Monday, March 20, 2017
Is This the Answer?
From Wired -
Running Delivery Trucks on Trolley Wires Isn’t as Crazy as It Sounds
By Jack Stewart
ELECTRIC TRUCKS OFFER all the advantages of electric cars, namely, they’re greener. Trucks are a big source of the noxious emissions linked to smog and climate change. Minimizing the number of stinky, dirty diesels rumbling through town carries obvious public health benefits. But powering delivery trucks, let alone an 18-wheeler, with a big honkin’ battery simply isn’t practical. So engineers are taking another look at a century old solution: Stringing electrical cables over the road.
Siemens, best known in the transportation world for its trains, and the truck manufacturer Scania developed a hybrid electric truck that draws power from overhead cables like a bus or trolley. You can find some of the trucks undergoing testing on a 1.25-mile stretch of highway in Gävle, Sweden, and crews installing cables alongside a stretch of the 710 and 405 highways in Los Angeles.
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/running-delivery-trucks-trolley-wires-isnt-crazy-sounds/?mbid=nl_32017_p7&CNDID=
Running Delivery Trucks on Trolley Wires Isn’t as Crazy as It Sounds
By Jack Stewart
ELECTRIC TRUCKS OFFER all the advantages of electric cars, namely, they’re greener. Trucks are a big source of the noxious emissions linked to smog and climate change. Minimizing the number of stinky, dirty diesels rumbling through town carries obvious public health benefits. But powering delivery trucks, let alone an 18-wheeler, with a big honkin’ battery simply isn’t practical. So engineers are taking another look at a century old solution: Stringing electrical cables over the road.
Siemens, best known in the transportation world for its trains, and the truck manufacturer Scania developed a hybrid electric truck that draws power from overhead cables like a bus or trolley. You can find some of the trucks undergoing testing on a 1.25-mile stretch of highway in Gävle, Sweden, and crews installing cables alongside a stretch of the 710 and 405 highways in Los Angeles.
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/running-delivery-trucks-trolley-wires-isnt-crazy-sounds/?mbid=nl_32017_p7&CNDID=
Period Tracker
Thank God I don't need this, but for you ladies who are still visited by Aunt Flo each month, there's an app that can help. It's called Clue.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clue-period-tracker-period-ovulation-tracker/id657189652?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clue-period-tracker-period-ovulation-tracker/id657189652?mt=8
How About Dinner?
From 100 Days 100 Dinners -
For millennia, sharing a meal has stood as one of the few things that all of us—whoever we are and wherever we come from—have in common. In the wake of this divisive election, we're hungrier than ever for spaces to break bread, be heard, and build bridges across lines of difference.
Over the course of the first 100 days of the new Administration, we invite you to pull up a chair.
https://www.100days100dinners.us
For millennia, sharing a meal has stood as one of the few things that all of us—whoever we are and wherever we come from—have in common. In the wake of this divisive election, we're hungrier than ever for spaces to break bread, be heard, and build bridges across lines of difference.
Over the course of the first 100 days of the new Administration, we invite you to pull up a chair.
https://www.100days100dinners.us
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Filed Under "No Sh*t Sherlock"
From the Huffington Post -
White House Admits Trump ‘Insurance For Everybody’ Guarantee Isn’t Going To Happen
“The only way to have universal care, if you stop to think about it, is to force people to buy it under penalty of law.”
By Amanda Terkel
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-insurance-mulvaney_us_58cea736e4b00705db502fef?mvq1e5ddvz6txd2t9&
White House Admits Trump ‘Insurance For Everybody’ Guarantee Isn’t Going To Happen
“The only way to have universal care, if you stop to think about it, is to force people to buy it under penalty of law.”
By Amanda Terkel
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-insurance-mulvaney_us_58cea736e4b00705db502fef?mvq1e5ddvz6txd2t9&
More Affirmations for Kids
From Planet of Success -
Positive affirmations for children
Positive affirmations for children
- I am loved.
