About the BBC s international television services radio channel BBCWorldService Infobox TV channel name BBCWorldService Television br BBC WSTV Asia logofile Bbcwstv.png logosize 220px logoalt logo2 ... web terr serv 1 terr chan 1 cable serv 1 cable chan 1 BBCWorldService Television , often abbreviated ... , BBC WSTV was a 24 hour news and information service, a precursor to BBCWorld News , launched in Asia on 11 March 1991. Unlike BBCWorldService , it was not funded by the British government with a grant ... WorldService News bulletins in place of the BBC s domestic ones. The BBCWorldService News studio ... BBC One and BBC Two , in addition to BBCWorldService News . Following STAR TV Asia STAR TV acquisition by Rupert Murdoch a owner by News Corporation , BBCWorldService Television was removed from ... see also Computer Originated WorldBBCWorldService Television The channel from 1991 until c.1994 used ... at the bottom was altered to a Logo of the BBC 1986 BBC logo with an italic WorldService beneath. Promotional ... youtube cite web title BBCWorldService TV 1992 url http www.youtube.com watch?v henrdyozbzQ&NR 1 ... BBCWorldService Television url http www.transdiffusion.org emc intertel gallery bbcworld.php work ... becoming apparent that the name BBCWorldService Television was unwieldy on the channel. This was shown ... with and under the BBC logo, and which used the title BBCWorldService Television Weather See also BBC TV Europe BBC Arabic Television BBCWorldService References Reflist External links http www.transdiffusion.org intertel gallery bbcworld BBCWorldService Television idents at Transdiffusion http home.clara.net jim.edwards bbcwrld.htm BBCWorldService Television idents including past BBC ... BBCWorldService Television BBC Television DEFAULTSORT BbcWorldService Television Category Defunct BBC television channels WorldService Category International BBC television channels Category Television ... in 1995 fr BBCWorldService Television BBC WSTV pl BBCWorldService Television ... more details
Image BBCWorldService Trust logo.jpg thumb right The BBCWorldService Trust is the BBC s international development Charitable organization charity , funded independently by external grants and voluntary contributions. The purpose of the organization is to use media and communication to reduce poverty and promote human rights. It works in partnership with the BBCWorldService and other local media and development partners in over forty developing and transitional countries around the world. History BBCWorldService Trust was founded in 1999. ref cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk worldservice trust aboutus bbc title BBCWorldService Trust Our relationship with the BBC first last work bbc.co.uk year 2011 accessdate 27 June 2011 ref Recognition In 2010 the BBCWorldService Trust won a Tech Award for developing a mobile phone service for teaching English to people in Bangladesh. ref cite web url http www.techawards.org laureates stories index.php?id 227 title The Tech Museum Awards Technology Benefiting Humanity Stories first last work techawards.org year 2011 accessdate 27 June 2011 ref The same project, BBC Janala , also received a GSMA Award for education technology at the Mobile World Congress in February 2011. ref cite web title BBC Janala receives GSMA Award for education technology url http www.bbc.co.uk worldservice trust whatwedo where asia bangladesh 2011 02 110217 bbc ... s discussion of funding the BBCWorldService Trust to combat censorship in China and censorship in Iran . ref cite news url http www.guardian.co.uk media 2011 mar 22 bbcworldservice trust us funding title American anger at BBCWorldService Trust s bid for US funding author Ben Dowell work ... issn 0261 3077 oclc 60623878 accessdate 27 June 2011 ref References reflist See Also BBC Janala External links official website http www.bbc.co.uk worldservice trust DEFAULTSORT BbcWorldService Trust Category BBC Category Non profit organisations based in the United Kingdom Category Communications ... more details
Infobox Radio show show name The Forum image The Forum BBCWorldService logo.jpg imagesize caption other names format runtime Programme is broadcast in two parts, 26.5 minutes and 23 minutes country language English home station BBCWorldService syndicates television presenter Bridget Kendall starring announcer creator writer director senior editor editor producer exec producer narrated rec location first aired last aired num series num episodes audio format opentheme othertheme endtheme website http www.bbcworldservice.com forum The Forum main website podcast http www.bbc.co.uk podcasts series forum The Forum podcast br http www.bbc.co.uk podcasts series forum60sec The Forum 60 second idea podcast The Forum is the BBCWorldService s flagship discussion programme. It brings together prominent thinkers from different disciplines and different parts of the world to try and create stimulating discussion, informed by highly distinct