The Curse of Cash

source: London School of Economics and Political Science   2016年11月29日
Date: Wednesday 23 November 2016
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Kenneth S Rogoff
Chair: Professor Wouter Den Haan
The world is drowning in cash—and it’s making us poorer and less safe. Kenneth Rogoff, one of the world’s leading economists, makes a persuasive and fascinating case for an idea that until recently would have seemed outlandish: getting rid of most paper money. As well as offering a plan for phasing out paper money he addresses the issues the transition will pose, ranging from fears about privacy and price stability to the need to provide subsidized debit cards for the poor.

Kenneth S. Rogoff, (@krogoff) the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly (Princeton). He appears frequently in the national media and writes a monthly newspaper column that is syndicated in more than fifty countries. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His new book is The Curse of Cash.
Wouter Den Haan is Professor of Economics at LSE and Co-Director of the Centre for Macroeconomics.
The Department of Economics at LSE (@LSEEcon) is one of the largest economics departments in the world. Its size ensures that all areas of economics are strongly represented in both research and teaching.
The Centre For Macroeconomics (@CFMUK) brings together world-class experts to carry out pioneering research on the global economic crisis and to help design policies that alleviate it.

The Psychology of Burnout with Gerald Loren Fishkin

source: New Thinking Allowed   2016年11月21日
Gerald Loren Fishkin, PhD, is a clinical psychologist. He is author of The Science of Shame and Its Treatment. He is also author of American Dream, American Burnout; Police Burnout: Signs, Symptoms, and Solutions; and Firefighter and Paramedic Burnout: The Survival Guide.

Here he points out that burnout occurs when an individual becomes completely depleted of emotional resources. This often happens when traumatic experiences occur in the workplace, and are not processed thereafter. It may also result from working conditions that appear to lack meaning and/or soulfulness. Individuals in the helping professions are vulnerable, particularly when they hold unrealistic expectations for the rewards of their job. Fishkin discusses situations in which burnout can lead to violent behaviors.
New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is a past vice-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology; and is the recipient of the Pathfinder Award from that Association for his contributions to the field of human consciousness exploration. He is also past-president of the non-profit Intuition Network, an organization dedicated to creating a world in which all people are encouraged to cultivate and apply their inner, intuitive abilities.
(Recorded on July 10, 2016)

Christina Hendricks: Plato's Republic, Politics and Ethics (31/10/2014)

source: Arts One Open    2014年10月31日
In this lecture, Christina Hendricks discusses the historical and political background to Plato's Republic, as well as the political structure of the kallipolis and its connection to the structure of the soul or psyche, for Plato. Unfortunately, the lecturer forgot to turn on the microphone after the break in the middle of the lecture, and so there is some audio missing in the middle.
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Christina Hendricks: Plato, Gorgias (26/09/2013)

source: Arts One Open    2013年9月26日
Lecture by Christina Hendricks for the "Remake/Remodel" theme. For more, see http://artsone-digital.arts.ubc.ca/pl....
We apologize that the first few minutes of the lecture are missing.

Introduction to Solid State Chemistry by Donald Sadoway (at MIT)

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source: tawkaw OpenCourseWare    2014年5月25日

