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One year after his election, Barack Obama's approval rating is lower at this stage than for any US president since Eisenhower. So why has the optimism surrounding his victory disappeared so suddenly?One year after his election, Barack Obama's approval rating is lower at this... more
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Sen. Harry Reid apologized on Saturday for his recently published comment, made before the 2008 election, that Barack Obama could win in part because he was a "light skinned" African-American with "no Negro dialect." Reid, who is resisting calls for his resignation, described the gaffe as a "poor choice of words." When did the word Negro become socially unacceptable?
It started its decline in 1966 and was totally uncouth by the mid-1980s. The turning point came when Stokley Carmichael coined the phrase black power at a 1966 rally in Mississippi. Until then, Negro was how most black Americans described themselves. But in Carmichael's speeches and in his landmark 1967 book, Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America, he persuasively argued that the term implied black inferiority. Among black activists, Negro soon became shorthand for a member of the establishment. Prominent black publications like Ebony switched from Negro to black at the end of the decade, and the masses soon followed. According to a 1968 Newsweek poll, more than two-thirds of black Americans still preferred Negro, but black had become the majority preference by 1974. Both the Associated Press and the New York Times abandoned Negro in the 1970s, and by the mid-1980s, even the most hidebound institutions, like the U.S. Supreme Court, had largely stopped using Negro.
Had Sen. Reid chosen to defend his word choice, he could have cited some formidable authorities. Colored was the preferred term for black Americans until WEB DuBois, following the lead of Booker T. Washington, advocated for a switch to Negro in the 1920s. (DuBois also used black in his writings, but it wasn't his term of choice.) Despite claims that Negro was a white-coined word intended to marginalize black people, DuBois argued that the term was "etymologically and phonetically" preferable to colored or "various hyphenated circumlocutions." Most importantly, the new terminology—chosen by black leaders themselves—symbolized a rising tide of black intellectual, artistic, and political assertiveness. (After achieving the shift in vocabulary, DuBois spearheaded a letter-writing campaign to capitalize his preferred term. In 1930—nine years before Harry Reid was born—the New York Times Style Book made the change.) Black supplanted Negro when the energy of this movement waned.Sen. Harry Reid apologized on Saturday for his recently published comment, made before... more
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Bloggers out there and lovers of Blogs! This bloggers needs your help. Please click on the link and read the post and leave feedback. This time it is so important. It is do or die time for this writer. She doesn't know what to do and I think we can help her. C'mon. It's Sunday. We all have a minute or two to help someone out with some advice, right?
Oh and the Ritz reference will make more sense when you read the post.....Bloggers out there and lovers of Blogs! This bloggers needs your help. Please click... more
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Stalking bloggers on their sites in unacceptable and illegal. The blogosphere’s manners are no different to that of normal society. You CANNOT send a torrent of malicious and violent comments and e-mails to a blogger and get away with it. One of 365 along with other bloggers are going to take action. They WILL call the authorities. You CAN easily be traced. No one should have to be frightened to express their thoughts and creativity through their blogging. There is a difference between freedom of speech and threatening someone. Tread lightly or you will be eating your words behind bars. Read this piece and hear the whole story. An essential read for bloggers and supporters of blogging and the right to live in a society that is threat free.Stalking bloggers on their sites in unacceptable and illegal. The blogosphere’s... more
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This Fashion Friday I'm In A Bind & Need Your Decision. What Shoes Go With This Marc Jacobs Outfit?
All you need to do is visit www.oneof365.com and take a quick peek at the 2 pairs of shoes she's selected (literally 2 secs) and let blogger know. It's fun, fast and fashion!This Fashion Friday I'm In A Bind & Need Your Decision. What Shoes Go With... more
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In part two of our series entitled, "Why did you build that feature?" I'm tackling our URL shortener and the Current Bar. We posted a quick run-through for these features last week, but considering the questions surrounding them it felt right to take a closer look.
"Why make a shortener that is 26 characters when others are much shorter?"
Great question. Our URL shortener is truly designed with one intent in mind: providing a better experience when viewing and sharing Current.com content. While it's not the shortest shortener around, at 26 characters this is a massive improvement -- shaving off 11 characters from the shortest Current.com URL previously available. But shortening is really just half of the feature here. Our shortened URLs combine with our new Current Bar to make browsing, sharing, and discussing content on Current much more enjoyable.
