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This idea came to me in class during a CAE class when students didn’t identify the phrase “ever since”. The song came to my head and as i ran through the lyrics I thought to myself, it might make a decent listening lesson, so let’s see if it does! The advantages of doing songs are well catalogued, but in my experience ...
The past month has seen our communities burst into a state of green. Buds have turned to leaves and the canopy overhead has filled with foliage. Here in Ottawa, we’re fortunate to have many neighbourhood streets lined with majestic trees, and I’m always humbled to witness this seasonal transition. There’s certainly no ...
Guest article written by: Ryan Hunter Video et taceo. -Elizabeth I’s motto (“I see and keep silent”). Carry this message from me and tell my friends that I died a true woman to my religion, and like a true Scottish woman and a true French woman; but God forgive them that have long desired my end. -Mary Queen of Scots’ ...
Hampton (The Blessed Virgin Mary) Hampton Court was completed by Henry VIII., according to the design of the architect employed by Wolsey, and, being made one of the royal palaces, was a frequent and favourite residence of his majesty and the court. Edward VI. was born at the palace, and in 1543 Henry VIII. was married...
Stone working tools unearthed in Tuyên Quang Province recently. The tools date back some 20,000 years. Photo vass.gov.vn TUYÊN QUANG — Archaeologists from the Việt Nam Archaeology Institute and Tuyên Quang Provincial Museum have recently found traces of early humans dating back 20,000 years in the hilly forests of Chiê...
Educators examine and explain algorithm ethics July 17, 2020 / by Ryley McGinnis The rise of technology has meant the growth of decision-making algorithms that seem to make life easier. But behind the ease, these algorithms can hold biases that impact certain groups. Mason Engineering’s Huzefa Rangwala, a professor of ...
iogrind is a prototype I/O profiling tool, under development. It aims to give a fairly accurate picture of all the I/O your application would perform on a cold start: this can help to accelerate your application's cold start performance. It also has a nice file-system view. For all development related questions, contac...
In the 1850’s, three brothers John, Clem and Henry worked in their father’s wagon repair business in the east. They went out west to find their fortune in California’s gold rush. They failed at that but did see a demand in the mines for wheelbarrows. In 1868, the Studebaker Co. was organized and by 1875 was the largest...
If we could embed tiny "water" wheels into our veins and arteries, what is the maximum amount of power we could achieve? Assume that they will work and won't malfunction or clog our blood. Also, we can make them any size that we want and put them as close together as we want. How much power maximum can be generated per...
Extension is the process whereby the extension staff tries to motivate and empower the farmer. The farmer gets encouragement, help and ideas to solve problem(s). Extension deals with a range of problems relating to a primary source, for instance, agriculture, health or engineering. Rural development on the other hand t...
Since time immemorial human being has been fascinated with flying. They have always envied birds especially the high flying ones and felt like taking to skies like them. With passage of time, pioneers like Wright brothers made the world believe that everyone can fly in an aircraft developed by them. In time to come , t...
For much of history, scientific contributions made by women went uncredited. Women were often forced to publish their scientific findings under an alias, or their male colleagues took credit for their research and achievements. As time has progressed, many people have tried right these wrongs and give credit to the wom...
In my commentary for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, I called for us to move society out of the painful birth pangs of racism to deliver justice for all people. The readings from last week and this week highlight the many obstacles that we face as we try to create this just society. ‘Whoever has ears ought to he...
Singapore, 15 December 2015 - Smoking is widely known as a key cause of lung cancer but the majority of lung cancer cases and deaths among Asian women occur in non-smokers . The predominant histological subtype of lung cancer in these women is adenocarcinoma, the subtype least influenced by smoking . Lung cancer in non...
How to be an Antiracist “The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it — and then dismantle it,” writes professor Ibram X. Kendi. That is the essence of antiracism: the action that must follow both emotional and intellectual awareness of racism. Kendi sits down with journalist Jemele Hill to e...
A research team of the University of Granada has managed to produce the most useful material to date to eliminate pollutants such as benzene, toluene and xylene, organic solvents widely used in the hydrocarbon industry and generated by road traffic in cities. The world-wide problem of the exposure to aromatic hydrocarb...
Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Join Britannica's Publishing Partner Program and our community of experts to gain a global audience for your work! Carter Family, singing group that was a leading force in the spread and popularization of the songs of the Appalach...
Vaccine Delivery Technology : Methods and Protocols (1st ed. 2020) Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology series This volume discusses the vaccine development process and the role delivery concepts contribute to a global goal of effective health outcomes. The chapters in this book cover a wide range of topics such as...
One of the most important responsibilities city and county officials have is guiding the physical growth of their communities through local planning. Planning covers a broad range of activities including determining how land will be used, how to provide infrastructure and services to those uses, and what the built envi...
Humans today are bound by the millions of products zig zagging across the world every minute. On any given day, a consumer in the United States may pick up gardening tools manufactured in rural China, while someone in the Dominican Republic buys the building blocks of a bed from Sweden, while a person in Kenya puts on ...
A great deal of contemporary human activity takes place in increasingly complex organizations: businesses, governmental agencies, and non-profit organizations, to name but a few. By necessity, these organizations tend to formalize and standardize their internal activities to gain efficiencies, profits, or other key obj...
Globally, about one million people die each year from suicide, and one person commits suicide every 40 seconds. This was the tenth leading cause cause of death in America in 2017; currently, the country ranks 27th in the world with 15.3 suicides per 100,000 people. Mental illness is often a taboo subject that many peop...
Just in time for back-to-school: New distance learning resources are available on Wide Open School. Parents and teachers can use the videos as great conversation starters. Have kids do a warm-up discussion about each topic, predicting what their ideas are for good online safety habits, sharing, app use, privacy, and di...
This teaching kit is for senior high school students. The kit deals with the Youth Criminal Justice Act and contains eight lessons, lesson plans and related readings, case scenarios, suggested debating and essay topics, quizzes, a supplementary reading and film list and suggestions for speakers and other group activiti...
|Did you mean to convert||pint [US, liquid] pint [US, dry] How many pint [US, dry] in 1 cubic yard? The answer is 1388.558510834. We assume you are converting between pint [US, dry] and cubic yard. You can view more details on each measurement unit: pint [US, dry] or cubic yard The SI derived unit for volume is the cub...
Did you know that 70% of our oxygen comes from the oceans? Photosynthesis is a simple life sciences subject. At school, we learned green plants and trees use photosynthesis and that we can breathe oxygen thanks to rain forests. I had the chance to learn all of this information, though only partially correct, while in A...
A general surgeon is a specialist who performs many different kinds of operations, with a focus on those located in the chest and abdomen. General surgeons have specific knowledge about anatomy, surgical techniques, and wound care that allows them to excel at a wide variety of procedures. While a general surgeon can pe...
Quantity: 1 available POTTER, Jeffrey. Disaster by Oil: Oil Spills: Why They Happen, What They Do, How We Can End Them. New York : Macmillan, (1973). Pp 301. 8vo, green cloth. Written in the wake of the Torrey Canyon and the Santa Barbara disasters, marine engineer Potter considers the environmental and political costs...
What are some figures of speech in Thomas Gray's poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"? Thomas Gray's powerful and evocative poem, "Elegy in a Country Churchyard," employs a Neo-classical form while demonstrating poetic techniques of Romanticism. Gray's elegy is written in heroic quatrains of a lofty tone--a sta...
The revolutionary discovery that copper ore could be converted into metallic copper is the story of the Nechushtan Pavilion. From the smelting furnaces of the Chalcolithic period to the mining expeditions of the Egyptian pharaohs in Timna, near Eilat in the southern Negev, mining and metal-works in the ancient Middle E...
October 28, 2019 Most people are under the impression that Dopamine is the chemical released in our brain whilst we do something pleasurable. This is FALSE. Dopamine, is a chemical that is released in the anticipation of pleasure. The actually pleasurable experience is actually controlled mostly by the opioid network. ...
1. Is Multiple Sclerosis an Autoimmune Disease? Most experts consider multiple sclerosis (MS) to be an autoimmune disease, meaning the immune system is reacting to a normally occurring protein as if it were a foreign substance. Because it's still not known which protein, specifically, is being attacked in MS, some expe...
Gifted and Talented Program Goals and Objectives: The overall goals of the program are to further develop and strengthen the traits that are characteristics of the gifted and talented student learning – to develop greater insight into broad-based issues and problems through the use The program is designed for our gifte...
