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How to Prevent Academic Failure and Misbehavior By Matthew Lynch (Bzine.com) [excerpted] During my second year of teaching, I had a student in my Social Studies class who tried her best but just couldn’t pass my quizzes or tests. My job was not to be complacent with her performance but to help lift her to the next level. I decided to try Gardner’s Eight Multiple Intelligences. This student turned out to be ...More

For real? This post is a waste of time, but here it goes.. First the news... (eurweb.com) Rose Rock plans to sue the establishment after claiming she was racially discriminated against when she was seated but ignored for more than a half hour at one of its South Carolina restaurants. Mrs. Rock, who is from Georgetown, SC, said she and her 21-year-old daughter were the lone African Americans at the chain's Murrells ...More

I don't know how many times I have encountered folks who hold on to the claim that poverty is the sole indicator behind the death rate in the Black community. The following article does a good job spelling out ALL of the indicators. [excerpted] Blacks die younger than whites, regardless of income By Tracy Wheeler Akron Beacon Journal AKRON, Ohio - Poor. Working poor. Middle class. Wealthy. It doesn't seem to matter. African-Americans, on average, die younger ...More

(uuworld.org) Rarely today does a single person get credit for a major technological advance the way Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell did in the nineteenth century. Yet even back then, inventions were almost always the product of many ingenious minds collaborating and competing with one another. Brilliant, modest, and still little known, Lewis Latimer was a key figure behind two of the most revolutionary inventions of all time—the light bulb ...More

Did you know that The Chicago Defender now has a video podcast? I didn't. === The Chicago Defender's executive editor, Roland Martin, announced today that the Chicago Defender has launched the Chicago Defender Inside Black America Video Podcast on www.chicagodefender.com. The Defender, after its centennial year, becomes the first Black newspaper in the nation to take advantage of this new technology after being the first to launch an audio podcast in May 2005. ...More

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggzETpcZjoI] A doll is a doll. Kenya suffered the same fate as so many other dolls - headless, missing a couple of limbs and naked. Don't laugh. If whites can see an image of the Virgin Mary on a potato chip......well? Here is a shot of reality on the AIDS crisis in Oakland, CA: This last video kinda reinforces the point. A short drama worth watching. Now THAT'S messed up! Visit blackinformantTV for more videos. More

This is EXACTLY what I was saying the other day regarding the poor sales of Janet Jackson's latest album: Dupri was partially responsible along with Randy Jackson ("American Idol" fame, not the brother) for making Mariah Carey's "Emancipation of Mimi" album a monster hit. With Janet, he opted to make her into something she couldn't be at age 40—a hip hop diva—rather than present her as an adult star. Kids did ...More

Yesterday as I sat in Southern California traffic, like always I scanned talk radio stations to listen to a discussion interesting enough to keep me awake. I came across the Laura Ingraham show (a show I normally do not listen to) and heard something that caused me to take my hand off the dial. She was talking about some new dance that has been a big hit with the kids. ...More

This is one of those articles that I will be referring to a whole lot in the days ahead. Claridon Township (cleveland.com)-- Tim Taylor's job calls for finding ways to distribute food stamps to Geauga County's Amish. He might as well be trying to sell them cars. The horse-and-buggy crowd philosophically opposes the support program overseen by Taylor's agency, the Geauga Department of Job & Family Services. Accepting public assistance is verboten ...More

The Fugitive - Part III JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Actor Wesley Snipes, indicted by U.S. authorities for tax fraud this week, is filming a movie in the African country of Namibia which has no extradition treaty with Washington, officials said on Friday. "It is confirmed. He is definitely here," Edwin Kanguatjivi, chief executive officer of the Namibia Film Commission, said by telephone. "He has been in Namibia since the end of August." Snipes, the ...More

"Nollywood" refers to the growing film industry in Nigeria. Here are just a few websites that cover this growing industry. NigeriaFilms.com "This website Nigeria Films.com is dedicated to the projection of local Nigeria film in particular and African films in general. The profiles and life styles of actors, actresses and those behind the scene will be previewed. New and old films will be previewed and reviewed on monthly basis for your criticism ...More

(eurweb.com) Jermaine Dupri is standing by his woman Janet Jackson amidst sluggish movement of her new album, “20 Y.O.,” which reportedly experienced a 74 percent drop in sales during its second week of release – falling from No. 2 to 9 on the Nielsen SoundScan chart. A rep for label chairman Jason Flom counters: “Jason wants the CD to be a hit as much as anyone. But Janet just didn't have ...More

First the news... (AP) FONTANA, Calif. Police say what began as a fight between two students escalated into a riot involving about 500 students Friday at Fontana High School. Officers were called to the school around noon. Police say students were throwing rocks and bottles at officers and one another. Officers fired bean bags and rubber pellets to scatter the crowd. No major injuries were reported. But police say two students were arrested ...More