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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Open education and open technology in education | Opensource.com

Open education and open technology in education | Opensource.com
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A New Purpose for Old Smartphones: Cluster Computing

A New Purpose for Old Smartphones: Cluster Computing
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Five open hardware projects | Opensource.com

Five open hardware projects | Opensource.com
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Technical Analysis: Introduction | Investopedia

Technical Analysis: Introduction | Investopedia

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Stochastics: An Accurate Buy And Sell Indicator


Stochastics: An Accurate Buy And Sell Indicator
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dough.com | Options Trading Software Made Simple

dough.com | Options Trading Software Made Simple

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President Seeks Oil Exploration Off East Coast

The Equalizer continues his rein economic successes
President Seeks Oil Exploration Off East Coast
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Windows Users Can Now Create Bluetooth-Powered Devices With LightBlue Bean

Windows Users Can Now Create Bluetooth-Powered Devices With LightBlue Bean
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Google Maps updates Android API v2 – developers to get lite mode, toolbar, much more - The REM

Google Maps updates Android API v2 - developers to get lite mode, toolbar, much more
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fuse by outracks

fuse by outracks  - fusetools.com/referer/bf5bc003-d307-4b85-a4f4-5e2bea132b10

fuse - Beta opening soon - Request an invite today!
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Google Fiber Plans Major Expansion

Google Fiber Plans Major Expansion

Google Fiber Plans Major Expansion

Google Fiber confirmed for four new metro areas, 18 cities

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‘3 1/2 Minutes’ Film at Sundance: How Gun Culture, Fear and Racial Bias Killed Jordan Davis - America's 2014 Emmett Till


The Americans Freedom Paradox continues in which Afro American mothers fight to bring awareness to a nation that clearly shows no value in the lives of Afro Americans.  

To paraphrase Alexis de Tocqueville, the causality of a Revolution upon America's soil lies not in its ability to proclaim Freedom but in its inability to accept its dichotomy of Justice may give rise hereto.

Jordan Davis, Michael Brown, Trayvon Benjamin Martin  and the many innocent Afro American  Murdered through acts of Terrorism is America's 2014 Emmett Till reality.
 
3 1/2 Minutes: How Gun Culture, Fear and Racial Bias Killed Jordan Davis
American Experience . The Murder of Emmett Till | PBS

    

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Monday, January 26, 2015

Alert: Mobile Phone Browser Security Vulnerability, ​Google Doesn't Plan To Patch Andriod Pre-KitKat 4.3

Alert: Mobile Phone Browser Security Vulnerability, ​Google Doesn't Plan To Patch Andriod Pre-KitKat 4.3.

Users are advised to install  Firefox, Dolphin,Opera or Google Chrome browsers and to disable the Native (Built-in) Android Browser.
  1. To disable or Uninstall, Go to settings and locate Application Manager. 
  2. In Application Manger, scroll or  swipe to access the All menu which will reveal all installed applications. 
  3. Scroll down and click Internet. 
  4. Depending on the phone and version of Android operating system click Uninstall or Turn-off button. 
Some carriers does not allow users to uninstall nor disabled the default browser. The solution is to install one of the browsers listed above and set it the default Browser.
  1. If your Mobile provider doesn't allow uninstalling or disabling the default browser
  2. Click the link for installations on making the Firefox the default Browser  
  3. It's virtually the same steps for setting other browsers as default
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/make-firefox-default-browser-android

​Google: Why we won't patch pre-KitKat Android WebView | ZDNet

Sunday, January 25, 2015

New York Times’ Charles Blow 'Fuming' After Son Stopped at Gunpoint by Yale Cops - The Root

New York Times’ Charles Blow 'Fuming' After Son Stopped at Gunpoint by Yale Cops - The Root
NY Times' Charles Blow 'Fuming' After Son Stopped at Gunpoint by Yale Cops AfrocatioN Knowledge Is Key ©

Tweets about #RacialBattleFatigue hashtag on Twitter

Tweets about #RacialBattleFatigue hashtag on Twitter
Tweets about #racialbattlefatigue hashtag on Twitter
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In States Like Colorado Childcare Facilities Go Without Inspections for Three Years, While Dog Care Centers Require Inspection Every Year

Colorado is one of five states that allow childcare providers to go three years without inspection, while Dogs Daycare require Inspections Every Year .

One has to ask, what happened to Human value? Countries like the US and other Wealthy Nations  have relegated "through their actions" the value of Children as lessor value than  Dogs. Women especially are overwhelmingly choosing a future with animals as more preferable to children.

Humanity, especially Afro diaspora cannot survive by emulating euro centric actions that are clearly rooted in a people who have reached the pinnacle of material wealth. The Afro community must take action to teach young women and men the value of and the means to grow a prosperous family.

The greatest value in any nation is derived from family, not it's material wealth. That family ultimately develop the knowledge, skills and ability to achieve what is termed Human Capital which essentially the family enables it to obtain said material wealth.

