Male Green Iguana Displaying to Female, Pair Mating
This short video gives excellent real life footage of a male Green Iguana putting on a showy display for a female. This video also shows the male and female mating. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (Less Than 2 Minutes)
U.S. Morning Call: All eyes on jobs report; Alcoa cuts back
Jan. 6 - Thomson Reuters IFR Markets is looking for a rise of 140,000 jobs in December's report, and Alcoa announces plans to slash its global smelting capacity by 12 percent.
Theresa Fulgenzi - Stereotypes
Esther Duflo sur "Ce soir ou jamais", 2ème partie
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Finger Breaker - Piano Music Roll Piano arrangement on hand-punched paper. A dynamic music roll of Finger Breaker composed by Jelly Roll Morton, AS PLAYED BY Jelly Roll Morton. Also known as Finger Buster and often confused with Willie Lion Smith's Finger Buster. Note: Music rolls or piano rolls were almost never played or recorded by a pianist. Even when the artist was part of the process, arrangers, some skilled, some not, edited the rolls heavily and limited by factory rules and equipment. Performed and interpreted on my p
Q&BA: How does a gravitational slingshot work?
In this episode of Q&BA, I describe how a gravitational slingshot works, and how they are used to get spacecraft to the inner and outer solar system.
Between Empire and Gaddafi: Italian Settlers in Libya, 1943-1960
Pamela Ballinger, Fred Cuny Professor of the History of Human Rights and Associate Professor of History, University of Michigan
Save the Trees
Climate Change in a Bottle: Overview Part 1 of 4
Lesson ObjectiveStudents design, build, and test models of the greenhouse effect. Questions to ConsiderWhat is the introductory activity for this lesson and why is it important?How does the teacher prepare students to create their own experiments?How does this activity use the scientific method and inquiry?Support Materials BelowData sheets, experiment instructions and more.
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Mammal Song
This three minute explains the traits of mammals and what makes them different than other animals. Excellent introduction.
The Lean Startup [Audio]
Speaker(s): Eric Ries | Most new businesses fail. But most of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach to business that's being adopted around the world. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. The Lean Startup is about learning what your customers really want. It's about testing your vision continuously, adapting and adjusting before it's too late. Now is the time to think Lean. This event marks the publication of Eric Ries new book Th
When will Chinese banks change the world?
It's only a matter of time before China's banks begin to make an impact on the rest of the world. By market value and profits they are among the world's biggest, and five of them are internationally the most profitable
GoNUxstream Game Recap - Men's Basketball vs. UNCW - Jan. 4, 2012
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Lucy, la pionnière (audio)
A l’occasion du colloque « Les sciences dans les années 70 », Yves Coppens revient sur son activité de paléontologiste et sur les nombreuses campagnes de fouilles menées dès les années 1920 dans le cadre de la recherche sur les origines de l’homme. Il retrace en particulier les prémices et la découverte dans les années 70 de l’Australopithecus afarensis, la célèbre Lucy.
Très médiatisée lors de sa découverte car elle détenait le record du plus vieil hominid
Images de la mort dans la B.D. et la peinture (audio)
A une époque où la mort est devenue une « valeur marchande » pour les médias et où l’intérêt pour le fait divers se fait toujours plus vif, Pierre Christin nous donne un aperçu de la représentation visuelle de la mort dans l’art pictural et photographique et dans la bande dessinée. Occultée parfois, crainte le plus souvent, la mort est un thème récurrent dans l’art et sa représentation évolue en même temps que les croyances et les sociétés.
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BLOSSOMS - Counting Systems (Arabic) This video lesson aims to explain counting systems (Decimal, Binary, and Hexadecimal). Students will get to know how to convert numbers between these systems. Also, students will learn how to do some byte and bit level operations. They will use a Visual Basic application that changes colors through logical operation on numbers.
Tragic Endings
During his lifetime, many considered George Armstrong Custer an inept braggart. This was proven by his complete failure at Little Big Horn, yet heroic images of him soon appeared in every American bar and saloon. Join us for a discussion of a classic image of Custer's last stand.
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. speaks at Elon Law about Dr. King's message
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. speaks at Elon Law during a week long celebration of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Impact of Obama jobs plan on small business
Jan. 11 - Rafael Pastor, CEO of small business coaching organization Vistage, discusses the impact of President Obama's latest job creation proposals.
Survival Phrases #45 - Mr. Omiyage II
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Mr. Omiyage is back, and this time he has a thing or two to say about meibutsu, as well as some tips on making sure the price is right. In addition, learn how to have some meibutsu served up hot (or maybe cold) in the local restaurant. After listening, stop by [...]
