CIS STARR Forum: Border Security in the 21st Century
Alan Bersin, Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection
Chappel Lawson, Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT
Lecture by Deana Lawson
Deana Lawson's lecture was recorded as part of CCA's Graduate Studies Lecture Series on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 7--9 pm, in Timken Lecture Hall on the San Francisco campus.
Deana Lawson is a photography-based artist whose work focuses on psychological, personal, political, and historical experiences as they are implicated through the body. She received the Aaron Siskind Foundation grant in 2008-9 and a New York Foundation for the Arts grant in 2006. Her work has appeared in numerous publica
Advanced Diagnostics & Therapeutics: The Science of Engineering a Healthier World
Advanced Diagnostics & Therapeutics, one of the University of Notre Dame's strategic research investments, breaks down barriers and fosters new collaborations across the Colleges of Science and Engineering. The initiative's faculty and students are creating technologies and tools to combat disease, promote health, and safeguard the environment—all with a commitment to addressing developing world problems and a focus on commercializing Notre Dame discoveries. http://advanceddiagnostics.nd.edu/
What is the futue of learning in Canada? - Dr. Paul Cappon
Dr. Paul Cappon, Canadian Council on Learning, presented CCL's recent findings on all aspects of the learning cycle: from early childhood through school, post-secondary education, and adult and workplace learning and training.
How Matt Ridgway Kept Us Out of War, and Eric Shinseki Did Not
Dr. Conrad Crane, director of the Military History Institute, discusses "How Gen. Ridgway kept us out of war and Gen Shinseki did not" during a noontime lecture at the Army War College Oct. 19.
Walcott and Naipaul: History and Myth
Catherine Brown, Lecturer in English Literature, compares West Indian writers Derek Walcott and Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul on their attitudes towards history and myth
Euro Hawk a new eye in the sky for Germany
Oct. 26 - Germany's Federal Defense Force has taken delivery of a new, technically advanced aircraft designed for surveillance from high altitudes. The Euro Hawk, developed by U.S. defense contractor Northrop Grumman and EADS company, Cassidian, is an unmanned aircraft system specially equipped for electronic eavesdropping. Maryam Behmard reports.
Phonics Song: Beginning Blends With Miss Jenny
Children learn how to blend sounds to read advanced words in "Beginning Blends." (0:58)
Pakistan and the challenges of a new decade [Audio]
Speaker(s): Douglas Alexander MP, Professor Sumantra Bose | UK forces have been in Afghanistan for over a decade but Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander MP will argue that it will be Britain's relations with Pakistan that will dominate Britain's focus on the region in the coming decade. Given the multiple challenges facing Pakistan new thinking and new energy is needed to redefine Britain's security, development and diplomatic relations with this country. Douglas Alexander MP is Shadow Fo
Fiddling whilst the ice melts
Dr Shazhad Ansari asks whether organisational academics are prepared to help build new narratives and to reconcile human and social evolution with the physical reality of climate change, or will they simply 'fiddle while the ice melts'?
Community Radio Programming for the Digital Age, with Benjamen Walker
Benjamen Walker is the host of the program "Too Much Information" a radio show (and podcast) about life in the information age. He reports on many of the issues and topics of the day (Wikileaks, Anonymous, online porn, surveillance, net neutrality) but he also throws in conspiracy theories, fiction and interviews with ordinary people trying to make sense of their digital selves.
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21H.421 Introduction to Environmental History (MIT)
Focusing primarily on the period since 1500, explores the influence of climate, topography, plants, animals, and microorganisms on human history and the reciprocal influence of people on the environment. Topics include the European encounter with the Americas, the impact of modern technology, and the historical roots of the current environmental crisis.
Altona Primary School
Interpréter dans les sciences et les arts : points communs et différences / Catherine Allamel-Raff
Interpréter dans les sciences et les arts : points communs et différences / Catherine Allamel-Raffin. In "Images & mirages @ nanosciences", colloque international organisé par le Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires (LISST) de l'Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail, le Centre d'Élaboration de Matériaux et d'Études Structurales (CEMES) rattaché à l'Institut de Physique du CNRS et le Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de Nano-Obj
Les cocons de l'Imérina
Les hauts plateaux de l’Imerina, à Madagascar, abritent encore, sur certaines zones, une forêt essentiellement peuplée de tapias.
Denise habite aujourd’hui à Arivonimamo, un gros bourg à cinquante kilomètres d'Antananarivo. Elle possède, non loin de là , adossée à son
village natal, une concession dans la forêt voisine.
C’est là , avec le restant de sa famille, qu'elle ramasse les cocons de borocera qui fourniront, après traitement, la fameuse soie sauva
Les cocons de l'Imérina (video)
Les hauts plateaux de l’Imerina, à Madagascar, abritent encore, sur certaines zones, une forêt essentiellement peuplée de tapias.
Denise habite aujourd’hui à Arivonimamo, un gros bourg à cinquante kilomètres d'Antananarivo. Elle possède, non loin de là , adossée à son
village natal, une concession dans la forêt voisine.
C’est là , avec le restant de sa famille, qu'elle ramasse les cocons de borocera qui fourniront, après traitement, la fameuse soie sauva
Spirit of Children Brings Halloween Fun to Diamond Children's
In celebration of the season, the Spirit of Children program hosted a Halloween party for patients at Diamond Children's Medical Center. Volunteers treated the young patents and their families to pumpkin painting, costume parades and Halloween-themed games and crafts.
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Happy Haunting with Pumpkin Carving -- College of Charleston Style
The College of Charleston's Dining Services hosted their annual Fall Carnival and enormously popular pumpkin carving contest. Aramark provided 50 pumpkins (free) for students to carve once inside the all-you-care-to-eat Liberty Street Fresh Food Company. The grand prize winner got two concert tickets to see Darius Rucker.
Students also enjoyed games, music, and favorite carnival menu items including giant turkey legs, funnel cakes, fresh popcorn and buffalo wings.
For more information about th
MUSC's MEDUCARE and Stroke Teams: Saving Lives Across South Carolina
Mr. Jimmie Wooten, a bailiff in Hampton County, South Carolina suffered a stroke while at work on July 19, 2011. Thanks to the fast action of the Hampton County EMS team, MUSC's MEDUCARE helicopter crew and the MUSC Comprehensive Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center team, Mr. Wooten was back at work and able to share his story just a month later
