Jun 16, 2011
Excellent examples of writing about what you know - A Blog
I’m Lame Adventure Woman... I reside and work in New York City where I am a common, modestly paid office drone battling to maintain consciousness while overseeing floor and wall tile retail showroom displays. This is what NYU would prefer one does not do with an illustrious film school degree.
I have commenced writing short humor based on my own true, but often embellished, lame adventures.
I have commenced writing short humor based on my own true, but often embellished, lame adventures.
Jun 15, 2011
Welcome to Summer Reading 2011
Create avatars. Show off your books, music, DVDs and video games. Review your favorites and see what others think of them. Win Summer Reading Badges. Register or log in to see all the cool stuff that NYC library users read, watch and play this summer.
You can also watch "How To Use Summerreading.org" on SchoolTube.
Your journey begins June 9!
Sign up for Summer Reading at your library or online at www.summerreading.org
Summer Reading is a great way to connect with other readers and read what you want at your own pace. You can also participate in fun, free activities. Babies, kids, tweens and teens can play an interactive game for the chance to win a Sony Bloggie™ camera! Pick up a game at your library.
You can also watch "How To Use Summerreading.org" on SchoolTube.
Sign up for Summer Reading at your library or online at www.summerreading.org
Summer Reading is a great way to connect with other readers and read what you want at your own pace. You can also participate in fun, free activities. Babies, kids, tweens and teens can play an interactive game for the chance to win a Sony Bloggie™ camera! Pick up a game at your library.
May 23, 2011
Social Media Fights Ugandan Anti-Gay Legislation
An online petition and social media movement helped save lives in Uganda’s homosexual community following the Ugandan Parliament’s attempt to re-introduce an “Anti-Homosexuality” bill that could sentence LGBT Ugandans to death for “aggravated homosexuality.”
Spain Bans Mass Protests
Dubbed the "Spanish revolution", the protest began with a march through Madrid on Sunday, led by young Spaniards angry at mass unemployment, austerity measures and political corruption.
hundreds of protesters in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square
protesters were reacting to unemployment and the economic crisis
hundreds of protesters in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square
protesters were reacting to unemployment and the economic crisis
Youths defiant at 'Spanish revolution' camp in Madrid
May 19, 2011
The Ballot or the Bullet by Malcolm X
Speeches on Social Justice
Although I'm still a Muslim, I'm not here tonight to discuss my religion. I'm not here to try and change your religion. I'm not here to argue or discuss anything that we differ about, because it's time for us to submerge our differences and realize that it is best for us to first see that we have the same problem, a common problem, a problem that will make you catch hell whether you're a Baptist, or a Methodist, or a Muslim, or a nationalist. Whether you're educated or illiterate, whether you live on the boulevard or in the alley, you're going to catch hell just like I am. We're all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man. He just happens to be a white man. All of us have suffered here, in this country, political oppression at the hands of the white man, economic exploitation at the hands of the white man, and social degradation at the hands of the white man.
Although I'm still a Muslim, I'm not here tonight to discuss my religion. I'm not here to try and change your religion. I'm not here to argue or discuss anything that we differ about, because it's time for us to submerge our differences and realize that it is best for us to first see that we have the same problem, a common problem, a problem that will make you catch hell whether you're a Baptist, or a Methodist, or a Muslim, or a nationalist. Whether you're educated or illiterate, whether you live on the boulevard or in the alley, you're going to catch hell just like I am. We're all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man. He just happens to be a white man. All of us have suffered here, in this country, political oppression at the hands of the white man, economic exploitation at the hands of the white man, and social degradation at the hands of the white man.
May 18, 2011
E-mail guidelines and etiquette
WHAT'S OKAY TO SEND TO EMPLOYERS (and others) VIA E-MAIL:
YOUR FIRST CONTACT TO AN EMPLOYER (and others)?
Don't send an e-mail randomly to someone saying "I'm not sure if you're the correct person, but I figured you could forward this...." Don't figure. If you write to the wrong person, s/he has no reason to respond or forward. Do your research, and say WHY you're writing to the person ("you were listed as the contact for the XYZ job fair").
"Zeitgeist: Moving Forward"
"Zeitgeist: Moving Forward"
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward [2011] by director Peter Joseph is a 162 minute film work which continues what the prior two films of the Zeitgeist Film Series started: a critical look at the “Zeitgeist” or ‘Spirit /Awareness of the Time’. A prominent underlying thesis of the Film Series is that a great many notions, beliefs and practices currently engaged in today and assumed as “presupposed”, “given” or seemingly empirical to our societal approaches and values are not only intellectually/historically incorrect but highly detrimental to our personal and social progress and sustainability.