How to Celebrate National Beach Day During your Sportcation National Beach Day is celebrated every year on August 31 to keep the beach beautiful for many generations to come…but we celebrate it every day! Do you love the beach? You’d be surprised how many people visit without regard to their environmental impact. Natio...
If you are looking for a career in engineering the Level 3 Engineering Study Programme gives you a solid foundation on which to start Covering practical and theoretical concepts to begin a career as an engineer. This programme is a general engineering programme with a focus on mechanical, electrical and electronic engi...
A "virtual autopsy" of King Tutankhamun shows his parents were brother and sister, that he had a club foot, feminine hips and a large overbite. A new TV documentary Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered will provide further evidence that his parents were related. The research involved taking more than 2,000 computerised sca...
The battle of Stalingrad of the East is referred to as the battle of Kohima. The battle is fought in three parts. It started on 4 April to 22 June 1944 around the town of Kohima, capital of Nagaland. The Japanese army planned to overthrow British Raj by invading Imphal to disrupt the Allied Forces. The part of the plan...
by Ariff BONGSO n most in vitro fertilisation (IVF) centres, embryos are placed into a patientís uterus on the second or third day at the four- or eight-cell stages, respectively. Although high pregnancy rates can result with such day-2 or day-3 transfers, some studies show that the transfer of five-day-old embryos (bl...
Findings have applications in novel therapeutics for cancer and other diseases A new helper in the fight against cancer and other diseases of the gut may be genetically altered bacteria that release medicines to tumors or the gut. Now, a new study performed using mice demonstrates how doctors might one day better regul...
Charleston is the oldest and second-largest city in the state of South Carolina. By the 19th century, Charleston was home to the largest and wealthiest Jewish community in North America. Jews began to settle in Charleston in 1695, 25 years after the English founded Carolina. Governor John Archdale, in a descriptive rep...
Technology has become a crucial part of our everyday lives and predicting the future impact of new technology on our lives is exciting. The real question is how can new technologies help us conduct business better? At UNC Kenan-Flagler’s EPIC Global Leadership Forum, Stephen King introduced four emerging technologies d...
Download the Tutorial in PDF Format here. Or just review it online below!! Mitered squares are one technique that is part of modular knitting. In modular knitting squares, strips, triangles and other pieces are knit separately and then joined together to make garments, or household items. Mitered squares can be used to...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has instituted penalties for construction companies violating standards for silica in Pennsylvania and across the United States. As of January 2018, OSHA changed the fines that construction companies will have to pay if they violate the standards for crystalline silica ...
Special Issue "Environmental Influences on Dietary Intake of Children and Adolescents" Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019). Interests: childhood overweight; nutrition; physical activity; environmental influences Childhood is a crucial period for establishing lifelong healthy nutritional habit...
The only thing that seems to grow endlessly in the universe so far is the universe itself. And counterintuitively, it expands faster and faster. It could take longer than the Earth exists to reach the maximum, if it could at all. Otherwise everything follows the course of becoming and perishing. Everything comes into b...
You've probably known someone who consumed insane amounts of celery because digesting it required more calories than the food contained. However, the idea of "negative calorie foods" is nothing more than a myth, according to a new study published in a pre-print publication, bioRxiv. In case you're not familiar with the...
Arnold: The Watch that Conquered London In 1836, it was hard to get a straight answer to the question “What time is it?” The Royal Observatory at Greenwich knew what time it was, down to the second, but it had few methods for sharing that information with the public. Enter John Henry Belville, an astronomer and meteoro...
Bowel Incontinence Symptoms Bowel incontinence (doctors may refer to this as “Fecal Incontinence” or “FI”) happens when someone loses control of the passage of solid stool (waste matter). It can range from the loss of an entire solid bowel movement to the loss of a small amount of liquid waste or gas. Any of the follow...
- Follow Inca trails to secluded stone villages, and see how the empire’s traditions and infrastructure live on in local communities. - Visit National Geographic Grantee Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez’s textile center to meet Andean weavers, and try your hand at the loom. - Travel into the cloud forests of Manú National Park...
