April 2010
71 posts
“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long...”
– Warren Buffett - quoted on Arbor Day
We Could Use Your VOTE
Blueprint Education found the “Sharing the Prize Seed” Grant via a Twitter post caught by one of our employees and decided to team up with YoungLives (www.younglife.org/YoungLives/)….the power of social media!
THE CONCEPT:
The annual Sharing the Prize Seed Grant program will provide two Valley non-profit organizations with $25,000 to accomplish a shared community improvement project that...
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Ode to LRC | Cease to Begin | Band of Horses
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“The gift is to the giver, and comes back to him…”
– Walt Whitman
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Salt Water Sound | Simple Things | Zero 7
Nice...
“2003 - During a Mormon cricket infestation of millions of acres across Nevada,...”
– Sarah Gilman in High Country News April 26th, 2010 issue.
Federal officials predict this summer may see one of the worst grasshopper outbreaks in the West since the mid-‘80’s. As a testimonial, riding some of our local trails last year, dodging those Mormon crickets gets tricky and...
“Communication is everyone’s panacea for everything”
– Thomas J. Peters, American business writer
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Save It For A Rainy Day | Rainy Day Music | The...
I went down to my local NPR station (KBSU) last...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-25) →
La Strada (51)
She and Him (9)
Nick Drake (7)
The Shins (5)
The Avett Brothers (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joy, and...”
– Joseph Addison, British writer and politician
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Not Like That | My Heart is Full of Lightning |...
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“The question is not ‘Can you make a difference?’ You already do make...”
– Julia Butterfly Hill, environmental activist
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Mind Eye | Mind Elevation | Nightmares on Wax
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“I’ve been in Rwanda where the laptop was introduced into an environment where...”
– Matt Keller, vice president for global advocacy at the O.L.P.C. Foundation
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-18) →
The Decemberists (20)
Jonsi (17)
CocoRosie (16)
Tune-Yards (10)
St. Germain (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“America’s future will be determined by the home and the school. The child...”
– Jane Addams, founder of the U.S. settlement house movement
WatchFood, Inc. by Robert Kenner airs on PBS stations Wednesday, April 21st and online starting Thursday. You can check your local listings at http://www.pbs.org/pov/tvschedule/
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Julia | New Home | La Strada
La Strada did a...
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Catch Me Up | Split the Difference | Gomez
Glad I...
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The Sun Smells Too Loud | Mogwai
Known for their...
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“If it wasn’t a mystery, it would be easy. If it were easy, it...”
– Becoming The Linchpin - Seth Godin
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To Go Home | Post War | M. Ward
Ward’s 2006...
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Why Don’t You Do Right | Genuine Negro Jig |...
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Emotion Is Dead Part 2 | Emotion Is Dead | The...
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“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have...”
– Thomas Jefferson, third U.S. president, born on this day in 1743
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Lemonade | Grey Oceans | CocoRosie
Catchy tune, I...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-11) →
M. Ward (14)
Neko Case (10)
Jay Farrar (6)
Uncle Tupelo (6)
Gillian Welch (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“….That’s the key. She solves problems that people haven’t...”
– Becoming The Linchpin, Marissa Mayer section from Seth Godin in Linchpin.
Every organization needs a Marissa Mayer, we’re fortunate to have a few on our team.
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