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Building this type of pine is pretty easy and the home should come out neat and smooth. While pine from southern latitudes is used mainly for decorative purposes, or for the paper and furniture industries. They have a short gnarled trunk. From it, you can cut it only into relatively short parts. But southern pine wood is very decorative. This type of pine and limber pine are very popular among builders. Thus, limber pine does not exceed 25 m in length. This wood can make big structural elements that have already ornamental value.

For the facade and the environment, the texture of the tree serves as a big plus. Log building baths or house of pine will be built to last and will not require repair and replacement logs. For the right choice of building a wooden construction , consult a specialist. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs.

Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. Media Type Media Type. Year Year. Collection Collection. Creator Creator. Language Language. Abortion is extremely common. In America, for example, one in three women will have an abortion in their lifetime, yet the strong emotions sparked by the topic — and the highly politicized rhetoric around it — leave little room for thoughtful, open debate. Ready to dance in your seat? A talk that proves hip hop and jazz aren't cooler than math—they simply rely on it.

Useful for determining which tedtalks can be fit into a 30 or 60 minute programming block. Topics: TedTalks, Index. Our leaders and institutions are failing us, but it's not always because they're bad or unethical, says venture capitalist John Doerr — often, it's simply because they're leading us toward the wrong objectives.

In this practical talk, Doerr shows us how we can get back on track with "Objectives and Key Results," or OKRs — a goal-setting system that's been employed by the likes of Google, Intel and Bono to set and execute on audacious goals. Learn more about how setting the right Topics: Tedtalks, TED, Talks, success, business, leadership, goal-setting, motivation, work, future, Are you not smart enough to solve it … or have you just not solved it yet?

A great introduction to this influential field. Topics: Tedtalks, TED, Talks, brain, business, education, intelligence, personal growth, psychology, Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?

Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu Read more. Tony Robbins discusses the "invisible forces" that motivate everyone's actions -- and high-fives Al Gore in the front row.

Math is logical, functional and just Mathemagician Arthur Benjamin explores hidden properties of that weird and wonderful set of numbers, the Fibonacci series. And reminds you that mathematics can be inspiring, too!

Is there more than one universe? In this visually rich, action-packed talk, Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang? In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share. Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence.

Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre has inspired millions by bringing together "virtual choirs," singers from many countries spliced together on video. Now, for the first time ever, he creates the experience in real time, as 32 singers from around the world Skype in to join an onstage choir assembled from three local colleges for an epic performance of Whitacre's "Cloudburst," based on a poem by Octavio Paz. We're at a unique moment in history, says UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown: we can use today's interconnectedness to develop our shared global ethic -- and work together to confront the challenges of poverty, security, climate change and the economy.

Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery -- for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous and often quite funny slide deck of his work and found images. What can mathematics say about history? From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns. We all know the arguments that being vegetarian is better for the environment and for the animals -- but in a carnivorous culture, it can be hard to make the change.

Graham Hill has a powerful, pragmatic suggestion: Be a weekday veg. Why do transnational extremist organizations succeed where democratic movements have a harder time taking hold? Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist extremist, asks for new grassroots stories and global social activism to spread democracy in the face of nationalism and xenophobia.

A powerful talk from TEDGlobal Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. For tens of thousands of years our ancestors understood the world through myths, and the pace of change was glacial. The rise of scientific understanding transformed the world within a few centuries.

Physicist David Deutsch proposes a subtle answer. Nita Farahany: When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy? Tech that can decode your brain activity and reveal what you're thinking and feeling is on the horizon, says legal scholar and ethicist Nita Farahany.

What will it mean for our already violated sense of privacy? In a cautionary talk, Farahany warns of a society where people are arrested for merely thinking about committing a crime like in "Minority Report" and private interests sell our brain data — and makes the case for a right to cognitive liberty that protects our freedom of Topics: Tedtalks, TED, Talks, brain, privacy, security, technology, science, neuroscience, medical imaging, Yvette Alberdingk Thijm: The power of citizen video to create undeniable truths.

Could smartphones and cameras be our most powerful weapons for social justice? Through her organization Witness, Yvette Alberdingk Thijm is developing strategies and technologies to help activists use video to protect and defend human rights. She shares stories of the growing power of distant witnesses — and a call to use the powerful tools at our disposal to capture incidents of injustice.

What shapes our perceptions and misperceptions about science? In an eye-opening talk, meteorologist J. Show More. Sign in with your Microsoft account to view. May contain mature content. Sign in. You may not access this content. Published by TED Conferences. Approximate size Age rating For ages 18 and up. Publisher Info TED support. Additional terms Xbox Live code of conduct Terms of transaction.

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