Tarek Hoteit Notebook

OTV: The Ethiopian Airliner Crash: The Scandal Report

2010-02-07T19:54:00.002-06:00

Games People Play: Game Theory in Life, Business, and Beyond

2010-02-07T05:24:00.002-06:00

"Game theory - the science of interactive, rational decision making - helps us understand how and why we make decisions, and provides insights into human endeavors, including politics, economics, and biology. In Games People Play: Game Theory in Life, Business, and Beyond, business consultant and award-winning Professor Scott P. Stevens helps you understand this profound subject. Throughout these 24 enlightening lectures, you explore the fundamentals of game theory in an engaging, comprehensive manner. You investigate classic game scenarios, encounter the fields greatest minds, and discover its real-world applications in everything from corporate negotiations to foreign policy."

Prof. Robert Aumann Applies Game Theory to the "Middle Eastern Games"

2010-02-07T05:23:00.001-06:00

Game Theory (ECON 159) - Yale University

2010-02-07T05:17:00.001-06:00

"Game Theory (ECON 159)

We introduce Game Theory by playing a game. We organize the game into players, their strategies, and their goals or payoffs; and we learn that we should decide what our goals are before we make choices. With some plausible payoffs, our game is a prisoners' dilemma. We learn that we should never choose a dominated strategy; but that rational play by rational players can lead to bad outcomes. We discuss some prisoners' dilemmas in the real world and some possible real-world remedies. With other plausible payoffs, our game is a coordination problem and has very different outcomes: so different payoffs matter. We often need to think, not only about our own payoffs, but also others' payoffs. We should put ourselves in others' shoes and try to predict what they will do. This is the essence of strategic thinking.

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses"

Early abuse tied to more depression in children

2010-02-07T05:05:00.001-06:00

"ScienceDaily (Feb. 7, 2010) — Although children can be depressed for many reasons, new evidence suggests that there are physiological differences among depressed children based on their experiences of abuse before age 5. Early abuse may be especially damaging due to the very young age at which it occurs."

read complete article : Early abuse tied to more depression in children

"RACE: Are we so different?" - Berkley Institute

2010-02-07T05:00:00.002-06:00

Psychology of Consumer Behaviour

2010-02-07T04:58:00.003-06:00

"A General Education college elective GSSC1026 Psychology of Consumer Behaviour introduction video "

Consumer Behaviour Matters

2010-02-07T04:58:00.001-06:00

"Why studying consumer behaviour is more useful than market research" http://www.philipgraves.net

The Failure of the Keynesian State - Mises Institute

2010-02-07T04:55:00.001-06:00

"Presented by Congressman Ron Paul at "The Failure of the Keynesian State," the Mises Circle in Houston, sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis. Recorded Saturday, 23 January 2010. Includes introductory remarks by Mises Institute president Douglas E. French, and by Institute founder and chairman Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.."

Al Jazeera - Iran cuts ties with British Museum

2010-02-07T04:51:00.001-06:00

"Iran has cut links with the British Museum over its failure to lend the Islamic Republic an ancient Persian treasure, according to Iranian media.
Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization said in October it had set a two-month deadline for the British Museum to allow the public display in Iran of the so-called Cyrus Cylinder, linked to the Persian ruler's 6th century BC conquest of Babylon.

But Hamid Baqaie, the head of Iran's state Cultural Heritage Organization, said the museum failed to meet the deadline.

"

The Cyrus Cylinder dates back to 539 BC, described by some as the world's first charter of human rights [AP]

read complete article : Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Iran cuts ties with British Museum

Social Media and Young Adults | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

2010-02-06T07:51:00.001-06:00

"Two Pew Internet Project surveys of teens and adults reveal a decline in blogging among teens and young adults and a modest rise among adults 30 and older. Even as blogging declines among those under 30, wireless connectivity continues to rise in this age group, as does social network use. Teens ages 12-17 do not use Twitter in large numbers, though high school-aged girls show the greatest enthusiasm for the application."

read complete article : Social Media and Young Adults | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

Keynesian Predictions vs. American History

2010-02-06T07:46:00.001-06:00

"Presented by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. at "The Failure of the Keynesian State," the Mises Circle in Houston, sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis. Recorded Saturday, 23 January 2010. Includes introductory remarks by Mises Institute president Douglas E. French. "

Scientists communicate with brain-damaged man - AlJazeera

2010-02-05T00:46:00.001-06:00

"Scientists in Europe say they have managed to communicate with a man who is in a persistent vegetative state.

The medical team used standard technology to monitor the thoughts of people who have suffered traumatic brain injuries.

Eventually, one man was able to answer simple questions - raising some interesting ethical questions.

Emma Hayward reports from London.

