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Friday, May 5, 2017

The World's Strangest Borders Part 3: Enclaves and Exclaves

Neil deGrasse Tyson Reviews This Summer's Sci-Fi Movies

It Happens Tonight

From the Washington Post -

Can science, Nike and three super-fast runners pull off a 2-hour marathon?
The first serious attempt at breaking the two-hour barrier will happen overnight.
By Bonnie Berkowitz

If you want to watch the attempt, which is scheduled to start at Friday at 11:45 p.m. Eastern, the Nike and Runner’s World websites will be live-streaming it. If not, you will most likely get more chances.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/sports/two-hour-marathon/?hpid=hp_no-name_graphic-story-a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.c1d12c634a80

Amercia's Best High Schools

From the Washington Post -

America’s Most Challenging High Schools
The Washington Post's annual rankings of how successfully schools challenge their students.
By Jay Mathews

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/local/high-school-challenge-2017/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_hschallenge-810pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Baby Making App

From the Huffington Post  -

This New App Is Tinder For Sperm And Egg Donors
“I figure if we can all get together, we’re going to find people who want to make babies with us, one way or another.”
By Olivia Campbell

Flicking through the profiles, you’ll see hopeful smiles paired with assurances of high IQs, emotional maturity, Harvard degrees, excellent genes, and clear medical histories.

But this isn’t a dating app.

Just a Baby, an app launched in February in Australia, can connect you with “biological conception partners.” It’s a Tinder-like matching service where you can offer or seek sperm, eggs, or surrogates. In its first two months, it’s been downloaded 3,000 times ― and while members are mainly based in Australia, membership is growing in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. as word spreads.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sperm-egg-donation-app-just-baby_us_58ffa2d5e4b091e8c71100af?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

Disney CEO Considering Presidential Run in 2020

From Axios -

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Disney CEO Bob Iger has been telling friends that he's considering a run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. That's due to a vibe in Hollywood that President Trump has opened the door for moguls to seek higher office (see also: Oprah's non-answer to Bloomberg).

https://www.axios.com/disney-ceo-bob-iger-considering-2020-run-2292812203.html

Adjective?

From the Huffington Post -

It can also mean "marked by a foreboding of death or calamity," so it's a versatile word.
(Not sure I like this second definition. - Faye)

LeBron James Honors Single Moms

America’s Working Single Mothers: An Appreciation
By LeBron James

http://shriverreport.org/americas-working-single-mothers-an-appreciation-lebron-james/

The Jazz in You

Ruth B. - Superficial Love (The Intro Live Sessions)

Some Words On Trumpcare's "Victory"

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17-Year-Old Breaks the Internet With the Greatest Yearbook Quote of All Time
By Michael Harriot



http://thegrapevine.theroot.com/17-year-old-breaks-the-internet-with-the-greatest-yearb-1794925295

Clap Back

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTsILbvlgyv/

White House Fires Chief Usher


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/05/white-house-fires-its-chief-usher-the-first-woman-in-that-job/?utm_term=.8d8374340f4e&wpisrc=nl_most-draw7&wpmm=1

How to erase just one number on the iPhone calculator.

Schoolhouse Rock: America - I'm Just a Bill Music Video



From CNN -

“CNN Tonight” host Don Lemon said President Donald Trump took a “victory lap” with a big ceremony at the White House in celebration of the House passing its health care bill on Thursday.

“Is he celebrating a little prematurely?” Lemon asked senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta.

“They might want to call up ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ on YouTube,” Acosta suggested. “Holding a victory party in the Rose Garden of the White House after something passes in the House, that might be a bit premature.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cnn-trump-schoolhouse-rock_us_590bf518e4b0d5d9049b277f?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

Andy Allo - 10,000 Days (Official Audio)

''You should be ashamed!'' Dem lawmaker eviscerates Trumpcare on the Hou...