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Kirk Franklin - I Smile

2011-12-29T22:22:00.000-08:00

Inspirational Afro Music, a song that will surely bring a Smile to your face :)

Frozen Puck Hovers Over Track Using “Quantum Levitation

2011-10-18T11:52:00.000-07:00

Researchers at the school of physics and astronomy at Tel Aviv University have created a track around which a semiconductor can float, thanks to the phenomenon of “Quantum Levitation“.

Knowledge is the Key to the Universe

History is In the Song

2011-10-12T07:07:00.000-07:00

Children of the the Sun, Daylight comes and we shall go Home

Harry Belafonte: My Song

NPR Interview Harry Belafonte: Out Of Struggle, A Beautiful Voice

2011-09-29T07:50:00.000-07:00

Greenfoot - Educational software designed to make computer programming easy and fun

Imagine, your Kids learning to program while playing

AfrocatioN - Knowledge is Key to Ones Freedom

Renee Neufville w/ Roy Hargrove's RH Factor - Hold On (Live Stuttgart 2005)

2011-09-29T07:30:00.000-07:00

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Trumpeters Maurice Brown & Roy Hargrove Funkin It Up!!

2011-09-29T06:57:00.000-07:00

Music is History, it tells a story of talents that if allowed to flourish could heal the world.
Imagine, Afro Americans playing Wall Street with a passion of Soul that exist within the Music
Lift every voice and sing, Lift every Mind and bring the true Reality of the Song
-Eyes Open, I can See, Mind Open I can Be

The Art of Negotiation

2011-09-15T10:36:00.000-07:00

The Art of Negotiation

Nectarine-Raspberry Crisp with Spiced-Oatmeal Crumb Topping: bonappetit.com

2011-08-20T15:41:00.000-07:00

A Nice Oatmeal Desert
Nectarine-Raspberry Crisp with Spiced-Oatmeal Crumb Topping: bonappetit.com

Risk Aversion and Future Investments in the Next Generation

2011-08-03T11:23:00.000-07:00

In life there is risk and it quite safe to say those who takes the greatest risk achieve the highest rewards. Risk Aversion - A characteristic of being averse to risk and one could argue the current state of nation when it comes to future investments in the next generation.

A risk adverse individual or nation prefer certainty and would choose to keep h/her money as oppose to investing in a risky venture like public education. There's no certainty or guarantee that every child will be a success or the next Einstein.

I was listening to a segment on NPR about health care in Bisbee, Arizona in which the mayor indicted until his stroke he never went to a hospital. If the investment risk had not been taking to provide a hospital in Bisbee the mayor would be dead or paralyzed.

An investment in health care or insurance will generally have a higher expected value than going without, risk mitigation, as opposed to a game of roulette in which you assume all risk by playing. In insurance, you pay the company to assume a risk for you. Risk mitigation allows one to reduce the aversion to risk.

Knowledge is the Key to understanding risk and the mitigation of risk. The one who's not averse to risk has the knowledge and clarity on how to mitigate risk. Having the knowledge reduces the fear and builds confidence which in-turn brings the rewards. Understanding the baselines of life's and it boundaries is derived through knowledge i.e. wisdom, an understanding of life.

Matt Damon on the Value of Teachers, what I call Societies Risk Mitigation Tool for the next generation

Education Budget War, Parents, Teachers, Students and The State

2011-06-10T10:21:00.000-07:00

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The success of the next generation is predicated on its desire to take up the mantle and fight for their future. Parents, Teachers and Students across the nation are standing up and fighting for the nation’s future. Melrose Avenue Elementary Parents created a Public Service Announcement in their fight against planned School Budget Cuts.

Knowledge is Key to Ones Freedom

Black Enterprise, Marc Lamont Hill Interviews Angela Davis

2011-06-02T12:23:00.000-07:00

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This Week on Our World: Iconic Activist and Scholar Dr. Angela Y. Davis

With knowledge being the key to freedom, it stands to reason that the truth combined with that knowledge, will ultimately set the mind body and soul free.

Marc Lamont Hill of Black Enterprise interviews Angela Davis, a symbol of knowledge and an icon of African American pride and freedom.

I and as you will see in the interview, had no idea she was a professor before becoming a symbol of the African American freedom movement.

Earlier today I met an African American veteran at the VA Hospital and its quite a coincident of how he spoke of being apart of an equal rights movement in San Francisco during the sixties. We talked about the responsibility of the next generation to seek knowledge and stand for freedom. The prior generation can only disseminate that knowledge and past down the skill with intent to motivate, its up to the new generation to grab hold, rise to the occasion and carry the flame of freedom.

