Chomsky on Gaza
While he admits to no surprise about events in Gaza, Noam Chomsky does consider “the latest U.S.-Israeli attack on helpless Palestinians” a step beyond terrorism and aggression. He says “some new term is needed for the sadistic and cowardly torture of people caged with no possibility of escape, being pounded daily by the most s
Student Remarks
Nicholas Pearce is a proud advocate of programs that help young people from urban areas transition into higher education. He has not only benefited from such programs, but has given back through his
participation as a volunteer, mentor, and speaker. As a high schooljunior, he attended MIT's six-week summer program, Minority Introduction t
Student Remarks 2006 MLK Breakfast
With a mix of bitterness and hope, these two young men address the legacy of Martin Luther King. David Lowry, a Lumbee Indian, grew up in southeastern North Carolina where the great majority of the Lumbee people reside.
He speaks compellingly of his Lumbee Indian ancestry, and his need to be recognized at MIT and beyond as part
Liberty by Design
Recalling a lecture he gave at MIT in 2005,
Alan Davidson returns to the questions of the impact of public policy on the way technology is evolving in the Internet space.
Instead of viewing it as a lawyer for a public policy interest group—his previous role—he now approaches it from his new perspective as a publ
Luminescent Solar Concentrators Explained
Researchers are well along in designing a highly efficient, inexpensive solar cell, but the big barrier to the dissemination of solar power in society remains the problem of installation, says Marc Baldo.
As an engineer, Baldo expresses confidence that “we’re going to mow down” the problem of producing a g
Los noveles : revista de literatura
'Los Noveles' is an electronic literary magazine for new writers from Spanish and Latin America. Published bi-monthly, it first appeared in 2001. Each issue includes a number of short stories, poems and articles, accompanied by short biographical notes on the author. The publication is all free but, at the time of cataloguing, the link for the archive was missing (please check link in the 'relations' section of this record). All back numbers are available in full in this section, as well as subm
Daily drop cap : an illustrative initial every day
This is the website for Daily Drop Cap, an ongoing project by New York-based typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische. The project provides a new decorated drop capital letter, designed by Hische, every day for users to download for non-commercial use in blog postings etc. Instructions are provided for download, along with restrictions on usage. The project was begun in September 2009, and archives of previous postings are available dating back to this date. The website links to Jessica Hi
Reproductive and therapeutic cloning
This is a section of the "Religious Tolerance" web site, produced by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, a group of web authors from a variety of religious and educational back grounds, who aim "to describe each point of view carefully, respectfully and objectively". The section on cloning lists quotations to illustrate the liberal and conservative positions on both therapeutic and reproductive cloning. For each type of cloning is there an explanation of the scientific method, the et
Coordination problem
Coordination problem is a blog produced by a team of US based professional economists from the Austrian school commenting on scholarly research in economics and current events. It promotes the work of Hayek, Mises, Kirzner and others of the Austrian school - a non-mainstream (heterodox) schools of economists, who advocate that the complexities of human economic behaviour makes the mathematical modelling of markets extremely difficult. The blog features links to related blogs, internet websites a
KS1/2 Maths - Making Maths Real
This 15 minute Teachers TV video clip shows the Headteacher and teachers at Weeke Primary School in Winchester, sharing their enthusiastic approach to the teaching of mathematics. The school was identified by Sir Peter Williams, when conducting his review of Primary Schools and Early Years Settings, as one that demonstrates good practice in mathematics learning and teaching. The video clip explores, through a series of short interviews with the Headteacher and class teachers in both Key Stages,
Woman with flowers on a table
An older woman is posed seated with two windows in the background. She is wearing a long sleeved blouse with ribbon woven into the lace around the collar and down the front. She is reaching toward a vase of flowers on the table next to her.
Molecular Biology and Genetics in Modern Medicine Geneticists have discovered that "junk" genes that lie dead in our DNA can come back to life and cause muscular dystrophy. Scientists such as MIT's David Housman
8.7 Sunset Song in schools and on film
Sunset Song was written in the early 1930s and is still one of the best-known and most-debated Scottish novels. In this unit, we discuss whether Sunset Song succeeds as critique of capitalism and whether it has value as a work of literature separate from its propagandistic ambitions.
8.5 Anti-capitalist propaganda or work of literary value
Sunset Song was written in the early 1930s and is still one of the best-known and most-debated Scottish novels. In this unit, we discuss whether Sunset Song succeeds as critique of capitalism and whether it has value as a work of literature separate from its propagandistic ambitions.
Nietzsche's Value Monism - Saying Yes to Everything
Lecture on Nietzsche's attack on Value Dualism, as well as the view he offers instead and whether Nietzsche can sustain his Value Monism-the view that everything is good-given the pressures that pull him back into saying no as well as yes
The Australia-US relationship: its place in our histories in the context of Asia
One hundred years ago this year the Great White fleet sailed into Sydney harbor to a rapturous reception from Australian's hoping that America would protect us from the threats we feared from rising economic giants in Asia. In 1941 that hope come true. Today Australians still regards American primacy in Asia as the foundation of their security, and they have become perhaps Americas most consistent and supportive ally as a result. But our relationships with Asia has changed a lot since then, and
Charter 88 and the Constitutional Reform Movement Twenty Years On
First part of a Panel discussion held at Portculis House, Westminster, asking what have been the central strengths and achievements of the constitutional reform movement among other questions that look back at Charter 88
Simple rules for complex times Corporate Governance unveiled How terrorism has invaded German law - Professor Thomas Weigend
During a recession many companies scale back their marketing, so those who don't are at a distinct advantage. This is because the amount that they spend will be carried further, says Dan Goldstein, Assistant Professor of Marketing
This Oxford at Said seminar was dedicated to the topic of corporate Governance. Professor Colin Mayer speaks on the role of investors in corporate governance; Professor Paul Davies covers the current debate about executive compensation Good corporate governance rules are supposed to align the interests of management, shareholders and society. The value destruction caused by the recent financial crisis has brought reforming corporate governance back to the very top of the political agenda. Many c
Professor Thomas Weigend (University of Cologne). The threat of terrorism hit Germany in two waves, the first in the 1970s and 1980s, the second in the general context of 11 Sept., 2001. Both waves have led to extensive legislation in substantive and procedural criminal law. The 1970s saw the introduction of the new criminal offence of being a member of a terrorist organisation as well as ad hoc legislation cutting back on the rights of the defence. More recently, the powers of the State to use
