Meet David Morris: Surfing Across Two Cultures in Morocco
Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/project/morroco-surfing-destination-islam-poverty-economy
Pulitzer Center grantee, David Morris reports on the growing surfing culture among youth in Sidi Ifni in southern Morocco.
This report is part of Pulitzer Center-sponsored project "Arab Spring Meets Endless Summer" (http://bit.ly/yBq5X6 ) by David Morris.
Lesson two Introduce yourself
Lesson two Introduce yourself.
My neighbourhood, Finnish conversation questions
My neighbourhood, Finnish conversation questions.
Les elections presidentielles francaises (video version)
Les elections presidentielles francaises (video version).
Art Matters Festival 2012
http://concordia.ca/now | http://artmattersfestival.org/
The 12th edition of North America's largest student-run arts festival will feature13 exhibition to entice Montrealers to discover the talent emerging from Concordia's multidisciplinary artistic community spearheaded by the Faculty of Fine Arts. The event runs from March 2 to 16 - http://artmattersfestival.org/
Montreal Council of Women's Centennial Tapestry on loan to Concordia University
http://concordia.ca/now
The Montreal Council of Women is lending their Centennial Tapestry to Concordia University to mark the university's commitment to the advancement of women. The Tapestry was created in 1993 to mark the 100 years of the Montreal Council of Women. The official hand-over took place on International Women's Day - March 8th, 2012
2012 MSU Excellence in Diversity Awards: Emerging Progress, Rebecca Farnum
Profile of 2012 Excellence in Diversity Awards: Emerging Progress award winner, Rebecca Farnum.
Discrete Random Variables: Geometric (optional)
Susan Dean,
Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D.
This module describes the geometric experiment and the geometric probability distribution. This module is included in the Collaborative Statistics textbook/collection as an optional lesson.
Author(s):
Sarah Waechter, Partner Manager for Excalibur Almaz Inc.
NASA Public Affairs Officer Kyle Herring talks with Sarah Waechter, partner manager for Excalibur Almaz Inc., on the status of the Space Act Agreement. Excalibur Almaz is one of seven partners associated with the Commercial Crew Program.
Les Musiques de la Mort en Occident (video)
Les Musiques de la Mort en Occident - Luc Charles Dominique
The Coliseum's Elevators
The ancient Roman Coliseum had some amazing technology including working elevators. See how they worked on the Science Channel's "What the Ancients Knew." (2:56)
Literary Festival 2012: Latin America: Between social realism and magical realism [Audio]
Speaker(s): Rolando Bompadre, MatÃas Néspolo | As tense as a thriller, as vivid as an undercover documentary, MatÃas Néspolo’s first novel, Seven Ways to Kill a Cat, examines a place of crime and deprivation. Set in Buenos Aires at the time of Argentina’s financial crash, and seen through the eyes of twenty-year-old Gringo, it tells the story of two boys on the cusp of adulthood who have no choice but to join the gang warfare that rules their community. While its depiction of Buenos Aire
Ontology Design Patterns
Ontology Design Patterns
Gas prices keep going up up up
Bruce Bullock, director of SMU's Maguire Energy Institute, talks about the differing prices of gasoline and the best times to fill up your tank.
MSUToday Preview: World Medicine
The MSUToday team takes a look at how Spartans are making a difference in healthcare around the world, from a malaria ward in Africa to a free medical clinic in a mountain village in Peru. Watch the latest premiere of MSUToday: World Medicine at 9 p.m. ET Friday, March 16, 2012. Time/date subject to change. Check your local listings.
Khan Academy on the Gates Notes
Bill Gates talks about the Khan Academy on the Gates Notes. (02:22)
Morpheus Tethered Test #8 -- March 13, 2012
After a series of upgrades, Morpheus conducts a successful tethered test, firing a new engine for 50 seconds and hovering for 40.
Uxor Vivamus by Dick Davis (poetry reading)
One of the best modern love poems. Uxor means beloved or wife, Vivamus means let us live...it's a quotation from Ausonius, a poet of the fourth-century the original is here:
http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/ausonius_epigrammata.html
"Uxor vivamus ut viximus et teneamus
nomina, quae primo sumpsimus in thalamo;"...etc.
Translation:
"Wife, let us live as we have lived,
Nor lose the little names that were the first night's grace,
And never come the day that sees us old,
I still your lad, a
Breakingviews: Worst of Times
March 15 - Rob Cox and Breakingviews editors discuss how bonuses for top executives at the publisher of the New York Times newspaper reward sub-standard performance.
