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i was a freshman at oxford university.d my first freshman term at oxford university when this news came through. how did you learn about her death? uh, we were in actually dubai at the time. my mother had recently had a conversation with my father and myself that my father would live in dubai with us, and they would split the risks, he would stay abroad and she would take the political risk. given the political risk the decision was taken that he too would come back. we literally were having a conversation when the news appeared on the... what was your last conversation with your mother? actually, i'd... i'd discussed with her her voice. she'd been campaigning all over the country. she is a very charismatic speaker, she spoke from the heart. obviously, after a long campaign, her voice had gone away. it was sort of raspy and things. i said that she had to have lemon and honey in her tea. and she said, "yes, ok, i'll do that." that was the last conversation we had. so you want to see justice of her death, because up until no
i was a freshman at oxford university.d my first freshman term at oxford university when this news came through. how did you learn about her death? uh, we were in actually dubai at the time. my mother had recently had a conversation with my father and myself that my father would live in dubai with us, and they would split the risks, he would stay abroad and she would take the political risk. given the political risk the decision was taken that he too would come back. we literally were having a...
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the british heart foundation has given £1 million to this oxford university professor who's been researchingly very exciting. but you know, with all of these things, quite a way to go. before we actually know... 7-8 years potentially we're told. the front page of the sun picking up a story i seem page of the sun picking up a story i seem to recall was in your paper this morning. we're always happy to help our colleagues on other papers. quick off the old block. prince charles met a britishjournalist, whose mum was from guyana, and he said to her, whereby you from? she said to her, whereby you from? she said manchester. he said you don't look like you're from manchester. which doesn't really seem to be a very appropriate thing for him to be saying. i don't know, maybe he's applying for his father's old position, travelling the world insulting and upsetting people. on the day he has been anointed as future head of the commonwealth it's pretty embarrassing position to find himself in. or it shows he'sjust the man for that job. clarence house have declined to comment on this story. they haven't
the british heart foundation has given £1 million to this oxford university professor who's been researchingly very exciting. but you know, with all of these things, quite a way to go. before we actually know... 7-8 years potentially we're told. the front page of the sun picking up a story i seem page of the sun picking up a story i seem to recall was in your paper this morning. we're always happy to help our colleagues on other papers. quick off the old block. prince charles met a...
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a report from the migration observatory, based at oxford university, says those most at risk are victimsic abuse, children and elderly people. the home office will launch an application system for eu nationals eligible for settled status later this year. it says it's already begun an awareness campaign. campaigners are calling on the government to resolve the uncertainty over the status of thousands of people who arrived in the uk as children in the first wave of commonwealth immigration. despite living and working here for decades, many are now being told they are here illegally. a petition calling for an amnesty from the government has attracted 30,000 signatures. the home office said it would handle applications to stay sensitively. the high court will begin hearing the case brought by sir cliff richard against the bbc for breach of privacy and data protection following coverage of a police investigation and raid of the star's home in 2014. the case is due to last two weeks and is expected to give guidance on the contentious issue of whether a suspect who has not been charged can be l
a report from the migration observatory, based at oxford university, says those most at risk are victimsic abuse, children and elderly people. the home office will launch an application system for eu nationals eligible for settled status later this year. it says it's already begun an awareness campaign. campaigners are calling on the government to resolve the uncertainty over the status of thousands of people who arrived in the uk as children in the first wave of commonwealth immigration....
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. >> reporter: she's now 20 and a student at oxford university. she's been missing her homeland. >> i want my feet to touch that land and to be there. >> reporter: her wish came true this morning. under heavy security she visited her hometown in pakistan swat valley tweeting so much joy seeing my family home, visiting friends and putting my feet on the soil again. inspiring the next generation to follow in her footsteps. lucy kafanov, nbc news, london. >>> breaking news tonight. fire officials say two people are dead after a small plane crash in ventura county, california. details are still coming out, but these are early images from the scene. the faa says it was a fixed wing single engine home built plane. officials say both victims were on board. >>> news of fox news host laura ingraham's easter break is raising eyebrows. the cable network says the vacation was preplanned but it comes as several companies have pulled advertising from her show following her criticism of one of the parkland shooting survivors. nbc's morgan radford reports. >> rep
. >> reporter: she's now 20 and a student at oxford university. she's been missing her homeland. >> i want my feet to touch that land and to be there. >> reporter: her wish came true this morning. under heavy security she visited her hometown in pakistan swat valley tweeting so much joy seeing my family home, visiting friends and putting my feet on the soil again. inspiring the next generation to follow in her footsteps. lucy kafanov, nbc news, london. >>> breaking...
