LSE Literary Festival - War Stories: How to bring the battle to the book? [Audio]
Speaker(s): Stephen Grey, Andrew Mueller, Ros Wynne-Jones | A discussion of war journalism in its historical context. How the great correspondents of the past managed to tell the world about conflicts around the globe. And how in the digital age, governments and the military seek to prevent free reporting of war. Can we ever really report objectively and openly on war?
IGC Growth Week 2010 - Industrial Productivity [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Chang-Tai Hsieh, Rasheed Adegbenro, Ludovico Alcorta, Professor Haroon Bhorat | What do we know about the importance of industrial productivity to a country's standards of living, both in absolute terms and relative to agricultural productivity, to improvements in capital intensity and to improvements in schooling? What do we know about the sources of industrial productivity growth, especially in the developing world? Drawing on evidence from India, China, and Mexico, Chang
Trapped by the Past? Institutional Legacies and African Development [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Gareth Austin, Professor Joseph Inikori, Professor James Robinson | The relative poverty of Sub-Saharan Africa today is often attributed to the malevolent legacies of its past. This forum draws together three leading contributors to the ongoing debate about institutional legacies which still affect African development. Gareth Austin is professor of international history at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Joseph Inikori is professor o
EEHU Lille 2011 – Stratégies de recherche sur les représentations du vivant et de la santé
Titre : EEHU Lille 2011 – Incidences des stratégies de recherche sur les représentations du vivant et de la santé
Intervenants : Eduardo DEI-CAS : (Médecin, Centre de Biologie Pathologie, CHRU de Lille).
Résumé : Ethique du vivant :
• Éthique des pratiques de recherche sur le vivant
• Éthique normative et éthique réflexive
• Réflexion sur:
– Le vivant
– Les stratégies / pratiques pour le saisir
– Le contexte ac
The Underground Railroad
This three minute video uses a narrator and images to provide a good overview of the Underground Railroad and dwells on the people and causes of the movement.
Les noces de la politique et de la communication
"Entretiens du Jeu de Paume" vendredi 17 juin, samedi 18 juin et dimanche 19 juin 2011, l'UTLS et le Château de Versailles présenteront à Versailles la seconde édition des Entretiens du Jeu de Paume autour du thème de la séparation des pouvoirs.
Les noces de la politique et de la communication
Sophie Coignard, journaliste à l'hebdomadaire Le Point, spécialiste des enquêtes sur les conflits d'intérêts
Cynthia Fleury, philosophe, C
Practical Suicide Risk Management for the Busy Primary Care Physician
Dr. Timothy Lineberry, Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, discusses his Online First article available at: http://tinyurl.com/6ehqag8 and appearing in the August 2011 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings on busy clinicians assessing practical suicide risk management in the primary care setting.
3.11 Plumbo-solvency
Without it we are dead! Water is essential, but what processes must it go through to become fit for human consumption? This unit will guide you through the continuous cycling of water between land, open water surfaces and the sea before moving on to an overview of the water treatment and supply process.
Measuring the Force of Stress
This two minute video shows how the physics of force can affect manufacturing processes and product innovation. The video shows an interesting experiment that uses plastic cylinders to model the physics of force. A good video to show students how math is used in the real world.
How to Make Paper Simple Construction Paper Flowers
How to Make Construction Paper Flowers - Learn how to make paper simple construction paper flowers utilizing simple supplies in just one minute.
Einstein: Einstein's Miracle Year (2:55)
The ambitious Jewish born Albert Einstein challenges centuries of scientific thought with his new controversial idea, the General Theory of Relativity. This video gives insights into how he came upon the idea of such new concepts. A great way to get students to think about observations as part of the scientific method. Also important is the fact that the establishment essentially ignored his ideas.
Le voyage dans l'empire du Maroc de Jean Potocki / Zuzanna Pol
Le voyage dans l'empire du Maroc de Jean Potocki / Zuzanna Pol. In colloque "Jean Potocki. Pérégrinations", organisé par la section de slavistique de l'UFR de Langues, Littératures et Civilisations Étrangères de l'Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail dans le cadre de la "Semaine polonaise". Toulouse : Université-Toulouse II-Le Mirail, 14-15 avril 2011.
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Thématique 5 : Au carrefour des cultures occidentales et orientales, 15 avril 2011.
ISS Update - July 5, 2011
The International Space Station video update for July 5, 2011.
Visions of Flight
In this video from ThinkTV Dayton, learn about the influences of the dream of flight through history and time on art, literature, science, history and the Wright Brothers, inventors of the airplane from Dayton, Ohio.
Gaza Waiting for the Arab Spring to Bloom
The Arab Spring began in Tunisia and quickly spread to Egypt. Even Palestinians joined the battle by demanding that the two warring leadership factions reconcile and hold new elections. Veteran foreign correspondent Reese Erlich, who reported from Egypt and Gaza in May and June 2011, brings you this audio and visual report with some of the untold stories of the Arab Spring.
Launching Our Dreams: A Shuttle Retrospective
A tribute to NASA's Space Shuttle Program and its 30 year history.
Sir Richard Branson Biography
This four minute video, learn is about the life of the English entrepeneur and owner of the Virgin brand, Sir Richard Branson. It provides a good overview of his life and challenges.
AE CS5.5: Orbit Camera Rigs
After Effects CS5.5 makes it easy to create a 3D Orbit Camera Rig, which simplifies circular animations. Chris Meyer expands on this by demonstrating how to perform smooth crane and zoom moves with this rig as well.
The Peloponnesian Wa: Spartans (2:13)
This video does not have a narrator, but uses graphics to tell about the training of the Spartans. An exceptional video that provides startling facts that are certain to stimulate student interest.
Less paper in the household
You listen to a number of recommendations to reduce the paper mountain. You then realize that there are three ways in which you can give a suggestion. You can give a forceful recommendation, a suggestion or a cautious recommendation. To practice this, you will rewrite a number of sentences into a a suggestion.
