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| | The Future of English
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In The Future of English, leading language expert David Crystal explores the global proliferation of the English language and the key issues affecting its future. After linking the global dominance of English to the expansion of British and American economic and political power, Professor Crystal explores five topics, including the threat of globalized English and the recent emergence of "new Englishes." Enter.
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| | Nonviolent Power in Action—E-Seminar 1, Gandhi: Discovering the Power of Nonviolence
| | Dennis Dalton |
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Gandhi: Discovering the Power of Nonviolence is the opening e-seminar in a series of classes based on Dennis Dalton's extremely popular and chronically oversubscribed course on the nature and power of the Gandhian political philosophy and practice of nonviolence, which Dalton has taught since the late 1960s. Enter.
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| | Nonviolent Power in Action—E-Seminar 2, Martin Luther King Jr.: An American Gandhi
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In his second e-seminar, Professor Dalton examines the practice and theory of the man who has been called "an American Gandhi," Martin Luther King Jr. In this e-seminar, Professor Dalton grounds Martin Luther King Jr. in the historical backdrop of Montgomery, and discusses King's very explicit principles and tactics of nonviolence. Enter.
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| | Nonviolent Power in Action—E-Seminar 3, Gandhi's Disciples
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Gandhi's Disciples is the third e-seminar in a series based on Dennis Dalton's extremely popular and chronically oversubscribed course on the nature and power of the Gandhian political philosophy and practice of nonviolence, which Dalton has taught since the late 1960s. Enter.
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| | Medical Ecology: Environmental Disturbance and Disease—E-Seminar 1, The Normal Environment: How Things Got This Way
| | Dickson Despommier |
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In an age characterized by a rapidly changing environment, in which emerging and re-emerging diseases continue to confront us, how can we predict the next major threats to human health? Are we, in fact, aiding the spread of disease by destroying the barriers that keep us from it? In the first of eight e-seminars on medical ecology, professor of public health and microbiology Dickson Despommier explains the interconnectedness of life on earth by exploring the evolution of life itself, and the cycles of nutrients that link us to all the other life on the planet. Enter.
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| | Medical Ecology: Environmental Disturbance and Disease—E-Seminar 2, The Normal Environment: The Way Things Are Now
| | Dickson Despommier |
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In this second e-seminar of an eight part series, The Normal Environment: The Way Things Are Now, Professor Despommier describes the producer-consumer interactions that drive ecosystems, the types and characteristics of ecoregions of the world, and the often undervalued "free" services (to which he attempts to assign a value) that ecosystems provide for us. Enter.
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| | Medical Ecology: Environmental Disturbance and Disease—E-Seminar 3, Atmosphere: Stratospheric Problems
| | Dickson Despommier |
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In this third e-seminar of the series Medical Ecology, Professor Despommier probes into one of Earth's great zones—the upper atmosphere. As he describes the basic constituents of the atmosphere and the ecosystem services it provides, Professor Despommier also explores how industry is destroying the atmospheric system, exposing humans and animals on Earth below to severe health threats. Enter.
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| | Medical Ecology: Environmental Disturbance and Disease—E-Seminar 4, Atmosphere: Problems at Ground Level
| | Dickson Despommier |
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In Atmosphere: Problems at Ground Level, the fourth of eight e-seminars, Despommier investigates the atmosphere at Earth's surface and the consequences of polluting the air around us. From acid deposition to industrial emissions, polluted air threatens the health of humans and ecosystems alike. Despommier elucidates this concept using text, reading materials, data, and state-of-the-art animation and imagery. Enter.
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| | Medical Ecology: Environmental Disturbance and Disease—E-Seminar 5, Water: It's Not Just H2O
| | Dickson Despommier |
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In Water: It's Not Just H2O, the fifth e-seminar in the series Medical Ecology: Environmental Disturbance and Disease, Professor Despommier delves into another of Earth's great zones—water. He examines closely the hydrological cycle and the ecosystem services it provides, the world's dwindling sources of freshwater, and the effects of water pollution. Enter.
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| | Medical Ecology: Environmental Disturbance and Disease—E-Seminar 6, Waterborne Infections
| | Dickson Despommier |
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In Waterborne Infections, the sixth e-seminar in the series Medical Ecology: Environmental Disturbance and Disease, Professor Dickson Despommier examines both the pathogens that cause waterborne disease and the role that water plays in their transmission and proliferation. Enter.
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