Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures - Economic Growth, Human Welfare and Inequality
Lord Turner will deliver the 2010 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lecture Series, running for three consecutive evenings (11/12/13 October). The overall theme of the 3 lectures is Economics after the Crisis. Amid the financial crash there was much talk of a crisis of capitalism and the need for a revolution in economics. Two years on much work is in hand to reform global financial regulation, but it is not clear that the crisis will produce change as radical as initially supposed. Adair Turner will argu
Towards an Indian Renaissance: Building Institutions of Excellence
India is at the vanguard of epoch-making economic and social transformation. A country of glorious heritage and enormous diversity, where a sixth of humanity lives, India is looking to leapfrog on the strength of its unique endowment - a burgeoning and an incredibly huge young population. This demographic dividend, this soft power will drive the nation's trail-blazing journey to global leadership. The national aspiration is high and the key to leveraging this opportunity hinges on its capacity t
GiggleBelly Train Song
This short, cute video sings about the colorful Gigglebelly train. Young learners will enjoy this song and video (1:05).
Have an Explosive 4th of July from The GiggleBellies!
In this cute video the GiggleBellies elephant, Peanuts, celebrate the 4th of July by popping fireworks from his snout. Students will enjoy watching this colorful, fun video (0:57).
Coca-Cola's John Brock: Sustainability Is No Longer 'Niche'
John Brock has come a long way since his first jobs working in his uncle's dime store and, later, at a paper mill in Moss Point, Miss. Today, he is chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises, the world's largest marketer, producer and distributor of Coca-Cola products. Brock has more than 25 years of experience in the beverage sales industry. In 2003, he was named CEO of Interbrew, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. In 2006, he joined Coca-Cola Enterprises where he was appointed chairman in Apri
Islam d’Extrême Orient - Andrée Feillard (audio)
Les communautés musulmanes d’Extrême-Orient, qui totalisent plus de 232 millions d’individus au sein de onze pays, ont parfois reçu une moindre attention, leur pratique de l’islam étant considérée comme syncrétique, voire « abâtardie ». Ce préjugé est sans doute dû à leur éloignement géographique des lieux saints de l’islam, mais aussi à l’hétérogénéité de leurs coutumes : l’Indonésie à elle seule compte entre 650 et 700 langues locales, un pays où pourt
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When water freezes, it expands and becomes less dense. This means that there is the same number of particles taking up more space. Since the ice cubes are less dense than the water, they float! As an ice cube melts, its volume changes, but its weight is conserved (law of conservation of mass). So, the melted water has exactly the same weight as the water it displaced as an ice cube the water level stays the same! (0:44)
This is a stop-motion movie showing 4 days of a hyacinth's life. Pictures were taken every 20 minutes. The slight changes in lighting are between the sunlight during the day and electrict lighting during night. No audio. (0:32)
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Date: 1925
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In this episode of the 'Why Study' series, Dr.Simon Oliver discusses why he devotes so much attention to the medieval Dominican theologian, Thomas Aquinas (1225-74); and argues that when someone today comes to grips with his thought, that learning experience trains one to think theologically.
World-renowned expert on Cold War intelligence and espionage Peter Hennessy will address recently declassified documents and how history can help us 'catch-up' with the threats of today. Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at QMUL and was recently elected a Fellow of the British Academy as well as being an Honorary Fellow of LSE. Before joining the Department in 1992, he was a journalist for twenty years with spells on The Times as a leader writer and Whitehall Cor
Professor Gene Brown talks about his life in Biology. Part of the Conversations with Scientists series sponsored by the Department of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Vanderbilt University professor Owen Jones, who is one of the nation’s few professors of both law and biology, has been named director of the national Law and Neuroscience Project, which will now be headquartered at Vanderbilt.
