Stop Squinting! Keyboard Commands to Make Life Easier

Stop Squinting! Using the Zoom Function
These three keys are together on the keyboard in the top row. They are used to zoom in and out in browser windows, PDF documents, and more, for easier reading. Zoom in by typing command or control with plus, zoom out with minus, and go back to normal size with zero.

Beginner Instruction: Keying in a Function
To type a keyboard command, press the function key in the same fashion as using shift. First, ress and hold the function key, in this case command for mac and control for PCs rather than shift. Then with a different finger type the second key normally. The function will take place and you can release the function key.

Mac
⌘	+	ZOOM IN
⌘	-	ZOOM OUT
⌘	0	NO ZOOM
PC
Ctrl	+	ZOOM IN
Ctrl	-	ZOOM OUT
Ctrl	0	NO ZOOM

ice cream truck song

A story from NPR: Recall That Ice Cream Truck Song? We Have Unpleasant News For You

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is about a virulently racist song. Read no further if you wish to avoid racist imagery and slurs. 

"Nigger Love A Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha!" merits the distinction of the most racist song title in America. Released in March 1916 by Columbia Records, it was written by actor Harry C. Browne and played on the familiar depiction of black people as mindless beasts of burden greedily devouring slices of watermelon.

I came across this gem while researching racial stereotypes. I was a bit conflicted on whether the song warranted a listen. Admittedly, though, beneath my righteous indignation, I was rather curious about how century-old, overt racism sounded and slightly amused by the farcical title. When I started the song, the music that tumbled from the speakers was that of the ever-recognizable jingle of the ice cream truck. (For the record, not all ice cream trucks play this same song, but a great many of them do.)

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The Coon Obsession with Chicken & Watermelon
from Authentic History…

The mission of this collection is to educate about the power of imagery in the stereotyping of race. By understanding how it happened, we can recognize it happening now. Once aware, we can make a conscious effort to avoid the messy thinking stereotyping promotes that leads to fear, prejudice, hate, and discrimination. Increasing sensitivity to these stereotypes can promote racial tolerance. Ultimately, civilization depends on learning to value the racial and cultural diversity of our histories, our nations, and the world in which we live.

counterpoint from New Republic: That Viral Story About the Racist Ice Cream Song Is Wrong

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