Tuesday, June 13, 2017
We Deserve the Truth
I questioned Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The American people don’t deserve evasion - we deserve the truth. pic.twitter.com/rIcE6ATDcl— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) June 14, 2017
Monday, June 12, 2017
A Daddy's Love
Mitch Albom is one of my favorite writers.
The story he shares below is hopeful and heart breaking and true.
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/mitch-albom/2017/06/11/chika-story-daughter-cancer-mitch-albom/322589001/?csp=breakingnews
The story he shares below is hopeful and heart breaking and true.
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/mitch-albom/2017/06/11/chika-story-daughter-cancer-mitch-albom/322589001/?csp=breakingnews
First Black Pilot Retires
From the Huffington Post -
Southwest’s First Black Pilot Retires With A Tear-Jerking Sendoff
Louis Freeman started with the airline almost four decades ago.
By Suzy Strutner
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/southwest-black-pilot_us_593add63e4b024026878e23f?section=us_black-voices
Southwest’s First Black Pilot Retires With A Tear-Jerking Sendoff
Louis Freeman started with the airline almost four decades ago.
By Suzy Strutner
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/southwest-black-pilot_us_593add63e4b024026878e23f?section=us_black-voices
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Men's Style
From the NY Times -
A Men’s Label, Born on Instagram
By VALERIYA SAFRONOVA
Two men — one in Miami, the other in New York, both passionate about suits — stumble upon each other on Instagram. They feel a connection. Mutual respect on social media turns into real-life camaraderie. They meet, they click, they draw up a plan.
A business is born.
That is the origin story of Musika Frère, a label that specializes in custom suits that often come in unusual colors or patterns, and has drawn a clientele that includes Jay Z, Michael B. Jordan, Stephen Curry, Kevin Hart and even Beyoncé.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/fashion/mens-style/suits-beyonce-jay-z-stephen-curry-musika-frere.html
A Men’s Label, Born on Instagram
By VALERIYA SAFRONOVA
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| Aleks Musika, left, and Davidson Petit-Frère have drawn a clientele that includes Jay Z and Stephen Curry. Credit Sasha Arutyunova for The New York Times |
Two men — one in Miami, the other in New York, both passionate about suits — stumble upon each other on Instagram. They feel a connection. Mutual respect on social media turns into real-life camaraderie. They meet, they click, they draw up a plan.
A business is born.
That is the origin story of Musika Frère, a label that specializes in custom suits that often come in unusual colors or patterns, and has drawn a clientele that includes Jay Z, Michael B. Jordan, Stephen Curry, Kevin Hart and even Beyoncé.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/fashion/mens-style/suits-beyonce-jay-z-stephen-curry-musika-frere.html
Imagine If
From the Huffington Post -
Syrian Artist Paints World Leaders As Refugees
Trump, Obama, Merkel and more are depicted as displaced people.
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/syrian-artist-abdalla-al-omari-world-leaders-trump-refugees_us_59397ef1e4b0b13f2c683449
Syrian Artist Paints World Leaders As Refugees
Trump, Obama, Merkel and more are depicted as displaced people.
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/syrian-artist-abdalla-al-omari-world-leaders-trump-refugees_us_59397ef1e4b0b13f2c683449
History Lesson - Baseball
From the Undefeated -
Once upon a time, Negro League stars came out to play in Mexico
By Eric Gomez
The likes of Josh Gibson, Roy Campanella, Ray Dandridge and Monte Irvin have been enshrined in Mexico's hall of fame. It is Irvin, the late New York Giants star, who perhaps encapsulated his experience in Mexico best.
“You could go anywhere, go to any theater, do anything, eat in any restaurant, just like anybody else, and it was wonderful,” Irvin said at the time.
http://www.espn.com/blog/onenacion/post/_/id/7543/once-upon-a-time-negro-league-stars-came-out-to-play-in-mexico
Once upon a time, Negro League stars came out to play in Mexico
By Eric Gomez
The likes of Josh Gibson, Roy Campanella, Ray Dandridge and Monte Irvin have been enshrined in Mexico's hall of fame. It is Irvin, the late New York Giants star, who perhaps encapsulated his experience in Mexico best.
“You could go anywhere, go to any theater, do anything, eat in any restaurant, just like anybody else, and it was wonderful,” Irvin said at the time.
http://www.espn.com/blog/onenacion/post/_/id/7543/once-upon-a-time-negro-league-stars-came-out-to-play-in-mexico
A Useful Template
From the NY Times -
The White House Leak Template for Journalists
With an endless stream of revelations and leaks about the Trump administration, it can be difficult for reporters to keep up. Here’s an easy-to-fill-in template that can help.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/10/opinion/sunday/opart-white-house-leak-template.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
The White House Leak Template for Journalists
With an endless stream of revelations and leaks about the Trump administration, it can be difficult for reporters to keep up. Here’s an easy-to-fill-in template that can help.
