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00:38:28 12/07/12
Stuart Cohen-Solving our Transportation Crisis
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Stuart Cohen-Solving our Transportation Crisis
"Transportation investments that cater to cars instead of people have had devastating consequences; from intense traffic congestion, melting icecaps, the obesity epidemic and the inability for low-income families to access jobs. How can we fix this mess? Understand why change is difficult, but how clear-headed thinking, new technology and focused advocacy can break us out of failed models of the past. Stuart Cohen, Founder and Executive Director of TransForm, California's leading organization taking on these challenges Stuart was awarded an Ashoka fellowship for his innovative approach that mixes policy advocacy, community engagement and market mechanisms for systems change. More at www.TransFormCA.org. " From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 1185 31 ratings Time: 52:31 More in Entertainment
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00:33:15 12/07/12
What's Behind the Numbers? A Guide to Exposing Financial Chicanery
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What's Behind the Numbers? A Guide to Exposing Financial Chicanery
About the book: Learn to detect corporate accounting sleight of hand: the aggressive accounting tactics companies use to make their numbers look better than they are, from "channel-stuffing" to inventory tricks. This knowledge lets you avoid the risk of investing your savings in companies that are playing with -- rather than by -- the numbers. The book also presents an integrated long-short investing strategy to take direct advantage of such shenanigans, but, whether you go all the way to a long-short portfolio, or just focus on avoiding landmine stocks that will blow a hole in your financial security, the book will help improve your investment approach. About the authors: John Del Vecchio is the cofounder and co-manager of The Active Bear ETF, a fund dedicated to shorting individual stocks with fundamental red flags. Previously, he managed a hedge fund for Ranger Alternative Management, LP In addition, he worked for well-known short seller David Tice and famed forensic accountant Dr. Howard Schilit. Del Vecchio co-advises the Motley Fool Alpha long-short newsletter. Tom Jacobs, Portfolio Manager of Motley Fool Special Ops, applies this book's earnings quality tests to his value and special situations long side to form a long-short portfolio. He is managing partner of holding company Complete Growth Investor, LLC, principal of The Marfa Group, Inc., and a real estate investor. This talk was hosted by Alex Martelli on behalf of Authors at Google. From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 3308 44 ratings Time: 01:16:43 More in Howto & Style
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19:14:02 12/06/12
Jon Meacham, "Thomas Jefferson: the Art of Power": Authors at Google
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Jon Meacham, "Thomas Jefferson: the Art of Power": Authors at Google
Pulitzer Prize--winning author Jon Meacham returns to the Googleplex for a talk about "Thomas Jefferson: the Art of Power." You can find Jon's books on Google Play: goo.gl From the publisher: Thomas Jefferson hated confrontation, and yet his understanding of power and of human nature enabled him to move men and to marshal ideas, to learn from his mistakes, and to prevail. Passionate about many things%mdashwomen, his family, books, science, architecture, gardens, friends, Monticello, and Paris%mdashJefferson loved America most, and he strove over and over again, despite fierce opposition, to realize his vision: the creation, survival, and success of popular government in America. Jon Meacham lets us see Jefferson's world as Jefferson himself saw it, and to appreciate how Jefferson found the means to endure and win in the face of rife partisan division, economic uncertainty, and external threat. Drawing on archives in the United States, England, and France, as well as unpublished Jefferson presidential papers, Meacham presents Jefferson as the most successful political leader of the early republic, and perhaps in all of American history. The father of the ideal of individual liberty, of the Louisiana Purchase, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and of the settling of the West, Jefferson recognized that the genius of humanity%mdashand the genius of the new nation%mdashlay in the possibility of progress, of discovering the undiscovered and seeking the unknown. From the writing of the Declaration ... From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 2250 26 ratings Time: 54:49 More in Education
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21:44:46 12/05/12
Lee Child: "A Wanted Man" & "One Shot", Authors at Google
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Lee Child: "A Wanted Man" & "One Shot", Authors at Google
Lee Child stops by the Googleplex for a talk about his latest book and the upcoming Jack Reacher movie. He is interviewed by Rick Kleffel of "The Agony Column" (www.bookotron.com You can find Lee's books on Google Play: goo.gl From the publisher: Four people in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. One man driving, eyes on the road. Another man next to him, telling stories that don't add up. A woman in the back, silent and worried. And next to her, a huge man with a broken nose, hitching a ride east to Virginia. An hour behind them, a man lies stabbed to death in an old pumping station. He was seen going in with two others, but he never came out. He has been executed, the knife work professional, the killers vanished. Within minutes, the police are notified. Within hours, the FBI descends, laying claim to the victim without ever saying who he was or why he was there. All Reacher wanted was a ride to Virginia. All he did was stick out his thumb. But he soon discovers he has hitched more than a ride. He has tied himself to a massive conspiracy that makes him a threat%mdashto both sides at once. In Lee Child's white-hot thriller, nothing is what it seems, and nobody is telling the truth. As the tension rises, the twists come fast and furious, keeping readers guessing and gasping until the explosive finale. From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 1284 22 ratings Time: 48:57 More in Entertainment
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17:54:53 12/05/12
Chefs at Google presents: Immaculate Infatuation
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Chefs at Google presents: Immaculate Infatuation
