"The Mom" song, sung to the William Tell Overture,by Anita Renfroe. What a mom says in 24 hours, condensed into 2 minutes and 55 seconds! Hilarious and talented!Get up nowGet up nowGet up out of bedWash your faceBrush your teethComb your sleepyheadHere's your clothes and your shoesHear the words I saidGet up now! Get up and make your bedAre you hot? Are you cold?Are you wearing that?Where's your books and your lunch and your homework at?Grab your coat and gloves and your scarf and hatDon't forget! You gotta feed the catEat your breakfast, the experts tell us it's the most important meal of allTake your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tallPlease remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 todayDon't forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must playDon't s
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During his Last Lecture at Carneige Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Professor Randy Pausch joked "For the freshmen, this is paper" when discussing the World Book Encyclopedia. Now he's brought out his Last Lecture in this classic format. Even if you've watched Randy on Youtube, it's still worth your money.Dictated to Wall Street Journal columnist Jeffrey Zaslow by Pausch during the latter's daily bike ride, the book shows how Pausch could not have made it without the help of so many people in his life, including his parents "My parents knew what it took to really help people", football Coach Graham "He gave me a feedback loop for life" and his college mentor Andy van Dam.We also learn about how he dealt with complications during the birth of his children and the news that his cancer was t
Mark Morial has seen it all. As a youngster, he grew up going to mostly white schools in New Orleans as one of the few African-Americans in the schools. He always got a strong education, since he was taught by the Jesuits. As he grew older, and got into politics, and wound up serving as mayor of New Orleans from 1994 to 2002.Last night, be brought his experiences as leader of one of the nation's most black cities to St. Peter's Prep as the keynote speaker of the 11th-annual Arrupe Lecture Series at St. Peter's Prep. And though he didn't speak with the passion you might expect from a civil rights leader, he still brought a great message of hope — of hope that future generations of Americans will embrace the diversity that will envelop the nation by 2050."Race in America is such a tough to
St. Peter's Prep's annual Arrupe Lecture features National Urban League President Marc Morial, who will give a talk on race relations in the year 2008. Morial is the former mayor of New Orleans. The lecture, at St. Peter's Church in Downtown Jersey City, is free and open to the public, and begins at 6 p.m. tonight (Wednesday).
Ini ada info free lecture, pembicara dari University of Groningen Belanda. Datang langsung dan daftar pada hari H juga bisa.
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Schoolof Pharmacy ITBcordially invites lecturer, researcher, and students to attend a free seminar in the field of protein biotechnology. In this opportunity, we are honored to have a distinguished lecture and researcher from the Department of [...]
A few months ago friend and fellow blogger, Kel, emailed me the now-famous video of Randy Pausch's lecture on achieving your childhood dreams. At the time I had never seen it, nor did I know what she was sending, but as I sat down to watch I was drawn in. What a powerful message and what a sad story! To know that this college professor was diagnosed with cancer, his last lecture held even more
Elizabeth Warren teaches contract law, bankruptcy, and commercial law at Harvard Law School. This is sort of a big deal. This lecture entails the increasingly harsh financial conditions of the middle class family today.
Problem-Solving Methods: Understanding, Description, Development, and Reuse (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) (Kindle Edition)This book provides a theory, a formal language, and a practical methodology for the specification, use, and reuse of problem-solving methods. The framework developed by the author characterizes knowledge-based systems as a particular type of software architecture where the applications are developed by integrating generic task specifications, problem solving methods, and domain models: this approach turns knowledge engineering into a software engineering discipline. All in all, this work, as an applicable theory of knowledge engineering, consolidates research work done during several decades.The present popularity of Internet-based services will provide unpreceden
I just got back from seeing our great friend and teacher, Henry Copeland. I posted a video of Henry a few days back and a couple of the videos that YouTube suggested as similar was a pair of videos by Henry Kono. The first one is a very fine lesson and the second is a very lovely aiki demonstration. Much the sort of aiki I'm talking about in much of my blog. Enjoy...I enjoyed his discussion of the eidetic teaching style of OSensei. I've talked about that elsewhere. I think (I'm guessing) that what Ueshiba and Kono were calling the "Yin and Yang" solution to the aiki problem is the same thing that we're talking about when we refer to the Kito principle - the idea that energy waxes and wanes. You can read more of my ideas on the Kito principle here and here. I also find it interesting that
Early Indian Influence in Southeast Asia: References on Southeast Asia in ancient Tamil literature
Date/Time: Saturday Apr 26, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue: Level 5 - Possibility in National Library
Language: Tamil
Dr S.P. Thinnappan, from South Asian Studies Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS,will talk on the early references about Southeast Asia made in ancient Tamil literature, [...]
Randy starts talking about 8:30 into the video. This is an amazing video. Dr. Pausch discusses how to live life to its fullest. He is currently dying of pancreatic cancer. You can see his personal website here: ~pausch/news/index.html
Thanks to Fran for this.A remarkable man, Professor Randy Pausch gives a brilliant lecture. Despite having been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, he looks for the bright side of life and tells how brick walls impede us for a reason. "Glass half full" could describe this man. I wish that I could meet him. If ever there was an American version of the late David Brunton, it is Randy Pausch.You can hear about his roles at Carnegie and elsewhere in the Youtube video.Watch the video. It'll do more for you than any other YouTube.A full transcript is here.Here's a good quote:How do you get people to help you? By telling the truth. Being earnest. I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term.
The Last Lecture is the most popular book for now, written by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow as the author. In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations [...]
(It's the last day of classes: time for a little nihilistic despair!)
Bub has been going through a boundary-testing period lately, flatly refusing to carry out basic instructions. If I say, "Time to go to the car, Bub!" he replies, "No, I don't think so. Not now. I will never, never do it. I'm not going."
