Rape drug warning

A woman at a Metropolis nightclub on Saturday night was taken by 5 men, who according to hospital and police reports, gang raped her before dumping her. Unable to remember the events of the evening, tests later confirmed the repeat rapes along with traces of Rohypnol in her blood, with Progesterex, which is essentially a small sterilization pill.

The drug now being used by rapists at parties to rape AND sterilize their victims. Progesterex is available to vets to sterilize large animals. Rumor has it that Progesterex is being used together with Rohypnol, the date rape drug. As with Rohypnol, all they have to do is drop it into the girls drink. The girl can't remember a thing the next morning, of all that had taken place the night before. Progesterex, which dissolves in drinks just aseasily, is such that the victim doesn't conceive from the rape and the rapist needn't worry about having a paternity test identifying him months later.

The drugs effects ARE NOT TEMPORARY- They are PERMANENT!!! Progesterex was designed to sterilize horses. Any female who takes it WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CONCEIVE. The bastards can get this drug from anyone who is in vet school or any university. It's that easy, and Progesterex is about to break out big every where. Believe it or not, there are even sites on the internet telling people how to use it.

Please COPY (NOT FORWARD) this to everyone you know, especially girls.

Be careful when you're out, and don't leave your drink unattended.

Please make the effort to pass this onto all you know...

Guys, please inform all your female friends and relatives. This hasnow been reported to have been used on 360 women around London. Girls, keep your drinks safe at all times, and men, look after the girls you're with.

Please pass this on... Thank you

Jet Blue Discount

Volunteers needed in Queens

Volunteers Needed in Queens
Volunteers are still needed on Monday, February 27, 2006, to help the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) conduct its fourth annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) to produce a point-in-time estimate of the unsheltered homeless population in New York City. Thousands of volunteers are needed to canvass parks, subways, and other public spaces to estimate the number of people living on City streets. One night of your time will help the City collect vital information used by outreach teams to help homeless people leave the streets for a better life. As of today, nearly 2,000 people have registered - DHS is now specifically looking for volunteers who are willing to participate in Queens.
Volunteers will meet at 10:30 PM on Monday, February 27, at training sites located throughout the five boroughs. After a brief orientation and training, teams will disperse to count unsheltered homeless individuals from midnight until 4 AM. Prior to the event, DHS staff will contact you with your meeting location.
To register, visit www.nyc.gov/dhs or simply call 311

Free Course in Accounting

For people unemployed due to no fault
of their own.
For people interested in careers in
bookkeeping or accounting or starting
a business, who need basic accounting
knowledge to advance.
Contact:
Nicky Paul
(212) 453-9655 _npaul@metcouncil.org_ (mailto:npaul@metcouncil.org)
or Clair Bush, Program Director
cbush@metcouncil.org

Essence Book Recommendations

ESSENCE magazine has launched The ESSENCE Book Club Recommended Read program, one of the largest book clubs of its kind.
Throughout the year, ESSENCE will select a soon-to-be or recently released, classic fiction or nonfiction title by an African-American author to be highlighted. Book Club members will receive a monthly e-mail containing details of the most recent book selection, links to exclusive author forums, interactive internet chats, chapter previews, upcoming book news and prizes. ESSENCE editors will also provide online discussion questions and reader guidelines about the featured book. In addition, each selected title will feature the Essence Book Club Recommended Read logo on the book’s cover, which will be sold in bookstores throughout the country.
The first selection is New York Times best-selling author Pearl Cleage’s newest book, Baby Brother’s Blues (One World/Ballantine Books.) Cleage is also the lead author profile in ESSENCE’s March 2006 issue, on newsstands now.
For employees based in New York City, on Wednesday, February 22, 1-2 P.M., Bookstop will feature ESSENCE books editor Patrik Henry Bass for a special presentation on the ESSENCE Book Club. Patrik will discuss some of the books written by ESSENCE editors, including his In Our Own Image: Treasured African-American Traditions, Journeys and Icons and Like A Mighty Stream, The March on Washington, August 28, 1963.

Other books that will be available on Wednesday include:
Essence Beauty Basics and Beyond: 101 Ways to Keep Your Hair and Skin Fabulous
Essence: 50 of the Most Inspiring African-Americans
Making It Happen: Creating Success and Abundance
Wisdom of the Ages: Extraordinary People 19 to 90
The Essence Total Makeover: Body, Beauty, Spirit
The Vow, Angela Burt-Murray/Denene Millner/Mitzi Miller
Mending the World, Rosemarie Robotham
The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy, Kimberly Allers
Self-Seduction: Your Ultimate Path to Inner and Outer Beauty, Mikki Taylor

For more information about the ESSENCE Book Club Recommended Read program, log on to http://www.essence.com or see the March 2006 issue of ESSENCE magazine.