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she since one the nobel prize and has been admitted into oxford university and set up a fund expanding gross access to education around the world. she plans to come back to pakistan after completing her studies in britain. >>> funeral services were held today for stephen hawking. the private service was held at st. mary's church at cambridge university. several hundred family and friends attended and many more lined the streets outside the church. talking spent most of his life in a wheelchair after being diagnosed with als. he was told he only had two years to live but defied the odds by living another half- century. after eddie redman gave a reading at the service, he played hocking in a movie about his life. hocking will be next to the grave in -- by isaac newton in london . >>> glide memorial church it will serve free easter meals tomorrow for coffee and donuts will be served tomorrow morning between 6:30 am and 7:30 am and after that breakfast will be served until 9 am. there will be fried chicken lunch in the dining hall starting at 11 am. >>> in san francisco, an easter egg hunt
she since one the nobel prize and has been admitted into oxford university and set up a fund expanding gross access to education around the world. she plans to come back to pakistan after completing her studies in britain. >>> funeral services were held today for stephen hawking. the private service was held at st. mary's church at cambridge university. several hundred family and friends attended and many more lined the streets outside the church. talking spent most of his life in a...
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ms yousafzai, who is now a student at oxford university, was attacked on a school bus and left for deadducation of girls. thousands of palestinians have attended funerals in gaza for the people shot by israeli troops during clashes on the territory's border with israel on friday. the palestinians say they were unarmed protesters. the israelis say they faced a mass attempt to break down their border defences and to send in terrorists. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. gunshots. this was a day of mourning. thousands turning out for funerals in gaza. distraught relatives and defiant militants. yesterday, palestinians said they planned a peaceful march on the israel gaza border. but israel's military says demonstrators threw stones and tried to breach the perimeterfence. that's when its soldiers opened fire, and the result was deadly — at least 15 killed and hundreds wounded. palestinians here are demanding the right to return to land they lost 70 years ago when the state of israel was created. they say they won't give up, although israel has long rejected
ms yousafzai, who is now a student at oxford university, was attacked on a school bus and left for deadducation of girls. thousands of palestinians have attended funerals in gaza for the people shot by israeli troops during clashes on the territory's border with israel on friday. the palestinians say they were unarmed protesters. the israelis say they faced a mass attempt to break down their border defences and to send in terrorists. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from...
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ms yousafzai, who is now a student at oxford university, was attacked on a school bus and left for dead of girls. thousands of palestinians have attended funerals in gaza for the people shot by israeli troops during clashes on the territory's border with israel on friday. the palestinians say they were unarmed protesters. the israelis say they faced a mass attempt to break down their border defences and to send in terrorists. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports from jerusalem. gunshots. this was a day of mourning. thousands turning out for funerals in gaza. distraught relatives... and defiant militants. yesterday, palestinians said they planned a peaceful march and the young will forget, but yesterday, there were young people, children, women and men at the borders showing the occupier that they will not forget. this is their land. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the funeral of the physicist, professor stephen hawking, has been held in cambridge. hundreds of people lined the streets near the church, close to the college where he was an academic for more than 50 yea
ms yousafzai, who is now a student at oxford university, was attacked on a school bus and left for dead of girls. thousands of palestinians have attended funerals in gaza for the people shot by israeli troops during clashes on the territory's border with israel on friday. the palestinians say they were unarmed protesters. the israelis say they faced a mass attempt to break down their border defences and to send in terrorists. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports from jerusalem....
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ms yousafzai, who is now a student at oxford university, was attacked on a school bus and left for deadning for the education of girls. families of western hostages who were killed by the islamic state group have condemned comments by two british men accused of involvement. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh, who are being held by kurdish fighters in syria, have claimed they won't get a fair trial because, they say, they've been stripped of their uk citizenship. duncan kennedy reports. the two men were picked up by kurdish forces in northern syria injanuary and had been part of a sadistic gang of british is fighters that tortured and beheaded dozens of hostages. four of them stood out for their brutality. mohammed emwazi, known as ‘jihadi john', now dead. aine davis, now injail. and the newly captured pair, alexanda kotey and elsheikh. they're accused of at least 27 beheadings, including alan henning, an aid driverfrom eccles, and david haines, a former raf engineer from perth. now, in comments which have outraged their victims‘ families, kotey and elsheikh have called the murders of
ms yousafzai, who is now a student at oxford university, was attacked on a school bus and left for deadning for the education of girls. families of western hostages who were killed by the islamic state group have condemned comments by two british men accused of involvement. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh, who are being held by kurdish fighters in syria, have claimed they won't get a fair trial because, they say, they've been stripped of their uk citizenship. duncan kennedy reports. the...
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i have just completed my first term at oxford university when this news came through.we were in dubai at the time. my mother had recently in dubai at the time. my mother had rece ntly ha d in dubai at the time. my mother had recently had a conversation with my father and myself that my father, he would live in dubai with us, and they would split the risks, and she would take the political risk. we literally were having a conversation when the news appeared. what was your last conversation with your mother? actually, she - i had discussed with her voice. she had been campaigning all over the country. she is a very charismatic speaker. she spoke from the heart. after a long campaign, her voice had gone away. it was sort of grasby and things. i said that she had to have a lemon and honey. and she said yes, she would do that. —— raspy. that was the last conversation we had. so you want to see justice of her death, because up until now, the only people who have been punished over her death are two policeman who we re over her death are two policeman who were found guilty of
i have just completed my first term at oxford university when this news came through.we were in dubai at the time. my mother had recently in dubai at the time. my mother had rece ntly ha d in dubai at the time. my mother had recently had a conversation with my father and myself that my father, he would live in dubai with us, and they would split the risks, and she would take the political risk. we literally were having a conversation when the news appeared. what was your last conversation with...
