Climate Change: Are We Heading for a New Cold War? [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Graciela Chichilnisky | There is an historic standoff between China and the US on the issue of global warming. Neither wants to limit emissions unless the other does so first. In Copenhagen December 2009 the nations of the world will decide whether to resolve the Global Warming problem extending Kyoto after 2012 - or to start a new Cold War of escalating emissions - the outcome of which may determine the fate of humankind. Professor Graciela Chichilnisky suggests two modest
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IGC Growth Week 2010 - Managing Natural Resource Rents: China and Africa [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Paul Collier, Dr Christopher Alden, Dr Gobind Nankani, Alan Winters | Is China's strategy - of negotiating deals in which resources are exchanged for infrastructure - mutually beneficial, or a new variant of the plunder of Africa? China 'asks no questions' of African governments: is that respectful of African sovereignty or an abrogation of responsibility?
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Guide to the Microfilmed Records of Trinity (German) Lutheran Church, Wexford, PA., 1851-1980
The Records of the Trinity (German) Lutheran Church, Wexford, PA., 1851-1980 consist of combined record books, minutes of the Church Council, minutes of the Adult Bible Class, and a Treasurer's Book.
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1.2.7 Key points

Diagrams can be helpful in clarifying your thinking because:

  • they can summarise complex situations, allowing you to appreciate the complexity while seeing the individual components and the connections between the components;

  • they can give you new insights into a situation by making you think carefully about the components and connections and by helping you to learn more effectively.

TRACE: 171 Angstrom Wavelength Image Showing MOSS Disc Center
An animation of TRACE imagery in the 171 Angstrom wavelength, showing a MOSS disc center
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Résumé: un petit vol dans le simulateur
A la fin de cette leçon, tu pourras faire un résumé informatif sur l'histoire du simulateur de vol. Tu pourras expliquer des mots à l'aide du contexte. Tu pourras donner des informations à un élève pilote.
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Cranial Nerve Exam: Abnormal Examples: Optokinetic Nystagmus
This patient has poor optokinetic nystagmus when the tape is moved to the right or left. The patient lacks the input from the parietal-occipital gaze centers to initiate smooth pursuit movements therefore her visual tracking of the objects on the tape is inconsistent and erratic. Patients who have a lesion of the parietal-occipital gaze center will have absent optokinetic nystagmus when the tape is moved toward the side of the lesion. The first principle of neurologic diagnosis is regional or an
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Berlin Wall
You and your classmates have been sent to Germany to learn about the Berlin Wall. At the end of the trip you will return to your school and be asked questions about your experiences and what you have learned. You will read your task first, then go and read the process you will follow, next read through the learning advice, use the resources provided to answer the questions, and after you have finished all those steps go to the conclusion. Good Luck and have a FUN trip!!!
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Radial Paper Chromatography Experiment
Experiment detailing radial paper chromatography using marker pen ink. Includes some relevant questions to ask students.
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UK's Miliband calls on press to clean up image
UK opposition leader Ed Miliband urges members of the press to take the lead and help restore confidence in the British media.
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Maatregelen tegen SPAM
You can understand the instructions in non-specialist business literature
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How to Work with PowerPoint Themes
How to Work with PowerPoint Themes - PowerPoint tutorial: this tutorial will show you how to work with PowerPoint themes. (03:39)
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In search of new sensations
You will write a speech about alternative sports, you will summarize the reasons for choosing this activity by elaborating on the advantages and disadvantages.
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Clinton backs Greek recovery
Jul 15 - U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton voiced strong support for Greece's battle to overcome its debt crisis during a visit to Athens. Simon Hanna reports.
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Siete fortunati, voi italiani! Weather and the seasons
At the completion of this lesson you will be able to talk about the different months and seasons. In a the first exercise you will match an illustration with a season. Next, you will place the names of the months with the correct season. Then, you will learn to pronounce the names correctly and listen to a dialogue. You will then formulate sentences with the names of the months and describe what the weather is like in those months or seasons. Lastly, you will describe the weather by looking at i
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Tropospheric Ozone from Earth Probe TOMS: Atlantic Ocean - 9 Day Averages (May 1997 - May 1998)
Aerosol concentrations over the Atlantic Ocean from May 1997 through May 1998 from Earth Probe TOMS
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Oma of opa als oppas?
At the end of this unit you can derive pros and cons by listening to a plea, for instance about grandparents providing child care.
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HoloGlobe: Outgoing Longwave Radiation for 1988 on a Flat Earth
This is one of a series of animations that were produced to be part of the narrated video shown in the HoloGlobe exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Earth Today exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. This particular animation was not used in the final video.
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Imagine Life without Friction
Students are introduced to the concept of inertia and its application to a world without the force of friction acting on moving objects. When an object is in motion, friction tends to be the force that acts on this object to slow it down and eventually come to a stop. By severely limiting friction through the use of the hover pucks, students learn that the energy of one moving puck is transferred directly to another puck at rest when they collide. Students learn the concept of the conservation o
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