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Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do

Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do
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How Language Seems To Shape One's View Of The World "It's on the left," he says. "No, it's southeast of here," she says. iStockphoto hide caption itoggle caption iStockphoto "It's on the left," he says. "No, it's southeast of here," she says. iStockphoto Lera Boroditsky once did a simple experiment: She asked people to close their eyes and point southeast. She says the difference lies in language. If you want to learn another language and become fluent, you may have to change the way you behave in small but sometimes significant ways, specifically how you sort things into categories and what you notice. Researchers are starting to study how those changes happen, says Aneta Pavlenko, a professor of applied linguistics at Temple University. If people speaking different languages need to group or observe things differently, then bilinguals ought to switch focus depending on the language they use. Based on her research, she started teaching future language teachers how to help their English-speaking students group things in Russian.

17 canais do YouTube para aprender inglês de graça Olá pessoal! Embora o inglês seja uma disciplina obrigatória em qualquer escola com os ensinos Fundamental e Médio no Brasil, são poucos aqueles que saem das escolas públicas sabendo ler algo em inglês, falar então, nem pensar. O YouTube é um serviço ao qual praticamente todos os que usam a internet têm acesso, no qual é possível encontrar tutoriais sobre os mais diversos assuntos. Portanto, por que você não pode começar a falar inglês usando o site como ferramenta de aprendizagem? Para você não perder tempo procurando, abaixo está uma seleção de 17 canais para aprender inglês de graça, somando mais de 6 mil vídeos que abordam desde o nível básico até o avançado, passando pela gramática, escuta, escrita, vocabulário e pronúncia. 1 – AgoraEuFalo English Club – Gramática básica Neste canal, você tem disponíveis vídeos que abordam o básico dela, o suficiente para você dar os seus primeiros passos e avançar para os demais itens desta listagem. 2 – Inglês Winner – Do básico ao intermediário

Blood - we can't live without it! blood; plasma; blood cells; blood types; blood transfusion; platelets; immune system; anaemia; clotting; bleeding; serum; antibodies; A; B; AB; O; antigens; rhesus; rh+; rh-; iron; periods ; Contents Blood is the fluid that keeps our bodies going. It is a transport system that carries oxygen and the essential chemicals to where they are needed in the body. At the same time it picks up the waste that the different parts of the body no longer need and delivers that waste to whichever part of the body is responsible for getting rid of it. It helps us fight infections and keep our body healthy. It carries heat around our bodies, to keep our fingers warm and stop our brains from overheating.More than half of blood is plasma. Sometimes people need extra blood because they have lost more than the body can make in a short time or they are not making enough red blood cells (this is called anaemia (say an-ee-me-a)). Type A blood can go to anyone who has type A or AB. Blood is amazing.

What Happens When A Language's Last Monolingual Speaker Dies? : Code Switch A portrait of Emily Johnson Dickerson by artist Mike Larsen. Courtesy of the Chickasaw Nation hide caption itoggle caption Courtesy of the Chickasaw Nation A portrait of Emily Johnson Dickerson by artist Mike Larsen. Courtesy of the Chickasaw Nation Emily Johnson Dickerson died at her home in Ada, Okla., last week. "This is a sad day for all Chickasaw people because we have lost a cherished member of our Chickasaw family and an unequaled source of knowledge about our language and culture," Chickasaw Nation Gov. Dickerson, 93, was one of about 65 people fluent in the Chickasaw language, which has seen its number of speakers shrink from thousands since the 1960s. "Chickasaw was the dominant language in Chickasaw Nation, both prior to and following removal [when Chickasaw people were forced to relocate to Indian Territory*]," says Joshua Hinson, director of the Chickasaw Language Revitalization Program. "She lived like our ancestors did a long time ago," Hinson says.

Who’s the Best Youtube Polyglot? The truth is… no one really. In fact that’s the wrong question to explore. The real question is who’s the best for you… Over the past four years or so there’s been a surge in online language learning, greatly helped with the increase in cloud technology, language tools, apps and of course the rise of Youtube! Here we’ll look at some of the most prominent language learners or polyglots out there at the moment but first there’s been some interesting developments in the community recently. Most notably Richard and Luca’s Polyglot Conference commencing next year. 20 Polyglots to Follow! The below is a collection of some of the most active polyglots and language promoters out there at the moment. 1. Native Language: English/GreekYoutube Channel: N/ABlog: RawLangsAlex in Action: 11 language Mix 2. - Alexander Arguelles - Dr. Native Language: EnglishYoutube Channel: ProfASArBlog: Foreign Language ExpertiseAlexander in Action: Mandarin Chinese

Bones: They’re alive! Without bones, your body would be a slippery bag of organs. But the stiff models of a skeleton that you’ve seen in science class (or as Halloween decorations) tell only half the story. That’s because “the skeleton does more than just hold you up,” explains Laura Tosi Bones are made of living, breathing cells. And they play all sorts of important roles, says Tosi, who directs the Bone Health Program at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Tiny ear bones conduct sounds that help us hear. Bone marrow — a soft, jellylike substance that fills the hollow interior of the body’s long bones — produces blood cells, both red and white. And that’s just for starters. Cells called osteoblasts (gray blobs forming an oval) create new bone tissue. Robert M. The skeleton crew The framework that gives your body shape is surprisingly busy. The body’s skeleton changes constantly. Cells called osteoclasts break down old bone through a process called resorption. Wikimedia Commons Asja/Flickr

