ROBOTANY: Game Of The Week: Episode 2 The 2012 Game of the Week Podcast 2: ROBOTANY featuring GAMBIT Technical Director, Andrew Grant and GAMBIT Researcher Jason Begy What is the Game of the Week? This is the Game of the Week. Beginning February 20th
Authors at Google, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, "Giving 2.0"
The Authors@Google program presents Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, author of "Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World".
Written for all readers of all income levels, ages, and backgrounds, Giving 2.0 is a guide to living a life of generosity that is socially impactful, emotionally rewarding, and rich with learning. The author not only shares her own experiences as a prominent young philanthropist, academic, and social innovator, but also tells the inspiring stories of how ordinary, generou
Part 3: Translational Neuroscience of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS), Fatigue and Hypersomnia.
By: torabi_m M.Torabi Nami MD, PhDc,
Department of Neuroscience,
Institute for Cognitive Science Studies (ICSS), Tehran 15948 Iran,
Torabi_m@iricss.org,
Sleepiness, tiredness and fatigue are complaints which must be thoroughly analyzed to eliminate blur and ambiguity.
Physiological sleepiness (“sleep pressure”) increases while being awake and additionally underlies the circadian rhythm with a lower threshold to fall asleep during night time.
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is considered
Recherches sur les bases moléculaires de la "sucrosité" des vins secs
9e matinée des Œnologues - Bordeaux
>> Goût du vin : les dernières avancées de la recherche
Jean-Christophe Barbe, Le fruit dans les vins rouges
Michael Jourdes, Tanin du bois : évolutions et perceptions sensorielles
Axel Marchal, Recherches sur les bases moléculaires de la « sucrosité » des vins secs
Vivons-nous dans un univers ou dans un multivers ?
Conférence donnée à l'IAP le 7 février 2012 par Aurélien BARRAU, astrophysicien au Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie de Grenoble.
Dans cette conférence, je proposerai une introduction simple à la cosmologie d'aujourd'hui et aux concepts physiques qui la sous-tendent. De la relativité générale à la théorie des cordes, en passant par les trous noirs et la gravitation quantique, nous en viendrons à interroger le statut de notre univers lui-même. Se pou
The Twilight Zone full episode Time Enough at Last
My favorite Twilight Zone
Living With the Land
In this video segment adapted from American Experience, explore the North American lands as experienced by the indigenous peoples who migrated through much of the continent. Before the arrival of European settlers, some Native American tribes moved from region to region with the seasons—south in the winter and north in the summer. Following the guidance of their experienced leaders, they obtained the food, water, and other supplies they needed from their surrounding environment.(2:10)
N.E.A.R. Device
THE DETECTIVE: Gwen Wright THE PLACE: Westminster, Colorado THE CASE: History Detectives peers inside a black box that may shed light on some of the darkest days of the Cold War. The US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 raised the stakes of modern warfare. Almost immediately after World War Two, America’s former ally, the U.S.S.R., became her Cold War archenemy. the Soviet Union’s surprise testing of its own atomic bomb in 1949 helped trigger a nuclear arms race, with
Beginner - When are you coming? Now that you have made friends abroad, you want to invite them to visit you back home. Today we will teach you how to ask a person when he, or she, will visit your hometown. You will also hear an example response that is usually associated with such a question.
Leading Edge with Jerry Anderson - Dr. Tim Fisher on Climate Change
Media Coverage from WTOL
Finding the Intersection
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad is looking for a lost Transformatron. Matt can see it along one line, while Jackie says she can see it along a different line. Digit and Inez try to figure out how this is possible, and they discover that one point can lie on two different lines. (1:33)
Advanced Audio Blog S5 #4 - Top 10 Japanese Holidays: Shichi-Go-San/Seven, Five, Three
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend tells you that today is an important holiday for many children in Japan. When you ask your friend to explain the significance of this Japanese holiday, he tells you about its history and symbols, and then he asks you whether you can see a pattern of holidays on the [...]
Alzheimer's: What Is the Value of Knowing Early: A View Across Five Countries
The Forum at the School of Public Health
Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, affects millions of people around the world. This Forum event examined the results of a new poll conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and Alzheimer Europe on perception and awareness of the disease among residents in the U.S., Germany, France, Spain and Poland -- and their views on the value of diagnosis. This event was presented in collaboration with Reuters and was part of the Andelot S
Alamo: Deconstructed
It has become the site and symbol of the battle for Texan independence. Constructed in 1744 as a Spanish mission the Alamo soon became a military outpost and was the site of one of the most memorable battles in the fight for independence. In a battle that lasted 13 days, Americans were unable to withstand the large Mexican army. This video clip contains text to guide the construction and the events that happened at the Alamo. (2:47)
Act 2 - Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Video 37:27- Scene I: 00:04, Scene II: 02:41, Scene III: 13:15, Scene IV: 19:27, Scene V: 30:32, Scene VI: 35:05
Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox.
Where We Live
Where We Live.
Addendum 1B. Riverbank: The Controversy
In December of 1999 a symposium titled "Issues of Authenticity" was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with papers mostly arguing for and against the age and authenticity of a painting titled Riverbank that the museum had recently acquired and believed to be an early masterwork, while others, spearheaded by Cahill, believe it to be a forgery by the late Zhang Daqian. Revelations about the background of this symposium, and additional opinions by others about this controversy, are offered here
Part 7 - Chapter 32 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Video 14:05-
Part 7, Chapter 32: Dowley's Humiliation. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by John Greenman.
Playlist for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL594379211E091592
The Mayans
This video clip highlights the Mayan civilizations achievements. The Mayans were the first to figure out the concept of zero, created the first accurate calendar containing 365 days per year, and started a writing system. The Mayans had hundreds of cities and their capital of Tikal contained schools, libraries, sports arenas, and hospitals. In 1,000 A.D. Mayan cities were abandoned. The growth of the great Mayan civilization is as much a mystery as its disappearance. This clip contains text to a
ISS Update - Feb. 22, 2012
The International Space Station video update for Feb. 22, 2012.
