Juggling Dynamite

As stocks move through their now typical Groovy Tuesday ramp I think it is helpful to look at reality-based things that actually strengthen the real world, like education.

Public television and TED, the non-profit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, share a deep commitment to addressing the high school dropout crisis. The TED Talks Education one-hour program brings together a diverse group of teachers and education advocates delivering short, high-impact talks on the theme of teaching and learning. These original TED Talks are given by thought leaders including Geoffrey Canada, Bill Gates, Rita F. Pierson, Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth and Sir Ken Robinson.

Here is a direct link.

Watch TED Talks Education on PBS. See more from TED Talks Education.

After nearly 5 months of tweeting from the international space station, Canadian astronaut, commander and musician, Chris Hadfield truly developed a rock star like following for himself and the space program. His remarkable eighty-one videos attracted 22 million views for the Canadian Space Agency whose website traffic is up 70 per cent over the past 12 months. See more on their accomplishments here. As a parting piece, Hadfield recorded this revised version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity on board the Space Station.  Here is a direct link.

And with Elon Musk’s vision and perseverance in developing reusable rockets to radically reduce the cost of space travel through Spacex,(to the anger and chagrin of all the nay-sayers of course) the universe is coming that much closer.

The Economist reports on recent trends and innovations in the area of energy innovation. Yes we can. Here is a direct audio link.