Science Bulletins: New Stem Cell Method Shows Promise
The University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers who turned ordinary skin cells into stem cells in 2007 have cleared a major safety concern of using those cells in research: their risk of cancer. Their previous process used a virus to insert several genes into the DNA of skin cells. The genetic code of these genes naturally reprograms cells to revert to their original stem cell state. There was just one problem—the new stem cells were cancer-prone.
The team's new method uses a different vehicl
C-Suite Conversation Featuring Gail Letts
Gail Letts, President/CEO, Central Virginia Region at SunTrust speaks with Associate Dean Richard Coughlan about her professional experience.
Butterfly Attacks Spider! Slow Motion Action
This may be the first time this type of aggressive butterfly behavior has ever been recorded... While in the process of selecting sites to lay her eggs on a nearby Passionvine plant, this female Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae incarnata) took a particular interest in the spider webs nearby. After hovering in one spot for a bit, she moved in close and started clawing away at the webs, apparently to get at or drive away the small "Daddy Longlegs" spider (Pholcus phalangioides) which was lu
Pleiades - Venus Conjunction timelapse Star Trails
Enjoy this compilation of several interesting views filmed during the recent Pleiades - Venus Conjunction as seen from Santa Clarita, California. Students will enjoy the real life footage of these beautiful images. What a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between Earth and the classroom. (3:42)
Real Angry Birds! Slow Motion Allen's Hummingbirds--Fights and Bites
These aren't your average sweet little birdies! Both male and female hummingbirds of some species are quite aggressive, territorial, and vigorously defend their food sources against intruders. While those long, sharp bills may look like formidable stabbing weapons, the birds' head, neck and body weight just don't pack enough strength or mass to do much damage, so fights typically involve only mild biting and poking with the bill, and grabbing with the feet as well - not even with enoug
MIT 2012 Commencement Address
Salman Khan gives commencement address at MIT (2012). (18:41)
Jason Zander Unplugged | TechEd Europe 2012 A different kind of session, driven by attendees, built in real time. Visual Studio VP Jason Zander "hosts" the session. Unplugged sessions are a very nice approach to interactive learning. Tune in.
Windows Azure Web Sites | Learn Windows Azure at TechEd Europe Windows Azure Web Sites is a simple and powerful hosting platform that allows developers to easily build and rapidly deploy web applications on Windows Azure using their favorite languages, frameworks, and tools. . In this session you will learn how to use this new technology to build, deploy, and run everything from classic ASP sites to modern ASP.NET MVC 4 web applications using both new and familiar tools including Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio 2012, and WebMatrix. This ses
Harry Belafonte: King 'Had a Tic'
"The inability to reason with death caused more anxiety than he realized." In this video clip, Harry Belafonte relates these words of Martin Luther King, as well as his experience with the great reformer. (2:36)
Partial (80%+) Solar Eclipse Timelapse May 20 2012
While not a full or even annular eclipse here in Santa Clarita, California, there were still some interesting views to be seen. What a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between Earth and the classroom. (3:18)
Aliens in my Orchids - Timelapse Strange Earth Lifeforms
Sometimes, we can find the strangest forms of life right here on Earth, without any Sci-Fi extra-terrestrial magic! While making these time-lapsed image sequences of Phalenopsis Orchids (also called "Moth" Orchids), I was surprised to see what looked like a little face staring out at me from inside the blossom as it opened! It was an odd-shaped, almost bird-like face with two large alien-looking eyes. Students will enjoy these beautiful, real life images. This is a great resource to help build b
Profiles In Courage 2011
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Attitude in het labo : Rollenspel Deze bijdrage leert leerlingen (studenten) een standpunt innemen tegenover situaties die zich kunnen voordoen tijdens labo-werk. Het eigenlijke doel van dit stellingenspel is dat de leerling gepast ageert in een situatie en de …
Getting It Right! (2)
A series of 21 video films the aim of which is for Swedish students of EFL to get a hold of the basics of English grammar.
Children's Musical - Mexican Hat Dance on
This is a short children's version of The Mexican Hat Dance. It features a song about the dance and how to do it with dancers dancing the traditional dance. This is a fun way for kids to learn more about Mexican culture. (01:33)
Catholic Mass - 7/15/2012 (Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Duke Catholic Center
Fr. Michael Martin, OFM, celebrant
http://catholic.duke.edu
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 9pm
Service begins @ 9:41
Homily begins @ 25:46
Scripture:
First Reading: Amos 7:12-15
Psalm 85:9-10,11-12,13-14
Second Reading: Ephesians 1:3-14
Gospel: Mark 6:7-13
Hymns (from the the Gather hymnal, ©1994):
Processional Hymn: You Are the Voice (549)
Offertory Hymn: Here I Am, Lord (686)
Communion Hymn: I Am the Bread of Life (828)
Recessional Hymn: God Has Chosen Me (682)
M
Urban and Regional Planning -- Graduate Certificate Program at the College of Charleston
The College of Charleston offers a graduate certificate program (4 classes) in urban and regional planning. The program is designed to give master's level students and working professionals an introduction to urban planning as an academic discipline and as a professional field. As a 12-credit introduction, students will acquire an overview of the work that urban planners do, and the information, tools, and skills that they use to complete this work. Course content includes legal issues, developm
Gardner McMaster Parkinson's Center
UTMC Celebrated the start of renovations in Dowling Hall for a new Parkinson's Center
Town Hall - 7/13/12
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Mortgage-backed securities III
More on mortgage-backed securities. (9:17)
