1730s and 40s, missionary ies came from england, anglicans from the holy club originally from oxford university and every year they preached down the length of the british colonies from new ported rhode island to salve van that, and the crowds were enormous for the times.

one option was to stay at oxford university or to go and pursue an academic career. i knew that the oxford or any university would be able to give me a lot of freedom. another option that i had was to go to a consulting firm and i'd knew that they offered me and my first year, they said we will pay you more money than both of your parents combined have ever made in any one or two year period. that i had they have a third option from the united states. now the navy said to me, they said if you joined the navy, they said we will pay you $1332.60 per month. they said come and they said we promise you that in your first few months in the navy, we promise you that in the first few months in the navy you will have zero minutes per day of privacy. and they said the deal is the minute you sign on the dotted line you will always eight years of service, at least four years active duty and four years in the reserves. they said in return for that what we will do as we will give you one and only one chance at a sick underwater demolition training. if you make it through that train

who's going to rule the country afterwards was a dangerous strategy professor marc ullman from oxford university says that religious violence is what lies ahead for post revolt states the question is what kind of democracy will you have either in egypt or perhaps in syria where the the core of the opposition to president assad is the brothers the cousins if you like of the muslim brotherhood and these groups say they want to see them even indeed have majority support but they also say there's no question that the woman could be elected president of all the christian quarter but we have to remember in these countries like egypt and syria there are significant religious minorities it's a christian minorities there are also muslim groups who are regarded by the hardcore if you are one have the fundamentalists is not really muslims as heretics and so there is a danger that under the guise of democratization what we will see is the replacement of secular dictators who are at least tolerated really just diversity of fashion in a place with very dogmatic hardline people who will want a kind of saudi si

oxford. university. >> how many years were you there? >> one. >> what did you study? >> theology. >> then where did you go? >> i went to new jersey. >> and what did you study there? >> at princeton i studiedhe origins and history of ancient christianity. >> you taught in a number of institutions. would you list those for us? >> i taught at princeton briefly, i taught at u.c. berkeley, university of pittsburgh, for a year i was at the hebrew university at jerusalem and currently at boston unive >> you have? >> yes, indeed. >> i got my degree in '79. >> you're the professor of the appreciation of scripture, you've been doing that for what? >> since '90. >> for nine years. three books to your credit? >> that's true. >> i notice that you retreated from some of your statements from your first book, "jesus of nazareth, king of the jews." what changed in the 11 years between the publication of these two books. >> my first book was "from jesus to christ." and that was published in 1988. and "jesus of nazareth" was published a few months ago. what changed is time elapsed, i co

joined by journalist and author anthony summers anthony summers studied modern languages at oxford university before embarking on a journalism career that landed in the position of b.b.c.'s youngest producer at the age of twenty four and a lot of travel the world report on some of history's most memorable moments during the one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's for the past thirty years anthony has concentrated on investigative nonfiction author in seven bestselling books about historical figures like tsar nicholas the second president john f. kennedy f.b.i. director j. edgar hoover and president richard nixon is also written biographies of celebrities marilyn monroe and frank sinatra his latest book the eleventh day well it's about account of nine eleven is an investigation of the terrorist attacks of nine eleven september eleventh is the product of five years. we had some research and access for the first time to tens of thousands of previously was withheld nine eleven commission documents it has been hailed as the first comprehensive independent account of the events that changed america

and for more on this joined by professor mark owen and he's a look in modern history at oxford university thanks very much indeed for being with us now we just been hearing hillary clinton saying that sectarian and ethnic violence could undermine democratic transition in the arab spring countries should be the state department which backed those uprisings have realized that that would have been a consequence. yes it's rather surprising to hear this and i suppose one feels rather like one of those red indians in the old fashioned movies who says in this case white woman she speak with forked tongue because i was you saying the u.s. government sponsored radical groups as the best way to bring their regimes that are of. course beginning to wonder whether perhaps this could spiral out of control after all we have the classic example of this thirty years ago in afghanistan when people in the cia thought to be very good reasons to get a mujahideen going to attack the person if it was you who were soviet troops they were successful but i'm not sure the long term it was terribly beneficial to the