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is nikita sued an associate professor of development studies at oxford university welcome to you all run a what's led to this culture of impunity. well absolutely i think this is one of the most disturbing incidents from india and recent times wherein the villagers who are from the majority community really sedated a good and then brutally killed him to death because they wanted to be to listen to the muslim community the muslim know much community to lead the town i mean if this wasn't a community and of course it was one of the most gruesome communal incidents in india but what was more disturbing is is the support from be chippy this is the ministers from the ruling party then they are supporting the accused not allowing the cops in the case to file a charge sheet. supporting the accused in the name of nationalism and the prime minister of india who came to power in two thousand and nineteen promising to predict the girl child promising for equal it could justice for every citizen in this country are refusing to break his silence i mean up the prime a promise of this country is kn
is nikita sued an associate professor of development studies at oxford university welcome to you all run a what's led to this culture of impunity. well absolutely i think this is one of the most disturbing incidents from india and recent times wherein the villagers who are from the majority community really sedated a good and then brutally killed him to death because they wanted to be to listen to the muslim community the muslim know much community to lead the town i mean if this wasn't a...
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twelve the twenty year old is now a student at oxford university in england. has come to swat we welcome her with their hearts it is a matter of pride for us that she is given recognition to the name of swat throughout the world we welcome her wholeheartedly. we have very happy because malawi is the daughter of pakistan and the daughter of swat we welcome her with our whole harks. but dalai lama has called for tibetans to remain united as he marks sixty years of political asylum in india the spiritual leader thanked india for giving him shelter he emphasized the strong bond with tibet saying share a deep cultural connection the head of the self declared tibet and government in exile urged his compatriots to make the return of the dalai lama to his native land a reality hundreds of people in china's capital have been celebrating holy saturday catholics in beijing attended prayer services and lit candles on the day before easter for years catholics in china have been split between those who follow government authorized churches those who go to underground church
twelve the twenty year old is now a student at oxford university in england. has come to swat we welcome her with their hearts it is a matter of pride for us that she is given recognition to the name of swat throughout the world we welcome her wholeheartedly. we have very happy because malawi is the daughter of pakistan and the daughter of swat we welcome her with our whole harks. but dalai lama has called for tibetans to remain united as he marks sixty years of political asylum in india the...
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nick is a director of the future humanity institute at oxford university. >> i think it will affect all aspects of our lives, all segments of the economy. >> reporter: he worries not enough is being done to prepare for the potential dangers. >> given your research, everything you know so far, are you optimistic about the future of humanity? >> i think this transition to the machine super intelligence era will be associated with some significant risks, including human extinction and stuff. on the other side, and this doesn't get as much sort of air time but i think there is an enormous upside. >> reporter: he's confident the enormous upside will prevail. but admits it's like playing with fire. >> we have to be aware of the potential dangers of fire but we're not going to stop the development of fire because the pros outweigh the cons so much. >> reporter: they agree when it comes to ai, the match has been struck. aaron mclaughlin. >>> nasa has shut down searching for life on the moon. they were shocked this week when told their project would end. they were going to search for any compoun
nick is a director of the future humanity institute at oxford university. >> i think it will affect all aspects of our lives, all segments of the economy. >> reporter: he worries not enough is being done to prepare for the potential dangers. >> given your research, everything you know so far, are you optimistic about the future of humanity? >> i think this transition to the machine super intelligence era will be associated with some significant risks, including human...
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leaders in the field agree.nick bostrom is the director of the future of humanity institute at oxford universityostrom, author: "i think it will affect all aspects of our lives, all segments of the economy."he worries not enough is being done to prepare for the potential dangers.anna stewart, reporter: given your research, given everything you know so far, are you optimistic about the future of humanity?nick bostrom, author: "i think this transition to the machine superintelligence era will be associated with some significant risks, including these existential risks of human extinction and such. but, on the other side, and this does not get as much airtime, but i think there's an enormous upside." schmidhuber says he is confident the enormous upside will prevail. but he admits its like playing with fire. j÷rgen schmidhuber, ai pioneer: "we have to be aware of the potential dangers of fire, but we are not going to stop this further development of fire because the pros outweigh the cons too much."it may be unpredictable, but schmidhuber and others agree, when it comes to ai... the match has been s
leaders in the field agree.nick bostrom is the director of the future of humanity institute at oxford universityostrom, author: "i think it will affect all aspects of our lives, all segments of the economy."he worries not enough is being done to prepare for the potential dangers.anna stewart, reporter: given your research, given everything you know so far, are you optimistic about the future of humanity?nick bostrom, author: "i think this transition to the machine...
