These frozen pops are reminiscent of your favorite popsicles, but with natural ingredients.
Paleterias specializing in just these treats are super popular around Mexico.
Colombia’s version of a slushy combines crushed ice, fruit syrups, fresh fruit and sweetened condensed milk.
They are often finished off with fun toppings such as whipped cream, shaved coconut and maraschino cherries.
This ice-cream dish is made to look like a bowl of spaghetti.
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Traditionally, booza is topped with a layer of pistachios to add crunch and a nutty flavor.
This frozen dessert drink is a combination of ice cream or crushed ice, rose syrup, vermicelli noodles, basil seeds and pistachios.
Falooda has been well-loved in India for centuries, and variations of it can be found around Asia.
Rolled ice cream has been made in Thailand for the last decade.
This Malaysian original is made with shaved ice, pandan jelly and topped off with coconut milk and palm sugar.
How World Takes Its Coffee (Level B1)
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Café de Olla is made in a clay pot and brewed with an array of spices—cinnamon, raw brown cane sugar and cacao, among others.
Cafecito is an espresso with crema—syrupy foam made by whipping sugar into the drink.
It is best enjoyed among friends, family and long conversation.
Locals drink Café Touba both for enjoyment and for medicinal purposes.
The barista serves espressos in a small glass at a bar.
Customers can stand for a minute or two, enjoy their drink and chat before going on their way.
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Traditionally, fine grounds and sugar are brewed together in a long-handled copper pot called a cezve.
The final product is a delightfully foamy, strong and sweet drink served along with a glass of water and a sweet treat.
A traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony can take hours—from washing and roasting the beans to serving at least three rounds of coffee.
It involves traditional dress, incense, elegant pouring and a pinch of salt to bring out the coffee’s flavor.
In the country where Arabic coffee originated, the drink is lightly brewed and can be spiced with cardamom or ginger, which give it a chocolatey aftertaste.
Lisa Kudrow on Netflix’s Space Force and the Friends Reunion Special (Level B1)
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Lisa Kudrow is one of the great icons of TV comedy.
Space Force, created by Greg Daniels and Steve Carell, finds Kudrow’s character in prison.
Her husband, played by Carell, leads a new government agency to get the U.S. back on the moon.
However, why Maggie is in prison is just as much a mystery to Kudrow as it will be to viewers.
“She’s still sort of up in the air. Is she a badass or what happened? They don’t know.”
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It’s a busy time for Kudrow. Soon she’ll take part in a Friends reunion special for HBO Max, but she’s quick to point out it’s not a new episode.
“It worries me that people think it’s going to be an episode.
It’s not. It’s a special. We don’t want to disappoint people.”
We’ve only all been together once before, privately years ago.
To me, the fun thing is we all remembered different things.
Jennifer [Aniston] and [Matt] LeBlanc remember absolutely everything perfectly.
I can’t wait to just relive the stuff that was behind the scenes.
Elaine Welteroth On How Fashion Can Be a Force for Change (Level B1)
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In 2016, at the age of 29, Elaine Welteroth was named editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue.
She became the youngest person to lead a Condé Nast magazine.
Then in 2019, she became a New York Times bestselling author with her memoir More Than Enough.
Welteroth points out that success has nothing to do with one’s background or pedigree, but rather your vision.
“It doesn’t matter what your background is or what your pedigree is, at the end of the day you have to have the vision and the drive to get where you want to go.”
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“Every step in my career there’s been a magical sort of guardian angel in the form of a black woman who has come and been by my side and helped open doors for me.”
Now Welteroth is in a position to offer advice to peers just starting out in fashion and media.
Welteroth says part of what has given her the enthusiasm and power for success is rooted in when she stopped conforming to the Eurocentric standard of beauty and decided to embrace her natural hair.
“I think when I felt most powerful is when I started to embrace my natural hair texture.”
“But for me, it’s become over time, over my career as I’ve gotten more comfortable with who I am and comfortable in my skin.”
Telehealth on the Front Line in the War on Coronavirus (Level B1)
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In the United States, people with, and especially without, insurance are used to heading to the emergency room if they need care quickly.
