andes as a plant explorer, living among 15 indigenous groups in eight Latin American nations.
11/10/08: Dooce.com
Heather Armstrong started her blog dooce.com back in 2001. She was making a lot of money as a graphic designer then and living the single life in Los Angeles. She lost her job because of her blog, married, moved to Utah and became a stay-at-home mom.
Coastal erosion in Norfolk
Science writer and broadcaster Richard Hollingham visits the north Norfolk coast and meets Dr Sophie Nicolson-Cole to find out how research from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change could benefit anyone living in a vulnerable coastal region.
Climate change special
As the world talks global warming, we go to one of the chilliest places in Europe - the British Antarctic Survey's (BAS) ice core store - to find out what evidence there is for manmade climate change.
Lesson #026, Monday camera = bedroom mensa = cafeteria libreria = bookstore bagno = bathroom a = to, at si' = yes no = no dove = where dov'e' = where is quando = when adesso = now cibo = food ma = but grazie = thank you prego = you're welcome forse = maybe, perhaps pronto = ready, but it's also what you say when you answer the telephone instead of saying 'hello.'
Horrific Hurricanes
Despite gobs of data, it is still difficult to accurately predict the path and intensity of a hurricane. How are these predictions made? Are they getting more reliable? Will hurricanes be affected by global warming? And, while we're at it, what gets a hurricane turning in the first place?
Fernando Botero's "Abu Ghraib" - A Conversation with the Artist
Fernando Botero, Artist
in conversation with
Robert Hass, Professor of English, UC Berkeley
Poet Laureate of the United States (1995-1997)
Fernando Botero, the most famous living Latin American artist, will display his Abu Ghraib paintings at the University of California, Berkeley. These 47 paintings and drawings belong to a long tradition of artistic statements against war and violence that include Goya's Caprichos and Picasso's Guernica.
Organized by the Center for Latin American Studies, th
Global-warming Effects on Climatically-imposed Ecological Gradients in the West
Global-warming Effects on Climatically-imposed Ecological Gradients in the West
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Sci-tutors: Life Processes and Living Things: Cells and Cell Functions
The emphasis of this article is on the conceptual changes needed by learners (tutors, teachers and their pupils) to come to an understanding of living things. This covers the material useful at KS1-4, and provides access to the key ideas of the topic and provides suggestions for appropriate practical experiences to support learning.
2007.10.26-U.S. & Australia Relations
Dennis Richardson, the Amabassador to the United States for Australia, traces the relationship between the two countries, particularly in light of U.S. military operations in Iraq and the global "War on Terror."
1 Springs
Water is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future. In the UK there area areas where water supplies are limited, shown by recent droughts. Globally, there are many areas that do not have enought water to support the currently population adequately. Decisions will have to be made on the best way to use water in a
