From Atlas Obscura -
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/entire-northern-ireland-village-knitted-wool-crochet-cloughmills-county-antrim
Thursday, January 18, 2018
A Guide to Buying Appliances
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
Buying an appliance? Here’s how to get the best bargain.
By Kevin Brasler
Fortunately, Checkbook has identified some area stores that usually serve their customers well, and by using our simple shopping tips you’ll pay the lowest prices.
To help you separate the good stores from the not-so-good ones, through a special arrangement, Washington Post readers can access Checkbook’s ratings of local appliance stores free through Feb. 16 by visiting checkbook.org/WashingtonPost/Appliances.
Start by deciding on the models you wish to buy. There are a few excellent sources that provide independent buying advice. Consumer Reports regularly evaluates appliances on quality issues, including reliability, and offers advice on the pros and cons of configurations, designs, features and options. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Star program provides lists and energy-usage data on certified appliances.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/where-we-live/wp/2018/01/16/buying-an-appliance-heres-how-to-get-the-best-bargain/?utm_term=.af7f2be60bb1
Buying an appliance? Here’s how to get the best bargain.
By Kevin Brasler
Fortunately, Checkbook has identified some area stores that usually serve their customers well, and by using our simple shopping tips you’ll pay the lowest prices.
To help you separate the good stores from the not-so-good ones, through a special arrangement, Washington Post readers can access Checkbook’s ratings of local appliance stores free through Feb. 16 by visiting checkbook.org/WashingtonPost/Appliances.
Start by deciding on the models you wish to buy. There are a few excellent sources that provide independent buying advice. Consumer Reports regularly evaluates appliances on quality issues, including reliability, and offers advice on the pros and cons of configurations, designs, features and options. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Star program provides lists and energy-usage data on certified appliances.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/where-we-live/wp/2018/01/16/buying-an-appliance-heres-how-to-get-the-best-bargain/?utm_term=.af7f2be60bb1
Calculating the Cost of College
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
These 31 colleges — including Yale — are now using a fast and easy financial aid calculator
By Nick Anderson
When his two sons were growing up, a college professor named Phillip Levine found himself 10 years ago asking a question on the minds of parents perennially worried about the price of higher education: Would they qualify for financial aid?
Levine, a Wellesley College economist, was frustrated to learn there were no easy answers beyond the scary sticker prices and pledges from certain colleges that they would meet the need of students they admit.
“How can you expect people to make educated decisions about the right thing to do when they have absolutely no idea what the cost is?” Levine said. “It’s crazy.”
So Levine set out to build a tool that would provide some quick and reliable answers. On Wednesday, Yale University and 15 other schools announced that they would use a version of his calculator now known as MyinTuition. (Get it?) That brought the total involved in his nonprofit initiative to 31, including Wellesley, which in 2013 became the first to use Levine’s calculator.
https://myintuition.org
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/01/17/these-31-colleges-including-yale-are-now-using-a-fast-and-easy-financial-aid-calculator/?utm_term=.ef099048b5b5
These 31 colleges — including Yale — are now using a fast and easy financial aid calculator
By Nick Anderson
When his two sons were growing up, a college professor named Phillip Levine found himself 10 years ago asking a question on the minds of parents perennially worried about the price of higher education: Would they qualify for financial aid?
Levine, a Wellesley College economist, was frustrated to learn there were no easy answers beyond the scary sticker prices and pledges from certain colleges that they would meet the need of students they admit.
“How can you expect people to make educated decisions about the right thing to do when they have absolutely no idea what the cost is?” Levine said. “It’s crazy.”
So Levine set out to build a tool that would provide some quick and reliable answers. On Wednesday, Yale University and 15 other schools announced that they would use a version of his calculator now known as MyinTuition. (Get it?) That brought the total involved in his nonprofit initiative to 31, including Wellesley, which in 2013 became the first to use Levine’s calculator.
https://myintuition.org
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/01/17/these-31-colleges-including-yale-are-now-using-a-fast-and-easy-financial-aid-calculator/?utm_term=.ef099048b5b5
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Pot Docs Making a Positive Impact
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
A family of doctors helps reinvent medical marijuana
By Justin Wm. Moyer
The Knoxes are a clan of four doctors living in Oregon and California who specialize in medical marijuana. They seem to be doing quite well selling something that is illegal in many states, working with those they know best.