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he is also the editor of the 2009 oxford university press volume. he is regularly published also. he has a forthcoming book which unfortunately is not out yet, but coming soon. we are looking very much forward to reading it. he is here today to tell us about his experience over the past 23 years visiting with the people in gaza. so, brian, i welcome you to the podium. [applause] >> thank you kindly julie for that introduction. thank you all for taking the time to meet with me today. thank you also to the jerusalem fund and the palestine center for hosting this talk. i can talk about gaza four days, and would even the chance, but in the 40 minutes or so i have today i will do my best to communicate some of the essence of gaza and its people as i have come to know them over the past decades. clarification, the term gaza is used in at least two ways. first, to refer to the gaza strip as a whole. second, gaza city itself is referred to as gaza. for our purpose today gaza means strip.ire what i have to say today applies equally well to palestinians in the west strip. bank and east jeru
he is also the editor of the 2009 oxford university press volume. he is regularly published also. he has a forthcoming book which unfortunately is not out yet, but coming soon. we are looking very much forward to reading it. he is here today to tell us about his experience over the past 23 years visiting with the people in gaza. so, brian, i welcome you to the podium. [applause] >> thank you kindly julie for that introduction. thank you all for taking the time to meet with me today. thank...
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start doing is removing some of the causes of it, and there's been a recent medical study at oxford universitynds both the number of people who are obese but also, for example, the number of people who get type two diabetes. but you are very much, not quite a libertarian, but you would suggest, surely, that what you want to do is give people free choice and limited taxes. what you are now doing is reducing choice, in a way, and imposing taxes. well, i'm actually not a libertarian. i think there is a role for government in public health issues. i support simple things like wearing a seat belt in the car and making it an offence not to wear a seat belt. i supported the smoking ban when i was an mp. it was a free vote and lots of conservatives didn't at the time. so i think there are moments when government should intervene, and tax — if you are a conservative, you always use the argument, well, if you have lower taxes, you will encourage certain things, like more business or less jobs or whatever. —— morejobs. but it works the other way, of course. if you think tax discourages things, you want t
start doing is removing some of the causes of it, and there's been a recent medical study at oxford universitynds both the number of people who are obese but also, for example, the number of people who get type two diabetes. but you are very much, not quite a libertarian, but you would suggest, surely, that what you want to do is give people free choice and limited taxes. what you are now doing is reducing choice, in a way, and imposing taxes. well, i'm actually not a libertarian. i think there...
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also editor of the 2009 oxford university press volume entitled adolescence and war. you have dealt with political conflict. he is regularly published also. studies on global use, leaving academic outlooks and -- he has a forthcoming book which unfortunately is not out yet but coming soon. i know. left we're looking very much opportunity. he is here to tell us about his experience. over the past 23 years visiting with the people in gaza. brian, i welcome you to take us through this journey with you. [applause] >> thank you, kindly julia for the introduction. thank you all here and those listening for taking the time to meet with me today. thank you all to the palestine center for hosting this talk. and to palestine studies for supporting me. i can talk about gaza for days, and would, given the chance. but in the 40 minutes or so that i have today, i will do my best to communicate some of the essence of gaza and its people as i come to know them over the past decades. as a note of clarification, people in gaza use that in at least two ways. the first, to the trip as a
also editor of the 2009 oxford university press volume entitled adolescence and war. you have dealt with political conflict. he is regularly published also. studies on global use, leaving academic outlooks and -- he has a forthcoming book which unfortunately is not out yet but coming soon. i know. left we're looking very much opportunity. he is here to tell us about his experience. over the past 23 years visiting with the people in gaza. brian, i welcome you to take us through this journey with...
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shlaim is emeritus professor of international relations at oxford university and says that hossain had over forty secret meetings with israeli officials over a thirty year periods these ultimately led to the israel jordan treaty of peace in one nine hundred ninety four. during his career. king who thirteen refused to answer any questions about the rumor through rounding his meetings with the israelis he would change the subject and he was very very secretive about these. meetings. the secret talks are said to have begun in london on the twenty fourth of september nineteenth sixty three. israel was represented by yaakov hertzog a dublin born israeli who fought in the one nine hundred forty eight war and served as a diplomat in the us and canada. the meeting was a general one at which a number of issues were discussed including security and the future of the arab israeli conflict. the scene is reported to have insisted on israel's commitments not to attack jordan including the west bank the part of palestine that had been under georgian administration since the first arab israeli war in
shlaim is emeritus professor of international relations at oxford university and says that hossain had over forty secret meetings with israeli officials over a thirty year periods these ultimately led to the israel jordan treaty of peace in one nine hundred ninety four. during his career. king who thirteen refused to answer any questions about the rumor through rounding his meetings with the israelis he would change the subject and he was very very secretive about these. meetings. the secret...
