The Skeptic's Case We check the main predictions of the climate models against the best and latest data. Fortunately the climate models got all their major predictions wrong. Why? Every serious skeptical scientist has been consistently saying essentially the same thing for over 20 years, yet most people have never heard the message. Here it is, put simply enough for any lay reader willing to pay attention.
French listening comprehension about holidays
French listening comprehension about holidays.
25.02.2012 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Samstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
Nach wochenlangem Beschuss durch die syrische Armee haben Mitarbeiter des Roten Halbmonds erstmals Bewohner der Oppositionshochburg Homs in Sicherheit bringen können. Wie das Internationale Komitee vom Roten Kreuz in Genf mitteilte, wurden sieben Verletzte sowie 20 Frauen und Kinder mit einem Fahrzeugkonvoi auf sicheres Gebiet gebracht. Die Hilfsorganisat
Relationship between Diameter and Circumference
The CyberSquad is trapped in one of the Spheres of Fears, and they are trying to get through a gate to escape. The key to the gate is locked inside a can, and in order to access the key they must attach the correct label to the can. After guessing incorrectly on the first try, the CyberSquad decides to take some measurements to find the correct label. Using two circles nearby, they compare the diameter of each circle to its circumference. They realize there is a special relationship between the
Breakfast Boost
We learn why breakfast is the most important meal of the day after Fizzy oversleeps for the mayor's inspection and frantically rushes to get the Lunch Lab ready without having eaten breakfast. (4:30)
Underwater Polar Bear
Paul Nicklen talks about his 10-year quest to capture this captivating underwater image of a polar bear during this one-minute video clip.
News #88 - LEAP Over to Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus for a Deal So Good It Gets Its Very Own Da
Love it or hate it, there’s just no avoiding social media these days. Facebook! Twitter! YouTube! Whether you’ve picked your poison or decided to be them all, SpanishPod101.com has decided to make Spanish learning even easier for you by sharing our lessons and vocabulary through popular social platforms. And now, we’re expanding out to uncharted [...]
British Royal Weddings
The weddings of the House of Windsor have captivated worldwide attention throughout the 20th Century and into the 21st, from Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip to Prince William and Catherine Middleton. This video contains no narration, but rather text to guide the viewer through the clip. (2:22)
Inglés (2011)-G586/G617
La asignatura tiene como objetivo la adquisición de una competencia comunicativa en lengua inglesa dentro del nivel B1 del Marco común europeo de referencia para las lenguas, según el cual "se adquiere cuando el estudiante es capaz de comprender los puntos principales de textos claros y en lengua estándar si tratan sobre cuestiones que le son conocidas, ya sea en situaciones de trabajo, de estudio o de ocio; cuando sabe desenvolverse en la mayor parte de las situaciones que pueden surgir dur
Man charged in U.S. for spying on Syrian protesters
Oct. 12 - U.S. prosecutors said a Syrian-born U.S. citizen has been arrested and charged in Virginia with spying on anti-Syrian protesters in the U.S. Sarah Irwin reports.
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The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service
This eight minute video show the reading this famous and humorous poem. An excellent example of the many forms that poetry can take and a great way to get student interest. Students may need to be told what cremation means.
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Circular Walk to and from Ardbeg, via Solam, Loch Uigeadail and Tighnaspeur, Islay
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Death at Jamestown
English settlers arrived at Jamestown expecting riches to fall into their hands, but were soon faced with a much harsher reality. English settlers ignored the advice from the Native Indians and couldn’t survive most of the harsh winter. (1:07)
Authentic Arrows
Charles Acuna of the White Mountain Apache Tribe takes a look at how Native Americans made their arrows in a video clip with host R. Lee Ermey of History's Mail Call. (4:33)
Architects@Google: Dan Barasch, "The Delancey Underground"
The Delancey Underground project envisions a fresh approach to solar technology-- using innovative fiber optics to reflect light underground, saving electricity and reducing carbon emissions, and generating the capacity for plants, trees, and grasses to thrive indoors. The "LowLine" is essentially part of the next phase in urban design, in which human scale and increasing resource scarcity force us to imagine smarter, more creative use of public spaces.
What will this underground green space be
La question du mal, entre radicalité et banalité (audio)
Radicalité du mal, banalité du mal : deux expressions apparemment opposées, que Myriam Revault d’Allonnes s’attachera à rapprocher en montrant combien l’hypothèse kantienne du mal radical permet de faciliter la compréhension de la pensée d’Hannah Arendt, qui, au moment du procès d’Eichmann à Jérusalem, avait associé l’idée de « banalité du mal » à la figure inédite du mal politique moderne (les meurtres de masse, commis sans conscience de culpabilité par des in
Raspberry Pi
Brand development, partnership working and raising capital were key learning areas for Dr Eben Upton as he completed his Executive MBA at Cambridge Judge Business School and with his Cambridge colleagues launched into producing the Raspberry Pi, a tiny (the size of a credit card) low-cost computer to rekindle domestic and wider interests in computer science.
Information Technologies and Marginalization in African Market Economies
Laura Mann summarises her lecture on information technologies and marginalization in African market economies, part of the OII's Society and the Internet Lecture Series. It is often argued that poor and marginalized communities self perpetuate their poverty by inhabiting closed networks. This argument has been most strongly lobbied against those in Africa, where Ethno-linguistic Fragmentation (ELF) has been used to explain "Africa's 'growth tragedy'". However, the rapidly increasing use of the I
Does the Mind have a Future?
Baroness Greenfield discusses how Information Technology is changing the way humans think and feel. Whilst there are clear benefits, she also highlights the less desirable consequences, and suggests how best to minimise these threats. The human brain is exquisitely sensitive to the environment. The brain is personalised even in clones (identical twins), as different experiences drive the unique configuration of different brain connections. These connections are constantly changed and updated by
