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Rissa De La Paz
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History & The Arts
Darwin explores the Sierra de la Ventana
...de la Ventana...In 1832, Charles Darwin explored South America. He recorded his experiences in The Voyage of The Beagle, from which this is an extract. I hired a Gaucho to accompany me on my ride to Buenos Ayres, though with some difficulty, as the father of one man was afraid to let him go, and another, who seemed willing, was described to me as so fearful, that I was...
History & The Arts
Darwin crosses the Sierra de la Ventana
...de la Ventana - but finds the vista less than thrilling...In 1832, Charles Darwin explored South America. He recorded his experiences in The Voyage of The Beagle, from which this is an extract. The dew, which in the early part of the night wetted the saddle-cloths under which we slept, was in the morning frozen. The plain, though appearing horizontal, had insensibly...
Nature & Environment
Environment: LA River
...LA River A short introduction to this album. Who Killed the LA River? The worst floods in the history of Los Angeles. How the river was contained and its flood plain became part of the city. Rediscovering the LA River The forgotten part of Los Angeles. A journey through the unused public land that lines the river today. LA: Chinatown Yard Claiming the last vast space in...
Money & Business
Exploring evidence-based policing
...based policing, examines the basic elements of evidence-based policing and gives insight into how more evidence-based approaches can inform better policing practice...This course, Exploring evidence-based policing, examines the basic elements of evidence-based policing and gives insight into how more evidence-based approaches can inform better ......
Education & Development
Equity-based research design
...based research and the advantages it provides...‘Equity based design thinking advocates that those at the margins should hold the most power in the design process. Ceding power doesn’t necessarily exclude anyone who isn’t directly impacted by the problem but calls for aid to radically rethink ‘expert’ roles, recognise the ‘process as product,’ ceding power...
Science, Maths & Technology
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
...based view, aims to provide you with an overview and introduction to a range of related concepts, ideas and debates which enable you to develop a critical understanding of capabilities in relation to technological innovation. It will enable you to develop a critical understanding of the development, management and application of some of the most important capabilities for...