To get the full scoop, head over to the blog and read the entire post!
http://current.com/1746m4cIn part two of our series entitled, "Why did you build that feature?"... more
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This week Sergio gets Jiggy Wit It and looks at the top selling rap songs on iTunes. On the list: New Boyz, Young Money, Pitbull, Sean Kingston, and Drake.
Sergio's White Top 5 is a recurring segment on Current TV's weekly television show, infoMania. For more Sergio visit http://current.com/topics/88805477_white-hot-top-5/ and Current TV.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.This week Sergio gets Jiggy Wit It and looks at the top selling rap songs on iTunes.... more
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From Mashable.com:
"Go on, Tweet this post. Or share it on FriendFeed. Or post about it on Blogger, Movable Type, TypePad or WordPress blogs. Or link to it from a Flickr comment. Or comment on the story on Digg. Or add a comment linking to this post from YouTube, Vimeo or Picasa.
You can talk about this post on almost every major social service (with more being added all the time) and we’ll include these comments below the post. That’s the magic of a new feature we’re implementing on Mashable: Social Media Comments.
Today Mashable is announcing an exclusive partnership with the blog comment service Disqus with regard to their integration of the comment aggregation service UberVU. For the next two weeks, you’ll be able to test Disqus-powered social media comments exclusively on Mashable, getting a glimpse at what both companies think is the future of blog comments. Of course we also have to thank UberVU for powering this comment aggregation feature....From Mashable.com:
"Go on, Tweet this post. Or share it on FriendFeed. Or... more
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It was a long journey, but we finally made it to the other side of the rebuild tunnel. Before we dive into what's new on Current.com, let's take a moment to thank our awesome team of developers who spent the last few months working tirelessly to make this happen. (Seriously guys, leave them a comment below!)
So what's new?
// New and Improved Search //
As we mentioned in our previous post, searching for content on Current.com has now been vastly improved. Give it a whirl: http://current.com/search/0.htm?q=Monkeys&loc=false&x=0&y=0&s=on&v=on&r=on
A couple of things to note, individual stories are now separated from topics and members. You can now easily select to search the entire Current.com site, or restrict your results to US only. Also, get more granular results by checking off stories, videos, or responses. Don't worry, you can still sort by best match and newest.
// At long last -- RSS feeds //
Yep, they've been long overdue, and we'd be remiss to leave them out of such a major release. So here you are, brand spankin' new RSS feeds for every topic on Current.com. Simply click on the RSS button in the URL bar of your browser, and add the feed to your feed reader of choice. Now you can subscribe to our blog posts without extra inbox clutter! Yay!
http://current.com/topics/77589461/current_com_blog/new/0.htm
// The Jumbo Footer Returns! //
The issues surrounding the much-loved jumbo footer have all been resolved, so now you can see all of the most recent comments posted on Current.com, right from the comfort of the footer. That means every single page has a bonus for those who scroll down to the bottom. Woo hoo!
// Autoplay, Begone! //
We realize that many people don't like autoplay for videos, and we actually have a workaround for this. Since this is an entirely new build of the site, those of you who already used our autoplay trick will have to redo it. Here's how:
Add ?SAP=true after any URL that contains a video that was uploaded to Current.com (NOTE: this won't work for embeds from YouTube or any other source). For example, here is Kevin Rose's interview with Al Gore, with the autoplay turned off. Just click the link and you will be autoplay free!
http://current.com/items/89504054/current_presents_digg_dialogg_al_gore.htm?SAP=true
To reverse this, change "true" to "false."
// Feedback //
So there you have it, our latest release in a nutshell. Now we're certain that issues will crop up over the next week, so if you come across any bugs or strange behavior, please let us know ASAP by reporting a problem over on Get Satisfaction:
http://getsatisfaction.com/currentcom
If you want, you can also send an email to support [at] current.com. In addition, let us know what you think of the new stuff on the site. How are things working?
Remember, your input fuels the future here at Current, so be sure to chime in with a comment below.
Best,
Mario
Online Community Team
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Follow me on Twitter? http://twitter.com/manimaIt was a long journey, but we finally made it to the other side of the rebuild tunnel.... more
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