By TEDDY WAYNE and BEN BARRY
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/10/opinion/sunday/opart-white-house-leak-template.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
A Diverse Two-Year Tech School
From the NY Times -
Holberton, a Two-Year Tech School, Emphasizes Diversity
By KATIE BENNER
Like many computer science students, Max Johnson spends his days learning new programming languages, working with mentors and meeting with technology company recruiters. But that’s where the similarities end between him and a student at Stanford or Caltech.
Mr. Johnson, 33, is part of an experimental two-year program called the Holberton School that aims to create a diverse group of engineers and place them in the industry’s top technology companies.
Like many Holberton students, Mr. Johnson did not major in math or computer science in college. He attended Saint Augustine’s University on a basketball scholarship and studied psychology. He is African-American in an overwhelmingly white industry and lives in his car because he cannot afford to pay rent in San Francisco. If he had to pay tuition up front, he would not be able to go to school.
“We want to remove any barrier to a high-quality education,” said Sylvain Kalache, one of the Holberton School founders. “No matter your age, gender, ethnicity or past professional life, you can come.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/education/holberton-a-two-year-tech-school-emphasizes-diversity.html?emc=edit_ca_20170608&nl=california-today&nlid=38867499&te=1&_r=0
Holberton, a Two-Year Tech School, Emphasizes Diversity
By KATIE BENNER
Like many computer science students, Max Johnson spends his days learning new programming languages, working with mentors and meeting with technology company recruiters. But that’s where the similarities end between him and a student at Stanford or Caltech.
Mr. Johnson, 33, is part of an experimental two-year program called the Holberton School that aims to create a diverse group of engineers and place them in the industry’s top technology companies.
Like many Holberton students, Mr. Johnson did not major in math or computer science in college. He attended Saint Augustine’s University on a basketball scholarship and studied psychology. He is African-American in an overwhelmingly white industry and lives in his car because he cannot afford to pay rent in San Francisco. If he had to pay tuition up front, he would not be able to go to school.
“We want to remove any barrier to a high-quality education,” said Sylvain Kalache, one of the Holberton School founders. “No matter your age, gender, ethnicity or past professional life, you can come.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/education/holberton-a-two-year-tech-school-emphasizes-diversity.html?emc=edit_ca_20170608&nl=california-today&nlid=38867499&te=1&_r=0
Robotics Can Help People Walk Again
From the Washington Post -
Robotics are helping paralyzed people walk again, but the price tag is huge
By Travis M. Andrews
In 2014, the ReWalk system became the first personal robotic exoskeleton approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The following year, the Department of Veterans Affairs agreed to cover the exoskeletons for qualifying vets. Meanwhile, several companies began touting similar devices. For example, Ekso makes units used to rehabilitate people after spinal cord injury or stroke.
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The ReWalk Personal 6.0 System costs, on average, $81,000. Ottobock’s C-Brace is priced at $75,000. For the Indego Personal, which received FDA approval last year, it is $98,000.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/robotics-are-helping-paralyzed-people-walk-again-but-the-price-tag-is-huge/2017/06/09/26843a78-46f0-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html?utm_term=.226371e6a97e&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
Robotics are helping paralyzed people walk again, but the price tag is huge
By Travis M. Andrews
In 2014, the ReWalk system became the first personal robotic exoskeleton approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The following year, the Department of Veterans Affairs agreed to cover the exoskeletons for qualifying vets. Meanwhile, several companies began touting similar devices. For example, Ekso makes units used to rehabilitate people after spinal cord injury or stroke.
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The ReWalk Personal 6.0 System costs, on average, $81,000. Ottobock’s C-Brace is priced at $75,000. For the Indego Personal, which received FDA approval last year, it is $98,000.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/robotics-are-helping-paralyzed-people-walk-again-but-the-price-tag-is-huge/2017/06/09/26843a78-46f0-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html?utm_term=.226371e6a97e&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
Comey in College
An excerpt from the Chronicle -
The Story of James Comey’s Most Explosive Investigation — in College
By Adam Harris
The year was 1980, and Mr. Comey, the future director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was a student journalist at the College of William & Mary.
