An excerpt from the Boston Globe -
Canadian colleges offer US students lower tuition and Trudeau instead of Trump
By Laura Krantz
CAMBRIDGE — In a sweaty high school gymnasium on a recent Monday evening, 25 college recruiters set up tables with glossy brochures and free pens. Among them were Quest University, Mount Allison University, the University of Waterloo, and Bishop’s University.
Most Americans can’t locate these schools on a map (hint: they’re all in Canada), but nonetheless about 100 US students and their parents attended the fair, curious to learn about them. Why? The lure of reasonably priced tuition and a chance to study outside the United States.
As private college costs in the United States creep ever-closer to $70,000 a year, Canadian schools are seizing on unprecedented interest among Americans increasingly unwilling to accept mountains of debt for an undergraduate degree.
Colleges in Canada, which are almost all public and receive more government support than their US counterparts, are significantly cheaper, as little as $8,000 per year at Brandon University in Manitoba, or $15,000 at McGill, in Montreal.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/09/27/canadian-colleges-focus-recruitment-efforts-students/esfIXhe9ctB66yrrQ7a2cO/story.html?et_rid=606374700&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Friday, September 29, 2017
Co-opted
An excerpt from Vox - (Bold is mine)
The NFL has officially whitewashed Colin Kaepernick’s protest
The co-opting of protests against racism has a storied history in our country.
Updated by Louis Moore
Last Sunday, in the largest single-day athlete protest in American sports history, players across the league linked arms and took a knee during the national anthem. But it was a toothless gesture. The demonstration, which started as a protest against police brutality by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, had become a “mere picnic.”
Last weekend’s wave of protest was prompted by an angry rebuke by President Trump during a rally in Alabama. The president called for any “son of a bitch” who took a knee to be fired by the NFL. In response, players across the nation knelt in front of the flag during Sunday’s games. But these protests meant something different. Billionaire team owners who had donated to Trump’s campaign joined in. The symbol of taking a knee came to mean something else — unity, anger toward Trump, free speech. Kaepernick’s bold statement against systemic racism had been co-opted.
The beauty and brilliance of Kaepernick’s protest the previous season is that it put all athletes and fans on notice. "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick told reporters. He did not mince words.
And his truth drew the ire of white fans. For two minutes, they had to confront systemic racism and police brutality, something most fans don’t want to acknowledge, especially during a football game. In short, Kaepernick took a page from Bill Russell’s activist athlete playbook. As Russell noted in 1964, “We have got to make the white population uncomfortable, because that is the only way to get their attention.”
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/9/28/16379618/nfl-take-a-knee-protest-colin-kaepernick
The NFL has officially whitewashed Colin Kaepernick’s protest
The co-opting of protests against racism has a storied history in our country.
Updated by Louis Moore
Last Sunday, in the largest single-day athlete protest in American sports history, players across the league linked arms and took a knee during the national anthem. But it was a toothless gesture. The demonstration, which started as a protest against police brutality by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, had become a “mere picnic.”
Last weekend’s wave of protest was prompted by an angry rebuke by President Trump during a rally in Alabama. The president called for any “son of a bitch” who took a knee to be fired by the NFL. In response, players across the nation knelt in front of the flag during Sunday’s games. But these protests meant something different. Billionaire team owners who had donated to Trump’s campaign joined in. The symbol of taking a knee came to mean something else — unity, anger toward Trump, free speech. Kaepernick’s bold statement against systemic racism had been co-opted.
The beauty and brilliance of Kaepernick’s protest the previous season is that it put all athletes and fans on notice. "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick told reporters. He did not mince words.
And his truth drew the ire of white fans. For two minutes, they had to confront systemic racism and police brutality, something most fans don’t want to acknowledge, especially during a football game. In short, Kaepernick took a page from Bill Russell’s activist athlete playbook. As Russell noted in 1964, “We have got to make the white population uncomfortable, because that is the only way to get their attention.”
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/9/28/16379618/nfl-take-a-knee-protest-colin-kaepernick
Wardrobe Malfunction Statement
From Vox -
Someone took an upskirt photo of actress Natalie Morales. Her response is required reading.
Updated by Constance Grady
Someone took an upskirt photo of actress Natalie Morales. Her response is required reading.
