Break Apart Box
The Nineys are coming! VOTE NOW! Greeting Niners. We are very pleased to announce the first annual Niney Awards. The Nineys will be a celebration of Channel 9 and its community. We are looking to honor some of the great work being done by you and give you the opportunity to get your voice heard about what content you love here on Channel 9. This is completely decided by you, the voters, and we will announce the winners at MIX '11. Please take a moment to
Unofficial FAQ for SLED list
A useful compendium of advice for educators who use the official mailing list for Second Life educators. Also contains information of general interest to those using SL for educational purposes.
JorumOpen videos
This series of short vidcasts demonstrates some of the key features of using JorumOpen. The videos include "Logging in to JorumOpen", "Creating a profile in JorumOpen", "Depositing files in JorumOpen", "Depositing web links in JorumOpen" and " Searching and browsing JorumOpen". A suitable MP4 player is needed to view these videos.
MoLeNET Website
MoLeNET is certainly the UK’s, and probably the world’s, largest and most diverse implementation of mobile learning. 115 colleges and 29 schools are, or have been, involved in MoLeNET. Approximately 10,000 learners were involved in 2007/08 and around 20,000 learners will have been involved by the end of the 2008/09 academic year together with more than 4,000 staff.
11.368 Environmental Justice (MIT)
This class explores the foundations of the environmental justice movement, current and emerging issues, and the application of environmental justice analysis to environmental policy and planning. It examines claims made by diverse groups along with the policy and civil society responses that address perceived inequity and injustice. While focused mainly on the United States, international issues and perspectives are also considered.
11.439 Revitalizing Urban Main Streets: Mission Hill & Egleston Square, Boston (MIT)
Revitalizing Urban Main Streets focuses on the physical and economic renewal of urban neighborhood Main Streets by combining classroom work with an applied class project. The course content covers three broad areas:
an overview of the causes for urban business district decline, the challenges faced in revitalization and the type of revitalization strategies employed;
the physical and economic development planning tools used to understand and assess urban Main Streets from physical design and ec
ISS Update - Feb. 2, 2011
The International Space Station video update for Feb. 2, 2011.
Nomura rides Japan share rally
Japan's top brokerage, Nomura, is expected to see good quarterly results, helped by a yearend stock market rally.
The Hydrogen Economy: preparing the world for a new energy era and the third industrial revolution
This lecture critically examines the fossil fuel era and its consequences for industrial civilisation. It explores the nexus of politics, society and business and the massive potential for industry and capital investment. It also considers the future of renewable energy and the hydrogen economy, and how an integrated infrastructure and energy regime can be created in Europe.
Balle de ping-pong dans un entonnoir
Lorsqu’on plonge une balle de ping-pong dans l’eau, celle-ci remonte à la surface, en vertu du principe d’Archimède. Mais est-ce toujours vrai ? Pas sûr…
Germplasm exchange and quarantine of ICRISAT mandate crops
Title: Germplasm exchange and quarantine of ICRISAT mandate crops
Authors: Chakrabarty, S.K.; Anitha, K.; Girish, A.G.; Babu, B.S.; Rao, R.D.V.J.P.; Varaprasad, K.S.; Khetarpal, R.K.; Thakur, R.P.
Abstract: As per the memorandum of understanding between the Government of India and ICRISAT, restricted movement of seeds of the ICRISAT's mandate crops (sorghum, pearl millet, chickpea. pigeon pea, groundnut, and small millets) into and out of India is permitted after observing the National Plant Qua
Le cerveau - Denis le Bihan
Une conférence de l'UTLS au Lycée
Le cerveau par Denis le Bihan
Lycée Camille Sée (Paris 75015)
America, Israel and Egypt
Our Washington bureau chief and Jerusalem correspondent discuss the nuanced and cautious dance between Israel, America and a new Egypt
Fragment, "Private Griefs"
This image is a quotation from Emma Willard, copied by hand by Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage onto a fragment of paper. Some of the original words appear to have been traced over by a later hand. The word "griefs" is misspelled "greifs.",This undated, handwritten note on a torn fragment of paper shows Olivia Sage's strong sense of duty and religious seriousness rooted in her affiliation with the Dutch Reformed Church. Devotion to a strict Protestantism was a theme throughout her life, and is hinted
1906-12-10: de Forest, Robert W., to Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage
This image is a typewritten memorandum from Robert W. de Forest to Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage. The writer gives the outlines of what was to become the Russell Sage Foundation.,Russell Sage has died in July 1906, leaving Olivia Sage a $75 million dollar fortune. Five months later, her attorney and advisor Robert W. de Forest lays out his suggestions for a general-purpose benevolent trust, a "foundation" incorporated under federal and state laws and administered by trustees serving for life. This
Choctaw Dances
This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, illustrates some of the traditional activities that connect the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to their past. Activities include traditional dances, the use of traditional instruments such as the Choctaw drum and dance sticks, and participation in games like stickball. Closed captioning is included. (02:17)
Laker Women's Hockumentary, Part 7: North to Alaska
Junior captain Kathryn Sbrocchi goes to Alaska to visit senior goaltender/filmmaker Emi Williams during Oswego's winter break.
Protesters gather in Cairo
Another massive protest takes place in Egypt.