academic, artistic and cultural backgrounds. Format Each episode of The Forum brings together three thinkers, leading figures from different academic and artistic disciplines. A typical line up might include a scientist , a writer or other artist , and a philosopher ... The Forum is broadcast through the BBCWorldService and its international broadcasting partners ... www.facebook.com pages The Forum BBCWorldService 142577507712 The Forum Facebook page http www.bbc.co.uk worldservice programmes 2009 03 000000 forum.shtml The Forum website BBCWorldService DEFAULTSORT Forum BbcWorldService Category BBCWorldService ... in just sixty seconds which they believe will make the world a better place. These ideas are not always ... The Forum Sixty Second Idea podcast ref . History The first episode of the show was broadcast on the BBCWorldService 6 April 2008. It has been broadcast every week since then. Presenters The programme s presenter, who has been part of the show since its inception, is BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget ... more details
end See also BBCWorldService , the home of The World Today BBC News BBCWorld News , The BBC s International Television Station References reflist External links BBC programme id p002vsn9 title The World Today BBCWorldService DEFAULTSORT World Today, The Category BBC radio programmes Category BBCWorldService Category British news radio programmes no The World Today BBCWorldService ...Infobox Radio Show show name The World Today format News, current events, and factual runtime Daily 0300 0830 GMT from Spring 2011 country United Kingdom language English language English home station BBCWorldService syndicates television presenter starring announcer creator writer director producer executive producer narrated record location first aired 1999 last aired num series num episodes audio format opentheme endtheme website http www.bbc.co.uk worldservice news 2009 03 000000 world today.shtml podcast The World Today is BBCWorldService s high profile, Sony Radio Academy Awards Sony Radio Academy Award winning ref cite web url http www.radioawards.org winners ?awid 160&awname The News 26 Current Affairs Award&year 2009 title Sony Radio Academy Awards accessdate 2009 05 12 work www.radioawards.org publisher Sony ref , early morning news and current affairs programme, which as of the 27th March 2011 will be broadcast from 0300 to 0830 GMT daily. It consists of news bulletins on the hour and half hour, serious international interviews and in depth reports of world news. The BBCWorldServiceWorldService consider it to be one of their most important strands, as shown in 2011 when it was kept as one of four key outlets. History The World Today was launched on the BBC s BBCWorldServiceWorldService in 1999 as part of a shake up of the news programming. Presenters Due to the nature of The World Today many BBC personalities appear on the programme. Core presenters include multicol Fergus Nicoll Max Pearson George Arney journalist George Arney Julian Keane Komla Dumor ... more details
logo fur REQUIRED Article The Forum BBCWorldService Use Brand HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Source ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Used for The Forum BBCWorldService Owner BBCWorldService Website http www.bbc.co.uk podcasts series forum History Commentary OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Logo used for The Forum BBCWorldService Portion whole Low resolution no Purpose Replaceability no other information Licensing Non free logo Category BBC radio logos Category Radio programme logos ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Article Westminster Quarters Description This is 14 seconds of audio from the BBC World Service , consisting of the Westminster Chimes Source Recorded from the BBC Internet radio on 00 00 GMT on 1 January 2009 Portion 14 seconds Low resolution Reduced from stereo to mono, and from 126 kbps to 62 kbps Purpose The purpose is to demonstrate the Westminster chimes Replaceability There is no way to demonstrate the sound used without reproducing it other information This is a reduced quality extract from File BBC World Service Big Ben 1 1 2009.ogg Licensing Non free audio sample ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Article BBCWorldService Description This is approximately 20 seconds of audio from the BBCWorldService , which consists of a promotional announcement followed by their Top of the Hour tone sequence, which consists of 5 short and 1 long tone, before the announcement indicating it was 5AM GMT on the date of recording. Source Recorded from their Internet transmission 5AM on 24 March 2008. Portion About 20 Seconds Low resolution N A Purpose The purpose of this is simply to demonstrate the tone sequence which occurs at the start of the hour, and show how it is placed in the BBCWorldService program line up. Replaceability There is no way to demonstrate the sound used without reproducing it other information Licensing Non free audio sample ... more details
