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- II - The Old Kingdom ca 2686-2181 BC During the Old Kingdom the Egyptian society moved from tribal communities to a fully developed theocratic system, where the power of the king was absolute. The great pyramids of Dynasty 4 was made possible by technological...
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- First Intermediate - Middle Kingdom (ca 2181 -1786 bc.) The powers that built the solar temples of the 5th dynasty and the pyramids of the 6th dynasty weakened towards the end of the Old Kingdom, perhaps as a result of eroding economics, leaving the King less...
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"They're just doing what they always do," says Chief of Staff Jonathan Powell unhelpfully, evoking images of donkeys and dry fields of weeds.
"We have got to get out the humanitarian stuff, the U.N. stuff," says Campbell (who would resign in August amid controversy over the handling of British intelligence about Iraq). "We are going to Camp David tomorrow, but we are also going to Kofi Annan in New York."
With the mention of the United Nations Secretary General, the air lightens. The name has been appropriated as a verb, an adjective, an adverb, as well as a noun. Labor M.P.s like "a Kofi plan." "We'd better Kofi this" means to cover with a good coat of humanitarian waffle. "Let's speak Kofi" is what the mood in London demands.George Bush is not a Kofi-phile. The less the White House has to Kofi, the better it likes it.
Morning headlines: U.S. forces closer to Baghdad . . . Shia "uprising" reported in Basra . . . Two soldiers killed when one British tank fires on another . . . Germans say Washington should pay bill to rebuild Iraq . . .
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It is 9:45 p.m. London time. Most members of the Blair team are dozing. Still ahead is a helicopter ride to the Catoctin Mountains and a home-style dinner with the president and first lady at Camp David.
The sides of the aircraft shake like a tin tray struck by a stone. Then nothing more is heard but a tense string of jokes about Patriots and friendly fire. After about a minute the captain comes on the intercom and confirms that the prime minister's plane has been struck by lightning.

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#RelationshipGoals: I Tried To Change For Him…
In the very first #RelationshipGoals post, I stated my intent with this column:
I'll be sharing my dating fiascos (like Kevin's story and who knows, he might be back!) and hopefully I'll learn from them. But here's the truth, I am a stubborn woman who keeps letting herself get in her own way!
Ugh, I just quoted myself. But I wanted to show you that I've kept my word. I am a stubborn woman in her own way, revealing my dating debacles, not only for your entertainment, but for my growth. I'm learning, because with every dating story, there's a lesson and I'm one step closer to my #RelationshipGoals.
Oh, and this column — Kevin's back. Obviously, I leave the door open when I exit a relationship. I figure, there's a reason you welcomed that person into your life in the first place, so letting them go may have been premature. There's error in that way of thinking; I'm clear on that, but I can't seem to let that door shut for good until after I try a few more times.
I was between another bad date with one guy and a texting marathon with another when Kevin's smile flashed from my memory. I laid in the bed, staring at my ceiling, looked over at my phone. 8:37 am. It was Saturday. I planned on spending the day with my friend Karlie in Harlem, but I was up early enough to lounge.
Tapping through my phone, Kevin's dimpled smile flashed in my mind again. I looked for his name in my address book. It wasn't there. My heart sank. I was trying to shake the memory that I'd deleted Kevin's number after we'd first broken up and he walked away from me at the subway station. Our first relationship fell apart mostly because I'd chosen my individual life over choosing to share my life with him and rid myself of the vices that I loved so much.
I was still all up and through those vices when Kevin's smile kept plaguing my mind. I opened my texts so that I could ask Karlie if going back to Kevin was a stupid idea. I'd look up my old phone records and find his number if I had to — if she told me I should go for it. I typed a "K" and like magic, Kevin's name appeared in the pull down menu of names starting with the letter "K." I tapped it.
I started to text, "Hey" and I changed my mind and called. It rang and took me to voicemail. I hate leaving voicemails. I usually hang up. But I left Kevin a message letting him know I was thinking of him, hoping he was OK. and that I was interested in connecting. I hung up and started my day.
Once I made it to Harlem, I told Karlie all about Kevin.
"He hated that I drink and smoke. I'm kind of embarrassed to say that's the reason we broke up," I picked up my glass of wine. "I mean, there were other things. We argued all the time, but I think that's because of my smoking. It always came up."
"Danielle, you keep choosing marijuana over a human being and you're going to end up alone," Karlie said, already tired of having to tell me to grow up.
"Why can't I just meet a dude like me who smokes, but is also still thriving in life?" I laughed.
"Girl…" Karlie rolled her eyes.
My phone rang. It was Kevin. He was surprised to see that I called. He's wanted to call, but wasn't sure if he should. We talked for about 15 minutes and he asked me to call him when I'm leaving Harlem.
"If you date him again, you can't choose weed Danielle," Karlie said before kissing me on the cheek and opening the door for me to leave.
Changing for your significant other. Hmmm. I'm old enough now that I'm too stubborn to change, but I'm also old enough to know that relationships require a level of compromise, but does that mean we compromise the things we are or the things we love?
"Yes momma. I want love more than weed." I didn't believe myself as the words slid off my tongue. I knew I wanted both. Why did I have to choose? But since I was choosing Kevin, I knew that my vices had to give. I could change for love. Or so I thought.
I called Kevin on my way to the subway. "I'm headed back to Brooklyn," I cooed.
We chatted about old times and he told me since it was late, he wanted to keep me company on the phone until I made it to the train. The ride home took about an hour and when I got off the train at my stop, Kevin was across the street. He saw me. I walked to him smiling. When we dated the first time around, Kevin told me that one of the things he loved most about me being late is that he got to see me walk to him. There I was again, walking to Kevin.
He stood there, all 6'5″ of him, grey sweatpants (something he did purposely for me because he knows they make me weak). I stopped directly in front of him and his arms found the arc of my back and I wrapped my arms around his neck. He felt familiar, which is one of the things I love most about digging through the crates of my ex-boyfriends.
I unlocked our hug and tried to take a step back. Kevin pulled me in for a kiss. I fell back into our wonted liplock. Kevin held my chin up to his face, planting one last juicy smooth on my waiting lips. He pulled himself away from me, looking into my eyes, searching for the words he knew I was too afraid to say out loud. I've got a lot of feelings, but in relationships, I don't know how to express them. It was one of the things he didn't like about me when we dated the first time.
"I miss you too," Kevin smiled himself into a hearty laugh. I missed the bass in his laugh. Kevin and I sat on the same park bench we sat on after we had our first date two years before. "Remember this?" He held my hand as I sat.
