UK owns less than half of London's financial hub
Nov. 22 - British investors own less than half the office properties in London's financial hub for the first time according to a new report by property firm Development Securities. Hayley Platt reports.
Search for Rare Earths, Key Materials for Energy Innovation
By: RASEIBoulder Rare earth minerals are difficult and expensive to mine. And like most mining activities, doing so results in environmental damage, particularly because the ores from which these metals are extracted can be radioactive. Chinese mines have produced rare earths at a much lower cost, forcing competitors to shut down in recent years and creating a near monopoly. Japan is developing technology to improve recycling of some rare earths from discarded electronic products. And it is seek
Thomas Cook shares crash
Nov. 22 - Thomas Cook group shares plummet by 74 percent as company says its to renegotiate its financing with the banks. Full year results delayed. Penny Tweedie reports.
Professor Teresa Collett, University of St. Thomas School of Law.mp4
For more information about Professor Collett, view her bio on the UST Law wesbite: http://www.stthomas.edu/law/faculty/bios/colletttreasa.htm.
La roue de la vie dans les temples bouddhiques (video)
One of the first sights encountered by visitors to Buddhist temples is a large painting of the wheel of rebirth, depicting in horrific detail the pains (less often the pleasures) that await people after death. In this illustrated talk, Stephen F. Teiser explains how these representations of the Buddhist worldview have been imagined in Buddhist art over the centuries. The lecture offers an introduction to Buddhist cosmology, Buddhist art, and the spatial and ritual organization of Buddhist te
Hod Lipson on Programmable Matter: Shape of Things to Come
Hod Lipson of Cornell University discusses the future of 3-D printing in his lecture entitled, Programmable Matter: The Shape of Things to Come
Medieval Cooking
This video shows cabbage stew and bread being prepared in the manner popular during the Middle Ages. The ingredients needed are listed, and the video shows the foods being prepared step-by-step. This video could be used by students preparing to host their own Medieval feast. ( 7:33)
SFSP Lille 2011 – Loi de santé publique et expertises - Discussion
Titre : SFSP Lille 2011 – Loi de santé publique et expertises
Intervenant(s) : Roger Salamon, Président du Haut Conseil de la santé publique, Daniel Lenoir, Directeur général de l’ARS Nord Pas-de-Calais
Résumé : Le congrès 2011 de la SFSP est centré sur les expertises en santé publique. Son but est de contribuer à clarifier les différentes définitions de l’expertise et l’organisation de sa production dans notre pays. Seront envisagés le rôle des experts
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GoNUxstream Game Recap - Women's Ice Hockey vs. Boston College - Nov. 17, 2011
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Multi-Task GRCC Works!
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving - Primary
Fall Convocation November 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.
McMaster University convocation ceremony for the Faculties of Engineering, Health Sciences, and Science.
Order a DVD of this ceremony for $19.99 at http://www.bookstore.mcmaster.ca/
The State Role in Funding Schools
William J. Price
As America begins the second decade of the twenty-first century, there is little question that the education of our youth is critical to the continued political and economic health of our nation. […]
SFSP Lille 2011 – Alerte et expertise : le cas des perturbateurs endocriniens
Titre : SFSP Lille 2011 – Alerte et expertise : le cas des perturbateurs endocriniens
Intervenant(s) : André Cicolella, Président du Réseau Environnement Santé (RES), Conseiller Scientifique à l’INERI S
Résumé : La notion de perturbateurs endocriniens (PE) a été forgée en 1991 par un groupe de 21 scientifiques réunis à Wingspread autour de Theo Colborn pour qualifier un mécanisme explicatif commun des dérèglements de la santé humaine et de celle de la faun
L'art bouddhique au Champa, influences et spécificité (video)
Les travaux épigraphiques et archéologiques concernant le Champa ancien ont mis en avant, depuis longtemps, l’importance du bouddhisme dans le courant des 8e-10e siècles. Les textes conservés permettent de se faire une certaine idée de la forme du Mahâyâna pratiqué par les Cham à cette époque. Mais les témoignages archéologiques se font davantage l’écho du contexte culturel large et varié dans lequel s’inscrit ce mouvement bien original qui participe tant du monde indien
