DMC TV: Science Poster Session
The Natural Sciences Department at Del Mar College held a Science Poster Session for students who spent their summers working as research interns across the country.
Expedition 28 Farewell and Hatch Closure
The hatches between the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft and the International Space Station were closed at 5:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 15 wrapping up 162 days aboard the orbiting outpost for Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and Flight Engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Ron Garan.
Lagarde confirms support for Greece
Sept. 15 - In her first major economic speech as the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde says global growth is slowing and bold action is needed, meanwhile she remains confident Greece will stay in the euro zone. Bobbi Rebell reports.
La prise de notes et son exploitation (video)
La prise de notes doit être un outil au service d'un travail efficace, qu'il est utile d'améliorer. Elle est le reflet de ce qu'on a besoin de savoir. Capter la parole, fixer l'essentiel par écrit, ce n'est pas tout noter, mais faire des choix, décider sans hésitation. Pour une bonne prise de notes, il faut être bien installé, en situation d'écoute maximale, imprégné du sujet. Comprendre et analyser la structure du discours : l'introduction, la conclusion, le plan etc... sont autan
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See why Nashville, Tennessee is considered one of the most vibrant, exciting and inviting cities in which to work, live and learn. Whether you’re a prospective Vanderbilt student or Vanderbilt employee, we’ll show you why Nashville is an incredible place to call home.
Does Africa Need the International Monetary Fund?
International economist Dr Mark Ellyne asks, "Does Africa need the International Monetary Fund" in this Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA) Great TextsBig Questions presentation.tEllyne has spent over two decades analysing African economies. His lecture questions why Sub-Saharan economies have not performed well even with considerable IMF and World Bank support. Some view the IMF as part of an international conspiracy to impose Western economic hegemony on the developing wo
DemOnline
The website catalogues both lecture demonstrations and VPython scripts. The lecture demo section contains descriptions of the setup and execution of various physics experiments, along with screenshots and a reference for finding the equipment in the UCT Physics labs. The VPython scripts section contains scripts that demonstrate various physics concepts.
Cleaner Energy Cooler Climate: Developing Sustainable Energy Solutions for South Africa
For South Africa, finding a policy approach that balances the increasing demand for energy with the need for sustainability, equity, and climate change mitigation is a particular challenge. Through energy modelling indicators of sustainable development and policy analysis, Harald Winkler builds a rich and detailed case study illustrating how a development-focused approach to energy and climate policy might work in South Africa. Moreover, with recent recordsetting global crude oil prices, he poin
Black Adam: End of the White Guy?
This website features video material that can be used by educators and facilitators to generate discussion of whiteness in Post-Apartheid South Africa and the postcolonial world, in general.
CSL Kick-off meeting, Fall 2011
Alex Slocum introduces agenda for the F2011 Committee on Student Life meetings.
Stephen Leonard talks about Innovation at GLS2011 Landsat 7 Looks at Coral Reefs: (1 of 2) Government Participation & Green Housing: Policy, Promotion, Regulation Isolating Multiple Strains of Escherichia coli for Coliphage Isolation, Phage-typing, and Mutant Rec Robot octopus shakes your hand SeaWiFS Biosphere: Rotating Globe with Zoom to Pacific Ocean Dreaming in Different Tongues: Languages and the Way We Think Levels of measurement Boundary Spanners: Emerging Middle Class Johns Hopkins Story Swap - Staying Up a Week Straight
Stephen Leonard, Chief Executive, IBM UK and Ireland, talks about Innovation at the Global Leadership Summit 2011
Coral forms off shore from volcanic islands in tropical latitudes, developing a barrier reef thats separated by a growing lagoon. But over time, while the surrounding ocean wears away the main body of the island, the coral ring remains.
Moderator: Matthew Zaragoza-Watkins, California Air Resources Board Panelists: Max Auffhammer, UC Berkeley Cisco Devries, Renewable Funding, LLC Heather Larson, CA Home Energy Retrofit Coordinating Committee Hon. Carla Peterman, California Energy Commission
Recovery of Escherichia coli from a rectal swab begins a series of procedures combining mastery of technique with productive experiments. After isolating his/her own E. coli strain, each student recovers a unique coliphage from raw sewage and determines its host range, thereby revealing the genetic individuality of each bacterial and viral isolate. Colonies of virus-resistant mutants can often be recovered in regions where sensitive bacteria have been destroyed. After antibiotic sensitivity test
Read more:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/09/born-to-be-viral-robot-octopus-shakes-your-hand.html
SeaWiFS looks at the Pacific Ocean and monitors El-Nino and La-Nina.
On the Same Page: Voices of Berkeley keynote event
Moderated by Geoff Nunberg
Panelists: Scholars Lera Boroditsky and Lily Wong Fillmore; author and Cal alumna Maxine Hong Kingston; actor and Cal alumnus John Cho.
http://onthesamepage.berkeley.edu
Aimed at statistics beginners, this learning object describes, and gives examples of, the four levels of measurement of data: nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio.
Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Andreas Schotter, Ph.D., goes inside the mind of a boundary spanner. http://www.thunderbird.edu
Bob Clayton '84 and his wife, Janine Clayton '84, have slightly different outlooks about his staying up for an entire week in order to finish his final papers and exams senior year.
