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AASL Appearance with Follett Corporation Friday, October 28, 2011 - Kareem Appearing at the Follett Corporation Booth, Minneapolis, MN
On the Shoulders of Giants Teachers' Kit
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On the Shoulders of Giants Teachers' Kit
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Sponsors - Please donate a Teachers' Kit to schools of your choice.
Note: International Orders Not Available At This Time. http://kareemabduljabbar.com/osg/
Each Kit Includes: (1) On the Shoulders of Giants 18x24 Movie Poster by Bua. (1) On the Shoulders of Giants Widescreen DVD. (1) 24 Page Teachers' Lesson Plan: A comprehensive guide to help you teach your students the history of the Harlem Renaissance. (1) "On the Shoulders of Giants" Book: An easy-to-understand yet fascinating history into the Harlem Renaissance, from its music and singers to its poets, writers, sculptors and dancers. Kareem even tells the story of the Harlem Rens, the greatest basketball team you've never heard of — and how their struggles and eventual victory were a precursor to the Civil Rights movement itself. (1) Vol. 1-4 Audio Documentary CD: Join Kareem in this audio documentary as he shares his insights and experiences about the history and origins of basketball. Listen to private and fascinating conversations with Kareem and Bob Costas as they talk with 20 sports legends such as Coach John Wooden, Jerry West, Dr. J and many more. (1) Access to the online Interactive Study Guide.
Schools - please email kits@skyhookfoundation.org to request an order form for volume pricing.Sponsors - Please donate a Teachers' Kit to schools of your choice.
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Friday giveaway: Two Harry Potter first editions
Friday giveaway: Two Harry Potter first editions:
Enter here on the site by leaving a comment, or you can enter on Facebook or twitter.
I'll pick a winner from the three sites at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM EST.
On a more serious note, I'm sure many of you have heard about the record flooding in central and southern New York as well as Pennsylvania. The bookstore made it through the rain without any problems, but our family's other shop - a used furniture and antique store - did get quite a bit of water. In fact, we have been unable to get to the shop since Wednesday, as many roads in the area are either closed or washed out. We went through the same thing in 2006, and we'll be fine.
Other communities in the area may not be. Just to the west of us, Sidney, NY is experiencing "catastrophic flooding." It will be a long time before the people and businesses there will return to life as normal. Sidney is also home to the Delaware Valley Humane Society, a friendly little animal shelter where I was lucky enough to meet and adopt my two dogs. Even after adopting my second dog, I make a trip down there every other weekend or so to meet the new arrivals and to give them the proceeds of my clearance sales from the store. They are good people and take good care of animals in need.
I'm not sure how they are faring during this crisis, but I know that they got hit pretty hard in 2006. If you love animals and enjoy the giveaways here at Forgotten Bookmarks, think about donating a dollar or two - I'll post a PayPal donate button below. 100% of the proceeds (and proceeds from bookperdiem.com) will go to the shelter. I'll take whatever is in the account to them as soon as the roads are passable. If you don't donate here, think about donating to Southern Tier chapter of the Red Cross.
Donations are ABSOLUTELY not required to enter.
Thanks for reading this, and good luck on the giveaway!
Proceeds go to Delaware
Valley Humane Society
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Larry Crane - What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up ?
Larry Crane - What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up ?:
Larry Crane What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up ?
16 CDs (141 M4A), Workbook (PDF) | English | 1.44 GB
A Very Advanced Course for Release Technique graduates only!
A six week course on 16 CDs, complete with a workbook and a partner to release with. This is an advanced course for Abundance Course graduates only.
Are you ready to go all the way to freedom? Are you ready to stop tolerating things in your life? Are you ready to take charge of your life and do what you truly love? If you are finally ready to really find the way, then this 8 tape series is for you. This advanced course works on the fear of dying and working on these deep, suppressed areas allows you to go very, very deep. And the wanting to be separate, which is a very deep hidden program.
