Happy Hour at Brasa Brazilian Steakhouse

Brasa in Brier Creek. Join us for a great atmosphere,

live music, $5 martinis, and a good time! We'll be at the bar.

: Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007, 7:00 PM
: Brasa Brazilian Steakhouse
8551 Brier Creek Parkway
Raleigh, NC 27617

Celebrity make-up artist Akua Auset presents her first book, "Superwomen & Goddesses: Workin' Your Power & Magic" (a-point-of-light Publishing). The 96-page book is as captivating, as it is intelligent, providing a step-by-step inspirational journey into how females can tap into andutilize their intrinsic power and brilliance, to create the things that they require and desire.... READ HERE

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Did You Know: Where Phones are Lost

SimplySwith found that most lost phones in the UK were lost in the toilet. According to the study, 855,000 phones are flushed down the toilet in the UK. For the other lost phones: 315,000 are lost in a taxi, 225,000 on the bus, 116,000 in the laundry, and 58,500 are lost to a dog.

Get Prince's New Song for FREE

Prince is releasing "Guitar", his new single off of his upcoming album "Planet Earth". The single is available for download free via Verizon's Vcast Song ID offering. With the Song ID offering, Vcast subscribers can use certain Verizon phones to recognize a song by playing the song near a handset. Once Song ID recognizes the song, it will display the song for full track download along with other options such as downloading ringtones and ringback tones. You will also have the option to click to view similar music.

T-Mobile Announces HTC Wing Smartphone

T-Mobile launched their latest smartphone, the HTC Wing. The phone, that is currently available exclusively through T-Mobile, has a Qwerty keyboard that slides out, a 2 megapixel camera and comes loaded with Windows Mobile 6. Thirty percent smaller than it's predecessor, the T-Mobile MDA, also comes with a large 2.8 inch touch screen, Bluetooth, and a MicroSD slot. For data traffic, users will have to rely on Edge speeds until T-Mobile gets a 3G network or use Wi-Fi. The device has a suggested retail price of $499.99, but is avialable for $299.99 with discounts and rebates. Pros: Touch Screen with a stylus, 2 megapixel camera, large 2.8 in. display, Windows Mobile 6 Cons: Restricted to 2G (EDGE) for mobiledata.

What Ten People Can Do!

I just returned from a community picnic at Linden Park put on by Michelle Dolgos and her dedicated team of about ten volunteers. Her group first held a garage sale to fund the picnic and then canvassed the neighborhood last week and today (with Walk for Change). The picnic followed the Walk for Change canvas and was attended by about 75-100 people (it seemed like more to me- no one counted). Obama books and audiotapes were raffled off as well as raffles to have money donated to the campaign giving people a chance to have dinner with Barack. The books and tapes were to be read and passed on. It looks like a book club is going to be started as well. Not only that, but we now have many new friends who want to help us work to get Barack elected! -Valli

Garry I. Bevel of YBPGuide.com

"Words have power, and far too often we see them used to dehumanize people because of our differences." - Isaiah Washington

The above quote is from Isaiah Washington over a PSA he did for GLAAD after his much maligned use of the word "faggot ." Well, the star was not asked to return to Grey's Anatomy, the hit series on which he played an attending surgeon and Chief of Surgery candidate. Ironic that on a show congratulated for its diversity Washington plundered an aspect of one cast member that contributes to such diversity and used it against him.

So is it justified that Washington lost his job? I think so, the same way I think Imus should have, not that I would have been utterly outraged if either hadn't lost their jobs. I just don't think the punishment exceeded the harm in either case. But, is there disparity of treatment based on use of this word? Ann Coulter was criticized , but didn't lose either of her jobs or notoriety after using the word to imply weakness and fallibility when referring to John Edwards. Tim Hardaway was banned from NBA All-Star game activities this year after saying he hated gay people, in response to former player John Amaechi's coming out. Perhaps a difference is that Coulter's position is one of author and commentator, inherently free-thinking and insulated in many ways, however controversial or sensational; add to that the (seemingly) anti-gay conservative views with which she is faithfully aligned (and protected by). On the other hand, corporate oversight meant advertising, viewers, listeners and thus a lot more money and publicity were at stake in Imus, Hardaway and Washington's situations..... More