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Katherine G

Before and After the Taliban - Woman Point of View - 0 views

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    Wahida tells us how she had to educate herself and the town with only so little knowledge.
Victoria B

Kivu/Virunga - Pygmy Kleinood(what are their cultures) - 0 views

  • During the formation of National Parks such as Virunga Park and Kahuzi Biega (where the mountain gorillas live), the Pygmies were removed from their ancestor’s land by force. The protection of gorillas is important and something that has to be done
    • Victoria B
       
      great info must use!
  • Environmental organisations all over the world are starting to carefully take initiatives to integrate the Batwa Pygmies in nature conservation programmes. After all, the Pygmies have a thorough knowledge of their own natural habitat...... Kleinood is now assisting the Gorilla Park management with complementary knowledge of the Pygmy way of live in order to avoid project failures. The Batwa Pygmies are now trying to survive in the savannah areas, without benefice of the forest products: a much marginalized existence. The cruel civil war in Congo has extremely traumatised the Pygmies and a lot of them are displaced and have become refugees. We find seriously ill Pygmies on a daily basis. They cannot afford any medical care. Kleinood takes them to local dispensaries and pays for their treatment. Agriculture Together with Stichting Vluchteling, Kleinood is developing agricultural and urgent food projects to fight starvation. At the same time we are encouraging the Pygmies to create their own food production. The Pygmy refugee camps are situated on porous, infertile lava land areas. To solve this problem we supplied 50 tons (!) of fertile and humus soil to create fields (shambas).
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    Why they are not living in the rainforest
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    Good website
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    need to use this for one of my questions to send to(what are their cultures?)
Katie Day

Food Security: More than one billion go hungry | Sympatico.ca News | Nov 18, 2009 - 0 views

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    Interactive graphic on hunger in the world -- as 60 heads of state attend the United Nations World Summit on Food Security in Rome.
Katie Day

Students & Teachers | WFP | United Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hunger World... - 0 views

  • Teachers and students are especially important to WFP because the more people learn about hunger, the more likely it is that the problem will be solved.
Katie Day

The caves of Lascaux : La grotte de Lascaux - 0 views

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    Interactive visual tour of the ancient cave paintings in France
Katie Day

Tree of Life Web Project - 0 views

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    The Tree of Life Web Project is a collection of information about biodiversity compiled collaboratively by hundreds of expert and amateur contributors. Its goal is to contain a page with pictures, text, and other information for every species and for each
Katie Day

Virtual trenches immerse students in First World War poetry : JISC - 0 views

  • The First World War Poetry Digital Archive and the Learning Technologies Group at Oxford University have collaborated on an exciting new project in the 3D virtual world Second Life to simulate areas of the Western Front 1914-18. The team believes this is the first time anything of its type has been done on Second Life. This project, which is funded by JISC, has arranged a range of digitised archival materials like poetry manuscripts, letters and diaries from the major poets of the First World War including Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg and Vera Brittain, along with contextual primary source materials. These materials have been supplemented with new interpretative content and a spectrum of interactive tools and tutorials, streaming video and audio effects.
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    The First World War Poetry Digital Archive and the Learning Technologies Group at Oxford University have collaborated on an exciting new project in the 3D virtual world Second Life to simulate areas of the Western Front 1914-18. The team believes this is the first time anything of its type has been done on Second Life.
Katie Day

Crayon Physics Deluxe - 0 views

  • Each stage in Crayon Physics Deluxe features at least two objects: a ball and one or more stars. Your goal is to move the ball to collect the stars and finish the stage. It's that simple. Using the left mouse button you can draw using crayon-style lines. Click, drag, and when you release, the shape you made comes alive and is given mass. You can draw wild shapes, plain shapes, lines, hearts, stars, bacon, monkeys, and everything in-between, it all interacts using realistic physics. You can even build rudimentary machines that are powered by gravity, attach shapes using hinges, and give the ball a little boost by clicking on it. Don't let typical gaming conventions limit yourself, as creativity is the key to enjoying Crayon Physics Deluxe.
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    Interactive, drawing game -- create objects that will move a ball across a screen... Read more: Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games
Katie Day

