National Museum of African-American History and Culture

http://nmaahc.si.edu/
https://twitter.com/nmaahc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_African_American_History_and_Culture
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35162342
http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/05/9-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-national-malls-newest-museum/392693/
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/23/a-sense-of-place
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/us/23smithsonian.html?_r=0
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/architecture-actually-form-weaving-180955698/?no-ist
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/african-american-history-museum-be-five-story-tall-movie-screen-180957110/
http://time.com/3852672/smithsonian-african-american-history-1915-2015/
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/afterhours/museums/african-american-history-museum-preview.php
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/african-american-history-culture-smithsonian-institute-60-minutes/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/06/11/190774850/winfrey-gives-millions-to-new-african-american-museum-in-d-c
https://guyaneseonline.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/take-a-tour-of-the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture/#comment-154052

Marie Curie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie
http://www.biography.com/people/marie-curie-9263538
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1903/marie-curie-bio.html
https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/who/our-history/marie-curie-the-scientist
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/rich/mariecurie.htm
https://www.aip.org/history/curie/brief/index.html
http://www.famousscientists.org/marie-curie/
http://www.livescience.com/38907-marie-curie-facts-biography.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/curie_marie.shtml
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-secret-sex-life-of-marie-curie-1586244.html

Drama
http://www.storysmith.org/manya/

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4jCTiGSuwU

Related
Getting Girls Interested in STEM
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-ways-girls-involved-STEM-karen-purcell
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/27/world/europe/how-to-get-girls/
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/brave-new-girls-getting-girls-interested-in-stem--2#/

Of Interest
http://www.economist.com/news/international/21645759-boys-are-being-outclassed-girls-both-school-and-university-and-gap

Michael Moore - Where To Invade Next

http://wheretoinvadenext.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_to_Invade_Next
http://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/where-to-invade-next-michael-moore-watch-1201550070/
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/25/michael_moore_just_exploded_the_rights_biggest_lie/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/where_to_invade_next/
http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/review-where-to-invade-next-fails-to-convince.html#
http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/specialpresentations/where-to-invade-next
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/where-to-invade-next-2015
http://www.thewrap.com/where-to-invade-next-review-michael-moore-documentary/

Canadian Cannabis Regulation Coming

https://www.opencanada.org/features/cannabis-regulation-coming-canada-here-are-five-things-know/
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/with-legal-marijuana-on-canadas-horizon-a-look-at-how-washington-has-dealt-with-pot-being-kosher
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/legalized-marijuana-justin-trudeau-cities-1.3282370
http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/12/12/legalized-pot-not-likely-to-make-canada-a-haven-for-druggies-and-dealers

Related
http://cannabisincanada.ca/

Bloodless Surgery

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/bloodless_medicine_surgery/
http://windsorstar.com/health/bloodless-surgery-option-reveals-unexpected-benefits
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-jehovahs-witnesses-are-changing-medicine
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/06/blood-management-bloodless-medicine-transfusions/395054/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2013/07/12/july-12-2013-bloodless-surgeries/19167/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/doctor-defends-bloodless-surgery-for-babies/article686193/

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAWhRqCjT9w

Benedict Anderson and Nationalism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Anderson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagined_community
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/25/imagined-nations/
http://www.nationalismproject.org/what/anderson.htm
https://nationalismstudies.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/benedict-anderson/

Modern Nightclub Dance

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/dec/26/roger-scruton-jive-talkin-modern-dance

Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Sw9Nf4RAo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FxryVFlvTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXkyw8wTRmI
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-dance-in-a-nightclub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRFEn0Jb2Z0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6mqcVirhwM

Ahmed: What is Islam

http://nelc.fas.harvard.edu/shahab-ahmed-1966-2015
http://www.thenation.com/article/contradiction-and-diversity/
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-20/an-extraordinary-scholar-redefined-islam
http://beenasarwar.com/2015/09/20/rip-shahab-ahmed-prominent-islamic-scholar-from-pakistan/
http://ebrahimmoosa.com/2015/09/23/tribute-to-professor-shahab-ahmed-1966-2015/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-ahmed-appreciate21-20150921-story.html
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-6911-6418-2

Kwanzaa

http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/kwanzaa-history
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/K-12/Kwanzaa_What_16661.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-is-what-happens-when-black-people-are-asked-what-kwanzaa-means_567ab363e4b06fa6887f7da7
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/faithbased/2005/12/bring_out_the_kwanzaa_kinara.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/holidays/kwanzaa/
http://6abc.com/society/what-you-need-to-know-about-kwanzaa/1131317/
http://www.africanholocaust.net/news_ah/kwanzaa.html
http://www.newsweek.com/president-obama-first-lady-offer-remarks-first-night-kwanzaa-celebration-409123

Controversy
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/12/kwanzaa__a_madeup_holiday_.html

Canada 2020

http://canada2020.ca/
https://twitter.com/canada2020

Related
https://www.marsdd.com/
https://www.marsdd.com/bio/tom-rand/
https://www.bdc.ca/EN/Pages/home.aspx?gclid=CP250PXE-skCFQgGaQodfRAC5w