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward focuses on the very fabric of the social order: Monetary-Market Economics. While the majority of the world today have slowly come to see some basic flaws in the economic system we share, as large scale debt defaults, inflation, industrial pollution, resource depletion, rising cancer rates and other signposts emerge to bring the concern into the realm of “public health” overall, very few however consider the economic paradigm as a whole as the source. The tendency is to demand reform in one area or another, avoiding the possibility that perhaps the entire system is intrinsically flawed at the foundational level. ZMF presents the case that it is, indeed, the very foundational mechanics of this system that generates the patterns of behavior and unsustainable methods of conduct that are leading to the vast spectrum of detrimental consequences both personal, social, and environmental and the longer they go on, the worse things will become.
For example, here are four of the more dominant points with respect to the current system:
-The Market System is based on “Cyclical Consumption” and in order for society to continue it’s economic operation through “labor” as the basic starting point there must be perpetual turnover of goods and services and the rate of this turnover cannot be inhibited beyond a certain level. The consequence is that strategic conservation and efficiency (the true measures of the quality of an “economy”) in the ecological, technological and hence/scientific sense become detrimental factors to perpetuating the artificial need for Cyclical Consumption. In other words the less efficient the goods and services produced, the more eventual demand and the more turnover will occur in general to meet those needs. This is the exact opposite of what logic demands for a true economic system, which would need to be based on preservation and maximum sustainability/strategic longevity. The reduction of consumption and waste is a central need for ongoing human survival on a finite planet. We live in an “anti-economy,” in fact.
May 7, 2011
"Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent".
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race” Calvin Coolidge
May 6, 2011
Honor the Earth is a Native-Led Organization
As a unique national Native initiative, Honor the Earth works to a) raise public awareness and b) raise and direct funds to grassroots Native environmental groups. We are the only Native organization that provides both financial support and organizing support to Native environmental initiatives. This model is based on strategic analysis of what is needed to forge change in Indian country, and it is based deep in our communities, histories, and long term struggles to protect the earth.
May 5, 2011
50 Year Anniversary of the Freedom Riders
50 Year Anniversary of the Freedom Riders
Fifty years ago today, the inaugural Freedom Ride left WashingtonD.C. to end in New Orleans two weeks later. Taking on such a culturally dangerous challenge did not come without its fair share of hazards and riders from that very bus took time to recollect on such a journey that eventually changed the fabric of American history.
freedom-riders-celebrate-50-year-anniversary
It was the spring of 1961, when the first 13 Freedom Riders planned a two week trek from Washington, D.C. They would take two buses through the deep South.
Hank Thomas was just 19 when he boarded the bus. “We had no thought of any kind of violence,” he said.
But violence would come ten days later. Outside of Anniston, Alabama, Thomas’ bus was surrounded by the Ku Klux Klan and set on fire. He and five others were almost burned alive.
“I was looking for the easiest way to die,” he said.
Hours later in Birmingham, the second bus –carrying seven others — was met by pipes and bats. James Peck lost six teeth and was knocked unconscious.
“We must not surrender to violence,” Peck said in 1961
Diane Nash was a 22-year-old junior at Fisk University in Nashville.
“It was critical at that moment that we not allow the rides to stop,” Nash said.
This site offers two approaches for the study of specific time periods in American women's history.
Fifty years ago today, the inaugural Freedom Ride left Washington
freedom-riders-celebrate-50-year-anniversary
It was the spring of 1961, when the first 13 Freedom Riders planned a two week trek from Washington, D.C. They would take two buses through the deep South.
Hank Thomas was just 19 when he boarded the bus. “We had no thought of any kind of violence,” he said.
But violence would come ten days later. Outside of Anniston, Alabama, Thomas’ bus was surrounded by the Ku Klux Klan and set on fire. He and five others were almost burned alive.
“I was looking for the easiest way to die,” he said.
Hours later in Birmingham, the second bus –carrying seven others — was met by pipes and bats. James Peck lost six teeth and was knocked unconscious.
“We must not surrender to violence,” Peck said in 1961
Diane Nash was a 22-year-old junior at Fisk University in Nashville.
“It was critical at that moment that we not allow the rides to stop,” Nash said.
This site offers two approaches for the study of specific time periods in American women's history.