Fortunately, children are easy to trick. "Bub, would you like to wear your boots to
Visiting Lecturer Jeffrey Sebastian (2003 graduate of Petra's Visual Communication Design major /DKV'99), who's currently a digital creative freelancer, gave a showcase of his works yesterday in class, and revealed a recent project and case study from client Star Mild's ad agency. You can see his resume and some of his works on his site at creativetrees.com.This will be followed later this semester by a three-day Digital Imaging seminar and workshop scheduled in the end of May. The event will bring in some of the top photographers and digital creatives from Jakarta to explain and demonstrate to us about the DI industry and also the whole process from planning to execution. The seminar will be open to the whole Visual Communication Design department. The 2-day-workshop, however, will be lim
The Last Lecture: Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, is releasing a book based on his famous lecture he gave on Sept 18 2007.Professor Pausch gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. The video watched by 10 million people so far, talks about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. Click here or here to watch Professor Pausch's lecture.Click here to read the The New York Times news article.
John Illman gave the second lecture today, on health journalism.A former editor of GP magazine, he spoke on famous medical journalists such as Doctor Thomas Stuttaford, and discussed his career.He used the MMR controversy as an example of the pitfalls of health journalists and gave possible reasons why it occured:1. Children as a focus2. Well-known people such as Tony Blair were involved.3. Anti-Vaccine lobby powerful.4. Political tool5. A departure from recieved wisdom.
My first choice of specialist journalism seminar is Business.Today we had a lecture on this topic from the seminar tutor, Edward Russel-Walling.He told us that "Business is big news" and that money is a neutral thing, as it can be used to good or bad effect.Some companies are more powerful than countries, and the biggest is ExxonMobil, an oil and gas company, with its HQ in Irving, Texas.Options available for journalists include being a personal finance reporter or a trade reporter.Russel-Walling also quoted Henry R. Luce"There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.”Business journalism looks extremly worthwide.
Hybrid Lecture--Online Format Increases Student Grades in an Undergraduate Exercise Physiology Course at a Large Urban UniversityCollege instructors who use a hybrid approach that includes online learning and in-class lectures are likely to see greater achievement than those who only use a traditional in-class approach to teaching, a study by Brian K. McFarlin, an assistant professor of physiology at the University of Houston, suggests.Mr. McFarlin instructed one kinesiology class using both in-class lectures and an interactive Web site, and another kinesiology class with identical material using only in-class lectures. He found that the final student grades in the hybrid class were about 10 percent higher than those in the traditional class.The author gathered data from the final grades o
From the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore:
The Mỹ Sơn and Pô Nagar Nha Trang Sanctuaries: On the Cosmological Dualist Cult of the Champa Kingdom in Central Vietnam as...
Visit SEAArch to read the full story, and other stories about the archaeology of Southeast Asia.
Thanks to ConcernedTNCitizens for hosting this lecture:On Wednesday, April 2, Concerned TN Citizens will present a lecture by Dr. Joseph Fitsanakis entitled "Why We Can't 'Win' In Iraq" at 7:00 pm at the Acoustic Coffeehouse (Next Door), 415 W. Walnut Street, Johnson City.Dr. Fitsanakis holds a PhD in Political Science and is an author, lecturer, and activist. He is the founder of Democracy Now! Tri-Cities and a member of Concerned TN Citizens. He has lived and studied in four countries and has taught and lectured at King College in Bristol. We hope you will join us for this noteworthy and enlightening event. Many thanks to Jim & Lori Benelisha for allowing Concerned TN Citizens to use Next Door.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) 2008 Faraday lectures:
"The use of different types of medical imaging techniques are hugely important in all areas of healthcare. The brain-computer music interface, which is being developed at the University of Plymouth is at the cutting edge of research into assistive music technology. The work of Prof Eduardo Miranda and his team will be
The man was in no shape to drive, so he wisely left his car parked and walked home.
As he was walking unsteadily along, he was stopped by a policeman. “What are you doing out here at 2 A.M.?” said the officer.
“I’m going to a lecture.” The man said.
“And who is going to give a lecture [...]
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My wife recently sent me a link to a to a video clip from an episode of Oprah where where Professor Randy Pausch from Carnegie Mellon University reprized a lecture he did for his students call the last lecture. Carnegie Mellon asked their professors to do a lecture for their students, as [...]
For anyone interested in underwater archaeology and the Southeast Asian ceramics trade, you might be interested in this talk at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore.
The Cargo of the East...
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Anyone interested in the (pre)history of Singapore might be interested in this series of lectures to be held at the National Museum of Singapore. The first lecture held on April 5 entitled...
Visit SEAArch to read the full story, and other stories about the archaeology of Southeast Asia.
I think I’ll go to this. Haverstock is a very inspiring person to listen to.
March 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Education Auditorium at the University of Regina.
Dr. Lynda Haverstock to present the 2008 Stapleford Lecture
The Honourable Dr. Lynda Haverstock will present a talk entitled “Citizenship, Governance and Duty” for the 2008 Stapleford Lecture.
“As [...]
Renowned Islamic Scholar Dr Mohammed Al-Majali will be conducting a lecture in Melbourne for sisters only. Dr Mohammed is the Dean of Shariah Department at the University of Jordan and the Vice President of The Conservation of the Holy Quran Society.
Topic:”Righteousness Is A Woman’s Key To Power” will be conducted in Arabic
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Today, a video to inspire.
To help you decide to make the most of today.
If you need a kick up the backside... something to make you jump into action... this is it.
Click here to watch Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture."
Enjoy :)
Meet arzhou, fellow blogger / pingster / coursemate from NUS Engineering.
