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Black and White Wednesday - Eating Under Umbrellas
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Google and the U.S. government are in a complex dance around innovation, data and privacy.
At a Big Data conference at MIT's Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Google's chief economist, Hal Varian, touted a GoogleNow application that can alert him to leave early for a distant meeting to avoid traffic congestion. How? By accessing and integrating personal calendar information, California highway traffic information and the location of his phone.
There is an incredible investment of dollars and human labor hours behind that app. Much of it not even Google's.
However many technological and organizational hurdles Google had to overcome to develop it, Google's app rests on the shoulders of the U.S. government, which built and maintains the global positioning satellite system that allows most GPS devices to work (not to mention the federal government's role in the development of the California highway system and its stewardship of public airwaves through which mobile phones operate).
The U.S. Department of Defense took about 21 years — from 1974 to 1995 — to complete the initial NAVSTAR system of 24 satellites, which was originally conceived to provide more precise weapon delivery. The system now uses 30 satellites, six of which act as replacements or spare parts. Four satellites are used to pinpoint a location.
The slog to completion included budget setbacks, technical complications, schedule slips and the Challenger space shuttle catastrophe. Commercial use took off only after the military stopped deliberately fuzzing satellite transmission signals in 2000.
Cost estimates for the first 21 years of the GPS program start at $8 billion (1995 dollars). Current plans to modernize the current system and increase GPS location accuracy from meters to centimeters may cost upward of $22 billion. At the same time, Japan, India and Great Britain are planning to add their own systems to the GPS mix. Russia is the only other country with a comparable, functional system.
The global value of the industry for products and services tied specifically to GPS, according to one estimate, will reach $28.9 billion by 2015. Such estimates don't incorporate the $30 billion drop in Apple's market capitalization after the iPhone 5 launched with great expectations, but also with a flawed GPS-based maps functionality, AppleMaps.
Google's dependence on GPS is just the beginning of its complex relationship with the U.S. government. Google's innovations are changing the way people live, but that doesn't mean the government is playing catch-up. Such a claim understates the nuanced dance that these very different types of organization practice with one another. It is also an error of historical reckoning. Each takes advantage of the other's innovations, much like two dancers who use each other's strength or grace for movements neither could generate alone.
A case in point is the collaboration between Google and the U.S. government to make self-driving cars viable for roadways. These new automobiles promise to reduce highway fatalities, conserve energy and improve commutes, saving time and money — a potential boon to both public interest and Google's bottom line. The data self-driving cars may one day generate could deliver all kinds of insights (or privacy violations depending on your point of view) about where people go and when — a bounty of useful information for the government, Google and an unborn cottage industry of third parties.
To be sure, not every dance is graceful. Google and the government's objectives do not always align. Toes get stepped on. Images get tarnished, especially around data use. For instance, over a six-month period in 2011, the government made close to 6,000 requests for private Google user data. At the same time, Google published a Transparency Report that tells how many disclosure requests they receive, and from whom. Which seems all very honest and forthright — until you remember that the government has also demanded regular, independent privacy compliance audits from Google for the next two decades, as part of a 2011 settlement regarding "deceptive" privacy practices the company was charged with during its effort to expand into social media.
It should come as no surprise that Google has become a leading corporate lobbyist to the U.S. government, spending more than $11 million a year on activities connected with 126 lobbyists (those registered as lobbyists for Google). Some of these lobbying efforts have been to protect the company from anti-trust accusations that come straight from Washington.
Google's dance with the U.S. government can be more or less intimate, more or less at arm's length. Whatever the distance between these organizations, three things are abundantly clear: these dance partners need each other; when they dance well together, the public can benefit in big ways; and, we all might be more comfortable if their dancing takes place on an open dance floor.


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A 52-year-old Ferrari smashed the record for the most expensive car ever sold at auction. The 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, with a somewhat dark past, was sold Thursday night by Bonhams for $34.65 million, plus fees, bringing the total to $38.115 million. That blew past the previous record, held by a Mercedes-Benz racer that sold last summer for $31.6 million including auction fees. "The market right now is just so strong," said Marcel Massini, a leading Ferrari historian and adviser to collectors. "And this is one of the big prizes in the entire collecting world." Ferrari GTOs are among the holy grails of the car auction world. Ferrari made only 36 of them (or 39 if you include different versions), and they were the dominant race cars of the mid-1960s. GTOs rarely come up for sale, and when they do they often trade in secret, private sales that can rarely be verified. Last year, a GTO sold in a private sale for $52 million, experts said. But it's been over a decade since a GTO has been sold at a public auction. The GTO sold by Bonhams was the 19th made by Ferrari. The auction is just one event taking place during the Pebble Beach Concourse d'Elegance.
Ferrari May Fetch $50M, Most For Any Car Sold at Auction
Roll Out the Rolls, Bring on the Bentley: Wealth Loves Luxury Cars
The $4 Million Lamborghini Veneno's Maiden Voyage


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By William Yeomans
Fellow in Law and Government at American University
Washington College of Law
Following the October oral argument in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, I wrote for this blog that the Court appeared poised to continue "its relentless march toward evisceration of remedies for racial discrimination." That prediction was fulfilled yesterday when the Court issued its opinion, upholding the authority of the people of Michigan to amend the state constitution by referendum to prohibit consideration of race in university admissions. The vote was 6-2 in favor of the ban. Justice Breyer joined the five conservatives, Justice Sotomayor, joined by justice Ginsburg, wrote a vigorous and lengthy dissent, and Justice Kagan recused herself, presumably because she participated in the case as Solicitor General. Of course, because each Justice is free to choose to recuse or participate without the need to state a reason, we, the taxpayers, will never know for sure.
My previous post described more fully the facts and procedural posture of the case. Briefly, following the Court's validation of the race-conscious admission process of the University of Michigan Law School in Grutter v. Bollinger, Ward Connerly launched a referendum drive to ban consideration of race from all elements of public life in Michigan, including university admissions. The people of Michigan approved the referendum by a vote split along racial lines; whites overwhelmingly supported it and African Americans overwhelmingly opposed it. The white majority voted to deny minority applicants a benefit that the Supreme Court had declared lawful and Michigan's universities wished to continue. Referenda are rarely kind to minority rights. Read more


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the derb explains for teh lefties that hbd'ers are not (at) all white male neo-nazi/kkk types (*hbd chick looks in mirror: gee! no, we're not!*) … and also reveals that some hbd'ers have been around for a lot looooonger than they suspect (insert diabolical laughter here) …
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previously: welcome daily kos readers! and the first rule of the hbd cult is… and the "cult" of human biodiversity … again
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Apple Intros Cut & Paste, Universal Search, More for iPhone 3.0 Software
Apple today revealed a number of details about its upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS during a meeting at its Cupertino headquarters, including the long-awaited addition of cut, copy, and paste.
[Check out our full liveblog of the event here.]
Despite a brief pre-announcement fire alarm, the event started promptly at 10 AM Pacific Time. The hour-and-a-half-long presentation was primarily a chance for the company to showcase the developers working on projects for the new operating system, such as Electronic Arts, ESPN, and Oracle. But Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of iPod and iPhone product marketing, also used the occasion to highlight a number of new features.
Joswiak waited until after a stream of third-party app developer demos to introduce the phone's long-awaited new cut, copy, and paste capabilities. Users can trigger this new function by double tapping text, which prompts a cut/copy/paste bubble to pop up. To undo a selection, users shake the handset, Etch-a-Sketch style. Users can also select, copy, and paste multiple pictures into an e-mail message.
Also on the list of new features is the addition of MMS support, which lets users send and receive multimedia files like pictures and audio over the cell network. Audio messages can be captured using the new Voice Memo feature.
Another big addition came in the form of Spotlight, a universal search of sorts for the phone, which lets users search across multiple apps, including calendar, mail, and iTunes. Users can search for contacts, appointments, and songs across the proprietary iPhone applications.
More new features after the jump.
Apple also introduced a feature that no doubt pleased the developers in the room: In-App Purchase. The feature appears to users as a pop-up in the middle of an app, prompting them to purchase an expansion for the application, such as more levels in a video game or further chapters of an e-book.
New on the gaming front was the addition of peer-to-peer connectivity. The feature scans for iPhones in the area and lets users play against one another on different handsets. The feature works via Bluetooth, negating the need for WiFi and pairing. The technology is built on Bonjour, and, as Scott Forestall, Apple's senior vice president of iPhone Software, happily pointed out, it works for more than just gaming apps.