Children is the key and any mindset that negates humanities ability to develop and build family is fundamentally doomed through policies that inherently focuses of the one absent procreation.

Investopedia - Educating the world about finance

Investopedia - Educating the world about finance
Investopedia - Educating the world about finance
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Saturday, January 24, 2015

DIY "Physical Web" UriBeacons, Google's Open Version of Apple's iBeacon Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Advertising Packet

Getting Started | DIY Google's "Physical Web" UriBeacons with the Bluefruit LE Friend | Adafruit Learning System
DIY Google's "Physical Web" UriBeacons with the Bluefruit LE Friend

Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center | Digital Trends

Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center | Digital Trends
A key point of the article is the Vehicle location. The car is in Georgia of all places while the Technology is derived in California.
Ford's new Silicon Valley research center will work on self-driving cars

National Action Network | No Justice, No Peace

National Action Network | No Justice, No Peace
National Action Network | No Justice, No Peace
Public Citizen Home Page
 
U.S. PIRG | The Federation of State PIRGs
Common Cause National

Why Pharma Payments to Doctors Were So Hard to Parse - ProPublica

Why Pharma Payments to Doctors Were So Hard to Parse - ProPublica
Why Pharma Payments to Doctors Were So Hard to Parse

Obama Wants You to Have Cheap Municipal Internet, But Many Cities Aren't Allowed to Provide It - ProPublica

Obama Wants You to Have Cheap Municipal Internet, But Many Cities Aren't Allowed to Provide It - ProPublica
Obama Wants You to Have Cheap, Fast Internet, But Many Cities Aren't Allowed to Provide It

For Principal Nadia Lopez, Every Scholar Matters - The Root

For Principal Nadia Lopez, Every Scholar Matters - The Root
Straight Out of Brownsville: A Student's Viral Image Salutes Revolutionary Brooklyn School Principal Nadia Lopez

Faith and Service Motivate Notre Dame’s 2010 Valedictorian - The Root

Faith and Service Motivate Notre Dame’s 2010 Valedictorian - The Root
As someone who has been afforded incredible privilege and opportunity, I would love to give back to the community,” Washingon-Cole told The Root while discussing her education. “You look at current events and wonder what is it I can be doing to make the world a better place, especially in communities like Gary, where I came from. There are people who have experienced tremendous challenges and trauma, and I want to help.”
That is why she feels such a strong kinship with today’s aspirational and powerful #BlackLivesMatter movement, which was sparked by protests against police violence in the black community.
When I graduated [from Notre Dame], some people were asking why the media didn’t tell my story,” she said. “Why aren’t people like me being put forth? I think that affects the community when positive examples aren’t being highlighted. It suggests that perhaps black lives don’t matter in a way. But the fact of the matter is that black America has a spectrum of diversity. And I have one version of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ story, and I want to be part of the solution to the problem.” - The Root
Faith and Service Motivate Notre Dame's 2010 Valedictorian

Review of ‘X: A Novel’: A Portrait of Malcolm X’s Formative Years - The Root

Review of ‘X: A Novel’: A Portrait of Malcolm X’s Formative Years - The Root
In medieval Europe, when a man vanquished his enemy, he killed the enemy’s wife, the enemy’s children and any other kin he could find. It was brutal; it was terrible. But it was done so that the enemy’s family would have no support, strength or even knowledge of who the man was. So that no one else in the enemy’s family would take up the mantle of revenge upon him or the next generation. Destroy the family, they knew back then, and you destroy everything.
"America in the 1940s"  as well as Toady's America is no different."Malcolm X’s father, Earl Little, was a pivotal figure in the fight for black rights. In X: A Novel, co-author Ilyasah Shabazz—the third daughter of Malcolm X—recounts how her grandfather “was instrumental in getting Garvey out of jail” and “circulated the petition against the government for violating the human rights of Negroes in the United States.” So Earl was attacked. First the Ku Klux Klan burned his house down, and when that failed to stop him, KKK members killed him one night." - The Root
X: A Novel: How Malcolm X Grew From 'Little' to the Leader of a Revolution

America's 14th-century UAV policies will hurt its chances to be a drone innovation leader.

America's 14th-century UAV policies will hurt its chances to be a drone innovation leader.
America's 14th-Century Drone Policies

Hadean Lands: The text-only video game shows how the genre can be beautiful, innovative, and complex.

Hadean Lands: The text-only video game shows how the genre can be beautiful, innovative, and complex.
Text-Only Video Games Don't Need Graphics to Be Beautiful, Innovative, and Complex. Hadean Lands Proves It.

