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The New Yorker: Takes: Happy 85th Birthday, Gabriel García Márquez
The New Yorker: Takes: Happy 85th Birthday, Gabriel García Márquez That was how the first of seven boys and four girls was born in Aracataca on March 6, 1927, in an unseasonable torrential downpour, while the sky of Taurus rose on the horizon. I was almost strangled by the umbilical cord, because the family midwife,…
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Latino children receive more punishment, less access in nation’s schools, says report
nbclatino: A new government report found Latino and black schoolchildren faced more punishment and less access in most of the nation’s schools. (Photo/Getty Images) Latino and black students are punished more harshly and are suspended at much higher rates than other groups, while having less access to challenging classes and more experienced teachers, according…
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Livingston: What advice would you give to hackers who are thinking about starting a company or making something on their own? Wozniak: First of all, try to have the highest of ethics and to be open and truthful about things, not hiding. If you have to hide something for company reasons, at least explain what…
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explore-blog: Where to find a creative class job in 2020 – a map of projected growth.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640 nbclatino: NBC News’ Lilia Luciano reports on students and friends rallying around a Miami High School senior valedictorian, who has been ordered by a federal immigration judge to leave the country. Daniela Pelaez, who was brought by her parents from Colombia at 4-years-old, is looking to appeal the decision. The U.S. Immigration and Customs…
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We’re all made of Star-stuff: Super Obvious Secrets That I Wish They’d Teach In Art School
We’re all made of Star-stuff: Super Obvious Secrets That I Wish They’d Teach In Art School philmcandrew: I get a lot of emails from illustration students and young cartoonists. Sometimes they ask to interview me for a class assignment, sometimes they’re recent graduates looking for advice on how to transition from art student to professional…
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joshuabeane23: Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language.She conceptualized the idea of…
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Curated Design Fiction Videos: the videos every design-fiction fan should see | Beyond The Beyond | Wired.com
Curated Design Fiction Videos: the videos every design-fiction fan should see | Beyond The Beyond | Wired.com notational: *These demonstrate the spectrum of possibility with a design-fiction approach.
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If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea… – Antoine de Saint Exupery, as quoted by Neil deGrasse Tyson in his current Reddit AmA One of my life goals is to…
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emergentdigitalpractices: (via KAROLINA SOBECKA) visiting the University of Denver this week. Sniff is now installed in our C-cubed Studios. Karolina is giving us a behind the scenes glimpse at how the work behaves.