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America's Poor Are Its Most Generous Givers

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:16:51 -0500

America's Poor Are Its Most Generous Givers:

“The generosity of poor people isn’t so much rare as rarely noticed, however. In fact, America’s poor donate more, in percentage terms, than higher-income groups do, surveys of charitable giving show. What’s more, their generosity declines less in hard times than the generosity of richer givers does.”

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The High Cost Of Poverty: Why The Poor Pay More

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:29:00 -0500

The High Cost Of Poverty: Why The Poor Pay More:

You have to be rich to be poor.

That’s what some people who have never lived below the poverty line don’t understand.

Put it another way: The poorer you are, the more things cost. More in money, time, hassle, exhaustion, menace. This is a fact of life that reality television and magazines don’t often explain.

So we’ll explain it here. Consider this a primer on the economics of poverty.

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Getting to know Tumbloggers.

Sat, 16 May 2009 09:19:15 -0500

I usually don’t participate in Tumblr memes, but I don’t know a lot of my Tumblr friends, so I thought this was a good idea.

Reblog/ Fill this out so people know who you are.

Name: Morgan Autumn Levy

Nickname: m0, Morgs (h8), Morgo, that’s about it. I prefer that people use my given name.

Tumblr Name: morganautumn

Age: 22

Birthday: September 13, 1986

Location: Nashville, TN

Current school/job: Graduated from Belmont University in 2006. My current job is marketing for Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing/GreatWorshipSongs.com. And I run Nashvillest.com which takes up increasingly more and more of my life.

High school: I was homeschooled.

Status: Is it bad that when I read this, I think in terms of Facebook/Twitter status and not relationship status? Anyway, not single, coming up on two years, wow.

Hobbies/Interests: Teh internets, marketing, many forms of media & entertainment, coffee, traveling, reading, cooking, RSS, making things, fixing toilets & sinks, vegetables.

Do you smoke/drink: no/yes.

Favorite Tumblr blogger: ariahfine! I don’t really follow all the trendy Tumblrs, but apparently Ariah is like a Tumblr celebrity now.

Why Tumblr?: Joined when it launched for a moblog, used it as such for a few years, got a blackberry without a camera phone at which point I started using it as a tumblog, now I have a camera phone again and use it for anything I feel like using it for.

Really sad I couldn’t be at home for Mother’s Day...

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:48:42 -0500

Really sad I couldn’t be at home for Mother’s Day this year (or any of the past four years). Instead, my best friend got to spend Mother’s Day with my mom, and that’s just not fair! I love my mom so much.

Death Cab For Cutie at The Ryman. Nashville, TN.

Mon, 04 May 2009 23:03:40 -0500

Death Cab For Cutie at The Ryman. Nashville, TN.

Baked some bagels this weekend from scratch. Probably the most...

Sun, 03 May 2009 13:19:57 -0500

Baked some bagels this weekend from scratch. Probably the most fun baking project I’ve ever taken on, and it wasn’t even that time consuming.

Things I Should Have Tumblr’d About, But I...

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:56:00 -0500

Things I Should Have Tumblr’d About, But I Didn’t:

The Swell Season at The Ryman
Iron & Wine at The Ryman
Jimmy Eat World’s Clarity tour in Chicago
Lisa Hannigan at The Belcourt
Fancy Earth Hour party
Ben Folds at The Ryman
Flight of the Conchords at The Ryman, aka Best Night Of My Life
T.I. at Rites of Spring
The Flaming Lips at Rites of Spring
Probably some other stuff

To make up for it, here is a photo of my Death Cab For Cutie tickets for next month.

Nashville Film Festival 2009.

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:57:37 -0500

Nashville Film Festival 2009.

Seeing this tonight at the Nashville Film Festival. Can’t....

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:28:20 -0500

Seeing this tonight at the Nashville Film Festival. Can’t. Wait.

Bryant Family Memorial Fund

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:44:00 -0500

Bryant Family Memorial Fund:

On the afternoon of Friday, April 10, 2009 John Bryant, his wife Kori and newborn baby girl Olivia were caught in the direct path of a destructive F3 tornado in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The tornado claimed the lives of Kori and Olivia, leaving John critically injured.

Devastating tragedy hit Nashville’s neighbors in Murfreesboro last Friday. If you have some cash to spare, anything helps.

THE WEBSPINNERS02/25/2009by Tracy Moore for the Nashville...

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:25:44 -0500

THE WEBSPINNERS
02/25/2009
by Tracy Moore for the Nashville Scene

When Christy Frink moved to Nashville to attend Belmont, she and her best friend/roommate Morgan Levy immediately hit the town in search of points of interest. On a prowl through Printers Alley, they discovered the late, lamented Parco Cafe, where the friendly proprietor, Tsuo Chuan Fu, offered them bubble tea and began opening the restaurant early for the girls and their friends on Saturdays while she prepped the place for the dinner crowd. “We love those little things about Nashville,” says Levy, 22. “That’s what makes it a great place to live.” [continued]

'Twestival' Shows Power Of Tiny Blog Twitter

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:17:38 -0600

'Twestival' Shows Power Of Tiny Blog Twitter: I’m in the paper today!

Socialvibe lets you add sponsored ads to your websites (blogs,...

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:04:00 -0600

Socialvibe lets you add sponsored ads to your websites (blogs, myspace, facebook) and donates $1 to your cause of choice immediately. The longer your ad stays up, the more money is donated to your cause from the sponsor. Jones Soda is helping me raise money for Charity:Water.

ariah: Click below and read the story! Franke James »...

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:39:50 -0600

ariah:

Click below and read the story!

Franke James » Dinner with a Stranger

Day 1. Photo by Callie Shell/Aurora for TIME.

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:51:20 -0600

Day 1.

Photo by Callie Shell/Aurora for TIME.

Photo by Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY.

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:27:19 -0600

Photo by Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY.

Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters.

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:25:31 -0600

Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters.

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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:25:25 -0600

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"…Is it appropriate to deny diverse immigrant populations culturally competent, compassionate health..."

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:12:14 -0600

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…Is it appropriate to deny diverse immigrant populations culturally competent, compassionate health care? If passed, city health-care providers would be prevented from communicating with their patient in the patient’s language — a situation that would have dire effects.

Is it appropriate to hinder opportunities for the Nashville community to engage in intellectual dialogue in pursuit of academic excellence? Each year many international students and teachers come to our campuses to enrich our academic mission, participate in our vibrant Nashville community, and contribute to our local economy.

The “English-only” amendment will not force illegal immigrants to leave, nor will it stop the influx of additional undocumented immigrants from coming to Nashville. Instead, it will add unnecessary layers to the natural barriers, which already exist to create challenges for immigrant families who desire to become healthy, productive and contributing citizens of the nation and the Nashville community. …

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- The presidents of Aquinas College, Belmont University, Fisk University, Lipscomb University, Meharry Medical College, Tennessee State University, Trevecca Nazarene University, Vanderbilt University, and American Baptist College. From the full-page ad that ran in the Tennessean today. (via christyfrink)

My new car-baby. 1994 Nissan Sentra, you have been good to me,...

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:56:14 -0600

My new car-baby. 1994 Nissan Sentra, you have been good to me, but it’s time for us to move on.