The Age of Analytics - Microsoft acquires Revolution Analytics

Microsoft acquires Revolution Analytics | ZDNet
Neo4j, the World's Leading Graph Database 
Build a Modern Data Architecture with Hadoop
After its IPO, Hortonworks is a $1 billion Hadoop company (again)
Look at what Google and Amazon are doing with databases: That's your future | ZDNet
Revolution Analytics lines up Hortonworks, Intel Hadoop pacts | ZDNet

Why Apache Solr search is on the rise and why it's going solo | ZDNet

Why Apache Solr search is on the rise and why it's going solo | ZDNet

Why Apache Solr search is on the rise and why it's going solo | ZDNet
Solr Features

​The TrackingPoint 338TP, the Linux rifle that's accurate up to a mile | ZDNet

​The TrackingPoint 338TP, the Linux rifle that's accurate up to a mile | ZDNet
​The TrackingPoint 338TP, the Linux rifle that's accurate up to a mile | ZDNet

Enterprise architects need to be 'doctors,' not 'x-ray techs,' says legendary EA advocate | ZDNet

Enterprise architects need to be 'doctors,' not 'x-ray techs,' says legendary EA advocate | ZDNet
About The Zachman Framework™
Enterprise architects need to be 'doctors,' not 'x-ray techs,' says legendary EA advocate | ZDNet
 

‘Hope Against Hope’: A community’s painful struggle over school reform - The Washington Post

‘Hope Against Hope’: A community’s painful struggle over school reform - The Washington Post
'Hope Against Hope': A community's painful struggle over school reform

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Free Community College Sounds Hot. But How Do HBCUs Feel About That? - The Root

Free Community College Sounds Hot. But How Do HBCUs Feel About That? - The Root
I won't advocate 100%  free because most people take free for granted. Reduced cost, community apprenticeships or Military ARTS OJT a requirement would force people to appreciate the benefit and offset the cost.

Free Community College Sounds Hot. But How Do HBCUs Feel About That?

Jessica Chastain Speaks on the Need for Diversity in Hollywood, Then Receives Racist Attacks - The Root

Jessica Chastain Speaks on the Need for Diversity in Hollywood, Then Receives Racist Attacks - The Root
Jessica Chastain Speaks on the Need For Diversity in Hollywood, Then Receives Racist Attacks

The New Jamstik+ Is A Musician’s Best Friend | TechCrunch

The New Jamstik+ Is A Musician’s Best Friend | TechCrunch

The New Jamstik+ Is A Musician's Best Friend

​Flash zero-day flaw under attack to spread ad malware, botnet | ZDNet

​Flash zero-day flaw under attack to spread ad malware, botnet | ZDNet
​Flash zero-day flaw under attack to spread adware, botnet | ZDNet

Box making final IPO updates | ZDNet

Box making final IPO updates | ZDNet
Box makes final IPO adjustments; estimates opening at $12 per share | ZDNet

Google’s Plan To Sell Wireless Could Lead To Google Merger of Sprint and T-Mobile

Why Google’s Plan To Sell Wireless Probably Doesn’t Scare Network Providers | TechCrunch
Google plan to provide Wireless service as a mobile virtual network operator ( MVNO) by acquiring excess network capacity from Sprint and T-Mobile could lead to a potential acquisition and merger of the two carriers. A future Google wireless comprised of the two carriers could truly compete with likes of Verizon and AT&T and spun major innovations in this stagnate market.
Why Google's Plan To Sell Wireless Probably Doesn't Scare Network Providers

Father Takes to YouTube to Stop Bullying of Adopted African-American Daughter: VIDEO - The Root

Father Takes to YouTube to Stop Bullying of Adopted African-American Daughter: VIDEO - The Root
Watch: Father Takes to YouTube to Stop Bullying of Adopted African-American Daughter

The Car Windshield Is Turning Into a Computer Screen - Businessweek

The Car Windshield Is Turning Into a Computer Screen - Businessweek
The Car Windshield Is Turning Into a Computer Screen

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

A $10 USB charger with built-in wireless keylogger means more security headaches | ZDNet

A $10 USB charger with built-in wireless keylogger means more security headaches | ZDNet
A $10 USB charger with built-in wireless keylogger means more security headaches | ZDNet

Twitter releases Digits login for web | ZDNet

Twitter releases Digits login for web | ZDNet
Twitter releases Digits login for web | ZDNet

Microsoft to make Windows 10 free to Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 users | ZDNet

Microsoft to make Windows 10 free to Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 users | ZDNet
Microsoft to make Windows 10 free to Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 users | ZDNet

​Java and JavaScript rule but use of Apple's Swift language skyrockets | ZDNet

​Java and JavaScript rule but use of Apple's Swift language skyrockets | ZDNet
​Java and JavaScript rule but use of Apple's Swift language skyrockets | ZDNet

Black Cubans Discuss the Restoration of US Ties and How Their Experiences With Race Compare With the African-American Experience - The Root

Black Cubans Discuss the Restoration of US Ties and How Their Experiences With Race Compare With the African-American Experience - The Root
Black Cubans: Restoring US Ties Is Cool, but America, Keep Your Hang-Ups About Race at Bay