Years later, after the release on Wednesday night of his sworn testimony to the U.S. Senate’s Intelligence Committee, several people would applaud his prowess as a storyteller. But Mr. Comey’s work at The Flat Hat, the college’s student newspaper, received far less applause that fall semester.
In a three-part series first noted by The New Yorker, he chronicled a challenge that still plagues many colleges today: recruiting and retaining black students and faculty members. The number of black students on the campus, in Williamsburg, Va., had leveled off after years of enrollment gains, and its most recent freshman class had seen a decline. There were just three black faculty members.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Story-of-James-Comey-s/240294?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest
The Story of James Comey’s Most Explosive Investigation — in College
By Adam Harris
The year was 1980, and Mr. Comey, the future director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was a student journalist at the College of William & Mary.
Years later, after the release on Wednesday night of his sworn testimony to the U.S. Senate’s Intelligence Committee, several people would applaud his prowess as a storyteller. But Mr. Comey’s work at The Flat Hat, the college’s student newspaper, received far less applause that fall semester.
In a three-part series first noted by The New Yorker, he chronicled a challenge that still plagues many colleges today: recruiting and retaining black students and faculty members. The number of black students on the campus, in Williamsburg, Va., had leveled off after years of enrollment gains, and its most recent freshman class had seen a decline. There were just three black faculty members.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Story-of-James-Comey-s/240294?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest
He Nailed It
From the Atlantic -
The Five Lines of Defense Against Comey—and Why They Failed
Trump’s supporters attacked the former FBI director’s testimony, but didn’t manage to discredit it.
By DAVID FRUM
Friends of the president will reply that the Comey hearing did not produce a smoking gun. That’s true. But the floor is littered with cartridge casings, there’s a smell of gunpowder in the air, bullet holes in the wall, and a warm weapon on the table. Comey showed himself credible, convincing, and consistent. Against him are arrayed the confused excuses of the least credible president in modern American history.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-five-lines-of-defense-against-comeyand-why-they-failed/529743/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-060917
The Five Lines of Defense Against Comey—and Why They Failed
Trump’s supporters attacked the former FBI director’s testimony, but didn’t manage to discredit it.
By DAVID FRUM
Friends of the president will reply that the Comey hearing did not produce a smoking gun. That’s true. But the floor is littered with cartridge casings, there’s a smell of gunpowder in the air, bullet holes in the wall, and a warm weapon on the table. Comey showed himself credible, convincing, and consistent. Against him are arrayed the confused excuses of the least credible president in modern American history.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-five-lines-of-defense-against-comeyand-why-they-failed/529743/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-060917
Friday, June 9, 2017
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Free College Tuition for New Yorkers
From the Huffington Post -
Here's how to apply for free SUNY tuition
By Jon Campbell
ALBANY - New York received more than 3,000 applications for free SUNY and CUNY tuition by mid-afternoon Wednesday, the opening day of a six-week application period.
The state Higher Education Services Corp. began accepting applications Wednesday for the Excelsior Scholarship program, which will wipe out tuition at the state's public colleges and universities for income-eligible students.
Prospective students have until July 21 to apply. You can find the application at hesc.ny.gov/excelsior.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2017/06/07/heres-how-apply-free-suny-tuition/102590210/
Here's how to apply for free SUNY tuition
By Jon Campbell
ALBANY - New York received more than 3,000 applications for free SUNY and CUNY tuition by mid-afternoon Wednesday, the opening day of a six-week application period.
The state Higher Education Services Corp. began accepting applications Wednesday for the Excelsior Scholarship program, which will wipe out tuition at the state's public colleges and universities for income-eligible students.
Prospective students have until July 21 to apply. You can find the application at hesc.ny.gov/excelsior.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2017/06/07/heres-how-apply-free-suny-tuition/102590210/
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Bright Kid
My brother is an animal genius and wanted me to share it w you guys. He titles this: Trees danger and other animals pic.twitter.com/N21Wr5maqt— Britney C. (@Alkebulan_) June 5, 2017
Kids Quoting Trump
Kids Are Quoting Trump To Bully Their Classmates And Teachers Don’t Know What To Do About It
BuzzFeed News reviewed more than 50 reports of school bullying since the election and found that kids nationwide are using Trump’s words to taunt their classmates. If the president can say those things, why can’t they?
By Albert Samaha
https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertsamaha/kids-are-quoting-trump-to-bully-their-classmates?utm_term=.lcdVVwGnz#.ju9rrxERl
Robin Hood of the Internet
An excerpt from SiliconBeat -
Parking ticket-fighting robot DoNotPay comes to San Francisco
By Marisa Kendall
DoNotPay, an online service that uses a robot lawyer to help drivers fight parking tickets, is coming to San Francisco.
