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How to guard against credit card hackers
The cyber thieves who broke into the computer systems of giant merchant Target Corp. timed their scam perfectly. Beginning just before the Black Friday shopping extravaganza and continuing through Dec. 15, they stole information from as many as 40 million credit and debit cards at the peak of the holiday selling season. Customer names, card numbers, expiration dates and card security codes were compromised.
Companies and government prosecutors will do what they can, but consumers will have to become more vigilant about watching for the handiwork of tech-savvy crooks. U.S. law protects consumers from most of the financial responsibility for fraudulent transactions, but there's still some risk … and a lot of hassle.
It pays to regularly monitor your credit and debit accounts. Anyone who used plastic to shop at Target stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 should make a special effort to search their records for unauthorized charges. It's common for thieves to test stolen cards by first making small purchases, so watch for those. Immediately report unauthorized charges to the card issuer. If fraud is detected, the accounts involved will have to be closed and replaced.
You can sign up for online alerts or other card-monitoring services that many issuers offer to give customers immediate notice whenever a card is used. It's a good idea to periodically change the PIN associated with cards (although Target said no PINs were accessed in its data breach). Watch out for scammers who pretend to be with Target or a card issuer: Don't give out personal information over the phone or online without confirming who is on the receiving end.
Pain in the neck? You bet.
It is incredibly frustrating when criminals manage to stay a step ahead of sophisticated companies and their customers. Target and its corporate peers have plenty of motivation to continually upgrade their security safeguards — the retailer is feeling the heat from understandably anxious customers. Fraud-resistant cards equipped with smart chips instead of magnetic strips are starting to appear in the U.S. Yet these scams occur with disturbing frequency and, as in the Target case, on a mind-boggling scale.
It was good to see federal prosecutors bring charges this summer against a brazen ring of alleged foreign card thieves. Four Russian nationals and a Ukrainian were accused of stealing 160 million card numbers from more than a dozen companies, including 7-Eleven, JetBlue and J.C. Penney. Losses ran into hundreds of millions of dollars. One of the defendants was among those charged in a separate indictment with hacking into New York financial institutions, including the Nasdaq stock exchange.
The attackers used a sophisticated division of labor to hide their tracks, with no single person hosting a Web server, breaking into a site and fetching the valuable data. That decentralized style of operation is typical of Russian organized-crime syndicates, prosecutors allege. When an attack on the supermarket chain Hannaford was noticed, according to the indictment, one alleged accomplice in the case messaged a defendant to say that, "Hannaford will spend millions to upgrade their security!! lol." The reply: "They would better pay us to not hack them again."
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Bob Perciasepe's statement on SCOTUS stay of the Clean Power Plan
Statement of Bob Perciasepe
President, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
February 9, 2016
Contact: Marty Niland, firstname.lastname@example.com, (cell) 410-963-8974
The Supreme Court has made clear in previous rulings that EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases. Whether or not the Court ultimately upholds this particular rule, the need to cut carbon emissions will remain, and states need to figure out the most cost-effective ways to do that. It's in everyone's interest that states keep at it, because whether it's the Clean Power Plan or some other policy, they'll need smart strategies to get the job done.
The country has made substantial progress reducing emissions and ramping up clean energy technologies. Much of that progress has come from business, state and city leadership and initiative. There's no reason to halt progress and innovation as we wait for these legal challenges to work through the courts. C2ES will continue working with businesses, states and cities on market-based approaches to curbing emissions while keeping our power supplies reliable and affordable.
About C2ES: The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization promoting strong policy and action to address our energy and climate challenges. Learn more at www.c2es.org.
Webinar: EValuateNY
Thursday, February 25, 2016, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Gain insights into the policies and factors that move the electric vehicle (EV) market in New York state with a free information tool developed by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), with support from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and Atlas Public Policy.
To help the EV market grow past its initial base of early adopters, it needs support from public policies, investments, and educational and marketing initiatives. Government agencies, businesses, and automakers have undertaken a wide variety of supportive actions, but tracking the effectiveness of the initiatives required gathering complex information from many different sources.
EValuateNY is a tool that eases the process of tracking initiatives and comparing their effects. EValuateNY is designed to provide easy access to comprehensive data from the EV market that lets government agencies, businesses, or researchers identify which factors affect the EV market in New York State, using databases and visualizations to create comparisons. This information can be used to glean market insights and develop guidance on ideas for further research. EValuateNY is a publicly available tool designed for Microsoft Excel and Power BI, allowing use by anyone with a basic knowledge of Microsoft programs.
This webinar will introduce EValuateNY and will review the tool's uses. Adam Ruder from NYSERDA will host the session, with presentations by C2ES' Dan Welch and Atlas's Nick Nigro.
Bob Perciasepe's statement on C2ES ranking among top think tanks
Statement of Bob Perciasepe
President, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
January 28, 2016
The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) is honored to be recognized once again as one of the world's leading think tanks.
We learned today that we ranked fifth among environment policy think tanks in the 2015 University of Pennsylvania's Global Go To Think Tank Index, based on a worldwide survey of more than 4,600 scholars, public and private donors, policymakers, and journalists from 143 countries.
C2ES's consistently high ranking is a tribute to our unique ability to bring together diverse stakeholders – business leaders, city and state officials, federal policymakers, and international climate negotiators – to achieve practical, commonsense solutions to our climate and energy challenges.
I congratulate and thank our outstanding staff, partners, and supporters who have helped C2ES achieve and maintain our success through the years.
Contact Laura Rehrmann at firstname.lastname@example.com
About C2ES: The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization promoting strong policy and action to address the challenges of energy and climate change. Learn more at www.c2es.org.