Teacher notes: Gravitex 2 - 0 views

  • The concept is simple. You play a shining, heroic yellow ball who launches through space and collects the various coins peppered throughout the game's 100 levels. To do this, you'll need to use the [Left] and [Right] arrow keys to set your angle, and press [Up] or [Down] to adjust your force, all of which can be seen in the panel at the bottom of the screen. (Alternately, if the [arrow] keys aren't your thing, you can type in these numbers manually in their respective boxes, or drag the gauges with your mouse.) Once you're satisfied, it's time to hit the [Space] bar to fly towards the goal point in each stage. Of course, nobody ever said gravity was easy to deal with. The bigger the object, the stronger the pull it'll have, and the more force you'll need to be able to break free, rather than smashing into it, thus putting an early end to your lucrative career in space coin scavenging. You'll encounter a number of obstacles, such as red planets that repel you and blue planets that will draw you in.
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    Interactive game reproducing gravity and forces in space... Read more: Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games
Antara V

War in Afghanistan (2001-present) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • The War in Afghanistan is an ongoing coalition conflict which began on October 7, 2001, as the US military's Operation Enduring Freedom that was launched, with help from the British military, in response to the September 11 attacks. The UK has, since 2002, led its own military operation, Operation Herrick, as part of the same war in Afghanistan. The stated aim of the invasion was to find Osama bin Laden and other high-ranking Al-Qaeda members and put them on trial, to destroy the whole organization of Al-Qaeda, and to remove the Taliban regime which supported and gave safe harbor to Al-Qaeda. The United States' Bush Doctrine stated that, as policy, it would not distinguish between terrorist organizations and nations or governments that harbor them.
Katie Day

Ancient Egypt through Google Earth - 0 views

  • Google Earth is a powerful software tool that enables you to look at the world top-down, using satellite images. Though not "in real time", it’s a great tool for anyone interested in Archeology/ Ancient History.  Especially for those interested in Ancient Egyptian History. Since the ancient Egyptians built in stone, a lot of their monuments are still visible, still stand. (As compared to for example ancient Sumerian, Mesopotamian architecture that has often disappeared, since the ancient Sumerian didn’t use stone)
Katie Day

Ancient Civilizations -- interactive exhibit from the British Museum - 0 views

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    Themes = Cities, Religion, Buildings, Writing, Trade, and Technology
Audrey C

http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entries/does_the_un_effectively_fulfill_its_mission - 0 views

  • Yes, if only people would be really and truly aware of what the UN's achievements are, some of the reactions of this blog would be completely different. Just read the annex of the report below where some of the results of the UN and its different agencies are clearly shown and then you will realize that given the very little money we give them, they are doing a whole lot.
  • Yes, if only people would be really and truly aware of what the UN's achievements are, some of the reactions of this blog would be completely different. Just read the annex of the report below where some of the results of the UN and its different agencies are clearly shown and then you will realize that given the very little money we give them, they are doing a whole lot.
  • Yes, if only people would be really and truly aware of what the UN's achievements are, some of the reactions of this blog would be completely different. Just read the annex of the report below where some of the results of the UN and its different agencies are clearly shown and then you will realize that given the very little money we give them, they are doing a whole lot.
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    Opinions on the UN.
Thomas C

Lapland War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • he Lapland War (Finnish: Lapin sota) were the hostilities between Finland and Nazi Germany between September 1944 and April 1945, fought in Finland's northernmost Lapland Province. While the Finns saw this as a separate conflict much like the Continuation War, German forces considered their actions to be part of the Second World War. A peculiarity of the war was that the Finnish army was forced to demobilise their forces while at the same time fighting to force the German army to leave Finland. The German forces retreated to Norway, and Finland managed to uphold its promise to the Soviet Union.
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    A separate war to world war ii?
Zoe P

