ISS Update - April 23, 2012
The International Space Station video update for April 23, 2012.
Breakingviews: French voters say "non" to Europe's policies.
April 23 - The French election winner will have a difficult job balancing voters rejection of current policies and Germany's expectations say Breakingviews.
The Problem is Capitalism, The Solution is Democracy at Work
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"On Saturdays" by Robbert Flick at Expo Park/USC
On April 28, 2012, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will unveil a historic new light rail expansion -- and with it a new work of public art by USC professor Robbert Flick.
On Saturdays will grace the Expo Park/USC stop just meters from the USC Roski School of Fine Arts, where Flick has worked since 1976. The piece consists entirely of images taken in the USC University Park neighborhood on Saturday mornings from 2007 to 2009.
Arranged in a grid like a long moving
AICGS At Issue Interview: Hans-Werner Sinn
AICGS sits down with Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn, Director of the University of Munich's Center for Economic Studies and Director of CESifo, to discuss the euro zone crisis and the continued steps being taken to curb it.
Can big business partner with NGOs?
What do companies delivering bottled soda have in common with NGO’s delivering food to a drought area? Quite a lot, it seems. Whether for commercial or humanitarian reasons, it all boils down to logistics.
MVO Vlaanderen : Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen Op deze site vind je terug wat maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen inhoudt. Er wordt ook stapsgewijs uitgelegd hoe je hiervoor tewerk moet gaan. Daarnaast kan je de site doorzoeken aan de hand van thema's en sectoren en zijn er …
Session VI: The Identified Person Bias and Obligations Toward Particular Others
7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health Conference: Identified vs. Statistical Lives - Ethics and Public Policy
Session Chair: Nir Eyal, D.Phil.
Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Stephen Darwall, Ph.D.
Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy, Yale University; John Dewey Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Michigan
Caspar Hare
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Mas
Supplemental Instruction - Purdue University
A video highlighting Purdue's academic assistance program that utilizes peer-assisted, regularly-scheduled, informal review sessions. The sessions are facilitated by student "SI Leaders" who have previously done well in the course and attend all class lectures.
For more info visit: http://www.purdue.edu/si
The Hitchhiker (Part Two)
The Suspense episode "The Hitchhiker" is well known because the radio play was transformed into a television episode. Orson Welles, for whom the role was written, first performed "The Hitchhiker" on the CBS network's Mercury Theater on the Air in 1941, and then again on Suspense in 1942. (09:54)
Breakingviews: Barnes & Noble's big brother
April 30 - Richard Beales and Breakingviews columnists discuss how Microsoft's investment in Barnes & Noble's digital business could be the start of a new chapter.
Forstmann's art collection reflects his investment legacy
Apr. 27 - Sotheby's will auction the art collection of legendary buyout pioneer Ted Forstmann in May. Insider takes a look at how his artistic style paralleled his investment strategy.
Communicating Science: Effectively Communicating Science - Writing Assignment
The Communicating Science Workshop engages participants with a writing assignment guided by Gene Hammond, Director of the Writing Program at Stony Brook University.
He served as a nuclear engineer in the US Navy, and has degrees in English from Notre Dame, Oxford University, and Yale University. Gene has been Chair of the English Department at the University of Maryland and has directed the Writing Programs at Maryland and at Stony Brook University. He has conducted writing workshops for judg
Communicating Science: Helping the Public Get Beyond a Blind Date with Science
Keynote address kicking off the Kavli-CNSI Workshop in Communicating Science. Actor, writer, and director Alan Alda discusses the importance of connecting the public to science. As host of Scientific American Frontiers, Alan Alda interviewed 700 scientists around the world. Now he is helping scientists learn to communicate effectively with the public, including public officials, funders, employers, students, the media, and potential collaborators in other disciplines.
His lifelong interest in
The SQUID, the planetary scientist and a lot of little bits of moon rock Benjamin Weiss is conducting laboratory magnetic studies on rocks from Mars, the Moon, and Earth to understand the evolution of planets, magnetism, and life. He is using SQUID microscopy, a new technique several orders of magnitude more sensitive than standard SQUID moment magnetometry that makes high-resolution magnetic maps of room temperature samples. His research team is broadly interested in the role of magnetic fields on planets in the early solar system. This area of resear
How to Build A Road (Interactive)
The Alaska Highway is a stretch of road that runs 1,520 miles from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Fairbanks, Alaska. Its construction began in 1942 in the discontinuous permafrost zone, where the soil is frozen solid in some places and boggy in others. In this interactive activity from the American Experience Web site, learn about the unexpected geology and weather-related challenges faced by Army road crews as they built over frozen earth and swampland in the midst of changing temp
Infrared Gallery (Interactive)
All objects emit infrared radiation -- the hotter an object is, the more intensely it radiates infrared wavelengths. Human eyes cannot see these wavelengths, but with the help of false-color imaging, temperature differences become visible and invisible features are suddenly illuminated. In this interactive gallery produced for Teachers' Domain, see what hydrothermal features and other objects look like in both visible and infrared light.
Lewis & Clark Expedition
This video tells the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition. In 1804 Jefferson sent a team to explore lands acquired in the
Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery will travel nearly 8,000
miles over three years, reaching the Pacific Ocean and clearing the path for westward expansion. The video uses animation and provides a brief overview of what they found. ( 1:46)
Louisiana Purchase Doubles U.S.
This video explains the background of how Thomas Jefferson was able to buy 800,000 square miles from the French, stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The video also explains how the land actually belonged to the Native Americans occupying it.
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Annika Mosier at the 2012 DOE JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting
By: JGI Annika Mosier from UC Berkeley on "In situ Expression of Acidic and Thermophilic Carbohydrate Active Enzymes by Filamentous Fungi" on March 22, 2012 at the 7th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting in Walnut Creek, Calif.
