Fiddling whilst the ice melts
Dr Shazhad Ansari asks whether organisational academics are prepared to help build new narratives and to reconcile human and social evolution with the physical reality of climate change, or will they simply 'fiddle while the ice melts'?
Community Radio Programming for the Digital Age, with Benjamen Walker
Benjamen Walker is the host of the program "Too Much Information" a radio show (and podcast) about life in the information age. He reports on many of the issues and topics of the day (Wikileaks, Anonymous, online porn, surveillance, net neutrality) but he also throws in conspiracy theories, fiction and interviews with ordinary people trying to make sense of their digital selves.
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21H.421 Introduction to Environmental History (MIT)
Focusing primarily on the period since 1500, explores the influence of climate, topography, plants, animals, and microorganisms on human history and the reciprocal influence of people on the environment. Topics include the European encounter with the Americas, the impact of modern technology, and the historical roots of the current environmental crisis.
Altona Primary School
Les cocons de l'Imérina
Les hauts plateaux de l’Imerina, à Madagascar, abritent encore, sur certaines zones, une forêt essentiellement peuplée de tapias.
Denise habite aujourd’hui à Arivonimamo, un gros bourg à cinquante kilomètres d'Antananarivo. Elle possède, non loin de là , adossée à son
village natal, une concession dans la forêt voisine.
C’est là , avec le restant de sa famille, qu'elle ramasse les cocons de borocera qui fourniront, après traitement, la fameuse soie sauva
Les cocons de l'Imérina (video)
Les hauts plateaux de l’Imerina, à Madagascar, abritent encore, sur certaines zones, une forêt essentiellement peuplée de tapias.
Denise habite aujourd’hui à Arivonimamo, un gros bourg à cinquante kilomètres d'Antananarivo. Elle possède, non loin de là , adossée à son
village natal, une concession dans la forêt voisine.
C’est là , avec le restant de sa famille, qu'elle ramasse les cocons de borocera qui fourniront, après traitement, la fameuse soie sauva
Spirit of Children Brings Halloween Fun to Diamond Children's
In celebration of the season, the Spirit of Children program hosted a Halloween party for patients at Diamond Children's Medical Center. Volunteers treated the young patents and their families to pumpkin painting, costume parades and Halloween-themed games and crafts.
ART100 Session 8 Fall 2011
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Happy Haunting with Pumpkin Carving -- College of Charleston Style
The College of Charleston's Dining Services hosted their annual Fall Carnival and enormously popular pumpkin carving contest. Aramark provided 50 pumpkins (free) for students to carve once inside the all-you-care-to-eat Liberty Street Fresh Food Company. The grand prize winner got two concert tickets to see Darius Rucker.
Students also enjoyed games, music, and favorite carnival menu items including giant turkey legs, funnel cakes, fresh popcorn and buffalo wings.
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MUSC's MEDUCARE and Stroke Teams: Saving Lives Across South Carolina
Mr. Jimmie Wooten, a bailiff in Hampton County, South Carolina suffered a stroke while at work on July 19, 2011. Thanks to the fast action of the Hampton County EMS team, MUSC's MEDUCARE helicopter crew and the MUSC Comprehensive Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center team, Mr. Wooten was back at work and able to share his story just a month later
Blended Learning at Otis: The Student Experience
Otis Students talk about the benefits of Blended Learning classes.
They share what they like best, especially how they can manage their own time between meetings in person, as well as having online discussions with questions, prompts, or critiques between each other and faculty.
www.otis.edu/teaching-learning-center
297 GG How to Search a Corpus
It's a database, not a dead body.
Venture capital firms focus on Berlin
Oct. 28 - The German capital has gained a reputation as Europe's newest start-up hub, and now venture capital firm Earlybird is setting up an office in Berlin to be closer to the firms it wants to invest in. Joanna Partridge reports
Total gets lift from higher oil prices
Oct. 28 - French oil major Total posted higher quarterly earnings on Friday as stronger crude prices and improved profitability in its refining business helped make up for a fall in its worldwide oil and gas production. Hayley Platt reports
Asia Week Ahead: Major PMI figures coming up next week
Oct. 28 - Major economies from Japan to India will release PMI figures next week; Australia's RBA is expected to slash rates by 25 basis points after softer-than-expected inflation last quarter. Kei Okamura reports.
Spain's jobless rate at 15-year high
Oct. 28 - Spain's unemployment rate rose to the highest level since the end of 1996 in the third quarter with little hope of job creation. Investors are watching Madrid closely as it remains at the forefront of their concerns about Europe's debt commitments. Joanna Partridge reports
Scuffles at Greek "No" protest
Oct. 28 - Scuffles between anti-austerity demonstrators and police break out in Athens as national Oxi Day parades are disrupted by protesters. Conway G. Gittens reports.
End of the attack in Kandahar..
Oct. 28 - Afghan security forces kill four Taliban insurgents who attacked a U.S military base in Kandahar. Deborah Lutterbeck reports
Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable cruise missile.
Oct. 28 - Pakistan test fires locally developed cruise missile with a range of 700 kilometers. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Italian debt hits new high
Oct. 28 - Italy's 10 year borrowing costs top 6 percent for the first time since the launch of the euro more than a decade ago, suggesting the EU rescue deal didn't go far enough in restoring investor confidence in Italy. Kirsty Basset reports.
