Posted By: C. Harrison/5/28/2016

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Posted By: C. Harrison/5/11/2016

BECOME A FELLOWSHIP MEMBER OF OFA

WANT TO BE AN ORGANIZER,? OFA IS NOW RECRUITING NEW FELLOWSHIP MEMBERS FOR TRANING. THE TRAINING ALLOWS YOU TO LEARN HOW TO BECOME A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, A NATIONAL ORGANIZER AND LEADER, WHETHER IN A PROFESSIONAL SETTING OR POLITICAL; EITHER WAY, YOU GET TO BE INVOLVE MORE IN YOUR COMMUNITY VIA THE WIDER NATIONAL COMMUNITY OR EVEN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

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QUEENS SATELLITE HIGH SCHOOL FOR OPPORTUNITY

By: C. Harrison/5/11/2016

Yesterday I took a stroll down Hillside Ave approximately 6:30 PM, I saw people, a lot of them walking into the Satellite High School on Hillside Ave, located at 162-02. Not knowing what was going on and didn’t know at the time that this particular high school offered programs for adults; I was immediately taken, so I asked and was told that they were taken adult classes there.

Really, I was pleased because it would seem that the program is a success because, most of the people I saw attending were mostly young and adults immigrants. I was happy that our immigrant population in Queens, is taken our great borough seriously and want to be a part of it.

  Posted By: C. Harrison/5/11/2016

HIGH SCHOOL PROM DRESS FOR FREE

The When In Need Foundation, in partnership with Senator James Saunders Jt., is offering a once in a lifetime opportunity. Free Prom Dresses will be given to the first 100 high school grads that submit a written essay explaining their reason for entering this contest with their dress sizes. Dresses are available in small and plus sizes. Must enter to win.

Send you letter of request, need school and size to: wheninneedfoundation@gmail.com

Chosen applicants will be contacted directly with further details. If you have questions, contact the  When In Need Foundation or call Senator Sanders’ District Office.

Posted By: C. Harrison/5/11/2016

DISPLACED JAMAICANS IN ALBERTA

According to the Jamaican Press Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, though the Jamaican High Commission in Ottawa, has been monitoring the tragic and devastating fires in Fort McMurray area of Alberta, Canada, where we are aware that a number of Jamaicans work and reside.

Approximately 80,000 Canadians have been evacuated and displaced from their homes and work environs.

The Ministry commends the over 300 Jamaicans in Fort McMurray for their quick and united action which has resulted in all known Jamaican being accounted for,  evacuated and in safe areas.

“The Jamaicans in Fort McMurray are a tight-knit group. They are all in accommodation, whether with relatives, private accommodation, or shelters,”  explains H. E. Janice Miller, High Commissioner for Jamaica to Canada.

A testimony to the camaraderie that has been exercised is the planned meeting of Jamaicans from Edmonton and Fort McMurray, with one objective being to document the concerns of the displaced Jamaicans and the impact of the fire.

The Jamaican High Commission in Ottawa, The Jamaican Association of Northern Alberta (JANA), the Association of Jamaicans in Fort McMurray, along with the Honorary Consul for Jamaica in Edmonton have over the past week, been in constant communication as they sought to ensure that all known Jamaicans were accounted for and in suitable accommodations.

Jamaicans in Fort McMurray are employed in the hospitality sector and also as high-skilled tradesmen, electricians and auto mechanics. Additionally, there are a number of Jamaicans enrolled as foreign students.

The province of Alberta has today released on advisory encouraging all evacuees to register with the Canadian Red Cross at 1888-350=6070 or online. This information has been conveyed to all the Jamaican Honorary Consuls in Canada for wide dissemination.

Posted By: C, Harrison/May 9, 2016

ARE  THESE BEHAVORS BENEFITING CONSUMER OR SAID COMPANIES

By: C. Harrison/5/6/2016

The truth about mergers and acquisitions are that sometimes they are very good for us the consumers and other times well those companies who merges are in fact the ones who benefit most. Nothing we can do about it.

