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, more recently, satellites, are averaged to calculate one global mean temperature per year. Simply put, the instrumental temperature record is astonishing. Twenty of the warmest global mean annual temperatures have occurred in the last 25 years, with 2005 being the warmest year. 2009, 2007, 2006, 2003, 2002, and 1998 are all tied for second warmest. The 2000s were the warmest decade on record, and each of the preceding three decades was warmer than the one before it (Hansen et al., 2010).Satellite
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“Physicality of the Present” opens in the University Gallery Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 20, 2012 October 20, 2012 On view at the University Gallery at Pacific Lutheran University are the works of two local artists in an exhibition titled Physicality of the Present. Mixed media ceramics and prints showcase vulnerabilities as a result of physical and emotional constraints. The show opens Wednesday, October 10 with an opening reception from 5-7pm and closes November 7. Artist John
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Family’s Journey. Villard Books, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group. Call number: E184.V53 T713 2010 A memoir in graphic novel format about the author’s experiences as the son of Vietnamese immigrants who fled to America during the fall of Saigon describes how he learned his tragic ancestral history and the impact of the Vietnam War on his family while visiting their homeland years later. – from the publisher Ha, R. (2020). Almost American Girl : an Illustrated Memoir (First edition
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Cosmosis: combining the art of music with the inquiry of science Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 1, 2014 May 1, 2014 In Cosmosis, the final 2013 SOAC FOCUS Series Event, musicians and scientists explore how failure can empower us to pursue knowledge and success. The three-part event will take place in Lagerquist Concert Hall in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 8 pm. The first part will feature works by Jonathan Newman, Beethoven and John Mackey. The second part
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Global health leader and human rights advocate to visit PLU and discuss the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTIQ+ communities globally Posted by: bennetrr / February 4, 2021 February 4, 2021 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University’s biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Celebration of Service will be held virtually at 7 p.m. on March 9. Amie Bishop, a global health leader and human rights advocate will deliver the keynote lecture titled “Vulnerabilities Amplified
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MediaLab Premiere – “Living on the Edge” Posted by: Todd / April 11, 2019 April 11, 2019 By Kate Williams '16Living on the Edge is the story of a community, North Cove in southwest Washington, who are experiencing extreme rates of coastal erosion. North Cove is home to the fastest-eroding Pacific coastline in the United States, and loses about 150 feet of land per year. As an unincorporated town, the community has had to find their own resources to deal with the fact that people’s houses and
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The Story Depends on the Teller: Book Arts in the Pacific Northwest opens March 9 Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 1, 2016 March 1, 2016 Some books are shipped from Amazon, others are found cataloged in libraries, under beds with lost socks, digitized in e-readers, collecting dust on shelves or housed on nightstands. Other books are labored over, crafted with care, written, printed, drawn, sculpted and bound with artist hands. As part of the 2016 SOAC Focus series on Storytelling, the
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March 4, 2014 Taking Sides on the Opium War Chinese students and Lutes hold heated debate on still-hot topic By Mahlon Meyer PLU Visiting Assistant Professor of History Winners of the 2013 China Open international college debate tournament visited PLU on Feb. 25 and joined Modern Chinese History students in a heated debate over the West’s invasion of China in the 19th Century. “The topic was, Was China to blame for the Opium War?,” said PLU Visiting Assistant Professor Mahlon Meyer, whose class
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survivors, he said at the Lemkin Lecture. (Photo by John Froschauer) that began in the 1980s and in the 1990s, he said. The Cold War had to end, Germany’s economy had to revive, and the class action lawsuit had to gain clout in US courts. Finally, the view of the war had to change for survivors or their heirs to gain traction is the public eye as well as in the legal system. This holds true for getting a monetary settlement, as well as regaining lost art treasures, Hayes said. And in terms of art, the
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been the subject of research – but, as Gregson would soon find out, nobody had studied the people who actually wrote them. “Why hasn’t it been studied?” Gregson asked herself. “Like a lot of work that women do, I don’t think it has been taken seriously as an occupation.” As a sociologist who specialized in sex and gender issues, the subject seemed perfect. And as a field researcher – someone who conducts research on location, first-hand – Gregson knew she had to dive in, head first. So she and Lois
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