Summary logo fur REQUIRED Article BBCWorldService Trust Use Org HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Source http www.bbc.co.uk worldservice trust ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Used for Owner Website History Commentary OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Portion Low resolution Purpose Replaceability other information Licensing Non free logo ... more details
Culture Shock was a weekly BBCWorldService radio programme, hosted by Tim Marlow . ref http us.ft.com ftgateway superpage.ft?news id fto031420082207334029&page 2 US Financial Times ref The programme ran from 2005 2008. Format The programme aimed to examine the latest cultural trends from around the world, social or technological developments which are reflecting and shaping the way we live what are people thinking, buying, or doing and why the next wave of telecommunications, the latest design craze or toy, new ways to entertain, future behaviours . Guests Among guests on the programme were col begin col break James Harkin , author of Big Ideas The Essential Guide to the Latest Thinking http music.unc.edu faculty facultyandstaffdirectory facultystaffmember.2006 06 20.9771826128 Mark Katz , the author of Capturing Sound How Technology Has Changed Music Professor Gerd Gigerenzer David Levy , author of Love and Sex with Robots col break Professor Clay Shirky from New York University Professor Peter Singer Jeff Taylor of Monster.com col end External links http www.bbc.co.uk worldservice programmes culture shock.shtml Homepage http www.bbc.co.uk programmes w0000cgb Listen again facility References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Culture Shock Category BBC radio programmes Category BBCWorldService ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Article BBCWorldService Description This is 1 minute and 28 seconds of audio from the BBCWorldService , which consists of an announcement that it is the BBCWorldService, the Westminster Chimes , then an announcement that Big Ben would be heard at Midnight Greenwich Mean Time , followed by 12 bell strikes indicating midnight. Source Recorded from their Internet transmission 00 00 GMT on 1 January 2009. Portion 1 Minute 28 Seconds Low resolution Sampling frequency reduced from 48 kHz to 32 kHz, and bit rate reduced from 126 kbps to 51 kbps Purpose The purpose of this is to demonstrate the sequence which occurred at the start of the hour and the start of 2009, and show how it was played in the BBCWorldService. Replaceability There is no way to demonstrate the sound used without reproducing it other information Licensing Non free audio sample ... more details
Infobox Network name BBC Albanian Service br BBC Shqiptar logo country United Kingdom network type Radio network and website available International owner BBC funding Foreign and Commonwealth Office , UK key people Sarah Gibson Head of Service launch date 1940 br 1993 dissolved 1967 br 2011 website URL http www.bbcalbanian.com The BBC Albanian Service lang sq BBC Shqiptar was part of the BBCWorldService s foreign language output, one of 33 languages it provided. ref http www.bbc.co.uk albanian news 2011 03 110317 alb closure chronology.shtml ref References Reflist BBC Radio DEFAULTSORT Bbc Albanian Service Category Albanian language radio stations Category BBCWorldService Category Radio stations established in 1940 ... more details
Image BBC Broadcasting House 532073098.jpg thumb BBC Broadcasting House in London . The BBC Home Service ... Between the 1920s and the outbreak of World War II The Second World War , the BBC had developed two nationwide radio services, the BBC National Programme and the BBC Regional Programme . As the name of the latter suggests, as well as a basic service programmed from London, the Regional Programme ... nationally. The new service was named the Home Service, which was also the internal designation at the BBC for domestic radio broadcasting the organisation had also had Television Service and Overseas Service departments . Post war On 29 July 1945, the BBC resumed its previous regional structure and began ... East England was served by the basic Home Service , which was not considered a region by the BBC ... reorganised across the three BBC networks on 30 September 1957, with much of the Home Service s lighter ... BBC Study Session and the Home and Light s sports coverage BBC Sports Service as well as the Third ... the banner of BBC Network Three until 4 April 1970 . The BBC Home Service was renamed BBC Radio 4 . Regional radio legacy BBC Radio 4 continued as a regionalised service and continued to use the term ... headlined BBC Radio Four Home Service . Broadcasting in the Seventies With the introduction of BBC ... magazine programme, Roundabout East Anglia , the region lacking any BBC Local Radio stations. The service ... Category Defunct BBC national radio stations Home Service, BBC Category Radio stations established in 1939 it BBC Home Service fi BBC Home Service ... audiences instead, they appealed to a single audience but provided a choice of programming. World War II On 1 September 1939, the BBC merged the National and the Regional Programmes into one national service from London. The reasons given for this included the need to prevent enemy aircraft ... feasible however, much of the programming on the new service was gradually decentralised to the former ... more details
