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  #COVID-19  #Statistics #CDC  #Coronavirus Despite the clear opposition to masks within the Trump White House and among its allies, Americans of all political stripes overwhelmingly support their use as a public health measure and say they wear them whenever they’re in public. Still, there are significant differences in mask-use rates at the state level. And data from Carnegie Mellon’s CovidCast, an academic project tracking real-time coronavirus statistics, yields a particularly vivid illustration of how mask usage influences the prevalence of covid-19 symptoms in a given area. Take a look. For all 50 states plus D.C., this chart plots the percentage of state residents who say they wear a mask in public all or most of the time (on the horizontal axis) and the percentage who say they know someone in their community with virus symptoms (on the vertical axis). If you’re curious about the exact numbers for your state, there’s a table at the bottom of this article. Take Wyom...

#Segregation #OrangeCounty #ThecaseofMendezvsWestminster WESTMINSTER (CBSLA) — A new park in Westminster will commemorate Mendez vs. Westminster School District, a landmark court case that helped paved the way for desegregation in California’s public schools. The city of Westminster and the Orange County Department of Education held a virtual groundbreaking on the Mendez Tribute Monument Park, which will be at Westminster Boulevard and Olive Street. “The case of Mendez vs. Westminster impacted us all. Yet most residents have never heard about it,” Westminster City Councilman Sergio Contreras said in the virtual groundbreaking video. “This historic court decision paved the way for later rulings that would end school segregation once and for all in our nation. By building these statues and park, we hope to further solidify Westminster’s civil rights history in the minds of residents and visitors alike.” In 1946, 9-year-old Sylvia Mendez was turned away from a school that was “whites onl...

#deep #house #deephouse #underground #dj_set #mix #johnny_m As The Day Begins | Deep House Set | 2019 Mixed By Johnny M | DEM Radio Podcast ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Tracklist ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 01. T. Ruggieri - Don't Touch Me (Matthias Vogt Retouch) 00:00 02. Youen - Paparuda (City Soul Project Remix) 06:00 03. Scott Diaz - We Reminisce (Original Mix) 11:38 04. Man Go Funk & MJ White - Let's Fly (Roland Nights Remix) 16:42 05. Sue Avenue - Hermeto (Original Mix) 21:59 06. Goddard - Find Me (Session Victim Remix) 29:04 07. Durrrred - A Quarter To Ten (Original Mix) 34:51 08. Alfred Taylor - Anything (Original Mix) 43:30 09. Rick Wade - The Hawk (Original Mix) 49:45 10. JoC H - Liberium (Original Mix) 54:26 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

There's more than one Independence Day in the U.S. On June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and announced enslaved people were now free. Since then, June 19 has been celebrated as Juneteenth across the nation. Here's what you should know about the historic event and celebration. 1. ENSLAVED PEOPLE HAD ALREADY BEEN EMANCIPATED—THEY JUST DIDN’T KNOW IT. The June 19 announcement came more than two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. So technically, from the Union's perspective, the  250,000 enslaved people  in Texas were already free—but none of them were aware of it, and no one was in a rush to inform them. 2. THERE ARE MANY THEORIES AS TO WHY THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WASN’T ENFORCED IN TEXAS. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendering to Union General Ulysses S Grant at the close of the American Civil War, at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. HULTON ARCHIVE...

#Theshining #Room237 #StanleyKubrick #DoctorSleep #StephenKing #DannyTorrance #EwanMcGregor In his review of the 1984 film 2010, a largely forgotten sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s landmark 1968 masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, Roger Ebert referenced a quote from the poet E.E. Cummings: “I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.” For Ebert, 2001 was a work of poetry, whereas the sequel — which tried to clarify the mind-twisting ambiguities of the original film — was the equivalent of teaching 10,000 stars how not to dance. If Ebert were alive today, he might write something similar about Doctor Sleep, the sequel to another landmark Kubrick masterpiece, The Shining, that arrives in theaters today. Based on the 2013 novel by Stephen King, who also wrote the 1977 book from which the Kubrick film derives, Doctor Sleep centers on the grown-up Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor), who is understandably haunted by childhood memories of his demen...

#GeorgiaTech #Aerospace #ChildProdigy A preteen prodigy who mastered fractions while still in diapers is now set to tackle aerospace engineering at prestigious Georgia Tech University, according to a new report. At just 12-years-old, Caleb Anderson astonished professors at the college with his command of advanced concepts and is expected to earn admission after heavy recruitment. “I just grasp information quickly,” Anderson understatedly told CBS in an interview. At only nine months, he had developed a command of sign language. At one, he began reading.  And while most of his peers were still chucking Cheerios, Anderson was able to comprehend fractions. “I have this distinct memory of going to a first-grade class and learning there, and everyone was way taller than me, because, you know, I was two,” he said. “I could barely walk.” But the fast track also presented its problems. Anderson said his middle school peers didn’t welcome their younger classmates and even teased him f...

