When Michael Todd started his freshman year at MLK prep school in Memphis, Tennessee two years ago, he only had one outfit to wear to school. High school kids can be incredibly cruel and Michael was mocked for three weeks for wearing the same clothes every day.
“I really don’t have clothes at home,” he told KTVI. “My mom can’t buy clothes for me because I’m growing too fast.”
Kristopher Graham, a football player at MLK Prep, thought the bullying had gone too far and wanted to do something to help. “When I saw people laugh at him and bully him, I felt like I needed to do something,” Kristopher said. He texted his friend Antwan Garrett asking for help.
The next day, Michael was taken out of third period and when he stepped out of the classroom he was approached by Kristopher and Antwan. He froze with nervousness when he saw the two football players stopped him by the lockers.
Football players give student clothes
“I want to apologize to you for laughing at you and I want to give you something to make it up,” Kristopher told Michael. The football players handed Michael a gift, bags full of shirts, shorts, and shoes.
Michael couldn’t believe the football players’ kindness.
“I’ve been bullied my entire life.” But getting the gift was “awesome,” he said according to USA Today. “The best day of my entire life, basically.”
Video of the gift exchange went viral and has been seen millions of times. A few weeks later, the three teenagers were invited to appear on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” where they were greeted by Will Smith who gave them $10,000 each.
Antwan plans to use the money for trade school to become a diesel engine mechanic and Kristopher wants to invest his portion.
Antwan helped Michael because he understood what he was going through.
“We weren’t expecting the video to go viral. We just wanted to make a change,” Antwan said according to Commercial Appeal. “I know how it feel not to have nothin’. I don’t have much, but it made me feel better by seeing somebody else have. I haven’t had like the best of life. Everybody struggles.”
“My life has changed from sleeping in a house without no lights. With what is going on the outside affected me in school,” Antwan added. “I didn’t want to be in school. I wanted to help Michael and make him happy and it made me happy.”
The good deed was also commemorated by the Memphis City Council who honored the teens with a resolution and a round of applause.
Kristopher and Antwan are wonderful examples of what can happen when teens are taught that they have a responsibility to one another. While countless kids mocked Michael for something well beyond his control, they saw his plight as an opportunity to drastically change his life by taking action.
Just imagine if everyone saw others’ misfortune as an opportunity to help instead of judge.
Everyone knows that babies learn a great deal of information from adults talking to them. They learn how to form sounds and words. They learn the difference between a question and statement. The even learn the cadence of a conversation, like to pause after talking so the other person can speak. Talking to babies is so important to their development, but one mom has implemented a policy that may initially raise some eyebrows.
Christina Pax is a mom of 2, her older daughter Riley is deaf and her infant son, Leon is hearing. But Pax and her family have a rule that if Riley isn’t wearing her Cochlear Implant (CI) then the family sticks to American Sign Language (ASL). Commenters seemed a bit confused and frustrated that the mom “deprived her baby” of language, but turns out her reasoning was out of love.
Pax explained that her family is bilingual and they switch between English and ASL often so their daughter can be included in conversations. Riley’s CI helps her hear what is going on in the world, but it’s job is to accommodate the hearing not the other way around. By using ASL when Riley doesn’t want to wear her CI, Pax is accommodating her daughter.
In the video you can see that baby Leon is completely engrossed in what his mom is saying while she’s signing. As an infant he’s absorbing all of the information around him, but instead of hearing words, he’s seeing them. Bilingual families often speak alternate between languages in their home and some families only speak their home language inside the home until their children become fluent enough to switch between the two with ease.
“We are a bilingual family. We switch between languages and use the one that is accessible to everyone in the convo. ASL is accessible him, so no, it’s not sacrificing his accessibility for hers. He’s getting ASL in addition to English, not in place of” Pax says in the comments.
ASL seems to be more difficult for hearing people to accept as being it’s own language and not a replacement for English. But commenters were quick to help the mom clear things up.