"How could I forget?" I smiled at the romantics. "I don't want to lie to you Kevin, I am still smoking weed and I still drink. Neither one of these things are in excess, but I want to be honest with you." Kevin watched my eyes. "I want this between us, but I don't want those vices to rip us apart."
"So don't let them," Kevin's face was serious. He held my hand, our fingers intertwined. We sat on "our" bench for three hours, talking over what happened, how we spent our time apart and how we wanted to start over. So we did.
After an intense week of never leaving one another's side, Kevin and I met up at Prospect Park in Brooklyn and decided to go down to Brooklyn Bridge Park, where were walked along the waterside, people watched, and he asked me to be his girlfriend again.
That entire week, I'd refrained from smoking. I was so proud of myself, but I also wanted to break open my stash. As Kevin and I walked to the train, his happiness was apparent. I knew he was trying to come to my house that night, but my vice turned addiction-like when I made up a bullsh-t story about not making our relationship merely physical, just so I could get Kevin to go home that night.
"We shouldn't get into the habit of ending every date night with sex. I think it's important in the strength of our relationship," I said, almost ignoring Kevin's reaction. I saw the disappointment in his face and guilt settled into my heart, "You can stay over tomorrow night. Let me just unwind tonight."
But that didn't sit right with Kevin and we argued over his departure. I didn't care what was happening, I just wanted to go upstairs alone. I didn't care that Kevin felt thrown away. I didn't even care that it was the same night that we made our relationship official. It had been a week since I smoked and I wanted to smoke. While Kevin stated his case, in my head, I thought, "I don't have any papers. When he goes, I'll come back out and go to the store."
Which is what I did. Kevin walked away from me, disappointed and hurt. I watched him from the threshold of my building and I waited until he turned the corner and I walked back out. Kevin went right, I decided to go left…just in case. My phone rang before I hit the corner. It was Kevin.
"Where are you going?" He asked, obviously more upset than curious.
"To the store. I'm thirsty," I lied. I couldn't think of anything else.
"Why are you going that way and not the corner store?" Kevin wasn't buying it.
"I am hungry too. I might go to the Chinese spot," I was really bad at lying.
"Whatever," Kevin hung up.
I went to the store, got my papers and basically tip-toed back to my building, afraid I'd see Kevin. I didn't see him. I called him four times, no answer. On the fifth call, he picked up.
"What?" Kevin said, more than asked.
"I am lower than low. I wanted to get rid of you tonight so I could smoke. I didn't have any papers, so I went to get some. I didn't want you to see me," I cried like a baby. I was hurt that I lied to him, I lied to myself and I knew I was going to continue lying. "I didn't get the papers. I came home," I cried, holding the papers in my hand.
"Danielle, you've gotta do better if you want my trust. You see what this looks like? And it's day one!" Kevin screamed. "I can't believe I am signing up to go through this with you again and you're already making some dumb moves."
I let Kevin vent and he told me he'd talk to me when he's ready. I pleaded and cried on the phone, begging Kevin to give me a chance.
"I did," he said before he hung up.
Sorry to leave you hanging! Stay tuned for part two next week!
MLK Would Be Proud: Celebrities Who Won't Stay Silent On Injustices
Celebrities are more than just red carpets adornments and glitz and glamour. While we will admit that there are many A-listers who seem more concerned with themselves than they do with serving their communities, we'd be remiss to discount the countless celebrities who donate their time, money, energy and likeness to a variety of causes. From domestic violence awareness and prevention to campaigning against racial and social inequality, some celebs are true inspirations. In their honor, MadameNoire takes a look at the celebrities who speak out and refuse to stay silent when it comes to the issues they are most passionate about.
Tags:activism, celebrity activists, Change, Ferguson
MN Business Tip Of The Day: Is Resistance To Change Keeping You Stagnant?
It's understandable. We all have issues with change otherwise the phrase, "Humans are creatures of habit" wouldn't be so well known. But how is your natural resistance to change hurting your career?
Do you have brilliant ideas that never reach fruition or initiatives that go nowhere? These could be examples that your resistance is keeping you from taking steps in a new direction. Perhaps as soon as a great idea pops into your mind it is immediately followed by all the logical reasons it would never work. Is one of the big reasons because it would require a break from the ways things are always done?
You may be doing yourself a disservice by not challenging some of the "old ways." Of course the wheel doesn't have to be reinvented every day, but something genius might just unfold from shaking things up and embracing the uncertainty of change. Take the time today to identify your areas of resistance, be honest about why they are there, and take the necessary steps to fix them.
Tags:Change, professional development
Want To Switch Careers? Here's Some Advice For How To Get Started
With the average worker spending 4.6 years at one company before moving on, changing jobs is becoming more and more common. And people are also moving between careers as well. What if you are thinking of making a change? What can you do? Here are 10 tips if you want to make a change.
Tags:career advice, careers, Change, jobs
Are You A Chronic Explainer?
From YourTango
How often did you hear some variation of this when you were growing up? I heard it all the time. And what I learned to do was to desperately defend and explain in fruitless attempts to get my mom or dad to stop judging me and SEE me. Or I would apologize and become the "good girl," so they would approve of me.
Of course, defending and explaining didn't work. But that didn't stop me from trying because I just didn't know what else to do — other than completely give myself up, which is what I eventually learned to do.
When I got married, I continued in the same pattern — first trying to explain and defend and then giving myself up. The result was, of course, no better than it was with my parents. Again, I had no idea what else to do.
Of course, defending and explaining didn't work. But that didn't stop me from trying because I just didn't know what else to do — other than completely give myself up, which is what I eventually learned to do.
What Else To Do
It took many years, but I finally accepted that defending and explaining only leads to more and more conflict, since the other person feels controlled and goes into resistance. For a long time I didn't want to see that defending and explaining were forms of control. After all, I just wanted them to see my point of view. What's controlling about that? I convinced myself that if only they understood me, then they would change.
Now I know that using defending and explaining as viable forms of control is a complete myth. Not only does it not work to convince anyone to see things my way, but it always exacerbates the conflict.
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Tags:black women, Change, personality, relationships
When The Support Ends And The Envy Begins: Am I In A Relationship Or A Competition?
A few years ago, I was invited to attend a promotional event that focused on African-American authors and relationships. The atmosphere was filled with laughter, intriguing conversation, and a number of single, attractive men and women. At about 9:30 p.m., an extremely handsome gentleman walked through the doors of the venue with his business partner and took a seat just as I was getting ready to speak about my book. Shortly after my presentation, the event ended and instantly turned into a "mix and mingle" networking session. As all of the authors and attendees engaged in conversation, I started gathering my things to head home.