Evacuation During World War Two - 0 views

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    This website tells you all about war
Morgan V

World War I - MSN Encarta - 0 views

  • World War I was the first total war. Once the war began, the countries involved mobilized their entire populations and economic resources to achieve victory on the battlefield.
Thomas C

World War II - MSN Encarta - 0 views

  • he first bomb was exploded in a test at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. See also Manhattan Project. Two more bombs had been built, and the possibility arose of using them to convince the Japanese to surrender. President Harry S. Truman decided to allow the bombs to be dropped. For maximum psychological impact, they were used in quick succession, one over Hiroshima on August 6, the other over Nagasaki on August 9. These cities had not previously been bombed, and thus the bombs’ damage could be accurately assessed. U.S. estimates put the number killed or missing as a result of the bomb in Hiroshima at 60,000 to 70,000 and in Nagasaki at 40,000.
    • Woo Hyun C
       
      there were 3 bombs made altogether to make Japan surrender
  • Although the human cost of the war was tremendous, casualty figures cannot always be obtained and often vary widely. Most experts estimate the military and civilian losses of Allied forces at 44 million and those of the Axis at 11 million. The total number of civilian losses includes the 5.6 million to 5.9 million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust. Of all the nations that participated in World War II, the human cost of the war fell heaviest on the USSR, for which the official total, military and civilian, is given as more than 20 million killed. The United States, which had no significant civilian losses, sustained more than 400,000 deaths.
    • Woo Hyun C
       
      so much money was used in World War II. The US spent about 341 billion dollars!
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  • The United States spent the most money on the war, an estimated $341 billion, including $50 billion for lend-lease supplies, of which $31 billion went to Britain, $11 billion to the Soviet Union, $5 billion to China, and $3 billion to 35 other countries. Germany was next, with $272 billion; followed by the Soviet Union, $192 billion; and then Britain, $120 billion; Italy, $94 billion; and Japan, $56 billion. Except for the United States, however, and some of the less militarily active Allies, the money spent does not come close to being the war’s true cost. The Soviet government has calculated that the USSR lost 30 percent of its national wealth, while Nazi exactions and looting were of incalculable amounts in the occupied countries. The full cost to Japan has been estimated at $562 billion.
  • World War II's basic statistics qualify it as by far the most costly war in history in terms of human casualties and material resources expended.
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    he first bomb was exploded in a test at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. See also Manhattan Project. Two more bombs had been built, and the possibility arose of using them to convince the Japanese to surrender. President Harry S. Truman decided to allow the bombs to be dropped. For maximum psychological impact, they were used in quick succession, one over Hiroshima on August 6, the other over Nagasaki on August 9. These cities had not previously been bombed, and thus the bombs' damage could be accurately assessed. U.S. estimates put the number killed or missing as a result of the bomb in Hiroshima at 60,000 to 70,000 and in Nagasaki at 40,000.
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    Hi people
Marius S

World War II- MSN Encarta - 0 views

  • As a prelude to the postponed cross-channel attack, the British and Americans decided at Casablanca to open a strategic air (bombing) offensive against Germany. In this instance they agreed on timing but not on method. The British, as a result of discouraging experience with daylight bombing early in the war, had built their heavy bombers, the Lancasters and Halifaxes, for night bombing, which meant area bombing.
Avinash X

World War II - MSN Encarta - 0 views

  • One of the victors’ stated aims in World War I had been “to make the world safe for democracy,”
  • As dismantlers of the world status quo, the Japanese military were well ahead of Hitler. They used a minor clash with Chinese troops near Mukden in 1931 as a pretext for taking over all of Manchuria, where they proclaimed the puppet state of Manchukuo in 1932. In 1937-1938 they occupied the main Chinese ports.
    • Avinash X
       
      many people died because of the war
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