UMass Receives Historic Sport Management Archive
The vast archival collection of Mark H. McCormack, creator of the sport management and marketing industry, is now housed at UMass Amherst. This extraordinary gift, announced Nov. 3, 2010, was made to the Isenberg School of Management and the UMass Amherst Libraries, providing an unprecedented opportunity for research and education. The recognized expertise of Isenberg's sport management faculty and the Libraries' special collections and archives staff led to UMass' selection as home for the McCo
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Essential Science for Teachers: Life Science: Session 5. Variation, Adaptation, and Natural Selecti
What causes variation among a population of living things? How can variation in one generation influence the next generation? In this session, variation in a population will be examined as the “raw material” upon which natural selection acts.,A teacher reflects on how important it is to correctly simplify difficult concepts for young children. For this you need strong background knowledge. She has a Ph.D. in cellular biology. She says that teaching 6th graders is difficult because you have
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Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series: John Steuart
Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series John Steuart, Managing Director, Claremont Creek Ventures John Steuart is a Managing Director of Claremont Creek Ventures, an Oakland-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage information technology companies. John focuses on the intersection of the information technology and life sciences markets including bioinformatics, molecular diagnostics, genomics, proteomics, software and instrumentation for med-tech industries. John serves on the board
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Food Fight: A Teach-in On the 2007 Farm Bill
Michael Pollan moderates a panel discussion of the 2007 farm bill, now being debated, with guests Dan Imhoff, the author of Food Fight: A Citizen's Guide to the Farm Bill; George Naylor, Iowa corn farmer and president of the National Family Farms Coalition; Ann Cooper, Director of Nutrition Services for the Berkeley school system, and other leaders in the effort to reform federal agricultural policies. Every five years or so, the President signs an obscure piece of legislation that determines w
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Great Art & Craft Ideas for your Students

I probably don't get as artistic as I should with my kids from time to time but the fact is tha
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Israel kidnap suspect 'innocent': family
Parents of Hamas member from Hebron named as key suspect in the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank say their son is innocent. Natalie Thomas reports. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe More updates and breaking news: http://smarturl.it/BreakingNews Reuters tells the world's stories like no one else. As the largest international multimedia news provider, Reuters provides coverage around the globe and across topics including business, financial, national, and inte
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Lecture 9: Motion Capture
Dr Julian Morris on "Motion Capture". Over the past 25 years "motion capture" has grown from very small beginnings into a global market worth many £10 millions per annum, spanning applications in orthopaedics, sport, film, TV and computer games, and industry. The populist model of start-ups suggests an original stroke of technical and entrepreneurial insight, but this is misleading. The reality is a rather more interesting story of successive engineering responses to customer demand and competi
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Discovering the Internet: The History of the Internet
Episode 1 (of a 11-part series) This Nortel LearniT tutorial reviews the history of the Internet. It has only been around for about 40 years.  In the beginning it was used for the military.  Today it is used by everyone for many different reasons.
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Episode 1
We discuss design with Wayne Hemingway, look for love at the Laing Art Gallery, get into the kitchen with a Peruvian Geordie and hear from British Museum curator Ralph Jackson about the Emperor Hadrian’s return to the North East after a 2000 year absence.
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Dia de los Muertos, #8 (enhanced) Masks of Mexico Audio Tour
In Mexico, death is commemorated on Dia de los Muertos, at the start of November. Rather than a somber occasion, it is a time to celebrate life. The masks help you enter in the mood of celebration. Dr. Lydia Otero of the University of Arizona shares her insights.
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A Panorama of Venture Capital and Beyond - Marc Andreessen (Serial Entrpreneur)
Serial entrepreneur Marc Andreessen offers the Stanford audience a rare opportunity to pose open questions. Topics addressed include everything from the state of VC and the stock market, to Facebook's market dominance, to the rebirth of consumer electronics. In addition, Andreessen offers ground rules for the start-up, including tips on attracting top talent.
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Getting to Plan B - Randy Komisar (KPCB)
While Plan A may begin the backbone on which an entrepreneurial idea is hinged, succinct data gathering and constant market evaluation more often lead to profit with the next idea in line. The tech sector breeds innovation, says KPCB partner and frequent speaker Randy Komisar, and to do so it is required to accept the numerous fits and starts of the start-up.
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Sharing a Measure of Success - Rashmi Sinha, Jonathan Boutelle (SlideShare)
Jonathan Boutelle and Rashmi Sinha, founders of the presentation-sharing site SlideShare, describe the entrepreneurial process as a series of pivots. Boutelle explains it's not just a jump, but an evolving growth of stages that leads to an idea that can start a business. From there, Sinha says that focused execution keeps the vision moving forward. By continually measuring the activity, they both believe that entrepreneurs can better recognize the growth stages of their company.
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Spotlight on Scalability - Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook)
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg shares her trilogy of ideas for a successful start-up and a fulfilling career. Her thoughts include building an enterprise with scalable vision, building personalized, scalable products, and the ability to scale your own connections and capabilities.
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