Immaculate Infatuation is an unapologetic, unpretentious dining website run by two guys who love food, have an opinion, and also have day jobs at Warner Music Group. The music industry is a social business, and Chris Stang and Andrew Steinthal are out and about all time, whether it's going to shows or taking artists out to eat. Or as they put it "We're not real food critics, but we know restaurants. We're those trusted friends you turn to when you need a good recommendation for a "First/Early in the Game Date", "Girls Night Out," or some "Action at the Bar." Don't miss your chance to hear how these two guys used the web to create a community of food lovers. From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 958 15 ratings Time: 49:05 More in Education
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17:53:53 12/05/12
Chefs at Google: Jacques Pépin | "New Complete Techniques"
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Chefs at Google: Jacques P%eacutepin | "New Complete Techniques"
Jacques P%eacutepin joined Googlers to discuss his latest (and 28th!) book, NEW COMPLETE TECHNIQUES, which was released on November 13th. Containing nearly 1000 cooking methods and recipes and more than 2000 step-by-step photos, this 700-page volume updates and expands the scope of JACQUES PEPIN'S COMPLETE TECHNIQUES (2001), the book that combined the legendary chef's landmark works, LA TECHNIQUE (1976) and LA METHODE (1979). Jacques P%eacutepin was born in Bourg-en-Bresse, near Lyon. Moving to the United States in 1959, P%eacutepin first worked at New York's historic Le Pavillon restaurant and then served for ten years as director of research and new development for the Howard Johnson Company while attending Columbia University. A former columnist for the New York Times, P%eacutepin is a contributing editor to Food & Wine magazine. He also participates regularly in that magazine's Food & Wine Classic in Aspen as well as at other culinary festivals and fund-raising events worldwide. He is a popular guest on top-rated television programs including Today, Good Morning America, and The Late Show with David Letterman. Moderated by Anjali Kumar From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 1601 24 ratings Time: 46:47 More in Education
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04:21:12 12/05/12
Authors at Google: Christopher Bonanos | "Instant:The Story of Polaroid"
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Authors at Google: Christopher Bonanos | "Instant:The Story of Polaroid"
"Instant photography at the push of a button!" During the 1960s and '70s, Polaroid was the coolest technology company on earth. Like Apple, it was an innovation machine that cranked out one must-have product after another. Led by its own visionary genius founder, Edwin Land, Polaroid grew from a 1937 garage start-up into a billion-dollar pop-culture phenomenon. Instant tells the remarkable tale of Land's one-of-a-kind invention-from Polaroid's first instant camera to hit the market in 1948, to its meteoric rise in popularity and adoption by artists such as Ansel Adams, Andy Warhol, and Chuck Close, to the company's dramatic decline into bankruptcy in the late '90s and its unlikely resurrection in the digital age. Instant is both an inspiring tale of American ingenuity and a cautionary business tale about the perils of companies that lose their creative edge. From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 760 14 ratings Time: 01:00:55 More in Education
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23:28:35 12/04/12
Authors@Google: Kal Raustiala
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Authors@Google: Kal Raustiala
Kal Raustiala visited Google Los Angeles to discuss his book: "The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation." This talk took place on October 29, 2012. From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 772 15 ratings Time: 52:00 More in Entertainment
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23:16:14 12/04/12
Authors at Google: Gretchen Rubin | "Happier at Home"
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Authors at Google: Gretchen Rubin | "Happier at Home"
Authors@GoogleNY is pleased to welcome Gretchen Rubin author of the NY Times bestseller "Happier at Home: Kiss more, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life" GRETCHEN RUBIN is the author of several books, including the blockbuster #1 New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project. Rubin started her career in law and was clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor when she realized that she really wanted to be a writer. Raised in Kansas City, she lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters. From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 1246 33 ratings Time: 50:28 More in Education
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23:15:43 12/04/12
Filmmakers at Google: The Central Park Five
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Filmmakers at Google: The Central Park Five
Co-directed, written and produced by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon. The film is being featured tonight on Colbert Report, so tune in to get a sneak peek of the film! In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of brutally beating and raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. New York Mayor Ed Koch called it the "crime of the century" and it remains to date one of the biggest media stories of our time. The five each spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a shocking confession from a serial rapist and DNA evidence proved their innocence. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE tells the story of how five lives were upended by the rush to judgment by police, a sensationalist media and a devastating miscarriage of justice. Join author and filmmaker Sarah Burns for a sneak preview and discussion of her film The Central Park Five & her book on the same subject. We'll have a short preview of parts of the film & Q%A with Sarah. Trailer: www.youtube.com From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 613 13 ratings Time: 32:16 More in Education
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18:05:29 12/04/12
Kathy Ireland: From the Beach to the Boardroom to a Billion and Beyond
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Kathy Ireland: From the Beach to the Boardroom to a Billion and Beyond
Kathy Ireland will share her journey as an entrepreneurial child, whose unexpected detour as a model, delayed rather than opened, the doors of her dreams: motherhood, philanthropy and fashion CEO. Kathy recently was featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine. In 2011, she received the Phenomenal Women of the Year Award from the YWCA and received the American Heritage Award from the Anti-Defamation League. Today, more than 100000 items carry her label. From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 1367 35 ratings Time: 51:31 More in People & Blogs
