2009 National African American Read-In -
http://www.ncte.org/forward.aspx?ref=7f95889f-de65-441e-b62b-c314858004ad
African American Read-In
The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving
the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all
levels of education. Since 1911, NCTE has provided a forum for the
profession, an array of opportunities for teachers to continue their
professional growth throughout their careers, and a framework for
cooperation to deal with issues that affect the teaching of English.
For more information on what membership in NCTE can do for you, please
www.ncte.org/join.
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
is your water making you sick?
Be sure and see Joe Hawthorn and Dr. Hapi on the Higher Learning Network tonight on ZTV! Testimonials from people with all kinds of ailments are being freed from disease just by drinking the right kind of water.
Asians have known about this water for centuries.
Wonder why they don't look, feel and walk like Americans?
They don't have our diseases.
check it out on ZTV!
Midnight Channel 19 in Chicago!
Asians have known about this water for centuries.
Wonder why they don't look, feel and walk like Americans?
They don't have our diseases.
check it out on ZTV!
Midnight Channel 19 in Chicago!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
some things you just have to get involved in..
This is one of those things.
With the election of Barack Obama, we should now realize just how important the political process is and how we must stay involed on a local as well as national level. Here' your chance to do it again!
Sign the Petition http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/obamasenateseat/index.html
We cannot afford to give up any ground!Gov. Blagojevich will soon make his choice on who will replace President Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. This is one of the most important decisions to Illinois voters and to African-Americans across the country. Currently there are NO Blacks serving in the U.S. Senate. Please sign this online petition and share it with your friends.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/obamasenateseat/index.html
The Coalition for Political Empowerment http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/obamasenateseat/index.html CONGRESSMAN BOBBY RUSH, COALITION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS TO TURN UP THE HEAT ON GOVERNOR BLAGOJEVICH Coalition announced massive state-wide petition drive regarding President-Elect Obama's vacant senate seat CHICAGO - On Tuesday, December 2, 2008 U.S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush convened a diverse coalition of African-American opinion leaders to announce a massive statewide petition drive to have an African-American appointed to fill President-Elect Barack Obama's open U.S. Senate seat. Rush, who is not interested in the office, said this signature gathering campaign will further galvanize momentum to have Governor Rod R. Blagojevich appoint another African-American to continue Obama's unfinished term. The group, calling themselves the Coalition of Political Empowerment, is comprised of community, civic and business leaders, prominent clergy and youth organizers. The governor is expected to announce the president-elect's replacement before the new year and a number of African-American personalities have expressed interest. "This is a critical decision of the utmost importance within the African-American community," Rush said, "and though it may be cold outside, we are going to turn up the heat under the governor to ensure the continuity of leadership continues." Those present at the press conference included:
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger
Cook County Commissioner Jerry Butler
State Rep. Mary Flowers
State Rep. Marlow Colvin
City Council Woman LaTasha Thomas
City Council Woman Pat Dowell
Englewood Political Task Force
Rev. Walter Turner, president of the Illinois Faith-Based Association
Rev. Ira Acree, president of the LEADERS Network
Darryl Smith, president of hte Englewood Political Taskforce
Pat Hill, president of the African-American Patrolman's League
Congressman Bobby L. Rush released the following statement Dec. 2, 2008
"We are at a critical juncture in U.S. political history. Illinois is the state that gave the nation its first African-American president and it is the only state in the union to ever produce two African Americans to
the U.S. Senate. Black voters from Chicago to Cairo were instrumental in helping America move forward
as a nation toward progress and inclusion, and it is the Black vote that secured the election of our
Democratic Governor in 2003.
"With the resignation of President-Elect Obama, we now have no African-American in the United States
Senate and we believe it will be a national disgrace to not have this seat filled by one of the many capable
African-American Illinois politicians. I am not interested in the position--I am comfortable in continuing to
serve the people of the 1st Congressional District and serving as a pastor in the Englewood community.
However, as a ranking member from the Illinois congressional delegation, I feel it is my responsibility to
address the issue at hand and ensure the grassroots have an opportunity to lend their voices to the
process.
"Therefore we stand here today as the Coalition for Black Political Empowerment to send strong message
to the chief executive of this state that he must appoint a qualified African-American to fill the remaining
two years of President-Elect Obama's term. There are a number of qualified candidates who have already
been vetted in this process and we are here today to reinforce the message that the African-American
community will not be short-changed. We intend to put the pressure on. "We are no longer comfortable in Cannan. The Black electorate is smarter than it was yesterday and we
are stronger today than we were yesterday. We are determined to have our voices heard and they will be
heard before the governor makes his decision. Though there may be ice and snow on the ground, we are
standing here united in spirit and in focus to turn up the heat on Governor Blagojevich as he deliberates
on who he will pick to replace President-Elect Barack Obama in the United States Senate. "Therefore we are announcing a statewide petition drive. The goal of our petition drive is to allow the
citizens of Illinois to participate in this selection process, in general, but for African-American citizens,
specifically, to have a voice in this historic decision. The petitions are already on the streets. They are
being circulated through churches, street and community-based organizations, small businesses, barber
shops, beauty shops and on street corners. We plan to deliver these signatures to the Governor ' s Office
before the Christmas holiday. "Thank you."
EDITOR'S NOTE: The petition language reads as follows:
Whereas, since 1787, the only African Americans to serve in the United States Senate have been Hiram Revels, Blanche K. Bruce, Edward W. Brooke, Carol Moseley Braun and Barack Obama; and Whereas, the citizens of the State of Illinois in their wisdom have the distinction of electing the last two African-Americans to serve in the U.S. Senate; and Whereas, on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, millions of Americans across this country made history by electing Senator Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America; and Whereas, today out of ninety-nine senators, and with the resignation of Pres-Elect Obama NO African Americans now serve; therefore We, the undersigned residents of the State of Illinois, being at least 18 years of age, strongly urge the Governor of Illinois to choose an African-American to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate seat created by the resignation of President-Elect Barack Obama.
Sign the Petition, it's important http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/obamasenateseat/index.html
With the election of Barack Obama, we should now realize just how important the political process is and how we must stay involed on a local as well as national level. Here' your chance to do it again!
Sign the Petition http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/obamasenateseat/index.html
We cannot afford to give up any ground!Gov. Blagojevich will soon make his choice on who will replace President Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. This is one of the most important decisions to Illinois voters and to African-Americans across the country. Currently there are NO Blacks serving in the U.S. Senate. Please sign this online petition and share it with your friends.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/obamasenateseat/index.html
The Coalition for Political Empowerment http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/obamasenateseat/index.html CONGRESSMAN BOBBY RUSH, COALITION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS TO TURN UP THE HEAT ON GOVERNOR BLAGOJEVICH Coalition announced massive state-wide petition drive regarding President-Elect Obama's vacant senate seat CHICAGO - On Tuesday, December 2, 2008 U.S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush convened a diverse coalition of African-American opinion leaders to announce a massive statewide petition drive to have an African-American appointed to fill President-Elect Barack Obama's open U.S. Senate seat. Rush, who is not interested in the office, said this signature gathering campaign will further galvanize momentum to have Governor Rod R. Blagojevich appoint another African-American to continue Obama's unfinished term. The group, calling themselves the Coalition of Political Empowerment, is comprised of community, civic and business leaders, prominent clergy and youth organizers. The governor is expected to announce the president-elect's replacement before the new year and a number of African-American personalities have expressed interest. "This is a critical decision of the utmost importance within the African-American community," Rush said, "and though it may be cold outside, we are going to turn up the heat under the governor to ensure the continuity of leadership continues." Those present at the press conference included:
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger
Cook County Commissioner Jerry Butler
State Rep. Mary Flowers
State Rep. Marlow Colvin
City Council Woman LaTasha Thomas
City Council Woman Pat Dowell
Englewood Political Task Force
Rev. Walter Turner, president of the Illinois Faith-Based Association
Rev. Ira Acree, president of the LEADERS Network
Darryl Smith, president of hte Englewood Political Taskforce
Pat Hill, president of the African-American Patrolman's League
Congressman Bobby L. Rush released the following statement Dec. 2, 2008
"We are at a critical juncture in U.S. political history. Illinois is the state that gave the nation its first African-American president and it is the only state in the union to ever produce two African Americans to
the U.S. Senate. Black voters from Chicago to Cairo were instrumental in helping America move forward
as a nation toward progress and inclusion, and it is the Black vote that secured the election of our
Democratic Governor in 2003.
"With the resignation of President-Elect Obama, we now have no African-American in the United States
Senate and we believe it will be a national disgrace to not have this seat filled by one of the many capable
African-American Illinois politicians. I am not interested in the position--I am comfortable in continuing to
serve the people of the 1st Congressional District and serving as a pastor in the Englewood community.
However, as a ranking member from the Illinois congressional delegation, I feel it is my responsibility to
address the issue at hand and ensure the grassroots have an opportunity to lend their voices to the
process.