City of Houston partners with Entrepreneur's Organization to launch veteran business competition - Houston Business Journal

City of Houston partners with Entrepreneur's Organization to launch veteran business competition - Houston Business Journal
City of Houston partners with Entrepreneur's Organization to launch veteran business competition - Houston Business Journal

Digital Service - Department of Veterans Affairs Seeking Technology Geeks

Digital Service Department of Veterans Affairs Tech Jobs
The Digital Service is a new technical team you’ll help build within the Department of Veterans Affairs focused on serving more than 8 million Veterans who depend on VA for benefits and services. You'll get to work alongside world-class engineers and designers from places like Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
VA Digital Service

The Digital Service needs a variety of roles, including software engineers, designers, and operations, with specific interest in those with experience in:
  • Building high-performing engineering teams from scratch
  • Migrating from legacy systems to modern infrastructure
  • Healthcare technology
 

US Digital Service Recruitment - Home | The White House

US Digital Service Recruitment - Home | The White House

The United States Digital Service is transforming how the federal government works for the American people. And we need you.

Uncle Sam Needs More Geeks | TechCrunch

Uncle Sam Needs More Geeks | TechCrunch
Uncle Sam Needs More Geeks

NASA And Microsoft Using HoloLens To Make It Possible To Work Remotely… On Mars | TechCrunch

NASA And Microsoft Using HoloLens To Make It Possible To Work Remotely… On Mars | TechCrunch
NASA And Microsoft Using HoloLens To Make It Possible To Work Remotely... On Mars

SpaceX Founder Releases Photos of Rocket’s Crash Landing - NYTimes.com

SpaceX Founder Releases Photos of Rocket’s Crash Landing - NYTimes.com
SpaceX Founder Releases Photos of Rocket's Crash Landing

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Howard University Research Week 2015 Save the Date

Research Week 2015 Save the Date
null AfrocatioN - Knowledge Is key

Jim Gates - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS

Jim Gates - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
Gates, S. James Jr. - Distinguished University Professor, University System of Maryland Regents Professor, John S. Toll Professor of Physics, and Center for String

Jim Gates - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
AfrocatioN - Knowledge Is key

Barrington Irving - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS

Barrington Irving - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
Barrington Irving - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
AfrocatioN - Knowledge Is key

Tanzeem Choudhury - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS

Tanzeem Choudhury - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
Tanzeem Choudhury - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
AfrocatioN - Knowledge Is key

Rich Robinson - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS

Rich Robinson - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
Rich Robinson - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
AfrocatioN - Knowledge Is key

Stephon Alexander - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS

Stephon Alexander - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
Stephon Alexander - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
AfrocatioN - Knowledge Is key 

Andre Fenton - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS

Andre Fenton - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
Andre Fenton - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
AfrocatioN - Knowledge Is key

Bruce Jackson - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS

Bruce Jackson - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS
Bruce Jackson - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers - Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | PBS AfrocatioN - Knowledge Is key

Monday, January 19, 2015

Martin Luther King Jr. Inspirations From The Black Community

Martin Luther King Jr. Inspirations From The Black Community
This Is Why We Have MLK Day

Tech Startup of the Week: Kaliki App In-Car Integration Allows Commuters to Listen and Drive [Video]

Tech Startup of the Week: Kaliki App In-Car Integration Allows Commuters to Listen and Drive [Video]
Tech Startup of the Week: Kaliki App In-Car Integration Allows Commuters to Listen and Drive

White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities | U.S. Department of Education

White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities | U.S. Department of Education


White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Obama Administration provides $25 Million in Funding for Cybersecurity Education at HBCUs |PRNewswire - Black Enterprise



Vice President Biden Announces $25 Million Grant to HBCUs for Cybersecurity Education

Black Enterprise Events | Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference Hosted by Nationwide, May 15-18, Columbus Convention Center

Black Enterprise Events | Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference Hosted by Nationwide, May 15-18, Columbus Convention Center
Black Enterprise Events | Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference Hosted by Nationwide, May 15-18, Columbus Convention Center

Best game development tools for Android to build killer apps | SiliconANGLE

Best game development tools for Android to build killer apps | SiliconANGLE
Best game development tools for Android to build killer apps

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: African-Americans, Jews come together to remember shared history of oppression | OregonLive.com

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: African-Americans, Jews come together to remember shared history of oppression | OregonLive.com
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: African-Americans, Jews come together to remember shared history of oppression

Last of 10 defendants in hate crime case plead guilty

Last of 10 defendants in hate crime case plead guilty
Two Brandon, Mississippi, Men Plead Guilty for Committing Hate Crimes Against African Americans in Jackson, Mississippi | OPA | Department of Justice

Last of 10 defendants in hate crime case plead guilty

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Threat Level Raised at Delaware Air National Guard Base That Services Vice President Biden | NBC 10 Philadelphia

