Morning Briefing: Egypt turmoil instensifies; Obama regroups
Nov. 22 - Egyptians battle police again, expressing their frustration with military rule, and President Obama travels to the first primary state of New Hampshire.
9.913-A Intensive Neuroanatomy (MIT)
The course will start with an overview of the central and peripheral nervous systems (CNS and PNS), the development of their structure and major divisions. The major functional components of the CNS will then be reviewed individually. Topography, functional distribution of nerve cell bodies, ascending and descending tracts in the spinal cord. Brainstem organization and functional components, including cranial nerve nuclei, ascending / descending pathways, amine-containing cells, structure and in
Optellen en aftrekken tot 1000 : Wandplaten Op deze wandplaten staat de oplossingsstrategie voor oefeningen van het type HTE+HTE en HTE-HTE met brug.
The Arctic Wolf (Part 2)
This is a podcast by Anna Shi. (15:01)
Stop Bombing Hospitals: Medecins Sans Frontieres and the protection of medical space [Audio]
Speaker(s): Vickie Hawkins, Dr Stuart Gordon | MSF has witnessed first-hand the impact that violations have on the civilian population and infrastructure including their own facilities. Following the Agenda for Humanity, proposed at the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, Vickie Hawkins, General Director of MSF UK, will explore the changes that have been proposed to strengthen the laws of war and the challenges that humanitarians face to ensure that hospitals, medical centres and medical staf
ScienceCasts: Bright Explosion on the Moon
NASA researchers who monitor the Moon for meteoroid impacts have detected the brightest explosion in the history of their program. (04:01)
Clara Barton
A student project. This 3:47 minute video is a biography of this founder of the Red Cross and uses photographs to illustrate the narrator's points. There are good quotes given here and the video also shows how Barton had to fight both negative feelings about her work by men and women at that time. The Red Cross start is also mentioned.
The Yes Men, Poet Martin Espada, and a Tribute to Sekou Sundiata
The Yes Men - aka Mike Bonanno and
Andy Bichlbaum - who discovered that pranks could get press attention to important issues that would otherwise be ignored. Also on
the program, renowned poet Martin Espada speaks about his love of language and the human need for poetry as he reflects on how
heritage and immigration, and violence and war, have influenced his work.
Soil Horizons
This video gives a brief overview of soil horizons. Key vocabulary words include: soil profile, leaching, erosion, organic layer, humus layer, top soil, subsoil, and bedrock. (04:34)
Classic Steam from the 1920s to the 1940s
The late Frank W. Schlegel spent considerable time collecting films of steam action in the eastern part of the U.S. His collection is now owned by Harold Brandon. Also included is a portion of film from the collection of Vince Ryan and Jack Alexander, two railfan pioneers.
This is a clip from the Green Frog website and it offers the viewer real steam footage as it was in the 20's through the 40's. You'll see Camelbacks on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, New York C
The Warwick MFA
Introducing the Warwick MFA, a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree, designed to provide students with an opportunity to take their MA study to the next level.
Using the Prepositions At, In, and On
This video contains a slide show which defines prepositions and prepositional phrases. The video defines at, in, and on and shows examples of how to use them in sentences. The video concludes with practice activities where students complete sentences with either at, in, or on. ( 4:50)
Perimeter and Area Rap
In this teacher-created video, the teacher sings a rap song which defines and explains how to compute perimeter and area. ( :59)
CVs and Letters to Employers
CV’s and Letters to Employers is one of several Futures workbooks which help students choose and prepare for their careers. Like the other workbooks in the series you can dip in and out doing the exercises which are most relevant to you. You might want to include the exercises or the output in your personal development plan or e-portfolio.
Where may truth lie? Fiction in memory, memory in fiction
The award-winning author and memoirist Candia McWilliam attests to the edifying power of fiction and biography in the third lecture in the Weinrebe series from the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing. The award-winning author and memoirist Candia McWilliam attests to the edifying power of fiction and biography to help us see the world through the eyes of others, in the third lecture in the Weinrebe series from the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing. McWilliam overcame writer's block following a period of
Management: Perspective and practice
This unit introduces you to a range of different ways of thinking about organisations and approaches to managing the people who work within them.
Art a GoGo Podcast #62 - Work of Art: Next Great Artist Wrap Up + Art News Art news, reviews, and commentary without those nast side effects. Art a GoGo...It's "Art Over Easy!" Please visit our blog page at artagogo.com/blog for full show notes and links to the topics that we discuss during the podcast.
11.164 Human Rights: At Home and Abroad (MIT)
This course provides a rigorous and critical introduction to the foundation, structure and operation of the international human rights movement, as it has evolved through the years and as it impacts the United States. The course introduces students to the key theoretical debates in the field including the historical origin and character of the modern idea of human rights, the debate between universality and cultural relativism, between civil and human rights, between individual and community, an
The University of Toledo partners with ProMedica to create BioRepository
A new BioRepository from The University of Toledo and ProMedica Health Systems will create a bank of tissue for use in new and advanced medical research.
3.2 Removal of iron Before leaving enterobactin to look at iron transport and storage in humans, it is worth asking the question: how does E. coli remove the iron from such a stable complex as the iron(III)–enterobactin once it has been absorbed? The answer to this question can be found if we look back to reaction 38. The rigid, three-dimensional structure of the triserine ring of enterobactin is the main reason why enterobactin is such an effective ligand. If the structure of the ring is destroye
