Hitting the Beach is something Californians love to do. Here’s the latest sporting craze to catch a big wave: Pacifica Ocean Paddlers - Saturday 2nd April, 8am time trial race Mona vale Basin followed by a paddling clinic presented by Woogie Marsh and Coreban. He is a very experienced paddler and will be conducting a clinic with [...]
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PACIFIC OCEAN PADDLERS – WILL YOU CATCH THE WAVE?
Posted: March 26, 2011 in America, California, Ocean Paddlers, Sports, Sports Horiwood0
PATEL IS NOT SORRY! HOLLYWOOD WORLD CUP CRICKET NEWS – 3.25.11
Posted: March 26, 2011 in Black Caps, Cricket, Cultural Imperialism, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, New Zealand, South Africa, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Sports PsychologyI am sorry South Africa, but Patel at the local 7-11 in West Hollywood is not sorry you lost the cricket to The Black Caps. In REUTERS words – ‘New Zealand beat South Africa by 49 runs to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup on Friday. The Africans have now lost five successive World Cup knockout [...]
AUSSIE NEWS QUIZ – 3.25.11
Posted: March 26, 2011 in A Different View, Australia, Awesome Aussies, Brisbaine, Indigenous Thinking, Melbourne, Melbourne Rebels, Photography, SydneyFeatured Photograph I – Binowee – by Murray Vanderveer 2010 / Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery,This image of Binowee Bayles is part of a series of images of Indigenous people in their country. Binowee is the Aboriginal Program Coordinator, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority. As a young Aboriginal woman, proud in her identity and of [...]
LOS USA – LATINO POPULATIONS GROW FASTER WITH WIDER SPREAD
Posted: March 26, 2011 in America, Espanol, Hispanic-Americans, TrendsThe Wall Street Journal updates us on the changing face of America. Latino populations are the burgeoning youth and energy of the USA. 308.7 million people are in the USA, Census of 2010 results showed. In addition, the Latino population is responsible for more than half of the nation’s growth. When we send troops to [...]
THE GREAT SOUTH MIGRATION – BLACK PEOPLE MOVE SOUTH
Posted: March 26, 2011 in A Different View, African-America, AtlantaThe New York Times notes how many African-Americans are moving South for a better quality of life. Here’s that view in the far left of G.E’s tax day billions and Libya/ NATO news stories. The migration South of African-American peeps is like Toni Morrison‘s novel in reverse gear. Writes Sabrina Tavernese and Robert Gebeloff: “Both [...]
Young religious adults may be more likely to become obese. Lol! I never saw this headline coming via Canada.Com. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.25.11~
YOUNG HOLLYWOOD IRONY TEE SHIRT TRENDS, WITH HATS – 3.25.11 @ 6pm
Posted: March 26, 2011 in A Different View, California, Economy, Financial Matters, Humor, Leadership, Maori, Science, Tee Shirts, West Hollywood, Young HollywoodYoung Hollywood today is a quick moving terrain. Many young people are shifting their focus off celebrity culture and onto what matters for the future of their America. For many that is studying sciences, engineering and most of all, financial management. These tee shirts reflect that shift and changing culture of California amongst youth populations [...]
FIGHTER JETS NONDISCLOSURE TOPPLES CANADA’S GOVERNMENT, A WIKI COUP
Posted: March 26, 2011 in Canada, Democracy, Military, Politics, Stephen Harper, WarFighter jets are those symbols of military might that many leaders of the world don’t feel like leaders if they don’t have themselves some. It’s like 15 year old teens getting their first car. Same thing. In Canada’s case, fighter jets were one of the issues that have caused Canada’s Parliament to topple the government. [...]
One of my favorite news anchors of the US, Katie Couric is said to be leaving CBS in June. She’s moving on. What I liked about Katie was that she was covering economic crises stories two years before anyone else was. Her empathy as a news anchor for her common American people in community will [...]
MARTINSVILLE WEST, SEES A 15 YEAR OLD SHOT AT SCHOOL IN INDIANA
Posted: March 25, 2011 in Children, Community, Education, Teenagers“We appreciate all of the thoughts, prayers and support and ask that you also pray for the families of all involved. Please respect our privacy as we focus on Chance’s recovery,” says Rebecca Jackson, mother of 15 year old Chace Jackson, shot twice in the stomach by another teen at school, in Martinsville Indiana. ABC [...]
A TOP SECRET ROYAL STAG PARTY – PRINCE WILLIAM PARTIES THIS WEEKEND
Posted: March 25, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Prince William, Young RoyalsAccording to US Magazine, A royal aide tells the rag that “this weekend will mark the start of the boys-only jolly: “It’s top, top secret but the dates have been marked off in the diary and security knows every detail. For privacy reasons we can’t reveal locations, but there will be plenty of booze and some [...]
A bereaved family member of a victim of the earthquake and tsunami prays in front of a coffin at a temporary mass grave site in Higashi-Matsushima, in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan March 24, 2011. (Reuters/Yuriko Nakao) A Buddhist monk prays for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Higashi Matsushima, Japan on March [...]
ANDREW SULLIVAN NOTES HOW ARAB KIDS IN PALESTINE ARE CONSCIOUS OF DEMOCRACY
Posted: March 25, 2011 in A Different View, Children, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Middle East, Palestine, World News, World PeaceEyal Press surveys opinion among the youth in Israel: [Y]oung Arabs, who are often portrayed in the Israeli press as implacably hostile to the country’s ideals, support principles such as “mutual respect between all sectors” in higher proportions than their Jewish counterparts (84 versus 75 percent). … “Maybe it’s not a surprise that the minority [...]
