From CNN -
Investigation found Ohio inmates built and hid computers in prison
By Gisela Crespo
(CNN)Lax security allowed inmates at an Ohio prison to build two computers and connect them to the state's Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's network, investigators found.
The computers were found hidden in the ceiling of the prison in Marion County in 2015, prompting an investigation by Ohio's Inspector General.
The computers contained applications for credit cards using another inmate's information, pornography, research on tax refund fraud, recipes for homemade drugs and message exchanges.
The Marion Correctional Institution inmates were also able to issue passes to gain access to multiple areas within the prison.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/us/ohio-jail-computers-trnd/index.html
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Winning Strategies
From the Street -
Amazon's Jeff Bezos New Letter to Shareholders Reveals 4 Big Secrets to Being Successful in Business
By Brian Sozzi
With Amazon's (AMZN) stock up a mind-boggling 47 percent over the past year, founder Jeff Bezos has every reason to share some wisdom on how he is making all the magic happen.
Here are several key business tips Bezos outlined in his latest annual shareholder letter released on Wednesday. Taken together, they offer good insight into how to get ahead in the cutthroat world of business (something in which Amazon's bricks-and-mortar rivals should take to heart).
https://www.thestreet.com/story/14083292/1/amazon-s-jeff-bezos-new-annual-letter-reveals-several-big-secrets-to-being-successful-in-business.html
Amazon's Jeff Bezos New Letter to Shareholders Reveals 4 Big Secrets to Being Successful in Business
By Brian Sozzi
With Amazon's (AMZN) stock up a mind-boggling 47 percent over the past year, founder Jeff Bezos has every reason to share some wisdom on how he is making all the magic happen.
Here are several key business tips Bezos outlined in his latest annual shareholder letter released on Wednesday. Taken together, they offer good insight into how to get ahead in the cutthroat world of business (something in which Amazon's bricks-and-mortar rivals should take to heart).
https://www.thestreet.com/story/14083292/1/amazon-s-jeff-bezos-new-annual-letter-reveals-several-big-secrets-to-being-successful-in-business.html
Scared of a Little Girl
An excerpt from the New York Times -
Wounded by ‘Fearless Girl,’ Creator of ‘Charging Bull’ Wants Her to Move
By JAMES BARRONAPRIL 12, 2017
“Charging Bull” had a message for “Fearless Girl” on Wednesday, and it was more “Get out of my space” than “Here’s looking at you, kid.”
The message actually came from Arturo Di Modica, the sculptor who created “Charging Bull” nearly 30 years ago. He also copyrighted and trademarked the three-and-a-half-ton sculpture that stands near Wall Street. Since March 7, “Charging Bull” has faced off against “Fearless Girl,” a statue of a girl posed with her fists on her hips that was commissioned by State Street Global Advisors, a financial firm based in Boston.
Mr. Di Modica said that “Fearless Girl” was an insult to his work, which he created after the stock market crashes in the late 1980s. “She’s there attacking the bull,” he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/nyregion/charging-bull-sculpture-wall-street-fearless-girl.html?_r=0
Wounded by ‘Fearless Girl,’ Creator of ‘Charging Bull’ Wants Her to Move
By JAMES BARRONAPRIL 12, 2017
 | |
| Arturo Di Modica, the sculptor who created “Charging Bull” nearly 30 years ago, says “Fearless Girl” miscasts the meaning of his statue and violates his copyright. Credit Mark Lennihan/Associated Press |
“Charging Bull” had a message for “Fearless Girl” on Wednesday, and it was more “Get out of my space” than “Here’s looking at you, kid.”
The message actually came from Arturo Di Modica, the sculptor who created “Charging Bull” nearly 30 years ago. He also copyrighted and trademarked the three-and-a-half-ton sculpture that stands near Wall Street. Since March 7, “Charging Bull” has faced off against “Fearless Girl,” a statue of a girl posed with her fists on her hips that was commissioned by State Street Global Advisors, a financial firm based in Boston.
Mr. Di Modica said that “Fearless Girl” was an insult to his work, which he created after the stock market crashes in the late 1980s. “She’s there attacking the bull,” he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/nyregion/charging-bull-sculpture-wall-street-fearless-girl.html?_r=0
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Filed Under "Karma is a B*tch"
An excerpt from the New York Times -
Congressman Who Shouted ‘You Lie’ at Obama Hears the Same From Constituents
By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH
Representative Joe Wilson, the South Carolina Republican who gained a measure of infamy after shouting “you lie” at President Barack Obama during a joint session of Congress in 2009, had that memorable catchphrase hurled back at him by a group of his constituents at a town hall event on Monday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/joe-wilson-you-lie-obama-town-hall.html?_r=0
Congressman Who Shouted ‘You Lie’ at Obama Hears the Same From Constituents
By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH
Representative Joe Wilson, the South Carolina Republican who gained a measure of infamy after shouting “you lie” at President Barack Obama during a joint session of Congress in 2009, had that memorable catchphrase hurled back at him by a group of his constituents at a town hall event on Monday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/joe-wilson-you-lie-obama-town-hall.html?_r=0
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Monday, April 10, 2017
A guerilla gardener in South Central LA | Ron Finley
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/dining/gangsta-garden-ron-finley-eviction-los-angeles.html?emc=edit_ca_20170410&nl=california-today&nlid=38867499&te=1
Honoring the OGs
An excerpt from the LA Times -
A young man in Oakland has captured the wisdom of his elders on a blog and in a book
"OG Told Me"
By Robin Abcarian
I am not sure how I first learned about Pendarvis Harshaw, but I was taken by the idea that this young man from Oakland had spent years asking older black men — many of them strangers he encountered as he biked — whether they had any wisdom to impart to kids like him.
