Where do norms come from?
Dr Jennifer Jackson-Preece (LSE) gives the second talk for The Evolution of International Norms and Norm Entrepreneurship: The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective This one-day workshop will bring together officials and researchers working on the Council of Europe and international norms more generally. Our emphasis on the Council of Europe gives a concrete empirical starting point for consideration of international norms, norm 'entrepreneurship', and human rights. How do norms come onto
Visual Studio Achievements Widget So you are racking up points in Visual Studio Achievements. You should tell the world about it! Enter the Visual Studio Achievement Widget! This widget is a small(<6k), simple and customizable javascript file that you can drop on your own page to give up-to-date status on your current state with Visual Studio Achievements. Adding this widget t
The Visual Studio Achievements Widget
Defrag: Gov's Nest, Bitlocker Q's, Win7 Defrag, Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will al
UNIZO Prijs Ondernemingszin : Wedstrijd De UNIZO Stichting Onderwijs & Ondernemen organiseert voor de tiende keer de UNIZO Prijs Ondernemingszin. Dit is dé wedstrijd voor leerlingen en studenten die zich vastbijten in een …
Jongerenambassadeurs Welke kanalen gebruiken jongeren om hun stem te laten horen? Hebben zijn dan ook het gevoel dat er naar hen geluisterd wordt? De Europese Unie wil informatie verzamelen over hoe jongeren hun stem laten horen aan het beleid. Daarom trekt …
Heath Fritillary Butterfly--An Overview
This very short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of a Heath Fritillary Butterfly. One of our rarest butterflies, the heath fritillary is a light orange-brown in colour with dark brown markings; the underside is pale yellow with dark orange markings and a number of white spots. The caterpillar grows up to 2.4 centimetres in length, and has a black body with whitish spots, orange spines and a black head with white marks. This is a great resource to help build background knowl
37: Balancing - Richard Buckland UNSW
Comp1927 lecture 37 Balance. Implications of balanced and unbalanced tress. Also Teamwork. Blame. Complaining.
Making Rain at Home
This cartoon animation shows you how to make "rain" at home and explains the water cycle. Key words like evaporation, condensation, precipitation, hail stones, and water vapor. (02:48)
Red Admiral Butterfly--An Overview
This short video gives excellent close up, real life footage of a Red Admiral Butterfly in its natural environment. The red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) is a familiar butterfly, and is easy to identify thanks to its striking patterning; the black forewings feature prominent red bars and white spots. The undersides of the hindwings are delicately patterned with brown and black, which provides excellent camouflage when this butterfly is roosting on tree trunks. This is a great resourc
When You Reach Me
Gennifer Weisenfeld, Selling Shiseido
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Spiders Jump With Deadly Accuracy in Green Light
Researchers have discovered a unique visual attribute that jumping spiders use in attacking and catching prey. The arachnids use what is called image defocus-proven in part by videos that show spiders jumping with deadly accuracy in green light (and fumbling in red).
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Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle--An Overview
This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of a Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle. The Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle is a subspecies of the tiger beetle Cicindela limbata. It has striking coloration; the large wing cases (known as elytra) are predominantly white and much of the body and legs are covered in white hairs. The upperthorax has a metallic sheen and the eyes are particularly large. This is a great resource to help build background k
Incredible Human Machine (2/9)
The Incredible Human Machine Part 2 in a series. This section covers the eyes, ears, voice, and starts the breathing/lungs section. They use Steven Tyler as an example for the voice section and analyze how his vocal cords work. Run time approximately 10 minutes. Subtitled in another language.
5 Minute English Het aanleren van de Engelse taal is niet steeds eenvoudig, maar het kan ook op een leuke manier via deze site. '5 Minute English' bestaat uit gevarieerde oefeningen met bijhorende korte uitleg. Je vindt er ook antwoorden bij …
Intro to Chemistry 6.3: Energy Transformations (3/3)
Join Award winning teachers Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams as they interactively teach Chemistry. 6.3: Energy Transformations. This video shows an endothermic reaction. ( 8:20)
The impact of the relationship between the CEO and the R&D function on the culture of innovation
Jan Rosier is exploring what the CEO does within their role in order to foster innovation within an organisation. Specifically Jan is looking into the type of relationship they have with their R&D function and the effect this has on the culture within the organisation.
Automata, Computability, and Complexity, Spring 2011
This course provides a challenging introduction to some of the central ideas of theoretical computer science. Beginning in antiquity, the course will progress through finite automata, circuits and decision trees, Turing machines and computability, efficient algorithms and reducibility, the P versus NP problem, NP-completeness, the power of randomness, cryptography and one-way functions, computational learning theory, and quantum computing. It examines the classes of problems that can and cannot
The Kaleidoscope by Douglas Dunn (poetry reading)
This sonnet shows just what an ideal length and form it is for capturing and examining the moment.
The sonnet deals with an irreducible quantity of existence, a molecule of life. (Don't google that, I just made it up, really I did. I'm far too pleased by it - but that will wear off soon.)
It has a parallel in the Haiku, which is 17 syllables, preferably all monosyllables, supposedly all that can be said in one breath, expressing one thought, metaphor or image. Here's one my mine:
"You sa
