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we fill the blackboard with any number of bible stories, and then play that old, "if you had to go a desert island and you could only take three things with you, which three would you choose?" when jews vote, it's almost like a genetic imprint - perhaps successful jewish education for a few thousand years. the first three, they always vote for en masse - the majority - is the story of creation, the story of exodus, and the story of sinai, the making of the covenant, the giving of the torah. so somehow it works. those in judaism are the - that's the myth, as you put it, that is a way of expressing truth for us, the existential truth. the three archetypal stories - that is, you move in - even in our liturgy, the original liturgy is organized that way - you move from creation, but then religiously, the rabbis reverse the chronology - you move from creation, through the event of sinai - that is, the people entering into covenant, the giving of the teaching, and from there, to the universal exodus. but of course the exodus story is part of the mentality of the jewish people. so it's like

coming out of blackboard, okay? the--what takes on the distance? divide by the time, i got it. let's take a distance of one wavelength. that's the distance to go from here to here or from here to here or from here to here. if i know the time that goes by during the time a wave goes one wavelength, then i can put that in here and i can have the wave speed. if i were interested in things like that, then we kind of are, aren't we? and what is the time it takes for a wave to go one-- whole cycle? what do we call that time? begins with the p. - period. - period. okay? and so all over here, we can say wavelength over the period of the wave will give you the speed of the wave. but the period of the wave can be re-written, one over the frequency. and those of you who are a little bit into mathematics know that this is equivalent to-- all right, let me write it this way. and so we have a relationship for the speed of any kind of waves, gang. and it simply is the velocity of the wave, the velocity over the speed, speed is the magnitude of velocity. that velocity of the wave is simply gon

on the blackboard during the class. >> when did idiot become a metaphor? you don't use the word idiot as a metaphor. >> the teacher has received some support from students but will not return to class until officials complete their investigation. >>> turning to sports now, if it's college basketball, it's another upset. number 14 ohio state got 18 points from deshaun thomas to beat number two indiana 67-58. that may affect seeding for the ncaa tournament and also means that the big ten regular season title is up for grabs. >>> and major league baseball is considering adding instant replays in 2014 for certain plays like this fair or foul call on the padres/dodgers call on tuesday. joe torre is reviewing how the system might work. >>> denver linebacker miller is predicting that his team will win the super bowl. he says his guarantee is inspired by his 6-year-old cousin who came out of a coma after a car accident and remembered miller played for the broncos. >>> and after all the videos of teens doing their version of the harlem shake, the minnesota timberwo

educators say 80% of learning depends on a child's ability to see a blackboard or read a book, an impossibleden for 40,000 children here in los angeles who have problems with their vision. >> a lot of times they'll just zone out in the class because they can't see what's going on or they don't fully understand what's being taught. >> good afternoon, express lens up. >> reporter: for vision to learn, the solution is clear. after testing the students, the children's prescriptions are sent here. employees measure, polish and grind out every set of custom lenses. each pair of glasses costs about $100 to make. but for the students, they're free. >> every child should have the tools they need to be successful. and including those tools are glasses. >> reporter: austin butner, a successful investor, founded vision to learn. >> we're taking kids in the school and giving them vision, giving them a chance to learn. >> reporter: one by one, frame by frame, the room comes into focus. >> how excited are you? >> really, really excited. >> reporter: an excitement that resonates with butner every time he gi

teacher and i myself and others, we wrote the whole book by the end of the year with it on the blackboard. and we knew. and we recite it there and we had to recite it and everything was taught there, and the recital and everything was taught by one book and i can see that we need all of this stuff that was spent on and was used to waste i would love to see it actually used but it is in the wastebasket. so i hope that you take that into consideration, i hope that you work the halls just like i do and scrutinize all of the stuff that is there, and see that it is actually just spending the money where your mouth is, thank you. no cuts. >> good evening, superintendent. board of education and commissioners, my name is betty harris and i am the united educator's chair of early education committee. i'm here again speaking in support of all educators and para professionals. and i am speaking especially for all educators because that is where my heart is of course. the research is very clear, we don't have to rehash that again. in this invest in young children now or pay later. when the staff is r

