Thursday, June 15, 2017
Everyday Africa
From the Huffington Post -
Stunning Photos Bust Stereotypes Of What ‘Everyday Africa’ Looks Like
“The war and poverty parts are certainly present ― but there’s so much else.”
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Stunning Photos Bust Stereotypes Of What ‘Everyday Africa’ Looks Like
“The war and poverty parts are certainly present ― but there’s so much else.”
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/everyday-africa-instagram-photos_us_5940406fe4b003d5948b9586
"Christians" Struggle to Condemn White Supremacy
An excerpt from the Atlantic -
A Resolution Condemning White Supremacy Causes Chaos at the Southern Baptist Convention
At its annual meeting, the evangelical denomination initially declined to consider a statement of its opposition to the alt-right.
By EMMA GREEN
The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting turned chaotic in Phoenix this week over a resolution that condemned white supremacy and the alt-right. On Tuesday, leaders initially declined to consider the proposal submitted by a prominent black pastor in Texas, Dwight McKissic, and only changed course after a significant backlash. On Wednesday afternoon, the body passed a revised statement against the alt-right. But the drama over the resolution revealed deep tension lines within a denomination that was explicitly founded to support slavery.
A few weeks before the meeting was slated to start, McKissic published his draft resolution on a popular Southern Baptist blog called SBC Voices. The language was strong and pointed.
It affirmed that “there has arisen in the United States a growing menace to political order and justice that seeks to reignite social animosities, reverse improvements in race relations, divide our people, and foment hatred, classism, and ethnic cleansing.” It identified this “toxic menace” as white nationalism and the alt-right, and urged the denomination to oppose its “totalitarian impulses, xenophobic biases, and bigoted ideologies that infect the minds and actions of its violent disciples.” It claimed that the origin of white supremacy in Christian communities is a once-popular theory known as the “curse of Ham,” which taught that “God through Noah ordained descendants of Africa to be subservient to Anglos” and was used as justification for slavery and segregation. The resolution called on the denomination to denounce nationalism and “reject the retrograde ideologies, xenophobic biases, and racial bigotries of the so-called ‘alt-right’ that seek to subvert our government, destabilize society, and infect our political system.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-southern-baptist-convention-alt-right-white-supremacy/530244/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-061417
A Resolution Condemning White Supremacy Causes Chaos at the Southern Baptist Convention
At its annual meeting, the evangelical denomination initially declined to consider a statement of its opposition to the alt-right.
By EMMA GREEN
The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting turned chaotic in Phoenix this week over a resolution that condemned white supremacy and the alt-right. On Tuesday, leaders initially declined to consider the proposal submitted by a prominent black pastor in Texas, Dwight McKissic, and only changed course after a significant backlash. On Wednesday afternoon, the body passed a revised statement against the alt-right. But the drama over the resolution revealed deep tension lines within a denomination that was explicitly founded to support slavery.
A few weeks before the meeting was slated to start, McKissic published his draft resolution on a popular Southern Baptist blog called SBC Voices. The language was strong and pointed.
It affirmed that “there has arisen in the United States a growing menace to political order and justice that seeks to reignite social animosities, reverse improvements in race relations, divide our people, and foment hatred, classism, and ethnic cleansing.” It identified this “toxic menace” as white nationalism and the alt-right, and urged the denomination to oppose its “totalitarian impulses, xenophobic biases, and bigoted ideologies that infect the minds and actions of its violent disciples.” It claimed that the origin of white supremacy in Christian communities is a once-popular theory known as the “curse of Ham,” which taught that “God through Noah ordained descendants of Africa to be subservient to Anglos” and was used as justification for slavery and segregation. The resolution called on the denomination to denounce nationalism and “reject the retrograde ideologies, xenophobic biases, and racial bigotries of the so-called ‘alt-right’ that seek to subvert our government, destabilize society, and infect our political system.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-southern-baptist-convention-alt-right-white-supremacy/530244/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-061417
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Who Knew?
From Jalopnik -
Here's How Much Businesses Pay To Get On Those Big Blue Exit Signs
By David Tracy
http://jalopnik.com/heres-how-much-businesses-pay-to-get-on-those-big-blue-1795338950
Here's How Much Businesses Pay To Get On Those Big Blue Exit Signs
By David Tracy
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| Photo: Interestate Logos |
http://jalopnik.com/heres-how-much-businesses-pay-to-get-on-those-big-blue-1795338950
Medical Drones?
From WebMD -
Heart Attack? Drones Could Come to Your Rescue
Like something from a science fiction movie, the machines can fly in carrying life-saving equipment
By Alan Mozes
Drones have been proposed for some pretty mundane uses, such as delivering pizzas or packages, but new research suggests the high-flying machines could be used to swoop in and save lives.
Swedish researchers think drones can quickly deliver defibrillators to someone whose heart has suddenly stopped beating.
