Sunday, January 22, 2017
The Day in Pictures
From the New York Times -
Pictures From Women’s
Marches on Every Continent
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/21/world/womens-march-pictures.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Pictures From Women’s
Marches on Every Continent
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/21/world/womens-march-pictures.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Heisman Winner Frisked
From the Daily Mail -
'Do you know how many times I've been messed with by cops just for being black?': Heisman trophy winner frisked by Texas police for 7 minutes after taking a walk near his hotel
*Ricky Williams, who played NFL for 12 seasons, was in Tyler, Texas for an awards ceremony
*He took a stroll near his hotel and someone called police about a man acting 'suspiciously'
*Four white officers grilled him and searched his clothing
*Williams never even mentions his NFL and Texas college playing history until the cop asks if he's ever played football
*Tyler police say it never would have happened if Williams hadn't been acting 'suspiciously'
*The town's mayor says he's invited Williams to stay at his house
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4141148/Heisman-trophy-winner-stopped-frisked-Texas-police.html#ixzz4WRL0TO9R
'Do you know how many times I've been messed with by cops just for being black?': Heisman trophy winner frisked by Texas police for 7 minutes after taking a walk near his hotel
*Ricky Williams, who played NFL for 12 seasons, was in Tyler, Texas for an awards ceremony
*He took a stroll near his hotel and someone called police about a man acting 'suspiciously'
*Four white officers grilled him and searched his clothing
*Williams never even mentions his NFL and Texas college playing history until the cop asks if he's ever played football
*Tyler police say it never would have happened if Williams hadn't been acting 'suspiciously'
*The town's mayor says he's invited Williams to stay at his house
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| Texas tailback Williams played for the University of Texas, he was the 1998 winner of the Heisman trophy, college football's highest honor |
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4141148/Heisman-trophy-winner-stopped-frisked-Texas-police.html#ixzz4WRL0TO9R
Thursday, January 19, 2017
An Amazing Portrait of Michael
From the Daily Mail -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4131410/Artist-creates-portrait-Michael-Jackson-using-string.html?ITO=applenews
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| Zenovii Palagniuk, 21, from Chortkov in Ukraine, has created a mesmerising portrait of Michael Jackson using just string and nails |
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4131410/Artist-creates-portrait-Michael-Jackson-using-string.html?ITO=applenews
LeBron James Jr. Shows Crazy VISION and HANDLES! | North Coast Blue Chip...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lebron-james-jrs-new-highlight-reel-is-just-sick_us_588096b0e4b02c1837e9dd5d?
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
Black Astronauts
An excerpt from BlackAmericaWeb -
Little Known Black History Fact: Black Astronauts
By D.L. Chandler
On this day in 1978, NASA graduated its first group of Space Shuttle astronauts which signaled a new day for the space program. Among the group of 35, three Black men went on to leave their mark on history as explorers of space.
Maj. Frederick D. Gregory of Washington, Col. Guion Bluford of Pennsylvania, and the late Ronald McNair of South Carolina were the first Black astronauts to join NASA’s elite Space Shuttle program ranks. Col. Bluford became the first African-American in space after flying on a mission aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. Maj. Gregory is the first African-American to pilot an orbiter craft and also the first to command a space shuttle mission, doing so in 1985 and 1989, respectively.
https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/01/16/little-known-black-history-fact-black-astronauts/
Little Known Black History Fact: Black Astronauts
By D.L. Chandler
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| The late Ronald McNair, Col. Guion Bluford, & Maj. Frederick D. Gregory |
On this day in 1978, NASA graduated its first group of Space Shuttle astronauts which signaled a new day for the space program. Among the group of 35, three Black men went on to leave their mark on history as explorers of space.