“ASL IS A FULL FLEDGED LANGUAGE. It’s like English/Spanish households. He will learn BOTH equally! He is watching her while signing he is absorbing the information with his eyes just like a baby hearing english would,” one person says.
“But he will be exposed to spoken English in every other aspect of his life, extended family, even going to the shop, playground etc! Its exactly the same as how a lot of parents raise bilingual children with two spoken languages,” another writes.
When you’re hearing, it can be hard to remember that deaf people can give birth to hearing children. Children who’s first language is ASL or another form of sign language that learn to speak English from sources outside of their parents like TV, grandparents, extended family members and friends.
When it comes down to it, this mom is actually doing something amazing for her daughter and son. She’s teaching her daughter that she deserves to be able to navigate the world with or without hearing and she’s teaching her son how to communicate with his sister. Being bilingual is an amazing skill. It allows you to be able to speak to others who may not speak English which can be invaluable.
Baby Leon seems to enjoy his mom and sister using their voices and also using ASL, so he will
While you wait for the eventual fourth season of Netflix’s Bridgerton, Apple TV+ has a worthy replacement (for now!). The streamer’s latest venture into the dramatic period drama will be in The Buccaneers, based on the novel of the same name.
The Buccaneers will follow a group of young American women who head to London to find the perfect husband with an accent to math. This is the 1800s, by the way. The cast includes Kristine Froseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Mia Threapleton (daughter of Kate Winslet), and Christina Hendricks.
As AppleTV+ puts it: “The Buccaneers are the daughters of America’s new rich — beautiful and untameable, despite the best efforts of England’s finest governesses, they are on their way to London to snare themselves an aristocrat, low in funds but high in class, to make a perfect match.” Instead of those classical pop covers that Bridgerton loved, Apple has secured some new music for the series, so that’s a plus! Here’s what you need to know about the show.
How Many Episodes Are In ‘The Buccaneers’ Season 1?
Season one of the drama will consist of 14 episodes.
What Is The Release Date For The Buccaneers Season 1, Episode 4
While the first three episodes are up and running, episode 4 will premiere on November 15th on Apple TV+. The rest of the episodes will drop on Wednesdays until the finale on December 13th.
The Milwaukee Bucks were able to escape with a 120-118 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night. It took a big game from Damian Lillard — who scored 34 points on the evening — to get across the finish line, in large part because Giannis Antetokounmpo was ejected early on in the third quarter for picking up his second technical foul on the evening.
The ejection was a bit strange, as all Antetokounmpo did was celebrate a dunk over Isaiah Stewart in a way that’s pretty standard — he flexed a bit then did the “too small” celebration. Any player getting a technical foul for that would be pretty shocking, let alone a player getting ejected for a second technical off of this one. And on Thursday morning’s episode of First Take, Stephen A. Smith made clear that he plans on getting in touch with someone at the league office over this one.
.@stephenasmith says Giannis getting ejected was RIDICULOUS
“I’m going to call the league office today. Who the hell is paying to see the referee? That is not a reason to eject Giannis Antetokounmpo from a game.” pic.twitter.com/y84gU3WpKC
“I’m gonna call the league office today,” Smith said. “I’m gonna call the league office today. Who the hell is paying to see the referee? That is not a reason to eject Giannis Antetokounmpo from a game. That is ridiculous. That is a disservice to the fans, to the paying customer coming to see them play. That is ridiculous.”
Smith went on to say that he was unable to watch the game because he was traveling, so he was not aware until later that this was why Antetokounmpo was tossed from the game.
“That is not a reason to eject a superstar basketball player who clearly the paying customer is coming to see,” Smith said. “I know you get him 41 nights a year in the locale that is Milwaukee, I get all of that. Thank God it wasn’t a road game where you only get to see him once or twice a year. But for Giannis Antetokounmpo to get ejected for that reason is ridiculous.”
The NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament began last week and the league and its teams are doing their best to promote it and, effectively, raise awareness that this thing is happening. The league created a very good “Heist” ad campaign for it and even got LL Cool J and The Roots to create a promo song for the tournament, but that hasn’t stopped the teams from getting in on the fun as well.
