Regia: Brian Goodman; Actori: Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke; Gen: Crima, Drama; Durata: 100 minute; An: 2008...
By Michael Sandel - Harvard UniversityLicence: Course Description: Justice is one of the most popular courses in Harvard's history, having taught more than 14,000 students over the course of two decades.In this course, Sandel challenges us with difficult moral dilemmas and asks our opinion about the right thing to do. He then asks us to examine our answers in the light of new scenarios. The results are often surprising, revealing that important moral questions are never black and white.This cou...
"Nice clouds," critics would say, "But really, it isn't quite art with a capital A, is it?" Until recently, Dutch Art of the Golden Age was seen as technically good, but not very interesting. It was just too realistic, where was the artistic imagination?Today, this opinion on Dutch art has changed and the value of Golden Age artworks has soared. So what is the true meaning behind all these landscapes, seascapes, portraits and still lifes that look so real that you can feel t...
Genius, in Roman mythology, a protecting, or guardian, spirit. It was believed that every individual, family, and city had its own genius. The genius rec eived special worship as a household god because it was thought to bestow success and intellectual powers on its devotees. For this reason, the word came to designate a person with unusual intellectual powers. The genius of a woman was sometimes referred to as a juno. In art, the genius of a person was frequently depicted as a winged youth; th...
Vineri, 24 aprilie, incepand cu ora 16:30, va asteptam la Serendipity, pentru vernisajul unui artist pluri-talentat ... el pe numele lui Cristian Seusan.Daca va intrebati de ce merita sa veniti, pai pe criza asta ne-am gandit sa nu va luam bani pentru arta, dam un ceai din partea casei in zeita aromelor - ceainaria Serendipity - si va oferim culoare pentru o zi mai energinanta.
Suntem prinsi intre munca sau scoala si pseudo-iubiri, traim pentru ziua de maine, ca si cum astazi nu mai conteaza. ...
Regia: Barry Levinson; Act: Robert De Niro; Gen: Drama, Comedie; Durata: 107 minute; An: 2008...
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1. "Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere." - Van Wilder ("Grijile sunt ca un balansoar. Iti ofera ceva, dar nu te duc nicaieri") ...
Stay in three of Europe's most wonderful cities, cover some 2000 years of Western art, visit all the relevant museums and sites and yet feel like you've done more than just skim the surface? The European Highlights combines a broad approach with profound analysis over the period of six weeks in Florence, Utrecht and Berlin. In Florence, you will have the chance to see the works of the great Italian Masters of the Renaissance in the flesh, visiting the many renowned museums, magnificent cathedra...
Capita Selecta ('special subjects' in English) refers to a selection of topics related to the same theme. This course focuses on the theme of sustainability, a theme that has been on everyone's agenda for the past decades but still remains open to different interpretations. A theme on which many discussions, often very intense, still take place today. The course kicks off with a series of lectures offering various perspectives on sustainability, in areas like sustainable economics, architecture...
Take up residence in the beautiful city of Utrecht for four weeks and experience the highlights of over 400 years of Dutch art first hand. This course covers many of the country's most renowned museums, artists and cities, and the interactive activities for a large part take place in front of the original art works.The first half of the course focuses on Dutch Art of the Golden Age, the time of legendary painters such as Rembrandt and Vermeer. Until recently, most art from this period was seen ...
By Walter Lewin - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLicence: Course Description: This course is a first-semester freshman physics class in Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory. In addition to the basic concepts a variety of interesting topics are covered in this course: Binary Stars, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Resonance Phenomena, Musical Instruments, Stellar Collapse, Supernovae, Astronomical observations from very high flying balloons (lecture 35), and you will be ...
By Kavita Ramdas - Stanford UniversityLicence: Course Description: Lectures:
Lecture 1 - Definition of Entrepreneurship
Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, defines entrepreneurship by looking to the roots of the French language. She found two words: "entre" and "prendre" that suggest the act of immersion into something that also takes hold of you.
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By Jeff Housenbold - Stanford UniversityLicence: Course Description: Lectures:
Lecture 1 - Entrepreneurship is a State of Mind
Being an entrepreneur is more than just starting a business, says Shutterfly CEO and dot-com veteran Jeff Housenbold. Entrepreneurial thinking involves an innovative mindset to create new products, new markets, and new ideas within any set of circumstances - from an existing Fortune 5...
By Scott Kriens - Stanford UniversityLicence: Course Description: Lectures:
Lecture 1 - Opportunity Recognition
Scott Kriens describes how Juniper was able to take advantage of the rapidly growing internet router space. He states that Juniper's focus on solving unique problems helped them compete against other established players.
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By Sue Decker - Stanford UniversityLicence: Course Description: Lectures:
Lecture 1 - The Guiding Light of Customer-centricity
It's difficult to do and it's difficult to change, but a focus on putting customers first is the most powerful thing an enterprise can do, says Sue Decker, President of Yahoo!. Decker admits that some of the company's strategic hurdles have come from thinking of their products and the...
By Randy Adams - Stanford UniversityLicence: Course Description: Lectures:
Lecture 1 - The Early Career of a Serial Entrepreneur
Randy Adams, founder of AuctionDrop, talks about his background, including growing up in Maine, attending MIT, and his realization of his love of creating companies.
Lecture 2 - The Biggest Compe...
By Jerry Kaplan - Stanford UniversityLicence: Course Description: Lectures:
Lecture 1 - Five Biggest Mistakes That Entrepreneurs Make
Jerry Kaplan, serial entrepreneur, executive, technical innovator, and author, elaborates on the five biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs make: 1) Having unclear goals and an unclear mission 2) Trying to prove that they are smart 3) Greed - doing it for money. 4) Hiring people ...
By Katharine Ku - Stanford UniversityLicence: Course Description: Lectures:
Lecture 1 - What's Best for the Technology?
Katherine Ku, Director of the Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) at Stanford University, talks about the mission of the OTL at Stanford. Their main philosophy is to do what's best for the technology, and that doesn't always mean going for the top dollar.
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By Ann Winblad - Stanford UniversityLicence: Course Description: Lectures:
Lecture 1 - Introduction to Hummer Winblad and Mobius Venture Capital
Ann Winblad, co-founding Partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, introduces herself and venture capitalist Heidi Roizen, who was not able to be there. She says that now is a very exciting time for entrepreneurship because there are lots of holes to fill in the s...
By Robert I. Sutton - Stanford UniversityLicence: Course Description: Lectures:
Lecture 1 - What Is Creativity?
Using Play-Doh and the Apple iPod as examples, Robert Sutton, Co-Director of the Center for Work, Technology, and Organization at Stanford University, explains that often creativity is simply making new things out of old ones.
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