Pope praises Italian coast guard for migrant rescue
Pope Francis thanks Italian coast guard personnel who took part in rescue operations to save a group of migrants stranded at sea. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
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Exploring the Large-Scale Nature of the Universe
The evidence is that the universe is close to uniform; it has no observable center or edges; and that it is expanding. Cosmologist James Peebles, professor emeritus at Princeton University explores the histories of these ideas and the present state of the evidence for their reliability. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures" [2/2007] [Science] [Show ID: 12004]
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Are moral standards relative to cultures and/or moral frameworks? Are there incompatible or non-comparable ways of thinking about the world that are somehow equally good? Is science getting closer to the truth? Is rationality--the notion of a good reason to believe something--relative to cultural norms? What are selves? Is there a coherent form of relativism about the self? Guided by the writings of Thomas Kuhn, Gilbert Harman, Judith Thomson, John Perry and Derek Parfit, we attempt to make thes
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Moodle for the middle school.
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Learning to teach
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3.7.2 Try some yourself 1 Without using your calculator, find the following: (a) 100.001 + 10.1 (b) 100.001 − 10.1 Voice of Grover Cleveland 4.2 Political polarization and the fall of the monarchy By 1792 the liberal constitutionalists of 1789, men like Lafayette, found themselves increasingly on the defensive. There was growing hostility to the National Assembly, with its limited franchise and ‘aristocracy of the rich’. A fringe of radical deputies seated on the left of the Assembly (the political terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ date from this period) were supported in Paris and across France by numerous radical political organizations or ‘clubs’, notably a club calling itsel Inside Outlook: Boeing's Impact on the Puget Sound Finding Opportunities to Make an Impact Better, faster, cheaper - entrepreneurship and early stage investors
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Over the last 20 years, Boeing has increasingly turned to overseas suppliers and relocated operations in a pursuit of developing a more efficient and competitive 21st century global manufacturing process. If the company's record profits and market capitalization are any indication, Boeing's corporate development strategy has paid off.
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Cambridge Angels Jack Lang and Dr Andy Richards, along with venture capitalist Laurence Garrett, talk about why the current economic gloom is in fact a great opportunity for start-ups, especially for those whose products will immediately satisfy customer needs as opposed to the tougher 'new product, new market' model. But, they stress the importance of targeting your investment model at the right type of investor, as well as the need for start-ups to understand what is 'fashionable' in the inves