Before I could finish putting my things away, the handsome gentleman made his way over to me and began what was his form of flattery. He began the conversation very casually and smoothly by complimenting my presentation and the concept of my book. He then shifted the conversation toward discussing several marketing strategies with me. Before long, we exchanged information. Shortly after our initial conversation, I contacted him to gather more information about marketing; and then soon after that we were emailing, calling, and texting each other almost every day to discuss everything but marketing. We repeated this pattern for about two to three weeks, and before I knew it, we were in an intense relationship. During the beginning stages of our relationship I was on the path of starting my writing career, so there were a number of events I was invited to attend to speak, book signings and invitations to provide commentary or other articles for various magazines, etc. So of course, while all of these wonderful things were happening to me, I shared them with my new significant other. Initially, he celebrated with me, but as more doors opened for me in my professional career, he seemed to be happy, but he expressed it differently.
While my then-mate congratulated me on my small victories, he would say things like, 'Let me see what writing I can do for this magazine,' or 'you know how I do things…I spend my evening with stars and meeting all sorts of people,' so on and so on. It also seemed as though every time I shared something with him, he would say what he was going to do next, or what he was planning to do. Initially, this didn't bother me because I simply thought he was sharing his small victories and plans with me, but as time went on and he consistently mentioned all of his victories to me, I noticed how his attitude towards my success changed. He suddenly became disinterested in hearing about my accomplishments (not that I shared all of them or threw them in his face), if he couldn't make it to an event he wouldn't ask me how things went, and if he did ask about the event he would say things that were demeaning and discouraging. As I started noticing these changes, I thought I was being overly sensitive to the fact that he wasn't as interested and excited about my small victories as I was, so I gave it some more time and more observation of his character; and sure enough I was right…he was trying to compete with me.
Did he openly admit that we were in a competition…no; but the signs were all there. He wouldn't celebrate with me as much, nor would he even try to motivate me as he once did, amongst other things. I initally thought to myself, maybe he's intimidated by me, or maybe he just wants to focus in more on his career because as my career grew, I noticed that he worked hard at getting his career off the ground and stable. Who knows? But at that time in my life I felt as though I was involved in a miniature battle of the sexes, and I hope this never happens again because when I'm in a relationship, I want to motivate my mate to do better and support him wholeheartedly, but I want and deserve the same in return. I once heard someone say that some men are intimidated by strong or successful women, and I often thought that that was the case with my then mate; but then I realized that if a man is truly a man he will not be intimidated by any woman. Whether he is as successful as she is or not, if he is a real man he will be secure in who he is and who he's not, what he has and what he doesn't.
How may relationships have you been involved in that turned into a competition?
Tags:Change, envy, jealousy, learn, liz lampkin, love and relationships, motivation, success, support
From The Club To The White House: What's The Deal With How Everyone Uses Dr. King's Image These Days?
While some of you will be celebrating Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day by performing service projects around your community or taking the day off as a silent protest for reparations for all the unpaid work and Jim Crow bulls**t our people have gone through, some of you will no doubt be at the American Legion Post for the MLK Weekend No Worries Bash in Florida.
That's right, many folks across the country decided to pay tribute to one of the greatest figures in the history of the Civil Rights Movement by going to the club, including the MLK Weekend Blast-Off, which went down this past Saturday night in Auburn, Alabama. No word yet on what notable dignitaries might have descended on this fancy shindig, but according to the er…invitation, which featured the bust of the slain Civil Rights leader Photoshopped into a leather bomber and a neck full of enough bling that could make Nino Brown sit his five dollar a** down before King makes change (get it? Change? Martin Luther King Jr.? Ah, forget it…), Ciroc – or Coric (according to the backwards bottles on the flier) – probably was flowing and the ladies were admitted free all night.
While most would agree that putting Dr. King's face on your club flier is not the best way of paying respect or homage (and odds are that the promoter is more concerned with cashing in on the very lucrative three-day weekend), truth of the matter is that people have been using, and in many instances misappropriating, King's legacy for years to sell or market stuff. How could we forget the McDonalds' "Candles" commercials from the '80s? I'm sure obesity, high blood pressure and the McRib sandwich was not what he marched all them miles in Selma. And then there are his very own family members like Alveda King, niece of the late Dr. King, who has been using her uncle's legacy to promote her anti-gay, anti-abortion agenda with her cohort Glenn Beck. She even went as far as to claim that the late Coretta Scott King, who said that Dr. King would have supported gay rights, didn't have the authority to speak on Dr. King's behalf because she was just related by marriage and not by DNA.
And then what about all those pictures I see of Dr. King Photoshopped sitting next to, hi-fiving and basically co-signing President Barack Obama on mugs, T-shirts and posters- My personal favorite is the very well-executed pencil drawing of a bust of Dr. King, with the caption "I have a dream," positioned next to another pencil-drawn bust of President Obama, with the caption, "I am the dream." That imagery is pretty bold and some would argue, pretty authentic, especially considering that today marks not only King's national holiday, but the second inauguration of President Barack Obama, the country's first black president. To add to the symbolism, it has been reported that President Obama used a Bible, which belonged o Dr. King, to take his oath.
Unfortunately, Dr. King is no longer with us, so will never know how Dr. King would have reacted to the many ways in which his image has been appropriated. Perhaps he would embrace President Obama's historic first and then second successful presidential run as the fulfillment, or at least extension, of his legacy. But as a passionate advocate for peace, racial equality, as well as social justice and human rights, Dr. King might not have felt as supportive of some of the Obama Administration's policies that deal with education, the environment, the use of drones, illegal immigration and the black and poor, particularly black and poor communities. Again, there is no way of knowing for sure. For all we know, Dr. King might have changed positions later in life. However, if he was the same man as his legacy suggests, he might have been a vocal critic of the President. And that type of dissent don't land your face on mugs and T-shirts, or in pencil drawings next to the country's first black president. And I doubt very highly that President Obama would be using his Bible at the inauguration.
And while it is true that King was a man of respectability, he was also a man, who once performed a difficult behind-the-back back shot in a pool match with civil rights leader Al Raby in the slums of Chicago in 1966. Therefore, while a picture of Dr. King Photoshopped into a leather bomber with Mr. T chains, looking like an '80s rap thug is certainly jarring, it is not entirely impossible to believe that he wouldn't have embraced Hip-Hop/street aesthetic in some form. Based upon the legacy he left us with, I could totally see a modern-day King co-signing a few rappers and appearing in a few hip-hop videos. What better way to recruit the next generation of leaders into the movement for social justice than meeting them where they are at – and in many cases, when where they are at might just be at the club? Heck, even Maya Angelou did a song with Common – and he been calling women b***hes and h*es on and off for years.
