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Canva Design School - Teaching Materials - 55 views
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 * [|Ever After]**

The Harlem Bookstore on a Mission

Every Minute of the Day - Infographic - Data Never Sleeps 2.0 | Domo - 75 views
[|www.domo.com/...data-never-sleeps-2] ===Do you think like a millennial? Take our quiz! - What does YOLO mean? - CSMonitor.com - 4 views === [|www.csmonitor.com/...What-does-YOLO-mean]

33 Graphic Design Tools To Publish Visual Content
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Resources | Global Digital Citizen Foundation
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 * [|When the Computer Takes Over for the Teacher]**

"Are teachers going the way of local bookstores?" : 2¢ Worth - 24 views
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 * [|De-Nastify Your Phone]**

=[|How 1930s Fascism Created Today's Trendiest Self-Defense]=
 * [|Myth of the Cowboy]**
 * [|Born in Prison]**
 * [|If You Love Mountain Sports You Have These Guys to Thank]**
 * [|A Good (Man)nequin Is Hard to Find]**

[|Bird love]
The girl who gets gifts from crows in return for nuts and affection [] Why digital natives prefer reading in print. Yes, you read that right. [The Washington Post] [|World's Greatest Lost Treasures] [|Think You Own What You Buy on the Internet?]
 * [|The Vikings Are Coming! 139 Old Norse Words That Invaded the English Language]**
 * [|How to Take Control of Your Personal Data]**
 * [|Screen Time and Sleep]**
 * [|What Makes a Resilient Mind]**


 * [|New Kind of Social Anxiety]**

Inside your teenager's scary brain - Macleans.ca - 3 views
[|www.macleans.ca/...ide-your-teenagers-scary-brain] Research on brain development in adolescents. [|Google - Internet Censor] As hemp and cannabis gain cultural currency, a new approach to construction emerges
 * [|Commuity College-Surprisingly Useful]**
 * Why You Will Soon Be Building Your Home with Hempcrete**
 * [|Self Driven Learning]**

Reading 'can help reduce stress' - Telegraph
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[|Wizard of Oz Dog Star]

====NAIL POLISH COULD FINGER DATE-RAPISTS ==== Prepare to get nailed, would-be rapists. Students at the North Carolina State University have developed a fingernail polish that serves as a litmus test for date-rape drugs in drinks. ==Sail Away ... With Your Purse == Susan Hoff designs bags out of reclaimed materials - using old sails and horse reins to construct gorgeous handbags. ====HITCHHIKING ROBOT CROSSES CANADA ==== A little robot that could has managed to hitchhike 3,728 miles from one side of Canada to the other. HitchBOT reached Canada’s Pacific coast at Victoria Saturday, nearly three weeks after hitting the road in Nova Scotia. Toronto researchers created HitchBOT to explore human-robot trust, leaving the talking bot on the road to fend for itself and rely on the kindness of strangers. While on the road, HitchBOT crashed a wedding in British Columbia, attended an Ontario powwow and danced the Harlem Shake in Saskatchewan. BBC

==Beyond Braille: 3-D Printed Books for the Blind == Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder are using 3-D printers to let visually impaired kids get in on some of the picture-book action.
 * 1. When, Exactly, Does Watching a Lot of Netflix Become a Binge?**

The Atlantic //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 36 "Binge-watching" TV shows on Netflix has been a popular phenomenon recently. Do you do it? Featured words: **dialogue**, **distinguish**, **invoke**, **ironic**, **precise**, **profound**, **synonymous**. ==Taxidermy: The New Hipster Hobby? == Forget crocheting and photo scrapbooks. Stuffing dead animals is the hot thing to do. =='All the President's Men' - Watergate Comes to the Big Screen == Putting the complicated Watergate scandal on film required some historical license, and some spectacular writing and filmmaking. And All the President's Men delivered. ==Juliana Machado Ferreira, Wildlife Trafficking Warrior == <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Brazilian conservation biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira is fighting to end wildlife trafficking and preserve biodiversity through high-speed chases, street market raids - and genetic analysis.

