Lyons Brown on the Role of Entrepreneurship
Lyons Brown (MBA '87)
Founder and CEO
Altamar Brands
Classroom Triangles
In this activity, students will use bearing measurements to triangulate and determine objects' locations. Working in teams of two or three, students must put on their investigative hats as they take bearing measurements to specified landmarks in their classroom (or other rooms in the school) from a "mystery location." With the extension activity, students are challenged with creating their own map of the classroom or other school location and comparing it with their classmates' efforts.
U.S. Q2 GDP set to grow by over two percent: IFR
July 28 - IFR says the U.S. economy should grow by 2.3 % - better than the Reuters poll of 1.8 %. Concerns still remain however over uncertainty and weak consumer spending.
ESD.801 Leadership Development (MIT)
Students in ESD.801 Leadership Development work in a seminar environment to develop leadership capabilities. Readings, assignments and class discussion explore the topics covered in this class. In addition, students participate in an Outward Bound experience and participate in "leadership lunches" with global leaders.
Breakingviews: Goldman CEO should stay, but get help at top
July 18 - Breakingviews columnists back Lloyd Blankfein's position at the helm of Goldman Sachs, but say he should get help from another executive by splitting the chairman and CEO jobs.
Download Seasons 1 and 2 Today Hi everybody, my name's Mike and this is the Let's Speak Italian podcast. So you've been listening to the first few lessons, and hopefully you're learning how to speak Italian. Well with the first 100 lessons completed, I wanted to release the first few lessons for free as a little teaser so that you can see just how easy it is to learn to speak Italian. Now, by going to the website, you can buy the first 100 lessons for only $15.00. That includes 100 lessons, plus 20 review lessons as
Atomic Mass
An element’s atomic mass is the mass of one atom of that element, measured in atomic mass units (amu). An element’s atomic mass in amu is equal to its molar mass in g/mol. The instructor talks very fast; the video may have to be paused for clarification/comprehension/discussion. (04:19)
PEMDAS Rap
This student made video is an easily understandable rap teaching the order of operations. (0:27)
2-D Projective Geometry
This module is about how we applied projective geometry to achieve the world-centered view from the camera-centered view.
Mark Behrens
Professor Mark Behrens reviews in more detail and touches on key elements of his research that the students in video (Student Presentation #5) discussed. In describing his work, Behrens offered "think of looking through color filters." The filters eliminate any unnecessary or unforeseeable data, and when you combine all the filters together, the yield reveals amazing overlaps and patterns.
SFAP 2011 – Perception et vécu du rôle infirmier en soins palliatifs.
Titre : SFAP 2011 – Perception et vécu du rôle infirmier ressource en soins palliatifs (IRPS) dans les maisons de retraites médicalisées et au domicile (ARCOS).
Auteur(s) : F. KAECH (assistant de recherche à Lausanne – Suisse).
Etablissement : Institut des Sciences Sociales, Université de Lausanne, Suisse,
Résumé : Dans le cadre du Programme Cantonal Vaudois de développement des soins palliatifs, le réseau de soins lausannois (ARCOS) avec le soutien de la san
Hand-hacking helps budding musicians
Read more:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028186.100
Nobel Peace Prize Documentary 2010, Liu Xiaobo
See a short excerpt from a portrait of Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize 2010: http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1589
Wall St. hopes for last minute deal
July 25 - Stock prices fell, bond yields rose and gold hit a record high, but the market's response to the threat of a U.S. default or credit downgrade was not as severe as feared. Conway G. Gittens reports.
Whole Brain Teaching; 1st Grade
Deb Weigel, Arizona teacher and one of Whole Brain Teaching's 2010 interns, guides her class through a masterful sequence of morning routines ... five activities with smooth transitions in less than 7 minutes! Lots of WBT techniques on display, including: Five Class Rules, Class-Yes, Teach-Okay, 10 finger woo, Scoreboard, Hands and Eyes, Switch. Note the use of a student leader, the syllable chant as kids move to the back of the classroom, the adding doubles rap, and the brief practice using "be
Onion Skin of Un-named Martian Crater
Onion skin of Martian crater
7.2.4 Trap 4: words and wordiness I have seen some effective rich pictures with lots of words in them but they are quite rare in my experience. More often, lots of words make the rich picture less rich. Part of the later use of a rich picture might include looking for patterns. Words inhibit your ability to spot patterns. If you do use speech bubbles, use what people say, not your interpretation, unless the bubble is about some general attitude. Examples might be ‘Aaagh!’, ‘Help!’, ‘Oops!’ –
Mexican clowns give thanks
June 28 - Hundreds of colourfully dressed clowns march towards the Basilica of Guadalupe to show appreciation for employment and health. Tara Cleary reports.
Marty Curan on Moving Innovative Ideas into Practice
Marty Curan (MBA '84)
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Corning
Student Address, 2006
On January 23 and 24, 2006, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President of the University of Notre Dame, delivered an address to the faculty and students on the subject of academic freedom and Catholic character.
