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Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter[2][3] (née Beyoncé Giselle Knowles; September 4, 1981), known mononymously as Beyoncé ( /biˈjɒnseɪ/ bee-yon-say), is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time.
During the hiatus of Destiny's Child, Knowles released her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003, which spawned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100—"Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy"—and became one of the most successful albums of that year, earning her a then record-tying five Grammy Awards. Following the disbandment of Destiny's Child in 2005, Knowles released her second solo album, B'Day, in 2006, which spawned the top 10 singles "Déjà Vu", "Irreplaceable" and "Beautiful Liar". Her third solo album I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), spawned the hit singles "If I Were a Boy", "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", "Halo" and "Sweet Dreams". The album helped Knowles earn six Grammys in 2010, breaking the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night. Knowles' fourth solo album, 4 (2011), became her fourth consecutive number one album on the Billboard 200 as a solo artist. This made her the third artist in history to have her first four studio albums debut atop the chart.
Apart from her work in music, Knowles has also ventured into acting and designing clothes and perfumes. She made her acting debut in the musical film Carmen: A Hip Hopera(2001), prior to appearing in major films, including Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002),Dreamgirls (2006), which earned her two Golden Globe nominations, Cadillac Records(2008) and Obsessed (2009). In 2005, Knowles and her mother introduced their family's fashion line, House of Deréon, and in 2010, she released her first perfume, Heat. She has endorsed brands including, L'Oréal, Pepsi, Tommy Hilfiger, Nintendo and Vizio. In 2010, Knowles was ranked first on Forbes list of the "100 Most Powerful and Influential Musicians in the World",[4] and second on its list of the "100 Most Powerful and Influential Celebrities in the World".[5] In 2012, she was named "World's Most Beautiful Woman" byPeople magazine.
Knowles' work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including 16 Grammy Awards, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, three American Music Awards, a BillboardMillennium Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with Destiny's Child. In 2009, Billboard named her the Top Radio Songs Artist of the 2000s decade,[6] and ranked her as the 4th overall Artist of the Decade (and as the First Female Artist of that period).[7]The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), also recognized Knowles as the Top Certified Artist of the 2000s.[8][9] In the US, Knowles has sold over 11.2 million albums as of May 2010,[10] and more than 30.4 million digital singles as of January 2012.[11] She has sold 75 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[12] Knowles appeared on VH1's 2010 list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time",[13] and ranked third on their "100 Greatest Women in Music" list in 2012.[14] In April 2008, Knowles married American rapper Jay-Z, and gave birth to their first child, Blue Ivy Carter, in January 2012.

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Our visit to Borre Akkersdijk's home marks the continuation of our special collaboration between Sonos and Freunde von Freunden.
Borre Akkersdijk heads up the studio of his namesake brand Byborre in Amsterdam West, producing textiles that push the boundaries of wearable technology.
Fashion and music are often riffing off each other, deeply linked by the creatives who breathe life into these industries. Borre takes the literal inspiration of each industry, merging the two and creating pieces that are not only attention-grabbing, but also thought-provoking. His music-playing onesie to help dementia patients communicate was featured at SXSW and pushed the dialogue about the future of wearable technology and music.
In his studio, the 12-man team works with various rolls of fabric, mannequins, and knitting machines that roll out textile samples. While the studio is never quite silent with production happening in the background, music plays a pivotal role in changing up the mood. Deep in work, the team can get silent and focused on their respective projects. However, as the hours pass, the curated playlists can change from blues to hip-hop. Changing rhythms and impromptu dance parties keep the team connected.
"Music plays an important role in that," he says. "I don't want everyone to always be wearing headphones. We work in silence when there are meetings at the studio but turn the music on when we're working with our hands. It could be working on textile development or collaborating in creative sessions."
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An unnamed girl in an unnamed, but contemporary, European city enters a rather gloomy old building, reading its address from a crumpled piece of paper. Inside, being given preference over a dozen people sitting in a waiting room, she is ushered into the office of Albert Einstein. "You said that time doesn't exist, so I took the liberty of coming to see you," she says. "You did the right thing," he replies. Thus a conversation ensues that spans all the 176 pages of this book.