The iPhone 3.0 software also affords developers the ability to write custom apps that communicate with the phone's hardware.
Forstall used an FM transmitter as an example. "With 3.0, the dev can build a custom app that pairs up with it, and automatically finds the right station and tunes it in," he said.
Forstall also demoed a blood pressure reader that communicates directly with the phone.
There was news on the mapping front as well. Now developers can embed Google Maps into their applications.
"We're enabling developer to use core location as the basis for turn-by-turn directions via GPS, WiFi, and cell tower triangulation" explained Forstall. However, he added, "bring your own maps. We can not pass along map tiles for turn by turn."
Apple introduced another long-awaited feature with the introduction of Push. "We expected to have this last year, and we didn't," said Forstall.
Push puts far less strain on the iPhone's battery than background processing. "Let's say you have an IM app," he said. "While it's running, it's connected to your server. But when you quit the app, you no longer have this connection open. That's where our Push service comes into play."
The new software also brings a new API for streaming audio and video. "For the first time, Meebo will have a native iPhone app," Forstall said. "Our goal is to let users communicate with friends regardless of what network they're on."
Joswiak assured the audience that these new features were merely the tip of the iceberg.
The new developer beta of the app is available for download today. The 3.0 will be available in the summer - likely around the same time that the corresponding hardware is made available. The new software will be compatible with older editions of the iPhone and iPod touch, though, due to their older hardware, some of the features like A2DP and MMS won't be compatible.
Upgrades will be free for iPhone 3G users. iPod Touch owners will need to pay $9.95.


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It's as easy as 1-2-3• Mount your birdhouse or Hawk Eye wherever you want to watch (it's not waterproof though, so it does need to be covered to keep the moisture off).• Run the 100-foot plug-n-play cable inside the house.• Plug into the RCA (audio- and video-in) ports, then sit back and be amazed.
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Food for thought: Like most companies, you've probably been "doing marketing" instead of "being marketing" — in every aspect of your business.
Small-to-midsized businesses like yours must cultivate a Culture of Marketing. More than simply deploying occasional tools as needs and budgets allow, you should be creating and sustaining an interrelated holistic marketing ecosystem: 24/7/365-top-to-bottom-inside-out marketing. That's what your business needs. IN ESSENCE…WE CREATE ROBOTIC BUYING.
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Gravel Springs Cemetery ( Monroe )
Illinois : Flag of State
Besides Gravel Springs Cemetery in the County of ( Monroe ) there are the following places of kind Cemetery . These are reported in what follows in alphabetical order:
Brickey Cemetery - Burksville Cemetery - City Cemetery - Deer Hill Cemetery - Devore Cemetery - Dick Cemetery - Eagle Cliff Cemetery - Eilers Cemetery - Fanning Joseph Cemetery - Flatford Cemetery - Gaines Cemetery - Gibbons Cemetery - Gilmore Cemetery - Grant Pass Cemetery - Hall John W Cemetery - Halligan Rosa Cemetery - Harvey Cemetery - Hecker Cemetery - Hembough John Cemetery - Hembrough Richard Cemetery - Hoagland Louisa Cemetery - Holy Cross Cemetery - Holy Cross Cemetery - Holy Cross Cemetery - Horrell Cemetery - Huffaker Cemetery - Immaculate Conception Cemetery - Immanuel Cemetery - Jameserson Cemetery - Koch Cemetery - Kolmer Cemetery - Lemen Cemetery - Madonnaville Cemetery - Martini Cemetery - McConkey Cemetery - Monroe City Cemetery - Moores Cemetery - New Design Historical Cemetery - New Hanover Cemetery - Palmer Cemetery - Rebenack Cemetery - Saint Johns Cemetery - Saint Johns Cemetery - Saint Johns Cemetery - Saint Marcus Cemetery - Saint Marys Cemetery - Saint Pauls Cemetery - Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery - Shoemaker Cemetery - Studt Cemetery - Wallace Cemetery - Woodson Garden Cemetery - Zion Cemetery .
Where to stay: Hotels and other Accommodation Gravel Springs Cemetery
Please find in what follows the full listing of the Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts and other accommodation available in Gravel Springs Cemetery.
A lot of pictures and fully detailed descriptions are available for the Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts and other accommodation, along with the ratings assigned by the guest of the same Hotels. The ratings are divided by age, sex and much more.
Illinois : Emblem of State
- Capital : Springfield
- Inhabitants : Illinoisan (Flatlander, Illini, Illinoyer)
- State's Motto : State sovereignty, national union
- English translation : State sovereignty, national union
Map and road map of Gravel Springs Cemetery
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On each map are available: a selector scale, on the bottom right of the map,a menu for choosing different views of the same map, placed in the upper left corner of the map, a free text search field for locating any business activity within the map itself, placed at the top center of the map.
The videos about Gravel Springs Cemetery
It is proposed a first video: clicking on the PLAY button the video will start. Inside the video window there are several commands and a Playlist button. Press the Playlist button to access the complete listing of available videos, along with their titles. It will be sufficient to scroll through the list using the cursor to select any of the videos. You can use the << and >> keys to scroll through the videos. Each video can be displayed in full screen.


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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's top diplomat will press Pakistan Friday to free more Taliban detainees to help coax the militant group into peace negotiations to end the 11-year-old war, an official said.
Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasoul will make the request during a one-day visit to Islamabad, according to an Afghan official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Rasoul's agenda ahead of the minister's talks with high-ranking Pakistani officials.
The cooperation of Pakistan, which has longstanding ties to the Taliban, is seen as key to jumpstarting the stalled Afghan peace process that has made little headway since it began several years ago, hobbled by distrust among the major players, including the United States. The Afghan and U.S. governments accuse Islamabad of backing insurgents -- an allegation Pakistan denies -- and say many militant leaders are hiding in the country.
With Afghan presidential elections and the withdrawal of most foreign combat troops looming in 2014, Afghanistan and its international allies are trying to push a peace process with the Taliban to bring an end to the conflict.
Afghanistan needs Pakistan's help in reaching out to top Taliban leaders, but still insists that peace talks be led by Afghans, saying it will fight those who try to interfere.
Earlier this month, Pakistan released nine Taliban figures in a move that Afghanistan said was a positive, first step that showed Islamabad's support for the peace process.
The official said that those released, including some senior Taliban leaders, are believed to still be in Pakistan. Afghanistan hopes the freed militants will play a constructive role in the peace process, the official said, while acknowledging that it is too soon to know what role, if any, they will hold.
Afghan officials have long sought the release of Taliban's former deputy leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was captured in Pakistan in 2010 because he reportedly was having secret talks with the Afghans.
While it's unclear whether the Taliban are interested in negotiating peace, the official maintained that there are indeed key Taliban figures who support a political process to end the violence, but that some of them are afraid to establish direct contact with the Afghan government because some of those who did in the past were killed or detained.
Afghanistan wants Pakistan to encourage Taliban leaders to join the Afghan-led peace process and allow Taliban negotiators to travel to third countries for talks without detaining them or putting pressure on their families, the official said.
Rasoul also will discuss obtaining closer cooperation with Saudi Arabia, which has expressed support for the peace process, as well as the implementation of a transit trade agreement with Pakistan and the issue of refugees, the official said.
Islamabad has threatened to expel undocumented Afghan refugees from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan by the end of this year.
Informal contacts have been established with Taliban officials in recent years, but so far no formal negotiations have begun.
Waheed Muzhda, a political analyst in Kabul and an expert on Taliban issues, told The Associated Press in a recent interview that about two months ago he met informally in Qatar with several Taliban figures, including Tayyab Agha, a personal emissary of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, a former deputy at two ministries during the Taliban regime.
"From the talks that I had with them, I found out that the Taliban are really interested with talks and negotiations - not with Afghan government but instead with U.S. and political opposition groups of the Afghan government and even tribal elders," he said, emphasizing that he was not acting as a representative of the Afghan government.
If any negotiations begin, they would be between the U.S. and the Taliban, he said.
"If there was a good result from that, then the Afghan government could be involved," he said.
-- Associated Press Writer Rahim Faiez contributed to this report.


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Topic: Mountain Lion
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion hits the Mac App Store in July for $19.99
06/11/2012, 02:06 pm
The next major update to OS X, known as Mountain Lion, will become publicly available for $19.99 on the Mac App Store in July, Apple announced on Monday.
Apple details iCloud, dictation, Power Nap features in Mountain Lion
06/11/2012, 01:06 pm
At Monday's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple showed off some of the new features of its forthcoming Mountain Lion operating system update, including dictation for the Mac, tighter integration with iCloud, Power Nap for automatic data updating, and a new version of Safari.
