-Add a Blog category to the home page top bar. Blogs should be featured more prominently.

-Clearer and easier to understand registration guidelines. Registration could be multilingual, but that's probably asking too much ;-)

-Add RSS Feed buttons for Blog entries.

-Blog posting could be simplified. WYSIWYG editor.

-Please, do not get rid of the live video stream.

Jamie Caroline performs Leonard Cohen's "First we take Manhattan" at the Squawk Coffeehouse Leonard Cohen Tribute, March 2008.

Hi!

I have not written in my blog for long time ago, and i have some news to tell you.

Since now, i am going to help Renato with the promos. We have already think how and what are we want to shoot and the first two promos will shoot next Friday. I like working on this because is a project from the beginning and it includes some production work, and that it's what really like doing. So i am happy doing that.

I am taking the Music Video class. We have already have the first shooting and it was really excited. I think that it is a very great class, however, it is quite difficult to make a music video...i have never done any before and i think that it is quite hard, but it is good for me, it is a way for leaning more.

I have also done other things but they were not as excited that these ones.

Well i have already finished my second Radio Show, actually it is finished and my English teacher is trying to look at it and trying to my English make sense..so will see.

For those who wish to incorporate multiple photos into a blog entry, Margaret Desjardins put together a special HTML formatting chart for NeighborMedia bloggers awhile back. You can also use Margaret's cheat sheet for the basics, like:

• making bold or italic type
• linking to another URL
• bulleted lists, such as this one

• resizing text

• and, of course, the colored text Margaret is famous for.

Bookmark it and use it to get started.

If you want to further explore the world of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), check CCTV's class schedule for the Intro to HTML and Dreamweaver course.

BIOTECH JOB FAIR

Career Source, a nonprofit career center in Cambridge, is hosting a job fair for biotech professionals seeking employment in the Greater Boston area.

Date: May 21st, 2008
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: CAREER SOURCE
Fresh Pond Mall, 3rd floor
186 Alewife Brook Parkway
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-661-7867
www.yourcareersource.com

Employers are seeking applicants for various positions and levels of experience.

Companies include:

Whitehead Biomedical
Genzyme
Idenix Pharmaceuticals
BioProcessors
Kelly Scientific
Commonwealth Sciences
Avecia Biotechnology
Randstad Scientific
Joule Scientific
Aerotek Scientific
Charles River Labs
Lab Pros
RainDance Technologies
On Assignment
Boston Scientific

Check out company websites for more information on employers and available positions.

Dress professionally and bring plenty of resumes – hope to see you there!

First shoot of the MVP class was a success! We did a three camera shoot at the Middle East Upstairs! Thanks to everyone at the Middle East and to Harlo for getting us in there! Thanks also for the band who were great to work with. Check out some of the photos I took while we were shooting.

http://picasaweb.google.com/frogmatter/MVPMay2008

Planetwalker, Dr. John Francis, will be speaking on Wednesday evening at the Cambridge Forum:

3 Church Street in Harvard Square
May 14 at 7:30 PM.

Come and hear this amazing man’s presentation followed by book signing.

What is a PlanetWalker?

Dr. John Francis founded Planetwalk in 1982 when he began his walking and sailing pilgrimage around the world. In the ensuing 26 years, he has covered the U.S. and South America (including Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina), and the Caribbean and Cuba.

He recently started a walk to study organic agriculture and sustainable development in Cuba, and is developing Planetlines, an environmental education curriculum for high school, college, and civic organizations based on his walking pilgrimage. read more...

You've been to the Common for demonstrations, rallies, festivals, but have you ever been just to socialize en mass?

Join Socializing for Justice on the Boston Common at Beacon and Charles Streets on Sunday, May 18th, 2008 at 2PM to meet cool, like-minded people to enjoy spring with.

This event is rain or shine!

Are you looking for like-minded progressives to hang out in the Common with? Want to cross-promote your events and campaigns on a blanket? Are you new to the area and looking for groups to get involved in? Are you psyched about building strong cross-issue coalitions while snacking and playing frisbee? read more...

