A Sunday Potpourri

I was expecting a slow week in the math blogosphere... but, I was WRONG! ...PLENTY to read; here's some of it:

1)  The latest "Math Teachers At Play" Carnival here:
http://tinyurl.com/nso9c9t

2)  Five "math gems" passed along from a UK secondary math teacher:
http://www.resourceaholic.com/2014/12/gems19.html

3)   Early in the week The Aperiodical pointed out a new math app game called "Just Get10".  Check it out here (hard to tell how popular it might become; I never expected 2048 to be the 'hit' that it was):
http://www.veewo.com/games/get10/

4)  A conversation with award-winning mathematician Ken Ono:
http://tinyurl.com/pxy8xqa

5)  We hear a lot about chess, but here's a little bit of interesting checkers history from Futility Closet:
http://tinyurl.com/oya9g46

6)  The world of big data/statistics is attracting more and more STEM women:
http://tinyurl.com/n995edt

7)  Statistics making the world a better place? (via Andrew Gelman):
http://andrewgelman.com/2014/12/23/using-statistics-make-world-better-place/

8)  Fun geometry from Mike Lawler (via James Tanton and James Key and a 3-D printer):
http://tinyurl.com/lzg2kl4

9)  Another interesting piece from Evelyn Lamb, this time on the homotopy of "holes" (which end up being like Santa Claus!):
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/2014/12/25/what-is-a-hole/

10)  A quick list from AMS of some celebrities who enjoy mathematics:
http://blogs.ams.org/mathgradblog/2014/12/26/celebrities-math/#sthash.TqNwebIC.dpbs

11)  In the unlikely event that some of my readers can even comprehend it, here is a recent update related to Mochizuki's proof of the ABC conjecture:
http://tinyurl.com/mw337nc

12)  Will end with another fine geometry puzzle from Stephen Cavadino:
https://cavmaths.wordpress.com/2014/12/27/rectangle-puzzle/