>> it is due in june to oxford university press. if the editors are listening, june. >> is the next book bigger than this? >> i think it will be. the next book is a lot of -- i got funding to do a national survey on interfaith marriage. i also spent about four months traveling to do interviews with people across the country. this is more a summary of a lot of things i have learned about higher education over the last number of years as a reporter. >> the name of the book is the faculty lounges and other reasons you will not get the college education you paid for. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> for a d.v.d. copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give your comments, visit us at q- and-a.org. >> coming up, the british deputy prime minister on the economy and other issues. after that, coverage from the cpac conference in florida. also, reports from florida's u.s. senate candidates, running against incumbent bill nelson. >>

1730s and 40s, missionary ies came from england, anglicans from the holy club originally from oxford university and every year they preached down the length of the british colonies from new ported rhode island to salve van that, and the crowds were enormous for the times. benjamin franklin verified how large the crowd were. he invented ways to count crowds. he walked around the edges and figuring hot -- he calllated how many square feet the average person took up, and he came to the conclusion there's 25,000 people in the audience. without a microphone, george witfield could reach all of them. he traveled with two horses, one for himself and the other for the portable pull pit from town to town. poor people who never felt at home in the meeting houses turned out, and the great awakening produced a schism in new england and 300 new churches which was too much for ethan allen's father, joseph. he was born a proud puritan and called themselves saints with an upper case "s," much as evangelicals still do today. rather than be part of the awakening, he led 19 families into the wilderness of north we

does a kid from grove city, ohio who worked at mcdonald's earn scholarships to michigan state, oxford university, and the university of chicago law school? >> i worked hard in school, had really terrific teachers, and i think i was fortunate. >> and timely, last question, what has it meant to you that mike dewine who defeated you last year? >> attorney general and i have maintained a friendly relationship in what was a tough election. i think that's to his credit, and i hope mine, and i appreciate what he had to say about me very much. >> let me conclude, mr. chairman. his background and experience shows he's the een tone of the public servant, and it's not only bad for consumers if the nomination is hijacked, but it's bad for the country if he's treated as a pawn in a cynical washington game, so i hope you're here, the colleagues change their minds having met you and seen the quality you show as a nominee. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator menendez. >> well, thank you, mr. chairman. mr. attorney general, you seem to have a strong record on consumer protection issues, and you've been endorsed

anglicans came from the holy club of oxford university. george whitfield and the wesley brothers and every year they preached down the length of the british colonies from newport, rhode island to savannah and the crowds were enormous for the times. benjamin franklin was the first to verify how large the crowds were when whitfield came through philadelphia. franklin invented a way to count a crowd. it's a pretty good one. he walked around the edges and then he figured out how many -- he calculated how many square feet the average person took up, and he came to the conclusion that there were 25,000 people in the audience. without a microphone, george whitfield could reach all of them. he traveled along with two horses one for himself and one for his portable pulpit from town to town. and wherever he went, young people, poor people who had never felt at home in the puritan meeting houses turned out and so the great awakening produced a schism in new england and 300 new separatist churches which was too much for ethan allen's father joseph. he

and finally some rowing while the on your boat race between british universities oxford in cambridge is known throughout the world not of their rights competed in the final as the european universities championship in moscow which was won by a local student crew always memories still fresh from beating reigning world champions germany at their home event and some pieces by the northern russian team french opposition to this one less than three seconds made the difference in the two kilometer race on the. driving come out that showdown topped the bell at the annual tournament state in russia for the first time since its inception six years ago almost five hundred students athletes from fifteen countries took part. and that's all sports news. hungry for the full slate we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. in the czech republic all teas available in the hotel as my central hotel prima villa the nice and most regal full stop aida much of him a taste in bosnia and herzegovina parties available in hutto bosnia and children of each college told

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he is a doctor from oxford university, a rhodes scholar, and his top national security studies at west point and in georgetown university security program. he is also served as military assistant to deputy secretaries of defense and he still has a full head of hair after that duty. he has published numerous books and articles and has been featured in newspapers, radio, television and news programs. he is giving to other talks today and is on to other tv shows, so if you see them later in the day you will know he earned his pay today. it's my pleasure to welcome dr. john nagl. [applause] >> thank you, admiral, very much. thank you all of you for your dedication to our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and all those who love them, though they are now serving and those who have served. this last decade of warfare has been truly a revolution for the united states military. we have adapted to a very old kind of warfare for which we were not prepared. we develop new tools to defeat terrorists, and most of all we see truly extraordinary determination and courage from a new great generation,

