Nepal quake update....

3/5/15

Death toll now pushing 7,000 



People in more remote areas are still awaiting help....



Nepal's major tourist attractions- before and after-





Death toll now 4,000 and around 10,000 injured.  Some communities are still isolated and cut off (see map below)



The worst quake Nepal has seen for 80 years has left many sleeping outside and in temporary shelters for a 4th night.
A big aftershock hit on Sunday causing further damage and halting aid as the airport again had to be shut.

Meanwhile helicopters have rescued 140 people from Mount Everest.

hospitals have been overwhelmed with the injured....


more facts and figures here

Slow train through Africa-

I managed to have time this weekend to catch up on a great series for you culture people
Griff Rhys Jones- slow train through Africa.

https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/slow-train-through-africa-with-griff-rhys-jones

episode 2 through North Africa is great, he visits Marrakesh then travels through Algeria and into Tunisia, some good references to culture and globalization en route- details here

Canada; where Multiculturalism thrives!?

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/09/2013915111722311111.html
Excellent article about how Canada works as a multicultural nation....

A look at Leicester, UK- can it really teach the world about how multiculturalism should work?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/were-all-in-this-together-how-leicester-became-a-model-of-multiculturalism-even-if-that-was-never-the-plan-8732691.html

This article tells you about Leicester's history and shows how some migrants feel about Leicester and some that can be applied countrywide.

Some more on France for year 13 culture study....

http://www.brygeog.net/uploads/7/9/8/5/7985035/globalfrance.pdf

An article on globalization and French cultural diversity

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wsfh/0642292.0031.020?rgn=main;view=fulltext  A bit old (2003) but makes a point about how some French feel about Globalization

The globalization index.... shows how globalized selected countries are... look for France
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization_Index


http://www.kameleo.com/wc/JEU-Ch0-MondeFranco.html

Francophone speaking nations- showing France does have global connections through language

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3325285.stm article explaining the deep roots of French secularism.  Further details here

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfb4ig_france-multicultural-society-under_news  an interesting video clip on multiculturalism in France

check out this site, good theoretical background...

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/grade3/geograph.html

contains definitions and descriptions on theory relating to cultural diversity.

Impacts of global warming on human cultural diversity article

http://www.eolss.net/sample-chapters/c12/E1-04-03-03.pdf

As this is a report there are a lot of different sections, so you do not need to read it all but can pick relevant sections- particularly sections 4 and 5!