Roman Bath from PBS Nova
Tour the crumbling public baths of Rome to learn intimate details of what life was really like for ancient Roman citizens, and in the process, discover the engineering feats that made these baths such an impressive achievement. Narrated by Stacy Keach. (54:54)
Inguinal canal presentation This presentation gives a stylised overview of the gross anatomical structure of the walls of the inguinal canal suitable for undergraduate medical students. It illustrates how herniation of the abdominal contents is prevented while still allo
地球の熱とともに44年ー九重火山の調査研究を中心にー(江原 幸雄 教授)
コースに「地球の熱とともに44年ー九重火山の調査研究を中心にー(江原 幸雄 教授)」を追加しました。(2013年05月19日)
Off the edge of history: the world in the 21st century [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Lord Giddens | The risks we face, and the opportunities we have, in the 21st century are in many respects quite different from those experienced in earlier periods of history. How should we analyse and respond to such a world? What is a rational balance of optimism and pessimism? How can we plan for a future that seems to elude our grasp and in some ways is imponderable? Anthony Giddens is former Director of the LSE and a member of the House of Lords.
Literary Festival 2013: Branching Out: the life and work of Denis Diderot [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Russell Goulbourne, Dr Tim Hochstrasser, Dr Paul Keenan | This discussion will explore the work and influence of the French Enlightenment philosopher, art critic and writer Denis Diderot, a key figure for the Festival in the 300th anniversary of the year of his birth. Probably best known for co-founding and editing the Encyclopedie, our panel of experts will discuss this and other less well-known areas of his life, including his association with Catherine the Great and his
Grassroots Innovation and the Spread of Flourishing [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Edmund Phelps | A handful of nations saw exploding wages, teeming employment and an engaged populace from 1820 to 1940, racing ahead of the others until something put a damper on their dynamism. What was that something? And how can these nations get back their mass flourishing? Edmund Phelps is the 2006 Nobel Laureate in Economics and the Director of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University. His career has been devoted to two intertwined aims: to call i
5.1 The UK model of devolution In its programme of devolution, the Labour government had to decide whether to adopt a symmetric decentralisation model, which would confer an equal degree of devolution to the UK's constituent nations, or to implement an asymmetric decentralisation model, which would grant differing degrees of autonomy to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. They opted for the second model in an attempt to respond to different claims about self-determination and to react to different degrees o
Northwest Mexico, #10 Masks of Mexico Audio Tour
Masks are a part of secular and holy ceremonies and celebrations in Yoeme (Yaqui), Mayo and Tarahumara cultures of northern Mexico and southern Arizona. Among these communities there are variations in how the masks are decorated and the attitudes held about them. For some, certain masks are holy and will be burned after the ceremonies they are a part of; for others, some masks can be sold to outsiders. Yaqui educator and cultural specialist Felipe Molina shares his intimate knowledge of Yaqui ma
NYIT | Voices: Martin Gerdes, Ph.D., Chair Biomedical Sciences
Martin Gerdes, Ph.D., Chair Biomedical Sciences talks about the progress of his research and how involving students is beneficial.
Inauguration Hike with President Roseman
Two weeks before President Nancy Roseman's Inauguration, the Dickinson community—both the two-legged and four-legged members—joined the college's 28th president on a leisurely hike through Kings Gap State Park.
http://www.dickinson.edu/
Pop art to Britart - modern masters from the David Ross Collection
On the VIP opening night of the exhibition at Djanogly Art Gallery we caught up with David Ross and friends to find out where his interest in art started, what his first purchases were and what it's like to see the works on display in a gallery rather than at his home.
Curator Neil Walker also gives us an insight into the works themselves and what he's learned about David's taste in artwork.
For more information about the exhibition visit
http://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/Exhibitions/ViewEvent.
Porthouse Theatre
Since 1968, Kent State University has participated with The Cleveland Orchestra in the development of Blossom Music Center as a total environment for the arts. In this incomparable outdoor setting, performance and education come together amidst working professional and talented young artists from across the nation. Visit http://www.kent.edu/artscollege/theatre-dance/porthouse for more information!
BusinessCast 268 with Ashley Oost-Lievense on "TEDxUVAWomen"
Second Year Student Ashley Oost-Lievense, President of Darden's Graduate Women in Business (GWIB) student club joins us to discuss the upcoming TEDxUVAWomen event on December 5th and 6th. In other Darden news: "Professor Frank Warnock Apponited", "Bob Luck of CFA Institute Speaks at Darden" and "The 2013 Darden Art Project (DART)".
The Darden BusinessCast is a weekly news podcast featuring the events, news, and newsmakers of the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. The program e
CIA AOS Student Jehan Luth
CIA culinary arts student Jehan Luth talks about his passion for food and why he chose The Culinary Institute of America.
Mechanical gears in jumping insects
Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common insect - the plant-hopper Issus - showing that evolution developed interlocking cogs long before we did.
Professor Malcolm Burrows talks about finding the bugs that led to the science, and working with artists Elizabeth Hobbs and Emily Tracy and members of the community in the London borough of Hackney to produce the film 'Waterfolk'.
For more information about the natura
Shineman Center: Water Bottle Filling Stations
The Shineman Center brims with water-bottle-filling stations, encouraging students, faculty and staff to use refillable bottles to cut down on the waste of plastic bottles. It's one of many green education components in a building constructed to meet LEED Gold standards.
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Lecture 7, Benjamin West's Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus
One of West's great masterpieces, this work depicts an act of piety and defiance by a Roman matron. We discuss the American-born West's remarkable career (he was Historical Painter to George III) and how he managed to distill in a single picture everything that matters about the heroine's story.
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