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Shelf Discovery
The Waiting Game
Swing Out, Sister
Weight And See
A 'Bridge' To Nowhere
Share, And Share Alike
Food For Thought
Feed The Children
Lifting Women Out Of Poverty: Complicated
Educate A Girl "And She Will Do The Rest"

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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/17/09

In reply to The Waiting Game
If there is a god, she needs to quit paying attention to which football team wins and start focusing on this stuff #caacid
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Trulymadlyme
11/16/09

In reply to The Waiting Game
Ugh. This makes me so mad. Farm? In a country that is rapidly turning into a massive desert or where the vast majority of recipients of food aid live in cities? Fail. Fail. Fail crazy hardliners.

Also, this is what pisses me off about the Gawker love of pirates. It's not just cruise ships and petrol liners being hijacked. It's food and medicine, too. #caacid
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rumpelshowsskin
11/16/09

@Trulymadlyme: Word to motherfucking Big Bird. Nothing frustrates me as much as that aspect of it. #caacid
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phantom lady
11/13/09

In reply to Weight And See
Holy Crap! that's the town where my hubby did his Peace Corp time. #haitiunitednations
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Cam/ron
11/13/09

In reply to Swing Out, Sister
"You've got to find a way/
Say what you want to say/
Breakout!"

Gee, thanks for getting that 80's oldie stuck in my head. #raducaneni
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CurtCole
11/13/09

In reply to Weight And See
...and, POOF, all of my problems now seem petty. #haitiunitednations
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Plum-Pie
11/13/09

@CurtCole: This post really opened my eyes to the situation in Haiti: [jezebel.com]
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msAnthrope
11/13/09

@CurtCole:

i know. for me, what these snap judgements have shown is that no matter how big a deal i think are my problems, in fact i'm a very lucky person with an incredible availability of creature comforts that i take for granted. #haitiunitednations
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fluxus flucker
11/13/09

@Plum-Pie: NPR aired a very good interview with Wycleff Jean recently. It was mostly about him. But, he's dedicated so much time and energy to his home-country, Haiti that I learned a lot about the country. And from a different perspective than usual: That of someone who grew up impoverished in that country, who has great love for his native home, and who is now able to do really good things for Haiti, economically, sociologically, ecologically. And he has been an amazing presence for quite a few individuals. It was his stories about his time with a few people, who are his friends now, that were esp. insightful. #haitiunitednations
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blancanieves
10/01/09

In reply to A 'Bridge' To Nowhere
I'm originally from Bridgeport but spent the second half of my childhood and teen years in the town next door. What so many people don't realize about Connecticut is that is such a stratified state. It's famous for being wealthy but that's only a small portion of the towns. Most towns in CT are lower middle class and blue collar, and the cities like Bridgeport, Norwalk, New Haven, and Hartford are completely overrun with poverty, crime, and lots of political corruption. I'm a Bport girl at heart and have been happy to see a buildup of a small arts community starting there. I truly hope things get better there for all who live there.
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Mary McCarthyite
10/01/09

@blancanieves: Exactly. You know what's crazy? Rents are super high there, especially in Black Rock. My friends who live and/or work there say the same things you just did.

(By the way...do we know each other? haha)
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blancanieves
10/01/09

@Mary McCarthyite: Haha I don't know...we might! Rent in Black Rock is especially high because that's where the younger/artsy scene is. It's actually a great community that really cares about the survival of Bridgeport, but unfortunately it's getting harder to live there! I'm actually moving out of state, but will always come home to visit. Bridgeport has an amazing history, it's where PT Barnum got started and is actually buried!
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Mary McCarthyite
10/01/09

@blancanieves: I know; the cemetery he's buried in is 2 blocks away from the house I grew up in! Don't forget, B-port is the birthplace of the frisbee. So much awesome.
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Mary McCarthyite
10/01/09

In reply to A 'Bridge' To Nowhere
I grew up in the town next to Bridgeport. They've been trying to improve the city for decades but it just seems helpless. Sad.
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mbprice
10/01/09

In reply to A 'Bridge' To Nowhere
I work in an industry where I really should already know the answer to this question, but can someone help me out? What are the rules for publishing pictures with and without releases? Does it have to do with whether their faces are clearly shown? I'm just not sure how I'd react to a photographer snapping my picture while I was out walking, then seeing that I became Getty's poster child for localized economic disaster.
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LaComtesse
10/01/09