"Therefore we stand here today as the Coalition for Black Political Empowerment to send strong message
to the chief executive of this state that he must appoint a qualified African-American to fill the remaining
two years of President-Elect Obama's term. There are a number of qualified candidates who have already
been vetted in this process and we are here today to reinforce the message that the African-American
community will not be short-changed. We intend to put the pressure on. "We are no longer comfortable in Cannan. The Black electorate is smarter than it was yesterday and we
are stronger today than we were yesterday. We are determined to have our voices heard and they will be
heard before the governor makes his decision. Though there may be ice and snow on the ground, we are
standing here united in spirit and in focus to turn up the heat on Governor Blagojevich as he deliberates
on who he will pick to replace President-Elect Barack Obama in the United States Senate. "Therefore we are announcing a statewide petition drive. The goal of our petition drive is to allow the
citizens of Illinois to participate in this selection process, in general, but for African-American citizens,
specifically, to have a voice in this historic decision. The petitions are already on the streets. They are
being circulated through churches, street and community-based organizations, small businesses, barber
shops, beauty shops and on street corners. We plan to deliver these signatures to the Governor ' s Office
before the Christmas holiday. "Thank you."
EDITOR'S NOTE: The petition language reads as follows:
Whereas, since 1787, the only African Americans to serve in the United States Senate have been Hiram Revels, Blanche K. Bruce, Edward W. Brooke, Carol Moseley Braun and Barack Obama; and Whereas, the citizens of the State of Illinois in their wisdom have the distinction of electing the last two African-Americans to serve in the U.S. Senate; and Whereas, on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, millions of Americans across this country made history by electing Senator Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America; and Whereas, today out of ninety-nine senators, and with the resignation of Pres-Elect Obama NO African Americans now serve; therefore We, the undersigned residents of the State of Illinois, being at least 18 years of age, strongly urge the Governor of Illinois to choose an African-American to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate seat created by the resignation of President-Elect Barack Obama.
Sign the Petition, it's important http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/obamasenateseat/index.html
Sunday, November 30, 2008
higher learning at it's best
I've been inspired!
You've been inspired!
We've all been inspired by a movement!
WE Did it! Obama DID NOT do it alone!
We did it with him by going to the polls.
Now if we will just do the same for our own lives.
Show up in your life the same way you did in his!
Make time for yourself our come to our retreat in January.
Barack Obama did it. So can you!
Now if that's not empowering enough for you, I don't know what to tell you!
Read one of his books, maybe that will inspire you!
Contact www.HigherLearningNetwork.org to get your copy of the 2009 Collector's Edition Calendar or one of his books. Donations Tax Deductable to the fullest extent of the law!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
FREE 411 CALLS
I am so tired of paying two bucks for a call to information! Aren't you?
Well, Google has come to the rescue!
Here's a number worth putting in your cell phone,
or your home phone speed dial: 1-800-goog411.
This is an awesome service from Google,
and it's free -- great when you are on the road.
Don't waste your money on information calls and don't waste your time manually dialing the number.
I am driving along in my car and I need to call the golf course and I don't know the number. I hit
the speed dial for information that I have programmed. The voice at the other end says, 'City & State.'
I say, ' Garland , Texas ' He says, 'Business, Name or Type of Service.' I say, Firewheel Golf Course.'
He says, 'Connecting' and Firewheel answers the phone.
How great is that? This is nationwide and it is absolutely free!
Click on the link below and watch the
short clip for a quick demonstration.
www.google.com/goog411/
Learn more You don't need a
computer, an Internet connection, or even the keypad on your phone or mobile device. GOOG-411 is voice-activated, so you can access it from any phone
(mobile or land line), in any location, at any time.
For free. (*) Dial (1-800) GOOG-411.
Say where. Say what you're looking for. GOOG-411 will connect
you with the business you choose.
If you are calling from a mobile device, GOOG-411 can even send
you a text message with more details and a map.
Simply say "Text message" or "Map it."
No more rip off calls from the phone company!
BE SURE and pass this info on!
Now get all the info you need, FREE!
Well, Google has come to the rescue!
Here's a number worth putting in your cell phone,
or your home phone speed dial: 1-800-goog411.
This is an awesome service from Google,
and it's free -- great when you are on the road.
Don't waste your money on information calls and don't waste your time manually dialing the number.
I am driving along in my car and I need to call the golf course and I don't know the number. I hit
the speed dial for information that I have programmed. The voice at the other end says, 'City & State.'
I say, ' Garland , Texas ' He says, 'Business, Name or Type of Service.' I say, Firewheel Golf Course.'
He says, 'Connecting' and Firewheel answers the phone.
How great is that? This is nationwide and it is absolutely free!
Click on the link below and watch the
short clip for a quick demonstration.
www.google.com/goog411/
Learn more You don't need a
computer, an Internet connection, or even the keypad on your phone or mobile device. GOOG-411 is voice-activated, so you can access it from any phone
(mobile or land line), in any location, at any time.
For free. (*) Dial (1-800) GOOG-411.
Say where. Say what you're looking for. GOOG-411 will connect
you with the business you choose.
If you are calling from a mobile device, GOOG-411 can even send
you a text message with more details and a map.
Simply say "Text message" or "Map it."
No more rip off calls from the phone company!
BE SURE and pass this info on!
Now get all the info you need, FREE!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
when you learn better, you do better...
Protecting the election - an opportunity to play a key role
In the last two presidential elections, hundreds of thousands of
voters--maybe millions--were blocked from voting or having their vote
count. What we've experienced over the last 8 years is the result. We
can't let that happen again.
Unequal distribution of voting machines caused long lines at the
polls--especially in urban areas, including several with large Black
populations. Voters had to wait for up to 10 hours, sometimes in the
rain.1 Many walked away without voting, either out of frustration or
because they couldn't wait any longer. With a huge number of new
voters, it could be even worse this November.
Together, we can help fix this problem before election day.
We're recruiting an army of volunteers to find out where there might
be problems and work to solve them ahead of time. Participating
won't take much of your time, and you'll be helping us
create the most comprehensive map of voting infrastructure that's
ever been created.
It's simple. We'll ask you to call an election official, ask some
questions, then tell us what you heard. And we make it easy by giving
you everything you need. Can you help?
http://colorofchang e.org/protect08/ ?id=1593- 67632
In 2004, in Columbus, Ohio alone, between 5,000 and 15,000 voters
left the polls without casting ballots.2 Voters in majority-Black
neighborhoods in the city waited for hours, while voters in majority-
white suburbs breezed in and out of polling places in about 15
minutes.3 Similar situations played out across the country that year,
and again in 2006, with thousands of people prevented from voting in
key swing states--enough to change the outcome of a close election.
In some places, long lines are a result of poor planning by election
officials. In others, they're a result of deliberate manipulation by
partisan election officials trying to affect the outcome--one tactic
that's used to suppress votes.
In both cases, we can address this problem before the election by
making sure election officials know we're watching. With your help,
we'll identify areas where there are likely to be long lines, and
hold officials accountable for preventing them. If they're not
planning well enough, we'll try to get them the resources they need.
And if it seems they're operating in bad faith, we'll shine a
spotlight on them and make sure they don't get away with it.
But we can't do it without you. Please join us--you'll be our eyes
and ears in an unprecedented grassroots effort to monitor the
election and protect voting rights:
http://colorofchang e.org/protect08/ ?id=1593- 67632
-- James, Gabriel, Clarissa, Andre, Kai, and the rest of the
ColorOfChange.org team
In the last two presidential elections, hundreds of thousands of
voters--maybe millions--were blocked from voting or having their vote
count. What we've experienced over the last 8 years is the result. We
can't let that happen again.
Unequal distribution of voting machines caused long lines at the
polls--especially in urban areas, including several with large Black
populations. Voters had to wait for up to 10 hours, sometimes in the
rain.1 Many walked away without voting, either out of frustration or
because they couldn't wait any longer. With a huge number of new
voters, it could be even worse this November.
Together, we can help fix this problem before election day.
We're recruiting an army of volunteers to find out where there might
be problems and work to solve them ahead of time. Participating
won't take much of your time, and you'll be helping us
create the most comprehensive map of voting infrastructure that's
ever been created.
It's simple. We'll ask you to call an election official, ask some
questions, then tell us what you heard. And we make it easy by giving
you everything you need. Can you help?
http://colorofchang e.org/protect08/ ?id=1593- 67632
In 2004, in Columbus, Ohio alone, between 5,000 and 15,000 voters
left the polls without casting ballots.2 Voters in majority-Black
neighborhoods in the city waited for hours, while voters in majority-
white suburbs breezed in and out of polling places in about 15
minutes.3 Similar situations played out across the country that year,
and again in 2006, with thousands of people prevented from voting in
key swing states--enough to change the outcome of a close election.
In some places, long lines are a result of poor planning by election
officials. In others, they're a result of deliberate manipulation by
partisan election officials trying to affect the outcome--one tactic
that's used to suppress votes.
In both cases, we can address this problem before the election by
making sure election officials know we're watching. With your help,
we'll identify areas where there are likely to be long lines, and
hold officials accountable for preventing them. If they're not
planning well enough, we'll try to get them the resources they need.
And if it seems they're operating in bad faith, we'll shine a
spotlight on them and make sure they don't get away with it.
But we can't do it without you. Please join us--you'll be our eyes
and ears in an unprecedented grassroots effort to monitor the
election and protect voting rights:
http://colorofchang e.org/protect08/ ?id=1593- 67632
-- James, Gabriel, Clarissa, Andre, Kai, and the rest of the
ColorOfChange.org team
presidential debates transcripts are worth reading
In case you missed the debates like I did and want to read them, here they are online! You can also see them on YouTube, but there's nothing like reading them word for word for yourself so it can sink in. There's nothing like seeing b.s. in fine print.
Enjoy!
