Los orígenes en el auto de Calderón La lepra de Constantino (1647-1657) / Françoise Gilbert
Los orígenes en el auto de Calderón La lepra de Constantino (¿1647-1657?). Françoise Gilbert. In Dire, taire, masquer les origines dans la péninsule ibérique, du Moyen Age au Siècle d'Or, colloque international organisé par l'Équipe de recherche "Littérature Espagnole Médiévale et du Siècle d'Or" (LEMSO) du laboratoire France méridionale et Espagne : histoire des sociétés du moyen age à l'époque contemporaine (FRAMESPA) en collaboration avec le dép
Klartext 2010-10-21
Klartext berättade om de kvinnor som har samlat på sexbilder av barn. Programmet handlade också om skottlossningarna i Malmö. Flera personer i Malmö har blivit skjutna det senaste året. Polisen tror att en rasist kanske försöker att skjuta personer som ser utländska ut.
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Babbage: December 15th, 2010
M&Ms, man-made life and the Kinect
Burquas aren't always blue: Kandahar 1968 - 2010
Born in a small village of Kandahar, Abdul Salam Zaeef rose to become a senior member of the Taliban. His memoirs of his former role, recently translated from Pashto and edited by Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn, reveal an extraordinary and provocative counter-narrative to the standard accounts of Afghanistan since 1979. Using My Life with the Taliban as an entry point to discussion at this lunchtime event, Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehnwill explore the history and rol
On pricing anomalies and the limits of arbitrage
Textbooks say that even minuscule differences in the price of identical goods in two places should be short-lived. But anomalies do exist, and they often persist for far longer than theories predict, write Denis Gromb and Dimitri Vayanos.
More expensive medication may be more potent
"Marketing variables not only influence people's perceptions and expectations, they actually influence the real efficacy of products such as medications." This is according to Ziv Carmon, INSEAD Professor of Marketing, who, along with Rebecca Waber and Dan Ariely from MIT and Baba Shiv from Stanford, tested the effect of price on the efficacy of a medication by administering electric shocks to those taking part in the study to test their resistance to pain.
Social responsibility: Greater access to capital?
Practising social responsibility can give companies improved access to capital. That’s according to Brendan May, International Head of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at PR firm Weber Shandwick Worldwide.
Key financial centres are always thinking in terms of risk and investible propositions, and as May notes, “the chances are, that a truly investible proposition in the 21st century is not a company that is chopping down rainforests, (or) exploiting its workforce.” Th
Relationship building: A key driver for securing repeat business
A study of consulting firm Celerant has found that relationship building is key to bringing in repeat business which accounts for up to 70 per cent of its revenues each year.
The study of Celerant Consulting, conducted by INSEAD Professor of Organisational Behaviour Tom D’Aunno, also found that 91 per cent of clients surveyed would like to work with Celerant again.
21H.968J Nature, Environment, and Empire (MIT)
This class examines the relationship between the study of natural history, both domestic and exotic, by Europeans and Americans, and exploration and exploitation of the natural world, focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Klartext 2010-09-17
På torsdagen hade Klartext en sammanfattning av de rödgröna partiernas politik.
Video: Muslim-Christian dialog on the biblical Mary
Muslim and Christian scholars discuss the biblical Mary from the perspective of both traditions at this Dec. 11 forum. Mary (in the Christian tradition) or Maryam (the Muslim tradition) – the mother of Jesus – is mentioned more in the Qur’an than the New Testament. During the interfaith panel discussion, scholars will compare how the twokeep reading »
Silverlight TV 55: 1000 Silverlight Cream Posts and Counting! This week on Silverlight TV, John welcomes Dave Campbell. Dave, a Silverlight MVP and creator of Silverlight Cream, recently published his 1000th Silverlight Cream post, calling out the best and most interesting Silverlight content on the web. Dave was in town for the Silverlight Firestarter where we surprised him with a poster signed by a lot of folks on the Silverlight team. Dave and John discuss how
US Immigration
An overview of immigration is the theme of this ten minute video. Moves rapidly and so a word wall and timeline would be assets.
Fawaz Bilbeisi
Fawaz Bilbeisi Director of Economic & Commerce Bureau for the Kingdom of Jordan
Unearthing the net's history
After staging what he billed as 'the first ever archaeological dig of the web' at Internet Week Europe, curator Jim Boulton is looking to stage another at New York's Internet Week.
Arrests in insider trading probe
Summary of business headlines: Four men arrested in U.S. insider trading investigation; Jobless claims dip, regional manufacturing picks up; FedEx ups forecast; Fed proposes new swipe fee rules; Stocks rise.
Mr. Ford's Anatomy & Physiology: Lesson 0403 - Glycolysis
This video is the first part in a series dealing with cellular respiration. This lesson provides an overview of Glycolysis, with a useful "minimum to know" review at the end. The complete series of lesson videos, as well as interactive exam reviews and class notes, can be found at www.mrfordsclass.net. (6:46)
Computer Networking Tutorial - 3 - Network Topology
Introduction to computer networking.
Freaky Liquid Metal
Ferrofluid (magnetic fluid) sculptures by two Japanese artists that move like something out of a science fiction movie. You have to watch the video! Set to music. No narration. Run time 04:19