This book starts gently enough, easing us in with the unarguable 2+2 = 4. But don't let this lull you into a misplaced sense of comfort; the ride is going to get very unsettling indeed. Martínez writes with an easy-reading clarity to tackle some of the simplest, but no less profoundly important, assumptions of mathematics. We hear how over the recent history of mathematics seemingly innocuous concepts were as controversial as genetic modification or animal testing are nowadays.
Edward Burger and Michael Starbird are both Professors of mathematics and have won numerous teaching and writing awards for their work. Burger has even performed stand-up comedy in night-clubs and is no stranger to appearing on television and radio broadcasts. In their company the reader is clearly in safe hands and these achievements are reflected in the quality of the book. The text is also written with a charm that is lamentably rare in maths literature.
This is a new edition of an old classic. Abbott wrote this beautiful tale over a hundred years ago under the pseudonym A Square. It still is one of the best introductions to a mathematical world of higher dimensions, and it's an amazingly imaginative social satire, too.
Mario Livio's new book tells the story of the elusive quintic equation and how, from the mysteries of this unsolvable puzzle, group theory was born. This branch of mathematics describes and defines symmetry, and at the core of the book is a strong sense of just how much of our behaviour and appreciation of the world around us depends on our ability to perceive symmetrical proportions.
'If I had to describe this book using just one word, then this word would be "passionate". This may be surprising seeing that we are dealing with maths, or, to be precise, metamaths, the study of mathematical truth. But this book is as much about the author's love for his subject as it is about the maths itself, and this love shines through on every page. Chaitin doesn't just describe his mathematical ideas to you, he also tells you where he was when he had them, how it felt having them, and about the mysterious creative processes that are involved.
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Report links obesity to ovarian cancer
- The report is the first to conclude that excess body fat %22probably%22 causes ovarian cancer
- Obesity is also linked to cancers of the colon%2C pancreas%2C kidney%2C uterus%2C gallbladder and thyroid
- Obesity also is linked to postmenopausal breast cancer
A new report for the first time suggests that being overweight increases a woman's risk of ovarian cancer, one of a growing list of cancers now linked to obesity or excess body fat.
Researchers have examined the link between excess body fat and ovarian cancer for years, with mixed results. Today's report, released by the American Institute for Cancer Research and World Cancer Research Fund, is the first to find that being overweight is a "probable" cause of ovarian cancer.
Researchers note that the increase is modest: A 5-point increase in a woman's body-mass index , or BMI, increases her risk of ovarian cancer 6%. Body-mass index is a ratio of a person's height and weight. A BMI above 25 is considered overweight, while a BMI over 30 is obese, according to the National Institutes of Health.
The new report finds other weaker evidence to suggest that breastfeeding can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, although the report calls this evidence "limited" and "suggestive" rather than definitive. Wright notes that there is also good evidence that taking oral contraceptives reduces ovarian cancer risk, because it reduces the number of times that a woman ovulates.
Obesity is already linked to a variety of tumors, including those of the colon, uterus, esophagus, kidney, gallbladder, thyroid and pancreas, as well as postmenopausal breast cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute.
Maintaining a healthy weight could prevent about one in five of these cancers, or more than 120,000 a year, according to the American Institute for Cancer Research.
Losing weight offers much more dramatic benefits in terms of reducing other illnesses, such as diabetes and heart disease, notes Alexi Wright, medical oncologist at the Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancer at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. And she notes that that weight has the biggest effects on certain subgroups of women, including those who are premenopausal and who haven't taken hormone replacement therapy.
For those looking for a way to drastically reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, losing weight "is not a slam dunk," Wright says. However, women may welcome the news, because "this is something you can do something about. You can't change who your mother was or whether your mother had ovarian cancer. There is overwhelming evidence that exercise and avoiding obesity improves lots of health conditions."
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Ovarian cancer has claimed the lives of many prominent American women, including actresses Gilda Radner and Madeline Kahn, as well writer Barbara Park, author of the popular Junie B. Jones children's books, who died in November at age 66.
Although the American Cancer Society's Alpa Patel called the increase in ovarian cancer risk from being obese "modest," she said the report is significant, because it gives women a way to reduce their risk.
