Human Rights
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." This is what it says in the very first Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The idea of Human Rights is one of the most important fundaments of human co-existence. At the same time human rights are subject to fierce debates and Human Rights violations are common all over the world.But what exactly are Human Rights? Who is responsible for protecting them? And do they really apply to all people? These are the questi
Dr. James Maskalyk, author of Six Months in Sudan
Dr. James Maskalyk, author of Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-Torn Village, speaks at The Grandest Challenge Symposium and is interviewed by moderator Carol Off.
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Imagine Cup BUILD 2012 Five Imagine Cup Teams attended BUILD 2012! Imagine Cup, the world's premier student technology competition, invited students representing Turkey, Tunisia, Bosnia, Belgium, and Korea to travel to MSFT headquarters where they had an amazing time. Hear directly from the students about what they think of Windows 8, and don't forget to catch all the Imagine Cup news first by following Imagine Cup on Twitt
20 great podcasts for busy teachers I found these in many ways superseded what I learnt about teac
A few years back I worked at a school that was about an hour from where I lived. Initially the drive used to drive me insane, but then someone put me onto some really great teaching podcasts.
The need for a department of death and renewal
Nick Wood, entrepreneur and business advisor, looks at why all businesses today need a 'death and renewal' department that has the ability to make difficult decisions to ensure the long-term survival of the organisation
Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries
This interactive activity adapted from NASA features world maps that identify different sections of the Earth's crust called tectonic plates. The locations of different types of plate boundaries are also identified, including convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.
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Iedereen is verschillend : Lied In deze bijdrage vind je de partituur van het lied 'verschillend'. Het lied gaat over anders zijn. Je kan het ook gebruiken als anti-pestlied. Om de partituur te openen moet je …
Alle kinderen van de wereld : Lied In deze bijdrage vind je de partituur van een lied dat je kan zingen naar aanleiding van de dag van de kinderrechten.
A Lunchtime Poetry Reading – Emma Neale
The Department of English presents a lunchtime poetry reading featuring author Emma Neale. Emma is the 2012 Burns Fellow at the University of Otago and has published several successful volumes of poetry and novels. 11 September 2012.
Boiler Bytes: The Morrill Act
A look back at the enduring legacy of the 150 year-old law passed by Abraham Lincoln that allowed for the creation of institutions of higher learning.
JavaScript Part 3: PageControl objects and navigation | Build your first Windows Store app This is the third video in a 3-part series designed to build your first Windows Store app. In this video, you'll learn how about PageControl objects, how to build a navigation app, how to handle page-to-page navigation, and how to add an app bar.
Octagon Song
The Octagon Song Video is a Shape Song Video that teaches the Octagon.
These Shape Videos teach the Shape Names, Geometry Skills, Math
Vocabulary, Shape Recognition, and use Audio, Visual, and Kinesthetic
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Managing Uncertainty [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Richard Bradley | How should we manage the uncertainty that we face in our decision making? Can this uncertainty be measured and tamed? What are the limits of our techniques for doing so? Richard Bradley is professor of philosophy at LSE.
1.6.3 Fiscal retrenchment? If we turn to fiscal issues, at the time of entry to the EU in 2004, six of the ten entry countries had government deficits in excess of the SGP/ Maastricht Treaty 3 per cent of GDP rule: the Czech Republic (−5.9 per cent), Cyprus (−4.6 per cent), Hungary (−4.9 per cent), Malta (−5.9 per cent), Poland (−6.0 per cent) and Slovakia (−4.1 per cent). Thus these countries would be required to cut back on their public expenditures or increase taxes so as to move into a more or less bala
"Fool's Gold" Standards In a recent Mises Daily, "A Golden Opportunity," Patrick Barron and Godfrey Bloom make the case for Germany to withdraw from the monetary union combined with a strong argument that "a golden Deutsche Mark is possible and desirable." This recommendation may be a step in the right direction, but it leaves Germany with a c
Floods inundate Bolivia
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Tens of thousands of residents affected by massive floods and heavy rains across Bolivia. Julie Noce reports
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The Presidential Election Results: Implications for U.S. Healthcare | HSPH
Two days after Barack Obama was reelected as the President of the U.S., The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health convened policy experts to explore the implications of the outcome for the healthcare system. How will Medicare be affected? How will key health system players such as hospitals and doctors be affected? Will the recently upheld healthcare law be newly scrutinized? And how will the U.S. Congress respond? This event was presented in collaboration with Reuters.
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