TED: Debate on Nuclear Power

Riz Khan - The nuclear power debate

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On Women

And here are some funny cartoons on the subject of glass ceiling:

Apologies

Terrell Owens has a busy football season ahead of him, so he's getting some apologies out of the way now. I had never seen so many apologies together...

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Programmed Obsolescence

Here is a documentary about programmed obsolescence, an industrial policy originated in the 1920s with the aim of shortening the useful life of products so that they become obsolete or nonfunctional.

http://dotsub.com/view/aed3b8b2-1889-4df5-ae63-ad85f5572f27


Check this other documentary too, ' The Story of Stuff', when you have time, if you are interested in the subject:

Just to give you a taste, here are some facts from it:

1) In the last 30 years, we have used 1/3rd of the Earth's natural resources.
2) For every one garbage bag we throw away, 70 bags of garbage are made to make it.
3) 51 of the largest 100 organizations in the world are corporations, not governments.
4) 5 times more fish are being caught than in 1950.
5) 80% of the world's original forests are gone.
6) In the Amazon alone, 2000 trees a minute, or 7 football fields are cut.
7) In order to make one McDonald's hamburger, 9 square meters of rain forest are cut.
8) The food with the most toxins is human breast milk.
9) 30% of children in the Congo drop out of school to work in Coltan mines. (Coltan is for electronic stuff)
10) Consumerism= The idea that happiness equals buying and having things.
11) Planned obsolescence= you have to buy a new thing because your old one doesn't work with the new type of product. The old one may still work fine.
12) Perceived obsolescence= you have to buy a new thing because you feel your old one is ugly or not fashionable.
13) 6 months after buying something, only 1% of those things are still in use.


 

Smokers in the balcony

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Christmas Lottery

Here is a short video about the Spanish lottery 'El Gordo'... If you  struck gold, congratulations!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12057708


And here is a lucky couple's reaction after winning a 'few' million pounds:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8516448.stm

Merry Christmas

I would like to wish you merry Christmas and a prosperous 2011 with a very traditional Christmas carol:

The Digital Story of Nativity

How social media, web and mobile tell the story of the Nativity.
Christmas story told through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, Wikipedia, Google Maps, GMail, Foursquare, Amazon...

Do schools kill creativity?

If you have 20 minutes to spare and are interested in education, as I know you all are, watch this video by Sir Ken Robinson. He argues that education, as we know it, really stifles our children's creativity and abilities.

The secrets of success

Why do people succeed? Is it because they're smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.

Changing Education Paradigms

Oriol sent me this link and I thought I would share it with you. If you have some time, watch it and maybe we can discuss it in class. It raises some disturbing issues about education and it provides some serious food for thought on this subject... Enjoy!


 

 
 
 
 
For more information about Sir Ken Robinson follow the link: http://www.ted.com/speakers/sir_ken_robinson.html

Interview with John Negroponte

Here is the link to the interview with former US ambassador John Negroponte.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/9240355.stm

Wikileaks

Here is a link to an interview with Julian Assange, creator of wikileaks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11047811

and for more information about wikileaks,you can check out this BBC article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10757263

Appraisal time at work

Just a little something to lighten your Monday mood... A short video on how the appraisal process takes place at work:

Shh! Sound health in 8 steps

Our increasingly noisy world is gnawing away at our mental health -- even costing lives. He lays out an 8-step plan to soften this sonic assault (starting with those cheap earbuds) and restore our relationship with sound.


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The 4 Ways in which Sound Affects us

Julian Treasure studies sound and advises businesses on how best to use it. In this TED video he shows us how sound affects us in four significant ways. Listen carefully for a shocking fact about noisy open-plan offices.

Russia aims to combat alcohol abuse

Here is a video about alcohol abuse in Russia.