Mountain Lion to bring offline mode to Safari Reading List
05/23/2012, 05:05 pm
A feature in Apple's upcoming OS X Mountain Lion will bring extended functionality to the Safari web browser by caching saved pages for perusal when away from an internet connection.
Apple adds Automatic Downloads alert to latest Mountain Lion beta
05/22/2012, 10:05 am
Apple's previously announced Automatic Downloads feature is slowly coming together in the latest developer preview of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, which features a new Notification Center alert for Mac App Store purchases.
Mac App Store apps begin to comply with sandboxing rule ahead of deadline
05/17/2012, 12:05 pm
Applications complying with Apple's sandboxing rules for OS X have begun to appear on the Mac App Store, with Pixelmator being among the first major offerings to meet the forthcoming requirement.
Apple issues developers new beta build of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
05/16/2012, 04:05 pm
Apple on Wednesday supplied its developers with an updated version of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3, the pre-release build of the forthcoming Mac operating system update.
Reported AppleCare training points to June Mountain Lion launch
05/08/2012, 06:05 pm
The EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) division of AppleCare is allegedly hiring and training new staff on certain aspects of Apple's upcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, possibly hinting that a release date is soon to arrive.
Apple urges developers to get Developer IDs ahead of Gatekeeper launch
04/30/2012, 04:04 pm
With the expected summer release of OS X Mountain Lion just a few months away, Apple on Monday sent out a mass email to Mac developers urging them to apply for a Developer ID in preparation for the new operating system's Gatekeeper security system.
Rumor: iPhoto '12 for Mac coming this summer with features from iOS
04/24/2012, 12:04 pm
A new rumor claims Apple is planning to release iPhoto '12 on the Mac App Store this summer, with the new software bringing some of the features of iPhoto for iOS to the Mac.
Apple issues Xcode 4.4 Developer Preview 3
04/18/2012, 09:04 pm
Apple on Wednesday included a beta version of Xcode 4.4 for developers alongside releases of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 and Safari 5.2
Apple releases OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3
04/18/2012, 04:04 pm
Apple on Wednesday supplied developers with the third preview build of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, giving developers a chance to test out the latest version of the prerelease software.
Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: Reminders app adds geofence location alerts
03/30/2012, 06:03 pm
The new Reminders app in OS X Mountain Lion, borrowed from iOS 5, will also bring "geofence," location-based reminders to the desktop using opt-in location tracking.
Apple rumored to change default Chinese iPhone search from Google to Baidu
03/26/2012, 03:03 pm
An upcoming update to iOS will add support for China's Baidu search engine, with some reports indicating that Apple will shift the iPhone's default search from Google.
Double-resolution icons in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion hint at Retina Macs
03/23/2012, 09:03 am
More evidence that high-resolution Retina display Macs are in Apple's near future has been discovered in an early developer build of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
Apple releases OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview 2
03/16/2012, 04:03 pm
Apple has released to developers its second developer preview of OS X Mountain Lion, one month after making the initial build available.
Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: Safari 5.2 offers to set up local Internet accounts
03/05/2012, 06:03 pm
When users log into web accounts (such as Google) in Safari and opt to save their account login, the browser will now offer to also configure local native apps, including Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Messages and Notes, in this summer's release of OS X Mountain Lion, leveraging the same easy account setup pioneered by iOS.
Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: Safari 5.2 adds privacy settings, website alerts
03/01/2012, 12:03 pm
Safari gets a minor overhaul in this summer's release of OS X Mountain Lion, offering a new website passwords browser, new privacy settings, and a new feature that allows websites to send alerts to the Notifications Center.
Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: Safari 5.2 gets a simplified user interface with new sharing features
02/29/2012, 08:02 pm
Safari gets a minor overhaul in this summer's release of OS X Mountain Lion, offering a cleaner, smarter user interface with a unified search and location field and new sharing features.
Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: a Preview of how Apple is improving file renaming
02/28/2012, 11:02 am
Along with integrated support for iCloud, this summer's release of OS X Mountain Lion rethinks the document title bar to enable changing file names, and also (finally!) adds file name editing to open and save dialogs.
Apple introduces Developer ID ahead of Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper
02/27/2012, 07:02 pm
In an email sent out on Monday, Apple invited developers to prepare their software for OS X Mountain Lion by joining the Developer ID program, which will allow for apps to run on a Mac or iOS device that is protected by the upcoming Gatekeeper anti-malware system.


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Im curious on what people think about having small domestic livestock as part of a living history display at gigs.
For my sins I have 8 chickens that happily destroy my back garden and im wondering how well it would look to have a few chickens knocking about in an enclosed area as part of a living history display. I reckon it would be easy enough to do a few wattle panels or hurdles that would keep them enclosed, it would mean people couldnt handle them or dogs on site get at them but they would still be happily able to wander a bit and scratch around for food and provide a few fresh eggs for kitchen display.
What do people more hastle than its worth or would it look good?


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My default browser is Firefox and has been for years. I'm not a Luddite. I have enough technical skill to customize my browser so it's just the way I like it, but I prefer to keep my browsing options simple. For instance, I don't use RSS readers. If I can't go to a site on my own, then I probably don't need the information anyway. So that's where I am as a web user. I'm probably more internet savvy than the average Internet Explorer user, but I don't want to do anything that resembles coding or become inundated with too much information.
I installed Google's Chrome browser a few times over the past year or so, but the Adblock function was clunky and the zoom feature for magnifying pages didn't remember the amount of zoom for each page, requiring a manual zoom every time. (I don't like micro fonts.) I decided I wouldn't try Chrome again until those issued were addressed.
Those issues have been addressed with the latest version of Chrome. So I imported my bookmarks and my tool bar from Firefox (can't live without my buttons) and things were looking great. The transition was easy and painless.
But it wasn't long before I noticed the absence of two features, and it's a deal breaker for me.
Firefox saves my most visited sites in the address bar and allows me to access them instantly. Chrome doesn't. In Firefox, I don't even have to bookmark my most popular sites. I just click a little triangle at the end of the address bar and ten or so of my most frequented sites are listed. Then I easily click on the site I want to go to. This is a huge time saver for me.
The other missing feature in Chrome is the easy installation and use of multiple search engines. I have about twenty search engines that I can access in Firefox with two clicks. Is that the case with Chrome? I don't know, because I gave up when I was required to modify some URL code while trying to add a search engine to Chrome. Adding a search plugin to Firefox requires practically no technical skill, and that's the way it should be. Chrome needs to simpify the installation and use of multiple search engines.
My latest trial of Chrome lasted for maybe fifteen minutes. It's possible I didn't give it enough time. If I'd poked around a little more, I may have discovered quick and easy methods for accessing my most visited sites and using multiple search engines. Any Chrome users who would like to enlighten me, please do so in the comments. I like the look and the speed of Chrome (it's fast) and I'm willing to make the switch from Firefox. Just not yet. Google came this close. So close.
UPDATE (Feb. 23/11): Firefox has been extra slow lately, so I'm giving Chrome another try. The plugins Pender posted are useful. The recent history plugin (so far) does an okay job at mimicking Firefox, which speeds things up. The multiple search engine plugin is an improvement over Chrome's default multiple search feature, but neither one of them outshines the under-rated Mycroft Project which makes setting up and selecting multiple search engines in Firefox a breeze.
In Firefox, I can look for a new search engine through Mycroft, then install it and use it in about 30 seconds. In Chrome, again, I would have to go to the website I want to search, do a search, copy the resulting URL into Chrome's search engine manager, and then change the URL by replacing the search object inside the URL with this code: %s. All of that is asking too much for a general user (especially any kind of coding), and it would likely take me my lunch hour to do that with all the search engines I use on a regular basis. (Setting up the multiple search engine plugin requires the same amount of messing around, though it's easier to use once it's finally set up.)
And then actually using the multiple search engine feature in Chrome — I don't see what all the fuss is about. It's clever how the Omnibox anticipates the search and can recognize the specific search engine by a nickname, but is that any faster or easier than choosing a search engine from a drop-down box in Firefox and typing in the search? It also requires the user to remember all the installed search engines and their nicknames.
Chrome's multiple search engine features are not an improvement over similar features available in Firefox, but I'm impressed with the enhancements Google has made to the browser so far. They're getting there.
