Free Font Friday: PUBLIC GOTHIC
2009-11-06 14:00:00 Check out the cool* and free font by the minimalists at Antrepo Design Product. They have crafted a font that is a little industrial, little vintage, little condensed, and little bold. My favorite is the square version, but with 4 styles you can pick your own. The font works on both Windows and Mac, and is only ...
By: The Paragon Muse
My counterargument: Principal Steve Perry wants Obama kids to go to public
2009-11-01 06:20:00 CNN featured Principal Steve Perry on "Black in America" Part 2 President Barack H. Obama voluntarily ran for the President of the United States of America, but I don't see one piece of documentation stating that Sasha and Malia Obama had to be the guinea pigs for public school education. However, tonight on CNN's "Black Men in the Age of President Obama," Dr. Steve Perry discussed Obama's decision to not send his daughters to a public school with CNN news anchor Don Lemon. And while I respect Principal Steve Perry, of Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut, for what he's done for his students, I disagree. Principal Perry was featured on CNN's "Black in America" Part 2, and his...
Chicago's public housing through international eyes
2009-10-29 18:30:00 Raquel Rolnik talks to Sean Johnson, a resident of Altgeld Gardens, about his housing problemsI imagined she would be austere and solemn. Sort of like the White Witch of Narnia, only not evil and speaking several languages. Turns out that Raquel Rolnik, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, is anything but reserved. It's not often you meet a Brazilian housing policy expert who empathizes with a black man from Chicago's public housing, but that's just what Rolnik is like. On her three day visit to Chicago, she's taken to the streets, trying to meet people and hear their stories directly. Her tour of Chicago's public housing started at the city's most famous development - Cabrini-Green....
Another GTL? Open Post Monday: ObamaCare Public Option Finally Gains Harry
2009-10-27 04:04:00 THE Gun Toting Liberal Reaches Out To His Fellow Commentators -Slash- Co-Bloggers And Readers To Furnish Their Opinions On Any Of The Above, Below, Or Anything Else Political One Wishes To O-Pine On… Okay, let’s have some more of that good ole’ Open Post fun again, shall we? ... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
10,000 coats for Chicago's public housing kids
2009-10-21 19:40:00 Photo courtesy Operation WarmThis weekend, the Chicago Housing Authority and national nonprofit Operation Warm will give out 10,000 coats to public housing kids across the city. Any public housing resident with a child born after January 1st, 1995 is eligible to receive one new coat per child. To reserve a coat for your child, you can sign up on the CHA youth website or by calling the hotline at (312) 786-3621. "Kids grow fast and are often in need of a new coat every single year," says Kristen Hamer, director of community relations at CHA. "It's an expense our families don't have to incur this year if they take advantage of this initiative."Of the 10,000 coats available, about 7,000 are...
One strike and you're out: public housing residents and the one-strike
2009-10-20 23:15:00 Eugene Bailey leaves Cook County jail after his release Monday. Photo by Jason Wambsgans of the Tribune. There's been a lot of talk today over Eugene Bailey, a Roseland teen charged and later exonerated in the beating and death of Derrion Albert. Bailey and his mom, Ava Grayer, were served with an "intent to terminate" notice from the Chicago Housing Authority, letting them know that Chicago Housing Authority was planning to evict them from their Section 8 apartment over the charges. Many people were outraged. A family evicted just for someone being charged? What about due process? And why should the mother be evicted for her son's behavior?...