The First McCain-Obama Presidential Debate
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008a.html
The Second McCain-Obama Presidential DebatE
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008c.html
The Third McCain-Obama Presidential Debate
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008d.html
The Biden-Palin Vice Presidential Debate
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008b.html
Enjoy!
The First McCain-Obama Presidential Debate
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008a.html
The Second McCain-Obama Presidential DebatE
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008c.html
The Third McCain-Obama Presidential Debate
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008d.html
The Biden-Palin Vice Presidential Debate
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008b.html
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Attend Clerk Dorothy Brown's MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE EDUCATION SUMMIT
The Honorable Dorothy Brown
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
Along with Honorable Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General
Honorable Eugene Moore, Cook County Recorder of Deeds
Representative Karen A. Yarbrough
Alderman JoAnn Thompson, Kennedy-King College
The Dorothy Brown Scholarship and Community Development Fund and
The Illinois Department of Housing Authority (IDHA)
presents a Mortgage Foreclosure Education Summit
AT THE NEW
KENNEDY-KING COLLEGE
740 W. 63rd Street, Bldg.U, Chicago, Illinois
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2008
8:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
8:30 AM - REGISTRATION
Free on-site Attorneys
On-site information on:
The Foreclosure Process, Lender Options, Reverse Mortgages for Seniors, Know Your Legal Rights (Tenants & Owners), Getting Your Mortgage Surplus, Bankruptcy, Credit Counseling, Resource Vendors and more
For additional information, Call 312-603-5200 or 312-603-4719
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
Along with Honorable Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General
Honorable Eugene Moore, Cook County Recorder of Deeds
Representative Karen A. Yarbrough
Alderman JoAnn Thompson, Kennedy-King College
The Dorothy Brown Scholarship and Community Development Fund and
The Illinois Department of Housing Authority (IDHA)
presents a Mortgage Foreclosure Education Summit
AT THE NEW
KENNEDY-KING COLLEGE
740 W. 63rd Street, Bldg.U, Chicago, Illinois
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2008
8:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
8:30 AM - REGISTRATION
Free on-site Attorneys
On-site information on:
The Foreclosure Process, Lender Options, Reverse Mortgages for Seniors, Know Your Legal Rights (Tenants & Owners), Getting Your Mortgage Surplus, Bankruptcy, Credit Counseling, Resource Vendors and more
For additional information, Call 312-603-5200 or 312-603-4719
Sunday, October 5, 2008
learning from spoiled children
What good does it really do to spoil a child?
Parents want their children to have a better life than they did, but they don't realize that if the children don't experience trials and tribulations at an early age in their lives, they will most likely experience them as adults.
Beyond a certain age, it's much more painful.
I have the pleasure and honor of assisting my God sister in the art of raising a daughter who is so spoiled, I can not stand it! I am learning so much more patience than I ever intended! This child trys my patience from the time I pick her up from school until the time I drop her off at her mom's. Motherhood is the greatest challenge in life. Believe this!
I recieved this email from Oprah and it was right on time!
If you're a parent, auntie, uncle, sister, brother, sitter or other and you're helping raise a child, you've gotta visit this site.
http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahandfriends/sboteach/20080814_oaf_sboteach
Parents want their children to have a better life than they did, but they don't realize that if the children don't experience trials and tribulations at an early age in their lives, they will most likely experience them as adults.
Beyond a certain age, it's much more painful.
I have the pleasure and honor of assisting my God sister in the art of raising a daughter who is so spoiled, I can not stand it! I am learning so much more patience than I ever intended! This child trys my patience from the time I pick her up from school until the time I drop her off at her mom's. Motherhood is the greatest challenge in life. Believe this!
I recieved this email from Oprah and it was right on time!
If you're a parent, auntie, uncle, sister, brother, sitter or other and you're helping raise a child, you've gotta visit this site.
http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahandfriends/sboteach/20080814_oaf_sboteach
Sunday, September 28, 2008
scholarship info from google
from fellow producer Bruce Montgomery at CAN TV
Google Scholarships
As part of Google's ongoing commitment to advancing computing and technology,
we are pleased to provide scholarships to encourage students to excel in their
studies and become active role models and leaders. We hope these programs
also help in dismantling barriers that keep women and minorities from entering
computing and technology fields. We currently offer the following scholarship programs:
Academic Scholarships
Google Anita Borg Scholarship
The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the legacy of Anita Borg and her efforts to encourage women to pursue careers in computer science and technology.
The scholarship is offered in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Google United Negro College Fund Scholarship
The Google-UNCF Scholarship is awarded annually to a group of African-American students
pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science or computer engineering.
The program offers "last dollar" scholarships based upon unmet financial need for students
majoring in computer science or computer engineering.Google Hispanic College Fund Scholarship
Hispanic College Fund Scholarships are given to Hispanic students who demonstrate both
academic excellence and financial need. The Google Scholarship Program offers funds
to students studying computer science or computer engineering. Google AISES Scholarship
Google is please to announce a new scholarship program in partnership with the American
Indian Science and Engineering Society. A group of AISES students currently pursuing
undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science or computer engineering will be
selected for a $10,000 scholarship each. Recipients will also be invited to attend the
Annual Google Scholars₼ Retreat in Mountain View, CA.
Google Zawadi Africa Scholarship
As part of our ongoing commitments to supporting education in Africa and to diversifying the
engineering talent pool, we are encouraging African women to pursue careers in computer
science and technology. We've partnered with the Zawadi Africa Educational Fund to grant
five Kenyan women full scholarships to complete degrees in computer science, computer
engineering and/or ICT. The Google Zawadi Scholars will pursue studies at top universities
in Kenya and South Africa, and they'll each have the support of a Google engineering
mentor. Selection criteria include excellent academics, extracurricular involvement, leadership
potential and financial need.
Conference Travel Scholarships
Google Global Community Scholarship for the Grace Hopper Conference
The Global Community Scholarship offers funding for a group of students outside the U.S.
to attend the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Google MESA Scholarships for the NSBE, AISES & SHPE National Conferences
Google has partnered with MESA to provide students with professional development opportunities,
and the funds to attend the annual conferences of the National Society of Black Engineers, the
American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and the Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers. Students currently participating in a MESA Community College or Engineering Program
are eligible to apply and should contact their campus MESA director for more details.
Google Travel Scholarship for the AISES National Conference
Google is pleased to partner with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society to offer
travel scholarships for up to 10 AISES students to attend the 2008 AISES National Conference.
I put myself through 8 years of college with no loans, you can too!
You gotta do the work! Good Luck!
Google Scholarships
As part of Google's ongoing commitment to advancing computing and technology,
we are pleased to provide scholarships to encourage students to excel in their
studies and become active role models and leaders. We hope these programs
also help in dismantling barriers that keep women and minorities from entering
computing and technology fields. We currently offer the following scholarship programs:
Academic Scholarships
Google Anita Borg Scholarship
The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the legacy of Anita Borg and her efforts to encourage women to pursue careers in computer science and technology.
The scholarship is offered in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Google United Negro College Fund Scholarship
The Google-UNCF Scholarship is awarded annually to a group of African-American students
pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science or computer engineering.
The program offers "last dollar" scholarships based upon unmet financial need for students
majoring in computer science or computer engineering.Google Hispanic College Fund Scholarship
Hispanic College Fund Scholarships are given to Hispanic students who demonstrate both
academic excellence and financial need. The Google Scholarship Program offers funds
to students studying computer science or computer engineering. Google AISES Scholarship
Google is please to announce a new scholarship program in partnership with the American
Indian Science and Engineering Society. A group of AISES students currently pursuing
undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science or computer engineering will be
selected for a $10,000 scholarship each. Recipients will also be invited to attend the
Annual Google Scholars₼ Retreat in Mountain View, CA.
Google Zawadi Africa Scholarship
As part of our ongoing commitments to supporting education in Africa and to diversifying the
engineering talent pool, we are encouraging African women to pursue careers in computer
science and technology. We've partnered with the Zawadi Africa Educational Fund to grant
five Kenyan women full scholarships to complete degrees in computer science, computer
engineering and/or ICT. The Google Zawadi Scholars will pursue studies at top universities
in Kenya and South Africa, and they'll each have the support of a Google engineering
mentor. Selection criteria include excellent academics, extracurricular involvement, leadership
potential and financial need.
Conference Travel Scholarships
Google Global Community Scholarship for the Grace Hopper Conference
The Global Community Scholarship offers funding for a group of students outside the U.S.
to attend the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Google MESA Scholarships for the NSBE, AISES & SHPE National Conferences
Google has partnered with MESA to provide students with professional development opportunities,
and the funds to attend the annual conferences of the National Society of Black Engineers, the
American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and the Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers. Students currently participating in a MESA Community College or Engineering Program
are eligible to apply and should contact their campus MESA director for more details.
Google Travel Scholarship for the AISES National Conference
Google is pleased to partner with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society to offer
travel scholarships for up to 10 AISES students to attend the 2008 AISES National Conference.
I put myself through 8 years of college with no loans, you can too!
You gotta do the work! Good Luck!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
we've all been fooled, for a very long time!
I am so disturbed at finding o ut this info I am passing it on to everyone, I know and don't know.
We've been buying bottled water for a w hile now, and it's all B.S.
We've been paying to make ourselves even sicker!
I thought it was the pharmacuetical companies that were ripping us off, but the bottled water industry has them beat!
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We've been buying bottled water for a w hile now, and it's all B.S.
We've been paying to make ourselves even sicker!
I thought it was the pharmacuetical companies that were ripping us off, but the bottled water industry has them beat!
