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RESPONSE to: Sikh Man Shot in Hate Crime

PR for People Team

March 09, 2017

Police in Western Washington are searching for the gunman who shot a Sikh man this past Friday. The police and the FBI are investigating the shooting as a hate crime. Here’s the response from the India Association of Western Washington.

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Politics

Donald Trump’s Tax Returns Are Already in Public Records

Anna Faktorovich

March 07, 2017

There are weekly news and opinion stories coming out regarding breakthrough revelations or protests concerning Donald Trump’s failure to make public his tax returns. While we all wait for Wikileaks to succeed in their call for a leak, there are actually already a several dozen publicly available records from Trump’s holdings.

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Arts & Culture

Making Images With Your iPhone

William Lulow

March 07, 2017

Nearly everyone has some kind of smartphone these days, and since they all have cameras built in to them, nearly everyone takes pictures these days. You don't need to carry a "real" camera anymore. Just use your phone!

The problem is that nearly everyone simply raises their phone to their eye and snaps away. And most people find that very easy, but there is a whole lot more to making good images than to simply record what's in...

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Politics

Voting: New Hampshire

Patricia Vaccarino

March 06, 2017

Even though same-day voter registration is permitted in New Hampshire, one busload of voters pulling into a polling place would create a spectacle that got some eye-popping, jaw-dropping attention. Same-day voter registration for busloads of illegal voters would not happen. It’s that simple.

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Media

Press On

Patricia Vaccarino

March 05, 2017

I took this pic during one of my many walks, going west on 41st Street (on Library Way) toward the main NYC public library on 5th Avenue. The quotes on the bronze plagues embedded in the sidewalk are the words of great authors, thinkers and journalists. These words inspire me and I’m sure they inspire you too. Let us never forget who we are as a nation. Without a free press, our nation will perish. #PressOn

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Media

Red Alert!

Patricia Vaccarino

March 02, 2017

Red is a scary color that suggests the Red Scare, red alerts, and red herrings. Senator Joseph McCarthy used Red Scare propaganda to attack communism, socialism and radical leftism. Red alerts are deployed by law enforcement as the most dangerous warning of all. And red herrings? Well, you should know what they are, especially if you’ve read mystery novels. They’re false facts cleverly designed to throw you off track, so you never learn who...

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Books

This Is How It Always Is – Laurie Frankel

Barbara McMichael

February 26, 2017

PR for People® Reviews:

This Is How It Always Is – Laurie Frankel Flatiron Books – 332 pp - $25.99

So let’s talk about risk. Is it something you take on, like skydiving? Or something you fend off, with mutual funds and homeowner’s insurance?

Life – let’s face it – is a risky proposition. But it’s riskier for some people than it is for others.

Take the transgender population....

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Food

New Culinary Trends in Food for 2017

Mary Beth Johnson, CEPC, CCC

February 24, 2017

As a dual certified chef, Certified Executive Pastry Chef and Certified Chef de Cuisine, ACF, for the past 24 years, I have seen the culinary arena from mom and pop places to the most prestigious dining venues all over the world. My one wish is that we not consume more than what is needed to sustain a harmonious balance in nature.

The most important trends for 2017 that you will see emerge on the horizon in the...

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Tech & Science

Ambition in Technology

Dean Landsman

February 24, 2017

Ambition in tech often quickly evolves into a maze. Technology has a way of opening mysterious doors. Those are doors one never expected to be there, much less to find, or to be the gateway to a world of new thought, commerce or opportunity. Digital Strategy often requires ambitious pursuits.

Let’s look at one such case in point, Flickr. The story of how Flickr...

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Politics

What is True Activism?

Sarah Culp

February 24, 2017

Recognizing the identity of a true activist is important; however, even more important is recognizing what true activism is. Activism that is done crudely, in poor taste, or attracts the wrong audience, is inevitably ineffective and can lead to damaging consequences resulting in more harm than good. True activism is expansive in its range of possibilities but can be very difficult and uncomfortable to perform. This is due to the unnerving...