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Carleton Convocation Discusses the Digital Divide for Girls of Color
Submitted by Jessica Paxton on Fri, 02/07/2014 - 4:09pm
Feb 14 2014 10:50 am
Location:Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton College
Kimberly Bryant, founder and executive director of Black Girls Code, will present Carleton College's weekly convocation address on Friday, Feb. 14 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. Bryant's presentation, entitled "Behind the Click: Securing the Future for Girls of Color as the Tech Leaders and Creators of Tomorrow,"discuss the digital divide currently faced by girls of color. This event is free and open to the public. Convocations are also streamed live and can be viewed online at go.carleton.edu/convo/.
Black Girls Code is a non-profit organization dedicated to introducing girls of color to the field of technology and computer programming.Their mission is to increase the number of women of color in the digital space by empowering girls of color ages 7 to 17 to become innovators in STEM fields, leaders in their communities, and builders of their own futures through exposure to computer science and technology.
Bryant founded San Francisco-based Black Girls Code in 2011 as a way to close the digital divide for girls of color. To date, the organization has trained more than 1,500 girls to work in technology fields such as robotics, video game design, mobile phone application development and computer programming. Bryant says she aims to reach one million girls by 2040. Learn more about Black Girls Code at www.blackgirlscode.com.
In July 2013, Bryant was one of 11 people to receive the White House Champions of Change for Tech Inclusion award, given to celebrate people in the U.S. "who are doing extraordinary things to expand technology opportunities for young learners—especially minorities, women and girls, and others from communities historically underserved or underrepresented in tech fields."
Bryant has 20+ years of experience as a biotechnology/engineering professional at various Fortune 100 companies. Bryant serves on the National Champions Board for the National Girls Collaborative Project, and the National Board of the NCWIT K-12 Alliance. Bryant is a recipient of the Jefferson Award for Community Service for her work to support communities in the Bay Area. She has been recognized on "The 25 Most Influential African-Americans in Technology" list, The Root 100 list, and the Ebony Power 100 list.
She is considered a thought leader in the area of tech inclusion and has been a featured speaker at the Personal Democracy Forum, TedX Kansas City, Platform Summit, Big Ideas Festival, SXSW, and national conferences.
For more information about this event, including disability accommodations, contact the Carleton College Office of College Relations at(507) 222-4308. The Skinner Memorial Chapel is located on First Street between College and Winona Streets in Northfield.


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All eyes are on the man onstage at Plaza Showroom who is so very easy to find. He jokes about moving the mic stand out from in front of his body "so you can see me better."
But it is Louie Anderson who can see, and has seen, it all. He squints through what he terms the "747 lights" toward the edge of the stage, his left and our right. There, a man sits by himself, reclining slightly and gazing up at Anderson.
"You're here alone?" Anderson says, moving toward the edge of the stage. The man says he is at the show by himself.
"And you brought a book with you? Really?" Anderson asks in astonishment. There is a book, dog-eared near the middle, placed on the round table where the man is seated. "I've seen iPhones and maybe an iPad, but never an actual book. How interesting."
Anderson picks up the book, reads its title, "Covert Warriors" by W.E.B. Griffin. He asks if he can hold the book for a photo — taking the shot with his phone from the stage. He asks where the gentleman lives. Tucson, the man says.
"I understand there have been a lot of arrests for covert warriors in Tucson," Anderson says. "Maybe that's why you're here." The conversation lingers a few more moments on tales about war, the book's evident subject. Anderson says, "It's all bad. All wars are bad." And the man agrees, telling the comic he served in Vietnam. "In the trees or in the sand, it's all bad," the man says.
"Oh, well then, I take it all back," Anderson says, reaching down to shake the man's hand. "You have a ticket for life to my show. I mean that."
In the hands of a different type of comic, that man would have been dismissed in moments with something like, "I hope my act isn't interrupting your reading!" But Anderson is unique as a master of pacing and conversation with those seated near the stage. He's measured, never in a rush, the quiet moments as pertinent as punch lines. At times you feel as if Anderson has lost his way, adrift in thought, but just when that possibility enters your mind, he says, "Oh, I never forget where I am in my act. I'm like a savant."
Anderson is in total control of his environment on the Las Vegas stage because he has been performing on Las Vegas stages for so long, nearly 30 years. The clip played in his introduction at The Plaza (where he opened this week and performs Wednesdays through Saturdays with tickets starting at $59.99) is of Johnny Carson introducing Anderson for the young comic's appearance on "The Tonight Show" in 1987. Anderson plugged his gig at the Comedy Store at the Dunes that night.
"I've been lucky to have played a lot of clubs in Vegas," says Anderson, an understatement as large as his suit jacket. The comic himself needs to recite all those venues just to remind himself of his own history: "Let's see, there was the Dunes, Bally's, Caesars Palace, Golden Nugget, Desert Inn, back to Bally's, the Sands, MGM Grand, The Orleans, The Rio, Excalibur, Palace Station and now to The Plaza."
That's a dozen hotels, and that doesn't figure into all the touring, TV and movie work Anderson has performed over the years. He's co-headlined with stars such as Barbara Mandrell, Natalie Cole, Glen Campbell and Ray Charles. He has been depicted in cartoon form, and the plastic promotional statue of him at Excalibur was so big it looked like a promotion for Bob's Big Boy.
From July 2010 until March of this year, Anderson was showcased at Palace Station as that hotel's resident headliner in a theater named for him and produced and promoted by Bonkerz Comedy Club founder Joe Sanfelippo. His "LOL" stand-up show seemed to be getting a deserved boost when Anderson was cast in the ABC celebrity diving show "Splash" in February. But as Anderson was working out that deal (and also working out in the gym) to compete with the likes of NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and beauty queen Katherine Webb, the hotel expressed other ideas for that showroom: to turn it into a bar and haul in a bunch of slot machines.
That led Anderson to downtown, where the Plaza has a huge need for a performer with name and face recognition to anchor that classically appointed showroom. Such Plaza entertainers as veteran comic impressionist Rich Natole, performing at the hotel's Bonkers Comedy Club, and endearing vocal ensemble The Phat Pack (at 5 p.m. in the big room) are depending on Anderson's potential draw in the old showroom.
The man who runs the hotel, Jonathan Jossel, says there are two entertainers who have been stopped while walking through the casino: Anderson and Carrot Top. They are hardly alike, aside from their craft and their belief that there is enough interest in comedy in Las Vegas for all types of headliners to survive.
Anderson believes that, of course. The winding road he's taken to the Plaza is quite a yarn. It would make a great book, a tome you might even bring to his show.
Follow John Katsilometes on Twitter at Twitter.com/JohnnyKats. Also, follow "Kats With the Dish" at Twitter.com/KatsWiththeDish.

