Introduction The majority of people who sleep on the streets, and in hostels and night shelters are men. However, the number of women, particularly younger women, in these circumstances has increased (Anderson et al., 1993). They are often people with complex care and support needs, which go way beyond the provision of accommodation. But, as you will learn in this course, complex needs are both a cause and a product of homelessness. In this audio course, you will hear from four people, who will each
This Sahara Railway Is One of the Most Extreme in the World | Short Film Showcase
At more than 430 miles long, the Mauritania Railway has been transporting iron ore across the blistering heat of the Sahara Desert since 1963. (12:49)
Grantsmanship and fundraising practices
Abstract This paper discusses various issues and challenges facing philanthropy and nonprofit organizations in the United States of America. The report will present effective fundraising strategies and discuss management techniques employed by veterans in the nonprofit sector. Additionally, descriptions of each of the nine major areas associated with foundation funding are summarized, and certain grantsmanship practices are highlighted. Finally, this report will discuss seven basic components ne
Access.ca : social studies resources for Canadian teachers
This site is an educational product of the Historica Foundation. It was created by 7th Floor Media, a program of Continuing Studies, Simon Fraser University with the aim of providing free access to educational resources suitable for use by teachers of social science subjects. Topics covered include history, politics, immigration, Canadian culture, first peoples in Canada. Contributors include: The Canadian Encyclopedia, the Historica Foundation, Library and Archives Canada, the McCord Museum. It
Virtual Maths - 2D Shapes, triangle
Interactive simulation demonstrating calculation of area of a triangle
The Life of Rousseau
This video is all about Rousseau's life. It goes into the ways that he changed his world and enlightened people to a new way to think. It also talks about how his ideas are still effecting us today.
Revista espacio, tiempo y forma
Published since 1988, 'Espacio, Tiempo y Forma' is the annual peer-reviewed journal of the Faculty of Geography and History at the Spanish open university (UNED). It is divided in seven different series, corresponding with the departments at the faculty: Prehistory and Archaeology; Ancient History; Medieval History; Modern History; Contemporary History; Geography; and History of Art. Although the language of the publication is Spanish, most recent articles have abstracts in Spanish and English.
Federal fashions
This is the website of the online companion to the exhibition ‘Federal Fashions’ hosted by the National Library of Australia. The exhibition material comes from the National Library’s ephemera collection of fashion in Australia at the time of federation. The clothing worn by the men, women and children who attended the celebrations marking the Federation of Australia were transitory styles between the stiff, formal lines of late-Victorian fashions and the looser, more comfortable Edwardian cl
Business with Sweden
Business Sweden is part of the official government website in Sweden, to introduce the country to foreign readers. It has a wealth of information about doing business with Sweden - including quick facts, longer fact sheets, questions and answers, support in setting up a business there and help with working there. Export and import information is available. There are also news items and help with inward investment. A nice feature is the 'Business culture in Sweden' section.
London College of Fashion : Cordwainers College historic shoe collection
This database is a resource of approximately 650 digital images of historic shoes (1780s-1990s) and associated tools from the Cordwainers College Historic Shoe Collection. The shoe collection was built up as a teaching aid, and it consists mainly of women's shoes with some men's and a few children's, the majority being British 'fashion' footwear with some orthopaedic, some prize and exhibition work, lasts and shoemaker's tools and some ethnic footwear. A number of items are unfinished, or cut to
RuNet Echo
RuNet Echo is a special project of Global Voices (which is funded by the Open Society Institute). It was created to investigate and analysis the growing role of the Internet in Russia and in the Russian-language worldwide community. It regularly monitors Russian language Internet sites, blogs and forums and publishes its comments and reports on their content, usage and surveillance and freedom. Topics covered include Russian bloggers, the use of the Internet in Russian politics (during Russian e
Archnet-IJAR : international journal of architectural research
'Archnet-IJAR : International Journal of Architectural Research' is a full-text ejournal on topics in contemporary architecture and urbanism. It is published by the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At April 2009 there are seven issues online, with articles freely available in PDF format. The journal ranges widely, but also places a very notable emphisis on new architecture and cities in the Arabian Peninsular. Example article titles include: 'Polemi
"Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror"
"Our government can make you disappear." Those were the words Steven Wax never imagined he would hear himself say. In his twenty-nine years as a public defender, Wax had never had to warn a client that he or she might be taken away to a military brig, or worse, a "black site", one of our country's dreaded secret prisons. How had our country come to this? The disappearance of people happens in places ruled by t
Mitigation : Climate change 2001 : IPCC third assessment report
The full text of the third working group contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report "Climate Change 2001" is made available in HTML and PDF formats together with a summary for policymakers and summaries of the report in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. This section focuses on the mitigation of climate change including the technological and biological options, costs and benefits, barriers to their implementation and how these might b
Life Cycle of A Flowering Plant
This is a digital video that explains the process of pollenation and the life cycle of a flowering plant. This is a very informative, but short video.
1.5 Organising information How confident are you that you know when it is appropriate to cite references (refer to the work of other people) in your written work? 5 - Very confident 4 - Confident 3 - Fairly confident 2 - Not very confident 1 - Not confident at all How confident do you feel about producing bibliographies (lists of references) in an appropriate format to accompany your written work?
3.5.2 Bacteria
Bacteria
are organisms of special significance to the study of clean and polluted waters because they break down organic matter. While most of them are not harmful to humans, some bacteria (e.g. Clostridium) are pathogenic. Most bacteria are retained on a filter of pore size 0.45 μm and all bacteria are trapped on a filter of 0.22 μm. They are important in sewage treatment, and in solid waste disposal. They are extremely abundant in almost all parts of the aquatic en
Implementation of new EU regulations on GMO's
On the 30th March 2004, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) submitted a written consultation in order to gather stakeholderÂ’s views on the compulsory implementation of two EU regulations on genetically modified organisms (GMO's). The two regulations were (EC) 1830/2003 on the Traceability and labelling of GMO's (the 'Traceability and Labelling Regulation') and (EC) 1829/2003 on Genetically Modified (GM) Food and Feed (the 'Food and Feed R
Insights understanding our world : the continuing impact of the holocaust
A series of audio and video programmes which discuss and debate the medical ethics associated with anti-Semitism and the continuing impact of the Holocaust. The programmes have been produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The medical ethics series considers disability rights in relation to the Museum&rsquo Deadly Medicine exhibition; how the moral inquiry into the Holocaust can inform bioethics today, and how the pursuit of human perfection influenced Nazi programmes to remove t
Grain Farmers of Ontario
Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) is an organisation representing OntarioÂ’s growers of corn, soybean and wheat. Its website provides growing and production information, crop yields, and marketing news. There is also a substantial research section with summaries of projects and research papers on agronomy, pests and diseases, crop breeding and genetics, and utilization.