Founded by London native and Stanford University student Joshua Browder, DoNotPay asks the user a series of questions — such as whether there are visible parking signs at the scene — determines whether the user can appeal, and guides the user through the appeals process.
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2017/01/17/parking-ticket-fighting-robot-comes-san-francisco/
Parking ticket-fighting robot DoNotPay comes to San Francisco
By Marisa Kendall
DoNotPay, an online service that uses a robot lawyer to help drivers fight parking tickets, is coming to San Francisco.
Founded by London native and Stanford University student Joshua Browder, DoNotPay asks the user a series of questions — such as whether there are visible parking signs at the scene — determines whether the user can appeal, and guides the user through the appeals process.
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2017/01/17/parking-ticket-fighting-robot-comes-san-francisco/
Women Engineers
From Wired -
WOMEN ENGINEERS ON THE RAMPANT SEXISM OF SILICON VALLEY
By KAYLA LACOUR
https://www.wired.com/2017/06/women-engineers-rampant-sexism-silicon-valley/?mbid=nl_6717_p9&CNDID=
WOMEN ENGINEERS ON THE RAMPANT SEXISM OF SILICON VALLEY
By KAYLA LACOUR
https://www.wired.com/2017/06/women-engineers-rampant-sexism-silicon-valley/?mbid=nl_6717_p9&CNDID=
We Didn't Need a Study
From BlackAmericaWeb -
Cops Less Respectful To African-Americans, Stanford Study Finds
Researchers analyzed body camera footage from Oakland Police Department traffic stops.
By Nigel Roberts
A new study quantifies what many African-Americans already know, or at least suspect—cops are more discourteous in some communities than in others.
What’s being called “the first systematic analysis” of police body camera footage reveals a consistent pattern of officers using less respectful language toward Black people compared to Whites during traffic stops, Stanford University reports.
The study, published on Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that officers were 57 percent more likely to speak politely to White people during traffic stops, including making apologies and thanking motorists.
At the same time, Black motorists were 61 percent more likely to hear demeaning language, such as cops calling them “bro” or ordering them to keep their “hands on the wheel.”
https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/06/06/cops-less-respectful-to-african-americans-stanford-study-finds/?omcamp=es-baw-nl&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Blast%20%2806/07/17%29&utm_term=BAW%20Subscribers%20%28Daily%29
Cops Less Respectful To African-Americans, Stanford Study Finds
Researchers analyzed body camera footage from Oakland Police Department traffic stops.
By Nigel Roberts
A new study quantifies what many African-Americans already know, or at least suspect—cops are more discourteous in some communities than in others.
What’s being called “the first systematic analysis” of police body camera footage reveals a consistent pattern of officers using less respectful language toward Black people compared to Whites during traffic stops, Stanford University reports.
The study, published on Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that officers were 57 percent more likely to speak politely to White people during traffic stops, including making apologies and thanking motorists.
At the same time, Black motorists were 61 percent more likely to hear demeaning language, such as cops calling them “bro” or ordering them to keep their “hands on the wheel.”
https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/06/06/cops-less-respectful-to-african-americans-stanford-study-finds/?omcamp=es-baw-nl&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Blast%20%2806/07/17%29&utm_term=BAW%20Subscribers%20%28Daily%29
Compensation for Flight Delays
Point. Scan. Cha-ching! Compensation for #flightdelays just got even easier with the NEW boarding pass scanner ✈️📱💰https://t.co/cWWrMLVEOY pic.twitter.com/e0LxKHYHLR— AirHelp (@theairhelper) May 30, 2017
Boycotting the NFL
From the NY Daily News -
KING: I'm boycotting the NFL because of its blatant bigotry and anti-blackness
By Shaun King
I love sports. Since I was a young boy, they've been one of the greatest passions of my life. For many years, my dream was to be a general manager of a professional sports team. I still think about it actually and sometimes allow my mind to drift to what my life would look like if I still went that route. The stance I am taking today did not come easily. It's heartbreaking, actually.
I'm an NFL fan. I watch the draft. I pay extra for the season pass on television so I can watch every single game. I follow the stats and standings and rankings religiously. It's an escape for me. Day in and day out, as I fight against injustice, watching a great game allows me to decompress from the stress of the cases I'm working on or writing about. I'm 37 years old and literally cannot remember a year in my life where I have not been a sports junkie.
