The Year of Egypt's Second Revolution, the Balance Sheet So Far [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Roger Owen | Professor Owen will look at Egypt's Tahrir Square revolution in the light of the revolutions of 1919 and 1952, drawing on them to indicate some of the problems and possibilities ahead. Roger Owen is A J Meyer Professor of Middle East History at Harvard University.
6.370 Battlecode - 1/9/12
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Sunday Service - 1/8/2012 - Sam Wells
A service of worship in Duke University Chapel. The Reverend Dr Samuel Wells delivers a sermon entitled "Solidarity."
Opening excerpt from the sermon: (36:07)
"When I was 19 I spent a summer living in an intentional Christian community. We would rise at 5.30 for an hour of silence, share Morning Prayer and the Eucharist together, and then have breakfast. There would be community prayers at midday before lunch for those who were around and not out at work, and evening prayers before supper at 6
Thunderbird Tower Event 11.11.11
A look at the rededication of the Tower at Thunderbird School of Global Management on November 11, 2011. The video includes interviews with Thunderbird graduates and a former WWII pilot who trained at Thunderbird Field in the 1940's.
University of Georgia Fall Commencement Address
Address to the Fall Semester Commencement at the University of Georgia by James H. Shepherd Jr., chairman of the Shepherd Center in Atlanta.
Gravity and Vertical Motion Problem - Calculus
Gravity and Vertical Motion Problem - Calculus. In this video, a penny is thrown downward from a tower. The Instructor wants to determine how long it takes to hit the ground. (09:56)
Les enjeux de l’individualisme (video)
Jusque dans les années 60, le modèle d’intégration sociale dominant était un modèle « corporatiste » qui assurait une place, une position garantie à chaque individu au sein de la société. Chacun était alors acteur du système, chacun était à sa place: le médecin, l’ouvrier, la femme au foyer…
Aujourd’hui cet idéal de stabilité est mis à mal: les catégories sociales sont bousculées (les ouvriers sont moins nombreux, les femmes travaillent de plus en plus),
Lucy, la pionnière (video)
A l’occasion du colloque « Les sciences dans les années 70 », Yves Coppens revient sur son activité de paléontologiste et sur les nombreuses campagnes de fouilles menées dès les années 1920 dans le cadre de la recherche sur les origines de l’homme. Il retrace en particulier les prémices et la découverte dans les années 70 de l’Australopithecus afarensis, la célèbre Lucy.
Très médiatisée lors de sa découverte car elle détenait le record du plus vieil hominid
Lucy, la pionnière (audio)
A l’occasion du colloque « Les sciences dans les années 70 », Yves Coppens revient sur son activité de paléontologiste et sur les nombreuses campagnes de fouilles menées dès les années 1920 dans le cadre de la recherche sur les origines de l’homme. Il retrace en particulier les prémices et la découverte dans les années 70 de l’Australopithecus afarensis, la célèbre Lucy.
Très médiatisée lors de sa découverte car elle détenait le record du plus vieil hominid
Google+David Beckham
David Beckham will be doing a live Google interview on Thursday, January 19th at 9am PST / 12pm EST / 17pm GMT. Watch the interview live on youtube.com/atgoogletalks. As an added bonus, hangout with David directly after, right on his Google+ profile at 10:30am PST / 1:30pm EST / 18:30pm GMT.
Add him to your circles now for all the latest updates: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108846998869637201361/
7.2 Graphing Equations
POL335 Session 1 Spring 2012
Hamoud Salhi
Lunch Poems - Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu/
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon was awarded the Cave Canem Poetry Prize for Black Swan, her debut collection of poems that mixes vernacular language with classical mythology, modern struggles with Biblical trials, and gives voice to women past and present. With her second, ]Open Interval[, nominated for the 2009 National Book Award, Van Clief-Stefanon "marries a wildness of vision with a lens-maker's precision." She is co-author, with Elizabeth Alexander, of the chapbook
Dr. Boyce Watkins talks about Dr. King's dream
Dr. Boyce Watkins of Syracuse University spoke to a packed Whitley Auditorium as the Keynote Speaker for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Program at Elon University, January 11, 2012.
Auburn University students win first place in minority architect design competition
The challenge was to turn an Atlanta MARTA stop into a transit village that would become a "community incubator" for local services and community activities. Fifteen student teams from architecture schools across the country recently competed in this juried student design competition as part of the National Organization of Minority Architects, or NOMA, annual conference in Atlanta -- with a student team from Auburn University's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture's winnin
2011 December Commencement
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Politics and Religion. Let's talk about it.
As the nation ramps up for another presidential election, it's time to confront that unspoken social nemesis - the specter of politics and religion.
Associate professor, Matthew A. Sutton, addresses this issue in a thoughtful, nonpartisan manner through in depth studies on the origins and history of religion and politics in America.
Hoping to make history relevant to his students and the wider public, Sutton publishes in many venues, including a recent op-ed in the New York Times. His book, "A
Steve Jobs lives on in comic book
Jan. 12 - A comic book documents the life of Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. Kilmeny Duchardt reports.
Stars Song
This three minute animation and song explain what stars are and how they "work."
Survival Phrases #45 - Mr. Omiyage II
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Mr. Omiyage is back, and this time he has a thing or two to say about meibutsu, as well as some tips on making sure the price is right. In addition, learn how to have some meibutsu served up hot (or maybe cold) in the local restaurant. After listening, stop by [...]
