Bill Gates Biography - BBC Documentary 2 of 6
Bill Gates Biography - BBC Documentary 2 of 6. William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people[4] and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the
Jews on Trial: The Papal Inquisition in Modena, 1598-1638
Katherine Aron-Beller will be speaking about her book on the Modena inquisition of 1598-1638.
Speaker Biography: Katherine Aron-Beller is adjunct professor at Gratz College of Jewish Studies and lecturer at the International School in Tel Aviv University.
For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5501.
Science Bulletins: Aiming High: The Search for Ultra High-Energy Cosmic Rays
The history of cosmic ray research is a story of scientific adventure. For nearly a century, cosmic ray researchers have climbed mountains, soared in hot air balloons, and traveled to the far corners of the Earth in the quest to understand these energetic particles from space. They have solved some scientific mysteries—and revealed many more. With each passing decade, scientists have discovered higher-energy and increasingly more rare cosmic rays. The Pierre Auger Project is the largest scient
E2E: Donna Malayeri, Gilad Bracha, Luke Hoban - Web Programming and More At Lang.NEXT 2012, several conversations happened in the "social room", which was right next to the room where sessions took place. Our dear friend, Erik Meijer, led many interesting conversations, some of which we are fortunate enough to have caught on camera for C9.
Outstanding Grads 2012: César Soto
An interview with an extraordinary CSUN student we profiled in our Newsroom commencement article at:
http://blogs.csun.edu/news/2012/05/graduates-4/
directed, shot and edited by Krishna Narayanamurti
interviewer/producer: Carmen Ramos Chandler
executive producers: Vance Peterson and Stacy Lieberman
assistant editor and production assistant: Jacquil Constant
music by Impact Music Library
special thanks: Lee Choo and Rayetta Esquibel
© 2012 California State University, Northridge.
America's New Space Race, by Robert Braun
Robert Braun, Georgia Tech professor of space technology, is NASA's former Chief Technologist. Braun speaks about America's new space race, led by private organizations.
Factoring Trinomials by Grouping 5
Factoring Trinomials by Grouping 5-From Khan Academy (4:46)
At the intersection of biology and physics in the ocean Mick Follows is a Senior Research Scientist in the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate, part of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, at MIT. Together with the other members of the Marine Biogeochemical Modeling group (researchers Stephanie Dutkiewicz, and Oliver Jahn, postdocs Sergio Vallina, and Anne-Willem Omta, and graduate students Sophie Clayton, C
Studie van het chemisch evenwicht : Practicum In dit practicum toon je aan dat bij een (omkeerbare) reactie in evenwicht, zowel de reagentia als de reactieproducten aanwezig zijn. De werkbladen voor dit practicum zijn gestructureerd volgens:
School of Law Commencement 2012 - Jacqueline A. Berrien
Honorary Degree Recipient Jacqueline A. Berrien delivers the Commencement Address at the School of Law Commencement on May 25, 2012.
Mercury, Venus, and the Dance of the Planets || Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Owen Gingerich, CfA
For all of us, it's now or never to see Venus silhouetted against the face of the sun. On June 6 the goddess will transit the sun, a phenomenon not to be repeated until 11 December 2117.
May 17, 2012
10 Doggie Kisses by Todd Parr for Sesame Street (Counting to 10)
This is Todd Parr's (author and illustrator) second short film he has made for Sesame Street. Young learners will enjoy counting to 10 as the doggies kisses 10 different children. What a fun resource for the early childhood classroom. (0:46)
Improve Your Acrylic Painting
This video shows Terry Harrison demonstrating simple exercises for watercolor and oil painting techniques using acrylics. It is a useful video with good tips. (03:13)
Horses in the Movies
This is a very interesting video about what is needed to provide animals and wagons for a movie. This video shows how one man works out the details of what is needed, when, and where. A lot of interesting facts are presented and the video should be of interest to students as a career or as a math in daily life project. The presenter is from Movin' On Livestock.
Running time 5:33 minutes
ELEC 301 Projects Fall 2011
Rice University ELEC 301
A collection of the class projects of Rice University's Fall 2011 ELEC 301 Signals and Systems course.
Some Rights Re
Obama Addresses 2004 Democratic Convention
On July 27, 2004, Barack Obama, then a little-known Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate from Illinois, delivers the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. His speech, in which he describes his personal story of the American Dream, catapults him into the national spotlight. (2:51)
The Exchange: An Independent President?
Buddy Roemer talks to Rob Cox about what's wrong with Washington and Wall Street - and how he'd change both as president.
Walking To New Orleans Fats Domino 1960 Original Underdub
This song by Fats Domino was recorded in 1960 and was a big hit. This makes a fun compliment to studying about Ruby Bridges because it features New Orleans where she lived and went to school. It was on the airwaves the same year that she made history by being the first African America student to attend a white school. (01:54)
12.06.2012 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Dienstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
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Im Streit zwischen Bundesregierung und Opposition über den EU-Fiskalpakt ist keine Einigung in Sicht. Eine Verhandlungsrunde der Unterhändler mit Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel am Montagabend im Berliner Kanzleramt blieb ohne greifbares Ergebnis. Beide Seiten beschuldigten sich anschließend, sich zu wenig zu bewegen. Die Koalition drängt darauf,
