Singapore's History
This 3:25 video provides good images and data about the history of this island/country. It does a good job of briefly telling the background to the city and does show some significant modern buildings. Not much depth, and is best when dealing with early history.
WOD 11-30-11 in loco parentis
Auburn Veteran's Parade 2011
Asynchronous Programming for C++ Developers: PPL Tasks and Windows 8 The Parallel Patterns Library (PPL) provides a task-based asynchrony model that can make working with asynchronous APIs much easier for C++ programmers. Asynchronous APIs are pervasive in the "Windows 8" Windows Runtime (WinRT). Potentially long-running operations—like file and network I/O—are typically exposed through some asynchronous pattern.
Here, we meet
Adolphe Pacault. Des livres, Une histoire
« "Adolphe Pacault. Des livres, Une histoire", un documentaire écrit et réalisé en 2011 par Claire-Lise Gauvain (SCD Bordeaux I), Yves Gloinec, Nadège Pré, Agnès Larcher (DCAM). Musique : Olivier Oguez ( 18 min 30, VF).
Dans le cadre de l’année internationale de la chimie 2011 et de l’exposition réalisée par le SCD de l’Université Bordeaux I « Itinéraires d'un scientifique : autour des bibliothèques d'Adolphe Pacault (1918-2008)&qu
Helicopter crash kills Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Blake
Nov. 11 - A helicopter crash killed Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Blake, with the government vowing a full investigation. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Office of International Studies Shanghai, China Program
The Shanghai program is located on the campus of East China Normal University (ECNU), locally known as "HuaShiDa." The University has a long history of scholarly endeavors and is well known as one of the most innovative universities in China. Established in 1951, it is one of China's key institutions of higher learning that specializes in teacher education, and is nationally known for its Chinese language and literature program. It enrolls more than 16,000 students and 1,000 international studen
Global Business Dialogue: Day 1 Recap
A quick recap of what day one at the Thunderbird Global Business Dialogue looked like.
Jim Madigan postgame at Boston College, Nov. 11, 2011
Northeastern and No. 2 Boston College skated to yet another epic battle, but the Eagles prevailed in the final moments as BC scored with 2.8 seconds left to take the 2-1 victory on Friday night at Conte Forum.
Sophomore Cody Ferriero netted his first goal of the season, fifth of his career, while juniors Garrett Vermeersch and Alex Tuckerman helped on the marker. Junior Chris Rawlings offered another valiant effort, stopping 34-of-36 shots in the setback. BC backstopper Parker Milner turned awa
Life in Philadelphia during the Great Depression
Shops, monuments, and people are shown during the depression in North East Philadelphia. This commercial was produced by the Mayfair Businessmen's Association. Commercials like these were used to try to boost moral during the depression. (18min)
Obert's Freckle Juice Book Trailer
Edit202 Lakeland
Billy Gilman Pays Tribute to Mattie Stepanek on the 2010 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.
This is the beautiful story of the young and gifted Mattie Stepanek and his fight for muscular dystrophy. (06:05)
What Is Recession? (One Minute Video Dictionary Series)
In this short video, students will learn about the vocabulary word "recession". Recession is defined as the act to receive or withdraw. Good examples are given (gum recession, financial recession, and wedding recession). This video is a good resource to help upper elementary/middle school students understand this concept. (1:03)
Global Problems of Population Growth
This survey course introduces students to the important and basic material on human fertility, population growth, the demographic transition and population policy. Topics include: the human and environmental dimensions of population pressure, demographic history; economic and cultural causes of demographic change, environmental carrying capacity and sustainability. Political, religious and ethical issues surrounding fertility: infanticide, abortion, contraception, son preference, government co
Why sharing the wealth is good business
Nov. 13 - Economies grow most powerfully when all the population participates, B.N. Kalyani says outside the World Economic Forum's India summit. Business is doing what it can, he tells Chrystia Freeland. Government needs to do more.
Robin Williams is cool with Penguins.
Nov. 13 - Robin Williams plays it clean when it comes to the family film, "Happy Feet Two."
