Do Lectures: Can you Light a Bonfire with Soul?
They can be small Do’s or big Do’s or just extraordinary Do’s. But when you listen to the story of, how can
a corporation have a soul? Can it make decisions from the head and the
heart? Will the start-ups of today be better than yesterday’s? Duke Stump, Principal & Chief Architect of the ‘North Star Manifesto’. These
speeches light a fire in your belly to go and Do your thing, your
passion, the thing that sits in the b
Austrian Capital Theory and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
During an early scene of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, in which the hyper-intelligent apes were depicted hunting for deer in the forest
surrounding their settlement, someone behind me interjected “if those apes are so smart, how come they’re hunter-gatherers?” While a decent
question, he received nothing but a shush from his more etiquette-consci
5 Nuclear energy Einstein's famous equation E = mc2 shows that mass (m) and energy (E) are proportional to one another. The constant c2 linking the two is the square of the speed of light c (3 × 108 m s−1). Implicit in the equation is th
Nick Bontis on why we care about the Facebook IPO
Nick Bontis, associate professor of strategic market leadership, DeGroote School of Business, crunches the numbers on the eve of the Facebook IPO.
Will users know about Facebook's IPO?
Pamela Ingleton, a McMaster University PhD candidate specializing in social media, comments on the average user's Facebook experience before and after the IPO.
Earth Day Rap
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Brooklynn DeLozier
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University of Massachusets Online Course
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6 The relations among mental phenomena There is no escaping the fact that want of sympathy condemns us to a corresponding stupidity. Mephistopheles thrown upon real life, and obliged to manage his own plots, would inevitably make blunders. (George Eliot, Adam Bede) We have seen that it seems natural to say that while it is possible for machines and angels to have intellects superior to ours, it is also natural to say that
Introduction This unit introduces some philosophical questions concerning the nature of the mind and mental phenomena, such as thoughts, perceptions and emotions. The unit considers what is involved in having a mind, whether there are different kinds of minds, and whether there is some characteristic that is shared by all mental phenomena. This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course<
Science Bulletins: SALT: Imaging the Southern Sky
When South Africa decided to build a new telescope, it went big. As in rival-the-world's-best big. With the participation of astronomy groups from all over the world, the Southern African Large Telescope, or SALT, is casting a wide eye on the southern sky. Moreover, it's inspiring future astronomers in the region. This Science Bulletins feature takes you behind the scenes as this bold new telescope brings world-class astronomy to a developing nation.
Machu Picchu Decoded - National Geographic - 04/04 - Subtitulos en Español
Un documental de National Geographic sobre la fascinante y misteriosa ciudad precolombina inca perdida de Machu Picchu. Durante 400 años estuvo abandonado por su acantilado de niebla, la ciudad estuvo perdida en la selva. Redescubierto en 1911, no contenía documentos escritos o grabados, nada de lo que podría arrojar luz sobre su historia. Los Subtitulos son de aRGENTeaM. (15:21)
Breakingviews: Coty's beautified bid for Avon
Antony Currie and Breakingviews columnists mull whether the fragrance maker's higher offer and Berkshire Hathaway's support are enough to turn Avon's head.
Forest Rangers
Fires are a natural part of a forest's ecosystem and important for the
health of the trees. It is the job of some foresters to carefully set
controlled fires within a forest. This video explains what they do and how they prepare for their career and how fire and math are used. Running time 1:44 minutes
Why is it Hot Underground?
Learn about the temperature and age of the Earth during this three-minute video. (02:47)
In the Boardroom: UBS - trust doesn't come cheap
Jan. 11 - UBS says it's focusing on recovering its lost 'honour' after being fined $1.5bn over the Libor scandal. Lucy Marcus argues banks need to make concrete changes to regain lost trust.
Eddy Currents and Magnetic Damping
OpenStax College
Descriptive Statistics: Displaying Data
Susan Dean,
Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D.
This module provides a brief introduction into the ways graphs and charts can be used to provide visual representations of data.
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UW|360: Alzeimer's
Scientists and researchers from the University of Washington recently took part in the world's largest-ever study of Alzheimer's Disease - involving 74,000 subjects in 15 countries. Thanks in part to the work done by the UW, that study made significant strides toward identifying a more effective treatment - and perhaps eventually a cure - for the disease.
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