Create your own stationary

Join the 125th St Tween Advisory Board as they design their own stationary with artist Jamila Pinckney. All materials will be provided. For ages 10-18. Funded by the generosity of the Wallace Foundation.
wed - feb 15 & 22 @4p
125th St Branch
New York Public Library
224 East 125th st
NYC 10034
212.534.5050

Book Reading & Signing

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READING AND SIGNING
In Celebration of Black History Month
Barbara Summers, editor of OPEN THE UNUSUAL DOOR: TRUE LIFE STORIES OF CHALLENGE, ADVENTURE, AND SUCCESS BY BLACK AMERICANS, a new young adult anthology
BRING A YOUNG PERSON!
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2005
2:00 pm
Bank Street Bookstore
Broadway & 112th Street
New York, NY 10025
212-678-1654
http://www.blogger.com/www.opentheunusualdoor.com
Come hear inspiring stories of successful African Americans, share your story of success and learn how to enter the Open The Unusual Door Essay Contest for a chance to win cash prizes! Bring the young people in your life to experience the world of books!
Barbara Summers, educator, former model and author of Black and Beautiful: How Women of Color Changed the Fashion Industry, is sponsoring an Open the Unusual Door Essay contest for youth ages 13+ to spark excitement about reading and writing. A first, second and third prize of $500, $300, and $200, respectively, will be awarded to the most compelling and best written essays by young people from ages 13 to 18. For more information and contest guidelines, visit http://www.blogger.com/www.opentheunusualdoor.com.

Open The Unusual Door: True Life Stories of Challenge, Adventure, & Success by Black Americans is a magnificent collection of sixteen autobiographical essays from a diverse group of prolific African-Americans including Queen Latifah, Derek Jeter and Colin Powell. Contributors share stories of how they turned chance into triumph, made a comeback, or in some cases, learned how to survive. Through these true life stories teens will find the power within to recognize that when one door closes, another one opens.

B2 Productions & Ruby Dee

Greetings Community,
B2: Productions is co-presenters of a fantastic piece, Emergence- See!. We received a phone call from Broadway's Chester Gregory telling us that we needed to see this piece and so in support of Chester, we went. We had no idea that this piece would be as powerful and moving as it was. So, in true B2: Productions fashion, we extended our hands in support of Daniel Beaty that if he needed our assistance we would be more than happy to help. Well Mr. Beaty did exactly that. So now we are encouraging all of you to make your reservations and come out in support of this one. It is a FREE event so the price is definitely right. We can personally gaurantee that you will not be dissappointed by this talented brotha who has written and is starring in this thought provoking piece entitled; Emergence- See!
FYI:
Details are being finalized for the Black 2: Broadway Honors the Tony Award Party set for Sunday, June 12th, 2006. We will keep you informed of all updates. In the meantime please don't forget to check out our website daily as we are continuously updating it. Hot List, Casting and up-to-date breaking news. www.b2productions.xbuild.com
Ruby Dee presents Emergence-SEE!
"Every now and then you see a performance that jolts the senses to attention, this is one of them.!Somehow this artist touched something so deep in me that I love to see in a performance and in the human spirit. By the end, I was on my feet shouting like someone in church."
-Ruby Dee speaking of Daniel Beaty's Emergence-SEE!
On Sunday, February 26th legendary Actress & Activist Ruby Dee will present a special, FREE performance of Emergence-SEE! written & performed by Daniel Beaty www.danielbeaty.com of HBO's Def Poetry Season III & IV and the 2004 Nuyorican Poet's Cafe Grand Slam Champion.
Reviewed as a "a dazzling 90 minutes full of memorable moments" by the New York Times & "a brilliant spellbinding performance" by the Amsterdam news, Emergence-SEE! fuses monologue, spoken word and song into an electrifying theatrical experience. One man, forty characters.
Emergence-SEE! is being presented in association with Aaron Davis Hall, The National Black Theater Festival, & B2: Productions
The evening will begin with a press conference announcing the inaugural season of The Harlem Experience featuring a spoken word performance and special guest Natasha C. Coward.
5pm: Press Conference
6pm: Ruby Dee Presents Emergence-SEE!
This is a FREE event. RSVP by emailing HarlemExperience@aol.com or by calling 212-650-7100.
Please be sure to state the number of tickets you are requesting.
Please RSVP by February 20th. Seats are limited so please reserve early. Admission is General Seating on a first come first serve basis.
Directions
Aaron Davis Hall is located on the safe, secure and well-lit campus of the City College of New York, between West 133rd and 135th Streets on Convent Avenue. Convent Ave. is one block east of Amsterdam Ave.
and is the extension of
Morningside Ave. beginning at 127th Street.
By Public Bus:
From the East Side: M-101 to 135th St. & Amsterdam Ave. From the West
Side: M-11
to 135th St. and Amsterdam Ave.; M-4, M-5 to 135th St. and Broadway.
By Subway:
1 to 137th at Broadway or A B C D to 125th at St. Nicholas Avenue.
By Car:
From 125th Street turn north onto Morningside Ave., which becomes Convent Avenue at 127th Street and continue to Aaron Davis Hall entrance at 134th Street.
Parking:
Aaron Davis Hall offers audiences free attended parking in the parking lot directly behind Aaron Davis Hall located at 133rd Street and Convent Avenue.
http://rd.bcentral.com/?ID=3760533&s=100061703