Weathering the Next Storm: A Closer Look at Business Resilience
Weathering the Next Storm: A Closer Look at Business Resilience
Extreme weather and other climate-related impacts are becoming more frequent, and are imposing real costs on communities and companies. Companies have always navigated a changing business environment. But now they face a changing physical environment, as climate change affects their facilities and operations, supply and distribution chains, electricity and water, and employees and customers.
A new 2015 C2ES Report, Weathering the Next Storm: A Closer Look at Business Resilience, examines how companies are preparing for climate risks and what is keeping them from doing more. It also suggests strategies for companies and cities to collaborate to strengthen climate resilience.
The new report synthesizes public disclosures by S&P Global 100 companies, in-depth interviews and case studies, and workshops. It updates the groundbreaking 2013 report, Weathering the Storm, Building Business Resilience to Climate Change, which provided a baseline for how companies were assessing their climate vulnerabilities.
|Click above to see our Weathering the Next Storm infographic, with key takeaways
Key Findings
- Most major companies recognize and report climate risks. Ninety-one percent of companies in the S&P Global 100 Index see extreme weather and climate change impacts as current or future risks to their business.
- Companies worry about climate impacts beyond their facilities. Almost all companies interviewed expressed concern about impacts to their supply chains and public infrastructure.
- There isn't one right way to assess and manage climate risks. Many companies view climate change as a "threat multiplier" that exacerbates existing risks. This puts climate change into a familiar context, but could cause companies to overlook or underestimate the threats they face.
- Companies struggle to translate long-term, global climate data into short-term, local risks. Despite growing access to climate-related data and tools, companies say they need "actionable science" that helps them understand locally-specific risks or risk scenarios.
C2ES Recommendations
- Companies can start with a limited-scope vulnerability assessment – focusing, for example, on the most critical parts of the business – to raise internal awareness of climate risks.
- Companies should facilitate regular communication across departments involved in climate risk and resilience -- including sustainability, risk management, operations, and finance – and consider whether to change planning horizons to better incorporate climate risks.
- Companies, state and city governments, non-profits and local experts should explore partnerships to analyze data, evaluate climate risks, undertake cost-benefit studies, and implement resilience planning.
- Governments should look for ways to streamline climate risk reporting and provide more guidance on how to incorporate climate risks into financial disclosures.
- Governments should improve public infrastructure and provide opportunities for the private sector to contribute to resilience planning efforts and investments.
Additional Resources:
- Fact Sheet: Key Insights on Business State and City Collaboration for Climate Resilience
- Executive Summary of our 2015 report.
- Press release on the 2015 report.
- Blog: Are Businesses Prepared for Climate Impacts?
- Our 2013 report and infographic: Weathering the Storm, Building Business Resilience to Climate Change
- Slides from December 2, 2015 webinar for California's Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation
- Video on our YouTube page from our 2013 presentations on Weathering the Storm: Building Business Resilience to Climate Change
- Business Resilience Workshop, March 24, 2015, Washington D.C.
- Climate Impacts and Resilience Workshop, July 26, 2014, Washington, D.C.
- The Executive Forum on Business and Climate, November 3-4, 2013.
- Business Resilience Webinar Series, September-December 2013.
- USA TODAY op-ed by National Grid US President Tom King and American Water CEO Jeff Sterba.
- Our Sept. 23, 2013, event at Climate Week NYC: agenda, photos, video interviews with speakers Preston Chiaro of Rio Tinto; Ken Daly of National Grid, New York; Alan Kreczko of The Hartford; and Lisa Shpritz of Bank of America.
- Our 2008 study, "Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach," which outlined an initial screening framework for assessing risks.
Video: Webinar for California's Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation, December 2, 2015
Video of our report launch
Building Resilience to Climate Change -- Why it's Crucial
Panel: Taking Business Resilience to the Next Level
Taking the lead at the climate talks
|Business leaders dicuss ways they are innovating and investing to meet their climate challenges at a C2ES event during COP 21 in Paris. (Photo courtesy of UNFCCC via Flickr).
A clear message coming out of Paris is that, now more than ever, businesses, states and cities are taking the lead on climate.
The conference kicked off with more than 150 heads of state -- the largest group of world leaders ever to stand together – urging action to curb the risks of of climate change – the more frequent and severe heat waves, droughts, downpours and rising sea levels that we're already experiencing.
But I was struck by just how many state representatives, mayors, and business leaders from the U.S. and around the world were here in Paris, all lending their voice to support taking strong action globally to address climate change.
Soon after I arrived, I was honored to participate in a Climate Summit for Local Leaders at Paris City Hall hosted by Mayor Anne Hidalgo of Paris and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It was the first time local leaders had ever gathered in such numbers during a UN climate change conference.
But their actions on climate started long before Paris. More than 400 cities have signed onto the Compact of Mayors – a global coalition of cities committed to measure and reduce their emissions. Former Mayor Bloomberg explained it this way: "Policies at the local level can make a huge difference. Local leaders are doers."
Paris climate talks: This could be the start of something big
As negotiators in Paris put the finishing touches on a new global climate accord, it's worth reflecting on how much the summit has already accomplished.
One event or agreement by itself can't completely reverse the climate problem. But like other important moments in history, such as the drive to land on the moon in 1969, Paris can inspire innovations across society.The U.S. space program would not have been possible without technologies that still benefit us today like scratch-resistant lenses, computer microchips, smoke detectors and solar panels. Nearly half a century later, many businesses, cities, states and nations are taking new, bold steps to reduce emissions and move toward a clean energy economy.