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17:57:02 12/03/12
Women@Google: Daina Middleton "Changing Paradigms"
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Women@Google: Daina Middleton "Changing Paradigms"
Women@Google Presents: Daina Middleton Abstract: Daina Middleton, Global CEO for Performics, talks about her path to CEO and thoughts on opportunities in women's leadership. Bio: Daina is the global CEO of Performics, the performance marketing division of Publicis Groupe. Prior to joining Performics, Daina served for two years at Moxie Interactive, another Publicis Groupe agency, as senior vice president of Sunao, an innovation group comprised of four departments: participant insight, emerging trends, measurement and analytics, and market innovation. Before moving to the agency side of the industry, Daina spent 16 years working at Hewlett-Packard in key marketing communications positions across most of the core segments in the company's businesses. At the time of her departure she was the director of advertising for HP's $28 billion global Imaging and Printing Group, managing both digital and traditional mediums overseeing SEO, SEM, social marketing, web site development, and cross-media effectiveness and measurement. She was named as one of Mobile Marketer's 2011 Mobile Women to Watch and we are excited to hear more from her on her career and some of the keys to her success. Date: November 7, 2012 From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 632 12 ratings Time: 01:01:18 More in Education
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01:43:39 12/01/12
Mark Micire: "Smart SPHERES: Android-powered, free-flying space robots"
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Mark Micire: "Smart SPHERES: Android-powered, free-flying space robots"
"NASA is using Nexus S phones on the International Space Station as an upgrade for a trio of volleyball-sized SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites). The SPHERES were originally developed by MIT for testing spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control algorithms in space. The Android-powered phones transform the SPHERES from test platforms into free-flying robots that can perform tasks the astronauts used to do, like recording sensor data and capturing video footage. In this talk, I will describe how the Intelligent Robotics Group (irg.arc.nasa.gov) at NASA Ames modified and certified stock Nexus S phones for use on the Space Station. This involved hacking the hardware and destructively testing several units. I will also show video and data that we captured from operating the phones in space. Finally, I will talk about the software we have written to remotely operate the Smart SPHERES from Mission Control in Houston. http googleblog.blogspot.com From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 1572 49 ratings Time: 59:29 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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15:28:04 11/29/12
Authors at Google: John Fox, "The Ball"
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Authors at Google: John Fox, "The Ball"
Author John Fox visits Google Cambridge to discuss his new book, "The Ball." From the book's description: "Anthropologist John Fox sets off on a worldwide adventure to the farthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancient past to answer a question inspired by his sports-loving son: "'Why do we play ball?' "From Mexican jungles to the small-town gridirons of Ohio, from medieval villages and royal courts to modern soccer pitches and baseball parks, The Ball explores the little-known origins of our favorite sports across the centuries, and traces how a simple invention like the ball has come to stake an unrivaled claim on our passions, our money, and our lives. Equal parts history and travelogue, The Ball removes us from the scandals and commercialism of today's sports world to uncover the true reasons we play ball, helping us reclaim our universal connection to the games we love." From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 715 11 ratings Time: 53:33 More in Education
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00:01:05 11/29/12
Nate Silver: "The Signal and the Noise", Authors at Google
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Nate Silver: "The Signal and the Noise", Authors at Google
In the 2012 presidential election, Silver correctly predicted the winner of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Between his electoral and popular vote predictions, he was by some measures the most successful major forecaster of the presidential election. Silver's predictions of US Senate races were correct in 31 of 33 states; he predicted Republican victory in North Dakota and Montana, where Democrats won. --Wikipedia Nate Silver joins Hal Varian (Google's Chief Economist) to talk about his book "The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't" and answer Googler questions. From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 21056 280 ratings Time: 57:26 More in News & Politics
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23:06:21 11/27/12
Authors@Google: DT Max, Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story
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Authors@Google: DT Max, Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story
"The first biography of the most influential writer of his generation, David Foster Wallace (More information at Viking Press: goo.gl ) David Foster Wallace was the leading literary light of his era, a man who not only captivated readers with his prose but also mesmerized them with his brilliant mind. In this, the first biography of the writer, DT Max sets out to chart Wallace's tormented, anguished and often triumphant battle to succeed as a novelist as he fights off depression and addiction to emerge with his masterpiece, Infinite Jest. Since his untimely death by suicide at the age of forty-six in 2008, Wallace has become more than the quintessential writer for his time%mdashhe has become a symbol of sincerity and honesty in an inauthentic age. In the end, as Max shows us, what is most interesting about Wallace is not just what he wrote but how he taught us all to live. Written with the cooperation of Wallace's family and friends and with access to hundreds of his unpublished letters, manuscripts, and audio tapes, this portrait of an extraordinarily gifted writer is as fresh as news, as intimate as a love note, as painful as a goodbye." From: AtGoogleTalks Views: 1033 11 ratings Time: 43:35 More in Entertainment
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