Introducción a Internet

$10.00

No se necesita experiencia previa

LUNES Junio 9 6-9pm

Curso introductorio dirigido a aquellas personas quienes desean aprender sobre las herramientas básicas de la red. Aprenderás a usar correo electrónico para comunicarte con tu familia ó amigos. Te enseñaremos cómo enviar y recibir fotografías ó videos. Verás lo fácil que es encontrar y escuchar tu música favorita, así como buscar información relevante y oportuna.

Photo by alphaneque licensed under Creative Commons

It's hard to believe that it's been almost a full school year since we launched "Youth View Cambridge." Where did the time go? As the CEA Media Fair proved on Tuesday night, the weeks and months since last October have been well spent.

Cambridge Educational Access opened its doors at the Media Arts Studio in 2005 with little to no programming, and it has grown into a dynamic channel that features several hours per day of student-produced work.

Yet as the media fair came to a close earlier this week, it was not the programming that really stuck out in our minds: it was the bond that had been formed between students through the process of making that media. As the students reiterated during the next day's YVC shoot (the last one of the season), we at CEA -- staff, student reporters and work-study crew -- have become "a family."

Tuesday, May 13, 20 & 27
6:30-9 p.m.

Just about everyone has some sort of personal space on the internet nowadays; be it on MySpace, Facebook, or any of the other social networking sites. But what if you wanted complete control over your web presence? What if you wanted to create a space on the web with the look and content that really reflects your style?

Come take the Introduction to HTML and Dreamweaver class! You'll learn everything necessary to create your own personal web pages: HTML tags, page structure, layouts, text and color control, and image manipulation. Plus, we'll go over how to enhance your pages by dropping in YouTube videos, music, and more!

Pre-requisite: STRONG ability to manage files within Mac OSX

Want to join up? Email Shaun Clarke, or call (617) 661-6900 x128.

Photo courtesy of the Free Art and Technology (FAT) Lab.

On Wednesday May 7th I buzzed into Cambridge City Hall’s Sullivan Chamber to witness some of the 2009 Budget Hearings. Every Spring, the heads of City Departments - from Cable T.V to the Women’s Commission – make their plea to at least get level funded for the upcoming year. And what is the bargain – getting scrutinized by City Councilors.

By 10:30 am, Councilors Decker, Seidel, Davis and Brian Murphy were in attendance, politicking to & fro. But it was Councilor Craig Kelley who eloquently fired up “the Grill” peppering questions & comments towards Lisa Peterson, Commissioner of Public Works a.k.a. DPW. It was then that I was reminded why I voted for Kelley in ’05 & last November – He is a head-chef when it comes to dicing up the meat of matters dear to himself and his neighbors. Plus as a seasonal bike rider, Kelley’s eye is on street level yearlong and he is an expert at boiling down the ‘pessimistic potatoes’ of pedestrians, drivers & fellow bikers. read more...

Wednesday May 14
6-9 p.m.
Enroll Now!

This class is ideal for people who are interested in learning more about how to use the web to create and share media online. This is a one-session primer on the fastest, easiest and free-est methods of publishing text, photos, audio, and video using services like Blogger, Wordpress, Flickr, YouTube and Blip.tv. We will also discuss DIY options for hosting your own website and services.

Pre-requisite: solid mouse, keyboarding and file/window/ management skills.

Want to enroll? Email Shaun Clarke or call (617) 661-6900 x128.

(Photo above by Ben Sheldon available under a Creative Commons license)

Guest commentary: Should the Charles be a private cooling pond for power plant?
By Mark Jaquith
Wed May 07, 2008, 07:51 AM EDT
Cambridge -

Cambridge - There are some nice changes on the horizon for the Broad Canal. That is the name of the inlet, which branches off the Charles River just downstream of the salt and pepper (Longfellow) bridge. For decades, it has been a rarely visited remnant of East Cambridge’s industrial past. It only extends about 600 or so feet from the river now, but in the 1800s it went all the way to where the train tracks now lie. For a time it connected with the North Canal, which ran to the Millers River, making East Cambridge an island. In its day, it was the delivery route for industries located on its banks. It has been filled to its present terminus east of Third Street. read more...

When:
Saturday, May 10, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.,
Where:
250 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge (rain or shine).

It's FREE!