One moment he was lecturing me to pay attention to the lecture, the next moment he was sound asleep and threatening to collapse onto me. Then all out of a sudden he would spring up and scribble pointers in his lecture notes. And he rocks! Every nod from his head would send the row of lecture seats shaking.
I swear I
Today David Matthews gave a lecture on sports journalism, which is the option he will teach in May.He discussed his books Looking For A Fight (about boxing) and Man Buys Dog (about greyhound racing) , and discussed the content of the seminars.This content includes going live, commentating, the Press Pack, writing copy before the game finishes, the science behind sport, and writing for sport.David also reminded people that sport isn't just about football and cricket.Sports journalism is worth understanding, but I won't be choosing it as my specialism. I don't have enough interest in sport to justify a career in it, though I try to improve my knowledge. A fair number of our class will be picking sport as their option.
Looks like it will be a while before crooks and their just rewards meet up. This in from the Guardian: Tony Blair is to join Yale later this year, teaching on a course on faith and globalisation, the US Ivy League university announced today. As the Howland Distinguished Fellow for the next academic year, the former prime minister will lead a seminar and participate in a number of events
Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" is an experience that will change your life forever. He's the professor from Carnegie Mellon University that is dying of pancreatic cancer. The "Last Lecture" that he gave to his class has become the stuff of legends and deservedly so. Much like the lessons that Morrie taught us in "Tuesday with Morrie", Randy shakes us all to our inner core with an eye-opening and heart-wrenching talk about the meaning of life, not death. He talks about dreams and love and the joys of living life to the fullest. It is an unbelievably moving experience so brace yourself. Randy has published a book called "The Last Lecture" which chronicles his amazing life. Here's his website. Here's the transcript. Here is the full Oprah show which includes a 12-minute scaled down version of
Yesterday afternoon we had a lecture on travel journalism from Andrew Grant-Adamson.It was a good lecture with some nice jokes, and I'd like to write travel journalism in the future.Andrew mentioned AA Gill's desire "to interview a place as if it were a person." and he made clear that travel journalism doesn't have to be far-flung or in a beautiful place.Not sure if I'll choose if as my module, as I'd like to specialise in financial news.
"Animal Spirits": Every Recession Has Been Triggered by a Fall in Private Investment; The Algebra of the IS Curve:; Investment and the Real Interest Rate; Understanding the IS Curve; The Task of the Federal Reserve.
Well, we're having an interesting time over here. We're not reading or watching fiction but trying to run a fiction blog. Who's dumb idea was that? All the same, I'm having a difficult time restraining Deej, a.k.a. Mr. Hypocrite, from running out to see The Other Boleyn Girl, which he only wants to see because it has Natalie Portman in it.In other news, I happened across this column from Martha Brockenbrough, criticizing the Hannah Montana phenomenon. Being the kid lit/movie reviewer here, I've maintained a mild interest in this even though I've not seen a single episode of the show and don't think I've heard any of her songs. Disney has a consistent record of recycling formulas and making them sell; when I heard the basic plot, that a girl has a secret double life as a pop star, I immedia
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving talk, "Really...
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Last night, after work, I was lucky enough to be able to go to one of the Technology highlights of the year, the annual Turing Lecture (2008). Obviously named after Alan Turing, the Computing Science pioneer, who along with being one of the main participants at
One of my flaws and one of my strengths is impatience (flaw) and patience (strength).My impatience manifests pretty consistently with "forwards" that I receive via email. If it's printed and I see it's long, I usually immediately delete it. If it's video and the feed is long - same thing. Click. Gone.The first part of this video (which, admittedly, is long) caught my attention, and I was locked on it.Death. Mortality. Spirituality. Sacrifice. Peace.Love.Dr. Randy Pausch reprises his "Last Lecture" on the Oprah show. The segment is hosted by Oprah and Dr. Oz. This video has been shared and viewed over a million times.Do yourself a huge favor and watch, at the very least, Randy Pausch's lecture. H
Hailed as Apollo Lykeios, "Wolfish Apollo," the god of reason is actually an ambiguous figure. Perhaps his nickname merely alludes to his role as protector of shepherds, who claimed him as patron; but the archer god -- like his twin sister -- has a ferocious side.He kills the Cyclopes, smiths of Zeus, for forging the thunderbolts that slew Apollo's son Asklepios.He slays the python, sacred serpent of Gaia. For these crimes, Apollo is polluted with miasma, blood-guilt, and must undergo purification. Apollo the murderer becomes god of law; bringer of plague, he is the god of medicine. In Euripides' Eumenides, Orestes calls on Apollo as his defense lawyer after killing his mother to avenge his father's murderer.(Read on...)Also in this section:Recommended Links to Englishtranslations of anci
Le Chat botté est un conte peu moral de Charles Perrault mettant en scène un chat certes malin mais très peu scrupuleux.
On trouvera ici :
- une lecture du conte par Ezwa ;
- une autre par le clpav ;
Et en anglais (Puss in boots) :
- les pages consacrées au conte par Sur la Lune ;
- la lecture d’une version illustrée de 1873 ;
A few weeks ago Tony posted about the recent trend of uploading University lectures onto the internet. His point was that professors are usually more interested in the research side of things — the lectures are an annoyance for many profs. If that is the case, the more profs post these lectures, the more the importance of the live presentation is diminished. In the end, why have a lecture at all? Why not take tuition fees in return for a nice little chunk of software that includes a smattering of eLectures and an eLibrary, and be done with it?
I agree. Why not?
A degree is an essential requirement for upward mobility. Trust me, I know. Gone are the zero to hero days on your own talent, it just doesn’t happen, other than a few entrepreneurial exceptions. To be a part of the system you need a degree.
