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By danielpyle43 on Dec 4, 2012 | Reply
Chargers are not a team to look past them. They have been playing pretty hard
lately and have had some teams on the rope.We have had tough games against
them at home and away.They are due a win. I give them great credit for how
they have played with all the adversity they have faced.Chargers are a
dangerous team right now not to be counted out.We need to run,run,and run
the ball like the running man to win this up coming game against them
By dickson29 on Dec 4, 2012 | Reply
There is no way we are carrying 4 qb's, who are we releasing?
By SCPDiddy on Dec 5, 2012 | Reply
Pittsburgh needs to play flawless must win steeler football, we lost three games that should have been won, stick to the run and play action passes will open up!
By Warren Sallade on Dec 5, 2012 | Reply
We need to run the ball effectively and control the clock – SD is still a good passing team and we need to continue to be agresssive on pass defense
By markmcclung on Dec 5, 2012 | Reply
my hat goes off to Charlie Batch for his game against Raven's last week – however now we must move on – we will need another game of accuracy from Charlie and another super game from Heath Miller who also was outstanding last week. We cannot forget that there is only one way the two mentioned above can perform well and that comes with a great effort by all specifically lineman for their blocking efforts all through the game …… now let's get after the Chargers.
By DaveG53 on Dec 5, 2012 | Reply
Hopefully Steelers have no more injuries and maybe some returning from the DL. Steelers need to minimize turnovers and continue the same game plan that make them dangerous. Trick plays, quick screens, short passes, and the QB scrambling to buy time. The offensive line should remember it is better to give ground than to hold. Giving ground may or may not result in lost yardage whereas a holding penalty is guaranteed to cost 10 yards regardless of the play success.
By Mickey Dubbs on Dec 5, 2012 | Reply
With the season so close to the end and a divisional championship still visible, all of the remaining games on the schedule should be take very seriously. If this were earlier in the season, it would be easier to look past. The days of Junior Seau putting a stop to the running game are gone. However, the Chargers still remain a formitable opponent to be taken very seriously. With the defense coming alive looking like a true Steeler Defense, all that is needed is for the Offense to move the ball.
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With James Harrison, Larry Foote, Lawrence Timmons, La Marr Woodley, and Troy Polamalu running around SEEKING, how can the Steelers LOSE !
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Sep 8 2011: Sounds like a jolly lesson!Sep 8 2011: So true. Being able to deal with death and come to terms with it is the only way to not get beaten down life.Sep 8 2011: You always come up with great insights. :) May be that can help to overcome one's fear of this event!Sep 11 2011: Yes Ms. Chan the observable characteristic or definition of death is cessation of life. However can anyone really say that they know what life is? A samurai warrior who feared death once asked a Zen Master what death was. The Master said "why do ask me?" Well said the warrior"you are a Zen Master!" "Yes" answered the Master, "but not a dead one". I agree that coming to terms with our mortality one way or another can have value and that blind belief in religious platitudes is lazy if not mostly useless. The Buddha 2,500 yrs ago and the Dalai Lama today both stress that personal investigation and experience should be our guide not dogma. You apparently find it offensive that some believers try to pressure others into accepting their assumptions, so do I. However I find your pronouncement of your perception as a fact a bit overbearing. You do not know what others may have experienced. I will not try to dictate to you what you should believe, please return the favor if you wish to pose as a scientific person. We all of course can always say scientifically that all the evidence you are aware of leads you to believe any thing we wish. I will state that my own experience and investigation lead me to believe that visible birth and death are only the easiest phenomena to observe, the mystical end of the spectrum has shown me that they are neither the beginning nor the end. I will not ask you to accept my mostly subjective experience as proof. Still even subjective evidence beats an attempt to PROVE a negative, yes? Perhaps we could compromise and agree that a balanced approach to accepting our mortality would be beneficial in an ideal school. Initially each person can take the position that this is the only life we know (until or unless our personal investigation shows otherwise) Much like the usefulness of living each day as though it were our last. Carpe Diem
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Sep 11 2011: Ms.Chan a source of your strong feelings is clear now. That crime committed by some religious fanatics has reasonably tended to make Muslims and to some extent all religions suspect to many people. This is understandable and unfortunately very human but it is still prejudice. Your reaction is not so different than that of the terrorists. Their strong feelings of their coreligionists having been abused led them to justify their actions in their own minds. The Medieval religious motto "memento mori" (remember you will die) addresses your last statement. Those of us who attempt to emulate peacemakers like Gandhi or Willem the Silent (both of whom did call out to God as they died) try to preemptively forgive all possible offenses before they happen. We try to be prepared for death as the motto and you both teach, it will come for all of us and we don't know when. If you would read "the wisdom of forgiveness"(Dalai Lama) it might broaden your perspective. The "scientific atheism" of Stalin and Mao did not protect millions of people under their power from suffering and death. I did try to emphasize in my previous post that freedom of conscience is paramount both for believers and non believers. When I said that you do not KNOW what others have experienced I hoped that it was self evident that I include myself. Even though I believe differently than you I do not wish to impose my beliefs on anyone. As an aspiring scientist I acknowledge that I may be wrong in my logic or even deluded by my experiences, thus I admit that you MAY be right, please allow me the freedom to be wrong as long as I oppress no one else. Hatred and resentment are toxic like radiation, they spread. Love and forgiveness tend to heal all wounds even eventually intolerance. It may sound strange even oxymoronic but I call myself a mystical-existentialist, thus I really believe that an atheist can be just as good or moral as any saint and that some who have been designated saints did much evil.