her math teacher handed down the punishment after she accidentally erased a student's name on the blackboard. the backpack weighs about 25 pounds. they have since pulled their daughter out of the school until the matter can be looked into by the superintendent. >>> axe body spray now literally getting the ax at a pennsylvania high school. a student at freedom high in beth he lem had to be taken to the hospital after being exposed to the axe body spray. the student apparently had a severe allergic reaction to the spray. school administrators are now asking students to please stop using axe body spray. meantime, the makers of axe are looking into this report. >>> coming up, the ballpark that beat out at&t park for the best ballpark in the country. we'll tell you next. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on for two whole years. from at&t. call to get u-verse tv sta

she wrote is on the blackboard during class. >> when did idiot become a metaphor?t use the word idiot as a metaphor. >> the teacher has received some support from students but will not return to class until officials complete their investigation. >>> turning to sports now, if it's college basketball, it's another upset. number 14 ohio state got 18 points from deshaun thomas to beat number two indiana 67-58. that may affect seeding for the ncaa tournament and also means that the big ten regular season title is up for grabs. >>> and major league baseball is considering adding instant replays in 2014 for certain plays like this fair or foul call on the padres/dodgers call on tuesday. joe torre is reviewing how the system might work. >>> denver broncos linebacker von miller is predicting that his team will win next year's super bowl. he said his guarantee is inspired by his 6-year-old cousin who came out of a coma and remembered that miller played for the broncos. >>> and after all the videos of teens doing their version of the harlem shake, the minnesota timberwolves

and requires a lot of blackboards and whiteboards and numbers. get down in weeds and show everybody. we are in to a lot of moving parts here. >> i think the expectation is there will be some flexibility built in the continuing resolution, at least the house will probably pass something that includes something for the defense department, and they have to -- the problem with this isn't, even if you agree that we need cuts they are reckless. the cuts are not targeted in any way. give the department more flexibility how they make the cut. it will go through the house and senate will say no, we have to include the other agencies and expect the president to sign it. >> bret: okay. next up, friday light anyone round. round -- lightning round. >> bret: every week, we have the friday lightning round. here we are. the big story, keystone xl pipeline. the state department coming out with an environmental study saying essentially that it's environmentally sound. but it's not approving the project going forward. that has to do, that is falling to the presiden

>> this is the equivalent of the nails on a blackboard. it really grates me and i'm a comedian.e in a comedy club take their phone out and have a conversation as if no one's around and do it loudly. take out your phone and try to answer their questions like you're having the other side of the conversation and a lot of the times they will stop but it's so disrespectful and frankly rude in certain circumstances like on the bus or public places to have the loud conversations as if you're the only person there so please stop doing that. >> in an airport, too. >> the airport is the worst place and i actually stop people and tell them because i hate when you swear. it's so disrespectful and i tell you hey, i don't want to hear that. if that's your mother, tell her you'll call her back. >> kendra g., thank you, dean, thanks so much. >> nice seeing you. >>> conservatives on the rebound looking to get on the right track. who will they turn to today? this woman, sarah palin of course, we are live from cpac next. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would

suspended from his job while authorities investigate what may have been threats written on his blackboard. there they are. the school superintendent confirms a teacher in edison junior/senior high wrote a, you're i had yodz, b, the guns are loaded, c, care to try me? the teacher has been placed on paid leave during an investigation. >>> queen elizabeth is back and resting at buckingham palace after being hospitalized for a night with a very nasty stomach virus. she was released yesterday. >> she looks good. >>> it was the first time in the hospital in a decade. and she, of course, turns 87 tomorrow. >> there you go. >>> marine scientists working off the coast of jacksonville, florida, successfully tagged a great white. lidia is 14 1/2 feet long, she weighs 2,000 pounds. o-search captured, tagged and released her off the mouth of the st. james river. can you follow her movements online using the global scanning. >> they tag other sharks. mary lee is the most famous shark they tagged. they're able to track them as they get closer to shore. >> so now lidia is out there and tagged. very cool.