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The principle of homeopathic medicine is to "let like be cured by like": treat an illness by giving patients minute quantities of medicines that produce the same symptoms. But treating indigestion with a 10-course meal is not a good idea. This is why throwing borrowed funds at the current economic crisis, which was caused by excessive borrowing in the first place, has failed to set the U.S. economy on course to a lasting recovery. Such policies are likely to make matters worse — as the government debt crisis in Europe has demonstrated.
Jobs will need to be created and consumer demand revived as a prerequisite for renewed economic growth, but it will have to be done by tapping underutilized sectors of the economy. In other words, economic stimulus should be provided not by the government, which is already dangerously in debt, but by those who are sitting on a pile of cash, notably U.S. corporates. The challenge is to encourage them invest this money.
The 2008 crisis marked an end of an economic era. In 2008, the sources of growth powering the U.S. economy since the early 1980s suddenly disappeared. The economy went into a free-fall. It was arrested by massive government spending, a rescue package for banks and relentless printing of money by the Federal Reserve, but those measures could not restart the economy. After three years of anemic growth, signs of another recession emerged in August 2011.
This situation is not unique. It was seen twice over the past hundred years. Economist Nikolai Kondratieff identified long-term cycles, the so-called Kondratieff waves lasting a number of decades and ending in a depression. The economy ran out of sources of growth in the late 1920s, triggering the Great Depression. A similar situation arose in the 1970s, except the result was stagflation, an unprecedented combination of no growth and double-digit inflation. The Great Recession of 2008 featured a contraction followed by a weak recovery that could yet turn into a double-dip slump.
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The early 1930s and late 1970s saw many proposed economic fixes. In both eras, there was a do-nothing school of thought, contending the economy was fundamentally healthy and in time growth would return on its own. Herbert Hoover, who was in the first year of his administration when Wall Street crashed, spent the remaining three years doing nothing. His approach was later validated by economist Milton Friedman, who believed that the only mistake had been made by the Fed, which failed to pump in enough liquidity for the banks to resume lending.
In the second half of the 1970s, Jimmy Carter similarly failed to offer any new ideas to revive the stalled U.S. economy. On the contrary, the Democrats were opposed to Ronald Reagan's economic agenda, which created a new growth paradigm for the economy and was instrumental in building economic prosperity over the ensuing 30 years.
In the 1930s, the Roosevelt administration alleviated the effects of the Depression by public works. But its more lasting contribution was to put into place a socioeconomic framework that ensured that the U.S. economy would continue to grow long after the end of World War II. FDR tapped the underutilized resources of the federal government, which before the Depression had played a relatively small role in the U.S. economy.
However, the system bore the seed of its own destruction. Aggregate demand was sustained by various government programs and consumer demand was sustained by redistributive programs such as Social Security, unemployment insurance and welfare. At the same time, though, supply was constrained by a tangle of regulations. Eventually, too much money ended up chasing a set quantity of goods and services, spurring price increases that further dampened investment and inhibited economic growth.
The success of the Reagan reforms was also based on the fact that they tapped underutilized economic resources. Reaganomics scrapped regulations, freed up the labor market by reducing the power of the unions and unleashed the American entrepreneurial spirit. Underpinning the revolution on the supply side was the deregulation and the rapid growth of the financial services industry. The revolution in finance funded the information technology revolution in the 1980s and the 1990s and created an entrepreneurial boom of the past two decades, while at the same time financing demand growth among American consumers.
For all its anti-government rhetoric, the Reagan revolution failed to reduce the size of the government. Taxes were cut, but government continued to grow in size and scope, becoming more and more costly. Starting in the early 1980s, government debt began to expand. In a sense, the government contributed to the consumer boom of the past 30 years by returning cash to taxpayers in the form of tax cuts and replacing the lost revenue with borrowing.
When the financial bubble burst in 2008, triggering the deflation of the housing bubble and eliminating millions of jobs, consumer credit dried up as well. Many people were no longer creditworthy, and those who could borrow suddenly turned cautious. The government stepped in, since it was still able to borrow, and boosted aggregate demand by running budget deficits in excess of $1 trillion annually.