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Sep 12 2011: Chad, your comments and responses here sound simplistic to me. You come off as having the answer to the meaning of life, provided life doesn't actually get in the way.
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You may have put your finger on the problem with your thinking when you said, "I may be wrong in my logic or even deluded by my experiences".
Athiest as saint? Saint as evil? To me, that just sounds like you like listening to yourself talk. No thought required.Sep 14 2011: When it goes to death I like to see a flower growing, blooming dying becoming a seed once again. I don't believe in an afterlife but represents this the children which succeed the previous. This can be a way of accepting death as it merely a stream of conscious which must preveil at all costs. Each individual should feel interwoven into the web of life in order to fulfill whaterever they choose to be in the scheme of their own unique reality. All scales big in large from the highest magnatudes which can mar the individual I the end. Or the minutest sense of self which feeds bigger things which marginalize.Sep 12 2011: i am responsible for my bodies death, how else can i be responsible for my life? with respect this is my perspective.Sep 12 2011: My only question about this topic is why and how. Why would you teach children that were just thrust into a world of destruction, catastrophe, violence and other forms of evil, a lesson of death. There is no relief in the fear of death by learning about it. My next question is how. How do you teach about death. The only lesson you can learn can be taught by a child: "All body function stops. End of class. Go home." No one on this planet can teach you about death for they themselves are living.
I am not questioning your morals Ms. Chan but why would you, or anyone for that matter, tell a child they are going to die.
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Sep 12 2011: Nice article. Common sense to most people but there are still of lot of people out there who think they-re being kind by diluting the truth with euphemsims about granny falling asleep or how the angels came for little Johnny. Still, a valuable lesson...but not meaty enough for a subject in its own right.
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Sep 13 2011: Although I agree that it does need discussing and might merit a few lectures throughout the school year, I don't think that it deserves to be a subject in its own right, like Mathematics. I mean, why not make Sex a subject in its own right? It's probably the most important driving force in the whole of nature. I think both could be covered in Biology or Psychology.
Separately, it has been proven that when suicide is reported on the radio and news, suicide rates rise afterwards. Why this is, I don't know. But the more one comes into contact with something, the less it frightens you. This can be a good thing, of course. I just wish I could be sure what effect it would have on the young, being so open with the idea and not afraid of it.
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Sep 13 2011: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/reporting-on-suicide-recommendations-for-the-media.shtml A link for you and I didn't miss the humour in your remark about this thread.
Thanks for your time, Birdia.Sep 13 2011: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=alan+watts+death&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#client=safari&rls=en&q=alan+watts+death&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=vid&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wv&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=7439b5cc1e8bd72&biw=1772&bih=1064
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Sep 13 2011: Enjoy.Sep 14 2011: Have you read any Ernest Becker?
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Sep 15 2011: Yes, and a mycologist too.
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Matt Lane
Sep 18 2011: Oh, well, I was referring to your post of John Cage, the musician and amateur mycologist. :-)
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Sep 20 2011: When we say a subject should or would be studied at school are we trying to say everyone must do it? Is it a subversive way of indoctrination or are we just trying to have it offered within the corridor halls?
There are dance programs obviously outside of school for those wanting it.
John Cage is interesting. I am not a huge fan, but thank you for sending the video.
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Sep 20 2011: I agree. Everything you said sounds great. However, I did not say that dance is in of itself a form of indoctrination. Offering something is different than require it. That is all I meant.
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Sep 20 2011: Ha ha. It should be illegal for some. :-)Sep 14 2011: I really like the idea of this.
It has previously occurred to me that all religion is concerned with preparation for death, and while I am not religious, I think that perhaps it is of some value when discussing this subject. Maybe we should be restructuring religious education, and not pretend it's something it isn't, but placing it in the context of this sort of teaching? It could be accompanied by a much broader coverage of culture and history, and into philosophy and biology. It could actually be truly fascinating.
Peter Wiggin
Sep 14 2011: Agreed. Death is the sole motivation of humanity: I need to do this before I die, I have to get out of bed before I run out of time and die.
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If humans could live forver, nothing would ever be accomplished; nothing would stop us from staying in bed all day and saying, "Well I have time, I can finish that tomorrow." Death gives us our due date, the time when we have to have our projects finished.
Now, how that can be taught in school besides in a psychology class is beyond me.Sep 16 2011: you can't teach death. It is an experience that can only be prepared for with analogies and definitions.Sep 21 2011: Death is not a good topic as a subject for young students for those above 30 or so.
You must see that being educated and experience is a very different matter to every person. (I'm not good at being educated).
Take two identical students in every way except for a period of one year. Where one of the students father's died, their mother became depressed and neglected that child, eventually committing suicide due to depression. How do you think these two students would view depression? Ok, now expand this example to a class of 25, each with various experiences.
Even just asking some question that shouldn't be attempted to be answered early. Children have curious minds and would look for answers (ask the wrong people).
If death was taught it would be on a very personal level, that is the reason we have guidance counsellors and therapist.
Death is a part of life, but teaching it is another matter.
A good subject would be just plain common sense(if it can be taught).Sep 21 2011: Oh! Death? Haha! Lovely! Are they going to have exams with grades about death too?
