The Use of Satellite Navigation in Automatic Train Control Systems (IRR Poster)
The Use of Satellite Navigation in Automatic Train Control Systems (IRR Poster)
Duke Chapel Live - 6/24/2012
Duke Chapel Live - 6/24/2012
A service of worship in Duke University Chapel. The Rev. Dr. Luke Powery delivers a sermon entitled "Why Are You Afraid?"
Opening Excerpt from the Sermon: (39:56)
"Jesus can really, really, preach. He doesn't pastor a mega church,or host a christian TV talk show. He hasn't written any NY times best selling self-help books, and he doesn't even ask for an honorarium when he preaches. He just comes, to Galilee, to Durham, to do ministry proclaiming the good news of
HIS348 Session 7 Summer 2012
Labor in American Society with Mike Fraga 06/23/12
Fourier Series Approximation of Signals
Don Johnson
(Blank Abstract)
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Nancy Reagan Introduces "Just Say No" Campaign
In a nationally broadcast message to the American people on September 14, 1986, first lady Nancy Reagan joins President Ronald Reagan to kick off her "Just Say No" campaign, an effort to raise drug abuse awareness. (0:39)
Caillebotte, Man at his Bath, 1884
NOTE: Male Nudity in this painting and there is a visual reference to Michelangelo's David (which is also nude). Gustave Caillebotte, Man at his Bath, 1884, oil on canvas, 57 x 45 in. (144.8 x 114.3 cm), (Private Collection, on loan to the National Gallery, London). Speakers: Dr. Parme Giuntini, Director of Art History, Otis College of Art and Design. Dr. Robert Summers, Lecturer, Otis College of Art and Design. (04:16)
Burne-Jones, King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, 1884 - Smart History at Khan Academy
Edward Burne-Jones, King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, oil on canvas, 1884 (Tate Britain, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker. (04:34)
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin, 1888 - Smart History at Khan Academy
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin, 1888, oil on canvas, 24 x 19-11/16 inches (Fogg, Harvard Art Museums) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. (02:49).
Khnopff, Jeanne Kéfer, 1885 - Smart History at Khan Academy
Fernand Khnopff, Jeanne Kéfer, oil on canvas, 1885 (The Getty Center, Los Angeles) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker. (03:12)
Degas, Woman Bathing in a Shallow Tub, 1885 - Smart History at Khan Academy
NOTE: Female Nudity. Edgar Degas, Woman Bathing in a Shallow Tub, charcoal and pastel on light green wove paper, 1885 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker, Dr. Beth Harris. (07:15)
Geograph reaches Three Million Pictures
Geograph having over 3 million live images on its website!
Mrs. Rice Sings About Science
In this video, Mrs. Rice sings some learning songs about matter, mass, volume, heat, temperature, and energy. This is a great resource to help reinforce the properties of matter. (8:51)
Science Bulletins: Brains Change with Trauma
Scientists are becoming increasingly aware of how life experiences can change both the physical structure and the function of the brain. Since a discovery in the mid-1990's that the hippocampus—a brain region important for memory—is reduced in size in many combat veterans, research has exploded over how traumatic events can affect different regions of the brain. This story highlights recent work by Victor Carrion's team at the Stanford University Early Life Stress Research Program that shows
Science Bulletins: Bipolar Disorder and the Body Clock
Many body processes operate on 24-hour cycles called circadian rhythms. Triggered by the environmental cue of daylight, circadian rhythms are complex series of biological functions involving the eyes, brain, and genes that control these organs. Scientists are discovering that a number of disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, and some sleep disorders are associated with irregular functioning of body clock pathways.
Breakingviews: RBS tech mess entrenches UK's free banking
June 25 - The highly visible computer glitch is a public relations disaster. British banks need depositors to pay more directly for services. That makes sense, but it's a tough sell - and it just got tougher.
Breakingviews: How €50bln could save the euro
June 25 - Countries in the core euro zone could subsidise Spanish and Italian funding costs - and save the euro - for about €50bln over seven years, says Reuters Breakingviews editor Hugo Dixon.
Breakingviews: Canada's loony house prices
June 25 - Jeffrey Goldfarb and Robert Cyran discuss how Canada's mortgage reforms aren't standing up to the power of easy money.
First 3D movie tracks beetle embryo as it forms
Read more:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/02/first-3d-movie-tracks-beetle-embryo-as-it-forms.html
Stuffed rat head tests how to scan a waking brain
Read more:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/02/stuffed-rat-head-tests-how-to-scan-a-waking-brain.html
