A Bank Investing in Renewable Energy

From Bank of America -

Bank of America issues $1 billion Green Bond

In November 2016, Bank of America issued its third and largest green bond for $1 billion in aggregate principal amount, furthering the company’s commitment to advancing renewable energy generation. The bond will help to fund renewable energy projects under the company’s $125 billion multi-year environmental business commitment to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy through lending, investing, capital raising, advisory services and developing financing solutions for clients around the world. This issuance follows our $600 million corporate green bond offering in 2015 and our first corporate green bond issuance for $500 million in 2013.

Here are some examples of projects financed by our third green bond.

First Reserve, Comanche Solar.
D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments, North Star Solar.
Exelon Generation Company, Bluestem.
Starwood Energy Group Global, Electra Wind.
SunPower, Sunrise 2.
D.E. Shaw, Balko Wind.*
NextEra, Pioneer Plains.*
NextEra, Steele Flats.*

*Projects refinanced from our first green bond.

http://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/green-bond-overview.html#fbid=EQ2_Jqn8mWY

Being the First

From the Washington Post -

20 new and returning TV shows that you should check out this summer
By Hank Stuever

First in Human

(Discovery Channel at 9 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 10) Three-night docu-series, narrated by “Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons, takes viewers on an unprecedented trip inside the National Institutes of Health’s “Building 10” hospital complex, where chemotherapy was first used against cancer, lithium was tried for depression and — so long as federal funding continues — further research continues.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/20-new-and-returning-tv-shows-that-you-should-check-out-this-summer/2017/06/15/6f730dce-4ad1-11e7-bc1b-fddbd8359dee_story.html?utm_term=.bd3063003eaf&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

You Lose a Lot When You Lose Sleep

From the Huffington Post - (Bold is mine)

Sleep Deprivation Is Killing You (And Making You Fat In The Process)
By Dr. Terry Bradberry

The next time you tell yourself that you’ll sleep when you’re dead, realize that you’re making a decision that can make that day come much sooner. Pushing late into the night is a health and productivity killer.

According to the Division of Sleep Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, the short-term productivity gains from skipping sleep to work are quickly washed away by the detrimental effects of sleep deprivation on your mood, ability to focus, and access to higher-level brain functions for days to come. The negative effects of sleep deprivation are so great that people who are drunk outperform those lacking sleep.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sleep-deprivation-is-killing-you-and-making-you-fat_us_594c1d77e4b0f078efd97fe0

Was This The Best Haka Yet? || Maori All Blacks VS B&I Lions

Frankie - This one is for you.



http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/24/sport/new-zealand-british-and-irish-lions-rugby-eden-park-auckland/index.html

Little Black Girl Magic 2

From the Undefeated -

This 9-year-old launched her own line of bath products
Jelani Jones has become a pro at running a business while balancing life as a fourth-grader
BY MAYA A. JONES

Jelani Jones, founder of Lani Boo Bath. Facebook

While most kids are looking forward to relaxing during summer break, 9-year-old Jelani Jones is contemplating ways to grow her business.

As founder of Lani Boo Bath, a line launched last October that specializes in bath bombs and handcrafted moisturizing soaps, Jelani is learning a thing or two about entrepreneurship. According to Fredericksburg.com, the Spotsylvania County, Virginia, native learned how to make bath bombs — a tightly packed mixture of ingredients that fizzes and expels various scents and oils when wet — in school. Jelani had so much fun with the project that she went home to experiment on her own.


With the help of her parents, Jelani purchased the ingredients needed to create the bath bombs and turned the family kitchen into her personal laboratory. After perfecting the blends to her satisfaction, Jelani started by selling her products to friends, family and church members before establishing Etsy and Facebook pages.

https://theundefeated.com/features/9-year-old-jelani-jones-launched-lani-boo-bath/

https://www.etsy.com/shop/laniboobath#about

Get to Know This Golfer

From the Undefeated -

Golfer Zakiya Randall has been productive in her time away from the sport
She’s taking a break from the professional circuit to work on her game and inspire the youth
BY TIERRA R. WILKINS

Zakiya Randall

Twenty-six-year-old Zakiya Randall has been playing golf since she was 10. During her prime, she says, she won close to 80 tournaments around the country on the junior and amateur circuits, but more recently she’s been taking a break from professional golf to hone her skill in the sport. But that doesn’t mean she has a lot of downtime. She hosts business clinics, models and travels the country giving motivational speeches. We caught up with the Golden State Warriors fan (she’s from Atlanta and calls Washington, D.C., her hometown, but it’s all good!) to see what she’s been up to since she appeared on Golf Channel’s Big Break in 2012 — needless to say, she hasn’t slowed down.

https://theundefeated.com/features/cultureplay-golfer-zakiya-randall/

Historical

From the Undefeated -

Markelle Fultz and Kelsey Plum make history as No. 1 picks
For the first time, the year’s top NBA and WNBA selections came from the same school
BY AARON DODSON

