The French Revolution: In three parts
This video is the first of three that go into considerable detail about the French Revolution. Excellent images. Needs to be used with a timetable and with a wordlist to help explain some of the concepts. On the bottom of the page are links to the other two videos plus others dealing with this time period.
The UA First-Year Scholars Program, Experiences of American Indian Freshmen
Native American Student Affairs (NASA) at The University of Arizona offers you a wonderful first-year experience. The First-Year Scholars Program, is designed for Native American students who are seeking opportunities for lifetime campus connections whether it be in the classroom, residence hall, or the surrounding Tucson community. The living and learning community theme is popular on college campuses because it provides students valuable tools and resources that contribute to their overall aca
Lincoln Decision on the Execution of a 14 year old soldier
Decisions Abraham Lincoln had to deal with during his tenure. An animation using his photo and his words spoken to his aide about such decisions. No violence shown
Liberté: A First Year French Textbook
Liberté is a first-year college French textbook with a true communicative approach. It is currently being used at California State University, Los Angeles, Mount San Antonio College, and Santiago Canyon College. Please note that the downloadable version is a draft, and that the author continues to expand and modify the text.
20-Year Arctic Spring Seasonal Surface Temperature Trend
Here the 20-year seasonal surface temperature trend for the spring is shown over the Arctic region. This animation shows the warming and cooling regions in steps from the regions of least change to the areas of greatest change. Blue hues indicate cooling regions; red hues depict warming. Light regions indicate less change while darker regions indicate more. The temperature scale used ranges from -0.4 to +0.4 degrees Celsius in increments of .02 degrees. (See color bar below)
Valentine's Day/Chinese New Year craft — Paulina & Emily's Arts 'n' Crafts
On Paulina and Emily's Arts 'n' Crafts, the duo show how to make a part-yummy/part-origami craft to celebrate the Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day. vablearn.ca for more information.
Stem Cells: 5 Year Progress Report
Embryonic stem cells can transform themselves into every cell in your body. Does researching these stem cells violate human sanctity, or is it medicine's brightest frontier? What are the prospects for adult stem cells?
McMaster Students - First Year Welcome Video
This video contains "archival" footage of everyone's favourite 1940's on-campus instructional film personality, Professor Smar T. Pance, along with inpromptu interviews with current students to give newcomers well-rounded advice on how to have a successful first year at McMaster University. Performed & written by John Popham. Directed by Kyle Kuchmey. Special thanks to: Adam Khun, Marcia Boniferro, Martha Foster, and Don Courchesne.
2009-10 was a Great Year for SMU
See some of the highlights of Southern Methodist University's 2009-10 year, from students moving into residence halls in August to graduation in May and all the excitement in between.
This Year in Bioethics
The doctor who supposedly established a link between vaccination and autism has his research de-published on grounds of fraud. New York State decides to pay women for research eggs. President Obama's NIH expands funding of embryonic stem-cell research -- but won't fund some Bush-funded research on ethics grounds. The Roman Catholic Church reasserts its controversial positions against assisted reproduction and against withdrawal of medically-delivered nutrition and hydration at the end of life.
Six Year Old Joey "Peanut" Benton Describes What It's Like to Live With Cystic Fibrosis
Joey "Peanut" Benton appears on WCBD-TV to talk about what it's like to live with cystic fibrosis. The adorable six year old is helping to raise awareness about the lung disease, which is currently incurable. Video courtesy of WCBD-TV.
18 Year Old Receives Heartmate II at MUSC
18 year old Asha Wilson's heart failure had reached a point where she was bedridden and dangerously close to dying. In April of 2010, she became the youngest person to receive a HeartMate II device at the MUSC Heart and Vascular Center. Now she is home from the hospital living a normal life and hoping to get a heart transplant.
Bridge Year Program
The 20 students selected for Princeton's inaugural Bridge Year Program have been transformed by daily life overseas in Ghana, India, Peru and Serbia. Read more: http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/76/33K78/index.xml?section=featured
Leading the Way: A Year in Review at Texas Tech
Texas Tech University Chancellor Kent Hance introduces the first edition of Leading the Way: A Year In Review, an annual publication highlighting the great things happening throughout the Texas Tech University System.
Donations are on track to surpass the $100 million mark for four straight years, improving the system's national endowment ranking.
Texas Tech is also closing in on $45 million in restricted research expenditures as it nears reaching Tier One research status.
Hispanic enrollm
06 - Maximilien Robespierre and the French Revolution
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Carlos Eire, Yale University: "A Brusque History of Eternity - Lecture 3: From Eternity to Five-Year
Until fairly recently eternity was no mere abstraction or metaphor in the Christian tradition, but rather the ultimate destination for humankind, a metaphysical conceit with practical implications as inescapable as legal obligations, or taxes, or death. Eternity was an ineffable mystery, to be sure, but of no less value in human interaction than money itself, or crowns and thrones. In our own day, however, eternity seems a purely abstract concept best left in the hands of astrophysicists, a frig
Russia and the Medvedev Presidency - One Year On - Part 2
Speaking shortly after his election as President of the Russian Federation in 2008, Dmitry Medvedev highlighted his priorities in office: to maintain economic stability, to strengthen freedoms, to promote…
Russia and the Medvedev Presidency - One Year On - Part 1
Speaking shortly after his election as President of the Russian Federation in 2008, Dmitry Medvedev highlighted his priorities in office: to maintain economic stability, to strengthen freedoms, to promote…
One Year After the Garnaut Climate Change Review
Professor Ross Garnaut presented the final report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 30 September 2008, the morning of the largest ever one day…
ANU Trevor Swan Distinguished Lectures in Economics: Consequences of Radical Reform - The Economic C
Using the French Revolution as a starting point, the presentation examines the economic effects of exogenously-imposed institutional change on countries following invasions by French Revolutionary and Napoleonic armies. Data is used to test whether institutions: (1) efficiently adapt to a society's characteristics, (2) 'evolved' institutions are inherently superior to those rationally designed, (3) institutions must be `appropriate' and cannot be `transplanted', and (4) the French Civil Code has
