Buddha and the Atom: Everything Is Infinitely Divisible FORA.tv 2009-02-19 | Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/09/Robert_Thurman_at_City_Arts__Lectures Buddhist author Robert Thurman uses the atom to explain the Buddhist belief that nothing in the universe is indivisible. He says while scientists strive to "bump up against something hard," their quest is futile because all matter is "infinitely divisible." ----- When author, translator, and scholar Robert Thurman was first introduced to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1964, he was described as "a crazy American boy, very intelligent and with a good heart (though a little proud), who spoke Tibetan well and had learned something about Buddhism [and] wanted to become a monk." Thurman became the first Westerner to be ordained as a Buddhist monk, though he gave up his robes after several years for an American academic career. His many books, including Essential Tibetan Buddhism, Inner Revolution, The Jewel Tree of Tibet, and Why the Dalai Lama Matters, reflect a deep reverence for Tibet combined with a flair for making Buddhism accessible to the West. A champion of the preservation of Tibet's culture, Thurman co-founded New York City's Tibet House with actor Richard Gere and works closely with the Dalai Lama to educate the world about Tibet's political struggles against China. Well-known for his enthusiasm and depth on the page and in person, Thurman is currently Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, holding the first endowed chair in the field in the United States.
Innovation in Affordable Housing: How New Approaches Are Creating Opportunity FORA.tv 2018-12-04 | A lack of affordable housing is a problem that communities are facing across the country. Nowhere is this more so the case than San Francisco. Join us for a discussion on how innovation across areas such as construction materials, financing, and technology is helping to create solutions.
Celebrate the power of listening with Wyclef Jean and Jazzy Amra FORA.tv 2018-11-06 | Tune in to hear Capital One’s Co-Creator of Money Coaching, Megan Lathrop chat about the power of listening with rapper, musician and actor @Wyclef and his new artist @JazzyAmra from our Listen In event in Miami #BankingReimagined
Capital One’s Listen In Event featuring AJR FORA.tv 2018-10-31 | Tune in to hear Capital One’s Co-Creator of Money Coaching, Megan Lathrop chat about the power of listening with indie pop band @AJR from our Listen In event in NYC #BankingReimagined #CapitalOnePartner
#CapXTalk: Next Generation Banking FORA.tv 2018-09-28 | Capital One’s CapX panel discussion delves into how the next generation of banking is being defined and the pace of technology advancements reimaging the banking industry.
Innovation in the Middle Market: Building the Workforce of the Future FORA.tv 2018-09-25 | Middle-market companies are embracing technology as they recognize that their ability to sustain innovation long-term depends on being able to recruit and retain top talent. Join us for a discussion on how mid-sized companies can compete for talent in today's low unemployment environment.
#CapXTalk: Achieving Your Financial Goals One Tiny Triumph at a Time FORA.tv 2018-03-20 | Fireside Chat with Micro-Habits Expert James Clear and Capital One’s Money Coaching Co-Creator Megan LathropWatch James and Megan discuss how to turn big, overwhelming financial goals into achievable, bite-sized actions.
40 Years of Evolution of Darwins Finches FORA.tv 2018-01-17 | Charles Darwin said evolution was too slow to be observed, but modern studies have corrected this assertion. The Grants will discuss their decades of work studying Darwin’s finches on the Galápagos Island of Daphne Major, as chronicled in the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time. Their research showed that Darwin’s finches evolve repeatedly when the environment changes. They have even observed the initial stages of new species formation!
Pediatric Robotics - A Journey from Lab Innovations to Social Impact with Dr. Ayanna Howard FORA.tv 2017-12-14 | There are an estimated 150 million children living with disabilities worldwide. Thanks to recent advances in robotics, therapeutic intervention protocols using robots are now ideally positioned to make an impact on this issue. Dr. Howard will discuss the role of robotics and related technologies for therapy and highlight methods that bring us closer to the goal of integrating robots more fully into our lives.
Take it Live! FORA.tv 2017-11-17 | Production and marketing experts will cover best practices for going live, including topics from planning and marketing, to running a live stream event and the recommended technology and resources to do so.
