5 Ways to Make Ends Meet
September 8, 2011 
With times what they are, many of us are looking for ways to help make ends meet. Here are 5 easy ways to jump start that process for you.
Direct Sales
There are so many options for this type of business; you simply need to choose the kind of business you would li... continue reading...
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Arts, Business
Rockers of Radio Silence Sing About Bullying to Raise Awareness
March 18, 2011 It’s a topic that’s in the news all the time these days – kids getting bullied and feeling helpless to do anything.
Four New York teens decided to take matters into their own hands to help raise awareness about bullying and its effects o... continue reading...
Tags: Blink 182, bullied, bully, bully awareness, bullying, DoSomething.org, duane allman, Eric Clapton, Green Day, haters, jimi hendrix, music, New York, new york city, nirvana, NY, Professional Children's School, Radio Silence, Radiosilencenyc.com, Renegade, Rutgers, Tyler Clementi
Arts, Music
Wearable Art Makes for One-of-a-Kind Fashions
February 26, 2011 If you are on the cutting edge of fashion or you just like to get noticed every once in a while, you must check out the fashion creations of Melissa Rajsky.
Rajsky is the creator of Raw Materials by Melissa, her artistic fashions company that uses repurposed cl... continue reading...
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Arts, Fashion and Style
Young Writers Win Mrs. P’s “Be a Famous Writer” Contest, Chosen by Celebrity Judges
January 15, 2011 Two young writers from Colorado and Oregon have won the Grand Prize of the 2nd Annual National Writing Contest from Mrs. P, the free, interactive reading site.
Eight-year-old Briana Beebe from Centenni... continue reading...
Tags: Bill Wang, Briana Beebe, Centennial, Danny Kallis, disney channel, garfield, Jim Davis, Kathy Kinney, Meg Cabot, Mrs P, Oregon, Reading, Robin E Kaplan, The Princess Diaries, West Linn, writing contest, Zach and Cody
Arts, Books
Step Back in Time with Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show which Opens Today at The Riviera
October 28, 2010 Want to teach the kids a lesson in the classics? Take them back in time to the old days – the days before YouTube, reality TV, iPods or even Walkmans™ (RIP). The way our parents and grandparents were entertained ... continue reading...
Tags: Buddy Hackett, David DeCosta, Dean Martin, Doug Starks, Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, las vegas, Lisa Dawn Miller, Rat Pack, Riviera, Robert Vannucci, Ron Miller, Sammy Davis Jr., Sandy Hackett, Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show, Tony Basile
Arts, Entertainment
Sign Language DVDs Open Up a Whole New World for Deaf Children and Expand Learning for All
October 23, 2010 Good Night Moon, Corduroy, Five Little Monkeys – these are favorite stories we know by heart and our children probably do too.
A new series of videos with American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation bring these sto... continue reading...
Tags: american sign language, ASL, Cordouroy, Dave Victorson, DVD, Five Little Monkeys, Good Night Moon, Missy Keast, sign language, translating
Arts, Education
How to Raise a Musical Child
October 16, 2010 “Every child is musical. Learning the fundamentals of music is very similar to how we learn a language,” according to Mark Biesterfeld, co-founder of Petite Musician, Inc. in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Children are decoding sounds from Day One.
Biesterfeld says even newborns ca... continue reading...
Tags: children, classical music, country music, fundamentals of music, instruments, Mark Biesterfeld, music, Music Together, musical, singing, world music
Arts, Music
Disney’s Secretariat Out Today Profiles a Housewife Turned Trainer and the Horse She Loved
October 8, 2010 Secretariat was arguably the greatest racehorse in the history of racing, winning the Triple Crown in 1973. Today Disney’s version of his life and the story of the people who brought him to greatness is relea... continue reading...
Tags: Belmont Stakes, Diane Lane, disney, Golden Globe, horse racing, James Cromwell, John Malkovich, Kentucky Derby, movies, Oscar, Preakness Stakes, Randall Wallace, Secretariat, Triple Crown
Arts, Movies
This Book Will Either Make You Twitch or Liberate You – Mess by Keri Smith
September 14, 2010 My copy of Mess – the Manual of Accidents and Mistakes by Keri Smith (September 7, 2010, Penguin Group, ISBN 978-0-399-53600-7) arrived with a skid mark on the cover from the packaging getting punctured during shipping. I ac... continue reading...
Tags: art, books, destory, family, improvisation, Keri Smith, making a mess, Mess, outcome, This is Not a Book, Wreck this Journal
Arts, Books
Harry Connick Jr, Faith Hill and Vanessa Williams: Celebrity Musicians Help Teach Kids the Importance of Music
August 30, 2010 RESTON, VA www.ExpertClick.com (August 19, 2010) -- MENC: The National Association for Music Education released a new edition of public service announcements that feature top musicians for "Back to S... continue reading...
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Arts, Education, Music