Monday, December 1, 2008 |
The cover of the Dec. 8 issue of The New Yorker features President-elect Barack Obama vetting the First Puppy. The term “vetting” actually means “to submit an animal to examination by a veterinarian”.
Barry Blitt drew the cover and is the cartoonist responsible for the controversial terrorist fist-jabbing cover earlier this year with Obama and First Lady-elect Michelle Obama.
Regarding their pick for a pup, the Obamas have stated they want a mutt, but that it needs to be hypoallergenic and won’t be a girly dog.
RICE TO BE UN AMBASSADOR
Dr. Susan Rice - no relation to outgoing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice - is slated to become the U.S. face at the United Nations.
An ex-National Security Council member and former assistant secretary of state, Rice worked as a top foreign policy advisor to the campaign of President-elect Barack Obama.
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Monday, December 1, 2008 |
World AIDS Day is recognized each year on December 1 to raise money, increase awareness, fight prejudice and improve education regarding a leading killer of black men and women. Many of those who are infected with the disease are unaware of their HIV status and may unknowingly transmit the virus to others. This is why it’s critical for us all to get educated, get tested, get treated and get involved!
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Thursday, November 27, 2008 |
In case you missed it, President-elect Barack Obama and First Lady-elect Michelle Obama sat down with Barbara Walters for a Barbara Walters Special which aired Wednesday night.
The interview covered, among other things, a potential bailout of the auto industry, bonuses for bank executives and Obama’s negotiations to retain his BlackBerry. Obama also details his biggest fear, and it’s not what you might think.
Thursday, November 27, 2008 |
DR. ALEXA I. CANADY (1950-) is the first black female neurosurgeon.
Canady was born November 7, 1950, to Clinton and Elizabeth Canady. Her father was a dentist, and her mother served as president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, in addition to other civic affairs. The family lived just outside Lansing, Michigan. Canady and her brother were the only two black students in their entire school.
Canady was an exceptional student and named a National Achievement Scholar in 1967. She attended the University of Michigan, earning her bachelor’s in zoology in 1971, although she had almost dropped out of college. She explains, “The summer after my junior year, I worked in Dr. Bloom’s lab in genetics and attended a genetic counseling clinic. I fell in love with medicine.”
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
President-elect Barack Obama answers questions from the press after introducing his economic team during a news conference at the Hilton Hotel Monday in Chicago, Illinois.
Obama aides on Sunday called on the new congress, which convenes January 6, to pass legislation consistent with Obama’s economic plans.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
Mary Hopkins, 36, will soon graduate with a math doctorate from Florida Atlantic University, one of five math PhDs expected to go to the largest class of women in the school’s history. She also will be the first black woman to earn a doctorate in math from FAU and only the third among all state universities since at least 1990.
“I just had very encouraging teachers. I’ve heard of math teachers not encouraging females, especially minorities, but all of my professors are so great, and they’re all old white men,” said Hopkins, who spent a full hour last week working out a lengthy math question in front of her classmates and professors.
FAU will award four other women with math PhDs: Bashak Ay, Marcela Chiorescu, Zhihua Liu and Viktoria Villanyi. FAU math administrators said they didn’t do anything special to recruit more women into their doctoral program and believe there’s a natural increase of women studying math as traditional stereotypes fall away.
TEEN COMMITS SUICIDE ON WEBCAM
Abraham K. Biggs, a 19-year old member of Bodybuilding.com — screen name: Candy Junkie, purposely overdosed on pills while streaming a video of himself live on Justin.tv. He left a virtual suicide note on Bodybuilding.com, which was removed once he was found dead.
He committed suicide by taking pills, turning on his webcam and lying on his bed. Moderators at Bodybuilding.com did not take him seriously because he had made similar threats in the past. Several forum members even encouraged him to kill himself. After several hours, viewers realized he wasn’t joking and called the police who found a dead body and shut off the webcam.
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Monday, November 24, 2008 |
In his Democratic Radio Address over the weekend, President-elect Barack Obama discussed his plans to put people back to work and get our economy moving again. Obama has directed his economic team to assemble an Economic Recovery Plan that will save or create 2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011. Check it out above.
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