Veto Power and Judicial Review
After both the House and the Senate approve a bill, it moves on to the president for his action. The United States Constitution outlines four actions the president can take. First, and most simply, the president can sign the bill into law.
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How to Make a Disco Ball with Junk CDs
This short video shows how to create the disco ball. The fast pace of the video may make it necessary for the teacher to stop it so students can understand what is needed better.
Types of Clouds
This is a short slide show of various cloud types that is accompanied by music (the song Stormy Weather).
Finding the Surface Area of a Cube The instructor uses an electronic chalkboard to demonstrate how to find the surface area of a cube. One example is modeled using astep by step approach to walk the learner through the computational process. A definition of the formula is given explaining what s stands for in this formula.
Intro to Addition & Subtraction
Lucinda The Great Math Magician introduces addition and subtraction using magic apples. The video uses computer animation. Run time 03:47.
Sesame Street: "I Want a Snuffilufigus for Christmas"
Big Bird sings about wanting Snuffilufigus for Christmas. Anne Hathaway sings along with him. Young students will enjoy this fun song. (1:32)
Urban and rural waste in China
Dealing with waste is an introduction to the waste practices and waste management processes currently being practiced in China. Students learn about waste in China and then contrast those practices with their own.
Politics, Power, Cities [Audio]
Speaker(s): Enrique Peñalosa | Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of Bogotá and one of the world's most challenging urban thinkers, describes the urgent need for governments to create socially inclusive and well-designed transport systems, public spaces and cities. Addressing mobility, public space, equity, quality of life and social inclusion, Peñalosa will propose that inequality and exclusion are the main causes of the problems that affect cities in developing countries, particularly issues r
North Pacific and North America: Showing the Changing Seasons
SeaWiFS false color data showing seasonal change in the oceans and on land for North America and the North Pacific. The data is seasonally averaged, and shows fall, winter, spring, summer, fall, winter, spring, and summer.
Libertarian Journalism in the '60s, '70s, and '80s How Will History Remember You? - Movie Clip from The Emperor's Club Episode 137: Smart water: Irrigation systems in an age of high tech IDS336 Perspectives in Civilization Session 11 07/19/11 Summer Technology Camp Breakingviews: Reeling markets have more than S&P to thank Research Help-Attach Notes to Any File or Website in Windows Guide to the Records of the Pittsburgh Board of Registration Committee 1906-1936 Mississippi River: Post-Flood Flyover SMU student talks with CBS about higher air fares London Sculpture
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In this brief clip from the movie The Emperor's Club, Professor Hundert talks with his class about the great leaders of history and how their legacies lasted through the generations. (02:47)
Themes in this clip include:
History, Legacy, Significance, Ambition, Education, Teaching, Learning, Accomplishment
IDS336 Perspectives in Civilization Session 11 07/19/11
Emily Magruder
Armstrong students show kids that engineering can be fun and rewarding.
Aug. 8 - S&P targeted U.S. debt, but stocks ended up getting clobbered. Breakingviews' Agnes Crane says an economic slowdown combined with fumbling leaders and limited central bank resources is a bad mix.
Want to remind yourself of that super important task each time you open a certain website? Veronica explores GumNotes, which can attach a reminder to any file or website.
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This collection consists of several volumes of voter registration information for the many different wards of Pittsburgh as well as two volumes of minutes taken at meetings and one scrapbook.
A slower version of the Mississippi River: Post-Flood Flyover
SMU Student Body President Austin Prentice talked with Anna Werner of CBS News on October 12, 2011, about the sharp increase in airfares.
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