But I guess we all have our own version of Dr. King's legacy, which we like to remember and honor. My own Dr. King is birthed not just out of his dream of racial equality but of social justice, which inspired him to give these words against war in a speech, delivered at Riverside Church in April of 1967:
"My third reason moves to an even deeper level of awareness, for it grows out of my experience in the ghettoes of the North over the last three years — especially the last three summers. As I have walked among the desperate, rejected, and angry young men, I have told them that Molotov cocktails and rifles would not solve their problems. I have tried to offer them my deepest compassion while maintaining my conviction that social change comes most meaningfully through nonviolent action. But they ask — and rightly so — what about Vietnam? They ask if our own nation wasn't using massive doses of violence to solve its problems, to bring about the changes it wanted. Their questions hit home, and I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today — my own government."
Funny, that's the King we never see a stamp, a party flier, a television commercial or a political platform of. That is what we probably should be offended by.
It's An Offense To The Body Of Christ: Petition Urges TLC To Cancel 'The Sisterhood'
Last week folks were protesting against Oxygen and Shawty Lo's babies' mamas, this week they're protesting against the church ladies. I guess it's good that the reality television petitioners don't discriminate. A new petition has surfaced on Change.org, which is being spearheaded by a woman by the name of Ann Cooke against TLC's latest reality project, The Sisterhood, which follows the lives of five pastor's wives that live in the Atlanta area. According to the petition, the show provides a poor depiction of what it means to be a pastor's wife and is offensive to the Body of Christ. The petition reads:
"The Sisterhood is being portrayed as a Christian reality show, featuring Preacher's/Pastor's wives from Atlanta, GA. The previews and highlights of the upcoming show is pure garbage and does not portray the reality of being a Christian or the reality of being a Preacher's or Pastor's wife. The airing of this show is not only offensive to the Body of Christ, but it is also degrading to Women of Color (specifically). This show mocks everything that we, as believers, stand for. It is disgusting, disgraceful, inappropriate and an inaccurate display of what we strive to accomplish as Christians. The airing of this show only adds more fuel to the ever-present distasteful stereotype that we, as Christians, fight daily to erase. We must stand together and put an end to TLC's clear derogatory distortion of the Body of Christ and Women of God (specifically, Preacher's and Pastor's wives)! Please spread the word."
One of the wives from the show, Christina Murray has recently come out against the high levels of criticism the show has received.
"We hated the religious, dogmatic type of church and people who were very judgemental because that's how they felt they had to be. So when we began this journey we definitely wanted to be real and authentic not only with ourselves but also with our ministry and our congregation," Murray told CP. "I believe in my faith wholeheartedly and I want to be able to live up to what God expects me to live up to. I want to be the person God is calling me to be," she expressed to the Christian Post.
Tara, another wife featured on the show, recently expressed some quite varying sentiments and even confessed that she understood some of the backlash the show was receiving.
"I was heartbroken and saddened and had hoped that our show was different than the Real Housewives of Atlanta, and that there was a true sisterhood developing."
"I absolutely believe the backlash is warranted after seeing the first episode. However you cannot make a final judgment about the show until you have seen the series in its entirety. There are other women in the black church that gossip, argue and bicker. But as first a lady you are held to a higher standard because you are taking on such a prestigious title," she told The Grio.
What do you think? Should Christians be offended by this show or are people just overreacting?
Jazmine Denise is a news writer for Madame Noire. Follow her on Twitter @jazminedenise
Tags:Change, Petition, The Sisterhood
9 Steps To Get Focused For 2013
Don't you love that quiet lull the office falls into between Christmas and New Year's Day? With clients and coworkers traveling for the holidays, the workplace can feel like an adult version of Home Alone. But, there are better things to do with your downtime than playing Facebook games or building towers out of office supplies with your cubicle mates. This is the perfect time of year to gain perspective on 2012, and get focused for the New Year. Follow these steps to make sure your mind is right for 2013.
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Are We As A People Really Better Off Now Than Four Years Ago?
As I read through the latest outrage at the moment, aka, the hoopla over new rapper Chief Keef, I keep hearing Georgia Anne Muldrow and Erykah Badu lyrically asking, "what if there were no n****rs, only master teachers?"
For those who don't know, Chief Keef is the Chicago teenager (above photo, to the left), who started out of as just another YouTube rapper and has now become one of hip-hop's most buzzed about artists. Not only has he just inked a deal with Interscope Records, but he also has caught the attention of such hip hop mavericks as Kanye West, who hopped on a remix of his song, "I Don't Like." He is also being investigated for a possible connection in the shooting death of fellow Chicago rapper, Joesph 'Lil JoJo' Coleman (above, to the right), who may I add, was only 16.
Keef, who was born Keith Cozart, drew the attention of law enforcement after laughing off the murder of Lil JoJo by saying via Twitter, "Its Sad Cuz Dat N—– Jojo Wanted to Be Jus Like Us #LMAO." He is also known for promoting and supporting gang culture including dancing around in his music videos with what appears to be automatic weapons and tweeting the hashtag "#300" — a known reference to the Black Disciples. And at 17 years old, Keef has already faced numerous criminal charges, including a weapons charge, which has already landed him on house arrest.
The response to the rise of Keef has been rather swift, most notably from fellow Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco, who publicly criticized Keef for perpetrating the hoodlum lifestyle, which runs parallel to the culture of violence already running amok in the streets of Chicago. Many folks I have encountered have agreed with Lupe, claiming that Keef, and others of his elk, are a burden to the community. "These n****rs are the reason why our community is the way it is," has become a commonplace mantra in the minds of some black folks. But truth be told, I see plenty of Chief Keefs in my community all the time. And when it comes to what's wrong with the community, there is enough of that blame to be shared all around.
Young people, particularly young black people, have longed played witness to serious and lethal violence within their own communities. When I graduated from high school, the murder rate in Philadelphia was around 4oo deaths per year. My nephews and niece, who only a month ago, learned of the shooting death of a teenager only steps away from their front door have already grasped the finality of death, even before they can mature enough to witness adulthood. Recently, I saw a bunch of little kids, between the ages of 9 to 11, roaming the street around 12:30 in the morning like a bunch of aimless orphans. Unfortunately, seeing hordes of parentless children at odd hours of the night has become so much of the norm that I didn't even bother to flinch. The reality is that long after Chief Keef's moment in the limelight has faded – whether it be from gang violence, the prison industrial complex or crossing over to the mainstream – the community will still have a violence problems. If we don't get a handle on it, there will be someone else, someone younger, to take his place. Exhibit 1: 13-year old Lil Mouse.
