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Continuing King's Mission - NYTimes.com - New York Times

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Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, Coretta Scott King, his widow, led a campaign to improve the lives of the poor. Demonstrators in Newark were among thousands in the country who turned out to show their support. The photographer’s focus on faces rather than multitudes emphasizes that the marchers were people with lives and stories of their own, who decided to try to make a difference that day. Martin Luther King Jr. , and thousands of people were pouring into the streets. Coretta Scott King, Dr. King’s widow, had called on Americans to join her in “a campaign of conscience” to uplift the poor. He zoomed in. He focused on the individuals, not the multitudes, who gathered for the Newark leg of the demonstration.

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Shirley Chisholm, Political Pioneer and Census Taker - NYTimes.com - New York Times

She had already surprised everyone by becoming the first black woman in Congress after an upset victory in 1968. Then Shirley Chisholm signed up for work as a census taker in Brooklyn, where she represented a range of struggling neighborhoods. many of the “enumerators” for the 1970 census quit because so many poor black and Hispanic residents refused to answer questions or even open the door. Chisholm, a daughter of immigrants from Barbados who studied American history with the zeal of a woman determined to shape it, understood such sentiments. It wasn’t pontificating. It wasn’t condescending, or scolding. it required the same charm and resolve she showed first as an educator, then as a politician.

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[03/16/16, via Japan Today]
Human skull, bones found in public park in Yamaguchi Prefecture The body was wearing a navy jacket and brown trousers. Police also found a sports bag with clothes and glasses inside close to the body. Though a DNA analysis of the remains is yet to be performed, judging from the clothes, police said that the skeleton ... [...]

[03/14/16, via Yahoo Finance]
Vuzix to Showcase New M300 Smart Glasses and iWear at the Wearable Technology Show 2016 Vuzix's next generation M300 Smart Glasses and iWear Video Headphones ... NY, Oxford, UK and Tokyo, Japan. Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer Certain statements contained in this news release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of ... [...]

[03/13/16, via The Hollywood Gossip]
Gwen Stefani BEGS for Help to Watch Blake Shelton at Kids' Choice Awards! Last night, Blake Shelton hosted the 2016 Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, and his girlfriend Gwen Stefani was trying desperately to watch from Japan. Unfortunately ... a Diesel denim vest and some hip eyeglass frames, so his mom's fashion sense ... [...]

[03/09/16, via Popular Mechanics]
Stem Cell Breakthrough Could Let Us Grow New Human Eyes In a preliminary trial, the Japanese researchers cultured and grew sheathes of ... The research is published today in the journal Nature. Don't throw away your glasses (or eye-patch) just yet, but human trials are up next. "We are now in the position ... [...]

[03/09/16, via canadamotoguide.com]
Episode 04 : 3D Without Glasses “More clay here, and less on the top.” His Japanese-English accent thick, his directions emphatic. He sat for hours, silently, on a stool behind me as I built up clay, about 5 cm thick, all over the prototype chassis. I could feel his stare, smell his ... [...]