[limited access] or the open city?
The idea of the open city as a place of social integration, cultural diversity and collective identity is perceived as an irreversible achievement of modernity, and fuels our visions for a sustainable urban future. Nevertheless, we are witnessing increasing fragmentation and seclusion, which threatens the existence of the open city. Suburban compounds, gated communities, university campuses, covered shopping malls, urban entertainment areas, airport security zones, holiday resorts, all tend to d
An Open Economy - the Progressive Response to Global Change
Britain has long realised the best way to progress is to look outward rather than retreat inwards. In previous centuries, progressives responded to great social and economic change by moving to create an open society. In this lecture, Business and Enterprise Secretary, John Hutton will argue that the right progressive response to the scale and pace of global change facing Britain this century is to break down the remaining barriers that can hold people back by creating a truly open economy.
Controversies in the Economics of Climate Change
The Stern Review stirred up the controversy surrounding the economics of climate change. This lecture will review these issues and give an assessment of the debate - where it is leading and what issues remain open.
LSE Director's Dialogue with Stephen Green
As the world's financial order is in a state of flux, how do we align our desire to improve material human wealth, and capitalism, with our spiritual and psychological needs? Do businesses and banks in particular have a duty to society that goes beyond the creation of profit? Does open market capitalism remain our best hope for creating wealth that benefits all of society? Green and Davies discuss history, politics, religion and economics. This event marks the launch of Stephen Green's book Goo
Bulletin of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Volume I, Issue 2
CONTENTS:
IAC Calendar of Events,
Cover Illustration Description,
Coptic Team Reconstructs and Preserves Papyri,
Honor Roll of Patrons,
Alan Sparks Accepts New Position,
Personalia,
"How To Praise Oneself Inoffensively",
IAC Projects Announce Fall Publications,
SAC Schedules Journey into Antiquity
Projet Jean Rouch ? J4.3 : Communications 1 (version française)
LE PROJET JEAN ROUCH ? : VERS UNE CONNAISSANCE HORS TEXTE, CROISER LES REGARDS, PARTAGER LES INTERROGATIONS. 14 – 20 novembre 2009
Évènement organisé par le Comité du film ethnographique en collaboration avec la Bibliothèque nationale de France, le Centre national du cinéma - Archives françaises du film et le Centre national de la recherche scientifique.
What Harm Does Pathological Synchronization in Parkinson's Disease Do?
Like tuning in a station on the FM band of a radio, neuroscientists can detect the particular frequencies of our brains in action. And just as on the radio, a little noise and static is to be expected. In Parkinson’s Disease (PD), as Peter Brown and colleagues are finding, too much of a certain type of frequency is a bad t
Lunch with a Laureate: Richard Schrock
Growing up in Indiana, exploring the local woods and pit where fossils were found, Richard Schrock early on became interested in the natural world. He was captivated by the way things worked. When he was eight, his older brother gave him a chemistry set and he knew that was what he wanted to do. “Like many things, you slide i
Video: It’s Good To Be Gold
Watch the 2010 Vanderbilt institutional public service announcement that plays during televised football and basketball games. Media Contact: Rod Williamson, rod.williamson@vanderbilt.edu
Analysis of 2010 midterm elections: Vanderbilt experts
[Vanderbilt has a 24/7 video and audio studio with a dedicated fiber optic line and ISDN line. Use of the TV studio with Vanderbilt experts is free, except for reserving fiber time.] Voters didn’t always look at incumbents’ political records: The continued weak economy, widespread public distrust and massive spending by special interest groups allkeep reading »
Video: Health care reform in the community
Dr. Bill Paul, Metro Nashville’s director of public health, discusses “health care reform in the community” with the Healthcare Delivery Systems course taught by Sharon Shields, professor of the practice of health promotion and education. Media Contact: Ann Marie Deer Owens, (615) 322-NEWS annmarie.owens@vanderbilt.edu
Video: Thomas E. Mann on the 2010 Midterm Elections
Noted congressional scholar Thomas E. Mann spoke at Vanderbilt University Oct. 28 about the outlook for the 2010 midterm elections. The public lecture was sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Mann, the W. Averell Harriman Chair and senior fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution, spoke five days before voterskeep reading »
Writing Activities
FreeReading is an open source instructional program that helps educators teach early literacy. Because it is open source, it represents the collective wisdom of a wide community of teachers and researchers. FreeReading contains Writing Activities, a page of activities to address important writing skills and strategies.
ESC : Cardio Interviews : Berton Pitt & Frank Ruschitzka
ESC : Cardio Interviews : Berton Pitt in conversation with Frank Ruschitzka on PEARL HF
Return of the Mummy
After years in storage at the University of Toronto, a mummy from the ROM's Egyptian collection returns to the Museum. Gayle Gibson, ROM Educator and Egyptologist, introduces us to this young mummy and describes what we can learn about her life.
Lesson Plan: Surveying Data and Creating a Graph
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Show your Students How Google Works
This tool is a bit like when you grab a glass of milk from the fridge and one of your kids asks where does milk come from? And you then realise that we often overlook the process behind some of the most commo
References Ian Goldin at University of Cape Town 9 Putting it all together
Speaking at the Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture, Dr Ian Goldin asked: Are the world's leading thinkers anticipating the risks and opportunities of the 21st century, or will humanity be overtaken by its own medical, technological and scientific successes?
Diagrams, mind-maps, tables, graphs, time lines, flow charts, sequence diagrams, decision trees: all can be used to organise thought. This unit will introduce you to a variety of thinking skills. Asking and answering questions is at the heart of high-quality thinking. Questions naturally arise from the desire to know and learn about things and may be the starting point for a journey of understanding.
