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This Day in History August 30: Thurgood Marshall Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
On this day in 1967, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. He would remain on the Supreme Court for 24 years before retiring for health reasons, leaving a legacy of upholding the rights of the individual as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. (1:00)
Merry-go-round angular moment with analysis
Physics students are experiencing moment of inertia firsthand on the playground. When all the passengers move toward the center of the merry go round they reduce their moment of inertia and their angular velocity increases (05:28).
Coulomb's Law PSSC English
From the PSSC Collection of Physics Films. Professors at Princeton demonstrate classic experiments used to explain Coulomb's Law. Even though it's black and white the demonstrations are great (30:01).
Birthday Wishes for Suni Williams from Sally Ride's Family
Sally Ride's family was in Mission Control Center to surprise Expedition 33 Commander Suni Williams and wish her a happy birthday. Read more about NASA astronaut Suni Williams... http://go.nasa.gov/ObgQJC
Asian business sentiment: down but not out
Sept. 19 - The latest Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asia Business Sentiment Survey shows global uncertainties have Asia's companies worried, but there's still no shortage of optimism in the region.
Vincent Wang, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences
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The Long Legacy: London 2062 (UCL)
As we contemplate the long-term impact of the 2012 games on London, what will the city be like 50 years from now? Drawing on the research of eminent architecture and planning specialists, this event examines different aspects of the future of London.
Speakers:
Dr Ben Campkin, Director, UCL Urban Laboratory
Dr Janice Morphet, UCL Bartlett School of Planning
Ben Harrison, Future of London
Title: The Long Legacy: London 2062
Date: Thursday, 13th September 2012
To mark the Olympics and Paralym
Book Journals on Google Docs Desktop Version Morning Celebrations 9-20 La Revolución Mexicana - Francisco Villa: la lucha por la justicia (clip corto) La Revolución Mexicana - Zapata: el amor por la tierra (clip corto) Curious About Mars! Welcome and Keynote || Siting Julia || Radcliffe Institute Bandaging the Leg for Swelling Management WSU Campus Walking Tour Conversations with the President - WSU Tartan Unveiled NASA says Arctic cyclone played "key role" in record ice melt The Most Powerful Objects in the Universe
Book Journals on Google Docs Desktop Version
Book Journals on Google Docs Desktop Version
Morning Celebrations 9-20
Morning Celebrations 9-20
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Se sumó a la revolución maderista que derrocó a la dictadura de Porfirio Díaz. Fue jefe de la famosa División del Norte, ganadora de batallas decisivas para el triunfo de la Revolución, como las tomas de Ciudad Juárez, Torreón y Zacatecas. Pancho Villa, leyenda y mito, luchó ante todo por la justicia. (.33)
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El amor por la tierra convirtió a Emiliano Zapata en el líder agrario de la Revolución Mexicana. El Caudillo del Sur nació en Anenecuilco, Morelos, el 8 de agosto de 1879. Los campesinos que se unieron a su ejército reclamaban tierra, libertad y justicia. Estos ideales están en nuestra Constitución. (.33)
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The Mars Science Laboratory Mission rover, named Curiosity, has begun its two year mission on our closest planetary neighbor. Curiosity's primary mission is to determine the past habitability of Mars by looking for evidence of liquid water and other building blocks of life.
On September 21, 2012, the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute, which houses Julia Child's extensive papers, sponsored "Siting Julia: A Julia Child Centenary Symposium" to celebrate the legacy of Julia Child on the centenary year of her birth. Authors, television producers, restaurateurs, and the Child's family and neighbors provided a behind-the-scenes view of the life and work of American phenomenon Julia Child, who brought her passion for learning and teaching French culinary arts
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As featured on the Pac-12 Networks- Washington State University -- located in one of the last great college towns on the West coast. Take a look for yourself at what makes being a "WSU Coug" so special.
WSU President Elson S. Floyd talks with one of the students involved with the new Official WSU Tartan design.
Sept. 21 - Weather data collected by NASA suggests that this summer's record Arctic ice melt may have been partially due to a powerful cyclone that scientists say "wreaked havoc" on ice cover during the month of August. Rob Muir reports.
All across the immense reaches of time and space, pace, energy is being exchanged, transferred, released, in a great cosmic pinball game we call our universe. How does energy stitch the cosmos together, and how do we fit within it? We now climb the power scales of the universe, from atoms, nearly frozen to stillness, to Earth's largest explosions. From stars, colliding, exploding, to distant realms so strange and violent they challenge our imaginations. Where will we find the most powe
