Wall Street Rally
U.S. stocks are at levels not seen since June 2008, but will new insider trading charges, a hacker at the Nasdaq and other issues rattle investor confidence, and is it too late to join the rally?
Clashes over landfill
Violent clashes between demonstraters and police in Greece over a planned landfill.
Fury over Mubarak speech
Furious protesters march to the state's television headquarters to deliver their message to the Egyptian President directly. Deborah Gembara reports.
Pakistan blast kills police officer
A roadside bomb near the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar kills one police officer and injures three others.
Sri Lanka floods kill at least 14
Floods strike Sri Lanka for the second time in less than a month, leaving at least 14 dead and affecting over a million residents.
Jobless man's trade fair for one
A French former marketing director stages a employment fair with a difference: a recruitment event for himself, where he is the sole exhibitor.
TED - Dan Phillips: Creative Houses from Reclaimed Stuff
Nov. 2010 - Dan Phillips of Phoenix Commotion, a recycled materials house builder, gives a TED talk about the building potential of construction waste materials and the potential in each of us to live better, more creative and fun lives by breaking away from consumer and cultural pressures in our purchasing choices and our lives.
Subjects covered include the sources of wasteful consumption:
-The human brain's desire to establish and define patterns can lead to wastefulness,
China rate hike felt overseas
China's move to raise interest rates for the third time since October to dampen rising inflation is having a modest impact on global markets.
Fire at Ivory Coast's Treasury
Fire engulfs at least three floors of Ivory Coast's Treasury building Tuesday with no serious injuries reported. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
THE100 Session 2 Spring 2011
THE100 Television, Film and Theatre Session Two 02/08/11 Bill DeLuca
How Its Made: Acoustic Guitars
This professionally-made video shows how these instruments are made and why they are made certain ways. Run time 02:44.
Developing Rural Areas
What are the constraints that prevent rural societies in developing countries from raising their standards of living? This event also explores the potential for policy change and new technologies to remove these constraints. Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at MIT and a founder and director of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a research network specializing in randomized evaluations of social pr
Waste Reduction Week Awareness Campaign (Canada)
Video discusses Waste Reduction Week (October) and how you can help to reduce waste by using a refillable travel mug.
A coordinated awareness campaign among restaurants and coffee shops awards those who bring in a travel mug with an opportunity to win prizes.
1.46 Strategic Management in the Design and Construction Value Chain (MIT)
This course provides an overview of key concepts in strategic management in the construction, real estate, and architecture industries. Topics include supply chain analysis, market segmentation, vertical integration, competitive advantage, and industry transformation. This course is of interest to students seeking more understanding of the business dynamics of real estate and construction; seeking to provide value in firms which they may join; or seeking to build a foundation for their own entre
03 - Les TIC pour aider l’entrée dans l’enseignement supérieur
Cette conférence a eu lieu à l ’occasion des journées scientifiques « Pédagogie universitaire numérique », organisées par le service de formation et l’équipe EducTice de l’INRP (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon), et la Mission du Numérique pour l’Enseignement Supérieur (MESR).
Elle propose dans un premier temps quelques éléments de contexte relatifs à l’accès et à la réussite dans l’enseignement supérieur en France. Elle présente ensuite quelques disp
Temple Crest Park - Tampa Florida Plastic Pollution
Video encouraging cooperation and collaboration in the efforts to clean up the plastic pollution at a park in Tampa, Florida. Videos that document before and after clean up efforts are a good way to mobilize communities and measure impact.
Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten – 14.02.2011
Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Montag - als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei. TUNIS: Italien und Tunesien sind uneins über den Umgang mit Bootsflüchtlingen. Die italienische Regierung möchte eigene Polizisten in dem nordafrikanischen Land stationieren, um weitere Menschen von einer Überfahrt nach Italien abzuhalten. Der tunesische Regierungssprecher Baccouche lehnte dies aber ab. Die Kontrol
Egyptian Collection at the Pitt Rivers Museum
Colloquia Week 4 HT11: Egyptian Collection at the Pitt Rivers Museum
2.Valuing our teaching
In this video our academics reflect on the high standard of teaching on offer at Nottingham, and how important it is to them.
Rules of Evidence
Public figures who were once lawyers or law students will speak about how, if at all, their experience of studying, teaching or practising law has been of value to them in their other careers. Hilary Mantel is an award winning novelist and an LSE alumnus.