Ken Middleton
kmiddlet@mtsu.edu
Middle Tennessee State Univ. Library
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
kmiddlet@mtsu.edu
Middle Tennessee State Univ. Library
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
May 4, 2011
NYC Dept of Transportation Says Biking Is Up And Streets Are Safer
NYC Dept of Transportation Says Biking Is Up And Streets Are Safer
Biking continues to go up in New York as driving and transit ridership stays nearly flat, according to a report being released today by the New York City Department of Transportation. The report found that bicycle commuting into Manhattan increased by 13 percent in 2010. During that same period, subway and bus ridership dropped by a little bit over 2 percent, while car traffic rose slightly.
The report comes after several other reports, including reports out of NYU and Rutgers, say cycling is only a small percentage of commuters. But the NYC DOT says that is based on older data gathered by the US census, and that census data is an inexact measure of bike commuting because it only measures “primary” methods of commutes. The DOT says its methods are more accurate because they measure actual bicycle riders, consistent with national traffic management measures.
Apr 29, 2011
Project Gutenberg - free ebooks online download for iPad, Kindle, Nook, Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, Sony Reader
Project Gutenberg - free ebooks online download for iPad, Kindle, Nook, Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, Sony Reader
We carry high quality ebooks: Our ebooks were previously published by bona fide publishers and digitized by us with the help of thousands of volunteers.
All our ebooks can be freely downloaded: Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats.
Apr 28, 2011
Apr 23, 2011
iPetitions - Start a free online petition in minutes
iPetitions takes the power of the internet to transform society and places it in the hands of ordinary people. With iPetitions, you don't have to be a technical whiz or corporate behemoth to get your voice heard. We give you the tools and community to create your own sophisticated online campaign. All you have to do is write a petition in support of your cause. We help you gather support from around the world.
Apr 21, 2011
SIX FOR FIVE: BO WEINBERG Evolution of an Illustration
Dutch Schultz - "Dutch Schultz"
Dutch Schultz
Arthur Flegenheimer dropped out of school at 14, after his father abandoned the family. He took honest work as a paper boy, an office worker, a printer's apprentice, and a roofer, but within a few years he found more lucrative work as an enforcer, pickpocket, and robber of illegal gambling operations. In his late teens he served more than a year in the penitentiary for breaking and entering, which was the only crime of which he was ever convicted. In prison he made valuable criminal contacts, and when he was released from jail he told his gangland cohorts to call him "Dutch Schultz", the name of an especially brutal gangster from the Bronx's Frog Hollow Gang of the late 1890s. Little is known about that first Dutch Schultz, but his namesake became one of the most ruthless and violent gangsters of his era.
He was among New York's leading bootleggers during the Eighteenth Amendment's prohibition of alcohol, opening several clandestine bars in the Bronx, which were stocked with hard liquor smuggled in from Canada and a gang-brewed beer that tasted awful but sold briskly in the absence of any other choices. He was among the leaders ofLucky Luciano's Murder, Inc., and used these connections to expand his chain of speakeasies into Manhattan, which led to a bloody gang war.
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http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F30B15FD395A15738DDDA80994DB405B878CF1D3
Welcome to the DREAM Act Portal | DREAM Act Portal
Welcome to the DREAM Act Portal | DREAM Act Portal
The DREAM Act
Over three million students graduate from U.S. high schools every year. Most get the opportunity to test their dreams and live their American story. However, a group of approximately 65,000 youth do not get this opportunity; they are smeared with an inherited title, an illegal immigrant. These youth have lived in the United States for most of their lives and want nothing more than to be recognized for what they are, Americans.
Free Audio Books
Free Audio Books
LearnOutLoud.com has scoured the Internet to bring you over 3000 free audio and video titles. This directory features free audio books, lectures, speeches, sermons, interviews, and many other great free audio and video resources. Most audio titles can be downloaded in digital formats such as MP3 and most video titles are available to stream online. Enjoy!
LearnOutLoud.com has scoured the Internet to bring you over 3000 free audio and video titles. This directory features free audio books, lectures, speeches, sermons, interviews, and many other great free audio and video resources. Most audio titles can be downloaded in digital formats such as MP3 and most video titles are available to stream online. Enjoy!
Hulu - Flow: For Love of Water - Watch the full movie now.
Hulu - Flow: For Love of Water - Watch the full movie now.
Oscilloscope Laboratories presents Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question ‘Can anyone really own water?’ Beyond identifying the problem, Flow also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround.
