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The looming global water crisis
No full textOf the earth's total water supply, scientists estimate that a mere 2% is freshwater suitable for human use, and of that amount, less than 1% is directly accessible through lakes, rivers, reservoirs and underground sources. As global water consumption continues to grow at a rate nearly double that of population growth, it is little wonder that many experts have speculated that the international conflicts of the future will be fought over water. Meanwhile, the U.N. predicts that 20% of the world's population lacks access to clean drinking water, and that by the year 2025 up to two-thirds of mankind could face water scarcities. With alarms sounding about the increasing scarcity of water, what can be done to manage the world's supply of freshwater, and how can global water wars be prevented? In this episode host Peter Krogh is joined by Dr. Peter Gleick, President and Co-founder of the Pacific Institute, and Brian Richter, Director of the Freshwater Initiative at the Nature Conservancy, to examine the future of the world's freshwater supply.Examines the growing alarm over what could be the world's next great resource crisis: global water shortages
Gerhard Richter in Baden-Baden
No full text(c) Gerhard Richter, courtesy Gerhard Richter Archiv, Foto: Elke Estel/Hans-Peter Klut, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Gerhard Richters Gemälde BIRKENAU (937/1-4) sind seit diesem Wochenende im Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden zu sehen. Wie im vergangenen Jahr im Dresdner Albertinum wurden gegenüber den vier Gemälden die Fotofassung der Bilder gehangen. Ergänzt wird die Präsentation durch kleinere Detailaufnahmen, die Gerhard Richter für das Essayband "Mit meiner Vergangenheit lebe ich..
Das nach dem Frieden seufzende Chur-Sächßische Land
No full textFormat: ca. 32 x 21 cm. - Satzspiegel: 28,7 x 19,1 cm.KopftitelVorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Stolpen, verlegt und zu finden bey Peter Richtern.Ill. (Kupferst.
Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn
No full textVorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Rudolstadt 1798, bei Langbein und Klüger. - Kolophon: Leipzig, gedruckt bei Johann Gottlob Heinrich Richter.Frontispiz (Kupferst.
Nachricht von denen Erbhuldigungen, welche Se. Churfürstliche Durchlauchtigkeit, Herr Friedrich August, Herzog zu Sachsen, Jülich, Cleve, Berg, Engern und Westphalen, ... unser gnädigster Herr in nachfolgenden Städten in Höchsteigener Person einzunehmen geruheten, als: 1) in Dero Residenzstadt Dresden; 2) in der Stadt Lübben in der Niederlausitz; 3) in Wittenberg; 4) in Leipzig; 5) in Freyberg; 6) in der Haupt-Sechsstadt Budißin in der Oberlausitz; Nebst darzu gehörigen Kupfern, wobey besonders bey der Stadt Budißin der Churfürstl. Einzug in Kupfer vorgestellet wird
No full textAutopsie nach Exemplar der ULB Sachsen-AnhaltVorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Stolpen, bey Peter Richtern, Buchbinder. 1770.Frontisp. (Kupferst.), 2 Ill. (Kupferst.
Simple model for dice loading
No full textDice tossing is commonly believed to be random. However, throwing a fair cube is a dissipative process that is well described by deterministic classical mechanics. In Nagler and Richter (2008 Phys. Rev. E 78 036207; featured in 2008 Nature 455 434), we proposed a simplified model to analyze the origin of the pseudorandomness: a barbell with two masses at its tips with only two final outcomes. In order to keep things simple, we focused on the symmetrical case of equal masses. Here, we complete the picture by considering the general asymmetric case of unequal masses. We show how, depending on the initial conditions, dissipation during bounces, and mass asymmetry, the degree of unpredictability varies. Our analysis reveals, for the simplest possible non-trivial dice throwing model, the effect of dice loading. A surprising consequence of dynamical resonances is that an experienced player may benefit sometimes more from an unloaded than from a loaded barbell. In addition, we investigate the influence of loading on the symmetry breaking process causing one mass to come to rest earlier than the others
Author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Moral Good, the Beatific Vision, and God’s Kingdom Writings by Germain Grisez and Peter Ryan, S.J.. Edited by Peter J. Weigel
No full textFor close to half a century, the work of Germain Grisez has been highly influential, and his writings continue to receive considerable attention from philosophers and theologians of diverse viewpoints. His co-author for this work is the professor and noted moral theologian Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J., currently the executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). These two eminent scholars explore fundamental questions about Christian eschatology, moral theory, the purpose of human life, and the promise of human fulfilment. The authors examine Christian teaching on the final destiny of persons, investigating the meaning of God's kingdom, the hope of the beatific vision, and the centrality of moral goodness and divine grace in one's final end. This work is an ideal source for students, scholars, ministers and lay persons interested in basic questions of Christian theology, the philosophy of religion, ethical theory, and Catholic doctrin
Murder on the mountain: author talk with Peter J. Wosh
No full textAuthor talk by Peter J. Wosh on May 5th, 2022, on his book, "Murder on the Mountain: crime, passion, and punishment in gilded age New Jersey.
Richter Goat Ranch near Pleasanton, Texas, ca. 1914
No full textPhotograph shows (l. to r.) Mrs. Peter Hooge (ne??e Elizabeth Chavagneaux); Mr. and Mrs. Richter; and Mary Hooge standing in pen with goats. Windmill and wooden cistern (water tank) on right
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