#Buddhism #Karma #Compassion #Meditation #Mindfulness From the Buddhist point of view, there is always a relationship between cause and effect; this notion is expressed in various teachings about Karma. As we interact with the world, we plant various seeds that will ripen and grow either right away, soon enough or sometime in the future. If we look at nature, small seeds can have big results; for example, the tiny acorn, given the right causes and conditions, can produce the mighty oak tree. In a similar way, in the world of human interaction, small seeds can sometimes come together to produce large-scale results. This is why, if we want to create a good world for ourselves and others, attention to detail can sometimes trump having a huge vision. In that attention to detail, if we can lean toward courtesy and consideration for others, there is no doubt that we will begin to generate a more positive overall outcome. If we manifest grasping, aggression and ignorance in the ...

#Jazz #RnB #Soul #Vocalist #NancyWilson (1937 – 2018) was a Grammy and Emmy Award-winning singer who sang many styles of music but is most closely associated with jazz. Among her notable recordings are the 1964 hit “(You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am,” and her debut single, “Guess Who I Saw Today.”  Aware of her singing talent from a young age, she transformed her gift for a song into a performing and recording career that spanned more than half a century, beginning in the 1950s and extending until her retirement in the 2010s.   She was described as a consummate entertainer. She made frequent television appearances beginning in the 1960s. She won an Emmy for her series “The Nancy Wilson Show” (1974 – 1975). She also hosted NPR Music’s “Jazz Profiles” documentary series from 1996 through 2005, for which she won a Peabody Award in 2002. She won three Grammys for albums during her career, “How Glad I Am” (1965), “R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)” (2005), and “Turned to B...

#BrenéBrown #TheCalltoCourage  #Vulnerability #Shame  #Empathy #Netflix  I've relied pretty heavily on Brené Brown's TEDx Houston Talk "The Power of Vulnerability" to get me through the day-to-day. Her video psyched me up before job interviews, reassured me when I failed, and calmed me when I felt overwhelmed with anxiety. I don't think I'm alone in my respect for Brown — her address is one of the top five most viewed TED Talks ever, with 38 million. She has become a go-to source on the study of shame, empathy, vulnerability, and (of course) courage, the focus of her Netflix special.          The special, filmed in front of a live audience, is a recording of an hour-long speech she gave in Royce Hall at UCLA. She discusses the relationship between courage and vulnerability, plus the journey she's taken since the overwhelming success of her 2010 TED Talk. Of course, viewers familiar with Brown's public speaking and bestselling books can ex...

#deep #house #deephouse #underground #djset #mix #johnnym Johnny M In The Mix  ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Tracklist ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 01. Lian July & Chris Odium - Illumina (Original Mix) 00:00 02. Edmund - Big Time (Soul Minority Remix) 06:20 03. Moti Brothers - Chord Jungle (Original Mix) 13:21 04. Deep Sector - Deep Sleep In Tokyo (Original Mix) 19:18 05. Replika - Dusty Dozen (Original Mix) 25:59 06. Zuat Zu - At Midnight (Original Mix) 31:44 07. D.M.P - Sinecronie (Original Mix) 36:43 08. Dima Promo - Breaking Bad (Original Mix) 43:17 09. Filtered Boogie - Essence (Pablo Bolivar Remix) 48:47 10. David Labeij - Emp (Original Mix) 56:39 11. Addex - Synthetic Life (Original Mix) 1:02:23

  As influenza season approaches, some Americans, and especially parents, are worried that, if they or their children should become ill, it may not be easy to know which disease they have — the flu or Covid-19. They are correct. Most symptoms of the two diseases are so similar that, short of a test — or two or three tests — it won’t be possible to know for sure. But there are some clues. (And it is possible to have both infections at the same time; some patients in China this year were found to have both.) But first: get a flu shot. It is not yet clear whether the United States will have much of a flu season this year. Flu activity in the Southern Hemisphere, which is often predictive of activity in the United States, was 99 percent below normal during its winter. Epidemiologists believe that is because Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Chileans and other residents of the southern half of the globe were wearing masks, staying several feet apart and washing their hands to...

JACQUES M. CHENET/GETTY IMAGES #AnkleMonitors #GPS  #Incarceration Ankle monitors are  trending these days: Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and former Donald Trump campaign chair  Paul Manafort  are under the electronic tether, and last month, in the wake of outrage over immigration officials separating families at the border, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement began monitoring migrant parents electronically rather than keeping them incarcerated in detention centers. More than 35,000 immigrants have been assigned an ankle monitor GPS unit. They have plenty of company. According to  research  by the Pew Charitable Trusts, law enforcement’s use of electronic monitors more than doubled between 2005 and 2015. The technology continues to gain popularity as pressure to reduce incarceration mounts. To many, electronic monitoring is humane—one that allows people “on the bracelet” to live at home and move about more freely than they would behind bar...