Threat Level Raised at Delaware Air National Guard Base That Services Vice President Biden | NBC 10 Philadelphia
One has to wonder, before the Paris attacks the French raised its Threat level
Threat Level Raised at Delaware Air Guard Base

Yen Advances as China Stocks Rout Spurs Haven Bid; Franc Slides - Bloomberg

Yen Advances as China Stocks Rout Spurs Haven Bid; Franc Slides - Bloomberg
Euro Is Near 11-Year Low Before ECB; Franc Holds Historic Rally

Bank Losses From Swiss Currency Surprise Seen Mounting - Bloomberg

Bank Losses From Swiss Currency Surprise Seen Mounting - Bloomberg
Bank Losses From Swiss Currency Surprise Seen Mounting
“The losses will be in the billions -- they are still being tallied,” said Mark T. Williams, an executive-in-residence at Boston University specializing in risk management. “They will range from large banks, brokers, hedge funds, mutual funds to currency speculators. There will be ripple effects throughout the financial system.”  
“We’re just hearing about financial institutions now,” Philip Guarco, global head of fixed-income strategy at JPMorgan Private Bank, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. “Remember what happened back in 2009, when the dollar rallied? You actually had major corporates in Mexico and Brazil, where the treasury departments were taking positions in FX. So we haven’t heard the end of it yet.”  - Bloomberg
 AfrocatioN - Knowledge Is Key

This Fake Phone Charger Is Actually Recording Every Key You Type | TechCrunch

This Fake Phone Charger Is Actually Recording Every Key You Type | TechCrunch
This Fake Phone Charger Is Actually Recording Every Key You Type

A College Degree Alone Won't Save You From Being Replaced by a Machine - Businessweek

A College Degree Alone Won't Save You From Being Replaced by a Machine - Businessweek
A College Degree Alone Won't Save You From Being Replaced by a Machine
The key take away:
"Workers who have routine, task-driven jobs tend to be replaced by technology over time. While we typically associate assembly line gigs with low-skill workers, the types of jobs done by people with bachelor’s degrees can increasingly be outsourced to machines. - Businessweek

Cicely Tyson on Oprah's Master Class

Cicely Tyson on Oprah's Master Class - YouTube
Cicely Tyson on Oprah's Master Class - YouTube

Dragnets - ProPublica

Dragnets - ProPublica
Dragnets

Obama Stands At Crossroads On Financial Reform - ProPublica

Obama Stands At Crossroads On Financial Reform - ProPublica
Obama Stands At Crossroads On Financial Reform

Segregation Now: The Resegregation of America’s Schools - ProPublica

Segregation Now - ProPublica
Segregation Now: The Resegregation of America’s Schools - ProPublica
In the past many have rejected and in most cases vehemently argued this would never happen again. AfrocatioN position is Segregation never truly ended and shall progressively worsen with perceived Southern growth and the precipitous decline in US knowledge and economic prosperity. 

Segregation Now: The Resegregation of America's Schools
 
Saving Central from ProPublica on Vimeo.
In Tuscaloosa today, nearly one in three black students attends a school that looks as if Brown v. Board of Education never happened. Central High is one of those schools. Meet Principal Clarence Sutton Jr. as he fights to save his students from the effects of resegregation.

This short film by Maisie Crow is part of ProPublica's investigation into the resegregation of America's schools. Sixty years after Brown v. Board ruled "separate but equal" had no place in education, many schools have moved back in time, isolating poor black and Latino students in segregated schools.

Read ProPublica's yearlong investigation into Tuscaloosa schools, among most rapidly resegregating in the country: www.propublica.org/tuscaloosa

Or join the conversation on race and education by sharing your story with ProPublica and the Race Card Project: www.propublica.org/sixwords

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Living In This World

Living In This World,


"We never gain, 'cause we blame it on the system, You ought to listen whether Muslim, Christian

Nowadays we gotta fight to live, Human means we got a right to live

Don't tell me let it slide, ... be a soldier of truth, Protect the lives of our youth

In the land of the free, home of the brave, Too many of us reach such early graves

From New York to L.A., dead children lay, Victims of an unfair society

But for those who are blessed, We must correct this mess or disappear into nothingness

We're living' in the age of doom, How many teachers reach all the kids in the classroom?

