Science Bulletins: Aiming High: The Search for Ultra High-Energy Cosmic Rays
The history of cosmic ray research is a story of scientific adventure. For nearly a century, cosmic ray researchers have climbed mountains, soared in hot air balloons, and traveled to the far corners of the Earth in the quest to understand these energetic particles from space. They have solved some scientific mysteries—and revealed many more. With each passing decade, scientists have discovered higher-energy and increasingly more rare cosmic rays. The Pierre Auger Project is the largest scient
James Mill: Laissez-Faire's Lenin James Mill (1771–1836) was surely one of the most fascinating figures in the h
Climate change: making the best use of scientific information
Thomas Stocker discusses the challenges that are posed to climate scientists when communicating with the public. Professor Stocker is at the laboratory for Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Berne, Switzerland. Climate science regularly makes headlines in the media, usually after an extreme weather event or a disaster, or in the wake of campaigns by think tanks about the science of climate change. In this presentation, Professor Stocker discuss four specific challenges that are pos
BLOSSOMS - Sequences (English Subtitles) This lesson aims to introduce arithmetic sequences and geometric sequences to secondary school students. It uses two wonderful problems to do that and it explains the laws of those two kinds of sequences.
Chancellor Sharp Delivers Texas A&M Commencement Speech
John Sharp, Chancellor, Texas A&M University System, addresses the class of 2012 at Texas A&M.
Engineering Senior Capstone Project - Spring 2012
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University Baccalaureate Service 4:30PM May 11, 2012
University Baccalaureate Service 4:30PM May 11, 2012
Seniors 2012 - Nicholas Aziz
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Kent State's Class of May 2012
Recent graduates from Kent State's class of May 2012 talk about their college experiences, and offer advice to current students.
Growing an Institutional Health OER Initiative: A Case Study of the University of Cape Town
This case study is the result of semi-structured interviews and email engagement with teaching and support staff involved in OER activities in the Facutly of Health Sciences (FHS) and for the OpenContent Directory (web portal) at UCT. The contributors (listed at the end of this study) gave their consent for the author to use their names and direct quotations, and their words are included here verbatim. The case study describes the FHS experience with OER, locating it within the UCT OER context a
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Farming with horses.
A farm in Texas, U.S.A. continues using horses in farming processes. European draft horses have the power to plow large fields in a traditional way. 
High CPU Hangs - 05 If you've spent any time developing applications, it's likely you've encountered a high cpu hang at some point. Troubleshooting this problem in the dev environment is one thing, but how do Premier Field Engineers troubleshoot this problem in a customer's production environment when Visual Studio isn't an option?
Thomas Jefferson Expands Presidential Power
In one of the defining moments of his presidency, Thomas Jefferson expanded presidential power to make the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the United States. In this video clip, learn how this decision increased presidential power for future presidents. (3:39)
Seattle Coffee
With thousands of varieties and countless ways to prepare it, coffee has been a morning drink of choice and a popular pick-me-up for hundreds of years. In this video clip, get a taste of the coffee capital of America: Seattle, Washington. (4:29)
Descriptive Statistics: Displaying Data
Susan Dean,
Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D.
This module provides a brief introduction into the ways graphs and charts can be used to provide visual representations of data.
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Drugs: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Sponsored by the Auburn University Economics Club, this talk by Mark Thornton was presented at the Ludwig von Mises Institute on 1 October 2012.
