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Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire: The Ultimate Fan Guide [Kindle] $0.99.
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Georgiana is the subject of the movie "The Duchess" (currently on Netflix) and a relative of the young Prince and Princess of Cambridge. Get the Ultimate Fan Guide -- with plot points, history, and what happened to the historical characters -- for only 99 cents!
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The Green Party has continually opposed entry into war and has consistently called for the immediate return of our troops, in stark contrast to the Democratic and Republican parties.
Today we march, tomorrow we vote Green Party.
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Reflections on Occupy Wall Street, with photos, fun, and good wishes for the future. eBook, Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? (Only $.99 !) In the eBook, the Occupy movement is explored through original reporting, photographs, cartoons, poetry, essays, and reviews.The collection of essays and blog posts records the unfolding of Occupy into the culture from September 2011 to the present. Authors Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder were early supporters of Occupy, using their internet platforms to communicate the changes being created by the American Autumn.
The eBook is currently available on Amazon for Kindle; Barnes & Noble Nook ; Smashwords independent eBook seller; and a Kobo for 99 cents and anyone can read it using their Kindle/Nook Reader, smart phone, or computer.
All Music is pleased to announce the first installment of our FREE summer workshop series! Thursday July 15th at 7pm All Music Store 397D South Oyster Bay Road Plainview, NY 11803 . In this seminar, professional live sound engineer Joe Chinnici will show you how anyone can get excellent results with an inexpensive sound system. […]
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Background info: here. Today is the day to get out and vote to stop the sale of The Marion Carll Farm to a gated community. The polls are open from 6 am – 9pm, Commack HS (Scholar Lane) if you live north of Jericho Tpke. Commack Middle School (Vanderbilt Pkwy.) if you live south of […]
Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, children, Education, local, long island, Long Island Politics, Long Island schools, News, politics, progressive politics | Tagged: Commack Community Association, Commack Middle School, Commack School District, Jericho Tpke, Jericho Turnpike, Long Island activism, Long Island developers, Long Island farm preservation, Long Island farms, Long Island history, Long Island land preservation, Marion Carll Farm, Scholar Lane, Vanderbilt Parkway | Leave a Comment »
The only way that the Green Party can regain ballot status in NY is to get 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. This opportunity comes only once every four years, and it only applies to the Governor’s race. Gaining ballot status will enable the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer […]
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The Commack Community Association and other members of the Commack community are fighting a school district plan to sell 9 acres of land, donated to the district, to a developer. The land is the Marion Carll Farm, where school children used to be able to visit for field trips.
Filed under: Action Alert!, children, Education, local, long island, Long Island Politics, Long Island schools, News, politics | Tagged: Commack, Commack BOE, Commack community, Commack Community Association, Commack School board, Commack School District, Commack School vote, CSD, farm preservation, Hamlet Golf, Holiday Corporation, land preservation, Long Island history, Long Island news, Long Island preservation, Long Island schools, Marion Carll Farm, school district accountability, transparency | 2 Comments »
The Commack School Board proposes the quick sale of a historic farm, the 1860 Marion Carll property, for $750,000 to a developer. A Community association says that the one week notice to the community is too short, and says the June 24 vote should be delayed.
Filed under: Action Alert!, Education, local, long island, Long Island Politics, Long Island schools, News | Tagged: bequests, Commack, Commack School board, Commack School District, Commack School vote, developers, educational issues, educational purposes, farm preservation, land preservation, Long Island developers, Long Island farms, Long Island real estate, Marian Carll, Marian Carll Farm, Marian Carll Property, Marion Carl, preservation, The Hamlet, The Hamlet Golf Course, The Hamlet in Commack, The Holiday Organization | Leave a Comment »
State Board of Education candidate Amie Parsons was assaulted by a Texas State Trooper during a campaign appearance at the Travis State Office Building on Congress St. “He grabbed my arm, and shoved me,” Amie Parsons said. “We were holding signs near the State Board of Education meeting room because they would not allow me inside.”
Filed under: Education, elections, News, politics | Tagged: Annie Parsons, Board of Education District 12, Board of Education elections, Freedom of Speech, libertarian, Open Meetings, Police Abuse, Republican Revolution, Texas Board of Education, Texas Libertarian Party, Texas State Troopers, Texas textbooks, Textbook politics | Leave a Comment »
Says Democrats’ and Republicans’ Support for Charter Schools Benefits Their Campaign Contributors, Not Children’s Education Howie Hawkins, the Green Party nominee for Governor of New York State, said today that he opposed increasing the cap on the number of charter schools in New York. “The Democrats and Republicans are using the budget crisis to push […]
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Early returns for Long Island school budget votes. As of 11:36pm, Newsday reports that 10 districts have had their budgets fail so far: Westbury, Port Jefferson, W. Hempstead, Elwood, Herricks, Garden City, Levittown, E. Rockaway, West Babylon, Wyandanch.
Filed under: children, Education, local, long island, Long Island Politics, News, politics | Tagged: East Rockaway, Election results, Elwood, Garden City, Garden City School District, Herricks, Levittown, LI School Vote, Long Island school districts, Long Island schools, nassau, Port Jefferson, School Budget Vote, suffolk, West Babylon, West Babylon School District, West Hempstead, West Hempstead School District, Westbury, Westbury School District, Wyandanch | 3 Comments »
Information and links concerning the school budget votes and school trustee votes on Long Island, New York, which includes Suffolk County school districts and Nassau County school districts.
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Patricia Burkhart is an activist and community leader from Long Island, New York. These are her thoughts on schools, and on the need for healing at Connetquot School District.
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What the regular news will tell you is that, at Connequot High School on Long Island, New York, a 17-year-old former student, and a 16-year-old current student were involved in a plot to do shootings at the school. Then, the AP story and the regular news will go on and on with details of their […]
Filed under: activism, children, Education, local, long island, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News, personal, politics, progressive politics, public health, reform, safety, US Politics | Tagged: adolescent psychology, Bohemia, Christopher Franko, Commack, Commack community, Commack High School, connetquot, connetquot school district, Dana Saltzman, education issues, high school, long island, Long Island school taxes, Long Island schools, Oakdale, Ronkonkoma, school consolidation, school reform, school shootings, school taxes, school violence, Small Schools, Young People | 1 Comment »
Winners Will Receive Copies of the New Music-Based Videogames DJ Hero or Band Hero The Long Island Music Hall of Fame (LIMHoF), Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, and Public Enemy present their first spoken word poetry contest. The contest calls for entrants to write a long poem about their home on Long Island, download an original music […]
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IW: Steve Levy continues his foot-in-mouth politics. An article from the Stony Brook Press explains how During his State of the County address, Suffolk County Executive and Stony Brook University alum Steve Levy called out the Political Science Department as being riddled with communists. That Levy would use 1950’s red-baiting to try to gain points […]
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