Whether it's paving the way for rapid, wide-scale development of renewables, investing in energy efficiency technology and lower carbon electricity, or building resilience to climate impacts, a huge wave of innovation has already been unleashed.
Consider just some of the announcements made before and during the Paris talks:
- Leaders of 20 countries announced they'll seek to double investment in clean energy research and development over five years. Backing up this effort, called Mission Innovation, are more than two dozen investors led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates who have pledged to fund early-stage clean energy technology coming out of Mission Innovation.
- India and France announced an international solar alliance to dramatically increase the reach of solar energy to more than 100 countries in the tropics.
Businesses are taking climate action
Global climate talks underway in Paris have been built on a foundation of more than just national government commitments. "Sub-national actors," such as cities, states, and companies, have been making their own climate commitments ahead of Paris, and that trend continues this week.
Just today, in a full-page Wall Street Journal ad coordinated in part by C2ES, more than 100 companies announced their support for a fair and strong global climate agreement and pledged to ensure a transition to a low-carbon, energy-efficient U.S. economy. These companies join a growing chorus of corporate voices for climate action. For example:
- More than 150 companies, from Alcoa to Xerox, have signed the American Business Act on Climate Pledge and committed to reducing their environmental impact through steps such as cutting emissions in half, reducing water usage, and running on 100 percent renewable energy.
- Bill Gates and other leading business entrepreneurs launched a multibillion-dollar public-private partnership to fund research and development of innovative clean energy technologies.
- Last week, 78 global CEOs signed an open letter calling committing to action and calling on governments to implement carbon pricing.
- This fall, 14 energy, tech and manufacturing companies with more than $1 trillion in revenues signed a statement organized by C2ES supporting a balanced and durable international agreement.
Why do more and more businesses care about climate change?
Key Insights on Business State and City Collaboration for Climate Resilience
Key Insights on Business State and City Collaboration for Climate Resilience
November 2015
C2ES held a Solutions Forum workshop focusing on opportunities for collaboration on climate resilience in November 2015 in Detroit, Michigan. More than 40 business leaders, state and city officials, non-profit organizations, and other experts shared their experiences addressing climate change impacts and enhancing resilience. Discussion focused on the role each stakeholder group can play in planning for climate change. This paper summarizes the key insights of the meeting and areas of focus moving forward.
New business models plus public support can boost investment in EV charging
More than 300,000 electric vehicles (EVs) are already on the road in the United States, but to ramp up adoption of this technology, consumers will need more access to charging beyond their home or office.
C2ES has identified business models that, combined with near-term public support, could boost investment in publicly available EV charging and expand the environmental benefits of EVs.
The business models are detailed in a new C2ES publication, Strategic Planning to Implement Publicly Available EV Charging Stations: A Guide for Businesses and Policymakers. The guide draws on research from a two-year initiative in partnership with the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) to explore innovative financing mechanisms aimed at accelerating the deployment of alternative fuel vehicles and fueling infrastructure.
Strategic Planning to Implement Publicly Available EV Charging Stations: A Guide for Businesses and Policymakers

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Museum of Geosciences
The Museum is housed in the VT Department of Geosciences,
2062 Derring Hall, Virginia Tech, 1405 Perry Street, Blacksburg, Virginia. 540-231-6894.
Please schedule groups and classes <see instructions here> in advance to avoid overcrowding, even if you are not requesting staff support. >>CALENDAR<<
The Museum of Geosciences has limited hours during summer 2016.
Open to the public on ALTERNATE WEDNEDSDAYS from 10:00-2:00pm.
June 15, June 29, July 13, July 27, August 10.
Otherwise open only by chance or special arrangement during the summer break. Regular free public hours resume with the VT Fall Semester.
Group visits please contact Sharon Collins 231-6894 to schedule--your visit will be arranged and led by our head interpreter, Sarah Windes.
Public Hours are usually Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm during the VT academic year August-May. Free Admission.
We occasionally have Saturday hours. Those will be announced here and in media.
Study tables and wireless connectivity are available.
The Museum serves as the pick-up and drop-off site for materials loaned from the Education Resource Center.
Derring Hall [37°13' 46.6"N, 80°13' 35.6"W] is located at 1405 Perry Street near West Campus Drive, close to the Duck Pond on the Virginia Tech campus. See VT Maps--Derring is on the "central campus" map. For safety, school busses can loop in to drop students off by the door of Derring Hall, then go park.
Free parking passes* for weekdays before 5pm are available from the VT Visitor Information Center [37.23108° N, 80.43429°W] and at the Perry Street Parking Garage. The Derring lot is closed for construction, but there are several lots not too far from the Museum. There are handicap spaces adjacent to the building on both N and S sides.
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The problem with anime
The problem with anime
Dec 29, 2006 4:21PM PST
To me Japanese people are very creative in anything they do.But to me anime has been here for so long that theres no new ideas for it.And alot of anime are bad animes,theres only a few good animes in the world like Dbz,trigun,seven samuri,s-cry-ed,naruto, and many more but thats it all the rest are garbage,because they have bad voiceovers,bad story,bad characters,and bad designs.And do every anime have to be the same.I dont understand why they are all the same.I can tell when an anime is good and when one is bad.Two issues are the look of the character,a girl is a girl and a boy is a boy.And the voiceovers are careless,bad,and horrible sometimes.But there are some animes with alot of potential,that begin great and mess-up in the end.