Most companies make millions while other just get stock value, which could or have the potential to make millions later, especially internet base  companies; who I believe are playing us like a ping -pong-ball. Still  yet others take a pay cut they usually say for the good of the company.

Who in these companies get the big stick-it-to-you, top tier managers and supervisors. Sometimes even VPs and CFO or CEOs…even members of the board but, the brunt some of the time are consumers.  Looking on the bright side we the consumers can also say that many a times we actually benefit and that, usually happens when some of these companies literally care about us, the consumers..

As of April 1, 2016, the largest wireless company Verizon Communications Merged with  Frontier Communications.  This merge will impact 3.7 million landlines and 2.2 million phone connections.  The deal is valued at $9.9 billion and another $600 million in assumed debts. The merge doesn’t include cell phone provider Verizon Wireless. Here, changes include who to call when the cable is out and where to send payments.

We also just learn that  the FCC Commissioners approved Charter Communications In’s merge or acquisition  of Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks. This created the second largest U.S broadband provider and third largest video provider. Thus far, all involve are in favor except California who’s decision could come as early as May 12, 2016.

This Charter and Time Warner deal is valued at $56.7 billion and Bright House another $10.4 billion. The deal extended High Speed internet access to two more million customers in five years.

These two merges makes us cringe right now. All kinds of acquisitions going on right now in Business 2016, its consumer be ware. Remember Its all about who benefits and who loses we concern ourselves about.

Posted By: C. Harrison/April 28, 2016

DIS WILL BE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS! HISTORY IN THE MAKING….ENOUGH SAID

  A  GENUS IN HIS OWN RIGHT

via Google PRINCE 

By: C. Harrison/April 21, 2016

Prince Roger Nelson,  affectionately called Prince, was a genus by everyone that heard him sing and play. Today, he was R.I.PED from us, gone too soon at age of  57.  Prince’s body  was found at his Paisley Park studio, at his home in Minnesota, MN at 9: 45 this morning.  It was reported that he was battling flu-like systems.  It was last week on his way to a planned concert that his plane made an emergency stop where he was briefly hospitalize and released.

Prince was a painfully shy person yet un-detour by anyone.  He made many go up against each other for bragging rights back in high school which was between him, Michael Jackson and Boy Gorge. He was also seen has an activist artist, who led the way to changes and how the Music Industry do business. He fought and won the fight from Warner Bros. And thereafter changed his name to a symbol. Prince became the number 2 biggest artist in America during the 1980s; in 1984 with the release of his album Purple Rain followed by the movie release with the same name Purple Rain, he transcended.

Accordingly, back then  not yet quiet 17,  I was bright eye high school kid, who’s best friend Anita was her purple badness.  She came to school everyday dress like Prince.  Naturally, when the album and movie came out we took to the Sunrise Mall, our second home, where of course Anita was fully dress like none other than Prince.  Needless to say,  we saw the movie several times. Purple was the fashion trend for almost a decade during that era.

Prince was versatile, he could sing and infused Rock, Pop, R&B, Hip-Hop, a bit of Country and just about any genre in between. He was also  a magician with the guitar and could play almost anything. He even became a serious Actor. Dubbed the greatest Artist of his generation Prince won 7 Grammy Awards and got 30 nominations, with 5 singles topping the charts and 14 singles on the top 10 charts and won an Oscar for Purple Rain.  He was also one hect of a Producer. He came into this world to do a job, sing, and he created a legacy which will be felt and talked about for generations to come. He is gone but will never be forgotten, he lives on through his music.

Some of his biggest hit includes: “Purple Rain,” “I Want To Be Your Lover,” “Little Red Covette,” Let Go Crazy,” “When Doves Cry,” “The Most Beautiful Girl,” “!999,” and “Cream” to name a few. Born June 7, 1958 he died April 21, 2016.  Forever Prince, this is a significant blow to a fragile Music Industry.