Not that the education is what is looked for, that is the lamentable fact. A friend of mine works in insurance on the back of a geology degree; my wife is an ac
Les fées est ce conte étrange, au nom lui-même étrange, de Charles Perrault qui raconte l’histoire de deux soeurs, l’une gentille et l’autre méchante. La première va au puit, rencontre une vieille femme qui lui demande à boire. La jeune fille lui donne à boire aimablement ; elle est parée d’un enchantement qui fait que, désormais, ses paroles s’accompagneront de fleurs et de pierres précieuses. La seconde va elle-même ensuite au puit ; elle se montre désagréable avec une belle jeune femme qui lui demande à boire ; elle s’en retourne du puit hantée d’un sortilège qui fait que les mots sortiront désormais de sa bouche accompagnés de serpents et de crapauds.
On trouvera derrière ces liens :
les pages que l’excellent site américain Sur la lune consacre à la version anglaise de ce conte : Diamonds and Toads.
un enregistrement du conte par Ezwa
un enregistrement du conte par le clpav
Le petit chaperon rouge est un conte bien connu de Charles Perrault, mais il a été tellement édulcoré et infantilisé (en partie à cause d’une sorte de symbiose que les frères Grimm en firent avec Le loup et les sept chevreaux), qu’on a fini par oublier la version originelle, et sa fin tragique.
On trouvera sur l’excellent site anglophone Sur la lune tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur les versions anglaises de ce conte : the Little Red Riding Hood.
On pourra en entendre ici différents enregistrements :
en français :
par Ezwa ;
par le clpav ;
par JiF, avec une animation en flash
en anglais :
l’excellente lecture, avec animation, du British Council ;
une autre, du même genre, sur le site pour enfants de la BBC.
Suite et fin (durant cinquante minutes) de l’histoire d’Ali Baba, qui est bien plutôt celle de Morgiane, l’esclave pleine d’astuce et d’ingéniosité.
A ce lointain propos, on ira voir la magnifique exposition Le Chant du monde que le musée du Louvre consacre à l’art de l’Iran safavide. On y verra des manuscrits illustrés magnifiquement, avec une richesse de détails et une précision qui ne peuvent être reproduites (et que ni le catalogue, ni les cartes postales éditées à cette occasion ne parviennent à reproduire).
Certaines pièces sont magnifiques, notamment celles affichant en fond des couleurs fortes, mauves, roses, bleues ou vertes (par exemple la Page du manuscrit du Shāh-Nāme de Shāh Tahmāsp : Zāl à cheval lève les yeux vers l’aire du Sīmorgh), que l’ignorant de cet art que je suis ne prêtait pas à ce genre de dessins, dont j’avais une idée trop maniériste)
Et ceux qui l’ont lu comprendront mi
The Israel Lobby, Israel’s role in the US occupation of Iraq … and its threats against Iran, they are all carefully explained by John Mearsheimer & Stephen Walt authors of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy in this audiocast from CHIASMOS.
A must listen for anyone interested in the Middle East and what is behind the current conflicts. It is roughly 1′30″, about 50-50 lecture and Q&As.
Go to: “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy”
I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty sure the law considers a 16 year old, a minor. Anyone worth their law degree should know that, right?
But what can you expect from someone who even timed the filing of his lawsuit during a publicly humiliating period? Yep. I thought so.
And I'm glad that Vanessa and her current lawyer are not backing down.
TMZ has obtained the papers filed by Vanessa's camp
I was sent a link to the video of this lecture. I really enjoyed and I thought I’d share it here.GoogleVideoCarnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007. In his moving talk, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.And here’s a link to Dr. Pausch’s own Web site.http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/And some coverage in the Wall Street Journal.http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119024238402033039.htmlCheck out the tribute quiz on the lecture at http://www.mystudiyo.com/activity.php?act=558 : you can add your own questions at the end of the quiz.Some lessons which especially moved me:1. Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.2. Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.3. Never lose the child-like wonder.4. If we
La sultane Scheherazade, éveillée par la vigilance de Dinarzade, sa soeur, raconta au sultan des Indes, son époux, l’histoire à laquelle il s’attendait.
Puissant sultan, dit-elle, dans une ville de Perse, aux confins des Etats de Votre Majesté, il y avait deux frères, dont l’un se nommait Cassim et l’autre Ali Baba. Comme leur père neleur avait laissé que peu de biens, et qu’ils les avaient partagés également, il semble que leur fortune devait être égale : le hasard néanmoins en disposa autrement.
Cassim épousa une femme qui, peu de temps après leur mariage, devint héritière d’une boutique bien garnie, d’un magasin rempli de bonnes marchandises, et de biens en fonds deterre qui le mirent tout à coup à son aise et le rendirent un des marchands les plus riches de la ville. Ali Baba, au contraire, qui avait épousé une femme aussi pauvre que lui, était logé fort pauvrement, et il n’avait d’autre industrie pour gagner sa vie et de quoi s’entreten
La Barbe bleue est un conte assez effrayant de Charles Perrault, très joliment illustré par Gustave Doré.
Il était une fois un homme qui avait de belles maisons à la ville et à la campagne, de la vaisselle d’or et d’argent, des meubles en broderies et des carrosses tout dorés. Mais, par malheur, cet homme avait la barbe bleue : cela le rendait si laid et si terrible, qu’il n’était ni femme ni fille qui ne s’enfuît de devant lui.
