IDS350 Session 8 Spring 2012
Gardens of California with Jerry Turney 03/11/12
Kwame Anthony Appiah on "Islam and the West"
Noted author and Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University Kwame Anthony Appiah visited the University of Rochester to spend three days with the campus community holding discussions on his work and the issues he addresses in his books. On February 23, he delivered his talk "Islam and the West" as part of the inaugural Distinguished Visiting Humanist Series. In his talk and during his discussions with students, Pro
TechFest 2012: 3D Facial Animation TechFest is one of my favorite conferences each year because we get a little insight into what the powerful mids at Microsoft Research are working on. In this demo, you'll see what the future of 3D facial animation holds and how we can get from our current state to a near perfect simulation all created digitally. Watch out James Cameron!
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TWC9: SQL Server 2012, VS11, Win8 Metro, Bing Maps Metro and more This week on Channel 9, Not Dan and Not Brian (Larry and Charles) discuss the week's top developer news, including:
BoxingBots at South by South West The boys at Coding4Fun really out-did themselves this time. They created Kinect-Driven Pneumatic Boxing Robots and showed them off to the party-goers at last nights opening party for the SXSW Interactive track, host by Frog and Microsoft. Essentially 2 humans each use their own Kinect to control the boxing bots inside the ring. The crowd LOVED this party centerpiece and I must say I want a bot of my very own. You can read
News #152 - Spring’s In, So Spring Forward with JapanesePod101.com!
Winter blues setting in? Feeling a bit lost in Japanese language? Here’s what you do: You stop feeling blue, and start feeling awesome. We’ve got language learning to do and it’s going to be legen…wait for it…dary! And even better, there are just 9 more days until Spring. 9 more days until Spring comes roaring [...]
Signposts and Reading for Young Students
This 11 minute video introduces the principles that form the backbone of this collection about effective practices for engaging in literature. Dr. Judith Langer explains the most effective techniques she found in classrooms where students are active learners, building
and sharing their individual and richly involved understandings of works of literature — what she calls envisionments. These characteristics are shown in action through introductory visits to the classrooms of the eigh
That's What Leprechauns Do - By Eve Bunting
A fun book to read for St. Patricks Day about leprechauns causing a bit of trouble. This read aloud is done by Mrs. Boyle.(7:52)
{Suresh 286} Some helpful sentences – Interrogative
Master Your Vocabulary. Take a look at: Vocabulary Quiz - Hindi->English; Picture->Hindi; Recording->Hindi; and more!Vocabulary List - Easy to study list with pictures and recordings for some wordsSuresh 286} Some...
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Literary Festival 2012: Class Wars/Culture Wars: Owen Jones and the chavs [Audio]
Speaker(s): Sue Christoforou, Professor Mary Evans, Owen Jones | The recent riots in parts of England have focussed increased attention on what has increasingly been described as the 'underclass' of English society. Various politicians have clambered (or leapt) onto a bandwagon that has defined this group as beyond civil society. Many of the people regarded as dangerous are young and male and one half of the 'chavs' who have been the subject of Owen Jones's book. But who are 'these people' and h
The 'Letter Y' Song
Use this music video to teach and learn the Alphabet, Phonics, the Letter Y Sound, Vocabulary Words with the Letter Y, and How to Write the Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Y. (03:35)
Discovery of King Tut’s tomb
In this video clip, relive the amazing discovery of King Tut's tomb. The room King Tut’s tomb was discovered in was lined with gold and was breathtaking. (2:12)
Breakingviews: Pru's threat to quit UK not just hot air
Mar. 12 - Solvency II proposals would be costly for Prudential and its threat to quit the UK is more realistic than when banks make similar threats over rules they don't like say Reuters Breakingviews.
Story Hour in the Library - Mark Danner
Mark Danner has written about foreign affairs and American politics for more than two decades, covering Latin America, Haiti, the Balkans and the Middle East among other stories. He was for many years a staff writer at The New Yorker and contributes frequently to The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine and other publications. He teaches at the University of California and at Bard College and speaks and debates widely about America's role in the world.
http://storyhour.berkeley
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.
Meet Nadja Drost: La Toma Miners' Gold Wars
Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/colombia-cauca-gold-mining-conflict-government-resistance
Afro-Colombians in La Toma's mining community are struggling to stay in control of the gold. As mining titles are being granted to Colombian and international mining outfits, miners are beginning to defy outsiders mining on their territories, yet with a price. The miners are in danger of death threats and assassinations for their resistance.
Nadja Drost's report on mining in Colombia is par
Meet Jessie Deeter: Tunisia Post-Arab Spring
Learn More: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/tunisia-revolution-democracy-unemployment-economy-strikes-conservatism-islam-constitution-arab-spring
Pulitzer Center grantee Jessie Deeter reports on the state of Tunisia one year after the revolution. Deeter documents the political conflict through the personal and political stories of two Tunisians from opposing parties one year after the revolution. Many Tunisians continue to question issues of free press, women's rights, and the co-existence
