What's Measured In The U.S. News Ranking
Thomas Burke, M.D., executive vice president and physician-in-chief, talks about MD Anderson signature care as recognized by U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" survey.
Sink or Swim: Sea Level Rise - Implications for Dunedin. Session 2
An information evening open to the public to discuss issues around sea level rise and how it might affect low lying suburbs and coastal communities in the Dunedin area. Learn what the DCC and ORC are planning as well as hearing about possible engineering solutions and the social aspects of sea level rise.
It is being chaired by Professor John Hannah, member of the F.I.G. Task Force on Climate Change.
Hosted by the NZ Institute of Surveyors.
Held July 12, 2011.
A reading and translation of Goethe's poem Das Rosenband
A reading and translation of Goethe's poem Das Rosenband.
24.07.2011 – 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.Norwegen trauert um die 93 Opfer des schwersten Massakers in der jüngsten Geschichte des Landes. König Harald und Ministerpräsident Jens Stoltenberg waren die prominentesten Teilnehmer eines Trauergottesdienstes im Osloer Dom unweit des teils zertrümmerten Regierungsviertels. Der Norweger Anders Behring Breivik,
Great Zoom out from the Kodak Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves fl
Mark Behrens
Professor Mark Behrens reviews in more detail and touches on key elements of his research that the students in video (Student Presentation #5) discussed. In describing his work, Behrens offered "think of looking through color filters." The filters eliminate any unnecessary or unforeseeable data, and when you combine all the filters together, the yield reveals amazing overlaps and patterns.
Seminar 6- USAWC Distance Education Class of 2011
One more challenge faced the senior officers as they celebrated completion of two years of internet-based studies at the Army War College's distance education program. The largest graduation class in college history received their diplomas on a day of record-breaking heat, July 22, at historic Carlisle Barracks.
Marty Curan on Advice to Burgeoning Leaders
Marty Curan (MBA '84)
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Corning
Mountain Bike Tips: Nutrition
This 2:20 video is a review of what foods are recommended for extreme mountain bike riding.
Scientific Pioneers: Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin proposed the principle of conservation of charge and labeled electricity as possessing both positive and negative charges.
Great Zoom out of Siberia
Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves fl
"A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky" by Lewis Carroll (poetry reading)
This poem anticipates the Imagists by 40 years or so, and is as good an imagist poem as there is. It consists of a succession of what Ezra Pound called "luminous details". Each stanza is like a haiku and embodies a single clear image or idea. Each has 21 syllables, where the traditional haiku has 17, supposedly all that a can be said in a single breath.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagism
The poem is also an acrostic, the initial letters of the lines spelling out ALICE PLEASANCE LIDDELL.
Order of Operations
Created by Chris Collins for middle school students at St Paul Academy and Summit School
How to keeep kids engaged in class I came across this article from Edutopia.org. It is worth a look
Have you ever plunked yourself down in a staff meeting where some of your colleagues we
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Recognizes School Leaders at the Darden School
LeAnn Buntrock, executive director of the Darden/Curry PLE; and Paul Koehler, director of the Southwest Comprehensive Center at WestEd, discuss the challenges faced by school leaders in the U.S. Southwest and how the Darden/Curry PLE is working hard to fix the nation's most troubled school districts.
Urdu Taster Lesson: Parts of the Body - Powerpoint
Urdu Taster Lesson: Parts of the Body - Powerpoint.
history of giftedness
This 3:43 video uses quotes and other graphics to show gifted individuals and insights into their lives'. The video is over at the two minute mark and can be stopped there.
ISS Update - August 19, 2011
The International Space Station video update for Aug. 19, 2011.