Une de ses voisines, dame de qualité, avait deux filles parfaitement belles. Il lui en demanda une en mariage, et lui laissa le choix de celle qu’elle voudrait lui donner. Elles n’en voulaient point toutes deux, et se le renvoyaient l’une à l’autre, ne pouvant se résoudre à prendre un homme qui eût la barbe bleue. Ce qui les dégoûtait encore, c’est qu’il avait déjà épousé plusieurs femmes, et qu’on ne savait ce que ces femmes étaient devenues.
La Barbe bleue, pour fa
The 3 people at the row in front (ie titus, snoookems and tata) kept turning their heads back. It was so obvious they were hunting for someone interesting.hj was telling me kimmy just flew off to Japan, but I told him that kimmy was there for quite some time, "unless she bluffed me". Then the 3 people in front turned back in unison and exclaimed, "you mean she bluffed you?!?!"
Wrong channel.I
“IN 1999, legendary theoretical physicist Hans Bethe delivered three lectures on quantum theory to his neighbors at the Kendal of Ithaca retirement community (near Cornell University). Given by Professor Bethe at age 93, the lectures are presented here as QuickTime videos synchronized with slides of his talking points and archival material.
Intended for an audience of Professor Bethe’s neighbors at Kendal, the lectures hold appeal for experts and non-experts alike. The presentation makes use of limited mathematics while focusing on the personal and historical perspectives of one of the principal architects of quantum theory whose career in physics spans 75 years.
A video introduction and appreciation areprovided by Professor Silvan S. Schweber, the physicist and science historian who is Professor Bethe’s biographer, and Edwin
Dr. James Watson, who won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for helping discover the structure of DNA, had his lecture canceled by a British Museum because he claimed that black people are not as intelligent as white people during a newspaper interview. This comment, and others during the interview, has brought out a lot of criticism after it was published in the Sunday Times.
Watson told the newspaper that he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa,” and that “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours — whereas all the testing says not really.” The lecture by Watson was supposed to be held at the London Science Museum, but after his comments during the newspaper interview, they canceled it, saying the comments had “gone beyond the point of acceptable debate.”
British Open University professor Steven Rose said, “He should recognize that statements of this sort have racist function and
Created by Beata Van Berkom, this is a humorous lecture which suceeds admirably in spreading an important 9/11 message. You can find out more about Beata on her website or by visiting her youtube page.Enjoy! I am Tinfoil Hat Lady, a.k.a. Hilarioous Schnorklefarken. I asks obvious questions, subvert consensus reality, probe public paradox and all while you laugh.Can you handle my truth? Or is the joke on you?Technorati Tags:911, September 11th 2001, 911 Truth, 911 Eyewitness, 911 ommissions, 911 demolition, United 93, Current Affairs, Terrorism, 911 truth movement, Illuminati, New World Order, 911 commission, 911 commission report, 9/11 truth canada, tyranny, Bush, Freedom, Cover Up, america, canada, World Trade Center, WTC, 911 Proof, Government
Les trois petits cochons est un vieux conte dont l’origine n’est pas très connue. Walt Disney en a tiré un très célèbre court métrage dont on trouvera ici la musique.
La version lue ici est tirée de la version moderne, elle même édulcorée par rapport à la version d’origine, nettement plus crue (les deux premiers cochons sont mangés par le loup ; le loup finit mangé par l’aîné des cochons).
Quoi qu’il en soit, l’histoire est très morale puisque elle montre l’utilité du travail et de la peine qu’on prend.
On trouvera ici les pages très complètes que Sur la lune consacre à ce conte.
Ici, une lecture du conte en anglais : The three little pigs.
Ici, en chinois.
Et ici, une version illustrée par les élèves d’une école.
The Swedes have always been highly regarded for their take on tasteful minimalism and intrinsic utilitarian design. Their abilities to think on a deeper level that transcends the minds of many of today’s top conceptualists. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to tap into these sources of inspiration and knowledge behind the ideas?
Design boost, a unique new Swedish concept, brings together the industrys best for meetings, chats, and shows to initiate thought provoking questions and inspire actions that reveal to its participants how sustainability in design relates to a better society for all. The lecture day on October 18th, will reveal a panel of speakers that will give an incredible insight on sustainable design and how designers can integrate many of these concepts into their current work. Mathilda Tham, visiting tutor of Goldsmiths College Design department, will also be speaking at the event. She is highly regarded for her studies on trend forecasting, sustainability, fashion, an
Une fable d’Esope, reprise par Phèdre, puis par Jean de La Fontaine
Le texte de Phèdre est le suivant :
Il ne faut nuire à personne. Mais si on vous offense, rendez la pareille, comme le montre cette fable.
Le Renard dit-on, invita le premier la Cigogne à souper, et lui servit sur une assiette au breuvage qu’elle ne put goûter, malgré tout son appétit. La Cigogne, à son tour, invita le Renard, et lui offrit une bouteille pleine de viande hachée. Elle se rassasie à loisir, en y introduisant son long bec, et torture son convive affamé. Comme il léchait en vain le col de la bouteille, l’oiseau voyageur, paraît-il, lui tint ce langage : « Il faut souffrir, sans se plaindre, ce dont on a donné l’exemple. »
Professor Randy Pausch delivered his "Last Public Lecture", entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" at Carnegie Mellon University on September 18, 2007. Computer Science Professor Randy Pausch, has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer (see his blog for details), He gives excellent advice on how to live your life and achieve your most outrageous dreams. It’s a must see for entrepreneurs, and really anyone looking for a refresher course on living life to achieve your maximum creative potential.
"The brick walls are not there to keep us out, the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something."
What wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance?
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Jacques et le haricot magique est la traduction française (et très inférieure à la version anglaise, plus riche et plus effrayante, avec les “Fe Fa Fi Fo Fum” de l’ogre et son désir de manger de l’Englishman) d’un conte d’origine anglaise, dont le titre original est Jack and the Beanstalk.