35 Wrap up Closing Remarks about the Course; Student Course Evaluations 41:46
34 Two component Phase Diagrams Limited Solid Solubility; Lever Rule 51:19
33 Phase Diagrams Basic Definitions Phase, Component, Equilibrium; One component Phase Dia 46:04
30 Biochemistry The Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins 50:23
29 Structure property Relationships in Polymers, Crystalline Polymers 47:00
28 Organic Glasses Polymers Synthesis by Addition Polymerization and by Condensation Polym 50:57
27 Organic Chemistry Basic Concepts, Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Aromatics, Functional Groups 51:37
26 Acids and Bases Arrhenius, Brønsted Lowry, and Lewis Definitions, Acid Strength and pH
48:52
25 Solutions Solute, Solvent, Solution, Solubility Rules, Solubility Product 50:43
24 Fick's Second Law FSL and Transient state Diffusion; Error Function Solutions to FSL 45:42
23 Diffusion Fick's First Law and Steady state Diffusion, Dependence of the Diffusion Coeffi 50:50
22 Chemical Kinetics The Rate Equation, Order of Reaction, Rate Laws for Zeroth, First, and 51:17
21 Engineered Glasses Network Formers, Network Modifiers, Intermediates; Properties of Silic 50:32
20 Amorphous Solids, Glass Formation, Inorganic Glasses Silicates 50:14
19 Defects in Crystals Point Defects, Line Defects, Interfacial Defects, Voids 49:14
18 X ray Diffraction of Crystals Diffractometry, Debye Scherrer, Laue; Crystal Symmetry 49:59
17 X ray Spectra, Bragg's Law 51:52
16 Characterization of Atomic Structure The Generation of X rays and Moseley's Law 51:21
15 Properties of Cubic Crystals Simple Cubic, Face centered Cubic, Body centered Cubic, Diam 47:07
14 Introduction to the Solid State, the 7 Crystal Systems, the 14 Bravais Lattices 45:47
13 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors, Doping, Compound Semiconductors, Molten Semicondu 51:28
12 Metallic Bonding, Band Theory of Solids Heitler and London, Band Gaps in Metals, Semicond 50:07
11 The Shapes of Molecules, Electron Domain Theory, Secondary Bonding 50:14
10 LCAO MO, Energy Level Diagrams for H2, He2, Li2 ; Hybridization, Double Bonds and Triple 50:36
09 Electronegativity, Partial Charge, Polar Bonds and Polar Molecules; Ionic Character of Co 49:14
08 Born Haber Cycle; Octet Stability by Electron Sharing Covalent Bonding; Lewis Structures; 50:36
07 Octet Stability by Electron Transfer Ionic Bonding; Properties of Ionic Compounds Crystal 26:45
06 De Broglie, Heisenberg, and Schrödinger; The Aufbau Principle, Pauli Exclusion Principle, 50:25
05 The Shell Model Bohr Sommerfeld Model and Multi electron Atoms; Quantum Numbers n, l, m, 50:50
04 Atomic Spectra of Hydrogen, Matter Energy Interactions Involving Atomic Hydrogen 51:05
03 Rutherford Model of the Atom, Bohr Model of Hydrogen 50:14
02 Classification Schemes for the Elements; Mendeleyev and the Periodic Table; Atomic Struct 47:47
01 Vision Statement, Administrative Details; Introduction; Taxonomy of Chemical Species; Ori 43:55
01 Course Introduction 7:22

Reincarnation in Indian Tradition with Debashish Banerji

source: New Thinking Allowed    2016年1月11日
Debashish Banerji, PhD, is Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles as well as an adjunct faculty member at Pasadena City College and the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is also the former director of the East West Cultural Center in Los Angeles. He is author of Seven Quartets of Becoming: A Transformative Yoga Psychology Based on the Diaries of Sri Aurobindo and also The Alternative Nation of Abanindranath Tagore, a book about his great grandfather. He edited an anthology about his great uncle, Rabindranath Tagore in the Twenty-First Century.
Here he points out that the idea of reincarnation virtually saturated all of the ancient traditions of India, particularly Buddhism and Vedanta – although it is not explicitly mentioned in the most ancient texts, the Vedas. Reincarnation is an important concept in the Upanishads. The Buddha, himself, told many teaching stories involving his own recollection of past lifetimes. These are called the Jataka Tales. They include many past lives in animal form. They also describe a sense of the progression from lifetime to lifetime. Banerji also describes some personal experiences that have a bearing on his understanding of reincarnation. He emphasizes, however, that one ought not to jump to conclusions from such experiences. He also describes the Vedantic teaching regarding the nature of the soul, itself, and how some aspects of the soul will decompose while the soul essence will reincarnate.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in "parapsychology" ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He serves as dean of transformational psychology at the University of Philosophical Research. He teaches parapsychology for ministers in training with the Centers for Spiritual Living through the Holmes Institute. He has served as vice-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, and is the recipient of its Pathfinder Award for outstanding contributions to the field of human consciousness. He is also past-president of the non-profit Intuition Network, an organization dedicated to creating a world in which all people are encouraged to cultivate and apply their inner, intuitive abilities.
(Recorded on December 20, 2015)

