Neil Turok: 2008 TED Prize wish: An African Einstein

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http://www.ted.com – Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, physicist Neil Turok speaks out for talented young Africans starved of opportunity: by unlocking and nurturing the continent’s creative potential, we can create a change in Africa’s future. Turok asks the TED community to help him expand the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences by opening 15 new centers across Africa in five years. By adding resources for entrepreneurship to this proven model, he says, we can create a network for progress across the continent — and perhaps discover an African Einstein.

Karen Armstrong: 2008 TED Prize wish: Charter for Compassion

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http://www.ted.com As she accepts her 2008 TED Prize, author and scholar Karen Armstrong talks about how the Abrahamic religions — Islam, Judaism, Christianity — have been diverted from the moral purpose they share to foster compassion. But Armstrong has seen a yearning to change this fact. People want to be religious, she says; we should act to help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help her build a Charter for Compassion — to help restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.

Dave Eggers: 2008 TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School

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http://www.ted.com Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open their own volunteer-driven, wildly creative writing labs. But you don’t need to go that far, he reminds us — it’s as simple as asking a teacher “How can I help?” He asks that we share our own volunteering stories at his new website, Once Upon a School.

The Eensey Weensey Spider | Super Simple Songs

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The classic kids’ song Eensey Weensey Spider, with easy to follow hand motions. Now available on the first Super Simple Songs DVD!
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An informal poll by the website Zero to Three revealed Eensey Weensey Spider (or Itsy Bitsy Spider) to be the most popular children’s song in America, overwhelmingly so. It has a great melody, and children love the fingerplay.

However, for some young children and second language learners, the combination of singing and doing the fingerplay can be a little intimidating. So, in our version, we slowly talk through the song once before singing. This allows children (and parents) to clearly hear and understand the words and practice making their spiders!

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Music: Traditional
Adapted Lyrics: Copyright 2006 Super Simple Learning®
Video: Copyright 2008 Super Simple Learning®

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If you like this video, check out the Super Simple Songs Playlist featuring dozens of easy-to-teach, easy-to-learn, super fun songs: http://youtu.be/yCjJyiqpAuU?list=PL028565C616627F50

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Lyrics:
The eensey weensey spider went up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain.
Then the eensey weensey spider went up the spout again.

Okay…put your fingers together.
Let’s do The Eensey Weensey Spider.

The eensey weensey spider went up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain.
Then the eensey weensey spider went up the spout again.

A little faster now.

The eensey weensey spider went up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain.
Then the eensey weensey spider went up the spout again.

Now let’s try it slow, with a low voice.
The big, big spider.

The big, big spider went up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain.
Then the big, big spider went up the spout again.

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Song: The Eensey Weensey Spider
CD: Super Simple Songs 2
Music: Super Simple Learning

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Frank Gehry: From 1990, defending a vision for architecture

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http://www.ted.com Speaking at TED in 1990, the not-yet-legendary architect Frank Gehry takes a whistlestop tour of his work to date, from his own Venice Beach house to the under-construction American Center in Paris. In this 50-minute slideshow (before TED’s 18-minute limit), Gehry explains the site-specific nature of his buildings — context he felt was lost in the discussions of his then-controversial work. In this candid and funny talk, he exposes his own messy creative process (“I take pieces and bits, and look at it, and struggle with it, and cut it away…”) and the way he struggles with problems (“This model on the left is pretty awful. I was ready to commit suicide when this was built … If any of you have ideas on it, please contact me. I don’t know what to do”).