OpenXChange - United: Saturday with Senator Cory Booker

source: Stanford     2016年5月17日
Nightline anchor Juju Chang, ’87 interviews New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, ’91, MA ’92 about public service, diversity in the political arena and his new book United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good.

The key to build trust through meaningful work – Answers from the panelists | IECO – RCC

source: Harvard University    2016年6月2日
The panelists and the organizer of the Colloquium, they answer to the question of how important it is for work to be meaningful and to what can organizations do to encourage meaningful work.

Immanuel Kant (Transcript/Subtitles Available)

source: Philosophical Overdose     2016年7月23日
Bryan Magee and Geoffrey Warnock discuss the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, who is considered the central figure in modern philosophy. Kant synthesized early rationalism and empiricism, set the terms for much of 19th and 20th century philosophy, and continues to exercise a significant influence today in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, and other fields. Kant is perhaps most famous his distinction between appearances and things-in-themselves. This was the idea that we can only know things as they appear to us through our sensory and mental faculties, not how they are in themselves independent of us and our mental apparatus. This allowed him to account for synthetic a priori knowledge, truths which are necessary and yet still are substantial and informative. He is also famous for deontology in moral philosophy, especially the categorical imperative and that reason is the source of morality, as well as for his view that aesthetics is based on a faculty of disinterested judgment.
This interview was part of a BBC program from 1987. The quality is kind of shitty, but the audio and video should stay in sync at least. I didn't think I'd be putting so many of these Bryan Magee interviews up, especially since they're already on Youtube, but they're just so good I can't resist.

Interview with Willard Van Orman Quine

source: Philosophical Overdose     2016年5月4日
Bryan Magee interviews Quine about his work and some of his philosophical views.
Willard Van Orman Quine was an American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, recognized as "one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century". His main interests were in logic, set theory, philosophy of language, ontology, epistemology, philosophy of science, and mathematics.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard...
This interview was part of a BBC program from 1978.

U.S. Sanctions and National Security

source: New York University    2016年5月31日
This CNAS public conference on U.S. sanctions and national security, co-hosted with the Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law, will feature an overview of administration policy on sanctions and a discussion among distinguished former policy leaders on the role for coercive economic measures in tackling the security challenges of the future. The event coincides with the release of a CNAS report on the effects and effectiveness of sanctions since 9/11. Some questions this conference will explore include: how can the United States measure and achieve intended effects from the use of coercive economic measures? What place should sanctions have in the U.S. national security arsenal? And as American rivals become more familiar with the tools of economic statecraft, what defensive measures are available to protect U.S. interests from retaliation for the imposition of sanctions?

Khalil Gibran Muhammad | How Numbers Lie || Radcliffe Institute

source: Harvard University    2016年3月17日
“How Numbers Lie: Intersectional Violence and the Quantification of Race”
Tracing the genealogy of statistical discourses on race, Khalil Gibran Muhammad explores the violence of racial quantification on black women and men’s lives beginning in the postbellum period.
Currently the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library and a visiting professor at the City University of New York, Muhammad will begin his academic appointments as a professor of history, race, and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School and a Suzanne Young Murray Professor at Radcliffe on July 1, 2016.
Presented by the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
Video:
Welcome by Lizabeth Cohen, Dean of the Radcliffe Institute
Introduction by Jane Kamensky, Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library - 6:55
Lecture by Khalil Gibran Muhammad - 15:50

Ambassador Samantha Power '92, Yale College Class Day Speaker

source: Yale University      2016年5月26日
Ambassador Samantha Power '92, permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations and a member of President Obama's Cabinet, spoke at the Yale College Class Day on Sunday, May 22, 2016.

RSA Replay: Fixing Finance

source: The RSA    2016年5月16日
What is finance really for? How much of it do we need, and what kind? Does creating a safe and useful financial sector require much more radical reform than governments have yet been prepared to contemplate? In this exclusive ‘in conversation’ with Adair Turner and John Kay, they respond to each other’s work and to the sometimes contrasting, sometimes complementary conclusions and policy recommendations.

James Ryan's 2016 Commencement Speech

source: HarvardEducation    2016年5月27日
Dean James Ryan's remarks at the 2016 HGSE Presentation of Diplomas and Certificates. Read here:http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/16/05...

Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan: Introduction to Film Studies (IIT Madras)

# playlist of the 40 videos (click the up-left corner of the video)

source: nptelhrd 2013年5月9日
Humanities - Introduction to Film Studies by Dr. Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Lec-01 Course Overview 49:01
Lec-02 Cinema & Semiotics 48:57
Lec-03 Cinema & Semiotics(contd) 48:09
Lec-04 Plot in Cinema 48:37
Lec-05 Plot in Cinema (contd...) 47:40
Lec-06 Character as a plot element 51:16
Lec-07 Editing in Cinema 50:09
Lec-08 Realism in Cinema 49:09
Lec-09 Colour : Theory & Practice 51:17
Lec-10 Intertextuality 45:04
Lec-11 Intertextuality (contd.) 47:35
Lec-12 Intertextuality (contd...) 45:50
Lec-13 Cinema & Modernism 48:38
Lec-14 Cinema and Modernism (contd...) 1:17:35
Lec-15 The French Masters 48:33
Lec-16 The French Masters (contd..) 47:00
Lec-17 The French Masters (contd...) 48:51
Lec-18 Canonical Text 47:01
Lec-19 Canonical Text(contd..) 47:56
Lec-20 Canonical Text(contd...) 49:33
Lec-21 The Academy Awards 47:53
Lec-22 Classic Hollywood 51:07
Lec-23 Classic Hollywood(contd.) 47:34
Lec-24 Classic Hollywood (contd...) 44:54
Lec-25 Case study 54:26
Lec-26 Stars as Icons 46:56
Lec-27 Cinema and the Counterculture Movement 54:05
Lec-28 Italian cinema 50:32
Lec-29 Japanese Cinema 50:53
Lec-30 Auteur Theory in the USA 44:30
Lec-31 Auteur Theory in the USA (contd...) 48:04
Lec-32 New Hollywood 50:31
Lec-33 New Hollywood (contd...) 48:54
Lec-34 New Hollywood (contd....) 49:12
Lec-35 New Hollywood (contd....) 48:17
Lec-36 Cinema and Genres 51:29
Lec-37 Cinema and Genres (contd...) 57:57
Lec-38 Postmodernism and Cinema 50:29
Lec-39 Postmodernism & Cinema (contd...) 53:19
Lec-40 The Western 50:24

V. Balakrishnan: Classical Physics (IIT Madras)

# playlist of the 38 videos (click the up-left corner of the video)

source: nptelhrd 2009年1月8日
Lecture Series on Classical Physics by Prof. V.Balakrishnan, Department of Physics, IIT Madras. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Lec-01 Introduction 50:42
Lec-02 Newtonian mechanics 1:04:47
Lec-03 Dynamics in phase space 1:05:45
Lec-04 Linear dynamical systems 1:04:57
Lec-05 Autonomous dynamical systems (Part 1) 59:36
Lec-06 Autonomous dynamical systems (Part 2) 55:12
Lec-07 Lagrangian formalism 57:18
Lec-08 Summary of classical electromagnetism 1:13:24
Lec-09 Charged particle in an electromagnetic fi 1:01:48
Lec-10 Hamiltonian dynamics (Part 1) 1:06:30
Lec-11 Hamiltonian dynamics (Part 2) 1:06:18
Lec-12 Hamiltonian dynamics (Part 3) 1:10:54
Lec-13 Dynamical symmetry (Part 1) 1:01:59
Lec-14 Dynamical symmetry (Part 2) 1:05:37
Lec-15 Randomness in phase space chaos 1:02:19
Lec-16 Discrete-time dynamics: maps (Part 1) 1:09:43
Lec-17 Discrete-time dynamics: maps (Part 2) 1:02:11
Lec-18 Problems and solutions (Part 1) 50:34
Lec-19 Problems and solutions (Part 2) 54:11
Lec-20 Classical statistical mechanics: Introduction 1:06:12
Lec-21 Some probability distributions; isolated system 50:14
Lec-22 The microcanonical emsemble 1:01:45
Lec-23 Thermodynamics 57:04
Lec-24 The canonical ensemble 57:12
Lec-25 Connection between statistical mechanics and ther-modynamics 1:00:18
Lec-26 Probability distributions 1:02:38
Lec-27 Probability distributions (concld.). Phase transitions (Part 1) 1:00:42
Lec-28 Phase transitions (Part 2) 1:04:15
Lec-29 Phase transitions (Part 3) 56:21
Lec-30 Phase transitions (Part 4); misc. topics 1:07:20
Lec-31 Problems and solutions (Part 3) 49:38
Lec-32 Continuous groups in physics (Part 1) 54:02
Lec-33 Continuous groups in physics (Part 2) 56:39
Lec-34 Continuous groups in physics (Part 3) 59:52
Lec-35 Noether\'s Theorem. Special Relativity (Part 1) 1:00:19
Lec-36 Special Relativity (Part 2) 1:02:00
Lec-37 Special Relativity (Part 3) 59:07
Lec-38 Special Relativity (Part 4) 58:14

