Internet Scout Project
One of Australias largest electricity companies, Ergon Energy has a Web site that contains a good educational area called Energy. Kids can learn how energy is created using coal, geothermal power, hydro power, landfills, nuclear power, solar power, sugar cane, wind power, and wave-tidal power. Other links on the site provide quizzes and activities categorized by age group with titles such as make a solar water heater, make an electromagnet, school energy audit, and make an electric motor, amon
AP U.S. Government & Politics
The UCCP Advanced Placement (AP) US Government and Politics course is a one semester survey of American Government and Politics covering the Constitution, political beliefs, political parties, interest groups, institutions of government, public policy and civil rights. Emphasis is placed on critical and evaluative thinking skills, essay writing, and interpretation of original documents. This curriculum covers all of the material outlined by the College Board as necessary to prepare you to pass t
Le laser : fonctionnement et application - Emmanuel Rosencher
Une cobférence de l'UTLS au Lycée
Le laser : fonctionnement et applications, ce sujet est-il toujours d'actualité par Emmanuel Rosencher, physicien, directeur scientifique à l'ONERA.
Lycée Sainte Marie (59 Beaucamps Ligny)
Get Charged!
Students are introduced to the idea of electrical energy. They learn about the relationships between charge, voltage, current and resistance. They discover that electrical energy is the form of energy that powers most of their household appliances and toys. In the associated activities, students learn how a circuit works and test materials to see if they conduct electricity. Building upon a general understanding of electrical energy, they design their own potato power experiment. In two literacy
Social Ethics
The course examines the sources for values that underly our personal ethics. It will also introduce you to some of the significant ethical theories in Western tradition, theories that we will apply to social and political issues in current society.
Utilization of sweet sorghum for wine-making.
Title: Utilization of sweet sorghum for wine-making.
Authors: Ren Jianhua; Yu Zhengping; Hao Xuejin
Beem Letter, July 1863 (page 3)
right on to the rebel horde and got right among
them, but they did not long stand our rapid
volleys. They ran pell mell, several of their officers
were wounded and fell into our hands together
with a large number of prisoners, and in thirty
minutes the attack was repulsed and the battery
saved. Here occurred our only loss, and here
is the mournful part of my letter. Two of our
verry best men, Corporal Isaac Norris and Sergeant
John Troth were killed, both inst
Saturday 8th July [1865]
One of the cotton girls came over to help scrub the kitchen. Between 200 and 300 wagons belonging to Sherman's Army passed through town on the way to Louisville to be sold. Nearly all of the local men who served in the war have returned home. Marie says that it finally feels like the war is really over. She believes the government should banish all the leaders of the Rebellion and deal mercifully and justly with the negroes. She also mentions that they took the honey out of the cap and were able
Morton Letter to Andrew Johnson, 1865 (page 4)
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aimed at by the conspiracy of which these
men were are guilty, I trust it will not be
considered unbecoming, or improper for
me to present their cases for your consider=
ation, and I do it earnestly urging the
commutation as above suggested, sincerely
beleiving such a course would be better
for the present and for the future.
Had the death penalty been inflicted
shortly after their conviction, and while the
country was still no great peril I should
Morton Letter, 1865 (page 1)
Letter from Indiana Governor Oliver Morton to President Abraham Lincoln providing an introduction to Mrs. Susan M. Brown and her plight to secure the release of her brother who is being held as a prisoner of war.,State of Indiana
Executive Department.
Indianapolis, Jan. 7 1865
His Excellency
Abraham Lincoln
President
Dear Sir
This will introduce
Mrs. Susan M. Brown, wife of
Sargean(?) Brown, who desires
an interview with you in
relation to release of her brot
Morton Letter, 1865 (page 1)
Letter from Indiana Governor Oliver Morton to President Abraham Lincoln providing an introduction to Mrs. Susan M. Brown and her plight to secure the release of her brother who is being held as a prisoner of war.,State of Indiana
Executive Department.
Indianapolis, Jan. 7 1865
His Excellency
Abraham Lincoln
President
Dear Sir
This will introduce
Mrs. Susan M. Brown, wife of
Sargean(?) Brown, who desires
an interview with you in
relation to release of her brot
1st Lieutenant John B. Harrod, Company "B", 9th Indiana Cavalry
Harrod has long hair and a full beard. He is wearing his uniform jacket. He signed the card "Yours Truly," with his name and rank.,Harrod was from Greenfield in Hancock County, Indiana.
Rational Ignorance and Beyond (video)
La sagesse collective : principes et mécanismes
Colloque des 22-23 mai 2008, organisé par l'Institut du Monde Contemporain du Collège de France, sous la direction du Professeur Jon Elster.
Intervention de Gerry Mackie, University of California, San Diego, 23 mai 2008
Economic theories declare that voters in a democracy are rationally ignorant (or worse, irrational) about politics, but that consumers possess perfect information about decisions in the market. C
Democratic Reason : The Mechanisms of Collective Intelligence in Politics (audio)
La sagesse collective : principes et mécanismes
Colloque des 22-23 mai 2008, organisé par l'Institut du Monde Contemporain du Collège de France, sous la direction du Professeur Jon Elster.
In this paper, Landemore argues that democratic institutions can be seen as ways to channel “democratic reason,” or the distributed intelligence of the many—a concept that she builds in part on the insights of the cognitive sciences. S
Intervention de Hélène Landemore.
Lecture 16 - 11/18/2010
Lecture 16
European Questions – Turkish angles: Europe's citizens
Editor's note: Unfortunately the last few minutes of the lecture are missing from the podcast. This series of events explores how our understanding of Europe's identity can be enhanced and developed in a new way by taking in a distinctively Turkish perspective. Richard Bellamy is professor of political science and director of the School of Public Policy at UCL. Thomas Diez is professor of political science and international relations at the University of Tübingen. Maurice Fraser is a senior fel
Plan B for the euro zone
The lesser of two evils
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
EEE 370 is an introductory course intended to provide students with a solid foundation in terms of the vital role played by entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in the 21st century global economy. In a sense, this is the cornerstone course, which is complemented at the end of your program with the capstone business plan course. During this semester, we will assess, explore, critique, and celebrate the phenomenon of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is approached as a way of thinking and acting, a
Highlights: 2010 Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony
Ten Royals athletes became the first inductees into Queens' Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. Check out snippets from that ceremony, and learn about plans for the 2011 festivities.
Religion and Pluralism in a Divided World
Anwar Ibrahim is a former Deputy Prime Minister (1993-1998) and Finance Minister (1991-1998) of Malaysia. He was dismissed from office in 1998 and imprisoned after a trial condemned by many critics as a "sham" orchestrated by the government led by Dr Mahathir Mohamed. After serving six years in prison, Anwar was released after the Malaysian courts overturned his conviction. Anwar taught and lectured at Oxford University, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and Georgetown Unive
