From Vox -
Harvard, a university with a $35.7 billion endowment, is asking for volunteers to pitch in for free while its dining hall workers strike. Do not scab for Harvard. [The Crimson / Brandon J. DIxon]
http://www.vox.com
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Leading the Charge in Producing Black Engineers
An excerpt from The Undefeated -
How did North Carolina A&T become the country’s leading producer of black engineers? Care
A combination of nurturing and dedication to access has made the university an engineering powerhouse BY SORAYA NADIA MCDONALD
If you’re black and grew up in North Carolina, it’s almost a given that you know about North Carolina A&T State University. Maybe it’s because you heard of its legendary marching band. Or maybe you learned about the Greensboro Four as part of North Carolina history.
But North Carolina A&T isn’t just a gem of the state’s higher education. It’s a national one, too, thanks to its College of Engineering, which according to Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine is the nation’s top overall producer of black undergraduate engineering degree holders.
http://theundefeated.com/features/how-did-north-carolina-at-become-the-countrys-leading-producer-of-black-engineers-care/
How did North Carolina A&T become the country’s leading producer of black engineers? Care
A combination of nurturing and dedication to access has made the university an engineering powerhouse BY SORAYA NADIA MCDONALD
If you’re black and grew up in North Carolina, it’s almost a given that you know about North Carolina A&T State University. Maybe it’s because you heard of its legendary marching band. Or maybe you learned about the Greensboro Four as part of North Carolina history.
But North Carolina A&T isn’t just a gem of the state’s higher education. It’s a national one, too, thanks to its College of Engineering, which according to Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine is the nation’s top overall producer of black undergraduate engineering degree holders.
http://theundefeated.com/features/how-did-north-carolina-at-become-the-countrys-leading-producer-of-black-engineers-care/
Making Waves
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
If one were to tell Hakeem Oluseyi that a boy from a small, rural community in Mississippi would attend a historically black college or university (HBCU) and make it as one of the nation’s most recognizable astrophysicists, he wouldn’t have believed it.
The only reason he believes it now is, well, because he’s living it.
Oluseyi, 49, is one of the most popular scientists in a field that deals with the otherworldly. From his position as a distinguished professor of physics and space sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology to hosting programs such as Discovery’s Outrageous Acts of Science and How the Universe Works, Oluseyi is inspiring generations — both younger and older — with his exciting approach to subject matter that can be quite complex.
http://theundefeated.com/features/astrophysicist-and-hbcu-grad-hakeem-oluseyi-is-making-waves/
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| Hakeem Oluseyi performs as part of the I Love F-ing Science Party at Stubbs Bar-B-Q on March 8, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images |
If one were to tell Hakeem Oluseyi that a boy from a small, rural community in Mississippi would attend a historically black college or university (HBCU) and make it as one of the nation’s most recognizable astrophysicists, he wouldn’t have believed it.
The only reason he believes it now is, well, because he’s living it.
Oluseyi, 49, is one of the most popular scientists in a field that deals with the otherworldly. From his position as a distinguished professor of physics and space sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology to hosting programs such as Discovery’s Outrageous Acts of Science and How the Universe Works, Oluseyi is inspiring generations — both younger and older — with his exciting approach to subject matter that can be quite complex.
http://theundefeated.com/features/astrophysicist-and-hbcu-grad-hakeem-oluseyi-is-making-waves/
Your Body is Still Useful After Death
From CNN -
Ten uses for your body after you die
By Elizabeth Cohen
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/10/health/body-use-after-death/index.html
Ten uses for your body after you die
By Elizabeth Cohen
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/10/health/body-use-after-death/index.html
Cheap Eats
An excerpt from the Huffington Post - (Note - App not available yet. Go to http://www.buffet-go.com/collections/frontpage)
Now You Can Buy Leftover Buffet Food For Next To Nothing
The service saves food from being thrown out and donates a portion of the profits to charity.
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Now you can get extremely cheap grub and prevent delicious food from being thrown in the trash.
The BuffetGo app lets users buy leftover food from restaurant buffets ― at up to 90 percent off the original price.