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To bePosted: Jan 27, 2007 12:00AM PST by weedlab11
Honest,when I watched anime on cartoon network i hated them,then one day my friend got the fastest internet connection available on our island,so we downloaded up to esisode 150 in Naruto,i fell in love with it,it had everything i a great anime needed,i saw commercials for Naruto on CW and I was excited,after watching it around 3 times i never watched it again on CW,it was crap compared to the Japanese version,it was edited,had bad voiced (especially when compared to the Jap version) and Since the Japanese language is a tonal language (which English isn't) all Naruto says is"Believe it" when it's translated (which is annoying).
I realized that it's the English version I don't like.
Bad voice acting (Hatake Kakashi has an old man's Voice in Naruto,it doesn't reflect his cool and sophisticated character)
Editing (Too many scened with blood are taken out)
Among other things.
I prefer if Naruto was on Adult Swim,so then it would retain some of its violent nature.
The only anime I lile better than the Japanese version is DBZ (the Japanese voices just suck for that one,but it was done a long time ago,and the American version is also heavily edited).
Hehehehe.......I got carried away again.
That's my 2 cents on the matter.


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Long story short: I found a way to fix all of these issues- PERSONAL TRAINING.
I'm about to start in on my 4th week of working 1-on-1 with Ryan Miller aka. RiseUpRyan of Rise Up Fitness. I've known Ryan for years and have always admired and been inspired by his enthusiasm, approachability and, most importantly, his expertise. Bonus: he's always got great music in his zone.
We kicked things off by doing a fitness assessment, which meant taking height, weight and BMI. Ryan warned me that whatever my goals were (and mine were to cross train for my half), I might gain weight in the process at first, but the ultimate end result would be converting fat into lean muscle.
Then with that we were off! Two days a week, I've been getting up bright and early to do some really challenging, but very rewarding workouts. I really like Ryan's approach, which is pilates-based so everything is super core focused. That doesn't mean that I'm delicately working out my abs doing crunches and whatnot.
Oh no. Quite the opposite.
There's Bosu Burpees (which involve doing a burpee while balancing my plank on a bosu ball then hoisting the thing over my head).
There's treadmill running (and sprinting!). There are plyo pushups, which I can eek out just a handful of before dropping down into my level one.
Everybody knows a rowing machine, but did you know that you can turn it into a leg-training reformer of doom? You can. It's super tough.
Each workout is super different and I've never been bored. After just one week, I felt stronger, more toned. I even thought I looked better in the mirror!
At one point, I tweaked my knee on a run and had to sit out a session in an effort to give my body a much-needed chance to heal. The next session, Ryan went above and beyond in focusing on stabilizing and strengthening my knee, rather than avoiding it and letting it go unused. I was afraid to re-injure, but adding that strength back in has done wonders.
Outside of training, I've been spinning and yoga'ing and doing all of those things that I love in group fitness, but it's a game changer to have someone rooting for you and working with you and waiting for you at the other end of that snooze button.
Be sure to check Ryan in all of his #RiseUpFitness on IG!!!]]>
Sure did! In 2:28, which means I ran about 11 minute miles the whole way.
Eh, not really. Instead of a time, because this was my first half, I decided that my primary goal would be A. to finish and B. do so without walking. I achieved both of these things.
Oh heavens, YES! And honestly, that was the most shocking part of the whole experience. I had run two 11 mile runs leading up to the event and was fine the next day after both. I figured with just 2.1 miles more I'd be fine! Boy was I wrong. I almost fell down my stairs in the AM because my quads were so tight. Even sitting was painful. There was no reprieve. I think it's partly that I didn't really stretch after–too much finish line excitement and just that…well…13.1 miles is a long run!
Sure did! Before heading into the race, I asked my friends on Facebook to share some tracks I should put on my playlist. Bunches of people, and like *super* random people from random parts of my life alongside my friends an family chimed in. The result was an eclectic list that made me smile because it was like those friends were cheering me on along the way. Check it out for yourself:
Absolutely. That's what training is for! I've never been much of a runner and I certainly don't have whatever this elusive "runner's body" is I keep hearing about. But I got myself on a training program, worked at it and made it happen. I'm confident you can do the same!!! It might take a bit longer to train for, but who cares?! Do you and make it happen.
Funny you should ask….YES. In fact, I'm already signed up and just took my first training run tonight for the San Francisco Nike Women's Half. My co-worker mentioned back in July that I might as well enter the lottery for this race and whaddya know–I ended up getting in! This race is October 18th, so less than two months to go! This time around, I am indeed setting some time goals—now that I know I can do it, I want to do it harder, better, faster, stronger! Woot!]]>
I spent the week in various stretched styles, ranging from a bouffant to a french twist to just a good, ol' scarf style. The ultimate goal was to create a towering and regal bun using the marley hair for Afropunk.
I've said it once and I'll say it again, I'm a horrible hair stylist when it comes to anything other than a wash'n go, but I was delighted to discover that this wonderful bun style took a matter of minutes.
In fact it was so easy that I couldn't even properly take step by step photos because it was like PRESTO CHANGO: BONJOUR, BUN!
1. Put your hair in a high puff
2. Take a length of Marley Hair and secure one end with a hair elastic. Here's a peek at what it looks like when it's hanging down.
3. Attach the secure end to the base of the puff and just start a-wrapping the hair around the puff, making sure that your little curly coils are all covered. Honestly, it's not that tough because the marley hair is super thick and offers great coverage.
4. Secure with lots of pins annnnd VOILA! YOU BE BUNNIN'
It's that easy!
ps. These dope after photos are from our #BevelClassics photo booth at Afropunk this past weekend and it's 100% worth it to check out all the snaps! Shout out to Brandon King and Aundre for making me look my very best :)]]>
A gorgeous round up on BGLH of Teyonah Parris' natural hair styles stopped me in my tracks, but one of the styles truly spoke to me:
To me this bun is everything. It is at the same time regal and effortless. Intricate yet simple. I thought to myself "only like 19 more years until my hair is long enough to do this" and then I remembered the ol' African American Adage:
Luckily, Teyonah's hair stylist, Miss Felicia Leatherwood, is a dear friend of mine, so I shot her a quick text to see if even I, a sub-par stylist at best, could recreate the look on my own.
