Recalling Charles James: Homer Layne
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Babbage: Climate of change
A look at last week’s climate talks in Paris: what was agreed on, how realistic the goals are and whether there is reason to be optimistic
R&D | Mark Hansen | Salon 13: Bigger Data
Mark Hansen, Director of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media and Innovation, champions the potential of Big Data in journalistic practice, crafting stories through algorithm, computation, and visualization.
Education for All
Steve Sinnot
Steve Sinnot, General Secretary of the UK's biggest teachers' union, the NUT, gives the 2007 Hugh Gaitskell Memorial Lecture entitled “Education, Social Justice and Educational Opportunities – reflections on the role of teachers and their organisations”
Mr Sinnot describes the impact of those who are hopeful supporters and activists for justice, human rights and equality. He gives examples of the improve
Ръкописна азбука в цветя
Ръкописна азбука в цветя
1.1.1 Noms de rues As you noticed on the town plan, street names in France and other French-speaking countries often commemorate famous people and historical events. In most French towns, you will find, for instance, rue/avenue/place/boulevard du Général de Gaulle or de la République or du 14 juillet (anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, which started the French Revolution).
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Money talks: Iceland's return
Sweeping changes at Deutsche Bank and HSBC and Iceland's capital controls are lifted, delicately
War Memorials in Suffolk
From the Memorials on the village green to the simplest plaque beneath a tree. Lest we forget.
3.3.3 Obligations to trees? Citizenship is generally held to be based on a contractual view, where rights and obligations are balanced. In other words, you get various rights in return for your commitment to live by your society's rules and expectations. Political philosopher Andrew Dobson suggests that ecological citizenship is based in a non-reciprocal sense of justice or compassion. The discussion of our relationships with past and future generations in Section 1.2 establishes that our obligations to future generatio
Taller de introducción a la electrónica creativa
Taller impartido el 04/07/2014 en AulaBlog 2014 (Barcelona).
Vamos a trabajar de una manera creativa y experimental las áreas científico-técnicas de electricidad y electrónica fomentando el pensamiento, la deducción y el aprendizaje basado en proyectos proyectos.
Tasting menu: Audio highlights from the June 4th 2016 edition
This week: Why grit matters more than talent, how life coaches are popping up all over Nigeria and what Italy’s pride for food reveals about its economic problems
6.1 6.1 The complexities of a multifaceted Europe If the ‘Europe of the Regions’ model is also ruled out – at least in its stronger versions which suggest that nation states are being replaced – the interesting question remains: how will significantly enhanced regionalisms relate to other ‘possible Europes’? These include the traditional ‘nation state’ and ‘Federal Europe’ models, both of which also reflect some continuing elements of reality, but in addition a ‘Europe’ of cities, of cultures, of national and ethnic m
3 Personal agency, participation and refusal: gathering evidence While it is difficult to exaggerate the impact of this construction of ‘welfare dependency’, particularly in the USA, this construction does not go unchallenged. A very wide range of groups of people who are poor or who are subject to discrimination succeed in shaping welfare arrangements by evading, refusing or resisting policies. Historically, there are numerous examples of collective agency in resisting and reshaping welfare policies. In the USA, Fox Piven and Cloward (1977) trace the
[ROYAL: Illuminated manuscripts of the Kings and Queens of England]
This Web page reports on an AHRC-funded project centred around research into the British Library's collection of 1,950 manuscripts donated by King George II in 1757. Maintained as a collection (labelled 'ROYAL') since this time, they represent the largest surviving collection of medieval illumination and painting owned by English monarchs. The grant will enable the first ever major research project into the collection, resulting in an exhibition in 2011, as well as being added to the Library's o
Parties, Campaigns and Representation: The Political Impact of Blogs and Social Media
Panel discussion during the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 on whether the outcome of political careers and even campaigns is increasingly dependent on the successful mastery of new communication tools including social media. The outcome of political careers and even campaigns is increasingly dependent on the successful mastery of new communication tools including social media. Many MPs and members of Congress are embracing the use of social networking tools to keep in touch with their const
LSE Literary Festival 2017 | Britain's Paper Tigers [Audio]
Speaker(s): Stig Abell, Jim Waterson | Newspapers are now mere paper tigers, we are told, yet in the face of a tidal wave of fake news, misinformation and bias, perhaps we need good journalism more than ever. In a world where Facebook and Twitter have become the public sphere for Brexit and Trump, what is the role of news brands? Two top media executives with experience of leadership at the Sun, BuzzFeed, the Guardian and the TLS will debate the future of news with a leading media analyst. Stig
Virtual Maths - Basic Structures, bending moment uniformly distributed load
Interactive simulation demonstrating bending moment of uniformly distributed load
2.1.3 Amateur snapshots 1880s– White British working class children make the worst progress in secondary school Bo nº40, de 14 de Agosto de 2015
Dr Steve Strand from the Warwick Institute of Education talks about his report which shows that white British children from working class backgrounds make the least progress compared to other ethnic groups at secondary school.
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