I disagree here. As many others have said, we can't teach death simply because nobody has really figured it out yet.
I guess we could discuss it in classrooms as an open debate, but I feel that it should be done rather with the parents first. Each child is going to react differently and is going to be affected differently by death in his life, and the parents know him better (hopefully...)
I think that presenting it in classrooms is way too blunt.
Jim Moonan
Sep 12 2011: It depends on what level of education to which you are referring.
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Work ethic.
Money management.
The arts in all of their forms at every level of education.
Emotional intelligence (yes, it's an over-used term but it refers to essestial)
Listening skills.
Sep 12 2011: I think work ethic is important... or lessons on the reality of work life in general. Too many students just want to get it over with school, thinking that a regular working life will provide them with the satisfaction of doing something and financial freedom. But the truth is that it's not as easy as that and that oftentimes, the "what if...," as in "what if I had gone to college instead of taking the first more or less ok-ish job I could get after high school?" question arises. At school, kids should be allowed to learn more about different professional environments, about job profiles, about soft and hard skill useful for this or that position, about the benefits of college, and also about scientific careers.
Funnily, I was trying to offer my old school to come and tell the kids about studying abroad and working in the video games industry, but they did not seem very interested in my story, although I think that this is exactly what they would need: alumni who come from where they come from and who can show them what's possible if they just work hard enough.
Andy Jones
Sep 12 2011: I'd like to see more of the following:
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- Learning strategies. I don't know if times have changed in schools, but when I was at school I had no concept of the fact that there are different types of learner and different ways to learn. There should be skills lessons in how one can process information, remember facts, build on and group one's knowledge and apply it to real life, not just to textbooks.
- Problem solving. Again, students could be taught creative strategies and lateral thinking, and this could if implemented properly also strengthen teamwork beyond the monotony of "talk to your partner" exercises.
- I think there are merits to psychology, especially in terms of students learning to understand non-verbal communication. I think we have to be careful, though, not to start this at too young an age, nor to make it compulsory, because not all adolescents can apply this information properly, and may end up trying to psychoanalyse each other or themselves too much.
- Cultural Studies / Intercultural Communication. I grew up in a small town in the northwest of England at a time when the population of that town was almost exclusively white. I regret having spent the first 18 years of my life having had very little knowledge of other cultures, or indeed of what culture even was. There are situations from my undergraduate years that I would certainly have handled better with more knowledge of other cultures.
- Most importantly: more choice, earlier. I remember learning lots of things in maths classes at school which have had no impact whatsoever on my adult life. I'm glad that I learned numeracy skills, but I seriously doubt that more than a small number of students have gone on to use algebra and geometry in their everyday lives. Students should learn subjects like maths, and if at the age of 14 these topics are interesting to them, they should be able to carry on learning them. But we've come up with lots of ideas more appropriate to perhaps even more students.Sep 9 2011: 1. Basic Sciences (evolutionary biology, physics, chemistry, computer science) and Math
2. Psychology and a bit of neuroscience
a. how attention works, how to control it, how to get into "flow" or engagement and do work more efficiently,
b. how our brain is more of a memory based computing machine and that reasoning is a learnt attribute,
c. how thalamus (the emotion center) connects to all areas of the cortex and influences all our reasoning, theories on emotional intelligence and how compassion and empathy are hardwired into our brains
d. overview of the newest branch in psychology - positive psychology
3. Basic Moral Philosophy (The three main theories of what constitutes a good life - Utilitarianism, Deontology and Virtue Ethics and overview of the rest, comparison and overview of main points of all major religions, atheistic and agnostic philosophies)
4. Basic Political Philosophy (
how we came from warring tribes to kingdoms to dictatorships to democracy,
the social contract, the evolution of institutions - education system, the courts, bureaucracy and the current shortcomings)
the works of philosophers (Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau etc.) which contributed to preambles and consitutions of democracies and the UN charter of human rights
5. Autobiographies and biographies of people who have made significant contributions in art, sciences, literature, philosophy, politics, sports, music etc..
6. Physical education and sports
7. Art appreciation
8. Basic economics, personal financeSep 8 2011: I would still promote creativity and self-confidence as being key parts of development, as Sir Ken suggests, often the childern whose skill sets don't fit academic life are encouraged to hide their abilities, or to develop them outside schools. I also believe that scholls in the UK are now all about league tables where the results are compared and contrasted. What happened to Gardner's ideas about multiple intelligences, and why is it that I had to explain the idea of learning prefernces to a group of teachers recently? Are 'disruptive' childern who don't pay attention just being taught in the wrong way for their learning style. as the teachers can't vary their approach when trying to engage with the learners? Maybe the question is what new approaches and techniques do teachers need to learn to engage more effectively with a variety of learners?
Sep 8 2011: Well said I would combine it with play as a way for a young person to have an opportunity to have informal education, as well as being faced with the curriculumSep 6 2011: I think psychology would be of benifit, this might curve the stigma that dogs the mentally ill and compounds their illness.
Sep 6 2011: Again, another subject which would inform all matters of life. I approve!
Debra Smith
Sep 14 2011: These are some of the things I would prioritize.
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How to calculate how much money is costing you.
How your body works and what it needs to be healthy.
Math in relation to real world events.
How to communicate with other people.