Of Interest
http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2015/11/10/how-trudeau-can-make-cabinet-government-work-in-the-21st-century/#.Vn8KffkrLcs
http://www.apathyisboring.com/home
http://www.businessinsider.com/don-harrison-google-corporate-development-acquisitions-2015-5
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Advantage-Organizational-Everything-Business/dp/1491510803
http://www.cleanprosperity.ca/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/25/rebuilding-a-renewable-energy-future/

Virgin Births

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141219-spectacular-real-virgin-births
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraculous_births
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/no-male-no-problem-captive-snake-in-u-s-has-rare-virgin-birth-1.2568363
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/endangered-sawfish-have-virgin-births
http://jezebel.com/the-history-of-virgin-births-1674159265
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/22/the-strange-science-behind-virgin-births.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_birth_of_Jesus
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/24/story-virgin-birth-christianity-mary-sex-femininity
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Virgin_birth.aspx
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/25/why_the_christian_virgin_birth_is_seriously_messed_up_partner/
http://grammarist.com/usage/immaculate-conception-virgin-birth/
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aiia/virginbirth.html
https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_1329.cfm
http://www.letusreason.org/lds10.htm
http://www.beingjewish.com/toshuv/virgin.html
http://www.medicaldaily.com/jane-virgin-real-life-women-getting-pregnant-using-ivf-despite-never-having-sex-rise-354946
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/553920/Virgin-Birth-Nun-From-Female-Closed-Commune-Gives-Birth
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/about-one-in-two-hundred-women-report-having-had-virgin-births-according-to-new-research
http://www.zo.utexas.edu/courses/THOC/VirginBirth.html

Podcast
http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/wings/2015/12/virgin-births-marys-feat-not-unique

AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/
https://twitter.com/AlterNet?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlterNet
https://www.facebook.com/AlterNetNews
https://www.linkedin.com/company/alternet

Time & Space

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/25/physics-unhinged-2/
http://www.nature.com/news/theoretical-physics-the-origins-of-space-and-time-1.13613
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_space_and_time

UNDP Human Development Report 2015

https://caribbeantradelaw.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/hdi-report-2015-released/
http://hdr.undp.org/en/rethinking-work-for-human-development
https://s3.amazonaws.com/hdr2015report/ENG_2015_HDR_Regional_Press_Release_Latin_America_and_the_Caribbean.pdf
http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index

Photos from the Guyana Saints Holiday Hang 2015

Related

http://stanislauscollege.blogspot.ca/2015/12/reminder-st-stanislaus-college-holiday.html

The Toronto Saints Christmas Party 2015

Antigua Saints Christmas Party 2015

Concussion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concussion_(2015_film)
https://twitter.com/ConcussionMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-will-smith-concussion-can-use-nfl-logos-without-consent-2015-6
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/12/23/nfl-reaction-concussion-movie-will-smith-bennet-omalu
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2015/12/24/detroit-lions-concussion-movie/77898522/

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io6hPdC41RM

Of Interest
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/timeline-the-nfls-concussion-crisis/

Mining and the Indigenous Peoples

https://intercontinentalcry.org/amerindians-guyana-leery-emerging-oil-economy/
http://dgrnewsservice.org/civilization/colonialism/guyana-high-court-rules-indigenous-people-cannot-expel-miners-from-territory/
http://firstpeoples.org/wp/amerindians-of-guyana-dont-have-right-to-gold-on-their-land-says-high-court/
http://markjacobs.co/2013/08/09/indigenous-people-protest-illegal-mining-on-titled-land-in-guyana/
http://www.forestpeoples.org/topics/rights-land-natural-resources/news/2013/01/press-release-guyana-court-ruling-violates-indigen

Related
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/guyana-indigenous-peoples-fight-join-conservation-efforts
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2008/guyana-review/05/28/guyana%E2%80%99s-indigenous-peoples/
http://wrm.org.uy/oldsite/bulletin/17/Guyana.html
http://www.redd-monitor.org/2013/01/30/how-long-will-norway-continue-to-ignore-violations-of-indigenous-peoples-rights-in-guyana/

Of Interest
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/41/318.html
http://perspectives.apps01.yorku.ca/2010/07/21/guyana-indigenous-participation-in-mining-climate-change-and-decision-making/
https://www.coolearth.org/2012/06/indigenous-rights-for-rio-20/

Of Special Interest - Jean La Rose
http://guyanachronicle.com/jean-la-rose-to-chair-chronicle-board-bish-panday-ncn-board/
http://guyanachronicle.com/guyana-chronicle-rebranding/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_La_Rose
https://www.facebook.com/jean.larose.735
http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=12050606
http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/jean-la-rose/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2014/05/18/untiring-advocate-for-indigenous-rights-and-environmental-integrity/

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApO4a81yQAA

Telling Kids about Santa

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-24/sharman-what-should-i-tell-my-kids-about-santa/7052184
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/24/the_thought_of_a_white_man_in_my_chimney_does_not_delight_me_lets_stop_lying_to_our_kids_about_santa/
http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-the-%22Is-Santa-Claus-Real%22-Question
http://www.popsugar.com/moms/Telling-Kids-Truth-About-Santa-27332439
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-break-it-to-your-kids-that-Santa-Claus-isn/
http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-Your-Child-Who-Santa-Is
http://www.gotquestions.org/Santa-Claus.html

