Mac Basics
China's inflation eases but no major policy shift seen
Nov. 9 - Consumer price rises slowed in October, giving Beijing more room to tweak monetary policy. But the fight against inflation is not over, so don't expect any major policy changes just yet.
Round 2: James Murdoch vs British Parliament
News Corp's deputy chief operating officer, James Murdoch, is scheduled to appear before Britain's parliament on Thursday to address the phone hacking debacle his company is embroiled in. Peter Lauria, Editor-in-Charge of Technology, Media, Telecom at Thomson Reuters, tells us what Murdoch needs to do in order to survive this scandal, make good with the public and successfully succeed his father as head of News Corp.
Chinese President urges efforts to oppose protectionism.
Nov. 12 - Chinese President Hu Jintao urges countries to take concrete actions on development issues and protectionism. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Spanish Empire in the New World (en español)
This documentary traces the history of the Spanish Empire in North America from Columbus through the 1800s. Although not available in english, the visuals are intriguing enough to keep interest and it's not too hard to follow along. (español - Spanish Language version) (22min)
The East Side story: How executive uncertainty created an accession conditionality that never was
A presentation given by Research Fellow Cristina Parau at Wolfson College on February 24th 2009. Dr Parau is also a member of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies in Oxford. Europeanization scholars study the impact of the European Union (EU) on domestic politics. The literature on the impact of the EU on the domestic politics of accession countries in Eastern Europe has focussed too narrowly on the formal conditions for accession to the EU stemming from Brussels. Accession conditionality and the
What is OMA?
An information introduction to the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the University of Richmond
Occupy Movement: Live Q&A with Northeastern Professor Jeffrey Juris
On Wednesday, Jeffrey Juris, associate professor of anthropology, kicked off the launch of 3Qs Live with an engaging discussion via Facebook about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Juris fielded a range on questions submitted through social media about the movement that has taken the world by storm.
Open Classroom 11/09/2011 - #2 Burnes Presentation
The Role of Government in the 21st Century
This week: How much should government socialize risk?
Guest Lecturers: Nonnie Burnes and Jim Stone
Modern Climate Change
Eric Snodgrass
Recent climate change, which has occurred during the modern instrument era, is the focus of this chapter. It is through the lens of long-term climate change (occurring on thousands to millions of […]
Climate Projections
Eric Snodgrass
In this module, we will investigate the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and look at future climate projections. We will inspect these findings and analyze their […]
Quadrilateral Properties - Khan Academy
In this five-minute video, Sal Khan focuses on the properties of a quadrilateral. He discusses parallelograms, trapezoids, a rhombus, rectangles, and squares. (05:07)
The Golden Rush
The California Gold Rush began in 1849 drawing people from across the nation following promises of great riches. Some were very lucky, but many found great disappointment. (1min)
James Murdoch turns on ex-colleagues
Nov.10 - James Murdoch maintains that he was not shown the "For Neville" email - and says former legal chief of the News of the World, Tom Crone, misled parliament. British MP Tom Watson later compared an irritated Murdoch to a mafia boss. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Gaming wars go digital
Nov. 10 - With the holidays just around the corner, gaming companies are continuing to expand the battlefield to a multitude of platforms. Bobbi Rebell reports.
Quels temps font-ils ? Une introduction au temps des physiciens
Scénario : Marc LACHIEZE-REY, Etienne KLEIN et Hervé LIEVRE.
En dépit de sa familiarité, la notion de temps suscite nombre de difficultés dont le nombre grandit à mesure que l'on tente de l'analyser. Par exemple, il est très difficile de définir le temps. Pourtant, les physiciens sont parvenus à faire du temps un concept opératoire.
- Qu'est-ce que le temps ? Le temps est d'abord un mot indéfinissable.
- Le temps existe-t-il ? Quelle sorte d'existence fa
Adolphe Pacault. Des livres, Une histoire
« "Adolphe Pacault. Des livres, Une histoire", un documentaire écrit et réalisé en 2011 par Claire-Lise Gauvain (SCD Bordeaux I), Yves Gloinec, Nadège Pré, Agnès Larcher (DCAM). Musique : Olivier Oguez ( 18 min 30, VF).
Dans le cadre de l’année internationale de la chimie 2011 et de l’exposition réalisée par le SCD de l’Université Bordeaux I « Itinéraires d'un scientifique : autour des bibliothèques d'Adolphe Pacault (1918-2008)&qu
An International University
Sabah Randhawa, Provost for Oregon State University, discusses how OSU is increasingly becoming an international university, and why organizations need to become more international and innovative in the changing global environment. OSU's international experiential programs and new incoming student programs like INTO OSU are changing the campus to meet new challenges.