C’est un conte curieux, rempli d’objets et d’êtres singuliers. Il est très populaire dans les pays anglo-saxons et on trouve sur Internet une multitude de sites qui y sont consacrés.
C’est ainsi qu’on trouvera ici, une comparaison des trois versions d’origine.
Si on veut l’écouter en anglais, on trouvera deux versions acompagnées d’images animées :
une sur le site pour enfants de la BBC,
une autre sur le site du British Council
On trouvera ici une lecture sans images de Jack and the Beanstalk.
Et on trouvera enfin sur l’excellent (et anglophone) Sur la lune, site de référence pour tout ce qui
I choose draw.Here's the Three Armed Baby Bandit.....who also likes ornate and expensive mantle clocks.Thanks for providing the narrow escape from almost having to learn history Art Jumble!!!Cheers!Elaine
To recap: Pharmacologists use a cute little acronym, ADME, to describe the path that a drug takes through the body: Absorption into the bloodstream, Distribution to the tissues, Metabolism in some of those tissues to produce metabolites, and finally Elimination in body wastes like urine and poop.Heh. I said poop.Today is distribution day. Well, make that more like absorption and distribution day. Allow me to explain.Most routes of administration involve the delivery of a drug into the body at a site removed from the bloodstream. Hence the drug must pass across cell membranes (including those of the cells that make up the walls of blood vessels) to reach the systemic circulation (i.e. the bloodstream). Once it gets there, it must again pass through cell membranes to exit the blood and enter tissues (and organs, which are a specialized collection of tissues), this being the process of distribution.All of the fluid in the body (referred to as the total body water), in which a drug can be
La magnifique histoire de Cendrillon et de sa pantoufle de verre (car Charles Perrault parle bien d’une pantoufle de verre, et non de vair).
On trouvera ici la version de Charles Perrault, et ici celle des frères Grimm, beaucoup plus hard, notamment dans la description de la méchanceté des soeurs et du châtiment qui les attend.
La version lue est tirée de celle de Charles Perrault mais, réécrite pour les enfants, elle est plus douce - pour ne pas dire mièvre.
On trouvera ici une lecture par Ezwa du texte originel de Charles Perrault.
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Baba Yaga est ce vieux conte d’origine russe (mais plus largement slave) qui met en scène une sorte de sorcière, nommée Baba Yaga, qui est finalement trahie par sa propre méchanceté parce que les êtres qui l’entourent (une jeune servante, un chat, des chiens, un portail, un arbre) choisissent d’aider à s’enfuir une petite fille que Baba Yaga voulait manger à son petit-déjeuner plutôt que d’aider leur maîtresse à la garder prisonnière, et cela parce que la petite fille a été gentille avec eux alors que leur maîtresse les a toujours maltraités.
Histoire dont j’aime la morale et qui, par certains aspects, reste mystérieuse : qui est vraiment Baba Yaga ? Pourquoi la serviette se transforme-t-elle en rivière et les peignes en forêts ?
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In 2 hours I have an appointment with a nutritionist to discuss my high cholesterol levels. Let me show you what they are:LDL "bad cholesterol"- 148 (normal is below 130)HDL "good cholesterol"- 46 (normal is 40-59)Triglycerides: 265 (normal is 0-59)Total Cholesterol: 247 (normal is 100-199)I've been asked to keep a food journal for the past 3 days. I actually plan on bringing on in for all of last week.I fully expect this appointment to be a lecture on what a crappy eater I am. I don't eat enough veggies, I eat too many fatty foods, I don't exercise enough. I need to change my lifestyle.Can you tell I'm dreading this a bit? I'm not even sure if this appointment is covered by insurance so I may be paying about $87 for a lecture.I'm not sure how much the fact that high cholesterol runs in my family will weigh in. Both my parents and my 2 sisters are on high cholesterol medication because they couldn't lower their levels even after changing their eating and excercising habits.Des
Aside from saving lives, medical students also have the role of educating people about the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Due to this, departments in the Philippine General Hospital routinely require students to do Public Health Lectures in the Out Patient Clinic. Patients and their companions are usually very appreciative of the things you have to say, but for most people, it’s terrifyingly embarrassing, right?
I may be shameless when it comes to speaking in public, but I couldn’t even do what these guys did. Hopefully, this song and dance number helped the people learn about Dengue Fever.
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This is particularly interesting to people in the UK (or Leicester for that matter):Folksonomy: A look at a hated word but a loved resource2:00-3:30PM, September 18, 2007. Free and open to the public.Room 0.01, Clephan Building, De Montfort University, Leicester UK. LE1 9BH"Folksonomy" was recently voted one of the new terms most likely to make you "wince, shudder or want to bang your head on the keyboard." This talk by the inventor of the term – Thomas Vander Wal – will offer you a chance to make your own judgment. The talk is open to all and will not require any specialist knowledge on behalf of the audience.A Folksonomy can be created when users of "web2.0" sites such as YouTube, Flickr, LastFM and Del.icio.us add keywords ("tags") to the items they view in order to add information about these items. As more and more users tags such items more information is created about the the items. Unlike library catalogues which are created by experts, folksonomies are like catalogues crea
If you’re in Canberra, Australia next week:
Public Lecture: Image & Reality
The talk will discuss the presentation of daily life in bas-reliefs on the outer walls of two 12th/13th century temples in Cambodia: the Bayon at Angkor and its rural twin, Banteay Chhmar, in north-west Cambodia.
Dr. Aedeen Cremin will try to relate the scenes to the archaeological material discovered over the past century, and also consider the purpose and scope of the images. How realistic were they? Who were they for? Did they serve a religious purpose, or a political one, or both?