5 THINGS – FRI – 3.25.11 @ 4pm
Posted: March 25, 2011 in Chris Brown, Hip Hop Community, Keri Hilson, Live Music Artists, Music Industry NewsKeri Hilson has teamed up with Chris Brown in One Night Stand. Press play on her pic for Keri’s Vevo music video. Five things we’re looking at in Hollywood are: 1. We’re plastic but we still have fun – our favorite Hollywood noses 2. Elijah Wood will play a pirate for Sky 1 TV drama – so [...]
BIZ PROFILE – GENIE INDUSTRIES ARE TRUE BLUE – 3.25.11
Posted: March 25, 2011 in Biz School, Genie IndustriesEvery now and then, it’s good to turn a spotlight on a company that cares with products and product service they take pride in. Here’s Genie Industries corporate manifesto. “At Genie Industries, the concept of lifting people and materials higher extends beyond the products we build. It reflects the spirit of partnership behind everything we [...]
According to dictionary reference.com the word genocide can be defined as being: “the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.” Thus in combatting genocide, we must look at variations of genocide in the ‘systems‘ part of the world ‘systematic.’ I don’t know why, but today I am thinking in California of the concept of, ‘economic genocide of people.’ ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, [...]
DEMOCRACY VS GENOCIDE – ARAB GENOCIDE CONTINUES, NOW IN SYRIA
Posted: March 25, 2011 in Democracy, Genocide, Middle East, Sydney, World News, World Peace, WrestlingDividing and conquering a people, can lead to genocide. The sick thing is they kill each other, over an ideological battle. If democracy is something that people want and Arab peoples dictators deny it to them, then we in the West witness these dictators open firing on good people as people revolt. Put simply, it [...]
Writes Earth Hour’s website: “At 8:30 PM on Saturday 26th March 2011, lights will switch off around the globe for Earth Hour and people will commit to actions that go beyond the hour. With Earth Hour almost upon us, our thoughts are with the people of Japan during this incredibly challenging and sad time for [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – THURS 3.24.11
Posted: March 25, 2011 in California, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood History, Hollywood Today, Horiwood Top 10, Middle East, Richard BurtonIn Hollywood today, Dame Elizabeth Taylor‘s children and grandchildren celebrated an architect and outstanding humanitarian of culture. Even crises due to natural disasters cannot diminish in news this one lady’s great loss to The World. Mynamar got hit by an earthquake (help here) and Google flaunted Harry Houdini as a legend on its website. And [...]
BETTY by BROOKE FRASER.
BILL AND MELINDA GATES DO SOME GOOD IN INDIA
Posted: March 25, 2011 in A Different View, America, Bill Gates, Community, Cross-Cultural Narratives, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, India, IT, Melinda Gates, Smile ClubMicrosoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda Gates, attend to a child as they meet with members of the Mushar community at Jamsot Village near Patna, India. Aftab Alam Siddiqui / AP Photograph via Washington Post. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.24.11~
Billionaires like Warren Buffet have gone on record saying that the economic times could not suit them better to make bank. However the next layer down of wealthy people don’t feel the same way. Wealth declined for most households in recession – is a story that the Washington Post is covering. Food for that as [...]
GOOGLE TRENDS – US INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES SAY THAT GOOGLE IS A USEFUL TOOL OF US INTELLIGENCE NOW
Posted: March 25, 2011 in Casting, Daniel Radcliffe, Google, Humor, Information Sharing, Security Industries, Transparency in a Digital Age“The traditional intelligence community is absolutely biased toward classified information,” said Lt. Col. Reid Sawyer, an Army intelligence officer and head of West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center. “I think that open source provides a critical lens into understanding the world around us in a much more dynamic way than traditional intelligence sources can provide.” In [...]
Google team players needed a boost? What did the biggest search engine in the Western World do to reward hard working team members? According to Los Angeles Times, Technology section, Google hired Lady Gaga to chat to team members (employees) and answer any questions via Twitter and YouTube. This tweet pic, was a tweet of [...]
In every nation, who owns the rights to coastal areas to mine oil or natural gas off coast lines? That is the question for all people to talk about in the course of justice with coastal territories ownership and management “flows.” Scientific exploration means mining scoping of natural resources, always. It’s an area of knowledge [...]
[Photo caption - Home affordability is at its best in 7 years. Pictorial image, New Zealand Herald] I can’t keep up with Kiwi news. There’s teens and politicians involved in stand offs of opinion in after hours encounters. There’s ears going missing in IOU sketchy news. There’s a man popping economic bubbles, when his name [...]
PAKISTAN TAKES AUSTRALIA’S CRICKET CROWN IN WORLD SPORTS NEWS – 3.26.11
Posted: March 25, 2011 in Australia, Burma, Commonwealth, Cricket, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Sports PsychologyCricket fans witnessed Pakistan take Australia’s cricket title. The semi-final part 1, of crickets world cup is India Vs Pakistan. Patel at the local 7-11 is so excited New Zealand is playing South Africa in semi final no.2 today. He was shocked that someone else living in Hollywood knew that as well. Lol! Some useful [...]
HELP MYANMAR IN EARTHQUAKE CRISES – PEOPLE MOURN AND ARE IN SHOCK WITH QUAKE NEWS
Posted: March 25, 2011 in Burma, Earth, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, Japan, Myanmar, Natural Disasters, News, Tragedies, World News, World Peace, WrestlingThe famous four pagodas in the town of Chiang Saen in Thailand have also been damaged in the quake that hit Myanmar. At least 50 people have died after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Myanmar. [AFP]. Al jazeera reports – “At least 50 people have been killed and 40 injured after a strong earthquake struck northeastern Myanmar near its border with Thailand, officials [...]
