Thursday, October 12, 2017
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Young Commercial Airline Pilot Jonathan Strickland makes History by film...
https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/10/11/25-year-old-jonathan-strickland-is-the-youngest-pilot-ever-hired-by-ups/?omcamp=es-baw-nl&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Campaign%2010-11-2017&utm_term=BAW%20Subscribers%20%28Daily%29
Helping Students Acclimate
An excerpt from the LA Times -
At UCLA, a dorm floor dedicated to first-generation students
By Teresa Watanabe
Desiree Felix didn’t make her way to UCLA with the help of helicopter parents who hired tutors, hounded teachers or edited her application essays.
Her father is a handyman with a sixth-grade education. Her mother finished high school and helps manage apartments.
At Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, Felix had to figure out most of the nuts and bolts of preparing for and applying to colleges on her own. She didn’t know anything about Advanced Placement classes until her sophomore year, and she came close to missing UC’s application deadline.
In her freshman year, Felix has chosen to live on a newly created dorm floor just for students like her who are the first in their families to attend college.
“I wanted to be around people who understood and shared my experiences so I could connect with them,” she said on move-in day as she unpacked her bags and arranged her new desk.
The dedicated dorm floor is UCLA’s latest effort to support its first-generation students, who make up 32% of undergraduates — a strikingly high number for an elite university.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ucla-first-gen-students-20171002-story.html#nws=mcnewsletter
At UCLA, a dorm floor dedicated to first-generation students
By Teresa Watanabe
Desiree Felix didn’t make her way to UCLA with the help of helicopter parents who hired tutors, hounded teachers or edited her application essays.
Her father is a handyman with a sixth-grade education. Her mother finished high school and helps manage apartments.
At Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, Felix had to figure out most of the nuts and bolts of preparing for and applying to colleges on her own. She didn’t know anything about Advanced Placement classes until her sophomore year, and she came close to missing UC’s application deadline.
In her freshman year, Felix has chosen to live on a newly created dorm floor just for students like her who are the first in their families to attend college.
“I wanted to be around people who understood and shared my experiences so I could connect with them,” she said on move-in day as she unpacked her bags and arranged her new desk.
The dedicated dorm floor is UCLA’s latest effort to support its first-generation students, who make up 32% of undergraduates — a strikingly high number for an elite university.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ucla-first-gen-students-20171002-story.html#nws=mcnewsletter
In Case of Emergency
An excerpt from KQED News -
Here’s What You Should Have in Your Emergency Bag
By Erika Aguilar
We reached out to San Francisco’s Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT) to get tips on what should be in your emergency “go bag”:
Q: What should be in my go bag?
“Things you cannot live without,” said Capt. Erica Arteseros of San Francisco’s Fire Department. She is the training coordinator for the NERT team of volunteers. Here’s a list of things to get started:
Medication
An extra set of keys
Eyeglasses or contact lenses
Hearing aids
A change of clothes
Some water and snack bars
Cash in small bills
A first-aid kit
Flashlight
A portable radio
Charging cables for your cellphone and a portable cellphone battery pack
A copy of your ID
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/10/heres-what-you-should-have-in-your-emergency-bag/
Here’s What You Should Have in Your Emergency Bag
By Erika Aguilar
We reached out to San Francisco’s Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT) to get tips on what should be in your emergency “go bag”:
Q: What should be in my go bag?
“Things you cannot live without,” said Capt. Erica Arteseros of San Francisco’s Fire Department. She is the training coordinator for the NERT team of volunteers. Here’s a list of things to get started:
Medication
An extra set of keys
Eyeglasses or contact lenses
Hearing aids
A change of clothes
Some water and snack bars
Cash in small bills
A first-aid kit
Flashlight
A portable radio
Charging cables for your cellphone and a portable cellphone battery pack
A copy of your ID
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/10/heres-what-you-should-have-in-your-emergency-bag/
IQ Explained
From Vox -
IQ, explained in 9 charts
By Brian Resnick
https://www.vox.com/2016/5/24/11723182/iq-test-intelligence
IQ, explained in 9 charts
By Brian Resnick
https://www.vox.com/2016/5/24/11723182/iq-test-intelligence
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Monday, October 9, 2017
Coolest Buildings in America
From Thrillist -
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/coolest-buildings-in-america
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/coolest-buildings-in-america
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Saturday, October 7, 2017
The Supreme Court's Ruling on the Anthem
An excerpt from Rolling Stone -
What the Supreme Court Says About Sitting Out the National Anthem
Some public schools are telling student-athletes they can't kneel during the anthem – but that's unconstitutional
By David S. Cohen
The Supreme Court very forcefully declared that punishing students for not participating in the Pledge of Allegiance was unconstitutional. The decision had nothing to do with the students' religion and everything to do with their constitutional right to freedom of speech. As the Court wrote, in language that has become one of the most important principles of modern free speech law:
"If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they do not now occur to us."
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/what-the-supreme-court-says-about-sitting-out-the-national-anthem-w507503?utm_source=rsnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=100617_17
What the Supreme Court Says About Sitting Out the National Anthem
Some public schools are telling student-athletes they can't kneel during the anthem – but that's unconstitutional
By David S. Cohen
The Supreme Court very forcefully declared that punishing students for not participating in the Pledge of Allegiance was unconstitutional. The decision had nothing to do with the students' religion and everything to do with their constitutional right to freedom of speech. As the Court wrote, in language that has become one of the most important principles of modern free speech law:
"If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they do not now occur to us."
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/what-the-supreme-court-says-about-sitting-out-the-national-anthem-w507503?utm_source=rsnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=100617_17
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