From the Undefeated -
This doctor’s prescription for the game changed tennis
Dr. Robert ‘Whirlwind’ Johnson helped shape the careers of tennis greats Arthur Ashe, Althea Gibson and others
BY KELLEY D. EVANS
http://theundefeated.com/features/this-doctors-prescription-for-the-game-changed-tennis/
Friday, December 16, 2016
Christmas Lights Anyone?
From Thrillist -
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-outdoor-christmas-light-displays-set-to-music
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-outdoor-christmas-light-displays-set-to-music
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Farewell President Obama
From the Root -
(Sorry. Had trouble embedding the video. If it doesn't work, click the link below).
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/12/watch-our-favorite-celebrities-bid-farewell-to-president-barack-obama/
Catching the Moon read by Kevin Costner and Jillian Estell
http://www.storylineonline.net/catching-the-moon-the-story-of-a-young-girls-baseball-dream/
Worth the Read
From the Washington Post -
A student asked Ken Burns what to do in Trump’s America. He gave her this advice.
By Alyssa Rosenberg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/12/15/a-student-asked-ken-burns-what-to-do-in-trumps-america-he-gave-her-this-advice/?utm_term=.6678338aea64&wpisrc=nl_most-draw7&wpmm=1
A student asked Ken Burns what to do in Trump’s America. He gave her this advice.
By Alyssa Rosenberg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/12/15/a-student-asked-ken-burns-what-to-do-in-trumps-america-he-gave-her-this-advice/?utm_term=.6678338aea64&wpisrc=nl_most-draw7&wpmm=1
Smart Solution
An excerpt from Upworthy -
Sweden has a weird but awesome problem: They're running out of trash.
Garbage is a perennial problem, but Sweden's found a way to put their garbage to work.
By James Gaines
Sweden built 32 waste-to-energy plants that burn garbage, providing heat and electricity to surrounding towns. According to the Swedish government, the plants heat about 810,000 homes and provide electricity to 250,000 more. That must be nice, considering Sweden can get pretty chilly during the winter.
But at the same time, Sweden's also really good at keeping things out of the trash in the first place. They just straight-up recycle about half their stuff. There are special trucks that pick up used electronics, and even the stuff sent to the plants get sorted first.
http://www.upworthy.com/sweden-has-a-weird-but-awesome-problem-theyre-running-out-of-trash?c=upw1&u=6861cbea6edfdfe5a709ee39ad3c14b64135e61f
Sweden has a weird but awesome problem: They're running out of trash.
Garbage is a perennial problem, but Sweden's found a way to put their garbage to work.
By James Gaines
Sweden built 32 waste-to-energy plants that burn garbage, providing heat and electricity to surrounding towns. According to the Swedish government, the plants heat about 810,000 homes and provide electricity to 250,000 more. That must be nice, considering Sweden can get pretty chilly during the winter.
But at the same time, Sweden's also really good at keeping things out of the trash in the first place. They just straight-up recycle about half their stuff. There are special trucks that pick up used electronics, and even the stuff sent to the plants get sorted first.
http://www.upworthy.com/sweden-has-a-weird-but-awesome-problem-theyre-running-out-of-trash?c=upw1&u=6861cbea6edfdfe5a709ee39ad3c14b64135e61f
The War on Drugs = Failure
From Salon -
WATCH: Colombia’s president condemns war on drugs
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos receives Nobel Peace Prize and uses speech to condemn U.S.-led war on drugs
By PETER COOPER AND CHARLIE MAY
http://www.salon.com/2016/12/15/watch-colombias-president-condemns-war-on-drugs/
WATCH: Colombia’s president condemns war on drugs
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos receives Nobel Peace Prize and uses speech to condemn U.S.-led war on drugs
By PETER COOPER AND CHARLIE MAY
http://www.salon.com/2016/12/15/watch-colombias-president-condemns-war-on-drugs/
Shonda's Masterclass
An excerpt from Entertainment Weekly -
Shonda Rhimes wants to teach you how to be a television writer — exclusive
The 'Scandal' creator discusses her upcoming MasterClass course
BY DEREK LAWRENCE
For $90, Rhimes will take students through more than five hours of lessons, teaching them how to craft a script, sell a pilot, and run a writers’ room. Ahead of the announcement, EW chatted with Rhimes about what to expect from her course, why this is such a great time to be a television writer, and whom she wants to take a MasterClass from.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/15/shonda-rhimes-masterclass-course?iid=sr-link1
Shonda Rhimes wants to teach you how to be a television writer — exclusive
The 'Scandal' creator discusses her upcoming MasterClass course
BY DEREK LAWRENCE
For $90, Rhimes will take students through more than five hours of lessons, teaching them how to craft a script, sell a pilot, and run a writers’ room. Ahead of the announcement, EW chatted with Rhimes about what to expect from her course, why this is such a great time to be a television writer, and whom she wants to take a MasterClass from.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/15/shonda-rhimes-masterclass-course?iid=sr-link1
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Keurig for Wine!
