Faces of Your Gift - Pauline Chung
Pauline expresses her appreciation to the supporters of her bursary.
Foreigners flee Libya violence
Thousands fleeing unrest in Libya arrive at destinations in Crete, Istanbul and Malta.
Changing climate - where energy and global warming meet
This podcast comes from the frontline of the campaign against global warming. National Geographic is the foremost conservation organisation.Executive Editor, Dennis Dimick was at the University for a a sweeping visual journey and in-depth report.
Social media at Great Ormond Street: building community
Claire Zuurbier of IBM, formerly Head of Digital, Great Ormond Street, speaks to Lindsay Bruce from Cranfield School of Management - part of the Cranfield Customer Management Forum Speaker Series: http://bit.ly/9UuSf9
The Arts and Humanities. Professor Mary Jacobus
On 25 February 2011, a group of eminent researchers who work in arts and humanities disciplines in universities around the UK gathered in Cambridge for a conference called "The Arts and Humanities: Endangered Species?" In light of the present funding reforms to Higher Education, each was asked to give a seven minute talk about why the arts and humanities matter and what cultural and social benefits these subjects bring. Some stressed their contribution to self-knowledge and the ability and freed
Bioethics and the Life of Henrietta Lacks
During her life in Baltimore's Turner's Station, Henrietta Lacks was a wife, mother, neighbor and friend. It was here in Baltimore that she also fought a heroic battle against cervical cancer that changed the course of medicine. Mrs. Lacks' sacrifice has saved and continues to save countless people she has never met.
Sixty years after her death, the University of Maryland Medical Center hosted a lecture and evening gala to honor and celebrate this remarkable woman. In this 25-minute video, Dr.
How Can Robots Get Our Attention?
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found that they can program a robot to understand when it gains a human's attention and when it falls short.
Aaron Bobick, professor and chair of the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech's College of Computing, discusses why it's important for robots to understand social convention, if they are going to successfully interact with humans.
The research was performed using the robot Simon, from the Socially Intelligent Machines la
Scratch Lesson5 Get On the Stage!
This lesson serves as a gentle introduction to Scratch Stage. You will get a first taste of working with the Stage by creating a Stage background. We will al...
5001 BILINGUAL CAESAR'S INVASION OF BRITAIN
Book V
De Bello Gallico
Caesar's Invasion of Britain
Chapter 8 of book V ...the story continues......
3.2.1 Social disruption In return for being granted enhanced market access by developed countries, which turned out to be somewhat illusory, developing countries agreed to open up their own markets. Indeed, for supporters of the UR, this was its biggest achievement. One of the central propositions of economic theory is that under certain conditions free trade is beneficial to a country – but there are inevitably winners and losers. As a country adjusts to free trade, some sectors of the economy advance, while othe
Infectious Disease / Microbiology Developing Coaching Skills Using the GROW Framework - Mini Lecture A collection of videos and lessons and tsunamis Winter on the Farm Japan's markets react to disaster How much support did Richard III enjoy as King? 6.096 Introduction to C++ (MIT) Backstage at the New Theatre Ep 4: A View from the Bridge
A mini-lecture which will look at developing coaching skills using the GROW model.
There are several listed here from videos of actually events to animated slide sites. There are also lessons for most ages.
Fall is harvest season, and spring is planting, but what happens on a
farm in the winter? From Christmas trees to sleigh rides, farmers make the most out of their winter wonderlands. (05:41)
Japanese financial markets reopened after the most devastating natural disaster in the country's history, with eyes on its nuclear power facilities.
How much support did Richard II enjoy as King? A presentation by Dr. David Grummitt, Senior Research Fellow, The History of Parliament Project, for The History Faculty: www.thehistoryfaculty.com.
This is a fast-paced introductory course to the C++ programming language. It is intended for those with little programming background, though prior programming experience will make it easier, and those with previous experience will still learn C++-specific constructs and concepts. This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.
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This week we visit the set of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge. The New Theatre puts on a play each week and is the only student-run theatre company in the UK.
