Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Are you registered to vote?
If you are an Obama supporter and live in, go to college in a "Red" or swing state (check http://www.pbs.org/vote2008/#mapspot for a map of likely "Red" and swing states) make sure you're registered in that state to make a big impact. For example, you're from New York/New Jersey and go to school in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida,... register in the state of your school. Or if you go to school in California but are from Arizona or Nevada register in your home state. Of course if you support McCain it works the other way.
Check the voter registration laws in your state. http://www.vote411.org/bystate.php has an easy to use listing of registration deadlines in each state. This site also has links to the state websites where you can print out voter registration applications. Make sure your application is post marked on or before the state deadline! You can also use this form to change address or party affiliation.
Also in some states Felons, parolees and incarcerated individuals can vote. http://felonvoting.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=286 has a great chart listing state permissions.
States where individuals with felony convictions may vote upon completion of all supervised release:
Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin
States where individuals with felony convictions may vote upon completion parole:
California, Colorado, Connecticut, New York, South Dakota
States/territories where individuals with felony convictions may vote upon release:
Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington DC
States without restrictions to convicted felons, you may vote if you are incarcerated:
Maine, Vermont
The following 12 states are the most restrictive, but may reinstate voting rights variables:
Alabama- "Some persons convicted of a felony may apply to have their vote restored immediately upon completion of their full sentence. Those convicted of certain felony offenses such as murder, rape, incest, sexual crime against children, and treason are not eligible for re-enfranchisement."
Arizona- "Automatic voting restoration upon completion of sentence and payment of all fines for first-time, single felony offenders. Second time felony offenders may apply for restoration with their county after completion of their sentence."
Delaware- "Persons convicted of a felony must wait five years after completion of their sentence to automatically regain the ability to vote. Persons convicted of some violent felonies such as murder, manslaughter, and sex offenses must seek a formal pardon from the governor"
Florida- "Some individuals convicted of non-violent felonies are re-enfranchised automatically by the Clemency Board upon completion of their full sentence, including payment of fines and fees. Individuals who have previously been convicted of certain felonies such as murder, assault, child abuse, drug trafficking, arson, etc. are not eligible for automatic voting restoration. Individuals convicted of such crimes may apply to the governor for clemency to ask that the ability to vote be restored."
Kentucky- "The ability to vote can be restored only when the Governor approves an application for an executive pardon from an individual convicted of a felony after completion of his/her sentence."
Mississippi- "Persons convicted of a felony are barred from voting only if they have been convicted of one or more of the following 21 specific felony crimes (in alphabetical order): armed robbery, arson, bigamy, bribery, carjacking, embezzlement, extortion, felony bad check, felony shoplifting, forgery, larceny, murder, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, rape, receiving stolen property, robbery, statutory rape, theft, timber larceny, and unlawful taking of a vehicle. Individuals convicted of felonies other than the 21 listed above may vote at all times - including while they are incarcerated.
To regain the ability to vote, an individual, after completion of his/her sentence, must go to his/her state representative and convince them to personally author a bill reenfranchising that individual. Both houses of the legislature must then pass the bill. Re-enfranchisement can also be granted directly by the governor.
Individuals convicted of felonies in Mississippi remain eligible to vote for US President in federal elections."
Nebraska- "Persons convicted of a felony are automatically permitted to vote two years after completion of their sentence for all convictions except treason."
Nevada- "The vote is automatically restored to all persons convicted of a non-violent felony after the sentence completion. Persons convicted of a violent felony and all second- time felony offenders (whether violent or non-violent) are not automatically re-enfranchised. Those individuals must seek restoration of their voting abilities in the court in which they were convicted."
Tennessee- "All persons convicted of a felony since 1981, except for some serious felonies such as murder, rape, treason and voter fraud, may apply to the Board of Probation and Parole for voting restoration upon completion of their sentence. "
Virginia- "Individuals convicted of most felonies may apply for a gubernatorial restoration of voting ability three years after completion of their sentence. People convicted of violent felonies, drug sales, and electoral offenses must wait five years."
Washington- "In 2004, voting was restored "to all felons who have satisfied the terms of their sentences except for paying legal financial obligations, and who, due to their financial status, are unable to pay their legal financial obligations immediately." This language, from a King County superior Court order (583KB), was appealed to the Washington State Supreme Court (630KB).
On July 26, 2007, the Washington State Supreme Court reversed the King County superior Court order and ruled that persons convicted of a felony in the state of Washington who were convicted after July 1, 1984 have their ability to vote restored once all probation/parole is completed and all fines are paid.
Those convicted prior to July 1, 1984 must petition the sentencing review board to have their ability to vote restored."
Wyoming- "People convicted of a first-time non-violent felony may apply to the Board of Parole for voting restoration five years after completion of their sentence, all others convicted of a felony must apply directly to the governor five years after completion of their sentence to have their voting ability restored."
http://felonvoting.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=286 has official re-enfranchisement forms to below the chart.