Simply enter a zip code to find participating restaurants nearby. Once you order a meal ― for as little as $1 in some cases ― you go pick it up at a designated time, which is usually around closing. After showing your email receipt, you can fill a to-go container with buffet food and find a place to devour it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/buffetgo-app-buy-buffet-leftovers-discount-cheap-food_us_57fbe86be4b0e655eab6b6d9
http://www.buffet-go.com/collections/frontpage
Now You Can Buy Leftover Buffet Food For Next To Nothing
The service saves food from being thrown out and donates a portion of the profits to charity.
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Now you can get extremely cheap grub and prevent delicious food from being thrown in the trash.
The BuffetGo app lets users buy leftover food from restaurant buffets ― at up to 90 percent off the original price.
Simply enter a zip code to find participating restaurants nearby. Once you order a meal ― for as little as $1 in some cases ― you go pick it up at a designated time, which is usually around closing. After showing your email receipt, you can fill a to-go container with buffet food and find a place to devour it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/buffetgo-app-buy-buffet-leftovers-discount-cheap-food_us_57fbe86be4b0e655eab6b6d9
http://www.buffet-go.com/collections/frontpage
Crowdsourcing a Kidney
Is this the answer to organ donation?
http://www.poynter.org/2016/how-2-journalists-whove-never-met-in-real-life-became-a-kidney-donor-and-recipient/433484/
http://www.poynter.org/2016/how-2-journalists-whove-never-met-in-real-life-became-a-kidney-donor-and-recipient/433484/
A Folding Globe
Dymaxion Folding Globe by Brendan Ravenhill and the Buckminster Fuller Institute for Areaware from AREAWARE on Vimeo.
http://www.areaware.com/products/dymaxion-folding-globe
http://www.areaware.com/products/dymaxion-folding-globe
Monday, October 10, 2016
Quote
From the Chicago Sun Times Editorial -
Donald Trump should drop out of the race for president. That should go without saying. And every Republican Party leader or elected official who has a shred of self-respect should drop him cold. We question the moral fiber of anyone who does not. There should be no more temporizing, no more denying that Trump’s election would be a shame on our country.
Trump has behaved horribly throughout this presidential race, forcing his apologists to go through contortions to defend him. But after Friday’s revelation of what he said about women 11 years ago — describing sexual assault as a benefit of being a “star” — there can be no more pretending or looking away. If Trump’s campaign is not dead in the water now, there is something wrong not only with him, but with our country.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-dump-trump-and-redeem-the-republican-party/
Donald Trump should drop out of the race for president. That should go without saying. And every Republican Party leader or elected official who has a shred of self-respect should drop him cold. We question the moral fiber of anyone who does not. There should be no more temporizing, no more denying that Trump’s election would be a shame on our country.
Trump has behaved horribly throughout this presidential race, forcing his apologists to go through contortions to defend him. But after Friday’s revelation of what he said about women 11 years ago — describing sexual assault as a benefit of being a “star” — there can be no more pretending or looking away. If Trump’s campaign is not dead in the water now, there is something wrong not only with him, but with our country.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-dump-trump-and-redeem-the-republican-party/
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Too Cute
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/21oGSR/:x4txl3Lr:jr2G2_8./kindnessblog.com/2014/06/23/a-little-girl-wrote-google-a-letter-asking-to-give-her-dad-a-day-off-and-google-responded
Quote
I rarely consume milk products because of lactose intolerance, but I have vowed to purchase Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream every week.
I will support those folks who support us.
Here's their statement in reference to Black Lives Matter. (Bold is mine).
We believe that saying Black lives matter is not to say that the lives of those who serve in the law enforcement community don’t. We respect and value the commitment to our communities that those in law enforcement make, and we respect the value of every one of their lives. But we do believe that—whether Black, brown, white, or blue—our nation and our very way of life is dependent on the principle of all people being served equal justice under the law. And it’s clear, the effects of the criminal justice system are not color blind. All lives do matter. But all lives will not matter until black lives matter.
http://www.theroot.com/blog/the-grapevine/ben-jerrys-releases-statement-on-why-black-lives-matter/
I will support those folks who support us.
