The Big Dry-Up: Where the Missouri and the Mississippi Meet
Posted on August 5, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
Rogelio V. Solis / APBarges and their towboats accumulate alongside the Mississippi banks of the Mississippi River near Greenville, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012.
Earlier this month, while inspecting Saint Louis Harbor, Lynn Muench pointed to an abandoned hulk rising out of the parched Mississippi River and asked, “What the heck is that? It almost looks like a Burger King.” Turns out she was right: Twenty years ago, the sunken barge was a Burger King restaurant that was tied up near the Saint Louis Arch.
[Read More]The Westing Game: 100 Best YA Books of All Time
Posted on August 5, 2024
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| Martina Birk
Eccentric millionaire Samuel W. Westing is found dead in his bed, with an envelope on the nightstand labeled, “If I am found dead in bed.” Days later, 16 people are summoned to the reading of Westing’s will, where they learn that, before his death, Westing devised a game in which they are all now participants. The prize: his $200 million estate. The test: to find out which of the players killed him.
[Read More]Vocera Smartbadge: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020
Posted on August 5, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
At critical moments while caring for patients, doctors and nurses must drop what they’re doing if they need to call a colleague. The Vocera Smartbadge is like an extra pair of hands. Worn like a necklace or pinned to scrubs, the device lets clinicians reach other team members using voice-activated commands. “You never have to stop what you’re doing, reach in your pocket and pull out your phone, or take off your gloves to interact with another device,” says Brent Lang, CEO of Vocera.
[Read More]Watch video: Abena Korkor reveals the number of men she has slept with
Posted on August 5, 2024
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| Martina Birk
She made this known in an Instagram live video. She said: "I've slept with like over... maybe I'm getting close to 100 guys all my life and so what?" She shared how her life began and also delved into circumstances that led to her promiscuous photos and videos hitting the internet some years ago. ADVERTISEMENT
She added that anytime she had a relapse, things went from bad to worst and mentioned one guy's name stating that he is the man she had truly loved all her life.
[Read More]Why Carter G. Woodson Is the 'Father of Black History'
Posted on August 5, 2024
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| Martina Birk
Updated: February 1, 2018 11:24 AM [ET] | Originally published: February 1, 2018 9:42 AM EST;
February is Black History Month, and Google is kicking it off by honoring Carter G. Woodson, frequently touted as the “Father of Black History,” with a Google Doodle.
Carter Godwin Woodson was born in 1875 to former slaves and, as the second African-American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, become one of the first scholars of African-American history.
[Read More]Winners & Losers: Aug. 9, 1993
Posted on August 5, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
TIME
August 9, 1993 12:00 AM EDT
WINNERS
MORIHIRO HOSOKAWA
Emerging in the new order of Japanese politics as the next PM
ANTHONY YOUNG
Met pitcher beats Marlins to end record losing streak
TED KENNEDY
Attack bio discredited; forges compromise to pass national service
LOSERS
MARTHA RAYE
Judge tosses out most of toothy legend’s For the Boys rip-off suit
VINCE COLEMAN
Met outfielder’s “joke” goes awry as firecracker injures child
[Read More]WWT Founder Dave Steward on COVID-19, Race in America
Posted on August 5, 2024
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| Martina Birk
(Miss this week’s The Leadership Brief? This interview below was delivered to the inbox of Leadership Brief subscribers on Sunday morning, Nov. 22; to receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.)
Dave Steward is not your typical billionaire tech-company founder. His company is based in St. Louis, not San Jose. He brings his deep faith into the workplace. Earlier this year, he wrote Leadership by the Good Book, with a foreword by Bishop T.
[Read More]Zanele Muholi Documents Black, Queer Life in South Africa
Posted on August 5, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
In the portrait Bester I, Mayotte, the sitter’s eyes stare directly at the camera, practically boring a hole in the lens. Their lips are painted white, their hair and ears adorned with clothespins. The self-portrait of Zanele Muholi is striking on its own, but it does not stand alone. It’s a continuation of the work they have been doing for close to two decades, documenting the lives of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in townships in South Africa.
[Read More]Apple Pay at Starbucks, Best Buy, KFC and Chilis: Coming Soon
Posted on August 4, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
October 9, 2015 9:19 AM EDT
Starbucks is among several new retailers that will soon start accepting Apple Pay, Apple’s mobile payments system.
Best Buy, KFC and Chili’s are also rolling out Apple Pay support, Apple Vice President Jennifer Bailey said Thursday at a technology conference in California.
Starbucks will test Apple Pay at a small number of locations before rolling out the service on a wider scale. The coffee chain already offers a popular mobile payments app of its own that accounts for about 20% of the company’s sales.
[Read More]Beijing: 10 Things to Do 6. The Legation Quarter
Posted on August 4, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
City Guide:
Beijing For a nightcap, head to the Legation Quarter, just off the southeast corner of Tiananmen Square. This elegant quadrangle of two-story buildings served as the U.S. Embassy from 1903 when it was built, until 1949 when the Communists took over. It has now been lovingly restored and houses a range of restaurants and bars and an art gallery. Head straight to the main building, which houses Maison Boulud, the creation of Frenchman turned New Yorker Daniel Boulud.
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