Daily Archives: December 9, 2022

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Happy National Pastry Day! Fall’s Mandatory Baking: Apple Pie — Tanooki Homemade Cafe

Yes I said that!;) But isn’t it true that When it officially hits Fall, I think baking apple pie at least once in season is a mandatory thing. Plus, my dinner buddy asks when he gets to eat apple pies this year, so here it is!    Homemade Baked Apple Pie […]

Happy National Pastry Day! Fall’s Mandatory Baking: Apple Pie — Tanooki Homemade Cafe
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Women’s basketball: ‘I’ve been spat at in the face for the colour of my skin’

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By Ashley Lime | BBC 100 Women | 8 Dic. 2022

Basketball scout Sarah Chan’s career has taken her all over the world, from Sudan to Kenya, Europe and the US – but she’s had to face war, racism and gender-based violence along the way.

“I have been spat in the face for the colour of my skin,” says the former professional basketball player.

“I’ve experienced racism in more ways than I would like.”

Now the first woman to manage African scouting for a team in the NBA – the world’s top professional basketball league – Ms Chan is inspiring a new generation of young people to seek out opportunity in the sport.

“Basketball illuminated my way to where I am today. It is everything,” says Ms Chan, who is featured in the BBC 100 Women list of inspiring and influential women this year.

Image caption,Sarah Chan is a recruiter…

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Cómo se transmiten los prejuicios de generación en generación

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Es un error común pensar que los niños son mejores en matemáticas que las niñas. ¿Cómo se difunde exactamente esta idea errónea?

¡A las chicas se les dan mejor las matemáticas que a los chicos! Hay que reconocerlo: esta afirmación solo se aplica a algunos países. Finlandia, Catar o China, por ejemplo. Sin embargo, muchas personas creen que el sexo masculino tiene habilidades matemáticas superiores. En China, más del 40 por ciento de la población comparte esta creencia. ¿Cómo se propagan exactamente estas ideas erróneas? Dos científicos de la Universidad de Columbia de Nueva York y de la Universidad de Ciencia y Tecnología de Pekín han investigado esta cuestión. Como informan en Nature, los estereotipos se transmiten de padres a hijos, y de estos a otros niños.

Alex Eble y Feng Hu analizaron los datos de más de 8.000 escolares chinos y sus padres. Calcularon un factor para cada…

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Respect for Marriage Act: Why interracial marriage is also in the bill — Stigmatis

The US House of Representatives has passed a landmark same-sex marriage protection bill that is being billed as a major breakthrough for LGBT couples. By Max Matza | BBC News | 8 Dec. 2022 The Respect for Marriage Act already passed the Senate with a 61-36 vote last week. It now heads to US President […]

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London’s Street Markets: 1900-1920 — beetleypete

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Some of the once-bustling street markets familiar to Londoners over 100 years ago are now gone. These archive photos show just what they were like at the time. Hoxton Market, 1910. This East London market still trades most days of the week. East Street Market, 1910. This South London Market still trades, and was one […]

London’s Street Markets: 1900-1920 — beetleypete
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Victorian Child Criminals: Mugshots — beetleypete

These colourised and enhanced photos paint a picture of how society treated children from poor backgrounds during the Victorian Era. For petty crimes such as stealing daily necessities such as food and clothing, they have faced hard labour and jail. And these haunting photographs show the stern and haggard faces of Victorian criminal children who […]

Victorian Child Criminals: Mugshots — beetleypete