Blood in the Bank - Professor Gary Slapper
Globally, more people are killed each year at work than are killed in wars. How the law responds is important, and the UK’s new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act is a significant improvement on earlier legislation. The Act arose from a recognition that the common law principles of manslaughter (which had been developed to deal with individuals) were ill-suited to the prosecution of companies, such as train companies or construction companies, whose recklessness had been implica
Lesson #041, Monday un = precedes all masculine nouns, even those that begin with vowels. The exception is those masculine nouns beginning with ps, gn, z, or s and a consonant. un bambino = a baby un orologio = a clock uno = precedes masculine nouns beginning with ps, gn, z, or s and a consonant. uno specchio = a mirror uno psicologo = a psychologist una = precedes all feminine nouns beginning with a consonant. una scrivania = a desk una fragola = a strawbe
The Next Wave of Corporate Philanthropy - Larry Brilliant (Google.org)
In contrast to simply donating dollars for public relations benefit, in-house altruism today means ubiquitous dedication to real causes. Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director for Google.org, points out that effective business-backed giving means global outreach, partnerships with experts at the heart of solving problems, and a dedicated percentage of gross income to keep these projects afloat.
17.410 Globalization, Migration, and International Relations (MIT)
Tracing the evolution of international interactions, this course examines the dimensions of globalization in terms of scale and scope. It is divided into three parts; together they are intended to provide theoretical, empirical, and policy perspectives on source and consequences of globalization, focusing on emergent structures and processes, and on the implications of flows of goods and services across national boundaries – with special attention to the issue of migration, on the assumpti
Groundbreaking Healthcare Initiatives and the Entrepreneurial Minds Behind Them - Ryan Phelan (DNA D
Ryan Phelan, founder and CEO of DNA Direct, shares her thoughts on entrepreneurship, both for-profit and not-for-profit, based on her experience launching groundbreaking healthcare initiatives that provide public access to comprehensive medical information and genetic testing.
Life Inside a Law Firm - John Roos (WSGR)
John Roos, CEO of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, has represented many major Silicon Valley companies during mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, strategic alliances, and joint ventures. In this lecture, he describes many of the lessons he's learned since joining the firm in 1988, including building a brand, taking risks, and the importance of integrity.
Childcare: Babies & Toddlers : How to Teach a Child to Tie Shoes
Teaching a child to tie shoes can incorporate how the parents were taught, whether using a bunny-ear approach or a different method. Make shoe tying a fun experience for your child.
Infant & Toddler Care : How to Teach Children Not to Bite
This Video will help you to teach children not to bite, it depends on the age of the child because a baby may be just teething, whereas a toddler may bite out of frustration. Explore these situation depending on your child age.
Biography: Need to Know: Harriet Tubman
You may want to know about important people in history and this video will give you a piece of history. This Video is about an important person by the name of Harrie Tubman in Her work in helping people escape slavery has earned Harriet Tubman an honored place in history.
Bank of Boston proposes mortgage program for low-income families
David Boeri reports on the Bank of Boston's new mortgage program for lowand moderate-income city residents. Boeri's report includes footage of Ira Stepanian (President, Bank of Boston) and Robert Mahoney (Bank of Boston) announcing the new program to the media at a press conference at a Roxbury branch of the Bank of Boston. Boeri reviews the terms of the program. He notes that many houses in the area are not eligible for the program because their sale prices are too high. Boeri interviews Diana
RVC 17 - Bluetongue Disease 3
In the last of our series of podcasts on bluetongue we will be talking to Katharina Staerk, Professor for Veterinary Public Health at the Royal Veterinary College, about the importance of midges in the transmission of bluetongue and how novel surveillance strategies in the future may help to prevent the spread of the disease.
RVC 14 - VETAID - Helping small farmers in Africa
Have you ever been wondering if the efforts of Medecins Sans Frontieres in providing development and emergency aid to developing countries are matched by the veterinary profession? At least since Nick Short co-founded VETAID, the British daughter organisation of the European Veterinaires Sans Frontieres, vets from the UK have actively been trying to help the lives of thousands of Africans by helping them improve the health of the animals they live with. Listen to the podcast to find out more abo
RVC 04 - Bird Flu
Bird flu, or avian influenza, is a fatal disease of domestic poultry posing only a small risk to humans. Nevertheless, bird flu is permanently in the news, and causes widespread public concern. Join the RVC’s Professor Dirk Pfeiffer and Dr Matthias Kleinz, as they discuss the latest findings on how avian influenza spreads and which measures might prevent a much feared pandemic.
Mount Everest Deaths
A two minute video that deals with those who died the climbing the Mount Everest, in Tibet. A brief history of the people who climbed the peak and those who died. At best this is a video to show about the risk taking and possible rewards as well as preparation and challenges.
Mobile learning news - Autumn 2009 issue
MoLeNET is entering its third phase and after two years a lot has been learnt on how effective mobile learning is and the lessons learnt. In addition numerous support systems have been developed by LS...
Games Technologies for Learning
The Games Technologies for Learning report explores the ways in which games technologies can be used to enhance teaching and learning, and provides advice for schools and colleges wishing to introduce...
No Network Activity Indicator in Windows 7: But Why? Microsoft is full of oddities and little known answers to mysterious questions. The purpose of this series is to seek out those answers and offer them to you. Please comment with other questions you'd like to get answered!
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C9 Lectures: Stephan T. Lavavej - Standard Template Library (STL), 9 of n Welcome to another installment of C9 Lectures covering the powerful general C++ library, STL. Joining us once again is the great Stephan T. Lavavej, Microsoft's keeper of the STL cloth (this means he manages the partnership between the owners of STL (dinkumware) and Microsoft, including, of course, bug fixes and enhancements to the STL that ships as part of Visual C++). Simply, Stephan is a C++
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