Peter Pronovost: In the Interest of Patient Safety.mp4
Dr. Peter Pronovost, Sr. Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality as well as Director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine, explains why he became interested in this field, how his work is already saving lives, and what the institute's plans are for the future.
Eerlijk ontbijt op school : Handleiding Een eerlijk ontbijt is een ontbijt met producten uit van eerlijke handel. Een leuke activiteit om samen met je vrienden uit je klas en je leerkrachten te organiseren, eventueel in het kader van Fairtrade@School of Smeer ze. …
Sustainable Seafood
Harvard University Dining Services is engaged in a process to make the seafood it serves more sustainable and is working with National Geographic Fellow Barton Seaver to develop new sustainability guidelines for large institutions whose seafood choices are constrained by the need to buy in volume and meet sometimes tight budget targets.
Economy 2013: Fiscal cliff won't disappear - banking CEO
Nov 20 - Expect some progress on resolving the fiscal cliff in 2012 but there will still be lingering issues in 2013 according to Bill Cheney, CEO of the Credit Union National Association.
Caracterización y evaluación de la radiación solar
Conocer, tanto para sistemas fotovoltaicos aislados como conectados a red, el valor de radiación que recibirá una instalación es un dato importante, que, en el caso de los aislados, servirá para hacer un correcto dimensionado del sistema que asegure un funcionamiento que responda a los requisitos de la instalación.
Fading Dot
This online exhibit is a visual illusion in which a fuzzy blue dot disappears into a green background. The illusion is created by the tiny jittering movements that your eyes are continually making. Take your investigation further by making your own hands-on fading dot illusion - instructions are at the Exploratorium Snack website (see related link).
How to Draw a Water Drop - Step by Step
Take a look at the video and learn from the producer of the video as he shows you step by step on how to draw a water drop. (04:27)
Jane Austen: Love, Finally
In this video clip, learn how only after her death was Jane's identity revealed to the public by her brother. (1:37)
Potassium Chlorate and Gummy Bear
Molten potassium chlorate is a strong oxidizing agent that reacts violently with sugar. Gummy bears have lots of sugar in them. This video shows what happens when the two are combined. (01:03)
Reaction of Sodium & Chlorine
This is a cool video of a reaction between sodium and chlorine. The experiment is done professionally. (00:51)
Burning Magnesium in Dry Ice
Declan Fleming shows you how to prepare and demonstrate burning
magnesium in solid carbon dioxide (dry ice). This dramatic and beautiful demonstration shows that oxygen isn't always a prerequisite for fire and reveals carbon's place in the reactivity series. (03:14)
Super Absorbent Polymers and Hydrophobic Sand! - Quirkles Science Experiment
Watery William, one of The Quirkles, KOLR 10, and Terri Johnson demonstrate some cool science experiments that involve the properties of water. Learn how jelly crystals (these can expand up to 300 times their original size!) and hydrophobic sand absorb and repel water. (04:22)
Dark Energy
The universe is huge and getting bigger all the time, and we have we have dark energy - the most mysterious force in the universe - to blame/thank for it. Thought to make up more than 70% of the energy in the whole universe, Hank describes how dark energy was theorized to exist, and how scientists are trying to explain it. (03:47)
Interview with L.S. Asekoff
Grace Cavalieri interviews L.S. Asekoff for the Library's Poet and the Poem Series.
Speaker Biography: L.S. Asekoff has published four books of poetry: Dreams of a Work (1994) and North Star (1997) with Orchises Press, and The Gate of Horn (2010) and the verse novella Freedom Hill (2011) with TriQuarterly/Northwestern University Press. His poems have appeared in such magazines as The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, and Ninth Letter, and he has received awards from the New York Foundation fo
Dipper Mouth Blues
Thomas Brothers discusses Louis Armstrong, composer of King Oliver's "Dipper Mouth Blues."
Speaker Biography: Thomas Brothers is professor of music at Duke University.
For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5624.
SWIB12- Culturegraph Authorities
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SWIB12 - Enrichment of Library Authority files by LInked Open Datat Sources
By: SWIB SWIB12 - Enrichment of Library Authority files by LInked Open Datat Sources, Gerd Zechmeister, Helmut Nagy, Semantic Web Company GmbH
SWIB12 - First Insights into the Library Track of the OAEI
By: SWIB SWIB12 - First Insights into the Library Track of the OAEI Dominique Ritze, Mannheim University Library
ECU/Big East Announcement (full press conference)
Tomorrow starts here.
Intra Preneur Tim Ogilvie
Design Thinking for the "Intra-preneur"- How to Innovate within a Corporation, Tim Ogilvie, Peer Insight
