"U.S. Golden Rod" at Cincinnati
The Goldenrod was built in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1888, at the Sweeney Yard. As a lighthouse tender it served the government lights on the Ohio River and its tributaries.
Korea: The Unfinished War
To fully grasp the ongoing tensions between the United States and North Korea, it is important to understand the war that ended fifty years ago this summer. John Biewen and Stephen Smith of American RadioWorks examine the often-overlooked war that helped define global politics and American life for the second half of the 20th century.
Injury Epidemiology
This lecture introduces an emerging topic in global health today; injury epidemiology. Injuries represent a significant burden today in both developed and developing economies. The underlying issue, though, is what can we do about it and how.
Kratts Creatures-Creatures of the Night-Part 1 of 3
In this video, the Kratt Brothers investigate creatures of the night. They start in Australia looking for a flying fox. They give good facts about brush tail possums, kangaroos, and bats. This is part one of three. (9:15)
strategies for ELL students
Ash Erupts from Brimstone Vent: NW Rota 2009 Expedition
White billowing plume full of sulfur and ash erupts out of Brimstone vent.
Credits:
Bill Chadwick, OSU, 541-867-0179, bill.chadwick@oregonstate.edu
All video copyright by Advanced Imaging and Visualization Lab, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (AIVL/WHOI).
Video from the expedition is also available in HD format from AIVL/WHOI, but prior arrangement and licensing of the imagery from AIVL/WHOI is required for its use.
Information about the videos: There are 8 edited video clips in DV form
3D Slicer and the NA-MIC kit
Speaker: Dr. Ron Kikinis, Harvard
Safety Quiz
Author's description: 'A small step towards creating awareness on safety.' This is a large module of about 250 general questions on occupational health and safety. The questions are mostly multiple-choice or true-false. They are arranged into about a dozen categories and six different quizzes. Topics such as electricity, dangerous chemicals, fire hazards, poor work practices and first aid are covered.
Suresh: Lesson 71 – à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤ India (part 2)
This is the second part of the essay by Suresh on India. Practice understanding Hindi and learn about India at the same time.
La feuille des plantes supérieures : fonction et sensibilité (video)
Au sein des feuilles, les cellules renfermant des chloroplastes captent l'énergie lumineuse. Cette énergie permet la synthèse de molécules complexes (saccharose, acides aminés, etc.) à partir de molécules très simples (gaz carbonique, nitrate, sulfate). Il s'ensuit un dégagement d'oxygène. Les herbicides redoutables inhibent sélectivement une enzyme clé catalysant une étape incontournable de ces synthèses. Certains de ces herbicides sont particulièrement efficaces et présente
Les enjeux de l’individualisme (audio)
Jusque dans les années 60, le modèle d’intégration sociale dominant était un modèle « corporatiste » qui assurait une place, une position garantie à chaque individu au sein de la société. Chacun était alors acteur du système, chacun était à sa place: le médecin, l’ouvrier, la femme au foyer…
Aujourd’hui cet idéal de stabilité est mis à mal: les catégories sociales sont bousculées (les ouvriers sont moins nombreux, les femmes travaillent de plus en plus),
Lucy, la pionnière (video)
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
Derecho Sindical (Grupo I)
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Deer on Autism, Vaccination, and Scientific Fraud
Investigative journalist Brian Deer talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Deer's seven years of reporting and legal issues surrounding the 1998 article in The Lancet claiming that the MMR vaccine causes autism and bowel problems. Deer's dogged pursuit of the truth led to the discovery that the 1998 article was fraudulent and that the lead author had hidden payments he received from lawyers to finance the original study. In this podcast, Deer describes how he uncovered the truth and the leg
The Future of Banking in a Global Economy
Today's financial and economic wreckage will provide the foundations for a system on which a stronger future will be built. This will only happen with a real cooperation and collaboration that is hard to envisage amidst the growing clamour for protectionism, speculation over the possible nationalisation of the banking system, and questions over the right of those at the centre of the industry to be part of the solution. In his lecture, Vikram Pandit will outline his views on the role of banking
Sociology and the Financial Crisis: which crisis, and which sociology?
Sociologists have published very little on the present economic crisis. But sociology is not lacking in ways and means to study the crisis in a more general framework of a global mutation over the past 35 years. Michel Wieviorka is professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.
First as Tragedy, Then as Farce: The Double Death of Neoliberalism and the Idea of Communism
Slavoj Zizek argues that the neoliberalism died twice: first as a political doctrine in the tragedy of the attacks of 9/11; then its farcical collapse as an economic theory when the meltdown at the end of 2008 brought an end to the utopia of global market capitalism. Has this crisis now offered a vital opening for the left to seize the reins of politics and the state?
The Global Challenge: No Facts
The Global Policy dialogues are a unique series of exchanges bringing together today's most preeminent scholars and practitioners to discuss pressing questions of policy, with the aim of advancing our understanding of the underlying issues and offering innovative solutions to global challenges. Hernando de Soto is currently President of the ILD —headquartered in Lima, Peru— considered by The Economist as one of the two most important think tanks in the world.
The Future of IT in India
S.D. Shibulal is one of the co-founders and member
of the Board of Directors of Infosys Technologies Limited. Shibu, as he is
fondly called, has over three decades of IT leadership experience. He has
played a pivotal role in the Infosys journey and a signal role in the
evolution of the Global Delivery Model which is now the de-facto industry
standard for delivery for outsourced IT services.
Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures - Economic Growth, Human Welfare and Inequality
Lord Turner will deliver the 2010 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lecture Series, running for three consecutive evenings (11/12/13 October). The overall theme of the 3 lectures is Economics after the Crisis. Amid the financial crash there was much talk of a crisis of capitalism and the need for a revolution in economics. Two years on much work is in hand to reform global financial regulation, but it is not clear that the crisis will produce change as radical as initially supposed. Adair Turner will argu
