Josh Kraft Speaking at Northeastern College of Professional Studies Commencement
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Provost Stephen Director Speaking at Northeastern College of Professional Studies Commencement
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Relentless: The Global Formula Racing Pursuit of Perfection
This documentary chronicles a year in the life of Global Formula Racing Team. Made up of students in a multinational partnership who design and build formula cars for an extremely competitive international racing circuit, the GFR team hails from Oregon State University and DHBW Ravensburg, Germany. They devote every waking moment to the relentless pursuit of an international championship.
The Alcan Highway: Road To Alaska
The Alcan Highway connected the Alaskan wilderness to the lower 48 states for the first time. During construction, crews faced brutal work conditions and other challenges. In this video clip from Modern Marvels learn about the role the U.S. military played in the highway’s construction. (3:57)
A Radical Theory of Autism
Mirror neurons, the cells in the brain that fire when watching others do actions, might be deficient in people with autism. Perhaps, drugs that enhance empathy, could be used to treat this deficiency. (02:53)
Teaching Strategies - Learning Styles
Teaching strategies on effectively reaching kinesthetic, visual, and auditory learning styles are provided in this video. The video shows a portion from a college lesson on learning styles. ( Older students , as well as parents and teachers, could benefit from this video by being provided by strategies for their learning styles.) ( 4:26)
Horse Uses Treadmill Under Penn Vet Supervision
Located on 678 acres of scenic rural land in Kennett Square, Pa., the New Bolton Center provides education, treatment, and scientific research into the welfare of large food, farm, and athletic animals. It is home to one of the largest and most respected equine surgical and treatment facilities in the nation.
At the Center, racehorses, show horses, work horses, and pet horses receive routine, emergency, and intensive veterinary care that ranges from sports medicine and reproductive services to
UN Ideas That Changed The World - Richard Jolly Marant
Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex and co-ordinator of the UN Intellectual History Project draws on the 17-volume official history of the UN
ISS Update: Wearable Technology
NASA Public Affairs Officer Lynnette Madison talks with Human Interface Engineer Cory Simon about wearable technology containing sensors, displays and controls to assist future astronauts and augment their capability to perform more elaborate and complex tasks. Questions? Ask us on Twitter @NASA_Johnson and include the hashtag #askStation. For the latest news about the space station, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station.
Interactive Math Story about Fractions
This animated story reviews basic fractions to students. The student is read orally while the words appear at the bottom of the screen. Students are asked a question and the story pauses before it answers. This is a great resource to introduce and/or review basic fractions in the elementary classroom. (1:42)
The Making of a Sugar Monkey
2:35 Talented Street vendor shows us how he spins, rolls, and cools hot sugar into a little monkey.
Breakingviews: In China, no need to grease the wheels
April 26 - Bribery is not the key to success in China, in fact it's bad for business...especially when corruption scandals make media headlines, says Reuters Breakingviews.
Gallery of Visual Illusions (Interactive)
Great interactive for all ages. This collection of visual illusions adapted from the University of Washington's Neuroscience for Kids Web site shows that, although we can trust our senses most of the time, our minds sometimes misinterpret the visual information our eyes receive.
Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles [Audio]
Speaker(s): Ruchir Sharma | In this talk Ruchir Sharma will discuss his new book, Breakout Nations. After a decade of rapid growth, the world's most celebrated emerging markets are poised to slow down. Which countries will rise to challenge them? To identify the economic stars of the future we should abandon the habit of extrapolating from the recent past and lumping wildly diverse countries together. We need to remember that sustained economic success is a rare phenomenon. Ruchir Sharma is the
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Master Your Vocabulary. Take a look at: Vocabulary Quiz - Hindi->English; Picture->Hindi; Recording->Hindi; and more!Vocabulary List - Easy to study list with pictures and recordings for some words{Suresh 313} Difficult...
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Duke Chapel Live - 5/6/2012
Duke Chapel Live - 5/6/2012
A service of worship in Duke University Chapel. The Reverend Doctor Samuel Wells delivers his final sermon as the Dean of Duke Chapel.
Opening Excerpt from the Sermon: (37:19)
"Jesus hasn't got long left with his disciples. So he gathers them round for one last conversation. And you feel the disciples' growing sense of panic, because suddenly that wondrous abundance that they'd always felt around Jesus is being displaced by a terrifying sense of scarcity that they d
Tom Brokaw's South Dakota
In this American History video, brought to you by the History Channel, Tom Brokaw from NBC News talks about growing up in South Dakota. He says the state values hard work and accomplishment and is very critical of blowhards. (2:14)
Do Lectures: Why Values are Important
They can be small Do’s or big Do’s or just extraordinary Do’s. But when you listen to the story of, Gränsfors
can make one the finest forged axes in the world. It has become more
than just an axe. It is an icon for quality and a belief that there is
another way of making things. Gabriel Brånby, CEO of Gränsfors Bruks AB. These
speeches light a fire in your belly to go and Do your thing, your
passion, the thing that sits in