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at oxford university press we're obviously committed to language and literacy and what we were hearing to over 1300 teachers, and what was really quite shocking actually was how many teachers felt this was a really serious problem. 49% said children in year1 were arriving with a lower vocabulary, which impacts on how they learn, and in year 7, vocabulary, which impacts on how they learn, and in year7, into secondary school, this remains over 40% of children are struggling with their vocabulary. jenny, give us your own experience, presumably you will be in front of the classes later today? what are you seeing? we we re later today? what are you seeing? we were finding that children's limited vocabulary was putting a barrier in front of their learning and their ability to articulate and communicate thoughts, feelings and emotions so we had to think as a school about how we could overcome those barriers and create a word rich environment in the school. give us an idea, what language are we talking about? it is difficult to be specific but the words that are missing, we talk about the word
at oxford university press we're obviously committed to language and literacy and what we were hearing to over 1300 teachers, and what was really quite shocking actually was how many teachers felt this was a really serious problem. 49% said children in year1 were arriving with a lower vocabulary, which impacts on how they learn, and in year 7, vocabulary, which impacts on how they learn, and in year7, into secondary school, this remains over 40% of children are struggling with their vocabulary....
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the english dictionary is sponsored by oxford university. in the states when we talk about traditional dictionary publishers there is american heritage there is miriam webster and there is oxford north america. i think those are the only ones focused on that. american heritage also runs webster's new world. they are publishing dictionaries and for the american market. so not many. there used to be a lot more. random house shuddered in the '90s. some of you might remember. it comes and 15 volumes. in 15 volumes. and has beautiful etchings. i think they stopped publishing. they don't buy print dictionaries anymore. it is a thing. so okay. everybody is worried about losing their jobs. it is a really complicated thing. i think natural language processing will automating some things. there are ways if you have the money i want to spend it. you can buy programs even that is not always a good indicator. the parts of speech are just a mess. i like apple pie it's not. it is announced a noun that modifies another noun. it looks like a noun but it's act
the english dictionary is sponsored by oxford university. in the states when we talk about traditional dictionary publishers there is american heritage there is miriam webster and there is oxford north america. i think those are the only ones focused on that. american heritage also runs webster's new world. they are publishing dictionaries and for the american market. so not many. there used to be a lot more. random house shuddered in the '90s. some of you might remember. it comes and 15...
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just out from oxford university press. just to go over this we don't expect any issues but if we have to depart the building just looked at me and we will direct you to the back and the stairs you came in. if anything happens and it won't just look to me. we want to have a conversation, this is a new book about nuclear weapons, very salient right now. having said that, a big question is why do we need one more book about nuclear weapons when nuclear strategy and nuclear theory has been around a long time, how do you see this fitting the larger literature and what purpose is this book trying to serve? >> thanks for hosting this event and thanks to all a courl relations, the united states need the ability to absorb a nuclear attack from an enemy, retain enough surviving warheads to retaliate with devastating second strike and once we do that nuclear deterrence will hold. we look at the real world and the united states has never been content with second strike capability, counterforce targeting and capability, why does the un
just out from oxford university press. just to go over this we don't expect any issues but if we have to depart the building just looked at me and we will direct you to the back and the stairs you came in. if anything happens and it won't just look to me. we want to have a conversation, this is a new book about nuclear weapons, very salient right now. having said that, a big question is why do we need one more book about nuclear weapons when nuclear strategy and nuclear theory has been around a...
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he's also the editor of a 2009 oxford university press volume entitled adolescence and -- "adolescents and war" and is regularly published also studies on global youth, including the palestinians and leading academic outlets and publications. he has a forthcoming book which unfortunately is not out yet but coming soon, i know. and we are looking very much for to reading it, that he is here today to tell us about his experience over the past 23 years visiting with people in gaza. so, brian, i welcome you to the podium to take us through this journey with you. [applause] >> thank you kindly, julie, for the introduction. thank you all here and for those wishing for taking the time to meet with me today. thank you also to the jerusalem fund and the palestine center for hosting this talk, and to the houston palestine studies r new america for supporting me. i could talk about gaza for days, and would given the chance, but in the 40 minutes or so i have today, i will do my best to communicate some of the essences of gaza and its people as i've come to know them over the past decades. as a no
he's also the editor of a 2009 oxford university press volume entitled adolescence and -- "adolescents and war" and is regularly published also studies on global youth, including the palestinians and leading academic outlets and publications. he has a forthcoming book which unfortunately is not out yet but coming soon, i know. and we are looking very much for to reading it, that he is here today to tell us about his experience over the past 23 years visiting with people in gaza. so,...
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he was educated at maudlin college, oxford university, and since 2011 he has been married to the fearless feminist ione aliment please welcome niall ferguson. [applause] you've just gotten off the plane from my native california where you moved very recently. and i take it it was going out to stanford and hanging around silicon valley that really got you thinking about networks. i wonder if you could tell us about the inspiration for the book and the inspiration for the title, "the square and the tower." 9. >> welk thank you very much, indeed, michael. it's a pleasure to be here. i'm delighted that there is a churchill library and center in washington, d.c., and when you invited me, i jumped at the chance to speak here. i don't think the move to stanford was that crucial actually. i've been going back and forth to the hoover institution for almost as many years as i was at harvard, so i had some exposure to silicon valley which is right next door to the stanford campus. but i've been thinking about networks really for much of my career. i look back on some of the books that you just liste
he was educated at maudlin college, oxford university, and since 2011 he has been married to the fearless feminist ione aliment please welcome niall ferguson. [applause] you've just gotten off the plane from my native california where you moved very recently. and i take it it was going out to stanford and hanging around silicon valley that really got you thinking about networks. i wonder if you could tell us about the inspiration for the book and the inspiration for the title, "the square...