What you will discover:
Discover how to have the life you truly love
Discover how to do only what you love
Enjoy a life free of worry and stress
Increase self confidence
Attain better relationships at work and home
Be the person you were always meant to be
Get clear on your goals and then reach them
Make the most of your life and have the freedom to choose
Get unstuck and move forward with a wonderful life
Get clear on the direction you should go in life
Take back your life and your power
Be in charge of your life, fully
Move beyond constant, frenetic doing
Lift the ceiling of your success once and for all
Resolve money issues and have financial abundance
Create the life you always wanted
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2012
2012 (I) (2009)Users: (103,006 votes) 940 reviews | Critics: 328 reviews Metascore: 49/100 (based on 34 reviews from Metacritic.com) An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Director:Roland Emmerich | |
158 min - Amélie (2001)
Amélie (2001) |
Mississippi Masala
An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it. Written by Ed Sutton
During the British rule in India, many Indians were sent to Uganda to assist in the building of a railroad. When the railroad was complete, most of the Indians decided to make Uganda their new home. Soon they became rich property owners and enjoyed a far better standard of living than native Ugandans. Some conservative parents of second generation Ugandan-Indians refused to permit their children to marry native Ugandans. Using this as a pretext, in November of 1972 General Idi Amin made it mandatory for all Asians to leave Uganda, as he wanted Africa to be a "black Africa". In the movie one of the displaced families was Jay, Kinnu, and their young daughter, Meena, moving from Kampala to Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S.A. The family attempted to establish themselves in their new surroundings while reacquainting themselves with their relatives, Anil, Jammubhai, Kusum, Chanda, Kanti, and Pontiac. From 1972 to 1990, Jay and Kinnu ran a liquor shop, while Meena cleaned motel rooms and bathrooms. Since Meena had a dark complexion, she was often mistaken for a Mexican, and Kinnu was unable to find a suitable groom for her. Jay still keeps the hope that one day he will regain his estate in Kampala and return to live there for the rest of his life, and continues to nurse a grudge against the black Africans who had displaced him and taken over his property. Now to make matters worse, Jay gets a rude shock when Anil tells him that Meena is having an affair with a "kaalu" (Black man) named Demetrius Williams, who runs a business cleaning carpets in motel rooms. Watch how tensions rise when salt is rubbed on old wounds, and racism, called "tradition" by some folks in the U.S., raises its ugly head, perhaps to claim more victims - this time Meena and Demetrius - who may not be able to handle the chain of events started by their love for each other.Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
Blue Nile Films looking for Screenplay Submissions
http://www.blunilefilms.com/submissions.php Screenplay submissions to BluNile Films must follow these guidelines:
Subject matter/content must be targeted to an audience of 18-25 year-olds.
All genres accepted, excluding slasher and pornography.
Must be an original screenplay or a well-written adaptation.
Must have great character structure and development.
Must contain smart and clever dialogue.
If your screenplay meets all of these requirements and you would like to submit a screenplay to BluNile Films for consideration, please send an email to submissions@blunilefilms.com with a brief description of the material.
In the event that BluNile Films would like to review the screenplay, download BluNile Films’ Release Form, to be executed by the writer(s) and submitted along with the material.
Larry Crane - What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up ?
Larry Crane - What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up ?: "
Larry Crane What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up ?
16 CDs (141 M4A), Workbook (PDF) | English | 1.44 GB
A Very Advanced Course for Release Technique graduates only!
A six week course on 16 CDs, complete with a workbook and a partner to release with. This is an advanced course for Abundance Course graduates only.
Are you ready to go all the way to freedom? Are you ready to stop tolerating things in your life? Are you ready to take charge of your life and do what you truly love? If you are finally ready to really find the way, then this 8 tape series is for you. This advanced course works on the fear of dying and working on these deep, suppressed areas allows you to go very, very deep. And the wanting to be separate, which is a very deep hidden program.
What you will discover:
Discover how to have the life you truly love
Discover how to do only what you love
Enjoy a life free of worry and stress
Increase self confidence
Attain better relationships at work and home
Be the person you were always meant to be
Get clear on your goals and then reach them
Make the most of your life and have the freedom to choose
Get unstuck and move forward with a wonderful life
Get clear on the direction you should go in life
Take back your life and your power
Be in charge of your life, fully
Move beyond constant, frenetic doing
Lift the ceiling of your success once and for all
Resolve money issues and have financial abundance
Create the life you always wanted
Download
http://www.filesonic.vn/folder/5048801
or
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Anthony Robbins - How To Master Your Emotions
Anthony Robbins - How To Master Your Emotions
Anthony Robbins gives you the power to change your life! If you feel your life lacks passion, direction and that certain zing so many people around you seem so naturally to possess, these tools can help you to target and achieve the highest of goals, and gain the benefit of amazing levels of personal fulfillment in the process.
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19 Grants for Writers and Other Creative Types
19 Grants for Writers and Other Creative Types
Many organizations offer grants for writers to help them to complete their projects and education. What follows is a list of some of the available grants for writers and some details about each.
Please keep in mind, these grants are unsearchable. I found this information via research conducted online and at the library. Unlike our series on the various markets, I didn’t make any calls to verify any of these grants. However, as you can see, they’re all current.
- The Haven Foundation - Stephen King’s foundation provides assistance to writers and artists who, through tragic events and no fault of their own, are unable to work. Awards up to $25,000.
- Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting - Set up by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scientists this fellowship awards to authors who have previously earned less than $5000 writing for film or television.