When you read this info, you'll be glad you did.
You don't need prescription drugs for whatever ails you, you need a toxic free body!
How do you do that?
Balance the acid in your system!
for more info, visit this site and send eveyone you know there.
This is the best yet for Higher Learning!
Spread the word, especially to our senior citizens.
email me for details at
HigherLearningNw@yahoo.com
PEACE AND BLESSINGS!
http://www.yourbodyiswater.info/members/p1d3/559078/
http://www.yourbodyiswater.info/members/p1d3/559078/theproblem.html
Sunday, September 14, 2008
biz opps for you
Anyone who knows me knows that I am an advocate for small biz owners.
Well now here's your chance to get updated on info to take your business to the next level.
My friend Babette Peyton is responsible for putting this event together so be sure and tell her how much you appreciate it.
Be sure and tell her Zelda sent you!
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Small and Disadvantaged Business
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Well now here's your chance to get updated on info to take your business to the next level.
My friend Babette Peyton is responsible for putting this event together so be sure and tell her how much you appreciate it.
Be sure and tell her Zelda sent you!
Veteran Small Business and Grants Opportunity
Conference
SPONSORED BY EPA AND YEU
For small businesses, non-profit
entities, and educational
institutions
Learn about Government Grants
and Contracts
Learn how to prepare Grant
proposals and respond to RFPs
Learn about Veteran procurement
and other small business
preference programs
SAVE THE DATE – FREE REGISTRATION!
Wednesday-Thursday, November 5-6, 2008
9:00-3:00PM
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois 60604
For more information contact:
Adrianne M. Callahan
Small and Disadvantaged Business
Coordinator
USEPA, Region 5
(312) 353-5556
callahan.adrianne@epa.gov
Babette Peyton
YEU Veteran Initiatives Founder
vetbizjobs@yahoo.com
(773) 918-3419
Friday, September 5, 2008
on Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Enjoy this peice, it's long, but worth it.
Someone sent it to me, so I'm sharing it with you.
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Edward S. Herman is professor emeritus of finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and has written extensively on economics, political economy, and the media. Among his books are Corporate Control, Corporate Power (Cambridge University Press, 1981), The Real Terror Network (South End Press, 1982), and, with Noam Chomsky, The Political Economy of Human Rights (South End Press, 1979), and Manufacturing Consent (Pantheon, 2002). He is coauthor, with David Peterson, of “The Dismantling of Yugoslavia: A Study in Inhumanitarian Intervention (and a Western Liberal-Left Intellectual and Moral Collapse),” Monthly Review (October 2007). David Peterson is an independent journalist and researcher based in Chicago.
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Beginning in March 2008 and extending through the last Democratic primaries of early June, the United States witnessed the most brazen demonization in its history of a person based on his race, his creed, and his ties to a presidential candidate. One major purpose behind these attacks was to use the demonized figure to discredit the politician. But participation in the attacks also fed the voracious, twenty-four-hour-a-day media appetite, and quickly took on a life of its own. When we look back at the ugly spectacle then taking place, the evidence suggests that, despite much optimism about narrowing racial divides and an emerging “post-racial” consciousness, something much closer to the opposite had gripped America.
Of course, we are referring to the U.S. political class and establishment media’s treatment of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright and his relationship with Barack Obama. Contrasted with their handling of the Reverends John Hagee, Rod Parsley, and Pat Robertson and their links to John McCain, this episode provides an outstanding illustration of this country’s racism, chauvinism, and political biases.
Now retired from the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago — the “‘best representation’ of black liberation theology,” as James Cone told the New Yorker1 — where he served as pastor for thirty-six years, Wright had known Obama for close to twenty of those years. Because of Obama’s membership in Wright’s congregation, Obama’s two coming-of-age books and numerous testaments about his relationship with Wright, and Wright’s early role in Obama’s presidential campaign, where until March 14, he was chairperson of its African-American Leadership Committee, both men had long anticipated the day when someone would use the big-city black preacher against the black candidate.2 “They’re going to associate your name with mine, and that could be detrimental,” Wright recounted in a PBS interview shortly after Obama announced his candidacy in February 2007. “[C]onservative bloggers and pundits have begun raising concerns about Wright’s Africentric theology and his liberal, some say radical, politics,” PBS added.3*
ABC’s Good Morning America first triggered the avalanche of Wright coverage on March 13, when it played four short video-clips of “controversial statements,” and framed them with the leading question: “Could the reverend become a liability?”4 The next day, without referring to a single word from Wright, Obama issued a blanket condemnation: “I vehemently disagree and strongly condemn the statements that have been the subject of this controversy.”5 The following Tuesday (March 18) in Philadelphia, Obama delivered his “A More Perfect Union” speech on race in America.6 “[T]he discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn,” he said, adding that he had “already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements...that have caused such controversy.” Obama even noted that Wright had a “profoundly distorted view of this country,” bending over backwards to repudiate anything that anybody finds offensive, no matter what Wright might have uttered, no matter how incisive. Noting that “This year, at least so far, the newsmaker from nowhere is Chicago minister Jeremiah Wright,” the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) likened Wright’s emergence “from obscurity to become a household word and an integral part of the media narrative” to the cases of Willie Horton (1988), Gennifer Flowers (1992), and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (2004).7 Although the PEJ failed to discuss what might link Wright to these three other cases, the “newsmaker from nowhere” had in fact become front-page news.
In one obvious sense, the transformation of Wright into an object of mass ridicule, and this object’s use, in turn, as an emotional “issue” to try to scare white Democratic primary voters away from Obama, into the arms of his rival, Hillary Clinton, belongs to a recurring strategy in U.S. presidential politics. As Kevin Phillips, a key adviser to Nixon’s successful 1968 campaign, explained the “Southern Strategy,” the more the “national Democratic Party [became] the Negro party throughout most of the South,” the more this fact “push[ed] whites into the alternative major party structure — that of the GOP.” Beginning with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision against “separate but equal” in Brown v. Board of Education, and carried across the South by the civil rights movement, the federal government’s pressures to desegregate southern schools, and culminating in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts of 1964–65 under Lyndon Johnson, Republican campaigns seized upon these institutional changes to reap the political backlash among white, traditionally Democratic voters, whose defections to Republican candidates would prove decisive in several elections going forward. The “Democratic identification with the Negro social and economic revolution precipitated [the Republican] party’s best gains,” Phillips explained. “Negro-Democratic mutual identification was a major source of Democratic loss...in many sections of the nation.”8
But the Wright case is also reminiscent of how the media have swarmed around other Democratic hopefuls the past three decades, when the scent of vulnerability hung in the air. These include Jesse Jackson Sr. in early 1984 over his use of the pejorative “Hymietown” for New York City; Gary Hart in May 1987 over an extramarital relation; Michael Dukakis in 1988 over Willie Horton, a black felon in the state of Massachusetts who, during a weekend furlough while Dukakis was governor, escaped to Maryland where he attacked a white couple in their home; Bill Clinton in 1992 (and throughout his entire presidency) over his extramarital relations; Al Gore in 1999–2000 over his alleged claim to have “invented the Internet”; Howard Dean in January 2004 over the fallout from what became labeled the “scream” speech following his third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses forcing him out of the primaries; and, last but not least, the success enjoyed in 2004 by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth group in sowing lies about John Kerry’s Vietnam War service record.9
Yet, the same media that leapt at the chance to repeat these stories paid very little attention to George Bush’s evasion of the Vietnam War draft and his preferential treatment and failure to meet his legal obligations while a member of the Texas Air National Guard.10 Meanwhile, in 2007–08, Obama has placated establishment critics on virtually every policy front imaginable, the candidate of “change we can believe in” has visited interest group after interest group to promise them that they needn’t fear any change in the way they’re familiar with doing business.11 Nevertheless, Obama’s race, his background, his enthusiastic, youthful, and less predictable constituency, and the occasional slivers of populism that creep into his campaign, make the establishment nervous, whereas Hillary Clinton and John McCain clearly posed no such threats. And like George Bush, John McCain is portrayed as an earthy, chummy, straightforward kind of guy — indeed, as a “maverick” whose associations with lobbyists, the military-industrial complex, and some of the genuinely reactionary forces of U.S. society do not elicit the kind of focused attention directed at Obama and most everything he touches or that touches him.12
Constructing the Black Preacher
By now, the sermons, lectures, and commentaries of Jeremiah Wright quoted, reproduced, and discussed by other sources, ranging from broadcast and cable television and radio, to print and, of course, weblogs and the Internet-based audio- and video-hosting platforms such as YouTube, have been so numerous that sheer scale alone makes it impossible to define where his allegedly “controversial” and “offensive” statements begin, and where they end. But the relative intensity of coverage tells part of the story. According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, for the first 125 days of 2008 (January 1–May 4), the Wright-Obama relationship was the most frequently reported news item, receiving roughly 3.8-times more attention than did the second most frequently reported item, how the “superdelegates” were aligning in the primary process; it was covered 4.9-times as heavily as John McCain’s ties to lobbyists.13 Wright and his views also towered over the meager attention given to the views of Hagee, Parsley, and Robertson, and to their relationships with McCain. Media Matters for America reports that between February 27 and April 30 — the 27th having been the date on which Hagee endorsed McCain in San Antonio while McCain was campaigning with Parsley in Ohio — the New York Times and Washington Post “published more than 12 times as many articles” mentioning Wright and Obama as they did mentioning Hagee and McCain. In terms of editorials and op-eds, the ratio was even greater — more than 15 to 1.14
Similar patterns were true across the board. For the ninety-six-day period from February 27 through June 1, mentions of Wright’s name in conjunction with Obama’s outnumbered mentions of Hagee’s with McCain’s 10.5 times to 1; they also outnumbered mentions of Parsley’s with McCain’s 40.2 times to 1. (See table 1.) Remarkably, even the Reverend Louis Farrakhan’s name turned up in conjunction with Obama’s more frequently than did McCain’s with Hagee’s or Parsley’s — although Obama has had no connection with Farrakhan whatsoever. The Project for Excellence in Journalism reports that at the apex of its coverage (April 28–May 4), the Wright-Obama relationship “accounted for 42% of that week’s campaign stories,” while at its apex (May 19–25), the Hagee-McCain relationship “accounted for only 8%.”15 The next week (May 26–June 1), when Obama resigned from Trinity United Church of Christ after a video was circulated of the Catholic priest, Michael Pfleger, mocking Hillary Clinton during a guest sermon at the church, coverage of this “accounted for 13% of all the campaign stories.”16 Indeed, so obsessive and so recurring was the media’s focus on Jeremiah Wright, on Wright’s Trinity United, and on any person or topic that could be squeezed into this frame of reference and used to generate negative reporting and commentary about the black preacher and his ties to the black candidate, that even when the McCain campaign officially rejected the endorsements it had previously sought from Hagee and Parsley, nearly one-half as many more articles mentioned Obama-Wright than mentioned McCain together with Hagee or Parsley. (See table 2.) This reveals a deep bias of remarkable consistency.
