Providing for the Buddha: monastic centres in Eastern India (video)
This paper attempts to address one of the issues of the series, viz. patronage, not just the relationship between Buddhist monastic centres and kings, but more significantly the lay community and its continuing support of monks and nuns and sponsorship of ritual activities, as well as maintenance of monastic structures. Eastern India is here defined as the state of Orissa, but includes contiguous coastal regions. The time period covered ranges from the 4th-3rd centuries BC when the earliest
RES.6-007 Signals and Systems (MIT)
Includes audio/video content: AV lectures. This course was developed in 1987 by the MIT Center for Advanced Engineering Studies. It was designed as a distance-education course for engineers and scientists in the workplace. Signals and Systems is an introduction to analog and digital signal processing, a topic that forms an integral part of engineering systems in many diverse areas, including seismic data processing, communications, speech processing, image processing, defense electronics, consum
Earning Trust: A Demand for Ethical Leadership
Closing address by John Allison, Distinguished Chair of Practice at Wake Forest University, at the conference on "Ethics, Trust & Transparency: Business, Government and the Case for Voter Concern," presented by the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility in collaboration with the SMU Cox School of Business on November 2, 2011.
Responsible Business Leadership
Second panel discussion at the conference on "Ethics, Trust & Transparency: Business, Government and the Case for Voter Concern," presented by the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility in collaboration with the SMU Cox School of Business on November 2, 2011. The panel was moderated by Keven Ann Willey, vice president and editorial page editor of The Dallas Morning News, and included Mike Boone, founding partner of Haynes and Boone, LLP; Kathleen Edmond, chief ethics officer a
How To Make Randolph the Reindeer With a Plastic Bottle--(LooLeDo.com)
Build this funny Reindeer with just a few items you can find around the house. This is a fun kids holiday craft for kids, parents, teachers and educators to learn to build, and you can make it with very simple supplies (water bottle, cardboard, masking tape, markers, etc.). Just follow the instructions and step-by-step instructions. Always use your imagination and be creative when building this project or any others. (5:45)
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Something's a-brewing for the barista
Nov. 24 - Hong Kong is sending its barista champion to the World Barista Championship, where being world's best, is as much about prestige as it is about being profitable. Cathy Yang reports.
Mandeep Malik on Black Friday
November 25 is Black Friday, known in the United States as the biggest shopping day of the year for Americans. It is also often the biggest shopping day for Canadians, who cross the border looking for the best shopping deals. But, what does this do to Canadian retailers and the economy?
Mandeep Malik, assistant professor of strategic market leadership at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University, talks about Black Friday's effects on Canadians and Canadian businesses.
Confederate Soldier Dies at 99
In 1949, the surviving members of the United Confederate Veterans attend the funeral of their commander, James W. Moore. Moore joined the confederate army at the age of 13, died at the age of 99 and was buried in Selma, AL. Here's your chance to see video of some really old confederate veterans. (1min)
Aesop Fable--"The Fox and the Crane" (Through the Art Style of Gustav Courbet)
In this fable, fox invited the crane to dinner. The crane accepted the invitation and fox had prepared soup for his mate. But as we all know that foxes are cunning by nature, he served the soup in flat dishes. So, he himself lapped the crane's share with his tongue enjoying its relish a lot. But the crane could not enjoy it at all with his long beak and had to get back home hungry. The shrewd fox felt extremely amused. After few days, the crane invited the fox to dine in with him. The
Sixty Symbols Sixty Symbols is een website die bestaat uit een verzameling van videomateriaal aangemaakt door deskundigen van de Universiteit van Nottingham. Je krijgt er een verduidelijking over alle 'krabbels en tekens', de …
The Communist Manifesto illustrated by Cartoons
The Communist Manifesto illustrated by cartoons. This is an homage to the latent subversiveness of cartoons. Though U.S. cartoons are usually thought of as conveyors of capitalist ideologies of consumerism and individualism, Drew observes: "Somehow as an avid childhood fan of cartoons, these ideas were secondary to a more important lesson—that of the 'trickster' nature of many characters as they mocked, outwitted and defeated their more powerful adversaries. In the classic cartoon, brute s
Hillary Clinton meets Suu Kyi in Myanmar
Dec. 1 - Veteran pro-democracy leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, meets with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Myanmar. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Mobilités, technologies et services pour des transports sobres (video)
Mi-parcours du Predit 4
Mobilités, technologies et services pour des transports sobres
Le Carrefour de la recherche et de l'innovation dans les transports terrestres
10-12 mai 2011 (Bordeaux)
Le Grenelle de l’environnement a donné une forte impulsion pour l’évolution du système de transport vers plus de sobriété, en énergie
mais aussi en matières, pour les transports de marchandises comme de voyageurs, pour les transports collectifs comme indiv
Four-Year Programs: Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Safety Administration
http://www.youtube.com/user/StPetersburgCollege
About St. Petersburg College:
In 1927, St. Petersburg College (then known as St. Petersburg Junior College) became Florida's first private, non-profit, two-year school of higher learning located in downtown St. Petersburg. Full accreditation followed in 1931 and in 1948 SPC became a public college.
In June 2001, SPJC officially became St. Petersburg College when Florida's governor signed legislation making it the first community college in Florid
Tanins du bois : évolutions et perceptions sensorielles (audio)
9e matinée des Œnologues - Bordeaux
>> Goût du vin : les dernières avancées de la recherche
Jean-Christophe Barbe, Le fruit dans les vins rouges
Michael Jourdes, Tanin du bois : évolutions et perceptions sensorielles
Produit de consommation et produit du patrimoine, le vin se doit de s’adapter à la demande du marché et de répondre aux attentes des consommateurs
L'expression aromatique des rosés: lien avec la couleur (video)
9e matinée des Œnologues - Bordeaux
>> Goût du vin : la pratique
Patricia Taillandier, Impact des phases fermentaires sur le goût du vin
Nathalie Pouzalgues, L’expression aromatique des rosés : lien avec la couleur
Jean Lhéritier, Philippe Chabert, Jean-Claude Berrouet, Vin et consommateur : qui doit s’adapter ?
Les attentes des cons
L'odorat : un sens pas si archaïque (audio)
9e matinée des Œnologues - Bordeaux
>> Neurosciences : les mécanismes de la perception du goût et l’objectivité de la dégustation
Pierre-Marie Lledo, L’odorat : un sens pas si archaïque
Yves Le Fur, Est-il possible de définir des espaces sensoriels détachés de toute subjectivité culturelle ?
Que se passe t-il quand on prend plaisir à déguster
Est-il possible de définir des espaces sensoriels détachés de toute subjectivité culturelle? (vi
9e matinée des Œnologues - Bordeaux
>> Neurosciences : les mécanismes de la perception du goût et l’objectivité de la dégustation
Pierre-Marie Lledo, L’odorat : un sens pas si archaïque
Yves Le Fur, Est-il possible de définir des espaces sensoriels détachés de toute subjectivité culturelle ?
Que se passe t-il quand on prend plaisir à déguster