Capital One CapX Talk - Real Trends: The Future of Real Estate FORA.tv 2017-10-26 | Based on a white paper that Capital One Commercial Banking commissioned from MIT's Center for Real Estate, this live streamed CapX talk on the Future of Real Estate will look at the fundamental ways in which emerging trends are transforming the industry.
Pale Rainbow Dots: The Search for Other Earths with Drs. Giada Arney and Shawn Domagal-Goldman FORA.tv 2017-10-26 | What does it mean to be a habitable planet? How can we find life if it’s truly “alien” and different from life on Earth? And what techniques can we use to search for life on worlds orbiting distant stars? Drs. Arney and Domagal-Goldman will discuss the science behind these questions and the future telescopes that may provide the answers.Bios: Drs. Giada Arney and Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Astrobiologists, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
World Monuments Fund 2018 FORA.tv 2017-10-16 | Watch LIVE as the World Monuments Fund announces their 2018 Watch list of threatened cultural heritage sites around the globe.
Tenth Annual James Otis Lecture FORA.tv 2017-09-25 | This lecture is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the ABOTA Foundation and The Constitutional Sources Project.The James Otis lecture program about the United States Constitution is designed to allow schools to comply with the requirements of the federal statute creating Constitution Day. This law requires all federally-assisted schools, both public and private, to provide educational programs each year around the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution.Founders, Framers and The Future: Applying the Constitution in the 21st Century: A Conversation with Professor Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College Law School (Author: Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention) and Professor Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School (Author: The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era)
Finding Business Success with Bill Rancic FORA.tv 2017-06-30 | Join us at the Café for a presentation by Bill Rancic focusing on finding business success and growing your business. Before he became a well-known businessman, Bill Rancic was an entrepreneur looking to achieve success.That business, Cigars Around the World, did succeed and eventually became a multi-million dollar enterprise - and helped kick start Bill's passion for small business.In this Small Talk Thursday, Bill Rancic will share his best practices for small business success, and the lessons he has learned along the way from the pancakebusiness he started with his grandmother at age 10 to his current ventures as small business spokesman, restaurant owner and real estate developer.
#CapXTalk Mapping Your Own Career Path: Aligning Your Values with Your Career Goals at Any Stage FORA.tv 2017-06-15 | Mapping Your Own Career Path: Aligning Your Values with Your Career Goals at Any StageAre you trying to figure out what your next career move should be? ‘What job should I pursue?’ ‘Should I accept this promotion?’ ‘Should I start my own business?’ Before you answer this question, it’s good to know what your values are.Capital One invites you to join us for a discussion with experts in human resources, entrepreneurship and personal branding about how individuals at any stage of their career can tap into their values to inform their next career move.
Bay Area Book Festival 2017 FORA.tv 2017-05-23 | Over the weekend of June 3rd and 4th, 2017, the third annual Bay Area Book Festival will fill downtown Berkeley with a literary extravaganza that offers pleasure to anyone who has ever loved a book.Whether you're a fan of science fiction or history, of fiction or memoir, of poetry or food writing, of children's literature or science, come experience one of the best book festivals on the planet!
Engineering Human Genomes & Environments with Dr. George M. Church FORA.tv 2017-05-09 | Naturally occurring gene drive systems rig the inheritance game and cause some genes to be preferentially inherited, "driving" them out into the population. CRISPR gene-editing tools can be used to create a gene drive in the lab, enabling scientists to promote the inheritance of desired traits over undesirable ones. This opens up the possibility of using this technology to address urgent humanitarian problems, including the spread of insect-borne diseases like malaria, Lyme disease, and Zika. But the potential risks mean that it is crucial that officials develop and enforce safety protocols for employing this technology.Presented by Dr. George M. Church, Professor, Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Health Sciences & Technology, Harvard-MIT
Protect Growth Momentum, Preserve Interconnectedness FORA.tv 2017-04-25 | Reflecting on the outcomes of the Spring Meetings, IMF's David Lipton emphasized the importance of interconnectedness and added, "those who ask for it have to be open to addressing the legitimate concerns of people who are feeling displaced."
Más Cooperación para Fomentar el Crecimiento Inclusivo FORA.tv 2017-04-25 | Después de las Reuniones de Primavera, Agustín Carstens afirmó que la interacción entre los países es muy relevante. Sobre todo, el crecimiento inclusivo es muy importante y los países deben invertir en el fortalecimiento de las capacidades de la población.
