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Today's Current Links--March 27-April 9

For an email notice that the latest links have been uploaded send and email with your email address. to  jbsolock1@gmail.com =============== This issue's Gems Travel Euronews (in English) (London, UK--funded in part by the European Union) Note: if these addresses do not work on a mobile phone, use the playlist link at the bottom of this item. Women Beyond Borders: First-person stories of female travelers from around the world (3 to 6 minutes) Meet the first black women to visit all countries in the world Meet the woman reaching new depths in travel Meet the woman who is travelling the world on horseback Women Beyond Borders Playlist Indigo Traveler Day 1: Arriving in Honduras (not safe) Inside Honduras' Most Dangerous Neighborhood (harsh reality) NHK World (Japan) Frozen Beauty at Dawn and Dusk: Hokkaido in Midwinter - Journeys in Japan Poetry SmithsonianNMAI (National Museum of the American Indian) Indigenous Poetry: Resilience Reflecting on a difficult year, Indigenous poets

Today's Current Links--March 17-26, 2021

 For an email notice that the latest links have been uploaded send and email with your email address. to  jbsolock1@gmail.com =============== March 17-26 Gems Sports Note: all the below links except Swimming and Diving, Wrestling, and Water Polo, are highlights. These three are full match/race/bout videos. March Madness (NCAA Basketball Tournament)(Mens) Highlights (short and extended) and Press Conference Playlist Includes full overtime video of Oral Roberts v Ohio State For the games you might have missed. Terrific, exhaustive coverage. Note: Press conferences are listed first, scroll down for highlights. Women's Basketball Playlist Women's Ice Hockey Playlist  (University of Wisconsin-Madison wins the National Championship--winning goal in Overtime) Mens and Women's Swimming and Diving Playlist Water Polo   Men's 2020* Water Polo Final (held in March 2021, 2021 Tournament will be held this Fall). Also included in the playlist are full match videos of the 2018 and 201

Today's Current Links--March 15-16, 2021

For an email notice that the latest links have been uploaded send and email with your email address. to  jbsolock1@gmail.com =============== Today's Gems Comedy BBC Comedy Greats Fawlty Towers FUNNIEST MOMENTS: The Staff   Charlie Berens (comedy) When Friends Help Remodel, 5 Stages Rainer Hersch Fan Channel (comedy) INCREDIBLE 📽MOVIE MUSIC put against THE WRONG MOVIES!!! | Rainer Hersch Orkestra --- Culture and Science Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Maya Astronomy and Mathematics—Yesterday and Today This 75-minute teacher webinar focused on the ways in which the Maya have used the Sun to track time for thousands of years. Ancestral calendars are relevant today to millions of Maya communities in Mesoamerica, who us their knowledge of astronomy and mathematics to time ceremonies and to plan their agricultural cycle. The content in the webinar connects to the Living Maya Time online resource ( http://maya.nmai.si.edu/ ​), featuring videos of solar alignments with