On Thursday, the Atlanta Hawks debuted a…let’s say “very different” campaign for selling In-Season Tournament tickets, with a Hawks “Only Fans” video featuring a seductive Harry the Hawk.
The response was mixed, but it got lots of attention so for the most part you could say it succeeded in its goal. The only problem was, the Hawks star players were decidedly in the “not a fan” section of the response. Trae Young was quick to note he was not a part of it in anyway, while Dejounte Murray had a much more direct call to action for the Hawks to “Delete This Shit.”
I’m not sure that’s the ideal response you’re looking for from your top players as a social team, and I’m sure there’s some very interesting Slack convos and calls being had this afternoon at Hawks HQ. Atlanta is in Mexico City tonight to face the Magic and will make their In-Season Tournament debut on Tuesday in Detroit.
The Milwaukee Bucks were able to escape with a 120-118 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night. It took a big game from Damian Lillard — who scored 34 points on the evening — to get across the finish line, in large part because Giannis Antetokounmpo was ejected early on in the third quarter for picking up his second technical foul on the evening.
The ejection was a bit strange, as all Antetokounmpo did was celebrate a dunk over Isaiah Stewart in a way that’s pretty standard — he flexed a bit then did the “too small” celebration. Any player getting a technical foul for that would be pretty shocking, let alone a player getting ejected for a second technical off of this one. And on Thursday morning’s episode of First Take, Stephen A. Smith made clear that he plans on getting in touch with someone at the league office over this one.
.@stephenasmith says Giannis getting ejected was RIDICULOUS
“I’m going to call the league office today. Who the hell is paying to see the referee? That is not a reason to eject Giannis Antetokounmpo from a game.” pic.twitter.com/y84gU3WpKC
“I’m gonna call the league office today,” Smith said. “I’m gonna call the league office today. Who the hell is paying to see the referee? That is not a reason to eject Giannis Antetokounmpo from a game. That is ridiculous. That is a disservice to the fans, to the paying customer coming to see them play. That is ridiculous.”
Smith went on to say that he was unable to watch the game because he was traveling, so he was not aware until later that this was why Antetokounmpo was tossed from the game.
“That is not a reason to eject a superstar basketball player who clearly the paying customer is coming to see,” Smith said. “I know you get him 41 nights a year in the locale that is Milwaukee, I get all of that. Thank God it wasn’t a road game where you only get to see him once or twice a year. But for Giannis Antetokounmpo to get ejected for that reason is ridiculous.”
The NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament began last week and the league and its teams are doing their best to promote it and, effectively, raise awareness that this thing is happening. The league created a very good “Heist” ad campaign for it and even got LL Cool J and The Roots to create a promo song for the tournament, but that hasn’t stopped the teams from getting in on the fun as well.
On Thursday, the Atlanta Hawks debuted a…let’s say “very different” campaign for selling In-Season Tournament tickets, with a Hawks “Only Fans” video featuring a seductive Harry the Hawk.
The response was mixed, but it got lots of attention so for the most part you could say it succeeded in its goal. The only problem was, the Hawks star players were decidedly in the “not a fan” section of the response. Trae Young was quick to note he was not a part of it in anyway, while Dejounte Murray had a much more direct call to action for the Hawks to “Delete This Shit.”
I’m not sure that’s the ideal response you’re looking for from your top players as a social team, and I’m sure there’s some very interesting Slack convos and calls being had this afternoon at Hawks HQ. Atlanta is in Mexico City tonight to face the Magic and will make their In-Season Tournament debut on Tuesday in Detroit.
