Understanding the Rise of China
Speaking at a TED Salon in London, economist Martin Jacques asks: How do we in the West make sense of China and its phenomenal rise? The author of "When China Rules the World," he examines why the West often puzzles over the growing power of the Chinese economy, and offers three building blocks for understanding what China is and will become. (21:31)
ISS Update: Weekly Recap for Sept. 7, 2012
The International Space Station Weekly Recap for Sept. 3-7, 2012.
Images of Earth and Space II
This videotape tours the Solar System and outer space using scientific visualizations from Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the HPCC Earth and Space Sciences Project. At the Sun, simulations investigate processes that create magnetic field and release energetic particles. Earth science begins with the Pacific Ocean, studying the 1997-98 El Nino and Cyclone Susan. Crossing the globe, visualizations trace North Americas East Coast and ocean currents in the North Atlantic
Dr Alan Bollard: What I have learned from the Global Financial Crisis
The 2012 annual Sir Leslie Melville Lecture delivered by Dr Alan Bollard, Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
The near-meltdown in the financial system in 2007-08 and ensuing global recession have left challenging legacies. Monetary and fiscal policy in major advanced economies have found themselves backed into difficult corners. Meanwhile, researchers and forecasters are fundamentally rethinking economic frameworks to tackle financial fragility, contagion and instability. Dr Bollard e
Regional Spanish Series - Iberian #1 - How’s it goin’ with you?
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! ¡Bienvenidos a España! This is where it all started. You may be surprised to find out that Spanish on the Iberian Peninsula is not as cut and dry as you may think! Meet Megan and David, your guides through this maze of Spanish. This Iberian lesson, like all lessons in our [...]
Spain and Italy mustn't blow ECB plan - Breakingviews
Sept. 10 - Reuters Breakingviews editor Hugo Dixon says the ECB's bond-buying scheme buys Spain and Italy time to stabilise finances. But if they drag their heels, the market will sniff them out.
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Sep 10 - Daily morning update on markets, people in the news, world events and your daily digit.
Trading at Noon: Soros harsh with Germany, not Greece
Sep 10 - Billionaire investor George Soros shares his views on the EU crisis. Intel and Titan Machinery among today's stocks to watch.
Getting in the Tobacco-Free Tiger Zone.
Short video on the limited-use tobacco policy at the University of Memphis.
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There are some good "what if" problems in this video. What if you fired a gun in outer space? What if you shot a water gun at the sun? There is also a good explanation of Newton's cannon (05:29).
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Sept. 12 - Europe in the green, thanks to the judges in red. Germany's top court approves Berlin's role in the euro zone rescue fund, pushing the euro up to a 4-mth high above $1.29.
Sept. 12 - Domestic economic pressures trump global growth jitters and mean now is not the time to cut rates, says Thai central bank governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul.
Watch video of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series, featuring a talk by Dr. Dan Roden: “Genomes, Hype, and a Realistic Pathway to Personalized Medicine” Roden is widely-recognized for his expertise in clinical, genetic, cellular, and molecular basis of arrhythmia susceptibility and variability responses to arrhythmia therapies. Over the past decade, he has led Vanderbilt’s broader efforts inkeep reading »
THIS WEEK @MINNESOTA: Sept. 10-14. In this episode of the weekly video feature, we check out low-cost options for students around campus. Highlights include Gopher football games from $12, money management tips from the Live Like a Student campaign and an open source textbook catalog.
This is a student created project about dynamics in music. The video contains definitions of dynamics including: piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, and forte. (01:26)
This is a scene from the 1994 movie The Hudsucker Proxy in which a businessman is trying to make hula hoops the next big thing. Only after a kid makes it look fun, do they sell. This would be good to show in an economics or business lesson to help explain supply and demand, inflation, or types of marketing. (03:11)
Date: 2012-09-13
Time: 6:00pm
Jennie Bowser, National Conference of State Legislatures Senior Fellow; John Fund, National Affairs Columnist for the National Review Online; Tova Wang, Senior Democracy Fellow for Demos and Fellow for The Century Foundation; and Alex Keyssar, Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy for HKS discuss voter ID Laws and its surrounding issues of suppression and fraud as a part of the IOP's ongoing conversation about the 2012 election. Trey Gray
