Saturday, October 29, 2016
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Where White Guys Are the Minority
From the Undefeated -
WHERE ARE ALL THE WHITE AMERICAN NBA PLAYERS?
The league’s white players talk about what it’s like to be the minority
By Marc J. Spears
http://theundefeated.com/features/white-american-nba-players/
WHERE ARE ALL THE WHITE AMERICAN NBA PLAYERS?
The league’s white players talk about what it’s like to be the minority
By Marc J. Spears
http://theundefeated.com/features/white-american-nba-players/
Sad CT
From The New Yorker -
CLARENCE THOMAS’S TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WITHOUT FOOTPRINTS
By Jeffrey Toobin
This month marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Clarence Thomas’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. Conservatives like Thomas have dominated the Court throughout his tenure, and he has been in the majority in all of their victories. That raises a question: What’s the most important opinion Thomas has written for the majority during his tenure on the Court?
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The truth is that Rehnquist and Roberts never trusted Thomas to write an opinion in a big case that could command a majority of even his conservative colleagues.
Why was this? It is because Thomas is not a conservative but, rather, a radical—one whose entire career on the Court has been devoted to undermining the rules of precedent in favor of his own idiosyncratic interpretation of the Constitution.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/clarence-thomass-twenty-five-years-without-footprints
CLARENCE THOMAS’S TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WITHOUT FOOTPRINTS
By Jeffrey Toobin
This month marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Clarence Thomas’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. Conservatives like Thomas have dominated the Court throughout his tenure, and he has been in the majority in all of their victories. That raises a question: What’s the most important opinion Thomas has written for the majority during his tenure on the Court?
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The truth is that Rehnquist and Roberts never trusted Thomas to write an opinion in a big case that could command a majority of even his conservative colleagues.
Why was this? It is because Thomas is not a conservative but, rather, a radical—one whose entire career on the Court has been devoted to undermining the rules of precedent in favor of his own idiosyncratic interpretation of the Constitution.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/clarence-thomass-twenty-five-years-without-footprints
Please Elect My Husband
http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/10/26/gerald-daugherty-campaign-ad-moos-pkg-erin.cnn
A Picture is Worth . . .
From Upworthy -
17 stunning photos of black Victorians show how history really looked.
By Thom Dunn
http://www.upworthy.com/17-stunning-photos-of-black-victorians-show-how-history-really-looked?c=upw1&u=6861cbea6edfdfe5a709ee39ad3c14b64135e61f
17 stunning photos of black Victorians show how history really looked.
By Thom Dunn
http://www.upworthy.com/17-stunning-photos-of-black-victorians-show-how-history-really-looked?c=upw1&u=6861cbea6edfdfe5a709ee39ad3c14b64135e61f
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Mesmerizing Movement
From Wired -
Watch This Mesmerizing Sculpture Morph Like a Flock of Birds
By Liz Stinson
Diffusion Choir from Sosolimited on Vimeo.
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/watch-mesmerizing-sculpture-morph-like-flock-birds/?mbid=nl_102616_p8&CNDID=#slide-3
Watch This Mesmerizing Sculpture Morph Like a Flock of Birds
By Liz Stinson
Diffusion Choir from Sosolimited on Vimeo.
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/watch-mesmerizing-sculpture-morph-like-flock-birds/?mbid=nl_102616_p8&CNDID=#slide-3
Monday, October 24, 2016
Sunday, October 23, 2016
App Helps You Find a Job & Determine Your Worth
From Thrillist -
THIS NEW TOOL TELLS YOU IFYOU'RE GETTING PAID ENOUGH - GLASSDOOR
By TONY MEREVICK
Glassdoor launched the free tool, Know Your Worth, on Tuesday, saying it's designed to help you figure out if you're being paid fairly in your current job, if you should try to negotiate a raise, and if you should explore better paying jobs at other companies or better paying careers, according to a press release. The tool uses information about your work experience and current job to estimate your "market value" (what you should be earning), based on Glassdoor's expansive salary data, trends in today's job market, and other factors.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glassdoor-job-search-jobs/id589698942?mt=8
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/glassdoors-know-your-worth-tool-tells-you-if-youre-getting-paid-enough
THIS NEW TOOL TELLS YOU IFYOU'RE GETTING PAID ENOUGH - GLASSDOOR
By TONY MEREVICK
Glassdoor launched the free tool, Know Your Worth, on Tuesday, saying it's designed to help you figure out if you're being paid fairly in your current job, if you should try to negotiate a raise, and if you should explore better paying jobs at other companies or better paying careers, according to a press release. The tool uses information about your work experience and current job to estimate your "market value" (what you should be earning), based on Glassdoor's expansive salary data, trends in today's job market, and other factors.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glassdoor-job-search-jobs/id589698942?mt=8
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/glassdoors-know-your-worth-tool-tells-you-if-youre-getting-paid-enough
Saturday, October 22, 2016
A Super Scooter
A few days ago I posted a quick video (included again below) of my youngest granddaughter riding a scooter. She's 16 months old. This gadget is the coolest thing since slice bread.
