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Subtitles and Societal Perceptions
David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, discusses how the use of subtitles can subtly change our perception of ethnic and cultural groups.
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A Gift for Sam: Plot
A Gift for Sam: Plot describes the sequence of events that take place in a story, called the plot.
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Components of Plot
Students will take a closer look at the elements of a successful narrative plot.
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Creating Meaning: Structure and Sound
This video will help students understand how poetry is organized and how the sound adds to the overall meaning of the written work.
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Can We Store Data In DNA? | DNA Digital Data Storage
DNA holds enough information to make a person, but can we use it to store large amounts of our data?
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Understanding Vision
Stanford University neuroscientist Kalanit Grill-Spector describes how the act of vision is much more complicated than we might naively assume, as 30% of our brains is dedicated to vision processing.
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Always Musical
Pschychologist Diana Deutsch (UC San Diego) describes how she eventually managed to combine her love of music with cutting-edge psychological research.
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The Octave Illusion
UC San Diego psychologist Diana Deutsch describes how she stumbled upon the now-famous Octave Illusion, and how unsettling it was to recognize that what she was programming a computer to produce was not, actually, what we heard.
Music Matters
Rossini's Writing for the Harmonium - Composer Insights
We investigate a less familiar corner of Rossini’s writing, namely the Preludio Religioso from his Petite Messe. Unusually, the movement is written for Harmonium. This composer insights lesson goes on to explore the initial fugal design...
Music Matters
Writing a Rising Sequence - Music Composition
Learn how to evolve a rising sequence above a bass line employing a series of 4-3 suspensions alternating in the upper parts. We explore a Baroque technique that has broader application for harmonic writing, giving ideas for developing...
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Write a How-To Text
“Write a How-To Text” models how to write a how-to text and provides examples.
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What Is Narrative Writing?
“What Is Narrative Writing?” describes the genre of narrative writing.
Professor Dave Explains
Classification of Sedimentary Rocks Part 3: Chemogenic Rocks
With siliciclastic and biogenic rocks covered, that leaves only chemogenic rocks to finish up with sedimentary rocks in general. These are rocks that precipitate from natural waters, usually due to evaporation. How does this occur, and...
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Sequences
A sequence is a set of values that makes a pattern. The differences between the arithmetic sequence, geometric sequence and Fibonacci will be discussed.
Zach Star
The Bolzano–Weierstrass theorem, a proof from real analysis
The Bolzano–Weierstrass theorem, a proof from real analysis
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Splendid Story Sequence
Mr. Reed Moore explains how to use time order clue words to sequence a story.
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Time Order Words
“Time Order Words” examines the importance of time and sequence in a narrative or explanatory text.
Vlogbrothers
This "Math Test" Changed How I See Humanity
I think, for example, that pretty much every question about "cancel culture" is a question poorly phrased because "cancel culture" means at least 20 different things, from celebrities going to jail for sexual assault to viral "karen"...
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Introduction to IT and Cybersecurity: Application Security Controls
Part 15/16 of Introduction to IT and Cybersecurity series: This video provides an overview of security controls that are implemented in applications. The speaker explains the three types of controls: input controls, processing controls,...
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Spark Programming in Python for Beginners with Apache Spark 3 - Understanding your Execution Plan
In this video, you will learn how to understand your execution plan. This clip is from the chapter "Spark Programming Model and Developer Experience" of the series "Spark Programming in Python for Beginners with Apache Spark 3".In this...
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Modern Web Design with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript - Learning about JavaScript String – Part 1
This is the first part of the two-part video that explains what JavaScript string methods are and how to use them to update string values. This clip is from the chapter "Advanced Coding in JavaScript" of the series "Modern Web Design...
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Understanding Geometric Sequences and Exponential Functions
This video explains the concept of geometric sequences and their relationship to exponential functions. It covers the explicit rule for geometric sequences, how to find specific terms in the sequence, and how to graph the sequence on a...