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Happy Birthday, Mom

Yesterday, Wednesday October 28, my family gathered over dinner in NYC to celebrate my mother's 77th birthday. Harlem-born and raised, my mother spent some three decades in the Bronx before finally returning to Manhattan and Harlem in 2001.

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An evening with Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Anyone who is anyone in the NY state judiciary was on hand tonight, Thursday, September 24, to salute the newly-sworn Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at a function held in the Civil Supreme Court at 60 Centre Street in lower Manhattan.

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What are you watching on Hulu.com?

Since March 2008, a wonderful site called hulu.com was launched in the U.S. The joint venture (whose members include the NBC Universal Group, the parent company of Newsvine) has created a treasure trove of television shows and visual media of both old and contemporary programs.

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Hero versus Goat: Notes on the "Beer Summit"

Not everything can be resolved through dialogue. Today's vaunted "beer summit" and "teachable moment" is a gathering of adults who hold differing views about the controversial arrest of Prof. Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. by Cambridge Police Department Sgt. James Crowley.

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Another One Bites the Dust

It's five days on and we've all had time to digest the shocking news of the death of the pop music superstar, Michael Jackson. Talking heads have appeared on cable shows and pronounced that this really wasn't such a surprise considering the singer's lifestyle.

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What is your dream vacation?

Putting reality and practicality aside, where would you travel to this summer if you could have the vacation of your dreams?

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Joel Osteen Visits NYC, Provoking Little Attention

Yesterday, as the NY Yankees were away playing the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, the brand-new Yankee Stadium was being used for a religious gathering.

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Fear of Flying

What a sad state of affairs we have that airline travel, once a pleasurable experience, has become so fraught with tension, fear and regimentation.

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Role Reversals

These trying times are exacting their toll on many American families. My husband lost his job last November and now, once again, I am the stable breadwinner in our family, a position I've had the discomfort of being in before.

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Fun with Facebook

Like millions of other folks around the globe, I'm reconnecting with old friends, neighbors and schoolmates via Facebook. I've been a member for almost two years now. What an amazing experience it has been. I've found some folks from over 30 years ago.

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Has the Recession Hit Home For You Yet?

Who hasn't been affected yet, I have to wonder.

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Public Art, Private Reveries

Like many Newsviners, I was born and raised in New York City. The Big Apple really is the city that never sleeps, but as I moved away and grew older my former home became more distant and foreign to me.

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Propaganda and Censorship: My Head Belongs to Daddy...

I'm reading, "An error has occurred while attempting to load the page" and "the server is not responding, have you tried spitting three times while reciting the Bill of Rights backwards?" Fact is, newsvine.com is working just fine, it's my access that has been disrupted.

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I Made One Year On The Vine

Sweet fennel! Today marks my first anniversary here at NV.

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I Bought A Hybrid Car

One month ago, I became the proud owner of a new hybrid car.

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Election 2008: The Returns Roll In.

"Crispus fell, so Rosa could sit. Rosa sat so Martin could march. Martin marched so Barack could run. Barack is running so our children can fly." --author unknown.

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An Evening in Pawling

The following is a true story. What I wanna know is, has anything like this ever happened to you before?

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The sands are shifting

Both of my parents grew up during the Great Depression. My father was born over a year before the stock market collapsed in '29, and my mother was born some three years into the crisis. Their childhoods were marked by the times.

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An Agreement Has Been Reached.

An agreement has been reached between the staff, myself, and several other involved parties, concerning the ongoing harassment that has occurred on Newsvine.

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Announcement: New Community Moderator TBA

I am sorry to inform the Newsvine Community that Emily has left the company to pursue other endeavors. I will let her speak to what those are exactly, if she chooses to. Prior to introducing the person who is taking her place, I will be handling all moderation on the site.

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An uncensored view of day 2 at the Republican Convention

Dateline, September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Republican National Convention, which started off yesterday in a truncated evening (out of respect for the victims of Hurricane Gustav) is now kicking into gear.

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Words, Like Silent Raindrops

UPDATE: An Agreement has Been Reached.

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Greetings From Puerto Vallarta

Last Saturday morning my husband and I embarked on a weeklong vacation to beautiful Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We flew out of JFK in New York City for our tenth anniversary holiday, delayed since June.

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Why We Fight...Conservatism: A META, Meta-article

*SEPTEMBER 8TH UPDATED DISCLAIMER & WARNING* "Why We Fight" in the title of this article refers to a series of propaganda films made by Frank Capra during the Second World War, which you can link to via my Recommendations.

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Some Things Matter

Recently I was involved in yet another smackdown on the Vine. I took exception to some careless remarks against the Roman Catholic Church, to which I nominally belong.

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