BBC News with Marion Marshall. The British government has condemned the announcement of plans by the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to call a second referendum on independence from the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister Theresa May described

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在上一讲中我们跟您谈了生产和经济活动中的效率,也就是efficiency,包括: 1 productive efficiency 生产效率 2 allocative efficiency 配置效率 3 dynamic efficiency 动态

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by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Further, I

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EXPLORATIONS - November 20, 2002: Harley-Davidson at 100 By Paul Thompson ((Sounds of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle)) VOICE ONE: Many people around the world know exactly what that sound is. This is Ma

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EXPLORATIONS - September 18, 2002: National Cryptologic Museum By Paul Thompson German Nazi, American and Japanese coding machines. (Photo - Ed Bunyan) VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: An

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A new study suggests that extreme malnutrition early in pregnancy may put a child at risk for Alzheimer's Disease decades later. The study begins not in the laboratory, but in the Netherlands during World War II. At the end of 1944, Nazi occupation f

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 December 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross says the humanitarian situation in Somalia continues to worsen. It says a year of relentless conflict and several natural disasters have taken a heavy toll on the po

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Displaced in CAR Struggle to Get Enough Food 中非共和国的无家可归者努力获得充足的食物 BUOAR, C.A.R. Bouar lies about 450 kilometers west of the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui. The town has become a refuge for thousands

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 February 2008 The United Nations and aid agencies are calling for the re-opening of the humanitarian corridor between Cameroon and Chad to allow vital help to reach hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees and internally d

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Topic 1-160,000 restaurants closed within half a year in first-tier cities Food and drinks are basic needs of a human being. In a country with a population of 1.3 billion, China's catering industry should have a huge market. However, data shows that

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Females travel in family groups, sometimes leading their young on yearly wanderings of up to 20,000 miles. Each day, they gather to reaffirm their bonds. They seem to crave physical contact. Finally, the mothers disperse to feed in shifts. They leave

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Then the brilliant masses take to the wing, heading to a place they've never been. Their only map, imprinted on their genes. A mysterious interplay of sun on eyes and antennae, an uncanny sense of magnetic north guides the way. It will take five mont

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Only the fit and the lucky will inherit the relay race of their lives. It is a race that is increasingly endangered like many of the world's great migrations. Climate change disrupts weather patterns and exploding human populations encroach on their

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What on earth could drive this headlong rush to slaughter? Only earth herself with her insistent clocks. This story begins in the Great Rift Valley, where the continent is tearing itself apart and being reborn. The plains in the shadow of the rift, t

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It takes four days for the larva to emerge. It gorges on its own egg case, before turning to tender milkweed. It must grow fat, build up its reserves for the long migration ahead. After two weeks of manic feasting, its body mass now 2,000 times what

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Soon there may be violence as males joust to win female affections. But for now, everyone enjoys a touching reunion. The calf, out of his depth among these goliaths, returns to the mentoring eye of his mother. He may not leave her for another 10 year

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Finally, they can rest. For another five months, they will cling to this winter refuge, entering a sort of waking trance of energy conservation. Until the longer days of spring awaken them again to mate and pass along to the young--their migratory im

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It's a grim end to a short life, but many of the surviving calves will face a more terrifying death. In the Mara River, another migration is culminating. Crocodiles have memorized when and where the wildebeests will try to cross. They have gathered i

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By Nico Colombant Nzerekore, Guinea 05 February 2008 Health and aid workers in the west African country, Guinea, say they face many challenges to help victims of HIV / AIDS, mostly because of a lack of funding and inadequate information campaigns. Ni

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United Nations aid agencies report they are making progress in getting crucial relief to hundreds of thousands of survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake. The agencies say they are increasing efforts to try to reach people in areas outside the ca

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