S. P. Venkateshan: Mechanical Measurements and Metrology (IIT Madras)

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source: nptelhrd     2007年12月31日
Mechanical - Mechanical Measurements and Metrology by Prof S. P. Venkateshan.
Dept of Mechanical Engineering. IIT Madras

Lecture-1-Introduction to the Study of Mechanical Measurement 57:29
Lecture-2-Errors in Measurement 55:16
Lecture-3-Errors in Measurement(Contd..) 58:33
Lecture-4-Propagation of Errors 57:02
Lecture-5-Regression Analysis 56:47
Lecture-6-Regression Analysis (Contd) 55:58
Lecture-7-Design of Experiments 57:30
Lecture-8-Design of Experiments(Contd) 56:53
Lecture-9-Temperature Measurement 56:51
Lecture-10-Overview of Thermometry 57:48
Lecture-11-Thermoelectric Thermometry 57:36
Lecture-12-Thermoelectric Thermometry(Contd) 56:34
Lecture-13-Measurement of Temperature Under Various Condition 56:36
Lecture-14-Errors in Temperature Measurement 59:08
Lecture-15-Measurement of Transient Temperature and Resistant 59:22
Lecture-16-Resistance Thermometry(Contd) 59:48
Lecture-17-Resistance Thermometry(Contd)and pyrometry 59:08
Lecture-18-pyrometry(Contd) 58:51
Lecture-19-pyrometry(Contd)  58:48
Lecture-20-Pressure Measurement(Contd) 59:03
Lecture-21-Pressure Measurement(Contd) 1:00:41
Lecture-22-Pressure Measurement(Contd) 59:42
Lecture-23-Pressure Measurement(Contd) 1:00:09
Lecture-24-Transient Response of Pressure Transducers 59:21
Lecture-25-Transient Response of Pressure Transducers 59:46
Lecture-26-Measurement of High Vacuum 59:34
Lecture-27-Measurement of Fluid Velocity 59:05
Lecture-28-Hot Wire Anemometry and Laser Doppler Velocimetry 59:10
Lecture-29-Laser Doppler Velocimetry and Ultrasonic Methods 57:25
Lecture-30-Measurement of Heat Flux 59:30
Lecture-31-Measurement of Heat Flux(Contd) 59:59
Lecture-32-Trasient Method of Heat Flux Measurement 59:38
Lecture-33-Measurement of Volume and Mass Flow Rate of Fluid 59:42
Lecture-34-Flow Measuring Devices 58:18
Lecture-35-Measurement of Stagnation and Bulk Mean Temperatu 56:29
Lecture 36 - Measurement of Thermo-Physical Properties 1:00:30
Lecture-37-Measurement of Thermal Conductivity 57:51
Lecture-38-Measurement of Heat Capacity and Heating Value 1:00:11
Lecture-39-Measurement of Viscosity 59:17
Lecture-40-Measurement of Viscosity(Contd) 59:04
Lecture-41-Integrating Sphere and Measurement of Emissivity 56:25
Lecture-42-Measurements of Gas Composition 58:03
Lecture-43-Measurements of Gas Composition(Contd) 59:30
Lecture-44-Measurements of Gas Composition and Smoke 58:34
Lecture-45-Measurement of Force 59:01
Lecture-46-Force Measurement 1:00:39
Lecture-47-Vibration and Acceleration Measurement 58:04
Lecture-48-Laser Doppler Accelerometer,Speed,Torque 58:36
Lecture-49-General Issues in Mechanical Measurement 59:53
Lecture-50-Case Studies 1:01:43

Electronics - Error Correcting Codes by P. Vijay Kumar (IISC Bangalore)

