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Monitor Breakfast: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
Monitor Breakfast: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka sits down for a conversation with attendees of the Monitor Breakfast to discuss the state of labor unions in the United States, as well as a host of other topics related to rebuilding an economy that values hard work and a strong middle class. Date: [...]
John G. Roberts: A History of the US Bill of Rights
John G. Roberts: A History of the US Bill of Rights As public debate about whether Australia should enhance our constitution by taking up a Bill of Rights, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John G. Roberts explores the differences between the U.S. and Australia. The visiting judge was careful to say he didn’t [...]
Space, time and the Beginning
Summary: New superluminal space travel theory Space and time seem to be the latest measures that allow us to explain the planets enhibitate. Theories about the Big Bang as it is called vary. Some physicists claim that at a specific point in space a cosmic embryo’ starting collecting infinitesimal energy that at its lesser mass [...]
How ediscovery helps law firms be productive
Summary: New page: The electronic medium has unfolded a spectrum of opportunities for the legal domain. However, conventional methods have proven to be more of a hindrance as law firms were unable to supply … The electronic medium has unfolded a spectrum of opportunities for the legal domain. However, conventional methods have proven to be [...]
How to rip DVD to iPhone4
Summary: Wanna watch favorite DVDs on iphone4 without time limitation? Then just follow the words. Sometimes, you know, it’s unfair to pay a ridiculous price to iTunes just for purchasing a movie you already have on your DVD, right? So what should you do? Wanna play your favorite DVDs on iPod, but not costing any [...]
New Technique Finds Gaseous Metals in Exoplanet Atmospheres
A previously undetected element has been found in the atmospheres of two different extrasolar planets. Using a new technique at a new telescope, two separate groups of exoplanet scientists have discovered potassium in the atmospheres of two hot Jupiters more than 190 light-years from Earth. “I’m really excited about this,” exoplanet expert Sara Seager of [...]
Sea Creatures Hint at Recent Trans-Antarctic Seaway
The discovery of nearly identical sea creatures on either side of a now solid Antarctic ice sheet — 1,500 miles wide and over a mile thick — points to an open ocean passage there as recently as 125,000 years ago. A schematic of a seaway created by the partial collapse of the West Antarctic Ice [...]