he is a graduate of oxford university and holds political science degrees from mit. he works as senior global advisor oxford analytica. i will turn it over to david. [applause] >> good morning. i have to start by saying it is a mark of the remarkable generosity of spirit that usually invites the europeans to chair this. strikes me as a mark of your diplomatic skills that the euro does not appear anywhere in what i am about to chair. i am delighted to be here not just to represent the rest of the world but also to help facilitate the discussion over the next hour and a half or so of this panel. i was trying to think what the framing theme of this conference and what came to mind was a commentary that was written in the wake of the tenth anniversary of 9/11. among -- the historians will write about the three important words. not war on terror but made in china. that is the question we are addressing in this panel and in the rest of the day. chinese leaders stressed they are a developing country of 1 fifty million people with less than $1 day. the per-capita gdp is 0.1 t

he attended stanford university, oxford in england and then yale law school before teaching constitutional law at berkeley. lu will join the seven-member high court to hear a key issue on proposition 8 next week. >>> parents with a cold can no longer send their children to the drug store for a bottle of cough syrup. governor jerry brown has sign add law making illegal to sell cough syrup like robitussin or nyquil to kids. the practice kids are using is called robeo tripping. side effects mirror that of pcp. >>> the u.s. has taken preliminary steps to monitor space junk. scientists estimate there are millions of pieces of debris 5milimeters or longer in orbit. they were left by shuttle's apollo mission. they pack enough kinetic energy to disengage a slat. it is now working on a radar system called space sense. the current detection system dates back to the 1960s, however, scientists say monitoring space junk will be much easier than actually removing it. >>> 4:48 is the time right now. a shocking case of animal abuse. the effort under way this morning to help a duck that has been shot with

actually at oxford university and served academically also as a professor at the number of institutions including the national war college issued in colombia, trinity college and so on. i would like to mention the one book i got, how the bush administration -- it was just published several months ago, and obviously there was a frequent commentator on the radio and media in general. >> thank you very much, yonah and it's good to be here. i want to acknowledge my good friend, the general sitting in the front row who was one of the most dynamic, once the marine corps has ever had. we go back longer than i or any of us would ever admit but i certainly am not proud that i can call him a friend. like yonah, i'm not going to speak to this administration. anybody that knows me would understand why i wouldn't, but i do want to get a sense of at least where the national security community in this town stands and is looking at things, and i want to start with of the largest possible context and work my way down to the subject of the u.n. and the palestinian implication. the largest context frankly

he has a doctorate from oxford university and has taught national security studies at west point and eorgetown university security program. he has also served as military assistant to to get the secretaries of defense and still have a full head of hair after that duty. [laughter] he has published numerous books and has been featured in newspaper and radio and television programs. he is giving to other talks today and is on to other tv shows. so if you see him, you know he has earned his pay today. it is my pleasure to welcome dr. john nagel. [applause] >> thank you to you and dedication to -- your dedication to our soldiers, sailors and marines, those who are now serving and those who have served. this last decade of warfare has truly been a revolution for the united states military. we have adapted to a very old kind of warfare for which we were not prepared. we develop new tools to defeat terrorists. most of all, we have seen truly extraordinary determination and courage from a new great generation, i think the new greatest generation of young americans who, for the first time since

he has a doctorate from oxford university as a rhodes scholar and his top national security studies at west point and in georgetown university security program. he's also served as military assistant to two deputy secretary of defense and he still has a full head of hair after that duty. [laughter] he's published numerous books, articles and has been featured in newspaper, radio, television programs. he's giving to other talks today and has two other tv shows, so if you see him later in the day you know sheeran his page today. my pleasure to welcome dr. john nagl. islamic thank you very much for your dedication to our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and all those who love them, those who are now serving and those who have served. this last decade of warfare has been truly a revolution for the united states military. we have adapted to a very old for fair for which we are not prepared. we've developed new tools to defeat terrorists and most of all, we have seen a truly extraordinary determination and courage from the new great generation. i think the new greatest generation of young