<span style="color: #00afff; font-family: Lato,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">REVEALING THE SECRETS OF HIP-HOP'S GHOSTS

<span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">It’s meant to make the personal political, but many of hip-hop’s hard-hitting lyrics are actually written by ghostwriters, who stay in the shadows while the performers reap the rewards. Many of the biggest hits are crafted by nameless writers who provide their lyrical talents for a one-off fee, rather than royalties. Commercial ethics aside, the role of ghostwriters could lead some to question hip-hop’s authenticity. <span style="color: #00afff; font-family: Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">BBC


 * 1. How Your Moral Decisions are Shaped by a Bad Mood**

Scientific American //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 42 A recent study shows that your mood can strongly influence your moral compass. Featured words: **accessible**, **bias**, **cognitive**, **mechanism**, **parallel**, **resolution**, **resolve**, **subtle**, **temporal**, **validate**.
 * 2. Malcolm Gladwell In Five Minutes: What to Know to Pretend You’ve Read the New Book**

The Daily Beast //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 40 Malcolm Gladwell, a popular author, writes about what it means to be an underdog. Featured words: **adapt**, **civil**, **conventional**, **elite**, **engage**, **exacerbate**, **foster**, **innovation**, **mediocre**, **widespread**. Mother Jones //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 40 Ada Lovelace Day celebrates the often unrecognized achievements of women in STEM — science, technology, engineering, and math. Featured words: **eccentric**, **emerging**, **epic**, **extensive**, **homage**, **initiative**, **narrative**, **notable**, **periodic**.
 * Ladies Last: 8 Inventions by Women That Dudes Got Credit For**
 * 2. Why Can't We Find an AIDS Vaccine?**

The Daily Beast //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 31 We've been waiting years, decades really, for scientists to discover an AIDS vaccine. Why hasn't it happened yet? Featured words: **chronic**, **durable**, **epidemic**, **immune**, **modest**, **optimistic**, **unprecedented**. ==<span style="color: #00acff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Medicine Tailor-Made to Your DNA Ancestry == <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Doctors could soon be using your unique ancestral history to diagnose and treat you better, thanks to a new study that revealed a stunning mosaic of genetic diversity in Mexico alone. ==<span style="color: #00acff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Crystal Streets, Stylist to the Stars == <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When it comes to statement jewelry, if celebrity stylist Crystal Streets has any say in the matter, we may just find that all that glitters is gold.
 * 1. A Message From Your Brain: I'm Not Good At Remembering What I Hear**

National Geographic //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 21 Scientists find that we are much better at remembering what we see compared to what we hear. Featured words: **engage**, **mechanism**, **recall**, **robust**, **ubiquitous**.
 * 2. What Separates Us From the Animals?**

Slate //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 65 What truly separates humans from other animals? The answer may surprise you! Featured words: **abstract**, **attribute**, **conjure**, **console**, **contemplate**, **deploy**, **derive**, **embed**, **empathy**, **relevant**, **unique**. Slate //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 30 In Johnny Depp's movie, Transcendence, the main character uploads his brain onto a computer. Is this possible? Scientific American //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 69 Many people are very adventurous in their eating habits, so why don't more people try eating bugs? Featured words: **accessible**, **consumption**, **distinction**, **distinguish**, **efficient**, **emerging**, **innovation**, **parallel**, **plague**.
 * Can We Really Upload Johnny Depp’s Brain?**
 * What’s stopping us from eating insects?**
 * 1. Ad campaign (lip) glosses over 'Hunger Games' message**

Los Angeles Times //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 24 Do some of the marketing tie-ins for The Hunger Games contradict the spirit of the books and movies? Featured words: **advocate**, **alliance**, **coalition**, **consumption**, **epic**, **radical**, **reform**, **rhetoric**, **systemic**.
 * 2. New technology helps doctors link a patient’s location to illness and treatment**

