- -: Fast Route Planning
March 27, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Google Tech Talk March 23, 2009 ABSTRACT Presenters: Peter Sanders I give an overview of our current and future work on route planning. Based on contraction hierarchies, a simple technique that allows fast routing by exploiting the hierarchy available in the network, I explain how this can be...
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- -: Streets 5.0 (SF Great Streets)
July 17, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Google Tech Talk June 18, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by Kit Hodge, Director of the Great Streets Project. Great Streets Vision San Francisco's streets should attract people of all kinds to its network of great places connected by excellent sidewalks, bikeways and public transportation. Streets s...
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- -: Gen. Colin Powell - "I Tried To Avoid This War."
September 26, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1452 Former Secretary of State Colin Powell responds to critics who claim he could have personally done more to prevent the current U.S. war in Iraq. ----- Jim Lehrer interviews General Colin Powell at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival. Some...
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- -: Jane Goodall - Overpopulation in the Developing World
November 6, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/10/07/Jane_Goodall_Blessing_the_Animals Lauded primatologist and United Nations "Messenger of Peace" Jane Goodall gives her views on the issue of global overpopulation. ----- Rev. Alan Jones leads a conversation on topics ranging from the environment to m...
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- -: "Mr. Condom" on Birth Control Promotion in Thailand
November 7, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/01/Mechai_Viravaidya_HIV_Prevention_and_Health_in_Thailand AIDS activist Mechai "Mr. Condom" Viravaidya discusses creative methods for birth control promotion in his native Thailand, developed in order to deal with a 1970s overpopulation crisis. ----- ...
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- -: UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki-Moon Advocates for a New Green Economy
February 3, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/29/The_Global_Compact_Creating_Sustainable_Markets United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges businesses to invest in technologies and strategies that can aid in the transition to a greener global economy. "Lead by example," he says. ----- The ...
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- -: Sex-Ed In Iran - Azadeh Moaveni
March 5, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/25/Azadeh_Moaveni_Honeymoon_in_Tehran Iranian-American journalist Azadeh Moaveni recalls the government-sponsored premarital sex class she was required to attend before her wedding in Iran. ----- As one of the few American correspondents allowed to wor...
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- -: Suzy Welch on 10-10-10: An Operating Principle for Life
June 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/11/Jack_and_Suzy_Welch_The_Transformative_Power_of_10-10-10 Suzy Welch remembers the "disastrous" Hawaii trip that inspired 10-10-10, her life-transforming method to balance life and work. Welch says to evaluate the "consequences of every decision in ten...
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- -: How to House 8 Billion People - Paul Romer
June 29, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/18/Paul_Romer_A_Theory_of_History_with_an_Application Economist Paul Romer speculates how much land it would take to house 8 billion people or more. He says finding the land is easy, the challenge "will be to rethink things we've taken for granted, about...
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- -: Electric Cars: A Dual Plan for Recharged Driving
August 28, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/22/The_Electric_Horizon_Shai_Agassi Better Place CEO Shai Agassi discusses his ideas for mass public adoption of electric cars. Agassi's plan calls for charging outlets at parking spots for city driving, and battery switching stations for traveling exten...
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