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Check the voter registration laws in your state. http://www.vote411.org/bys
Also in some states Felons, parolees and incarcerated individuals can vote. http://felonvoting.procon.
States where individuals with felony convictions may vote upon completion of all supervised release:
Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin
States where individuals with felony convictions may vote upon completion parole:
California, Colorado, Connecticut, New York, South Dakota
States/territories where individuals with felony convictions may vote upon release:
Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington DC
States without restrictions to convicted felons, you may vote if you are incarcerated:
Maine, Vermont
The following 12 states are the most restrictive, but may reinstate voting rights variables:
Alabama- "Some persons convicted of a felony may apply to have their vote restored immediately upon completion of their full sentence. Those convicted of certain felony offenses such as murder, rape, incest, sexual crime against children, and treason are not eligible for re-enfranchisement."
Arizona- "Automatic voting restoration upon completion of sentence and payment of all fines for first-time, single felony offenders. Second time felony offenders may apply for restoration with their county after completion of their sentence."
Delaware- "Persons convicted of a felony must wait five years after completion of their sentence to automatically regain the ability to vote. Persons convicted of some violent felonies such as murder, manslaughter, and sex offenses must seek a formal pardon from the governor"
Florida- "Some individuals convicted of non-violent felonies are re-enfranchised automatically by the Clemency Board upon completion of their full sentence, including payment of fines and fees. Individuals who have previously been convicted of certain felonies such as murder, assault, child abuse, drug trafficking, arson, etc. are not eligible for automatic voting restoration. Individuals convicted of such crimes may apply to the governor for clemency to ask that the ability to vote be restored."
Kentucky- "The ability to vote can be restored only when the Governor approves an application for an executive pardon from an individual convicted of a felony after completion of his/her sentence."
Mississippi- "Persons convicted of a felony are barred from voting only if they have been convicted of one or more of the following 21 specific felony crimes (in alphabetical order): armed robbery, arson, bigamy, bribery, carjacking, embezzlement, extortion, felony bad check, felony shoplifting, forgery, larceny, murder, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, rape, receiving stolen property, robbery, statutory rape, theft, timber larceny, and unlawful taking of a vehicle. Individuals convicted of felonies other than the 21 listed above may vote at all times - including while they are incarcerated.
To regain the ability to vote, an individual, after completion of his/her sentence, must go to his/her state representative and convince them to personally author a bill reenfranchising that individual. Both houses of the legislature must then pass the bill. Re-enfranchisement can also be granted directly by the governor.
Individuals convicted of felonies in Mississippi remain eligible to vote for US President in federal elections."
Nebraska- "Persons convicted of a felony are automatically permitted to vote two years after completion of their sentence for all convictions except treason."
Nevada- "The vote is automatically restored to all persons convicted of a non-violent felony after the sentence completion. Persons convicted of a violent felony and all second- time felony offenders (whether violent or non-violent) are not automatically re-enfranchised. Those individuals must seek restoration of their voting abilities in the court in which they were convicted."
Tennessee- "All persons convicted of a felony since 1981, except for some serious felonies such as murder, rape, treason and voter fraud, may apply to the Board of Probation and Parole for voting restoration upon completion of their sentence. "
Virginia- "Individuals convicted of most felonies may apply for a gubernatorial restoration of voting ability three years after completion of their sentence. People convicted of violent felonies, drug sales, and electoral offenses must wait five years."
Washington- "In 2004, voting was restored "to all felons who have satisfied the terms of their sentences except for paying legal financial obligations, and who, due to their financial status, are unable to pay their legal financial obligations immediately." This language, from a King County superior Court order (583KB), was appealed to the Washington State Supreme Court (630KB).
On July 26, 2007, the Washington State Supreme Court reversed the King County superior Court order and ruled that persons convicted of a felony in the state of Washington who were convicted after July 1, 1984 have their ability to vote restored once all probation/parole is completed and all fines are paid.
Those convicted prior to July 1, 1984 must petition the sentencing review board to have their ability to vote restored."
Wyoming- "People convicted of a first-time non-violent felony may apply to the Board of Parole for voting restoration five years after completion of their sentence, all others convicted of a felony must apply directly to the governor five years after completion of their sentence to have their voting ability restored."
http://felonvoting.procon.
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Monday, September 29, 2008
This Blog & Me.
To anyone who reads this blog, I am sorry. I do not think I can think about clothing in a non-utilitarian way considering everything going on in New York/US/The World.
I just cannot do this right now.
-edit-
Sorry that was super dramatic.