More than a dozen research groups worldwide have started analysing wastewater for the new coronavirus as a way to estimate the total number of infections in a community, given that most people will not be tested. The method could also be used to detect the coronavirus if it returns to communities, say scientists. So fa...
Since its emergence in 1976, Ebola has been largely viewed as a remote threat, a sporadic problem of the developing world. There are fewer than half a dozen facilities in the United States equipped to safely study the virulent pathogen—and we are one of the disease’s most active investigators. In 2014, the disease rece...
String instruments produce sound from vibrating strings, this will occur when the strings are bowed or plucked. The vibrations produced cause vibrations in the body and the air inside as well to make a sound. Strings instruments include the Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass and Silent Strings. This instrument is also k...
While there are still some people out there who deny climate change, the majority of us can agree that it is a very real issue that we’re all responsible for tackling. One of the key ways in which we can make a difference to the future of the planet is by using less energy in our homes. As well as being good for the en...
Hobo Spider Facts - Firstly, the impressive Hobo Spider is a member of the remarkable genus known as funnel web spiders. This term, quite naturally, derives from the specific nature of its usual constructions. - That occurs due to the fact that it typically builds funnel-shaped structures of silk to trap its prey. The ...
Facts About Insects and Bugs Did you know that there are many more kinds of insects on earth than any other kind of living creature? It's hard to imagine, but 95% of all the animal species on the earth are insects! Millions of insects can exist in a single acre of land! Over one million species have been discovered by ...
When should you use "affect" vs. "effect"? Most of the time "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun, but there are exceptions. We have an example, a memory trick, and a cartoon to help you remember when to use "affect" or "effect." I get asked whether to use affect or effect all the time, and it is by far the most re...
In the autumn, the land is digested after the abolition of the previous crop and 40-50 t / ha of manure, 300 kg / ha (0,3 kg / 10 m²) and 150 kg / ha of potash are administered. It is deeply embedded in the soil at 30 cm, with the dumbbell or thruster. Eggplants have high claims to heat. The minimum seed germination te...
Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) - In an effort to simplify the school choice process and increase participation, cities across the country are adopting unified enrollment systems that allow families to fill out one application to apply to multiple public schools within the city. - Denver, CO and New Orle...
By Dr. Royal Lee Summary: One of the truly perplexing assumptions of conventional nutrition is that industrially refining and processing a food has minimal effect on the food’s nutritional value. Look through the history of scientific studies on diet and health, and rarely will you find a distinction made between paste...
A functional and purpose-built floor is key to a safe and hygienic production environment in food and beverage facilities. Floors that are hygienic, non-slip, easy to clean, and durable provide a safe and attractive place to work. Choosing and installing the right floor are critical to every work environment. This arti...
Environment, Technology & Settlement Middle Archaic in the SouthEast Eastern Woodlands Middle Archaic: • Dates: ca. 8000-5000 B.P. • Corresponds with the Hypsithermal Warming Event. • Regional cultural diversity became apparent during this period of global warming • Extensive use of broad-spectrum food sources • Ground...
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States of America and was the youngest president ever elected. Kennedy’s youth, energy, and passion for improving America’s racial tensions helped to invigorate politics for a new generation. John F. Kennedy was born on May 29th, 1917 in Massachusetts and graduated f...
There are a lot of similarities between ceramic tiles and the various natural stone materials that are available. They are both hard-surface flooring options that are highly durable and water-resistant and can last for many years in numerous environments. The key difference is in the melted glass glaze that can be appl...
The fruit fly (often called a gnat) is one of the most common, and one of the smallest flies found in the home. It is often brought into the home on fresh fruits and vegetables and sticks around because it finds plenty of food. If you can get close enough, you can easily identify this tiny fly by its: - Red eyes - 1/10...
This museum contains two museumships: The American submarine USS Razorback (SS-394) served in World War II, sinking Japanese vessels and rescuing American pilots who had been shot down. She was one of only 12 submarines selected to be present in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese surrender was signed. After the war, she rerma...
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows how money was spent on different forms of entertainment over a five year period. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words. You should spend about ...
For this purpose a common channel for high-bandwidth data transmission is used, which transmits data from UAV sensors (e.g. HD video or SAR feeds) and flight control information to the UAV. Frequency hopping and programmable frequency change techniques make harder for the ennemy to jam data tranmission between the UAV ...