Use British English date December 2010 Use dmy dates date December 2010 for the parent WorldServiceBBCWorldService Infobox Network name BBC Russian Service logo Unsourced image ... The BBC Russian Service lang ru was part of the BBCWorldService s foreign language output, one of 33 languages it provided. History The BBC Russian Service began ... Moscow. On 17 August 2007 Bol shoe Radio notified the BBCWorldService that it planned to stop transmission ... arm of a Russian state broadcasting network puts the BBCWorldService s reputation for editorial ... world europe displaystory.cfm?story id 9500528 The BBC s alleged kowtow , Economist , 19 Jul 2007. ref BBCWorldService denied it Citation needed date March 2011 and said the problems ... altogether became too strong. In November 2008 the BBCWorldService announced Citation needed ... who argued that the BBCWorldService weakened its editorial line under pressure from Kremlin ... ref The BBCWorldService responded Citation needed date March 2011 that the changes were necessary ... target audience and restrictions imposed by the Russian Government. BBCWorldService said Citation ... BBC Russian site relaunched , BBCWorldService, 21 April 2009 ref On 26 March 2011 the service ... radio stations Category BBCWorldService Category Radio stations established in 1946 ru ... International owner BBC funding Foreign and Commonwealth Office , UK key people Sarah Gibson Head of Service ... The BBC Russian Service broadcasted strategically throughout Russia and some former Soviet countries ... FM broadcasts again since November 2006. Citation needed date March 2011 The BBC Russian Service partnered ... Oleg Gordievsky Citation needed date March 2011 criticized the BBC Russian service for giving less coverage ... tol comment letters article5100492.ece WorldService cuts Reduction of the Russian service just ... to censor or block. On 21 April 2009 the BBC Russian Service relaunched their website in a new wider ... more details
The BBC Somali Service is a BBCWorldService radio station transmitted in the Somali language and based ... links http www.bbc.co.uk somali BBC Somali so icon http www.bbc.co.uk somali inenglish.shtml BBC Somali Service en icon Category BBC radio Category BBCWorldService Category Somali language radio ... history http www.bbc.co.uk somali historye.shtml History . BBC Somali Service. Retrieved 9 November ... newse.shtml News Bulletins , BBC Somali Service, accessed 9 November 2010. http www.webcitation.org ... Articles 06 Jan 04 british motives.html The British motives behind the BBC Somali Service . wardheernews.com. ... Ahmad, Liban. http wardheernews.com Articles 2010 March Liban 29 how the bbc somali misinforms listeners.html How BBC Somali Service Misinforms Listeners . wardheernews.com. 29 March 2010. Retrieved ... the BBC Somalia Service reports http www.bbc.co.uk somali news story 2009 12 091219 somaliland guantanamo.shtml Somaliland Guantanamo So icon . BBC Somali Service. 19 December 2010. Retrieved 28 September ... So icon . BBC Somali Service. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010. ref In April 2010 Ibrahim ... s Abuse of the BBC Somali Service . Somaliland Times . Issue 149. 6 12 January 2010. Retrieved 9 November ... Services . BBC . 7 July 2002. Retrieved 9 November 2010. http www.webcitation.org 5u6bdyEEe Archived ... elsewhere. ref name missing http www.bbc.co.uk somali missinge.shtml Missing Persons . BBC Somali Service. Retrieved 9 November 2010. http www.webcitation.org 5u6a9Ypl7 Archived by WebCite on 9 November ... ref In 2006 a former service member for over 30 years said the station s aim is to spread British ... http www.jimmatimes.com article.cfm?articleID 17078 Somalia Somalis complain about BBC Radio Somali service . Jimma Times . 14 September 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2010. http www.webcitation.org 5u6dCDxMV Archived by WebCite on 9 November 2010. ref In March 2010 Liban Ahmad, a former trainee at the BBC ... photogenic broadcaster at the bbc.aspx Is Yusuf Garaad the Only Photogenic Broadcaster at the BBC ... more details