Interview: Scott Stossel, Author Of 'My Age Of Anxiety' : NPR Atlantic magazine editor Scott Stossel has countless phobias and anxieties — some you've heard of, others you probably haven't. "There's a vast encyclopedia of fears and phobias," he tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross, "and pretty much any object, experience, situation you can think of, there is someone who has a phobia of it." Stossel's own fears include turophobia, a fear of cheese; asthenophobia, a fear of fainting; and claustrophobia. Stossel says he wrote the book to help him understand and find relief from — or redemption in — anxious suffering. Interview Highlights On suffering from emetophobia, or a fear of vomiting The fear of vomiting, which for me is one of the most original and most acute of my fears, is actually fairly common. Both in terms of the duration of the time that I've suffered from it and its intermittent acuteness, [it's] the emetophobia [that causes the most suffering]. ... itoggle caption Michael Lionstar/Courtesy of Knopf Michael Lionstar/Courtesy of Knopf ...

Let it be: o musical dos Beatles em Londres | Pra Ver Em Londres Este post é especial pra mim. E eu quero que seja pra você também. Então entre no clima assistindo a este vídeo: Coisa mais linda desse mundo, né? Se eu fosse você, agora dava o play de novo no vídeo e lia o post com Hey Jude de trilha sonora. Ou, se preferir, esta também é uma boa opção: Okok, chega de papo furado e de sugestões musicais. Nós e os Beatles João e eu perseguimos os Beatles em todos os cantos… Em 2010, fomos a Liverpool seguir os passos do fab four na terra natal deles – como lembram este e este posts. yeah yeah yeah No ano seguinte, incluímos algumas atrações para beatlemaníacos na nossa temporadinha em Buenos Aires. Prometo falar logo, logo sobre o The Cavern Buenos Aires logo mais! Em 2012, nos casamos. Liverpoolgas! Fim de festa e Liverpoolgas continuava embalando a galera e os noivos. Assim, logo que entrou em cartaz aqui em Londres o musical Let it Be decidimos: quando voltássemos à terrinha teríamos que assisti-lo. E aí no último sábado realizamos este desejo. Partiu? Nah

Charming talks for a boost on a bad day | Playlist Now playing All under the age of 16, brothers Jonny, Robbie and Tommy Mizzone are from New Jersey, a US state that's better known for the rock of Bruce Springsteen than the bluegrass of Earl Scruggs. Nonetheless, the siblings began performing bluegrass covers, as well as their own compositions, at a young age. Here, they play three dazzling songs in three different keys, passing the lead back and forth from fiddle to banjo to guitar. What teens really want to know about sex On the first day of my Sexuality and Society class, I don’t pass around anatomy drawings. I don’t hand out pamphlets about safer sex, although those are stacked on a table near the door. Instead, the first thing I do is establish ground rules. People should speak for themselves, laughter is OK, we won’t ask “personal history” questions, and we’ll work to create a community of peers who care about and respect one another. I’m all about context. In the back corner of my classroom is an old shoebox with a hole cut into the top of it. Here are some actual questions from students and my answers to them. Why is sex so good? There are two ways to answer this question. A part of the body that brings sexual pleasure when stimulated is called an erogenous zone. The second reason sex feels good is that humans have developed the emotional capacity to feel love, intimacy, and passion. While pleasure can exist without these emotions, it is much more significant when they are present.

Books and films O jornalista Euler de França Belém, ao elaborar uma lista com sugestões de livros, defendeu a tese de que bons livros são, na verdade, “diamantes para o cérebro”. Acredito que essa premissa — com a qual concordo inteiramente — possa ser estendida também para o cinema. Talvez com muito mais razão para o cinema, forma de expressão que, posto que goze de amplo apelo popular, tem perdido progressivamente a pretensão do “fazer artístico”, a privilegiar-se a lógica da produção em escala industrial de blockbusters. Com isso, cada vez mais temos cinéfilos autodeclarados que desprezam a leitura da Pauline Kael (às vezes, nunca ouviram falar dela), mas não hesitam em cultuar bobagens infantis. Essa introdução serve para justificar a presente lista. A Felicidade Não se Compra, de Frank Capra, (1946) O mais belo filme de Natal de todos os tempos. Era Uma Vez em Tóquio, de Yasujiro Ozu, (1953) Filme que assinala a maturidade artística de um dos maiores cineastas do século 20, o japonês Yasujiro Ozu.

Swedish divers unearth a 'Stone Age Atlantis': 11,000-year-old ancient settlement discovered under the Baltic Sea Divers found a harpoon, tools, horns and the bones of ancient cattle The bones belonged to the animal auroch last seen in the early 1600sArchaeologists believe these relics date back to the Stone AgeIt is said to be the oldest settlement in the area - dubbed Sweden’s 'Atlantis' By Victoria Woollaston Published: 16:06 GMT, 27 January 2014 | Updated: 17:16 GMT, 27 January 2014 Divers in Sweden have discovered a rare collection of Stone Age artefacts buried deep beneath the Baltic Sea. Archaeologists believe the relics were left by Swedish nomads 11,000 years ago and the discovery may be evidence of one of the oldest settlements ever found in the Nordic region. Some of the relics are so well preserved, reports have dubbed the find 'Sweden’s Atlantis' and suggested the settlement may have been swallowed whole by the sea in the same way as the mythical island in the Atlantic Ocean. Divers in Sweden have discovered a rare collection of Stone Age artefacts buried beneath the Baltic Sea, pictured.

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