Introduction #01 - Could Something This Good Actually Be Free?
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! In this inaugural Introduction Lesson, Carlos and Natalia let us in on the best deal around: the Free Audio offered in every lesson published at SpanishPod101.com. How can I download it? Where is it available? For how long will I have access to it? Get these questions and many more answered [...]
Colonial America Music Video
This is a student made video about different aspects of Colonial America. It is set to the song "Sweet Home Alabama" and covers the dislike of King George III, taxation without representation, the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, the start of the Revolutionary War, the Boston Massacre, and the Shot Heard Around the World. While none of these topics are covered in detail, the video would be great to show as an introduction or perhaps an example for your own classroom projects. (5:06)
Snowpocalypse 2011 from space!
NOAA/NASA's GOES 13 weather satellite images were put together to form this amazing animation of the ginormous snow storm that slammed the United States from January 31 - February 2, 2011. Wet air from the ocean and Gulf met with massively cold air from the north to create this monster.
1907: Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage, Reviewing Stand 1
This image is a photograph of ladies seated in a reviewing stand, probably for a parade. Margaret Olivia Sage is seated at the middle of the stand. She is wearing a dark dress and coat. Her dark hat has a long veil which is pulled back from her face. The other ladies are wearing light-colored clothes and large hats trimmed with flowers. The stand is draped with striped bunting and a uniformed policeman and a boy stand in front of it.,On November 15, 1907, Helen Gould wrote to the recently widowe
John Jermain, Portrait
This image is a portrait of John Jermain, maternal grandfather of Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage. Major Jermain is wearing a dark suit, a white shirt, and a white cravat.,Olivia Sage was fascinated with the history of Major John Jermain, her maternal grandfather, a wealthy Sag Harbor merchant and landowner, but little is known about his activities during the Revolutionary War. According to family tradition, Jermain commanded the fort at Sag Harbor, Long Island, during the War of 1812. He is said to
1904-05-31: Sage, Margaret Olivia Slocum, to Henry MacCracken
This image is a handwritten letter from Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage to Henry MacCracken, Chancellor of New York University. The writer responds to the decision of New York University to award her an honorary degree.,Margaret Olivia Sage writes to New York University Chancellor Henry MacCracken expressing her surprise and pleasure "that an Institution so famed should choose to give me a degree", and accepting the honor to be bestowed in June 1904 at University Heights (New York University's so-ca
Les métiers de la santé - Nancy 2011 : ergothérapeute
Titre : Les métiers de la santé : ergothérapeute
Résumé du métier : L’Ergothérapie est un traitement par l’activité, prescrit médicalement, qui traite les déficiences, les incapacités, les handicaps de personnes souffrant de dysfonctionnements physiques ou psychiques altérant leurs activités dans la vie quotidienne.
Donc, l’ergothérapeute est un personnel paramédical qui aide les personnes souffrant d’un handicap à retrouver une autonomie dans leur vie qu
Les métiers de la santé - Nancy 2011 : pharmacien d'officine
Titre : Les métiers de la santé : pharmacien d’officine
Résumé du métier : Dans une officine, le pharmacien délivre des médicaments au public. Il vérifie chaque prescription médicale et explique aux patients les consignes à respecter. Par ailleurs, il commande les produits, gère les stocks et tient la comptabilité. Son rôle de conseil est également essentiel.
Nature du travail : Le rôle du pharmacien d’officine est la validation et la délivrance des ordonnanc
Les métiers de la santé - Nancy 2011 : sage-femme en milieu hospitalier
Les métiers de la santé - Nancy 2011 : sage-femme en milieu hospitalier
Genocide, War Crimes and the Two Sudans: Can There Be Reconciliation?
Part 4 of the 2011 Sudan in Transition? Southern Independence, Conflict and Reconciliation Symposium. This podcast is part 4 of Addressing the Past, Preparing for the Future: War Crimes, Reconciliation and Human Rights section of the symposium
Conflict, Corruption and Long-Term Challenges for Southern Sudan
Part 5 of the 2011 Sudan in Transition? Southern Independence, Conflict and Reconciliation Symposium. This podcast is part 5 of Addressing the Past, Preparing for the Future: War Crimes, Reconciliation and Human Rights section of the symposium
11.309J Sites in Sight: Photography as Inquiry (MIT)
This course explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing, of investigating landscapes and expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on landscape, light, significant detail, place, poetics, narrative, and how photography can inform design and planning, among other issues.
The class website can be found here: Sites in Sight: Photography as Inquiry.
Byrne Administration: Interview with Tom Cochran (January 31, 2007 Part 2)
This interview is a part of the Eagleton Institute for Politics's Program on the Governor. For more information please visit their website: http://governors.rutgers.edu/
David Jernigan; Executive Director, KIPP Metro Atlanta - IMPACT
January 26, 2011 - IMPACT Presents David Jernigan; Executive Director, KIPP Metro Atlanta - IMPACT
David Jernigan is the Executive Director for KIPP Metro Atlanta, overseeing the network of KIPP schools in Metro Atlanta. Prior to assuming the role of Executive Director, he was the Founding Principal of KIPP WAYS (West Atlanta Young Scholars) Academy from 2003 to 2008. Under his leadership, KIPP WAYS Academy was consistently one of Atlanta's highest performing middle schools, and in 2008 it was
Storytelling and healing in South Africa
Early Career Fellow Sorcha Gunne talks about her work on South African post-apartheid literature and whether revealing the 'brutal truth' can heal the troubles of the past
TWC9: Nineys, MIX Open Call, WP7 GPS Emulator, & lots of new software releases This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian discuss the week's top developer news, including:
FSP - UMVF - RMM Dakar 2010 – Questions sexualité, fécondité.
Les journées du fond de solidarité mère-enfant de l’UMVF.
Thème : Colloque International Interdisciplinaire : Droit et Santé En Afrique.
Réduction de la mortalité maternelle en Afrique Sub-saharienne : mieux comprendre pour mieux agir.
1ère Session : Fécondité, sexualité et planning familial.
Modérateurs : Pierre JAUDOIN (démographe – Ministère Français des Affaires Etrangères) – Mamadou TRAORE (Professeur de gynécologie-obstétrique à l’Uni
Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott on his life and work
English professor, Christian Campbell, interviews Caribbean poet and playwright, Derek Walcott, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. Walcott discusses issues of identity, culture, and language in this illuminating conversation, filmed at Hart House Theatre on November 23, 2010.
Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten – 04.02.2011
Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Freitag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei. WASHINGTON: Die USA verhandeln mit Vertretern der ägyptischen Regierung über einen sofortigen Rückzug von Präsident Husni Mubarak. Angestrebt werde eine vom Militär gestützte Übergangsregierung, die freie Wahlen vorbereiten solle, verlautete aus der US-Regierung. Ein Szenario sei, dass Mubarak die Macht an se
Brrr! It's Cold!
This professional video by Readeez talks about winter and how cold it is. This video is a great reading helper for beginner readers.