Another GTLâ„¢ Open Post Tuesday: Healthcare Public Option? G.O.P. (Un) Po
2009-10-20 22:29:00 THE Gun Toting Liberal Reaches Out To His Fellow Commentators -Slash- Co-Bloggers And Readers To Furnish Their Opinions On Any Of The Above, Below, Or Anything Else Political One Wishes To O-Pine On… Wow, my apologies to our readers — I just realized this is the first open thread... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Low public funding requires high system-generated revenue; thus, big fare h
2009-10-13 13:00:00 In a comment on yesterday's post about the 2010 CTA budget, Ed rightly pointed out that it's "very very significant" that the CTA's recovery ratio -- fare generated revenue -- for 2010 is almost 71%. By law the minimum recovery ratio is 50%, but "the significant reduction in public funding forces a recovery ratio for the CTA that far exceeds the requirement," notes the CTA's detailed budget recommendation.The budget document goes on to say:The recovery ratios in other regions throughout the country are far lower depending on the level of public tax support for transit in those regions. The Chicago region is one of the few in the country with a legislatively mandated recovery ratio of at least 50%. CTA,...
Chicago Public Library announces winner of "Sound Off" music cont
2009-10-12 22:55:00 OK, maybe the Chicago Public Library isn't the first group you'd expect to hold a local music contest.But the CHIPUBLIB "Sound Off" music contest does exist, and it's over, with the grand prize going to Wicker Park-based rapper Psalm One's "My Bucket Song." Want to hear the tune that took home the gold? Psalm One will perform that song and more Oct. 22 at Pritzker Park. Bonus: The show is free.What's your favorite song about Chicago?...
Chicago Public high school fight brings back memories of past rival high sc
2009-10-06 17:46:00 As much as I wish Chicago Tribune reporters Azam Ahmed, Kristen Mack and Annie Sweeney didn't have to report on stories like "Fenger kids tell why they fight" and that the Derrion Albert murder hadn't occurred altogether, I think it's a step in the right direction to let these kids speak up. This article gave these kids the opportunity to tell their side instead of the police brushing it off as "gang related." Fenger student Vashion Bullock's question, "How many times you want me to walk away? We've been running for so long and we're tired of running" struck a chord. But it was one sentence on the second page that really brought back my own high school memories:...
What went wrong with Chicago's public housing?
2009-10-06 16:25:00 The "tot lot" in 60s Park ForestIn the quintessential baby boom town of Park Forest, Illinois, there was almost one child for every adult in the early 1960s. The ratio was high - nearly twice that of most places. Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes were built in the early 60s. What was there child to adult ratio?2.86 There were almost three children for every one adult. Remember your elementary classroom on the day the substitute was in charge? Take that disorder and multiply it. Robert Taylor had almost 27,000 residents at its peak. Then add 16 story high-rise buildings with not enough elevators, shoddy construction and not enough playgrounds....
Chicago Public Libraries decrease hours in 2010
2009-10-06 04:56:00 Harold Washington Library My parents had a fairly reasonable reference library at home, but I recall many nights of sitting in my local library to study for high school projects. Sometimes I'd be with a study group, but most of the time I was alone and my father would usually pick me up later if I didn't want to walk home. On the ride home from the library with my father, I remembered how many countless library walks we'd take just to go read for fun. And then I found out tonight that Chicago public libraries are cutting their hours. According to WGN News, 76 branches of the Chicago Public Library system will have reduced hours from Monday through...
Healthcare: Democratic Senator From Iowa ? Tom Harkin ? Says The Public Opt
2009-09-30 06:02:00 Senator Harkin: “Bring it out there, let’s vote on it” President Barack Hussein Obama’s “public option” — what a TREASONOUS idea! Our Founding Fathers would be rolling over in their graves at the thought of every poor child in our Great Democratic Republic... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Free ?I Want A Public Option? bumper sticker
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By: Free Stuff Times
NZ police let public write laws
2009-09-23 17:59:00 28-9-2007, Auckland, New Zealand -- New Zealanders have been given the chance to write their own laws, with a new online tool launched by police. The "wiki" will allow the public to suggest the wording of a new police act, as part of a government review of the current law, written ...