Stronger Cooperation to Promote Inclusive Growth FORA.tv 2017-04-25 | Agustin Carstens said, after the Spring Meetings, that interaction between countries is very relevant. More importantly, inclusive growth is very important and countries should invest in the skills of the population.
IMFs World Economic Outlook FORA.tv 2017-04-25 | The IMF says the World Economy is gaining momentum. Growth rates however remain modest in many countries, with too many risks on the horizon.
IMFs Global Financial Stability Report FORA.tv 2017-04-25 | Financial stability has continued to improve, as reflected by gains in many asset prices. But policy and political uncertainty pose new risks to financial stability. Policymakers need to validate market optimism by getting the policy mix right, and deliver a stronger path for long-term, inclusive growth.
IMFs Fiscal Monitor FORA.tv 2017-04-25 | IMF's Fiscal Monitor looks at how countries can use fiscal policy to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth.
Helping Boost Growth & Jobs FORA.tv 2017-04-25 | The IMF works with governments around the world to modernize their economic policies and institutions. This helps countries strengthen their economy and create more jobs.
Building a More Resilient and Inclusive Global Economy FORA.tv 2017-04-18 | Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director
About the IMF FORA.tv 2017-04-12 | The International Monetary Fund and its 189 member countries work together to foster global monetary cooperation and financial stability. The ultimate goals as envisaged by the countries that created the IMF are global prosperity and peace.
Richard K. Vedder, Economist & Author, The Wal-Mart Revolution FORA.tv 2017-04-10 | Walmart has long been a target for critics of corporate expansion, but does the company really deserve the scrutiny? Some say that the big-box retailer devastates small communities by pushing out locally-owned businesses, mistreats its workers through low pay and restrictive work hours, and forces American companies to use cheap foreign labor to produce goods at low cost. Others point to the fact that Walmart provides countless jobs to low-skilled American workers, sells affordable goods, has increasingly become a leader in sustainability, and attracts new consumers and businesses to its neighborhoods. Has Walmart been good for America?
Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor, UC Santa Barbara & Author, The Retail Revolution FORA.tv 2017-04-10 | Walmart has long been a target for critics of corporate expansion, but does the company really deserve the scrutiny? Some say that the big-box retailer devastates small communities by pushing out locally-owned businesses, mistreats its workers through low pay and restrictive work hours, and forces American companies to use cheap foreign labor to produce goods at low cost. Others point to the fact that Walmart provides countless jobs to low-skilled American workers, sells affordable goods, has increasingly become a leader in sustainability, and attracts new consumers and businesses to its neighborhoods. Has Walmart been good for America?
Amy Traub, Associate Director of Policy and Research, Demos FORA.tv 2017-04-10 | Walmart has long been a target for critics of corporate expansion, but does the company really deserve the scrutiny? Some say that the big-box retailer devastates small communities by pushing out locally-owned businesses, mistreats its workers through low pay and restrictive work hours, and forces American companies to use cheap foreign labor to produce goods at low cost. Others point to the fact that Walmart provides countless jobs to low-skilled American workers, sells affordable goods, has increasingly become a leader in sustainability, and attracts new consumers and businesses to its neighborhoods. Has Walmart been good for America?
John Tierney, City Journal FORA.tv 2017-04-10 | Walmart has long been a target for critics of corporate expansion, but does the company really deserve the scrutiny? Some say that the big-box retailer devastates small communities by pushing out locally-owned businesses, mistreats its workers through low pay and restrictive work hours, and forces American companies to use cheap foreign labor to produce goods at low cost. Others point to the fact that Walmart provides countless jobs to low-skilled American workers, sells affordable goods, has increasingly become a leader in sustainability, and attracts new consumers and businesses to its neighborhoods. Has Walmart been good for America?
Catastrophic World Events FORA.tv 2017-04-10 | Dr. Elaine Ostrander’s team has taken advantage of naturally occurring variations in dog populations in order to reveal the genetic mechanisms underlying both simple and complex traits. She will show how findings related to the genetic basis for canine disease, behavior, and morphologic traits frame our thinking of human growth regulation, disease, and population migration.
