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“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
• With 150 heads of state from across the globe including United States President Obama who admitted the country is at least partly to blame for the life-threatening damage that environmental change has wrought, the global summit on climate change will begin today in Paris and last until Dec. 11 to discuss the future of the planet and “agree on legally binding reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.” At the Paris Climate Change Conference dubbed #COP21, most of these leaders will leave Paris within days, leaving behind ministers who will negotiate an accord over the next two weeks that would for the first time commit almost every country to limiting its emissions. The Breakthrough Energy Coalition, a group of business and philanthropy leaders led by Bill Gates with a combined total of $350 billion in private wealth, have pledged to invest in moving clean-energy technologies from laboratories to the marketplace. Ahead of the conference, peaceful protesters placed rows of shoes and name tags. [NY TIMES, CNN]
OVER THE WEEKEND
• Planned Parenthood shooting suspect Robert Lewis Dear, a 57-year-old South Carolina native who moved to Colorado, uttered “no more baby parts” during his arrest after an almost six hour standoff with Police that left three people, Garrett Swasey, Jennifer Markovsky, 35, and U.S. Army veteran Ke’Arre Marcell Stewart, 29 dead and wounded nine with some presidential candidates calling it domestic terrorism…Parts of Michigan Avenue’s retail corridor for Black Friday was shutdown by protesters following the release of dash cam video in the death of Laquan McDonald calling
SNIPPETS
•University of Chicago’s Hyde Park campus will close classes today due to reports of gun threat violence by FBI counterterrorism officials, it was announced late last night…The New England Patriots lost their first game of the season last night to the Denver Broncos led by quarterback Brock Osweiler 30-24 in overtime; star player Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski was carted off with a leg injury though the status or severity has been released…Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant penned a retirement letter/poem exclusively to Derek Jeter’s Player’s Tribune website basically announcing he will be retiring after this season, But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer. This season is all I have left to give….Jason Van Dyke who has been charged with first degree murders in the death of 17 years old Laquan McDonald who sustained 16 bullet shots, will face a judge today to determine bond…College student Sarah Furay who was who was arrested earlier this month after police found cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy and methamphetamine in her apartment is the daughter a supervising agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration DEA…Narrated by U.K’s former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, Amazon released a new video showing its drone delivery service…Donald Trump has canceled an early afternoon news conference that was to be held today (11/30) where he had planned to announce endorsements from black pastor.
ENTERTAINMENT
•Bye bye bye to your record N’Sync, as Adele broke their No Strings Attached single-week U.S. album sales record of with her album ’25’ selling at least 2,433,000 in more than three days…Lupita Nyong’o is on the cover of Chicagoheadquartered United airlines’ Rhapsody magazine styled by Micaela Erlanger with hair styled by Chicago native Larry Sims…Pictured holding hands as they left L.A. club The Nice Guy in West Hollywood Sunday morning, Model Gigi Hadid basically confirmed she is dating former one directioner Zayn Malik after splitting from Joe Jonas three weeks ago.
FASHION
Designer Roksanda Ilincic’s first jewelry line comprised of earrings, bracelets, necklaces and brooches, debuts for sale today at her Mayfair store in London…Speaking of jewelry, French fine jewelry line Repossi which was founded in 1925 and now helmed by Artistic Director Gaia Repossi, has agreed to sell a minority stake to LVMH to begin a new growth strategy.
LOOK OF THE DAY
•Naomie Harris @ OMEGA ‘Spectre’ in Tokyo
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