Pagans, Christians and Heretics in Medieval Europe: Cistercians - Prayer and Power
Pagans, Christians and Heretics in Medieval Europe: Cistercians - Prayer and Power
A shining year for gold
The gold price has hit several all-time highs during 2010, as investors worried about economic recovery or the euro zone debt crisis, and it's expect to climb further in 2011.
Infrastructure development will be India’s next economic wave
Infrastructure development will drive India’s economic growth in the next decade. That’s according to Kamal Nath, the country’s Road Transport and Highways Minister.
Politics in 2011
The second in our two-part series on the year ahead examines China's rise, America's gridlock, social unrest and the fun of 2011
Israeli train blazes near Tel Aviv
Passengers escape without serious injuries after an Israeli train catches fire.
Discovery Channel-Planet Earth-Ice World-Polar Bears
This video shows a mother bear and her cubs coming out of hibernation. The mother must find food before her milk runs out. She is in the process of teaching her cubs survival skills. It also touches on how as the Earth warms there is less ice for polar bears to stand on to hunt for seals (Running Time 3:01)
5 new lines for Beijing's subway
Five new subway lines open in Beijing, with more planned as the capital struggles to balance transportation gridlock and residents' desire for cars.
Lula cries as he says good-bye
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva bursts into tears during his last speech as president in his birth state Pernambuco.
Concept Mapping: How to Start Your Term Paper Research
How do we start our research for a term paper? One way is to map out our ideas and identify some of our key concepts to develop our research question. (04:58)
Isaac Asimov on Changes in Science Fiction after 1949
Legendary SF author Isaac Asimov discusses the transformation of science fiction from the 1950's to 1971 (when this interview occurred). This interview is t...
New Treatment for Early Stage Lung Cancer
Patients who cannot have surgery for an early stage lung cancer may now benefit from a new radiation therapy technology called stereotactic radiation therapy (STARS). This treatment can typically be given in 3 or 4 days as opposed to the 5 or 6 weeks with conventional radiation therapy. For patients who CAN have surgery, an operation that removes the lobe of the lung containing the cancer and lymph nodes is the current standard of care.
Because of the good results seen so far with stereotactic
Vietnamese alphabet
How to pronounce each Vietnamese characters.Vietnamese language is based on the latin alphabet, which has 29 letters.
Automatización Industrial
Es una asignatura eminentemente práctica. Con ella se pretende que el alumno adquiera unos conocimientos básicos, que le permita abordar proyectos sencillos de automatización de sistemas industriales de eventos discretos; y esté familiarizado con el equipamiento habitualmente empleado en la industria.
Men's Basketball Game Highlights: Jan. 01, 2011
Highlights from the Missouri State Men's Basketball game vs. Illinois State on January 01, 2011.
Absolute Beginner #1 - Say Hello in Japanese No Matter the Time of Day
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you visit Japan, you’ll no doubt run into many friendly Japanese people who will all want to greet you. And of course, being the polite person you are, you’ll want to greet them right back in Japanese. But did you know that there are different Japanese greetings you’ll need to [...]
Learning by Doing
Patricia Collins, Assistant Professor of the Practice at Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, discusses the importance of learning-by-doing. The learn-by-doing method permits students to take classroom lessons and immediately apply them on-the-job. This hands-on experience positions students for success in the highly competitive software industry.
252 GG What Is Plagiarism?
Can you plagiarize yourself? Get Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/fogarty
3 How heavy is your footprint? You've seen that individual and household carbon footprints vary widely both within and between countries. So, in this section you'll be working out your own carbon footprint using the computer-based calculator linked in the box below. This is the Quick version of this calculator. A more detailed and complete version is available when formally studying the Environment: journeys through a changing
