Escalante, teacher who inspired Stand and Deliver film, dies

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

LOS ANGELES — Jaime Escalante, the math teacher who transformed a tough East Los Angeles high school and inspired the movie Stand and Deliver, died Tuesday. He was 79. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/star/6936994.html

Marijuana: The Patchouli Smelling Elephant in the room

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Marijuana use by seniors goes up as boomers age http://www.salon.com/news/2010/02/22/us_seniors_marijuana/index.html As they have in the last few decades, baby boomers my change how business is done in this country. But the catch this time is it might actually do good. The aging population might actually work to get drug laws reformed or maybe repealed altogether. [...]

Corey Haim

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

(CBS) Canadian actor Corey Haim, known best for his role in the 1987 hit “The Lost Boys” has died, Los Angeles police confirmed Wednesday. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/10/entertainment/main6284974.shtml

Social media fail

Monday, March 1st, 2010

“The music industry is in a major state of crisis and some up and coming acts are reluctant to dirty their hands with social networking” http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10460660-261.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0 So let me get this straight, if the band isn’t doing the job of the record label you want nothing to do with them? The use of “social media” [...]

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