11.950 Citizen Participation, Community Development, and Urban Governance in the Developing World (M
Citizen participation is everywhere. Invoking it has become de rigueur when discussing cities and regions in the developing world. From the World Bank to the World Social Forum, the virtues of participation are extolled: From its capacity to "deepen democracy" to its ability to improve governance, there is no shortage to the benefits it can bring. While it is clear that participation cannot possibly "do" all that is claimed, it is also clear that citizen participation cannot be dismissed, and th
Economics for Marketing
What is this module about?
To develop knowledge and understanding of the concepts and theories in economics that underpins consumer choice and market interactions. The lectures and seminars will explore the theories and empirical evidence regarding the choices made by consumers in the contemporary marketplace, and how these choices are shaped and influenced.
Objectives
On completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. Examine the key theories of behaviour and economic decision making
Acknowledgements Course image: Paul Carmody in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this course: The content acknowledg
Georgia Tech and ThyssenKrupp and the future of manufacturing
Dr. Reinhold Achatz, head of Corporate Function Technology, Innovation and Sustainability at ThyssenKrupp, discusses the company's corporate partnership with Georgia Tech and hte future of manufacturing.
ThyssenKrupp is Germany's largest steelmaker and the largest producer of elevators in the Americas.\
Créationnismes en astronomie et cosmologies catastrophistes (Vidéo) Conférence de l'Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris présentée par Alexandre Moatti, ingénieur en chef des mines et chercheur associé à Paris-VII laboratoire sphere UMR 7219, histoire des sciences et des idées, le 4 février 2014. Alexandre Moatti est l'auteur du récent ouvrage Alterscience. Postures,
dogmes, idéologies (Odile Jacob 2013). L'alterscience,
instrumentalisation de ...
Sleutelwoorden Werkblad met info over hoe je sleutelwoorden kan terugvinden in een tekst. Nadien volgen er een aantal oefeningen waarbij leerlingen de sleutelwoorden aanduiden.
Lawrence Bailey - Market Research Valedictory Lecture
Colleagues from both academia and business were present on 27 January 2011 for Lawrence Bailey's guest lecture on Market Segmentation, Qualitative Research and Conversations Across the Garden Wall.
The garden wall of the lecture's title was Lawrence's metaphor for the potential divide between the two sectors.
The lecture reflected Lawrence's career-long wish to get qualitative researchers in the commercial world to talk to their counterparts in the academic world, and vice versa. He discusse
Ashkahn Shahaparnia, Otis '06
Building on their creativity, commitment, connections, and professional skills, these alumni launched careers in art and design..
Professor Germaine Greer - An Insight - Full Interview
Warning: Explicit Content
Professor Germaine Greer delivered the 2010 Winifred Mercier public lecture at Leeds Met on Tuesday March 23.
Born in Melbourne and educated in Australia and at Cambridge University, Professor Greer's first book, The Female Eunuch (1969), took the world by storm and remains one of the most influential texts of the feminist movement.
She has had a distinguished academic career in Britain and the USA and makes regular appearances in print and other media as a broadcast
Lawrence Bailey - Market Research Valedictory Lecture
Colleagues from both academia and business were present on 27 January 2011 for Lawrence Bailey's guest lecture on Market Segmentation, Qualitative Research and Conversations Across the Garden Wall.
The garden wall of the lecture's title was Lawrence's metaphor for the potential divide between the two sectors.
The lecture reflected Lawrence's career-long wish to get qualitative researchers in the commercial world to talk to their counterparts in the academic world, and vice versa. He discusse
(Part 1 of 2) An Introductory Projectile Motion Problem with an Initial Horizontal Velocity
Can you drop a ball from a moving vehicle and get it to land in a bucket? You can using Physics! In this video we solve an introductory projectile motion problem involving an initial horizontal velocity and predict how far in front of the bucket to drop the ball.
Content Times:
0:17 Reading the problem.
0:41 Visualizing the problem.
1:18 Translating the problem.
2:31 Converting from miles per hour to meters per second.
3:10 Two common mistakes abo
Virtual Maths - 3D shapes, diagram, area, volume
Diagram of 3D shapes with formula for calculating area (and volume)
Why a VU junior studies squirrels on campus
Vanderbilt junior Dara Craig is studying the squirrel population on campus as a project for an earth and environmental sciences class.
Workplace Forum Presenters 2014
Workplace Forum Presenters 2014
Jeff Gold Inaugural Lecture - The Leader's Conundrum or 'You cannot lift yourself up by your own shi
The aim of the lecture will be to do demonstrate the need to challenge continuing traditional images of leaders, often depicted at the apex of things, on top of a hill or at the centre of a complex web of activity. I will argue that those nominated as leaders MUST become aware of what I will call the leader's conundrum and complement their inspiration with 99 x perspiration. To appreciate this call, attendees to the lecture as respectfully asked to do the following just before the lecture:
a.
Cuban Sandwich
Recipe at: http://www.ciaprochef.com/canola/recipe3.html
CIA Chef Tucker Bunch shows us how to make a classic sandwich, the Cuban. The Cuban sandwich is a variation on a ham and cheese, and was originally created in cafes catering to Cuban workers in the early Cuban immigrant communities of Florida. The sandwich is made with ham, roasted pork, Swiss cheese, sour kraut, mustard, and canola mayonnaise.
Energy and Growth: Facts and Consequences [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Michael Greenstone, Dr Kaikaus Ahmad, Dr Mohammad Irfan Elahi, Sanjay Kumar Singh | Economic growth depends critically on access to reliable energy. However, in much of the world, connectivity remains low, supply in connected areas is unreliable, and, at the same time, pollution and carbon emissions are on the rise. Professor Greenstone will explore some of the key trends that are shaping energy in the developing world and outline some solutions to their energy challenges.
UNIVISION FERIA ES EL MOMENTO @ CSU Dominguez Hills
www.YouTube.com/csuDHTV [Please Subscribe]
On Saturday, Oct. 5, California State University, Dominguez Hills will welcome thousands of Spanish-speaking families to campus for the fifth annual Educación: Feria Es El Momento.
College of Charleston Friends of the Library
The College of Charleston Friends of the Library advances the interests of the Addlestone Library as the leading intellectual and cultural force in the community. Membership dollars add depth to research collections with strategic acquisition of books, databases, and journals. They also build the collection of rare materials through new acquisitions and the conservation of fragile books and manuscripts we currently own. And, gifts to the Friends of the Library also support lively, thought-provok
Charte graphique et mise en page (Module 2.4) (Vidéo) MOOC “Création, publication et partage sur Internet” : cours en ligne délivré du 5 mai 2014 au 13 juillet 2014 sur la plateforme FUN-MOOC. Semaine 2 : Structurer et mettre en forme un document : efficacité, cohérence et stabilité
Séquence 4 : Charte graphique et mise en page