Part one of the Interview

Part two of the Interview

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Innovation Vital for Future Economy

2011-06-01T03:08:00.000-07:00

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African American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says the drivers of problem solving and job creation in the world depend on whether American students demand scientific literacy.

“Math needs better marketing,” deGrasse Tyson told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien during an intimate sit down on the subject of math and science in American education.

Why engineers end up as English majors

Knowledge is Key to Ones Freedom

African Political Rap - A Message Of Freedom From Tunisia

2011-05-19T09:24:00.000-07:00

Tunisian rapper drops words of Knowledge and Jailed by the government, after 3 days he was released. This illustrate the power of a medium that resonate towards the future and should not be allowed to fall by the way side of corporate media.

Rap Music continue an African legacy of defining and disseminating History in Song

Knowledge is Key and may the quest continues

Freedom Riders

2011-05-10T23:28:00.000-07:00

The story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders who in 1961 challenged segregation in the American South.

Watch the full episode. See more American Experience.

Shaundra Daily: Education Engineer

2011-05-02T12:43:00.000-07:00

Afro Science is Key to an Innovative future of Afrocation

PBS -Secret Life of Scientists
Andre Fenton: Neurobiologist
Stephon Alexander: Theoretical Physicist
Shaundra Daily: Education Engineer

Watch the full episode. See more Secret Life of Scientists.

Preview: Black in Latin America

2011-04-14T22:53:00.000-07:00

Preview: Black in Latin America

Watch the full episode. See more Black in Latin America.

Cuba: The Accidental Eden

2011-04-13T14:18:00.000-07:00

Cuba, prosperity, nature and life

Watch the full episode. See more Nature.

2010 Census Shows America's Diversity

2011-03-25T08:15:00.000-07:00

The 2010 Census shows America on the move to greater diversity. For Afro Americans I wanted to point out one key factor, a 43% growth rate for the Asian American population, this while remaining to be economically successful. Most Afro American feel Children stifle economic growth, but au contraire, Children are the future and Knowledge is the Key to achieving economic and family success.

American Radio Works - Say it Loud

2011-02-18T06:32:00.000-08:00

Through the perspective of American Radio Works is Say It Loud, 50 years of black history through ... speeches by African Americans from across the political spectrum. Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity, most are very Historic, while some provide a glimpse into divisions within America.
Division that fantasizes the dream and works to prevent it from becoming a true reality for millions.
An insightful review of Say It Loud, provides a view into the words of the many sides of Afro-America .

Soaring Eagles - School Pride

2010-10-16T19:43:00.000-07:00

Soaring Eagles - School Pride
As you'll see in the segment, there's an overwhelming tendency to blame this entity called Government

Government is the People, i.e. Of The People and By The People
This story show's that corporate support of public schools is possible and it works

The reason why a particular entity which is owned by the people, yet fails the public, is because a percentage of the people that make's up that entity have no vested interest in its success.

The growth in America prosperity is without question credited to public education, yet some voices of the past still choose not to invest in public education, but still demand the public invest in the market as consumers.

Knowledge is Key

Female Coast Guard Helicopter Pilot - 1st Afro-American

2010-10-13T17:19:00.000-07:00

msnbc.com video: Coast Guard pilot shatters barriers

La'Shanda Holmes is first female African-American Coast Guard helicopter pilot.

The President on Clean Energy

2010-10-03T15:38:00.000-07:00

Afro-Innovation, an African American who works for and can see the future of energy innovation
We can and we must lead the world in innovative energy technology
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WSJ - President Touts Clean Energy in Weekly Speech

MSNBC Video of Presidents Speech on Clean Energy

From Africa to the NFL, and back again

2010-09-25T12:15:00.000-07:00

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Making a Difference: Madieu Williams is better known for his work as a free safety for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings than for his efforts in West Africa. But when he's not trying to stop the NFL's best receivers, he's committed to bringing better health and education to his native Sierra Leone. NBC's Ron Allen reports.

Chad Ochocinco makes a suprise visit to a charity event as he makes one young fan's dream come true.

2010-05-31T17:23:00.000-07:00

A great heart felt moment in time which shows dreams does come ture

State of the Black Union

2009-03-06T08:03:00.001-08:00

State of the Black Union
State of the Black Union on Google Video
Statistics
Tavis Smiley Radio Show on PRI

During the State of the Black Union conference I heard a very articulate and knowledgeable quote on why Afromerican voted for President Obama.

"It was not a T Shirt, a Song or the Color of Ones
Skin, it was Life for which a many African Americans voted for Barack
Obama"

This is reason one, we should not allow those in power to define our existence, purpose and needs in life.
It is we whom should be tasked with leading, stating and bringing into existence our dreams of freedom and prosperity which in-turn creates a true hard fought reality of who, why and what we are.