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source: nptelhrd    2012年5月7日
Electronics - Error Correcting Codes by Dr. P. Vijay Kumar, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, IISC Bangalore. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

01 Course Overview & Basics 53:26
02 Example Codes and their Parameters 57:39
03 Mathematical Preliminaries: Groups 55:19
04 Subgroups and Equivalence Relations 59:24
05 Cosets, Rings & Fields 58:50
06 Vector Spaces, Linear 57:19
07 Linear Codes, & Linear independence 55:29
08 Spanning & Basis 56:17
09 The Dual Code 57:00
10 Systematic Generator Matrix 59:56
11 Minimum Distance of a Linear Code 55:23
12 Bounds on the size of a Code 55:59
13 Asymptotic Bounds 54:53
14 Standard Array Decoding 55:29
15 Performance Analysis of the SAD 57:06
16 State and Trellis 56:15
17 The Viterbi Decoder 57:02
18 Catastrophic Error Propagation 56:48
19 Path Enumeration 57:31
20 Viterbi Decoder over the AWGN Channel 56:41
21 Generalized Distributive Law 57:05
22 The MPF Problem 58:14
23 Further Examples of the MPF Problem 57:43
24 Junction Trees recap 58:11
25 Example of Junction Tree Construction 56:14
26 Message passing on the Junction tree 54:36
27 GDL Approach to Decoding Convolutional Codes 56:34
28 ML Code-Symbol Decoding of the Convolutional Code 56:04
29 LDPC Codes 56:11
30 LDPC Code Terminology 56:10
31 Gallager Decoding Algorithm A 57:21
32 BP Decoding of LDPC Codes 54:58
33 BP Decoding (Continued) 56:34
34 Density Evolution under BP decoding 57:04
35 Convergence & Concentration Theorem -- LDPC Codes 56:54
36 A Construction for Finite Fields 57:01
37 Finite Fields: A Deductive Approach 56:33
38 Deductive Approach to Finite Fields 56:47
39 Subfields of a Finite field 57:28
40 Transform Approach to Cyclic Codes 56:56
41 Estimating the Parameters of a Cyclic Code 57:56
42 Decoding Cyclic Codes 53:56

Information Theory and Coding by S. N. Merchant (IIT Bombay)

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source: nptelhrd    2011年8月19日
Electronics - Information Theory and Coding by Prof. S. N. Merchant, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

01 Introduction to Information Theory and Coding 52:54
02 Definition of Information Measure and Entropy 53:16
03 Extension of An Information Source and Markov Source 56:07
04 Adjoint of An Information Source, Joint and Conditional Information Measures 56:48
05 Properties of Joint and Conditional Information Measures and a Markov Source 49:56
06 Asymptotic Properties of Entropy and Problem Solving in Entropy 56:21
07 Block Code and Its Properties 51:04
08 Instantaneous Code and Its Properties 52:31
09 Kraft-Mcmillan Equality and Compact Codes 52:18
10 Shannon`s First Theorem 52:06
11 Coding Strategies and Introduction to Huffman Coding 54:21
12 Huffman Coding and Proof of Its Optimality 53:37
13 Competitive Optimality of The Shannon Code 51:28
14 Non-Binary Huffman Code and Other Codes 48:26
15 Adaptive Huffman Coding part-1 50:57
16 Adaptive Huffman Coding Part-2 49:21
17 Shannon-Fano-Elias Coding and Introduction to Arithmetic Coding 53:09
18 Arithmetic Coding Part-1 50:09
19 Arithmetic Coding Part-2 51:50
20 Introduction to Information Channel 55:49
21 Equivocation and Mutual Information 51:36
22 Properties of Different Information Channels 54:12
23 Reduction of Information Channels 50:49
24 Properties of Mutual Information and Introduction to Channel Capacity 51:51
25 Calculation of Channel Capacity for Different Information Channel 47:12
26 Shannon`s Second Theorem 50:22
27 Discussion on Error Free Communication Over Noisy Channel 53:24
28 Error Free Communication Over a Binary Symmetric Channel 50:03
29 Differential Entropy and Evaluation of Mutual Information  55:53
30 Channel Capacity of a Bandlimited Continuous Channel 55:42
31 Introduction to Rate-Distortion Theory 49:06
32 Definition and Properties of Rate-Distortion Functions 47:02
33 Calculation of Rate-Distortion Functions 53:38
34 Computational Approach For Calculation of Rate-Distortion Functions 49:13
35 Introduction to Quantization 50:53
36 Lloyd-Max Quantizer 49:19
37 Companded Quantization 57:32
38 Variable Length Coding and Problem Solving In Quantizer Design 51:13
39 Vector Quantization 54:53
40 Transform Part-1 51:58
41 Transform Coding Part-2 54:14

