"The Cholera Pandemic and 19th Century Japanese Culture"
Lecture by Susan Burns, Professor in the History Department, University of Chicago. From the "Epidemics Then & Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World," the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, the Graham School of General Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Center for East European and R
Cortes Defeats the Aztecs
The story of Heman Cortez and his search for riches in the Americas. Using pictures to illustrate the narration, the video tells of Cortez using an Indian slave as his translator and finding the capital city of the Aztecs. Cortez was thought to be a god and controlled the emperor in his thirst for gold. Eventually the people overthrew the emperor, and the Aztec empire fell. AP history lesson.
Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 20: The Witch-Craze in Lancashire
Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 20: The Witch-Craze in Lancashire
Learning outcomes After studying this unit you should be able to: appreciate different understandings of the new economy; understand claims about the benefits and costs of the new economy.
10.3 The decibel as a measure of sound amplitude As I mentioned earlier, because a decibel is a way of expressing a ratio, it cannot by itself express the absolute size of anything. To express absolute values it must be referred to a fixed reference quantity, against which whatever is being measured can be compared. In the context of acoustics the reference used is the lower limit of audibility – the threshold of audibility. This varies from person to person, but has a nominal value that can be expressed as a pressure wave with an
A Night in the Coral Reef
This video segment, adapted from NOVA, explores how a coral reef ecosystem changes over the course of a day. When the sun is up, colorful fish and other plant-eating animals are active and dominate the reef. At night, the plant-eaters take shelter and are replaced by nocturnal carnivores, some of which exhibit special adaptations that enable them to successfully hunt in complete darkness. Closed captioning included. Run time 02:49.
RSC Wednesday Seminars 2011: Transnationalism: a fourth durable solution?
Recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's third Wednesday Public Seminar of Trinity Term 2011, on Wednesday 1st June 2011 at the Department of International Development, University of Oxford.
6.3 Materials selection Good design fulfils the product specification under the required service conditions as well as contributing to the cost effectiveness of its manufacture and maintenance. The product specification itself must be an interpretation of the market needs. Hence good design means giving product appeal at the point of sale. Selecting the polymer is just one stage in this design exercise, both in terms of information on various properties of materials, as well as the detailed evaluation and selection
How to Draw Manga Faces in Profile: Three Ways
In this Mark Crilley video, you will learn to draw Manga faces in profile. Â You will be shown three different profile options, and how to draw each one. Â This video is set up perfectly so that you can clearly see every step of the process. (18:05)
"Youth in Low-Income Communities in Rio de Janeiro: Education and Job Prospects"
A talk by Malcolm Bush, President of the Woodstock Institute. From the International Child Welfare Conference, co-sponsored by The Center for International Studies' Norman Wait Harris Fund, School of Social Service Administration, SSA International Social W
Latin American Business Conference: "Sustained Growth in Latin America: Key Lessons From Chile" (vid
Lecture by Pedro Aspe, Protego, former Finance Minister of Mexico; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
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Taking the long view
Dr Michael Pollitt defends the energy industry in the wake of criticism over their rising profits by their regulator Ofgem
Concordia Open House 2011: JMSB Video
Concordia University's Office of Student Recruitment would like to invite you to our Open House on Saturday October 22, 2011, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Here is a sneak peek, courtesy of Brian and Matthew, of an aspect of Concordia that you can learn more about on this day. Visit openhouse.concordia.ca to learn more!
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Culture vs. Cross Culture - The Best Life Now - Dr. Bruce Winter
Dr. Winter considers the relationships between the early Christians and the Draeco-Roman world to be critical for Christians today. There are important life-chnaging lessons that can be learned about what does, but was never to, shape our own lives as contemporary Australian Christians.
IMF's Lagarde says Ghana's IMF program likely to free up other lending
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde says a new IMF support program for Ghana "clearly will have a catalytic effect" and would likely unlock lending from other bilateral institutions. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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"Militarization of U.S. Foreign Relations with Latin America: Prospects for Change" (video)
A panel discussion with: Lisa Haugaard, Executive Director of the Latin America Working Group; Joy Olson, Executive Director of the Washington Office on Latin America; Adam Isacson, Senior Associate at the Center for International Policy. From the Latin American Briefing Series. Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies and the Internati
The role of awareness in the teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy at key stage 2
Our starting point is that explicit understanding of key concepts will promote children’s progress in literacy. We argue that this depends on their teachers having explicit knowledge of the concepts which is translated into teaching practice. These ideas are explored in the context of the teaching of morphology and reading comprehension in 50 London primary schools. In our first study, teacher’s explicit awareness and practice of morphology and reading comprehension strategies are documented
Grabbing Max Perutz' attention: Kurt Wüthrich, 2002 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
In 1968 Nobel Laureate Max Perutz heard of Kurt Wüthrich's research into hemoglobin and flew to meet Wüthrich in the United States. This started a longtime acquaintance between the two and influenced Wüthrich in his chemistry career.