This talk will also draw attention to the 5000 photographs of temples of Cambodia, Java and S. Vietnam, now in the National Library of Australia’s Coffin Collection.
This lecture is part of the 2007 Public Lecture Series presented by the Canberra Archaeological Society. It is proudly sponsored by the School of Archaeology & Anthropology, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences.
Speaker/Host: Dr. Aedeen Cremin
Trouvé sur le remarquable site d’archives (pas seulement radiophoniques) Internet Archives, un “workshop” créé en 1956 par CBS Radio, diffusé les 27 janvier et 3 février de cette année là, autour du roman d’Aldous Huxley Le Meilleur des mondes.
C’est Aldous Huxley lui-même qui, après avoir brièvement présenté son ouvrage, en est le narrateur, le livre étant néanmoins mis en scène, avec musique, acteurs et effets.
L’émission originale était diffusée en deux parties. Elles sont ici rassemblées, la transition se faisant aux alentours de la 28ème minute. La durée total est légèrement inférieure à une heure. C’est évidemment en anglais.
Bonne écoute !
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It was announced that Chuck Hagel will be speaking next month in California.Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska, and Sen. Bob Graham, D-Florida, will be the final speakers at this year's Leon Panetta Lecture Series on Aug. 13.... This lecture can be viewed live on cable television in Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties, and north through the San Francisco Bay area, as well as east to the greater Sacramento area. C-SPAN is also invited to broadcast these lectures nationally.From The Herald
Author: Ariel RubinsteinPaperback: 160 pagesPublisher: Princeton University Press (January 2, 2006)Language: EnglishISBN: 0691120307Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory is the first publication of Ariel Rubinstein's lecture notes from the first part of his well-known course in microeconomic theory, which he has taught for fifteen years to first-year graduate students at Tel Aviv, Princeton, and New York universities. The book will be an invaluable supplement to primary textbooks in microeconomic theory. Conveying the style and method of Rubinstein's lectures, it will benefit teachers and research economists as well as students. The book focuses on and provides a critical assessment of models of rational economic agents, and it contains a large number of original problems.Rubinstein, one of the world's most-respected economics theorists, has made substantial contributions to several fields in economics, particularly game theory. His work is characterized by an
When it comes to describing the journey that a drug takes through the body, pharmacologists like to employ a cute little acronym: ADME. It stands for Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination. I'll be covering the D, M, and E parts in future posts, but for now let's focus on the A.Absorption refers to the passage of a drug from the external environment into your systemic circulation (bloodstream). In essence, how you get a drug into you. There are all sorts of interesting ways by which this can be accomplished. Allow me to describe a few.Topical administration consists of applying a drug directly to the part of the body where you want it do stuff. The drug does not get into your systemic circulation, either because it is given in such a small amount or it specially formatted so that it won't pass into your blood in appreciable amounts. Examples include skin ointments and creams, eye drops, nose sprays, ear drops, vaginal suppositories, as well as drugs injected into body
Un conte de Hans Christian Andersen
Il y a de longues années vivait un empereur qui aimait par-dessus tout les beaux habits neufs ; il dépensait tout son argent pour être bien habillé. Il ne s’intéressait nullement à ses soldats, ni à la comédie, ni à ses promenades en voiture dans les bois, si ce n’était pour faire parade de ses habits neufs. Il en avait un pour chaque heure du jour et, comme on dit d’un roi : « Il est au conseil », on disait de lui : « L’empereur est dans sa garde-robe. »
La vie s’écoulait joyeuse dans la grande ville où il habitait ; beaucoup d’étrangers la visitaient. Un jour arrivèrent deux escrocs, se faisant passer pour tisserands et se vantant de savoir tisser l’étoffe la plus splendide que l’on puisse imaginer. Non seulement les couleurs et les dessins en étaient exceptionnellement beaux, mais encore, les vêtements cousus dans ces étoffes avaient l’étrange vertu d’être invisibles pour tous ceux qui étaient incapa
The name of this site is a misnomer. Sad but true. You see, technically, poisons ARE drugs, so it's pretty silly to make a distinction between them ('Drugs and Poisons'). It's a shame, but at least I wasn't writing a textbook or something.The definition of a drug is shrouded in caliginous gloom. Actually, it's not that bad (I just wanted to use the word caliginous), but it certainly isn't clear-cut. The key feature of a drug is that it alters in some way the function(s) of an organism when introduced into an organism's body. In a broad sense, food can be considered a drug.It can get tricky. Estrogen naturally produced in people's gonads is not a drug, but it becomes one once it is packaged into birth control pills.Anyway, way back in the sixteenth century, this Swiss fellow named Paracelsus (oh for the days of one-word names) introduced an intriguing concept: All drugs are poisons. Any drug, regardless of how benign it may seem, when given in a sufficiently high enough dose, w
The name of this site is a misnomer. Sad but true. You see, technically, poisons ARE drugs, so it's pretty silly to make a distinction between them ('Drugs and Poisons'). It's a shame, but at least I wasn't writing a textbook or something.The definition of a drug is shrouded in caliginous gloom. Actually, it's not that bad (I just wanted to use the word caliginous), but it certainly isn't clear-cut. The key feature of a drug is that it alters in some way the function(s) of an organism when introduced into an organism's body. In a broad sense, food can be considered a drug.It can get tricky. Estrogen naturally produced in people's gonads is not a drug, but it becomes one once it is packaged into birth control pills.Anyway, way back in the sixteenth century, this Swiss fellow named Paracelsus (oh for the days of one-word names) introduced an intriguing concept: All drugs are poisons. Any drug, regardless of how benign it may seem, when given in a sufficiently high enough dose, w
DATABASE OF VIRTUAL ART & DEPARTMENT FOR IMAGE SCIENCEDANUBE TELE LECTURE "MYTHS OF IMMATERIALITY" : is now archived„MYTHS OF IMMATERIALITY: Curating, Collecting and Archiving Media Art”: Lectures and debate with- Paul SERMON, media artist and scientist, UK- Christiane PAUL, curator for New Media at the Whitney Museum, NYIn case you were not able to follow Danube TeleLecture #3 live from the MUMOK in Vienna, you can now view the lecture in our archive=> www.donau-uni.ac.at/dtl-archive=> www.donau-uni.ac.at/telelecturesDuring the last decades media art has grown to be the art of our time, though it has hardly arrived in our cultural institutions.The mainstream of art history has neglected developing adequate research tools for these contemporary art works, they are exhibited infrequently in museums, and there are few collectors. Which practices and strategies in curating and documenting of media art do experts in the field suggest?The discussion was moderated by Dr. Michael Freund,
14 July 2007 (The Star) - Noted ceramics expert Dr. Roxanna Brown from the South-East Asian Ceramics Museum in Bangkok will give a lecture about Shipwreck Ceramics and the Fall of Malacca on Saturday’s meeting if the West Malaysian chapter of the South-East Asian Ceramics Society. The article also outlines how ceramic finds from shipwrecks have helped us understand key points in ancient Southeast Asia’s history.