Easy as that. Now if that doesn't sound achievable, I just don't know what is….
In the past two hours I have acquired myself the recommended bag of Marley hair and am planning on giving this style a whirl this weekend for Afropunk in Brooklyn. Stay tuned to see how it turns out!
Now the only question that remains: where can I find that awesome laurel leaf headband…..]]>
On the one hand you have one person thinking my face is out there in over abundance and others wondering where in the world it's been.
I'll admit it, my blogging, vlogging and posting has been sporadic at best over the past couple years. I blame it on the fact that just about 2 years ago to the date I shaved my hair down to about a 1/2″. This was a big mistake for a person whose primary foundation of content is in fact their hair. I was thrilled with the cut, it was fabulous and freeing, but a shorn head doth not good content make.
But two years have passed and every time I peek my head into my social channels, someone asks me "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN AND WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK?"
So I figured I'd answer!
During the day, I head up editorial over at Bevel Code, the editorial site of Bevel, a men's shaving grooming company owned by Walker & Company Brands. I've been there over a year and to be honest, it's been a lot of fun. Everything I've done in terms of here and other hair-centric sites, I now get to apply when it comes to men and their shaving. Go ahead and take a peek at what I've written, including but not limited to interviews with Obama's barber, Kanye's barber, Nas' barber and Charles King, one of the most influential men of color in Hollywood. I actually just got back yesterday from interviewing comedian/social media juggernaut King Bach down in LA.
The TL;DR: I've found out I really like helping PEOPLE, not just women, but also men, finding the tools and products they need to be confident in their own skin. Hair, shaving, clothing, fitness—>I'm here for it all.
I mean, SURE. Let's do this. I'm down to get back in the game a bit. Especially these days, I've been FEELING my hair. Lola is back. Like SO back. Check it out.
WHET!!?!??!?!?! That stuff is so long—AND I'M LOVING IT!!!!!!
I'm having to deal with detangling and deep conditioning, sleep pillows, shedding and scrunchies. I'm resurrecting old products–only to find that SOME OF THEM DON'T WORK ANY MORE. Others that I didn't like, now are my most favorite products on the planet. It's like going natural all over again. I'm back at square one, except that now I have 6 years beneath my belt.
Point is, I'm now back to a point where Lola is back in her element enough where sharing my adventures in curl is likely worth sharing on a more regular basis. Plus it would give some reason for all those selfies my mom is oh-so-concerned about.]]>
Now I'm in the throes of doing something I never ever, ever thought I would do: train for the San Francisco Half Marathon. While I once thought I would never go as far as 13.1 miles, part of me remembers that I have biked 570 miles and completed a triathlon. Both of those two feats took training and I figured, I might as well see what this whole half marathon thing was about.
Lots of people have been asking me about how I'm training, so here's the scoop on how I'm making it happen.
I mean, of course there is, right? Before I even paid for my registration fees, I was hunting down the best apps to develop a half marathon training plan, basically to make sure this was even possible. I settled on MyAsics because it allowed me to customize how many runs I want to do a week (3) and what day I wanted to do my long run on (Saturday) as well as make it super easy to understand the program break down. The distances have been good, my only critique is that there are no voice cues to tell you your splits and pace while you're running. So now I use MapMyRun while I run for the voice cues and plug all my data into MyAsics to keep me on my plan.
I have one goal with this half marathon: TO FINISH. Aside from that, I went into this with no ideal time, pace, weight loss goal or anything. As a result, I've put very little pressure on myself and I'm having fun with the whole process! I'd ideally like to not walk, but hey–if that happens, cool. The bottom line is I *get* to do this.
When I trained for my triathlon, I was so wrapped up in making sure I could complete the three sports that it left very little time for me to adequately cross train. As a result, I ended up not as strong as I could have been and getting plantar faciitis, which is super painful. This time I resolved to keep myself stretched and strengthened and I have made yoga a cornerstone of my training. All those downward dogs have been amazingly helpful in keeping my calves super happy! Namaste.
I'm a Classpass fangirl, but while we're on the subject of yoga, I also make sure to get in for some more serious training. I'm on the road a lot and Classpass has made it super easy to stay consistent and find other classes for strength training beyond yoga. My favorite discovery: the Megaformer. It's basically a souped up pilates reformer and gives you the most amazing total body work out in just 40 min.
I told my roommate Joanna that she had to do this with me, no if's or buts about it. We couldn't just have one person in the household in training. We gotta split things evenly! It's like an electricity bill or something: if I was doing this, she had to do it too. Our schedules are so different so we rarely run together, but it's been super motivating to have someone else who is on the same path towards the 13.1. Not just for morale's sake, but it's good to share the unique need for constant foam rolling across the living room floor whilst watching Game of Thrones with someone. She also made me this amazing tank top that says @CASSIROLL (my IG handle) on it.
Everyone asks if I workout so much because I love the clothing. I wish I could say the answer was no. Bring on the spandex!!!!! The brighter the tighter the better! I just love it so much and it's always a treat to find fun new pieces to add to the collection.
I've got brown skin and natural hair. I mean, hell, even my last name starts with Black. I have never not checked the African American box when filling out demographic data.
