The Landgrabbers: The New Fight Over Who Owns The Earth [Audio]
Speaker(s): Fred Pearce, Professor Anthony Hall, Dr Charles Palmer | ‘Land grabbing’ has been described as the most profound ethical, environmental, economic and social issue in the world today. Financial speculation and concerns over food security are driving the acquisition of vast areas of land by foreign entities from beneath the feet of its occupiers in Africa, South-east Asia, South America and Eastern Europe. This debate examines the relative impact of land grabbing on the lives of po
Learn with Video #15 - Bear Through This Japanese Video Lesson and Learn Awesome Forest Animal Vocab
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! As part of your Japanese “Forest Animal” unit, today your class is taking a walk through the forest to gather information for a report you will have as homework tonight. Your teacher hands out a list of “things to look out for” - written entirely in Japanese! Not being able to [...]
Praxeology and Liberalism [Human Action (1949)] Liberalism, in its 19th-century sense, is a political doctrine. It is not a theory, but an application of the theories developed by praxeology and especially by economics to definite problems of human action within society. As a political doctrine libe
Automated Analysis of Information and Social Networks from Social Media Data
Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, gives a talk for the Oxford Internet Institute. As social creatures, our online lives just like our offline lives are intertwined with others within a wide variety of social networks. Each retweet on Twitter, comment on a blog or link to a Youtube video explicitly or implicitly connects one online participant to another and contributes to the formation of various information and social networks. Once discovered, these networks can provide researchers with an
Alumni Profile: John E. Alessi, Entrepreneur and Brand Builder
Alumnus of the Year Award -- In 2011, John Alessi co-founded Whip-It Inventions, an eco-friendly products company that launched a multimillion dollar product that sold out on QVC in its first airing. Beginning with three employees and one partner, the company has over $4 million in sales and 19 employees after only one year. Alessi 's company recently launched a national television infomercial and has been recognized by the city of Santa Rosa, Florida for its involvement in the community. The
Pronunciation and Reading Practice 2.
Pronunciation and Reading Practice 2.
MANG6242 DIGITAL MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
MANG6242 DIGITAL MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
Snaps shots from Southwark - What the Research said
Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou gives a talk for the Same Difference - Nigerian Brits, French Senegalese: Comparing Integration in the UK and France conference Please see http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/details/1904-same-difference-comparing-integration-in-the-uk-and-france.html for further details
Four Coolest Future Space Missions
Hank fills us in on the four exploratory missions to space that he is most excited about - New Horizons is going to Pluto and the Kuiper belt; Juno is on it's way to Jupiter; Dawn is exploring two large asteroids; Rosetta will land on a comet! (03:47)
SP.722J D-Lab II: Design (MIT)
D-Lab: Design addresses problems faced by undeserved communities with a focus on design, experimentation, and prototyping processes. Particular attention is placed on constraints faced when designing for developing countries. Multidisciplinary teams work on semester-long projects in collaboration with community partners, field practitioners, and experts in relevant fields. Topics covered include design for affordability, design for manufacture, sustainability, and strategies for working effectiv
Deaf student plays with Big Red Marching Machine
Illinois State University's Big Red Marching Machine includes 275 members, and one of them is deaf sophomore Mark Reppen. STATEside catches up with Mark during a recent practice.
David D. Burhans Civic Fellows Symposium 2012: Ron Pritchett
Burhans Fellow Ron Pritchett, sociology major, presents on his work with Higher Achievement, Richmond, VA.
President Aoun's Live Message from London 2012
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StreetSmarts: Entrepreneurs embrace risks, share passion
At Global Entrepreneurship Week, Northeastern students explain their ventures, explore what entrepreneurship means to them and exemplify how the university is fostering a culture of innovation.
WSU Alumni triplets share lessons learned in war, life
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Exposure to Light at Night May Cause Depression, Learning Issues, JHU Biologist Says
For most of history, humans rose with the sun and slept when it set. But today, with a flick of a switch, night becomes day, enabling us to work, play and post cat and kid photos on Facebook into the wee hours. However, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins biologist Samer Hattar, when people routinely burn the midnight oil, they risk suffering depression and learning issues. The culprit? Exposure to bright light at night from lamps, computers and even iPads.
Bakistry: The Science of Sweets | Lecture 9 (2012)
Joanne Chang, Flour Bakery
November 5, 2012
Facing the Energy Challenge | Institute of Politics
Carl-Henric Svanberg, Chairman of BP and AB Volvo, and Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor of Harvard Business School, discuss the future of international energy policy through the lens of business and industry. The speakers address issues such as how to incentivize more environmentally sustainable practices, the shifting role of major oil powers and lessons learned from key environmental events in the oil industry. The event is moderated by David T. Ellwood, Dean of
Trust in Vaccines: Why It Matters | The Forum at HSPH
Long a cost-effective stalwart in the public health armament, vaccines have become a target for misinformation that has undermined immunization efforts in parts of the U.S., U.K. and elsewhere, contributing to dangerous and potentially lethal disease outbreaks of measles, polio and more. At the same time, in this "Decade of Vaccines," steps have been taken to boost vaccine access in areas of the world where people live with, and die unnecessarily from, infectious illnesses that could be controll
Thank You from Notre Dame
We have lots of ways of saying it, but the message is the same: Thank you to our alumni, parents, and friends who give so much to the University of Notre Dame.