It's called the Globber 5-in-1 Convertible Scooter, and it was purchased from Amazon. The cost was $100.
Highly recommended for the little one in your world.
It's called the Globber 5-in-1 Convertible Scooter, and it was purchased from Amazon. The cost was $100.
Highly recommended for the little one in your world.
A Simple Act Made a Profound Difference
From Upworthy -
After a story about a boy bringing lunch for his classmate went viral, Reddit responded.
By Eric March
http://www.upworthy.com/after-a-story-about-a-boy-bringing-lunch-for-his-classmate-went-viral-reddit-responded?c=upw1&u=6861cbea6edfdfe5a709ee39ad3c14b64135e61f
After a story about a boy bringing lunch for his classmate went viral, Reddit responded.
By Eric March
http://www.upworthy.com/after-a-story-about-a-boy-bringing-lunch-for-his-classmate-went-viral-reddit-responded?c=upw1&u=6861cbea6edfdfe5a709ee39ad3c14b64135e61f
Friday, October 21, 2016
Motivated to Vote
An excerpt from the New York Times Race-Related Newsletter -
A Latino Spring
By John Leguizamo
A well-intentioned producer once said to me, “John, you’re so talented, but too bad you’re Latin — otherwise you’d be so much further along.” When I pitched a movie about Latinos, another producer said: “Latin? People don’t want to see Latin people.”
This is not just my experience but a typical Latino person’s experience in America.
Donald J. Trump has done one good thing. He has galvanized a conflicted and diverse community. For years, activists and politicians have struggled to get Latinos to vote and show their power. But not until Mr. Trump’s racist rhetoric shone a light on anti-Latino sentiment did we feel the need to make our voices heard on the issues that matter to us: from proper funding for our schools, better infrastructure in our communities and financial aid, to health care that doesn’t consider poverty a pre-existing condition.
http://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/2016/10/21/race-related?nlid=38867499
A Latino Spring
By John Leguizamo
A well-intentioned producer once said to me, “John, you’re so talented, but too bad you’re Latin — otherwise you’d be so much further along.” When I pitched a movie about Latinos, another producer said: “Latin? People don’t want to see Latin people.”
This is not just my experience but a typical Latino person’s experience in America.
Donald J. Trump has done one good thing. He has galvanized a conflicted and diverse community. For years, activists and politicians have struggled to get Latinos to vote and show their power. But not until Mr. Trump’s racist rhetoric shone a light on anti-Latino sentiment did we feel the need to make our voices heard on the issues that matter to us: from proper funding for our schools, better infrastructure in our communities and financial aid, to health care that doesn’t consider poverty a pre-existing condition.
http://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/2016/10/21/race-related?nlid=38867499
Mentoring to Medicine Seminar
This event is sponsored by 100 Black Men of Houston. If you know of any middle or high school students who might be interested in a career in medicine and are in the Houston area, please pass this on.
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/1804515/31a2b09827/578169997/4dc0f16bf5/
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/1804515/31a2b09827/578169997/4dc0f16bf5/
Overrated Burger?
An excerpt from Business Insider -
Californians should be embarrassed by how much they hype overrated In-N-Out Burger
By Dennis Green
In-N-Out makes a good burger, to be sure. It's flavorful, tasty, and fresh.
But I've had much better burgers. In fact, in a face-off I conducted, Shake Shack clearly beat out In-N-Out in the burger category. It wasn't even close.
So what is it that would keep me coming back to In-N-Out when there are objectively (in my mind) better options? It can come down to only one thing: psychology. Namely, the scarcity effect and the bandwagon effect. And the two are intertwined.
http://www.businessinsider.com/in-n-out-is-overrated-2016-10
Californians should be embarrassed by how much they hype overrated In-N-Out Burger
By Dennis Green
In-N-Out makes a good burger, to be sure. It's flavorful, tasty, and fresh.
But I've had much better burgers. In fact, in a face-off I conducted, Shake Shack clearly beat out In-N-Out in the burger category. It wasn't even close.
So what is it that would keep me coming back to In-N-Out when there are objectively (in my mind) better options? It can come down to only one thing: psychology. Namely, the scarcity effect and the bandwagon effect. And the two are intertwined.
http://www.businessinsider.com/in-n-out-is-overrated-2016-10
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