However, while visiting Lagos people frequently asked about the coily texture of my hair. When I explained to them that this is simply it's natural texture, not a coiling technique or starting of locs their response would be, wide eyed with an air of suspicion:
My response was at first always a solid "no." I mean, I've got two black parents, black grandparents, black great-grandparents; I am definitely 100% black. Always have been, no question about it how I've identified.
However, after being asked by several people, I started to wonder where this was all coming from, if there was something to that question. This was truly a first for me and I took some time to reflect.
I would never say that I'm mixed, but the truth is that in my family we're not quite sure where exactly we come from. There's rumblings of Irish ancestry somewhere back in the day. Rumors of Native American heritage somewhere in there. We see a looser curl pattern here and a touch of light skinnededededness there. But in general, when it comes to skin color, the main link between we the Blackwells is that we loooooooove to be tan. The deeper, the browner the darker the better. With all those winters in Minnesota that suck the color right out of us, once summer hits, we are out there setting our tan lines to show our hard work. My mom calls it "searing" and even my grandfather finishes the summer looking like Golden Teddy Graham. But again, the last name – Blackwell – there has never been any question of who we are and how we identify.
Back to Lagos.
As I continued to be asked the question, I started to attempt to explain that I'm not mixed, however way back when I might have some European or Native American ancestry, but certainly not enough to where I would personally claim being mixed. I don't really know because I don't have enough to go on. People seemed to be more satisfied with this response. It seems as though we have this innate need to understand and classify people by where they are from. I'm guilty of it too and am now more motivated than ever to take one of those DNA tests that sheds light on your geographic ancestry. As a black american, I believe there's a large probability of one having a little bit of a diluted gene pool.
For the record: I've got zero, even sub-zero, problem with "mixed", I'm purely taking this pause because I have made it almost 30 years on this planet with out being asked this question until now.
I decided to ask the peeps of the Nomadness Travel Tribe about this "are you mixed" question and learn about their experiences around the world. Was it just me or have other box-checking, black americans had this experience too? Almost 100 people chimed in with their thoughts. A few notable responses I'd like to share:
I was told flat out that I was "mixed" or "coloured" more than once in South Africa and in Morocco (by a woman from Botswana, a South African man and a Moroccan man). Admittedly, I was pissed initially; however, I realized that defining someone as "Black" varies from country to country and that's what makes being a daughter of the diaspora so beautiful.
I'm just Black. Parsing it out seems thirsty to me.
I've never met a multigenerational black American who wasn't mixed in some way. It's not even all as a result of slavery.
Sometimes it makes me a little upset that the assumption is that if you have light skin or eyes or hair that you have to have recent mixture. I'm a person with 4 black grandparents, but people still assume a lot of the time that I'm biracial or less black. They don't even ask me most of the time, just outright telling me.
This happened to me ALL THE TIME in Burundi (East Africa)…and at first I was extremely offended…but realized that people just don't know…b/c most people of even a lighter hue tend to be mixed…so I just explained that no, I'm black…with 2 black parents…they would then say, 'ahhh…TWO black parents?!" (lol) which my response was yes…I had a digital camera with me, with pics of my family and fiends on it (they always got a kick out of seeing my maternal grandmother and asked if she was Burundian), and just shared that in America, black people come in all shades…it was a good opportunity to enlighten people who just legitimately didn't know…
You have to realize we are all the product of colonization. My views are mine. My grandfather is biracial from Honduras, his mom is Garifuna. He identifies a black. No hispanic. No latino. All these subtypes cause us to lose the REAL importance of it all. The fact that we should celebrate the cultural differences and not the differences in the combination of ethnicities which make you up.
And a personal favorite:
I appreciate the good honest conversation as well as the opposing view points. There's a great opportunity to discuss what it means to be a part of the larger black diaspora and how this movement has created different cultural awareness, identities and sensitivities around the world. Cultural and ethnic identity I find are not one and the same, but these issues are often conflated. The reality is that there it no easy answer here, it's simply not just black and white—nor should it be.]]>
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2. Nigerian visa: check.
3. List of delicious things and places to eat: check.
It's no secret that culinary tourism is one of my favorite parts of travel. It's why I gain 15 lbs of foie gras in France and why I spent more time hunting down Oahu's best poke and Korean butterfish than on the beach.
I landed in Lagos with a list of the most necessary Nigerian dishes to check out, curated by some of the awesome peeps in the Nomadness Travel Tribe. I didn't know what any of the names meant–moi moi, elegusi, suya, dodo, pounded yam–but I knew I had to have it all.
Over seven days I diligently knocked down the names on the list, discovering the flavors of tradition Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa cuisine. I also enjoyed some fantastic pizza pizza, Nutella, piña coladas and a healthy dose of wine.
A few highlights:
Sure it's 102 degrees outside, but that doesn't stop this food from lighting up the inside of your mouth like a flame thrower at Kanye concert. I loved every. single. bite. In every meal, my eyes watered, I sucked in air (which we all know does nothing to aid the plight) and gulped down water. Nothing helped, but I kept going back for more. Lemme say this, I don't think I tasted anything Nigerian that wasn't spicy.
….on the British Empire. Thanks to the Imperial conquests of the Brits back in the day, there's a lot of mixing between their former colonies. In Lagos, as a result you have a lot of Indians and Indian food. I enjoyed one of the best Samosas of my life at a rather posh restaurant called Spice Route. Also Perfect Mutton stew and fantastic tandoori.
Another foreign (although not colonially derived) cuisine was Lebanese food, which was also big part of my Lagosian menu. There is a rather large population of Lebanese expats, some even 1st and 2nd generation at this point. Why Lagos? The response I got: "there's a lot of money here and the Lebanese aren't afraid of Africa." Fair enough, I suppose. The result was waking up every morning to a continental breakfast that included Zaatar toasts and curried stews and enjoying my meal surrounded by people speaking Arabic.