Recreating Modern Breeds FORA.tv 2017-04-10 | Dr. Elaine Ostrander’s team has taken advantage of naturally occurring variations in dog populations in order to reveal the genetic mechanisms underlying both simple and complex traits. She will show how findings related to the genetic basis for canine disease, behavior, and morphologic traits frame our thinking of human growth regulation, disease, and population migration.
Genetics of Morphology FORA.tv 2017-04-10 | Dr. Elaine Ostrander’s team has taken advantage of naturally occurring variations in dog populations in order to reveal the genetic mechanisms underlying both simple and complex traits. She will show how findings related to the genetic basis for canine disease, behavior, and morphologic traits frame our thinking of human growth regulation, disease, and population migration.
Carcinoma in Dogs FORA.tv 2017-04-10 | Dr. Elaine Ostrander’s team has taken advantage of naturally occurring variations in dog populations in order to reveal the genetic mechanisms underlying both simple and complex traits. She will show how findings related to the genetic basis for canine disease, behavior, and morphologic traits frame our thinking of human growth regulation, disease, and population migration.
Top 10 Diseases in Dogs FORA.tv 2017-04-10 | Dr. Elaine Ostrander’s team has taken advantage of naturally occurring variations in dog populations in order to reveal the genetic mechanisms underlying both simple and complex traits. She will show how findings related to the genetic basis for canine disease, behavior, and morphologic traits frame our thinking of human growth regulation, disease, and population migration.
Dogs and Humans Share Medical Concerns FORA.tv 2017-04-10 | Dr. Ostrander’s team has taken advantage of naturally occurring variations in dog populations in order to reveal the genetic mechanisms underlying both simple and complex traits. She will show how findings related to the genetic basis for canine disease, behavior, and morphologic traits frame our thinking of human growth regulation, disease, and population migration.
Dog Genes Tell Surprising Tales FORA.tv 2017-04-06 | Dr. Ostrander’s team has taken advantage of naturally occurring variations in dog populations in order to reveal the genetic mechanisms underlying both simple and complex traits. She will show how findings related to the genetic basis for canine disease, behavior, and morphologic traits frame our thinking of human growth regulation, disease, and population migration.
About IMF Quotas FORA.tv 2017-03-27 | The IMF is a quota based institution and they constitute the primary source of IMF's finances. Learn more about IMF quotas, and recent quota reforms.
Andrew Stern & Jason Furman FORA.tv 2017-03-27 | Imagine getting a check from the government every month. $600 guaranteed. It’s happening in Finland, where a pilot program is being launched to test what’s known as a “universal basic income.” As technology transforms the workplace, jobs and income will become less reliable. The idea is that a universal basic income could serve as a tool to combat poverty and uncertainty in a changing society, and provide a cushion that empowers workers, giving them latitude to take risks in the job market. But some argue a guaranteed income would take away the incentive to work, waste money on those who don’t need it, and come at the expense of effective programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Is the universal basic income the safety net of the future?
Jared Bernstein & Charles Murray FORA.tv 2017-03-27 | Imagine getting a check from the government every month. $600 guaranteed. It’s happening in Finland, where a pilot program is being launched to test what’s known as a “universal basic income.” As technology transforms the workplace, jobs and income will become less reliable. The idea is that a universal basic income could serve as a tool to combat poverty and uncertainty in a changing society, and provide a cushion that empowers workers, giving them latitude to take risks in the job market. But some argue a guaranteed income would take away the incentive to work, waste money on those who don’t need it, and come at the expense of effective programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Is the universal basic income the safety net of the future?
Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities FORA.tv 2017-03-27 | Jared Bernstein is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Bernstein was the chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, executive director of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class, and a member of President Obama's economic team. Prior to joining the Obama administration, Bernstein was a senior economist and the director of the Living Standards Program at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. Between 1995 and 1996, he held the post of deputy chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. He is the author and coauthor of numerous books including his latest book, The Reconnection Agenda: Reuniting Growth and Prosperity. Bernstein has published extensively in various venues, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Financial Times and is an on-air commentator for CNBC and MSNBC.