include all of russia if start just a piece of real estate near moscow it has to reach out to universities in oxford or all across this is what we call virtual this is really reaching out across the country without a physical it's not also your location you can reach out to people and that's what's happening today and that's what will happen for the first year or so of operation it will be virtual the skolkovo innovation how which is being developed on the outskirts of moscow just mentioned by my guest has been growing quite a bit of international attention spotlights you know the media has more in that. over a year after president they're going to announced plans to create the so-called russian soup and it has already attracted quite a number of major foreign investors and not here microsoft siemens only n.c. scott have signed cooperation agreements with. the russian innovation center has hosted some top u.s. officials including the governor of california arnold schwarzenegger and he wants a vice president joe biden and it was the former u.s. secretary of state condos or. rice wants to visit first

initially and then he studied in london, london school of economics and received a ph.d actually at oxford university. and has served academically as a professor at a number of institutions including the national war college, columbia, trinity college and so on. i would like to mention only one book, the most recent book that i got. how the bush administration managed reconstruction of afghanistan. just was published several months ago and, obviously dov is a frequent commentator on radio, tv and media in general. dov, please. >> thanks very much, yonah. it's good to be here. i want to acknowledge my good friend general al gray who is sitting in the front row, who was one of the most dynamic come man daunts the marine corps has ever ad. al and i go back longer than either of us will admit but i am certainly proud i can call him a friend. like yoram, i'm not going to speak for this administration. anybody who knows me will understand why i wouldn't, but i do want to give a sense of at least where the national security community in this town stands and is looking at things and i want to start with the

million copies and been translated into more than thirty languages is an emeritus fellow at the university of oxford and founder of the richard dawkins dawkins foundation for reason and science he joins me now from our studios in miami professor dawkins welcome it's a pleasure thank you it's a pleasure and an honor to have you with us in the selfish gene you shook up the discussion of natural selection you coined the term selfish gene as a way if you correct me if i have this wrong please as a way of expressing the gene centered view of evolution as opposed to views focused on group selection given that you also say that genes just are that they can survive independently of the cell the cell can survive in a part of the organism how do you reckon to reconcile the need for biological cooperation with your hypothesis of a selfish gene. cooperation takes place at the level of the individual individuals cooperate genes selfish the whole point about the selfish gene is not that individuals are selfish but individuals may well very well be ultra risky uncooperative as a result of their genes being being s

basically my entire life, went to high school in yorkshire, the north of england, went to the university of oxford, then came -- returned to the united states after i left university. >> and why did you go to oxford? why did you stay? >> i studied history. >> what kind of history? >> modern history, which also begins with the anglo-saxons. why did i go there? i mean, it's an incredibly beautiful place. it was a wonderful time to go. >> new college? >> new college. yeah. and which is across the street. and new college is founded in 1369 or whatever, i think, so not -- but, you know, i had a great time there. i didn't really -- there weren't that many requirements to work, so -- and everybody -- you know, it was funny because at that time the english government paid for you to go to university. they gave you -- now you have to pay something yourself, but at that time not only was the education free, but they gave you spending money. so, it's kind of a very different philosophy than the kind of -- of course now the british government is asking people to pay, but it's still relatively speaking inexpen

she's a graduate of george washington university, oxford university and massachusetts institute of technology. concentrating on the nuclear weapons, china and the soviet union. of equal significance, she is the mother of five, proud of all of them, but i'd understand that one of her daughters is a recent graduate 2008 of the naval academy in the surface order business on the west coast. ladies and gentlemen, is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce ms. mcfarland. [applause] >> thank you for being here. you may not recognize me behind the brunette at fox news. [laughter] this year's defense from a focus is on the journey back and helping the wounded warriors and their families transition, and the panel this morning is going to take a look at the issues of community integration, the challenges our veterans and their families face, and especially the wounded were years and their particular needs. you know, i am of the vietnam war met generation. i want to ask is anybody here as old as i am of the vietnam era? more than you would think. after the vietnam war that we treated our veterans sha

lu attended stanford university, oxford in england and yale law school before teaching constitutionaley. he will join the seven-member state court just in time to hear a key case on proposition 8 next week. >>> time now 6:35. there's a new report about an apple employee who may have been careless with company property. this time the scene was a san francisco bar. we'll tell you more about that a little later. >>> also today rates go up for most of netflix' 25 million subscribers. the new pricing policy will increase rates almost 60% for customers who want too keep renting dvds through the mail and use the streaming video option. and for the first time netflix will offer dvds-only plans for up to $16 a month. that could boost business for red box. they offer overnight rental of a single rental for $1. >>> palo alto may have to scale back its plan of a bike bridge spanning highway 101. now, the city hoped to erect an elgant bike bridge across 101 across adobe creek, but members of the planning commission say the city can't afford the $9 million price tag. commissioners are looking to si