I'm just hurting right now. Applying for jobs is so stressful. I've been doing this since December of my senior year. January was teaching jobs (TFA, NYCTF, DCTF, ChicagoTF,...). Made it to the final interview session will all but TFA (just one interview with them, boo) and got to do some traveling (I'd never been to Chicago and the only other time I was in DC was with K. But then we'd never left our hotel room, ah memories.) Feb was professor recommended jobs & internships month. I applied but didn't hear anything back, whatever. March was rejection & informational interview month. No teaching jobs so on to Fashion... which I think as less evil than corporate finance... what most other economics majors were looking at it. April I started applying to buying and merchandising positions at big department stores, as suggested by helpful Smith alumnae in the industry. That month I also interviewed for one professor suggested internship and landed the job. I pretty much stopped looking for jobs after that.
August was the Finance round. I realized that corporate/personal finance is not all evil. I applied for positions at my internship, City finance agencies,wealth management firms and large banks. I also tried to informational interview some alums at Goldman Sachs. I had several interviews but nothing panned out. At the places I interviewed I was always one of the top three and one of the two not chosen for lack of work experience. Now I'm applying for anything. I have one place which is considering me seriously. It's between me and another person and I have to wait until Friday to find out if I have it.
The waiting is the most frustrating thing. I put myself out there and then I have to wait. Wait for an interview offer, then a second interview offer, then the job offer with the inevitable "Sorry."
I know that it is not the market for job seekers. Especially if you're looking at finance jobs. That's another stressor. I feel like the world is falling apart. My bank was just acquired by JP Morgan in a shot-gun-wedding-esqe buy out. Financial institutions which I revered -- Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Goldman, Barclay's, AIG -- are being bankrupted by their ridiculous practices. Im also kind of torn by the lack of backing of the "bailout bill." About 60% of me is glad that that it did not go through (more money for Main Street?), 30% knows the economic ramafications of this not going through and 10% is completely undecided due to lack of information.
I know with my problems all I need is a plan, perseverace and patience and everything will work out. But the whole thing with the economy seems so much more sketchy. And I feel like there is nothing I can do.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Why No Posts Pretty Lady?
I signed an N.D.A. (non disclosure agreement) so I cannot blog about work.
I dont know what's in violation & what's not so I'll just relay public information. I'm interning for People's Revolution, a full service public relations & branding firm which specializes in the fashion industry. I'm assisting on 8 shows (7 designers) and other events in the coming weeks. If you want to get a glimpse of the office watch the Hills, the New York office is featured in the episode which aired today. Its not "fun" by conventional standards, and neither was the Yankees gig, but I am enjoying it so much. I have been putting in long hours (voluntarily... Kelly Cutrone actually had to tell me to go home & sleep today, haha). I havent spoken to The Boo in about three days (it's awful) and havent had dinner with my family since Thursday (anyone who knows me knows that's I eat with the Fam at least every two days). I'm so exhausted I cannot come up with creative sentence structures.
Oy. I met runway models today though. I was a little taller than most of those girls. There was a casting for one of our women's shows. They weren't nearly as cute or tall as I thought they'd be. Think scrawny 10th grade boys with hips. Yeah... except with better skin and bags under their eyes. It was like the "go-see" episode of Top Model... except with less "pretty" and more talented girls (they were teens!) We're doing a men's show on the 12th and I am praying that we're casting and that I can gawk/assist. K if you read this, just think of this as my version of going to a strip club, except... they're clothed and not touching me at all. Good deal no?
I have learned a lot, like that this is a BUSINESS. Fashion shows are not the celeb filled party that I thought they would be. Every invite is another oportunity to build the brand, promote the client and grow relationships with with industry Gfolk. It is very well calculated. Why invite a Sarah Jessica Parker over a some FIT student because the student wont bring press! They invite celebs because they bring press, they invite the press to cover their client (hopefully the editors/writers & photogs will like what they see & get the gals/dudes in Market to pull pieces for an upcomming editorial = ca-ching for the client = ca-ching for The Firm). I like that though. I thought it would be a super happy fun time but it's quite cerebral.
okay its like 3 in the AM an I have to wake up early. Fashion week in T-36 hours, more or less.
I dont know what's in violation & what's not so I'll just relay public information. I'm interning for People's Revolution, a full service public relations & branding firm which specializes in the fashion industry. I'm assisting on 8 shows (7 designers) and other events in the coming weeks. If you want to get a glimpse of the office watch the Hills, the New York office is featured in the episode which aired today. Its not "fun" by conventional standards, and neither was the Yankees gig, but I am enjoying it so much. I have been putting in long hours (voluntarily... Kelly Cutrone actually had to tell me to go home & sleep today, haha). I havent spoken to The Boo in about three days (it's awful) and havent had dinner with my family since Thursday (anyone who knows me knows that's I eat with the Fam at least every two days). I'm so exhausted I cannot come up with creative sentence structures.