But even as the threat of losing an entire generation (i.e. the children) grows uncomfortably near, many of us have become stagnated in prayer, hope, apathy and the wait for change to come. I noticed this much last week when all eyes were fixated on the Democratic National Convention. Collectively, African-Americans are more involved in the political process than most other minority groups, supporting a one-party system by as much as 90 percent. However, we have yet to see the fruits from all of our labor or loyalty. Nevertheless, when Rahm Emanuel asked us whose leadership we wanted in event of "an unforeseen crisis, challenge or conflict," we don't bother to question whose leadership is in charge as a teachers strike looms and blood runs red in the streets of Chicago. We smirked and laughed alongside former President Bill Clinton, who worked his arithmetic mojo while reaffirming President Obama's commitment to the work requirement in welfare reform, a policy called by most a dismal failure. And as the RNC's mantra/question – "Are you better now than four years ago?" – blared from our television sets, many of us couldn't wait to nod our heads in the affirmative, even when the reality – at least for us – suggests otherwise.


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Rebuttal to Dr. Amy Tuteur regarding Time editorial
This essay is reposted with permission from CHAMPSBreastfeed.org
Thirty years ago, every newborn infant born in a US hospital was separated from their parents at the time of birth. Rooming-in was not an available option. We know now that that this standard practice was not optimal for the mother or the infant. As a pediatrician, I am concerned by the implications of this article. The image used by Time Magazine depicts an "unsafe" practice: several newborns swaddled in basinets on their sides sleeping. This sleep position carries more the double the risk of SIDS compared to infants sleeping on their backs. In addition, the bassinets are positioned adjacent, in a row, which is a practice that is fraught with risk for nosocomial infections, and has implications for security, and privacy concerns, especially when viewed by the public as is often the case in US delivery hospitals.
Beyond the disturbing photo the subtitle is inaccurate. It is important to note that what is changing among maternity care hospitals is that mothers are now offered the opportunity to allow their newborn to share a room with them. This opportunity is not "forced" but protected, given that rooming-in not only does help breastfeeding, it is safer than sleeping separated from mom. In the past, mothers were forced to separate from their newborn infants and required to have their infants sleep separately in a nursery setting, where they were grouped with other infants. Rooming in is the recommended environment for all mothers regardless of chosen feeding method. The author repeatedly refers to rooming-in as unsafe but with appropriate guidance and monitoring it is not unsafe and is safer than sleeping in a nursery. Both mother and newborn continue to receive the same level of care and supervision. Rooming-in does not mean that the care of the newborn is delegated to the mother, however, rooming-in provides the mother the opportunity to participate in their own newborn's care. This permits staff to do additional teaching and observation of parenting skills before discharge. Read the rest of this entry »
How rooming in helps moms and babies
Fifteen years ago, a friend of mine had her first baby at a prestigious Boston hospital. She was a resident in Ob/Gyn at the time, and a long labor ultimately ended with a c-section, and a healthy newborn boy. That evening, when she, her baby, and her husband were in their postpartum room, the nurse entered.
"It's time to take the baby to the nursery!" she said.
My friend looked confused. "We're planning to keep him in the room with us tonight."
The nurse frowned. "Well, who's going to take care of him? You just had a c-section."
My friend gestured to her husband, who was sitting on the couch.
The nurse frowned again. "Well, you know these c-section babies can get a little junky," she said, alluding to the mucous that babies not born vaginally sometimes cough up.
My friend replied, with emphasis, "We are going to keep our baby in our room tonight."
The nurse shrugged. "Well, you're a doctor. I guess if he aspirates, you can resuscitate him." And she walked out of the room, shaking her head.
My friend used to tell this story, laughing darkly, as she recalled how she thought perhaps she should ask for the code cart to be wheeled into the room, just in case.
For the record, baby spent an uneventful night in mom's room. But the routine separation of moms and babies – as well as other practices that have been shown to make it harder for families to get started breastfeeding – remains the default in many maternity centers in the US. Less than half of US hospitals provide routine rooming in for healthy moms and babies.
That's bad news for babies, and it's bad news for mothers, because these out-of-date practices make it harder for women to achieve their own breastfeeding goals. A study of nearly 2000 US mothers found that among mothers who received six of six best practices for maternity care, 97% achieved their personal goal to breastfeeding for at least 6 weeks. Among mothers who received zero of six, nearly 30% failed to achieve their personal goals.
These practices – the World Health Organization Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – have been shown to be effective in a randomized controlled trial, which is the gold standard for medical evidence. In the PROBIT study, researchers randomized 31 hospitals to the Ten Steps or to continuing usual care. The study enrolled 17,046 mother-infant pairs, all of whom intended to breastfeed. Dyads who received care in a Ten Steps hospital were more likely to be exclusively breastfeeding at 3 months (43.3 vs. 6.4%) and to be breastfeeding at 12 months (19.7 vs. 11.4%). Ten Steps care has a lasting impact on breastfeeding success. Read the rest of this entry »
I #March4Nutrition to make #breastfeeding a right, not a privilege
I #March4Nutrition because breastfeeding is a powerful predictor of health and wellbeing for mothers and infants — and yet, too many families face barriers that prevent them from achieving their own breastfeeding goals.
Families who want to breastfeed navigate a veritable minefield of "Booby Traps." Many maternity providers have minimal training in lactation support, and providers may not ask about breastfeeding during prenatal care — or spend only seconds on the topic — missing the opportunity to address concerns and provide guidance. Parents are inundated with misleading materials from infant formula manufacturers, promising that their product is "designed to be like breast milk" or will magically convince fussy babies to sleep through the night. Indeed, in a study, mothers looking at formula advertisements voiced concerns that their milk didn't have added vitamins, so perhaps it would be healthier to formula feed.
At birth, too few families receive evidence-based maternity care that gets infant feeding off to an optimal start. For example, putting a baby skin-to-skin for the first hour of life increases breastfeeding duration by as much as 6 weeks — yet 28% of US hospitals do not provide such care to most women. Skin-to-skin is one of the World Health Organization Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. Hospitals that implement all ten can be designated as "Baby Friendly" – but currently, only 11.5% of US maternity centers meet that standard. It's worth noting that we are making progress — just 2.9% of hospitals were Baby Friendly in 2007 — but 88% of families are still hobbled at the starting gates when they start their breastfeeding journey.
ABM Protocol and Statement Updates!
Today I wear my dual hats as ABM Protocol Chair and ABM Blogger. It came to the attention of the Protocol Committee that there were typos/errors in a couple of our ABM protocols after publication. Two protocols have been corrected in the on-line copies for Breastfeeding Medicine previously, and have now been updated on the ABM website as of today.