Why do we kiss under mistletoe? - Carlos Reif

source: TED-Ed    2016年12月22日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-k...
The sight of mistletoe may either send you scurrying or, if you have your eye on someone, awaiting an opportunity beneath its snow-white berries. But how did the festive tradition of kissing under mistletoe come about? Carlos Reif explains how this long-lived custom intertwines the mythology and biology of this intriguing plant.
Lesson by Carlos Reif, animation by CUB Animation.

General Physics 2 (Summer 2009, UMKC) by Robert Riggs

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source: UMKC     2009年6月11日
Physics 220 (Summer 2009, UMKC) by Robert Riggs
The course is the second semester general physics course (algebra-based). Topics covered are electricity and magnetism, electromagnetic waves, and light. The last third of the course introduces to optics, special relativity, and quantum mechanics.

1: Course Introduction, Syllabus, Electric Charge & Electric Induction 1:13:56
Lecture 2 1:12:54
Lecture 3 1:16:43
Lecture 4 1:16:10
Lecture 6 1:23:11
lecture7 1:08:52
Lecture8 1:50:25
Lecture 10 55:49
Lecture 11 1:11:51
Lecture13 1:18:27
Lecture 14 51:14
Lecture 16 1:28:32
Lecture 17 1:08:26
Lecture 18 54:34
Lecture 20 58:07
Lecture 21 1:06:28
Lecture 22 1:05:13
Lecture 26 32:56

Physics (Spring 2010, UMKC) by Robert Riggs

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source: UMKC     2010年1月19日
Physics 220 (Spring 2010, UMKC) by Robert Riggs

Lecture 1 Professor Robert Riggs discusses the syllabus and introduces the concept of charge  41:13
2 - Charging by contact, Inducation & Coulomb's Law 41:27
3 - Electric Field 40:23
4 - Gauss's Law, Electric Potential & Electric Potential Energy 50:08
5 - Electric Potential 48:41
6 - Capacitance, Dielectrics, Series & Parallel 49:22
8 - Ohm's Law, Homework Capacitance, Power, Current, Energy & Resistance 41:33
9 - Ohm's Law, Energy, Internal Resistance, Into to Circuits 5:59
10 - Exam Review 24:17
11 - Resistance in Series & Parallel, Kirchoff's Rules 45:51
12 - Kirchoff's Rules, RC Time Constant 40:44
13 - Introduction to Magnetism - Roller Coaster Demo 38:36
14 - Magnetic Force on a charge, Mass Spectrometer 45:26
15 - Current creating magnetic field, straight wire, coil & solenoid 41:35
16 - Magnetic force on a current carrying wire 43:42
17 - EMf, Transformers, Back EMf 42:53
18 - Transformers, Back EMf 42:56
19 - "Arcs and Sparks" by Mike Kelly 40:34
20 - Exam Review 28:27
21 - Electromagnetic Waves, Impedence, AC Circuits 40:35
22 - AC Circuits, Capacitive & Inductive Reactance 44:29
23 - Law of Reflection 39:50
24 44:05
25 - Index of Refraction, Critical Angle, Mirror Equation 41:07
26 - Fun with Focal Points 46:58
29-Thin Film Interference 34:52
30 - Thin Film Redeux 32:53
31 - Diffraction and Polarization 45:29
27 28:23
28 - Interferences,Young's Double Slit 38:54
32 - Human Eye, Resolving Power, Brian Cox on LRC Collider 40:43
33 - Special Relativity Introduction, Time Dilation, Contraction 24:50
34 - Special Relativity 34:42
36 - Relative Velocities 36:38

