Usman Riaz and Preston Reed: A young guitarist meets his hero
Usman Riaz is a 21-year-old whiz at the percussive guitar, a style he learned to play by watching his heroes on YouTube. The TED Fellow plays onstage at TEDGlobal 2012 -- followed by a jawdropping solo from the master of percussive guitar, Preston Reed. And watch these two guitarists take on a very spur-of-the-moment improv.Preston Reed’s hands have an otherworldly coordination. The fingers, nails, thumbs, and palms of both left and right dance, pluck, strum, and slap his guitar, which bur
What Mathematicians Actually Do
John Franks presents "What Mathematicians Actually Do," his inaugural lecture as the Henry S. Noyes Professor in Mathematics at Weinberg College of Art and Sciences. (1:03:28)
William Shakespeare - Mini Biography
Though little is known about William Shakespeare's personal life, his works such as "Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet," and "King Lear," have influenced literature and theater for over 400 years. (04:44)
12.12.2012 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Freitag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
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Nordkorea hat ungeachtet internationaler Kritik erneut eine Langstreckenrakete gestartet. Die Rakete habe einen Beobachtungssatelliten ins All gebracht, teilte die Regierung in Pjöngjang mit. Der Satellit habe inzwischen seine Umlaufbahn erreicht, meldet die staatliche Nachrichtenagentur KCNA. UN-Generalsekretär Ban Ki Moon verurteilte den Start al
Jonathan Trent: Energy from Floating Algae Pods
Call it "fuel without fossils": Jonathan Trent is working on a plan to grow new biofuel by farming micro-algae in floating offshore pods that eat waste-water from cities. Hear his team's bold vision for Project OMEGA (Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae) and how it might power the future. Not only does Jonathan Trent grow algae for biofuel, he wants to do so by cleansing waste-water and trapping carbon dioxide in the process. And it’s all solar-powered. (14:45)
ISS Update - Dec. 12, 2012
The International Space Station video update for Dec. 12, 2012.
Breakingviews: Central banks at Sea
Dec. 12 - Incoming BoE Governor Mark Carney's avocation of nominal GDP targeting is a dubious tweak to current policy. The trade's intellectual armoury looks empty, says Breakingviews.
Market Pulse: 12/12/12, a red letter day for Greek bonds
It's perhaps fitting that today Greek bond yields have a 12% handle for the first time since April last year. And is 88 years enough for progress on the "fiscal cliff" talks?
Banking disunion: the main players
Dec. 12 - As EU ministers meet in Brussels in a bid to break the impasse on banking union, Reuters correspondents in France, Berlin and Frankfurt lay out the sticking points and what's at stake.
West Papua communities celebrate coral conservation zone
Dec. 12 - One of the world's richest coral ecosystems has been designated a protected area in a deal struck by local communities and conservation groups. Situated north of the Molucca Islands in Indonesia, the Southeast Misool Marine Protected Area is intended to protect both the reef and the livelihoods of fishing communites who depend on it. Rob Muir reports.
ECONOMY 2013: Luxury buyer weaker than last year - Saks CEO
Dec. 12 - Saks CEO Stephen Sadove says the high-end consumer is still reasonably healthy but not as strong as last year and feels the Fiscal Cliff's biggest impact will be on consumer sentiment.
Saft says: What hasn't worked in past, won't work in future
Dec 12 - Reuters Columnist James Saft says what hasn't worked in the past for the Fed, won't work in the future and will result in the same set of circumstances.
Long Live the Loophole Editor's Note: Although negotiations concerning the "fiscal cliff" seem to be at an impasse, the one thing both Democrats and Republicans agree on is their desire to close tax loopholes. That is bad news for the economy, because as Ludwig von Mises said, "Capitalism breathes through those loopholes." Closing loopholes to "broaden the tax base" has been a supply Agent-Based Social Pedestrian Simulation for the Validation of Urban Planning Recommendations Cultmapas urbanos [Urban cultmaps] Kleuters maken een knuffel : Stappenplan De kleuters maken een knuffelbeer. Eerst maken ze aan de hand van het stappenplan het hoofd, dit wordt op een groot blad gekleefd. Onder het hoofd wordt dan een lichaam getekend dat ze met watten mogen beplakken, zodat ze een zachte beer … Ontwikkel een digitale jobadvisor en win tweeduizend euro Jobsites, vacaturedatabanken, professionele netwerksites, mobile apps, online testen, webcursussen, … Er zijn zoveel mogelijkheden om een job te vinden. Stichtng Weet wat je besteedt : Hoe omgaan met je geld De Stichting wil jongeren advies geven over het goed omgaan met geld met het doel financieel zelfredzaam te worden. Door middel van de crowd-sourced film Edgie waarin Wouter Bos, voormalig Nederlands minister van … Chocoladetraject : Educatief Pakket Het chocoladetraject is een gratis educatief pakket voor lessen over transport en logistiek. Het betreft materiaal voor een vakoverschrijdend project waarin de vakken aardrijkskunde, techniek en Nederlands aan bod komen en er ook …
The goal of this project is a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that shape a city with a focus on pedestrian flow. Pedestrian flow reveals the use of space, the capacity and use of transportation and has an impact on the health of people. Movement patterns of pedestrians are a topic in many related fields like transportation planning, computer graphics and sociology. This project augments the simulation of pedestrian decision processes by taking into account the preferences for surrounding
This research aims to address the catalog urban interventions as graffiti, stencil and sticker spotted in association with the city. As a result, they develop artistic urban mappings which assemble a structure marking the artistic manifestations. The urban arts, are georeferenced and eventually become part of a catalografia which can be viewed on the web entitled Cultmap art.
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