Sunday, April 15, 2012
* Kahn Academy
A great place to visit. Meet a single extraordinary teacher who has advanced (or more properly "revolutionized") the process of learning for millions of students of all ages in countries all over the world.
Friday, April 13, 2012
* Wealth Destruction
Here's a sample of the way Sal Khan teaches on a one-to-one basis with his students. Here he is illustrating how the "destruction of wealth" came about in the housing market. Using his hand-drawn graphics done on the spot at his computer and the clarity of his ideas, he gives us all a better insight into how anyone might have easily fallen into the trap that "improving their home" was one of the safest investments they could make for the future.
Remember, you can toggle into a full screen view of videos by clicking on the icon at the bottom right corner of the viewing frame when the video is running.
^ More Samples
Let's skip on to two other videos. Each of them quite different from the others.
- First is Sal exploring the origins of the French Revolution. It's actually longer than most of the videos at 17 minutes. You obviously don't have to view any more than you want. But you might find it fun to fully view sometime. It says a lot about Sal's special skills as a teacher.
- The third video is titled "The Birth of Stars" - it doesn't back away from its title and does take us clearly into the modern science of cosmology.
* Khan Is Invited To TED
This is quite a good piece with Sal in front of the camera and a very bright crowd to cheer him on.
* Introduction to Dr. Burzynski
It is quite possible this immigrant to America, this doctor who appears to have opened a new door into the treatment of cancer, and who has now faced trial five times in Texas for his challenges to long held beliefs in how to best fight cancer without the use of radiation or chemotherapy, may have been on the right track all along. If so, he may be the most important scientist of our time. To some, he is already a miracle worker, and his miracles keep being confirmed by pier-reviewed evidence that is nearly impossible to refute.
This first video primarily focuses on the patients and families involved, their testimony and the medical records showing the initial diagnosis of brain cancer (including MRI's, etc.) as well as the medical records showing the proven results of Burzynski's course of treatment for them.
This first video primarily focuses on the patients and families involved, their testimony and the medical records showing the initial diagnosis of brain cancer (including MRI's, etc.) as well as the medical records showing the proven results of Burzynski's course of treatment for them.
* Should You Wish
We've also included the full length video of the film that has been made, should you wish to see it. It is well worth reviewing if you have the time. It shows the years of frustrated legal efforts on the part of the Texas medical establishment, as well as the behind the scenes efforts by the FDA, to try and stop the work that Burzynski has been so brilliantly accomplishing. None of the court cases brought were found to have any merit, nor did they ever present any evidence that the successes Burzynski was claiming were not true. It appears that endangered profits to major corporations in the business of medicine was what this harassment was all about. There seems to be no other possible explanation for an action that may have denied untold numbers of cancer patients over many years the chance to have a far better treatment choice without automatically having to face the often serious side-effects of radiation and/or chemotherapy.
* Final Note
DO LOOK AT THIS LAST COMPARATIVELY SHORT VIDEO BELOW. I'S CLEARLY FACTUAL BASIS POSES A MOST SERIOUS QUESTION ABOUT MEDICINE TODAY AND HOW MUCH IS PARMA DOING TO PROPERLY HELP CANCER VICTIMS SURVIVE AND FIND CURES? DO THEY TURN THEIR BACK IF A MAJOR DISCOVERY MAY MEAN THEIR PROFITS FROM THE TRADITIONAL CANCER DRUGS AND THERAPY NOW IN USE MIGHT SUFFER?
IT IS A SERIOUS AND FRIGHTENING QUESTION. CAN WE AFFORD NOT TO ASK IT AND TO MAKE SURE IT IS ANSWERED RESPONSIBLY?
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