B2:Productions
New York City, New York Web site:
http://www.b2productions.xbuild.com

Simone Kelly's Tips

Quit The Yapping and Get To Crackin’!
By Simone Kelly-Brown

Stay on point with always educating yourself on how to get where you need to be. Make time for self-improvement this year! But wait not so fast…before you jump ahead into 2006, why not review 2005 first?

Grab a pen and pad or your journal and jot down your thoughts on the following questions.

What were your successes in 2005?

What were some areas that could use some improvement?

What were some unexpected events that changes some of your plans? Could you have been better prepared for them? How?

What would you have differently overall to reach even higher accomplishments in 2005?

Hey...Did you get a pen and paper? Writing it down will help you think things through even more! ~I'm watching you~ LOL

Now that you have a better look at the past, let’s plan for the future!

RESOURCES TO GET YOU PUMPED UP AND READY FOR 2006!

BUSINESS/CAREER:

Simone's Picks http://www.gotstohaveit.com/picks.html

The Boss is Dead (GTHI Newsletter) http://www.gotstohaveit.com/january04_newsletter.html

Seven Powerful Systems (GTHI NEWSLETTER)

http://www.gotstohaveit.com/september2005_newsletter.html

One on One Coaching with Simone Kelly-Brown

http://www.gotstohaveit.com/8weekcourse.html

MONEY:

Making Room For Abundance (GTHI Newsletter) http://www.gotstohaveit.com/april_05newsletter.html

Improve Your Credit with Green Path!

http://www.greenpath.com

CNN

http://money.cnn.com/

Investing, Stock Research, Personal Finance
Motley Fool

http://www.fool.com/

HEALTH:

www.infinitehealthnow.com

www.elleseden.com

www.webmd.com

http://www.holisticmed.com/

After prepping yourself with information, hopefully you can now look yourself in the mirror, square in the eyes and proudly say, “THIS YEAR, I’M REALLY GOING TO DO IT.” Go get ‘em Tiger!

Free Pancakes 02/28/06

FREE PANCAKES! NO STRINGS ATTACHED!
On February 28, 2006 from 7 AM to 2 PM IHOPs across the country will celebrate National Pancake Day (also known as Shrove Tuesday) by offering our guests a free short stack of pancakes*. This is going to be our biggest one day celebration in our history.
National Pancake Day has a rich history that stretches back centuries and has always been a time of celebration. National Pancake Day always falls on Fat Tuesday and this year it will be a celebration at IHOP.
So gather your friends, family and neighbors and come to your local IHOP and enjoy a short stack of pancakes on us. All we ask is that you consider making a donation to a great charity like First Book or other local, worthy cause.
Where else would you celebrate National Pancake Day than IHOP? See you there.
* Limit one free short stack per guest. Valid for dine-in only, no to go orders. Not valid with any other offer, special, coupon, or discount. Valid at participating restaurants only, while supplies last.
http://www.ihop.com/indexnatl.html#

NYC TV Gates Special

NYC TV TO AIR GATES ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL THIS SUNDAY
NYC TV is celebrating the 1st Anniversary of Christo & Jeanne-Claude's The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005.
Tune in to NYC TV 25 this Sunday, February 12 at 8:00 PM for a look back at this magnificent work of art.
February 12 - 27, 2006 marks the one-year anniversary of The Gates. To commemorate the historic project, NYC TV presents THE GATES, a television special featuring breathtaking imagery, interviews with everyday visitors in Central Park and insight from the artists themselves. To learn more about The Gates, visit: www.nyc.gov/thegates.
KNOW NEW YORKDIAL 311VISIT NYC.GOVWATCH NYC TV 25www.nyc.gov/tv

