Hey, I think I like this band
Usually when on my way to the ‘Notebook’ I listen to the band above, Paramore. I don’t know what it is about their music, but it’s catchy. My interest didn’t start until listening to their two songs, Decode and Caught Myself, included on the Twilight movie soundtrack. No, I am not a Twi-hart or whatever Stephenie Meyer fans [...]
Oh, the God of War
Video Game – E3 2009 – E3 ’09 Live One of the very reason why I must obtain a Playstaion 3 soon, I’ve played only the first God of War and its prequel thus far, so I am so eager to play two and three.
Oh, the Star Wars
Video Game – E3 2009 – Video Game Trailers For those of you who view my dear old website, thank you, and please accept my apology for not posting as much. For starters, I have been busy attempting to get my new/old project off the ground, a graphic novel that takes place in Philadelphia. [...]
More Media Bashing By Fox
The point that Montel Williams was trying to make during this time last year clearly is that there are people dying everyday in Iraq. Though Fox and others are trying to stay focus on the fact pf the passing of Heath Ledger, because this is something that is bringing in more rightings. You even witness how at the end [...]
Can we really trust our media?
Around last year was when I really started paying attention to the news or at least trying to stay up to date with what his happening in the world, so that I could ultimately write/blog and voice my concerns and opinions. Throughout the stations that promises to deliver the best on the spot news the [...]
Man’s best friend?
Over the past few months I have noticed violent behaviour towards dogs around my neighborhood, begining first with a young dog starved so that he could be ready to fight. Sadly, the dog lost the fight and the next day was found tied up in a trash bag left by a light pole to be [...]
The Barber
I like this story, though I am sure much more can go into it and when read it will probaby be a little confusing. It is loosely based on the Sweeney Todd barber and is generally my interpretation of what some individuals will do to themselves because of their hatred for our president, Barrack Obama. I [...]
Life as a teacher…assistant.
I never thought, even though I started the position as a teachers assistant in the fall of 2007, that I would be helping to teacher 7-8 year olds. Today was the first day at Summer Camp with the K-6 program at the Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs. Let me tell you, kids can [...]
Outstanding parenting…yeah right (part 3)
How can a parent forget their child in a heated vehicle? Sure I can forgive the first grandparent who did it, but when it starts to happen 3 times in the same month, enough is enough I think. Was watching the news yesterday and saw a report about a couple I believe who forgot their child. [...]
Outstanding Parenting…yeah right (part 2)
Yesterday as I waited for the 33 bus after getting my copy of the Spiderwick Chronicles DVD from FYE, a mother walked by, who looked to be in her 20′s, walked by and was talking on her phone. Thing is a few feet behind her was her son, shoes untied, and trying despertly to catch [...]
News from today’s Inky- Patients, hospitals wrestle over tumor tissueAll Niki Perry wanted was pieces of her own brain, and she got angrier by the day as she tried to get them. […]
- Merchantville has a proposal for Cherry HillSome liken it to two people dating. There's a courting period to get to know each other before anyone pops the question. […]
- Floyd, Warner convicted of first-degree murder in Liczbinski's killingNeither Eric DeShann Floyd nor Levon T. Warner fired a shot the day Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski had his fatal encounter with a trio of fleeing bank robbers. But a jury on Wednesday ruled that Floyd, the driver of the getaway car, and Warner, a passenger, were as culpable as triggerman Howard Cain, 33, who was killed by police after Liczbinski […]
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- Phil Goldsmith: Ackerman and SRC tone-deaf to Philadelphia taxpayers' financial plightTHIS MONTH, School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman has been bringing in high-priced administrators and shuffling her administrative team more than Charlie Manuel has changed the Phillies' injury-plagued lineup. But the district says not to worry: These changes are "budget-neutral." […]
- Domonic Brown lives up to hype in Phillies debutThe Phillies called him up to the big leagues yesterday after just 28 games at Triple A, and they felt comfortable enough in his ability to hit him sixth in a lineup that was riding a six-game winning streak. […]
- Sources: On-duty cop caught on video stealing from Pat's CafePat's Cafe, a tiny corner bar in the Lower Northeast, is regarded as something of a sacred space by local residents and men and women in blue. […]
- Phil Goldsmith: Ackerman and SRC tone-deaf to Philadelphia taxpayers' financial plight
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- Notes from the news, July 29Vietnamese parent sues district, saying she was attacked at S. Philadelphia High The Inquirer The alleged attack occurred in January 2009, before LaGreta Brown was principal, but Brown and the District are charged with failing to protect the civil rights of Asian students. See also: Mother of Asian student files suit for January attack at South Philadelphia […]
- 'Waiting for Superman': Help or menace"Waiting for 'Superman'," this year's highly touted education documentary, had a preview screening in Philadelphia Tuesday night, and its producer, Lesley Chilcott, clearly hopes it can have as big an impact on US schools as her previous collaboration with director Davis Guggenheim on "An Inconvenient Truth" had on awarenes […]
- Race to the Top 1, teachers' jobs 0?While the announcement of the finalists of Race to the Top's second round takes up major education headlines this week, $10 billion of emergency aid to save teachers' jobs died quietly in the US Senate. read more […]
- Notes from the news, July 29
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- E-3In the world of gaming there are many things that fill us with uncontrollable squealing schoolgirl like glee. For example earning the highscore in a game that has been under ownership for the past three years, but for some reason there is over two decades of calculated hours logged into it. Another Justin Beamer CD […]
- Heroes on PatrolWho would have ever thought… […]
- Wait, Cole has hair????Infamous is a fun game if you like the action adventure type, I played it after finishing Batman:Arkam Asylum. The only thing though is that if you've seen a 'Karma' system once then you've seen it hundreds of times. […]
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- the ADA twenty years on: still fighting for home careTuesday was the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA is another product of 1960s and 70s movement building (an oral history and archive is fittingly hosted by UC Berkeley). There's too much history to telescope into a short post, but the dimensions of what the movement was fighting against are shown in a few examples. Thro […]jennifer
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Files Lawsuit Against Wells Fargo for Reverse Redlining Philadelphia's NeighborhoodsIn case you have not seen it, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) has filed suit against Wells Fargo Bank. The PHRC, which is responsible for enforcing Pennsylvania's anti-discrimination laws, has alleged that Wells Fargo systematically 'reverse redlined' Philadelphia neighborhoods, by concentrating expensive, abusive loans in P […]Dan U-A
- Women's Empowerment Film Festival August 7thWOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT SUMMER FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY ITVS, WHYY and the Leeway Foundation in partnership with the Coalition of Labor Union Women, the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians and the Women's Medical Fund. Escape the heat, grab your friends and family, and join us for an air-conditioned afternoon of award-winning films! All screening […]philly_communitycinema
- The Philadelphia Democratic Party is worse than I realizedI haven’t posted on YPP for a while because I’ve been doing a blog about Women and Retirement at http://www.the-next-stage.com/ However, I find my self increasingly writing about politics rather than focusing on retirement issues. It’s become clear to me that one of the main reasons I retired was to be able to devote more time to my activist projects. My job […]kbojar
- State tells child services provider to compensate familiesPhiladelphia preschoolers with a disability have — for more than a year — been shut out of critical services by a private agency hired by the state to deliver those services. Now the state has stepped in — thanks to a complaint filed by the Education Law Center and Disability Rights Network — and issued a directive to the agency: Compensate these families im […]bschaeffer
- the ADA twenty years on: still fighting for home care