Reading shipwreck ceramics
Ancient shipwrecks with Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese ceramics are important in that they can tell us how maritime trade in South-East Asia had an impact on kingdoms like Sirivijaya, Angkor, Ayutthaya and Malacca.
According to Bangkok-based South-East Asian Ceramics Museums director, Dr Roxanna Brown, the ceramics offer an insight into how the maritime trade enriched these centres of development.
Based on the types of ceramics found, as well as excavation sites, a chronological order of trading activities, empire development, and even the
The freeway follows the route of the old Sacred Way to Eleusis, fourteen miles through refineries, quarries, and a run-down factory town surrounding the ancient sanctuary. It is so small to have held something to great, even with the added fountains (long gone), stone courtyard, walls and gates added by the Romans.Outside the gates, the foundations of a temple of Artemis and Poseidon -- strange bedfellows! -- remind me of Chris' words that the cults did not always follow the familiar patterns of myth. Poppies, verbena, and little yellow flowers sprout in profusion between cut stones and spill out into a meadow that Persephone no doubt appreciates.(Read on...)Also in this Section:Lecture notes on the Myths of Demeter and PersephoneRe-telling of the Demeter/Persephone myth (slightly revised)Recommended links on EleusisPhoto galleryLecture notes on the Eleusinian Mysteries and Thesmophoria
Ondine et le prince est un conte de l’écrivain allemand Friedrich de La Motte-Fouqué. Ce conte a inspiré Jean Giraudoux (Ondine) et de nombreux musiciens, notamment Dvorak (Rusalka).
L’histoire est très proche de celle de La petite sirène d’Andersen.
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After much thought and careful inaction, I've decided to broaden the content of this site. On an approximately once-a-week basis, I'm going to drone incessantly on about pharmacology and toxicology, the scientific disciplines concerned with, quite appropriately, drugs and poisons.First off, I need to stress to you a distinction of the utmost concern: pharmacology IS NOT pharmacy. Pharmacologists are not responsible for dispensing drugs at your local Walgreens or Shoppers Drug Mart. Although I've only recently finished up my pharmacology degree, I've already become intimately acquainted with the pain and suffering associated with trying to explain to just about everybody who asks what I've gone to school for that I do not, in fact, plan on opening up my own pharmacy any time soon.Now that I've got that out of my system, let me break it down for you:Pharmacology is the science concerned with (a) the fate of drugs in the body after you take/are given them and (b) the actions of drug
After much thought and careful inaction, I've decided to broaden the content of this site. On an approximately once-a-week basis, I'm going to drone incessantly on about pharmacology and toxicology, the scientific disciplines concerned with, quite appropriately, drugs and poisons.First off, I need to stress to you a distinction of the utmost concern: pharmacology IS NOT pharmacy. Pharmacologists are not responsible for dispensing drugs at your local Walgreens or Shoppers Drug Mart. Although I've only recently finished up my pharmacology degree, I've already become intimately acquainted with the pain and suffering associated with trying to explain to just about everybody who asks what I've gone to school for that I do not, in fact, plan on opening up my own pharmacy any time soon.Now that I've got that out of my system, let me break it down for you:Pharmacology is the science concerned with (a) the fate of drugs in the body after you take/are given them and (b) the actions of drug
This LaTeX example will create an automatic exercises numbering as well as the problems in each exercise.\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}\newcounter{exercisenum}[section]\renewcommand{\theexercisenum}{\arabic{exercisenum}}\newenvironment{exercise}{\stepcounter{exercisenum}\vspace{1pc}\par\noindent\textbf{Exercise \thesection.\theexercisenum}\par\begin{flushleft}}{\end{flushleft}}\newcounter{problemnum}[exercisenum]\renewcommand{\theproblemnum}{\arabic{problemnum}}\newcommand{\problem}{\stepcounter{problemnum}\theproblemnum. }\newcounter{secondproblemnum}[problemnum]\renewcommand{\thesecondproblemnum}{\alph{secondproblemnum}}\newcommand{\secondproblem}{\stepcounter{secondproblemnum}\thesecondproblemnum) }\begin{document}\chapter{Introduction}\section{Function}\begin{exercise}\begin{tabula
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Le Chat et la clochette, dont est tirée cette lecture, est une fable d’Esope dont la morale est :
“Il est plus facile d’avoir des idées que de les appliquer”
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