February Results: New Field Offices, New Team Leaders, Thousands of Phone Calls, and More
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Help build this campaign: https://my.barackobama.com/feb2012resultsvid We wanted to take a moment to share what volunteers across the country have been up to: -Opened five new field offices in Pennsylvania -Opened seven new field offices in Ohio -Recruited 65 new team leaders in Nevada -Registered 5,000 new voters in North Carolina -Made 28,00... Read more
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- -: February Results: New Field Offices, New Team Leaders, Thousands of Phone Calls, and More
March 18, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Help build this campaign: https://my.barackobama.com/feb2012resultsvid We wanted to take a moment to share what volunteers across the country have been up to: -Opened five new field offices in Pennsylvania -Opened seven new field offices in Ohio -Recruited 65 new team leaders in Nevada -Registe...
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- -: TEDxAFS-Justin Solonynka Big Numbers
July 6, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)What makes a big number "big?" How can we better understand the barrage of statistics we get every day from the media? What does it mean that an event is probable or improbable? These are some of the questions Justin Solonynka will ponder in a presentation that features musings on probability as ...
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- -: Why are the Olympics So Important to China?
March 26, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/27/Asia_Advice_for_the_Next_American_President Singaporean author and diplomat Kishore Mahbubani explains the importance of the 2008 Summer Olympics to the Chinese national psyche. ----- Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani in conversation with Vishakha N. Des...
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- -: Origins of the Word 'Google' - Roy Blount, Jr.
November 25, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/10/Roy_Blount_Jr_The_Sounds_Roots_and_History_of_Words Humorist author Roy Blount, Jr. examines the origins of the word "google" - originally spelled "googol" - and the history of its relationship with the world's most popular internet search engine. --...
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- -: Is the Internet Running Out of IP Addresses? - David Post
February 25, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/04/Looking_for_Jefferson_s_Moose_State_of_Cyberspace Law professor David Post claims that the original 4 billion unique Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are running out, and that the Internet will soon face a crisis unless a new version of the fundamenta...
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- -: Al Gore Warns Polar Ice May Be Gone in Five Years
December 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/14/COP15_Gore_and_Store_Report_on_Arctics_Melting_Ice Former Vice President Al Gore references computer modeling to suggest that the north polar ice cap may lose virtually all of its ice within the next seven years. "Some of the models suggest that there...
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- -: Mathematics: The Music of Reason?
December 7, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/06/Wonderfest_2010_Is_Mathematics_More_Art_Than_Science Is mathematics more like an art form than a science? NPR's 'The Math Guy' Keith Devlin examines how, despite the apparent distance between the two fields, math is sometimes described as a bridge bet...
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- -: Predicting Urban Crime? There's an Equation for That
August 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/07/25/Why_Cities_Grow_Corporations_Die_and_Life_Gets_Faster Theoretical physicist Geoffrey B. West discusses his work developing a model to formulate predictions about a city based solely on its size. His equations can predict "mundane" properties like the ...
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- -: President Obama on the May Jobs Numbers
June 4, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)The President speaks to employees of K. Neal International Trucks, Inc., a company growing in the economic recovery, about the latest round of jobs numbers showing five consecutive months of positive jobs growth.
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- -: President Obama on June Jobs Numbers
July 2, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)The President comments on the release of employment numbers for June, noting that the economy has created nearly 600,000 private sector jobs this year. July 2, 2010.
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