Dog Bless You: Wood River Valley Animal Shelter
Explore visits the Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley - the first no-kill shelter in Idaho - and finds out how the shelter staff rescues, protects, and finds homes for abandoned dogs and cats.*Video contains a few graphic pictures of animals that had been abused. (6:20)
UK inflation hits 3-year high
Oct. 18 - Inflation in Britain hit a three-year high of 5.2% in September, pushed higher soaring by gas and electricity bills and increasing the squeeze on Britons' living standards as wages fail to increase in line with prices. Joanna Partridge reports.
ISS Update - Oct. 18, 2011
The International Space Station video update for Oct. 18, 2011.
Authors@Google: Bart Ehrman
Bart Ehrman visits Google Cambridge on April 7, 2011 to discuss his new book, Forged. From the book's description:
"It is often said, even by critical scholars who should know better, that "writing in the name of another" was widely accepted in antiquity. But New York Times bestselling author Bart D. Ehrman dares to call it what it was: literary forgery, a practice that was as scandalous then as it is today. In Forged, Ehrman's fresh and original research takes readers back to the ancient world
Inside the lab: Sangeeta N. Bhatia, M.D., Ph.D.
Learn more about the work the Bhatia lab is doing to use micro and nanotechnologies to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy.
Military Blunders: Stalin's Purges (3:41)
This Military Blunders video clip is about the Great Purge.
The leader of Communist Russia, Joseph Stalin, was paranoid of
opposition. It was this paranoia that led to the Great Purge. He sent
many people to labor camps in Siberia. Some images may be too intense for students.
Wealth Strategies: SEC has right tools for HFT, ETFs: Reed
Oct. 19 - U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, discusses the challenges ETFs pose to the SEC after the agency announced a sweeping investigation into their use and possible abuse.
EEMIS 2011: Utilisation significative du dossier médical informatisé
Titre: Utilisation significative du dossier médical informatisé - normes américaines
Conférence enregistrée lors de la "Sixième Ecole d' Eté Méditérranéenne d'Information En Santé" sur le thème "Systèmes d'Information : de l'hôpital au territoire, bilan et perspectives"
du 18 au 22 juillet 2011à Corte (Corse). Conférences organisés par Associations AIM et AMIS, en partenariat avec l'Université de Corse - Institut
EEMIS 2011: Evolution des référentiels sémantiques internationaux (video)
Titre: Evolution des référentiels sémantiques internationaux (CEN/ISO,CIM/OMS et SNOMED CT/HTSDO)
Conférence enregistrée lors de la "Sixième Ecole d' Eté Méditérranéenne d'Information En Santé" sur le thème "Systèmes d'Information : de l'hôpital au territoire, bilan et perspectives"
du 18 au 22 juillet 2011à Corte (Corse). Conférences organisés par Associations AIM et AMIS, en partenariat avec l'Université de Cor
20.10.2011 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Donnerstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
Im hoch verschuldeten Griechenland gehen die Streiks und Proteste gegen das neue Sparprogramm der Regierung weiter. Vor allem die Beschäftigten im öffentlichen Dienst legten den zweiten Tag in Folge die Arbeit nieder. Hingegen normalisierte sich der Flugverkehr nach dem Ende des Streiks der Fluglotsen. - Am Mi
Open Classroom 10/19/2011 - #1 Bluestone Introduction
The Role of Government in the 21st Century
This Week: Milton Friedman vs. John Kenneth Galbraith with Barry Bluestone playing both roles
Web Archiving at the British Library
Helen Hockx-Yu discussed the key processes of web archiving and provided an overview of the British Library's web archiving activities. She discussed how the current selective archiving practices are changing to meet the requirements of archiving the UK web at scale, enabled by forthcoming non-print Legal Deposit legislation.
Helen Hockx-Yu is the head of web archiving at the British Library. Previously, she was project manager of the Planets project, a four-year project co-funded by the Europe
11.03. Changes in the Money Relation 2.3 Learning more Consider your main use for the PC, and check that you have the skills or knowledge you need. Although some students use spreadsheets and databases, the key skills for most students are: word processing study notes and assignments; searching for information on the web; using conferencing and email. If you feel you need to know more about using your computer there are a number of options open to you. Libya: Who are the new guys? Winans get a Hollywood Walk star Anonymity, Privacy and Security - background reading Kenya tense after second blast IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL...FOREVER! by Comprehension Song: Who, What When, Where, Why with Miss Jenny
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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Muammar Gaddafi's 42 years of power in Libya is officially over, as he was captured and killed by rebel forces in Sirte. What's next for Libya? Alastair Macdonald, Chief Lead Writer for Reuters, breaks down the challenges the country faces in the near future and who the major players are to become Libya's new leader.
Oct. 21 - Gospel duo BeBe and CeCe Winans get star.
Anonymity, Privacy and Security - background reading
Oct. 25 - Residents in Nairobi are concerned after two explosions in the Kenyan capital claimed one life and injured more than 20. Simon Hanna reports.
Explore comprehension questions in Miss Jenny's "Who, What, When, Where, and Why" song. (01:03)