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1. Project Night Night
San Francisco, California; Cleveland, Ohio
Who they are: Blankies, stuffed animals, children's books, you name it — Project Night Night provides creature comforts for the youngest victims of homelessness. Focusing on children under five, PNN creates Night Night packages designed to help those who can't articulate their concerns overcome the anxiety, emotional and mental stress that comes with home displacement. The project has a second benefit as well: In addition to offering children much-needed care packages, the program also prevents gently used toys from finding their way into area landfills.
How to Help: Donate "like new" blankets, books, toys or gift cards to any of the organization's pick-up sites, set Project Night Night as your charity in iGive or sponsor a night package.
2. Harlem Children's Zone
New York City
Who they are: Get 'em while they're young. That's the mission behind Harlem Children's Zone. Operating a cradle to college education program, HCZ provides support starting from free, nine-week pre-birth parenting workshops and ending with college scholarships, post-college internship help and career support. Starting from a one-block project in the 1990s, the organization is now available to parents within a 100-block radius of Central Harlem and offers comprehensive tutoring, social services, healthcare support, community-building programs, after school programs, legal guidance, financial advice, domestic crisis resolution, personal counseling, obesity awareness and support, summer programs, food pantries, mental health therapy, drug and alcohol abuse counseling, truancy prevention initiatives, job skills workshops for teens and adults and academic advising. As for how effective the program is, see for yourself.
How to Help: Online donations are accepted, but you can also organize a book drive in your community to help build HCZ's library, volunteer or convince your company to offer HCZ students a paid summer internship.
3. Save the Children
Who they are: Each year more than 4 million newborns around the world die because they lack basic necessities like clean water, healthy food and vaccinations. One in five kids in the US currently lives in poverty. With programs in more than 120 countries, including right here, Save the Children focuses on providing long-term hunger relief, education, literacy, nutrition, basic hygiene and health programs to those who need it most. Save the Children wins a spot on our list not only because of the programs it runs but also because of how efficiently the organization operates. Ninety percent of all funding goes directly to those the organization serves.
How to Help: Donors can sponsor a child for as little as $28 a month and in return will receive letters from the recipient letting them know how their funds are making an impact. You can also make a one-time donation, purchase a donate-able gift from their online catalogue, organize your own fundraiser, shop through GiveClicks.com, or donate stocks or airline rewards points.
4. Cradles to Crayons
Boston, Massachusetts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Who they are: You've got stuff; they need school supplies. Connecting the two is the simple mission behind Cradles to Crayons. While C2C doesn't operate any outlandish or particularly unique programs, it earns a spot on our list because of how efficiently it carries out its duties. Operating with little overhead, the organization has earned a four-star rating for financial health and fiscal effectiveness from the watchdog group, Charity Navigator. That means your donations go to putting school supplies in the hands of needy youngsters and not to superfluous projects.
How to Help: Contribute quality baby and school supplies to either the Boston or Philadelphia office, host a clothing drive in your neighborhood or donate.
5. Warm Up America
Gastonia, North Carolina
Who they are: It's rare that volunteers get to see how their personal contributions make a difference. Not so with Warm Up America. Mobilizing community sewing circles across the country, WUA encourages volunteers to crochet or knit their own 7" by 9" rectangles and mail them to their local chapters. Sections are then sewn together to create handmade afghans to be distributed to daycare centers, children's hospitals, women's shelters, the American Red Cross, and AIDS and homeless facilities across the country. Don't know how to knit or crochet? WUA can set you up with a local group to teach you how.
How to Help: Create your own 7″ by 9″ section for a Warm Up America blanket, get a crochet or knitting circle going in your area or make a monetary contribution.
6. The Child Health Site
Who they are: No time, no money, no problem. As one of the few ways busy parents can support international relief efforts without forking over half their bank account, The Child Health Site allows armchair philanthropists to help a worthy cause with the click of a mouse. For every visitor who clicks the site's online Child Healthcare button, advertisers and site sponsors will make a small donation to organizations that provide Vitamin A and oral rehydration therapy for poverty-stricken children in Haiti. Those who want to do some extra credit can make contributions to world hunger, animal rescue, literacy, rainforest and breast cancer support organizations by clicking on buttons for affiliate sites. Don't fret about the site taking a little off the top — 100 percent of all sponsor donations go directly to charity.
How to Help: Shop through fair-trade partner stores, sign any of the organization's online petitions or simply spread the word to friends and family.
7. North American Council on Adoptable Children
Who they are: All children are adoptable regardless of their physical or mental challenges. Dedicated to finding children once deemed "unadoptable" permanent homes, this organization works specifically with children with physical, mental and emotional difficulties and parents who are willing to take on such challenges. In addition to simply connecting needy kids with loving parents, the organization provides strong support systems to help families reach emotional and financial stability along the way.
How to Help: Adopt if you can. If not, make a contribution.
8. United Nations Children's Fund
Who they are: What do Susan Sarandon, David Beckham, Orlando Bloom and Shakira all have in common? They've joined in the fight to help children around the world. As ambassadors for UNICEF — the UN's children's task force that currently holds posts in 190 countries worldwide — celebrities and other volunteers join the fight against poverty, AIDS, hunger and disease. While the organization provides services for children of all ages, it maintains a strong focus on the under-3 demographic, providing strong nutrition and clean water programs for kids as well as pregnancy support, nutrition education and HIV-prevention programs for their parents. Two thirds of neonatal and young child deaths — over 6 million deaths every year — are preventable. Half a million women die in pregnancy each year, most during delivery or in the first few days thereafter. To combat these statistics, UNICEF sets its goals high. The organization estimates that it can save literally millions of lives with enough support.
How to Help: Contribute cash or volunteer.
9. Pearl S. Buck International
Who they are: One of the most world-renowned international adoption programs, this organization has placed nearly 7,000 children from 28 nations around the world. In addition to connecting disabled, orphaned, displaced and minority children with loving homes, the organization offers a full range of social services, as well as on-site programs in orphanages across the globe.
How to Help: Donate, purchase a walkway brick in the Pearl S. Buck house, sponsor a child or volunteer.
10. The Homeless Prenatal Program
Who they are: Two hundred and thirty women have overcome substance abuse, 1,300 families are out of poverty and 1,992 babies were delivered safely, thanks to this organization. Hailed by The New York Times as "the best kept secret in San Francisco," this nonprofit provides housing help, prenatal education programs, parenting and child development support, financial education classes, domestic violence and substance abuse help and emergency support to families in or on the brink of homelessness. More than 3,000 families use the organization's services each year.
How to Help: Help The Homeless Prenatal Program check something off its wish list, donate financial assets, contribute cash or volunteer.
11. The Children's Health Fund
Who they are: Recognized as a four-star organization by Charity Navigator, this Big Apple-based nonprofit provides free pediatric care to the estimated one million homeless children across the nation. Providing physical and psychological care to victims of natural disaster and rural and urban impoverished communities, the organization has provided 2 million free patient visits in 15 states across the nation.
How to Help: Donate, give stocks, make a pledge in conjunction with the number of home runs the Yankees get this year or simply voice your support.
12. The Comprehensive Prenatal-Perinatal Services Network
New York
Who they are: Part nonprofit, part government agency, this network of 16 prenatal facilities throughout New York state is specifically designed to help undocumented, HIV-positive, incarcerated, homeless, substance-using and uninsured or underinsured mothers. Services focus on everything, from helping soon-to-be moms quit smoking to dealing with post-partum depression to raising awareness about the latest product recalls.
How to Help: Contact any of the sites listed to ask about donation and volunteer opportunities.
13. Operation Shower
Who they are: Support deployed troops by helping their left-behind wives prepare for a family in their husbands' absence. Since its inception in 2007, the organization has sent baby shower supplies to more than 250 families stationed around the world. Though it's not a replacement for bringing our soldiers home, the boxes provide much-needed supplies to the tiniest troop supporters.
How to Help: Sponsor a baby shower or send a little cash over.
14. Newborns In Need
Who they are: Cradles, clothes and cuddly things of all sorts are welcome at this North Carolina-based nonprofit, which sends "cuddle kits" to sick and needy newborn babies throughout the US. Providing baby necessities, support to families of premature children and bereavement services, the organization is especially in need of blankets, fleeces, sewing supplies, diapers and fabric. Of course, a little cash never hurts either.
How to Help: Start sewing or organize a baby supply drive. Donors can send blankets, clothing or any other supplies to their local chapter. Donations to the national program are also accepted.
15. March of Dimes
Who they are: Since 1938, the March of Dimes has been one of the largest and most active advocates for moms-to-be and their babies. One of the driving forces behind the move to eradicate polio, the March of Dimes has maintained its good name by helping over 200 businesses become more mom-friendly, lobbying for better perinatal and prenatal care for expectant mothers and providing more than $20 million in research grants for understanding and preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.