An excerpt from Reviewed -
There is now a Keurig for wine, and it's actually making 2016 great again
By Lee Neikirk
While the $1,200 price is—ironically—hard cheese to swallow, with flacons (the machine's version of Keurig K-cups) starting as low as $6, it might just pay for itself in a quality-of-glass to quantity-per-flacon ratio. But you'd better drink a lot of wine just to be sure.
Sadly the D-Vine is not available stateside yet, but it recently launched in Singapore, which is also a rough description of what everyone is doing there right now. But we shiraz heck hope it launches in the US soon. Dionysus, have mercy!
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And from the International CES (Consumer Electrics Show) this demo:
There is now a Keurig for wine, and it's actually making 2016 great again
By Lee Neikirk
While the $1,200 price is—ironically—hard cheese to swallow, with flacons (the machine's version of Keurig K-cups) starting as low as $6, it might just pay for itself in a quality-of-glass to quantity-per-flacon ratio. But you'd better drink a lot of wine just to be sure.
Sadly the D-Vine is not available stateside yet, but it recently launched in Singapore, which is also a rough description of what everyone is doing there right now. But we shiraz heck hope it launches in the US soon. Dionysus, have mercy!
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And from the International CES (Consumer Electrics Show) this demo:
Bailando en Cuba (Dancing in Cuba)
From The Undefeated -
MISTY COPELAND EN POINTE
America’s most famous prima ballerina heads to Cuba to represent female athleticism. (Yes, athleticism.)
BY KELLEY L. CARTER
http://theundefeated.com/features/misty-copeland-in-cuba-en-pointe/
MISTY COPELAND EN POINTE
America’s most famous prima ballerina heads to Cuba to represent female athleticism. (Yes, athleticism.)
BY KELLEY L. CARTER
http://theundefeated.com/features/misty-copeland-in-cuba-en-pointe/
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
He Chose . . .
Rick Perry for Secretary of Energy.
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From the Daily Beast -
But in recent years, the trend has been to appoint a Secretary of Energy with real technical expertise. President Bush appointed Samuel Bodman, who had a distinguished career as an MIT-trained chemical engineer before making a fortune in the private sector. President Obama upped the ante, appointing Berkeley’s Steven Chu and MIT’s Ernest Moniz to the position. Both are physicists. Chu has a Nobel Prize. By contrast, Perry took four chemistry courses and got two Cs, a D and an F. He got a C in physics. And a D in something called “Meat.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/13/rick-perry-will-really-run-the-department-of-nukes-not-energy.html
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From the Daily Beast -
But in recent years, the trend has been to appoint a Secretary of Energy with real technical expertise. President Bush appointed Samuel Bodman, who had a distinguished career as an MIT-trained chemical engineer before making a fortune in the private sector. President Obama upped the ante, appointing Berkeley’s Steven Chu and MIT’s Ernest Moniz to the position. Both are physicists. Chu has a Nobel Prize. By contrast, Perry took four chemistry courses and got two Cs, a D and an F. He got a C in physics. And a D in something called “Meat.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/13/rick-perry-will-really-run-the-department-of-nukes-not-energy.html
Before you pull in to that burger joint . . .
Check this out.
http://flowingdata.com/2016/12/12/calories-in-fast-food-menu-items/
http://flowingdata.com/2016/12/12/calories-in-fast-food-menu-items/
Why a Great Teacher Quit
An excerpt from Wired & Quanta Magazine -
A Great Science Teacher Quit Because US Schools Are Broken
By Thomas Lin
Comer does anything and everything, including videos, songs (she has students clap and chant: “S-C-I-E-N-C-E, scientists is what we’ll be! Solve. Create. Investigate. Evaluate. Notice. Classify. Experiment!”), kinesthetic movements (on this morning, she calls students up to act out how molecules behave), physical models (students roll little balls of Play-Doh to model molecular characteristics) and analytical reading to “ensure that every kid gets some point of access based on their level.” Throughout her lessons she interrogates students with reflexive urgency: “What’s your evidence? I need to know,” followed by the kicker, “How do you know?” Then come hands-on experiments to reinforce meaning and evoke wonder.
