Category: Thoughts
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Enough With the Fear of Fat by Kelli Jean Drinkwater
Kelli Jean Drinkwater presented Enough With the Fear of Fat as a TED Talk.
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How We Talk About Sexual Assault Online by Ione Wells
Ione Wells presented How We Talk About Sexual Assault Online as a TED Talk.
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What Reality Are You Creating For Yourself? by Isaac Lidsky
Isaac Lidsky presented What Reality Are You Creating For Yourself? as a TED Talk.
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And Then There Were 5
Last weekend 4 of the 9 undefeated major college football teams lost, leaving Alabama, Clemson, Michigan, and Washington as the 4 remaining Power 5 teams and Western Michigan as the only remaining Group of 5 team. I beleive the first 4 now clearly control their own destiny in making it to the playoff, but the…
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A Visual History of Social Dance in 25 Moves by Camille A. Brown
Camille A. Brown presented A Visual History of Social Dance in 25 Moves as a TED Talk.
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9 Undefeated Teams Remain
Nine teams remain undefeated in major college football, 7 from the power conference and 2 from the Group of 5 conference. Alabama, Michigan, Clemson, and Washington clearly control their own destiny, meaning if they win out they’ll be the 4 teams in the College Football Playoff. I believe Nebraska also controls it’s own destiny because…
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Architecture That’s Built to Heal by Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy presented Architecture That’s Built to Heal as a TED Talk.
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On and Off the Bus
“It’s about getting the right people on the bus and the wrong people off the bus.”
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A Full Circle
A recent week reminded me of the full circle of my life. It included work and play, meals alone, meals with friends, drinks alone, and drinks with friends. It included a gay wedding and a straight wedding. It had travel, cheer stuff, and website stuff. It also involved a pregnant lady, a child’s death and…
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How to Raise Successful Kids – Without Over-Parenting by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Julie Lythcott-Haims presented How to Raise Successful Kids – Without Over-Parenting as a TED Talk.
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A Year Later
A year ago today, about the time this was published if I remember correctly, I was in surgery getting a defibrillator implanted into my chest. See A Long Week if you want a recap of that experience. Since then the defibrillator has done pretty much nothing, which is a good thing. It’s only supposed to…
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Why Helmets Don’t Prevent Concussions – and What Might by David Camarillo
David Camarillo presented Why Helmets Don’t Prevent Concussions – and What Might as a TED Talk.
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Let’s Teach for Mastery – Not Test Scores by Sal Khan
Sal Khan presented Let’s Teach for Mastery – Not Test Scores as a TED Talk, suggesting edits to the way we teach.
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Greatness is Doable
“Greatness is doable. Greatness is many many individual feats and each of them is doable.”
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The Agony of Trying to Unsubscribe by James Veitch
James Veitch presented The Agony of Trying to Unsubscribe as a TED Talk, bringing humor to a situation many of us have gone through.
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We’re the Only Plane in the Sky
Politico published We’re the Only Plane in the Sky, a unique look at September 11th from those near the President.
Andre J. Carter 