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This Land Is Your Land - Project For Awesome 2016
About the importance of the National Parks Foundation.
TED Talks
TED: A Palestinian and an Israeli, face to face | Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon
How can Israelis and Palestinians achieve peace? Palestinian peacemaker Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli peacemaker Maoz Inon discuss the immeasurable tragedies they've experienced growing up in the region — and how they choose reconciliation...
TED Talks
TED: The workers rebuilding communities after natural disasters | Saket Soni
As climate change leads to more and more natural disasters, a group of workers is showing up at one site after another to rebuild and repair. Labor organizer Saket Soni tells the stories of Resilience Force — the group of mostly...
TED Talks
TED: What if a simple blood test could detect cancer? | Hani Goodarzi
Catching cancer at its earliest stages saves lives. But in a body made up of trillions of cells, how do you spot a small group of rogue cancer cells? Biomedical researcher Hani Goodarzi discusses his lab's discovery of a new class of...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Japan's scariest ghost story | Kit Brooks
Oiwa’s only hope for ending her marriage to the cruel and dishonorable samurai, Iemon, was her father. But after he tried to end the union, Iemon murdered him in cold blood. With plans to marry another, Iemon conspired to poison his wife...
TED Talks
TED: An alternative to the "midlife crisis" | Chip Conley
Midlife doesn't have to be a scary time, says entrepreneur Chip Conley. In this short yet profound talk, he takes inspiration from the natural world to reframe our 40s, 50s and 60s as a transitional stage that's full of grace and beauty...
SciShow
The Ice Bucket Challenge Actually Worked
The Ice Bucket Challenge raised millions of dollars for research into treatments for ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. Where did that money go? Into characterizing new genes that we may be able to target with chemotherapy drugs like paclitaxel!
PBS
Why Male Mammoths Lost the Game (w/ TierZoo!)
Woolly mammoths, our favorite ice age proboscidean, disappeared from Europe and North America at the end of the last ice age, about 10,000 years ago. Today, we’ve teamed up with TierZoo to solve one of the mysteries about these...
TED Talks
TED: Could an orca give a TED Talk? | Karen Bakker
What if we could hear nature's ultrasonic communication -- and talk back? From a bat's shrill speech to a peacock's infrasound mating call, conservation technology researcher Karen Bakker takes us through a sound bath of animal noises...
SciShow
An Alzheimer’s Drug That Doesn’t Treat Alzheimer’s?
In 2021, the FDA approved a treatment that claims to stop Alzheimer's at the source, removing the plaques in the brain long thought to cause the symptoms of the disease. But, as is often the case, things are more complicated than they...
TED Talks
TED: Why are we so bad at reporting good news? | Angus Hervey
Why is good news so rare? In a special broadcast from the TED stage, journalist Angus Hervey sheds light on some of the incredible progress humanity has made across environmental protection, public health and more in the last year,...
TED Talks
TED: How gaming can be a force for good | Noah Raford
If you think social media is powerful, keep an eye on immersive video games, says futurist Noah Raford. As more and more people are drawn into gaming and virtual worlds, the communities they forge are spawning real-world social...
TED Talks
TED: 3 steps to help kids process traumatic events | Kristen Nguyen
What do we say to kids when intensely traumatic events interrupt everyday life? Whether you're a teacher, parent or community builder, educator Kristen Nguyen provides three research-backed steps for navigating these difficult...
TED Talks
TED: 3 stories of Pakistani resilience, told in film | Jawad Sharif
TED Fellow Jawad Sharif was born with a rebellious streak -- and he's used it in his documentary films to amplify the unheard voices of Pakistan. Sharing three stories of everyday heroes -- a high-altitude mountaineer, a folk musician of...
TED Talks
TED: What the discovery of exoplanets reveals about the universe | Jessie Christiansen
What are the planets outside our solar system like? Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Jessie Christiansen has helped find thousands of them (and counting), and the variety is more wonderful and wild than you might imagine. She shares details...
PBS
Gerald Ford (Jan. 14, 1991)
An interview with former President Gerald Ford on the prospect of the United States going to war in the Persian Gulf, following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
Curated Video
Inauguration of President Richard M Nixon 1973, Part 11
Swearing -in and Inauguration of President Richard M Nixon
Washington DC
January 1973
from Nixon Presidential Materials- National Archives
Curated Video
Rep. Chaffetz: OPM Breach 'Entirely Preventable'
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington - 6 September 20161. Wide of Rep. Jason Chaffetz2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Jason Chaffetz, (R) Utah: "We had, literally, tens of millions of...
Curated Video
The Rev. Al Sharpton is leading a series of protests throughout the Manhattan on Wednesday. It's a response to the acquittals of three undercover detectives in the killing of, Sean Bell, an unarmed groom on his wedding day.
HEADLINE: Sharpton: Civil rights violated in Bell ruling
CAPTION: The Rev. Al Sharpton is leading a series of protests throughout the Manhattan on Wednesday. It's a response to the acquittals of three undercover detectives in the...
Curated Video
A day after Mitt Romney became the all-but-certain Republican nominee for president with Rick Santorum quitting the race, he goes after President Barack Obama. Romney says the president's misguided policies have harmed America.
HEADLINE: Romney on Obama: Not bad guy, policies just bad
CAPTION: A day after Mitt Romney became the all-but-certain Republican nominee for president with Rick Santorum quitting the race, he goes after President Barack Obama. Romney...
Curated Video
RR0134/A: East Timor: Elections
Maliana (recent): traditionally dressed East Timorese at a rally of FRETILIN, the former revolutionary movement that is confident of topping the national election, Victor Soares, former guerrilla commander in the FALINTIL force...
Curated Video
SYND 5-4-72 SENATOR MCGOVERN MAKES VICTORY STATEMENT AFTER PRIMARIES
Senator McGovern makes victory statement after the Wisconsin primary
1 SOUNDBITE: (English) George McGovern A giant step towards victory over Richard Nixon in november"
2 McGovern interviewed for TV "We are on a hopeless course in...
Curated Video
Granada opens its first mosque in 500 years
1. Wide of mosque on hill
2. Forecourt of mosque
3. Mid shot pamphlets on mosque
4. Arab man with brochure
5. Close up brochure
6. Mid shot mosque plaque
7. Seated dignatories, (Prince of Sharjah, right foreground in white)
8. Mid shot...
Curated Video
Interview with UK FM Miliband after meeting with President Assad
1. Mid of British foreign secretary David Miliband listening to reporter's question
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Miliband, British Foreign Secretary:
"I'm here on behalf of the United Kingdom, not on behalf of anybody else. The peace...