SHOTZ TECH FAVES Apple Watch Ultra

Apple has now been making its Watch series for a good few years, most of which have followed roughly the same formula. The Apple Watch Ultra takes all of the good bits of previous designs, and piles as much as possible on top. While the result is a smartwatch that is by no means cheap, it has also resulted in the perfect device for athletes of all practices. Apple has kept divers, climbers, tennis players, martial artists and everyone in-between in mind.

Pro2

Ah yes, the metaverse - the supposed future of our digital world. While this new virtual land hasn’t exactly begun successfully, many tech leaders are still very much of the view that we’ll soon be plugged in, enjoying our own digital house, job and life. If you want to get in now and enjoy the metaverse and virtual reality, the Meta Quest Pro 2 will likely be the best way to do this. Meta, previously known as Facebook, has poured money into this to offer the latest and most impressive specs available in the world of VR.

DJI Mini 3 Pro

Every year, DJI’s Mini series gets smaller and yet more powerful. It offers advanced obstacle avoidance features, a rotating lens so you can film portrait or landscape, 4K video, smart flying features like automatic tracking and the ability to follow a subject. Despite its higher price, this feels like the perfect drone for beginners, those who like to travel, or really anyone in the market for a light-weight, high tech drone.

Shotz Magazine #BlackHistoryFact

My Grandfather, The Founder of the Elite News newspaper, William Bill Blair Jr also started the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade in Dallas nearly 30 years ago. Originally held on Mondays To Celebrate MLK Birthday. It Became the largest parade in not only Dallas, but the entire nation. It Was The “Peoples Parade” until the city took over and it became political.

In 1989, linebacker Jessie Armstead, of Carter High School in Dallas, TX signs his letter intent with the University of Miami. Armstead was a legend in Dallas before he ever suited up for the Canes. He was considered the nation’s best linebacker. He was even mentioned in the best selling book Friday Night Lights. During the 1988 Texas high school playoffs, Carter defeated Odessa Permian, which was featured in the book. Armstead registered nearly an astounding 200 tackles during his senior year alone.

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Baseball player and newspaper publisher William Blair, Jr., was born on October 17, 1921. A former Negro League baseball player turned newspaper publisher, Blair has been a community voice in Dallas for over forty years. Blair attended Booker T. Washington High School and Prairie View A&M University. After six months at Prairie View A&M, Blair enlisted in the United States Army and became the youngest black first sergeant in the United States Army during World War II.

My grandfather, a Negro League Baseball Museum inductee, pitched from 1946 to 1951 for the Indianapolis Clowns and other Negro League baseball teams. His baseball career included pitching a no-hitter in the Denver Post Tournament, playing with the late Winfield Welch, Jesse “Hoss” Walker, and Buster Haywood, and touring with Jesse Owens and the Harlem Globetrotters. William Blair Jr was instrumental in the development of the African American Museum’s Texas Sports Hall of Fame and serves on its advisory board. He was inducted in 1996 as a member of its inaugural class.

He found- ed the Highlight News (1947-1957). He also later founded the Southwest Sports News, a newspaper that specialized in publishing scores from Black college games throughout the United States. The paper was renamed The Elite News in 1960. One of the most influential black newspapers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Elite News created “The Elite News Awards Night,” which was the first African American awards ceremony in Dallas when it began in 1975 and still going .

William Blair Jr had been a civil rights activist for more than six decades. In 1986, he launched the first Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Parade and this parade is now an institution in Dallas. He was a major force in local and state politics and was also an advocate for the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance with friend SM Wright. In 2004, he founded the Religious Hall of Fame to honor African American ministers.

William Blair Jr lived in Dallas, Texas with my Grandmother Mozelle, his wife of sixty-three years. All of his children were involved in the family business.

My Grandfather passed away on April 20, 2014 at age 92.