Washington Post //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 45 New apps are radically improving the ability of doctors to collect critical patient data. Featured words: **aggregate**, **chronic**, **durable**, **induce**, **innovation**, **integrate**, **precise**, **prototype**, **vital**.
 * How Daydreams and Videogames Can Make Us Confident In Real Life**

Wired //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 36 Daydreaming is often considered a bad thing. But studies show that it's actually the opposite! Featured words: **cognitive**, **engage**, **epic**, **innovation**, **insight**, **intuition**, **leverage**, **mentor**, **overcome**, **persist**, **prolific**, **prototype**. ==<span style="color: #00acff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">The Most Popular Books in China, and Why == <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">OZY is obsessed with what people are reading and loving around the world, and this is our latest dive - into the Chinese literary appetite. <span style="color: #e9edee; font-family: Lato,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Sniffing Out Disease With Breath Tests Researchers are developing Breathalyzer-style devices that can sniff out breast cancer, tuberculosis, heart failure and a host of other diseases.
 * 1. What Life Will Be Like in the Cities of the Future**

Time //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 21 In the future, smart technology embedded in everything from buildings to schools to parking spaces will change how we all live! Featured words: **adapt**, **assessment**, **consumption**, **dynamic**, **efficient**, **embed**, **incentive**, **infrastructure**, **mentor**, **urban**.
 * 2. Is Sherlock Holmes a Good Detective?**

The Daily Beast //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 34 Sherlock Holmes is famous for his deductive reasoning skills. But would his way of thinking actually work in solving real-life crimes? Featured words: **advocate**, **engage**, **implication**, **inference**, **logic**, **perception**, **plausible**, **premise**, **rational**, **renowned**. The Atlantic //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 32 Why has it been so difficult to successfully revisit the Emerald City? Featured words: **legacy**, **mediocre**, **replicate**, **resonate**, **unique**, **unprecedented**.
 * The Sad, Century-Long History of Terrible 'Wizard of Oz' Movies**
 * 1. I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice System**

The Atlantic //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 49 Every wonder what jail is really like? This writer got himself arrested so he could experience it first hand! Featured words: **conviction**, **dismiss**, **empathy**, **narrative**, **presumably**, **prospect**, **skeptical**, **vital**.

[|What Is an Extreme Learner?]
College dorm rooms used to be very spartan and minimalist. Not any more! Check out these luxurious dorms. Featured words: **appealing**, **complement**, **elite**, **liberal**, **lucrative**, **urban**.
 * Granite Countertops, Flat-Screen TVs, Fire Pits: The Surprising Story of How College Dorms Got Luxe**
 * Worthwhile Canadian Coolness**

==<span style="color: #00acff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">LaFaye Baker + Stunts Most Extreme == <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Stunt maven LaFaye Baker has been breaking bones and expectations about what constitutes "making it" in Hollywood for almost half a century. Her foundation gives at-risk girls a chance to do the same.

==<span style="color: #00acff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Five Ancient Chinese Idioms That Explain the Modern Tongue == <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In China, ancient poetry isn't just for tests and history classes. The key to truly understanding how modern Chinese communicate lies with the idioms of ancient metaphors.


 * 1. Does Continual Googling Really Make You Stupid? **

Scientific American //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 51 Is it healthy for us to have so many emails, tweets, chats, and status updates continually vying for our attention? Featured words: **accessible**, **cognitive**, **controversial**, **conventional**, **emerging**, **engage**, **enhance**, **foster**, **intuition**, **lament**, **pervasive**, **recall**, **resonate**, **retain**, **temporal**, **unprecedented**.
 * 2. The Latest NFL Lawsuit Centers on This Exhumed Brain**

Wired //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 26 What can the brain tissue of a deceased former NFL linebacker tell us about the danger of concussions? Featured words: **aggregate**, **chronic**, **definitive**, **ideal**, **presumably**, **skeptical**.