schedule date December 2011 Infobox television show name BBCWorld News image File BBCWorld News red.svg 250px caption BBCWorld News format News, Business, Sport, Weather camera picture format 16 9 audio format runtime Varies creator BBCWorld News developer producer executive producer presenter Martine Dennis br Peter Dobbie br Komla Dumor br David Eades br Mike Embley br Karin Giannone br Geeta Guru Murthy br Lucy Hockings br Naga Munchetty br Adnan Nawaz country United Kingdom location London language English language English network BBCWorld News, BBC One 0500 UKT first run January 1995 ref cite web title Key Dates url http www.bbcworldnews.com Pages KeyDates.aspx publisher BBC accessdate 25 March 2011 ref first aired last aired Present num episodes preceded by BBCWorldService Television ref cite web title Key Dates url http www.bbcworldnews.com Pages KeyDates.aspx publisher BBC accessdate 25 March 2011 ref followed by related BBCWorld News America br Newsday programme Newsday br GMT programme GMT br Impact TV programme Impact br The Hub programme The Hub br World News Today website BBCWorld News is the standard news bulletin featuring the latest international news broadcast throughout most of the day on BBCWorld News . Some editions also feature brief business and sport reports as well. A brief weather report is given at the end of each broadcast. Schedule all times ... links IMDB title 0344621 BBCWorld News BBC News DEFAULTSORT BbcWorld News Programme Category BBCWorld News programmes id BBCWorld News programme ms BBCWorld News program ja no The World Today BBCWorld ... br 2000 2100 Jamie Robertson There is only 1 edition of World News Today on Fridays br 2200 2300 ... Simulcast in the UK From 0100 0600 GMT the programme is shown in the UK on BBC One and the BBC News Channel , and is simply branded as BBC News with the exception of 0500 0600 on weekdays . Commercials ... more details
About international news and current affairs channel the BBC radio network BBCWorldService the programme aired at 05 00 GMT BST on BBC One and BBC News TV channel BBC News BBCWorld News programme Use British English date December 2010 Refimprove date January 2011 Infobox TV channel name BBCWorld News logofile BBCWorld News red.svg logosize 200px logocaption launch 11 March 1991 picture format ... BBCWorldService Television small 1991 1994 small br BBCWorld small 1994 2008 small sister names ... television Cable br television network past names BBCWorldService Television 1991 1995 terr serv ... as BBCWorldService Television , though unlike BBCWorldServiceBBCWorldService radio which has ... editor was Johan John Ramsland from WorldService Radio News with John Exelby from domestic BBC ... Hodge and Mike Casey. On 1 January 1994, BBCWorldService Television split into two stations BBC Prime .... The channel is part of Cablevision s iO Digital Cable service, channel 104. BBCWorld News on other ... 2011 BBCWorld News is available online through the subscription service RealPlayer RealPlayer Plus ... BBCWorldService Radio and BBC Online, and share their views on topical issues of the day ... in West London Half hour BBCWorld News bulletins are made available to Public Broadcasting Service ... and tv 12957296 publisher BBC News title About BBCWorld News TV date 7 April 2011 accessdate 25 September ... media 2008 nov 17 bbcworld news promo title BBCWorld News unveils global promos last ... BBCBBCWorld News is the BBC s international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world. ref name AboutBWN Launched on 11 March 1991 as the BBCWorldService Television outside of Europe, with its name changed to BBCWorld in 1995 and to BBCWorld News in 2008, it broadcasts for 24 hour news cycle 24 hours with television programming .... Citation needed date April 2010 Unlike the BBC s domestic channels, BBCWorld News is not funded ... more details
Summary Non free media rationale Article BBCWorld News Description Screenshot of the BBCWorld News breakfiller graphic. Source http www.youtube.com watch?v tSMi3aarOAA&feature related Youtube Portion Complete screenshot Purpose Identification Resolution N A Replaceability Not replaceable with a free content image Licensing Non free television screenshot Non free fair use in BBCWorld News ... more details
Infobox television show name BBCWorld News America image Image World News America.jpg 250px caption ... 25, 2011 small br 30 minutes br small March 28, 2011 present small creator BBCWorld News developer ... D.C. language English language English network BBCWorld News br BBC America br BBC News Channel first aired October 1, 2007 last aired Present num episodes preceded by followed by related BBCWorld News programme BBCWorld News br Newsday programme Newsday br GMT programme GMT br Impact TV programme Impact br The Hub programme The Hub br World News Today website USNetworkEveningNewsShows BBCWorld News America is a current affairs news format current affairs news programme produced by BBCWorld News to be shown initially for United States American audiences. It s presented by Katty Kay , who ... katty kay named anchor of bbcworld news america b84021 Katty Kay Named Anchor of BBCWorld ... on BBC America and BBCWorld News , and for the first half hour on tape delay on BBC News TV channel BBC News Channel in the middle of the night in the UK. On March 28, 2011, the programme was reduced to a half hour from the previous