The Magic School Bus Goes Upstream - Migration
Ralphie is wondering what happened to all the salmon. They need them for the school fish fry, but they aren't here. The Friz has decided to take the class on a field trip to find out. She turns the bus into a salmon and puts a compact disk in the bus that makes it think like a real salmon, so it will go wherever Ralphie's salmon went. However, when the bus starts migrating, Ralphie changes his mind about doing anything to find out what happened to the salmon. He and some kids in the class attemp
Charles Law
Professor Bob Burk demonstrates Charles' Law by pouring liquid nitrogen over a latex glove filled with air (04:01).
TIMELINE: Watch out for stormy euro zone September
Sept. 4 - The euro zone is entering one of the most nail-biting months since the debt crisis began. A guide to the pivotal dates that could determine the bloc's future.
Breakingviews - Wanted: steel nerves!
Sept. 4 - Stock investors should hold their nerve in the wake of the summer rally on equity markets, says Reuters Breakingviews.
Research@Texas A&M: Helping Ensure Men and Women in Uniform Return Safely Home
Associate Professor Tracy Hammond and her graduate students in the Dwight Look College of Engineering developed the GeoTrooper system to aid paratroopers in the field, working in collaboration with the 18th Airborne Corps of the U.S. Army. The interactive Android phone application works in conjunction with a haptic vest with the goal to improve the movements and safety of paratroopers.
Behavioral Health Grant Program Gives UM Grad Students Hands-On Experience
A grant through BP to the Mississippi Department of Mental Health Oil Spill Recovery is allowing Ole Miss psychology students the opportunity to examine how well an effort to meet the mental health needs of people on the Mississippi coast is working. Video by Mary Stanton.
Father Dennis Dease Convocation Address 2012 | University of St. Thomas
Father Dennis Dease reflected on his 21 years as president of St. Thomas in his academic convocation address Sept. 4, 2012 in OEC auditorium. It was Dease's final convocation speech, as he will retire next June 30.
One Minute Arch March | University of St. Thomas
On Sept. 4, 2012 the University of St. Thomas class of 2016 was welcomed by the campus community at the 12th annual March Through the Arches. Members of this year's freshman class gathered on Summit Avenue, passed through the Arches and were met with applause from administrators, faculty, staff and upperclassmen as they made their way to Schoenecker Area for the interfaith blessing for the new school year.
There are 1,460 students in this year's incoming class. Among them are 37 international s
2012 State of the University Address: Building on Success
Clif Smart and Frank Einhellig presented the State of the University Address at noon on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.
Archaeology of the Holy Land
In an "Office Hours" conversation, Duke University Professor Eric Meyers says archaeology in Israel and Palestine can give context for biblical narratives. In his new book, "Alexander to Constantine," co-authored with Mark Chancey, Ph.D. '99, he argues that Hellenistic culture gave Judaism, and later Christianity, a vehicle for worldwide expression. Learn more at http://religiondepartment.duke.edu and http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300141795.
Texas frontier scientists had role in epic Bone Wars
In the late 1800s, furious fossil speculation across the American West escalated into a high-profile national feud called the Bone Wars. Vertebrate paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs unveils how the Bone Wars touched Texas through the lives of two Lone Star scientists, geologist Robert T. Hill and naturalist Jacob Boll.
Jacobs discusses a trove of letters he discovered in Hill's archive at Southern Methodist University, and presents Boll's German ode translated to English. Each shed light on the in
Defrag: Deprecated HW, Deleted Partition, Disabling Right Click Animation | The Defrag Show Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will also be chec
Reuters Today: Top Stories and Analysis
Sept. 5 - A look at the early action in the European markets and the day's hot stocks, as well as a final wrap-up of Asia trading.
ICE SKATER'S DELIGHT - THE CONSERVATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM
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Bart Buyck
Open Classroom - 9/5/12 - #4 Barry Bluestone
The 2012 Election: Policy Advice to the President
Topic for 9/5/12: Introduction: Policy Advice to the President
3XSQ: ECB's Draghi unveils bond-buying program
Sep 6 - European Central Bank president Mario Draghi unveiled details of a new bond-buying plan aimed at easing the eurozone's debt crisis.
Trading at Noon: S&P 500 at highest level since May 2008
Sep 6 - The S&P 500 hit its highest level since May 2008 on positive jobs data and the ECB's agreement to launch a new bond-buying program.
Wealth Strategies: Aug jobs report may be enough to delay QE
Sep. 6 - Barclay's Michael Gapen says that if U.S. payrolls grow by at least 150K in August, that might be enough for the Federal Resereve to avoid another round of asset purchases at its September meeting.