But I won't be watching the NFL this year. I can't, in good conscience, support this league, with many of its pro-Trump owners, as it blacklists my friend and brother Colin Kaepernick for taking a silent, peaceful stance against injustice and police brutality in America. It's disgusting and has absolutely nothing to do with football and everything to do with penalizing a brilliant young man for the principled stance he took last season.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/king-boycotting-nfl-anti-blackness-article-1.3225720
KING: I'm boycotting the NFL because of its blatant bigotry and anti-blackness
By Shaun King
I love sports. Since I was a young boy, they've been one of the greatest passions of my life. For many years, my dream was to be a general manager of a professional sports team. I still think about it actually and sometimes allow my mind to drift to what my life would look like if I still went that route. The stance I am taking today did not come easily. It's heartbreaking, actually.
I'm an NFL fan. I watch the draft. I pay extra for the season pass on television so I can watch every single game. I follow the stats and standings and rankings religiously. It's an escape for me. Day in and day out, as I fight against injustice, watching a great game allows me to decompress from the stress of the cases I'm working on or writing about. I'm 37 years old and literally cannot remember a year in my life where I have not been a sports junkie.
But I won't be watching the NFL this year. I can't, in good conscience, support this league, with many of its pro-Trump owners, as it blacklists my friend and brother Colin Kaepernick for taking a silent, peaceful stance against injustice and police brutality in America. It's disgusting and has absolutely nothing to do with football and everything to do with penalizing a brilliant young man for the principled stance he took last season.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/king-boycotting-nfl-anti-blackness-article-1.3225720
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Aspiring College Journalists of Color
From ProPublica -
Are You an Aspiring College Journalist of Color? Apply to Our Emerging Reporters Program
Are you a college student of color interested in doing great journalism? ProPublica wants to help.
We are a nonprofit investigative newsroom and we’re offering stipends again this academic year to five minority students who work or want to work at college journalism outlets — newspapers, websites, radio stations or TV stations. We want to make college journalism accessible to students for whom it would otherwise be financially out of reach. Students can apply for the stipends annually. Those selected will receive $4,500 per semester.
https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/item/aspiring-college-journalist-of-color-apply-emerging-reporters-program-2017
Are You an Aspiring College Journalist of Color? Apply to Our Emerging Reporters Program
Are you a college student of color interested in doing great journalism? ProPublica wants to help.
We are a nonprofit investigative newsroom and we’re offering stipends again this academic year to five minority students who work or want to work at college journalism outlets — newspapers, websites, radio stations or TV stations. We want to make college journalism accessible to students for whom it would otherwise be financially out of reach. Students can apply for the stipends annually. Those selected will receive $4,500 per semester.
https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/item/aspiring-college-journalist-of-color-apply-emerging-reporters-program-2017
Flash Sale - Cheap Flights
From the Washington Post -
These airlines are offering one-way flights for less than $60
By Jonnelle Marte
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2017/06/05/these-airlines-are-offering-one-way-flights-for-less-than-60/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-business%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.acb2d87b42c5
These airlines are offering one-way flights for less than $60
By Jonnelle Marte
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2017/06/05/these-airlines-are-offering-one-way-flights-for-less-than-60/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-business%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.acb2d87b42c5
Black Travel Guide
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
‘The Green Book of South Carolina’ is the go-to black travel guide for this summer
This new app allows users to easily find historic black sites in South Carolina
BY MAYA A. JONES
Those seeking to find historic sites that dig deeper into the rich African-American culture of South Carolina this summer will be able to search for exactly what they need with the click of an app.
The Green Book of South Carolina, the brainchild of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, is a free mobile travel guide app that highlights more than 300 sites, including cultural attractions, historic cemeteries, districts and markers, and even historically black colleges and universities in the area. The user-friendly app categorizes the sites and uses geotags and interactive maps to show places located within 25 miles of a user’s location.
https://theundefeated.com/features/the-green-book-of-south-carolina-travel-guide/
‘The Green Book of South Carolina’ is the go-to black travel guide for this summer
This new app allows users to easily find historic black sites in South Carolina
BY MAYA A. JONES
Those seeking to find historic sites that dig deeper into the rich African-American culture of South Carolina this summer will be able to search for exactly what they need with the click of an app.
The Green Book of South Carolina, the brainchild of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, is a free mobile travel guide app that highlights more than 300 sites, including cultural attractions, historic cemeteries, districts and markers, and even historically black colleges and universities in the area. The user-friendly app categorizes the sites and uses geotags and interactive maps to show places located within 25 miles of a user’s location.
https://theundefeated.com/features/the-green-book-of-south-carolina-travel-guide/
A Modern-Day Pioneer
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
This Johns Hopkins grad is the modern-day Katherine Johnson
25-year-old engineer Ariel Bowers is forging her own path just like the NASA ‘hidden figure’
BY ANGELA TUCK
John Hopkins graduate Ariel Bowers spends her days testing software for the James Webb Space Telescope, a state-of-the-art NASA telescope that will be launched into space next year.