for more details, visit
www.monthlyreview.org/080901herman-peterson.php
Someone sent it to me, so I'm sharing it with you.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Edward S. Herman is professor emeritus of finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and has written extensively on economics, political economy, and the media. Among his books are Corporate Control, Corporate Power (Cambridge University Press, 1981), The Real Terror Network (South End Press, 1982), and, with Noam Chomsky, The Political Economy of Human Rights (South End Press, 1979), and Manufacturing Consent (Pantheon, 2002). He is coauthor, with David Peterson, of “The Dismantling of Yugoslavia: A Study in Inhumanitarian Intervention (and a Western Liberal-Left Intellectual and Moral Collapse),” Monthly Review (October 2007). David Peterson is an independent journalist and researcher based in Chicago.
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» Labor and Working-Class Issues
» Latin America
» Media/ Communications
» 9/11–War on Terrorism
» Social/Political Theory
» U.S. Politics/ Economics
Beginning in March 2008 and extending through the last Democratic primaries of early June, the United States witnessed the most brazen demonization in its history of a person based on his race, his creed, and his ties to a presidential candidate. One major purpose behind these attacks was to use the demonized figure to discredit the politician. But participation in the attacks also fed the voracious, twenty-four-hour-a-day media appetite, and quickly took on a life of its own. When we look back at the ugly spectacle then taking place, the evidence suggests that, despite much optimism about narrowing racial divides and an emerging “post-racial” consciousness, something much closer to the opposite had gripped America.
Of course, we are referring to the U.S. political class and establishment media’s treatment of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright and his relationship with Barack Obama. Contrasted with their handling of the Reverends John Hagee, Rod Parsley, and Pat Robertson and their links to John McCain, this episode provides an outstanding illustration of this country’s racism, chauvinism, and political biases.
Now retired from the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago — the “‘best representation’ of black liberation theology,” as James Cone told the New Yorker1 — where he served as pastor for thirty-six years, Wright had known Obama for close to twenty of those years. Because of Obama’s membership in Wright’s congregation, Obama’s two coming-of-age books and numerous testaments about his relationship with Wright, and Wright’s early role in Obama’s presidential campaign, where until March 14, he was chairperson of its African-American Leadership Committee, both men had long anticipated the day when someone would use the big-city black preacher against the black candidate.2 “They’re going to associate your name with mine, and that could be detrimental,” Wright recounted in a PBS interview shortly after Obama announced his candidacy in February 2007. “[C]onservative bloggers and pundits have begun raising concerns about Wright’s Africentric theology and his liberal, some say radical, politics,” PBS added.3*
ABC’s Good Morning America first triggered the avalanche of Wright coverage on March 13, when it played four short video-clips of “controversial statements,” and framed them with the leading question: “Could the reverend become a liability?”4 The next day, without referring to a single word from Wright, Obama issued a blanket condemnation: “I vehemently disagree and strongly condemn the statements that have been the subject of this controversy.”5 The following Tuesday (March 18) in Philadelphia, Obama delivered his “A More Perfect Union” speech on race in America.6 “[T]he discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn,” he said, adding that he had “already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements...that have caused such controversy.” Obama even noted that Wright had a “profoundly distorted view of this country,” bending over backwards to repudiate anything that anybody finds offensive, no matter what Wright might have uttered, no matter how incisive. Noting that “This year, at least so far, the newsmaker from nowhere is Chicago minister Jeremiah Wright,” the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) likened Wright’s emergence “from obscurity to become a household word and an integral part of the media narrative” to the cases of Willie Horton (1988), Gennifer Flowers (1992), and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (2004).7 Although the PEJ failed to discuss what might link Wright to these three other cases, the “newsmaker from nowhere” had in fact become front-page news.
In one obvious sense, the transformation of Wright into an object of mass ridicule, and this object’s use, in turn, as an emotional “issue” to try to scare white Democratic primary voters away from Obama, into the arms of his rival, Hillary Clinton, belongs to a recurring strategy in U.S. presidential politics. As Kevin Phillips, a key adviser to Nixon’s successful 1968 campaign, explained the “Southern Strategy,” the more the “national Democratic Party [became] the Negro party throughout most of the South,” the more this fact “push[ed] whites into the alternative major party structure — that of the GOP.” Beginning with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision against “separate but equal” in Brown v. Board of Education, and carried across the South by the civil rights movement, the federal government’s pressures to desegregate southern schools, and culminating in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts of 1964–65 under Lyndon Johnson, Republican campaigns seized upon these institutional changes to reap the political backlash among white, traditionally Democratic voters, whose defections to Republican candidates would prove decisive in several elections going forward. The “Democratic identification with the Negro social and economic revolution precipitated [the Republican] party’s best gains,” Phillips explained. “Negro-Democratic mutual identification was a major source of Democratic loss...in many sections of the nation.”8
But the Wright case is also reminiscent of how the media have swarmed around other Democratic hopefuls the past three decades, when the scent of vulnerability hung in the air. These include Jesse Jackson Sr. in early 1984 over his use of the pejorative “Hymietown” for New York City; Gary Hart in May 1987 over an extramarital relation; Michael Dukakis in 1988 over Willie Horton, a black felon in the state of Massachusetts who, during a weekend furlough while Dukakis was governor, escaped to Maryland where he attacked a white couple in their home; Bill Clinton in 1992 (and throughout his entire presidency) over his extramarital relations; Al Gore in 1999–2000 over his alleged claim to have “invented the Internet”; Howard Dean in January 2004 over the fallout from what became labeled the “scream” speech following his third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses forcing him out of the primaries; and, last but not least, the success enjoyed in 2004 by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth group in sowing lies about John Kerry’s Vietnam War service record.9
Yet, the same media that leapt at the chance to repeat these stories paid very little attention to George Bush’s evasion of the Vietnam War draft and his preferential treatment and failure to meet his legal obligations while a member of the Texas Air National Guard.10 Meanwhile, in 2007–08, Obama has placated establishment critics on virtually every policy front imaginable, the candidate of “change we can believe in” has visited interest group after interest group to promise them that they needn’t fear any change in the way they’re familiar with doing business.11 Nevertheless, Obama’s race, his background, his enthusiastic, youthful, and less predictable constituency, and the occasional slivers of populism that creep into his campaign, make the establishment nervous, whereas Hillary Clinton and John McCain clearly posed no such threats. And like George Bush, John McCain is portrayed as an earthy, chummy, straightforward kind of guy — indeed, as a “maverick” whose associations with lobbyists, the military-industrial complex, and some of the genuinely reactionary forces of U.S. society do not elicit the kind of focused attention directed at Obama and most everything he touches or that touches him.12
Constructing the Black Preacher
By now, the sermons, lectures, and commentaries of Jeremiah Wright quoted, reproduced, and discussed by other sources, ranging from broadcast and cable television and radio, to print and, of course, weblogs and the Internet-based audio- and video-hosting platforms such as YouTube, have been so numerous that sheer scale alone makes it impossible to define where his allegedly “controversial” and “offensive” statements begin, and where they end. But the relative intensity of coverage tells part of the story. According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, for the first 125 days of 2008 (January 1–May 4), the Wright-Obama relationship was the most frequently reported news item, receiving roughly 3.8-times more attention than did the second most frequently reported item, how the “superdelegates” were aligning in the primary process; it was covered 4.9-times as heavily as John McCain’s ties to lobbyists.13 Wright and his views also towered over the meager attention given to the views of Hagee, Parsley, and Robertson, and to their relationships with McCain. Media Matters for America reports that between February 27 and April 30 — the 27th having been the date on which Hagee endorsed McCain in San Antonio while McCain was campaigning with Parsley in Ohio — the New York Times and Washington Post “published more than 12 times as many articles” mentioning Wright and Obama as they did mentioning Hagee and McCain. In terms of editorials and op-eds, the ratio was even greater — more than 15 to 1.14
Similar patterns were true across the board. For the ninety-six-day period from February 27 through June 1, mentions of Wright’s name in conjunction with Obama’s outnumbered mentions of Hagee’s with McCain’s 10.5 times to 1; they also outnumbered mentions of Parsley’s with McCain’s 40.2 times to 1. (See table 1.) Remarkably, even the Reverend Louis Farrakhan’s name turned up in conjunction with Obama’s more frequently than did McCain’s with Hagee’s or Parsley’s — although Obama has had no connection with Farrakhan whatsoever. The Project for Excellence in Journalism reports that at the apex of its coverage (April 28–May 4), the Wright-Obama relationship “accounted for 42% of that week’s campaign stories,” while at its apex (May 19–25), the Hagee-McCain relationship “accounted for only 8%.”15 The next week (May 26–June 1), when Obama resigned from Trinity United Church of Christ after a video was circulated of the Catholic priest, Michael Pfleger, mocking Hillary Clinton during a guest sermon at the church, coverage of this “accounted for 13% of all the campaign stories.”16 Indeed, so obsessive and so recurring was the media’s focus on Jeremiah Wright, on Wright’s Trinity United, and on any person or topic that could be squeezed into this frame of reference and used to generate negative reporting and commentary about the black preacher and his ties to the black candidate, that even when the McCain campaign officially rejected the endorsements it had previously sought from Hagee and Parsley, nearly one-half as many more articles mentioned Obama-Wright than mentioned McCain together with Hagee or Parsley. (See table 2.) This reveals a deep bias of remarkable consistency.