The beast is stalking' us but there's no stopping' us, As long as we maintain the strength within us

'Cause we're winners, descendants of the Kings,

Realize ... the key Is for each to master his own destiny, Deal with reality, and keep a tight focus,

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Pope tells Philippines leaders to end corruption, hear cries of the poor

Pope tells Philippines leaders to end corruption, hear cries of the poor
"Pope Francis called on the Philippine government on Friday to tackle corruption and hear the cries of the poor suffering from "scandalous social inequalities" in Asia's most Catholic country. 
Knowledge is Key

: Raspberry Pi - ADXL345 Accelerometer & Python

<Stuff about="code" />: Raspberry Pi - ADXL345 Accelerometer & Python
: Raspberry Pi - ADXL345 Accelerometer & Python

Pentagon's top spy chief will be first Marine, African American to hold position - FederalNewsRadio.com

Pentagon's top spy chief will be first Marine, African American to hold position - FederalNewsRadio.com
Pentagon's top spy chief will be first Marine, African American to hold position

Martin Luther King Jr. on What America Owes Black People - The Root

Martin Luther King Jr. on What America Owes Black People - The Root
Martin Luther King Jr. on What America Owes Black People

Zombie Cookie: The Tracking Cookie That You Can’t Kill - ProPublica

Zombie Cookie: The Tracking Cookie That You Can’t Kill - ProPublica
Zombie Cookie: The Tracking Cookie That You Can't Kill

One Tweet Shows the Hypocrisy of America's Reaction to White People Rioting at Ohio State - Mic

One Tweet Shows the Hypocrisy of America's Reaction to White People Rioting at Ohio State - Mic

One Tweet Exposes the Hypocrisy of America's Reaction to White Rioters

Obama Calls On The FCC To Clear The Way For Community Broadband

Obama Calls On The FCC To Clear The Way For Community Broadband
Obama Calls On The FCC To Clear The Way For Community Broadband

Black Box Society by Frank Pasquale: A chilling vision of how Big Data has invaded our lives.

Black Box Society by Frank Pasquale: A chilling vision of how Big Data has invaded our lives.
We Can't Control What Big Data Knows About Us. Big Data Can't Control It Either.

Why Kamala Harris Could Be the Next Senator From California - The Root

Why Kamala Harris Could Be the Next Senator From California - The Root
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Dollars for Docs, Has Your Health Professional Received Drug Company Money? - ProPublica

Dollars for Docs - ProPublica

Dollars for Docs

President Obama announces Student Digital Privacy Act at FTC.

Obama announces Student Digital Privacy Act at FTC.
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"As a part of a speech Monday at the Federal Trade Commission about boosting consumer protections online, President Obama proposed the Student Digital Privacy Act, which would shield the personal information and privacy of schoolchildren online. The law would ensure that any student data collected by technology in the classroom could be used only for reasons related to education. Companies would not be allowed to sell such information on to third parties for marketing purposes, such as targeted advertising.  - Slate.com

Afro American Jerry Lawson, Inventor of Modern Game Console

Jerry Lawson, Inventor of Modern Game Console, Dies at 70 | WIRED

 
  Jerry Lawson, left, in 2006, at the Vintage Computer Festival in Mountain View, California.
Photo: Peter Fuller/Courtesy VintageComputing.com

"As an engineer at Fairchild Semiconductor, Lawson designed the electronics of the Fairchild Video Entertainment System, later renamed the Channel F, in 1976.

Predating the release of Atari’s Video Computer System by a year, the Channel F was the first videogame machine that used interchangeable game cartridges, which Fairchild sold separately. Previous game machines like Atari’s Pong and the Magnavox Odyssey had all their games built into the hardware. Lawson’s pioneering design set the standard for the game consoles of today. - WIRED

Firefox 35 Launches With Simplified Hello Video Chat Service | TechCrunch

Firefox 35 Launches With Simplified Hello Video Chat Service | TechCrunch
"Mozilla today launched the latest version of Firefox — that’s version 35 if you are still keeping track. Besides numerous minor updates, including support for MP4 video on OS X Snow Leopard, Firefox now features a simplified version of the free WebRTC-based Firefox Hello video chat service. 

Google Domains Launches To All In U.S. With Support For Blogger Integration, Templates And More Domain Endings | TechCrunch

Google Domains Launches To All In U.S. With Support For Blogger Integration, Templates And More Domain Endings | TechCrunch
"Google’s first foray into the domain name registration market launched with support for a number of standard features, like free private registration, free email forwarding to your Gmail inbox, free domain forwarding, support for up to 100 sub-domains, and support for the growing number of new domain endings (like .guru and .club) that are now emerging.
Google said at the time its service also includes phone support, indicating Google’s intention to market it more to business customers. | TechCrunch
 

Google Calendar’s Enforced Birthdays Show The Ugly Side Of Algorithms | TechCrunch

Google Calendar’s Enforced Birthdays Show The Ugly Side Of Algorithms | TechCrunch

This is the reason why one should remain anonymous online, shouldn't trust Tech Companies to be honest nor spread your life history via social media sites.

