Taylor Branch: 2013 National Book Festival
Taylor Branch appears at the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: The civil rights era has profoundly shaped the writing of Taylor Branch. His trilogy, "America in the King Years," was intensively researched over a period of 24 years. The first book in the series, "Parting the Waters," won the Pulitzer Prize. His eight-year project to gather a sitting president's comprehensive oral history on tape resulted in 1990's "The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the
Walter Stahr: 2013 National Book Festival
Walter Stahr appears at the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: Walter Stahr has only turned to writing books relatively recently. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1982 and joined a Washington law firm. From 1986 to 1999, he worked in Hong Kong as a lawyer. Stahr then published his first book in 2005: "John Jay: Founding Father." Publishers Weekly said Stahr managed to make the conservative and sober Jay "an appealing figure accessible to a large readersh
Japanese Listening Comprehension for Absolute Beginners #4 - Reading a Japanese Journal
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Do you find yourself only understanding bits and pieces of Japanese conversations? Do you spend hours trying to figure out what that person said to you in Japanese? Then this Japanese Listening Comprehension for Absolute Beginners series is for you! In each lesson of this five-part series, you’ll see an image, [...]
Top 25 Japanese Questions You Need to Know #3 - Where do you live? in Japanese
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re looking forward to eating at your favorite Japanese restaurant, but it’s not just because of the delicious meal you’re sure to eat there. You’re also hoping you get the chance to use the Japanese skills you’ve been learning lately!
In this lesson, you will learn the question Where do you live? [...]
Spam is glam in South Korea
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South Korea is the biggest consumer of Spam outside the U.S. American troops introduced the processed meat during the Korean War.
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The Mean, Median, and Mode Toads
How to find the mean median and mode! In this video Cody gets a little help from the Mean, Median, and Mode toads! (03:47)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets South Korean president
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul to boost bilateral ties. Rough Cut (No Reporter Narration).
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Mario Livio on "Brilliant Blunders" | Mahindra Humanities Center
Senior Astrophysicist, Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute on his recent book, Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe.
Moderator: Homi K. Bhabha, Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center
Questioners:
Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
Anna Henchman, Assistant Professor of English, Boston University
Robert Kirshner, Clowes Professor of Science,
Female praying mantis eats her lover during sex
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Praying mantises bring new meaning to the phrase "dinner date" -- this luckless male is being eaten alive by the female he is mating with
Higher Education: Still Valuable, But Changing
In an age of university-dropout billionaires and digital lectures, is higher education worth the sacrifice? Panelists at the World Economic Forum in Davos weigh in.
Virtual Maths, Shapes, Space and Measure, Demonstration of a Theodolite Survey in action
Using a theodolite to calculate the height of a building, demonstration 'in the field', includes interactive simulation tools and formulae
Spartan Secret Admirers
In this Valentine's Day comedic sketch, Michigan State University students Lilly Keyes and Claire Babala realize they both hope to have the same valentine: Sparty.
Credits: "Trouble" by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena
Royalty-free track via YouTube Audio Library: ‪http://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary
Ukrainian protesters refuse to leave until demands are met
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Euro Maidan protesters say they will not leave Kiev's Independence Square until their demands are met. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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Sochi arrest row over pro-gay scarf
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An Italian gay rights activist at the Winter Olympics in Sochi says she was arrested by Russian police for carrying a scarf bearing a pro-gay slogan. Paul Chapman reports.
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Behavior and Policy #3-2 Measurement, Methods and Technology
MIT class 11.S942 Behavior and Policy: Transportation Research Seminar, Spring 2014
2/19/2014
Class 3-2: Measurement, Methods and Technology
Prof. Jinhua Zhao
Guest Speaker: Dr. Emile Bruneau
Economic Update: The Death of the Middle Class
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Astronaut Mike Hopkins: Workout in Space 2
Astronaut Mike Hopkins, a lifelong athlete, worked closely with his strength and conditioning coach Mark Guilliams to develop these specially-designed workouts in orbit. Shown here, Hopkins is using the COLBERT treadmill and the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device to perform this challenging workout. (400 meter run and 20 minutes of pull-ups.)
Virtual Maths - Basic Structures, bending moment point of load
Interactive simulation demonstrating the bending moment at point of load
