Autumn Around the Northern East Coast
The changing of the leaves can be seen in space by the SeaWiFS instrument. Shown here are 3 datasets that show the change.
Learn with Pictures and Video S4 #25 - 5 More Must-Know Japanese Words
Now that you have lived in Japan for awhile, you want to travel out of the city and see things. You notice that the people that live even in the next city have different Japanese accents and words for things. You are glad that you know some Japanese words that make sense no matter what [...]
Great Zoom out of Chicago, IL: The Sears Tower
Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves fl
Feasibility Analysis
This course is about developing analytical and conceptual skills required to test the feasibility of a business concept. In broad terms, the focus of a feasibility study involves undertaking activities that may help determine whether one should go forward with an opportunity. The process of feasibility analysis involves identifying, evaluating and determining whether to exploit an opportunity. (It should be noted that a business plan would be developed after a feasibility analysis has determined
Honorary degree 2011 06 22 10h00 Wozniak
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Kayak the Cuyahoga: Crooked River Adventures
Crooked River Adventures offers trips along the Cuyahoga River to three destinations, all with easy-to-navigate routes and beautiful views.
What do Schreyer Scholars do for fun?
Schreyer Scholars are also Penn Staters. They don't spend all their time studying. They know how to have fun!
Human Rights Day 2013: Rights of Refugees
In celebration of Human Rights Day, the Law Library of Congress hosted a panel discussion on refugee rights.
Speaker Biography: Peter Roudik is director of the Global Legal Research Center at the Library of Congress.
Speaker Biography: Olivia Bueno is associate director of the International Refugee Rights Initiative.
Speaker Biography: Linda Rabben is a developmental editor at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: George Sadek is senior legal information analy
Plant Growth Responses to a Nitrogen Gradient
Techniques used in setting up field experiments to study the growth responses of herbaceous plants to a resource gradient will be discussed and demonstrated in the field. Methods of setting up light and nutrient gradients, soil sampling, seed collection and preparation, data collection and analysis will be included. Participants will observe on-going studies in the field at the Cedar Creek Natural History Area, and view slides of smaller scale Puse experiments.
Demythologising the Historical 'Conflict' between Geology and Genesis
Prof. Martin Rudwick : Seminar
NCL-Chinese Grammar 'Shi'
NCL-Chinese Grammar 'Shi'.
Transitioning from the Space Shuttle to the Constellation System
William Gerstenmaier knows the U.S. space program inside out -- both literally and figuratively. As a 30-plus year veteran of NASA, Gerstenmaier has managed the operational dimensions of the space shuttle, international space station, and other space flight missions. For this AeroAstro talk, he dissects a problem that
"Regenerative Medicine: from Bench to Bedside, Spring 2010"
"Regenerative medicine involves the repair and regeneration of tissues for therapeutic purposes, such as replacing bone marrow in leukemia, cartilage in osteoarthritis or cells of the heart after a heart attack. In this course, we will explore basic mechanisms of how cells differentiate into specific tissues in response to a variety of biologic signaling molecules. We will discuss the use of such factors for in vitro tissue production. We will also study the cellular mechanisms involved in the c
Lumbriculus blood vessels and blood flow in several segments
Blood flow in individual body segments of Lumbriculus variegates - note how each body segments contracts to move the blood toward the anterior end of the worm.
"The Crocodile" by Roald Dahl (poetry reading)
Here's a little poem - I don't remember it verbatim but I patched it up.
You remember dear Professor Twist
The eminent herpetologist?
Trustees exclaimed, "He never bungles!"
And sent him off to distant jungles.
One sultry evening from his side
He missed his ever-loving bride:
She had, a guide informed him later,
Been eaten by an alligator.
Professor Twist could not but smile.
"You mean", he said, "A crocodile."
Here is the text of the poem.
No animal is half as vile
As Crocky--Wock, the
Olympic Peninsula Time Lapse with Park Boundaries: Dissolve through different dates
The four large scenes show the Olympic Peninsula in northwestern Washington State, centered on the Olympic National Park and the national and state forests immediately surrounding the national park. Mount Olympus dominates the scene with its (usually) snow-capped peaks. Clear cutting in the national and state forests around the national park was well underway at the time of the first Landsat scene. In the late 1980s, public land use policies changed and clear cutting by the timber industry migra
Emergence
Prof. Philip Clayton : Course
Explanation in Science and Religion
Prof. Philip Clayton : Course
Reconciling Neuropsychology and Theology
Prof. Warren Brown : Course