I was lucky enough to get to taste these awesome and very bold bourbon-barrel-aged stouts with the Goose Island crew recently. I’m going to impart that experience to you because it’s a great one for both beer lovers and bourbon fans. This year’s lineup is the following bottles of Bourbon County Brand Stout:
2023 Bourbon County Brand Original Stout
2023 Bourbon County Brand Eagle Rare 2-Year Reserve Stout
2023 Bourbon County Brand Angel’s Envy 2-Year Cask Finish Stout
2023 Bourbon County Brand Bananas Foster Stout
2023 Bourbon County Brand Backyard Stout
2023 Bourbon County Brand Proprietor’s Stout
Below, I’m ranking each of the stouts according to taste. Admittedly, this is a bit of a fool’s errand. Each of these stouts is very unique. They all offer a deeply diverse profile. So while this is my ranking, read through my tasting notes and find the bourbon stout that speaks to you and make it part of your life. Another quick note before we dive in, these are only hitting shelves right now with a few coming in the next weeks. Moreover, the price tag on these bottles is going to range from $15 to $50 or more — depending on how deeply your local retailer wants to gouge you.
Thems just the breaks. Capitalism comes for us all. Okay, let’s get after it!
Also Read: The Top 5 UPROXX Bourbon Posts Of The Last Six Months
The base stout is made with heavily roasted malts and amplified with mild Millennium hops. The stout then goes into a bourbon barrel with several adjuncts — banana, three kinds of almonds, cassia bark, and “natural flavor”.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose is like shoving your nose in freshly baked banana bread full of butter cake crumb, cinnamon, nutmeg, and walnuts with a slab of unsalted butter.
Palate: The palate opens with a sweet and roasted almond with a nice chew to it before perfectly ripe yellow bananas cut in next to sharp cinnamon mixed with white sugar and butter and then spread over brown bread toast.
Finish: The end gets super sweet like a banana cake filled with cinnamon-spiked molasses next to rock candy with a malted brown bread in a can vibe.
Bottom Line:
This is nice but very sweet. If you’re looking for a dessert stout, this is it.
This is the same base stout with those darkly roasted malts and Millennium hops. This version rests in bourbon barrels with cassia bark, toasted rice, raisins, and “natural flavor” added to the beer as it ages in the wood.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Brown rice pops dusted with cinnamon chocolate powder draw you in on the nose with a hint of vanilla pudding and maybe some clove.
Palate: The brown rice pops really amp up on the palate as the cinnamon and vanilla mingle with a nice creaminess accented by a hint of nuttiness over clove tobacco.
Finish: The end leans into the toasted rice with a good dose of vanilla cinnamon.
Bottom Line:
This is just so unique with that rice vibe. It’s engaging and interesting in all the right ways. Plus, this stout isn’t overly sweet. It’s a nice change of pace.
This is Goose Island’s signature Bourbon County Brand Stout. This year, the stout was aged for 12 months in barrels from Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey, and Heaven Hill distilleries. Those barrels were batched to make this release.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Dark yet buttery chocolate grabs your attention on the nose with a rich vanilla buttercream cut with salted caramel, dark cherry, and roasted almonds covered in sugar coating.
Palate: The palate has a deep dark chocolate brandy cherry vibe that’s almost sharp before salted caramel gives way to spiced winter cakes dipped in vanilla buttercream icing that’s almost eggnog.
Finish: The end is lush, spiced, and full of creamy spiced dark chocolate that almost edges toward espresso.
Bottom Line:
This is very bourbon-forward. And that’s great! But it doesn’t quite have the depth of the next three bottles of stout.
3. 2023 Bourbon County Brand Eagle Rare 2-Year Reserve Stout
This is still Goose Island’s Millennium-hopped stout. This time, the beer was left in 10-Year-Old Eagle Rare Bourbon barrels for two long years before batching and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Marzipan soaked in cherry brandy drives the nose toward deep old oak with an earthy note of fall on a cold day before the stout gets warm with cinnamon and allspice and creamy with vanilla sauce.
Palate: The marzipan turns to roasted almond on the palate as the vanilla turns into lush crème brûlée with a sense of eggnog, sticky toffee pudding, and mincemeat pies with plenty of winter spice, buttercream icing, and soft sugar cookies.
Finish: The maltiness of the dark roasted barley comes through at the end with a rich salted dark chocolate espresso that edges toward cherry brandy tobacco and a whisper of old oak staves rolled in cedar bark.