- I listen to my heart.
- I am safe.
- I have lots of friends who love me.
- My dreams are coming true.
- I am helpful.
- I am friendly.
- Every problem has an answer.
- I am kind.
- I can do it.
- I play well with others.
- I’m intelligent.
- I learn from my mistakes.
- I act responsible.
- I am calm.
- I love myself even though I sometimes fail.
http://www.planetofsuccess.com/blog/2015/powerfully-positive-affirmations-for-kids/
Daily Student Affirmations
From the Affirmation Spot -
- Today and every day, my thirst for learning is alive and well in me!
- I can learn anything! I can know anything! I can be anything!
- This semester is MY learning experience and I take from it what is useful to me.
- I love the challenge of finals! I am acing all my finals this semester.
- I am a student and being a student is ALL about the possible!
- I am a great student and getting better each and every day!
- Learning new things is a challenge and I love challenges!
- I am prepared for my tests. I love taking tests. Tests are a breeze for me.
- I thrive and I succeed at school! Learning is my gateway to an abundant future.
- When I am exposed to information that benefits me, I absorb it like a sponge!
https://affirmationspot.me/2012/01/30/student-and-learning-affirmations/
Ooops!
From Deadspin -
South African Soccer Player Accidentally Thanks Both Wife And Girlfriend In Post-Game Talk
By Emma Baccellieri
http://deadspin.com/south-african-soccer-player-accidentally-thanks-both-wi-1793405981
South African Soccer Player Accidentally Thanks Both Wife And Girlfriend In Post-Game Talk
By Emma Baccellieri
http://deadspin.com/south-african-soccer-player-accidentally-thanks-both-wi-1793405981
Yes We Can!
From the Root -
Black and Brown Elementary School Winners of Indianapolis Robotics Championship Told to ‘Go Back to Mexico’
By Angela Helm
Some bigoted parents in Indiana prove that the rotten apple doesn’t fall far from the diseased tree.
They tried to ruin what should have been a very special moment for five black and Latinx 9-and 10-year-olds after they won a citywide robotics championship in Indianapolis.
“Go back to Mexico!” two or three kids and their parents screamed at the proud team parents, according to some who were there, proving that black/brown excellence just makes some white folks downright nasty.
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“For the most part, the robotics world is kind of a white world,” said Lisa Hopper, the team’s coach and a Pleasant Run second-grade teacher. “They’re just not used to seeing a team like our kids.
“And they see us and they think we’re not going to be competition. Then we’re in first place the whole day, and they can’t take it,” she said.
http://www.theroot.com/black-and-brown-elementary-school-winners-of-indianapol-1793403809
Black and Brown Elementary School Winners of Indianapolis Robotics Championship Told to ‘Go Back to Mexico’
By Angela Helm
Some bigoted parents in Indiana prove that the rotten apple doesn’t fall far from the diseased tree.
They tried to ruin what should have been a very special moment for five black and Latinx 9-and 10-year-olds after they won a citywide robotics championship in Indianapolis.
“Go back to Mexico!” two or three kids and their parents screamed at the proud team parents, according to some who were there, proving that black/brown excellence just makes some white folks downright nasty.
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“For the most part, the robotics world is kind of a white world,” said Lisa Hopper, the team’s coach and a Pleasant Run second-grade teacher. “They’re just not used to seeing a team like our kids.
“And they see us and they think we’re not going to be competition. Then we’re in first place the whole day, and they can’t take it,” she said.
http://www.theroot.com/black-and-brown-elementary-school-winners-of-indianapol-1793403809
Math Resources
From Education Technology -
20 Excellent YouTube Channels for Math Teachers
http://selectedreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20-excellent-yo_39_46315730dd3209c9030ab7366082aca8184fdb19.pdf
20 Excellent YouTube Channels for Math Teachers
http://selectedreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20-excellent-yo_39_46315730dd3209c9030ab7366082aca8184fdb19.pdf
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