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And separate them out into the individual they can tell the ethnicity, the gender, the height. >> but why is it going to take so long when it was so quick, for example, recently with richard iii? >> theres no soft tissue first of all. >> you mean skin. >> no skin, no muscle. the only thing youve got is sket stall remains. the only way we can identify them is through dental records or x-rays if there were fractions for example but then youd have to get those records. other than that youre down to...

Two, we need to improve security. as far as gun control we have to tighten the reins. my thought is different than most. i dont think that guns kill people. people kill people. but we have to access the people who have access to the weapons. >> its true that people kill people but its true that there is a massive escalation of mass shootings in america. and almost every mass shooting involves an ar-15 assault rifle. its the preferred mass shooters weapon of choice but its i dont see a logical re...

Two, we need to improve security. as far as gun control we have to tighten the reins. my thought is different than most. i dont think that guns kill people. people kill people. but we have to access the people who have access to the weapons. >> its true that people kill people but its true that there is a massive escalation of mass shootings in america. and almost every mass shooting involves an ar-15 assault rifle. its the preferred mass shooters weapon of choice but its i dont see a logical re...

Theres optimism about moving up the economic ladder and that gets at the heart of the american dream. >> what i find interesting there theres this disconnect because we saw how people are not optimistic about the economy as a whole and yet objectively the economy is getting better. theres no question about that. so where the disconnect is that the economy is getting better but not getting to the people who your poll is talking, to average american. the average americans wages are not going up, t...

Teachers would tell you they have taught more math than they have ever taught before. >> now, teachers can tutor kids. one on one. >> i notice you were having some issues with fractions. >> you can go on your own pace. >> and because kids can go at their own pace. >> the students still working on easy multiplication and then i have students working on high school math. >> some kids enjoy the lessons so much they study at home. >> some are doing two or she hours a night at home when im asking for...

Not catering to them. >> at first teachers were worried that the online instruction would replace them. >> i think its so wrong when teachers say theyve taught more math than theyve ever taught before. >> now teachers can tutor kids one on one. >> i noticed you were having some issues with fractions. >> you can go at your own pace. >> and because kids can go at their own pace -- >> ive got students still working on easy multiplication and some working on high school math. >> some study kahns lec...

Fractions sound very boring, often mathematics is taught badly in school. but fractions are fascinating. when you think about it, for a 10-year-old child, one year is 10%. its one-tenth of his lifetime. so when he thinks back on the year hes just had, it feels like forever. because its a big fraction. its a big part of his whole life. whereas for a 50-year-old person, its a much smaller fraction. its only 2%. so the same queept of time, the same year, 365 days feels to this 50-year-old man as th...

Icelandic. icelandic, they have a wonderful way of counting with the smallest quantities. the numbers one, two, three, and four. they have are 50 words. 50 to count from one to four. it all depends how you use the words in a sentence. if youre talking about the age of a small child, the number of sheep in a field, the number bus that youre having to wait for in the street, you use a different word. sometimes a very different word for the same quantity. there are other cultures that go the other ...

If you employ them for more than 30 hours and so they shaved the hours to just a fractions below 29.foif and now they are dropping, medical and dental and visions all sorts to offer because they are not going to be able to offer low cost clothing if they have to take on the added costs they department choose to have taken on themselves. >> the employees didnt single out the health care law for doing this. it is audited and staffing levels and payroll in conjunction with reviewing conducting the ...

Honestly just too new and i was too shocked and too close and i hadnt had time to process it and figure out what it meant. i think everybody at "the post" ive spoken to felt the same way. this all comes, by the way -- it comes the same week that "newsweek" and the "boston globe" got sold for fractions of their value ten years ago. and i want to talk about these sales for a minute. i dont want to give you a big spee speech. i dont have great solutions. ill admit that up front. i just want to talk...