Sebastião Salgado: "Migrations"
Sebastião Salgado presented his lecture as the 2001-2002 Avenali Chair in the Humanities at the Townsend Center for the Humanities, UC Berkeley. Educated as an economist, Salgado began his photography career in 1973. His first book, Other Americas, about the poor in Latin America, was published in 1986. From 1986 to 1992 he documented manual labour world wide, resulting in a book and exhibition called Workers. From 1993 to 1999, he turned his attention to the global phenomenon of the mass displ
Interpolation with MATLAB
Serhat Beyenir
Interpolation with MATLAB.
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Exploring the Moon
Future astronauts return to the lunar surface in this animation. For larger resolution and downloads see: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/
SeaWiFS Data Swaths Phytoplankton Concentration
A rotating globe showing swaths of true color imagery from SeaWIFS fades to a globe showing ocean phytoplankton measurements from SeaWiFS. Regions of black in the ocean represent regions where cloud cover has so far prevented phytoplankton measurements.
Jim Madigan postgame at New Hampshire, Oct. 29, 2011
The Northeastern men's hockey team suffered its third-consecutive road loss in a quirky game at New Hampshire, 5-2, on Saturday night at the Whittemore Center Arena. The game was delayed on several occasions, particularly near the third period, due to power outages on UNH's campus. Junior Justin Daniels added his team-leading fourth goal while newcomer Ludwig Karlsson continues to dominate offensively. The Linkoping, Sweden native has scored a point in all four contests he has skated in, includi
ELES 2011 - Accueil des participants - Allocutions d’ouverture
Titre : ELES 2011 - Accueil des participants - Allocutions d’ouverture
Intervenant(s) : Xavier DUCROCQ (Président de l’Espace Lorrain d’Ethique de la Santé (ELES), Service de neurologie du CHU de Nancy) et Frank PILCER (conseiller municipal de la ville de Nancy).
Résumé : allocution de bienvenue, programme de la journée, rappel du fonctionnement de l’Espace Lorrain d’Ethique de la Santé (ELES). Le représentant du maire de Nancy, rappel de l’action de la vi
Engage Super League: A Skills for Life Learning Resource.
An interactive learning resource booklet on the subject of Rugby League, designed to offer the family fun educational activities to improve basic maths and English.
The Restless Atmosphere Quiz
Establish how well they know the Coriolis effect.
Fighting On and Off the Field
In Nepal, millions of girls suffer in extreme poverty, deprived of even the most basic human rights. Many are abandoned, abused, or forced into child labor. University of Notre Dame women's soccer player Lindsay Brown and her 2010 national champion teammates are doing more than just hoping for a better life for Nepali girls; they're helping them to achieve it.
Through a series of campus fundraisers, the women's soccer team sponsored the education of several girls at the Nepal's Kopila Valley Sc
A Virtual Visit to the Sydney Opera House
This animated video features a virtual tour of the Sydney Opera House. The Sydney Opera House sits on a point in Sydney Harbour. It was designed ny Jorn Utzon to look like nesting shells or sails and is recognized as one of the world's most stunning landmarks. ( 2:33)
The Arab Uprisings: mass protest, border-crossing and history from below [Audio]
Speaker(s): Dr John Chalcraft | Based on fieldwork conducted over the past five years, John Chalcraft will examine the Arab uprisings with a focus on popular protest and "history from below". John Chalcraft is a reader in the history and politics of Empire/Imperialism at LSE.
Sequential Vocabulary: Lesson I
Understanding words is necessary for success in every discipline. Learning to identify and define word parts empowers a student to unlock the meaning of unfamiliar words. This process teaches a life skill rather than memorization of definitions. Sequential Vocabulary: Lesson I is designed to be taught with Sequential Vocabulary: Lessons II, III, and IV.
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½ Kneeling MB Side Throw
Teaching:
• Start in 1/2 kneeling position with tall posture
• Keep body weight over middle of front foot
Coaching:
• Explosively throw med ball against wall
• Stay tall and do not move anything but your arms
Common Errors:
• Posture is lost
3.1 Introduction Much of economics and finance theory rests on the notion of people as formally rational decision makers. First, people are understood to have ordered preferences. That is, if someone prefers A to B and prefers B to C then they should prefer A to C. Second, decision makers are assumed to engage in a formally rational decision-making process on the basis of those preferences.
Never ending Fukushima radiation clean-up
Nov. 11 - Workers on a clean-up project at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant open their on site headquarters to the media. Sunita Rappai reports.
Museum Preserves Gadgets
Pennsylvania's Mercer Museum houses a gadget collection dating from the Middle Ages tomodern times and includes a device for hunting turtles plus 60 types of apple peelers and mouse catchers as well. Should show students that technology does not always have to be related to electronics.
Snowday: 1945
If you wanted to know what kids looked like while playing in the snow during the 1940s - this is your chance. If you live in a warm climate, you can learn how to build a snowman. (10min)
University Writing Program
Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free online educational resources for courses in the University Writing Program. All first year students at Notre Dame are required to take a one semester First Year Composition course, which introduces them to principles of academic discourse and ethical argumentation. Additionally, the University of Notre Dame Writing Program's Writing Center aims to create a culture of writing on the Notre Dame campus by working with student writers in intensive, one-on
Spartan Sagas: Elizabeth Izzo
Elizabeth Izzo, an advertising freshman describes the media sandbox and how it is important to her to truly be a Spartan!
" I like how the media sandbox enables students to switch majors quickly, where you may change your mind and don't want to be an Engineer, but something else."
