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Ebony Thomas also known as Ebony Bones! is a British singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Prior to writing and producing her debut album Bone Of My Bones, Ebony Bones was booked and performing globally before having released any records. Named one of the "40 Men And Women Who Make London" by Time Out for their 40th Anniversary edition as well as producing the soundtrack for Yves Saint Laurents Manifesto' campaign, Ebony Bones! performed live for Rolling Stone Magazine, and was named one of South by Southwest's best new acts of 2009.

In addition to his blog, Life of the Jet Setter, it looks like Diggy Simmons is able to do what big brother JoJo has not; get solid attention for his upcoming mixtape, The First Flight. Gotta admit, li'l buddy has some flow on "Point to Prove".

Another aspect of Mavis that makes her unusual is her race. In a techie world traditionally dominated by white males, an African-American woman on the front of a software box tends to get one's attention. ''The whole concept was this idea of trying to anthropomorphize computer software and to put a person on the cover,'' Mr. Abrams said, ''so people would think it was a person trying to teach them how to type, as opposed to a computer.''

So the ''Mavis'' creators decided they needed a strong character to present the lessons, and Mr. Crane was put in charge of finding a model to photograph for the box cover.

''One day he walked into Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills to buy some cologne, and there behind the cosmetics counter was a beautiful black woman named Renee L'Esperance,'' said Mr. Bilofsky, reading from a file that was put together to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Software Toolworks. ''Born into a well-to-do Haitian family, she fled the Duvalier regime and wound up at Saks. She had never modeled, and her extremely long fingernails made her an unlikely typist, but when Les looked at her, he saw Mavis.''

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I developed a situation so that various subjects could be defined by the constraints of exactly the same mechanical apparatus. The scenario consisted of someone passing through a subway turnstile. At the moment that the subjects passed through the turnstile, unknown to them, I took their picture stationed at a distance of eleven feet. I stood there turning pages of a magazine observing subjects out of the corner of my eye, waiting for only the moment when they pushed the turnstile bar to release the shutter.

ST: Is social media the flavor of the month and why is it important for brands?

Even more than social media, digital content gives consumers a platform to have a megaphone and talk about anything they want. But the truth is that they are talking about brands. I recently read that 20% of tweets are about brands. We see it now as people use tools like Brightkite and Foursquare to mention the restaurants they’re in on Twitter and other social networking sites. Are people going to be a friend with your brand? That’s the part that’s funny and fishy. But if brands make content that’s relevant to people’s interests and passions then it’s a win-win.

It’s not just about putting up a Twitter or Facebook page; it’s more about engaging in relationships. Brands have to be interested in the narrative. If you have no story about your brand, then people will make up the story for you. It’s not a fad at all; it’s an evolution. Now the consumer is being thought of as a collaborator. Traditional marketing used to have these closed surveys and got feedback from people in private rooms. Now it’s all open. It’s not a fad.

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5) I hear what you’re saying but God made “Adam and Eve” not “Adam and Steve”! We’re a Christian country and marriage is a bond before God between man and woman.

Ah, you got me with that one, I didn’t realize a rhyme could break down an entire situation. Oh wait, no it can’t. There is an entrenched myth in this country that marriage is exclusively a religious, often insinuated Christian, practice that the government sanctions. Not true at all, anthropologists have long observed and discussed marriage as beyond Christian and beyond the sanctioning of the state. It is true here that many associate the two, but that does not seem logical that it must also be seen as such. First, the mythos of the United States as  Chrisitian nation is based on ignoring that colonies were founded out of the fleeing of religious oppression. How ironic is it that religion would then become the basis for oppression in 2009 and 1619 when non-Christian Africans arrived in captivity and quickly were proclaimed subhuman and savage. If you are going to invoke the credo of a nation, then I’d suggest you invoke the ones of equality and diversity, which means you are welcome to have your beliefs but your beliefs should not be the basis for impinging on other’s rights.

via “I’m for gay rights but…”