Japan eyes rare earth deals
Japanese trading houses eyes rare earth deals, as Chinese supply concerns mount.
"the boys i mean are not refined" by E E Cummings (poetry reading)
The stills are from "Rebel Without a Cause" with James Dean, 1955.
the boys i mean are not refined
they go with girls who buck and bite
they do not give a fuck for luck
they hump them thirteen times a night
one hangs a hat upon her tit
one carves a cross on her behind
they do not give a shit for wit
the boys i mean are not refined
they come with girls who bite and buck
who cannot read and cannot write
who laugh like they would fall apart
and masturbate with dynamite
the boys i mean are not
"Birth of the Girl-Child: Speculations on the Nineteenth Century Reawakening"
A talk by Ruby Lal, Associate Professor Department of South Asian Studies at Emory University.
Old English Prose
Topics include the first attempts at prose in the English language, 'short stories', historical texts, legal documents, as well as such writers as Alfred the Great, and Aelfric of Eynsham.
Internet Scout Project
Dr. Ron Blakey at Northern Arizona University offers a series of global views illustrating how the Earth may have looked during the past 600 million years. The globes are colored to demonstrate the climate and vegetation for locations at a given time. Students and educators can inspect the images in four different views: global time slices in mollewide projection, global time slices at high resolution, global time slices at low resolution, and global time slices in rectangular format. This websi
3.1 Introduction
The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This unit explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat. This unit builds
2.3 Environmental regulation of breeding
The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This unit explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat. This unit builds
Model village in China aims higher
China's Huaxi village wants to lose model village tag and be a city, makes big bet on tourism and services sector growth.
Top Mexican drug lord gunned down
Mexican security forces killed a leader of the powerful La Familia drug cartel, a top government official said. Pavithra George reports.
Bulldog skincare looks good for xmas
A British firm called Bulldog which makes natural skincare products for men is proving a hit with consumers as the growing demand for male grooming products means many more of us will be buying them for christmas this year.
The space shuttle's successor?
Privately owned SpaceX launches its Falcon 9 rocket into orbit -- in a test flight that NASA hopes will eventually lead to cargo runs to the International Space Station. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Wall St. haunted by deficit worry
Summary of business headlines: U.S. borrowing costs surge on Washington deficit fears; Youku.com, E-Commerce China Dangdang keep chinese IPOs in demand; Monthly sales at McDonald's disappoint.
Discussing the euro zone crisis
The euro zone 16 nation bloc is in its second phase of crisis say both analysts and players who are looking for solutions to protect the euro
The net value of Russia's Mail.ru
Shares in Russia's Mail.ru have jumped more than 50 percent from their initial listing price on the London stock exchange, which was already at the top end of its range.
Euros top Estonia's xmas list
As Estonia prepares to enter the euro zone on January 1, some wonder what the effects will be on prices in the new year.
Europe welcomes German imports surge
Germany's trade surplus narrowed slightly in October on an unexpected fall in exports while demand for foreign goods was robust giving hope to the rest of Europe.
China steps up Nobel crackdown
Empty chair expected to symbolise absence of anyone to collect the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo for jailed Chinese winner Liu Xiaobo.
UN says Outtara Ivory Coast winner
The United Nations and West African regional bloc ECOWAS say Alassane Outtara is the rightful winner of Ivory Coast's presidential election.
ISS Update - Dec. 8, 2010
The International Space Station video update for Dec. 8, 2010.
Myanmar rebels warn of wider clashes
One of Myanmar's largest rebel groups says fighting will widen and intensify if the new government fails to start talks with major ethnic groups.