Oy. I met runway models today though. I was a little taller than most of those girls. There was a casting for one of our women's shows. They weren't nearly as cute or tall as I thought they'd be. Think scrawny 10th grade boys with hips. Yeah... except with better skin and bags under their eyes. It was like the "go-see" episode of Top Model... except with less "pretty" and more talented girls (they were teens!) We're doing a men's show on the 12th and I am praying that we're casting and that I can gawk/assist. K if you read this, just think of this as my version of going to a strip club, except... they're clothed and not touching me at all. Good deal no?
I have learned a lot, like that this is a BUSINESS. Fashion shows are not the celeb filled party that I thought they would be. Every invite is another oportunity to build the brand, promote the client and grow relationships with with industry Gfolk. It is very well calculated. Why invite a Sarah Jessica Parker over a some FIT student because the student wont bring press! They invite celebs because they bring press, they invite the press to cover their client (hopefully the editors/writers & photogs will like what they see & get the gals/dudes in Market to pull pieces for an upcomming editorial = ca-ching for the client = ca-ching for The Firm). I like that though. I thought it would be a super happy fun time but it's quite cerebral.
okay its like 3 in the AM an I have to wake up early. Fashion week in T-36 hours, more or less.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Exiled
Why Africa MTV?
Why the Arctic Circle?
Why not Exiled: South Bronx? Exiled: Appalachia?
The privileged young people on your show do not represent a large demographic of a- your viewing audience, b- youth in the United States. As much as young people crave to throw crazy parties and live lavishly, most of us do not have that privilege. Let them see how a majority of this country lives, instead of treating poverty as an un-American problem.
/rant
In other news one week until NYC fashion week! Hopefully (fingers x-ed) they'll be some good news for me in that department.
Why the Arctic Circle?
Why not Exiled: South Bronx? Exiled: Appalachia?
The privileged young people on your show do not represent a large demographic of a- your viewing audience, b- youth in the United States. As much as young people crave to throw crazy parties and live lavishly, most of us do not have that privilege. Let them see how a majority of this country lives, instead of treating poverty as an un-American problem.
/rant
In other news one week until NYC fashion week! Hopefully (fingers x-ed) they'll be some good news for me in that department.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Obsession of the Weak
What could possibly be better than hopping on The Jetty and schlepping to the Hamptons for the weekend? Well, I don't know since I haven't been yet, but living vicariously though society blogs may just do the trick.
I quit reading gossip blogs around the same time I quit magazines, but there is something about Park Ave Peerage that doesn't make me feel dirty (sorry Perez Hilton). The girls are usually facing the camera and smiling, there is a nice - excuse me - polite and informative blurb beneath the photos, usually, and the site is advertisement-free. Its also really good for double checking those socialite references on Fashionista (e.g. Tinsley Mortimer, right) and the photos serve as a venerable encyclopedia of upper east side "street" style.
Check it out gossip mongers, viva le obsession!
I quit reading gossip blogs around the same time I quit magazines, but there is something about Park Ave Peerage that doesn't make me feel dirty (sorry Perez Hilton). The girls are usually facing the camera and smiling, there is a nice - excuse me - polite and informative blurb beneath the photos, usually, and the site is advertisement-free. Its also really good for double checking those socialite references on Fashionista (e.g. Tinsley Mortimer, right) and the photos serve as a venerable encyclopedia of upper east side "street" style.
Check it out gossip mongers, viva le obsession!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Did I ever mention that I quit reading fashion magazines? (I didn't even buy the all-black Vogue Italia issue. F - the hype).
I am tired of seeing the same overstyled (or tragically misstyled) celebrities smiling behind Cosmo-like headlines (for the hundredth time, I dont need the same 8 "new" tips on how to please my man). Thanks to the web 2.0 revolution, blogs and sites like theSartorialist.blogspot.com have brought street trends to the minds eye of the fashion conscious. Also sites like Style.com and NYMag.com/fashion offer an encyclopedia for runway shows. This growing transparency of the historically shrouded industry allows people who care to make their own choices. It allows younger, smaller designers to gain noteriety and make a name for themselves along side established houses.
I say this all to say that I bought Teen Vogue. It was more of the same. I stand by my original decision.
Oh besides some pages of Elle and almost all of Nylon.
I am tired of seeing the same overstyled (or tragically misstyled) celebrities smiling behind Cosmo-like headlines (for the hundredth time, I dont need the same 8 "new" tips on how to please my man). Thanks to the web 2.0 revolution, blogs and sites like theSartorialist.blogspot.com have brought street trends to the minds eye of the fashion conscious. Also sites like Style.com and NYMag.com/fashion offer an encyclopedia for runway shows. This growing transparency of the historically shrouded industry allows people who care to make their own choices. It allows younger, smaller designers to gain noteriety and make a name for themselves along side established houses.
I say this all to say that I bought Teen Vogue. It was more of the same. I stand by my original decision.
Oh besides some pages of Elle and almost all of Nylon.
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