Human Rights and Universal Values:: (with Hans Joas)
In his third Berkley Center lecture, Hans Joas argues that human rights controversies depends on the way we talk about values with one another.
Fresh Off Its IPO, Can GM Stage a Comeback?
After years of declining market share and unprofitability -- and a multi-million dollar bailout by the United States government -- General Motors is once again a publicly held company. The automaker, which raised some $20 billion through last week's initial public offering, is on sounder footing than it has been in years. Yet the new GM still must compete in a tough global market. So the question remains: Can the new GM perform better than the old GM? Knowledge@Wharton posed this question and ot
12.010 Computational Methods of Scientific Programming (MIT)
This course introduces programming languages and techniques used by physical scientists: FORTRAN, C, C++, MATLAB, and Mathematica. Emphasis is placed on program design, algorithm development and verification, and comparative advantages and disadvantages of different languages.
The Canon's revenge
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1.018J Fundamentals of Ecology (MIT)
This is a basic subject in ecology that seeks to improve the understanding of the flow of energy and materials through ecosystems and the regulation of the distribution and abundance of organisms. The course covers productivity and biogeochemical cycles in ecosystems, trophic dynamics, community structure and stability, competition and predation, evolution and natural selection, population growth and physiological ecology. There is particular emphasis placed on aquatic systems.
Krugloye, Belarus: Mass Murder of the Jews
Khonya Epshteyn, born in 1928 in Shepelevichi, Belarus, testifies about the murder operations against the Jews that were carried out in Krugloye. Epshteyn recounts the saving of his family by a local neighbor.
For more details, click here: http://www1.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/murderSite.asp?site_id=230
Skewer Through a Balloon
Some things in this world just dont mix... dogs and cats, oil and water, needles and balloons. Everyone knows that a balloons worst fear is a sharp object... even a sharpened, wooden cooking skewer. With a little scientific knowledge about balloons under your belt, youll be able to perform a seemingly impossible task... pierce a balloon with a wooden skewer without popping it. Piercing takes on a whole new meaning! In this professionally made video, Steve Spangler pushes a skewer through a ballo
Work at home moms - top mlm companies - Evolv in 90 days
http://water101.myevolv.com/index.asp?co_la=US_EN More than 15 years of scientific research and development have been invested in EvolvHealth, LLC is a direct sales company built to market an incredible product. Give, Share, Evolv. It's our motto, but it's also our philosophy. We act to make a difference in our own lives, the lives of the people around us, and the world through our product, financial freedom, and a commitment to philanthropy.
Archaea Active™ is the culmination of more than 15
Discovering 'La Bella Principessa'
Martin Kemp discusses 'La Bella Principessa', a profile portrait of a Milanese lady, a newly rediscovered work by Leonardo Da Vinci. In this podcast, Martin Kemp discusses the discovery of the painting itself and how he felt at the time
Treasures of Oxford - Athenian Wine Drinking Cup
Sir John Boardman talks about a wine drinking cup made in Ancient Athens; he also talks about what we can learn from it about Ancient Greek culture and the kind of lifestyle the Greeks had
Credit Crunch Live
Economics students of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford pose questions to a panel of experts about the credit crunch and global recession.
American-Sino Relations: Review
In the third and final part of this series, Rosemary Foot reviews and critiques the four factors outlined in the previous episode which could hinder good relations between the two nations
Economic growth and spiritual nourishment: Shenzhen and its entrepreneur citizens
Third lecture in the Martin D'Arcy lecture series on Christianity in China, in this lecture, Dr Wu looks at the rapid economic growth in the city of Shenzhen and also the spiritual growth within the city
5.1 Introduction
David Attenborough looks at ‘life in the trees’: examining how species have evolved to cope with arboreal living. You will learn how lemurs, anteaters, bears and many others have developed different methods to help movement and survival.
Revival in housing will happen sooner than expected, says Charles Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders
The U.S. real estate market is set for a rebound in 2011 as home prices sit at their most affordable levels in many places across the country, says Market Strategist Liz Ann Sonders of Charles Schwab. But the recovery will not be even across the U.S.
"De-globalization" may keep some business in the U.S. says Charles Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders
The cost differential between the U.S. and standard labor market rivals India and China has shrunk to levels where the cost of keeping businesses in America is for many businesses cheaper than the headache of outsourcing, said Charles Schwab Market Strategist Liz Ann Sonders
Thaci claims victory
Incumbent Prime Minister in Kosovo claims early victory in elections.
Fake Chinese products spread
Internet and lax customs enforcement drive growth of 600 billion US dollar counterfeit goods industry.
Introduction to Pitch Systems in Tonal Music Part 8: Tuning with Pure Major and Minor Triads
This presentation uses 3:2 ratios to create a 12-tone set very much like the twelve tone chromatic system in common use today. Despite its out-of-tune triads, this scale seems very functional but suffers from a gap in its frequencies, another comma, meaning it is not circular. Since the tonal pitch system relies on circularity (the ability to modulate from any key center to another without adjusting the tuning system), it becomes clear that although fifths and triads sound best when tuned to sim