Jason Furman, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute & Former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers FORA.tv 2017-03-27 | Jason Furman is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Furman was previously the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), where he served as President Obama’s chief economist and a member of the cabinet. Prior to this, Furman served as the principal deputy director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the president. Furman was economic policy director for the president’s campaign in 2008 and a member of the Presidential Transition Team. He worked at both the Council of Economic Advisers and National Economic Council during the Clinton administration and also at the World Bank. He was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and also has served in visiting positions at various universities, including NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Policy.
Andrew Stern, Former President, SEIU & Senior Fellow, Economic Security Project FORA.tv 2017-03-27 | Andrew "Andy" Stern is the former president of the Service Employees International Union and is currently a senior fellow at the Economic Security Project. Previously, he was a senior fellow at Columbia University's Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law and Public Policy. As both a labor leader and an activist, Stern is a leading voice and a prominent advocate for people who work. He is the author of A Country That Works, which outlines a practical, cooperative approach to promote economic growth in America, and Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew Our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream. In early 2010, Stern was appointed by President Obama to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. He was named one of the 50 Most Powerful People in D.C. and has been featured in national publications including the New York Times, the Economist, and the Washington Post.
James Jeffrey, Philip Solondz Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute FORA.tv 2017-03-24 | Ambassador James F. Jeffrey is the Philip Solondz Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute where he focuses on U.S. diplomatic and military strategy in the Middle East, with emphasis on Turkey, Iraq, and Iran. One of the nation's most senior diplomats, Ambassador Jeffrey has held a series of highly sensitive posts in Washington D.C. and abroad. In addition to his service as ambassador in Turkey and Iraq, he served as assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor in the George W. Bush administration, with a special focus on Iran. He previously served as principal deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the Department of State, where his responsibilities included leading the Iran policy team and coordinating public diplomacy. To watch the full video, please visit http://f4a.tv/2kUWHfH
Mark P. Lagon, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University FORA.tv 2017-03-24 | Mark P. Lagon is a Centennial Fellow and Distinguished Senior Scholar in the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University and is the former president of Freedom House. From 2007 to 2009, he served as ambassador-at-large, directing the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the U.S. Department of State. Lagon also served in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the U.S. Department of State as deputy assistant secretary. In this capacity, he had lead responsibility for United Nations-related human rights and humanitarian issues, UN reform, and outreach. Lagon also served as a member of the Secretary of State Colin Powell's policy planning staff, where he focused on the UN, democracy and human rights. Prior to that, was on the senior staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.To watch the full video, please visit http://f4a.tv/2kUWHfH
Madawi Al Rasheed, London School of Economics FORA.tv 2017-03-24 | Madawi Al-Rasheed is a visiting professor at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and former research fellow at the Open Society Foundation. She was a professor of anthropology of Religion at King’s College, London between 1994 and 2013. Previously, she was Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. She also taught at Goldsmith College (University of London) and the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford. Al-Rasheed is the author of A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia, Kingdom Without Borders: Saudi Arabia’s Political, Religious, and Media Frontiers, and Contesting the Saudi State: Islamic Voices from a New Generation.To view more clips and the full debate video, please visit http://f4a.tv/2kUWHfH
Charles Murray, W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute FORA.tv 2017-03-24 | Imagine getting a check from the government every month. $600 guaranteed. It's happening in Finland, where a pilot program is being launched to test what's known as a "universal basic income." As technology transforms the workplace, jobs and income will become less reliable. The idea is that a universal basic income could serve as a tool to combat poverty and uncertainty in a changing society, and provide a cushion that empowers workers, giving them latitude to take risks in the job market. But some argue a guaranteed income would take away the incentive to work, waste money on those who don't need it, and come at the expense of effective programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Is the universal basic income the safety net of the future?Watch Charles Murray's pro comments for the motion on this clip.To watch the full video, please visit http://f4a.tv/2o6RVu0
Conversations That Count: Ursula Burns & Ann Fudge FORA.tv 2017-03-24 | Ursula Burns is the first black women to become CEO of a Fortune 500 company. When she took the helm of Xerox in 2010, she burst through a crack in the ceiling made seven years earlier when Ann Fudge was named Chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam Advertising. Pull up a chair and listen closely as they talk candidly about the clearest paths to corporate power for black women, the realities of life at the top, and what they wish they'd known then that is crystal clear now. To view more clips, please visit http://f4a.tv/2nfIoS1