Here are the corrections that have been made:
1. Protocol #3—Supplementation—Volume 4, Number 3:
Table 3, page 178 under "Time" the second line was originally printed 24-28 hours; correction is 24-48 hours.
2. Protocol #7—Model Hospital Policy—Volume 5, Number 4:
Page 176 and in the listing of the Ten Steps. Step #6: only the US version require that hospitals purchase their formula. The original published text stated:
6. Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breast milk, unless medically indicated. (A hospital must pay fair market price for all formula and infant feeding supplies that it uses and cannot accept free or heavily discounted formula and supplies.)
Now it correctly and in keeping with the original, international Ten Steps says:
6. Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breast milk, unless medically indicated.
I will let you know if any future changes occur in published protocols or statements.
And by the way, the just published issue of Breastfeeding Medicine contains ABM's second Statement, Educational Objectives and Skills for the Physician with Respect to Breastfeeding. Check it out in the latest Journal (Breastfeeding Medicine. April 2011, 6(2): 99-105). Our first ABM Statement, Position on Breastfeeding (Breastfeeding Medicine 2008;3(4):267-270), can be found under the "About Us" tab on our web page right now. As we now have two statements, and several more on the way, we are setting up a "Statements" section on our Protocol page to make them easy to find all in one place. Please be a little patient with us! Our newest statement will be on our website soon!
Kathleen Marinelli MD, IBCLC, FABM is a neonatologist a Board member of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and Chair of the ABM Protocol Committee.
Posts on this blog reflect the opinions of individual ABM members, not the organization as a whole.
"A sucker born every minute": pacifiers and breastfeeding
For new moms, deciding about whether to offer a pacifier to a newborn, like deciding whether to breastfeed, can be an emotionally loaded decision. Newborns need to suck – for non-nutritive (comfort) as well as nutritive (food) reasons. I can't count the number of times I've heard "that baby is using [me/you/her mom] as a pacifier!" from parents and nursery nurses during the first hours of life.
When I hear that, I can't help but to cringe and comment that pacifiers were invented as a substitute for moms, not vice versa. The physiology of lactation requires frequent suckling and emptying of the breast to establish and maintain a mom's milk supply. So it makes sense that giving a pacifier to a newborn who wants to suckle, instead of letting him nurse, could adversely affect his mom's milk supply as well as his own growth. Thus physicians who want to support breastfeeding usually caution new parents about the use of pacifiers before breastfeeding is well established, usually about two weeks after birth. ( Avoidance of artificial teats or pacifiers is, in fact, one of the WHO/UNICEF Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.)
However, it has been difficult to find definitive scientific evidence to support this advice. And as a mom, I well remember the frustration of seemingly incessant newborn breastfeeding. That's why I was hopeful when I saw the abstract for a new Cochrane meta-analysis that suggests pacifiers need not be avoided. Read the rest of this entry »
WABA Global Breastfeeding Partners' Forum
The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is organizing the Global Breastfeeding Partners' Forum (GBPF) on October 17 to 18 in Penang, Malaysia. This two-day forum will have as main theme "Enabling Mothering: Keeping mothers and babies together", focusing on the expanded Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) and maternity protection and support for working women. WABA's Core Partners, participants and speakers from around the world will be sharing new technical knowledge and programmatic updates in the areas of the expanded BFHI maternity protection. Among the purposes of this meeting is to further collaboration with WABA's Core Partners and other participants to plan and advance the common vision and strategic direction of the breastfeeding movement.
The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is a Core Partner and the physicians' arm of WABA. ABM representatives will be actively participating in this forum looking for strategies to help promote effectively the expanded BFHI among physicians around the world. Physicians are key care providers to increase the BFHI and achieve the Innocenti Declaration goals globally. All ABM physicians should enthusiastically embrace the tenets of the Innocenti Declaration as the premium policy for infant and child health promotion and a necessary public health strategy around the world.
We invite all ABM members to sign the ABM/WABA Physician's Pledge to Promote, Protect and Support Breastfeeding. The Physician's Pledge is a vehicle for all physicians to declare their support for the Innocenti Declaration Goals and to "go on record" as a breastfeeding-friendly practitioner. Please fax your signed Physician's Pledge to ABM at its USA headquarters, 914-740-2101, or mailed to: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, 140 Huguenot Street, 3rd floor, New Rochelle, New York 10801, USA.
Ana M. Parrilla-Rodríguez, MD, MPH, is a public health physician, breastfeeding researcher and clinician, and associate professor of the Maternal and Child Program at the University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health. She is a member and a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.
Posts on this blog reflect the opinions of individual ABM members, not the organization as a whole.
Why 'Beetlejuice' is a losing argument to bolster breastfeeding
I've been thinking a lot about Similac's recent recall of 5 million cans of formula thought to contain beetle parts, and what it means for breastfeeding advocacy. At first blush, it looks like a slam dunk argument to encourage more moms to breastfeed. Faced with a decision between bug-part-tainted powder and mom's milk, surely more moms will want to breastfeed. Read the rest of this entry »


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Publishers Weekly posts its best books of 2012 lists
Trade publication Publishers Weekly has posted its Best Books 2012 lists, recommendations of 100 books for adults (plus another 40 children's titles) across multiple categories, including fiction, nonfiction, mysteries, romance, SF, comics and more.
Graphic novelist Chris Ware's striking "Building Stories" (Pantheon), which graces the cover of the Best Books package, and Hilary Mantel's Man Booker prize winning historical novel "Bring Up the Bodies" (Holt) top the magazine's overall Top Ten list, which is evenly spit between fiction and nonfiction. »Read Full Blog Post
Discovery World closes for the day because of snow
The snow made them do it. Discovery World, 500 N. Harbor Drive, is closing at 2 p.m. today because of the weather, according to its Facebook page. They expect to be open at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Just in case, call (414) 765-9966 or see www.discoveryworld.org »Read Full Article
Someone mashed up Nine Inch Nails and Carly Rae Jepsen...and it sounds better than it should
Trent Reznor shocked fans by announcing a new collaboration with cutesy pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen. Not really; someone just mashed up their songs. But maybe they should tour together? No, no they should not. Journal Sentinel photo by Michele Jokinen. »Read Full Blog Post
Registration open for Braise's annual morel hunt
Someday spring will come, and then it will be time for the annual morel mushroom hunt organized by chef David Swanson's Braise. But you'll have to register for it now.
Registration for the event May 11 opened Tuesday morning, and it always sells out early. It's limited to 20 people. »Read Full Blog Post
Japandroids among new Milwaukee concert announcements
Canadian rock duo Japandroids, which released one of 2012's most acclaimed albums, the succinct and aggressive "Celebration Rock," is coming to Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. 4th St., on May 27.