@mbprice: If it is for journalistic purposes no release is required. If it is for a documentary/commercial/marketing purpose etc. then releases are required.
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dreamweave
09/22/09

In reply to Share, And Share Alike
I will never get used to the idea that this goes on in our rich-ass country in every town, every day, recession or no.
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Red-headed bookworm
09/22/09

@dreamweave: I know. One of the women in our town that I communciate with on Twitter started an organization that does food drives for out area.
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rd2uk
09/16/09

In reply to Food For Thought
Jezzies,
10$ do UNHRC for Pakistan would translate to 20 meals in the country. Sorry if I'm being preachy, but thats a couple of bottles of beer to give up, really.
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MizJenkins
09/16/09

In reply to Food For Thought
Dear Kanye,

See sometimes it's not all about you. Remember when back when celebrities used their fame to make the world better? Do something useful with yourself. There are people out there who need the attention more.

Love, MizJ
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VirginiaDentata
09/16/09

@MizJenkins: Dear Miz J,

Lately, I love you more every time you post.

Love,
VD
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NoraFusus
09/16/09

In reply to Food For Thought
i am going to shut up about my bank account, the roof that needs repair, all the crap i have listed in my brain ... my children are fed ... my children are not hungry ... my children are not sick ... time to log into unicef ... time to share
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MissFiFi
09/16/09

In reply to Food For Thought
If that does not put life into perspective...this is when I wish I had a gazillion dollars and could rent a jet to bring food and medical to each of these people.
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Ailatan
09/16/09

@MissFiFi: I know, but we can help the one we have close to home, even if it's very little.

My mum told me about this neighbour of hers who lives with only $150 a month and has a son who is paraplegic. She can't work since she's 75. My mum is doing what she can for this lady.

I know there is some sort of fatigue and we're inundated with images of poverty and sickness, but it's important to remember how much other people need our help.

Sorry for the sermon.
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MissFiFi
09/16/09

@Ailatan: Considering the donations my hubby and I make to local charities not just monetary and the fact that I do help as I volunteer for Hospice, I get where you are coming from. That above image though is very haunting
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Ailatan
09/16/09

@MissFiFi: Yay you and your hubs!!

Sorry, if I came accross as preachy, it wasn't my intention.

That image is extremely haunting, I agree
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sybann
09/16/09

@Ailatan: PREACH! We all need to give back. We all need to remember that there but for the grace of G*d...
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MissFiFi
09/16/09

@Ailatan: No not preachy, it is important to give back and sadly many folks forget that.
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BabyJane
09/16/09

@Ailatan: I don't think you sounded preachy at all. Sometimes, we all need to be reminded.
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Laulau
09/16/09

@Ailatan: We can also very easily help those far away. The benefit and the burden of the information era, as Peter Singer so aptly points out.
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rollsnide
09/16/09

@Ailatan: Preach on, as far as I'm concerned. Your mom is awesome.
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Ailatan
09/16/09

@rollsnide: well, she's my mum so I might be biased, but she's awesome!
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Flackette Goes Retro
06/25/09

In reply to Feed The Children
They've done this for a long time where I live, and I don't know who (other than that terrible lady mentioned above) could argue against feeding children. In my own elementary school, in a rural area, one year in my class I was literally the only kid not on free or reduced lunch (reduced = 50 cents for lunch, instead of $1). The malnutrition by kids right here in America is astounding.
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la.donna.pietra
06/24/09

In reply to Feed The Children
My mom taught elementary school in Fresno in the late '70s. About 2/3 of her kids were on the free lunch program, and the first thing they'd ask upon arriving in her classroom was "When's lunch?" It was the only meal they got all day. After about three weeks of failing to teach them anything between 7:20 and 11:30, she and my dad smuggled several enormous containers of generic peanut butter and generic Ritz crackers into her classroom, thus ensuring that a bunch of third graders could concentrate on their times tables in the morning.

I suspect nowadays she'd be sued for triggering a peanut allergy, but it's on my list of reasons why my mom is awesome.
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ms.know_it_all
06/25/09

@la.donna.pietra: That´s really awesome. I grew up in Fresno, what school did your mom taught at? During most of my school years i too was part of the free lunch program. I LOVED pizza days.
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la.donna.pietra
06/25/09

@ms.know_it_all: It was before I was born, so I don't actually know which school it was. (My dad brags about it a lot, which is how I know that it happened.) It would have been circa 1974-75, though.
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