Tyrone Hayes, Biologist/Herpetologist
Tyrone Hayes, Ph.D., a professor at the University of California-Berkeley, has conducted research that he claims shows atrazine harms frogs. What you might not know is that Hayes is well known to the scientists of the EPA, who reviewed four of his studies during the agency’s 2002 and 2003 examination of atrazine. They even visited Hayes’ lab, and reviewed some of his raw findings. According to Anne E. Lindsay, who was deputy director of the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs at the time, the agency foundHayes’ studies (and lots of others) too flawed and inconsistent to be considered proof that zatrazine harms frogs
Apr 19, 2011
Info.com - Search the Web-10 Search Engines At Once.
Info.com - Search the Web
10 Search Engines At Once.
Sisters on the Planet — Oxfam America
Sisters on the Planet — Oxfam America
Hunger is not about too many people and too little food. It's about poverty--and inequality. And women and girls face the greatest inequalities of all.
Hunger is not about too many people and too little food. Power and politics determines who eats and who doesn't.
Three quarters of our planet's hungriest people live in rural areas, where most of them work as farmers, herders, or fishers. They are surrounded by the means to produce food, and yet many go hungry.
Meanwhile, fertile land and water are becoming scarce. Erratic growing seasons, water shortages and rising temperatures caused by climate change are already hurting farmers. Oxfam calculates that by 2015 over 375 million people, most of them poor, will be affected each year by climate-related disasters like hurricanes and floods.
In many countries, women are the primary food producers. Yet women face hunger and poverty more frequently than men. Hungry mothers give birth to low birthweight children, renewing a generational cycle of inequality.
‘Runaway CEO Pay’ Could Support Jobs, AFL-CIO Says - Bloomberg
‘Runaway CEO Pay’ Could Support Jobs, AFL-CIO Says - Bloomberg
Chief executive officers at 299 U.S. companies had combined compensation of $3.4 billion in 2010, enough to pay more than 102,000 workers, the AFL-CIO labor federation reported in a study.
Ron Paul Deserves Credit, His Supporters Deserve Time / Confessions of a former Ronulan | RedState
Ron Paul Deserves Credit, His Supporters Deserve Time / Confessions of a former Ronulan | RedState
My faith in the “establishment” of the Republican Party was pretty close to an all time low. Deeper than just frustration, it was a real feeling of betrayal.
Then I found Ron Paul. What attracted me to his campaign was his unwavering call for freedom, and adherence to the Constitution. His focus on these two themes appeared radical yet classical, genuine and not political, refreshingly patriotic and anti-establishment. As to his stance on the issues, there was much to like:
- Not only was he pro-life, he had repeatedly introduced very solid pro-life legislation.
- He was strong on the 10th amendment and reducing the size of the federal government
- He was so strong on spending and taxes, it was a little bit scary
- He was strong on ed choice
- He was strong on the right to bear arms
Libertarians might be moderates…Constitutional Conservatives are to the extreme right of the republican party.
right-wing extremist.
- The Real World;
- Basic Economics;
- Foreign Policy;
- US History.
I am pro-life
I want to build a brick wall between Mexico and the USA
I support a strong national DEFENSE
I want to abolish the Department of Energy and Education.
I want a balanced budget amendment
I am against the welfare state.
I believe that the constitution is the law of the land.
I want to build a brick wall between Mexico and the USA
I support a strong national DEFENSE
I want to abolish the Department of Energy and Education.
I want a balanced budget amendment
I am against the welfare state.
I believe that the constitution is the law of the land.
I think the fact I want to save trillions of dollars by bringing the troops home when we are on verge of bankruptcy makes me more conservative than you are.
The people of Red-State tend to be conservative
broadly defining conservatism as having 3 legs, with the underlying premise that the Constitution is the law of the land.
- Fiscal resp. / small government
- Strong National Defense
- Social / Moral / Family Values
- Strong National Defense
- Social / Moral / Family Values
risk factors for peer pressure
There are certain risk factors for peer pressure, personality traits that make you more prone to give in to pressure. The traits that put you at higher risk for falling in to the peer pressure trap include:
•low self esteem
•lack of confidence
•uncertainty about ones place within a given peer group
•no personal interests exclusive of one’s peer group
•feeling isolated from peers and/or family
•fear of one’s peers
•lack of strong ties to friends
•feeling that friends could turn on you
•close bond with a bully
Free from the Nightmare of Prohibition
Free from the Nightmare of Prohibition
It may be hard to believe today, but early in the 20th century a 10-year-old girl could walk into a drug store and buy a bottle of whiskey or a packet of heroin. She didn't need a doctor's prescription or even a note from her parents. Any druggist would sell to her without batting an eye; he would assume she was on an errand for her parents.
religion online
religion online
Full texts by recognized religious scholars
Full texts by recognized religious scholars
| More than 6,000 articles and chapters. Topics include Old and New Testament, Theology, Ethics, History and Sociology of Religion, Communication and |
White Lies, Hard Truths
White Lies, Hard Truths
As the late Carlyle Marney said, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you flinch before it makes you free."
