When Values Conflict: How citizens stakeholders and experts contributed to formulating policy for ma
Speaker(s): Professor Lawrence Phillips | For over 40 years the UK Government has avoided the question of what to do with its radioactive waste. Sufficient wastes now exist in the UK to fill the Royal Albert Hall five times over. To solve this problem, the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) created the largest public consultation exercise ever conducted in the UK, resulting in a set of recommendations forwarded to the government this past July. This lecture will explain a key elem
The Role of Inter-governmental, State and Non-governmental Players in Conflict Resolution [Audio]
Speaker(s): Martti Ahtisaari | Martti Ahtisaari will draw attention to both challenges and opportunities of multi-stakeholder co-operation in conflict resolution. Mr. Ahtisaari's lecture is based on his extensive experience as a peace mediator, civil servant and board member of a number of non-governmental organisations.
In Conversation with Cherie Blair [Audio]
Speaker(s): Cherie Blair, Howard Davies | Cherie Blair is a noted barrister and QC, specialising in human rights law. She is married to Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister. Cherie studied law at LSE and is a governor and honorary fellow of the School. In this event she will talk to Howard Davies, LSE Director about her autobiography published earlier this year entitled Speaking for Myself (May 2008, Little, Brown).
Thinking about Evidence and Risk [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor John Worrall | In this lunchtime series of lectures, a selection of LSE's academics from across the spectrum of the social sciences explain the latest thinking on how social scientists work to address the critical problems of the day. They survey the leading ideas and contributions made by their discipline, explain the types of problems that are addressed and the tools that are used, and explore the kinds of solutions proposed.
The Rights' Future [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Costas Douzinas, Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Francesca Klug, David Lammy | Conor Gearty joins invited guests to initiate 'The Rights' Future' a collaborative writing project aimed at the production of a book to be launched at LSE's literary festival early in 2011. Starting this evening with his RIGHTS' MANIFESTO, Gearty will release a series of weekly essays onto the web which will probe the history of human rights, address their present state in the world and map out
1.2.9 Reading diagrams: questioning what they say With each of these diagrams and others we are trying to read there is another set of more searching questions we can ask: What is the purpose of the diagram, i.e. what is it aiming to tell us? How is the information imparted? What assumptions does it make about our ability to understand it? What are we expected to remember from it? How successful is
MSUToday Show #28: Complete show
In MSUToday Show #28, MSU coaches serve up lunch, alumna Sherrie Barr teaches others how to write their own biography with movement, Mary Mayo Hall's haunted stories are revealed, students learn how to create everything from spirits to polymers, and alumnus Dean Carpenter shares his Spartan Saga.
3.5.2 Bacteria
Without it we are dead! Water is essential, but what processes must it go through to become fit for human consumption? This unit will guide you through the continuous cycling of water between land, open water surfaces and the sea before moving on to an overview of the water treatment and supply process.
3.4.1 Plant nutrients
Without it we are dead! Water is essential, but what processes must it go through to become fit for human consumption? This unit will guide you through the continuous cycling of water between land, open water surfaces and the sea before moving on to an overview of the water treatment and supply process.
Spinning MODIS Albedo
The MODIS instrument, flying aboard NASAs Terra and Aqua satellites, measures how much solar radiation is reflected by the Earths surface almost every day over the entire planet. Zooming in on Africa's Sahara Desert and the Arabian Peninsula, MODIS observed considerable variability in reflectance across the region-from the darkest volcanic terrains to the brightest sand. This matches specific soil groups and rock types to MODIS-derived albedo measurements. This correlation is important because m
If You'll Be My Valentine - By Cynthia Rylant
This video features a librarian reading If You'll Be My Valentine by Cynthia Rylant. The librarian shows the illustrations on each page, and several pages are shown on the entire screen. This video would be helpful for teachers to use when teaching rhyme and repetition.
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'Geld - van vee tot pc' Stimuleer het numismatisch verzamelen in Vlaanderen. In mensentaal: het project ‘Geld …
28. One For Each Body Part (Listen Up & Learn)
Episode #28 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful "Listen Up & Learn" lesson series is entitled "One For Each Body Part" - This lesson has the double purpose to teach you a lot of cool new Italian idiomatic expressions while at the same time to help you memorize the different parts of the body. - [...]
CAV 2011 – Robot et endométriose pelvienne profonde.
Titre : CAV 2011 – Robot et endométriose pelvienne profonde.
Intervenants : Pierre COLLINET (Lille)
Résumé : Nouveautés sur l’utilisation de la robotique pour l’endométriose pelvienne profonde, bilan.
L’auteur n’a pas transmis de conflit d’intérêt concernant les données diffusées dans cette vidéo ou publiées dans la référence citée.
Conférence enregistrée lors de la réunion thématique du Centre Régional Anticancéreux Alexis Vautrin
Pre-School Books-Words beginning with A, B, and C
This short video shows the beginning letter for apple, anchor, bowl, aeroplane, bowl, bulb, ball, candle. The words appear at the bottom of the screen as they are being recited. (1:02)
Learn Hindi Daily Show – [20110716] – Can you repeat it?
We are back in town, and our daily program will be coming out daily again. I hope you didn’t mind the few filler episodes that we published in the past...
Carnival
A Carnegie Mellon tradition since the 1920s. See video and learn more about the four-day weekend of events that are highlighted by buggy races and booth competitions.
Jean Potocki et la géologie : Potocki comme lecteur de Jean-André Deluc / Emiliano Ranocchi
Jean Potocki et la géologie : Potocki comme lecteur de Jean-André Deluc / Emiliano Ranocchi. In colloque "Jean Potocki. Pérégrinations", organisé par la section de slavistique de l'UFR de Langues, Littératures et Civilisations Étrangères de l'Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail dans le cadre de la "Semaine polonaise". Toulouse : Université-Toulouse II-Le Mirail, 14-15 avril 2011.
Thématique 6 : Voyage dans l'espace et dans le temps, 15 avril 20
Learn with Pictures and Video S3 #1 - Talking About Your Daily Routine in Mexican Spanish
“You’ve made great efforts to learn Mexican Spanish vocabulary, and now is the time to put it to the test! Your Mexican Spanish host mother is coming to see your apartment, and you want to tell her about your day in Mexican Spanish. You hope this will help convince her you made the right choice [...]
