LRA Event Part 2: Marcus Bleasdale
Remarks and slideshow from photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale. Images by Marcus Bleasdale. To see more on the LRA, visit: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/africa/lords-resistance-army-hunt-africas-most-wanted
Facebook raises $1.5 bln
Summary of business headlines: Facebook raises $1.5 billion; Hu heads home with high U.S. marks; GE profits up, but Bank of America posts loss; Dow streak: eight winning weeks.
LRA Event Part 4: Joe Bavier
Journalist Joe Bavier discusses the need to explain the crimes of the LRA to the world. To see more on the LRA, visit: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/africa/lords-resistance-army-hunt-africas-most-wanted
Ex-Vivendi CEO found guilty
A Paris court delivers a guilty verdict in the trial of Jean-Marie Messier, former CEO of the media conglomerate Vivendi.
Sci-fi inspires Augmented Reality
A virtual vision of the Berlin wall, a digital representation of the World Trade Center and a magical augmented reality tour of Beatles landmarks are among the 'Layars' drawing attention to a technology called Augmented Reality.
American Revolution - Cartoon Overview
This professionally-made video from Brain Pop uses simple terms and cartoon animation to help explain the events during the Revolutionary War. Some key vocabulary terms and names include: Lexington, Paul Revere, Samual Prescott, Midnight Ride, Minutemen, Second Continental Congress, George Washington, Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence, Saratoga, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Franklin, Valley Forge, John Paul Jones, guerrilla warfare, Yorktown, and Lord Cornwallis. Run time 04
Spain's trashiest hotel turns heads
Madrid's newest hotel is unlikely to receive many recommendations from top travel guides, but it is making tourists stop and take notice.
Hu concludes US visit
On the final day of his four-day visit to the U.S., Chinese President Hu Jintao spoke to students at a leading Chicago high school with a focus on foreign language programs. Jon Decker reports.
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A Year in Focus - Assessing Gordon Brown Part 1
In this podcast Doctor Steven Fielding takes a look back at Gordon Brown's first half-term in office.
In this, the first of three episodes, Doctor Fielding rates the Prime Minister on his performance in International Relations.
Doctor Fielding works in the University's School of Politics and International Relations. He is an expert in
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Four NATO servicemen killed in Afghanistan blast
Soldiers investigating earlier blast killed in explosion in eastern Afghanistan. Rough cut. (No reporter narration.)
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Albert Square AFL03_aerofilms_691554 ALBERT SQUARE, Walford, London. Aerial view of the film set for Albert Square, Walford setting for the popular BBC TV soap opera, Eastenders. Aerofilms Collection (see Links).
Tomb of Karl Marx, Highgate Cemetery AA074709 HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. A view towards the tomb of Karl Marx, the political philospher who died in London in 1883. He was originally buried elsewhere in the East Cemetery, but his remains were moved to the current grave in 1954. Photographed by John Gay.
William McKinley Biography
More of a slide, this video goes through the life of President McKinley.
Communications in Slow-Moving Crises
What’s a journalist to do when a major story must be coaxed reluctantly into public view, or emerges on what seems like a geological time scale? These panelists discuss how to approach slowly evolving but urgent stories at a time when news coverage has shifted inexorably from print and its variable deadlines to the constant, repeti
The Chinese Pipa
If you want to play this cool instrument, you need some serious hand coordination. The pipa is a pear-shaped string instrument that is native to China. The “pi” means to push the right-hand fingers from right to left, and “pa” is to pull the thumb of the right hand from left to right. Aside from its cool name, the Pipa, it is said, must be played with an open heart and mind in order to truly play it. This great video from explore.org features this cool Chinese string instrument. So enjoy
How to Make Glue
This is a Power Point slide presentation teaching you how to make glue. There is no sound.(1:15)
Treaty of Versailles
Know About The Treaty Of Versailles - The treaty was designed to free the small ethnic groups from Germany's reign and make sure the power hungry Germany could not ravage France again. It also helps explain how this resulted in future problems. A good, brief review, but students need a map to be able showing Germany before and after the treaty was signed.
What Is the Earth Made of?
The earth's mantle, core and surface have varying chemical compositions, but the earth is generally made up of eight main elements, within which there are four super abundant elements. (02:18)