How to get along with others.
Opportunities to make music and art.
How to speak other languages (even if it is a computer language)
Sep 14 2011: I completly agree with you. As a current high school student, I feel that school teaches so many useless things that will never help us in the real world. For example, in my English I class, I learned about film techniques... that was it. The school I attend is trying to get some private grant from Bill Gates and that means the school is forced to use teaching strategies and cirriculum that Gates considers important.
I would much rather learn to do my taxes in math class rather then how to graph functions on a line.I would love to study literature and learn about the semantics of English rather then film techniques that mean nothing.The classes that I deem the most important this year for me is my college Psychology class, my college English class (where I can actually learn what a prepositional phrase is) and my Spanish class, which has taught me more about English then my high school level English classes have.
Sep 14 2011: Hi Peter! Thanks for sharing an important perspective- YOURS and one from within the high school system. I am convinced that someone who has the abilities to reason and think critically as you are doing will be fine no matter what the system is doing right now. I think that the best approach is to take what they offer, say 'thanks' and then enrich yourself as you are doing by participating in TED or other things that fascinate you. Learning is an active, living, life long thing and you are certainly on the road! Glad you are here!
Sep 15 2011: Thank you for the warm welcome and compliments Debra!
Aida Raissi
Sep 11 2011: I think music should be mandatory for all children from grade 1 to grade 9. Not only does the process of learning an instrument force children to learn patience, endurance, commitment, and a sense of self accomplishment. but the process of learning music will also stimulate and contribute to the development of areas of the brain that would not normally be stimulated as much. I also think that schools need to teach all religions in school from Christianity to Buddhisms. I, myself are an atheist but I think that our past has been greatly influenced by religion and so its important to know all religions and understand the dynamic between each one.Sep 11 2011: The ones we want to learn! As a high school student in America it is frustrating sometimes with the lack of choice presented to the academically inclined. Our system is based on standardized testing and perfection of subjects we are not interested in or naturally talented at. Also, cross subject relations. How is art related to physics and engineering? How is band related to math? How is science related to history? And finally, globalization. In an increasingly technological world, students my age, especially in america, need to be shown that their home is not the only thing affected by their actions!Sep 10 2011: Teach children how to teach themselves. Brick and mortar schools are obsolete.
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Sep 11 2011: Walter I think I agree with your succinct dictum and certainly the observation that traditional schools are obsolete. Myself I believe we need to study each student as if they were a raw diamond to discern their best learning modes and help them to understand themselves and what it means to be a human being. Every child has both unique and universal qualities the comprehension of which will greatly aid them in their ability to interact with others effectively. Definitely the memorization of facts is mostly a waste of time. (surveys of high school grads show an average of only 20% retention 1 yr later). The applied use of principles in acquiring practical skills should be paramount. The chief of these are social skills or ''emotional intelligence". The ability to negotiate and communicate are life skills that benefit everyone. Exposure to Geometry and Algebra supposedly supports logical thinking skills although I see no clear evidence of this in American society where they have been required for high school graduation for generations. ( perhaps it only helps if you truly master them). By first studying ourselves (biology, psychology) and then humanity (cultures, history, etc) and then our relationship to nature and the universe the relevance of both the arts and sciences can be demonstrated. In this I think I agree with Ken Robinson that without a balance of the two, society tends to become autistic.
Sep 11 2011: Well, I have no problem with high functioning autism, that's were a lot of genius resides. I have an intuitive sense that the human mind, given the right conditions, KNOWS what it needs in order to self-magnify. Kids need to be told that they HAVE a mind, that it needs nurturing and that they can do that nurturing. The Internet provides humanity with breakout potential, the power of lateral connectivity smashes hierarchical censoring and indexing systems. Kids need to have their curiosity switch thrown to the full ON position and informed that the most important thing a human can do is to learn.Sep 11 2011: Walter! Spot on! I think teaching creative problem solving allows students to do this very well while teaching them how to do anything they may not have ever learned.
Teaching students anything when you don't know what the future holds doesn't make any sense. Creative problem solving prepares them for everything.
Eun A Jo
Sep 10 2011: Listening: the art of making meaning from sounds.
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scott lee
Sep 6 2011: Many people have lots of ideas about things that should be taught in school that aren't today. The question is what material should be removed to make room for it? That gets tricky. Many say more science. Does that mean removing art or English? There is talk of teaching programming. My school had programming (computer sciences), which I took but I had to give up other classes to make room, and in the end I didn't take biology. (I did take physics and chemistry). In Canada we are encouraged to learn French, and many people can see the usefulness of taking another language, but I had no room for history.
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We had to take courses in the "applied skills" category, which is stuff like shop. I took electronics. We also had one year when we took a little bit of many trades, metal and wood shop, cooking, sewing, typing ect. To this day I feel that was some of the most useful knowledge I learned.
In reality school was just the beginning of my life of learning and that is the key to education. We have to foster a love of learning in children when they are young. I may not have taken biology in high school, but the foundational earlier subject (science) was enough for me to spring board and learn about it myself. I find biology fascinating and though I am no biotech specialist, I know more than many people about the subject because I have spend time learning about it in my adult life.