for more details, visit
www.monthlyreview.org/080901herman-peterson.php
Do U Know Anyone Not Registered to Vote ?
Do you know anyone who isn't registered to vote ?
Are You Registered To Vote ?
Now that Barack Obama has made history by being the first African American
to be nominated for U S President, don't let it end there.
Don't be the weak link in the chain.
Here is what we must do in order to win. We must register ourserlves.
We must make certain that everyone we know is registered to vote.
Call 866-MY VOTE 1 to find out where to go in your city to register to vote.
There are 14 million Blacks registered to vote. About 5.5 million voted in the primary election.
That means that 8 million Black voters didn't vote but are cheering on the sidelines.
Add to that number the millions that aren't registered at all.
We Must Register and once registered We Must Vote
Are You Registered To Vote ?
Now that Barack Obama has made history by being the first African American
to be nominated for U S President, don't let it end there.
Don't be the weak link in the chain.
Here is what we must do in order to win. We must register ourserlves.
We must make certain that everyone we know is registered to vote.
Call 866-MY VOTE 1 to find out where to go in your city to register to vote.
There are 14 million Blacks registered to vote. About 5.5 million voted in the primary election.
That means that 8 million Black voters didn't vote but are cheering on the sidelines.
Add to that number the millions that aren't registered at all.
We Must Register and once registered We Must Vote
Sunday, August 31, 2008
my colleague monroe anderson travels with Obama
You may have seen him in our 2 part series on ZTV (Sundays Midnight Ch. 19)
with Obama on the campaign trail at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.
Now you can read his blog on his travels with Obama.
Monroe Anderson Blog Blast--Posting from Denver
Here are some of my posts from Denver.
More to come.
Monroe Anderson
"A fighter fights, a writer writes"--Chester Himes
with Obama on the campaign trail at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.
Now you can read his blog on his travels with Obama.
Monroe Anderson Blog Blast--Posting from Denver
Here are some of my posts from Denver.
More to come.
Monroe Anderson
"A fighter fights, a writer writes"--Chester Himes
Sunday, August 24, 2008
math problems?
Math was never my best subject, how about yours?
If you or your children need help, it's just a click away
When they ask for help with Math Homework - be prepared:
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If you or your children need help, it's just a click away
When they ask for help with Math Homework - be prepared:
http://www.mathway.com
Sunday, August 17, 2008
freebies for back to school
Essential back-to-school software
Visit: Download.com
You might be enjoying the dog days of summer now, but look out!
The school year is just around the corner, and teachers, books, classes, and winter
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a collection of downloadable software for communicating with classmates,
managing your homework, learning new study skills, or harnessing the reference
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Visit: Download.com
You might be enjoying the dog days of summer now, but look out!
The school year is just around the corner, and teachers, books, classes, and winter
will be here before you know it. Get a jump on the upcoming school year with
a collection of downloadable software for communicating with classmates,
managing your homework, learning new study skills, or harnessing the reference
power of the Internet. You can even find software to let you call your parents
free from college. (Seriously, your mom wants a call.)
mortgage madness 101
My CPA sent it to me, I'm sharing it with you!
Time to lock in your mortgage rate
Home buyers may find big savings in locking in mortgage interest rates.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Since mortgage interest rates are on the rise, home buyers can save considerable cash by locking in a reasonable rate when they find one.During the housing boom, interest rates were extremely low - generally between 5.5% and 6.5% - and very stable. So borrowers often didn't bother to ask lenders to lock in their rates regardless of market fluctuations.
If one good interest rate deal disappeared, another one was generally right around the corner. But today the mortgage market is very volatile, and rates are trending upwards. So losing out on a good deal may mean it's gone forever. If buyers see a bargain, say experts, they should pounce.
"If you hear of a rate that seems to be much better than the rest of market, get it in writing and lock it in," said Steve Habetz, a veteran mortgage broker in Connecticut.Mortgage giant Freddie Mac (FRE, Fortune 500) reported Thursday that the average rate for a 30-year fixed stood at 6.52%, up from less than 6% in May.Rates on the riseA panel of analysts surveyed by Bankrate.com - including Cameron Findlay, the chief economist for LendingTree.com; Mick Larson, real estate analyst at Weiss Research; and Dan Dowling, president of United Mortgage Capital Corp. - expects rates to go up in the next six weeks.With the threat of inflation growing and investors wary of buying mortgage securities, other forecasters have predicted rates will hit at least 7% by the end of the year.
For every half point interest rate increase, the monthly payment on a typical mortgage of $200,000 jumps nearly $70. That adds up to more than $800 a year, and $8,000 in the first 10 years of a 30-year mortgage alone. Locking in a rate is easy, as long as you have a contract or at least a binder on a home. Just tell your mortgage broker and he or she will give you a commitment in writing. Locks are available for as long as 60 days, according to Habetz, at very low cost.Locking in for 60 days may cost only an eighth of a point extra, turning a 6.5% loan into a 6.625% one. Paying that extra eighth of a percent makes sense if the locked rate is below market, or if you expect rates to rise.
"More than 60 days and the lender is usually looking for cash up front," said Habetz.Habetz had an offer from Wells Fargo (WFC, Fortune 500) several weeks ago that beat anything else available. It was for a 5-year adjustable rate mortgage with an introductory rate of 4.875% - at least a full percentage point lower than competing offers."It lasted only two or three days," he said, "and all we had time to do was to get the customers we were already working with into the loan." Those customers probably saved themselves $5,000 or so for every $100,000 they borrowed over the first five years. The amazing part of this story, to Habetz, was that not all his clients took advantage of the offer."Some of my customers said, 'That's an attractive offer. If it's that good, it will probably get better,' " he said.
Wrong. It only got worse, and those people locked themselves out of a great deal.But locking in your rate isn't entirely risk-free. After all, rates might actually go down."When rates go down," said Habetz, "most lenders won't take [your rate] down with them unless rates drop substantially. Then they may give you the new rate plus an eighth of a point." Certainty in an uncertain marketBut that scenario appears unlikely.Concerns about inflation are helping to push rates higher. "Inflation has gone from the back burner to the front," said Greg McBride, a senior financial analyst for Bankrate.com.
At the same time, nervous investors in mortgage backed securities, are demanding higher rates for buying these bonds in what they deem a very risky market. That translates into higher rates for borrowers.So locking in a good deal now should mean a lower rate for most borrowers. And besides saving them money, a lock should take some of the uncertainty out of financing a home purchase, since buyers can determine exactly what their monthly home ownership expenses will be several weeks before closing. "There are times in your financial life when you should be aggressive and there are times when you should be conservative," said McBride. "When you're buying a house and looking at mortgage rates, that's a time to be conservative."
Time to lock in your mortgage rate
Home buyers may find big savings in locking in mortgage interest rates.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Since mortgage interest rates are on the rise, home buyers can save considerable cash by locking in a reasonable rate when they find one.During the housing boom, interest rates were extremely low - generally between 5.5% and 6.5% - and very stable. So borrowers often didn't bother to ask lenders to lock in their rates regardless of market fluctuations.
If one good interest rate deal disappeared, another one was generally right around the corner. But today the mortgage market is very volatile, and rates are trending upwards. So losing out on a good deal may mean it's gone forever. If buyers see a bargain, say experts, they should pounce.
"If you hear of a rate that seems to be much better than the rest of market, get it in writing and lock it in," said Steve Habetz, a veteran mortgage broker in Connecticut.Mortgage giant Freddie Mac (FRE, Fortune 500) reported Thursday that the average rate for a 30-year fixed stood at 6.52%, up from less than 6% in May.Rates on the riseA panel of analysts surveyed by Bankrate.com - including Cameron Findlay, the chief economist for LendingTree.com; Mick Larson, real estate analyst at Weiss Research; and Dan Dowling, president of United Mortgage Capital Corp. - expects rates to go up in the next six weeks.With the threat of inflation growing and investors wary of buying mortgage securities, other forecasters have predicted rates will hit at least 7% by the end of the year.