February 4 2010 "

Bull Market Can’t Last If You Mind the Gap: Mohamed A. El-Erian - Bloomberg.com

2010-02-03T18:27:00.001-06:00

"Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- In some Underground stations in London, you are repeatedly reminded to “Mind the Gap” as you enter and exit the train. The aim is to reduce injuries occasioned by a structural anomaly that results in a large gap between the platforms and the trains.
Judging from market valuations, I sense quite a gap between consensus market expectations and key political and economic realities, especially in the U.S. If the gap isn’t bridged by the validation of the more optimistic expectations, investors may well find that January’s global equity sell-off was just a precursor to a disappointing year for several asset classes, including stocks. "

read complete article : Bull Market Can’t Last If You Mind the Gap: Mohamed A. El-Erian - Bloomberg.com

Social Networking at the Office

2010-02-03T16:01:00.001-06:00

The YouTube Interview with President Obama

2010-02-03T07:03:00.001-06:00

BBC News - New synagogue opens religious debate in Lebanon

2010-01-31T10:58:00.001-06:00

"Lebanon was once home to a thriving Jewish community, but its estimated that there are now fewer than a hundred Jews left in the country. So it came as a surprise when the tiny Jewish community announced the rebuilding of one of Beirut's historic synagogues.
Natalia Antelava reports . " – see Video

read complete article : BBC News - New synagogue opens religious debate in Lebanon

Don't Become Happier Than Your Wife - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com

2010-01-31T01:17:00.001-06:00

CATHERINE RAMPELL writes

"If you are happier than your wife, you may be at greater risk of divorce.

That is the main takeaway from a new working paper looking at happiness and divorce rates in Australia. From the abstract:

Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation. We interpret this as the effect of comparisons of well-being between spouses, i.e. aversion to unequal sharing of well being inside couples. …
[C]ouples are more likely to breakup when the difference in life satisfaction is unfavorable to the wife. The information available in the Australian survey reveals that divorces are indeed predominantly initiated by women, and importantly, by women who are unhappier than their husband."

read complete article : Don’t Become Happier Than Your Wife - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com

A special report on social networking: A world of connections | The Economist

2010-01-31T01:06:00.001-06:00

"Online social networks are changing the way people communicate, work and play, and mostly for the better, says Martin Giles"

read complete article : A special report on social networking: A world of connections | The Economist

Racism in Lebanon? Commenters Respond to Ethiopian Airline 409 Tragedy

2010-01-31T00:12:00.001-06:00

Joshua Hersh writes from Beirut: "Emotions have run hot in the aftermath of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, and this has resulted in some visceral exchanges between Ethiopians and Lebanese. If it wasn’t already evident, this episode has made clear that there is a great deal of anger on both sides, but especially on behalf of Ethiopians, who feel deeply mistreated and abused by the Lebanese.

read complete article : Racism in Lebanon? Commenters Respond to Ethiopian Airline 409 Tragedy | Lebanon and Syria

Legal Maxims in American and Islamic Criminal Law

2010-01-31T00:06:00.001-06:00

"Intisar Rabb, a Princeton Ph.D. candidate in Near Eastern Studies and one of the three 2009 Hoffman Scholars, describes her dissertation research during the 2009 Hoffman Scholars Honors Presentation. "

From Metaphysics to fMRI: Freshman Seminar on Neuroscience and Philosophy

2010-01-31T00:05:00.001-06:00

"Is free will an illusion? How do we make decisions? What is the nature of the mind? These are some of the questions addressed in The Neural Basis of Free Will and Consciousness, a freshman seminar that combines philosophy and neuroscience and immerses freshmen in the theory and technology of both disciplines."

Howard Zinn: A Young Peoples History of the United States

2010-01-31T00:03:00.003-06:00

"
On May 13, 2009, Howard Zinn hosted a special reading of the newly released, updated and illustrated "A Young Peoples History of the United States" that highlights the words of Americas youngest rebels, dissenters and visionaries, from our past--and present. "

Social exclusion in southern Yemen

2010-01-31T00:03:00.001-06:00

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They are punished for behaviour that's said to bring shame on their families, and the price can be severe. It could be theft, drugs, sex outside marriage or just marriage without the familys conse...
They are punished for behaviour that's said to bring shame on their families, and the price can be severe.

It could be theft, drugs, sex outside marriage or just marriage without the familys consent, but for some Yemeni women, such issues will remain with them for their whole life.

Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall travelled to southern Yemen to visit one woman whose determination to help those she sees as victims of injustice is making a real difference. "

Literature :: Mises Institute

2010-01-30T11:26:00.001-06:00

"The most complete online offering of the literature of the Austrian School and libertarian ideas, including books, journal articles, and other writings, sorted by any method you choose" http://mises.org/literature.aspx

read complete article : Literature :: Mises Institute