“We’re all fighting the same fight,” said Janice Knox, the founding doctor behind American Cannabinoid Clinics in Portland, Ore. — and the mother of two fellow physicians and the wife of the other. “I think when they do see us they’re surprised at who we are,” she said of her patients. The family aims for something not always associated with medical marijuana: professionalism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-family-of-doctors-helps-reinvent-medical-marijuana/2018/01/14/f4ea320e-eb24-11e7-b698-91d4e35920a3_story.html?utm_term=.8046c338e4f7
A family of doctors helps reinvent medical marijuana
By Justin Wm. Moyer
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| From left, physicians David Knox, Rachel Knox, Janice Knox and Jessica Knox are the founders of the American Cannabinoid Clinics. (Amanda Lucier/for The Washington Post) |
The Knoxes are a clan of four doctors living in Oregon and California who specialize in medical marijuana. They seem to be doing quite well selling something that is illegal in many states, working with those they know best.
“We’re all fighting the same fight,” said Janice Knox, the founding doctor behind American Cannabinoid Clinics in Portland, Ore. — and the mother of two fellow physicians and the wife of the other. “I think when they do see us they’re surprised at who we are,” she said of her patients. The family aims for something not always associated with medical marijuana: professionalism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-family-of-doctors-helps-reinvent-medical-marijuana/2018/01/14/f4ea320e-eb24-11e7-b698-91d4e35920a3_story.html?utm_term=.8046c338e4f7
Monday, January 15, 2018
Declared Dead
An excerpt from LiveScience -
Man Declared Dead Snores to Life Right Before His Autopsy
By Rachael Rettner
A man in Spain who was declared dead by three doctors was actually still alive, which doctors discovered only when he began snoring on the autopsy table, according to news reports.
The man, 29-year-old Gonzalo Montoya Jiménez, was a prisoner at a jail in northern Spain. He was found unconscious in his cell on Sunday (Jan. 7), and was believed to be dead, according to the Spanish news outlet La Voz de Asturias. Three forensic doctors allegedly examined Jiménez and certified his death.
But 4 hours later, right before Jiménez's autopsy, he was heard making noises on the autopsy table, and was found to still be alive. This discovery was not a moment too soon — Jiménez's body even had the marks painted on it to guide the autopsy, a family member told La Voz de Asturias.
https://www.livescience.com/61385-man-declared-dead-really-alive.html?ftag=CNM-00-10aac3a
Man Declared Dead Snores to Life Right Before His Autopsy
By Rachael Rettner
A man in Spain who was declared dead by three doctors was actually still alive, which doctors discovered only when he began snoring on the autopsy table, according to news reports.
The man, 29-year-old Gonzalo Montoya Jiménez, was a prisoner at a jail in northern Spain. He was found unconscious in his cell on Sunday (Jan. 7), and was believed to be dead, according to the Spanish news outlet La Voz de Asturias. Three forensic doctors allegedly examined Jiménez and certified his death.
But 4 hours later, right before Jiménez's autopsy, he was heard making noises on the autopsy table, and was found to still be alive. This discovery was not a moment too soon — Jiménez's body even had the marks painted on it to guide the autopsy, a family member told La Voz de Asturias.
https://www.livescience.com/61385-man-declared-dead-really-alive.html?ftag=CNM-00-10aac3a
Spectacular Bridges
From USA Today -
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/travel/destinations/10greatplaces/2018/01/11/the-worlds-most-spectacular-new-bridges/109361156/
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/travel/destinations/10greatplaces/2018/01/11/the-worlds-most-spectacular-new-bridges/109361156/
Most Innovative Companies
From USA Today -
The world’s 50 most innovative companies
Samuel Stebbins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/01/12/worlds-50-most-innovative-companies/1023095001/
The world’s 50 most innovative companies
Samuel Stebbins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/01/12/worlds-50-most-innovative-companies/1023095001/
Honored for His Bravery
An excerpt from Slate -
ACLU Honors Colin Kaepernick For Bravery in “Risking and Losing His Job” for the Cause of Social Justice
By Jeremy Stahl
BEVERLY HILLS, California—Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was a surprise honoree at the ACLU of Southern California’s annual "Bill of Rights Dinner" on Sunday, receiving the Eason Monroe Courageous Advocate Award.