How to Help: Donate, volunteer, shop through any of the MoD's partner stores or simply participate in the organization's seemingly endless list of events.
16. Kaleida Health Services
New York
Who they are: In the battle between hardworking families and overpriced health insurance, children are frequently the victims. This organization caters exclusively to New York residents and provides affordable care to children under 19 who are not eligible for Medicare and their families. It also offers prenatal support for uninsured or underinsured pregnant women. To help patients pay for health care, the organization provides discounts based on income and assets to the more than one million patients it helps annually through its five hospital partners and numerous community healthcare centers.
How to Help: Contact your local chapter for info on volunteering.
17. Water For People
Who they are: According to the United Nations, 4 million babies worldwide lose their lives within the first year, mostly due to preventable causes. To provide babies and families with the most basic of necessities, Water For People is partnering with Johnson's Baby to put clean water and sanitation systems into developing countries. Every day, nearly 6,000 people, the vast majority of which are children, die from water-related illnesses. To help the fight, Water For People has active programs in 12 countries.
How to Help: Volunteer stateside, donate, shop, spread the word or simply go on vacation to see the sites firsthand and interact with community leaders, local staff and other partners.
18. Children's Relief Nursery
Portland, Oregon
Who they are: Parenting classes, mental health therapy for kids, clinical interventions… you name and it and this northwestern nonprofit does it. Serving approximately 175 children throughout the Portland area, Children's Relief focuses on helping parents and their young ones heal from trauma. CRN is one of the only agencies in the country focused exclusively on children ages 5 and under. It offers therapeutic classrooms, parenting mentor programs, parent-child psychotherapy training, art and music therapy workshops and home visits to families working both inside and outside of the foster-care program.
How to Help: Throw a little cash or put in a few hours of hard work on their behalf.
19. Mother's Milk Bank
Austin, Texas
Who they are: Pump for preemies right here. Operating like a blood bank for breast milk, Mother's Milk Bank accepts milk donations from expecting moms looking to support their babies' health. According to MMB, fewer than half of moms who deliver a baby prematurely are able to provide their babies with breast milk. Those who donate undergo a strict multi-step screening process, then have their milk monitored and pasteurized to kill all bacteria. Milk is then dispersed to local hospitals to feed babies who can't get breast milk any other way.
How to Help: Obviously milk donations are the number one thing this nonprofit is looking for, but those who can't (men included) are welcome to give money or time.
20. National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition
Who they are: Did you know that the high fever experienced by some women with the flu increases the risk of the birth defect spina bifida? That's the kind of useful info NHMHBC is trying to spread. Founded in 1981, this nonprofit works to eliminate health disparities, educate moms and their children on health matters, and promote child and prenatal safety. The organization currently reaches an estimated 10 million health care professionals, parents and policymakers through partnerships with 100 state, local and national organizations. Chances are, if your doctor is up on the latest research in prenatal health, you have these guys to thank.
How to Help: Become an NHMHBC member.
21. Blossom Birth
Who they are: Navigating the world of doulas and birth plans can be overwhelming. Blossom Birth is here to help. Offering classes ranging from hypnobirthing to mom and baby yoga, the organization also offers birthing tub rentals, lactation consultations and hosts guest lecturers who speak on pre and post-natal health topics. Blossom offers some scholarships for moms who can't afford classes and serves as a one-stop shop for parents looking for local providers who offer child health and education services.
How to Help: Cash and time are always welcome, but Blossom also maintains a wish list of goods.
22. Help a Mother Out
Who they are: Diapers are a new family's number one largest daily expense. Unfortunately for those under the poverty line, diapers aren't covered by food stamps. Help a Mother Out focuses exclusively on providing diapers to 18 sites throughout the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas, with additional chapters in Washington state and Arizona. So far, Help a Mother Out has distributed over 425,000 diapers to those in need.
How to Help: Drop off diapers at any of the organization's locations or hold a virtual diaper drive.
23. Embrace Global
Who they are: 20 million low-weight and premature babies are born each year. One of the biggest problems these children face is hypothermia, simply because their bodies aren't developed enough to stay warm. To combat the shocking premature infant death statistics, Embrace Global is in the final stages of creating a portable infant warmer that costs less than 1 percent of a traditional incubator. Designed almost like a baby sleeping bag, the reusable warmers contain a tiny electric heater that keeps children warm, even when outside temperatures drop. The units are currently in clinical testing and will be distributed starting in India soon.
How to Help: Join the effort to raise $1.5 million.
24. Nourish America
Who they are: This organization serves the hungry, the sick, the malnourished and the depressed of all ages, but offers strong support for pregnant mothers and children under 3. Maintaining a presence in all 50 states, Nourish America offers free prenatal nutrition classes to low-income moms and nourishing meals to children in schools and daycare programs.
How to Help: Kick over some cash.
25. ChildFund International
Who they are: The organization formerly known as the Christian Children's Fund currently focuses on helping 15.2 million children and family members in 31 countries. Making a 12- to 15-year commitment in each community it serves, ChildFund provides labor and funding support to local organizations that offer prenatal education programs, conduct research and fight against infant illnesses, and provide financial and community support to new families. The organization offers education and community support for older kids in developing nations as well.
How to Help: Sponsor a child or donate cash.
26. GOOD+ Foundation
Who they are: When Jessica Seinfeld couldn't find a place to donate all her gently used baby clothing and gear to those who need it most, she took action. Nearly 10 years later, her nonprofit has donated more than 4.2 million items to thousands of children through partnerships with social service organizations. In addition to providing used goods, the organization also coordinates financial literacy courses, organizes food drives for those in poverty and operates free workshops on various child and prenatal health topics.
How to Help: Organize a drive, volunteer, or contribute cash.
27. For Kids Foundation
Nevada, Northern California
Who they are: Gracie is a 2 1/2-year-old child suffering from an undiagnosed neurological disease. Her family is $9,000 short of being able to provide the physical and occupational therapy she needs. That's where the For Kids Foundation steps in. Offering financial assistance to Nevada and California families with specific unmet needs in the areas of medical, dental, mental health or education, For Kids strives to fill in the miscellaneous cracks social services and other nonprofits leave behind. Past projects have included funding chemo treatments for a three-year-old boy suffering from juvenile xanthogranuloma and leg braces for a two-year-old with hypotonia and possible cerebral palsy.
How to Help: Empty your pockets.
28. Variety International
Who they are: Finding out your child has a physical or cognitive disability can be devastating. Variety is here to provide support services and financial assistance to parents of disabled children in 13 countries around the world. Focusing on covering medical needs insurance won't, Variety can be a life-saving organization for families struggling to keep their children healthy. Programs include hosting holiday parties, field trips, sports activities, providing wheelchairs and walkers worldwide, providing transportation to families in need, and purchasing medical equipment and supplies.
How to Help: Donate or become a volunteer.
29. Mother To Baby
Who they are: You've got questions, they've got answers — and they won't charge a dime to give them to you. Fathers and pregnant and breastfeeding moms in California who are concerned about the impact on children of vaccines, alcohol and drug exposure, vitamins, pesticides, chemicals, disease or occupational hazards can call 1-800-532-3749 to speak with a healthcare professional. Calls are free and handled by experts in a non-judgmental manner.
How to Help: Donate.
30. Room to Grow
Boston, New York City
Who they are: The first three years are the most critical, and this nonprofit wants to ensure all families get off on the right foot. Low-income parents start meeting with Room to Grow counselors every three months, from just before the baby is born to age three. During one-on-one appointments, parents receive age-appropriate supplies, information on their child's developmental stages and resources to help cope in case of an accident or unforeseen circumstance. Parents walk away better prepared to serve the needs of the child and armed with information on what they can expect in the years to come.
How to Help: Donate baby items to sites in New York or Boston, become a volunteer or make a monetary contribution.
31. OptionLine
Who they are: Teens and young adults who are scared or embarrassed to talk to their local doctors about pregnancy, birth control and prenatal options can call 1-800-395-4357 to get help. Calls are free and confidential and help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week or those in need can e-mail or live chat with an OptionLine representative. The center focuses on providing free info on pregnancy, adoption, birth control and sexually-transmitted infections, as well as referrals to medical professionals in your area.
How to Help: E-mail OptionLine to ask about donations and volunteering.
