Top 25 Spanish Questions You Need to Know #24 - Have you been to Madrid?
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! Another day, another train delay in Spain. As you wait on the platform, you strike up a Spanish conversation with a fellow passenger. He has a lot of interesting travel stories—this day suddenly got much better!
In this lesson, you will learn the question Have you been to Madrid? in Spanish and [...]
Breakingviews: Dimon in center ring
June 13 - Jeffrey Goldfarb talks to Agnes T. Crane about the circus surrounding the appearance by JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon on Capitol Hill.
Transition materials - moving from A-level to degree level (SPANISH)
Transition materials - moving from A-level to degree level (SPANISH).
Counter-terrorism and its Ethical Hazards
Since the terrorist attacks by Islamic militants upon the US and UK in the early 2000s, a host of anti-terrorist measures have been introduced which raise conceptual and ethical issues that have serious implications for practical politics. Since the terrorist attacks by Islamic militants upon the United States (and Great Britain) in the early 2000s, the drive to prevent further such attacks has produced a host of anti-terrorist governmental measures, including new laws and amendments to old ones
The Transformation of the Datacenter: How to solve the exascale problem with this one weird trick di This webinar will offer a comprehensive overview on the primary issues facing the modern datacenter in the drive to become higher performing and less costly, and methods to address those issues. This presentation will examine the immediate and long-term goals of the primary stakeholders in the supercomputing community, including government, academia, and industry, all three of which have an increasing footprint in the High-Performance Computing (HPC) business.<
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Retail Reverse Logistics
Usually the study of retail supply chain management focuses on goods going out to the customer. This article offers a conceptual framework for the management of products flowing in the opposite direction. "Retail Reverse Logistics" is concerned with the achievement of optimal efficiency for all the post- sale activity associated with a product. This is not a new subject but the growth of internet and home shopping has significantly increased the volume of returned goods.
Vietnam Revolution 1945 Part 3
Fired by the dream of independence for his country, Ho Chi Minh spent a lifetime trying to find the right combination of forces necessary to get the French out of Vietnam. This is a great resource to use in conjunction with non-fiction texts and/or lessons on the Vietnam War. (4:25)
Science Nation - Evolution in Action
By: nsf Professor Lawrence Gilbert and his team at the University of Texas at Austin have discovered a population of tropical butterflies that exemplify "evolution in action," and a rare research opportunity. Gilbert says they may be witnessing a species of butterfly splitting into two different species.
For more information and more ScienceNation videos, go to http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/index.jsp
UTMC to Open New Dana Cancer Center
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‪Egyptian Presidential Election Preview‬
In a live webcast Friday, June 15, six Duke scholars currently in four different countries discussed the significance of the Egyptian presidential runoff election, scheduled for June 16-17.
The election pits competing visions for the future of the fledgling democracy during a time of political instability. The contest has Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi competing against Ahmed Shafik, a former prime minister under past president Hosni Mubarak.
The participants were:
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Digital Library Object - Oral history of General William W. Hartzog [interview].
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Obama on Rebellion in Libya
On February 23, 2011, in an address to the nation, President Barack Obama pledges that the United States will support the democratic rights of Libyan citizens in rebellion against Muammar el-Qaddafi's regime. (1:28)
Easter on Recently Captured Iwo Jima
In this audio clip, a chaplain's service for U.S. troops on Iwo Jima is broadcasted live. On March 26, 1945, after 36 days of bloody battle, the United States took control of the strategically important Japanese island. (3:21)
I Hope You: Movie Clip From The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
In this movie clip, the main character finds a series of postcards in which her father wishes he could have been there for her and gives her advice about how best to live her life. This movie clip addresses the themes of wisdom, inspiration, hope, and enpowerment. ( 2:32)
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Arms 2 sets of arms. 2 bodies. Of course, they don't match up.
Yearbook The Cranberry Club gets their picture taken for the yearbook.
Beth Ellen Clark and Bob Gaskell
Beth Ellen Cark and Bob Gaskell add some humor while sharing about themselves. Beth is responsible for leading the Asteroid Science working group for the whole mission. As Beth mentions here, Bob is responsible for creating a shape model for the mission's target asteroid.
Lucy Lim
Lucy has done all sorts of work with asteroids and joins the OSIRIS-REx team as an Assistant Project Scientist in Maryland at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
CLPR Spring 2012 Speaker Series: I'm Neither Here nor There
CLPR Spring 2012 Speaker Series: I'm Neither Here nor There
I'm Neither Here nor There
Mexicans' Quotidian Struggles with Migration and Poverty
Patricia Zavella
Professor, Latin American and Latino Studies
University of California, Santa Cruz
Date: April 19, 2012
Time: 4:00 PM -- 5:30 PM
Location: Shorb House, 2547 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
Description: Patricia Zavella's new book describes how poor and working-class Mexican Americans and migrants to California's central coast struggle
