Sunday, June 11, 2017
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Men's Style
From the NY Times -
A Men’s Label, Born on Instagram
By VALERIYA SAFRONOVA
Two men — one in Miami, the other in New York, both passionate about suits — stumble upon each other on Instagram. They feel a connection. Mutual respect on social media turns into real-life camaraderie. They meet, they click, they draw up a plan.
A business is born.
That is the origin story of Musika Frère, a label that specializes in custom suits that often come in unusual colors or patterns, and has drawn a clientele that includes Jay Z, Michael B. Jordan, Stephen Curry, Kevin Hart and even Beyoncé.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/fashion/mens-style/suits-beyonce-jay-z-stephen-curry-musika-frere.html
A Men’s Label, Born on Instagram
By VALERIYA SAFRONOVA
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| Aleks Musika, left, and Davidson Petit-Frère have drawn a clientele that includes Jay Z and Stephen Curry. Credit Sasha Arutyunova for The New York Times |
Two men — one in Miami, the other in New York, both passionate about suits — stumble upon each other on Instagram. They feel a connection. Mutual respect on social media turns into real-life camaraderie. They meet, they click, they draw up a plan.
A business is born.
That is the origin story of Musika Frère, a label that specializes in custom suits that often come in unusual colors or patterns, and has drawn a clientele that includes Jay Z, Michael B. Jordan, Stephen Curry, Kevin Hart and even Beyoncé.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/fashion/mens-style/suits-beyonce-jay-z-stephen-curry-musika-frere.html
Imagine If
From the Huffington Post -
Syrian Artist Paints World Leaders As Refugees
Trump, Obama, Merkel and more are depicted as displaced people.
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/syrian-artist-abdalla-al-omari-world-leaders-trump-refugees_us_59397ef1e4b0b13f2c683449
Syrian Artist Paints World Leaders As Refugees
Trump, Obama, Merkel and more are depicted as displaced people.
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/syrian-artist-abdalla-al-omari-world-leaders-trump-refugees_us_59397ef1e4b0b13f2c683449
History Lesson - Baseball
From the Undefeated -
Once upon a time, Negro League stars came out to play in Mexico
By Eric Gomez
The likes of Josh Gibson, Roy Campanella, Ray Dandridge and Monte Irvin have been enshrined in Mexico's hall of fame. It is Irvin, the late New York Giants star, who perhaps encapsulated his experience in Mexico best.
“You could go anywhere, go to any theater, do anything, eat in any restaurant, just like anybody else, and it was wonderful,” Irvin said at the time.
http://www.espn.com/blog/onenacion/post/_/id/7543/once-upon-a-time-negro-league-stars-came-out-to-play-in-mexico
Once upon a time, Negro League stars came out to play in Mexico
By Eric Gomez
The likes of Josh Gibson, Roy Campanella, Ray Dandridge and Monte Irvin have been enshrined in Mexico's hall of fame. It is Irvin, the late New York Giants star, who perhaps encapsulated his experience in Mexico best.
“You could go anywhere, go to any theater, do anything, eat in any restaurant, just like anybody else, and it was wonderful,” Irvin said at the time.
http://www.espn.com/blog/onenacion/post/_/id/7543/once-upon-a-time-negro-league-stars-came-out-to-play-in-mexico
A Useful Template
From the NY Times -
The White House Leak Template for Journalists
With an endless stream of revelations and leaks about the Trump administration, it can be difficult for reporters to keep up. Here’s an easy-to-fill-in template that can help.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/10/opinion/sunday/opart-white-house-leak-template.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
The White House Leak Template for Journalists
With an endless stream of revelations and leaks about the Trump administration, it can be difficult for reporters to keep up. Here’s an easy-to-fill-in template that can help.