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countries can be replaced by robots — that's compared to the 47% estimated by an earlier study by oxford universityere has been a lot of focus on science technologies, but actually the big skills are the soft skills, how to work the platforms, computer programmes, or interacting human and machine. it is not that humanity is becoming a concept. it is the soft skills that are important. there will be a lot of transformation of jobs and lifelong learning is of course important. let's learn about the new space mission launching tonight. in fact, it should lift from cape canaveral soon. it will hopefully demonstrate how we may be able to clear up space junk. this is how things are looking at the moment. there are around half at the moment. there are around half a million pieces ofjunk in orbit, everything from rockets —— rocha pieces, tools dropped by astronauts. altogether we think it weighs about 7.5 thousand tonnes. it is causing serious damage. this is the international space station. if lack of paint caused that crack, which are to be repaired. the picture was taken by uk astronaut tim peake. this
countries can be replaced by robots — that's compared to the 47% estimated by an earlier study by oxford universityere has been a lot of focus on science technologies, but actually the big skills are the soft skills, how to work the platforms, computer programmes, or interacting human and machine. it is not that humanity is becoming a concept. it is the soft skills that are important. there will be a lot of transformation of jobs and lifelong learning is of course important. let's learn about...
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linda yeuh from oxford university to explain. voted for trump, also targeting districts were a republican congress members were present. obviously, there is an economic damage from having higher taxes. republicans are traditionally free—trade party and in china targets members of congress in particular, they could put pressure on the president to rein back some of these measures. remember, the ability to affect trade policy is a delegated power from the legislative branch, the congress to the us president and some republicans have already said they may have to rein back from a bit because of how quickly trade is become escalated. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we'll turn to methods. live pictures now what people are gathering to remember martin luther king. live there in a few minutes. —— we will turn to memphis. police in south east london are questioning a pensioner on suspicion of murder, after a man, suspected of breaking into his house, was fatally injured. the 78—year—old has been named locally as richard
linda yeuh from oxford university to explain. voted for trump, also targeting districts were a republican congress members were present. obviously, there is an economic damage from having higher taxes. republicans are traditionally free—trade party and in china targets members of congress in particular, they could put pressure on the president to rein back some of these measures. remember, the ability to affect trade policy is a delegated power from the legislative branch, the congress to the...
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education before the attack by taliban gunman in twenty twelve the twenty year old is no student at oxford university in the u.k. . has come to swat we welcome her with their hearts it is a matter of pride for us that she has given recognition to the name of swat throughout the world we welcome her wholeheartedly. but we are very happy because malala is the daughter of pakistan and the daughter of swat we welcome her with our whole hearts. there are no physicist stephen hawking was the pride of one of the world's most prestigious universities and people in the inner city of cambridge have shown just how much she was loved by lining the streets for his funeral to the shop was there. this was a very personal opportunity for close friends and family to say their goodbyes. that insisted the service would be held in cambridge the city he loved so much and which loved him in return the six paul barrows were porters drawn from today's college they all knew him personally demonstrating the strength the connection between professor hawking and his college that goes back to nine hundred sixty five when he join
education before the attack by taliban gunman in twenty twelve the twenty year old is no student at oxford university in the u.k. . has come to swat we welcome her with their hearts it is a matter of pride for us that she has given recognition to the name of swat throughout the world we welcome her wholeheartedly. but we are very happy because malala is the daughter of pakistan and the daughter of swat we welcome her with our whole hearts. there are no physicist stephen hawking was the pride of...
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george magnus from oxford university china center. gayeski, great to catch up with you as well.rn, my new show is focused on the biggest opportunities, risks and themes in the commodity market. it will be called "bloomberg commodity edge." we will bring you the smartest and i have this great shred butd the wti now we are ripping it up and it will be about trade. david: this is something you know so well and you do it so well. alix: in one of the segments we go reallya member deep into something specific. so if you want a particular insight, that is where you will get hit. david: there is a pool going in the newsroom about how long it will be before you talk about tango. another issue on the washington agenda? rewriting bankrolls. you can turn into the radio to listen to our colleagues, tom keene and jonathan ferro. all across united states on sirius xm radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg daybreak" and i'm in the hewlett-packard enterprise green room. coming up later today, the head of bloomberg markets and asset allocation. ♪ be in recesss may and all eyes today ma
george magnus from oxford university china center. gayeski, great to catch up with you as well.rn, my new show is focused on the biggest opportunities, risks and themes in the commodity market. it will be called "bloomberg commodity edge." we will bring you the smartest and i have this great shred butd the wti now we are ripping it up and it will be about trade. david: this is something you know so well and you do it so well. alix: in one of the segments we go reallya member deep into...
