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The Coronavirus continues to spread globally, Georgia residents should now be aware that at least 200 travelers coming through Atlanta showed possible coronavirus symptoms. ___ Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport officials said in a briefing Wednesday afternoon that those travelers were designated for voluntary home quarantine, according to @fox5atlanta. ___ All of the passengers who were checked out did not have to be admitted to a hospital. ___ So far, of the more than 1,000 passengers screened, only one traveler inbound from South Korea arrived at the airport with critical symptoms. TSR STAFF: Christina C! @cdelafresh 📸: @gettyimages

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The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School named Erika James of Emory University as its next dean, the first woman and African-American to head the prestigious business school in its 139-year history.⠀ ⠀ James takes over the top-ranked Ivy League program as applications to U.S. M.B.A. programs have fallen for five straight years. Applications to Wharton’s two-year M.B.A. program were down about 5% in 2019. ⠀ ⠀ James has led Emory’s Goizueta school since 2014. There, she grew the school’s faculty by 25% by the end of her first term, Wharton said. She has also led faculty and student workshops on topics such as unconscious bias and building trust across divides, topics that are increasingly important to business schools.⠀ ⠀ James will take over the role July 1. ⠀ ⠀ 📷: Emory University

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Rozonda Ocielian “#Chilli” Thomas was born in #Atlanta Georgia. Chili would grow up to (1) be a dancer for Damian Dame, (2) Replace founding member #CrystalJones in #TLC, (3) Be given the nickname “Chili” by #LisaLopes so that the group could retain their name TLC, (4) help TLC sell over 65 million records, becoming the second best-selling girl group of all time, behind the spice girls, (5) release 3 solo singles, and (6) be speculated as the subject of her ex #Usher’s song “#Confessions. Left eye: “Chili wassup wit that sauce?” -Name the song..... Via: @onthisdateinrnb

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A new viral trend on TikTok is so dangerous that doctors are warning participants it can be fatal. The "Skull Breaker Challenge" involves three people standing side by side as they prepare to jump in the air in unison. The middle person -- who is not aware of the prank -- jumps up believing the other two will as well. However, while the middle person is in the air, the other two kick inward, knocking the middle person off their feet and landing them on their back and head in a brutal crash. 🤦🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️😳😯

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@ryanleslie has always been ahead of his time. He scored a perfect score on his S.A.T. at fourteen and went to Harvard University at fifteen. He shocked the world in 2013 at the height of his music career after being nominated for a Grammy, by taking all of his music off of streaming services. After removing his music from streaming apps, he was one of the first artists to give his fans his phone number as a way to have a direct relationship with his supporters. It’s common place for celebrities to give out their cellphone numbers today. It’s an attempt to capture their fans data, but when Ryan put his number on Twitter in 2013, he was one of the first to do so and many questioned the method. His direct to consumer marketing was a huge success. That strategy led to him making over $2 million from his album run. He utilized text messages to gather data to pinpoint targeted marketing to his supporters. Never the one to rest on his laurels, he has a new vision for the future of communication and has a solution for a massive problem that he is expecting in the near future. He created a company called Super Phone. @superphone.io is a text message management system that compartmentalize text messages in the way emails are in gmail or yahoo. He believes that organizing text feeds in the manner of emails will be a necessity when everyone’s text inbox becomes swamped, in the same manner that most people’s email inboxes are. With an increasing number of businesses using text message marketing, that day may come sooner than later. He’s not the only one that believes in his vision, he has raised money from some of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley, including legendary tech investor Ben Horowitz. His goal is to be the next tech giant and change the world in the process. Learn about a lot of cool money facts with our dude @rashadbilal on his and his partner’s @earnyourleisure podcast.

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Esther Jones was the real Betty Boop The iconic cartoon character Betty Boop was inspired by a Black jazz singer in Harlem. Introduced by cartoonist Max Fleischer in 1930, the caricature of the jazz age flapper was the first and most famous sex symbol in animation. Betty Boop is best known for her revealing dress, curvaceous figure, and signature vocals “Boop Oop A Doop!” While there has been controversy over the years, the inspiration has been traced back to Esther Jones who was known as “Baby Esther” and performed regularly in the Cotton Club during the 1920s. Baby Esther’s trademark vocal style of using “boops” and other childlike scat sounds attracted the attention of actress Helen Kane during a performance in the late 1920s. After seeing Baby Esther, Helen Kane adopted her style and began using “boops” in her songs as well. Finding fame early on, Helen Kane often included this “baby style” into her music. When Betty Boop was introduced, Kane promptly sued Fleischer and Paramount Publix Corporation stating they were using her image and style. However video evidence came to light of Baby Esther performing in a nightclub and the courts ruled against Helen Kane stating she did not have exclusive rights to the “booping” style or image, and that the style, in fact, pre-dated her. Baby Esther’s “baby style” did little to bring her mainstream fame and she died in relative obscurity but a piece of her lives on in the iconic character Betty Boop. —— . . . #bettyboop #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #blackhistory365 #blackhistory365 #blackhistoryfacts #blackhistorymatters #blackhistory2020 #africanamericanhistory #africanamerican #blackwomen

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