23 June 2012

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Black Man Thrown Out Of Sports Bar; Social Media To The Rescue

June 19, 2012
9:35 pm

After Jonathon Wall, a Harvard-bound 21-year-old, said police refused to help him when he was kicked out of a Raleigh, NC sports bar for being black, he used social media to recount his story, and discovered that numerous other African Americans had received the same racist treatment. Now their grassroots campaign to shut the bar down is gaining traction.

Here’s a summary of what happened, as recounted by Wall and published by North Carolina Central University Instructor Philip Christman on his blog:
As the story begins, on last Saturday night around 12:30am, I and 2 other friends went to Downtown Sports Bar and Grill off of Glennwood Avenue. The night got interesting as soon as we got to the door, and the bouncer told us “you need a membership to come in tonight, I’ve never seen you here before.” My friend Chris and I looked at each other in curiosity, knowing that the establishment was a bar and not a club, and that people in line before us walked right in after showing their ID. The only difference between those people and my friends and I was our race.
Still, we stood at the door in bewilderment asking “What?” as he further tried to explain that we weren’t going to be able to come in because of our “non-member” status. However, as he was explaining this, a police officer walked up to where he was standing to tell him something unrelated. As soon as he caught sight of .....

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AP 'napalm girl' photo from Vietnam War turns 40

TRANG BANG, Vietnam (AP) -- In the picture, the girl will always be 9 years old and wailing "Too hot! Too hot!" as she runs down the road away from her burning Vietnamese village.

She will always be naked after blobs of sticky napalm melted through her clothes and layers of skin like jellied lava.

She will always be a victim without a name.

It only took a second for Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut to snap the iconic black-and-white image 40 years ago. It communicated the horrors of the Vietnam War in a way words could never describe, helping to end one of the most divisive wars in American history.

But beneath the photo lies a lesser-known story. It's the tale of a dying child brought together by chance with a young photographer. A moment captured in the chaos of war that would be both her savior and her curse on a journey to understand life's plan for her......

22 June 2012

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The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights ! ! !

PREAMBLE
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,
Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,
Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations....

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21 June 2012

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How Much Money Can You Make Working in Digital

The world has gone digital. At this point, most companies big and small have a website, Facebook Page and Twitter handle. With these new digital properties comes a slew of digital jobs — with that comes the demand for new staff members to create digital assets, design logos, manage a website and transform sketches on napkins into actual products.
In the infographic below, produced by OnwardSearch, you can see how much dough you’d net for various jobs in the digital sector, from interactive design to front-end developers. Do you work in these fields? Do the numbers stack up with what you’ve seen in the industry? Do you think these positions and the salaries make sense, given the rise of digital media? Do you want to move to a market that pays better? Let us know in the comments below.......

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Building a PC? You Need This Chart

If you’ve ever built your own PC, you know it can be a rewarding and cost-saving experience. But unless you’re really fluent in pin counts and socket shapes, remembering which pieces go where requires a lot of Googling.
Reddit user Proteon shared a fantastic image that itemizes all the ports, connectors, sockets, cards, slots and cables you’ll need to identify when piecing your baby together. The valuable resource quickly reached the front page of /r/pics, and Redditor zeug666 pointed out in the comments that the poster was created by deviantART user Sonic840. There’s a larger and more up-to-date version on his profile which we present to you here.
Check it out below, but you’ll want to grab the full 4320 x 6120 version to see all the glorious details........