Notes in Spanish Intermediate 11 - Quejas
Do people complain a lot in your country? Plus how to complain in restaurants and more... see notesinspanish.com for full details and the accompanying worksheet.
Notes in Spanish Intermediate 12 - Navidad
Everything you wanted to know about Christmas in Spain. See notesinspanish.com for the worksheet and transcript.
Notes in Spanish Intermediate 13 - Las Mascotas
Pets and animal Spanish! See notesinspanish.com for more details and to pick up the worksheet.
Notes in Spanish Intermediate 14 - Tapas
Ben and Marina look at one of Spain's greatest foods. See notesinspanish.com for details and accompanying worksheet.
Notes in Spanish Intermediate 15 - Cambio Climatico
Is climate change going to leave Spain's Mediterranean coast without tourists in 30 years time? See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying transcript/worksheet.
Notes in Spanish Intermediate 16 - Having a baby in Spain
Having a baby in Spain! See notesinspanish.com to download the accomapanying worksheet/transcript.
NIS Int 017 - Vacaciones
What are you doing for your holidays this year? See notesinspanish.com for a full transcript/worksheet.
NIS Int 018 - Harry Potter
Ben and Marina talk about the success of Harry Potter in the adult world... See notesinspanish.com for a full transcript/worksheet.
NIS Int 019 - Idiomas
How important is it to learn a language these days? See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheet and to comment.
NIS Int 020 - Amor
How do people really get together and fall in love these days?
See notesinspanish.com for a full transcript/worksheet.
U.S. car buyers hit the gas pedal
Dec 1 - Summary of business headlines: U.S. auto sales hit highest pace in nearly two years; November chain store sales largely positive; U.S. factory sector expansion continued in November; Jobless claims climb back above key level; Dow, S&P 500 snap three-day rally. Conway G. Gittens reports.
Elton John commemorates World AIDS Day
Dec. 01 - Sir Elton John lights the Sydney Opera House to commemorate World AIDS Day. John Russell reports.
Population Screening for Barrett Esophagus: A Prospective Randomized Pilot Study
By: WentzMR Dr. Ganapathy A. Prasad, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, discusses his article appearing in the December 2011 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings on the use of unsedated transnasal endoscopy and video caspule endoscopy in diagnosing Barrett's Esophagus. Available at: http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/86/12/1174
Life in the Universe: Finding Intelligence
Recorded on 11/29/11
Scheduling College Courses
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[PURDUE MLSS] Graphical Models for the Internet by Alexander Smola (Part 4/8)
Lecture notes: http://learning.stat.purdue.edu/mlss/_media/mlss/smola.pdf
Graphical Models for the Internet
Information extraction from webpages, social networks, news and user interactions crucially relies on inferring the hidden parameters of interaction between entities. For instance, in factorization models for movie recommendation we are interested in the underlying hidden properties of users and movies respectively such as to suggest new movies. Likewise, when extracting topics from webp
[PURDUE MLSS] Graphical Models for the Internet by Alexander Smola (Part 7/8)
Lecture notes: http://learning.stat.purdue.edu/mlss/_media/mlss/smola.pdf
Graphical Models for the Internet
Information extraction from webpages, social networks, news and user interactions crucially relies on inferring the hidden parameters of interaction between entities. For instance, in factorization models for movie recommendation we are interested in the underlying hidden properties of users and movies respectively such as to suggest new movies. Likewise, when extracting topics from webp
TGBD: Why Intel Exports Jobs
U.S. tax policy forces companies such as Intel to ship jobs overseas, retired Intel CEO and Chairman Craig Barrett said Nov. 10, 2011, during the Thunderbird Global Business Dialogue in Glendale, Arizona. For more about Thunderbird School of Global Management, visit http://www.thunderbird.edu.
Texas Tech Research Impacts Decision on Lizard Endangered Listing
Citing dunes sagebrush lizard research done by Texas Tech University scientists, a recent letter from Sen. John Cornyn (R-San Antonio) may have helped to sway the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delay a decision on listing the 3-inch-long reptile as an endangered species.
The service, which had planned to make a decision by December 15, 2011, announced it would postpone for another six months.
A preliminary risk assessment for the lizard done by scientists at The Institute of Environmental
Johns Hopkins Story Swap - Snowtorious B-I-G.mp4
Josh Ayal, Sam Lichtenstein and Max Dworin, all class of 2011, recall how they fared during the blizzard of 2010.
