วันพุธที่ 23 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2560

reading from literature

Gregory Currie, a professor of philosophy at the University of Nottingham, recently argued in the New York Times that we ought not to claim that literature improves us as people, because there is no “compelling evidence that suggests that people are morally or socially better for reading Tolstoy” or other great books.อ่านเพิ่มเติม


Amazing people

Fun is the name of this evening. With the Disco Inferno theme we encourage you to dust off your groovy powder blue tux & splashy cocktail dress....then get ready to rip up the dance floor!

We kick off the evening with a VIP Reception where you can mix, meet & mingle with the Amazing People nominees.อ่านเพิ่มเติม

inventors and their inventions

There’s something ingrained in humans that cause us to take dangerous risks and try things that might change the world. Over the course of civilization, thousands upon thousands of inventions succeeded beyond their creator’s wildest dream. But some were epic fails. Here’s a look at the top twenty inventors who were killed by their own inventions.อ่านเพิ่มเติม


food

Think about the last time you had a cold and your nose was blocked. Do you remember eating and thinking that your food had less flavor? That’s because most of what we “taste” is actually being sensed by our olfactory system. The word olfaction is actually based on the Latin word olfacere, which means to smell.อ่านเพิ่มเติม

Customs

Eat, Drink, and Know the Customs
       In my family, when a person invites you to their home for first time for dinner at 8.00, there are somethings you do. It is the customs. For me, I always arrive on time. I usually take a gift to the host. The kind of gift that I choose for them is a hand-basket of fruit. After we finish the meal, อ่านเพิ่มเติม

Way to Health

Way to Health is a web-based platform that automates many of the research functions necessary for conducting randomized controlled trials of healthy behavior interventions. This was designed by faculty and staff at the LDI Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) at the University of Pennsylvania to create an efficient, scalable, and low cost way to test behavioral interventions using a platform that can be deployed anywhere in the United States.อ่านเพิ่มเติม


Places

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, has long depended on tourism. Mineral water bubbles up next to the Rio Grande, and visitors stop en route to White Sands National Monument. Now spaceflight has been folded into the mythos of this town with the funny name, a place open to transformation, to big dreams. Out here, Spaceport America is already history. อ่านเพิ่มเติม


Special Days

Click the links below to find teaching resources for a wide variety of holidays and celebrations. Here you will also find resources for special occasions such as the 100th day of school, Children's Book Week, Pi Day, and many others. อ่านเพิ่มเติม