Alice Cooper-Smart, Sane or Sick? He was inducted into the Hall of Fame this year.

I am not so sure about that. Have put some links and info about Alice Cooper (birth name Vince Furnier) together recently on this Squidoo lens for your reading and pondering. 


What do you do day in and day out and will that matter in 5 years? In 50? What about the next 5 minutes? 


Alice Cooper section added to Notes for Seth (Godin that is) Lens

How do Media and Politics intertwine with social issues?

What drives unrest and civil disobedience?

Looting In London

London in Flames, On Point Newscast from NPR August 10,2011
National Public Radio Newscast

Did a student protest against rising tuition fees get taken advantage of?


Why are these 10-20 something youths fighting for human rights, as they violate them toward others?  Are the strong or the poor entitled to help themselves in a pinch?  


Now there are vigilante groups forming and the authorities in London do not want to find themselves unable to distinguish the law abiding citizens from the gangsters. 


Can these communities grow beyond their racial and economical prejudices and differences? 




Human Trafficking

Photo courtesy of the Eugene Weekly, see link to article below
Illustration by Sam Wolfe Connelly

People for Sale, Sex Trafficking hits home in Eugene Oregon 


Article in the 8/4/11 Eugene Weekly by Shannon Finnell




Good story on human trafficking and how it is more common than most of the public realizes


I am not so sure that laws that fund entitlement programs for communities with this problem is 


the best tactic, as that creates people wanting there to be a problem to fix. 


We even have people trying to get in jail for room and board in this current economy.




What do you think your community can do to address this issue impacting the I-5 corridor?


How STAR TREK the original series reflected troubled times in history


Squidoo lens about the later 1960s and how social unrest wove itself into society, including the television shows of the day.   


Do you like this lens, and did you realize that America landed on the moon, changed public opinion against winning the war in Vietnam, and Martin Luther King jr and Bobby Kennedy were shot down at the same time the Original episodes of Star Trek were aired on NBC? 

http://www.squidoo.com/Homeless-Experiences

http://www.squidoo.com/Homeless-Experiences


The lens link above, and several others are by Squidoo author Kylyssa. Worth a read to expand the discussion and understand common realities and perceptional errors about the homeless population in America. 

If you have not before logged onto Squidoo, you will be asked to set up a user name and give them and email to log in.  

Lots of information and perspectives from many sources can be found in Squidoo.  


I was impressed with the reminder on the lenses  that panhandler and homeless person are not the same thing. The author indicates that only about 1% of the homeless population are actively panhandling and that is held up by those who know this population well. This is a political issue and it affects our community socially and our public life and safety. 


Do you think it is important to separate homeless issues from panhandling ones? 


Below is an article from Tampa City Council that gives some more perspective to the topic. 


 http://www.wmnf.org/news_stories/tampa-city-council-hears-grim-homelessness-stats-skirts-panhandling-discussion


Do you think communities are better to support or shun the homeless populations?   Does it help us and how?  Is it all bad or all good? Who is interested enough to attend and follow city council meetings on this topic? 

http://www.squidoo.com/waste-naught-well-like-worm/151882535-slug-vs-worm?utm_source=mapshare&utm_medium=waste-naught-well-like-worm&utm_term=duel&utm_campaign=facebook


Ok Northwestern Experts, here is your chance to awe the web with your slug stories!  The link above will take you to the duel module in Squidoo.  If you want to further dig into worm behavior, there is more ....

Slug vs Worm

Who is the slimiest?

From the lens waste naught well like worm.

There are many slugs in my area and I have yet to find one practical use for them.

What has more appeal, the slug or the worm, and why?

Comcast Error Messages-Repair Guide on Squidoo

http://www.squidoo.com/comcast_errors

This Squidoo lens may be able to help you resolve most cable errors before having to call the repair man, or customer service line.   To view, you sign up by email and then you can view lenses,  and if you want to, can create your own lenses.