Maj. Frederick D. Gregory of Washington, Col. Guion Bluford of Pennsylvania, and the late Ronald McNair of South Carolina were the first Black astronauts to join NASA’s elite Space Shuttle program ranks. Col. Bluford became the first African-American in space after flying on a mission aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. Maj. Gregory is the first African-American to pilot an orbiter craft and also the first to command a space shuttle mission, doing so in 1985 and 1989, respectively.
https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/01/16/little-known-black-history-fact-black-astronauts/
Sunday, January 15, 2017
A Black Lady Liberty
From CNN -
For the first time ever, there will be a black Lady Liberty on a coin
By AJ Willingham
A new commemorative coin from the U.S. Mint and Treasury features a fresh depiction of Lady Liberty. With a crown of stars in her hair and a toga-like dress, she's as patriotic as ever. She's also, for the first time on an officially minted coin, portrayed as a black woman.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/13/us/lady-liberty-coin-trnd/index.html
For the first time ever, there will be a black Lady Liberty on a coin
By AJ Willingham
A new commemorative coin from the U.S. Mint and Treasury features a fresh depiction of Lady Liberty. With a crown of stars in her hair and a toga-like dress, she's as patriotic as ever. She's also, for the first time on an officially minted coin, portrayed as a black woman.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/13/us/lady-liberty-coin-trnd/index.html
When Design Meets Math & Science
From Wired -
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALGORITHMS DESIGN A CONCERT HALL? THE STUNNING ELBPHILHARMONIE By LIZ STINSON
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/happens-algorithms-design-concert-hall-stunning-elbphilharmonie/?mbid=nl_11217_p1&CNDID=#slide-1
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALGORITHMS DESIGN A CONCERT HALL? THE STUNNING ELBPHILHARMONIE By LIZ STINSON
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| Caption: Caption: Herzog and De Meuron designed the main concert hall of Hamburg's recently opened Elbphilharmonie with the help of algorithms.IWAN BAAN |
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
$39 Flights!
From the Huffington Post -
JetBlue Is Offering $39 Flights In A 2-Day Flash Sale
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jetblue-sale_us_58751772e4b099cdb0ffae37
JetBlue Is Offering $39 Flights In A 2-Day Flash Sale
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jetblue-sale_us_58751772e4b099cdb0ffae37
Getting Her Due
An excerpt from Salon -
Remembering Octavia Butler: “This country views people like Butler and like Oscar as aliens and treats people like us like we’re from another planet”
Salon speaks to Junot DÃaz about the late, great California sci-fi writer, whose work is resonating again By SCOTT TIMBERG
Octavia Butler, who was born Pasadena, California, in 1947, practically created her own genre — a singular type of science fiction that used the form to explore racism, sexism and the earth’s degradation. Growing up, Butler often accompanied her mother on housecleaning expeditions; she was frequently told that black girls could not become writers. But thank to her perseverance and the assistance of the famously grouchy Los Angeles science-fiction writer Harlan Ellison, she became one of the field’s most important authors in the years before her death in 2006 near Seattle.
Best known for the novels “Kindred” and “Parable of the Sower,” Butler has recently garnered interest for her cultural and political prescience. Much of the energy behind the Butler revival has come from her native Southern California. The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens acquired her papers, where they sit alongside those of Jack London, Charles Bukowski and Christopher Isherwood. (A Butler exhibition is planned this spring.)
Remembering Octavia Butler: “This country views people like Butler and like Oscar as aliens and treats people like us like we’re from another planet”
Salon speaks to Junot DÃaz about the late, great California sci-fi writer, whose work is resonating again By SCOTT TIMBERG
Octavia Butler, who was born Pasadena, California, in 1947, practically created her own genre — a singular type of science fiction that used the form to explore racism, sexism and the earth’s degradation. Growing up, Butler often accompanied her mother on housecleaning expeditions; she was frequently told that black girls could not become writers. But thank to her perseverance and the assistance of the famously grouchy Los Angeles science-fiction writer Harlan Ellison, she became one of the field’s most important authors in the years before her death in 2006 near Seattle.
Best known for the novels “Kindred” and “Parable of the Sower,” Butler has recently garnered interest for her cultural and political prescience. Much of the energy behind the Butler revival has come from her native Southern California. The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens acquired her papers, where they sit alongside those of Jack London, Charles Bukowski and Christopher Isherwood. (A Butler exhibition is planned this spring.)
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