Woman’s own stem cells produce new body part

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A young mother has become the first in the world to get a new part of her body made from her own stem cells.  The woman in Spain received a new windpipe — grown in a lab.  British doctors who were involved in the revolutionary transplant say it heralds a new era in medicine…Health Correspondent Thomas Moore explains.

 

 

 

 

 

[video] Instructional: Indian head massage

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This video instruction of how to give an Indian head massage looks sssssoooo relaxing!

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-do-an-indian-head-massage

* You will find video tutorials for face, neck, and foot massages, too!

ER High school yearbook pics [photos]

Here are some high school yearbook pics of the following celebrities from the TV show “ER”: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Gloria Reuben, Jorja Fox, Julianna Marguilies, Noah Wyle, and Sherry Stringfield.

                                            

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Documentary Heaven: Food for your brain [videos]

Documentary Heaven has a vast number of instructional videos in the following categories:

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Directory of educational resources on the web [education]

This website was designed to aid educators.  You will find many links under these categories:

• Curriculum Tools
• Games & Entertainment
• Resource Tools
• Teaching Resources
• Tech Tools

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Fun interactive site about Egyptian mummies

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Fascinating Egyptian Mummies–Unwrapping history with science

This fun and educational four-stage interactive site is based on an exhibition at the Musee de la Civilisation in Quebec City.  Visitors discover different facets of ancient Egyptian cultures.  You must complete three games to enter the last one (which I haven’t achieved yet).

1. Mummification Process.  Put the mummification process in the right order.
2. Canopic Jars.  Place the organs into the right canopic jars.
3. The Weighing of the Heart.  Place the jar that contains a heart as light as the sacred feather on the other side of the scale.
4. Sarcophagi Chamber.  Can’t say what this is becuase I havent completed the first three stages.

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Interesting information about #3

“Ancient Egyptians believed that the deceased had to meet a challenge in order to achieve immortality.  After the deceased declared having committed no faults in life, the heart was weighed.  If it balanced with the feather, this meant that the deceased had lived according to moral standards and could move on to the afterlife, a realm of bliss and delight.  But if the weight of the heart was different from that of the feather, this meant that the deceased had lived in sin and that the heart would be eaten by Ammit, the devourer.”

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via 10 Awesome Flash-Animated Interactive Websites

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Free online psychology lectures from top universities [videos]

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Categories for these psychology lectures are as follows:

• General & Introductory
• Abnormal & Clinical
• Chemistry & Behaviour
• Child & Developmental
• History & Philosophy
• Language & Learning
• Media & Technolgoy
• Perception & Emotion
• Positive & Creative
• Reason & Cognition
• Social & Personality
• Research & Statistics
• Essays & Articles

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How to give a deep-stress relief back massage [photos/video]

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This deep-stress relief back massage tutorial looks so relaxing!  The how-to video is at the bottom of the page.

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Thousands of free video lectures from top universities [videos]

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Academic Earth believes in giving everyone a world-class education.

Learn from world leading scholars.  See and hear full course lectures from MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.  Some of these are grouped into courses, which each contain anywhere from 4 to 50 lectures.

If you want to save the videos, you need to register.

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Video hosting for teachers and students

With TeacherTube, community members can:

• Upload, tag and share videos worldwide.
• Upload Support Files to attach your educational Actvities, Assessments, Lesson Plans, Notes, and Other file formats to your video.
• Browse hundreds of videos uploaded by community members.
• Find, join and create video groups to connect with people who have similar interests.
• Customize the experience by subscribing to member videos, saving favorites, and creating playlists.
• Integrate TeacherTube videos on websites using video embeds or APIs.
• Make videos public or private – users can elect to broadcast their videos publicly or share them privately with those they invite.

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While you’re at it, check out Edublogs.TV

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Celebrities overcoming disabilities

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This website is a good resource documenting celebrities who struggle with disabilities like mood disorders, speech problems, amputees, hearing and vision impairments, learning disabilities…

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• Famous People with Disabilities
• Famous People with Dyslexia
• The World’s Most Famous People with Disabilities