Process Integration by B. Mohanty (IIT Roorkee)

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source: nptelhrd     2014年6月17日
Chemical - Process Integration by Dr. B. Mohanty, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.ac.in

Lec-01 Process integration, methods and area of application 52:31
Lec-01 Fundamental concepts related to heat integration-Part-01 46:05
Lec-02 Fundamental concepts related to heat integration-Part-02 29:44
Lec-01 Data extraction 39:22
Lec-02 Hot composite curves 46:01
Lec-03 Cold composite curves 48:14
Lec-04 Hot and cold composite curves and the pinch 42:14
Lec-05 Threshold problems 29:57
Lec-01 Energy targeting procedure 49:35
Lec-02 Energy targeting procedure 41:12
Lec-03 Grand composite curve 51:46
Lec-04 Problem table algorithm- 2 nd part 1:00:28
Lec-05 Number of units target 34:38
Lec-06 Shell targeting- 1 st part 50:15
Lec-07 Area targeting- 1 st part 1:14:38
Lec-08 Area targeting- 2 nd part 40:14
Lec-09 Coast targeting- Part 01 40:58
Lec-10 Coast targeting- Part 02 33:09
Lec-11 Supertargeting- optimization of Δ t min 31:04
Lec-12 Global & stream specific Δt min and its relevance 51:23
Lec-13 Topology Trap 34:11
Lec-01 Rules for Pinch Design Method (PDM)-1st Part 57:48
Lec-02 Rules for Pinch Design Method (PDM)-2nd Part 51:02
Lec-03 Application of PDM for MER Hen Synthesis 56:54
Lec-04 Design for threshold problems 38:25
Lec-05 Design for single pinch problems 50:57
Lec-06 Design for multi pinch problems 1:02:33
Lec-07 HEN optimization 40:13
Lec-08 Remaining problem analysis 59:35
Lec-09 Driving Force Plot 51:03
Lec-10 Low Temperature process Design- Part 01 1:08:43
Lec-11 Low Temperature process Design- Part 02 43:00
Lec-12 Integration of Gas turbine with process- 1 st Part 44:09
Lec-13 Integration of Gas turbine with process- 2 nd Part 49:43
Lec-01 Placement and Integration of Distillation Column 1:01:40
Lec-02 Heat Integration of evaporators 47:28
Lec-03 Integration of heat pump 45:02
Lec-04 Placement of Heat Engine, Heat pump and Reactors 31:25
Lec-05 Integration of Furnace 59:31
Lec-01 Problem solving using HINT Software- Part 011:01:18
Lec-02 Problem solving using HINT Software- Part 02 1:01:58
Lec-03 Problem solving using HINT Software- Part 03 45:58
Lec-04 Problem solving using HINT Software-Part 04 46:27

Chemical Reaction Engineering by Jayant Modak (IISC Bangalore)

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source: nptelhrd 2011年8月18日
Chemical - Chemical Reaction Engineering by Prof. Jayant Modak, Department of Chemical Engineering, IISC Bangalore. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Lec-01 Introduction & Overview 49:20
Lec-02 Basic Concepts:Representation of Chemical Reactions 55:01
Lec-03 Thermodynamics of Chemical Reactions:Part-I 50:55
Lec-04 Thermodynamics of Chemical Reactions:Part II 51:02
Lec-05 Chemical Reaction Kinetics - Overview 51:08
Lec-06 Chemical Reaction Kinetics and Reactor Design 51:05
Lec-07 Chemical Reactor Design 51:17
Lec-08 Problem solving:Thermodynamics & kinetics 57:12
Lec-09 Complex Reactions - Introduction 52:19
Lec-10 Complex Reactions - Yield & Selectivity 46:55
Lec-11 Complex Reactions - Quasi Steady State and Quasi Equilibrium Approximations 46:09
Lec-12 Complex Reactions - Kinetics of chain Reactions & Polymerization 53:52
Lec-13 Catalytic reactions - Introduction 48:35
Lec-14 Catalytic reactions - Adsorption & Desorption 46:48
Lec-15 Catalytic reactions-Kinetics 43:28
Lec-16 Monomolecular ReactionNetwork and Lumping Analysis 54:39
Lec-17 Problem solving:Complex reactions 53:57
Lec-18 Gas-solid Catalytic Reactions - External diffusion 50:10
Lec-19 Gas-solid Catalytic Reactions Transport in Catalyst Pellet 51:26
Lec-20 Gas-solid Catalytic Reactions - Diffusion & Reaction I 47:39
Lec-21 Gas - Solid Catalytic Reactions - Diffusion & Reaction II 45:30
Lec-22 Gas - solid Catalytic Reactions- Diffusion & Reaction III 47:46
Lec-23 Gas - solid Catalytic Reactions - Nonisothermal effects 45:55
Lec-24 Gas-solid Noncatalytic Reactions 57:09
Lec-25 Gas-Liquid Reactions 53:02
Lec-26 Problem solving : Heterogenous reactions 57:30
Lec-27 Chemical Reactor Design:Mass & Energy Balances 49:39
Lec-28 Chemical Reactor Design:Mass and Energy Balances for Heterogenous Reactions 56:24
Lec-29 Nonisothermal Reactor operation 54:07
Lec-30 Case Study - Ethane dehyrogenation 54:42
Lec-31 Case Study - Hydrogenation of Oil 53:46
Lec-32 Case Study - Ammonia Synthesis 57:43
Lec-33 Autothermal reactors 56:32
Lec-34 Parametric Sensitivity 52:06
Lec-35 CSTR - Multiple Steady States 54:07
Lec-36 Stability Analysis - Basics 56:10
Lec-37 Stability Analysis - Examples 58:09
Lec-38 Nonideal flow and reactor performance 55:46
Lec-39 Nonideal flow and reactor performance 58:19
Lec-40 Problem solving:Reactor Design 51:54