 * 1. How Middle School Failures Lead to Medical School Success**

The Atlantic //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 32 Students who struggle early on and learn from their disappointments often end up doing better later on in life. Featured words: **compassion**, **esteem**, **inevitable**, **myriad**, **perception**, **precarious**, **resilience**, **scrutiny**, **thrive**.
 * 2. How I Quit Google**

Time //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 22 It may seem impossible to go a single hour without using Google, but this writer decided to quit completely. Featured words: **algorithm**, **coalition**, **inadvertently**, **insight**, **reform**.


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 * ==<span style="color: #00acff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Helen Tager-Flusberg: Cracking the Code of Language Deficits in Autism == ||
 * <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Boston University professor of psychology Helen Tager-Flusberg is investigating how brain activity patterns and other features differ in autistic children with limited speech abilities, in the hopes that one day, these found differences can be used as biomarkers to diagnose the disorder earlier. ||

====<span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Lato,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> 3 THE SEXY MESSAGES SENT BY THE COLOR RED ==== <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Color them hot. Men regard women who wear red in dating profile photos as sexier than the rest and ready for love, which can aggravate other females. Women tend to see ladies in red as rivals, which makes them feel insecure and triggers competitive instincts, driving them to protect their men, researchers have found. Clearly, not all women in red are “advertising sexual interest,” notes the lead scientist, but the color can trigger a hue and cry. <span style="color: #00afff; font-family: Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Time

====<span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Lato,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> 4 MAN'S BULL-RUNNING SELFIE SPARKS TROUBLE ==== <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Why would anyone run slowly in front of a half-ton bull? For a killer selfie. A red-shirted, cell phone-wielding daredevil did just that on Friday in Pamplona, Spain. A law passed this year — aimed at cracking down on reckless behavior — bars the use of any recording device during the running of the bulls. The self-obsessed jogger may have escaped the horns, but he faces a $4,000 fine if he’s still running slowly enough to get caught by police. <span style="color: #00afff; font-family: Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">The Guardian


 * 1. 8 Things The World’s Most Successful People All Have in Common**

Time //SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count:// 23 What are some of the traits and habits of the world's most successful people? Featured words: **deliberate**, **dialogue**, **engage**, **mentor**, **metaphor**, **negligible**, **optimistic**.

==<span style="color: #00acff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">The Business of Television == <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">TV: Big-screen actors are ditching film for it, watchers are getting frustrated trying to watch it, and Netflix needs to navigate it. OZY takes a good look at life and the boob tube.

==<span style="color: #00acff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Anna Yegorova's Red Sky == <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This female World War II Soviet pilot puts Top Gun to shame.

==<span style="color: #00acff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Smartphones Can Make You Happier == <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It's true. At least when it comes to feeling better about your workday.

==<span style="color: #00acff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Veronica Lawlor: When Drawing Meets Reporting == <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Charcoal, watercolors and sketchpad in hand, Veronica Lawlor brings us illustrations of news events from around the world.

==<span style="color: #00acff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">The Invention of Toilet Paper == <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As much as you love your smartphone, there's another handheld contrivance that you would have a much harder time doing without.

====<span style="color: #00afff; font-family: Lato,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">CAN VIDEO GAMES HELP TREAT COGNITIVE AILMENTS? ==== <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Feeling anxious or unfocused? Your doctor may soon prescribe a course of gaming. Many puzzle games claim to keep brains nimble, but medical gaming could help treat conditions from autism to Alzheimer’s. EVO, a video game in clinical trials, is designed to promote cognitive functioning through foreign world exploration. And Pear Therapeutics in Cambridge, Mass., hopes to improve drugs’ efficacy by matching them to complementary gaming experiences. With virtual reality around the corner, such interactive treatments are likely to grow. <span style="color: #00afff; font-family: Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Fast Company

==<span style="color: #00acff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Why More Stuff Is Simply Connecting to the Internet == <span style="color: #878787; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Find out why more things like prison security are turning toward the Internet for solutions. Listen to OZY on NPR's "All Things Considered." <span style="background-color: transparent; url("data: image/png; border: medium none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;">