The New IBM z13 Is Not Your Father’s Mainframe | TechCrunch

The New IBM z13 Is Not Your Father’s Mainframe | TechCrunch


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Thursday, January 08, 2015

Accelerometers - measuring acceleration and tilt | FRC Java Programming | 2015 FRC Control System

Accelerometers - measuring acceleration and tilt | FRC Java Programming | 2015 FRC Control System
Accelerometers - measuring acceleration and tilt

NASA Approves SpaceX's Plans to Send Astronauts to Space Station

NASA Approves SpaceX's Plans to Send Astronauts to Space Station

NASA Approves SpaceX's Plans to Send Astronauts to Space Station

The Roots of Obama’s Ambitious College Plan - NYTimes.com

The Roots of Obama’s Ambitious College Plan - NYTimes.com
" “The Race Between Education and Technology.”
The book, a combination of economics and history, tells the story of how the United States built the world’s most successful economy by building its most successful education system. At the heart of that system was the universal high school movement of the early 20th century, which turned the United States into the world’s most educated country. These educated high school graduates — white-collar and blue-collar alike — powered the prosperity of the 20th century, Ms. Goldin and Mr. Katz demonstrated. " - NYTimes.com

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Wednesday, January 07, 2015

The Financial Consequences of Saying 'Black,' vs. 'African American' - The Atlantic

The Financial Consequences of Saying 'Black,' vs. 'African American' - The Atlantic
" ... A study, to be published next month in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, found that “Black” people are viewed more negatively than “African Americans” because of a perceived difference in socioeconomic status. As a result, “Black” people are thought of as less competent and as having colder personalities.
The study’s most striking findings shed light on the racial biases undergirding the professional world. Even seemingly innocuous details on a resume, it appears, can tap into recruiters' biases. A job application might mention affiliations with groups such as the “Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers” or the “National Black Employees Association,” the names of which apparently have consequences—and are also beyond their members’ control.
In one of the study’s experiments, subjects were given a brief description of a man from Chicago with the last name Williams. To one group, he was identified as “African-American,” and another was told he was “Black.” With little else to go on, they were asked to estimate Mr. Williams’s salary, professional standing, and educational background. "
- The Atlantic

Google's Efforts Could Soon Lead To Unlocking Android Riches In Google Play - ARC

Google's Efforts Could Soon Lead To Unlocking Android Riches In Google Play - ARC 

Google paid $5 billion to Android developers across the world between June 2013 and June 2014. The $5 billion figure is lower than Apple’s, but not by as much as a person might think. For all of 2013, Apple paid developers $8 billion on more than $10 billion in App Store revenue. Yes, Google is behind (especially when it comes to average revenue per user), but the gross volume of Android helps make up the difference across the world.

Google's Efforts Could Soon Lead To Unlocking Android Riches In Google Play - ARC

RelProxy v0.8.1 helping to reduce the number of redeploys in Java web development and more | Javalobby

RelProxy v0.8.1 helping to reduce the number of redeploys in Java web development and more | Javalobby
RelProxy v0.8.1 helping to reduce the number of redeploys in Java web development and more

CES 2015: All The News That Matters - Businessweek

CES 2015: All The News That Matters - Businessweek
  CES 2015: All The News That Matters

See Google’s Smarter Take On Smart TV In Our Android TV Video Walkthrough | TechCrunch

See Google’s Smarter Take On Smart TV In Our Android TV Video Walkthrough | TechCrunch
Google’s Android TV Will Power Sets From Sony, Sharp, and Philips Beginning This Spring | TechCrunch

Android is another avenue for app development

FAA Allows First Real Estate Company To Use Drones For Aerial Photography | TechCrunch

FAA Allows First Real Estate Company To Use Drones For Aerial Photography | TechCrunch
Robotics is one of the next great business and career adventures of the 21st century. Drones is one avenue that will see phenomenal growth, the market potential is a game changer.

Vision+ Now you can shoot fully stabilized video from the sky, right out of the box.
Phantom 2 Vision+ | DJI 

Explosion outside NAACP office in Colorado | National News - WPBF Home

Explosion outside NAACP office in Colorado | National News - WPBF Home

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Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Intel commits $300 million to workplace diversity - San Jose Mercury News

Intel commits $300 million to workplace diversity - San Jose Mercury News
To start funding must first be applied in the early days of childhood to really achieve the goal of diversity. Those student will have the tools needed to truly compete in the Tech industry first and foremost as business creators.
To meet its goal, Intel will significantly increase its hiring of women and minority candidates and will focus on promoting and retaining them, Krzanich said. The company will also tie some of its managers' pay to meeting its diversity goals

African-American Bishop Speaks from Experience About Racism in America

African-American Bishop Speaks from Experience About Racism in America
I have had two personal experiences with law enforcement officers that made me very conscious of the fact that simply by being me, I could be the cause of suspicion and concern without doing anything wrong. The first experience was when I was a young Priest. The second was when I was already a Bishop. In both cases I was not in clerical attire. I was dressed informally.
In the first experience, I was simply walking down a street in an apparently all-White neighborhood. A police car drove up beside me and the officer asked, “What are you doing in this area? Do you live around here? Where is your car? You should not be wandering around neighborhoods where you do not live.” I never told him I was a Catholic Priest, but I wondered what it was I was doing to attract the attention of the officer? This was long before I heard the expression, “walking while Black.”

