by Rupe | Oct 12, 2015 | Inspiration
This is the wrong question. It’s upside down.
But ok. Another friend of mine wrote a good post on this topic. But I know him and how he made his millions and although his answer was good, it wasn’t how he made his money.
Money is not everything. It’s a side effect. It’s a bypr
Source: What are some good habits of very wealthy people?
My Comments: James Altucher is truly one of the most amazing think around. His ability to just spit wise and insightful words is hardly without equal.
by Rupe | Sep 27, 2015 | Inspiration
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled in stunning detail a small section of the Veil Nebula – expanding remains of a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago.
Called the Veil Nebula, the debris is one of the best-known supernova remnants, deriving its name from its delicate, draped filamentary structures. The entire nebula is 110 light-years across, covering six full moons on the sky as seen from Earth, and resides about 2,100 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, the Swan.
Source: Veil Nebula Supernova Remnant
My Comment: Awesome beauty!
by Rupe | Sep 11, 2015 | Inspiration
The arrangement of the spiral arms in the galaxy Messier 63, seen here in an image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, recall the pattern at the center of a sunflower.
Discovered by Pierre Mechain in 1779, the galaxy later made it as the 63rd entry into fellow French astronomer Charles Messier’s famous catalogue, published in 1781. The two astronomers spotted the Sunflower Galaxy’s glow in the small, northern constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs). We now know this galaxy is about 27 million light-years away and belongs to the M51 Group — a group of galaxies, named after its brightest member, Messier 51, another spiral-shaped galaxy dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy.
Source: Hubble Sees a Galactic Sunflower
My Comments: Just simply amazing…
by Rupe | Sep 4, 2015 | Inspiration
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows Messier 96, a spiral galaxy just over 35 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo (The Lion). It is the nearest group containing both bright spirals and a bright elliptical galaxy (Messier 105).
Source: Hubble Peers into a Galactic Maelstrom
My Comments: The wondrous beauty of the universe…Amazing!
by Rupe | Aug 26, 2015 | Inspiration
On tennis and black excellence.
There is no more exuberant winner than Serena Williams. She leaps into the air, she laughs, she grins, she pumps her fist, she points her index finger to the sky, signaling she’s No. 1. Her joy is palpable. It brings me to my feet, and I grin right back at her, as if I’ve won something, too. Perhaps I have.
Source: The Meaning of Serena Williams – The New York Times
My Comment: In the spirit of Bonaly; a star above all others. Go ahead gurl in all your beauty and greatness.
by Rupe | Aug 22, 2015 | Inspiration
He was a revolutionary.
Those who knew him best also describe Julian Bond as a civil rights icon, a pioneer, a poet and a national treasure.
Bond, who was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and a chairman of the NAACP, passed away at his home in Florida on Saturday, August 15, 2015.
A true activist, he was known for fighting for causes that were not easily winnable. He organized sit-ins as a student at Morehouse College in the late 1950s. He passionately opposed the Vietnam War. And as NAACP chairman emeritus and board member, he advocated for marriage equality and LGBT rights. Julian Bond was a constant campaigner for the liberation of all people, and it was not only this belief but his actions that followed which will have him remembered forever as a leader in the broader human rights struggle.
In 1966, when Bond should have been sworn in as a state representative, his white colleagues in the Georgia General Assembly barred him from taking his seat because of his opposition to the Vietnam War. When a reporter asked him to explain his previous statements on the war, Bond said, “[It is] hypocritical for us to maintain that we are fighting for liberty in other places and we are not guaranteeing liberty to citizens inside the continental United States.”
This show of determination and commitment to justice is why we will hold fast to Julian Bond’s memory. His reach extends far beyond his own generation’s advocacy for civil rights and continues to motivate us to work to amplify the voices of Black people. As the SNCC communications director turned movement leader, he helped build the foundation of the civil rights movement on which all justice-oriented organizations, including ColorOfChange, are able to organize today.
Congressman John Lewis said in a recent interview about his late colleague and friend, “Julian must be remembered as one who inspired another generation of young people to stand up, to speak up and speak out.” We are part of the generation that he inspired to fight racism and oppression. As we remember Julian Bond, will you join us?
He will be laid to rest on Saturday, August 22, 2015 by his wife Pam Horowitz; sons Horace Mann Bond II, Jeffrey and Michael; daughters Phyllis Jane Bond McMillan and Julia Louise Bond; sister Jane; brother James; and eight grandchildren.
