Saturday, March 11, 2017
General Jeff
From OZY -
THE 'MAYOR' OF SKID ROW WANTS TO BRING DOWN THE WHOLE SYSTEM
By Jemayel Khawaja
General Jeff, legally known as Jeff Page, was a three-sport athlete at Compton High School and a pioneering contributor to the West Coast hip-hop scene in the early 1990s, performing as a DJ and in pop-and-lock dance troupes, and mingling with the likes of Snoop Dogg and DJ Quik. After trying and failing to mediate peace between the Crips and Bloods in his hometown of South LA, Page fell upon hard times in 2006. “I was homeless in South Central Los Angeles, sleeping in abandoned houses, warehouses, outdoors,” he tells me. “Burnt out, down and out, I showed up on Skid Row rolling a suitcase with some clothes, an Akai drum machine and a thousand dollars in my sock.” He felt like Skid Row could use his help. “I know it was an extreme thing to do,” he says. “I have no idea where the impetus came from.”
Page moved to a single room occupancy building on Skid Row within months. In the meantime, he familiarized himself with “the lingo, the movements, the thought process” of his new neighbors, looking for a way to improve the lives of the people around him. He noticed streetlights were broken, which created a dark and dangerous atmosphere at night and paved the way for unsavory activities. After manually gathering data on the lights, Page ambushed the head of the Bureau of Street Lighting with his findings. Two days later, government trucks rolled up to repair the broken lights. “I felt really good that day,” Page recollects. “That night — lights! We could see! The drug dealers were pissed!”
http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/the-mayor-of-skid-row-wants-to-bring-down-the-whole-system/70838
THE 'MAYOR' OF SKID ROW WANTS TO BRING DOWN THE WHOLE SYSTEM
By Jemayel Khawaja
General Jeff, legally known as Jeff Page, was a three-sport athlete at Compton High School and a pioneering contributor to the West Coast hip-hop scene in the early 1990s, performing as a DJ and in pop-and-lock dance troupes, and mingling with the likes of Snoop Dogg and DJ Quik. After trying and failing to mediate peace between the Crips and Bloods in his hometown of South LA, Page fell upon hard times in 2006. “I was homeless in South Central Los Angeles, sleeping in abandoned houses, warehouses, outdoors,” he tells me. “Burnt out, down and out, I showed up on Skid Row rolling a suitcase with some clothes, an Akai drum machine and a thousand dollars in my sock.” He felt like Skid Row could use his help. “I know it was an extreme thing to do,” he says. “I have no idea where the impetus came from.”
Page moved to a single room occupancy building on Skid Row within months. In the meantime, he familiarized himself with “the lingo, the movements, the thought process” of his new neighbors, looking for a way to improve the lives of the people around him. He noticed streetlights were broken, which created a dark and dangerous atmosphere at night and paved the way for unsavory activities. After manually gathering data on the lights, Page ambushed the head of the Bureau of Street Lighting with his findings. Two days later, government trucks rolled up to repair the broken lights. “I felt really good that day,” Page recollects. “That night — lights! We could see! The drug dealers were pissed!”
http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/the-mayor-of-skid-row-wants-to-bring-down-the-whole-system/70838
Biracial Twins
From the Daily Kos -
Biracial twins are the universe's beautiful answer to white supremacists
By Walter Einenkel
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2017/3/10/1642217/-Biracial-twins-are-the-universe-s-beautiful-answer-to-white-supremacists?detail=email&link_id=1&can_id=8bda5eb174a253edad76f618fda958b7&source=email-biracial-twins-are-the-universes-beautiful-answer-to-white-supremacists-2&email_referrer=biracial-twins-are-the-universes-beautiful-answer-to-white-supremacists-2&email_subject=biracial-twins-are-the-universes-beautiful-answer-to-white-supremacists
Biracial twins are the universe's beautiful answer to white supremacists
By Walter Einenkel
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| Lucy and Maria Aylmer are twins, born at the same time from the same parents |
HBCU Rugby Team
Frankie, this one's for you.
From the Odyssey -
At Morehouse College
The Black Sabers: The First All-Male HBCU Rugby Team
The Black Sabers have become the first all-male HBCU rugby team. Beyond breaking barriers as an HBCU rugby team, the Black Sabers have established themselves as a serious threat on the field. Just within the past season the team has defeated Georgia Tech and Emory University. With these victories the team has laid claim as rugby’s “best in Atlanta”. The Black Sabers went on to finish 5-2 in division play. The team placed second in their division after only their second year in the National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO).