Events for all ages

Activities will include walks for kids, a senior walk, nature and water facility tours, tree planting demonstration, bike rides, mini bike tune-ups, an interactive literacy display, dog licensing, ecology tours, energy conservation and recycling education, and a variety of other interactive events and information booths, etc.

About Fresh Pond

Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge’s largest public open space, was designed in 1897 by brothers John Charles Olmstead and Frederic Law Olmstead Jr.

Other famous Olmsted Brothers landscape architectural projects included the U.S. Capitol and White House Grounds, Acadia National Park, New York City's Central Park, and the entire park system in Boston. read more...

By Karen Klinger

As a teenager, Jerome Friedman was a talented painter who turned down a scholarship to an art school against the advice of his teacher to study physics at the University of Chicago.

It proved to be the right choice.

Friedman, an emeritus professor at MIT, shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in physics for research establishing the first solid evidence for the existence of quarks, building blocks for protons and neutrons--two main components of atoms.

In a talk at the MIT Museum during the Cambridge Science Festival, he reflected on his long career and his belief that with developments such as the recent completion of the world's most powerful particle accelerator, "I think we're coming into a new era of cosmology and particle physics and it's a very, very exciting time." read more...

Quick, where can you get good stuff FREE?

At the end-of-the-year FreeMeet at MIT hosted by Students for Global Sustainability:

When: Friday May 9th
From 10:00-6:00
Where: At the MIT Student Center (W20-491)
See map at
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=W20&Buildings=go

Everyone is welcome, and you don't need to bring stuff to take stuff!

Reduce waste, reduce consumption

Take some time in the next day or so to go through your “stuff” and see what you don't use. Someone else can give a second life to things that are still usable, wearable, readable, playable, etc. But please use common sense; don't bring animals, open food, dangerous items, broken stuff, junk, etc.

Instead of contributing to a landfill (bad), bring your stuff to the FreeMeet (good) and save someone the trouble of buying what you can provide for free! read more...

Angel 'Naphtalie' Aiguier would like to extend special thanks to CCTV for the 'Producers Award' she received at the 'BiG Awards and Elections Day for CCTV Annual Meeting' April 16th, 2008. read more...

AngelNaphtalie, the 'Angel of the Airwaves' says: 'Check out two Radio shows back to back on WCCR/CCTV.
If you love Reggae, or like to learn about the history of artists in the industry check out the first show with AngelNaphtalie 'Angels Musical Point of View-Reviews' where music is critqued and history of artists is given on the subject matter. This first show is aired for (1 month) at a time (pre-recorded). You may hear interviews with artists hear too.
More fun continues on the second show: 'RAW Reggae-I-Vibes, Aboard the Zion Train' as AngelNaphalie continues the flow and ride to the Caribbean Islands with Local and Abroad Reggae Music, Live Interviews, and special features, including Shows and events happening. If you are a local artist or visiting the Boston/Cambridge area and want to be on board, and you are a Reggae Artist, contact the Angel at: angel.productions@yahoo.com and set up an interview.
or Call in Live on Fridays begining at 12:30PM-2PM - 617-876-0055 (Air Number).
Keep it Clean. No Prophanity or Unprofessional conduct is allowed on this show. Postive Vibez are encouraged. read more...

By Karen Klinger

It was last fall when the battle was joined between developers and abutters over the future of bucolic Shady Hill Square in Cambridge's Agassiz neighborhood and it seems unlikely that anything will be settled before this summer, at the earliest.

In the meantime, the abutters can look out on an expanse of green free of any signs that a 5,000-square-foot building might go up in the middle of the park-like setting around which their homes are clustered.

In April, the Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeal decided to continue a hearing on aspects of a building permit held by Stonehouse Holdings to put up what neighbors deride as a "McMansion" on the horseshoe-shaped square that has served as a common yard for a dozen semi-detached stucco houses since they were built in 1915.

For now, Stonehouse is prohibited from doing anything on the site by a "stop work" order issued last October by city building commissioner Ranjit Singanayagam after the abutters raised questions about the ownership of the property and the developers' legal access to it. He told Stonehouse's attorneys in February that he was not lifting the order until matters had been resolved. read more...