full hour. It is no longer shown on BBC America or BBC News Channel. It is now shown on BBCWorld News, and made available to PBS stations in the United States. Schedule all times UTC Weekdays br BBCWorld News 20 00 to 20 30 and 22 00 to 22 30 br Special broadcasts ... up to 6 hours e.g. 2008 Super Tuesday and only being presented by one host. BBCWorld News America ..., BBCWorld News America was a recipient of the 69th Annual Peabody Awards. The award given was Unique ... External links http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi programmes world news america default.stm Homepage from BBCWorld http www.bbcamerica.com content 329 index.jsp Homepage from BBC America http www.bbc.co.uk blogs theeditors rome hartman Rome Hartman s Blog DEFAULTSORT BbcWorld News America Category BBC television news programmes Category BBCWorld News programmes Category American news television series Category ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2008 BBC Gardeners World is a United Kingdom British gardening magazine owned by BBC Worldwide containing tips for gardening from past and current presenters of the television series Gardeners World . The magazine often has offers on plants , free supplements and giveaways. Copies are sold at newsagent s and by subscription. Contributors Contributors have included Monty Don Carol Klein Show File Selection of cultivated Alliums .jpg thumb right upright Selection of cultivated Allium s displayed at the 2011 show. A trade show and floral exhibition of the same name, promoted by the magazine, is held every June at the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham. See also List of horticultural magazines External links http www.gardenersworld.com index.html BBC Gardeners World magazine website BBC Magazines DEFAULTSORT Bbc Gardeners World Category Horticultural magazines Category British magazines Category BBC publications BBC stub hobby mag stub UK mag stub ... more details
Summary Non free media rationale Article History of BBC television idents Description Channel identification used from 1995 until 1999 Source http www2.tv ark.org.uk news bbcworld 1995.html Portion Complete screenshot Purpose Identification Resolution N A Replaceability Not replaceable with a free content image Non free media rationale Article BBC News presentation Description BBCWorld channel identification used from 1995 until 1999 Source http www2.tv ark.org.uk news bbcworld 1995.html Portion Complete screenshot Purpose Identification of the channel and to aid the understanding of the article text, which is about this presentational look and others. Resolution N A Replaceability Not replaceable with a free content image Licensing Non free television screenshot Category BBC logos Non free fair use in History of BBC television idents ... more details
The BBC Atlas of the Natural World is the title of two Product bundling compilations box set boxed sets of DVD s consisting of eight separate nature documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit between 1987 and 2005. The boxed sets, each consisting of 4 series and 6 DVDs, are subtitled Western Hemisphere and Antarctica and Africa and Europe . They were released on October 31, 2006 and October 2, 2007, respectively, for DVD region code DVD Region 1 i.e., Canada , United States , U.S. territories , and Bermuda . They were later released in DVD region code DVD Region 4 , although still with NTSC video. The two compilations consist of the following series and episodes BBC Atlas of the Natural World Western Hemisphere and Antarctica 4 series 6 discs 1055 minutes Disc 1 & 2 Land of the Eagle 1991 394 minutes Disc 1 Episode 1. The Great Encounter Episode 2. Confronting the Wilderness Episode 3. Conquering Swamps Episode 4. Across the Seas of Grass Disc 2 Episode 5. Into the Shining Mountains Episode 6. Living on the Edge Episode 7. The First and Last Frontier Episode 8. Searching for Paradise Disc 3 Spirits of the Jaguar 1996 196 minutes Episode 1. The Foraging of a New World Episode 2. Forests of the Maya Episode 3. Hunters of the Caribbean Sea Episode 4. The Fifth World of the Aztecs Disc 4 Land of the Tiger 1997 Episode 1. The Tiger s Domain Episode 2. Sacred Waters Episode ... Episode 6. Footsteps in the Snow BBC Atlas of the Natural World Africa and Europe 4 Series 6 discs ... Spirits of the Forest about Madagascar from the BBC television series Natural WorldBBC TV series The Natural World . Disc 4 The First Eden The First Eden The Mediterranean World and Man 1987 220 ... Congo BBC TV series Congo 2001 146 minutes Episode 1. The River That Swallows All Rivers Episode 2. Spirits ... the final episode Strangers in the Garden is not included. Disc 5 Nile BBC TV series Nile 2004 Episode ... BBC television documentaries Category Documentary films about nature ... more details
