RSC Public Seminars 2012: Seeing the Person in the Problem: a practitioner perspective on justice t
RSC Public Seminar series of Hilary Term 2012 Podcast from the Refugee Studies Centre's Public Seminar Series on 'Critical Approaches to Environmental Displacement' convened by Dr Alexander Betts. This podcast was recorded on Wednesday 8 February 2012 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. The seminar was delivered by Hannah Smith, Climate Outreach and Information Network.
Raspberry Pi
Brand development, partnership working and raising capital were key learning areas for Dr Eben Upton as he completed his Executive MBA at Cambridge Judge Business School and with his Cambridge colleagues launched into producing the Raspberry Pi, a tiny (the size of a credit card) low-cost computer to rekindle domestic and wider interests in computer science.
MITEF-NYC: A New Age in Patent Liquidity What are the benefits, challenges, and opportunities these ongoing developments present to entrepreneurs? Our panel includes representatives from patent aggregators, sources of capital, patent crowd-sourcing firms, and inventors who have commercialized their patents. They will share their experience and offer their views on the future of IP liquidity models.
Collective behaviors in embryonic development, regeneration, and asexual reproduction Eva-Maria Schoetz - Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University Recorded on 2/22(?)/12
6.004 - Computation Structures - Lecture 5 Recorded on 2-23-12
Innovations and Journalism: Finally Together?
Turo Uskali argues that, thanks to the Internet, there has never been a better time for innovative journalism and innovations in journalism. According to Turo Uskali, there has never been a better time for innovative journalism and innovations in journalism. Based on his new book, Innovation and Journalism, this talk explores how the Internet has created new challenges and opportunities for news agencies, and has allowed journalists greater freedom on expression and reporting.
Information Technologies and Marginalization in African Market Economies
Laura Mann summarises her lecture on information technologies and marginalization in African market economies, part of the OII's Society and the Internet Lecture Series. It is often argued that poor and marginalized communities self perpetuate their poverty by inhabiting closed networks. This argument has been most strongly lobbied against those in Africa, where Ethno-linguistic Fragmentation (ELF) has been used to explain "Africa's 'growth tragedy'". However, the rapidly increasing use of the I
World Affairs: Tools We Use to Promote Democracy Across the Globe
Tom Garret from the International Republican Institute presents on promoting democracy worldwide at the World Affairs, February 27, 2012.
OAA - James Chi Ming Pau, EARTS '84
James Chi Ming Pau, EARTS '84 - 2011 SFU Outstanding Alumni Award for Service to the Community
Downtown Eastside Community Volunteer
More information: http://www.sfu.ca/alumni/our-alumni/outstanding.html
Origins of Black History Month
In this video clip take a brief look at the History of African Americans and Black History Month. African American history dates back to the colonial era but was ignored by historians and the public until the 20th century. (3:01)
DIU d’épileptologie Nancy 2012 – Les états de mal épileptiques.
Titre : DIU d’épileptologie Nancy 2012 – Les états de mal épileptiques.
Intervenant(s) : Louis MAILLARD (Service de neurologie – CHU de Nancy).
Résumé : objectifs
- décrire les aspects électro-cliniques des états de mal épileptiques
- identifier et gérer un état de mal épileptique
- préciser les facteurs pronostiques
L’auteur n’a pas transmis de conflit d’intérêt concernant les données diffusées dans cette vidéo ou publié
DIU d’épileptologie Nancy 2012 – De la neuropharmacologie aux applications quotidiennes
Titre : DIU d’épileptologie Nancy 2012 – De la neuropharmacologie aux applications quotidiennes
Intervenant(s) : Franck SEMAH (Service de neurologie – CHU de Lille).
Résumé : objectifs
- connaître les effets secondaires et les interactions médicamenteuses
- savoir quand débuter, choisir, prescrire et surveiller un traitement antiépileptique
L’auteur n’a pas transmis de conflit d’intérêt concernant les données diffusées dans cette vidé
Leprechauns
These mythological beings have appeared for centuries in Irish folklore, but the pot of gold didn't come until much later. In this video clip, learn more about the origins of the Leprechauns. (1:18)
Open Classroom - 2/29/12 #6 Q&A
Food and American Society an Urban Perspective
Topic for 2/29/12: Feeding Boston: The View from the Front Lines
Lectures:
Maureen Timmons - Director of Dining Services, Northeastern University
Jose Duarte - Chef/Owner, Taranta
Alison Fong - Owner, Bon Me food truck
Phil Bannatyne - Owner, Cambridge Brewing Company
The Open Classroom Policy Series is a graduate-level public policy seminar that is open to the public. Each semester, the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs selects a critica
Why Science Isn't Enough: Faith, Reason, & the Human Need For Certainty
Event put on by: Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
Troy Van Voorhis is an associate professor of chemistry at MIT whose research focuses on quantum chemistry. He will be sharing why he, as a scientist at one of the world's best universities, believes in God.
Here is Troy's own description of the lecture:
"How can a scientist believe in something as antiquated as the Bible? Believing scientists often encounter questions of this sort both in the popular press and in coffee table conversations.
THE100 Session 4 Spring 2012
Television, Film and Theatre with Bill DeLuca 02/28/12
Global Cohort: Dewi Tanjung
Dewi Tanjung from Indonesia talks Feb. 2, 2012, about the U.S. Department of State and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneurship Partnership Global Cohort at Thunderbird School of Global Management. http://www.thunderbird.edu
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Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme
Flying robot quadrotors perform the James Bond Theme by playing various instruments including the keyboard, drums and maracas, a cymbal, and the debut of an adapted guitar built from a couch frame. The quadrotors play this "couch guitar" by flying over guitar strings stretched across a couch frame; plucking the strings with a stiff wire attached to the base of the quadrotor. A special microphone attached to the frame records the notes made by the "couch guitar".
These flying quadrotors are comp
Meet Nick Miroff: Drug War Spillover in Central America
Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/education/central-america-belize-costa-rica-honduras-drug-cartels-war-nick-miroff-mexico-violence-smuggling-routes-homicides
For the last four months, Pulitzer Center grantee Nick Miroff has been reporting on the spillover of the drug war from Mexico to Central America. The Mexican cartels looked to Central America as a place to expand their trade and create smuggling routes. Miroff traveled to Belize, Honduras and Costa Rica to see how people were coping w