Free Screenings 2/13/06

nfo COurtesy of FreeNYC
At-a-Glance:
* Winter Passing - Free Screening
* Date Movie - Free Screening
* Night Watch - Free Screening


Winter Passing - Free Screening
We've got the inside scoop on a couple great free film screenings coming up over the next few weeks. Tonight's is "Winter Passing" in which Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father (Ed Harris), a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that an ex-grad student (Warner) and a would-be musician (Will
Ferrell) have moved in with her father, who cares more about his new friends than he does about his own health and well-being.
RSVP to w.passing@yahoo.com for tickets.
Date: Monday, February 13th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Sunshine Theatre (143 E. Houston street between 1st & 2nd
aves)
Cost: Free with RSVP, first come first served
Send email to w.passing@yahoo.com
with "Winter Passing RSVP" in the subject line
http://www.winterpassing-movie.com/

Mercedes Benz Scholarship

Mercedes Benz "Drive Your Future" Scholarship Program
Description :
This year, $1.5 million in scholarship funding will be made available to college-bound students who are the first generation in their families to attend college. Mercedes-Benz USA and dealers nationwide are proud to offer scholarships to students across the country who demonstrate excellence in academic achievement, community service and school activities. Scholarship awards in the amount of $10,000 ($2,500/year over 4 years) will be granted to students nationwide as well as to students from specific youth organizations.
Award Amount :
$10,000
Deadline :
February 10, 2006
Website/Contact Info :
www.mbusa.com/drivefuture

Free LSAT Class

If you are planning on applying to law school in the Fall but will not be taking an LSAT preparation course due to significant financial need, consider applying to "Access Law School."
TruePotential is an organization dedicated to helping promising students from disadvantaged backgrounds get into law school. This spring, our Access Law School program will provide 15-20 socio-economically disadvantaged students with LSAT instruction as well as guidance on how to navigate the law school admissions process. The program will be held in Manhattan on the NYU School of Law campus.
Thanks to the generous support of the NYU School of Law and The Princeton Review, accepted students will only be responsible for a $25 registration/materials fee.
Applications must be received no later than February 10, 2006.
To qualify, applicants must intend to take June 12 LSAT and apply to law school this fall. In addition, applicants must demonstrate significant financial need such that they could not otherwise afford to attend an LSAT preparation course.
First-Class LSAT Preparation. Program participants will complete The Princeton Review’s most comprehensive LSAT preparation course:
Hyperlearning LSAT. The course will be taught by expert instructors from The Princeton Review and will feature:
· 48 hours of in-class instruction (16 lecture sessions)
· 12 hours of coaching sessions to refine test-taking strategies (4
workshops)
· 6 full-length, proctored practice LSATs with detailed score reports and individual feedback
· 10 hours of online lessons and drills
· Over 1,800 pages of course materials
Navigating the Application Process. Participants will also have an opportunity to participate in a question and answer session with current NYU Law students who will be able to provide guidance and answer questions on the law school application process. In addition, participants will also benefit from a resume- and essay-writing workshop.
For applications and/or additional information please visit our website:
www.true-potential.org.

Verizon Part Time Summer Jobs

Remember the days of scrambling to find summer employment? If you know someone who is looking for a part-time job (20 hours per week) for summer 2006, tell them Verizon is recruiting external candidates for summer Customer Service Administrator positions in the following areas of New York:
Brooklyn - 395 Flatbush Ave Ext. - 10 positions to start on May 15
until Oct. 15 and 25 positions to start June 12 until Sept. 1
Albany, NY - 158 State Street - 10 positions to start on May 15 until
Oct. 15
Troy, NY - 1776 Sixth Ave. - 7 positions to start on June 12 until
Sept. 1.
These temporary part-time summer Customer Service Administrator positions offer paid training and starting wage of $8.18/hour with no benefits for Brooklyn. For Albany and Troy starting wage of $8.00/hour with no benefits.
Verizon is offering testing at these locations in February and March, including some Saturdays:
Albany/Troy testing will be held at 158 State Street, Albany, NY
Brooklyn testing will be held at 40 Wall Street
Interested candidates should apply immediately. Candidates can find out more details and schedule testing by calling our Summer Jobs Hotline at 800-510-2595. Visit us online at http://www.verizon.com/summerjobs.

MoMa Free Fridays

Museum of Modern Art - NYC - free Friday nights
Admission is free for all visitors during Target Free Friday Nights,
sponsored by Target, every Friday evening, 4:00–8:00 p.m. Tickets for
Target Free Friday Nights are not available in advance.
The Museum of Modern Art
(212) 708-9400
11 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019-5497
http://www.moma.org/visit_moma/admissions.html