Milwaukee Music Video: See the visual treatment for Alchemy's 'Creature of Love'
The music video for glossy synthpop band Alchemy's "Creature of Love" doesn't feature unicorns, a snuggly, six-foot-tall stuffed animal or any other cutesy creatures of love. But it does have a CGI mud monster, a sickly, paranoid dude in a hoodie and the local group rocking out at Mad Planet.
"Creature of Love" is also the name of the band's latest EP, which the band celebrated with a show at Mad Planet last month. And it has another cause for celebration: after winning a battle of the bands at Marquette Friday, Alchemy will get to open for buzz band Twenty One Pilots at Weasler Auditorium April 5. »Read Full Blog Post
On Tap Today: Northern Ireland, through photos and music
"Look Behind You!" may be a more appropriate title for a slasher movie than a performance and lecture on Northern Ireland, but tonight's presentation sounds intriguing nevertheless. The event includes candid photos taken by Bobbie Hanvey and snippets of radio interviews with some of Northern Ireland's best-known figures, with Steafan Hanvey providing further context through singing.
"Look Behind You!" begins at 7 p.m. at the UWM Hefter Conference Center. »Read Full Blog Post


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Stuffed Cornish Hens With Orange Honey Sauce
|Hot water
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
|Orange juice
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Long grain and wild rice mix
|6 Ounce (1 Package)
|Bacon slices
|4 , cooked and crumbled
|Cornish hens
|4 Pound (4 Hens, 1 Pound Each)
|Orange juice concentrate
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Browning sauce
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
In 2-quart casserole dish, combine water, juice and rice.
Heat, covered with glass lid, at high5 to 6 minutes and at medium-LOW 20 minutes, or until rice is tender; stir in bacon.
Stuff hens with rice mixture; with string, tie wings to body of hen and legs together.
Place hens in oblong baking dish.
Heat, covered with wax paper, at high28 to 30 minutes, or until hens are tender.
Meanwhile, combine remaining ingredients; brush hens every 10 minutes.
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Calories 2466 Calories from Fat 1179
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 131 g201.2%
Saturated Fat 35.9 g179.4%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 919.8 mg306.6%
Sodium 875.4 mg36.5%
Total Carbohydrates 146 g48.7%
Dietary Fiber 0.35 g1.4%
Sugars 80.4 g
Protein 167 g334.3%
Vitamin A 24.6% Vitamin C 111.3%
Calcium 12.2% Iron 41.9%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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If there is such a thing as a "mini-major" on the PGA Tour, this week's Memorial Tournament is it. The Memorial is played at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, home to none other than the Golden Bear, Mr. Jack Nicklaus.
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Quick question: Would you let someone -- anyone -- hit a golf ball, sitting on a tee that was lodged into your teeth instead of the ground?
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Not too many years ago, Tony Romo spent his summers playing in charity golf events and even trying to qualify for the U.S. Open.
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Every shot counts. And, during the course of a tournament, one of those shots likely stands out above the rest. James Nicholas can attest to that. Nicholas won the New York State High School Championship by a single shot on Monday.
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Over the last couple of years on the PGA Tour, Keegan Bradley has been making a fashion statement with his custom Air Jordan golf shoes. Bradley is a regular golf buddy of NBA legend Michael Jordan when the two are home in South Florida.
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By now, you've surely heard of FootGolf. Well, it turns out that "Mini FootGolf" might just be a thing too.
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Chad Coleman is the Social Media Manager for Callaway Golf (a fantastic follow on Twitter too, @HashtagChad). In his role, Coleman is often tasked with coming up with ideas for incredibly cool things.
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BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) – Walking past a stationary football target positioned off a tee box at his own charitable golf tournament, Jim Kelly couldn't resist a chance to test his arm. Swish!
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Greens in regulation? Over-rated. That is, if you have Dustin Johnson's short game skills. Check out this "routine birdie" on the par-4 No. 3 in Sunday's final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson:
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Actor/singer Zac Efron obviously has some free time on his hands, as evidenced by a video he posted to his Twitter feed over the weekend. Watch as he shows off his golf ball juggling skills, ala Tiger Woods:
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Well-known race car driver Danica Patrick admits she's not ready for the LPGA Tour, but after making a long putt in a recent charity event, she definitely knows how to take a victory lap. Watch:
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The big crowd following hometown boy Jordan Spieth all day Saturday at the AT&T Byron Nelson hadn't had much to cheer for all day, until this shot at the par-3 17th:
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It's always good to be on the green, putting for eagle. But Andrew Loupe found himself 55 feet from the par-5 16th hole Saturday during third-round action at the AT&T Byron Nelson.
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Hunter Mahan played in the pro-am at the AT&T Byron Nelson on Wednesday, and on the 17th hole, he met up with a junior caddie named Celeste Rivera.
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Ever wonder what PGA Tour professionals would do at a pitch-and-putt course?
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Anger and frustration can get the best of us, even profressional golfers like Shane Lowry.
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Because of heavy overnight rains -- up to five inches in some areas of the Metroplex -- PGA officials have taken an unusual step at the AT&T Byron Nelson Classic.
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Can your kid do this? Bubba Watson's son Caleb can. Of course, he's had a golf club in his hand almost since the day he learned to walk.
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Letters to the editor are anti-Catholic
It seems as though every time I read the newspaper's editorial page there are always negative letters about the Catholic Church. I suggest The Republican set up a permanent column called "Catholic Church Haters Club."
You can have two sections – one that posts letters from non-religious that ignore the fact that the Catholic Church provides the most health care, education and charitable works in the world. These letters would talk about how the frail 85-year-old pope living in his apartment is super rich and should sell all the works of art the church was given hundreds of years ago and is now on display at museums for visitors to see.
The other section would be for Catholics who do not know their faith and write angry letters about how the church is wrong for reprimanding nuns who are promoting ideas that go against the teachings of the church.
The critics read an article in the liberal Newsweek or were forwarded an Internet article that had only one side of the story and now they know everything about the years-long investigations. Other topics would include being angry at bishops who are trying to act financially responsible by consolidating churches where there are three churches in a two-mile radius or how all of the church's problems would go away if there were women priests.
My one request of the letter writers is that before they send in their judgmental, negative letters, they read the church's actual stances in the Catechism of the Catholic Church or talk to their local priest or bishop to better understand their faith and the issues. If all of these negative Catholics put their energy into supporting their religious freedom, we will have no problem protecting the First Amendment and our right to practice our faith.
