Cheers: Diageo's £1.3bn Turkish deal
Drinks giant Diageo announces a £1.3 billion deal to buy Turkish spirits maker Mey Icki, giving it access to the fast-growing Turkish market.
Croix Rouge - Nancy 2011- Discours de clôture : Jean-François MATTEÏ
Jean-François MATTEI – (Président de la Croix-Rouge française). Croix Rouge - Nancy 2011- Discours de clôture
Conférence enregistrée lors du congrès international de la Croix Rouge Française à Nancy sur le thème de la fragilité de l’enfant et de l’adolescent dans une société en mutation. Séance plénière : Adolescents et jeunes adultes : des atouts pour la société. Modérateur : Michel MANCIAUX – (Professeur émérite de pédiatrie sociale et de santé pub
3-La rétribution des créateurs de ressources numériques (video)
Présentation : J.M Bruguiere, Professeur (Droit-Saint-Etienne)
Table ronde : Carole Nocera-Picand (UVED), Michel Armatte (AUNEGE), J-B Le Bourdon (UT1), P.Maistre Du Chambon (UNJF)
Questions de la salle et réponses des intervenants
Animal Minds
This panel discussion will provide historical and contemporary perspectives on animal cognition and will consider the challenges facing the study of animal minds. Nicola Clayton is professor of comparative cognition at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of the Royal Society. Erica Fudge is professor of English studies in the School of Humanities at the University of Strathclyde. Gregory Radick is professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Leeds.
Soil Change Guide - Procedures for Soil Survey and Resource Inventory
This Guide is designed for soil survey, vegetation, and ecological site or unit inventory work in order to help soil scientists and other inventory specialists collect interpretable data about soil change within the human time scale. This Guide describes a sampling system to measure dynamic soil properties for all major land uses (except urban lands where the land and soil have been significantly reshaped). The Guide includes instructions for project planning, field execution, and data analysis
Cabin of the "Tom Greene"
The Tom Greene was built in W. Virginia in 1923, by the Marietta Manufacturing Company. The ship won two races with the Betsy Ann in 1929 and 1930.,OVA photographs
Access to Knowledge in Africa: The Role of Copyright
The emergence of the Internet and the digital world has changed the way people access produce and share information and knowledge Yet people in Africa face challenges in accessing scholarly publications journals and learning materials in general At the heart of these challenges and solutions to them is copyright the branch of intellectual property rights that covers written and related works This book gives the reader an understanding of the legal and practical issues posed by copyright for acce
Oral History and Digital Stories from Cape Town
People in South Africa have a dynamic but largely unrecorded heritage. The Centre for Popular Memory CPM creates spaces for these stories to be heard seen and remembered The CPM presents various oral history and memory courses for on and off campus students such as a 1st semester postgraduate course Oral History Method and Practice and Theory HST4034Z which provides skills training in oral history interviewing and interpretation an undergraduate course Memory Identity and History HST3037S explor
The Literature Review Survival Guide
A guide to the purpose of a literature review and how to go about compiling a literature review. Bookshelves image by quinnanya shared by a CC BY 20
Jonathan Shapiro on Maus by Art Spiegelman
On Thursday 20 August cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro aka Zapiro will discuss "Maus" by Art Spiegelman as part of the Great Texts Big Questions public lecture series presented by the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts GIPCA at the University of Cape Town UCT. During each Great Texts Big Questions lecture a highly regarded thought leader will discuss one of life's big question or a significant book or artwork. Shapiro studied under Art Spiegelman in New York during his Fulbright Schola
A=B
This book is about identities in general, and hypergeometric identities in particular, with emphasis on computer methods of discovery and proof. The book describes a number of algorithms for doing these tasks.
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Instructional Guide
This Instructional Guide has been developed to provide instructors using the Environmental Impact Assessment Course Module with an understanding of the design of the Module so that they can customise the its material and assessment to the needs of their learners and location.
Saturn Educator Guide
This educators guide uses NASA's mission to Saturn (Cassini-Huygens) as real-world motivational context for learning fundamental, standards-based concepts in science. It includes six constructivist lessons, an FAQ, and a variety of connections to art, literature, and mythology.
Sample and test coagulation and flocculation processes
This learning object contains resources and activities that focus on sampling and testing during the coagulation and flocculation processes in a water treatment plant.
The key areas are: sample water and test water.
The task is to sample the water and test the water quality to confirm the values on the SCADA and inline instruments.
Kratts Creatures-Creatures of the Night-Part 1 of 3
In this video, the Kratt Brothers investigate creatures of the night. They start in Australia looking for a flying fox. They give good facts about brush tail possums, kangaroos, and bats. This is part one of three. (9:15)
Mathematics, Common Sense, and Good Luck: My Life and Careers
Don’t expect to glean any market tips or trading secrets from James Simons, who steadfastly refuses to disclose the method behind his remarkable record in investing. Instead, listen to this mathematician, hedge fund manager and philanthropist sum up a remarkably varied and rich career, and offer some “guiding principles” disti
Ash Erupts from Brimstone Vent: NW Rota 2009 Expedition
White billowing plume full of sulfur and ash erupts out of Brimstone vent.
Credits:
Bill Chadwick, OSU, 541-867-0179, bill.chadwick@oregonstate.edu
All video copyright by Advanced Imaging and Visualization Lab, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (AIVL/WHOI).
Video from the expedition is also available in HD format from AIVL/WHOI, but prior arrangement and licensing of the imagery from AIVL/WHOI is required for its use.
Information about the videos: There are 8 edited video clips in DV form
1909-09: E. Lilian Todd's Biplane
This image is a clipping of a photograph of E. Lilian Todd's biplane on the ground. There is a person seated at the controls, possibly Miss Todd.,Inventor and self-made woman E. (Emma) Lilian Todd found a patron in the elderly and restless Olivia Sage. Sage, who probably came to know Todd through Helen Gould, had faith in her abilities and gave her $7,000 to design and build the plane seen here. It was constructed by Witteman Brothers of Staten Island.
The Mineola Flying Field was not far from
3D Slicer and the NA-MIC kit
Speaker: Dr. Ron Kikinis, Harvard
La Cité de Dieu, après-demain ? (video)
Quand Rome est mise à sac le 24 août 410, des voix se lèvent s’interrogeant sur les raisons d’un tel désastre et sur le devenir de Rome. Demain qu’adviendra t-il de la Roma aeterna ? Déconcerté par ce pillage et soucieux d’éclairer les jugements, Saint Augustin décide alors de mener à bien son projet déjà ancien de composer une fresque théologique.
Il compose ainsi La cité de Dieu, œuvre qui oppose la cité terrestre et la cité céleste et qui
