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The Daily Nuisance: The politics of Israeli cultural boycott |
| From: TheDailyNuisance | 25 November 2010 | The Cape Town Opera is performing Porgy and Bess in Tel Aviv, Israel. On opening night a group of Israeli Peace activists held a flash mob outside the opera house, calling on the performers to boycott Israel. That same night a group of settlers protested the boycott of a new cultural center in Ariel. |
| Date: 2010-11-29 01:28:00 - Added by: KMC |
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George Carlin on Homelessness and Golf |
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| Date: 2010-11-28 23:16:52 - Added by: KMC |
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Steve Jobs Versus The Beatles |
| BBCComedy | 29 November 2010 | Steve Jobs, The Beatles and Dan Bull, together at last. To mark the watershed moment when The Beatles back catalogue finally became available for download on iTunes, geeky rap artist Dan Bull has his own take on how The Beatles would respond to the news, if they were still together. With animation by Victoria Kitchingham. |
| Date: 2010-11-28 22:49:44 - Added by: KMC |
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State Secrets: Leaked US Cables Reveal Sensitive Diplomacy |
| AssociatedPress | 28 November 2010 | Hundreds of thousands of State Department documents leaked Sunday revealed a hidden world of backstage international diplomacy, divulging candid comments from world leaders and detailing occasional U.S. pressure tactics overseas. (Nov. 28) |
| Date: 2010-11-28 17:29:04 - Added by: KMC |
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RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms |
| This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award. |
| Date: 2010-11-28 07:02:15 - Added by: KMC |
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Taiwanese Animators Take On Black Friday Shopping Frenzies |
| The ultimate shopping free-for-all is of course known as Black Friday. NMA News, your premiere source for Taiwanese animated news segments, is on top of this year's buying frenzy with another hilarious video report. Aside from instances of violence, NMA is worried about American consumers' appetites for bargains in this weary economy. Their fear is that if we don't buy all the Asian-exported products we can, they might not have a happy Lunar New Year in a few months. |
| Date: 2010-11-27 09:21:06 - Added by: KMC |
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TSA My Ding-a-Ling Sing-Along |
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| Date: 2010-11-27 08:58:15 - Added by: KMC |
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Stock Market Basics: How the New York Stock Exchange Works - Tutorial Cartoon (1952) |
| 1952 http://thefilmarchived.blogspot.com/ A stock market or equity market is a public (a loose network of economic transactions, not a physical facility or discrete entity) for the trading of company stock (shares) and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately. The size of the world stock market was estimated at about $36.6 trillion at the start of October 2008. The total world derivatives market has been estimated at about $791 trillion face or nominal value, 11 times the size of the entire world economy. The value of the derivatives market, because it is stated in terms of notional values, cannot be directly compared to a stock or a fixed income security, which traditionally refers to an actual value. Moreover, the vast majority of derivatives 'cancel' each other out (i.e., a derivative 'bet' on an event occurring is offset by a comparable derivative 'bet' on the event not occurring). Many such relatively illiquid securities are valued as marked to model, rather than an actual market price. The stocks are listed and traded on stock exchanges which are entities of a corporation or mutual organization specialized in the business of bringing buyers and sellers of the organizations to a listing of stocks and securities together. The largest stock market in the United States, by market cap, is the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE. In Canada, the largest stock market is the Toronto Stock Exchange. Major European examples of stock exchanges include the London Stock Exchange, Paris Bourse, and the Deutsche B?rse. Asian examples include the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the Bombay Stock Exchange. In Latin America, there are such exchanges as the BM&F Bovespa and the BMV. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$11.92 trillion as of Aug 2010. Average daily trading value was approximately US$153 billion in 2008. The NYSE is operated by NYSE Euronext, which was formed by the NYSE's 2007 merger with the fully electronic stock exchange Euronext. The NYSE trading floor is located at 11 Wall Street and is composed of four rooms used for the facilitation of trading. A fifth trading room, located at 30 Broad Street, was closed in February 2007. The main building, located at 18 Broad Street, between the corners of Wall Street and Exchange Place, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, as was the 11 Wall Street building. In 1792, The NYSE acquires its first traded securities. In 1817, The constitution of the New York Stock and Exchange Board is adopted. In 1867, The First Stock Ticker. In 1896, Dow Jones Industrial Average first published in The Wall Street Journal. In 1903, NYSE moves into new quarters at 18 Broad Street. In 1906, Dow exceeds 100 on January 12. In 1907, Panic of 1907. In 1914, World War I causes the longest exchange shutdown: four months, two weeks; re-opening December 12 brings the largest one-day percentage drop in the DJIA (24.4%). In 1915, Market price is given in dollars. In 1929, Central quote system established; Black Thursday, October 24 and Black Tuesday, October 29 signal the end of the Roaring Twenties bull market. In 1943, Trading floor is opened to women. In 1949, Longest (eight-year) bull market begins. In 1954, Dow surpasses its 1929 peak in inflation-adjusted dollars. In 1956, Dow closes above 500 for the first time on March 12. In 1966, the NYSE begins a composite index of all listed common stocks. This is referred to as the |
| Date: 2010-11-27 08:55:36 - Added by: KMC |
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The Coming Water Shock |
| GRITtv The Coming Water Shock: We're on a collision course with our finite supply of water, says Susan Leal, co-author of the new book Running Out of Water. It's not just that the supply is limited, she notes, it's our growing population, increased personal use, and climate change that are all playing into what journalist Anna Lenzer calls (quote) the coming shock. Susan and Anna join us in studio to discuss water: why we're limited, why privatization and drinking bottled water isn't the solution, and why the problem has a better chance of being solved when people work together rather than have decisions imposed by private corporations. |
| Date: 2010-11-26 20:30:58 - Added by: KMC |
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Cholera Numbers Grow as Haitians Prepare for Presidential Vote |
| PBSNewsHour | 26 November 2010 | Less than a year after the deadly Jan. 12 earthquake and amid a massive cholera epidemic, Haiti prepares to replace out-going President Rene Preval. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports from Port-au-Prince on the country's upcoming presidential election held on Sunday. |
| Date: 2010-11-26 18:45:10 - Added by: KMC |
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