Even before the coronavirus crisis, nearly half of all U.S. medical care came from emergency rooms.
The problem is that for most people that is exactly the wrong course of action.
If people don’t have COVID-19 and head to the ER, they could be exposed to others who do.
And those who have the virus, but who don’t need hospital care, are needlessly endangering doctors, nurses and other medical workers.
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Hospitals are already overwhelmed, and the devastating shortage of masks and other protective gear only raises the risk of infection.
The result will be fewer doctors and fewer nurses in a system that is already under unprecedented stress.
That is why we urgently need to turn our focus to telehealth.
Doctors and nurses will be protected from exposure, and even the ones under quarantine will be able to continue their heroic work.
To quickly get the system where it needs to be, we need to address a problem that is threefold: excess demand, insufficient supply and mismatch.
Comfort Foods From Around the World (Level B2)
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These rolls can be found at almost any social gathering.
They pair especially well with morning coffee.
These naturally gluten-free treats are made of rice and millet flour.
They are fried in oil and served with a sprinkle of powdered sugar.
This Spanish omelet is served at room temperature for a flavorful, simple appetizer or light dinner.
It is filled with sliced potatoes and—optionally—diced onion.
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Pierogi can be filled with a wide range of ingredients—pork, potatoes, sauerkraut and mushrooms, sweet quark, blueberries and more.
This makes pierogi a year-round dish—stuffed with fresh fruits in the summer, and warm, hearty fillings like meat and potatoes in the winter.
Roast pork buns are the perfect Cantonese food for a stressful day.
Each little bun is filled with pork, covered in a sweet-and-savory barbeque sauce and then steamed or baked.
This popular dish is served as dim sum in Chinese restaurants around the world.
Wildlife Encounters From the Safety of Your Couch (Level B2)
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California condors love the dry, rocky terrain of the American southwest.
You can find them scavenging for food over shrubland.
With their wingspan of up to 10 feet, these are the largest flying birds in North America.
If you look carefully in the mountainous rainforests of Costa Rica, you may be able to spot furry sloths hanging in the trees.
And of course, the notoriously slow-moving sloths love a good nap.
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Rwanda is one of only three countries where mountain gorillas live in the wild, and there are only about 1,000 alive today.
They live in communities of up to about 30 gorillas led by an alpha male.
Like humans, mothers give birth to one baby at a time; baby gorillas ride on their mother’s back until they are about 2 or 3 years old.
Australia’s national bird, these giant flightless birds are second in size only to the ostrich.
Despite growing up to 6 feet tall, they’re speedy; they can run up to 30 miles per hour through savanna and grasslands.
George Floyd’s Death (Level B2)
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I first heard about George Floyd the morning after it happened.
When I learned the details of how he died, I had an immediate lump in my throat.
Tears rushed to my eyes.
It was such an eerie feeling when I found out the young man said, “I can’t breathe,” the same way Eric did.
And when I learned why he couldn’t breathe, everything came flooding back to me.
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The police refused to release George Floyd, pinning a knee into his throat as he lay in the street, handcuffed.
While he was begging for help right in front of them, just as Eric did.
Even though I had seen and heard it before, it was hard to even fathom.
All I could do was pour my heart out to the Floyd family and tell them how sorry I was and give them my deepest condolences.
I knew what they were feeling, as I went through it only six years ago.
They’re dealing with so much grief, hurt and anger.
Pandemic Constitutional Rights (Level B2)
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The death toll associated with the novel coronavirus has well surpassed 100,000 in the United States.
More Americans have died during the past three months due to COVID-19 than all the American deaths suffered during the Vietnam War.
In three months, COVID-19 killed more Americans than what Americans have witnessed in the past 50 years of war and disease combined.
And while the Vietnam War is long over, COVID-19 still rages in the United States.
Hasty and imprudent political rhetoric in February and March, comparing COVID-19 to the seasonal flu, was not only inaccurate and misguided; it likely contributed to a sense of false security among Americans.
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Americans came to believe the virus was no more infectious and no greater a threat than the seasonal flu.
Second, fundamental questions of constitutional law have also emerged.
The coronavirus crisis has brought to the forefront a national debate related to the interaction between constitutional rights, state police powers and federalism.
