Authors at Google, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, "Giving 2.0"
The Authors@Google program presents Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, author of "Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World".
Written for all readers of all income levels, ages, and backgrounds, Giving 2.0 is a guide to living a life of generosity that is socially impactful, emotionally rewarding, and rich with learning. The author not only shares her own experiences as a prominent young philanthropist, academic, and social innovator, but also tells the inspiring stories of how ordinary, generou
Beginner - When are you coming? Now that you have made friends abroad, you want to invite them to visit you back home. Today we will teach you how to ask a person when he, or she, will visit your hometown. You will also hear an example response that is usually associated with such a question.
Finding the Intersection
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad is looking for a lost Transformatron. Matt can see it along one line, while Jackie says she can see it along a different line. Digit and Inez try to figure out how this is possible, and they discover that one point can lie on two different lines. (1:33)
Advanced Audio Blog S5 #4 - Top 10 Japanese Holidays: Shichi-Go-San/Seven, Five, Three
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend tells you that today is an important holiday for many children in Japan. When you ask your friend to explain the significance of this Japanese holiday, he tells you about its history and symbols, and then he asks you whether you can see a pattern of holidays on the [...]
Act 2 - Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Video 37:27- Scene I: 00:04, Scene II: 02:41, Scene III: 13:15, Scene IV: 19:27, Scene V: 30:32, Scene VI: 35:05
Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox.
Addendum 1B. Riverbank: The Controversy
In December of 1999 a symposium titled "Issues of Authenticity" was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with papers mostly arguing for and against the age and authenticity of a painting titled Riverbank that the museum had recently acquired and believed to be an early masterwork, while others, spearheaded by Cahill, believe it to be a forgery by the late Zhang Daqian. Revelations about the background of this symposium, and additional opinions by others about this controversy, are offered here
Part 7 - Chapter 32 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
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Part 7, Chapter 32: Dowley's Humiliation. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by John Greenman.
Playlist for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL594379211E091592
The Mayans
This video clip highlights the Mayan civilizations achievements. The Mayans were the first to figure out the concept of zero, created the first accurate calendar containing 365 days per year, and started a writing system. The Mayans had hundreds of cities and their capital of Tikal contained schools, libraries, sports arenas, and hospitals. In 1,000 A.D. Mayan cities were abandoned. The growth of the great Mayan civilization is as much a mystery as its disappearance. This clip contains text to a
ISS Update - Feb. 22, 2012
The International Space Station video update for Feb. 22, 2012.
Create an organizational account
Connexions
This module explains how to create an organizational account.
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Cosmic Clues for DM and Their Implications for a DM Asymmetry Kathryn M. Zurek - University of Michigan Recorded on 2/21/12
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FISH DISSECTION VIDEO 2
Video #2 Perch Dissection
Veteran's Home Movies
In this video clip, find out why more veterans came home with home movies from Vietnam and how they helped give Vietnam in HD a unique perspective of the war. (2:44)
The Future of the Euro The problems of the eurozone are ultimately malinvestments. In Greece these days the struggle continues about who will ultimately foot the bill for these investments. During the early 2000s an expansionary monetary policy lowered interest rates artificially. Entrepreneurs financed investment projects that only looked profitable due to the low interest rates but were not sustained by real savin
Common Shore Crab Egg Mass and Larvae Being Released
This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of a Common Shore Crab egg mass and lots of tiny larvae being released. As its name suggests, the common shore crab is one of the most common crabs on the British shore. This species is usually dark green in color, although young individuals may have whitish blotches. The carapace of the common shore crab is wider than it is long, and the first pair of walking limbs ('pereopods') have pincers. This is a great resource to
Voices of Haiti: A Post-Quake Odyssey in Verse (Part 6: Take This Body, Storm)
Live performance in Port-au-Prince at Fokal on February 4, 2012.
The initial shock of the earthquake has passed but Haiti continues its struggle to overcome both man-made and natural disasters.
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting presents poet Kwame Dawes' multimedia exploration of Haiti's earthquake through the lives, and voices, of Haitians confronting the ongoing consequences of this disaster, especially those living with HIV/AIDS.
Featuring Kwame Dawes, composer and performer Kevin Si
Billionaire Batista to U.S.: Make it in America
Sept. 23 - Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista tells Reuters' Chrystia Freeland that if the United States wants to keep more jobs onshore, consumers need to buy more goods made America... even if it means paying a higher price.
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Remixing Libraries—New Teen Space Integrates Digital with Books
This 3:34 long video shows one example of how a library is using technology to remake the library to help youth use its services in a new way. It provides many examples of what can be done including checking out cameras and the use of volunteers.