Obama Needs a Health Care Plan Before he Engages the Public
2009-09-23 01:33:00 Perhaps the most telling comment in today’s Washington Post roundup of the reaction or various “political experts” to the President’s “medis offensive” on health care this weekend was this comment from Lanny J. Davis, Special Counsel to President Bill Clinton from 1996 to 1998, one of the two Democrats surveyed: Now it is time for him ...
By: GayPatriot
How to Catch the Audience?s Attention When Speaking in Public
2009-09-21 16:14:00 Nothing would frustrate an audience more than listening to a boring or ?bad? public speaker. One of the things that you should remember when delivering a speech is that it is very easy to divert the audience?s attention. Once they find your speech uninteresting, they would not want to watch you in front, hence they will ...
By: How do to things
Twista releases new mixtape dedicated to Chicago public schools
2009-09-21 05:42:00 Twista - S.O.S. (Save Our Students) [MIXTAPE]"Dedicated to the students of Chicago. Stop the violence and get educated."- TwistaTwista has just dropped a new mixtape with the special dedication going to today's Chicago youth, as the city still has much room to improve in its school system and violence in general. It's always a great thing to see a Chicago artist give back for a positive cause and Twista will be doing so even more by distributing physical copies of the mixtape to Chicago Public School students on Tuesday, according to Andrew. The previously released "Problems" is an appropriate start to the mixtape, which also features NEW songs featuring fellow Chicago talent and GMG mates Skooda Chose, Liffy Strokes, &...
Job - Haberman — Modern Storyteller — Public Relations Account Manager
2009-09-19 17:57:00 Haberman — Modern Storyteller — Public Relations Account Manager
5 Reasons for Caution in the Stock Market and Housing Casino. Public Priva
2009-09-17 07:21:00 It is official that the stock market has gone into full casino mode. Since the March low the S&P 500 has rallied to the tune of 60 percent. The only other time you will see such a fierce rally was during the Great Depression. Yet what people fail to see in the current system is ...
Job - Internship at Roepke Public Relations
2009-09-15 16:02:00 Internship at Roepke Public Relations
Chicago Mom Breastfeeds in Public
2009-09-15 03:29:00 Did you see the Sun Times last week? The picture on the front page, of all places, showed two moms nursing their babies in public.According to the article, Lauren Trost was nursing her 7 month old son, Hank, outside in a public plaza in Lincoln Square. Another mom walking by with her two young children noticed that Lauren was doing this outside in public and threatened to call the police. She told others gathered in the plaza that it was indecent and illegal. So, guess what Lauren did? Not only did she continue to nurse her baby, she also rallied other breast feeding moms and their nursing infants to join in on a breast feeding protest, again, outside in public....
Now open: Beckett's Public House
2009-09-15 01:17:00 Looking for a new perch to nurse that Guinness? Lakeview's Wilde now has a neighborhood sibling: Beckett's Public House, now open tonight in the former Belly's address on Lincoln Avenue. Expect this pub to have plenty of similarities to its older sibling, such as a library nook with a fireplace, wood-paneled walls and a menu of American comfort food and Irish-inspired classics....
The Travolta?s First Public Appearance Since January
2009-09-12 21:16:00 There’s no doubt that it’s been a very hard year for the Travolta family. After losing their son in January, they each as individuals seemed to fall apart. Understandably so. John Travolta couldn’t be seen, much less interviewed, except for driving a golf cart around his massive estate in the wee hours of the morning. ...
My name is ? When public art, biography and history collide
2009-09-12 15:43:00 Spinoza, for those who missed this 17th century Dutch philosopher?s moment of celebrity, is one of the guys who helped put God ? the idea of god ? into its rightful abstract place. For Spinoza, nature was absolute and his political philosophy spiraled out from this essential truth. He was one of the ...
Enrollment in Public Colleges Rapidly Expanding
2009-09-10 16:39:00 An article from the NY Post reporting the large numbers of students now choosing to attend CUNY (and other public colleges) costing far less than the privates, reminded me what a joy it was for me teaching philosophy at Brooklyn College to such able students from all over the world as well as NYC. Brooklyn ...
