LSE Literary Weekend - War Stories: How to bring the battle to the book?
A discussion of war journalism in its historical context. How the great correspondents of the past managed to tell the world about conflicts around the globe. And how in the digital age, governments and the military seek to prevent free reporting of war. Can we ever really report objectively and openly on war?
21st Century Challenges: how global crises provide the opportunity to transform the world
The world now confronts crises unique in their global character. Distinguished LSE experts argue these crises provide an opportunity to transform the world and to build capacity for responding to extreme global challenges.
Geopolitics and Imperialism: the British Empire and Halford Mackinder 1890-1940
It was perhaps no coincidence that Halford Mackinder, the most famous exponent of geopolitical theory, wrote his seminal essay in 1904 when British world power seemed on the verge of a secular crisis. This lecture examines how far the insights contained in Mackinder's four major works explain the geopolitical fortunes of the British world system in its age of blood and iron.
Lecture 28 - 11/29/2010
Lecture 28
How Predictable is the Climate System: Droughts, Floods, and Extreme Events "How Predictable is the Climate System: Droughts, Floods, and Extreme Events" A lecture delivered by UCI Professor Soroosh Sorooshian on February 20, 2008. Professor Sorooshian, Director of the Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing at the University of California, Irvine is both Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Earth System Science. Among the world's top experts on drought, he has been advisor to the World Meteorolo
Current Contexts - Exploring Now through Then
In this lesson, students will explore how they relate to today's world. Through quotes written by Anne Frank, and current newspaper items that appear in The New York Times, students will examine the connection between the past and the present.
Schools Demining Schools
Land mines are silent, secret weapons. They have been placed in over 60 countries around the world. In this web site, you can learn about these dangerous weapons and how you can help make the world safe from land mines.
Precast 20: Exocrine/Endocrine System 3
ENHANCED podcast on sexual orientation, gender, gonads, steroid abuse, the complex transaction of hormones, environment & behavior, and premenstrual syndrome.
An optimization method of the facility location by genetic algorithm
In planning of community-facilities, it is important to decide the facility location to provide the effective service for residents. The behavior of residents using the facility and the evaluation methods of the location have been studied. But, finding the optimum location is very hard in actual planning because the volume of calculation depends on the number of feasible locating points of facilities. To conquer the difficulty of searching the optimum location, we propose an optimization method
Reading list for Language and Society in the German-Speaking World
Reading list for Language and Society in the German-Speaking World
Hull Fair, Fun for All DVD: World War II: The People
Hull Fair, Fun for All DVD: World War II: The People
Hull Fair, Fun for All DVD: World War II: The Gallaghers' War
Hull Fair, Fun for All DVD: World War II: The Gallaghers' War
Hull Fair, Fun for All DVD: World War II: Hot Dogs & Bonnets: Mrs Riley's Hat
Hull Fair, Fun for All DVD: World War II: Hot Dogs & Bonnets: Mrs Riley's Hat
Hull Fair, Fun for All DVD: World War II: Hot Dogs & Bonnets: Burgers & Speedways
Hull Fair, Fun for All DVD: World War II: Hot Dogs & Bonnets: Burgers & Speedways
Hull Fair, Fun for All DVD: World War II: Tasting Candy Floss
Hull Fair, Fun for All DVD: World War II: Tasting Candy Floss
Hull Fair, Fun for All DVD Collection 3: World War II
Hull Fair, Fun for All DVD Collection 3: World War II
Pivot Animations
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Professional Associations & Learned Societies in Biomedical Informatics
Sujata Krishna
The value of joining Professional Societies is discussed briefly. A list of some important Professional Societies in various fields associated with the broad area of Biomedical Informatics is […]
Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 9: Ghosts, Fairies, Frauds and the Natu
Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 9: Ghosts, Fairies, Frauds and the Natural World
Approach to Computer Implementation in Architectural Curriculum
This paper examines traditional teaching methods in architecture and identifies opportunities which are offered by computers for
changing the teaching process. Introduction of CAAD to the teaching schedules unquestionably and explicity uncovered a need of
changes within the whole schedule of study. In this paper we will submit the thesis that the problem does not lay in how will CAAD be
incorporated into the architectural curriculum, because it is the CAAD that has the potential to become an int