The Baltimore native has been peering into the night sky in search of stars and constellations since she was a little girl. At 25, she’s a modern-day Katherine Johnson, the NASA scientist portrayed in the award-winning movie Hidden Figures.
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Bowers is an integration and test engineer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. She is the lead engineer in testing the telescope’s data management subsystem.
https://theundefeated.com/features/johns-hopkins-grad-ariel-bowers-modern-day-katherine-johnson/
This Johns Hopkins grad is the modern-day Katherine Johnson
25-year-old engineer Ariel Bowers is forging her own path just like the NASA ‘hidden figure’
BY ANGELA TUCK
John Hopkins graduate Ariel Bowers spends her days testing software for the James Webb Space Telescope, a state-of-the-art NASA telescope that will be launched into space next year.
The Baltimore native has been peering into the night sky in search of stars and constellations since she was a little girl. At 25, she’s a modern-day Katherine Johnson, the NASA scientist portrayed in the award-winning movie Hidden Figures.
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Bowers is an integration and test engineer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. She is the lead engineer in testing the telescope’s data management subsystem.
https://theundefeated.com/features/johns-hopkins-grad-ariel-bowers-modern-day-katherine-johnson/
Gratitude for Black Teachers
From the Huffington Post -
Gratitude For Black Teachers
By Addie M. Rimmer, Contributor
Director, Student Learning, Workforce Opportunity Services
I recently came across a piece titled, “Where Did All the Black Teachers Go,” by Brent Staples of the New York Times. I shared the piece with friends and colleagues across the U.S. The recipients have thanked me and agreed with how important this issue is.
A former New York City principal wrote, “So sad.” A colleague in Dallas believes one of his three daughters wants to become a teacher and said, “This is so important and it’s amazing how this was not that long ago.” A former student in Alexandria, Louisiana, said she had posted the article on Facebook, calling it a “good read.” A friend whose daughter teaches in a charter school in southwest Detroit said the article was helpful to both of them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gratitude-for-black-teachers_us_59272c3de4b0d2a92f2f421d?section=us_black-voices
Gratitude For Black Teachers
By Addie M. Rimmer, Contributor
Director, Student Learning, Workforce Opportunity Services
I recently came across a piece titled, “Where Did All the Black Teachers Go,” by Brent Staples of the New York Times. I shared the piece with friends and colleagues across the U.S. The recipients have thanked me and agreed with how important this issue is.
A former New York City principal wrote, “So sad.” A colleague in Dallas believes one of his three daughters wants to become a teacher and said, “This is so important and it’s amazing how this was not that long ago.” A former student in Alexandria, Louisiana, said she had posted the article on Facebook, calling it a “good read.” A friend whose daughter teaches in a charter school in southwest Detroit said the article was helpful to both of them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gratitude-for-black-teachers_us_59272c3de4b0d2a92f2f421d?section=us_black-voices
Bookish Black Girls
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/well-read-black-girl-festival_us_59358b14e4b0cfcda9165d70?section=us_black-voices
Mom's Speech
From the Huffington Post -
Mom’s Speech About Her Baby With Down Syndrome Will Take Your Breath Away
She thought she wasn’t “cut out to be this kind of mother.” She was wrong.
By Taylor Pittman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/moms-speech-about-her-baby-with-down-syndrome-will-take-your-breath-away_us_5936f60ce4b0cfcda9184e71?section=us_black-voices
Mom’s Speech About Her Baby With Down Syndrome Will Take Your Breath Away
She thought she wasn’t “cut out to be this kind of mother.” She was wrong.
By Taylor Pittman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/moms-speech-about-her-baby-with-down-syndrome-will-take-your-breath-away_us_5936f60ce4b0cfcda9184e71?section=us_black-voices
Haka
This Video Of Jason Momoa Performing The Haka Will Give You Life
Hot. Damn.