Kids live in a world where they will have more access to information than any other generation, so there is less need to cram specific info down their throats. The trick is to get them interested in self directed learning so they can take advantage of the information age instead of being distracted by the entertainment age. We need to give them a broad understanding, critical thinking skills and reward them for their curiosity. They have plenty of time to specialize and become experts when they are adults
Sep 7 2011: Thank you!! In education, we often see opinions on what students should learn, but if we're not careful this "more, more, more" mentality can really take its toll on our kids. I think one thing that could help is getting everyone out of the mindset that education has a deadline. We often think that if they don't get it before they're 18, there's just no way they'll get it. Never has this been less true than it is now. Our technology has made life-long learning a very real possibility for an incredible number of people (and access is improving daily). I took biology, but very little has really stuck with me (probably because a 14 year old cheerleader has better things to do than poke at dead frogs :). I've learned more about it on my own out of pure interest since graduation.Sep 12 2011: Any thoughts on how to get kids interested in self directed learning?Sep 16 2011: @Scott I heartily second your point on self-directed learning. Electronic data storage and transfer has unlocked libraries of information for people to study on their own. School should become less of a place you get information and more of a place you learn *how* to get and sort and process new information.
Literacy (language, math, etc.), critical thinking, and autonomous learning skills would be my top votes.Sep 6 2011: Humanity & awareness about conservation of nature
Immediate exclusion of Religious Studies (let it be taken care of by parents and family)
Sep 7 2011: Actually, I'd love to see all of these combined into a single class. Humanity and conservation are very closely tied to the core of most major world religions. Most family members will not teach about any religion other than the one they practice. Although many in the TED community aren't religious per se, to ignore that the vast majority of the world is doesn't serve us well.
Sep 7 2011: Amy with all respect to your thought , I don't see anything humane in any religion..... as it only teaches except itself all others are false. The history of bloodshed in the name religion is the eexample.
Even in school , students are taking those religious studies in which s/he born........
If school tecahes humanity , whatever family teaches at least kids can compare.... and they are intelligent enough to compare .......
Mark Meyer
Sep 6 2011: 1. Programming. Problems of computability and algorithms should be standard parts of math curriculum. It's amazing that you can make it through high school and never hear the name Alan Turing. Being able to reformulate problems into a set of instructions and break large tasks into basic reusable components is a fundamental skill today. Understanding when and why it is not possible is equally important.
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2. Statistics and probability. This should not only be an elective for the numerically inclined. People are constantly manipulated because of their poor understanding of statistics. Our natural intuitions regarding probability and risk are frequently wrong. (Great Ted talk about this here: http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_donnelly_shows_how_stats_fool_juries.html )
3. Mass communication and psychology. Schools are churning out fodder for tomorrow's propagandists. We need to arm people with mental defenses and this starts by understanding the tools of communication, psychology, and critical thinking.
4. Physical education and nutrition. This is obvious.Sep 6 2011: Philosophy needs an upgrade. One of the most important discovery in the last century was that human beings were apes. That sounds obvious, but it isn't. And this fact is ignored in classes.
Teach HUMAN PRIMATOLOGY, please!
Sep 6 2011: Human primatology absolutely!Sep 6 2011: Saying human beings were apes sounds soooo 19th century and sensationalist. How about saying that we had a common ancestor?
Sep 6 2011: It's not the same as saying we are Apes. We are not just related to Apes we are Apes. A lot of people don't know this.
Sep 7 2011: Well i think there is more of a distinction than that. I mean dogs and bears have a common ancestor. would you call a dog a bear or vise versa? do you have any literature saying how closer we are to apes than previously thought?Sep 7 2011: You wouldn't call a bear a dog or vice-versa because these are names that refer to species. By calling humans Apes I am not making that mistake, as there are no species called ape. Apes are a superfamily that includes the family of great Apes which includes Chimpanzees, Bonobos, Gorillas, Orang-Otangs and...Humans. Makes perfect sense given that Chimpanzees and Humans are closer to one another than they both are to Gorillas. But don't just take my word for it:
Humans are Apes and this should be taught at school.Sep 6 2011: Dancing. :) SIr Ken Robinson explains it quite well why. :) Of course, kids can go to specialized schools for that but then again I think it will be great fun for the regular students and pupils.Sep 5 2011: More emphasis on physics and biology. Especially biology. Too few people fully grasp the theory of evolution in all its elegance. Such a powerful idea has consequences reaching far beyond the subject. I think in my country (France) they should probably cut out subjects rather than add new ones.
Ben Jarvis
Sep 6 2011: i agree with you. as well as learning to draw logical conclusions based on having searced for numerous pieces of evidence and any possible counter-evidence, knowing how our bodies work and understanding the forces of nature will allow children to better cope in the world they live in.
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from personal experience, having studied physics has helped me avoid a few car crashes over the years, and biology has saved me from having to goto the doctor on numerous occasions, as well as allowed me to recognise bogus claims made by some producers of food and 'cures'.Sep 6 2011: I AGREE!!! Why is everybody four centuries late in scientific knowledge? How is it possible that friends of mine think that habits change your DNA in the long run? Why is everybody talking garbage about ENERGIES, what the heck is "vital energy"?
How did homeopathy get mainstream?
And the worst... Diets according to your bloodtype.
I surrender. I am a black sheep among my community.
So yeah, I wish science was taught more seriously.
