Jasper Annexation Strategy, Jasper, Alabama
This document is a city plan for Jasper, Ala. dated January 23, 2002. Title on PDF: City of Jasper Annexation Strategy. Contents: Introduction -- Analysis and evaluation -- Annexation -- Implementation strategy.
Indian Springs Village Comprehensive Plan, Indian Springs, Alabama
This document is a city plan for Indian Springs, Ala. sometime between 1991 and 2008. Contents: Introduction -- Strategic development concept -- Natural environment -- Land use and community character -- Transportation -- Community services -- From concept to reality: implementing the plan.
Revisiting Marx: is Marxism still relevant?
This event brings together leading social and political thinkers to debate the contemporary meaning and relevance of Marx's legacy on the occasion of the republication of The Communist Manifesto, with an introduction by David Harvey. Meghnad Desai is emeritus professor of economics at LSE. David Harvey is professor of anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Leo Panitch is professor of political science at York University, Ontario.
Linear Systems and Optimization: Convex Optimization I
Concentrates on recognizing and solving convex optimization problems that arise in engineering. Convex sets, functions, and optimization problems. Basics of convex analysis. Least-squares, linear and quadratic programs, semidefinite programming, minimax, extremal volume, and other problems. Optimality conditions, duality theory, theorems of alternative, and applications. Interiorpoint methods. Applications to signal processing, control, digital and analog circuit design, computational geometry,
Introduction to mailing lists
Introduction to basic mailing list concepts, finding and using mailing lists.
Plinko Probability
Play Plinko and develop your knowledge of statistics. Drops balls through a triangular grid of pegs and see the balls random walk through the lattice. Watch the histogram of final positions build up and approach the binomial distribution.
CivilWar@ Smithsonian
This site examines the Civil War through collections of artifacts. Topics include slavery and abolition, Abraham Lincoln, the first Union officer killed, soldiering, weapons, leaders, cavalries, navies, life and culture, Appomattox, Winslow Homer, and Mathematics and Statistics. A Civil War time-line is included.
LSE Asia Forum - 08:00 - 09:45 (Chinese Translation) - Welcome & Introduction | Keynote Speech | Add
The fifth LSE Asia Forum took place in Beijing on 25-26 March 2010 with the support of the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS). The Forum addressed a wide range of issues of deep interest to policymakers and wider society, under a general theme relating to the recent challenges and changes that have affected the global economy. A key focus of the Forum was on the role of China in tackling the recent challenges, and what lessons can be learnt for the future. This session comprises the
Small Business Management
Course Objectives: To provide students with an introduction to the world of small business and an understanding of what is needed to start/run a small business. To state that the small business is the most dominant form of business in society is not an overstatement: over 98% of the businesses in the country employ less than 100 people. Therefore, the majority of you will most likely be either starting, owning, or occupying a significant management position in a small firm sometime in your lifet
Emerging Enterprise Consulting (Syracuse University)
Entrepreneurship is the key to the American dream. Sustainable growth and an enhanced standard of living for all Americans are dependent on a vibrant, growing entrepreneurial sector. There is a need for entrepreneurs with creative business concepts and the courage to turn these concepts into sustainable enterprises that create jobs for citizens and create value for customers. There is a key difference, however, between starting a business and growing one. The majority of small businesses fail to
Home Energy Audit
This is the first part of a two-part exercise in which students perform an audit and analysis of energy consumption in their homes. This part provides an introduction to the uses of energy in our homes.
Home Chemicals
This lesson provides an introduction to the occurrence and possible risks of household chemical products. Topics include some basic chemistry (how elements combine to form compounds) and how chemicals are classified.
Le plan d’évaluation en 16 facteurs des bibliothécaires à l’UdeM
Le plan d'évaluation en seize facteurs qui sert de référentiel à la fonction de bibliothécaire à l'UdeM est-il adapté aux nouvelles exigences de la profession? Pour le bénéfice de l'institution, il y aura peut-être avantage à moderniser et actualiser la structure d'emploi de cette catégorie de personnel pour une meilleure adéquation entre le type de compétences requises et les niveaux de responsabilités assumées.,Présenté au 34e congrès de la Corporation des bibliothécaires p
La roue de la vie dans les temples bouddhiques (video)
One of the first sights encountered by visitors to Buddhist temples is a large painting of the wheel of rebirth, depicting in horrific detail the pains (less often the pleasures) that await people after death. In this illustrated talk, Stephen F. Teiser explains how these representations of the Buddhist worldview have been imagined in Buddhist art over the centuries. The lecture offers an introduction to Buddhist cosmology, Buddhist art, and the spatial and ritual organization of Buddhist te
Coughlin Hit by Father Cox as Nazi Parrot article reprint
Civil Rights; Pittsburgh Politics; Father Cox; Father Coughlin;Reprint of a newspaper article about Father Cox's accusation that "radio priest" Father Coughlin is anti-Semitic and anti-catholic.
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Labor Issues;Steel workers; Mine workers; Daily Worker; Sunday Worker;Part of a newsletter including local Communist party recruitment drive statistics.
Le métier de sociologue (video)
Pour la plupart des étudiants de premier cycle, la sociologie s'apparente davantage à une propédeutique aux concours administratifs qu'à un débouché vers le métier de sociologue. Une enquête menée par Odile Piriou auprès d'étudiants en sociologie a montré qu'ils ne s'identifient guère à des "sociologues". Ce n'est pas le cas pour leurs confrères de "philo", de "psycho" ou encore "d'éco". Et si l'identification s'opère, c'est en référ
Open Web Mapping
This course involves the design, development, and deployment of interactive mapping tools distributed via the World Wide Web and using “open” (non-proprietary, community-developed) standards and software code. It will also prepare students to design, develop, and implement custom web mapping applications using open standards and open source software. On completion of the course, students will be able to build and deploy a complete web mapping solution including selecting the spatial data, th
Geospatial System Analysis and Design
The course provides the geospatial information system professional an overview of systems analysis and design with emphasis the concepts behind the design process including: business use case modeling, business object modeling, requirements definition, analysis and preliminary design, and, finally, detailed design and deployment. The concepts of the geospatial software and database development process are introduced and the limitations of current modeling techniques are addressed within the spat
Game Theory, Fall 2008
This is a standard course in "game theory," designed with the School of Information MSI students as the primary audience. This course is the pre-requisite for several ICD courses. To be well-prepared for management, policy and analysis in the information professions you need to first have a solid grounding in game theory and its applications to problem solving. Thus, the primary objective is to teach you a set of useful theories and how to apply them to solve problems. The emphasis is on method
