From the Undefeated -
He’s the only active black bowler to have won a major pro tournament
But Gary Faulkner Jr. is struggling to repeat that success
BY PAUL WACH
https://theundefeated.com/features/gary-faulkner-only-active-black-pba-bowler-to-have-won-a-major-pro-tournament/
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Grandmas Protest in Boise
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/24/1751791/-This-red-state-says-enough-is-enough?detail=emaildkre
Up, Up & Away!
From the Associated Press -
Self-taught rocket scientist blasts off into California sky
By PAT GRAHAM and MICHAEL BALSAMO
https://apnews.com/870b745abdfe41dfa3bb79b49d60f117
Self-taught rocket scientist blasts off into California sky
By PAT GRAHAM and MICHAEL BALSAMO
https://apnews.com/870b745abdfe41dfa3bb79b49d60f117
Number 4 is CRAZY!
From Buzzfeed -
26 People Who Have WAAAAAY More $$$ Than You Ever Even Thought
Celine deserves it, though.
By Matt Stopera
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/26-people-who-have-waaaaay-more-than-you-ever-even-thought?utm_term=.ro90gBXeJ#.xe5L20wbz
26 People Who Have WAAAAAY More $$$ Than You Ever Even Thought
Celine deserves it, though.
By Matt Stopera
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/26-people-who-have-waaaaay-more-than-you-ever-even-thought?utm_term=.ro90gBXeJ#.xe5L20wbz
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Between a Rock & a Hard Place
An excerpt from the Associated Press -
District arms teachers with rocks in case of school shooter
By KRISTEN DE GROOT
A rural school district in Pennsylvania is arming teachers and students with buckets of rocks as a last resort should an armed intruder burst in, the superintendent said Friday.
Every classroom in the district about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Philadelphia has a 5-gallon bucket of river stones, said Blue Mountain School District Superintendent David Helsel.
“We always strive to find new ways to keep our students safe,” Helsel told The Associated Press in a telephone interview, adding that the rocks are one small part of the district’s overall security plan.
Throwing rocks is more effective than just crawling under desks and waiting, and it gives students and teachers a chance to defend themselves, he said. The district has about 2,700 students at three elementary schools, a middle school and a high school.
Staff and students in the Blue Mountain district have been trained in a program called “ALICE” which stands for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate. Helsel said the rocks are part of the “counter” portion of training, fighting back if the intruder makes his way into the classroom.
The buckets are kept in classroom closets.
https://apnews.com/1bc6a265cddf4ec19001a00cfb92fd7e
District arms teachers with rocks in case of school shooter
By KRISTEN DE GROOT
A rural school district in Pennsylvania is arming teachers and students with buckets of rocks as a last resort should an armed intruder burst in, the superintendent said Friday.
Every classroom in the district about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Philadelphia has a 5-gallon bucket of river stones, said Blue Mountain School District Superintendent David Helsel.
“We always strive to find new ways to keep our students safe,” Helsel told The Associated Press in a telephone interview, adding that the rocks are one small part of the district’s overall security plan.
Throwing rocks is more effective than just crawling under desks and waiting, and it gives students and teachers a chance to defend themselves, he said. The district has about 2,700 students at three elementary schools, a middle school and a high school.
Staff and students in the Blue Mountain district have been trained in a program called “ALICE” which stands for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate. Helsel said the rocks are part of the “counter” portion of training, fighting back if the intruder makes his way into the classroom.
The buckets are kept in classroom closets.
https://apnews.com/1bc6a265cddf4ec19001a00cfb92fd7e
Filed Under: How to Survive in America
An excerpt form the Root -
An Incomplete List of Things Black People Should Avoid Doing so They Won’t Be Killed by Police
By Michael Harriot
On Sunday, March 18, police in Sacramento, Calif., fired 20 shots at Stephon Clark, killing him. Clark was unarmed and in his own backyard, leading many to ask what black people must do to escape the indiscriminate killing of black people.
A 2015 study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, showed that there is no relationship between criminality and race in police killings. A study by the Center for Policing Equity concluded (pdf) that police use more force against black suspects even when the data was adjusted for whether the person was a violent criminal.
To combat this deadly epidemic, we put together a handy guide to help black people end this trend that disproportionately affects black people. Here are the things you should avoid doing when police are around:
Running: Stephon Clark was unarmed, but he ran. We learned from the deaths of Walter Scott and Freddie Gray that running away from police is both a criminal offense and an act of aggression.
Walking: Amadou Diallo was simply walking to his apartment. When Chicago Police Detective Dante Servin shot Rekia Boyd, she was not involved in any crime or altercation. She just happened to be walking by. Terence Crutcher was shot in the back when he was killed by Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby.
All three victims were unarmed.
https://www.theroot.com/an-incomplete-list-of-things-black-people-should-avoid-1824032408
An Incomplete List of Things Black People Should Avoid Doing so They Won’t Be Killed by Police
By Michael Harriot
On Sunday, March 18, police in Sacramento, Calif., fired 20 shots at Stephon Clark, killing him. Clark was unarmed and in his own backyard, leading many to ask what black people must do to escape the indiscriminate killing of black people.
A 2015 study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, showed that there is no relationship between criminality and race in police killings. A study by the Center for Policing Equity concluded (pdf) that police use more force against black suspects even when the data was adjusted for whether the person was a violent criminal.
To combat this deadly epidemic, we put together a handy guide to help black people end this trend that disproportionately affects black people. Here are the things you should avoid doing when police are around:
Running: Stephon Clark was unarmed, but he ran. We learned from the deaths of Walter Scott and Freddie Gray that running away from police is both a criminal offense and an act of aggression.
Walking: Amadou Diallo was simply walking to his apartment. When Chicago Police Detective Dante Servin shot Rekia Boyd, she was not involved in any crime or altercation. She just happened to be walking by. Terence Crutcher was shot in the back when he was killed by Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby.
All three victims were unarmed.
https://www.theroot.com/an-incomplete-list-of-things-black-people-should-avoid-1824032408
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