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National Geographic: Famous Viking Warrior Was a Woman, DNA Reveals

5/28/2020

Since the late 1880s, archaeologists had viewed the “Birka warrior” through this lens; textbooks had listed the grave as belonging to a man, but not because the bones themselves said so. Since the remains were found alongside swords, arrowheads, a spear, and two sacrificed horses, archaeologists had considered it a warrior’s grave—and, thus, a man’s.

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TKSST: The Swish Machine, a 70-step basketball trick shot Rube Goldberg Machine

5/28/2020

Follow balls, marbles, toy cars, and trains as they travel from the driveway to around the house, on and off the roof, through the back yard, around a pond, into a play structure, down the hill through a specially made trench, and then over a sapling bridge to sink the shot. No cuts or edits.

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TKSST: Drawing Faces with the Shadows of Crumpled Paper

5/21/2020

Finding inspiration for a new drawing while staring at a blank sheet of paper can sometimes feel daunting. In this video, filmmaker and illustrator Guy Larsen finds an interesting solution: He jumpstarts his drawings of imagined people from the shadows of crumpled paper pieces that he moves around the page.

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TKSST: How to Draw a Cubetacular Hole in Your Paper

5/21/2020

Learn how to draw a hole in your paper with falling and floating 3D cubes. This short video from Circle Line Art School shares how to easily create the anamorphic drawing illusion with a pencil and a marker.

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Devotion: LHS-KC Applied Christianity Class

3/27/2020

A Time to Wait in Prayer
Most of us are familiar with the Israelites’ victory at the battle of Jericho, but do you know what happened after that? Joshua attempted to take the city of Ai, and 36 Israelites died in battle before their army retreated in fear. Why, Joshua wondered, would the Lord do this to them (Josh. 7:7-9)? Apparently, he was unaware of two problems. First, an Israelite disobeyed when he took forbidden plunder after Jericho fell. Second, God did not initiate the battle; Joshua had been persuaded by his own advisors. Because Joshua failed to seek heavenly counsel, he didn’t know about the Israelite’s crime until it was too late. After the wrongdoer was put to death, Joshua waited for God’s cue to take Ai. Then, and only then, was the Hebrew army successful (Josh. 8:1-25). Can you see yourself making a mistake similar to Joshua’s— that is, trying to handle a situation in your own strength? It’s easier than we think when sin skews our thinking and hinders our communication with the heavenly Father. Let’s each examine our heart earnestly, confess any sin, ask God to lead us, and then wait for Him. Remember, His guidance is always better than our own. This battle shows that no matter the situation, we must understand Christ will always be with us.
Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father,
As we rise to meet each new day, please let us be filled with Your spirit. Wherever we go, let us spread love, joy, peace, goodness, and faithfulness. Let us desire to become more like you and to worship you in all we do. Help us desire these things so much more than the sin that entices us. Thank you for always going before us. Lord, in times of need, you are always there. We ask that you continue to be with Eli Ransburg, Miss. Mikeska’s mother Suzan, and Mrs. Meier’s sister Barbara Wollberg. We ask that you bless the Gloe family and continue to be with KC Gloe through the next few months as his cancer surgery will soon be upon him, and please be with everyone affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Amen.

Newsela: Popeyes Releases a "Fashion" Line Inspired by Beyoncé

3/23/2020

Popeyes Releases a "Fashion" Line Inspired by Beyoncé

"Popeyes, it seems, no longer wants to be in the chicken business. That's not to say that the fast-food chain will stop dishing out poultry. Never fear, it's still going to be doing plenty of that.

With its newest product lineup, the company is showing that it has ambitions loftier than merely selling us fried chicken, however delicious those sandwiches might be.

At the end of January Popeyes rolled out its very own fashion line. That is, if you consider a fast-food work uniform to be chic.

Popeyes has grown up and gotten a taste of the big time. Now it's seeking to be a lifestyle brand. Will customers buy it? Maybe. After all, we are the nation that lined up around blocks for its spicy chicken sandwich. We Instagrammed the dish like we were being paid to do it and then turned on one another when supplies ran out. Maybe we will want to don a $30 tunic that the company claims is "as classic as our 3-piece tenders and as hot as our spicy dressing." Perhaps the $20 cap emblazoned with the chain's logo could become the must-have accessory for spring.

On its website hawking the goods, the company is hitting a very cool-girl fashiony note. It has minimalist styling, real-people models (they're actual employees) and of-the-moment branding. The line is dubbed "That Look from Popeyes."

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Newsela: Pluto Has a Nitrogen Heartbeat

3/4/2020

Pluto Has a Nitrogen Heartbeat

"NASA's New Horizons team researches Pluto. Pluto is a dwarf planet. The team has a spacecraft that traveled to Pluto. It took pictures of Pluto and gathered other information. The spacecraft is currently past Pluto. The team published a study on February 4.

The study says that Pluto's weather cycle works like a heartbeat.

Pluto has a giant basin. The basin is covered in nitrogen ice. Nitrogen is a chemical element. From space, the basin has the shape of a heart. The basin is called Sputnik Planitia. It is nicknamed the "heart."

Each day on Pluto, sunlight hits the Sputnik Planitia basin, which is the left side of the "heart." This turns the nitrogen ice into gas. At night, it gets really cold on Pluto. This causes the gas nitrogen to turn back into ice. This cycle repeats every day on Pluto. One day on Pluto is equal to about six and a half days on Earth."

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5 Amazing BIONIC ROBOTS by Festo Robotics #2

2/21/2020

National Geographic: Is Prince Harry Abdicating? Not So Fast.

2/19/2020

Is Prince Harry Abdicating? Not So Fast.

"Call it the Instagram heard round the world: a picture of a smiling Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Prince Harry and Meghan Markle) and a bombshell announcement that they will “step back” from their royal roles. The royal ripples are leading some to draw parallels with another monarchical mess: Edward VIII’s 1936 decision to step back from his role as king of England so he could marry American socialite Wallis Simpson.

But though both situations involve frustrated royals, American divorcees, and public furor, the similarities are not as straightforward as they might seem."

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Selfless Parrots Seem Happy to Help Others

2/18/2020

Selfless Parrots Seem Happy to Help Others

"People have long known that African grey parrots are clever. Now, new research shows that they are also selfless, and willing to help a partner get ahead, even if doing so doesn’t help them at all.

It’s not unusual for a person to help someone else out without getting anything in return. That’s something humans do. But this behavior is thought to be rare among animals. Some apes and some dogs do it. So do dolphins, rats, and even vampire bats. But as far as we know, most animals do not.

Up to now, that kind of behavior hadn’t been seen in birds. That’s why scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology created an experiment designed to test whether African grey parrots were willing to help each other out."

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