The Jar of Dots this time comes with a different format. Sometimes we loose interest in reading. To break the routine and to add a bit of a “squeeze of lime” to the posts, the Jar of Dots is a jar filled with “videos” today. Several videos are awaiting for your to click on them. I warn you, this post might take few days till you are done with. But i hope at the end of the journey, you would be inspired, educated and interested for more.
Plug your headsets .. and enjoy.
The Day in Ramadan he left us:
If i’d count the number of times i’ve started writing this paragraph and deleted it, i would have filled a room with trashed papers. I have no words to describe this first video, for the occasion itself is still painful to remember even after 6 years.
Every 19th of Ramadan, we remember our loss as nation. Many people wrote articles, and books and stood behind podiums and gave their best speeches, but never did i hear a speech or read an article as honest as the video below. His Highness Dr. Sultan Al Qassimi was awarded the Cultural Personality of last year by Sheikh Zayed Book Award. He stood there, saying the most heart-whelming speech ever about the day we lost Sheikh Zayed, the 19th of Ramadan of 2004.
p.s. it is in Arabic, and no English translation would do it justice. But…
I Have A Dream:
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, on August 28th 1963, a sentence changed history: “I have a dream”
Martin Luther King Jr’s Speech “I have a dream” is regarded as one of the historical speeches. And yesterday, it marked 47 years since he marched, stood there in front of more than 200,000 American and said “I have a Dream”:
This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
The Monk & The Monkey
from Brendan Carroll
A determined young boy, Ragu, is sent by his master on his final quest to become a monk. A seemingly simple task becomes an unexpected challenge for Ragu as he discovers the real value of his quest.
© 2010 Brendan Carroll & Francesco Giroldini.
A lovely animation, and an sweet inspiring story.
Click here to view from your iPhone/iPad
Masr
from Javier Morgade
When i saw this video, i remembered the sounds of the streets in Egypt, the smell of diesel and burnt clay, the sounds of car horns, and people talking and others yelling. It took me to the real experience i had in Cairo – Masr as the Egyptians refer to it – It took me those narrow unpaved neighborhoods and very very poor yet happy families.. it took me to that house that served us red tea in a very humid cramped room. The real Masr ..
Click here to view from iPad/iPhone
Masr from Javier Morgade on Vimeo.
Smarties Campaign
I loved this Nestlé Australia Smarties campaign called “The 8 Colors of Fun” is targeted to children & parents by pairing a child, an adult & a color to create an artistic piece inspired by the children let it be a song, artwork, or even a story book.
The campaign is online at Facebook and YouTube. The Smarties Facebook page includes a downloadable how-to guide with instructions for a color-related DIY art project for children.
Sal Khan: Bill Gate’s favorite teacher
When we say that “education has no borders” we mean it. Sal Khan, a Harvard MBA student sits in his cubicle at home, with his two screens and invests heavily on youtube tutorial videos in teaching students about anything from mathematics to biology
“This guy is amazing,” Bill Gates wrote. “It is awesome how much he has done with very little in the way of resources.” Gates and his 11-year-old son, Rory, began soaking up videos, from algebra to biology. Then, several weeks ago, at the Aspen Ideas Festival in front of 2,000 people, Gates gave the 33-year-old Khan a shout-out that any entrepreneur would kill for. Ruminating on what he called the “mind-blowing misallocation” of resources away from education, Gates touted the “unbelievable” 10- to 15-minute Khan Academy tutorials “I’ve been using with my kids.” With admiration and surprise, the world’s second-richest person noted that Khan “was a hedge fund guy making lots of money.”
- Playlist: 1630
- Watched on an average of 70,000 times a day
- Started in late 2006
- The Khan Academy Received 18 million (and counting) page views worldwide
- He reaches out to 200,000 students monthly
www.khanAcademy.org
Delia Smith: French Onion Soup – BBC
She is a Britsh Cook, Television presenter and the UK’s best-selling cookery author, with more than 21 million copies sold.
Smith was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 2009 Birthday Honours, “in recognition of … [her] contribution to television cookery and recipe writing”. source
This video was released on January 25, 1980 - authentic and original
p.s. the recipe includes white wine which you can substitue with “Water, chicken broth, vegetable broth, white grape juice, ginger ale, white grape juice.”
Teaching Humanitarian Engineering:
There is a trend in Universities nowadays to offer degrees that have not been offered ever before. Many of them have a societal/sustainability/huminatarian focus.
Stanford’s Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability program focuses on teaching its students how to design elegant, inexpensive solutions to help people in developing countries. Two of its successful projects are cheap—solar LEDs to replace kerosene lamps and low-cost baby incubators for low birth weight babies
While Colorado School of Mines has offered a new degree called Humintarian Engineering.
The video below explains in details
iPhone applications that fit your style – or find it
The New York Times compiled a list of several iPhone applications which are supposed to either “fit your style or find it”. There are applications such as
Elle Shopping Guide, Lustr, Ask a Stylist or Lucky at Your Service and many others. You’d find them here
You would need to check if those websites will work outside the US, but in all cases, it is an extra tip to keep you up to date with the latest styles & trends.
Khawater Season 6:
In its 6th season, Ahmed Alshugairi talks about Islam in his “neoclassical” method. Nowadays, it is important to understand concepts rather than just taking them for granted. 1+1 has to equal a number. And this what in my humble opinion i find Khawater is good at.
Being a person who tends to research many topics, every episode of Khawater reminds of a “wikipedia” but filmed and with an Islamic touch. (which is a good thing btw) The majority of the youth find it touching, inspiring and life changing.
I’ll leave you with an episode which is translated into English -. I can sum it into one line: Total Quality Management in Health Care System
* Full Quran with Translation: Potrait and Landscape (Landscape only in Surah Fatiha)
First ever Complete Quranic Commentary(Tafsir) on the Iphone/Ipad !
