Gulf Oil Colloquium
University of Arkansas Presents: Experts to Explore the Causes and Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster
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With Panel Guests: Ralph E. Martin, Founder of PetroFac Inc.
Marty Matlock, Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Stephen M. Sheppard, Professor of Law
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Sports, Law and Life: Olympic Gold Medalist Bob Beamon, Long Jump Record Holder
More than a half century ago, Bob Beamon leapt into the Olympic history books with a record-breaking long jump that shattered the existing mark by nearly two feet. While countless other records have fallen many times over, Beamon’s mark of 8.90 meters (29 ft. 2 1⁄2 in) set at the 1968 Mexico City games remains the Olympic standard. Beamon brought the historic moment to life for a crowd gathered at Harvard Law School on Sept. 24, with a vivid retelling of the gravity-defying jump that cemented his status as Track and Field royalty.
At Harvard Law School, Beamon joined his longtime attorney Frank K. Wheaton, and Angela Ciccolo, Special Olympics chief legal officer, for an event sponsored by the Harvard Project on Disability (HPOD). Professor William Alford ’77, co-founder of the HLS project with Visiting Professor Michael Stein ’88, brought the trio together to discuss not only Beamon’s legendary leap, but also his humanitarian efforts including his work as a Global Ambassador with the Special Olympics.
Impeachment hearings live: Public testimony from Marie Yovanovich - Day 2
Marie Masha Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine testifies on Friday, November 15th. She was one of many officials who testified that foreign policymaking was happening through an irregular backchannel led by Giuliani and Trump, who have both expressed desire for Ukraine, and other countries, to investigate things that could benefit the president as he runs for reelection.
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Fuji Rock 2019: Saturday Day 2 Recap | JAPAN Forward
Arielle Busetto and Daniel Robson wrap up the first day of Fuji Rock and share with us which performances left an impression on them.
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JAPAN Forward aims to present the true face of Japan, as seen from a wide variety of perspectives, to a rapidly-changing world where unpredictability often outpaces stability. Japan has long lagged behind other countries—all of which have their own points of view—in conveying her own take on the world around.
JAPAN Forward sets out to overcome misunderstandings born of linguistic barriers. In covering major news stories in Japan, along with key points of debate, current events, history, culture, and the arts, we hope to deepen the world’s understanding of the Japanese archipelago.
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Farmer-Centered Design: Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture | SkollWF 2018
As agricultural technologies constantly evolve, the production frontier extends. The needs of smallholder farmers are usually not central to these advances. This largest and fastest-growing segment of farmers see little benefit, and remain mired in poverty. To shift this unjust equilibrium and create impact at scale, smallholders must be central to the technological evolution in the fields, immersed in the creation of useful and appropriate products and services. Hear from the social entrepreneurs who design innovations in partnership with farmers to sow more sustainable local food systems for all.
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VMware Day 2 Keynote | VMworld 2018
VMworld day 2 general session.
Frankenstein Audiobook ; or The Modern Prometheus (1818) by Mary Shelley | Audiobook with subtitles
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. Shelley wrote the novel when she was 18 years old. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818, and this audiobook is read from that text. Shelley's name appeared on the revised third edition, published in 1831. The title of the novel refers to the scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. In modern popular culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as Frankenstein (especially in films since 1931), despite this being the name of the scientist, and the creature being unnamed in the book itself. Frankenstein is a novel infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the over-reaching of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. It is arguably considered the first fully-realised science fiction novel and raises many issues still relevant to today's society. (Summary from wikipedia.org, adapted by Cori Samuel.)
Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818)
Mary Wollstonecraft SHELLEY
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Golden Crown Literary Society Author Spotlight
Authors Jewelle Gomez (The Gilda Stories), Ann McMan (Backcast), Melissa Brayden (First Position) and Marie Castle (The Devil You Know) read from their work and lead a discussion on lesbian literature.
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National Broadcasting Company | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:01:16 1 History
00:02:42 1.1 Radio
00:02:50 1.1.1 Earliest stations: WEAF and WJZ
00:05:24 1.1.2 Red and Blue Networks
00:09:30 1.1.3 Chimes
00:11:30 1.1.4 New beginnings: The Blue Network becomes ABC
00:14:39 1.1.5 Defining radio's golden age
00:19:42 1.1.6 Decline
00:24:48 1.1.7 Restoration
00:26:10 1.2 Television
00:36:09 1.2.1 Color television
00:44:11 1.2.2 1970s doldrums
00:51:17 1.2.3 Tartikoff's turnaround
00:57:29 1.2.4 Must See TV
01:01:41 1.2.5 New century, new problems
01:09:47 1.2.6 Comcast era (2011–present)
01:21:08 2 Programming
01:24:31 2.1 NBC News
01:26:08 2.2 Daytime programming
01:29:31 2.3 Children's programming
01:34:55 2.4 Specials
01:38:57 2.5 Programming library
01:40:09 3 Stations
01:43:04 4 Related services
01:43:13 4.1 Video-on-demand services
01:45:50 4.2 NBC HD
01:49:15 4.3 NBCi
01:51:08 5 Evolution of the NBC logo
01:51:43 6 International broadcasts
01:51:53 6.1 Canada
01:53:08 6.2 Europe and the Middle East
01:53:55 6.2.1 NBC Super Channel becomes NBC Europe
01:56:01 6.3 Latin America
01:56:10 6.3.1 Mexico
01:56:58 6.3.2 Nicaragua
01:57:38 6.3.3 Canal de Noticias
01:58:35 6.4 Caribbean
01:59:21 6.4.1 Bahamas
01:59:38 6.4.2 Netherlands Antilles
01:59:57 6.5 Puerto Rico
02:00:15 6.6 Bermuda
02:00:46 6.7 Pacific
02:00:54 6.7.1 Guam
02:01:58 6.7.2 American Samoa
02:02:24 6.7.3 Federated States of Micronesia
02:02:44 6.8 Asia
02:02:52 6.8.1 NBC Asia and CNBC Asia
02:04:19 6.8.2 Regional partners
02:05:06 6.9 Australia
02:06:45 7 Criticism and controversies
02:06:55 8 Presidents of NBC Entertainment
02:07:06 9 See also
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The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The network is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, with additional major offices near Los Angeles (at 10 Universal City Plaza), Chicago (at the NBC Tower) and Philadelphia (at the Comcast Technology Center). The network is one of the Big Three television networks. NBC is sometimes referred to as the Peacock Network, in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting. It became the network's official emblem in 1979.
