ESD.260J Logistics Systems (MIT)
This subject is a survey of the fundamental analytic tools, approaches, and techniques which are useful in the design and operation of logistics systems and integrated supply chains. The material is taught from a managerial perspective, with an emphasis on where and how specific tools can be used to improve the overall performance and reduce the total cost of a supply chain. We place a strong emphasis on the development and use of fundamental models to illustrate the underlying concepts involved
Matt Grocoff: "10,000 Years of Home Comfort"
Matt Grocoff is the founding principal of the THRIVE Net Zero Energy Consulting Collaborative. He has America's oldest and Michigan's first net-zero energy home. He explains how he did it, and shares tips to help you follow a similar path.
Lea Salonga | Talks at Google
Filipino Googlers Networks & PhilDev kicked off Filipino American History Month with Tony award winning singer and actress Lea Salonga! She's the first Filipino to be signed to an international record label - Atlantic Records in 1993. Lea's the first Asian to play the roles of Éponine and Fantine in Broadway's Les Misérables. She portrayed both roles on the musical's 10th and 25th anniversary show in London respectively after starring as Kim in Ms Saigon. She was also the singing voice of Jas
Joseph Lorenzo Hall: "War Stories from Technology Policy" | Talks at Google
Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Chief Technologist at The Center for Democracy & Technology, works on issues of technology policy and digital rights. In this talk Joseph will take you through a technical report he coordinated, authored by twenty of the world's top computer security and cryptography experts. He'll talk about the doubt cast this September when documents leaked by Edward Snowden exposed a systematic effort by the U.S. National Security Agency to subvert encryption software, hardware, standard
Beth Greer: "Missing Shade of Green, Creating a Super Natural Home" | Talks at Google
"Beth Greer, aka Super Natural Mom®, is an award winning journalist, corporate wellness consultant, healthy home expert and impassioned champion of toxin-free living. She's also a Huffington Post columnist, radio talk show host, and trusted consumer advocate, who is leading a movement of awareness and responsibility about healthy home, school and work environments. Her bestselling book, Super Natural Home: Improve Your Health, Home and Planet...One Room at a Time (Rodale), a Books for a Better
Talks at Google presents The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess
Winner of the 2012 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, the Broadway musical of The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS visits GOOGLE! See performances from award-winning members of the Broadway touring cast and meet members of the visionary force behind this stunning and stirring new staging, including Tony Award-winning director, Diane Paulus, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks and Trustee of Ira and Leonore Gershwin estate, Michael Strunsky.
Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer, "An Evening With" | Musicians at Google
A performance of spoken word, songs, stories, chats with the audience, and more than a few surprises with author Neil Gaiman (Coraline; The Graveyard Book) and musician/cult figure Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls; Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra).
Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer released a 3-disc set, titled An Evening With Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer on November 19th.
Previously unreleased to the general public, and culled from hours of live recordings, one CD features Gaiman and Palm
Joshua Klein, "Reputation Economics: Why Who You Know is Worth More Than..." | Talks at Google
Reputation Economics: Why Who You Know is Worth More Than What You Have
Klein details the ins and outs of reputation economics and how it incorporates all of the intangibles that make us human beings, such as the things we value, what kind of customer service we prefer, and what types of goods and services speak to us as individuals. Readers will be shocked to learn why exchanges in the realm of reputation economics don't require financial systems to operate, and that a person's reputation can
The painted garden
A freelance garden historian, Russell Bowes, will use the clues displayed or hidden in paintings to look at the major developments of gardening styles from ancient times to the present day.
Introduction Most contemporary evolutionary biologists study evolution experimentally using laboratory organisms such as Drosophila or natural systems in the wild. However, 18th and 19th century evolutionary biologists, including Darwin, emphasised the similarities between natural evolution and artificial ‘ improvement’ of livestock under domestication. They believed that studying domesticated animals and plants could illuminate the mechanisms of natural evolution. Indeed, Chapter 1 of On th
Réfugiés ? Migrants ? Rroms ? Les droits humains et la politique européenne des migrations ... Séance animée par Véronique NAHOUM-GRAPPE (EHESS/IIAC)
Bridge Collapse: The New Tacoma Narrows Bridge Opens
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge project is one of 10 signature transportation projects named as a finalist for the prestigious "America's Transportation Award." (04:39)
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2.1 Layers of communication An internetwork is a network of networks, composed of terminals, switches and communication media. The overall objective of an internetwork is to allow communication between two (or more) networks. This simple description hides the complications that arise in real networks, in which the types of medium vary, transmission errors occur, transmission links fail, switches fail or become congested, equipment is produced by different manufacturers, networks are owned and maintained by differ
7.3 Monitoring your progress Use your records or logbook to help you present a commentary that includes what you did to: obtain the necessary resources and support from others; allocate/negotiate responsibilities; comply with particular requirements, health and safety, company policy, etc; establish and maintain co-operative working relationships; exchange feedback on progress; resolve problems a
One Minute Romanian - flyer
From the makers of the award-winning online language course Coffee Break Spanish comes a new range of titles aimed at busy people who want to acquire the absolute basics of a language.
One Minute Languages from the Radio Lingua Network will introduce learners to a new language from scratch. The course is made up of ten lessons and covers topics including basic greetings, introducing yourself, and dealing with language problems. You’ll also learn numbers and other useful words and phrases whi
4.1 Conic sections Conic section is the collective name given to the shapes that we obtain by taking different plane slices through a double cone. The shapes that we obtain from these cross-sections are drawn below. It is thought that the Greek mathematician Menaechmus discovered the conic sections around 350 bc. 1.4.3 Summary The process toward European unification was initiated by top political elites in France, Italy, Germany and the Benelux countries after the Second World War. New collective actors are progressively being engaged in European affairs, among them the Labour movement, regional movements and new social movements such as the environmentalism of groups like Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. European elites, although engaged in 3.2 Maps and the circuit of knowledge The circuit of knowledge starts with a question or questions. For example, look at Figure 1 and Map 3, A and B. Figure 1 shows how the circuit of knowledge can be used to investigate a question, using Map
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