For every half point interest rate increase, the monthly payment on a typical mortgage of $200,000 jumps nearly $70. That adds up to more than $800 a year, and $8,000 in the first 10 years of a 30-year mortgage alone. Locking in a rate is easy, as long as you have a contract or at least a binder on a home. Just tell your mortgage broker and he or she will give you a commitment in writing. Locks are available for as long as 60 days, according to Habetz, at very low cost.Locking in for 60 days may cost only an eighth of a point extra, turning a 6.5% loan into a 6.625% one. Paying that extra eighth of a percent makes sense if the locked rate is below market, or if you expect rates to rise.
"More than 60 days and the lender is usually looking for cash up front," said Habetz.Habetz had an offer from Wells Fargo (WFC, Fortune 500) several weeks ago that beat anything else available. It was for a 5-year adjustable rate mortgage with an introductory rate of 4.875% - at least a full percentage point lower than competing offers."It lasted only two or three days," he said, "and all we had time to do was to get the customers we were already working with into the loan." Those customers probably saved themselves $5,000 or so for every $100,000 they borrowed over the first five years. The amazing part of this story, to Habetz, was that not all his clients took advantage of the offer."Some of my customers said, 'That's an attractive offer. If it's that good, it will probably get better,' " he said.
Wrong. It only got worse, and those people locked themselves out of a great deal.But locking in your rate isn't entirely risk-free. After all, rates might actually go down."When rates go down," said Habetz, "most lenders won't take [your rate] down with them unless rates drop substantially. Then they may give you the new rate plus an eighth of a point." Certainty in an uncertain marketBut that scenario appears unlikely.Concerns about inflation are helping to push rates higher. "Inflation has gone from the back burner to the front," said Greg McBride, a senior financial analyst for Bankrate.com.
At the same time, nervous investors in mortgage backed securities, are demanding higher rates for buying these bonds in what they deem a very risky market. That translates into higher rates for borrowers.So locking in a good deal now should mean a lower rate for most borrowers. And besides saving them money, a lock should take some of the uncertainty out of financing a home purchase, since buyers can determine exactly what their monthly home ownership expenses will be several weeks before closing. "There are times in your financial life when you should be aggressive and there are times when you should be conservative," said McBride. "When you're buying a house and looking at mortgage rates, that's a time to be conservative."
mortgage madness
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Mortgages get more expensive - again
In wake of huge losses, Fannie Mae announces changes that will make home loans harder and more expensive to obtain.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The good news: Mortgage giant Fannie Mae is taking steps to shore up its finances. The bad news: You're going to pay for it when you take out a mortgage.
Fannie plays a central role in the market for home mortgages by purchasing loans, securitizing them and selling them to investors. In announcing announcing a $2.3 billion loss on Friday, it also said it would make major changes that could have a significant effect on mortgage liquidity and pricing.
The company said it will increase its fees, stop buying certain high-risk loans and charge a higher risk premium for buying loans in the declining market.
"[These actions] have raised the costs of mortgage credit and reduced its availability," said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Economy.com. "Policy makers had been hoping they would move forward to provide more credit and now they're just hoping they don't pull back."
The increases were inevitable, according to Keith Gumbinger of HSH Associates, a publisher of mortgage loan information.
"The cost of mortgage credit is getting pushed higher by the issues in the marketplace," he said. "They can't reduce their market exposure and that means more expensive mortgages."
Point taken! Times are tough
Fannie increased fees for some loans by a quarter of a percentage point, based on borrowers' credit scores and the amount of their down payments. It will charge, for example, 1% (up from 0.75%) for a buyer with a credit score of 680 paying 20% down.
And Fannie (FNM, Fortune 500) doubled its "adverse market delivery charge" to 0.5%. That is an across-the-board fee assessed against every loan Fannie buys, according to a Fannie spokeswoman. Fannie first instituted the charge this spring.
"It's very negative," said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors.
"Any time there's an additional imposition of fees in obtaining a mortgage, it knocks some potential buyers out of the market."
Fannie's smaller cousin, Freddie Mac (FRE, Fortune 500), which also announced a big loss this week, has been taking similar steps to shore up in finances and reduce its exposure to risky loans.
The additional fees imposed by Fannie will hit newcomers particularly hard, according to Yun. First-time buyers are usually most on the margins and struggling to afford a home purchase. The added fees will be passed on to borrowers and could mean quarter-point increases in interest rates.
Reducing the number of first-time buyers can have a domino effect on the market. Existing homeowners looking to trade up to bigger, more expensive homes may postpone doing so because they can't sell their present home.
Bye-bye to Alt-A loans
Fannie will also eliminate buying Alt-A loans by the end of 2008. Alt-A loans, a category between prime and subprime, accounted for about 11% of the company's loans during the last years of the boom. They have been used mostly by people who couldn't or wouldn't document their incomes, their assets or both.
These buyers will find it harder to obtain financing once Fannie stops buying the loans.
According to Yun, however, the cutback in Alt-A will hurt people buying second homes to rent out or resell, rather than first time homeowners.
"These are people who often rely on their good credit to buy investment properties putting little or no money down," he said.
But removing some of them from the market will decrease demand in a market already struggling with high inventory.
Fannie and Freddie, as private companies created and sponsored by the government, have to foster home ownership while satisfying their shareholders. They have to maintain profitability or risk triggering a government rescue.
"They were created to provide liquidity in times of crisis," said Yun. "If they don't do that, what's the point of having Fannie and Freddie in the first place?"
duh..
Mortgages get more expensive - again
In wake of huge losses, Fannie Mae announces changes that will make home loans harder and more expensive to obtain.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The good news: Mortgage giant Fannie Mae is taking steps to shore up its finances. The bad news: You're going to pay for it when you take out a mortgage.
Fannie plays a central role in the market for home mortgages by purchasing loans, securitizing them and selling them to investors. In announcing announcing a $2.3 billion loss on Friday, it also said it would make major changes that could have a significant effect on mortgage liquidity and pricing.
The company said it will increase its fees, stop buying certain high-risk loans and charge a higher risk premium for buying loans in the declining market.
"[These actions] have raised the costs of mortgage credit and reduced its availability," said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Economy.com. "Policy makers had been hoping they would move forward to provide more credit and now they're just hoping they don't pull back."
The increases were inevitable, according to Keith Gumbinger of HSH Associates, a publisher of mortgage loan information.
"The cost of mortgage credit is getting pushed higher by the issues in the marketplace," he said. "They can't reduce their market exposure and that means more expensive mortgages."
Point taken! Times are tough
Fannie increased fees for some loans by a quarter of a percentage point, based on borrowers' credit scores and the amount of their down payments. It will charge, for example, 1% (up from 0.75%) for a buyer with a credit score of 680 paying 20% down.
And Fannie (FNM, Fortune 500) doubled its "adverse market delivery charge" to 0.5%. That is an across-the-board fee assessed against every loan Fannie buys, according to a Fannie spokeswoman. Fannie first instituted the charge this spring.
"It's very negative," said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors.
"Any time there's an additional imposition of fees in obtaining a mortgage, it knocks some potential buyers out of the market."
Fannie's smaller cousin, Freddie Mac (FRE, Fortune 500), which also announced a big loss this week, has been taking similar steps to shore up in finances and reduce its exposure to risky loans.
The additional fees imposed by Fannie will hit newcomers particularly hard, according to Yun. First-time buyers are usually most on the margins and struggling to afford a home purchase. The added fees will be passed on to borrowers and could mean quarter-point increases in interest rates.
Reducing the number of first-time buyers can have a domino effect on the market. Existing homeowners looking to trade up to bigger, more expensive homes may postpone doing so because they can't sell their present home.
Bye-bye to Alt-A loans
Fannie will also eliminate buying Alt-A loans by the end of 2008. Alt-A loans, a category between prime and subprime, accounted for about 11% of the company's loans during the last years of the boom. They have been used mostly by people who couldn't or wouldn't document their incomes, their assets or both.
These buyers will find it harder to obtain financing once Fannie stops buying the loans.
According to Yun, however, the cutback in Alt-A will hurt people buying second homes to rent out or resell, rather than first time homeowners.
"These are people who often rely on their good credit to buy investment properties putting little or no money down," he said.
But removing some of them from the market will decrease demand in a market already struggling with high inventory.
Fannie and Freddie, as private companies created and sponsored by the government, have to foster home ownership while satisfying their shareholders. They have to maintain profitability or risk triggering a government rescue.
"They were created to provide liquidity in times of crisis," said Yun. "If they don't do that, what's the point of having Fannie and Freddie in the first place?"
duh..
Sunday, August 10, 2008
higher learning for students free!
After attending the UNITY Annual Journalists Convention last month, I recieved so much info, I couldn't help but pass it on!
Be sure and do the same!
FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MINORITY JOURNALISM STUDENTS
CHICAGO (July 23, 2008) – Today at the 2008 UNITY journalism convention, Cox Enterprises, Inc. announced the James M. Cox Foundation is awarding $50,000 in scholarships to support minority journalism students.
The scholarships will be managed by five minority journalism organizations: the Asian American Journalists Association (A AJ A), the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), the Native American Journalists Association (N AJ A) and the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA).
The scholarships are intended to promote journalistic excellence and are available to minority students pursuing a career in print, digital broadcast or photo journalism. Since UNITY began in 1994, the James M. Cox Foundation has provided $200,000 to support minority journalists.