What are the limits of government action in the midst of a pandemic?
Do governors have the authority to issue executive orders to shelter-in-place or quarantine?
Can the legislature prioritize some business activity as “essential” while not granting that status to others?
Ten Surprising Things We Learned from the Michael Jordan (Level B2)
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Since he retired for good in 2003, Michael Jordan has been an elusive figure.
He’s played in and hosted celebrity golf tournaments.
Occasionally he marketed his Nike clothing line.
He ventured quietly into NBA ownership.
Even as the owner of the Charlotte Hornets, Jordan has rarely gone on the record.
The Last Dance, which premieres on April 19, adds color and context to his career.
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The series relies primarily on retrospective interviews from Jordan, his Bulls teammates and Phil Jackson, the coach.
And though it focuses heavily on the team’s ascent to greatness, it doesn’t shy away from the thornier elements of Jordan’s legacy.
There have long been rumors about Jordan’s gambling and whether it became a problem during his career.
Jordan presents the flimsy argument that his gambling can’t be a problem because he’s not struggling financially.
Jordan made the Bulls internationally relevant.
Amazon’s Autonomous Vehicles (Level C1)
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Many consumers have turned to online stores that can deliver right to their door.
Families stock up on food and household staples, including toilet paper and hand sanitizers.
The demand is so overwhelming that Amazon can no longer offer one- or two-day deliveries for its customers.
Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has jumped headlong into the autonomous vehicle race.
Bezos sees a future where packages will be delivered by self-driving vans, small bots rolling through neighborhoods and drones.
And they will be unstoppable because robots don’t catch the flu.
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While helping the afflicted is a noble cause, that’s not why Bezos is embracing this technology.
The challenge for Amazon and all other grocers is that delivering food and other goods is costing the company a fortune.
In 2018, Amazon spent $27 billion on shipping—a 23 percent increase from the previous year.
The cost of a single delivery can range on the high end from $7 to $10.
McKinsey & Company predicts that autonomous deliveries to a customer’s door will allow retailers to slash shipping costs by more than 40 percent, saving Amazon more than $10 billion a year, and giving it yet another edge over its competitors.
So the race is on to create reliable and affordable autonomous delivery vehicles.
Five Cities Vulnerable to Rising Seas (Level C1)
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The Thwaites Glacier is about the size of a U.S. swing state and holds enough ice to raise sea levels by about 10 feet.
Forty years ago, the Thwaites was thought to be shedding 40 billion tons of water each year.
Scientists recently upped that figure to 250 billion tons.
To their alarm, a river of warm water appears to be flowing beneath the glacier, which can only hasten the day when it collapses into the sea.
It could be a century from now, or a few decades.
No one really knows.
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Another underground river of warm water was recently discovered under the Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden Glacier.
It is expected to add between a foot-and-a-half and 5 feet to ocean levels in the next 200 years.
These projections carry some uncertainty, but one thing seems pretty clear: the next century will be tough for coastal city dwellers.
Sea levels are rising about 3 millimeters each year, and by the end of the century, the oceans could rise at least 2 feet over 2005 levels.
Hundreds of coastal cities around the world will be at heightened risk of flooding in the next few decades.
Mental Health Toll of Coronavirus (Level C1)
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Tom Insel has watched the nation grapple with plenty
of psychologically challenging situations over his long career.
But nothing in his experience has tested the nation’s psychological resilience like COVID-19.
Millions of Americans are living in fear of contracting a deadly new disease.
They are contemplating rising unemployment and the prospect of a worldwide economic collapse.
Mental health experts are now bracing for what Insel calls a “mental health tsunami.”
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They’re anticipating a steep rise in the diseases of isolation—suicides, opioid abuse, domestic violence and depression.
The same economic collapse that is putting people out of work is also eroding the ability of society to deal with the crisis.
In particular peril are the federally-funded mental-health clinics that treat millions of the poorest and sickest.
“We’ve never seen a moment where the demand for mental health care will be as great as it’s going to be in the next few months and next couple of years,” says Insel.
How lethal the fallout turns out to be may depend on the depth and duration of the current economic downturn.
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