32. World Connect
Who they are: Working hand in hand with Peace Corps volunteers in some of the poorest nations on earth, World Connect focuses exclusively on improving the health and wellbeing of third-world mothers and children. Current projects include initiatives to install solar panels and clean running water to maternity ward health centers in Mali, free nutrition and infant health classes for women in El Salvador, and bringing labor and delivery doctors to the Dominican Republic. Since 2005, more than 300 projects have been funded through World Connect.
How to Help: Donate.
33. Save Abandoned Babies
Who they are: Every few years, the world is shocked by a story about a baby abandoned in a dumpster, alley or somewhere equally unsafe. Dedicated to creating "safe-haven laws" — legislation that allows mothers to leave their babies in designated locations like hospitals where they will be cared for and medically treated if necessary — Save Abandoned Babies is pushing to provide safe establishments and adoption options for panicked moms. The organization has drafted its own safe haven law and needs your help to spread the world and push it through.
How to Help: Make a donation.
34. Save Babies
Who they are: Currently over 4 million babies are born every year in the United States. Even though every newborn born in the country receives a newborn screening test, how many diseases are screened for is determined by the state a child is born in. To eliminate newborn screening discrepancies, Save Babies provides a free information portal outlining screening resources available throughout the nation. The organization does not provide screenings themselves, but does have a limited number of free newborn-screening packets expectant parents can show their physicians to add extra tests to their normal screening at no charge. Mothers walk away knowing that they've taken the best possible early-detection steps with their babies.
How to Help: Send a check.
35. Shriner's Hospitals For Children
Who they are: Shriner's has its work cut out for itself. With 22 hospitals serving thousands of kids nationwide, this healthcare nonprofit focuses on helping kids under 18 who suffer from orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate. Patients are treated regardless of their family's ability to pay, one of the many reasons healthcare pros from across the world gather here to give to a good cause and bone up on the latest research and procedures.
How to Help: Donate, create your own fundraising effort, or check out one of the traveling Shriner's exhibits to spread the word.
36. Children's Hospital of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
Who they are: The treatment of a world-class hospital, the feel of a playground. Dedicated to serving the mental and emotional needs and physical ailments of its youngest patients, this pediatric medical, dental and nutrition center makes our list because of its high-quality care, coupled with its delightful atmosphere. Serviced by professionals from the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Children's Hospital also maintains a strong focus on minimizing fear. Initiatives include adding a Girl Scout troop to the hospital's recreational therapy unit and allowing ladies to earn badges using assistive technology, a smart suite designed to train families to use assistive devices and an early intervention program designed for infants ages 36 months and below, not to mention a wide array of toys, books and video games, all at patients' disposals. Don't take our word for it. To get a better idea of the magic Children's Hospital performs on a daily basis, check out its success stories.
How to Help: Give time.
37. Children's Home Society of Florida
Who they are: Impacting approximately 100,000 kids and families each year, Children's Home provides child abuse prevention programs, foster care parent training, in-home prenatal counseling sessions for expectant moms, family relationship workshops for those with children ages 5 and below, labor and delivery counseling with a trained doula, and support groups for victims of neglect, abandonment and sexual abuse. The organization currently operates 14 branches throughout the state with efforts focusing on low-income, at-risk, foster care homes and families with a history of child abuse.
How to Help: Like every nonprofit, Children's Home can always use more manpower, cash reserves, and political support.
38. Lift
Who they are: Ten sites, one battle and a never-ending barrage of problems. LIFT focuses on eliminating poverty among all populations, which includes providing support services for expectant mothers. Among its long list of services, which range from job-hunting support to providing healthcare referrals, LIFT helps new parents find childcare support subsidies, file their taxes to include the Child Tax Credit and identify mom-friendly jobs that offer flexible hours. As for the results? They speak for themselves.
How to Help: Volunteer locally or donate.
39. Homeless Children's Playtime Project
Washington, D.C.
Who they are: In a 2009 speech, President Barack Obama stated, "I'm heartbroken that any child in America is homeless. Part of the change in attitudes that I want to see here in Washington and all across the country is a belief that it is not acceptable for children and families to be without a roof over their heads in a country as wealthy as ours." Mere minutes outside of the White House, more than 7,000 children live without a home. HCPP is here to change that by providing emergency shelter, one-on-one housing counsel, developmentally appropriate toys and activities designed to reduce the traumatic effects of homelessness on children and healthy snacks to kids from infancy on up. The organization has a strong focus on play therapy in response to Harvard Medical Research, which found that almost half of school-age, homeless children have emotional problems before entering school and are four times as likely to have developmental delays and learning disabilities.
How to Help: It takes $50,000 in donations to keep HCPP going strong. To show your support, make a donation, volunteer, or drop off something on the nonprofit's wish list.
40. Horizons for Homeless Children
Who they are: Nationally, more than 500,000 children ages 5 and below experience homelessness each year. We can change that. Horizons for Homeless Children provides early childhood education programs and recreational spaces in homeless shelters across the state. Programs focus on getting kids ready for school, providing much-needed social skills training and offering a space where they can simply be kids by playing, exercising, creating art projects and using their creativity and imaginations. The organization currently serves more than 2,200 kids each week in Massachussets and has also assisted in establishing programs in 75 additional centers nationwide.
How to Help: Give your goods, give your time, give your money or give your resources.
41. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Who they are: Dolly Parton may not be best known for her brains, but the country music star is taking great strides to promote early childhood literacy. Families in qualified geographic areas who enroll in the Imagination Library receive one brand new book for free in the mail every month (each tailored to the developmental challenges of that age) until their children turn 5. The last book — Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come — helps prepare kids to start school and enter a lifelong love of reading.
How to Help: Start an Imagination Library in your town, make a donation or purchase some Imagination Library merchandise.
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43. Compassion International
Who they are: From AIDS/HIV awareness programs to higher education assistance, this Christian nonprofit has its fingers in a lot of pies. It makes our list because of its robust Child Survival Program, which provides prenatal care to mothers in the world's poorest nations and ensures that those moms have qualified birthing attendants during delivery. Once children are born, they receive nutritional supplements, ongoing healthcare and immunizations to increase their chances of survival, while mothers and caregivers receive nutritional and parenting skills training, as well as medical attention. More than $.80 from every dollar goes directly to the communities Compassion International serves.
How to Help: Pledge money or sponsor a child.
44. The Hayes Foundation
Who they are: Kyra Oliver lost her son to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in 2002. She's made it her mission to make sure it doesn't happen again. After founding The Hayes Foundation — named after her son — Oliver launched the This Side Up project, aimed at letting all parents, grandparents, babysitters and caregivers know that babies are safest from the risk of SIDS when placed on their backs at nap or bed time. Distributing This Side Up onesies to babies throughout Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, Alaska, California and Florida, the Foundation aims at expanding into all 50 states.
How to Help: Volunteer or donate.
45. The Preeclampsia Foundation
Who they are: Preeclampsia, the disorder formerly known as toxemia, is a pregnancy-induced hypertension that kills 76,000 mothers and half a million babies worldwide each year. Affecting 5 to 8 percent of pregnant women right here in the US, the disorder has both immediate and long-term maternal health consequences. The Preeclampsia Foundation is currently the only patient-advocacy group dedicated to this issue. Launching a campaign across North America to raise awareness, fund research and provide support to those who have been affected, the organization also serves as an information portal for women who think they might be victims.
How to Help: Donate, host a local fundraiser, volunteer or share your story.
46. Early Head Start
Who they are: One of the most well-known early childhood education programs, Early Head Start has been helping young'uns from birth to age three since 1994. To help children reach certain milestones, the organization offers home visits for families with newborns, comprehensive medical and mental health services, childcare services and parent-child educational activities. To help parents do their job better, the organization also coordinates adult education programs, transportation, literacy and job skills training, safe housing, emergency loans, disability support and an online database of lessons anyone can access at any time.
How to Help: Contact Early Head Start to discuss donating and/or volunteering.
47. Blind Babies Foundation
Who they are: Learning about the world is hard enough on a baby. Doing it with visual impairment is an even bigger challenge. Providing support services to families with visually impaired and blind children since 1949, the Blind Babies Foundation provides child and parent education information, medical visits, visual and developmental assessments and community support. Each year more than 540 families are helped at absolutely no cost, thanks to the efforts of this group.
How to Help: Donate, volunteer or shop to support the Blind Babies Foundation through iGive.
