Jim Rogers: Fed policy bound to "end badly"
Sept. 21 - Jim Rogers, legendary global investor and a critic of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, says the Fed is manipulating the market by flooding it with dollars.
Sanford Biggers: Sweet Funk—An Introspective
In this focused selection of thirteen pieces, New York-based artist Sanford Biggers challenges and reinterprets symbols and legacies that inform contemporary America. The exhibition is Biggers' first museum presentation in New York, and it will also mark the Brooklyn debut of Blossom (2007), a large-scale multimedia installation that incorporates references ranging from lynchings to Buddha's enlightenment under the bodhi tree. Recently acquired by the Brooklyn Museum, Blossom also alludes to the
Public Health News App for iOS
'With the HSPH Public Health News app members of the Harvard School of Public Health community and others can connect with each other and stay up-to-date on breaking public health news and research, plus events and activities going on around the School.FEATURESNews & Info- Top news stories- Press releases- Global Health News stories - Harvard Public Health Review articles- Public health news from across the web- Our Twitter feedMultimedia- Videos from our YouTube channel- Podcasts on a
21H.416J Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective (MIT)
This course will survey the conditions of material life and the changing social and economic relations in medieval Europe with reference to the comparative context of contemporary Islamic, Chinese, and central Asian experiences. The subject covers the emergence and decline of feudal institutions, the transformation of peasant agriculture, living standards and the course of epidemic disease, and the ebb and flow of long-distance trade across the Eurasian system. Particular emphasis will be placed
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Students explore the biosphere and its associated environments and ecosystems in the context of creating a model ecosystem, learning along the way about the animals and resources. Students investigate different types of ecosystems, learn new vocabulary, and consider why a solid understanding of one's environment and the interdependence of an ecosystem can inform the choices we make and the way we engineer our communities. This lesson is part of a series of six lessons in which students use their
[20110923] Learn Hindi Daily Show–How was your trip to India?
Master Your Vocabulary. Take a look at: Vocabulary Quiz - Hindi->English; Picture->Hindi; Recording->Hindi; and more!Vocabulary List - Easy to study list with pictures and recordings for some wordsIntroduction Naraindas Jii...
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Sept. 23 - The world's largest PC maker, Hewlett Packard, named former eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman as its new boss, replacing the harshly-criticised Leo Apotheker. Hayley Platt reports.
Palestinians clash with Israeli police
Sept. 23 - Young men throw stones at an Israeli checkpoint as President Mahmoud Abbas's application for U.N. recognition provokes mixed reactions. Lily Grimes reports.
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Viewing the HALOE Instrument on UARS
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Abbas makes Palestinian statehood claim at U.N.
Sept. 23 - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds up paper application for statehood to applause at the United Nations. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Pollution Politics
Students learn how a bill becomes law in the U.S. Congress and research legislation related to global warming.
The Design of Decision Support Systems in Urban and Regional Planning
Planning methodology over the years, has shifted from situations whereby planners think, plan and design for the people to one whereby both people and planners have become important components of the planning process. Consequently, the important urban planning methodology of the last two decades that utilized mathematical models in the planning process is fast becoming obsolete. The paper argues that model building should move to the creation of urban decision support systems for the planning pr
Preparing a Microtome for Sectioning
The following steps are to be followed to prepare a microtome for sectioning
1. Loosen the specimen holder screws and fix the same using the pin. Lock the pin by moving it in clockwise direction. Tighten the screws.
2. Fix the knife holder base by sliding it on linear guide ways provided on the base of the equipment and then lock it using the clamping lever
3. Fix the knife holder by sliding it on guide ways provided on the knife holder base and lock it using the clamping lever
4. Carefully sli
Under pressure in Syria
Sept. 27 - Amateur video footage purports to show hundreds of Syrians converging in protest against the Assad regime. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Turing Award Winners Panel Discussion
Winners of the A.M.Turing Award, the Nobel Prize of computing, describe their singular contributions to the field, and their works’ impact. They also find time to discuss the current and future state of computer science.
Moderator Stephen Ward starts with 1990 prize winner Fernando Corbato, who remembers MITâ€
The Status of Women in Science and Engineering at MIT
It’s difficult to imagine that at one point in her career, National Academy of Science member Nancy Hopkins thought to quit. In her talk, she relates the historical challenges facing women in science and engineering at MIT, the university’s responses to these problems, and how in the end Hopkins avoided becoming a poster child o
SFCO 2011 – Embolisation et ligature portale dans le cancer colorectal chez le rat
Titre : SFCO 2011 – L’embolisation et la ligature portale induisent des réponses tumorales différentes sur les métastases hépatiques de cancer colorectal chez le rat.
Intervenant (s) : Mathilde WAGNER (Service de chirurgie colorectale et de radiologie INSERM U773 hôpital Beaujon Clichy)
Résumé : objectif : évaluer l’impact de la ligature et de l’embolisation portale sur la croissance tumorale des MHKCR dans un modèle expérimental.
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Reis rond de wereldwonderen Dit is een spel over de zeven wereldwonderen. In groep moeten de kinderen eerst informatie zoeken en verwerken tot goede vragen. Pas dan kan het eigenlijke spel gespeeld worden. Heel wat vaardigheden worden hier op de proef gesteld: sociale …