– FRED FERRARO, Wilbraham
Recall of Cykowski is a political move
Easthampton City Councilor Donald Cykowski is generally the lone dissenter when the council there pleads for additional funding (frequent) or when they go on record as supporting a debt exclusion tax increase or a proposition 2½ override.
Nothing is mentioned of Cykowski being the only true representative on the council working for the welfare of the taxpayer/working man by those attempting to recall him, only stressing one unfortunate remark.
A recall of Cykowski will prove little, other than the removal of the lone dissenter who wants to curtail (or at least tone down) unneeded, exorbitant spending.
– REBECCA REID, Springfield
More funds needed for regional transit
The Alliance to Develop Power, one of the lead organizations of the state-wide Green Justice Coalition would like to give a special thanks to the PVTA advisory board members who supported our local campaign work by casting their votes against fare hikes for this year.
The coalition also understands that there is still much work to be done to correct our broken transit system.
It is unfair to ask everyday people to pick up the tab for a faulty system. The people of Western Massachusetts who are transit-dependent deserve a revamped regional public transit system for all with innovative funding streams that make it affordable, equitable and efficient for all.
The transportation system is not in a budget crisis, it's a revenue crisis. The real crisis for transportation is the funding mechanism. Unlike other government programs, RTA's are not forward-funded by the Legislature – they are required to borrow money from banks to pay for their current operating year. Regional transit authorities are reimbursed at the end of the year by the state.
Massachusetts taxpayers have paid millions of dollars in interest to fund a system in Western Massachusetts that works for no one.
To deal with poorly designed routes that lead to long commute times and over crowding as well as inadequate services for the elderly and disabled, the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority needs to work with the ridership who are the experts instead of being back to business as usual.
For more information about the ADP Transit Equity Campaign, please visit our website: www.a-dp.org.
– KEYA HICKS, Alliance to Develop Power, Springfield


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Free or cheap computer for indigent artist
Hi, my friend is a brilliant digital artist and wants to apply or ask to get a free or cheap computer - his present main box is manufactured in the last millenium! Are there agencies, websites or subreddits, etc where he could show some of his work and get parts or a complete computer ? Should be capable of running adobe cs5 if possible. He is in the UK.
Halp me choose an inexpensive laptop
I'm looking for laptops under $500 that meet my special snowflake needs (inside). [more inside]
Highly Specific Portable Music Player Needed
An older relative with a daily train commute has requested a music player for the holidays - but they don't want anything with extra features, novel menus, or - if it can be helped - a shuffle feature. All they want is the ability to listen to an entire album (from a selection of about 20) with very clear and easy to understand menus and buttons. They were given a Zune for this purpose a few years ago and returned it saying it was confusing and had "too many settings". What should I buy? [more inside]
Help me decide what budget Windows computer to buy
I need a new or refurbished Windows computer. Please help me to choose one. [more inside]
Need it now. Cheap.
Have never used anything but Macs, and know a bit about Macs, but now suddenly I need to order from amazon a quick, very cheap laptop for emergency use and want to spend as little $$ as possible. **This is only for writing and for writing on google docs. ** Any other feature is a benefit. *Can you use a Chrome book for writing? At least on google docs?* I do not want to buy a used Mac, don't want to spend time researching, and don't want to do anything but get it from amazon right now. This can be a not-great computer that will be a family backup after the repair of normal computer. The thing is, we need it delivered tomorrow for writing. (If we order the cheapest PC will it come with microsoft word or equivalent installed for writing?) Thanks.
Thin, light, and 1080p laptop
I'd like a thin and light 1080p laptop. It does not need to be powerful, but it does need to be cheap. I'd like to spend about $300, but it must be under $500. The perfect machine would be something like a chromebook, but with a higher res screen than the ones I'm aware of. The resolution requirement trumps the thin and light requirements. [more inside]
Is there a low-power, low-cost computer with a PCI-e 2.0 x8 slot?
I would like to build a new router for my home network. It won't generally need to do a lot of work, but I do need it to have a PCI-e 2.0 x8 (or higher) slot to accommodate a QDR InfiniBand adapter. Beyond this requirement, my next-highest-priority goal is that this machine not consume a lot of electricity when idle or mostly idle. A low purchase price would be nice, too. I plan to build this machine from parts (motherboard, CPU, etc), although if the cost is low enough, a pre-manufactured system would be fine too. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
Help me find a cheap computer
What is the best computer I can get right now for ~200 bucks? Wifi and FireWire port are the only requirements. [more inside]
Where could a person get a (working) used computer with at least 1 GB ram in it for $100 or less?
Where could a person get a (working) used computer with at least 1 GB ram in it for $100 or less? [more inside]
What's a cheap, reliable A/V laptop?
Help me find an inexpensive laptop for my DJ/VJ gigs. [more inside]
Help me find a cheap, used computer parts store specializing in laptop parts in San Francisco
Hey folks. Long time reader, first time 'asker.' Help me find a cheap, used computer parts store in San Francisco - I'm particularly looking for Dell laptop parts. Just inherited a Dell D810 Latitude laptop - needs some love - almost free love, that's my budget... Any chance in getting a line on a used dell charger (type pa-10) or a used battery for a Latitiude d810 (type Y4367)? Anyone know of a recycle-ry that I can hit up for cheap? I've scouted ebay, put a call out on freecycle (Marin, SF), and scoured craigslist. Suggests?
Help me buy the cheapest functional computer possible
Cheapest computing possibilities that will not die within six weeks? Used, new, whatever, I'm looking for something that will let me browse the net, do word processing/spreadsheets, and play music at least. [more inside]
What's a good simple and cheap media or file server setup?
Advice for a server newb who needs help getting started with a simple media/backup/torrent server? [more inside]
Help me find an affordable gaming laptop
Cheap gaming laptop recommendations [more inside]
What's my best option for finding a cheap-as-dirt computer in the Dallas area?
What's my best option for finding a cheap-as-dirt computer in the Dallas area? [more inside]
TV Tuner Cards Are Mindboggling
So, my TV just died and I'm wondering whether a TV-tuner card in the PC isn't the way to go to replace it... [more inside]
Sub $100 computer speakers?
What "good" sub $100 computer speakers are out there? [more inside]
Is there a super-stripped down laptop I can find for cheap?
I'm thinking about purchasing my first laptop. All I want it to do is allow me to check email on the road, and maybe play DVDs. Is there a super-stripped down model I can get on the cheap? Should I buy something used? How much "fat" can I cut and still have a machine that will last a few years?
Decent-sounding, relatively inexpensive computer speakers
Suggestions for decent-sounding but relatively inexpensive computer speakers?
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