48. Families Can't Wait
Madison, Wisconsin
Who they are: The waiting list for Families Can't Wait is over 100 families long. You can help by donating to an organization that offers financial assistance and community support for families with disabled children. Families Can't Wait funds are designed to fill in the gaps that insurance leaves behind and can be used to purchase architectural modifications, childcare, therapy and medical care and equipment to support children with extra needs. The organization also offers group activities in the Dane County area to help isolated kids make friends, play a little, and give mom and dad a much-needed break.
How to Help: Empty your pockets.
49. Angel's Place
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Who they are: For low-income parents, breaking the cycle of poverty is damn near impossible. For those willing to put in the time and effort to go back to school, Angel's Place offers no-cost early childhood education, parenting classes, career exploration, tutoring, counseling and referrals, and assistance with practical needs such as food, clothing and nursery supplies. To qualify, parents must be single, attending school full time, meet the income restrictions and have children ages 5 or below. Those who enroll receive free year-round childcare and assistance with everything from job training to nutrition information.
How to Help: Give money or goods.
50. Get PUMPed
Orlando, Florida
Who they are: In September of 2009, one of Amanda Pacheco's friends passed away, leaving behind a 6-week-old baby with no access to breast milk. In response, Pacheco started mobilizing mothers both locally and nationally. In the first month alone, almost 2,000 ounces of milk were collected from destinations including New York, North Carolina and Oregon. Now an official nonprofit, the organization has collected more than 11,000 ounces of milk to be distributed to premature babies and mothers who need it.
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Chula Vista has been a Tex-Mex destination in Beaumont for nearly 30 years — complete with a radio jingle that local folks may remember from back when the "hit" had constant radio play 10 years ago.
But aside from coining the term "hot sauce head," Chula Vista does in fact do things a little differently — after all, they continue to please customers who have stuck around since 1980 while earning new ones every day.
"We've been around so long, so a lot of our customers know the menu and they know they're going to get great service," said Kari Cardenas, general manager of Chula Vista, adding that several staff members (including head chef Eulalio) have been working at the establishment for well over 20 years. "But our new customers love to come in because there's always a good mix in the crowd here."
The authentic restaurant is inviting to people of all ages, offering a senior discount, daily drink specials and an array of light, lean menu options so that everyone can enjoy a meal at Chula Vista.
"We have fresh vegetables that we prepare daily, and all our food is cooked fresh every day," said Cardenas. "We have baked chips as an option for people watching their weight, and a really popular item is the U-Special Nachos."
The U-Special Nachos are named for none other than their creator — chef Eulalio, affectionately known to his customers "Mr. U." Rather than just a stack of chips with a mountain of grub on top (though those are fun, too), these nachos feature individualized tortillas each dressed with different options — beans, seasoned meat, cheese, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.
"He's our main man," Cardenas said of Mr. U, who has to be on top of his game to handle the extensive menu at Chula Vista. Thankfully, he's got it covered. From serving items ranging from the Tocino shrimp, the Mexican Flag, the chicken fried steak (yes, they have it) and even the authentic Mexican dishes served every weekend at Chula Vista — the food is incredible.
"So many people ask why we don't package our chips and hot sauce," Cardenas laughed. "And our margaritas taste great."
So great, in fact, that Chula Vista serves up what must be the world's largest margarita seven days a week. The Mega Rita, measuring in at 45 ounces of fresh, cool delicious margarita, is quite a sight — and only $9.99 all day every Saturday—though Happy Hour six days a week from 4-7 p.m. is something to take advantage of, as well.
And Chula Vista has become quite the hot spot on the karaoke circuit, with karaoke every Thursday from 6 - 10 p.m. (look out for the karaoke van parked outside). Live music provided by the likes of Thomas Cokinos happens every Friday as well—and if you find Chula Vista on Facebook, you're certain to be in on daily food and drink specials, as well as live entertainment updates.
Whether you and the family are enjoying delicious food and great service inside or a MegaRita on the patio under the palapas, go to Chula Vista, baby. Taste the dif-fer-ence.
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E-commerce is up significantly this holiday season, while growth for traditional retail remains sluggish.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shoppers are expected to increasingly buy online this holiday season as their inboxes are flooded with Black Friday deals and coupons.
Online retail spending is estimated to increase 15% year-over-year to $37.6 billion, according to Comscore. Shoppers have already spent $9.7 billion online in the first 20 days of November.
Brick-and-mortar retailers, meanwhile, are projected to see only a 2.8% uptick to $465.5 billion, estimates the National Retail Federation, which also predicts consumers will make a third of their holiday purchases online this year.
Consumers are likely drawn to online shopping because of convenience and the ability to browse. Growth from devices like tablets and smartphones, as well as price comparison apps, have also made it easier for shoppers to make purchases at anytime.
"You're seeing a shift from offline to online just because it's more efficient," said Graham Jones, general manager of online shopping site PriceGrabber. "As shoppers become more savvy they're going to keep doing this wherever they are."
On Thanksgiving Day, online sales made from mobile devices were up 10%, with tablets responsible for the majority of those sales, according to e-commerce software company ChannelAdvisor.
Orders on tablets also tend to be on average 15% higher than on PCs, because owners of iPads and other similar advices tend to skew towards middle and upper income demographics, ChannelAdvisor president David Spitz said in an interview.
Tech giants are aggressively pushing for consumers to choose online retail over brick-and-mortar.
Amazon(:AMZN) began slashing prices on items like electronics, video games and toys starting Nov. 1. The company also released a new mobile app for the iPhone called PriceCheck that lets shoppers compare prices in stores with those of Amazon.
eBay(:EBAY), meanwhile, has opened temporary "pop up" locations in New York, San Francisco and London where shoppers can make purchases using their mobile phones. They will also feature food trucks and free WiFi for shoppers.
eBay is focused on mobile as one of its major growth drivers. In 2012, the company acquired barcode scanning app Red Laser.
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Syria conflict could last years, killing continues
Syria peace talks are on the verge of collapse as the war heads into its fourth year, raising the prospect of a vicious conflict lasting years and plunging border states into chaos that only Western military intervention can snuff out, say analysts.
United Nations negotiators were pessimistic this week that a deal can be struck between dictator Bashar Assad and the anti-regime rebels. Western nations that publicly deplore the violence have no Plan B to end it.
On Thursday, at least 51 people died in a single day of Syrian government airstrikes and shelling of opposition-controlled districts of Aleppo, activists said.
Some suggest it may be OK for American adversaries such as Assad, al-Qaeda, Iran and Hezbollah to stay bogged down in an interminable war, in which 130,000 people have died and nearly 6 million Syrians have been forced from their homes.
But as the West stands on the sidelines, Syria is becoming a proving ground for Islamic terror factions fighting Assad and churning out battle-hardened jihadists on orders to infiltrate neighboring states, analysts say. Iraq and Lebanon are boiling from Syrian militancy, and more states may follow if the war continues.
"Letting the fighting continue indefinitely and letting al-Qaeda and the Iranians split the country between them, that's not a good outcome," says Max Boot, an analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations.
"Syrian soil would become a launching pad for Iranian interests in the region and a launching pad for al-Qaeda, which is a grim outcome," he said.
U.S. or NATO "boots on the ground" may be the only way to stop Syria from becoming an al-Qaeda safe haven, or worse, an anti-American axis of a nuclear Iran aligned with a brutal Syrian regime and a missile-laden Hezbollah in Lebanon, Boot says.
None of the major factions fighting in the Syria civil war – the Assad regime, affiliates of al-Qaeda, the Free Syrian Army rebels – appears to be any closer to dominating and ending the war that began in March 2011.
Zachary Keck, an associate editor for The Diplomat, a foreign affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific region, says the United States is winning in Syria by standing by.
The war costs Iran billions of dollars, Hezbollah has lost hundreds of fighters and both have lost standing in the Arab world because of their support of the slaughter of Sunnis, he says.
"From a purely strategic standpoint, no country has benefited more from the horrible tragedy in Syria than the United States," Keck says.
A war that began when the Syrian military fired on peaceful demonstrations against the regime's treatment of detainees has become one of the longest conflicts in the Middle East, sucking in radicals, sheiks and superpowers on all sides.
Assad's military has targeted neighborhoods indiscriminately with artillery and airstrikes. "Barrel bombs," containers filled with fuel and explosives, are shoved out of military aircraft daily onto cities.
In rebel-held cities such as Aleppo, once Syria's economic capital, the Assad regime has a policy of "surrender or starve," blocking food from communities unless they turn over weapons and fighters. Non-combatant children and adults are starving, according to the Red Cross.
Militants and Muslim terrorists have flooded into the fight from the Middle East, Chechnya, Africa and Europe. The number of al-Qaeda-linked fighters in Syria has mushroomed from 2,000 to more than 30,000 in two years, Israeli intelligence agencies tell the Associated Press.