Yes, the truth might make you flinch, but it will also make you free--free enough, maybe, to find your way on the terrain of life.
Does this mean we always blurt out the truth, no matter what? Let me suggest two guidelines.
Apr 18, 2011
COOGI's CEO, Vincent Nesi
"When it comes to merchandising, you have buyers coming in every 15 minutes, so you have to be super quick. When you meet somebody, you have to know within the first minute, how do I play today? Are they super straight-laced, and you're not supposed to use the f-word in the appointment? You have about 15 seconds to read them, and then another 15 minutes to make an entire presentation to try and sell them as much as you can."
YouTube Interview with Vincent Nesi
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Daymond John Bio - Shark Tank - ABC.com
Main Industry:
Fashion
First Huge Success:
FUBU clothing line earned $350 million in 1998.
Zodiac Sign:
Pisces
Did You Know?
He started out making and selling tie-top hats on the streets of Queens, NY.
Fashion
First Huge Success:
FUBU clothing line earned $350 million in 1998.
Zodiac Sign:
Pisces
Did You Know?
He started out making and selling tie-top hats on the streets of Queens, NY.
Daymond entered the literary world with his first book Display of Power: How FUBU Changed A World Of Fashion, Branding And Lifestyle which tells the story of his awe-inspiring journey and provides a roadmap for those who aspire to succeed in business and in life. Daymond followed up his with his second book, The Brand Within: How We Brand Ourselves, From Birth To The Boardroom, which examines the loyal relationships
Daymond John's creative vision helped revolutionize the sportswear industry in the 1990s. As founder, president and chief executive officer of FUBU—“For Us, By Us”—Daymond created distinctive and fashionable sportswear and a host of other related gear. FUBU's phenomenal success made mainstream apparel companies realize the potential for fashionable sportswear that appeals not just to trendsetting urban youth, but to mainstream teens as well.
Daymond was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn but spent his childhood in the Hollis neighborhood of Queens during the 1970s. An only child, he grew up in a single-parent household headed by his mother, who was a flight attendant for American Airlines but often held more than one job. His first foray into the apparel market came when he wanted a tie-top hat and was put off by the price. Daymond asked his mother to teach him how to use a sewing machine, and he began making the distinctive tie-top hats in the morning and then selling them on the streets of Queens in the evening hours.
To learn more about Daymond John, visit www.fblegacy.com, and www.daymondjohn.com.
FUBU’s Coogi claims 10pc of sales come from mobile - Mobile Marketer - Advertising
Additionally, Coogi is implementing mobile marketing offers and messaging targeting club-goers and hip-hop music fans via a sponsorship of Club Droid. Violator DJs, the deejay coalition responsible for breaking exclusive new music first from some of hip-hop’s biggest names, including 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes and Soulja Boy, has partnered with Digital Mind State, a new startup led by CEO Mike Johns, focused on brand advertising and integration across mobile, PCs, television and the iPad, for the launch of Club Droid 2.0.
“At least 20 percent of our traffic and 10 percent of our sales come from mobile, and we are working toward making the handheld experience more satisfying.
...redirects users to an in-app landing page promoting Coogi's latest clothing line
Club Droid operates on the Android OS, which has now surpassed both Research In Motion’s BlackBerry and Apple’s iPhone in terms of nationwide market share in the United States and Britain.
...redirects users to an in-app landing page promoting Coogi's latest clothing line
Apr 17, 2011
National Advisory Board
The Century Council is a leader in the fight against drunk driving and underage drinking and promotes responsible decision making regarding beverage alcohol.
Established at our founding, the distinguished National Advisory Board brings experience and diverse points of view to The Century Council.
The More You Know
The More You Know
"The More You Know" public service campaign has been raising awareness of the country's most important social issues and motivating viewers to take action. This year, the multi-platform campaign focuses on four important topics: diversity, education, health and the environment.
The biggest talent from across NBCUniversal participated in the campaign this season, including: Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Alison Sweeney (The Biggest Loser), Brian Williams (NBC News), Ken Jeong (Community), Mel B (It's A Scary World), Matt Bomer (White Collar), Seth Meyers (Saturday Night Live) as well as President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
Click here to view some of the awards.
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