Nell Minow's Blog, page 34
December 25, 2016
Merry Christmas! Yule Logs Galore
TIME has the history of one of the most unusual programs in television broadcast history: the Yule log. A three hour television program that was nothing but a burning fire in a fireplace accompanied by Christmas music first ran in 1966 and it was so popular that it became an annual tradition.
The New York Times called it "the television industry's first experiment in nonprogramming." It was a surrealist's joke, a postmodernist's dream — the...
The New York Times called it "the television industry's first experiment in nonprogramming." It was a surrealist's joke, a postmodernist's dream — the...
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December 24, 2016
Starbucks Series: Upstanders, Paying Tribute to Kindness and Generosity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO6a9...
A new series from Starbucks pays tribute to "Upstanders," stories, films, and podcasts about people who make a difference with kindness and generosity....
A new series from Starbucks pays tribute to "Upstanders," stories, films, and podcasts about people who make a difference with kindness and generosity....
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Bellagio Fountain Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TfxB...
Celebrate Christmas with this gorgeous fountain ballet from the Bellagio in Las Vegas....
Celebrate Christmas with this gorgeous fountain ballet from the Bellagio in Las Vegas....
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White Christmas from Home Free
A capella group Home Free sings this Christmas classic and others on their album, Full of Cheer.
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All I Want for Christmas Is — Carpool Karaoke With EVERYONE
James Corden has a special Christmas surprise -- he had all of his Carpool Karaoke riders sing a verse of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas" and it is a delight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKJEx......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKJEx......
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December 23, 2016
Hidden Figures
The sign on the office door said, "Colored Computers." That was not a reference to IBM's Big Blue or to a machine of any kind. In the early days of the space race at NASA, computers were people doing all of the complex, unprecedented math calculations by hand, and the "colored" computers were the African-American women who had more talent, more dedication, more integrity, despite less pay, less credit, and less resources than their colleagues. Twice marginalized, as women and as...
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Light the Hanukkah Candles Rube Goldberg Style — Technion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIleN...
The Israeli university specializing in technology has created this elaborate method for lighting Hanukkah candles. Needless to say, don't try this at home....
The Israeli university specializing in technology has created this elaborate method for lighting Hanukkah candles. Needless to say, don't try this at home....
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Hidden Figures — The Real Story
It was the 1960's and the sign on the door at NASA read "Colored Computers." That was not a reference to IBM's Big Blue. This was a reference to the human beings, African-American women, who were doing the calculations for the space program. Margot Lee Shetterly, herself the daughter of a NASA scientist, spent six years researching her book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space...
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