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20170613/cardiac-arrest-someday-drones-may-come-to-your-rescue#1
Heart Attack? Drones Could Come to Your Rescue
Like something from a science fiction movie, the machines can fly in carrying life-saving equipment
By Alan Mozes
Drones have been proposed for some pretty mundane uses, such as delivering pizzas or packages, but new research suggests the high-flying machines could be used to swoop in and save lives.
Swedish researchers think drones can quickly deliver defibrillators to someone whose heart has suddenly stopped beating.
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20170613/cardiac-arrest-someday-drones-may-come-to-your-rescue#1
Eclipse Simulator
From Astronomy Magazine -
Get a sneak peak of August’s total solar eclipse
This website simulates what the eclipse will look like from your location.
By Nicole Kiefert
The University of California, Berkeley teamed up with Google to create the Eclipse Megamovie Project, a new simulator that can show what the eclipse will look like from any location, including along the path of totality, which stretches across 11 states and goes up to 72 miles wide.
All you have to do is go to the website, enter the zip code or city you want to see, and you’ll receive an animation of the Sun in the sky over a three-hour time span. You’ll see whether you will stand in the path of totality on eclipse day, or alternatively how much of the Sun will disappear during the partial eclipse visible from other locations.
http://astronomy.com/news/2017/06/eclipse-simuation
https://eclipsemega.movie/simulator?lat=38.58157189999999&lng=-121.49439960000001
Get a sneak peak of August’s total solar eclipse
This website simulates what the eclipse will look like from your location.
By Nicole Kiefert
The University of California, Berkeley teamed up with Google to create the Eclipse Megamovie Project, a new simulator that can show what the eclipse will look like from any location, including along the path of totality, which stretches across 11 states and goes up to 72 miles wide.
All you have to do is go to the website, enter the zip code or city you want to see, and you’ll receive an animation of the Sun in the sky over a three-hour time span. You’ll see whether you will stand in the path of totality on eclipse day, or alternatively how much of the Sun will disappear during the partial eclipse visible from other locations.
http://astronomy.com/news/2017/06/eclipse-simuation
https://eclipsemega.movie/simulator?lat=38.58157189999999&lng=-121.49439960000001
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Where There's Smoke . . .
From the Washington Post -
Jeff Sessions wilts on the hot seat
By Jennifer Rubin
The contrast with Comey was striking. Sessions, grayer and older, looked nervous and shrunken in his seat, growing defensive at times. He weakly complained to Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) about her questioning. He sharply objected: “I’m not able to be rushed this fast, it makes me nervous.” Indeed, while Comey was relaxed, confident and expansive, Sessions was evasive and skittish. He repeatedly refused to answer questions, not invoking executive privilege but saying it was Justice Department “policy” not to talk about conversations with the president. Democrats repeatedly challenged him, accusing him of “stonewalling.” Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) slammed him: “You are impeding this investigation.” Heinrich told Sessions there’s no “appropriateness” standard that alleviates him from the need to testify under oath fully and completely. Heinrich flat out accused Sessions of “obstructing” the investigation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/06/13/jeff-sessions-wilts-on-the-hot-seat/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.bcadac977ef2
Jeff Sessions wilts on the hot seat
By Jennifer Rubin
The contrast with Comey was striking. Sessions, grayer and older, looked nervous and shrunken in his seat, growing defensive at times. He weakly complained to Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) about her questioning. He sharply objected: “I’m not able to be rushed this fast, it makes me nervous.” Indeed, while Comey was relaxed, confident and expansive, Sessions was evasive and skittish. He repeatedly refused to answer questions, not invoking executive privilege but saying it was Justice Department “policy” not to talk about conversations with the president. Democrats repeatedly challenged him, accusing him of “stonewalling.” Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) slammed him: “You are impeding this investigation.” Heinrich told Sessions there’s no “appropriateness” standard that alleviates him from the need to testify under oath fully and completely. Heinrich flat out accused Sessions of “obstructing” the investigation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/06/13/jeff-sessions-wilts-on-the-hot-seat/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.bcadac977ef2
Teen Vogue's New Editor-in-Chief
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teen-vogue-is-evolving-thanks-to-elaine-welteroth_us_59273920e4b065b396c06b48?section=us_black-voices
From the Huffington Post -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jessica-watkins-black-woman-nasa-astronaut_us_593ecb43e4b0c5a35ca1db95?section=us_black-voices
Y'ALL NASA JUST ANNOUNCED THEIR NEWEST ASTRONAUTS. SHOUTOUT TO BLACK GIRL SHINING JESSICA WATKINS!!!! 😭😭😭🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👩🏾🚀 pic.twitter.com/AA19DrEIHq— wikipedia brown (@eveewing) June 11, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jessica-watkins-black-woman-nasa-astronaut_us_593ecb43e4b0c5a35ca1db95?section=us_black-voices
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/
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