By TEDDY WAYNE and BEN BARRY
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/10/opinion/sunday/opart-white-house-leak-template.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
A Diverse Two-Year Tech School
From the NY Times -
Holberton, a Two-Year Tech School, Emphasizes Diversity
By KATIE BENNER
Like many computer science students, Max Johnson spends his days learning new programming languages, working with mentors and meeting with technology company recruiters. But that’s where the similarities end between him and a student at Stanford or Caltech.
Mr. Johnson, 33, is part of an experimental two-year program called the Holberton School that aims to create a diverse group of engineers and place them in the industry’s top technology companies.
Like many Holberton students, Mr. Johnson did not major in math or computer science in college. He attended Saint Augustine’s University on a basketball scholarship and studied psychology. He is African-American in an overwhelmingly white industry and lives in his car because he cannot afford to pay rent in San Francisco. If he had to pay tuition up front, he would not be able to go to school.
“We want to remove any barrier to a high-quality education,” said Sylvain Kalache, one of the Holberton School founders. “No matter your age, gender, ethnicity or past professional life, you can come.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/education/holberton-a-two-year-tech-school-emphasizes-diversity.html?emc=edit_ca_20170608&nl=california-today&nlid=38867499&te=1&_r=0
Holberton, a Two-Year Tech School, Emphasizes Diversity
By KATIE BENNER
Like many computer science students, Max Johnson spends his days learning new programming languages, working with mentors and meeting with technology company recruiters. But that’s where the similarities end between him and a student at Stanford or Caltech.
Mr. Johnson, 33, is part of an experimental two-year program called the Holberton School that aims to create a diverse group of engineers and place them in the industry’s top technology companies.
Like many Holberton students, Mr. Johnson did not major in math or computer science in college. He attended Saint Augustine’s University on a basketball scholarship and studied psychology. He is African-American in an overwhelmingly white industry and lives in his car because he cannot afford to pay rent in San Francisco. If he had to pay tuition up front, he would not be able to go to school.
“We want to remove any barrier to a high-quality education,” said Sylvain Kalache, one of the Holberton School founders. “No matter your age, gender, ethnicity or past professional life, you can come.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/education/holberton-a-two-year-tech-school-emphasizes-diversity.html?emc=edit_ca_20170608&nl=california-today&nlid=38867499&te=1&_r=0
Robotics Can Help People Walk Again
From the Washington Post -
Robotics are helping paralyzed people walk again, but the price tag is huge
By Travis M. Andrews
In 2014, the ReWalk system became the first personal robotic exoskeleton approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The following year, the Department of Veterans Affairs agreed to cover the exoskeletons for qualifying vets. Meanwhile, several companies began touting similar devices. For example, Ekso makes units used to rehabilitate people after spinal cord injury or stroke.
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The ReWalk Personal 6.0 System costs, on average, $81,000. Ottobock’s C-Brace is priced at $75,000. For the Indego Personal, which received FDA approval last year, it is $98,000.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/robotics-are-helping-paralyzed-people-walk-again-but-the-price-tag-is-huge/2017/06/09/26843a78-46f0-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html?utm_term=.226371e6a97e&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
Robotics are helping paralyzed people walk again, but the price tag is huge
By Travis M. Andrews
In 2014, the ReWalk system became the first personal robotic exoskeleton approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The following year, the Department of Veterans Affairs agreed to cover the exoskeletons for qualifying vets. Meanwhile, several companies began touting similar devices. For example, Ekso makes units used to rehabilitate people after spinal cord injury or stroke.
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The ReWalk Personal 6.0 System costs, on average, $81,000. Ottobock’s C-Brace is priced at $75,000. For the Indego Personal, which received FDA approval last year, it is $98,000.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/robotics-are-helping-paralyzed-people-walk-again-but-the-price-tag-is-huge/2017/06/09/26843a78-46f0-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html?utm_term=.226371e6a97e&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
Comey in College
An excerpt from the Chronicle -
The Story of James Comey’s Most Explosive Investigation — in College
By Adam Harris
The year was 1980, and Mr. Comey, the future director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was a student journalist at the College of William & Mary.