Kaepernick, whose public speaking appearances have been rare in recent months, remained unsigned this year after he spent last season protesting racial inequities in the criminal justice system by taking a knee during the national anthem.
“Our next honoree took a stand. He took a stand knowing he would risk his job. And he has lost his job, one that he loved and was supremely talented and skilled at,” executive director of the ACLU of Southern California, Hector Villagra, told a packed ballroom at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. “He took a stand knowing that some would criticize him and he has been viciously and unfairly criticized.”
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/12/03/aclu_honors_colin_kaepernick_for_bravery_in_risking_and_losing_his_job_for.html
ACLU Honors Colin Kaepernick For Bravery in “Risking and Losing His Job” for the Cause of Social Justice
By Jeremy Stahl
BEVERLY HILLS, California—Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was a surprise honoree at the ACLU of Southern California’s annual "Bill of Rights Dinner" on Sunday, receiving the Eason Monroe Courageous Advocate Award.
Kaepernick, whose public speaking appearances have been rare in recent months, remained unsigned this year after he spent last season protesting racial inequities in the criminal justice system by taking a knee during the national anthem.
“Our next honoree took a stand. He took a stand knowing he would risk his job. And he has lost his job, one that he loved and was supremely talented and skilled at,” executive director of the ACLU of Southern California, Hector Villagra, told a packed ballroom at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. “He took a stand knowing that some would criticize him and he has been viciously and unfairly criticized.”
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/12/03/aclu_honors_colin_kaepernick_for_bravery_in_risking_and_losing_his_job_for.html
Making a Difference
An excerpt from OZY -
MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS STRUGGLE TO GET BUSINESS LOANS. THIS FUND AIMS TO FIX THAT
By Laura Elizabeth
Bennett says she’s proof the EOCF works. A quick cash injection helped her say yes to the arena project, bring on workers and deliver the job. “Being able to do that one project teleported us to a whole different level,” she says now. “We are getting looked at by contractors that wouldn’t have known who we were two years ago. And we are looking at bigger and better opportunities that we would never have been able to consider before.”
The EOCF has been deemed such a success — with $4.5 million loaned to more than 40 minority entrepreneurs since it launched in 2015 — that the fund has lately attracted new investors and tripled from $6.5 million to $18 million. Based on the Detroit model, similar funds will be introduced to San Francisco and New York this year.
But the problem the fund wants to solve goes far beyond a handful of cities. A 2016 report from the Hamilton Project, which studies fiscal policy, called for better federal funding to help minority and women entrepreneurs nationwide, arguing this could help resolve major social injustices.
http://www.ozy.com/acumen/minority-entrepreneurs-struggle-to-get-business-loans-this-fund-aims-to-fix-that/83095?utm_source=dd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01152018&variable=e3bf1057d4e3c0988a79ae4bce515610
MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS STRUGGLE TO GET BUSINESS LOANS. THIS FUND AIMS TO FIX THAT
By Laura Elizabeth
Bennett says she’s proof the EOCF works. A quick cash injection helped her say yes to the arena project, bring on workers and deliver the job. “Being able to do that one project teleported us to a whole different level,” she says now. “We are getting looked at by contractors that wouldn’t have known who we were two years ago. And we are looking at bigger and better opportunities that we would never have been able to consider before.”
The EOCF has been deemed such a success — with $4.5 million loaned to more than 40 minority entrepreneurs since it launched in 2015 — that the fund has lately attracted new investors and tripled from $6.5 million to $18 million. Based on the Detroit model, similar funds will be introduced to San Francisco and New York this year.
But the problem the fund wants to solve goes far beyond a handful of cities. A 2016 report from the Hamilton Project, which studies fiscal policy, called for better federal funding to help minority and women entrepreneurs nationwide, arguing this could help resolve major social injustices.
http://www.ozy.com/acumen/minority-entrepreneurs-struggle-to-get-business-loans-this-fund-aims-to-fix-that/83095?utm_source=dd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01152018&variable=e3bf1057d4e3c0988a79ae4bce515610
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