In conversation with Alan Mark
Professor Sir Alan Mark is an eminent conservation botanist and ecologist. Here he is interviewed by Professor Kath Dickinson, outlining his involvement in key points of conservation history in New Zealand, establishing guidelines for lakeshore management, wetland ecology and high country conservation that are still in use today.
Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.1: Demonic Possession and Popish Impo
Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.1: Demonic Possession and Popish Impostures
The Most Influential CEOs on Twitter
Digital leaders who get the most attention for themselves and their brands on social media are those who share their personal causes, express their hopes and ambitions and engage with their followers.
Engineering an Empire - The Persians - Part 1/5
Persia became an empire under Cyrus the Great. This documentary offers information about the evolution of the empire of Persia and is suitable for high school students. Narration by Peter Weller and other scholars. (10:02)
1 Poverty in Scotland Poverty in Scotland 2011 provides a detailed overview of poverty and anti-poverty policies in Scotland. It provides a comprehensive account of the state of poverty in Scotland, highlighting the main trends and the impact poverty has on people and places. This unit comprises a PDF document produced originally by Child Poverty Action Group, in association with Glasgow Caledonian University, The Open University and Poverty Alliance. Poverty in Scotland, (250 pages, 789 KB)
All About Astrology : The Sign Libra in Astrology
Libra is a diplomatic and superficial sign, get expert tips and advice on astrology, sun signs, and the zodiac in this video.
All About Astrology : The Sign Virgo in Astrology
Virgo is an analytical and skeptical sign, get expert tips and advice on astrology, sun signs, and the zodiac in this video.
Learning outcomes After studying this unit you should be able to: recognise some of the skills which are particularly associated with the way social scientists work; describe some basic techniques relating to reading, for example, highlighting, note-taking and the processing; write in your own words using references and quoting sources.
2 The herbivore lifestyle - living on leaves Leaves are a much less nutritious food than most kinds of animal material, so large herbivores have to eat large quantities of plants and they have special ways to digest their food. As author David Attenborough (DA) says, 'Leaves are extremely poor food' [p. 89]. To find out why living on a diet of leaves is particularly difficult, we need to know something about how leaves work. "Growth: Evidence and Sources" - Session 1 of "Poverty & Growth: Reflections on Latin America" (vide Atlantic City Ballet's Dracula | 10/18/11 “Democracy, Governance, and War in Oil Exporting Nations” (video) "Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (video) "The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry, and What We Must Do to Stop It" (video) Introduction to Chemistry - Khan Academy Opening Remarks (video) 7.4.1 Architectural patterns A software architecture is the broad structure of a software system. It describes its parts and how they are put together, and also captures an underlying rationale and associated concepts, such as professionalism (liability) and constraints (such as standards and economics). The term architecture is, again, reminiscent of its use in buildings.
Architectural patterns (also known as architectural styles) codify recurrent software architectures by describing the key Guy Rouleau, MD, PhD, FRCPC, OQ: Genomics of Neurodevelopmental Diseases Virtual Maths, Shapes Space and Measure, Calc Height of Building, Angle Tool 4.12.1 Time Delegated legislation is far quicker to introduce than an Act of Parliament. This can be an advantage in instances when emergencies or unforeseen problems require laws to be changed. The use of delegated legislation also saves parliamentary time. The detail of the delegated legislation can be dealt with by the appropriate minister, leaving Parliament as a whole more time to focus on the general principles of the enabling Act.
A three-part workshop with Professor Juan Pablo Nicolini, Winter Tinker Visiting Professor, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies
The Atlantic City Ballet is performing Dracula just in time for Halloween.
Producer Eric Schultz recently chatted with AC Ballet's founding director
Phyllis Papa, who created the work five years ago. She says, "it's more of
a dance experience than a ballet, scary, sexy and dramatic."
A panel featuring Terry Lynn Karl, William and Gretchen Kimball University Fellow and Gildred Professor of Political Science at Stanford University; Miriam R. Lowi, Visiting Research Scholar at Princeton’s Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia; Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science of The
A talk by Marda Dunsky, former Arab affairs reporter for the Jerusalem Post and editor on the national/foreign desk of the Chicago Tribune. As world attention is renewed and refocused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the sixtieth anniversary of its seminal year of 1948, Marda Dunsky takes a close look at how more than two dozen major American print and broadcast outlets have reported the conflict i
A talk by Antonia Juhasz, author, policy expert, and activist. Antonia Juhasz is an associate fellow with the Institute for Policy Studies, a fellow with Oil Change International, and a senior analyst for Foreign Policy In Focus. The author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time (2006), Juhasz has also written extensively on various aspec
Chemistry on Khan Academy: Did you know that everything is made out of chemicals? Chemistry is the study of matter: its composition, properties, and reactivity. This material roughly covers a first-year high school or college course, and a good understanding of algebra is helpful. (07:45)
Dain Borges, Director, Center for Latin American Studies
Mark Hansen, Dean, Social Science Division
Ambassador João Almino, Consul General of Brazil in Chicago
Marina Silva, Senator, Green Party (from Brazil via video)
The brain is a complex organ for which we know very little. This complexity has hampered the application of genomic approaches to the study of this organ, and the diseases that affect it. In particular the complex anatomy, the limited access to high quality tissue, the plasticity, and the fact that humans show rather unique abilities (ex. speech) make classical approaches difficult. In addition, diagnoses are based on diagnostic criteria that involve subjective judgments, defining syndromes more
Interactive simulation demonstrating how to calculate the height of a building