Going Public (School)?
2009-09-09 16:01:00 This Crain's trend story (Sorry, kids: It's public school now) suggests that scads of Chicago parents are sending their kids to public schools because of the recession, but has no hard figures to back that up. It makes sense that this might be happening, but I'd be less skeptical if there were some numbers in the story, or reduced applications at private schools that could be verified. (Remember the Tribune piece a couple of years ago about parents moving back into Chicago and sending their kids to CPS?)And, it should be noted, there are lots of private schools that aren't all that great. The piece assumes that private is better, and that's not necessarily the case except at the very...
Initial Public Offering Procedure
2009-09-04 14:39:00 Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) are always considered good trading and investing opportunities. IPOs are also the key step, from which a company's financial info and growth potential are made available to the public. An initial public offering procedure is as follows:The very first step is the company registration. All public traded companies need to register with the concerned regulatory body; in the USA it is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The registration demands filing public offering and other legal documents. The company prospects are to be made publicly available. The prospects should include details such as present company financials, company management, stock owners, growth potential and potential risks.After the registration, the company needs to tie up with investment bank(s) for the distribution of their shares.The next step is the price setting. Both the company and the investment bank come together to set a price. The price can be of lowest IPO price (t...
The Public Option: Not Gone . . . Just Hiding!
2009-09-04 09:09:00 For those of you who have not heard of grassfire.org: Its a non-profit 501(c)4 organization whose goal is to fight the kind of Liberalism we see coming out of Washington today; they do this through e-mail, news releases and with their website. On the Grassfire website you’ll find loads of information and petitions ...
Should public housing residents be drug tested?
2009-09-03 22:30:00 One of the towers of Lake Parc PlaceI had met Shirley Newsome a couple of times before she got up and spoke at the public comment hearing Tuesday evening. It wasn't a surprise to me that she was there.Shirley Newsome is the definition of being involved in her community, and the hearing allowed people to comment on a new plan for selecting residents at Lake Parc Place - two public housing towers right of the lake shore at Oakwood Boulevard. This new plan would require residents to pass a drug test in order to live there.Newsome is an extremely well put together woman who lives in North Kenwood-Oakland. She's on about every committee and in every organization she could be:...
Healthcare ? On President Obama?s Public Option, There Might Not Be Enough
2009-09-02 03:23:00 Public Option For ObamaCare Solution A Sound Strategy? I’m Not YET Convinced. Liberal Democratic Senators Successfuly Force “No Republican Filibuster” Vote For Liberal ObamaCare, It’d Better WORK And Work WELL For President Barack Hussein Obama’s Sake. TPM Muckracker... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Join Oprah for free public taping in downtown Chicago Sept. 8
2009-09-01 00:53:00 Oprah is starting her 24th season with a FREE PUBLIC TAPING Sept. 8 at Michigan and Ohio that will feature "an appearance" by the Black Eyed peas, according to a press release. No official word on whether "Boom Boom Pow" will echo down the Magnificent Mile. Admission is free but count on standing for the two-hour taping. Also, bring your own snacks and water. The show will tape at Michigan and Ohio and promises to reroute traffic as thousands are expected to show up. According to the statement, doors will open at noon Sept. 8 and taping will begin at 5 p.m. rain or shine. "Camping overnight will not be permitted," so if you were thinking about it, don't. Also,...
Legislative crime spree devastates Illinois public schools
2009-08-31 00:33:00 Many people have asked me, "So, what's the big deal, if the General Assembly gives millions of dollars to parochial schools, even if the State Constitution does prohibit such a thing?" The big deal is that the State Legislature is cutting a huge amount of money from essential public school programs, such as textbooks, to pay for it. I've told you, in previous blog posts, about how the Springfield Capital Bill is donating millions of your tax dollars to parochial schools, in clear violation of Article X, Section 3, of the Illinois Constitution. Now comes word, in this article from Friday's (August 28, 2009) Chicago Tribune, that the Legislature is eliminating a state fund to buy textbooks for public schools. Last year, according to...