Why do master math and science teachers, who are passionate about their content area and about developing their craft, who are creative, smart and engaging, and who adore their students—why do they quit teaching? Some have given all they can; they’re burned out from thinking and worrying about their students seven days a week, and from battling with school officials over resources, scheduling, a shortage of support, and an abundance of rigidity. Often these talented, driven individuals are lured away by career options that offer greater professional stature and higher pay. And some are just so naturally adventurous that they were always bound to move on. For Comer, it was all of the above.
https://www.wired.com/2016/12/master-science-teacher-got-away/?mbid=nl_121316_p2&CNDID=
A Great Science Teacher Quit Because US Schools Are Broken
By Thomas Lin
Comer does anything and everything, including videos, songs (she has students clap and chant: “S-C-I-E-N-C-E, scientists is what we’ll be! Solve. Create. Investigate. Evaluate. Notice. Classify. Experiment!”), kinesthetic movements (on this morning, she calls students up to act out how molecules behave), physical models (students roll little balls of Play-Doh to model molecular characteristics) and analytical reading to “ensure that every kid gets some point of access based on their level.” Throughout her lessons she interrogates students with reflexive urgency: “What’s your evidence? I need to know,” followed by the kicker, “How do you know?” Then come hands-on experiments to reinforce meaning and evoke wonder.
Why do master math and science teachers, who are passionate about their content area and about developing their craft, who are creative, smart and engaging, and who adore their students—why do they quit teaching? Some have given all they can; they’re burned out from thinking and worrying about their students seven days a week, and from battling with school officials over resources, scheduling, a shortage of support, and an abundance of rigidity. Often these talented, driven individuals are lured away by career options that offer greater professional stature and higher pay. And some are just so naturally adventurous that they were always bound to move on. For Comer, it was all of the above.
https://www.wired.com/2016/12/master-science-teacher-got-away/?mbid=nl_121316_p2&CNDID=
They Don't Play
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
A Saudi woman tweeted a photo of herself without a hijab. Police have arrested her.
By Samantha Schmidt
The Saudi woman was going out for breakfast when she decided to make a statement. Violating the country’s moral codes, she reportedly stepped out in public wearing a multicolored dress, a black jacket and ankle boots — without a hijab or abaya, a loosefitting garment.
Late last month, she tweeted a photo of her outfit, and the post circulated through Saudi Arabia, drawing death threats and demands to imprison or even execute the woman.
On Monday, police in the country’s capital of Riyadh said they had arrested the woman, following their duty to monitor “violations of general morals,” a spokesman, Fawaz al-Maiman, said, AFP reported. The woman, who is in her 20s, was imprisoned after posting the tweet of herself standing next to a popular Riyadh cafe, he said.
He also accused her of “speaking openly about prohibited relations” with unrelated men, according to AFP.
“Riyadh police stress that the action of this woman violates the laws applied in this country,” Maiman said, urging the public to “adhere to the teachings of Islam.” Saudi women are expected to wear headscarves and loosefitting garments such as an abaya when in public.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/12/13/a-saudi-woman-tweeted-a-photo-of-herself-without-a-hijab-police-have-now-arrested-her/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_mm-saudiwoman-1235pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.6c55dd26178c
A Saudi woman tweeted a photo of herself without a hijab. Police have arrested her.
By Samantha Schmidt
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| Twitter - A Saudi woman went out yesterday without an Abaya or a hijab in Riyadh Saudi Arabia and many Saudis are now demanding her execution. |
The Saudi woman was going out for breakfast when she decided to make a statement. Violating the country’s moral codes, she reportedly stepped out in public wearing a multicolored dress, a black jacket and ankle boots — without a hijab or abaya, a loosefitting garment.
Late last month, she tweeted a photo of her outfit, and the post circulated through Saudi Arabia, drawing death threats and demands to imprison or even execute the woman.
On Monday, police in the country’s capital of Riyadh said they had arrested the woman, following their duty to monitor “violations of general morals,” a spokesman, Fawaz al-Maiman, said, AFP reported. The woman, who is in her 20s, was imprisoned after posting the tweet of herself standing next to a popular Riyadh cafe, he said.
He also accused her of “speaking openly about prohibited relations” with unrelated men, according to AFP.
“Riyadh police stress that the action of this woman violates the laws applied in this country,” Maiman said, urging the public to “adhere to the teachings of Islam.” Saudi women are expected to wear headscarves and loosefitting garments such as an abaya when in public.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/12/13/a-saudi-woman-tweeted-a-photo-of-herself-without-a-hijab-police-have-now-arrested-her/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_mm-saudiwoman-1235pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.6c55dd26178c
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