Mark the Cab Driver wants you to join the global fight to dismantle the police states!
Click on the image above to learn what you can do! Florida Arbor Day
Thursday, January 16, 2014  Youngsters remove the burlap from the root ball of a tree under the patient guidance of an arborist.
Mark the Cab Driver says:
"Get your hands dirty; plant a tree." If you will be near Gainesville, Florida, U. S. A. on Arbor Day, you would be welcome to participate in the free, City Of Gainesville Arbor Day Celebration.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Depot Park 201 SE Depot Avenue Depot Building
For additional information, contact Earline Luhrman at: 352-393-8188: Please RSVP to Ella Bernhardt-Brooks at: 352-393-8181 or brooksel@cityofgainesville.org If you do not life near Gainesville, find a volunteer tree planting opportunity at: Volunteer Center http://www.ArborDayNow.org/volunteer.cfm |
The Chocolate Cab Christmas season home page was very popular this year. If you would still like to view it, go to the "Christmas season 2013 home" section.
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Mark the Cab Driver says:
"Do something for others in your community today." (used 2014) or "Come together to serve your neighbors and your community on Martin Luther King Day." Learn about the Martin Luther King Day Of Service and how you could become involved at: http://www.MLKDay.gov |
If you will be in Gainesville, Florida, U. S. A. today, attend and participate in Martin Luther King Day observances.
10:30 a.m. News Conference Martin Luther King, Junior Memorial Garden northwest corner of the Gainesville City Hall Campus 200 E University Av 11:00 a.m. Hall Of Fame Enshrinement Program Martin Luther King, Junior Memorial Garden northwest corner of the Gainesville City Hall Campus 200 E University Av 12:00 p.m. Commemoration Program Bo Diddley Downtown Plaza 101 East University Av 1:00 p.m. Commemorative March from Bo Diddley Downtown Plaza 101 East University Av to Martin Luther King Multi-purpose Center 1028 NE 14th St Walk or ride your bike in the march! 2:00 p.m. Gospel Music Program Martin Luther King Multi-purpose Center 1028 NE 14th St Learn about the full range of events and activities that will occur in the Gainesville area at: Martin Luther King Commission Of Florida January 12-20, 2014 http://www.MLKFlorida.org/king-celebration https://www.Facebook.com/MLKCOF University Of Florida Martin Luther King Celebration January 20 -31, 2014 http://www.Multicultural.ufl.edu/programs/mlk_celebration |
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The Three Gees
Jule, Paul and Lina Gerlitz, the Three Gees
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The Three Gees is a band of three youngsters in Berlin, Germany. Lina, Jule and Paul Gerlitz are their names. They sing harmonies and play instruments for mostly covers of positive pop songs from recent past decades.
Their father, Carsten Gerlitz, is a choir director and choir workshop leader who works with sacred music and secular music choirs. For the Three Gees, he writes arrangements, plays many instruments, records tracks and mixes all of the sound tracks to make the finished music videos. With the help of their father in their in-home music studio and in many locations around the world, the Three Gees have recorded many music videos, which are available on their own YouTube channel. The Three Gees http://www.youtube.com/user/pipomaus/videos?view=0&flow=grid Here are all four of their Christmas music videos: |
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A song bridging peoples
"Ebi," a famous and beloved male Iranian Muslim singer, and Liel Kolet, a famous female Israeli Jewish singer and international peace activist, combine their voices in this new music video of the song, "I Can Hear Christmas," an appeal for peace among all humankind during this Christian observance. People-to-people connections and diplomacy efforts will overcome elite-to-elite and ideologue-to-ideologue arrogance, competitions, jealousies, hates, fears, distrusts, hostilities, offenses, aggressions and violence. Join the human family. Reach to others of other cultures. "Harmony through love, enlightenment, principle, respect, engagement, courage and justice!" Mark the Cab Driver |
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Give Thanks
Whether in a residence grand Or in a hovel bland, Whether at a major event Or alone in a tent, Whether among a great host Or alone grilling toast, Give thanks for all that you have. Whether with loved ones near Or with just their memories dear, Give thanks for all that you have. Love those who you have While you still can; you never know when life will end. Pause On this day To say thanks in your way. Thank the Creator and Sustainer If you recognize such a power. Thank that power For your members and senses and faculties Wondrous, For shelter and raiment and sustenance Fabulous, For nature in beauty and majesty and complexity Marvelous, For the songs of the wind and the surf and the beasts Melodious. Both deep in your heart And face to face do impart Your thanks and your blessings to those Who sow and who grow, Who make and who bake, Who repair and who care, Who protect and who inspect, To provide your security, sufficiency and frivolity. Be nourished and warmed By memories formed On Thanksgivings long, long ago And take on this day New memories away To sustain you And fill you Tomorrow. Mark the Cab Driver (c) November 20, 2012, Mark the Cab Driver |
Peace
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Chocolate Cab notes with sorrow
the passing of humanitarian and statesman,
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013
95 years old at death
the passing of humanitarian and statesman,
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013
95 years old at death
Chocolate Cab is thankful for the life and work
of that great and courageous man.
Let us live his legacy.
Mark the Cab Driver
Memorial Mile war memorial
If you are in Gainesville, Florida, be certain to visit the Memorial Mile tribute to all United States service members who have died in their service in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is the eighth, Memorial Day weekend Memorial Mile tribute that members and supporters of the Gainesville Chapter of Veterans For Peace have presented to the public.
The tribute features 6,694 temporary grave markers--one for each service member who died in the fighting in those southwest Asian countries. The display extends along the parkways on both sides of Northwest 8th Avenue between Northwest 22 Street and Northwest 34th Street. The tribute will be on display until dusk on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2013.
Visitors may park in the Westside Park parking lot just north of the intersection of Northwest 8th Avenue and Northwest 34th Street.
Please stop to honor the fallen by remembering their sacrifices and renew your dedication to promoting harmonious coexistence among all peoples.
If you are in Gainesville, Florida, be certain to visit the Memorial Mile tribute to all United States service members who have died in their service in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is the eighth, Memorial Day weekend Memorial Mile tribute that members and supporters of the Gainesville Chapter of Veterans For Peace have presented to the public.
The tribute features 6,694 temporary grave markers--one for each service member who died in the fighting in those southwest Asian countries. The display extends along the parkways on both sides of Northwest 8th Avenue between Northwest 22 Street and Northwest 34th Street. The tribute will be on display until dusk on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2013.
Visitors may park in the Westside Park parking lot just north of the intersection of Northwest 8th Avenue and Northwest 34th Street.
Please stop to honor the fallen by remembering their sacrifices and renew your dedication to promoting harmonious coexistence among all peoples.
"Let us dedicate ourselves to the work of ending warfare
by courageously and relentlessly attacking the causes of it."
"Pursue harmony through enlightenment, respect, engagement, courage and justice."
Mark the Cab Driver