By Shyla Watson
https://www.buzzfeed.com/shylawatson/this-video-of-jason-momoa-performing-the-haka-will-give-you?utm_term=.ju9rrxERl#.el9DDZMWP
The Power of Being 'Blasian' | KQED Arts
http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/06/06/blasian-narratives-theater-project-explores-being-mixed-race-black-and-asian/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=20170606NewsDaily&mc_key=00Qi000001UhEHXEA3
Mom Wears Combat Boots
http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/06/05/badass-women-of-washington-nadja-west-dana-bash-orig.cnn/video/playlists/badass-women-of-washington/
Monday, June 5, 2017
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Concierge Medicine
An excerpt from the NY Times -
The Doctor Is In. Co-Pay? $40,000.
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Money has always made a big difference in the medical world: fancier rooms at hospitals, better food and access to the latest treatments and technology. Concierge practices, where patients pay several thousand dollars a year so they can quickly reach their primary care doctor, with guaranteed same-day appointments, have been around for decades.
But these aren’t the concierge doctors you’ve heard about — and that’s intentional.
Dr. Shlain’s Private Medical group does not advertise and has virtually no presence on the web, and new patients come strictly by word of mouth. But with annual fees that range from $40,000 to $80,000 (more than 10 times what conventional concierge practices charge), the suite of services goes far beyond 24-hour access or a Nespresso machine in the waiting room.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/business/economy/high-end-medical-care.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&src=me&WT.nav=MostEmailed
The Doctor Is In. Co-Pay? $40,000.
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Money has always made a big difference in the medical world: fancier rooms at hospitals, better food and access to the latest treatments and technology. Concierge practices, where patients pay several thousand dollars a year so they can quickly reach their primary care doctor, with guaranteed same-day appointments, have been around for decades.
But these aren’t the concierge doctors you’ve heard about — and that’s intentional.
Dr. Shlain’s Private Medical group does not advertise and has virtually no presence on the web, and new patients come strictly by word of mouth. But with annual fees that range from $40,000 to $80,000 (more than 10 times what conventional concierge practices charge), the suite of services goes far beyond 24-hour access or a Nespresso machine in the waiting room.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/business/economy/high-end-medical-care.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&src=me&WT.nav=MostEmailed
The Wire vs. Breaking Bad
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-wire-vs-breaking-bad-which-show-reigns-supreme_us_5931d254e4b02478cb9b91f9?6pr
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Funky Bridge
From Sactown Magazine -
http://www.sactownmag.com/June-July-2017/Spanning-the-Future/
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| The Lucky Knot bridge in Changsha, China, which opened in 2016, was the result of an international design competition. It has a 78-foot clearance for boats. |
http://www.sactownmag.com/June-July-2017/Spanning-the-Future/
Friday, June 2, 2017
Out
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/paris-climate-agreement-withdrawal/?hpid=hp_no-name_graphic-story-b%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.cd7a3e9bc81a
The Police Only Saw Black
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
TIGER WOODS SAYS HE’S ‘CABLINASIAN,’ BUT THE POLICE ONLY SAW BLACK
The golfer’s DUI arrest highlights the country’s ‘one-drop’ rule and his complex relationship with black America
BY MICHAEL A. FLETCHER
Woods’ decision to embrace his full multiracial identity was respected by many African-Americans as his right. But others who celebrated his many breakthroughs and saw his success as their own, treated it as a rejection — not to mention a sign of naiveté, cowardice or even betrayal.
There were jokes that Woods would know he was black if he tried to catch a cab at night. Even Colin Powell, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, when asked about Woods, was quoted as saying, “In America, which I love from the depths of my heart and soul, when you look like me, you are still considered black.”
The criticism only intensified when Woods got caught up in the sex scandal that presaged his golfing decline and ended his marriage. Like his ex-wife, each of Woods’ many mistresses was white. The fallout weakened Woods’ already shaky standing among many African-Americans.
https://theundefeated.com/features/tiger-woods-dui-arrest-police-only-saw-black/
TIGER WOODS SAYS HE’S ‘CABLINASIAN,’ BUT THE POLICE ONLY SAW BLACK
The golfer’s DUI arrest highlights the country’s ‘one-drop’ rule and his complex relationship with black America
BY MICHAEL A. FLETCHER
Woods’ decision to embrace his full multiracial identity was respected by many African-Americans as his right. But others who celebrated his many breakthroughs and saw his success as their own, treated it as a rejection — not to mention a sign of naiveté, cowardice or even betrayal.
There were jokes that Woods would know he was black if he tried to catch a cab at night. Even Colin Powell, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, when asked about Woods, was quoted as saying, “In America, which I love from the depths of my heart and soul, when you look like me, you are still considered black.”