Bottom Line:
The whiskey really shines through on this one and blends with the dark stout in all the right ways. This is bold though. The wood and earthiness aren’t going to be for everyone (I dig it). So if you’re looking for a very bourbon-forward stout, this is the bold one for you.
So the ripple here is Goose Island stout that spends time slowly aging in bourbon barrels from Angel’s Envy. In this case, those are actually ruby port wine barrels that held Angel’s Envy bourbon, adding a serious depth to the stout.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose has a distinct Cherry Coke (off a foundation with the syrup turned up) vibe next to spiced Christmas cakes brimming with candied orange peels, brandy-soaked raisins, and fatty walnuts next to rich yet subtle salted dark chocolate just kissed with stewed red berries.
Palate: The palate really leans into the brandy-soaked raisins with a mulled wine vibe that’s cut with fresh orange zest, dark rum, and dried red berries before more of that spiced holiday cake arrives with a deeply roasted chestnut vibe.
Finish: The end gets lush with a vanilla creaminess before the spiced cakes, boozy raisins, and roasted nuts all combine on the very end with a hint of tobacco-infused oak.
Bottom Line:
Look, this is basically tied for number one. This is just delicious. It’s like Christmas in a glass yet somehow stays light and fun. That doesn’t really take away from the stout but it does kind of pigeonhole it into a season. Still great though.
This Goose Island stout is loaded into bourbon barrels and then mulberries, boysenberries, and marionberries (shoutout, PDX!) are added to the beer before it rests.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Bright blackberry and huckleberry pop on the nose with deep and dark chocolate that gets a little creamy on the backend of the nose as it attaches to vanilla cream and a whisper of woody winter spice barks dipped in cherry syrup and gooseberry jam.
Palate: The chocolate covers a batch of dried red, black, and blue berries with a balance of sweetness, woodiness, and tartness before a touch of eggnog leads to creamy mocha lattes cut with clove-spiked orange, a touch of tart cherry tobacco, and a whisper of old sweet oak.
Finish: The end gets malty and tart with spiced winter cakes and sharp red berries next to blackberry jam with a hint of savory salal berry compote over malted dark brown bread cut with molasses and rum.
Bottom Line:
This has everything that makes the other stouts great and more! The addition of tartness adds a wonderfully diverse dimension to the dark beer that livens it up and takes it so much further. This is a universally great stout that’ll hit right no matter what the weather is outside.
All people have a need to communicate, but the way we do that varies greatly from place to place. Every culture has its own communication peculiarities that make our human family delightfully diverse.
Not only do humans speak thousands of languages around the world, but we also engage in culturally specific speaking styles, speech patterns and body language, some of which are immediately identifiable.
Case in point: the Italian “finger purse.”
Italian people are known for using their hands a lot when speaking. Italian hand gestures can vary a bit between northern and southern Italy, but one of the most universally recognizable is the pinched fingers or “finger purse.” That’s the gesture in which the tips of the fingers and the thumb are pressed together (forming a purse shape) and pointed upward, often in a repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion, sometimes with one hand and sometimes with both. Along with the rhythm of punctuated emphasis on certain words, especially when speaking passionately, the finger purse is often used to convey a question with a sense of annoyance, exasperation or confusion.
It’s a gesticulation most of us associate with a classic Italian grandma or grandpa, but when you see it coming from a tiny little Italian person, it’s utterly hilarious. A viral video, originally shared by @guiseppe_matilde on TikTok, shows a preschooler engaging in a passionate rant that is unmistakably Italian, both in the actual language she’s speaking and in her hand gestures.
u201ci absolutely need to have an italian baby who gesticulates with the passion of a 64 year old sicilian manu201d
According to Italian speakers in the comments, the little girl is conveying a story about how someone commented negatively about her wearing a miniskirt. u/shykawaii_shark on Reddit shared:
“Rough translation for English speakers. Not a literal translation, I made it easier to comprehend
Mother: What kind of sense does that make!
Daughter: They told me ‘What sense does going out with a miniskirt make?’ Like, think for yourself! I can wear my miniskirt, and you mind your own business!