Their answers, and photographs, appear on Harshaw’s blog, OG Told Me. “OG” is a term of respect that has transcended its literal meaning, “original gangster.” Nowadays, as one of Harshaw’s interview subjects points out, it really just means “old guard.”
Harshaw’s OGs are mostly regular guys. Some are athletes, street preachers or former Black Panthers. Others are educators, activists or drunks. Some give only a first name, others only a last. Some give pseudonyms.
Harshaw, a product of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism by way of Howard University, chats them up about their lives, and his last question never varies: “Given your life experience, if you had a chance to talk to young people, what advice would you give them?”
http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html
A young man in Oakland has captured the wisdom of his elders on a blog and in a book
"OG Told Me"
By Robin Abcarian
I am not sure how I first learned about Pendarvis Harshaw, but I was taken by the idea that this young man from Oakland had spent years asking older black men — many of them strangers he encountered as he biked — whether they had any wisdom to impart to kids like him.
Their answers, and photographs, appear on Harshaw’s blog, OG Told Me. “OG” is a term of respect that has transcended its literal meaning, “original gangster.” Nowadays, as one of Harshaw’s interview subjects points out, it really just means “old guard.”
Harshaw’s OGs are mostly regular guys. Some are athletes, street preachers or former Black Panthers. Others are educators, activists or drunks. Some give only a first name, others only a last. Some give pseudonyms.
Harshaw, a product of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism by way of Howard University, chats them up about their lives, and his last question never varies: “Given your life experience, if you had a chance to talk to young people, what advice would you give them?”
http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html
The LA Times Takes a Stand
Check out this series.
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Coding For Toddlers
From the NewYork Times -
A Toy for Toddlers Doubles as Code Bootcamp
By ZACH WICHTER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/business/smallbusiness/stem-education-technology-engineering-coding-toys.html?contentCollection=weekendreads&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=c-column-middle-span-region®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-middle-span-region
A Toy for Toddlers Doubles as Code Bootcamp
By ZACH WICHTER
 | |
| Cubetto, a wooden robot developed by Primo Toys, wheels around under its own power, along a course charted by the human behind the machine. It teaches children as young as 3 the basics of computer programming. Credit Andrew Testa for The New York Times |
You Might Be Dating An Idiot If . . .
From StumpleUpon -
10+ People Who Just Realized They’re Dating An Idiot
By Inga Ko
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/4b8seI/:1hZMPfe5q:p5.7xH@Q/www.boredpanda.com/funny-silly-boyfriends-girlfriends-significant-others-husband-wives
10+ People Who Just Realized They’re Dating An Idiot
By Inga Ko
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/4b8seI/:1hZMPfe5q:p5.7xH@Q/www.boredpanda.com/funny-silly-boyfriends-girlfriends-significant-others-husband-wives
MAX Motor Dreams (European Version)
http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/4/7/15223920/ford-smart-baby-crib-replicates-car-ride
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Filling A Need
From the Washington Post -
The next phase of the on-demand economy: Haircuts by delivery
By Thomas Heath
Every three weeks or so, a black, custom-outfitted recreational vehicle rumbles into a cul-de-sac in Alexandria. The neighbors pour out of their homes to greet it.
“It’s kind of like the ice cream truck,” said Mary Beth Buchholz, who lives on the tree-lined street. “All the kids come running.”
Grown-ups, too.
The RV pulls up to the curb, the driver’s door swings open and out steps Rubie Williams, entrepreneur and owner of Hair Nirvana, the mobile hair salon that delivers her to her 100-plus customers all over the Washington region.
It’s her answer to the era of on-demand services.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-next-phase-of-the-on-demand-economy-haircuts-by-delivery/2017/04/07/01779c22-1944-11e7-9887-1a5314b56a08_story.html?utm_term=.29828896a2c8&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
The next phase of the on-demand economy: Haircuts by delivery
By Thomas Heath
Every three weeks or so, a black, custom-outfitted recreational vehicle rumbles into a cul-de-sac in Alexandria. The neighbors pour out of their homes to greet it.
“It’s kind of like the ice cream truck,” said Mary Beth Buchholz, who lives on the tree-lined street. “All the kids come running.”
Grown-ups, too.
The RV pulls up to the curb, the driver’s door swings open and out steps Rubie Williams, entrepreneur and owner of Hair Nirvana, the mobile hair salon that delivers her to her 100-plus customers all over the Washington region.
It’s her answer to the era of on-demand services.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-next-phase-of-the-on-demand-economy-haircuts-by-delivery/2017/04/07/01779c22-1944-11e7-9887-1a5314b56a08_story.html?utm_term=.29828896a2c8&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)