Colonial Weapons System
As important as the cannon is the vehicle to carry it: a two-wheeled cart that transports, supports, and stores the weapon and its accoutrements. Wheelwright John Boag has the task of construction.
Gingerbread Houses
The town is rendered in gingerbread once a year at Colonial Williamsburg. Executive Pastry Chef Joe Sciegaj oversees the construction.
Thomas Jefferson on Religion
Thomas Jefferson's policy on religious freedom rests on one ageless axiom: do unto others. Interpreter Bill Barker expounds.
2009 Storytelling Concerts
Colonial Williamsburg continues the joyful tradition of telling with this year's storytelling concerts. Dylan Pritchett describes how stories evolve.
Pulley’ing Your Own Weight
Using common materials (spools, string, soap), students learn how a pulley can be used to easily change the direction of a force, making the moving of large objects easier. They see the difference between fixed and movable pulleys, and the mechanical advantage gained with multiple/combined pulleys. They also learn the many ways engineers use pulleys for everyday purposes.
We Hold These Truths
The foundation of American democracy rests on one mighty sheet of parchment. Hear interpreter Bill Barker read the Declaration of Independence.
Antoinette Schoar - Valuation Tools
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Kristian Kloeckl - "The Senseable City" - 2010 MIT SDM Conference on Systems Thinking for Contempora
"The Senseable City" is a presentation given by Kristian Kloeckl, Research Scientist, in the MIT SENSEable City Laboratory at the MIT System Design and Management's 2010 Systems Thinking for Contemporary Challenges Conference on October 22, 2010.
Please reference the link below for Kristian Kloeckl's presentation http://sdm.mit.edu/systems_thinking_conference_2010/presentations/kloeckl.pdf
5.4 The medical chemistry strategy
The search for new medicinal products is one of the major driving forces behind the development and application of new synthetic methods. This unit focuses on a specific case study, which follows the development of a drug for the treatment of high blood pressure. It is a particularly good example of the application of organic chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry, and illustrates the scientific processes that are involved in the development of any new drug.
Buyer for AIG's Nan Shan next week?
Winning bid for AIG's Nan Shan Life unit may come on December 15; or bidders could be shortlisted and informed of next step in bidding process.
Samsung : Q4 phone margins better
Samsung Electronics says Q4 handset profit margins will be higher than previous quarter, smartphones to outstrip total handset market's under 10 percent growth in 2011.
Evaluating Arguments Part Two (slides)
Part six of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this final lecture we will look at fallacies. These are bad arguments that can easily be mistaken for good arguments.
Gezondheid Presentaties over gezondheid en het lichaam waarin volgende onderwerpen aan bod komen:
MIT Schubert Quintet Performance
MIT students and alums of the MIT Chamber Music Society play the 45 minute long String Quintet in C major by Franz Schubert. This is the first movement. One of the best works of chamber music. Gorgeous and complex. Bravo to David Somach and Ari Umans violins, Stephen Chang viola, Boris Khaykovich and Drew Wolpert cellos. Thanks to Marcus Thompson coach. Killian Hall, December, 2010. Plans for more to come.
Deborah Nightingale - "Service Systems Innovation for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome in
"Service Systems Innovation for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome in the U.S. Military: An Enterprise Systems Approach" is a presentation given by Deborah Nightingale, Professor of the Practice of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems, MIT' Codirector, MIT Lean Advancement Initiative at the MIT System Design and Management's 2010 Systems Thinking for Contemporary Challenges Conference on October 22, 2010.
Please reference the link below for Deborah Nightingale's pres
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The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This unit explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat. This unit builds
2.4 Variable fecundity
The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This unit explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat. This unit builds
2.1 Nutrient budgeting
The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This unit explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat. This unit builds
Religion, Democracy in the Foreign Policy of Obama: Keynote Address by Former Spanish Prime Minister
The day-long event consisted of four panels, each of which examined the question of religion and democracy in U.S. foreign policy from a different perspective. The panels addressed the role of religious actors in U.S. democracy programs and policies; the 'twin tolerations' and democratic stability in highly religious societies; emerging trends in the data concerning the relationships between religion and democracy; and the relationship between Islam and democracy in key Muslim countries.
Constructing Proper Faith: In a Girls' High School in Jordan (with Fida Adely)
Scholar Fida Adely addresses the struggles surrounding moral authority through an ethnographic exploration of religious teaching and practice in a girl?s secondary school in Jordan.
