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nfl jerseys: Pressed by Charters, Public Schools Try Marketing
Townhall.com - User Blogs &bull YesterdayRafaela Espinal held her first poolside chat last summer, offering cheese, crackers and apple cider to draw people to hear her pitch. She keeps a handful of brochures in her purse, and also gives a few to her daughter before she leaves for school each morning. She painted signs on the windows of her Chrysler minivan, turning it into a mobile advertisement. It is all an effort to build awareness for her product, which is not ed hardy on sale new, but is in need of an image makeover: a public school in Harlem. As charter schools have grown around… Full Story »
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The Last (Good) Man Standing
The Politicker &bull Mar 9, 2010On the morning of Monday, March 8, Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch placed a call to Kathryn Wylde, president of the civic-minded business group Partnership for New York City, with a request. In New York, the odds are never great for anyone attempting to easily pass a budget. But they're particularly daunting now, with Governor David Paterson on the brink and the state $9 billion in the hole. So the pressure is on for Mr. Ravitch, the 76-year-old… Full Story »
Edward Schneier, Brian Murtaugh, Antoinette Pole, John Brian Murtaugh - New York Politics: A Tale of Two States
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Clinton, beverage group: School efforts working
Seattle Times &bull Mar 8, 2010
The report on beverage consumption comes as first lady Michelle Obama is leading a campaign to combat childhood obesity and as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is calling for a state tax on sugary soft drinks. Life as a… Full Story »
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Hilton Als: Penny Arcade's "Bad Reputation."
George Packer (The New Yorker) &bull Mar 8, 2010
Bad Reputation" is the self-consciously transgressive title of the performance artist and political activist Penny Arcade's book of interviews, essays, and documentation of her works, but since when was Penny Arcade shy about rubbing our faces in her outlaw status?… Full Story »
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Parents fight school budget cuts
New York Post &bull Mar 5, 2010
The proposed budget would cut $11,677 from classrooms across this state," said Zakiyah Ansari, a mother of District 22 students and a member of the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE). According to reports, each New York City school district would… Full Story »
Alex Vitale - City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics
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A bad deal to avoid Holder's folly?
Power Line &bull Mar 5, 2010
I hesitate to criticize the outcome sight unseen, but Graham is apparently the key actor in negotiating an agreement with the Obama administration on closing the Guantanamo detention facility. I understood Graham to say as much in a recent interview… Full Story »
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Koch defends third term
Ben Smith - Politico.com &bull Mar 4, 2010
I thought your reference to me and my third term as mayor was unfair. No one has ever suggested that I, in any way, was involved in corruption. The two leaders who engaged in the corruption you refer to were… Full Story »
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New Voting Machines
All Joseph P. Addabbo Jr's Content &bull Feb 20, 2010When you go to the polls in September, the old Shoup 3.2 mechanical voting machine - used in city polling places for about half a century - will be gone, replaced by Elections Systems Softwares (ESS) DS200 Scanner and the AutoMark Ballot Marking… Full Story »
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ReformNY: Questions Raised about NYC's Voting Machine Selection ...
ReformNY &bull Feb 20, 2010Yesterday, Dominion, the manufacturer of one of the two optical scan machines certified for use in New York State, filed suit in federal court to enjoin New York City from awarding a contract to the manufacturer of the other certified… Full Story »
Alex S. Vitale - City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics
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New York City Selects New Electronic Voting Machines : State of ...
State of Elections &bull Feb 20, 2010Although New York City may not sleep, it does procrastinate. NYC will be one of the last municipalities in the U.S. The decision to contract for voting machines isn?t as easy as it may seem. Voting machines are graded on… Full Story »
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Lost in the Ozone...: Andrew Cuomo: Hiram Monserrate's Lawsuit to ...
Lost in the Ozone... &bull Feb 20, 2010Concentrating on the Borough of Queens in New York City...and the neighborhoods of Ozone Park, Howard Beach, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park...and Community Boards 5, 6, 9 and 10... State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo blasted Hiram Monserrate's argument… Full Story »
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized ...