Dr. Evan Thompson: "Waking, Dreaming, Being" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google    2016年6月28日
Dr. Evan Thompson is a professor of philosophy at University of British Columbia in Vancouver and works in the fields of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and Asian and contemporary Buddhist philosophy in dialogue with Western philosophy and science. This talk weaves together findings at the forefront of neuroscience and philosophy of mind with insights from thousands-year-old contemplative traditions to offer a unique perspective on questions of consciousness and the self.

David Mazières: "The Stellar Consensus Protocol" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google     2016年6月14日
David Mazières: "The Stellar Consensus Protocol: A Federated Model for Internet-level Consensus"
This talk presents federated Byzantine agreement (FBA),
a generalization of the standard Byzantine agreement problem. Unlike traditional Byzantine agreement--which presupposes unanimous agreement on system membership--the FBA model grants organizations individual control over whom to trust, allowing membership to grow organically out of pairwise relationships between participants. Compared to proof-of-work and
proof-of-stake, two other decentralized alternatives to Byzantine
agreement, FBA enables far more efficient constructions with greater margins of computational security. The talk further presents the Stellar consensus protocol (SCP), the first FBA protocol. SCP forms the backbone of the Stellar payment network, where it secures financial transactions. Other potential applications include secure timestamping and strengthening certificate transparency.

Lesley Stahl: "Becoming Grandma" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google    2016年5月24日
Lesley Stahl stops by the Googleplex for a conversation about her life in journalism and her new book, "Becoming Grandma: the Joys and Science of New Grandparenting."
After four decades as a reporter, Lesley Stahl’s most vivid and transformative experience of her life was not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state, or researching stories at 60 Minutes. It was becoming a grandmother. She was hit with a jolt of joy so intense and unexpected, she wanted to “investigate” it—as though it were a news flash. And so, using her 60 Minutes skills, she explored how grandmothering changes a woman’s life, interviewing friends like Whoopi Goldberg, colleagues like Diane Sawyer (and grandfathers, including Tom Brokaw), as well as the proverbial woman next door.
Along with these personal accounts, Stahl speaks with scientists and doctors about physiological changes that occur in women when they have grandchildren; anthropologists about why there are grandmothers, in evolutionary terms; and psychiatrists about the therapeutic effects of grandchildren on both grandmothers and grandfathers.
Throughout Becoming Grandma, Stahl shares stories about her own life with granddaughters Jordan and Chloe, about how her relationship with her daughter, Taylor, has changed, and about how being a grandfather has affected her husband, Aaron.
In an era when baby boomers are becoming grandparents in droves and when young parents need all the help they can get raising their children, Stahl’s book is a timely and affecting read that redefines a cherished relationship.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
LESLEY STAHL is one of America’s most recognized and experienced broadcast journalists. Her career has been marked by political scoops, surprising features and award-winning foreign reporting. She has been a 60 Minutes correspondent since 1991; the 2015-2016 season marks her twenty-fifth on the broadcast. Before joining 60 Minutes, Stahl served as CBS News White House correspondent during the Carter, Reagan, and part of the George H.W. Bush presidencies. She also hosted Face the Nation from 1983 to 1991 and coanchored America Tonight from 1989 to 1990. She is married to author and screenwriter Aaron Latham. They have one daughter and two granddaughters.
This talk was moderated by Sumi Aggarwal.