Seminar 14- USAWC Distance Education Class of 2011
One more challenge faced the senior officers as they celebrated completion of two years of internet-based studies at the Army War College's distance education program. The largest graduation class in college history received their diplomas on a day of record-breaking heat, July 22, at historic Carlisle Barracks.
ISS Update - July 26, 2011
The International Space Station video update for July 26, 2011.
Great Zoom out of Washington, DC: NASA Headquarters
Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves fl
Shoulder Replacement
This patient education program explains the benefits and risks of shoulder replacement surgery. It also reviews shoulder anatomy, the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of shoulder problems, including what to expect after surgery. This is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.
Digital Library Object - South Eastern Europe brigade: an option for NATO-led peace support operatio
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Digital Library Object - Transition to an independent southern Sudan: how should the U.S. military p
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Book of the Month
Our literary editor and correspondent, both former judges of the Man Booker prize, discuss the strength of this year's Booker longlist
The Ancient Romans - Quiz
Test your knowledge on the Ancient Romans
PediNeuroLogic Exam: 2 1/2 Years Old: Behavior/Mental Status - Establishing Relationship
This 2.5 year old is apprehensive about being examined and isn't quite sure she wants to be there. The finger puppets are used in attempt to establish rapport and involve the child in play. The child's social interactions and motor skills are observed during this time. The child is also examined on the mother's lap. A neuroscience tutorial focusing on those aspects of the pediatric neurological examination that are unique to the child's nervous system, with an emphasis on important neurodevelopm
Obama calls for common cause on U.S. finance
Aug. 6 - U.S. President Obama says more work ahead to get U.S. finances in order. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
How Can We Help Every Child Succeed?
C++ and Beyond 2011: Benedict Gaster on C++11, C++ AMP, C++ Renaissance While attending C++ and Beyond 2011, I was able to convince a few fellow attendees to get in front of the camera and talk about C++, how they use the language, and what they think of C++11 and C++ and Beyond.
Here, we meet Benedict Gaster, a software architect designing programming models for heterogeneous computing and well-known for his contributions to Author(s):
David Grayson - The Business Case for Responsible Business
A joint 9-month research project between the Doughty Centre and Business in the Community identified 7 key benefits that can be realised from being a responsible business. A report written by Nadine Exter and Charlotte Turner is available in the Centre website library www.doughtycentre.info
A Year Before Hurricane Floyd: East Coast Zoom April 1998 from SeaWiFS
Zooming into the east coast of the United States using a SeaWiFS image taken in April 1998
Number theory and the circle packings of Apollonius
Like many problems in number theory, the questions that arise from packing the plane with mutually tangent circles are easy to formulate but difficult to answer. Professor Sarnak will explain the fundamental features of such packings and how modern tools from number theory, algebra and combinatorics are being used to answer some of these old questions.
Madeleine Zinn: After the Blast
Graduate Program in Visual and Critical Studies: Spring Symposium 2011
Madeleine Zinn: After the Blast: Reframing Motherhood Beyond the Nuclear Family
California College of the Arts
Filmed: May 1, 2011 in Timken Lecture Hall | SF campus
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CCA's Graduate Program in Visual and Critical Studies aspires to create an interdisciplinary and culturally diverse framework within which to bring historical, social, and political analysis, as well as formal analysis, to bear on the interpretatio
Over In the Meadow
Sammy's Story Shop-Over in the Meadow, by John Langstaff. This is a sweet version of this story. The illustrations are beautiful and the lyrics are sung very sweetly. Students will enjoy listening and watching this story. This video would help to build background knowledge of animals found in different habitats. (4:20)
Open Classroom - 09/07/2011 #6 Bluestone summary before Q&A
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Video of 9/11 10th anniversary memorial at Ground Zero, NYC
(This is just a small clip of the ceremony, but the viewer can see the memorial and the building that is being (re-)constructed.) It was a tragedy that claimed the lives of thousands in an instant, and later brought two wars with an even more devastating death toll. The United States is marking a decade since the 9/11 attacks. Terrorists crashed hijacked planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. A fourth plane came down in the state of
