2.1.3 Reflective diffraction gratings
This unit looks at how telescopes and spectrographs are designed to improve our ability to observe the universe. You will examine how different technologies have been developed over the last four hundred years to enable us to look deep into space.
Ending Wars Well: Jus Post Bellum - Theoretical Considerations (with Evans, Williams, Lucas, and How
Scholars Evans, Williams, Lucas, and Howard look at critical questions for a twenty-first century application of Just War theory to war?s end (jus post bellum) in three key areas: the theoretical underpinnings of jus post bellum, issues for settlements and post-conflict arrangements, and operational considerations for practitioners engaged in late- and post-conflict planning.
2.830J Control of Manufacturing Processes (SMA 6303) (MIT)
The objective of this subject is to understand the nature of manufacturing process variation and the methods for its control. First, a general process model for control is developed to understand the limitations a specific process places on the type of control used. A general model for process variation is presented and three methods are developed to minimize variations: Statistical Process Control, Process Optimization and in-process Feedback Control. These are considered in a hierarchy of cost
Ladder Safety Tips
Avoid injury and accidents this autumn by using extension and step ladders correctly. This video contains instructions how to safety use ladders during home maintenance situations. Run time 04:37.
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Sesame Street Sings About Danger
The muppets in this video teach children the meaning of the word "Danger." The song is very animated and I think children will enjoy. (2:20)
Klartext 2010-12-07
Klartext handlar i dag om att journalisten Julian Assange har tagits fast av polisen i Storbritannien. Nya saker har blivit kända om den svenska kvinna som blev mördad i landet Sydafrika i november. Vi berättar fler nyheter i programmet.
Mixie Reports: Whole Grains
A cartoon animated video is about whole grains.The video also includes interviews to find out how whole wheat bread is made. Run time 02:21.
What Does a Librarian Do?
A six minute video that explains the many things that a librarian can help a student with at school.
run time 6:40
Multiplication Strategies
What Strategies can I use to solve a multiplication problem? This video shows the different strategies on how do to so by: repeated addition, make groups, multiplication table, skip counting, and arrays!
Ending Wars Well: Operationalizing Jus Post Bellum - Issues for Practitioners: (with Crocker, Pierce
This Berkley Center conference will look at critical questions for a twenty-first century application of Just War theory to war?s end (jus post bellum) in three key areas: the theoretical underpinnings of jus post bellum, issues for settlements and post-conflict arrangements, and operational considerations for practitioners engaged in late- and post-conflict planning.
Faith-Inspired Activism and Global Civil Society: The Experience of Pax Christi (with Etienne De Jon
Etienne De Jonghe reflects on his nearly 30 years as secretary-general of Pax Christi International. His experiences, which include interaction with Eastern Europe during the cold war and peacebuilding and development work in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East, are being folded into a book project.
How the Jews Became Japanese: And Other Stories of Brazilian Nationality and Ethnicity
What are the intellectual paths that scholars walk when they assume that ethnic specificity is a dominant social or cultural phenomenon that overshadows commonality?
BRUSH YOUR TEETH
Here is a fun video that teaches children how to brush their teeth. This video would help children to want to keep their teeth clean and shiny.
An Evening with Vikram Chandra
In the tradition of his favorite childhood writers, Dickens, Thackeray and the “curiously forgotten James Hadley Chase,” Vikram Chandra explores the seamier sides of human relations. In Chandra’s latest, sprawling novel, Sacred Games, his backdrop is Bombay, a city steeped in corruption from head to toe. Reading three s
THE ELECTRIC COMPANY: Quotations
This video from The Electric Company uses a cute rap song to introduce quotation marks. It also emphasizes you must you a comma before using quotation marks (Running Time 0:51).
11.471 Political Economy of Development Projects: Targeting the Poor (MIT)
This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to reduce poverty and unemployment in developing countries through directly income-generating activities and employment. Topics covered are (1) employment and local economic development, particularly as related to the informal sector, small and medium enterprises, and workers; (2) the political economy of local economic-development initiatives; (3) lessons from policy and implementation experiences; (4) worker conditi
Malaria Elimination: Right Goal; Right Direction; Wrong Road? This presentation is made possible by the UC Irvine Framework Program in Global Health, funded by the
Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (http://publichealth.uci.edu/gh_docs/index). Abstract Every 30 seconds, a child in Africa dies from malaria, a parasitic infection initiated by the bite of a
mosquito. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and
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The Biology of the Language Faculty: Its Perfection, Past and Future
Noam Chomsky, around whose work much of the Syntax series revolves, gives listeners a glimpse into the evolution of his own thinking, with an emphasis on areas of linguistics where computational considerations play a major role.
Chomsky briefly outlines the key components of a biologically based linguistics that be
Sanofi extends Genzyme bid to Jan
Sanofi-Aventis has decided to give shareholders of U.S. pharma Genzyme more time to consider its 69 dollar a share offer.
