Category: Sports and Entertainment
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Dancing to the Beat of Shalom: Christians Revive Kansas City’s Arts Scene
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Christianity Today: Dancing to the Beat of Shalom: Christians Revive Kansas City's Arts Scene The Culture House and Störling Dance Theater have given believers a voice in the local arts scene and beyond, meanwhile bringing a bit of racial peace to the Kansas City area. … Since that time of uncertainty, however, the Ennas and…
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African Men. Hollywood Stereotypes.
This is hysterical. I love it.
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Elite Soccer Players Are Smarter Than You Are
Wired: Elite Soccer Players Are Smarter Than You Are Elite soccer players are smarter than you are, and the sharpest of them score more often than dimmer teammates. Top-tier players think more clearly, quickly and flexibly than non-players, and there is a correlation between cognitive ability and the number of goals and assists a soccer…
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The Economics of The Hunger Games
Slate: The Economics of The Hunger Games Could any real country have an economy like Panem’s? Actually, yes. At first glance, the economic landscape depicted in Suzanne Collins’ best-selling Hunger Games trilogy doesn’t make much sense. Despite its post-apocalyptic condition, the fictional nation of Panem is quite technologically advanced. It has high-speed trains, hovercrafts, extraordinary…
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What Geography Can Teach Us About Basketball
Slate: What Geography Can Teach Us About Basketball … From a map like this, a player can quickly learn both where he should try to shoot during a game (the red spots) and where he should shoot during practice (the blue spots). A coach, meanwhile, could layer the equivalent map for each one of his…
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Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk
Forbes: Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk Captain James T. Kirk is one of the most famous Captains in the history of Starfleet. There’s a good reason for that. He saved the planet Earth several times, stopped the Doomsday Machine, helped negotiate peace with the Klingon Empire, kept the balance of power between the…
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Hollywood by the numbers
ASYMCO: Hollywood by the numbers … Drama / Comedy vs. Adventure / Fantasy: Why the Ancient Greeks had it all wrong Storytelling has not changed throughout history. The same types of stories affect audiences the same way since stories were first told. The earliest known “genres” were tragedy and comedy and they are still seen…