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Frank McCourt writes about his 30 years of teaching in New York's high schools and colleges. It is a good lesson about teaching - the big challenges, what is important and what is not.  And it is a book about himself and how he finally wrote his first book as a late bloomer.

This is fun to read.

Teacher Man. author: Frank McCourt rating: asin: 0007228023 binding: Taschenbuch list price: EUR 9,30 EUR amazon price: EUR 9,30 EUR

Slamball is a new sport being promoted. It is kind of a combination of basketball with trampolins and full contact as in American football. I wouldnt want to try it myself but looks like fun to watch.

4 ways to get more out of TEDTalks - These 4 tools can help you get more from TEDTalks: The TED Miro player: This free, open-source player lets you easily download TEDTalks, store them and play them offline. Talks are arranged in channels based on our most popular Themes.... [TEDBlog]

Derren Brown is known for his stage performances and television programs Derren Brown: Mind Control, Trick of the Mind and Trick or Treat. He introduced the Trick of the Mind programmes stating that it is a combination of Magic, Suggestion, Psychology, Misdirection and Showmanship". He considers it best described as mentalism.

Tricks of the Mind author: Derren Brown rating: asin: 1905026382 binding: Taschenbuch list price: EUR 16,18 EUR amazon price: EUR 16,18

This is hillarious. It well shows the structure of a breaking news - separated from real content. Hopefully it makes people more cautious about interpreting "breaking news".

Fun show. Amazing, quick calculations. And a glimpse on memory techniques when he "stores" two numbers while calculating a third to sum them up.

In this talk Jonathan Harris shows three projects that visualize collective feelings (We Feel Fine), a joint preservation of images, quotes and thoughts in a time capsule (Yahoo! Time Capsule) and visualizing current events and their relationship to "superstars", location, time and uncover "myths" and "secrets" (Universe).

One Chance asin: B000SKO0OY

I am everything but a fan of the many talent shows out there. But this real story and video from a UK talent show touches my heart. It is watching the turning point in a person's life.