Cambodia Trash Mountain
Cloud Types (Interactive)
Before going to the beach, you might look outside for signs of clouds or rain that could affect your plans. However, the clouds that you see are more than just determinants of weather conditions. They also help to maintain the energy budget and climate on Earth and are an essential part of the water cycle. In this intearctive resource, adapted from NASA's S'COOL Project Tutorial, learn about how clouds are named and identified.
Do Lectures: Â Nature as a Mentor
They can be small Do’s or big Do’s or just extraordinary Do’s. But when you listen to the story of Allen, and imagining a world empowered by Nature’s genius.CEO of the Biomimicry 3.8 group. These speeches light a fire in your belly to go and Do your thing, your passion, the thing that sits in the back of your head each day, just waiting, and waiting for you to follow your heart. (21:17)
Compost Office (Interactive)
Yard and food wastes make up nearly one-third of the waste stream in the United States, most of which gets put in landfills or incinerated. Did you know that by simply combining some basic elements — organic waste, soil, water, and air — you can create ideal conditions for recycling these wastes naturally? This interactive activity from Keep America Beautiful, Inc. details what composting is and the roles that soil microbes, oxygen, and moisture play in this process. A game challenge
Chem 51C (Spring 2012): Acid-Catalyzed Formation of Hydrates, Hemiacetals, and Acetals from Aldehyde
Spring Quarter 2012, Lecture 7 for Chem 51C: Organic Chemistry recorded on Tuesday, April 24. Items covered: Ch. 21. Acid-Catalyzed Formation of Hydrates, Hemiacetals, and Acetals from Aldehydes and Ketones.
A Vanderbilt First!
Besides fulfilling a life-long dream, Blair School of Music senior Ryan Korell is doing something no other Vanderbilt student has ever done.
Intervention in Libya: A Humanitarian Success?
Professor Alan Kuperman (Texas) gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW seminar series on 24th April 2012
Supplemental Instruction - Purdue University
A video highlighting Purdue's academic assistance program that utilizes peer-assisted, regularly-scheduled, informal review sessions. The sessions are facilitated by student "SI Leaders" who have previously done well in the course and attend all class lectures.
For more info visit: http://www.purdue.edu/si
Marc Fournier on Domination and Depression
Psychology professor, Marc Fournier, on Domination and Depression. His lecture was delivered at University of Toronto-Scarborough as part of the 2008 Big Ideas Best Lecturer competition.
{Suresh 308 } Sentences
Master Your Vocabulary. Take a look at: Vocabulary Quiz - Hindi->English; Picture->Hindi; Recording->Hindi; and more!Vocabulary List - Easy to study list with pictures and recordings for some words{Suresh 308 }...
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30.04.2012 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Montag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
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Angesichts der Haftbedingungen für die ukrainische Ex-Regierungschefin Julia Timoschenko erhöhen deutsche Politiker weiter den Druck auf die Führung in Kiew. Als erstes Kabinettsmitglied sprach sich Bundesumweltminister Norbert Röttgen gegen Politiker-Besuche bei der Fußball-Europameisterschaft in der Ukraine aus. Es müsse verhindert werden, das
BBC HD - Madagascar - Episode 1 - Island of Marvels - 3/4
David Attenborough presents a look at the unique wild life on the island of Madagascar and this 15 minute video shows how some of the animals and plants developed on this 1000 mile long island. Excellent images.
BBC HD - Madagascar - Episode 1 - Island of Marvels - 4/4
David Attenborough presents a look at the unique wild life on the island of Madagascar in this last part of this series about the animal life and plants on this unique island. The 14 minute video highlights. Some mating scenes shown. It also shows how this island is being effected by mankind.
ISS Update - April 30, 2012
The International Space Station video update for April 30, 2012.
Ogres and Pygmies by Robert Graves (poetry reading)
The term Pygmy comes form Greek mythology. It was later used to descibe an ethic group and, when used in that way, is considered pejorative. That is not the meaning intended here.
Political correctness changes with the times and it is impossible to make literature from former times fit the popular prejudices of the day. All that is necessary is to note is that no racial inference was intended and move on.
By the same token if there are any ogres who find this characterisation of their hab
Breakingviews: Aviva's different shareholder spring
April 30 - The UK insurer is the latest company to review executive pay in response to investor pressure. Robert Cole argues this is as much about long-term underperformance as short term pay excess.
STEM TECH Olympiad 2012
Your Health: Liver Transplants
More than 100,000 Americans are on the organ transplant list. Advances in medicine now mean that living donation may be an option to get kidney and liver patients off the wait list sooner, but what are the benefits and risks? And could more baby boomers be looking at the possible need for a liver transplant with the increases in Hepatitis C?
In this "Your Health" interview, Dr. Benjamin Philosophe and transplant coordinator Linda Ridge of the University of Maryland Medical Center talk about org
Satsuki Shibuya, Otis '07
Building on their creativity, commitment, connections, and professional skills, these alumni launched careers in art and design..
Session I: The Problem in Context
7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health Conference: Identified vs. Statistical Lives - Ethics and Public Policy
Session Chair: Norman Daniels, Ph.D.
Mary B. Saltonstall Professor and Professor of Ethics and Population Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Susan Dentzer, M.A. (hon) Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs
Thomas C. Schelling, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor, Department of Economics, University of Maryland
David Cutler, Ph.D.
Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Dep