The criticism only intensified when Woods got caught up in the sex scandal that presaged his golfing decline and ended his marriage. Like his ex-wife, each of Woods’ many mistresses was white. The fallout weakened Woods’ already shaky standing among many African-Americans.
https://theundefeated.com/features/tiger-woods-dui-arrest-police-only-saw-black/
Quote 2
From the LA Times -
“Mr. President, your presidency is in a world of trouble, for you operate in the shadow of treason."
— John Dean
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-john-dean-trump-counsel-20170531-story.html
“Mr. President, your presidency is in a world of trouble, for you operate in the shadow of treason."
— John Dean
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-john-dean-trump-counsel-20170531-story.html
Quote
Donald asks "At what point does America get demeaned? At what point do they start laughing at us?"
Literally, the moment you were elected. - George Takei
Literally, the moment you were elected. - George Takei
Middle Finger to the World
An excerpt from Politico -
Why Trump Actually Pulled Out Of Paris
It wasn't because of the climate, or to help American business. He needed to troll the world—and this was his best shot so far.
By MICHAEL GRUNWALD
Trump’s abrupt withdrawal from this carefully crafted multilateral compromise was a diplomatic and political slap: it was about extending a middle finger to the world, while reminding his base that he shares its resentments of fancy-pants elites and smarty-pants scientists and tree-hugging squishes who look down on real Americans who drill for oil and dig for coal. He was thrusting the United States into the role of global renegade, rejecting not only the scientific consensus about climate but the international consensus for action, joining only Syria and Nicaragua (which wanted an even greener deal) in refusing to help the community of nations address a planetary problem. Congress doesn’t seem willing to pay for Trump’s border wall—and Mexico certainly isn’t—so rejecting the Paris deal was an easier way to express his Fortress America themes without having to pass legislation.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/01/why-trump-actually-pulled-out-of-paris-215218?cid=apn
Why Trump Actually Pulled Out Of Paris
It wasn't because of the climate, or to help American business. He needed to troll the world—and this was his best shot so far.
By MICHAEL GRUNWALD
Trump’s abrupt withdrawal from this carefully crafted multilateral compromise was a diplomatic and political slap: it was about extending a middle finger to the world, while reminding his base that he shares its resentments of fancy-pants elites and smarty-pants scientists and tree-hugging squishes who look down on real Americans who drill for oil and dig for coal. He was thrusting the United States into the role of global renegade, rejecting not only the scientific consensus about climate but the international consensus for action, joining only Syria and Nicaragua (which wanted an even greener deal) in refusing to help the community of nations address a planetary problem. Congress doesn’t seem willing to pay for Trump’s border wall—and Mexico certainly isn’t—so rejecting the Paris deal was an easier way to express his Fortress America themes without having to pass legislation.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/01/why-trump-actually-pulled-out-of-paris-215218?cid=apn
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
UAE = United American Emirate
An excerpt from the NY Times -
Trump’s United American Emirate
By Thomas L. Friedman
No U.S. president before had ever put a crack in the Atlantic alliance on his inaugural tour. Historic.
Merkel is just the first major leader to say out loud what every American ally is now realizing: America is under new management. “Who is America today?” is the first question I’ve been asked on each stop through New Zealand, Australia and South Korea. My answer: We’re not the U.S.A. anymore. We’re the new U.A.E.: the United American Emirate.
We have an emir. His name is Donald. We have a crown prince. His name is Jared. We have a crown princess. Her name is Ivanka. We have a consultative council (Congress) that rubber-stamps whatever the emir wants. And like any good monarchy, our ruling family sees no conflict of interest between its personal businesses and those of the state.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/opinion/trumps-united-american-emirate.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&src=me&WT.nav=MostEmailed&_r=0
Trump’s United American Emirate
By Thomas L. Friedman
No U.S. president before had ever put a crack in the Atlantic alliance on his inaugural tour. Historic.
Merkel is just the first major leader to say out loud what every American ally is now realizing: America is under new management. “Who is America today?” is the first question I’ve been asked on each stop through New Zealand, Australia and South Korea. My answer: We’re not the U.S.A. anymore. We’re the new U.A.E.: the United American Emirate.
We have an emir. His name is Donald. We have a crown prince. His name is Jared. We have a crown princess. Her name is Ivanka. We have a consultative council (Congress) that rubber-stamps whatever the emir wants. And like any good monarchy, our ruling family sees no conflict of interest between its personal businesses and those of the state.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/opinion/trumps-united-american-emirate.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&src=me&WT.nav=MostEmailed&_r=0
Trevor Noah Remembers
http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/31/trevor-noah-stepfather-shot-mother/?xid=email-email-ewtv-20170531PM-tout5
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