Connecticut Public Funding Law Held Unconstitutional Because it Discriminat
2009-08-28 22:52:00 [From Ballot Access News] August 27th, 2009 On August 27, U.S. District Court Judge Stefan Underhill, a Clinton appointee, held that Connecticut’s public funding law for candidates is so discriminatory in favor of the two major parties, and against all other parties and candidates, that it is unconstitutional in its entirety. The opinion is 138 pages long. ...
Kathleen Neill Arrested For Posing Nude In Public (NSFW Photos)
2009-08-27 20:09:00 Model Kathleen Neill was arrested after posing completely nude for the famous photographer Zach Hyman at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Wednesday (August 26). Hyman asked, “Why is this wrong? There were thousands of people in the Met today looking at nudes as art, but as soon as there is a real ...
Wednesday news round up: the church of public housing?
2009-08-26 16:10:00 Photo by Sarah Jane RheeGreensboro North Carolina is all a-twitter over the local housing authority is applying rules on religion. The Fair Housing Act prohibits organizations receiving HUD funds from "engaging in inherently religious activities."In Greensboro, officials have interpreted that to mean that residents can't use common areas for Bible study or a voluntary religious service. What do you think? Is it a violation of residents' freedoms? Or is it ensuring government-owned property isn't used to spread religion?U.S. housing, confidence data points to recovery - WaPo says we're shaking off this recession and housing numbers prove it.Looking to divide the pie more fairly - Philadelphia public schools are considering a measure close to my heart: changing the way we fund...
FCC Wants Public's Help to Define "Broadband"
2009-08-21 16:06:00 From msnbc.com: Tech and gadgets: U.S. telecommunications regulators on Thursday sought public comment on how to define "broadband," a step that could impact how the industry delivers Internet services to consumers. The Federal Communications Commission issued a fact-finding not
US Public Diplomacy Failure to Reach Out to the Russians After Terrorist At
2009-08-19 09:06:00 FreeMediaOnline.org, Free Media Online Blog, GovoritAmerika.us, Commentary by Ted Lipien, August 18, 2009, San Francisco — Ever since the United States Information Agency (USIA) was dismantled in a foolish post-Cold War cost-cutting move, the U.S. State Department and American diplomats abroad have not been able to present a coherent message to foreign ...
President Barack Hussein Obama Backpedals On Both Public Healthcare Option
2009-08-18 04:35:00 White House Drops Their Own Version Of Former President Bush’s “Terrorism Information and Prevention System” (TIPS) Program For Citizens Who Intentionally Spread Disinformation About ObamaCare Proposal After Intense Heat From Civil Libertarians… For those who need a... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Howard Dean and 'public option' health insurance
2009-08-18 03:28:00 'DR. NANCY SNYDERMAN: If we took a public option and retooled it somewhat, why not make the case to the American public that we will allow people below the age of 65 to buy into Medicare even if there's some trimming that has to be done out of that budget too?DR. HOWARD DEAN: That's all I want. If you allowed people to buy into Medicare who are below 65 years old, that's a public option, and that's what we need.'You've probably read or heard about Howard Dean's solution for the 'public option' maze of cross purposes we're being treated to while support for any reform melts away like a polar ice cap, exposing Atlantis' library of scrolls underneath...So I'm passing on this snippet of his interview here as my way of saying, Listen to the doctor on this one. It's worth a try. Now. Wonder what exactly he means by, "buy into"?
White House appears ready to drop ?public option?
2009-08-16 21:07:00 White House appears ready to drop ‘public option’ WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s administration signaled on Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run health insurance as part of his ambitious health care proposal. Facing mounting opposition to the overhaul, administration officials left open the chance for a ...