Almost every single country has its version of "street meat" and almost every single person has heard of someone else (or themselves!) getting violently ill from it. Sure, when you're cooking outdoors, literally on the street where you're not required to maintain a state-mandated level of sanitation, it's definitely an eat at your own risk situation.
Suya came with such hype that it was a risk I was willing to take.
After plowing through my "To Eat" list, my final night in Lagos I finally got my chance to dive into some Suya.
We rolled into a darkened alley in Ikoyi and I could see steam and smoke rising from a make shift kitchen at the end.
On one side, there were stacks of raw meat in the process of being seasoned and skewered. On the other, a man, a grill and dozens of pieces of meat cooking.
I ordered two—following a tip from Nibi to avoid the onions because they are cut with the same knife as the meat and are not cooked (risk minimized).
The man chops the meat, bundles it in newspaper and foil and you're good to go.
Like all things meaty and richly spiced, Suya I found to be most deliciously enjoyed with an ice cold Star beer. It was spicy, flavorful, filling and everything I wanted it to be.
I loved them. They are crunchy, flavorless, slightly sweet and BOMB. Can someone please tell me the name? I think they also are in India as well!
All in all, Lagos had some truly delcious offerings and I honored to have fully lived what it means to be "chopping life"!!!!]]>
As these women perform their native tribe dance, there is nary a natural curl in sight. Not a single one.
A similar observation began even before I hit the ground in Nigeria. On my plane, I observed ZERO other natural women, only relaxers, weaves and braids. Sure, beneath those weaves and braids the hair might be natural, but the inherent impression is that of a preference for straight, long hair. If the hair is worn short, it's done so in a way that's much more Halle Berry-pixie than Solange-TWA.
For days, this parade of weaves and relaxers continued through our adventures in Lagos. One would think that with such a cultural prominence, the hair would at least be healthy looking and well-styled. Unfortunately the opposite: I've never seen so many edges ripped out, broken ends and damage. Even young girls had patches missing from over applied relaxer.
We in the west set the global trends of black culture; it's particularly hard to stomach that this is our beauty contribution to Africa. Just like we in the States had to conform to this a Eurocentric-standard of beauty, I wonder if the pressure to straighten was even stronger living under the influence of a colonial power.
Nevertheless, we were there to provide natural hair education and to empower women to wear their own hair. As a tribe of natural hair wearers rolling through Lagos, we certainly caused a stir because it was a rare sight to see.
Nibi of The Kinky Apothecary has worked tirelessly to ensure that the women of Nigeria have the products and know-how they need to allow their natural hair to thrive. Thinking back years ago, the natural hair here in the US would not have been possible if it weren't for the concurrent proliferation of natural hair blogs, vlogs and product lines. The more we blogged and put those positive images of natural hair out there, the more popular it became.
I see a lot of parallels between the conversations I was having 5 years ago in the US with the conversations I am having now in Africa. Even on when we made our appearance on Good Morning Nigeria, our host asked us off camera "could my hair really look like THAT??" gesturing to Obia and my own hair. I know that the more examples of healthy natural hair women see on the ground, the more traction the movement will gain. At our press conference, I sensed that there are many, many naturals who are simply afraid of stigma of wearing their natural hair loose and encouraged Nibi to take out her twists and wear her loose natural hair (which is huge and awesome and gorgeous).
This sense of disbelief also pervaded most of the conversations I had about my own hair. More than once I was asked if I was "mixed" (but that's a whole other blog post). A typical conversation went something like this:
"Is that your natural hair?"
"Yep!" {and I would pull a curl long to show the length or push the front back to show the roots}
"But how does it DO that? Are those twists/comb coils/texturizers/chemicals?"
"No, that's just how my hair grows. This is my natural texture."
"My hair could never do that….."
The thing is, that I didn't realize that my OWN hair had this texture until a full two years after I went natural. I learned about my own texture through a combination of finding the products that worked for me and allowing it to thrive in a wash'n'go. I couldn't be more confident that a lot of these women will be surprised at their own texture as they work with it, learn it and allow it to just be.
Now, the one thing I will say African hair culture DOES have going for it is in the braiding department. The braided styles I saw in Lagos are diverse and beautiful. Some women do in fact wear their own natural hair beneath the braids, others get it relaxed to flow better in the style. When I arrived, Nibi was wearing a gorgeous Marley Twist style and I thought to myself that it might be worth it to experience some African braiding. I flirted with the idea, but couldn't fathom spending a precious several hours of my trip inside getting my hair done. I have heard that African braiders are the speediest at their work, but more than once I've sat down to have my hair braided in an estimate of 3 hours only to emerge 9 later once the braider realized how much hair I have. I also had no combs, braiding product and didn't want to sit for 20 hours of flying with a head so tender I wouldn't be able to sleep.
Obia of Obia Natural Hair Care, however went for it. The girls not only oiled her hair, steamed her hair, were careful around her edges, used her own products–BUT THEY HAD HER OUT OF THERE IN 2.5 HOURS!!!!!! And these twists look damn good.
I look forward to returning to Africa in support of the movement and seeing how it grows in the coming years! (I also look forward to getting myself some African braids. There's a lot of work to do to change the perception of natural hair on the continent, but it's definitely begun.]]>
The day started off with a panel discussion facilitated by Nibi Lawson, Founder + CEO of Kinky Apothecary. I was honored to sit on-stage alongside an inspirational (not to mention GLOBAL!) group of women including Felicia Leatherwood (Celebrity Stylist), Obia Ewah (Obia's Naturals), Ijeoma Eboh (KlassyKinkys), Ngozi Opara (Heat Free Hair) and Wunmi Akinlagun (Woman in the Jungle).