Is your city too full? Are you struggling to squeeze on the bus every morning or wasting precious hours snarled up in traffic? Your senses could be deceiving you, according to some new data. Despite giving the impression that they’re filled to bursting point with human traffic, several cities actually have an enormous ...
2020 COVID-19 Webinar Series: WHDEF has assembled a group of experts to provide context on COVID-19 as well as an introduction to the new teaching module. These free seminars run from May 6 to May 27, 2020. Learn More » In partnership with the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS), the World History Digital Educat...
Are you a musician? By Kevin Martin, Steel drum musician Young Audiences artists and teacher partners have written case studies documenting their work in schools and their exploration of one essential question. Each study provides a snapshot of how the artist or teacher works with students to integrate the arts into th...
A study published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Cell confirms what was already obvious: SARS-CoV-2 can propagate through the nose, and if you want the mask to be effective, you should wear it on your nose. Your nose is a superspreader It’s a sight we’ve all grown accustomed to: people wearing their mask “hal...
Despite what some parents may think gap years do not leave a giant gap in young people’s lives. Far from leaving a hole of wasted time, potential and opportunity, gap years often fill in the gaps young people need to be smooth, well-rounded adults. While pulling beers in London, mustering cattle in the outback or build...
All in all rhymes are a bridge between the generations, a legacy that we carry from the past and pass on to our children. In this set of three books we have collected 34 rhymes and put them in three categories; Counting Rhymes, Rhymes about jobs and occupations and Silly Rhymes. The traditional rhymes reflect the custo...
UC research could help farmers face droughts worldwide Sorghum is not only a potential drought-tolerant crop for the San Joaquin Valley, it also presents the opportunity for scientists to understand the mechanism behind drought tolerance at the genetic level, said UCCE sorghum specialist Jeff Dahlberg in a segment on A...
Newsmakers arrange a press conference to announce news to groups of reporters. The meetings vary in size, setting, and subject. Some detail plans and decisions. Others promise surprise revelations. A common feature distinguishes all press conferences: the opportunity for reporters to question a newsmaker. The most fami...
Asimov, I. (1969). Words from myths. New York: The New American Library. Ayers, D. M., & Cherry, R. L. (1982). English words from Latin and Greek elements.Tucson: University of Arizona Press. Baerwald, T. J., & Fraser, C. (1998). World Geography. New York: Prentice Hall, 51. Barry, D. (2000, November 12). Customer serv...
|Office:||Proprietary Governor of Maryland| William Joseph was the 11th Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1688 to 1689. He was appointed by the colony's proprietor Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore. Joseph attempted to maintain control of the colony in the proprietor's name, but religious turmoil related to the ...
Did you know that for each month off from school is an equivalent to losing two months of grade level equivalency in both math and reading? The average summer learning loss in math and reading amounts to one month per year! Yes it is important for school to STOP for summer. Summer is a wonderful opportunity to reconnec...
Creation – Time A second look at the “Big Bang” diagram, this time focusing on what’s happening with time. Since there is a staggering amount of time involved, serious questions come up: Where did all this time come from and how fast does it go? Take a look at the image of the Big Flash above. When in time did this eve...
Jesus And The Story Of The Water That Was Turned Into Wine "Take these things away." | FEW DAYS after Jesus met his followers or disciples at the river Jordan, he came with these men to a town in Galilee called Cana, to be present at a wedding. In those lands a feast was always held at a wedding, and often the friends ...
The coronavirus crisis has introduced a lot of new words into daily vocabulary — words such as pandemic and asymptomatic and acronyms like PPE. All can be found in the dictionary or on websites for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the American Red Cr...
Zulu ‘claw’ necklace Material: Glass beads, horn, and fibre Width: 16 cm Because leopards were regarded as symbols of power and regal authority, necklaces made from their claws were reserved for use by kings and chiefs. Horn and bone facsimiles of these prestige items were also worn by other important individuals. In t...
By focusing its efforts on natural farming methods such as permaculture, agroecology and agroforestry, The Ivory Foundation contributes to the fight against undernutrition particularly among vulnerable communities, mostly in Africa. It supports innovative approaches to promote sustainable agriculture that can produce l...
