Brazil: Arts and Culture in Brazil
Salvador, the capital of the state Bahia, was the first capital of Brazil.
Slavery was common in Brazil until it was abolished in 1888. Today, Salvador has the largest population of African-Americans in any city out of Africa. Ancient African rhythms transformed to the present day samba. A good look at the people and culture of this community.
China's wine industry ripens as local thirst grows
Nov. 17 - China's wine producers try to up their game, as Chinese consumers further develop their taste for finer French wines. Cathy Yang reports.
Authors@Google: W. Scott Poole
Author W. Scott Poole visits Google Cambridge to speak about his new book, Monsters in America. From the book's description:
"Salem witches, frontier wilderness beasts, freak show oddities, alien invasions, Freddie Krueger. From our colonial past to the present, the monster in all its various forms has been a staple of American culture. A masterful survey of our grim and often disturbing past, Monsters in America uniquely brings together history and culture studies to expose the dark obsessions
Asia Regional Night: Thailand
Thunderbird School of Global Management students perform Nov. 12, 2011, during Homecoming festivities. http://www.thunderbird.edu
High Performance Computing with Wenming Ye If there were a special geek merit badge for those whose desktop PC has the word "CRAY" across the front, Wenming Ye would have plenty of them. Wenming works just down the hallway from us on Channel 9 exploring the possibilities of HPC (High Performance Computing). I wanted Niners to meet Wenming and see some of the interesting projects he's working on and find out how the cloud has changed supercomputing.
Numerical Simulation of Magnetic Flux Emerging Through a Model Solar Atmosphere: Density
This animation is one of a series depicting the results of a two-dimensional ideal magneto-hydrodynamic simulation of magnetic flux emerging through a solar atmosphere. The simulation has a resolution of 300x500 cells and a length scale of 16 Mm x 6.8 Mm. The simulation depicts 1730 seconds in the evolution of the model.
PeerIndex wins Grand Prix at The Europas
Nov 18 - London-based PeerIndex takes the top prize at The Europas, a competition recognizing the best and brightest startups on the European technology scene. Matt Cowan reports.
The Great Depression and the 1990s
This lesson asks students to research a modern government program having roots in the New Deal. Following their research, students participate in a congressional forum where they debate which programs should be continued. Recommended for grade 11, can be adapted for other grades.
SFSP Lille 2011 – Loi de santé publique et expertises - Discussion
Titre : SFSP Lille 2011 – Loi de santé publique et expertises
Intervenant(s) : Roger Salamon, Président du Haut Conseil de la santé publique, Daniel Lenoir, Directeur général de l’ARS Nord Pas-de-Calais
Résumé : Le congrès 2011 de la SFSP est centré sur les expertises en santé publique. Son but est de contribuer à clarifier les différentes définitions de l’expertise et l’organisation de sa production dans notre pays. Seront envisagés le rôle des experts
Gaddafi son betrayed by desert guide
Nov. 22 - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was betrayed to his captors by a nomad who says he was hired to help the former Libyan leader's son escape. Katharine Jackson reports.
GoNUxstream Game Recap - Women's Ice Hockey vs. Boston College - Nov. 17, 2011
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Sesame Street--Grover and Campers Learn About Trees
This classic Sesame Street video teaches young learners the basic parts of a tree. Grover tries to teach campers about the parts of a tree but the campers have to correct him. Key words include trunk, bark, branch, and leaves. This video would compliment the Common Core K-1 text exemplar story A Tree Is A Plant by R.C. Bulla and other non-fiction texts on this topic. (2:41)
Veilig handelen met materieel en materiaal Een toets over de leerstof van een bundel over veilig handelen met materieel en materiaal.
BADM 472-01, Marketing Management II, Fall 2004
order to understand and explain business phenomena. The primary methods for attaining understanding and ability to explain business phenomena will be case analyses, student presentations, and discussions. There are several course objectives we hope to attain.,This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.
Panama
This four minute video shows some of the geography and culture of Panama. Provides a great many images and could be used for a study of the rainforest.
27.11.2011 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Sonntag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
Nach dem Luftangriff auf pakistanische Soldaten im Grenzgebiet zu Afghanistan haben US-Außenministerin Hillary Clinton und Verteidigungsminister Leon Panetta der pakistanischen Regierung ihr "tiefstes Beileid" ausgesprochen. Die Minister sicherten ihren jeweiligen pakistanischen Kollegen ihre "volle Unterstützung
Approches alternatives pour la fusion par confinement inertiel - Guy SCHURTZ
Congrès Général de la SFP Bordeaux-2011
• Approches alternatives pour la fusion par confinement inertiel Guy SCHURTZ
CEA-CESTA et Université Bordeaux 1, coordonnateur scientifique du projet européen HIPER
Aftermath in Syria
Dec. 14 - Amateur video out of Syria purports to show the body of a man on a street in Homs and a nearby ambulance unable to reach him. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
DEISA Report: Consolidated findings of DEISA case studies DEISA (Diversity and Equity Interventions in South Africa) is a research programme which studies the tra