Physics (UMKC) by Robert Riggs

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source: UMKC    2009年8月28日
Physics 210 (UMKC) by Robert Riggs

Lecture 1 - Textbook introduction & Syllabus 43:47
2 - Measurement, Units, Unit Analysis, Sig-Figs and Problem Solving 1:11:24
Lecture 3 - Velocity, Speed, Displacement, Distance & Acceleration 54:25
Lecture 4 - Kinematic Equations & Free Fall 50:00
Lecture 5 - Free Fall, Vector Components, Vector Addition 1:04:11
Lecture 6 - Vectors & an Intro to Projectile Motion 1:06:34
Lecture 7 - Projectile Motion from a horizontal cliff 1:02:38
Lecture 8 - Introduction to Forces: Newtons Law I & Newtons Law II 1:03:11
Lecture 9 - Newton's Third Law 1:03:40
Lecture - 10 - Free Body Diagrams & Friction 1:03:49
Lecture 11 - How to solve force vector problems 48:05
Lecture 12 - Work, Energy, Conservation of Energy, Hooke's Law 1:08:03
Lecture 13 - Work Energy Theorem 1:00:10
Lecture 14 - Impulse, Conservation of Linear Momentum 57:13
Lecture 15 - Linear Momentum 1:03:23
Lecture 16 - Review 1:01:12
Lecture 17 1:00:22
Lecture 18 - Circular Motion 1:06:14
Lecture 19 - Rotational Dynamics 1:08:19
Lecture 20 - Rotational Energy 53:41
Lecture 21 - Angular Momentum, Stress & Strain 59:02
Lecture 22 - Ping-Pong Gun & Buoyant Force 55:01
Lecture 23 - Bernoulli Equation 47:49
Lecture 24 - Ideal Gas Law 51:02
25 - Heat, Specific Heat, Phase Change, Conduction, Convection, Radiation 58:40
Lecture 26 - Simple Harmonic Motion - Final Lecture 1:07:13

Calculus I - III (UMKC) by James Foran

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source: UMKC     2012年9月25日
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Calculus I with Prof. James Foran 1:1
1:53:32
1:2 2:00:20
1:3 1:57:41
1:4 1:47:17
1:5 1:47:48
1:6 1:43:41
1:7 1:32:54
1:8 1:59:20
1:9 1:40:10
Calculus II with Prof. James Foran 2:1 1:37:30
2:2 1:47:11
2:3 1:48:52
2:4 1:56:02
2:5 1:40:09
2:6 1:47:20
2:7 1:40:10
2:8 1:38:09
Calculus III with Prof. James Foran 3:1 1:40:09
3:2 1:59:59
3:3 1:40:09
3:4 1:40:33
3:5 1:40:09
3:6 1:56:53
3:7 1:41:36
3:8 1:59:16

How to study efficiently: The Cornell Notes Method

source: Learn English with Emma [engVid]     2016年8月25日
Learn to study faster and more efficiently, and remember more! I will show you my favorite system for taking notes, called the Cornell Notetaking System. You'll learn a way to take better notes and become a better active listener. I'll explain how to use this method and show you an example of it. Using the Cornell template will help you remember more of what you hear in class and help you organize your notes better. This method will help you if you are a student in a high school, language school, or university, or if you attend meetings, conferences, or like studying on your own! You can practice using the Cornell Notetaking Method with this video on the differences between British and American spelling at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG017... , or any other engVid lesson!
To test how well you understood this lesson, take the quiz here: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-study-ef...
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Revolutionary science in the age of the guillotine

source: The Royal Society    2016年11月24日
Discover how the revolutionary movement in Paris and London helped shape the scientific landscape during the 18th century.
We joined Ian Blatchford, Director of the Science Museum and Professor Steve Jones, author of No Need for Geniuses as they discussed how pioneering inventions, guillotines and revolutionary thinking in these two cities changed the future of science.
The lecture was recorded on November 8 2016 at the Royal Society. For more events like this, see our schedule - http://ow.ly/KhTi306gTN1

John Stuart Mill's On Liberty & Utilitarianism

source: Philosophical Overdose    2016年11月21日
Nigel Warburton reads a few short parts from his book "Philosophy: The Classics" on John Stuart Mill's political and ethical theory. You can find his book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/... and his website here: http://virtualphilosopher.com. He also does the Philosophy Bites podcast with David Edmonds.

