US soldier gets 24 years for murder
One of five US soldiers is sentenced to 24 years in prison for the deaths of three civilians in Afghanistan.
"After Ronsard" by Charles Willams (poetry reading)
Not a translation, but a great sonnet inspired by Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Ronsard
Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir, Ã la chandelle,
Assise auprès du feu, dévidant et filant,
Direz, chantant mes vers, en vous émerveillant :
Ronsard me célébrait du temps que j'étais belle.
Lors, vous n'aurez servante oyant telle nouvelle,
Déjà sous le labeur à demi sommeillant,
Qui au bruit de mon nom ne s'aille réveillant,
Bénissant votre nom de lou
EBI Seminar - James "Ned" Jackson
Envisioning a Renewables-Based Chemical and Energy Industry: Strategies and Transformations for the Biomass Refinery
EBI Seminar Speaker James "Ned" Jackson joined the chemistry faculty at Michigan State University in 1988, where he is now a professor. His research interests include experimental and computational studies of dihydrogen bonding, reactive intermediates, design of organic molecular magnetic materials, and development of renewables-based catalytic pathways to "petrochemicals" and fu
40th Anniversary Alumni Panel: "The Economy"
Alumni Panel: "The Economy", Discussion Led By Professor Robert Reich
As the School enters its 40th year, we are very excited to celebrate the accomplishments and impact our alumni have made to the field of public policy by convening a series of panels focused on discussing contemporary public policy issues. These panels will feature alumni experts, with discussion led by a GSPP faculty member.
The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy
http://gspp.berkeley.edu
Open Classroom: Demography is Destiny 03-23-11 #4
Open Classroom Series 03-23-11
Demography is Destiny
Demographic Change and National Politics
Barry Bluestone and Ryan Enos
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Master Your Vocabulary. Take a look at: Vocabulary Quiz - Hindi->English; Picture->Hindi; Recording->Hindi; and more!Vocabulary List - Easy to study list with pictures and recordings for some words(See all the [...]
13. The Marxian System, II: The Economics of Capitalism and its Inevitable Demise Adventures in Science - Science Of Light Exercises on Section 2 April Fool's Day History Episode 127: An ocean away: An African nation's roots in Southeast Asia 5.3.3 Training, education, testing and validation An audited plan has not been proved to work. It has simply been checked for major omissions. The next stages are to train people in the plan's contents and procedures, and to validate the plan. The relationship between ‘training and education’ and ‘plan validation and testing’ is a bit ambiguous. It could be argued that it is not worth putting a lot of resources into training until the plan has been validated. On the other hand, a plan cannot be properly validated unless the 5.3.2 Plan auditing Having got the draft plan, it is worth checking it over to see that all the major issues have been covered. The appendix below contains a set of guidelines for the initial audit of a generic ‘general purpose’ plan. For site-specific plans such as might be produced by an SHE manager in industry, or a business continuity manager for an office complex, the headings may need some modification. Guidelines for an emergency response plan audit (PDF, 2 pages, 0.1MB) 5.4 Structure and data 1 Children's rights: general issues The audio file in this unit considers the general issues of children's rights, and the possibilities and implications of imagining children as citizens. Within the discussion, ideas about childhood and children's needs are explored. Although the programme focuses specifically on children it is possible to link to the wider issue of social construction of difference and power. Some examples are given in these notes. This audio file was recorded in 1998 and related to a TV programme on ch Pulitzer Center at DC Environmental Film Festival: Fred de Sam Lazaro Problem Solving Just Dance: Valpo Edition-Zach Huey
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Join a science professor as he explains to his class how light was used in an old-school special effects technique: Optical Compositing. This was how movies and TV shows of yesteryear did what green screen does today. (04:10)
This unit will help you to understand the forms of data that are handled by software and look at the various processes that can be applied to the data. These ideas are demonstrated through the use of a supermarket till and illustrate how simple data sets can be manipulated.
The history of April Fool's Day narrated by Doug Johnson from American Mosaic. The images were collected from Google and a male narrator is heard in the background. (03:59)
What is ‘e-commerce’? This unit will look at typical application areas including the internet, supply chain management and online auctions. It will also help you to understand the underlying technologies used to implement e-commerce applications before looking at some of the problems that can be encountered when developing distributed e-commerce systems.
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WATER SCARCITY ON THE INDUS RIVER (India and Pakistan, 2010, 7 min.) The recent Indus flood put attention on too much water but Pakistan's real problem is too little—and too many people. This PBS NewsHour segment investigates how the impending water crisis might be related to population growth and poorly planned development. Reporting by PBS NewsHour Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro, director of the Under-Told Stories Project at St. Mary's University of Minnesota.
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Problem solving is the thought processes involved in solving a problem. It is both a means of developing students' knowledge of mathematics and a critical outcome of a good mathematics education. A mathematical problem, as distinct from an exercise, requires the solver to search for a method for solving the problem rather than following a set procedure. Mathematical problem solving, therefore, requires an understanding of relevant concepts, procedures, and strategies. To become good problem solv
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