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Now he’s alerted me to a new study and related lecture on what he and his co-authors are calling “peak farmland” — an impending stabilization of the amount of land required for food as humanity’s growth spurt plays out. While laying out several important wild cards (expanded farming of biofuels among them), Ausubel and... | <urn:uuid:d30effea-1f5f-4ff1-874d-1ea41dc97c53> | {
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This body of analysis is closely related to the core focus of this blog: finding ways to fit infinite human aspirations (and appetites) on a finite planet. The work presents a compelling case for ... |
Taking Play Seriously
By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG
Published: February 17, 2008
On a drizzly Tuesday night in late January, 200 people came out to hear a psychiatrist talk rhapsodically about play -- not just the intense, joyous play of children, but play for all people, at all ages, at all times. (All species too; the lectu... | <urn:uuid:316c7af5-14e1-4d0b-9576-753e17ef2cc5> | {
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By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG
Published: February 17, 2008
On a drizzly Tuesday night in late January, 200 people came out to hear a psychiatrist talk rhapsodically about play -- not just the intense, joyous play of children, but play for all people, at all ages, at all times. (All species too; the lectu... | 's library talk; one woman asked how her children will learn trust, empathy and social skills when their most frequent playing is done online. Brown told her that while video games do have some play value, a true sense of ''interpersonal nuance'' can be achieved only by a child who is engaging all five senses by playin... |
LESSON PLANS AND TIMES MATERIALS FOR TEACHING:
The Academy Awards
The Film Industry
Film in Language Arts
Film in Social Studies/History
Film in Fine Arts
Technology in Film
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"token_count"... | LESSON PLANS AND TIMES MATERIALS FOR TEACHING:
The Academy Awards
The Film Industry
Film in Language Arts
Film in Social Studies/History
Film in Fine Arts
Technology in Film
Lessons on these pages are for grades 6-12, written in consultation with Bank Street College of Education. Each one is paired with a Times article... | Good and Evil on the Big Screen
A Media Studies Lesson Plan
If I Could Talk Like the Animals. . .
Teaching Personification and Narrative Writing in the Language Arts Classroom
The Sorcerers Shown
Comparing Similar Character Genres in Literature and Film
Talk About the Passion
Creating an Educational Guide to Encourage... |
A.J. NesteBatteries at a station on a Philadelphia commuter line capture excess current when trains brake and store the power for use when a train accelerates.
A giant battery bank installed by the side of the Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority’s subway tracks a little over a month ago is saving about nine megawa... | <urn:uuid:84a0fd6d-8e59-48fe-8697-123a6e44ede3> | {
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A giant battery bank installed by the side of the Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority’s subway tracks a little over a month ago is saving about nine megawa... | to company executives. |
The rare greenback cutthroat trout, Colorado’s state fish, is even more imperiled than scientists thought, a new study suggests. By analyzing DNA sampled from cutthroat trout specimens pickled in ethanol for 150 years, comparing it with the genes of today’s cutthroat populations, and cross-referencing more than 40,000 ... | <urn:uuid:ca711742-a3fe-43e7-b0e2-17d456553713> | {
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To map out the historic distribution and range of a species whose taxonomic record is, to quote the latest study, “rife with errors,” Dr. Metcalf sampled skin, gill, muscle and bone from trout specimens collected in Colorado and New Mexico from 1857 to 1889, before the state and federa... |
The Energy Information Administration has released “World Shale Gas Resources,” an important commissioned report providing an assessment of how much natural gas is locked in shale deposits in 14 regions around the world. (Here’s its overview of shale gas in the United States.) Here’s a map of the surveyed regions:
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The ... | of gas as part of humanity’s move away from carbon and toward hydrogen. He stressed that more conventional gas deposits are already changing the energy game:
While the shale gas matters a lot for the overall outlook and industry confidence, my money remains on the “clean” deep gas, both offshore and continental, as th... |
Disunion follows the Civil War as it unfolded.
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Eleven years ago today, Al Gore, for one important moment, was the most powerful man in our republic. The day before, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, halted the partial recount of presidential ballots in Florida that Gore had requested. But that did not mean the 2000 presidential election was over. George W. Bush cou... | <urn:uuid:7e75fcc4-8eeb-493e-8492-a15ccfde332c> | {
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Developed in partnership with The Bank Street College of Education for grades 6-12.
