High School Freshman, Robin Paige shows that stealing from the rich and giving to the poor can take on a whole new meaning.. After being pushed to the edge by the Rangers, Robin stumbles upon the hiding place for their “drops”. What he does next will change his life forever. Urban/African American/YA
Currently exhibited art works of New York
City artist Marko Stout. Marko Stout is a contemporary New York City
artist best known for his urban female figurative works. He holds
advanced degrees in anatomy and medicine- drawing inspiration from many
artists such as Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein, contemporary
New York street art and utilizing his past skills as a medical
illustrator Marko creates a stimulating narrative of the contemporary
urban female. His subjects often appear in a moderate state of
distress, overwhelmed by their modern high tech and stressed
environment, while maintaining a cool elegant and sexy demeanor of a
sophisticated twenty-first century city dweller. His works are now
featured in numerous fine art galleries of New York City, Chicago, San
Francisco and Miami, as well as London, Berlin, Australia and India. As
well as solo shows in the SOHO and Chelsea areas of New York. Marko Stout 2012 Collection, Marko Stout Art Gallery, LLC, New York City. http://www.MarkoStout.com http://www.MarkoNYC.com
National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders announced today that they have invested a total of 137 million dollars into predominantly Latino communities that have been hard hit by foreclosures. This effort has successfully restored neighborhoods and stabilized communities in eight states and the District of Columbia.
The initial investment of funds came from a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and is the largest grant ever targeted by the federal government to predominantly Latino communities.
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Childhood lead poisoning is considered the most preventable environmental disease among young children, yet nearly one million children are affected. To coincide with National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (October 21 -27), the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Ad Council are encouraging all families to get their children (ages 0-6) and homes (built before 1978) tested for lead poisoning. To extend this critical health message to caregivers, parents and pregnant women, they redistributed their national Lead Poisoning Prevention public service advertising (PSAs) nationwide.
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Dorina Basarab is a dhampir, half human, half vampire.Dory had been working with a Vampire Senate task force on the smuggling of magical items and weaponry out of Faerie when she was captured and brought to a lab. But when Louis-Cesare rescues her, she has no memory of what happened to her.To find out what was done to her and who is behind it Dory will have to face off with fallen angels, the maddest of mad scientists, and a new breed of vampires that are far worse than undead. Find out more at http://www.karenchance.com/books.html Fury's Kiss by Karen Chance. romance, urban fantasy, fantasy
The Emmy® Award-winning PBS home improvement series This Old House® will feature a 19th-century Victorian-era home in the city of Cambridge, Mass., and a woodland cottage circa 1935 in rural Essex, Mass., as its latest renovation projects for the upcoming 33rd national season premiering this October 4. The locations represent a city-and -country theme and provide fresh angles that are remarkably different and even contrasting. The Cambridge Project will showcase a renovation for a young family in a bustling urban setting, while the Essex Project is a quiet country cottage that will be transformed into a universally accessible living space for aging parents.
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As part of its charitable giving program, jcp cares, jcpenney is supporting Teach For America, an organization committed to developing teachers and leaders to make America’s schools great. Throughout the month of September, jcpenney customers can round up their store purchases to the nearest whole dollar and donate the difference to Teach For America.
Teach For America works in partnership with communities to expand educational opportunities for children facing the challenges of poverty. Each year, the organization recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding individuals of all academic disciplines to commit two years to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the movement to end educational inequity. Today more than 10,000 corps members are teaching in 46 urban and rural regions across the country.
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McDonald’s USA today announced the 2012 McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour, a free summer concert series that featured multi-award winning gospel artist Fred Hammond, raised more than $46,000 this year to support local Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Chapters and the Charity’s important mission of helping improve the health and well being of children and families.
Currently in its sixth year, McDonald’s pioneered the annual gospel tour as a way to bring positive, uplifting messages and entertainment to communities nationwide and emphasize the importance of giving back. With Hammond as the 2012 headliner, the free, nine-city tour also featured contemporary and urban gospel artists Byron Cage, 21:03, Canton Jones, J Moss, Myron Butler and VaShawn Mitchell, in select cities.
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Ceil Halligan is an aura adaptor, a kind of human chameleon about to take on the appearance of someone else. She takes care of the problems others do not want to deal with and she gets paid a lot of money for it. But when modern day Vikings attack and then kidnap her target her mission changes drastically. http://us.macmillan.com/inafix/LindaGrimes Young Adult and Fantasy
University Hospitals Case Medical Center was recognized today as a national model for quality care as the recipient of the 2012 American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize. The prestigious award named UH Case Medical Center the top hospital in the nation for its leadership and innovation in quality improvement and safety.
UH Case Medical Center was selected by a multi-disciplinary committee of health care quality and patient safety experts. The American Hospital Association (AHA)-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize is presented annually and UH Case Medical Center is the first large, urban academic medical center to earn this coveted prize.
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