Stephen Colbert Hearing "Protect America's Harvest"

In August, the comedian spent a day working at a corn and vegetable farm in New York state after Rodriguez appeared on his show to discuss UFW's "Take Our Jobs" campaign.
The effort is intended to debunk the theory that undocumented immigrants are taking jobs away from American citizens and highlight the fact the nation's food supply is dependent on these farm workers.

Mark Zuckerberg Talks Philanthropy and More on “Oprah”

Mark Zuckerberg on Oprah from Cindy W on Vimeo.

Net Neutrality: Not Just a Nerd Issue

The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the FCC overstepped its bounds in telling Comcast it could not regulate bandwidth use. So what if your Internet provider could charge you for what you use?

Adam Sadowsky engineers a viral music video

Does Immigration Cost Jobs?

Study after study has shown that immigrants grow the economy, expanding demand for goods and services that the foreign-born workers and their families consume, and thereby creating jobs. There is even broad agreement among economists that while immigrants may push down wages for some, the overall effect is to increase average wages for American-born workers.

RSA Animate Matthew Taylor: Left brain, right brain

A Republic of Letters

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/books/review/Darnton-t.html?pagewanted=1

By ROBERT DARNTON NYTimes
Published: August 20, 2010
The ideal of a Republic of Letters may sound archaic, but it is still alive. Under another name, the “cultural commons,” summons up associations with some current projects for sharing knowledge like Creative Commons, the Public Library of Science, Wikipedia and the Internet Archive.

COMMON AS AIR
Revolution, Art, and Ownership
By Lewis Hyde

Understanding Copyrights Neil W. Netanel is Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law in Los Angeles, CA. He specializes in Intellectual Property Law

The music business is built upon, and exists because of copyrights. Anytime anyone creates an original song, and either writes that song down or records it, a copyright is created. Along with the creation of this copyright comes a bundle of rights that the creator immediately has. The creator can, for example, sell or license her copyright to someone else. In a nutshell, that's the music business: someone creates a copyright, allows someone to use it, and then derives financial compensation for that use.

Of course, this process of allowing someone to use a copyright and the actual use of the copyright can result in any number of complexities, but at the core there is simply the copyright.

To be a successful artist in the music business or to be a successful business person in the music business you MUST understand how copyrights work - they are the currency of the record industry. This section will explain them.

Social Media and Community

Social Media Club Chicago
The Social Media Club Chicago is a chapter of the national SMC organization. SMC Chicago is the fastest growing networking group in the Chicago area. The group started in October 2008 and already has over 1300 members in Chicago. SMC focuses on educating businesses and individuals through discussions and workshops about how to use social media, while bringing people together. They meet once a month in Chicago at various locations, and it is free to join.

Thornton Music Media Solutions Program

Jerry Del Colliano is the Director of Thornton Executive Programs in Music Industry and Clinical Professor of Music Industry at the University of Southern California. He is a former television and radio broadcaster, and for twenty-seven years was the publisher of the influential radio industry magazine, Inside Radio, until its sale to Clear Channel in 2002.

Creating Value in Life and From Art – Current Leaders in Social Entrepreneurship featured speaker Lisa Canning

Lisa Canning is an accomplished clarinetist and entrepreneur who created four multi-million dollar ventures and has performed with members of the Chicago Symphony, Lyric Opera Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Florida Symphony Orchestra and Milwaukee Symphony. Canning spent ten years as a faculty staff member at DePaul University in Chicago, where she developed a Career Development Course for Artistic Disciplines. She frequently speaks at events and gives workshops on entrepreneurship in the arts.

Isolationism, Potectionism and Anti-immigration Sentiment

Worried Americans Look Inward

http://online.wsj.com/video/news-hub-worried-americans-look-inward/F12FE5C8-535A-4F7B-A571-E051152CCF40.html

Age of Ignoramus

IE8 The American Way

"Love Finds You" Bruce Brown's Song Lyrics

"I Grew Up To Be A Kid"
I was always afraid and shy,
never did what a kid should try,
I never played any games like kick the can,
never ran through a sprinkler, or thought I was Superman,
But I've seen the light and I'm proud to say,
it's so nice to go out and play,
after doing some reviewing, meet the new me,
I Grew Up To Be A Kid
Kinda strange to see such a change in me,
I'm ridin' high cuz bein' shy was just a stage,
From a doom and gloomer, to a late bloomer,
I'm through acting my age,
it took a little time,
but now I'm where I want to be,
havin' fun, that's the key to me,
I'm really glad I decided, to do what I did,
I Grew Up To Be A Kid

OSCON 2010: Tim O'Reilly, "The O'Reilly Radar"

The Easy Chair - Thomas Frank is leaving the Wall Street Journal to join Harper's

The Easy Chair was published from October 1851 to February 1984, focusing on politics, the events of the day, culture, as well as literary topics. The column reflects the great legacy and tradition of Harper's Magazine," a release distributed by Harper's read.
"Beginning with the December issue, Frank will pen The Easy Chair column, which will replace the Notebook. His last column for the Journal will appear on August 11th

McConnell becomes the highest-ranking Republican figure to call for examining the reach of the 14th amendment. On Sunday, his chief deputy, Sen. John

MITCH MCCONNELL WANTS HEARINGS ON 14TH AMENDMENT - Sam Stein: "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) officially supports a review of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which grants children of undocumented immigrants status as U.S. citizens, his office confirmed to the Huffington Post on Monday. A spokesman said that the Kentucky Republican believes that 'we should hold hearings' on the matter. McConnell had not previously commented on the issue before, the spokesman confirmed.

How to select your company’s lawyer

Selecting legal counsel for your new venture is one of the first decisions you’ll have to make as a startup entrepreneur – and it’s one you shouldn’t take lightly. While corporate counsel typically doesn’t have a lot of complex work early on, there’s a good chance you will be with that person or firm throughout the life cycle of your company.

As your company matures, the legal issues you’ll be asking your lawyer to tackle will become more demanding. You’ll need someone in your corner you value and respect.