WSJ.com: Washington Wire &bull Feb 20, 2010U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery for an apparently early-stage pancreatic cancer today, at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. According to Dr. Murray Brennan, the attending surgeon, Justice Ginsburg will likely remain… Full Story »
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Forward Motion Theater RE:Vision Movement Machine Media
Forward Motion Theater &bull Feb 20, 2010Forward Motion Theater presents RE:Vision, a collaboration of live performances weaving multimedia and dance from a fresh critical perspective. The evening features six independent works by artists combining choreography, video, spoken word, and music. RE:Vision builds on Forward Motion Theater?s 6-year successful series EyeWash that fostered interdisciplinary collaborations between more than 200 digital media artists and live performers. One night show, February 24th at 8pm, one subway stop from Midtown Manhattan at The Secret Theatre 44-02 23rd St, in the Long Island City Arts Building, LIC, Queens. Tickets are $10. For reservations: www.secrettheatre.com or purchase… Full Story »
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Hartford Advocate: Blogbort
Hartford Advocate: Blogbort &bull Feb 20, 2010The one thing I will say for Bernard Kerik, the former New York City Police Commissioner who was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday, is that he at least expressed remorse for his crimes. I know I must be punished, he told the judge before his sentencing. Kerik had pleaded… Full Story »
Sarah F. Liebschutz, Robert W. Bailey Ph.D., Jane Shapiro Zacek, Jeffrey M. Stonecast, Joseph F. Zimmerman - New York Politics & Government: Competition and Compassion
sponsored listing • Shopping.comTwo values often at odds with each other -- competition and compassion -- dominate New York's political culture. Since the eighteenth century New York has been known for its economic leadership and entrepreneurial opportunites. Its nickname, "the Empire State", reflects the state's continuing role as...Full Story »
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Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools- And Winning: Lessons from ...
Education Theory &bull Feb 20, 2010Product DescriptionAn account of the reform of a major American urban school district, this text focuses on the battles over power, jobs, contracts, taxes and race. Poorly written, full of self-serving indulgence. No one outside of the Houston area could begin to comprehend what this book is about. The first half reads like a diary and the second half contains no new ideas on how to save our public schools.unless you live in Houston. Talk about backdoor politics! I feel sorry for the folks in Houston. This in-depth look at eight years in the life of the Houston Independent School… Full Story »
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Women of the GOP: Profile of Christine Todd Whitman
Women of the GOP &bull Feb 20, 2010In 2004, Christine Todd Whitman became the first female Governor of New Jersey and only the second Republican female Governor (Kay Orr of Nebraska was the first) in the history of the United States to be elected to the post. Here is a look at her life and accomplishments.Christine Todd Whitman was born in 1946 in New York City… Full Story »
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Hiram Monserrate's Expulsion Upheld By Judge
Huffington Post &bull Feb 19, 2010
Read More:Hiram Monserrate, Hiram Monserrate Assault, Hiram Monserrate Senate Expulsion, Monserrate Expelled, New York, New York City, New York News He's backed by the New York Civil Liberties Union. Monserrate says the state Senate denied him due process and his… Full Story »
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'What's On Your Plate?' (VIDEO): Documentary Engages Kids In The Food Process
Huffington Post &bull Feb 19, 2010
Read More:Food, Food Production, Local Food, New York City, New York City Food System, Sadie Safiyah, What's On Your Plate, What's On Your Plate Documentary, Green News Catherine Gund's documentary, "What's On Your Plate," puts two 11-year-old kids in the center of the food debate, discussing and engaging in the food… Full Story »
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Nets To Newark: New Jersey Team To Play In Newark Before Brooklyn Move
Huffington Post &bull Feb 19, 2010
The NBA team reached a deal with the state to move their regular-season games to Newark's Prudential Center until their new arena is built in Brooklyn. Under the deal, the Nets will pay a $4 million penalty over two years to get out of their lease at the Izod Center in the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, their home since 1981. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority voted to… Full Story »
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Op-Ed Columnist: The Power Elite
New York Times = Op/Ed &bull Feb 19, 2010
One of the great achievements of modern times is that we have made society more fair. Sixty years ago, the upper echelons were dominated by what E. Digby Baltzell called The Protestant Establishment and C. Wright Mills called The Power Elite. If your father went to Harvard, you had a 90 percent chance of getting in yourself, and the path upward from there was grooved in your favor. Since then, we have opened up… Full Story »
