From BlogWrite for CEOs:
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From ProBlogger:
Special thanks to Dave at Communication Nation for pointing me to Poynter Online’s Fifty Writing Tools. I’m bookmarking this for future use.
From Wagner Communications:
From Wet Feet PR:
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center launches new art gallery, school
– reported by the Houston Business Journal
The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and the SBC Foundation officials Wednesday opened a new Latino Art Gallery and Visual Arts School on the city’s West Side.
The new gallery and school was made possible through a $500,000 grant given by the SBC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of San Antonio-based SBC Communications Inc. [snip]
I should have taken a minute, or a few minutes, to cool down before I said something… before I did something. But I didn’t and now I regret it.
A few months ago the apartment above mine was rented out to an older couple, their daughter, her husband (or boyfriend or whatever) and their 4-year-old girl. They’re a very noisy group.
I understand that the little girl needs to stretch her legs. She can frequently be heard running from one side of the apartment to another. I’m not going to complain every time the little girl gets unruly.
However, having the adults make noise at 11 p.m. is pushing it. I sat here and did the “grin and bear it” thing for an hour. But at some point every “boom, boom” from above just made me angrier. When my glasses started clinking with every heavy footstep, every jump, that’s when I’d had enough.
I angrily changed out of my pajamas and into jeans and a tee sheet, and huffed my way up the stairs. I really should have given myself a moment to cool down. But I didn’t.
The husband… boyfriend, whatever, was on the porch, outside, smoking. The older couple wasn’t there.
“You do realize people live downstairs?” I asked him, as way of hello.
“Excuse me?” he asked, confused.
“It’s 11 o’clock and, while I understand that the little girl needs to get her exercise during the day, some of us are trying to sleep. There’s a lot of noise coming from up here,” I told him, angry.
“Yeah, well, it’s probably my cousins. They’re here watching the game,” he answered.
“Do you live here?” I asked, knowing that he did.
“Yes.”
“Is the other couple here?” I asked, knowing already what the answer would be.
“No,” he answered.
There was more to the conversation, but little effectiveness. Though he did promise they would keep it controlled, I’m still hearing “boom, boom.” I’m going to have to decide at which point I need to complain with the apartment manager.
In the meantime, I hope I haven’t started a feud with my neighbors. That’s really the last thing we need right now.
Steve Rubel posted his ten RSS hacks. Worth a read, here’s the short version:
Read the article for the full instructions, links and resources.
Steve Rubel asks the question, “Is Flack a Bad Word?”
I never liked the word, but I know that some have embraced it as a way to empower themselves and the profession. I don’t think that it really makes a difference, that it affects the way PR professionals are viewed.
What do you think?
Civic rights activist Rosa Parks passed away, at age 92. A cultural icon, living history, Rosa Parks was one of the few women who could truly say “look at what I did.” She will be missed. Let’s not forget what she tried to do.
Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks dead at 92
– reported by KHOU CBS Channel 112
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala, a black woman refused to relinquish her seat on a city bus so a white man could sit there.
Rosa Lee Parks, the quiet, gentle woman who made the gesture during a time of blatant discrimnation, died Monday at the age of 92.
In 1955, Jim Crow laws in place since the post-Civil War Reconstruction required separation of the races in buses, restaurants and public accommodations throughout the South, while legally sanctioned racial discrimination kept blacks out of many jobs and neighborhoods in the North.
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1913 ROSA PARKS 2005
‘Mother of the civil rights movement’
– reported by the Houston Chronicle1
Rosa Lee Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday. She was 92.
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Recent changes in the law have made it harder for you to file for bankruptcy.
Tougher Bankruptcy Law Takes Effect
Law Requires Mandatory Credit Counseling
– reported by Click2Houston.com
[snip]… it’s tougher to file for personal bankruptcy.
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The new law makes it harder to liquidate. Those filing have to meet certain income requirements.
In addition, anyone wanting to file will have to undergo credit counseling and produce documents including tax returns, pay stubs and statements from their creditors.
The idea behind the new law is to prevent abuse of the bankruptcy system.
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A little cross-posting, sort of, highlighting recent news coverage of a proposed change to the Texas constitution regulating marriage.
For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, the proposition is supposed to limit the guidelines of a marriage as that between one man and one woman. However, there are some problems with the amendment (beyond the spirit of it, which I won’t even attempt to address right now).
Group says Prop 2 language could threaten traditional marriage
– reported by KTRK ABC Channel 13
Opponents of Proposition 2, which would amend the Texas constitution to define marriage as being only between one man and one woman, warned Monday the proposition could nullify traditional marriages.
[snip]
The group points to the language of the proposed amendment that says the state is prohibited from “creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage.” That, the group says, could be interpreted by a judge to mean traditional or common law marriage is invalid.
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Same-sex marriage tops list before voters
Taxes, property and bail issues are also to be decided in Nov. 8 election
– reported by the Houston Chronicle1
Texans will cast ballots Nov. 8 on nine proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, only one of which has received much attention or scrutiny: Proposition 2, which would prohibit same-sex marriage.
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