I hopped on stage to present my workshop "The Top 10 Natural Hair Mistakes I've Made (and how to avoid them yourself)". See, as a blogger, you're often only posting the finished, polished and sometimes even photoshopped final photos of the natural hair journey. The truth is that going natural is HARD and even we bloggers still make mistakes, especially when starting off. I wanted to open up and give an authentic perspective on the struggle that is so real, but stand up as an example that with a bit of patience and perseverance—in the end it all turns out a-okay.
Towards the end of my talk, I also explained that one of my main goals with my blog is to meet and get the stories of naturals around the world, so I encouraged everyone to come find me and we could snap a shot with my selfie-stick. And BOY did these Nigerian Naturals sure love taking those selfies! I think I'll write some sort of new African proverb that starts "If you give a woman a selfie stick, she'll look as fire as the African sun." Something like that… I'll work out the copy soon, but for realz, people love the 'Stick. It brought out a lot of smiles and laughs.
The rest of the day, all the other speakers hit the stage and I chatted with the local naturals, asking questions, helping them shop for products, and doing a little shopping myself (hey-o!)–I can't leave these Ankara fabrics alone while I'm here….
Huge shout out to Nibi and team for pulling off such a fantastic event. Education is the MOST important part of the natural hair movement and she is such an inspirational example of drive and passion for providing that education to the women of Africa.
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Which British accent do you have?
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Welsh:) I like your quiz cos ppl always have "witch America accent do you have" but this was the first "which British accent you have" bloody awesome!
they said i have a Chavvy accent but i know i talk very nice English
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Can I point out that IRELAND is not in or part of BRITAIN! It is a separate country and state.
I have normal accent. Thanks god bc the majority of my mates have chavvy accent. Bridgwater, Somerset, England:)
Irish xD... I was expecting Scottish...
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My English teacher would be glad, I guess.
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The Obama administration on Tuesday, Said it was preparing to sue Arizona County sheriff Joe Arpaio...
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We Arizonans need to join together and sue the Kenyan and his boy Holder for targeting Americans.
Here it comes
Chicago politics
May be time to show them how us old folks do things
I doubt old Joe is going to stand for this thuggery! Go Joe!! And God bless him!
Sue about what? Didnt the main stream media just tell us that Hispanics are not a race but instead are white. So you going to sue us for what, arresting white lawbreakers?
Yep, lets get this on!!
Time for Arizona to sue the Federal Government for failing to uphold the law. Can't believe that we have come to this!
This regime will go down in history as the most corrupt, ever. They make Nixon look like a saint.
Joe is in trouble.
He's got the Feds and the MSM after him.
Watch out. They will throw everything at him, make him look like a villain and a nut.
Exactly the same thing ~
But Joe's got the goods on Obama's birth certificate, etc. I wouldn't mess with him.
EF Holder! The DOJ is working against us. I contribute to Joe Arpaio's defense fund. Go Joe!
just another Obama distraction
Bring it on!
I'd bet this doesn't bother Arpaio in the least.
Go Sheriff Joe!
We might as well
Its coming anyway
No need to wait - plenty of high crimes and misdemeanors to charge Barry Soetoro with already.
I never dreamed I'd live to see America turned into a flippin' police state run by a flippin' dictator.
"We might as well...Its coming anyway."
Everything seems to be pointing that way.
Shoot. Shovel. Shut up.
The "governmwnt" needs to quit suing the people and the states that pay their wages.
I'm getting real tired of this BS. WHo the hell is the "government" to sue anyone?"
Wow! I truly thought that I'd seen it all with Bill Clinton.
This guy makes Clinton look like a choir boy.
Holder has already been caught by the courts running witch hunts against two pro-lifers this month... Also they ran a witch hunt against "right wing extremists' and got nailed by a judge. They have no evidence, just diversity communist slogans.
How far down the DOJ has fallen into evil.
I was just planting a new flower bed
What can I say
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It's been a while since we had occasion to skewer Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles for a personnel move. Jennifer Sprague, the overpaid and underqualified strategy maven; Miles saboteur Rebecca Rodriguez; chief of staff and FBI target Jerome Oberlton -- they are all long gone.
But now that Oberlton is set to plead guilty to taking $60,000 in kickbacks while overseeing technology for Atlanta Public Schools, it's worth revisiting what a monumentally bad hire he was.
It's not just that Miles hired a chief of staff who appears to have broken federal law. It's that he broke federal law, then used his DISD email account to send himself descriptions of precisely how he had broken federal law.
It came to light during a review of Oberlton's work by DISD investigators. Here's The Dallas Morning News' Matthew Haag:
The DISD investigative report includes two emails that were forwarded from Oberlton's Dallas ISD email account to his private Yahoo account on the day he met with Miles to resign. One includes notes about data warehousing deal in Atlanta with Computech, the Detroit company.
"I received in total about $50K in total kickbacks from the work Computech did with APS," the email says. "I surmised that accepting funds after I left APS would be legitimate and [I] moved on with life until I was met by two FBI agents on March 8, 2013, at my job."
The other email was a journal entry about when FBI investigators met with him at DISD administration building in spring.
"They [FBI investigators] indicated that because I entered into a contract with a company called Computech and accepted funds from them, I would be indicted with a crime. I nearly lost my breath and thought this was some kind of joke or something. ... I am still praying and believing that God will bring a resolution to this case in my favor," the email says.
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