Bruno Latour | On Not Joining the Dots || Radcliffe Institute

source: Harvard University    2016年11月22日
Bruno Latour (6:33) speaks about the concept of sovereignty in connection with the work of Ulrich Beck and others and discusses his recent work on the mythological personage of Gaia in the contexts of globalization, climate change, the crisis in the European Union, migration, and other developments.
(46:45) Latour’s remarks are followed by a conversation moderated by Homi K. Bhabha, the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities and director of the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard. The discussion involves Latour; Diane Davis, the Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism and chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design; and Peter Galison RI ’10, the Joseph Pellegrino University Professor and director of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard.
Introduction by Lizabeth Cohen, dean, Radcliffe Institute, and Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University
This event was cosponsored by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard’s Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Seminar on Violence and Non-Violence.

Andrew Rosen, CEO of Theory | The New School (The Marvin Traub Lecture)

source: The New School     2016年11月28日
The Marvin Traub Lecture Series presents ANDREW ROSEN, CEO, Theory in conversation with Joel Towers, Executive Dean, Parsons School of Design (http://newschool.edu/parsons).
The conversation with fashion expert Andrew Rosen, CEO of Theory, is part of the second annual Marvin Traub Lecture Series.
This event celebrates the extraordinary career of Andrew Rosen, co-founder and CEO of Theory, CEO of Helmut Lang, and long-time mentor and investor in American fashion companies including Rag & Bone, Alice & Olivia and Proenza Schouler.
The New School | http://newschool.edu
The Marvin Traub Lecture and the Marvin Traub Scholarship were established to honor business innovator and longtime Parsons Board of Governor, Marvin Traub (1925 – 2012), advance the design and business ideas to which he dedicated his life, and support a new generation of innovators. The Marvin Traub Lecture and Scholarship are made possible by Mrs. Marvin S. Traub, Marvin Traub Associates, and other generous donors.
Location: John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center , U100
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U100, New York, NY 10003
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

You Don’t Need to be a Visionary – It’s Fine to be a Follower | Simon Sinek

source: Big Think    2016年10月28日
Visionaries know why they get out of bed each day. Do you? Ethnographer and leadership expert Simon Sinek explains how to find direction and fulfillment in your personal and professional life. Sinek's latest book is "Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action" (https://goo.gl/IUeJuD).
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Transcript - I don’t know when it happened in the history but we’ve become obsessed with the concept of having a vision, right. And there’s this overwhelming pressure on entrepreneurs or any of us for that matter that we all have to have a vision. People even ask us so what’s your vision? You know what’s your vision in your job? What kind of vision do you want to build or follow? And at the end of the day we’re not all visionaries. We don’t all have big change the world kind of visions. And even if we have some sense of it very few of us are really capable or able of articulating that vision in words so clearly than others could imagine that same world that we imagine.
Sometimes it’s just a feeling. And so I think it puts an unfair stress and an unfair burden on all of us that we have to have a vision. I don’t know. I just want to go to work and be happy and feel like my life and my work is valuable. Do I need more than that? But I do believe we have to find a vision. We have to have direction. We have to have a north star. We have to know where we’re going. It doesn’t have to be the direction we set. It can be the direction that somebody else sets. So it’s very important for us to find a leader or find a company or find a vision in whom we believe so that our work is contributing to building that. So in the civil rights era some may not have been able to clearly articular the vision that they imagined. Read Full Transcript Here: https://goo.gl/aPzubP.