Updated by Constance Grady
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/9/27/16375446/natalie-morales-upskirt-photo-responseBefore this gets watered down or the word "vagina" gets censored out, here's my statement on this "wardrobe malfunction" b.s. pic.twitter.com/nE6CNAsovB— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) September 27, 2017
Thursday, September 28, 2017
A Supreme Court Clerk
From the Washington Post -
From her dad’s killing during the crack epidemic to a Supreme Court clerkship
By John Woodrow Cox
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/from-her-dads-killing-during-the-crack-epidemic-to-a-supreme-court-clerkship/2017/09/27/e631eb7c-8de0-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_wright-1130a-1%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.0f6e0abe7bac
From her dad’s killing during the crack epidemic to a Supreme Court clerkship
By John Woodrow Cox
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/from-her-dads-killing-during-the-crack-epidemic-to-a-supreme-court-clerkship/2017/09/27/e631eb7c-8de0-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_wright-1130a-1%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.0f6e0abe7bac
Quote
“The flag is drenched with our blood.” - Fannie Lou Hamer
From the NY Times - Charles Blow
(A powerful article. Too good from start to finish to post snippets. - Faye)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/opinion/the-flag-is-drenched-with-our-blood.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&_r=0
From the NY Times - Charles Blow
(A powerful article. Too good from start to finish to post snippets. - Faye)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/opinion/the-flag-is-drenched-with-our-blood.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&_r=0
Three Amigos
 ROB CARR VIA GETTY IMAGES |
| Former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton enlivened the opening ceremonies of the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club on Sept. 28, 2017, in Jersey City, New Jersey. |
Terrible
Stephen Curry said the recent SI cover (in which he was on) not including Colin Kaepernick was "terrible" pic.twitter.com/HDSUxcQvdm— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) September 27, 2017
A City Built For Driverless Cars
Excerpts from Now I Know -
The Town that Drives Itself
Ghost towns have a few hallmark features — lots of buildings, lots of roads, and no residents. These uninhabited towns were once bustling with commerce and community, but for reasons which often differ from place to place, they’re now desolate and abandoned.
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That’s hardly a ghost town. It’s bright, clean, and airy. And — importantly — the stoplights are working.
Really, that’s the most important part. Mcity wasn’t built for people. It was built for cars — autonomous ones.
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Mcity opened its doors — er, roads — in 2015. It is a 32-acre urban landscape with all sorts of roadways. There are railroad crossings, roundabouts, differently-paved streets, highway on-ramps, crazy intersections with confusing left turns, and more. The buildings, as you can probably tell by the above, are just facades, and there are no people beyond the researchers; instead, there are fake pedestrians that don’t know how to safely cross the street. (The image below is an example.) The purpose of the city is to test driverless cars and the technology which controls them, with researchers across disciplines and employers taking advantage of this one-of-a-kind city.
http://nowiknow.com/the-town-that-drives-itself/
The Town that Drives Itself
Ghost towns have a few hallmark features — lots of buildings, lots of roads, and no residents. These uninhabited towns were once bustling with commerce and community, but for reasons which often differ from place to place, they’re now desolate and abandoned.
~~~~~~~~~~
That’s hardly a ghost town. It’s bright, clean, and airy. And — importantly — the stoplights are working.
Really, that’s the most important part. Mcity wasn’t built for people. It was built for cars — autonomous ones.
~~~~~~~~~~
Mcity opened its doors — er, roads — in 2015. It is a 32-acre urban landscape with all sorts of roadways. There are railroad crossings, roundabouts, differently-paved streets, highway on-ramps, crazy intersections with confusing left turns, and more. The buildings, as you can probably tell by the above, are just facades, and there are no people beyond the researchers; instead, there are fake pedestrians that don’t know how to safely cross the street. (The image below is an example.) The purpose of the city is to test driverless cars and the technology which controls them, with researchers across disciplines and employers taking advantage of this one-of-a-kind city.
http://nowiknow.com/the-town-that-drives-itself/
Painless Way to Save Money
I've discovered a painless way to save money with these weekly plans. They were found on Pinterest. Here's to happy savings!
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Renew Your Passports Pronto!
From PureWow - H/T Alisha
Yikes, Here’s What Happens if You Don’t Renew Your Passport This Fall
By HEATH GOLDMAN
Unless you renewed your passport yesterday, do yourself a favor and take it out right now. If it expires anytime next year, get yourself renewed now.
Why is that? Well, as reported by the L.A. Times, fewer people apply in the fall, so wait times from September to December are the shortest (just four weeks instead of months).
Here’s another (very tricky) reason: In January 2018, the Real ID Act kicks in. This means driver’s licenses from 23 states (including New York and California) won’t cut it for domestic travel, forcing folks to use their passports.
https://www.purewow.com/news/best-time-to-renew-passport?utm_medium=email&utm_source=national&utm_campaign=25100&utm_content=News_editorial
Yikes, Here’s What Happens if You Don’t Renew Your Passport This Fall
By HEATH GOLDMAN
Unless you renewed your passport yesterday, do yourself a favor and take it out right now. If it expires anytime next year, get yourself renewed now.
Why is that? Well, as reported by the L.A. Times, fewer people apply in the fall, so wait times from September to December are the shortest (just four weeks instead of months).
Here’s another (very tricky) reason: In January 2018, the Real ID Act kicks in. This means driver’s licenses from 23 states (including New York and California) won’t cut it for domestic travel, forcing folks to use their passports.
https://www.purewow.com/news/best-time-to-renew-passport?utm_medium=email&utm_source=national&utm_campaign=25100&utm_content=News_editorial
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