Years later, after the release on Wednesday night of his sworn testimony to the U.S. Senate’s Intelligence Committee, several people would applaud his prowess as a storyteller. But Mr. Comey’s work at The Flat Hat, the college’s student newspaper, received far less applause that fall semester.
In a three-part series first noted by The New Yorker, he chronicled a challenge that still plagues many colleges today: recruiting and retaining black students and faculty members. The number of black students on the campus, in Williamsburg, Va., had leveled off after years of enrollment gains, and its most recent freshman class had seen a decline. There were just three black faculty members.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Story-of-James-Comey-s/240294?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest
The Story of James Comey’s Most Explosive Investigation — in College
By Adam Harris
The year was 1980, and Mr. Comey, the future director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was a student journalist at the College of William & Mary.
Years later, after the release on Wednesday night of his sworn testimony to the U.S. Senate’s Intelligence Committee, several people would applaud his prowess as a storyteller. But Mr. Comey’s work at The Flat Hat, the college’s student newspaper, received far less applause that fall semester.
In a three-part series first noted by The New Yorker, he chronicled a challenge that still plagues many colleges today: recruiting and retaining black students and faculty members. The number of black students on the campus, in Williamsburg, Va., had leveled off after years of enrollment gains, and its most recent freshman class had seen a decline. There were just three black faculty members.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Story-of-James-Comey-s/240294?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest
He Nailed It
From the Atlantic -
The Five Lines of Defense Against Comey—and Why They Failed
Trump’s supporters attacked the former FBI director’s testimony, but didn’t manage to discredit it.
By DAVID FRUM
Friends of the president will reply that the Comey hearing did not produce a smoking gun. That’s true. But the floor is littered with cartridge casings, there’s a smell of gunpowder in the air, bullet holes in the wall, and a warm weapon on the table. Comey showed himself credible, convincing, and consistent. Against him are arrayed the confused excuses of the least credible president in modern American history.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-five-lines-of-defense-against-comeyand-why-they-failed/529743/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-060917
The Five Lines of Defense Against Comey—and Why They Failed
Trump’s supporters attacked the former FBI director’s testimony, but didn’t manage to discredit it.
By DAVID FRUM
Friends of the president will reply that the Comey hearing did not produce a smoking gun. That’s true. But the floor is littered with cartridge casings, there’s a smell of gunpowder in the air, bullet holes in the wall, and a warm weapon on the table. Comey showed himself credible, convincing, and consistent. Against him are arrayed the confused excuses of the least credible president in modern American history.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-five-lines-of-defense-against-comeyand-why-they-failed/529743/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-060917
Friday, June 9, 2017
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Free College Tuition for New Yorkers
From the Huffington Post -
Here's how to apply for free SUNY tuition
By Jon Campbell
ALBANY - New York received more than 3,000 applications for free SUNY and CUNY tuition by mid-afternoon Wednesday, the opening day of a six-week application period.
The state Higher Education Services Corp. began accepting applications Wednesday for the Excelsior Scholarship program, which will wipe out tuition at the state's public colleges and universities for income-eligible students.
Prospective students have until July 21 to apply. You can find the application at hesc.ny.gov/excelsior.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2017/06/07/heres-how-apply-free-suny-tuition/102590210/
Here's how to apply for free SUNY tuition
By Jon Campbell
ALBANY - New York received more than 3,000 applications for free SUNY and CUNY tuition by mid-afternoon Wednesday, the opening day of a six-week application period.
The state Higher Education Services Corp. began accepting applications Wednesday for the Excelsior Scholarship program, which will wipe out tuition at the state's public colleges and universities for income-eligible students.
Prospective students have until July 21 to apply. You can find the application at hesc.ny.gov/excelsior.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2017/06/07/heres-how-apply-free-suny-tuition/102590210/
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
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