Sep 6 2011: Yes, even here on TED you hear the weirdest stuff and when you try to correct people, they call you arrogant. Science doesn't seem to inform opinion enough in many science-related conversations. There is a thread on TED where Evolution and Lamarckism are mindlessly intermixed. While the original poster admits knowing very little on the subject and welcomes clarification, some of his responders reply to him completely wrong with a confidence that is so totally misplaced. When you confront them, they tell you about some concept they hardly understand and end up coming out with the eternal cop-out "science doesn't have all the answers yet". Maybe true, but no reason to make stuff up at the expense of what we know.
Sep 6 2011: Exactly. And they get mixed up this way. Belief in the unexplainable is what saves them from arrogant know it all science. Like an underground newspaper in a dictature letting you know things they don't tell you on TV.
It's all upside down, I don't understand how they did it but I suspect teaching things in a right manner could spare us from lousy dinner conversations.
Ben Jarvis
Sep 7 2011: that bothers me too, like knowing something and being able to give actual reasons for how a conclusion is to be logically drawn makes you an ass?
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i think there's a double-problem too, not only do many people not understand even the basics, but they choose to ignore people who are experts in their field.
there was the 'big worry' when CERN started up. to me what struck me most was not that some people were worried it might create a black hole, but they realy thought that thousands of scientists with centuries of knowledge and experience behind them didn't know what they were doing. similarly plenty of people feel right about ignoring the advice of every immunologist on the planet in favour of what an actor has to say about vaccines and autism.Sep 7 2011: Matthieu
My feeling is that people try to understand or disprove evolution bringing complex form of life (mostly human being) in the example which actually need much higher level of scientific understanding plus logical and reasoning capability plus curiosity.
It's pretty simple to undersatnd mutation at much simpler form of life....... but that get's very little attention.....
Science possibly is most tolerant subject as it tolerates all the denouncers of science though they are using all the comfort and advancement of science to make their life more and more comfortable.............Sep 7 2011: I agree with this for the most part, but true scientists understand something very important that is missing from this particular conversation. Sometimes what was once pronounced absolute fact by the world's most renowned scientists is now considered false. Science is such an amazing and brilliant area of study particularly because of this irony. As we learn more and more about our world, our "truths" have to be questioned. Teaching kids to be questioning and inquisitive without condescension in their tone is a skill that is acquired (albeit inadvertently) through the study of science.


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The Osa Canopy Tour of Hotel resort Villas Rio Mar lets take a tour through the jungle of the Southern Zone of Costa Rica, where you can see great variety of birds. There are:
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"Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!"
When James Cameron had finished filming his fictional universe, of course we couldn't refrain from all this and did few nice icons of flora and fauna of the beautiful Pandora planet.
This one was our internal project. Just a set of random desktop/dock icons that would be nice to have.
For years we've been supplying Cisco Systems with various icons, pictograms, diagrams and illustrations. This is a quick glimpse of what we are doing for the company.
Halloween, celebrated each year on October 31, is a mixture of ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals and European folk traditions that blended together over time to create the holiday we know today.
Sunny In addition to Halloween and winter theme, this set of icons for Cisco Systems illustrates various holidays and celebrations.
This was a Mac OS X application containing lots of useful functions like quick picture editing, with adequate set of basic editing tools, import/export, extended work with the clipboard, iPhone synchronization and other features.
The very first thing that people look at, while browsing the App Store, is the app icon. When working on iPhone/iPad icons we pay special attention to details and right realization of client's idea.
In one breath with the new Camera Genius interface, CodeGoo decided to refresh app icon and asked for a realistic, 3D looking DSLR camera that illustrates powerful functionality of the application.
A very useful app that allows you to get to your destination right in time. This train schedule software icon looks exactly like a real Swedish train station display board.
Once an application is published to the AppStore one can track changes in its ranking. The icon has graphs that show you get full statistics on your app.
Various sports related icons and UI elements for a huge gaming and betting service. It is not limited to just soccer, golf or poker. Everyone can find something appropriate to his or her liking.
Ancient looking icons for a big Turkish web hosting company. They represent Blog, Forum, CMS and Domain registration tools which are just a part of all services that they provide.
Free on-line multiplayer war game with over 100 unique land, air and naval units, different terrain types and intuitive easy-to-use interface.
Are you looking forward to play snowball, sculpt a snowman or put on your skis and slide down the smooth slope, covered with plenty of snow? Let's look through these winter themmed icons for Cisco Systems.
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Four species of doves are legal to hunt in Kansas: mourning dove, Eurasian collared-dove, ringed turtle-dove, and white-winged dove. Pigeons, also known as rock doves or rock pigeons, are classified as a pest species, not a game species, and can be shot year-round.
Mourning and white-winged doves are native to North America, while Eurasian collared- and ringed turtle- doves were introduced. Of these four species, white-winged doves are the largest, followed by Eurasian collared-, ringed turtle-, and mourning doves. Mourning doves have a pointed tail, whereas the other three species have rounded tails. As their name implies, white-winged doves have a large, white wing patch.
Mourning doves are one of the most common bird species in North America. They are hunted in 39 of the 48 conterminous states and their harvest exceeds that of all other migratory game birds (ducks, geese, swans, cranes, rails, woodcock, and snipe) combined. Currently, Kansas is participating in a nationwide mourning dove banding study. Hunters are asked to check their doves for leg bands and if found, report them to the Bird Banding Lab (1-800-327-BAND, www.pwrc.usgs.gov).
