Dining for Dealmakers: Beijing hotels
Sept. 15 - Reuters Correspondent Fred Katayama discovers Beijing's best hotel restaurants with Tim Zagat. The Ritz-Carlton, St. Regis, and the Grand Hyatt offer Chinese delicacies and Italian fine dining.
Cleaner Energy Cooler Climate: Developing Sustainable Energy Solutions for South Africa
For South Africa, finding a policy approach that balances the increasing demand for energy with the need for sustainability, equity, and climate change mitigation is a particular challenge. Through energy modelling indicators of sustainable development and policy analysis, Harald Winkler builds a rich and detailed case study illustrating how a development-focused approach to energy and climate policy might work in South Africa. Moreover, with recent recordsetting global crude oil prices, he poin
King Lear to In the loop : fiction and British politics
On 11 December 2009, Nottingham University's Centre for British Politics held a conference at the British Academy that drew together politicians, writers and academics to explore the interaction of British politics and fiction.
In addition to the conference several video interviews were conducted with some of the speakers on the day.
In this interview taken at the Fiction and British Politics Conference in London, Research Fellow - Matthew Bailey - answers a question posed by Hazel Blears. Co
Introduction to Patterns
This computer-animated video is an introduction to patterns containing pictures. Students are told to look for repeating symbols to identify patterns and are shown examples of repeating patterns. A series of pictures not containing a pattern is also shown to aid students in learning the concept of repeating symbols. ( 1:34)
Breivik arrives in Norway court
Sept 19 - The man who has admitted to killing 77 people in a shooting and bombing rampage in Norway arrives for a court remand hearing in Oslo. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
PSYC 216-01, Sensation and Perception, Spring 2005
This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.
Security & Information Technology
Security & Information Technology
ISS Update - Sept. 22, 2011
The International Space Station video update for Sept. 22, 2011.
Eventail-junior En action : Werkblaadjes voor het zesde leerjaar Deze werkblaadjes sluiten aan bij het handboek Eventail-junior En action (zesde leerjaar). Leerlingen kunnen met deze werkblaadjes de woordenschat en spraakkunst per hoofdstuk nog eens extra oefenen.
Tip of the Week: Getting flanking sequence of genomic locations
This week's tip is on using Galaxy to get flanking sequence. See http://blog.openhelix.eu/?p=9808 for more information.
Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan, the most successful military leader ever and the subject of this 2:30 long video. A fun video and easy for students to follow if they have a map to follow the large number of countries mentioned.
Breaking Ranks within the Women's Movement
This is a three minute clip from a movie about the Woman's Suffrage movement at a time when Alice Paul and Lucy Burns encounter a less-than-respectful crowd within the women's suffrage movement. For whatever reason, senior members of the NAWSA (National American Woman Suffrage Association) - such as Rev. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt - were not always supportive of the younger women's ideals and methods.
Open Innovation: Harnessing Assets
Open innovation and making the best use of internal and external resources is becoming an integral part of the future of strategic sourcing and doing business. What does open innovation consisted of? How do you put this into practice? What blocks and barriers are there?
Social Computing Data Repository
Social Computing Data Repository
Obama jobs proposal offers no fresh ideas: Suskind
Sept. 30 - "Confidence Men" author Ron Suskind says President Barack Obama gets an 'A' for effort for his jobs proposal but it does not bring any new or dynamic policy ideas.
The Architectural History of Chicago
This one minute video shows images of the buildings in this city and how the Great Fire pushed the residents to create new edifices and, ultimately, the Sears Tower. A brief overview.
Art On Wheels
In his new book, On Wings of Diesel, Jamal Elias, professor of Religious Studies, takes readers on journey through the world of Pakistani truck decoration. These ornately adorned vehicles depict all aspects of life and fuel an extensive artisanal industry. To provide a unique understanding of Pakistan's complex society, Elias explores designs and motifs in truck art, the motivations of those involved in the practice and its cultural significance. An accomplished amateur photographer, Elias illus
Valpo in 30 seconds
This 30-second video provides a snapshot of Valparaiso University which enrolls about 4,000 students from most states and more than 50 countries, constituting an international, interconnected community. Valpo offers five colleges for undergraduates — the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Business Administration, College of Nursing, and Christ College (honors college) — as well as graduate studies and a law school.
Valparaiso University is an independent Luther
ISS Update - Oct. 4, 2011
The International Space Station video update for Oct. 4, 2011.
2011 Nobel Prize in Physics
Announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics by Professor Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 4 October 2011. Read more about the 2011 Nobel Laureates in Physics, Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess on http://www.nobelprize.org/
