Thunderbird School Cricket
Cricket team captain Sidharth Madhav talks March 11, 2011, at Thunderbird School of Global Management. http://www.thunderbird.edu
How To Study For A Test
Doing well on a school test takes more than just spending a bit of time
with a book. This five minute video reviews tips such as advanced planning, what types of music might be allowed, and more. This video moves slowly and covers many good points for all students to know.
5.2 Human rights in the international arena The UN's 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserted that the ‘recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world’. It further affirmed that human rights should be protected by the rule of law, that they were ‘essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations’, that these fundamental human rights include the equal rights be
ISS Update - March 11, 2011
The International Space Station video update for March 11, 2011.
Fed holds steady amid Japan crisis
The Federal Reserve kept rates near zero despite signs of a pickup in U.S. economic growth.
The Advantages of Satellite Tracking
The Advantages of Satellite Tracking - Learn about how Europe is using satellite tracking in reducing the crime rate. (01:05)
The History of the First Satellites in Space
The History of the First Satellites in Space - Learn about the history of the first satellite launches, such as the Sputnik 1, Sputniks 2 and the Explorer 1. Also, learn about when the Van Allen Belt was discovered.
Buying Low, Flying High: carbon offsets and partial compliance
Many airlines allow their customers to 'offset' the emissions caused by flying. Is it permissible to fly purely for pleasure as long as we buy carbon offsets? Kai Spiekermann is lecturer in political philosophy at LSE's Department of Government.
Corporate Environmental Responsibility: The Legacy of Bhopal
Symposium presenters included playwright Rahul Varma, Illinois State faculty and staff presenters Joan Brehm, Sociology and Anthropology, The Value of Watersheds; Dale Fitzgibbons, Management and Quantitative Methods, Bhopal: The Consequences of Maximizing Profit; Tom Bierma, Health Sciences, Path to Prevention: The EH&S Response to Bhopal; Do-Yong Park, Curriculum and Instruction, Bhopal's Lessons to Act out in Environmental Education; and Enid Cardinal, Office of Sustainability, Corporate Soci
UGA Visitors Center Campus Tour
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Introduction to the Brauer Museum of Art
Located in the state-of-art Center for the Arts on the Valparaiso University campus, the Brauer Museum of Art is home to a nationally recognized collection of 19th, 20th, and 21st-century American art and includes works by Frederic Edwin Church, Asher B. Durand, Childe Hassam, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Ed Paschke.
It also houses the largest known collection of works by Junius R. Sloan (1827-1900), a Hudson River School painter who lived and worked in the Midwest. Other focus areas within the collec
Understanding Penal Practice
This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a Kindle device—with the free Kindle app for smartphones and tablets. Download the app for your device and start reading for free.'Criminological and penological scholarship has in recent years explored how and why institutions and systems of punishment change – and how and why these changes differ in different contexts. Important though these analyses are, this book focu
Introduction Ensuring good quality air is essential for the protection of public health. Governments worldwide have adopted a range of increasingly demanding measures to curb air pollution with a particular focus on the emissions from motor vehicles. An important part of this strategy has been the development of the three-way catalytic converter to remove exhaust pollutants such as carbon monoxide, unburnt hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. This unit takes an in-depth look at the construction of this conve
PSA-Something Fishy About Smoking
This short animation produced by students makes a clear point in a creative way that smoking kills. This is a good teaching resource to use a conversation starter and introduce the topic of bad habits, unhealthy choices, and/or lung cancer. (0:33)
1.3.4 Hormonal control of sperm production The most important hormone involved in controlling sperm production is a steroid called testosterone. This is produced in the testis itself, by the Leydig cells (see Figure 12a). The testosterone is released from the Leydig cells between the tubules, and taken up by the neighbouring Sertoli cells. The Leydig cells are stimulated to make testosterone by two other hormones, luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), which are both produced by the pituitary gland and
IE9 on 9 - Some Interesting Links to Related Demos and Conversations IE9 shipped on Monday, March 14, 2011 at 9PM PST (UTC-8). Our fearless dev leader Duncan mentioned to me over lunch today that he thought it would be a really good idea to provide a single post on 9 with links to good C9 content related to IE9 (we tend to go out early on 9 and some of our best IE9 content was released well before RTM or RTW...). I agree. Good thinking, Duncan. Good thinking.
So, here goes. The
History is Served
A new blog from Historic Foodways presents 18th-century recipes in 21st-century terms. Get cooking with Frank Clark at recipes.history.org.<
Open Classroom: Demography is Destiny 03-16-11 #3
Open Classroom Series 03-16-11
Demography is Destiny
Will Demographics Bankrupt Massachusetts?
Alan Clayton-Matthews
Slavery, Evil Deeds, and Re-thinking the Past: A basis for discussion
World renowned scholar of the Transatlantic slave trade, Professor Jim Walvin asks what is evil, what brings it about, what makes ordinary people do terrible deeds? Can historians begin to rethink Atlantic slavery in this context? And what do we learn fro (Running Time 82:01)
Mobile Horizons: Interactions Across the Taiwan Strait - Foundations of Cross-Strait Interactions
Mobile Horizons: Interactions Across the Taiwan Strait