Kansas typically has one of the highest breeding indices for mourning doves in the U.S., as measured by the annual Call Count Survey in May. Mourning doves nest in trees, shrubs, and on the ground in crop fields and grasslands. A mourning dove pair can produce up to 3-4 broods of two young per year in Kansas.
Although most mourning doves migrate south by October, many remain in Kansas throughout the fall and some throughout the winter. Kansas' dove harvest is in the top five in the U.S. Doves in Kansas are primarily hunted in harvested grain fields (particularly sunflowers and millet) and small water holes or windmill ponds in pastures. Some KDWP wildlife areas, mainly in the southeastern and southcentral portions of the state, manage some crop fields for dove hunting.
The Eurasian collared-dove is a native of Europe and Asia. It was accidentally introduced to the Bahamas in the early 1970s when some birds in a pet store were released. By 1996, collared doves had reached Kansas. Collared doves are very similar in appearance to ringed turtle-doves and these two species apparently interbreed. Ringed turtle-doves, however, are more dependent on humans than collared doves. Because these two species are so similar in appearance, most people assume that all light-colored doves with a partial black ring across the back of the neck are Eurasian collared-doves. Thus, there is little distribution information for ringed turtle-doves and the hybrids of these species. In Kansas, collared doves have been reported throughout Kansas in all but eight counties. However, hunters are not likely to shoot one because they tend to stay close to towns, where shooting is not permitted.
Historically, the white-winged dove was a native of Mexico and the southwestern portion of the U.S. and was rarely seen in Kansas. During the past 10 years, numbers of whitewing sightings in Kansas have increased substantially and have been reported in 36 counties. Although white-winged doves are more rural than Eurasian collared-doves and ringed turtle-doves, hunters are unlikely to encounter them because their densities are much lower and sightings tend to occur more in spring and summer than in fall.


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On Monday, the Tennis Recruiting Network and Solfire published their list of the top men's mid-major recruiting classes. Today, we take a look at the women.
Almost 900 girls have reported their commitments at TennisRecruiting.net, and the bulk of these commitments have been to schools outside the so-called "high major" conferences that get automatic bids to the College Football Playoff. In tennis, we consider the high majors to be the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC - as well as the Ivy League.
The rankings in this article include all teams outside of those conferences.
Top 25 Mid-Major Women's Recruiting Classes (through May 17)
The Tennis Recruiting Network and Solfire are excited to present the Top 25 Mid-Major Women's Recruiting Classes for 2014. This list is based on commitments reported on or before May 17, 2014. As is our policy, these rankings do not consider incoming transfer students.
So here they are - the Top 25...
Honorable Mention
Other women's programs that received strong consideration from our experts are (listed alphabetically): Akron, Army, Carnegie Mellon, Connecticut, Davidson, Dayton, Eastern Michigan, George Mason, Georgetown, James Madison, Marshall, MIT, and North Carolina A&T.
The Rice women's tennis program has just finished its most successful three-year run in school history. Prior to 2012, the Owls had never won an NCAA tournament match. Since 2012, Rice has won four NCAA matches - reaching the second round or better each year. They are also fresh off their second straight Conference USA title.
Head coach Elizabeth Schmidt, now in her fifth season at the helm, has two seniors to replace from 2013-14 who were regular contributors in the lineup. Fortunately, she has a talented pair of 5-Star recruits arriving this fall.
Top-30 recruits Lindsey Hodge and Savannah Durkin are players who have shown the ability to win big on the court. Hodge has won USTA national titles as we reported in her commitment announcement this past fall, while Durkin posted twelve wins last summer in the USTA Hardcourt Nationals, Claycourt Nationals, and National Team tournaments.
The Owls edged out Florida International and their trio of international recruits for the top spot. FIU head coach Katarina Petrovic is bringing in Monika Stanikova of Slovakia, Andrea Lazaro Garcia of Spain, and Nerma Caluk of Bosnia to play for the Golden Panthers next fall.
Rounding out the Top 5 are the Tulane Green Wave at No. 3, followed by Stetson and St. Mary's College of California at No. 4 and 5, respectively.
State Breakdowns
The teams in our rankings represent fifteen states and the District of Columbia. Not surprisingly, the two states with the most ranked recruiting classes are Florida and California.
The Sunshine State has three ranked classes - including two in the Top 5. At No. 2, Florida International leads all comers, and they are joined at the top by No. 4 Stetson. Also in the rankings is Central Florida at No. 13.
The Golden State also has three ranked programs, starting with St. Mary's at No. 5. The Gaels are joined by UC Davis (No. 18) and San Diego (24).
Other states with multiple programs in the recruiting class rankings are Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Texas, all with two ranked classes apiece.
Conference Call
These ranked classes hail from fifteen different conferences - thirteen NCAA Division I conferences and three from D-III.
Three conferences stand out from the rest: Conference USA, the American Athletic Conference, and the Midwest Conference.
Conference USA only has two programs in the rankings, but they are the top two. Rice and Florida International stand tall at No. 1 and 2 in the rankings, respectively.
The AAC and MWC conferences each have three programs in the rankings. The AAC is represented by Tulane (No. 3), Houston (6), and Central Florida (13). From the MWC we have Utah State (11), Boise State (12), and the U.S. Air Force Academy (15).
