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Students for a Free Tibet

Tibetan Monk Praying Buddhist monks

Thanks to everyone who supported the Tibetan Freedom Movement in this year’s Facebook Causes Giving Challenge! They came in 7th overall, won $10,500 in prize money, and…


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sky land water


Right Whales


The Right whale is one of the ocean’s most endangered species with only a few hundred left in the North Atlantic, and a…


Helping You Catch The Google Wave

Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that has gotten a lot of press - and a lot of that is people wondering just what it is supposed to do.

The Complete Guide to Google Wave by…


Presenting Like Steve Jobs

Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has become known for his product launch presentations. So, it’s not a big surprise
that a book like The
Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely…


Funding for White Nose Syndrome Research

Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) has announced that funding to protect bat populations in New Jersey and throughout the region has been increased from $500,000 to $1.9 million for FY 2010. The senator…


NJCTE High School Writing Contest

NJCTE High School Writing Contest 2010
The New Jersey Council of Teachers of English

Invites New Jersey Students in Grades 9-12 to Participate in its 2010 Writing Contest
“Who We Are”


2010…


Hunter’s Moon

This month’s  full moon occurs here on Monday, November 2.  It is the full moon that is known most commonly as the Hunter’s Moon.
It is the first full moon after the Harvest Moon, but that can be…


Timewave 2012

Last weekend, I wrote about Terence McKenna who I was reading because of some 2012 references he had made in his books and talks. Most of that was not connected to the more well known (at least…


Lawsuit Claims Wind Energy Project Would Kill Endangered Bats

Indiana bat roosting under shedding bark
Photo: Bat Conservation International via www.srs.fs.usda.gov

Organizations opposed to a wind energy project in West Virginia are using the…


Poetry - What Sells?

I clicked a link today to the Poetry Bestsellers on Amazon.com and was surprised by the results (which change every hour).

Surprise #1: A lot of Kindle versions of classics…


Teachers Writing About Teaching

I’m reading Pat Conroy’s newest book, South of Broad, this week, but I looked back on my bookshelf at his books and remembered when I first encountered him.

It was the book,


Essex County Environmental Center


The Essex County Environmental Center is a facility of the Essex County Park System. It is located in West Essex Park which stretches along six miles of the Passaic River starting at…


The Twilight Zone


This month is the 50th anniversary of The Twilight Zone’s debut on American television.

The Twilight Zone was one of my favorite childhood TV programs - even when I watched it with my…


17th Annual Winter Poetry and Prose Getaway in Cape May

It’s hard to believe that Peter Murphy has been doing this for 17 years. Not your typical writers’ conference.

The 17th Annual Winter POETRY & PROSE GETAWAY in Cape May is right on the on the…


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