The War on Drugs: an upper or downer for development?
The panel will discuss the impact of legalising and regulating the international trade in illegal drugs. They will look at whether it would curb crime and war financing, and if it would promote development in fragile states. Misha Glenny is a journalist and author of McMafia: seriously organised crime. Michael Hartmann is manager and senior adviser of the Criminal Justice Programme at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Not By Reason Alone
India is a comment on the past and present politics of change. This insightful analysis of the political economy of reform is coupled with the understanding that we need to be compassionate, passionate, creative, hopeful, and more. This book and discussion will give the audience an unusual window into the Indian political economy.
Der Bildhauer Zadikow ist gestorben.
Marianne May née Zadikov translated the manuscript from the original Czech into German in 1983 and sent copies to Yad Vashem and to the Leo Baeck Institute in New York.,The physician and artist Karel Fleischmann was born 1899 in Budweis, Bohemia (Budějovice, Czech Republic) and died 1944 in Theresienstadt.
Applying Extreme Lessons
As volatile change in business becomes the new norm, some companies must develop plans and the leadership necessary to meet a constant stream of unique challenges. Others have long taken the attitude that any customer dissatisfaction is an unacceptable failure. In this episode, we explore what can be learned from companies that value high reliability in conversations with leaders such as Brad Tilden, president of Alaska Airlines; John Belarde, President of Belarde Company, an architectural concr
1.258J Public Transportation Systems (MIT)
This course discusses the evolution and role of urban public transportation modes, systems and services, focusing on bus and rail. Technological characteristics are described, along with their impacts on capacity, service quality, and cost. Current practice and new methods for data collection and analysis, performance monitoring, route and network design, frequency determination, and vehicle and crew scheduling are covered. The course also discusses effects of pricing policy and service quality
The Tough Get Growing: How to Succeed in a Down Economy
Stay calm, stick with your vision and business fundamentals, and you’ll survive and perhaps even thrive in rough economic times, counsel these entrepreneurial aces. In a conversation with the Kauffman Foundation’s Bo Fishback, panelists reflect on their experiences bringing novel tech products to market and new compan
Silverlight TV 55: 1000 Silverlight Cream Posts and Counting! This week on Silverlight TV, John welcomes Dave Campbell. Dave, a Silverlight MVP and creator of Silverlight Cream, recently published his 1000th Silverlight Cream post, calling out the best and most interesting Silverlight content on the web. Dave was in town for the Silverlight Firestarter where we surprised him with a poster signed by a lot of folks on the Silverlight team. Dave and John discuss how
Moynihan v. Garofalo
A debate preview.
The Road from Copenhagen
Following the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, a five-member panel reviews the pros and cons of the events that took place. Moderated by Ernest Moniz, the panel includes Rob Stavins, Michael Greenstone, Stephen Ansolabehere (filling in for William Bonvillian)
Góngora y los orígenes del poema heroicómico / Rodrigo Cacho Casal
Góngora y los orígenes del poema heroicómico. Rodrigo CACHO CASAL. In Dire, taire, masquer les origines dans la péninsule ibérique, du Moyen Age au Siècle d'Or, colloque international organisé par l'Équipe de recherche "Littérature Espagnole Médiévale et du Siècle d'Or" (LEMSO) du laboratoire France méridionale et Espagne : histoire des sociétés du moyen age à l'époque contemporaine (FRAMESPA) en collaboration avec le département d'ét
Le climat - Sabine Rabourdin (video)
Une conférence de l'UTLS au Lycée
Le climat par Sabine Rabourdin (Ingénieure, climatologue)
Lycée Dumont d'Urville (83 Toulon)
The Auctioneer by Joan Samson [Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode "The Auctioneer"] Joan Samson was a Depression baby, born in 1937. She died of cancer in 1976, when she was still in her 30s. In 1975, the year before her death, she published her only novel, The Auctioneer
Networks and the Digital Revolution: Economic Myths and Realities The economy is now a networked economy. "Information goods" are becoming more important than traditional goods. Online businesses are a more substantial driving force than brick-and-mortar establishments. Some people even say that in this networked world centralized managerial hierarchies are obsolete; in the future, they will be replaced by decentralized, disaggregated, peer-to-peer communities.
Mrs. Burk Perimeter Rap
Mrs. Burks sings a rap song explaining how to find the perimeter. Catchy tune for students to remember (Running Time 0:59).
Purdue University 2010 Year in Review
Video of Purdue University highlights
Plaque behavior characteristics and regrowth of plaque in diseased arteries tissue during post-cryop
Atherosclerosis is a leading cause of heart diseases and mortality around the world. Recently cryoplasty has emerged as a potentially effective method to treat atherosclerosis. Finite element heat transfer and mass transfer models are developed in ANSYS in this study. The heat transfer model analyzes the heat transfer within the atherosclerotic plaque and arterial wall during the cryopalsty procedure. The model is useful in predicting the transient temperature through diseased wall tissues. The
"Writing in 3-D": The art of storytelling
Charlotte Observer columnist Tommy Tomlinson talks about good storytelling in this clip from his "Writing in 3-D" class at Queens. Learn more about his upcoming writing workshops: http://bit.ly/ikApaK.
Authors@Google: Alex Ross
Alex Ross spoke to Googlers in Mountain View about his book Listen To This on October 15, 2010.
About Listen To This:
"Alex Ross's award-winning international bestseller,The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, has become a contemporary classic, establishing Ross as one of our most popular and acclaimed cultural historians. Listen to This, which takes its title from a beloved 2004 essay in which Ross describes his late-blooming discovery of pop music, showcases the best of his wr