Mother: Exactly!
Daughter: Think about your own miniskirt, not mine!”
Got a feisty little feminist here.
The full video on TikTok is even better (but it doesn’t have the Italian subtitles):
Secondo voi ha ragione matilde ? #foryoupage @Giò Canaletti seguitela tutti su istragram matilde_vaccar
As adorable as this video is, it’s also an example of how culture gets passed on from generation to generation. An Australian study found that young humans across different cultures imitate adults in ways that animals don’t. Animals will imitate adult behavior to the extent that it’s efficient and necessary to perform a task, whereas humans will mimic even silly or frivolous behaviors that have no purpose whatsoever.
“Animals focus on getting the job done,” Mark Nielsen, a psychologist at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, told Science. “Humans seem to almost forget about the outcome and copy everything we see.”
That mimicry of unnecessary actions may contribute to the complexity of human cultures. After all, it’s not really necessary to do the finger purse to make a point, but Italians do it anyway. Little Italians pick it up from adult Italians, and so the classic Italian communication style is passed on.
And thank goodness it is, because babies gesturing in Italian is absolutely adorable.
All people have a need to communicate, but the way we do that varies greatly from place to place. Every culture has its own communication peculiarities that make our human family delightfully diverse.
Not only do humans speak thousands of languages around the world, but we also engage in culturally specific speaking styles, speech patterns and body language, some of which are immediately identifiable.
Case in point: the Italian “finger purse.”
Italian people are known for using their hands a lot when speaking. Italian hand gestures can vary a bit between northern and southern Italy, but one of the most universally recognizable is the pinched fingers or “finger purse.” That’s the gesture in which the tips of the fingers and the thumb are pressed together (forming a purse shape) and pointed upward, often in a repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion, sometimes with one hand and sometimes with both. Along with the rhythm of punctuated emphasis on certain words, especially when speaking passionately, the finger purse is often used to convey a question with a sense of annoyance, exasperation or confusion.
It’s a gesticulation most of us associate with a classic Italian grandma or grandpa, but when you see it coming from a tiny little Italian person, it’s utterly hilarious. A viral video, originally shared by @guiseppe_matilde on TikTok, shows a preschooler engaging in a passionate rant that is unmistakably Italian, both in the actual language she’s speaking and in her hand gestures.
u201ci absolutely need to have an italian baby who gesticulates with the passion of a 64 year old sicilian manu201d
According to Italian speakers in the comments, the little girl is conveying a story about how someone commented negatively about her wearing a miniskirt. u/shykawaii_shark on Reddit shared:
“Rough translation for English speakers. Not a literal translation, I made it easier to comprehend
Mother: What kind of sense does that make!
Daughter: They told me ‘What sense does going out with a miniskirt make?’ Like, think for yourself! I can wear my miniskirt, and you mind your own business!
Mother: Exactly!
Daughter: Think about your own miniskirt, not mine!”
Got a feisty little feminist here.
The full video on TikTok is even better (but it doesn’t have the Italian subtitles):
Secondo voi ha ragione matilde ? #foryoupage @Giò Canaletti seguitela tutti su istragram matilde_vaccar
As adorable as this video is, it’s also an example of how culture gets passed on from generation to generation. An Australian study found that young humans across different cultures imitate adults in ways that animals don’t. Animals will imitate adult behavior to the extent that it’s efficient and necessary to perform a task, whereas humans will mimic even silly or frivolous behaviors that have no purpose whatsoever.
“Animals focus on getting the job done,” Mark Nielsen, a psychologist at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, told Science. “Humans seem to almost forget about the outcome and copy everything we see.”
That mimicry of unnecessary actions may contribute to the complexity of human cultures. After all, it’s not really necessary to do the finger purse to make a point, but Italians do it anyway. Little Italians pick it up from adult Italians, and so the classic Italian communication style is passed on.
And thank goodness it is, because babies gesturing in Italian is absolutely adorable.
This article originally appeared on 11.09.22
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