D.D. Kosambi Festival of Ideas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damodar_Dharmananda_Kosambi
http://ddkosambi.blogspot.ca/
http://ddkosambi.blogspot.ca/2009/03/kosambi-effect-on-indian-historiography.html
http://www.academia.edu/12254195/Book_Review_Myth_and_Reality_D_D_Kosambi
https://www.facebook.com/DDKosambiFestivalofIdeas/
http://artandculture.goa.gov.in/index.php
http://www.navhindtimes.in/d-d-kosambi-festival-of-ideas-is-here/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-to-hold-7th-D-D-Kosambi-festival-of-ideas-from-February-4/articleshow/28955426.cms
http://www.navhindtimes.in/d-d-kosambi-festival-of-ideas-is-here/

Baroness Scotland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Scotland,_Baroness_Scotland_of_Asthal
https://twitter.com/pscotlandqc
https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/rt-hon-baroness-scotland-qc
http://www.100greatblackbritons.com/bios/baroness_patricia_scotland.html
http://www.patriciascotland.com/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/baroness-patricia-scotland-becomes-first-uk-citizen-to-be-elected-secretary-general-of-commonwealth-a6752211.html
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Baroness-Scotland-is-new-Commonwealth-SG_19240898
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/people/qa-with-baroness-scotland-of-asthal/2012787.article
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/baroness-scotland-uses-new-role-as-secretary-general-of-the-commonwealth-to-call-for-lgbt-rights-a6752966.html

Guyana - An Emerging Travel Destination

http://www.businessinsider.com/emerging-travel-destinations-for-2016-2015-12?utm_source=microsoft&amp%3butm_medium=referral
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20120304-guyanas-path-to-paradise
http://www.bradtguides.com/destinations/central-south-america/guyana/the-authors-take.html
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/guyana
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/the-guianas/guyana
https://www.journeylatinamerica.co.uk/destinations/guyana/holidays/guyana-wildlife-south-americas-wild-frontier
http://journals.worldnomads.com/responsible-travel/story/73975/Worldwide/Top-10-Emerging-Green-Destinations
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2013/07/30/adventure-travel-2013-new-trips-authentic-places/2597459/
https://www.facebook.com/gotoguyana/


Related
http://www.caribbean360.com/business/guyana-pursuing-cruise-line-advertising-to-boost-tourist-arrivals
http://www.guyanatimesgy.com/2015/01/22/cruise-ship-visits-guyana-twice-in-a-month/
http://guyanachronicle.com/cruise-ship-minerva-departs-guyana-after-3-day-visit/

Of Interest
http://www.guyana.org/NDS/chap37.htm
http://guyanachronicle.com/developing-guyanas-tourism/
https://guyaneseonline.wordpress.com/2015/12/24/time-for-tourism-and-rum-to-work-together-by-david-jessop/

Barbados Planning
https://barbadosunderground.wordpress.com/2015/12/16/time-to-win-back-the-middle-class-visitor/

Jamaica Planning
http://www.jtbonline.org/tourism_jamaica/Major%20Tourism%20Laws/Tourism%20Master%20Plan%20Full.pdf

Trinidad Planning
https://sta.uwi.edu/conferences/salises/documents/Lewis%20%20A.pdf

Bahamas Planning
http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44616&Itemid=2

The Status of the Chiropractic Profession

https://www.wfc.org/website/images/wfc/WHO_Submission-Final_Jan2013.pdf
http://edzardernst.com/2014/07/chiropractic-a-profession-of-wishful-thinking/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18328936
http://www.chiro.org/ChiroZine/ABSTRACTS/Chiropractic_Profession_at_Crossroads.shtml
http://circleofdocs.com/can-the-chiropractic-profession-be-saved/

Waitressing with a Ph.D

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/opinion/your-waitress-your-professor.html
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/20/sixteen_years_in_academia_made_me_an_a_hole/
http://waitressphd.blogspot.ca/
http://momandphd.blogspot.ca/2011/02/abd-waitress-and-how-is-it-different.html
http://community.babycenter.com/post/a22738151/waitress_with_a_phd.
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2012/06/not-where-they-hoped-theyd-be/100320/
http://www.drbilltoth.com/?p=1153
http://community.babycenter.com/post/a22738151/waitress_with_a_phd.

Related
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2393231
http://casnocha.com/2010/10/what-17-million-americans-got-from-a-college-degree.html
http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/why-did-17-million-students-go-to-college/27634
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130403121244660
https://chroniclevitae.com/news/445-in-hindsight-former-ph-d-students-reflect-on-why-they-jumped-ship

Of Interest
http://bottomlesslakes.blogspot.ca/2013/03/application-for-hooters-waitress-as.html

Cinematographs

http://technostreak.com/news/cinematographs-a-new-dimention-on-gif-animation/
http://erjedi.com/2012/03/31/cinematographs/
https://www.pinterest.com/anyadalka/cinematographs/