Amazing Earth 2
A documentary about volcanic eruptions.
A semaphorin code defines subpopulations of spinal motor neurons during mouse development.
In the spinal cord, motor neurons (MNs) with similar muscle targets and sensory inputs are grouped together into motor pools. To date, relatively little is known about the molecular mechanisms that control the establishment of pool-specific circuitry. Semaphorins, a large family of secreted and cell surface proteins, are important mediators of developmental processes such as axon guidance and cell migration. Here, we used mRNA in situ hybridization to study the expression patterns of semaphorins
The International economy, and the process of the citizen's revolution in Ecuador
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado is the current President of the Republic of Ecuador after being re-elected for a second consecutive term in April 2009, he was first elected in late 2006. He served as Minister of Economy from April 2005- August 2005. President Correa Delgado has a Phd in Economics and a Masters in Economic Sciences both from the University of Illinois as well as a Master of Arts in Economía from the Catholic University of Lovaina the New in Belgium. From 1993 – April 2005 he wa
The Challenges of Development and Environmental Sustainability in Africa: the case of Rwanda
Africa is experiencing major changes to its environment as a result of climate change. This has clear implications for a continent that has already suffered disproportionately from abuses of human rights and from slow economic growth. Paul Kagame is president of the Republic of Rwanda.
Living in the End Times
There should no longer be any doubt: global capitalism is fast approaching its terminal crisis. In his latest book, Living in the End Times, Slavoj Žižek has identified the four horsemen of this coming apocalypse: the worldwide ecological crisis; imbalances within the economic system; the biogenetic revolution; and exploding social divisions and ruptures. But, he asks, if the end of capitalism seems to many like the end of the world, how is it possible for Western society to face up to the end
Expériences personnelles dans l’enseignement de l’informatique et du monde numérique (video)
L'informatique est partout, c'est devenu banal de le dire, mais qu'entend-on vraiment par là ? Comprend-on bien que le numérique, aujourd'hui, loin de se cantonner aux ordinateurs, est bien plus répandu dans les objets technologiques les plus divers, des téléphones aux avions ? Quelles en sont les implications, les qualités mais aussi les inconvénients, à commencer par les bugs ? En accord avec la devise du Collège de France, « enseigner la recherche en train de se faire », Gérar
Byrne Administration: Interview with Brendan Tom Byrne Jr (May 18, 2009 Part 2)
This interview is a part of the Eagleton Institute for Politics's Program on the Governor. For more information please visit their website: http://governors.rutgers.edu/
Panel 3: Health Care
14th Annual Travers Conference on Ethics and Accountability
Financing California: Strategies for Fiscal Housekeeping - Panel 3: Health Care
Panel 3: Health Care
MODERATOR: KAREN SHORE, Vice President for Planning and Health Policy, Center for Health Improvement.
LEIF HAASE, Senior Fellow, Health Policy Program, New America Foundation
TOM MACURDY, Professor, Department of Economics, Stanford University
STAN ROSENSTEIN, Former Director, California Medicaid & Principal Advisor, Health Management
Climate Change - Global Context
A lecture by Univ. Prof. Dr. Helga Kolb Kromp, Department of Meteorology, at the seminar "Humus - the Missed Opportunity for Global Climate? 
Kid's Character Builder-Confidence-Part 1 of 2
In part one of this video confidence is defined as the courage to try. Smuggles was excited about the upcoming duck dash race. Smuggles finds a small, sad duck hiding in a bush named Weatherby. Smuggles tries to help build confidence in Weatherby so he will participate in race. Cute song played. Some lyrics include "When you're feeling so small you can't see past the wall. Confidence will make you 10 feet tall". This is a great teaching resource for a teachable moment that arises in the classroo
Suresh: Lesson 66 – story of Daaku Ratnakar
(See all the lesson from Suresh; See the First Lesson from Suresh; Build Your Vocabulary By Mastering 4 Words a Day) (Looking for something else? Check out our Lesson Finder, [...]
Learn with Pictures and Video S4 #7 - Getting Around Using Japanese
Commuting in Japan has its perks and tolls. There are many modes of transportation: taxis, the subway, and cars, but which one is fastest? You’ll need all of your Japanese skills to find out. And you need to find out fast because you’ve been late to work two days in a row. You’ll have to [...]
Klartext 20110218
På fredagen berättade Klartext att det återigen går att dricka vattnet i Östersund. Vi berättade också att de politiska oroligheterna i Afrika har spridit sig till Libyen och Uganda.
Transboundary Environmental Policy and Institutions along International Borders Sustainability Seminar delivered on February 16, 2011 by UC Riverside Professor Linda Fernandez "Transboundary Environmental Policy and Institutions along International Borders." The seminar analyzes the past, present and future management for pollutant reduction along international borders. Attention towards transboundary waters is necessary as environmental problems have increased in prevalence around the world as the shared waterways straddling boundaries are vulnerable and not inf
Uproar in Yemen
At least two people are killed and dozens wounded, as Yemeni security forces clash with crowds calling for the President to quit. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Samuel the Boy Prophet
In keeping with her vow, Hannah dedicates her child to God. From his days as a young boy serving Eli, the high priest, to guiding the ancient Israelites, Samuel the prophet stands as an inspiring example of how we, too, can delight in our relationship with God. This story brings to life several episodes from the life of Samuel and invites all to discover the joy of faithful service to God. This is a wonderful teaching resource for a Christian classroom, a church activity, and/or for home to shar
Origins of Black History Month
This three minute video explains those that worked to promote African American history month. Why Febrary was selected is explained as well and the importance of Carter Woodson. A nice overview, but the celebrities featured are not named so teachers may want to point out why they were chosen for this video.
ePod 16 – Internship Interview – RBS
Continuing our series of Internship Interviews, this week we look at an summer internship in the Technology Division of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Author Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan was a teacher who turned into a best-selling
children’s author with The Lightning Thief, the start of a
series about a 12-year-old demigod and his friends. He also
wrote the award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series. This is a 25 minute video. Skip to the 3:35 minute section to get to the interview. A good video to motivate students to read and to understand that writing about what you like is a good start. He promotes writing and not when to share it with
Algoritmiek
This course treats various methods to design and analyze datastructures and algorithms for a wide range of problems. The most important new datastructure treated is the graph, and the general methods introduced are: greedy algorithms, divide and conquer, dynamic programming and network flow algorithms. These general methods are explained by a number of concrete examples, such as simple scheduling algorithms, Dijkstra, Ford-Fulkerson, minimum spanning tree, closest-pair-of-points, knapsack, and B
