9.2 Systems maps: searching for system A simple definition of a system is an assembly of components interconnected as if they had a purpose. I am going to use the idea of purpose to look at the situation as I understand it. Presented with the complexity of this situation it may be hard to know where to start. I have often found it helpful to start with the notion that somewhere in all this complexity there is, or was, some purpose. It is quite common in situations like this to find the mess has arisen because somewher
Carbon Cycle Cartoon
This animation explains the carbon cycle and humans' conbritution to it. by Sofia (Climate Champion, 2006). (04:36)
Robbery at the Space Center
HUM310 Theatre of Revolt Session 11 07/31/2011
HUM310 Theatre of Revolt Session 11 07/31/2011
Bill DeLuca
BUDDHA AVATAR
Cop Chase
Scientific Pioneers: Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin proposed the principle of conservation of charge and labeled electricity as possessing both positive and negative charges.
Great Zoom out of Washington, DC: NASA Headquarters
Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves fl
Coroner's Report: Plague (2:37)
In the 14th century, a devastating plague known as the Black Death
claimed an estimated 75 million lives. This video explains how it spread and what caused it. The two versions of this plague are explained. Not for the child who may respond emotionally.
Change Contact in GApps
The Hallelujah Flight
Making Cars Cleaner
UNSW Engineering researcher Shawn Kook has developed an optically accessible diesel engine to better understand and refine the internal combustion engine, in a bid to make cars cleaner.
The Rise of Capitalism [Liberty & Property (2009)] The precapitalistic system of product was restrictive. Its historical basis was military conquest. The victorious kings had given the land to their paladins. These aristocrats were lords in the literal meaning of the word, as they d
Carmen Sandiego
van gogh, mona lisa, lascaux caves
Search & Rescue Dogs
Search and Rescue dogs are the silent heroes that help find lost people and pets. This selection contains actual video of search and rescue dogs with commentary by founder of International Canine Search and Rescue Services. ( 2:59)
Will Nichols Journey to learn the pipes.
Patti and Will Nichols talk about Will's journey to learn the bag pipes, from Alaska to Washington.
Brewmasters@Google: Shane Welch
Shane Welch is the founder and brewmaster of Sixpoint Craft Ales. Originally from Milwaukee, he got his start in college, where he realized his taste for flavorful beer could only be quenched by brewing it himself. With his background in math and chemistry, he constructed a "mini-brewery" in his basement and began experimenting. By the age of 20, he was sufficiently bored of academia and obsessed with beer making that he left college and landed a job as a brewer's apprentice at Angelic Brewin
Tremonti renews call for Eurobonds
Aug. 13 - Italy's economy minister says Eurobonds would have helped prevent the euro zone debt crisis. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Gazans mourn airstrike dead
Aug 20 - Hundreds gather in Gaza to mourn the death of a boy and several others in retaliatory airstrikes by Israel. Jessica Gray reports.