Relevant. pic.twitter.com/51vjVj9jas

— espnW (@espnW) June 23, 2017

https://theundefeated.com/features/markelle-fultz-kelsey-plum-make-history-number-1-picks/

The Map of Mathematics

The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you - Anthony Hazard

Tool Helps Toddlers Learn To Walk

7 things the CIA looks for when recruiting people

Cheyenne Mountain

https://www.wired.com/2017/05/rare-journey-cheyenne-mountain-complex-super-bunker-can-survive-anything/?mbid=nl_62417_p1&CNDID=

Little Black Girl Magic

From BlackAmericaWeb -

Meet The 10-Year-Old Girl Who Invented A Million-Dollar Barrette

Just imagine, a hair accessory being sold in 50 stores and 16 states across the country…and the CEO of the hair brand is still in elementary school! That’s right, 10-year old Gabrielle Goodwin has come up with a solution that will bring nothing but relief to Black moms around the world – barrettes that don’t fall off or go missing.

Wow!😱 Thanks @hellobeautiful for the #gabbybows feature!💜

A post shared by GaBBY Bows (@gabbybows) on Jun 22, 2017 at 5:12pm PDT

So excited to partner with @onceuponachildflowermound in #Texas! One of 50+ @onceuponachild stores carrying #gabbybows!💜 #onceuponachild

A post shared by GaBBY Bows (@gabbybows) on May 5, 2017 at 5:11pm PDT

https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/06/21/meet-the-10-year-old-girl-who-invented-a-million-dollar-barrette/

Blaxodus

From the Root -

For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: Budapest
By Jennifer Neal

I’ll be completely honest: When it comes to hypothetical homes for African Americans who are considering a post-Trump “blaxodus,” Eastern Europe was way off my radar. Like many former Soviet-bloc states, Hungary is a place that grapples with unemployment and poverty while its leaders hoard taxpayer funds to line their own pockets.

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But I’m ready to admit something else: Budapest surprised me. Centuries of expanding and contracting border lines, nomadic ethnic groups like the Roma and 150 years of Turkish occupation have turned Budapest into a unique archetype relative to the rest of the region. This is reflected in the architecture, the music and, unlike Germany—a country where emulsified pork fat spread on toast is considered a delicacy—the food, which is slap-somebody good.

http://www.theroot.com/for-those-considering-blaxit-i-present-to-you-budapes-1796277680

Jamie Foxx’s Daughter Hates Him Dating Younger Girls | The Graham Norton...

Ed Sheeran slept on Jamie Foxx's couch for 6 weeks - The Graham Norton ...

Stayin' Alive

From the Root -

Ohio State Recruit Breaks Internet With Wokest Shirt Ever
By Michael Harriot

⭕️state was great!!!! 💯 pic.twitter.com/HlWtYBXhOu

— Tyreke Smith™ (@T_23_baller) June 17, 2017

http://www.theroot.com/ohio-state-recruit-breaks-internet-with-wokest-shirt-ev-1796343394

Remember These Guys?

An excerpt from the Washington Post -

The Legend of Reebok’s ‘Dan and Dave’ ad campaign, as told by Dan and Dave 
By Rick Maese

Dan O’Brien and Dave Johnson at the Modesto Relays in 1992.
(Tim DeFrisco / Getty Images)

Twenty-five years ago, the advertising campaign was ubiquitous. By Summer 1992, it would be infamous – one of the biggest sports’ marketing campaigns to date, featuring two relatively unknown track and field athletes who became household names almost overnight. Dan O’Brien and Dave Johnson were American decathletes on a crash-course to compete against each other for Olympic gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Reebok pumped $30 million into the “Dan & Dave” campaign and invited the nation to choose sides.

Twenty-five years later, Johnson and O’Brien spent time remembering that summer that turned them into unlikely celebrities.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2017/06/23/the-legend-of-reeboks-dan-and-dave-ad-campaign-as-told-by-dan-and-dave/?utm_term=.a6f80f977344&wpisrc=nl_most-draw7&wpmm=1

Why a coal titan is suing John Oliver for defamation

Hmmmmm

From Scientific American?

Why Are so Many Babies Born around 8:00 A.M.?
Data visualization engineer Zan Armstrong takes a close look at human birth patterns.
By Zan Armstrong

How a baby is born affects when a baby is born

In the U.S., 32 percent of births are C-section surgeries, another 18 percent are the result of induced labors and 50 percent are “natural” (vaginal deliveries without induction). If we break down the data by the method of delivery, we see a distinct rhythm for each type of delivery method. Together, these three intersecting patterns create the overall minute-per-day pattern we see: fewer births at night, a huge spike in the morning and a broader afternoon bump.

Credit: Nadieh Bremer and Zan Armstrong; SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

For the 50 percent of babies born without intervention, we see a night/day pattern. Roughly 20 to 30 percent more babies are born per minute between 6:45 A.M. and 6 P.M. than during the night.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/why-are-so-many-babies-born-around-8-00-a-m/