Oh be careful little mouth what you say! This childhood Sunday school song is a reminder that each of us should choose our words carefully, and only say things we are okay with being overheard or repeated. There are several situations in which our words can do damage: - You say something that is overheard by someone yo...
There are a lot of things that we want to learn and it is important that we are able to get the proper education needed in it so that we can perform much better. In our times today, we are now able to use the internet in order to get an access to different kinds of information and we should know that there are also cou...
The DICT Development Group 3 definitions found for analogue computer From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 : analog computer \analog computer\ analogue computer \analogue a computer that represents information by continuously variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages). [WordNet 1.5 +P...
Diseases You Can Suffer From If You Are Obese. Find Out! Obesity is a grave issue and it is affecting adults as well as children. Thanks to all the unhealthy lifestyle we lead these days! Now you may ask how do you know that you are obese? You are called obese when you weight at least 20% more than what is called the r...
Dental Sealants For Decay Prevention You may have heard about Oakland dental sealants but are not sure what they are and their benefits. Children and teenagers teeth benefit most from sealants, or adults who have teeth without fillings or decay. Sealants are put over the back teeth, the molars and premolars, in order t...
Love 2 Learn’s main aim for their students, is that they will develop a love of literacy and learning, and commence school with confidence. They use a combination of resources, including the Australian Literacy Program, Little Learners Love Literacy, and also a combination of their own resources. It is a multi-sensory ...
By Douglas Reed From The Controversy of Zion The Persian king was the first of a long line of Gentile oracles worked by the ruling sect, which through him demonstrated that it had found the secret of infesting, first, and then directing the actions of foreign governments. By the present century this mastery of governme...
Nationwide map.jpg|300px|left]] |+| Westarctica]]''' is an area of desolate land in Western Antarctica south of 60° latitude and between 90° and 150° west longitude, an area that was unclaimed until [[ Grand Duke Travis|Travis McHenry]] claimed it by filing a [[Claimant Letter|claimant letter]] with nine world governme...
|The quoted "wolf %" on paper is NOT a reliable indicator of the amount of wolf in the animal, for a number of reasons. Here is the "marbles" explanation of how "wolf percent" works. Say you have two animals: dad is a pure wolf, mom is a pure dog. On paper, their puppies are 50% wolf, 50% dog. How it works in reality: ...
Schoolyard fights used to be viewed as an inevitable part of growing up, especially for boys. But escalating violence in schools--including many incidents involving weapons--has made conflict resolution among young people a serious issue across the country. All people experience feelings of anger and hostility, but as ...
There is no reason to believe that the piety of Louis IX was not deep and sincere; indeed a confessor revealed that at one point in his life Louis considered abdication in favour of joining a monastery. This being said, historians such as Jean Richard and Margaret Labarge have raised questions whether the institutional...
- staisilLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer The Contras were the armed opponents of Nicaragua's Sandinista government following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle and the ending of the Somoza family's 43-year rule. The label was commonly used by the US press to cover a range of groups with little in the wa...
WhatsApp has always prioritized making your data and communication as secure as possible. And today, we're proud to announce that we've completed a technological development that makes WhatsApp a leader in protecting your private communication: full end-to-end encryption. From now on when you and your contacts use the ...
Recently I purchased a VT02 Visual IR Thermometer for use on grapes and grapevines. This instrument has been used in various studies, mainly those addressing irrigation scheduling, stomatal conductance, and other water-related issues. I have used a similar instrument previously in Oklahoma and blogged about it here: ok...
The Google Map shows (with red pins) some of the more notable places in which Kurds lived during the short-lived “Red Kurdistan” of 1923-1929 and, of course, both long before and after. The Kurds of this area, approximating to the Lachin corridor and its extensions north and south, were notable for being Shiites (rathe...
Animation in the Middle East: Practice and Aesthetics from Baghdad to Casablanca The internationally acclaimed films Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir only hinted at the vibrant animation culture that exists within the Middle East and North Africa. In spite of censorship, oppression and war, animation studios have thriv...
The Health Policy Response The UK was always a prime candidate to have one of the highest death tolls in Europe in any global pandemic, due to the following: *The UK’s population of 66m is the 2nd highest in Europe – only Germany is higher at 83m. It has a population density 17% higher than Germany, 36% higher than Ita...