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-black-sabers-the-first-all-male-hbcu-rugby-team
From the Odyssey -
At Morehouse College
The Black Sabers: The First All-Male HBCU Rugby Team
The Black Sabers have become the first all-male HBCU rugby team. Beyond breaking barriers as an HBCU rugby team, the Black Sabers have established themselves as a serious threat on the field. Just within the past season the team has defeated Georgia Tech and Emory University. With these victories the team has laid claim as rugby’s “best in Atlanta”. The Black Sabers went on to finish 5-2 in division play. The team placed second in their division after only their second year in the National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO).
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-black-sabers-the-first-all-male-hbcu-rugby-team
Small Stars
From the Daily Mail -
The long and short of our biggest stars: Which British actors are big on talent but small of stature?
By Richard Price
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4302736/Which-actors-big-talent-small-stature.html#ixzz4b24o0E9e
The long and short of our biggest stars: Which British actors are big on talent but small of stature?
By Richard Price
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4302736/Which-actors-big-talent-small-stature.html#ixzz4b24o0E9e
Spring Forward
From Vox -
Daylight saving time begins Sunday: 6 things to know about “springing forward”
Why do we need to “save” daylight hours during the summer? — and 5 other burning questions about DST, answered.
By Brian Resnick
At 2 am on Sunday, March 12, we will push our clocks forward one hour to mark the start of daylight saving time. The change will push sunsets later into the evening hours, at the cost of temporarily disrupting the sleep of millions of Americans.
There’s a lot of confusion about daylight saving time.
http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/3/10/14883576/daylight-saving-time-2017-start-spring-forward
Daylight saving time begins Sunday: 6 things to know about “springing forward”
Why do we need to “save” daylight hours during the summer? — and 5 other burning questions about DST, answered.
By Brian Resnick
At 2 am on Sunday, March 12, we will push our clocks forward one hour to mark the start of daylight saving time. The change will push sunsets later into the evening hours, at the cost of temporarily disrupting the sleep of millions of Americans.
There’s a lot of confusion about daylight saving time.
http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/3/10/14883576/daylight-saving-time-2017-start-spring-forward
Friday, March 10, 2017
Prized Degree
From the Guardian -
PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain
Oxford University graduates in philosophy, politics, and economics make up an astonishing proportion of Britain’s elite. But has it produced an out-of-touch ruling class?
by Andy Beckett
Monday, 13 April 2015 was a typical day in modern British politics. An Oxford University graduate in philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE), Ed Miliband, launched the Labour party’s general election manifesto. It was examined by the BBC’s political editor, Oxford PPE graduate Nick Robinson, by the BBC’s economics editor, Oxford PPE graduate Robert Peston, and by the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Oxford PPE graduate Paul Johnson. It was criticized by the prime minister, Oxford PPE graduate David Cameron. It was defended by the Labour shadow chancellor, Oxford PPE graduate Ed Balls.
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More than any other course at any other university, more than any revered or resented private school, and in a manner probably unmatched in any other democracy, Oxford PPE pervades British political life. From the right to the left, from the centre ground to the fringes, from analysts to protagonists, consensus-seekers to revolutionary activists, environmentalists to ultra-capitalists, statists to libertarians, elitists to populists, bureaucrats to spin doctors, bullies to charmers, successive networks of PPEists have been at work at all levels of British politics – sometimes prominently, sometimes more quietly – since the degree was established 97 years ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/ppe-oxford-university-degree-that-rules-britain
PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain
Oxford University graduates in philosophy, politics, and economics make up an astonishing proportion of Britain’s elite. But has it produced an out-of-touch ruling class?
by Andy Beckett
Monday, 13 April 2015 was a typical day in modern British politics. An Oxford University graduate in philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE), Ed Miliband, launched the Labour party’s general election manifesto. It was examined by the BBC’s political editor, Oxford PPE graduate Nick Robinson, by the BBC’s economics editor, Oxford PPE graduate Robert Peston, and by the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Oxford PPE graduate Paul Johnson. It was criticized by the prime minister, Oxford PPE graduate David Cameron. It was defended by the Labour shadow chancellor, Oxford PPE graduate Ed Balls.
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More than any other course at any other university, more than any revered or resented private school, and in a manner probably unmatched in any other democracy, Oxford PPE pervades British political life. From the right to the left, from the centre ground to the fringes, from analysts to protagonists, consensus-seekers to revolutionary activists, environmentalists to ultra-capitalists, statists to libertarians, elitists to populists, bureaucrats to spin doctors, bullies to charmers, successive networks of PPEists have been at work at all levels of British politics – sometimes prominently, sometimes more quietly – since the degree was established 97 years ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/ppe-oxford-university-degree-that-rules-britain
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