By: TexasFred's
Prison: the new public housing? Thursday news round up
2009-08-13 16:00:00 Photo by Tim Pearce The Poverty in America blog at change.org riffs off of Barbara Ehrenreich's NYT op-ed. There's 2.3 million Americans living in public housing. There's 2.3 million Americans living behind bars. We know that many people who end up in prison come from rough neighborhoods. And there's no shortage of people who like to blame crime on public housing residents. So is it much of a leap to say prison is a form of public housing? Most of the young people I meet have a friend or relative in prison and many expect to spend at least a night or two there themselves. Maybe the real question is: who is better off?Public housing banning policy tears families apart -...
Jaime Pressly Peeing In Public Scandal (Photos, Video)
2009-08-13 03:10:00 My Name Is Earl star Jaime Pressly, who reportedly had been drinking a lot, was literally caught with her pants down, squatting outside The Abbey and peeing right there and then in broad daylight in West Hollywood on Sunday (August 9). The 32 year-old actress felt the need to defend herself via Twitter with some extreme ...
Durbin open to health bill without public plan
2009-08-09 20:22:00 Senator Dick Durbin (R-Ill.) always has been a political realist, and he's showing it again by broaching what most progressive adherents of health reform would consider to be anathem: a package without a government-run plan. (The story is here.)"I support a public option, but, yes, I am open" to a bill without it," Durbin told CNN.This, of course, is more than a local story, because Durbin, as the Democratic Party's whip, is the second most powerful person in the Senate. Is Durbin relaying a signal from the Obama White House that perhaps all is not going as well as hoped, and is willing to negotiate a package not as extravagent as originally proposed? Or is it a signal to the...
Bashing: comparing public reaction of the release of captives in the United
2009-08-09 17:20:00 The recent return of Laura Ling and Euna Lee from 140 days of captivity in North Korea is cause for much celebration and happiness. They are safe and unharmed, and the rest of the world can now breathe easily knowing that they are back home. Ever since they were captured, vigils were held all across ...
[Training] Public Courses
2009-08-09 11:57:00 I’ve been getting more questions from readers as to when I’ll be giving a public course in their area, so I thought I’d put up a quick little post on the topic. Advanced Distributed Systems Design with SOA & DDD Sep 7th, London UK Sep 21, Brussels Belgium Nov 30, Austin Texas - USA Loosely-Coupled Messaging with NServiceBus Sep 16th, London ...
Deepshikha, Shraddha Nigam and Shruti Seth at Public Enemies premiere
2009-08-08 23:11:00 Deepshikha, Shraddha Nigam and Shruti Seth at Public Enemies premiere.......
Public Relations 101: Know the basics
2009-08-07 21:31:00 Public relations* is often associated with strumpetting (sorry couldn’t completely resist the linkbait opportunity) and can have a negative connotation. There are several reasons I suppose for PR’s own poor image, including: The low cost of barrier for the profession. Anyone can set up shop with a low price laptop. Hey, you can write, right? Yes, but not everyone can really write. The fact that PR professionals are paid to communicate with others and the inherent potential for conflict of interest. While I don’t fully agree with Wikipedia’s COI policies, I can understand some of the rationale behind them. So, there’s a perception — born in reality by the crappy work of a few — that we’re not always the most trustworthy As part of the pay for services, PR pros are tempted to focus on short-term results at the risk of most everything else — like long-term relationships and burning bridges, and the potential harm on their reputatio...
By: Mike's Points
What are the lives of 3 public housing kids worth? Their mom files suit for
2009-08-04 00:31:00 Ebony Tiggs, a mother who lost three children in electrical fire in September 2008, filed a wrongful death suit in Cook County court today.The case is filed against the Housing Authority of Cook County, and asks for $51 million dollars from the housing authority, accusing the agency of neglience that resulted in the deaths of Cory Robinson, Jr., Jordan Robinson and Cameron Robinson.... |
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