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Sprint for Schools” fun 5K / 10K for Ninos de Guatemala

This organization does wonderful work in Guatemala. I have been apart of this for over a year now. They build and operate schools in Guatemala and really need to raise funds in order to provide lunch for the children during the school year. Every little bit is a little bit more. You can visit and learn more at www.ninosdeguatemala.org. I will be volunteering on Saturday. We are still looking for…

Event: Benefit Art Show for Niños de Guatemala

    Help us provide a better life for Guatemalan children and their families by investing in amazing local art! Join us for an evening reception to celebrate this benefit exhibit, featuring a range of stunning works by budding NYC artists. Enjoy drinks, light bites, live music, raffle prizes, and a meet-and-greet with the creators! Proceeds from the sale of all art are donated to Niños to help…

This Valentine’s Day Make a Contribution for the Love of Education

To  Loyal Read Think Write Teach Followers,   Valentine’s Day is usually a very personal (Person to Person) celebration, but this year, I ask that you consider a different kind of love. As a board member of Friends of Ninos de Guatemala, a non-profit organization that builds and operates primary and secondary schools in Guatemala, this Valentine’s Day, I ask you to make a contribution for The…

China-built railway linking Ethiopia and Djibouti officially opens for business

BY SHANGHAIIST IN NEWS  Following a few months of testing on the Ethiopian side, the China-funded and built railway linking Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Ababa with the strategic Red Sea port of Djibouti was officially inaugurated in Djibouti on Tuesday. The new 750km railway line turns a week-long drive through a winding pot-hole filled road into a smooth 12-hour ride to the coast. The project,…

What A New Year Means to Me

For me, a new year means a new opportunity to reconcile the past. There are moments during the 365 days of the last year that many feel invested. They feel permanently committed to an idea and/or ideal, a person, and/or position. I do not intend to discuss the joys and benefits of starting anew. I want to talk about those 365 days that most people want to forget. Those days are long; each of…

Americans don’t read as much as they used to

In 1982, nearly six in 10 American adults — 57 percent — reported having read at least one work of literature, like a novel, short story, play, or poetry collection, in the last 12 months. But as of 2015, only 43 percent can say the same: (The Washington Post) That decline marks a 30-year low in Americans’ reading habits, according to new data from the National Endowment for the Arts. For…

If You Have $500, You Can Start Investing. But Should You?

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The big problem with one of the most popular assumptions about the poor

By Roberto A. Ferdman In the late 1960s, Walter Mischel, a researcher at Stanford University, invited several hundred children to participate in a game in which they were given a choice: They could eat one sweet right away, or wait and have two a little later. Initially, the goal was simple: to see how and why people (kids in this case) delayed gratification. But after the end of the…

Powerball’s $1.3 Billion Swindle Of Americans

BY JUDD LEGUM & BRYCE COVERT CREDIT: AP/ALAN DIAZ If you want to go to the corner store this week to pick up a gallon of milk, be prepared to wait. America has been gripped by lottery fever and lines are snaking out the doors of convenience stores across the county. The next Powerball drawing, scheduled for Wednesday, will be worth about $1.3 billion to the winner. This is projected to be the…

I have had many conversations with people who tell me that they are not big readers. They say that it is difficult to finish a book. This could be due to time restraint, they get bored or they simply get intimidated by the volume. To these people, I always recommend short stories. Short stories can be one page or ten. It is an achievable goal that is less likely to intimidate the reader. You can…

Oregon Was Founded As a Racist Utopia

Matt Novak 1 When Oregon was granted statehood in 1859, it was the only state in the Union admitted with a constitution that forbade black people from living, working, or owning property there. It was illegal for black people even to move to the state until 1926. Oregon’s founding is part of the forgotten history of racism in the American west. Waddles Coffee Shop in Portland, Oregon was a…

Job Openings Down in English, Foreign Languages: Faculty positions decline for third year in a row, MLA report finds.

Scott Jaschik As thousands of English and foreign language Ph.D.s and professors get ready for the 2016 annual meeting of the Modern Language Association (a major stop for those seeking to find or fill jobs), they will find a job market that is tighter than ever. The MLA’s annual report on its Job Information List has found that in 2014-15, it had 1,015 jobs in English, 3 percent fewer than the…

The 37 Best Websites to Learn Something New

The 37 Best Websites To Learn Something New Forget overpriced schools, long days in a crowded classroom, and pitifully poor results. These websites and apps cover myriads of science, art, and technology topics. They will teach you practically anything, from making hummus to building apps in node.js, most of them for free. There is absolutely no excuse for you not to master a new skill, expand…

Why You Should Discourage Your Children from Writing in Techspeak

by Read Think Write Teach Techspeak is the use of common acronyms and abbreviations in lieu of fully spelled out words you wish to communicate. For example: ADN – Any Day Now, CWYL – Chat With You Later and WE – Whatever, you get the point. Are there times when it is helpful to use shortcuts? Yes! For instance, I find myself using it when I am about to go underground and know that the time I take…

Renewing the Library of Congress

NOT GOING ANYWHERE. PHOTOGRAPHER: KAREN BLEIER/AFP By Editorial Board For 215 years, the Library of Congress has been collecting and organizing the world’s knowledge for the benefit of Americans. Now its longtime leader is exiting amid acrimony, its mission is increasingly muddled and — no small matter — Americans have Google. Is the world’s largest library still necessary? The answer is yes. But…

Hand gestures say a lot about your intelligence

  Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesBill Gates. Over the past few years, while working on my book, “Brilliant,” I’ve been watching and taking note as a new conceptualization of intelligence takes shape in the social and biological sciences. This conceptualization involves many lines of inquiry that can be loosely grouped under the title “situated cognition”: The idea that thinking doesn’t happen in…

12 Business Books You Should Read Right Now

Chris Ryan—Getty Images/Caiaimage The surprising key to business success: reading. Reading is the best way to gain experience without having been there yourself. As Warren Buffett’s business partner Charlie Munger said, “In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time — none, zero. You’d be amazed at how much Warren reads — at how much…