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we have ashley farmer of oxford university. her book is remaking black power held documented and an era. it's a subject my light reading and subbed has been vastly overlooked and doesn't get the attention it deserves. [inaudible] ashley writes that those helped lay the ground black party and your book ends in the 70s -- >> yes, 79, 80. >> we can talk about that later but on this end we have [inaudible] teaches at the new york law school. earlier in her career she spent 15 years as president of the american liberties foundation, the aclu. [inaudible] i do a lot of reading of the good stuff and this is a really good hand guide to what we have and how to get to this position. you also might find it's provocative and the short version is no matter how onerous someone's views are they must not be muscled because once you allow that then it lies in the hands of have the power we can talk about that in the depth is gone. in the middle susan [inaudible] it's a powerful memoir of life growing up in los angeles. south la, it was a very l
we have ashley farmer of oxford university. her book is remaking black power held documented and an era. it's a subject my light reading and subbed has been vastly overlooked and doesn't get the attention it deserves. [inaudible] ashley writes that those helped lay the ground black party and your book ends in the 70s -- >> yes, 79, 80. >> we can talk about that later but on this end we have [inaudible] teaches at the new york law school. earlier in her career she spent 15 years as...
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leaders in the field agree.nick bostrom is the director of the future of humanity institute at oxford universityauthor: "i think it will affect all aspects of our lives, all segments of the economy."he worries not enough is being done to prepare for the potential dangers.anna stewart, reporter: given your research, given everything you know so far, are you optimistic about the future of humanity?nick bostrom, author: "i think this transition to the machine superintelligence era will be associated with some significant risks, including these existential risks of human extinction and such. but, on the other side, and this does not get as much airtime, but i think there's an enormous upside." schmidhuber says he is confident the enormous upside will prevail. but he admits its like playing with fire. j÷rgen schmidhuber, ai pioneer: "we have to be aware of the potential dangers of fire, but we are not going to stop this further development of fire because the pros outweigh the cons too much."it may be unpredictable, but schmidhuber and others agree, when it comes to ai... the match has been struck.er
leaders in the field agree.nick bostrom is the director of the future of humanity institute at oxford universityauthor: "i think it will affect all aspects of our lives, all segments of the economy."he worries not enough is being done to prepare for the potential dangers.anna stewart, reporter: given your research, given everything you know so far, are you optimistic about the future of humanity?nick bostrom, author: "i think this transition to the machine superintelligence era...
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i have heard what she has to say about the procedures put in place, but oxford university said thereld not be here and we have the information we can collect to lawfully remove them. my right honourable friend's assurance that the cost will be borne by the state is most welcome. it is clear it may have acted as a deterrent to some in the past. can she make certain it is made clear publicly there is no need to hire an expensive lawyer to put this right, we can do it? it is an important point. the system i will now put in place will not require people to go to lawyers. i hope it will be constructive, sympathetic and helpful and not require people seeking to regularise their position not have lawyers. the home office has been warned repeatedly about failings in decision—making processes and weaknesses in the hostile environment operation. her response to this problem now is too passive. a task force that relies on the windrush generation raising problems with her. she should institute a review of all of the cases of the windrush generation, notjust suspending cases of the windrush gener
i have heard what she has to say about the procedures put in place, but oxford university said thereld not be here and we have the information we can collect to lawfully remove them. my right honourable friend's assurance that the cost will be borne by the state is most welcome. it is clear it may have acted as a deterrent to some in the past. can she make certain it is made clear publicly there is no need to hire an expensive lawyer to put this right, we can do it? it is an important point....
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coming to an mba at oxford university about a year program.e some great travel. >> i highly recommend going there before it gets overrun with tourists. that is a camper van. game canadians they've got to do at the canadian way of going in the snow in living amongst nature. dagen: have you ever driven across the u.s.? that is your challenge because i've done not. i was much younger. north america is beautiful. >> of course. i'm excited to try out the different food spots. that would take it wherever i go. dagen: i've got a list of 200 places in the south. maria: great. christina, welcome. we are happy you are on the team. we will take a break that i will speak with righteous principle secretary raj shah. he will weigh in on a lot. president trump tears come in the future daca and a lot more. the automakers crunch to boost model three production and rising concerns from investors. the quiddity issues. back in a minute. ♪ here you go little guy. a cockroach can survive submerged underwater for 30 minutes. wow. yeah. not getting in today. terminix
coming to an mba at oxford university about a year program.e some great travel. >> i highly recommend going there before it gets overrun with tourists. that is a camper van. game canadians they've got to do at the canadian way of going in the snow in living amongst nature. dagen: have you ever driven across the u.s.? that is your challenge because i've done not. i was much younger. north america is beautiful. >> of course. i'm excited to try out the different food spots. that would...
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statistics from the migration of server tree at 0xford from the migration of server tree at oxford universitydenied access to healthcare, are denied access to government services. some have been detained, others deported. what is the process those people are having to go to at the moment? that sounds very harrowing. it is harrowing. as your port started, it is a tragedy that this is happening as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of empire windrush. many of these persons who came after the second world war on a call from this country to address acute labour shortage is came from countries which were still colonies. they came as british subjects. they were granted leave to remain. they went to school, they gotjobs, they established families, they pay taxes, they helped rebuild this country in the post—war era but because they came here as british subjects, they never realised that they needed to regularise their status. they always thought they we re status. they always thought they were british but since 2012, they have been confronted by a home office that is treating them as i
statistics from the migration of server tree at 0xford from the migration of server tree at oxford universitydenied access to healthcare, are denied access to government services. some have been detained, others deported. what is the process those people are having to go to at the moment? that sounds very harrowing. it is harrowing. as your port started, it is a tragedy that this is happening as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of empire windrush. many of these persons who came...