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Can anyone help with an ID for these grasshoppers, I think they maybe the common meadow grasshoppers in different stages although I am not sure. I found them and several more around some ruins on a peak in the Carpathian mountains. Any help would be wonderful.
Form a previous reply to pink grasshoppers by my colleague and orthoptera specialist 'Meconema':
The Meadow Grasshopper, Chorthippus parallelus, may have very pink nymphs and also purple-tinged adults; see species of the day 03/09/2010
Thank you, I just wanted to know if I had the correct ID for them, I have read about the pink morphs, they are very interesting!


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Hunter Frying-Pan Wilderness > UN13,382 "Williams Mountain" > Climber's Log
UN13,382 "Williams Mountain" Climber's Log
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|Partial Traverse
Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2015
|Traversed 4 out of 5, starting at the north, with Scot, Craig and Rachel. Weather started to look iffy so we bailed off after the 4th one while we had the opportunity. Unfortunately between Williams and 13203 there are several gendarmes that cliff out and forced us really low, but there is also a lot of good scrambling to be had high.
|Posted Aug 17, 2015 11:12 am
|Great scramble
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2014
|I really enjoyed linking this peak in with UN 13,203'. The traverse felt more like scrambling on California granite than the typical choss piles of the Sawatch and Elk Mountains. I preferred this route over similar routes in the area, such as La Plata's Ellingwood Ridge. There is a good amount of route-finding between the two peaks (read: taking what looks to be a good route and then getting cliffed out). I wish I would have done the 5-peak traverse, as the quality of rock warranted more exploration.
|Posted Aug 8, 2014 11:33 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2011
|traversed 4 of the 5 13ers ..ran out of daylight for the last one.. nice day ..some good climbing if you stay on the ridge.. lots of route finding.. mentally dialed all day.. which was a long one
|Posted Sep 20, 2011 4:13 pm
|Williams Mtns Traverse
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007
|Traversed the Williams Mountains which includes 5 ranked 13ers. Definately one of the more interesting areas of the Sawatch. Traverse involved plenty of 3rd & 4th class scrambling. Routefinding was essential. Long day!
|Posted Mar 30, 2008 10:03 pm
|Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: October 2, 2005
|What can I say, this day was one of the best I have ever spent in the mountains. From trailhead to trailhead, we didn't see another human soul. The autumn alpine environment was something very special. It was so subdued, so quiet. It was also strangely homey feeling as this is a special area for me. We saw a couple of coyotes as we hiked up toward the Mountain. The hourglass couloir was quite loose. The climb and routefinding up the ridge was lots of fun. The crux move was even more fun. Gaining the summit of this somewhat obscure mountain was a nice accomplishment. I even had a little fun flinging snowballs off the summit in into the void below. On the hike back down we took our time enjoying the perfect and unique day in the mountains.
|Posted Oct 4, 2005 1:38 pm
|Route Climbed: July 27th, 2004 Date Climbed: Southwest Ridge
|Excellent Sawatch Peak with a great view of the Hunter Fryingpan Wilderness. There are many more summits to attain in this area and will go bac in 2005.
|Posted Feb 24, 2005 3:37 pm
|Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: July 27, 2004
|A good day up there with Kane. The most unavoidable exposure I've experienced on a Sawatch peak. A lot of loose stuff on the left side of the gully heading up to the ridge. Lots of ptarmigans in the basin below.
|Posted Jan 13, 2005 2:34 am