Here's their statement in reference to Black Lives Matter. (Bold is mine).
We believe that saying Black lives matter is not to say that the lives of those who serve in the law enforcement community don’t. We respect and value the commitment to our communities that those in law enforcement make, and we respect the value of every one of their lives. But we do believe that—whether Black, brown, white, or blue—our nation and our very way of life is dependent on the principle of all people being served equal justice under the law. And it’s clear, the effects of the criminal justice system are not color blind. All lives do matter. But all lives will not matter until black lives matter.
http://www.theroot.com/blog/the-grapevine/ben-jerrys-releases-statement-on-why-black-lives-matter/
So Smooth!
This guy responds to a complaint from his neighbors.
Another article too good to cherry pick.
I want this guy on my team!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-mans-letter-to-his-passive-aggressive-white_us_57f7a462e4b090dec0e70f5b?section=§ion=us_black-voices
Another article too good to cherry pick.
I want this guy on my team!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-mans-letter-to-his-passive-aggressive-white_us_57f7a462e4b090dec0e70f5b?section=§ion=us_black-voices
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
In Support of HBCUs
As a proud graduate of Florida A & M Univeristy, I wholeheartedly agree.
From Essence -
At PWIs, you may have an African-American professor or advisor whom all the Black kids love and leverage as a resource. At an HBCU, you’re surrounded by a community who makes you feel like you’re smart, talented and valuable every day. That type of genuine love – even if save for four years in your lifetime – creates a sense of self-worth and confidence that you can’t get anywhere else.
http://www.essence.com/culture/hbcu-black-experience-pwi?xid=100516
PWIs = Predominantly White Institutions
HBCUs = Historically Black Colleges and Universities
From Essence -
At PWIs, you may have an African-American professor or advisor whom all the Black kids love and leverage as a resource. At an HBCU, you’re surrounded by a community who makes you feel like you’re smart, talented and valuable every day. That type of genuine love – even if save for four years in your lifetime – creates a sense of self-worth and confidence that you can’t get anywhere else.
http://www.essence.com/culture/hbcu-black-experience-pwi?xid=100516
PWIs = Predominantly White Institutions
HBCUs = Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Trust This Guy?
From The Root -
Criming While White: Why Would Trump Change a Tax System That Made Him Rich?
The Republican presidential candidate ran up almost a billion dollars in losses and debts in 1995, but the likelihood that Donald Trump hasn’t paid any federal taxes in almost 20 years isn’t the problem. What is the problem is that Trump is running on the promise of ending the very system that made him rich, and nobody in his or her right mind can believe him after this revelation.
By Jason Johnson
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His whole campaign is the equivalent of a guy breaking into your house and stealing all your stuff and then coming back a week later and offering his services for your home security. In theory he clearly knows what he’s doing. In practice, why should you trust a guy who broke into your house?
http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2016/10/criming-while-white-why-would-trump-change-a-tax-system-that-made-him-rich/
Criming While White: Why Would Trump Change a Tax System That Made Him Rich?
The Republican presidential candidate ran up almost a billion dollars in losses and debts in 1995, but the likelihood that Donald Trump hasn’t paid any federal taxes in almost 20 years isn’t the problem. What is the problem is that Trump is running on the promise of ending the very system that made him rich, and nobody in his or her right mind can believe him after this revelation.
By Jason Johnson
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His whole campaign is the equivalent of a guy breaking into your house and stealing all your stuff and then coming back a week later and offering his services for your home security. In theory he clearly knows what he’s doing. In practice, why should you trust a guy who broke into your house?
http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2016/10/criming-while-white-why-would-trump-change-a-tax-system-that-made-him-rich/
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
On Sale!
For two days only Southwest Airlines is having a pretty amazing sale. Check it out.
https://www.southwest.com/html/promotions/nationwide-sale-161004.html?clk=HOMEHERO_WOW161004
https://www.southwest.com/html/promotions/nationwide-sale-161004.html?clk=HOMEHERO_WOW161004
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