Coming Soon... NCAA Division III Rankings
Three Division III programs had recruiting classes strong enough to make our list: Emory University (No. 8), Wesleyan University (16), and Williams College (17). All of these programs should figure rather prominently in our upcoming ranking lists.
Speaking of more rankings, this coming Monday, TennisRecruiting.net and Solfire will release rankings of the Top 25 men's recruiting classes in NCAA Division III. Soon after we will wrap up our spring recruiting class rankings with the top D-III women.
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2015 Top NCAA Division III Women's Classes
The Tennis Recruiting Network wraps up its spring recruiting class
rankings with a look at the NCAA Division III women. Today we present
our list of the Top 25 NCAA D-III women's recruiting classes for 2015.
At the top of the list we see the Amherst Lord Jeffs.
2015 Top NCAA Division III Men's Classes
The Tennis Recruiting Network presents its recruiting class
rankings for NCAA Division III conferences. Today we present our Top
25 D-III men's recruiting classes for 2015. At the top of the class?
For the second year in a row, we see the Chicago Maroons.
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Do you remember your first performance car? Your first Corvette? Chances are, if it was a recent edition, you were fairly bowled over by its performance capabilities, even as a stocker. This is frequently the case with new automotive enthusiasts, who are often so stoked with their new toys, they can scarcely imagine any way of improving upon them. As always, though, there are exceptions to this stereotype. Maxwell Larson is one such exception.
Though the Minneapolis resident had never owned an American muscle car before, he'd been exposed to enough modified performance machines to know that stock simply wouldn't do. He had plans for the car he was to buy.
Stoplight-to-stoplight mayhem is fun for a while, but for Larson, the topsy-turvy backroads of western Wisconsin held far more allure. Though he was attracted to the performance and no-compromise conveniences of a C6, he also knew there were no late-model cars that could compare to the drop-jaw styling of an early shark. Also unlike many new Corvette buyers, he also had a clear objective in purchasing his first: It had to be a big-block '72 coupe.
It can be interesting to ask new Corvette owners how they came to own their particular cars. Usually, if they have a reply beyond a guffaw and a shrug, it will center around a certain powertrain package or color option. But if you ask Larson this question, his answer might surprise you with its poignancy. "It was the last year of the chrome-bumper cars, which have always been very appealing to me. Nineteen seventy-two was also the year I was born, so the car has a little bit of extra meaning to me for that reason, too." And a big-block? "Nothing sounds better than a big-block, especially in a Corvette."
So, when Larson decided the time had come to acquire his first Corvette, he was a man on a clear mission. It didn't take long before this simple ad caught his eye:
For sale: 1972 Corvette coupe, 454 LS5, TH-400 transmission, 73k miles
The car had been previously restored, but wasn't completely original. The correct engine and transmission were still in place, but the body had undergone a couple of color changes in its history. It was now a slightly odd, non-stock shade of blue, a hue ostensibly borrowed from a first-generation Camaro. Riding high on too-tall white-letter tires and OEM rally wheels, it was a solid, if not particularly exciting, prospect. Something about it just felt "off." Unimpressed, he decided to pass.
The consummate researcher, Larson's quest for the right car continued, but that peculiar blue '72 was always on the periphery. With many of his modifications planned before he even had a car to bolt them to, his quest for the right car had grown into an obsession. Then something odd happened. Slowly at first, then with gathering momentum, a vision was forming. A vision based on that blue '72. He called the seller back and made the deal.
Once home in his Minneapolis garage, Larson set about the first phase of his three-pronged plan. Phase one was to improve the car's handling while nailing the stance. Though he had never before performed any sort of performance work on a car, he dove right in. "I installed a complete Vette Brakes & Products front monospring conversion, which replaced the coil springs and A-arms. I also added a rear dual-mount composite monospring and Bilstein Sport shocks at all four corners." The resulting ability to adjust the ride height to perfection is a big part of what makes this car oh-so-right. And that's to say nothing of the total transformation made in the Vette's ride and handling. It was a great first step.


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We are a small team of indie game developers,and also big fans of Sir Pratchett's Discworld.Recently,we've made a puzzle game with our own take on Discworld.We didn't follow strictly to the original plot,but we wanted to reflect through the game relationship of Death and Rincewind.
We use Rincewind's name in description for the game,we do not have any intention to infringe any copyrights,and just want to show our kudos and admiration,we decided to write this post here and ask the author and other fans of this wonderful book,can we use the name for description or not?
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"This is the puzzle game, about a lad, called Rince Wind. Who wasn't very lucky and once was picked by Death, to play in a mysterious magic game-............
For immortal, but very bored, Death it's just an endless fun, looking how he's struggling with the every new challenge in the game, for unlucky Rince is a chance to stay alive"
And the storybord for our game
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Got my ticket today for the Nov. 15th show in OKC. Can't wait to see them for the 7th time. Plus it's been 11 years since I've seen them with Head. Super excited! Now the waiting and countdown begins.
Got to see Korn at the Palladuim Ballroom sunday night and they rocked the house for almost two hours. Got my Ibanez Apex2 in yesterday so life is good.
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5th channel : is it available without being connected to channel 4? If you can seperate it (and make it work completely seperate) how it the wiring done?
I have just finished wiring up my new 4 channel conversion. But before I close everything up I wanted to sqeeze all I can out of it.
Ok just reread the prior post and I believe that the two channels are linked permanently