NBC has thirteen owned-and-operated stations and nearly 200 affiliates throughout the United States and its territories, some of which are also available in Canada via pay-television providers or in border areas over-the-air; NBC also maintains brand licensing agreements for international channels in South Korea and Germany.
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Our Miss Brooks: Mash Notes to Harriet / New Girl in Town / Dinner Party / English Dept. / Problem
Our Miss Brooks is an American situation comedy starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high school English teacher. It began as a radio show broadcast from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television (1952--56), it became one of the medium's earliest hits. In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for big screen in the film of the same name.
Connie (Constance) Brooks (Eve Arden), an English teacher at fictional Madison High School.
Osgood Conklin (Gale Gordon), blustery, gruff, crooked and unsympathetic Madison High principal, a near-constant pain to his faculty and students. (Conklin was played by Joseph Forte in the show's first episode; Gordon succeeded him for the rest of the series' run.) Occasionally Conklin would rig competitions at the school--such as that for prom queen--so that his daughter Harriet would win.
Walter Denton (Richard Crenna, billed at the time as Dick Crenna), a Madison High student, well-intentioned and clumsy, with a nasally high, cracking voice, often driving Miss Brooks (his self-professed favorite teacher) to school in a broken-down jalopy. Miss Brooks' references to her own usually-in-the-shop car became one of the show's running gags.
Philip Boynton (Jeff Chandler on radio, billed sometimes under his birth name Ira Grossel); Robert Rockwell on both radio and television), Madison High biology teacher, the shy and often clueless object of Miss Brooks' affections.
Margaret Davis (Jane Morgan), Miss Brooks' absentminded landlady, whose two trademarks are a cat named Minerva, and a penchant for whipping up exotic and often inedible breakfasts.
Harriet Conklin (Gloria McMillan), Madison High student and daughter of principal Conklin. A sometime love interest for Walter Denton, Harriet was honest and guileless with none of her father's malevolence and dishonesty.
Stretch (Fabian) Snodgrass (Leonard Smith), dull-witted Madison High athletic star and Walter's best friend.
Daisy Enright (Mary Jane Croft), Madison High English teacher, and a scheming professional and romantic rival to Miss Brooks.
Jacques Monet (Gerald Mohr), a French teacher.
Our Miss Brooks was a hit on radio from the outset; within eight months of its launch as a regular series, the show landed several honors, including four for Eve Arden, who won polls in four individual publications of the time. Arden had actually been the third choice to play the title role. Harry Ackerman, West Coast director of programming, wanted Shirley Booth for the part, but as he told historian Gerald Nachman many years later, he realized Booth was too focused on the underpaid downside of public school teaching at the time to have fun with the role.
Lucille Ball was believed to have been the next choice, but she was already committed to My Favorite Husband and didn't audition. Chairman Bill Paley, who was friendly with Arden, persuaded her to audition for the part. With a slightly rewritten audition script--Osgood Conklin, for example, was originally written as a school board president but was now written as the incoming new Madison principal--Arden agreed to give the newly-revamped show a try.
Produced by Larry Berns and written by director Al Lewis, Our Miss Brooks premiered on July 19, 1948. According to radio critic John Crosby, her lines were very feline in dialogue scenes with principal Conklin and would-be boyfriend Boynton, with sharp, witty comebacks. The interplay between the cast--blustery Conklin, nebbishy Denton, accommodating Harriet, absentminded Mrs. Davis, clueless Boynton, scheming Miss Enright--also received positive reviews.
Arden won a radio listeners' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top ranking comedienne of 1948-49, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March. I'm certainly going to try in the coming months to merit the honor you've bestowed upon me, because I understand that if I win this two years in a row, I get to keep Mr. Boynton, she joked. But she was also a hit with the critics; a winter 1949 poll of newspaper and magazine radio editors taken by Motion Picture Daily named her the year's best radio comedienne.
For its entire radio life, the show was sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, promoting Palmolive soap, Lustre Creme shampoo and Toni hair care products. The radio series continued until 1957, a year after its television life ended.