Police in Norway charged a citizen with terror offenses allegedly committed in Syria — the first such case in the Scandinavian country, the Associated Press reported Thursday. Security Police spokesman Martin Bernsen said that the 22-year-old man of Pakistani background was arrested Friday on his return to Oslo from Syria.
Syrian military deserters who banded together to form the Free Syrian Army have notched victories over Assad's bases but have failed to hold on to their gains as the Assad forces redeploy from hot spot to hot spot with heavy cannons and air assaults the rebels cannot repel.
Backed by Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, Assad has access to a steady supply of fuel, ammunition and fighters.
Peace talks in Vienna, sponsored by the United Nations and the Obama administration, are deadlocked over whether Assad can remain a part of the country's future. U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said Tuesday that the talks between the Syrian government and opposition "are not making much progress."
Rebels have sought outside help to bring about regime change and end the conflict, calling for heavy weapons and airstrikes to neutralize Assad's tanks and air force.
President Obama has rebuffed calls for more robust action, and Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics, says Europe is unlikely to get involved without U.S. involvement.
"The U.K.'s Parliament has spoken," he said, referring to London's rejection of military action against Assad in August. "There is no European country that would take the lead."
The inaction of the West is taken advantage of by affiliates of al-Qaeda, which aims for a rigid Islamic state in a Middle East cleansed of Jews and competing Muslim sects.
U.S. intelligence chiefs say al-Qaeda's growth in Syria is a threat to the USA. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said 75,000 to 110,000 fighters are taking part, 26,000 of which are "extremists," and 7,000 are foreigners from the Middle East and Europe.
"We're seeing now the appearance of training complexes in Syria to train people to go back to their countries and, of course, conduct more terrorist acts," Clapper told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence last month.
A study by the Tel Aviv-based Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center found that 15% of all suicide bombings in the world took place in Syria in 2013. Many attacks displayed "a high level of sophistication and professionalism," according to the study first reported in The Jerusalem Post.
The study found that the terrorist innovation honed in Syria of several bombers going after high-value targets simultaneously is showing up in al-Qaeda attacks elsewhere in the Middle East.
Shlomo Brom, an analyst at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies, says Syria looks a lot like Afghanistan before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and may require the same action taken by President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress.
"I don't need to remind you that the United States invaded Afghanistan to deny terrorists this kind of shelter," Brom says.
Boot says Obama's approach to the conflict (removing Assad's chemical weapons and promoting peace talks) increases the chance that the U.S. military will be dragged into the Middle East in a major way.
The battlefield stalemate in Syria is creating cadres of jihadists who stream out into other Sunni states and even European countries, says Boot, author of Invisible Armies, a history of guerrilla forces.
Islamic terrorists from Syria have infiltrated Iraq, setting off suicide car bombs and grabbing a toehold in the major Sunni cities of Fallujah and Ramadi. This week, militants attacked an Iraqi army barracks in Ayn al-Jahish outside the northern city of Mosul and killed 15 troops, beheading eight of them.
Al-Qaeda terrorists have gotten Iraqis to join them against the U.S.-backed Shiite government in Baghdad in an insurgency not unlike the one put down by the U.S. military in 2008.
In Lebanon, radicals from Syria have launched attacks and assassinations against Hezbollah, provoking counterattacks that could blow up into full-scale war, according to the government in Beirut.
Lebanese Sheik Bilal Dokmak, a cleric who raises money for the Free Syrian Army, says he supports jihad in Syria but not in Lebanon.
"The U.S. government's permissive approach to Assad allows for the extension of the conflict in Syria and nearby countries," Dokmak said in Beirut.
"The longer you let a civil war go on, the more empowerment of radicals on both sides, and that's the last thing we want to see," Boot said.
Keck said the battle hurts the radicals. He said al-Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has been weakened in the eyes of Sunni Arabs worldwide by turning its guns on Sunni Muslim rebel groups it considers impious.
Former U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker sees empowerment of al-Qaeda as the worst outcome and said Obama should back Assad, not try to force him out.
"You could have a major Arab capital in the hands of al-Qaeda, something they've always sought," Crocker said.
Crocker said the United States should press allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar to cut the money and arms they buy for the rebels, because too much of it reaches al-Qaeda.
"Since Assad is not going away, we should be talking to second- or third-echelon individuals" in his regime about the next step, said Crocker, who has held ambassadorships in Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Despite the regime's advantages and rebel fatigue, the rebels aren't going away, said Valerie Szybala, an analyst at the Institute for the Study of War.
"The regime outarms, outguns the rebels, it has air power and more advanced weapons, but that doesn't stop a guerrilla insurgency focused on disrupting regime supplies, transport and aircraft," Szybala said. "The rebels' ability to do that hasn't been diminished."
Crocker said the United States should help Assad defeat al-Qaeda factions in the country.
But that could allow Iran to claim a victory over the U.S.-allied Sunni Arab Gulf states, increasingly frantic that the Shiites of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah will replace the United States as the dominant power in the Middle East.
Tony Badran, an analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Iran has already provided support to Shiite uprisings in Yemen and Bahrain. Should Assad prevail in Syria, Badran said, Iran will believe it can interfere in other Arab countries and "nobody cares to get in its way."
Contributing: Luigi Serenelli and Louise Osborne in Berlin; Mona Alami in Beirut; Abdulrahman al-Masri and Alex Simon in Amman, Jordan; Associated Press.


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I was born in 1951 and don't recall a time when Sammy Davis was not a celebrity along with the rest of the Rat Pack. Although I learned as a teenager that he had overcome obstacles galore on his way to the top — I read his memorable autobiography, Yes I Can — the story stopped with his marriage to May Britt, before he became something of a laughingstock, and he left out a lot of the pre-Britt story in any event.
Tomorrow's Sunday New York Times Book Review carries Gary Giddins's review/essay on Davis and two new biographies about him. Giddins is a gifted writer; his essay is probably superior to either book. His take on Davis's life is brilliantly sympathetic, and Davis's life is worthy of consideration — don't laugh! — at least in part because of the great human story and in part because of the angle it provides on an important piece of American history.
Take, for example, Giddins's account of the event that made Davis an overnight star after 20 years in vaudeville and on the road:
Davis had to wait until 1951 — after two decades on the road — for his breakthrough. Janis Paige was opening at Ciro's, a much-publicized event and a good bet to be seen by Hollywood powers. As Paige had the only dressing room, the [Will Mastin] trio [including Davis and his father] was consigned to a corner of the attic. Still, it was the most elegant place they had ever worked. Fishgall [the author of the better of the two biographies under review] writes that Davis refused to rehearse at the club, not wanting to reveal the power of his performance and frighten the star. After one mock rehearsal, the owner said, "I still don't know what you boys do. I'll tell you what. You open the show, make it fast and take only one bow." Paige's contract forbade them from taking more than two bows. In the event, they took eight. A stunned Paige had the sense to reverse the order of the show; on the second night, she opened for the trio.
Or take his account of the event that made Davis a laughingstock — his hug of Richard Nixon and extraordinarily uncool endorsement of him for president in 1972:
[H]e embraced Nixon, a story with a personal dimension worth exploring. As vice-president, Nixon had attended the trio's show at the Copa in 1954, introducing himself afterward and impressing Davis. In 1960, along with the Sinatra gang, Davis worked diligently to elect Kennedy, who treated him abominably. Fishgall says that he was disinvited from the inauguration so as not to upset the Dixiecrats; Haygood [the author of the other biography under review] recycles Richard Reeves's account of Kennedy demanding May Britt be hidden at an unpublicized meeting of Negro leaders before photographers saw her. When, nearly a decade later, Nixon asked for his support, Davis felt honored.
The reaction among blacks especially was devastating, and Davis was horrified and confused by it. In Haygood's account, Jesse Jackson requested a $25,000 contribution "for my charity" in return for repatriating Davis at a convention of Jackson's organization, Operation PUSH. It didn't work; insistent as he was, Jackson could not still the relentless booing as Davis stood silently. Fishgall, who says nothing about this financial transaction, quotes Davis's response: "Nothing in my life ever hurt me that much" — not even, he said, the accident that cost him an eye. He never completely recovered…
The last story unfortunately includes an element that has not yet receded into history, as well as the first cynical reference I have ever seen in the Times to Jesse Jackson's long-perfected modus operandi. Giddins's review is — what else? — "What made Sammy run?" Don't miss it!


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