THE COURSE OF THE WAR, 2003-PRESENT
Reflecting on Five Years of War in Iraq(3/19/2008)
The Voice of a New Generation
Examining Iraqi Youth Perspectives (3/5/2008)
A Fresh Start?
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THE COURSE OF THE WAR, 2003-PRESENT
Reflecting on Five Years of War in Iraq(3/19/2008)
The Voice of a New Generation
Examining Iraqi Youth Perspectives (3/5/2008)
A Fresh Start?
Discussing the Implications of a Resignation at the Depart... | the Bell Toll?
Gauging Public Opinion about Death During War (4/9/2003)
Exploring Feelings About Invading Iraq Through Creative Writing (3/21/2003)
Acts of Defiance?
Contemplating War in Iraq (3/19/2003)
Europe's Last Resort
Understanding the European Union’s Position on the Use of Force in Iraq (2/19/2003)
Enacting a... |
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Teaching ideas based on New York Times content.
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Teaching ideas based on New York Times content.
Overview of Lesson Plan: In this lesson, students use prototypical fantasy themes to create an original r... | the film?
g. What phrase is used to advertise the film? How does A.O. Scott use this phrase to criticize the film?
3. Create a class role-playing game set in a mythical city that parallels the real one in which the students live. Have the class choose a name for their mythical city and create a map, including at least... |
Jane Brody on health and aging.
Since the start of the 21st century, Americans have made great progress in controlling high blood pressure, though it remains a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes, congestive heart failure and kidney disease.
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Since the start of the 21st century, Americans have made great progress in controlling high blood pressure, though it remains a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes, congestive heart failure and kidney disease.
Now 48 percent of the more than 76 million adults with hypertension have i... | , is already out there. We just need to use it better.”
But many doctors who are generalists do not understand the “intricacies and nuances” of the dozens of available medications to determine which is appropriate to a certain patient.
“Prescribing the same medication to patient after patient just does not cut it,” Dr.... |
Soon he came upon a peasant singing and scything. ‘You there, varlet,’ said Shrek. ‘Why so blithe?’” – William Steig, “Shrek”
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“Shrek” inspired me to let the words fly around my children. Nope, I’m not talking about the movie “Shrek”, but about William Steig’s wonderful picture book “Shrek.” And I’m not talking about us... | hilarious to hear a 2-year-old use the word “unwieldy.”
Do you tailor your vocabulary to your children’s age? (Special case: do you use curse words in front of them?) |
The coming Congressional debate over fiscal policy is sure to feature a wide array of proposals, some of which would hit certain taxpayers harder than others.
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But one idea being floated by Congressional negotiators, as described in an article by The New York Times’s Jonathan Weisman on Thursday, is hard to defend from ... | if all her income had been taxed at the 35 percent rate.
Under the proposal described in Mr. Weisman’s article, that would change.
“One possible change would tax the entire salary earned by those making more than a certain level — $400,000 or so — at the top rate of 35 percent rather than allowing them to pay lower ra... |
Scientists have designed a brain implant that sharpened decision making and restored lost mental capacity in monkeys, providing the first demonstration in primates of the sort of brain prosthesis that could eventually help people with damage from dementia, strokes or other brain injuries.
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The device, though years away ... | 20 percent.
“But when you turn on the stimulator, they don’t make those errors; in fact, they do a little better than normal,” said Robert E. Hampson of Wake Forest, a study author.
His co-authors were Sam A. Deadwyler, Ioan Opris and Lucas Santos, all of Wake Forest; Dr. Berger, Vasilis Marmarelis and Dong Song of U.... |
Updated with more Inaugural resources: Jan. 22, 2013
Though President Obama actually took the oath of office on Jan. 20, public inaugural celebrations take place on Jan. 21, the same day that Martin Luther King will be celebrated this year.
In honor of both of these occasions, this will be our only post on Monday. Belo... | <urn:uuid:c8a85900-4da2-44ec-ab58-f20e40f8ebb1> | {
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Though President Obama actually took the oath of office on Jan. 20, public inaugural celebrations take place on Jan. 21, the same day that Martin Luther King will be celebrated this year.
In honor of both of these occasions, this will be our only post on Monday. Belo... | Speech
- Article | As Droves Flock to Washington, Republicans Find Somewhere Else to Be
On Inaugural Speeches and Celebrations Past:
- 2013 Graphic | Annotating the Second Inaugural Addresses
- 2009 Illustration | Maira Kalman | The Inauguraton. At Last (2009)
- 2009 Lesson Plan | An Oath for the Ages: Examining Histo... |
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