File World Citizen Flag.svg thumb The flag of the WSA. The WorldService Authority WSA , founded in 1953, ref cite web url http slate.msn.com id 2138567 title What s a World Passport? accessdate 10 April 2007 author Daniel Engber last Engber first Daniel date 24 March 2006 publisher Slate ref is a non profit organization that educates about and promotes world citizenship , world law , and World Government . It is best known for issuing World Passport s. It has an office in Washington, D.C. The office in Shanghai , People s Republic of China , closed as of 1 January 2010. The WSA was founded by Garry Davis , a former Broadway theatre Broadway actor and World War II bomber pilot, who renounced his U.S. citizenship in 1948 to live as a citizen of the world . It was set up to be the administrative agency of the World government World Government of World Citizens which he declared on 4 September 1953. Besides issuing World Passports, the WSA registers applicants as world citizens and issues world citizen identity documents, such as birth certificates, identity cards, and marriage certificates. See also World Passport References Reflist External links http www.worldgovernment.org WorldService Authority World government Use dmy dates date June 2011 Category World government International law stub ... more details
Image CoolidgeCorner.jpg thumb 200px right The S.S. Pierce Building, original headquarters of The World. The World is an internet service provider originally headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts Brookline , Massachusetts . It was the first internet service provider offering dial up access to the general public, ref http tools.ietf.org html rfc2235 tools.ietf.org ref doing so since 1989. ref http world.std.com world.std.com ref The World is operated by Software Tool & Die and used to use the domain name world.std.com it now uses mainly TheWorld.com, though world.std.com is also used for certain things. References Reflist External links http www.TheWorld.com The World home page http www.usenix.org publications login 1999 2 isp.html the first ISP 1999 USENIX article on the beginning of The World. DEFAULTSORT World, The Category Brookline, Massachusetts Category Companies based in Massachusetts Category Internet service providers of the United States Category Communications in Massachusetts Category History of the Internet US internet company stub ... more details
Infobox Network name Radio Thailand WorldService logo File Radio Thailand WorldService logo.gif 150px country Thailand network type Radio network available International owner National Broadcasting Services of Thailand key people launch date 1938 past names website http www.hsk9.org Radio Thailand WorldService website Radio Thailand WorldService is the official international broadcasting station of Thailand . Owned by the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand , The station broadcasts in 10 languages Thai Language Thai , English Language English , Chinese Language Chinese , Burmese language Burmese , Lao Language Lao , Khmer Language Khmer , Malay Language Malay , German Language German , Japanese Language Japanese and Vietnamese Language Vietnamese . External links http www.hsk9.org Radio Thailand WorldService website Category External services broadcasting Category Thai radio de Radio Thailand ko ja zh ... more details
The World Glacier Monitoring Service WGMS was started in 1986, combining the two former services PSFG Permanent Service on Fluctuations of Glacier s and TTS WGI Temporal Technical Secretary World Glacier Inventory . The WGMS is based at a centre at the University of Zurich in Switzerland , and the Director of the Service is Wilfried Haeberli . It is supported by the United Nations Environment Programme . ref cite web url http www.sciencedaily.com releases 2008 03 080317154235.htm title Glaciers Are Melting Faster Than Expected, UN Reports date Mar. 18, 2008 publisher Science Daily accessdate 2010 01 26 ref WGMS collects standardised observations on changes in mass, volume, area and length of glacier s with time glacier fluctuations , as well as statistical information on the distribution of perennial surface ice in space glacier inventories . Such glacier fluctuation and inventory data are high priority key variables in climate system monitoring they form a basis for hydrological modelling with respect to possible effects of atmospheric warming, and provide fundamental information in glaciology, glacial geomorphology and quaternary geology. ref http www.geo.unizh.ch wgms about.html WGMS site ref ref cite web url http www.forschungsportal.ch unizh p1728.htm title World Glacier Monitoring Service WGMS date 3 February 2009 publisher University of Zurich accessdate 2010 01 26 ref Notes references External links http www.geo.unizh.ch wgms World Glacier Monitoring Service http www.geo.unizh.ch wgms fog fog7.pdf Fluctuations of Glaciers VII, 1990 1995 Category Climate change organizations Category Glaciology environmental org stub de World Glacier Monitoring Service pt World Glacier Monitoring Service ... more details
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