In the second experience, I was driving in my car in an apparently all-White neighborhood with two small chairs in the back seat and a table in the partially open trunk tied with a rope. A police car with flashing lights pulled me over. The officer asked, “Where are you going with that table and those chairs? Before I could answer, he asked, “Where did you get them? Then he said, “We had a call about a suspicious person driving through the area with possibly stolen furniture in his trunk.” I wondered what I was doing to make someone suspicious. Many years would pass before I would hear the expression “racial profiling.”
 
No man hold dominion over another. For those that seek to do so shall be met with overwhelming consequences for such actions



Monday, January 05, 2015

SpaceX Gets Set for Unprecedented Rocket Landing: Follow Along Online - NBC News.com

SpaceX Gets Set for Unprecedented Rocket Landing: Follow Along Online - NBC News.com
The new twist comes after the Falcon 9's first stage finishes its main job. Three minutes after launch, the second stage is due to separate and fire up its own rocket engine to continue the trip. Then the first stage is slated to relight its rocket engines and go through a complex series of maneuvers to put itself safely down on a 300-foot-long, 170-foot-wide (91-by-52-meter) "autonomous spaceport drone ship" in the Atlantic Ocean - NBC News.com
Image: Launch profile 


An infographic by Jon Ross shows the key phases in the launch-and-landing plan for SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket during Friday's space station resupply mission.
... check out 'The Future of Space Launch Is Near' by John Gardi and Jon Ross.
- NBC News.com
 
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Keshia Knight Pulliam Speaks Out in Support of Bill Cosby | Variety

Keshia Knight Pulliam Speaks Out in Support of Bill Cosby | Variety
“Whoever is involved, those are the people who were there. I wasn’t there. I can only speak to the great man that I know and love, who has been so generous, who has been such a philanthropist and giving back millions of dollars to education and schools. And just the man I grew up knowing. It’s really not my place to speak on that. Unfortunately, in the court of public opinion everyone has formed their opinion, but we’re still in America and you’re innocent until proven guilty of any crimes.”
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Now There's an App For Detecting Government Stingray Cell Phone Trackers

SnoopSnitch is an app by the German SRLabs that detects IMSI catchers, stingrays.

What are Stingrays and IMSI catchers you ask?
IMSI catchers, otherwise known as stingrays, are those surveillance tools that masquerade as cell towers and trick mobile phones into connecting, spewing private data in the process. Law-enforcement agencies have been using them for awhile, but there's never been a good way for individuals to detect them. But that was before SnoopSnitch.
SnoopSnitch scans for radio signals that indicate a transition to a stingray from a legitimate cell tower. 
"SnoopSnitch collects and analyzes mobile radio data to make you aware of your mobile network security and to warn you about threats like fake base stations (IMSI catchers), user tracking and over-the-air updates."

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And just when you though Mobile Phones where safe for private discussions, financial transactions and not to mention those unmentionable selfies.

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Gogo creates fake SSL/TLS certificates so it can block video streaming.

Gogo creates fake SSL/TLS certificates so it can block video streaming.
Google engineer Adrienne Porter Felt realized during a flight on Friday that, for Google services and possibly others, Gogo was undermining encryption meant to keep pages secure.  
As Neowin first reported, the certificate which was supposed to show that Felt had a secure HTTPS connection to Google.com was raising a red X alert because it wasn’t signed by Google. It was signed by Gogo. Undermining the SSL/TLS protocols meant to encrypt data transmitted to and from a site is called a man-in-the-middle attack, and Gogo carries these out on its own users. The measures could give the company access to lots of user financial data because of the phony certificates.-Slate.com
All must be very careful when using any publicly available WIFI services. All are potential security risk for man-in-the-middle attacks.

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National Weather Service announces a tenfold boost in supercomputer power.

National Weather Service announces a tenfold boost in supercomputer power.
The new system should be fully operational by October and will eventually boast a 5 petaflop capacity, nearly double what close observers of the National Weather Service had anticipated. One petaflop is equivalent to a million billion floating point calculations per second.
These supercomputing upgrades will significantly improve our ability to translate data into actionable information... 
The upgrade would have come sooner, but last year IBM sold its supercomputing division to Lenovo, a Chinese company. “That froze us,” National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini recently told Mashable. Having its supercomputers made by a Chinese company raised “red flags” in Congress, so a new deal had to be assembled from scratch. -Slate.com

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The Internet of Things is a long way from being secure.

The Internet of Things is a long way from being secure.
The more devices and points of entry there are on a network, the more opportunities there are for an intruder to find a sneaky way in. -slate.com

2014 was the hottest year ever measured on Earth.

2014 was the hottest year ever measured on Earth.
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Hedge Funds Cut Oil Bets After Worst Drop Since 2008 - Businessweek

Hedge Funds Cut Oil Bets After Worst Drop Since 2008 - Businessweek

Understand the chatter on Oil then think the opposite in terms of demand. Enlightenment is key

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