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The Holloway Series in Poetry - Judith Goldman
http://holloway.english.berkeley.edu/
JUDITH GOLDMAN is the author of Vocoder (Roof 2001), DeathStar/rico-chet (O Books 2006), and l.b.; or, catenaries (Krupskaya 2011). She co-edited the annual journal War and Peace with Leslie Scalapino from 2005-2009 and is currently Poetry Feature Editor for the academic web-journal Postmodern Culture. From 2007-2011, she was a Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago. In fall 2011, she is the visiting Holloway Poet at the University of Californ
Investing in This Environment
The 2011 University of Virginia Investing Conference was held November 10th & 11th at the Darden School of Business. This year's theme was "The Political Cycle, Political Change and Investing.
In this video, Tom Keene, Editor-at-Large for Bloomberg News, moderates a discussion with Afsaneh Beschloss, President and CEO of The Rock Creek Group, Lawrence Kochard, Chief Executive Officer of The University of Virginia Investment Management Company (UVIMCO), Richard Mayo, Founder and Chairman of Mayo
The jQuery JavaScript library
Hannes Hirzel
The jQuery JavaScript library facilitates the access of document elements, access to files on the server (AJAX) and helps to deal with events. This is done in a web browser independent way.
What Is Inflation? (One Minute Dictionary Video Series)
In this short video, students will learn about the vocabulary word "inflation". Inflation is defined as 1. makes things bigger and 2. makes goods cost more. Good examples are given (blowing up a balloon and cost of cereal). This is a good resource to introduce a new vocabulary word into the upper elementary/middle school classroom. (1:04)
Doc Holliday
This episode of Stories of the Century has railroad detective Matt Clark tracking down Doc Holliday of the famous O.K. Coral shootout. (26min)
ECB is only viable solution to euro zone debt crisis: ING
Nov. 14 - The ECB needs to be more aggressive in its bond buying as markets are looking at the central bank as the only viable solution to the euro zone debt crisis, says ING Rate Strategist Padhraic Garvey.
What Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement tells us
Nov. 14 - Here's what India needs to fix to reach its economic potential, N. Chandrasekaran of Tata Consultancy Services tells Chrystia Freeland.
India's boom resembles America's Robber Baron days
The crony capitalism of India's billionaire boom shows India Capitalism is in its "adolescence." K.N. Vaidyanathan, former Executive Director of the Securities and Exchange Board. Just as in America, billionaires will discover why they need people at the bottom.
Hussein palaces readied for return
Nov 14 - U.S. troops pack up war headquarters in Saddam Hussein's former palaces before returning them to Iraqi forces as part of pullout. Jessica Gray reports.
Super Mario gets down to business
Nov.14 - As Italy's new head of government, Mario Monti, is forming his cabinet, Rome was able to sell 3 billion euros of five year bonds. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns Europe could be going through its toughest hour since World War Two. Joanna Partridge reports
Merkel: Europe's "toughest hour since World War II"
Nov. 14 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel offered a grave assessment of Europe's economic health and underscored her determination to keep the Euro from failing. Deborah Gembara reports.
Russell Banks: 2011 National Book Festival
Author Russell Banks appears at the 2011 National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: The author of more than a dozen works of fiction, Russell Banks' newest novel is "Lost Memory of Skin" (Ecco). His work has been translated into more than 20 languages, and two of his novels have been adapted into award-winning films: "The Sweet Hereafter" and "Affliction." His novel "Cloudsplitter" depicts the fictionalized journey of abolitionist John Brown. Banks has written poems, essays and stories for The
USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor
In this video, students will be able to see real footage of the Pearl Harbor Memorial. The photographs are well done. This is a good resource to help build background knowledge and will help to build a real world connection. (3:03)
Economic Update on WBAI Nov 12
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The Treasury Story
Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury. The Treasury Department consists of the: Bureau of Mint, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Customs, Bureau of Public Debt, and the Bureau of Accounts. (28min)
Reading a Thermometer
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad learns how to read a thermometer as they try to keep their chocolate sculpture from melting.
Making Every History Lecture Engaging | Teachinghistory.org
The lecture has fallen on difficult times . . . it relies too heavily on auditory input and makes students passive as opposed to active learners. —Silver, Strong, and Perini.
As history teachers we may often use the lecture format, and perhaps many of us had our first excitement about history ignited by an incredible lecture that sparked our interest in the past, but students learn best if they are actively processing what they are hearing.
Mike Yell introduces the Discrepant Event Inquiry
Marquette Reunion 2012: Want Patrick to visit your old haunt?
Marquette Reunion 2012: Want Patrick to visit your old haunt?
