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Lights! Camera! Accion! The third Hispanicize event, scheduled for April 11 – 13, 2012 will feature a Latino Film Showcase, so all of you Latino filmmakers and film lovers, take note! This is the place to be in April 2012! Features, shorts and documentaries are being sought for rooms full of bloggers, writers, and film… [Continue Reading]
- via The Huffington Post CANTON, Ga. — Even residents who didn’t know Jorelys Rivera saw the 7-year-old girl smiling and playing in the north Georgia apartment complex where she lived with her mother and siblings.
- via Happy Place Snowmen, a wonderful addition to the world around us during the winter and certainly they’re fun to make. You might see one or two in family gardens or even a whole snow-family. But some people take the art of snowmen making to the next level, a level that could be described… [Continue Reading]
- via The Huffington Post Eva Longoria has turned to Twitter to criticize GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s controversial proposal to use children as janitors, writing: “@newtgingrich you clearly know little about the Latina community, Latina entrepreneurs who start businesses at 6 times the national average.” The Hill reported. Last Thursday, Gingrich defended his controversial… [Continue Reading]
- via Elezea What would a child’s drawing look like if it were painted realistically? This is the question that illustrator Dave DeVries asked himself for his most recent project. A project aptly named The Monster Engine. To see these simple crayon drawings come to life is quite scary, but certainly an interesting concept to give… [Continue Reading]
By now you’ve heard about how the Florida Marlins are making a splash in the baseball world by moving into Miami, opening a brand new stadium, and adopting an all or nothing attitude towards the 2012 season. These Fish want to win, and they have a lot of money to spend. What’s important about the… [Continue Reading]
- via The Washington Post A longtime friend on the school board of one of the largest school systems in America did something that few public servants are willing to do. He took versions of his state’s high-stakes standardized math and reading tests for 10th graders, and said he’d make his scores public.
A co-worker of mine met her husband in an AOL chat room, way back when we were all getting hooked on the instant gratification of instant messaging, and the excitement of interacting online. My guess is she was probably one of the first to use the internet to her own romantic advantage.