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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Unclaimed Property

From the NY Times California Today -

There is more than $8 billion just sitting in the unclaimed property fund run by California.
Some of it could be yours.

The state controller requires that banks, insurers and other companies turn over customers’ property after three years of account inactivity.

It comes in the form of stock dividends, tax refunds, wages — even the contents of safe deposit boxes.

The controller’s office says more than 32 million individuals and businesses in its database have unclaimed property. (I plugged in my name and found an old $20 bank balance.)

To find out if you’re owed money, it’s as easy a Google search. Give it a go here.

https://ucpi.sco.ca.gov/UCP/Default.aspx

http://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/2017/03/21/california-today?nlid=38867499

Accessible Coding School

From KQED - Please share this.

Oakland Coding School’s New Pay Model: No Tuition Until You Land a Job
By Alyssa Jeong Perry

Then Vashti clicked on an online ad for Learners Guild, a 10-month developer program located in downtown Oakland. The program is one of a handful of coding schools that offer “income-share agreements,” which means students don’t have to pay until they get a job making more than $50,000 a year. And depending on their salary, graduates will fork over 12 to 20 percent of it for three years.

The coding school also offers a monthly stipend. For Vashti and the other students at Learners Guild, the stipend and income-share agreement allowed them to pursue a career change.

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Learners Guild president Ian Inaba believes that by using this income-share agreement model, the school removes barriers that can keep women and people of color out of tech. He said that the school is more diverse than the tech industry at large — 50 percent of students in the program are African-American and Latino, and 35 percent are female.

“There’s no reason why there aren’t women or African-American, Latino programmers,” Inaba said.

https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/03/18/oakland-coding-schools-new-pay-model-no-tuition-until-you-land-a-job/

What Toxic Looked Like

From Upworthy -

These old photos reveal why we needed (and still need) the EPA.
MATTHEW GAULT

http://www.upworthy.com/these-old-photos-reveal-why-we-needed-and-still-need-the-epa?c=upw1&u=6861cbea6edfdfe5a709ee39ad3c14b64135e61f

Highest & Lowest Paying Jobs

From Thrillist -

THESE MAPS SHOW THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST PAYING JOBS IN ALL 50 STATES
By SAM BLUM

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/zippia-maps-show-the-highest-and-lowest-paying-jobs-in-each-state

Spanish Guitar Hits TT - 4

Single Parents Day

From USA Today -

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/21/best-single-parents-day-posts-weve-seen-today/99446378/

The Padre for Life

From Now I Know - I'm not a baseball fan, but this is a great story.

The Padre for Life

http://nowiknow.com/the-padre-for-life/

A Flying Cruise

From Bloomberg -

See All the World’s Greatest Places in One Month On a Flying Cruise
The ultra-elite trend is hoping to tap a broader crowd.
by Nikki Ekstein

So you want to see all of the world’s greatest sights … in 29 days?

Good news: For the first time ever, it’s a realistic proposition.

But there’s a catch: You’ll have to do it on a private jet. And it’ll run you $159,000 per person.

At least that’s what Edie Rodriguez, chief executive officer of Crystal Cruises, is proposing with the company’s soon-to-launch AirCruises, whose first “Around the World: Iconic Sights” tour will pit stop in Easter Island, Uluru, Lhasa, Jaipur, Victoria Falls, and Prague (among others)—all between Oct. 21 and Nov. 18.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-20/best-around-the-world-private-jet-trips-four-seasons-crystal?bcomANews=true

Adoptive father helped formerly homeless boy to basketball stardom

Here's How to Make America Great Again

Monday, March 20, 2017

Love This "This is Us" Review

From Very Smart Brothas -

I BINGED WATCHED ‘THIS IS US’ AND MY FEELINGS ARE IN SHAMBLES. I MAY NEVER RECOVER. ZOMG!
Panama Jackson, 3/20/17

http://verysmartbrothas.com/watch-this-is-us/

Sesame Street Parodies Trump

From the Washington Post -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/entertainment/sesame-streets-brutal-parodies-of-donald-trump/2017/03/20/2a53a75e-0d72-11e7-aa57-2ca1b05c41b8_video.html

This is What Terrorism Looked Like For Us

From the Huffington Post - Click the first link below for interactive map

This Interactive Map Reveals The History Of Lynching In America
Take a comprehensive, shocking look at lynchings from the 1830s to the 1960s.
By Zeba Blay

From the early 1900s to the late 1930s, African American sociologist Monroe Nathan Work researched every known lynching in the United States. Now, his tireless work has become the inspiration for an interactive map that offers a striking visualization of racist domestic terrorism spanning decades.

The Monroe Work Today research group launched a map earlier this year that allows users to discover the roughly 4,770 people of color lynched in the United States from the 1830s to the 1960s. By clicking on each colored point on the map, users can read information about each known individual, including their name and the circumstances of their lynching.

http://www.monroeworktoday.org/explore/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-interactive-map-reveals-the-history-of-lynching-in-america_us_58d0204fe4b0ec9d29de4056?section=us_black-voices

Ronald Isley & Burt Bacharach - This Guy's in Love with You

Generous chef gets aid of his own after restaurant burns down

This is your brain on terrorism

Is This the Answer?

From Wired -

Running Delivery Trucks on Trolley Wires Isn’t as Crazy as It Sounds
By Jack Stewart

ELECTRIC TRUCKS OFFER all the advantages of electric cars, namely, they’re greener. Trucks are a big source of the noxious emissions linked to smog and climate change. Minimizing the number of stinky, dirty diesels rumbling through town carries obvious public health benefits. But powering delivery trucks, let alone an 18-wheeler, with a big honkin’ battery simply isn’t practical. So engineers are taking another look at a century old solution: Stringing electrical cables over the road.

Siemens, best known in the transportation world for its trains, and the truck manufacturer Scania developed a hybrid electric truck that draws power from overhead cables like a bus or trolley. You can find some of the trucks undergoing testing on a 1.25-mile stretch of highway in Gävle, Sweden, and crews installing cables alongside a stretch of the 710 and 405 highways in Los Angeles.

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/running-delivery-trucks-trolley-wires-isnt-crazy-sounds/?mbid=nl_32017_p7&CNDID=