President Barack Obama proposed $80 million in new government funding for a program to boost science and math education in U.S. schools. The aim of the new proposed funding is to train 100,000 specialized teachers, who would help to “meet an ambitious goal, which is 1 million more American graduates in science, technology, engineering, and …
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Best original song from the Academy Awards – "Man Or Muppet" by Jason Segel and Walter
From Disney’s “The Muppets” – Written by Bret McKenzie. — Watch Bret perform a duo with Kermit – Life’s a Happy Song
Best original song from the Academy Awards – “Man Or Muppet” by Jason Segel and Walter
From Disney’s “The Muppets” – Written by Bret McKenzie. — Watch Bret perform a duo with Kermit – Life’s a Happy Song
Bureaucrats around the around – they pretty much look the same
From a fantastic new book called Bureaucratics come these photos of bureaucrats around the world. For the full story check out brain pickings review.
Life's a Happy Song – from Bret McKenzie (Oscar winner) and Kermit the Frog
At last night’s Oscar Awards, Bret McKenzie took home the award for best original song. Here he is singing a different song with Kermit.
Life’s a Happy Song – from Bret McKenzie (Oscar winner) and Kermit the Frog
At last night’s Oscar Awards, Bret McKenzie took home the award for best original song. Here he is singing a different song with Kermit.
"All my friends know the low rider" – but do you know the culture of the classic ride?
On the premiere episode of The Downshift, Joe Ray, custom car legend and editor in chief of Lowrider magazine, guides you through the culture, history and trends of the world of Lowrider. Riding shotgun is technical editor Saul Vargas, who reveals the true global reach of the Lowrider movement.
“All my friends know the low rider” – but do you know the culture of the classic ride?
On the premiere episode of The Downshift, Joe Ray, custom car legend and editor in chief of Lowrider magazine, guides you through the culture, history and trends of the world of Lowrider. Riding shotgun is technical editor Saul Vargas, who reveals the true global reach of the Lowrider movement.
iPads for every kindergartener – early results show a positive trend
This is the nation’s first public school district to give every kindergartener an iPad. And the implementation was done very carefully, with the research component built in from the start, not added as an after-thought. — This fall, the district randomly selected 8 of its 16 kindergarten classes to receive iPads. There’s been ongoing professional …
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A real Moneyball story – the reinvention of pitcher Brandon McCarthy
SEVEN PITCHES. That’s how long it took for the verdict to come in. On April 5, in the first inning of his first start in an A’s uniform, Brandon McCarthy went groundout, groundout, groundout. It was a one-inning sabermetric masterpiece. For the game, he lasted eight innings — the second-longest start of his career — …
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