| Sir Geoffrey Howe vs. Margaret Thatcher |
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As we near the end of the Tony Blair
Premiership, here's a reminder of what it was
like in the days leading up to Margaret
Thatcher's resignation. The man who gave her
the fatal push was her longest serving
Minister Sir Geoffrey Howe. His resignation
speech triggered a chain of events which
ultimately led to Margaret Thatcher's
resignation as Prime Minister. This clip is
from the BBC Nine O'Clock News.
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| SIMS 141 - Quality & Search: Dr. Geoffrey Nunberg |
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Search Engines: Technology, Society, and
Business. The World Wide Web brings much of
the world's knowledge into the reach of
nearly everyone with a computer and an
internet connection. The availability of huge
quantities of information at our fingertips
is transforming government, business, and
many other aspects of society. Topics
include search advertising and auctions,
search and privacy, search ranking,
internationalization, anti-spam efforts,
local search, peer-to-peer search, and search
of blogs and online communities. The
Instructor, Dr. Marti Hearst, is an associate
professor in the School of Information at UC
Berkeley, with an affiliate appointment in
the Computer Science Division. The UC...
Tags : search quality Education sims 141 information systems webcast uc berkeley cal course cl |
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| Musicians@Google: Wynton Marsalis & Geoffrey Ward |
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The Musicians@Google program was thrilled to
welcome acclaimed musician Wynton Marsalis
and Geoffrey Ward to Google's New York office
to discuss their new book "Moving to Higher
Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life,". The
event was moderated by with Google's own Jim
Lecinski.
Wynton Marsalis is an acclaimed musician,
bandleader, educator, composer and author.
He is the Artistic Director of Jazz at
Lincoln Center and the Music Director of the
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
To date, Marsalis has won 9 Grammy Awards, in
both the jazz and classical categories, and
is the only artist to have won Grammy Awards
in five consecutive years, from 1983 to 1987.
In 1987, Marsalis' oratorio on slavery and
freedom, "Blood on the Fields," became the
first and only jazz composition to win the
Pulitzer Prize in music.
Geoffrey C. Ward, a historian, screenwriter,
and former editor of American Heritage, is
the author of thirteen books, including
"Jazz: A History of America's Music" and "A
First-Class Temperament", which won the 1989
National Critics Circle Award.
This event took place on September 5, 2008.
Tags : Wynton Marsalis Geoffrey Ward Moving to Higher Ground How Jazz Can Change Your Life Musicians@Google |
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Durée : 2628 s |
| Geoffrey Warnock on Kant: Section 1 |
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The original audio had a lot of noise and
crackles. This is the best I could clean it
up (at the cost of some sound quality).
Contemporary philosopher Geoffrey Warnock
discusses the philosophy of anti-empiricist
Immanuel Kant, and his view that activities
and powers within the mind are the key to
knowledge, and that all knowledge is
appearance. Knowledge for Kant, is a complex
affair, in which knowing is acquired not just
through the senses, but through pure concepts
of understanding indigenous to the mind.
Countering Hume, Kant insists it is the mind,
not the senses, which unifies and organizes
sensory flow into meaning full definitions of
things.
Tags : Bryan Magee Geoffrey Warnock Immanuel Kant Philosophy Mind Knowledge David Hume |
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