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it being oxford, unlike american universities, there is only one exam. it is at the end, finals. everything hinges on that. what you doing the preceding years is up to you. i didn't go see many ectures. in fact, i went to hard any lectures. i did learn to play the double bass. i dabbled in student journalism. i found that i couldn't act. i tried pretty much everything except sport and found that i wasn't really good of any of the things other than writing history essays. at the final -- in the final phase and in the final year, i reverted back to being a historian just in time. brian: when you're talk about networks in your book, oxford is a network, magdalen college was a network. absolutely -- niall: absolutely. brian: there are some 35 colleges or more at oxford. what does it mean for you that you were at magdalen college as far as networking? niall: absolutely. to go to oxford and to go to the one of the most prestigious, the most college magdalen is to be admitted into the network of the british elite right there. the contemporaries that you meet will include future leaders,
it being oxford, unlike american universities, there is only one exam. it is at the end, finals. everything hinges on that. what you doing the preceding years is up to you. i didn't go see many ectures. in fact, i went to hard any lectures. i did learn to play the double bass. i dabbled in student journalism. i found that i couldn't act. i tried pretty much everything except sport and found that i wasn't really good of any of the things other than writing history essays. at the final -- in the...
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dr mark almond is a lecturer in modern history at the university of oxford and hejoins me now via webcameople this time really wanted to vote? the president is 2002, that could cause an upset, because of the way the election works out, it is more like britain, small number of seats relatively speaking, and so it is likely to be the biggest single party in the first past the post. and will get the lion's share of the seats. how likely that they will get enough seats to form a government? likely they will have another seats to form a government but they were hoping to go back to the situation where they had a two thirds majority and therefore could change the constitution if they wanted to and carry through all sorts of measures without having to take too much notice of the opposition, the opposition has a problem in that it has been disunited, given that most of the seas will be decided by first past the post system, as we know from british elections, if you have a divided opposition, the likelihood is to need a single group who will wina is to need a single group who will win a great num
dr mark almond is a lecturer in modern history at the university of oxford and hejoins me now via webcameople this time really wanted to vote? the president is 2002, that could cause an upset, because of the way the election works out, it is more like britain, small number of seats relatively speaking, and so it is likely to be the biggest single party in the first past the post. and will get the lion's share of the seats. how likely that they will get enough seats to form a government? likely...
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when zob it was yemen's capital seven hundred years ago the town's islamic university was known as oxford of the east a reference to one of the world's famous universities in the u.k. there's glory days of gone but conservationists don't want what's left of the ancient city to disappear completely barbara and go out to syria. the gulf crisis and syria's war are top of the agenda in talks between cattles amir and the u.s. president but in the lead up to that meeting on tuesday the focus has been on the importance of america's military base in. reports from washington d.c. . it's shaped i mean been hammered authorities first official visit to the u.s. since president donald trump took office his first formal meeting in the u.s. capitol was with the u.s. defense secretary james mattis expanding military corporation was near the top of their agenda or were you very close to each other especially coping there is and we've moved to more than. a few or many. side by side in. qatar hosts the americans for what military headquarters in the middle east centcom their date military base is give a tol
when zob it was yemen's capital seven hundred years ago the town's islamic university was known as oxford of the east a reference to one of the world's famous universities in the u.k. there's glory days of gone but conservationists don't want what's left of the ancient city to disappear completely barbara and go out to syria. the gulf crisis and syria's war are top of the agenda in talks between cattles amir and the u.s. president but in the lead up to that meeting on tuesday the focus has been...
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the shelling when zab it was yemen's capital seven hundred years ago the town's islamic university was known as oxford of the east a reference to one of the world's famous universities in the u.k. there's glory days of gone but conservationists don't want what's left of the ancient city to disappear completely barbara and get out to syria. at least sixty people are believed to have died in indonesia in the past week from drinking illegal homemade alcohol police have raided properties in and around the capital jakarta looking for those responsible for producing the link up rising alcohol prices and fill the black market for bootleg alcohol consumption in a major is not illegal even though it's the world's most populous muslim country. at least twenty seven children were killed when their school bus skidded off a mountain road in india the crash happened in the northern state of him a child pradesh initial reports suggest the driver was speeding when he lost control of the bus plunged around sixty meters the children were on their way home . and two people have been killed in the early fifty injured on
the shelling when zab it was yemen's capital seven hundred years ago the town's islamic university was known as oxford of the east a reference to one of the world's famous universities in the u.k. there's glory days of gone but conservationists don't want what's left of the ancient city to disappear completely barbara and get out to syria. at least sixty people are believed to have died in indonesia in the past week from drinking illegal homemade alcohol police have raided properties in and...