lu attended stanford university, oxford in england and yale law school before teaching constitutional law at berkeley. lu will be joining the seven- member high court just in time to hear a key case on proposition 8 next week. >>> well, the group that hopes to bring a semi-pro baseball team to san rafael will take another swing at it. centerfield park news tells the independent journal it plans to scale back its proposal in an effort to win more community support. the group will now only add a few extra seats to albert park. they'll operate temporary concession stands and they'll turn off the music at 9:00 p.m. during some of the previous public meetings, neighbors expressed concern about traffic, noise and an increase in crime. >>> 5:47 is the time right now. let's go back over to sal who is checking in on traffic this morning. sal. reporter: pam, and dave, good morning once again. we're looking pretty good around the bay area. if you are driving, let's say, to the south bay, it's a nice drive from san jose, morgan hill and coming in from las gatos to the valley here. if you're drivi

. >> and british researchers at the university of oxford found applying a small amount of electric current to the brain 10 minutes helped test subjects learn a computer game faster. doctors say the same technique might help stroke patients recover lost motor skills. and the organization boferning organ donations is looking into changes rules, one change allowing doctors to retrieve organs right away. and the united network wants to lift the ban on allowing patients to be donors before their doctors and families have given up hope of trying to save lives. and critics worry the changes will increase the risk that dying patients will have care compromised and supporters say it would strengthen the program. >> turning to business news now, net flix creating a social club and another shake up could be coming to hewlett-packard. hi, emily. >> and the resolving door at hewlett-packard may be turning again. now, the days could be numbed. bloomberg news reported hewlett-packard board plans to meet to consider whether to oust after just 11 months on the job. sources told us former ebay ceo meg whitm

she's a graduate of george washington university, oxford university, and the massachusetts institute technology. concentrating on nuclear weapons, china and the soviet union. equal significance, she is the mother of five, proud of all of them but i understand that one of her daughters is a recent graduate, 2008, of the naval academy in the surface warfare business on the west coast. ladies and gentlemen, my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce ms. kt mcfarland. [applause] >> thank you all for being here. you may not recognize me but i'm the brunette at fox news. [laughter] >> this year's defense forum focuses on the journey back and helping the wounded warriors and their families transition. and the panel this morning is going to take a look at the issues of community integration. the challenges our veterans and their families face and especially our wounded warriors and their particular needs. you know, i'm of the vietnam war generation. i just want to ask is anybody as old as i am. is anyone here of the vietnam era. wow, more than you think. after the vietnam war we treated our

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oxford street. a woman was walking home around 1 a.m. when a man stopped her to ask for directions and then grabbed her multiple times. universityolice arrested the man just a few minutes later. he is identified as a 32-year- old man. on the path today, students say they are aware of the potential for crime and try to take precautions. >> well, i just use common sense. i walk in areas that are well lit. i pay attention to my is your roundings so i'm constantly just looking around to be sure no one is following me. >> if i'm by myself, i just try to be aware might have surroundings. i never wear an ipod so i can always hear what's going on. i try not to be on my phone or have my phone out. >> reporter: in order to help prevent crime, police urge students to walk in groups and take advantage of a free service on campus for nighttime escorts. it's called bear walk. reporting live in berkeley, i'm mark sayre, cbs 5. >>> some people pay hundreds even thousands of dollars to get up close and personal to a great white shark. but some beach-goers in san diego did it for free and probably didn't even know it. >> they're very lucky. no, i

and graduated from columbia university initially and then started in london, the london school of economics and received the ph.d., actually, at oxford. and served academically as a professor at a number of institutions including the international war college, the university of columbia trinity college and so on. i would like to mention only one book, the most recent book that i got. a work on how the bush administration managed reconstruction of afghanistan. just was published several months ago. and obviously duv a frequent commentator on radio and tv and media in general. duv, please. thanks very much, jonah. good to be here. i want to acknowledge my good friend al gray sitting in the front row who was one of the most dynamic congressman dants -- commendanes the marine corps has ever had. and i'm proud that i can call him a friend. like yurim, i will not speak for this things. anybody who knows me understand why i wouldn't. but i do want to give a sense of at least where the national security community in this town stands and is looking at things. and i want to start with the largest possible context and work my way down to the su