Soon to celebrate its 110th anniversary, Cox Enterprises began with the purchase of the Dayton Evening (now Daily) News and continues today with journalism as a core profession of the highly diversified company.
“Cox has long been committed to educating, recruiting and retaining the best and most diverse news professionals,” said Tim W. Hughes, executive vice president of administration for Cox Enterprises. “As journalism evolves with new formats and technologies, we intend for these scholarships to help ensure that newsrooms continue to reflect and include diverse viewpoints and experiences.”
In addition to the scholarships, Cox Enterprises is promoting education and career growth by co-sponsoring UNITY’s Career Resource Center . Cox is sending staff from its newspapers, radio and television stations to counsel journalists and students at the Resource Center and critique samples of work. Cox representatives also can be found at the company’s booth (1825) at Chicago ’s McCormick Place West .
“UNITY values its partnership with Cox Enterprises and applauds Cox for its continuing commitment to supporting scholarship opportunities for young journalists of color especially during these challenging times both in our economy and the journalism industry,” said UNITY Executive Director, Onica N. Makwakwa. “This support from Cox Enterprises will allow our partners to focus more on our youth and continue to inspire more students into pursuing their dreams into journalism.”
The UNITY convention meets every four to five years and is the largest gathering of journalists of color. Almost 10,000 journalists and media executives meet to discuss timely issues affecting journalism and the media industry.
About Cox Enterprises:
Cox Enterprises is one of the nation's leading media companies and providers of automotive services, with 2007 revenues of $15 billion and more than 83,000 employees. Major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications, Inc. (cable television distribution, telephone, high-speed Internet access, commercial telecommunications, advertising solutions and Travel Channel); Cox Newspapers, Inc. (newspapers, local and national direct mail advertising); Cox Television (television and television sales rep firms); Cox Radio, Inc. ([NYSE: CXR] broadcast radio stations and interactive Web sites); Manheim, Inc. (vehicle auctions, repair and certification services and web-based technology products) and Cox Auto Trader (automotive publications and a majority stake in AutoTrader.com).
About the James M. Cox Foundation:
The James M. Cox Foundation was formed in 1957 from the estate of James M. Cox, the founder of Cox Enterprises, Inc. The Foundation makes grants to organizations represented in the areas of arts and culture, environment, health, human services and education.
Elizabeth Halter, Cox Enterprises
Public Relations Project Manager
6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30328
P: 678-645-0762
F: 678-645-0079
E: elizabeth.halter@coxinc.com
Be sure and do the same!
FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MINORITY JOURNALISM STUDENTS
CHICAGO (July 23, 2008) – Today at the 2008 UNITY journalism convention, Cox Enterprises, Inc. announced the James M. Cox Foundation is awarding $50,000 in scholarships to support minority journalism students.
The scholarships will be managed by five minority journalism organizations: the Asian American Journalists Association (A AJ A), the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), the Native American Journalists Association (N AJ A) and the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA).
The scholarships are intended to promote journalistic excellence and are available to minority students pursuing a career in print, digital broadcast or photo journalism. Since UNITY began in 1994, the James M. Cox Foundation has provided $200,000 to support minority journalists.
Soon to celebrate its 110th anniversary, Cox Enterprises began with the purchase of the Dayton Evening (now Daily) News and continues today with journalism as a core profession of the highly diversified company.
“Cox has long been committed to educating, recruiting and retaining the best and most diverse news professionals,” said Tim W. Hughes, executive vice president of administration for Cox Enterprises. “As journalism evolves with new formats and technologies, we intend for these scholarships to help ensure that newsrooms continue to reflect and include diverse viewpoints and experiences.”
In addition to the scholarships, Cox Enterprises is promoting education and career growth by co-sponsoring UNITY’s Career Resource Center . Cox is sending staff from its newspapers, radio and television stations to counsel journalists and students at the Resource Center and critique samples of work. Cox representatives also can be found at the company’s booth (1825) at Chicago ’s McCormick Place West .
“UNITY values its partnership with Cox Enterprises and applauds Cox for its continuing commitment to supporting scholarship opportunities for young journalists of color especially during these challenging times both in our economy and the journalism industry,” said UNITY Executive Director, Onica N. Makwakwa. “This support from Cox Enterprises will allow our partners to focus more on our youth and continue to inspire more students into pursuing their dreams into journalism.”
The UNITY convention meets every four to five years and is the largest gathering of journalists of color. Almost 10,000 journalists and media executives meet to discuss timely issues affecting journalism and the media industry.
About Cox Enterprises:
Cox Enterprises is one of the nation's leading media companies and providers of automotive services, with 2007 revenues of $15 billion and more than 83,000 employees. Major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications, Inc. (cable television distribution, telephone, high-speed Internet access, commercial telecommunications, advertising solutions and Travel Channel); Cox Newspapers, Inc. (newspapers, local and national direct mail advertising); Cox Television (television and television sales rep firms); Cox Radio, Inc. ([NYSE: CXR] broadcast radio stations and interactive Web sites); Manheim, Inc. (vehicle auctions, repair and certification services and web-based technology products) and Cox Auto Trader (automotive publications and a majority stake in AutoTrader.com).
About the James M. Cox Foundation:
The James M. Cox Foundation was formed in 1957 from the estate of James M. Cox, the founder of Cox Enterprises, Inc. The Foundation makes grants to organizations represented in the areas of arts and culture, environment, health, human services and education.
Elizabeth Halter, Cox Enterprises
Public Relations Project Manager
6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30328
P: 678-645-0762
F: 678-645-0079
E: elizabeth.halter@coxinc.com
Sunday, July 20, 2008
How to Prepare for Major Power Outages
Natural disasters and other major events have the potential to cause problems with the supply of electricity to your home. Here's how you can prepare for power disruption.
Things You’ll Need:
Distilled Water
Camping Lanterns
Flashlights
Cooking and Lighting
Step1
Stock extra candles, flashlights and extra batteries, lighters and matches.
Step2
For extra security, get a camping lantern with extra fuel and mantels and a camping stove.
Step3
If you have a fireplace or wood stove, consider getting a small metal rack, such as those used over campfires for cooking.
Step4
Stock up on paper plates, cups and plastic utensils to eliminate wasting water on dishwashing.
Keeping Warm
Step1
Make sure you have warm clothes appropriate for nighttime temperatures in your region. Dress in layers and remove layers when you are physically active.
Sweat can soak your clothing and ruin insulating properties.
Step2
Stock extra blankets and/or sleeping bags for every member of your household.
Step3
Stock up on extra wood if you have a fireplace or wood stove.
Step4
If the power stays out for an extended period, close off unneeded sections of your home and gather the members of your household in a central area.
Step5
Hang blankets over windows and use towels to block drafts under doors. Hang other blankets around sleeping areas. You are at a higher risk of freezing when you are sleeping and inactive.
Things You’ll Need:
Distilled Water
Camping Lanterns
Flashlights
Cooking and Lighting
Step1
Stock extra candles, flashlights and extra batteries, lighters and matches.
Step2
For extra security, get a camping lantern with extra fuel and mantels and a camping stove.
Step3
If you have a fireplace or wood stove, consider getting a small metal rack, such as those used over campfires for cooking.
Step4
Stock up on paper plates, cups and plastic utensils to eliminate wasting water on dishwashing.
Keeping Warm
Step1
Make sure you have warm clothes appropriate for nighttime temperatures in your region. Dress in layers and remove layers when you are physically active.
Sweat can soak your clothing and ruin insulating properties.
Step2
Stock extra blankets and/or sleeping bags for every member of your household.
Step3
Stock up on extra wood if you have a fireplace or wood stove.
Step4
If the power stays out for an extended period, close off unneeded sections of your home and gather the members of your household in a central area.
Step5
Hang blankets over windows and use towels to block drafts under doors. Hang other blankets around sleeping areas. You are at a higher risk of freezing when you are sleeping and inactive.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
June West Side Minister's Coalition
Rev. Dr. Louis Flowers officiatingIf you want to know what's happening in the
Austin Community, and the city of Chicago
(and network with city officials, community leaders,
local celebrities, get job updates, funding info)
then you need to attend this FREE Monthly Networking
Event at the Jackson Park Reflectory
Jackson and Central in the Park!
Community Leaders Sharing the Wealth of Info
Rev. Dr. Joseph Jones and
State Senator Ricky Henton
giving the 411 on funding available for
Illinois residents
above
Rev. Flowers and Otis Monroe
of the Monroe Foundation
Sen. Ricky Henton warning residents of
Aldermen who don't have their best
interests at heart
Sen. Henton and Rev. Dr. Louis Flowers
Community Leaders
Rev. Chisum
Sen. Ricky Henton
Mother
Zelda Robinson (CLTV Traffic Reporter/Columnist Noir Woman News/Chicago Sun-Times)
State Senator Ricky Henton, Rev. Dr. Joseph Jones, Pleasant Ridge M.B. Church
Back of Pastor Jones T-Shirt
Obama Style
Front of Pastor Jones T-Shirt
Obama Style
How Safe is your drinking water?
Presentation from Joe
demonstration of unsafe water and everday drinks
including Gatorade, Pops, etc.
How ALKALINE water is the
ONLY WATER we should be drinking!
Even Chicago's Finest Pay attention!
Water Testing with your hands
showing how our hands are toxic
from drinking tap/faucet water
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