Concussions in sports we are look back at the year that was. Al from snap chat, social media continues to penetrate every aspect of our lives. With he break down some of the biggest changes in the world. And well take a look back at the notable people who left us this year. Welcome to the special Holiday Edition of consider this. We begin with the stories that made the biggest headlines. The the government shut down that no one really wanted but no one could really stop to the birth of a royal baby who is a long way off from inheriting the throne, but who everybody wanted to talk about anyway. We will start with the top political stories then move on to security, the international scene, and some of the top water cooler stories of 2013. David road, prize winning reporter, and tony karen, senior on line executive producer and Senior Editor at time. Com. Great to have you with us today. I want to start with the government shut down, was arguably the biggest is story of the year. Really d
We have three people rolling joints for two days straight. Giving new meaning for Rocky Mountain high. Today smoking pot for fun is legal in colorado. [ music ] good morning. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. On this january 1st, 2014. Im stephanie sy. After watching millions around the world celebrate the new year it was americas turn to ring in 2014 with midnight fireworks and festivities, the celebration on the west coast took place three hours ago. Thousands watched as the space needle went up. Further down the coast San Francisco had a 15 minute Fireworks Show over the bay and in chicago they brushed off a snow storm to view the fireworks over lake michigan. In new york more than a million packed into times square. Revellers packed in to see the ball drop. Supreme Court Justice so. Onya sotomyor returned to her home town, pressing the button that triggered the ball jot. She was at the center of a lastminute legal decision, hours before the Affordable Care act was set to take mect eff
Lit be legal for anyone over 21 to smoke pot and buy it in licensed stores. Marijuana use, possession and sales are still illegal in nearly every other state. Wall street the dow rose more than 26 , its best year since the mid 90s. The s p 500 also saw huge gains. The Federal Reserve kept Interest Rates low so people could borrow money. Utah has taken its fight against gay marriage all the way to the Supreme Court. Legalized earlier this year, those are the headlines, this is next. Some major stories made 2131 for the history books. Al from jame miswinston winning the heisman to the growing epidemic of concussions in sports we are look back at the year that was. Al from snap chat, social media continues to penetrate every aspect of our lives. With he break down some of the biggest changes in the world. And well take a look back at the notable people who left us this year. Welcome to the special Holiday Edition of consider this. We begin with the stories that made the biggest headlines.
Californias numer juan a laws go into effect allowing anyone over 21 to smoke marijuana. Buying, selling and smoking weed are illegal. The wow rouse more thto the year since 1997. The nasdaq is up 38 . One reason, the Federal Reserve promised to keep Interest Rates low. Consider this is up next. Al from jame miswinston winning the heisman to the growing epidemic of concussions in sports we are look back at the year that was. Al from snap chat, social media continues to penetrate every aspect of our lives. With he break down some of the biggest changes in the world. And well take a look back at the notable people who left us this year. Welcome to the special Holiday Edition of consider this. We begin with the stories that made the biggest headlines. The the government shut down that no one really wanted but no one could really stop to the birth of a royal baby who is a long way off from inheriting the throne, but who everybody wanted to talk about anyway. We will start with the top poli
Anawalt its true that his works took a beating. Dance critics needed to make sure that people understood Gerald Arpino is a brated choreographer and George Balanchine is a. Woman what gerry arpino did was he took the classical vocabulary and he then stretched it in a way which was very american and very modern, to be more exaggerated to be faster to be more dynamic. It was really trying to find a way to hold onto that tradition of classical ballet but to give it that modern american sensibility. Kisselgoff the thing is that, he choreographed for the moment. He was of his time. Some works died very soon, but some did not. Weiss gerry was an eclectic choreographer. He didnt really have one style. At that time, ballet was the conservatory and i think by breaking out of that, he probably threatened some people, and also, frankly, there were moments when he went overboard. Mckenzie i always had a love hate relationship with gerry in the studio. In retrospect, he broke down a holierthanthou