Nixon: Communism within the U.S.
The Cold War was a serious issue that engulfed the United States. Coupled with this war was the fear of communism in the United States. This fear became a central issue between Kennedy and Nixon. Hear their debate in this History Channel video. (1:38)
Formation Médicale 2011 – La simulation répond-t-elle au besoin de formation du chirurgien ?
Titre : Formation Médicale 2011 – La simulation répond-t-elle au besoin de formation du chirurgien ?
Intervenants : Benoît RABISCHONG (Clermont-Ferrand).
Résumé : Atelier : Partage d’expériences : Expériences et projets numériques en formation médicale.
L’auteur n’a pas transmis de conflit d’intérêt concernant les données diffusées dans cette vidéo ou publiées dans la référence citée.
Conférence enregistrée lors des Etats Généraux de l
Formation médicale 2011 - Les internes de chirurgie publient-ils ?
Titre : Formation médicale 2011 - Les internes de chirurgie publient-ils ? Etat des lieux dans l’inter région Est
Auteurs : Pablo Ortega-Deballon (Dijon) ; Ahmed Ayav (Nancy) ; Nicolas Cheynel (Dijon) ; Serge Rohr (Strasbourg) ; Jean-Pierre Palot (Reims) ; Bruno Heyd (Besançon)
Résumé : Introduction
Le récent « rapport Gaillard » nous rappelle l’importance de l’activité de recherche dans la formation des internes. La chirurgie comporte un apprentissage de pr
6.033: Lecture 12
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Literary Festival 2012: Travelling the Known and the Unknown [Audio]
Speaker(s): Horatio Clare, Dr Alex Gillespie, Abigail King | This panel will discuss the relationship between perceptions and realities of travel, and the influence of travel literature and photography on tourist experiences. Horatio Clare is an award-winning author, broadcaster, novelist and journalist. In 2008 he journeyed from South Africa to South Wales following migrating swallows, a journey he wrote about in A Single Swallow. His latest expedition took him from Felixstowe to Los Angeles on
Protests and Social Change: Civil Rights of the ’60s
Watch video of John Seigenthaler, Founder, First Amendment Center, speaking at the Osher Lifelong Learning class, “Protests and Social Change: Civil Rights of the 60′s”. Today, protests seem to be a way of life. Have you ever wondered if protests really accomplish anything? During the past 150 years, protests have shifted from those focused onkeep reading »
Reconsidering a Classic: Walter Rodney’s “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa”
Watch video of one presentation that is part of a yearlong series sponsored by Vanderbilt History Seminar devoted to exploring the theme of Rich & Poor across historical space and time. The seminar on March 19, with commentators Pius Adesanmi and Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, focused on Walter Rodney’s influential and much debated book, How Europe Underdevelopedkeep reading »
Understanding early years environments and children’s spaces
This unit considers some of the different environments children encounter in their early years. It encourages you to develop your reflection of children’s environments and provides opportunities for you to investigate and evaluate young children’s experiences and your role in supporting them.
030 GG Sentence Fragments
Learn to recognize them.
Chapter 22 - Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Video 10:08
Chapter 22. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by Mike Vendetti.
anode: An Experimental node.js Platform for Windows Azure anode is an experimental platform for rapidly prototyping web apps on Windows Azure. anode is built by Microsoft entirely with node.js and uses many great open source modules written by the awesome node.js community around the world. This is not a service. It's an experiment. That said, the anode team, as members of the node.js community, have released
Formation Médicale 2011 – La formation à la recherche, quand et pour qui ?
Titre : Formation Médicale 2011 – La formation à la recherche, quand et pour qui ?
Intervenant : Joël MENARD (Paris).
Résumé : Table ronde : une formation commune, des métiers multiples.
L’auteur n’a pas transmis de conflit d’intérêt concernant les données diffusées dans cette vidéo ou publiées dans la référence citée.
Conférence enregistrée lors des Etats Généraux de la Formation Médicale (EGFM) : Enjeux, Parcours, Evaluation. Table ronde
Mine Exhibit Brought to Life Through Special Collections
Bob Diaz, an associate librarian with Special Collections, put together an exhibit called "Company Town." The exhibit took a look at Arizona's historic mining towns and highlighted documents, photographs and manuscripts, as well as other materials.
Poem: Cats
This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated and rhyming poem about cats. The poem tells about places that cats sleep and the video shows cats snoozing in these various locations. This video segment provides a resource for Fluency and Phonological Awareness. (0:35)
Poem: Ode to the Washing Machine
In this video segment from Between the Lions, a poem about a washing machine is recited and animated. All text appears on screen. Featured vocabulary words include: spin, rumble, twirl, whirl, swirl, spin, swish, twist, scrub, bubble, jeans, socks, yellow, and green. This video segment provides a resource for Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Language and Vocabulary Development, Letter Knowledge Awareness, and Phonological Awareness. (0:47)
Breakingviews: BATS's IPO Failure
Mar 26 - Antony Currie and Agnes T. Crane discuss the aftereffects of the exchange's botched share offer.
Nighthawks (1978) - extract
http://www.bfi.org.uk/llgff
Please note this video contains language that some viewers may find offensive.
The first major British gay film, Paul Hallam and Ron Peck's 'Nighthawks' was criticised in some circles for being too downbeat in its study of a schoolteacher who searches for companionship in London's gay clubs. Being the first of its kind meant that many disparate groups wanted it to conform to their agendas. Yet portraying the protagonist as a normal, everyday man was far more subversi
Authors at Google: Sara Ramsey, "Heiress Without a Cause"
Via Amazon:
HEIRESS WITHOUT A CAUSE -- Muses of Mayfair #1
One title to change his life...
A disgraced son with a dark reputation, William "Ferguson" Avenel is content to live in exile -- until his father dies in the scandal of the Season. With rumors of insanity swirling around them, his sisters desperately need a chaperone. Ferguson thinks he's found the most proper woman in England -- and he won't ruin her, even if he secretly desires the passionate woman trapped beneath a spinster's cap.
Musicians@Google: Reggie Watts
Hand-picked by Conan O'Brian as the opening act for his nationwide comedy tour, Reggie is a tour de force of cutting edge entertainment. He is part musician, part comedian, part tech geek, and 100% unlike anything you've ever seen or heard before.
A master at beat-box and looping, he is probably best known for his music, however his unique style blends familiar elements with novel sounds and allows Reggie to explore unknown territory. His comedy, on the other hand, is a bit harder to explain..
Commentary: Economics of Financial Crises and Business Cycles
Session on the Economics of Financial Crises and Business Cycles. Recorded 9 March 2012 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. [34:35]
