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Culture's role in environmental change
2013-07-15 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A huge body of science has built up over the last 50 years to prove that climate change is anthropogenic: human-made. The balance of nature is being significantly affected by the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) humans and their industry have pumped into the atmosphere, and we have simultaneously chopped down the planet's capacity to absorb the excess CO2. We've also exploited to peak points, without properly paying for, the earth's natural but finite resources. The increase in global temperatures...
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'Robust' pasta filata cheese cultures support downgrade-reduction efforts - Chr. Hansen
2013-05-28 20:57:53| Chemicals - Topix.net
Chr. Hansen's new DVS STI cultures are designed for pasta filata cheeses, which are an essential ingredient in prepared meals such as pizzas.
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'Robust' pasta filata cheese cultures support downgrade-reduction efforts - Chr. Hansen
2013-05-28 20:55:00| Food - Topix.net
Chr. Hansen's new DVS STI cultures are designed for pasta filata cheeses, which are an essential ingredient in prepared meals such as pizzas.
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04.18: Powell's City College: People of the River: Ethnohistory of the Native Cultures of the Lower Columbia
2013-03-15 18:36:48| Powells Books Events Calendar
Powell's is proud to offer a second semester of Powell's City College, a series of classes on the arts and culture of Portland taught by members of the community with expertise in a particular field. All classes are limited to 10 students. Classes will be held at Powell's City of Books. Browse all upcoming Powell's City College courses here. Or call Powell's at 503-228-4651 for information and registration. People of the River: Ethnohistory of the Native Cultures of the Lower Columbia Lewis and Clark reported the Native Americans to be "as numerous on the Columbia River as the whites in any part of the United States." The people the explorers encountered thrived in the rich environment along the river and had important traditions involving art, architecture, and folklore. Narratives and accounts from the ethnographic literature will bring into focus a picture of these people and their rich, complex societies. Tuition: $195. Instructor: Melissa Darby, archaeologist, historian, and principal investigator, Lower Columbia Research & Archaeology. Thursdays, April 18 - May 9, 1 - 3pm Register for this class.
Worthington leaders, visiting Russian counterparts compare cultures
2013-02-27 21:26:26| Steel - Topix.net
When officials from Volgograd Oblast, Russia, sat down to discuss city government in Worthington last week, the issues transcended the differences in geography and language.
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