- Arch & Bruce Brown Foundation- Awards $1,000 grants to gay and lesbian playwrights and screenwriters.
- Authors League Fund – Provides loans or assistance to writers who are in financial distress due to emergency situations.
- Artist Trust - Their Grants for Arts pr gram awards up to $1500 to help fun artist generated projects.
- Brown University – Awards a $45,000 fellowship to an established international writer or poet who is being creatively stifled in his/her homeland.
- John Jones Literary Society – Awards $10,000 to help fund an unpublished writer who has a work in progress.
- Kentucky Arts Council – Awards $7500 to three Kentucky poets or writers annually.
- Library of Virginia Literary Awards – Awards three prizes of $3500 each to Virginia writers and poets who were published the year before.
- Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers – Offers $35,000 to first time authors who are deemed to have achieved an outstanding literary effort and “suggests great promise.”
- National Endowment of the Arts – Offers a variety of grants to writers.
- Academy of American Poets – Awards and fellowships ranging from $1,000 to $100,000
- The Furthermore Program – Grant to help fund non-fiction book projects range from $5,000 to $15,000.
- Demand Studios – Offers one $1,000 grant each month to help fund writing projects within their community of writers.
- Pen American Center Writers Emergency Fund - Offers funding up to $2,000 for writers in need.
- Voelker Foundation - Fly Fishing Fiction Award – $2500 for one outstanding fishing writer each year.
- AAAS Science Journalism Awards – Pays $3,000 to outstanding science writers.
- Arts Writers Grants Program - Awards $5,000 to $50,000 for a variety of writing.
- Witter Byner Foundation for Poetry – Awards poets $1000 to $3000.
More resources:
- You also might be interested in this post at About Freelance Writing where Anne Wayman linked to blogs that make it their mission to report awards, grants and fellowships for writers.
- C. Hope Clark’s Funds for Writers is the best online resource for learning about grants, fellowships and other awards for writers.
- Poets and Writers’ database is an amazing resource for anyone seeking funds.
- Michigan State University has something for everyone on this list of prizes, grants and fellowships.
We’ve also been exploring some writing markets this week. Check out:
- 75 “Write for Us” Pages
- 40 Freelance Markets Paying $100 or More
- 40 More Freelance Writing Markets Paying $100 or More
- 16 Greeting Card Markets
- 21 Poetry Markets
If you apply for any of these grants, have successfully applied for grants in the past, or just have some tips you’d like to offer to the writers in the FWJ community, feel free to talk to us in the comment. Your feedback is more than welcome!
http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2010/01/19-grants-for-writers-and-other-creative-types/
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
- Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett
- Directed by: David Fincher
- Runtime: 2 hours 46 minutes
- Release year: 2008
- Studio: Paramount
The Music Never Stopped Official Trailer
The Story
"The Music Never Stopped," based on the case study "The Last Hippie" by Dr. Oliver Sacks, M.D. ("Awakenings"), chronicles the journey of a father and son adjusting to cerebral trauma and a lifetime of missed opportunities. Through the music that embodied the generation gap of the 1960s, the film weaves the heartwarming progress of Henry and Gabriel's relationship.
In 1967, after his father Henry Sawyer (J.K. Simmons) forbids him to see a Grateful Dead concert, prodigal son Gabriel Sawyer (Lou Taylor Pucci) runs away from home. Nearly twenty years later, Henry, a straight-laced engineer and lover of big band music, is shocked to learn that his estranged son requires major surgery to remove a previously neglected brain tumor.
After the operation, the extent of Gabriel's condition is made clear: the tumor damaged the part of his brain that facilitates the creation of new memories. For Gabriel, past, present, and future become indistinguishable, and he lives fixed in the era of Vietnam, acid trips, and psychedelic music. Determined not to let their son slip away from them again, Henry and wife Helen (Cara Seymour) vow to connect with Gabriel, who is barely able to communicate effectively. Unhappy with Gabriel's lack of progress, Henry does his own research on brain injuries, which leads him to Dr. Dianne Daly (Julia Ormond). She is a music therapist who has used her methods to make significant progress with victims of brain tumors.
As Diane works with Gabriel, she realizes that he is most responsive to the music of the Rock and Roll era - The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and particularly the Grateful Dead. Even though he is unaware that the era of his music has long passed, the effect is remarkable, and he begins to be able to have conversations and express himself. Although Henry loathes rock and roll, he is determined to forge new memories and salvage his relationship with his son. While his own health fails, Henry begins his own pilgrimage through the bands of the sixties. As he learns the songs that animate his son's soul, he indeed begins to form an unusual but emotionally vibrant bond with the child he thought he had lost... <<< Click to visit Sun Dance
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