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Friday, August 2, 2019

From Doorman to Owner

From Inc.

He Started as a Doorman at a Marriott. Now He Runs a $3 Billion Hotel Empire
Why Alan Fuerstman, founder of the luxury-resort chain Montage International, was right to skip going to law school.
By Sheila Marikar

https://www.inc.com/sheila-marikar/montage-international-alan-fuerstman-hotel-luxury-resort-marriott.html


Sunday, July 28, 2019

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Blistering!

From the Baltimore Sun - Editorial

Better to have a few rats than to be one

https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0728-trump-baltimore-20190727-k6ac4yvnpvcczlaexdfglifada-story.html

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Great Chefs

From the NY Times -

16 Black Chefs Changing Food in America
By John Eligon and Julia Moskin

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/16/dining/black-chefs-restaurants-food.html

Ebony's Achives

From the NY Times -

A Last Look at Ebony’s Archives, Before They’re Sold
By JULIE BOSMAN

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/ebony-magazine-photographs-auction.html?te=1&nl=race-related&emc=edit_rr_20190719?campaign_id=37&instance_id=11051&segment_id=15402&user_id=e3bf1057d4e3c0988a79ae4bce515610&regi_id=3886749920190719

Monday, July 15, 2019

Incredible!

From the AP -

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis couple has rolled all 7s and 11s with the birth of their daughter.

J’Aime Brown was born at 7:11 p.m. on July 7, which convenience store chain 7-Eleven marks as 7-Eleven Day. Her birth weight? Seven pounds and 11 ounces, obviously.

TV station Fox 2 reports that Rachel Langford and Johntez Brown are thrilled and that the hospital says the mother and baby are doing well.

https://apnews.com/e35ed444a34344769da61ad7c032fdb9

He Got Fired Over This?

From NBC News -

My editorial cartoon satirizing Trump and the border crisis went viral. Then I lost my job.
Trump makes the case for editorial cartoonists pretty much every day. Are we really willing to allow such an important journalistic tradition to die out?
By Michael de Adder

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/my-editorial-cartoon-satirizing-trump-border-crisis-went-viral-then-ncna1029431

Kindness on Display

From Inc. -

A Deaf Girl Got on a Delta Flight. What Happened Next Truly Stunned Her
It's always the little things in customer service. Sometimes, they're really quite big.
By Chris Matyszczyk

https://www.inc.com/chris-matyszczyk/a-deaf-girl-got-on-a-delta-flight-what-happened-next-truly-stunned-her.html

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Gotta Love Him!

An excerpt from the Huffington Post -

Hearse Driver Tries To Use Carpool Lane With Deceased Passenger
The Nevada Highway Patrol hopes to turn the incident into a teachable moment for anyone who may be transporting a dead person in their car.

By David Moye



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hearse-driver-carpool-lane-nevada_n_5d1bc982e4b07f6ca585904f