But piling up more debt with no obvious end in sight is bad economics and bad politics. It is immoral, as it saddles our children and grandchildren with a crippling burden. It is politically untenable, as the Republicans showed over the summer by refusing to raise the $14.2 trillion debt ceiling. Finally, it is a financial disaster waiting to happen: it is like the current Greek debt crisis multiplied many times over.
Where's the Money?
The consumer and the government having been tapped out, economic policy should turn to the underutilized sectors of the economy. It is easy to spot such sectors: just look at who has the money. Fortune 500 companies had a $2 trillion hoard of cash as of end-2010, the biggest in half a century.
The reason why companies have so much money is well-known. They have nothing to invest it in. Consumer demand growth is slack, unemployment remains high and the housing market is flat. No corporate executive is going to invest into new capacity, spend much on R&D or hire new employees.
While companies don't have any reason to invest in supply, they will certainly benefit a great deal by investing in demand. The problem is that while each company looks after its own supply, it can't do much to stimulate overall demand in the economy. This is why they need guidance, legislation and policy stimulus from the government.
The government should start by setting up private/public partnerships at the state, municipal and local levels that will act as a network of economic stimulus agencies. The agencies will undertake infrastructure projects, invest in job training, fund local entrepreneurs and act as micro-lenders in local communities. Such agencies should be set up as self-sustaining, for-profit operations working under contract with local governments and local employees, and taking equity stakes in infrastructure projects. Businesses investing in such projects and local governments should have equity stakes in development agencies, which they should be able to sell in the stock market. At the same time, the tax code should incentivize companies to invest in such agencies rather than keep cash on their balance sheets.
Once businesses see signs of increased unemployment and increased demand, they will start investing into their own productive capabilities as well, thus spurring economic growth further and creating a benign cycle.
There has been talk in recent months that corporates will soon start returning cash to shareholders by boosting dividends and repurchasing shares — or else that they will deploy their cash holdings to purchase other companies. This is unlikely to happen. A period of strong profits growth may be coming to an end. On the contrary, if a recession looms, corporates will need cash cushions to stay afloat.
Recent rounds of layoffs and cost cuts have been driven not by the need to boost efficiency but to safeguard profitability. A number of mergers have been postponed or canceled due to economic uncertainty. Unless a way is found soon to deploy excess corporate cash to stimulate demand, the $2 trillion cash hoard will be dissipated uselessly in defensive action.
Alexei Bayer is an economist and author based in New York City.


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The National Rifle Association was inspired by the Black Panthers?
Yes, according to Adam Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at UCLA School of Law and author of "Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America."
Winkler said over the weekend on NPR's "On the Media":
"One of the surprising things I discovered in writing 'Gunfight' was that when the Black Panthers started carrying their guns around in Oakland, Calif., in the late 1960s, it inspired a new wave of gun control laws (audio). It was these laws that ironically sparked a backlash among rural white conservatives, who were concerned that the government was coming to get their guns next.
"The NRA mimicked many of the policy positions of the Black Panthers, who viewed guns not just as a matter of protection for the home, but something you should be able to have out on the street, and also protection against a hostile government that was tyrannical and disrespectful of people's rights. . . . "
Winkler wrote about the connection more expansively in "The Secret History of Guns," a September 2011 article in the Atlantic that preceded the book's publication.
"The eighth-grade students gathering on the west lawn of the state capitol in Sacramento were planning to lunch on fried chicken with California's new governor, Ronald Reagan, and then tour the granite building constructed a century earlier to resemble the nation's Capitol," the article began. "But the festivities were interrupted by the arrival of 30 young black men and women carrying .357 Magnums, 12-gauge shotguns, and .45-caliber pistols.
"The 24 men and six women climbed the capitol steps, and one man, Bobby Seale, began to read from a prepared statement. 'The American people in general and the black people in particular,' he announced, must
" 'take careful note of the racist California legislature aimed at keeping the black people disarmed and powerless. Black people have begged, prayed, petitioned, demonstrated, and everything else to get the racist power structure of America to right the wrongs which have historically been perpetuated against black people. The time has come for black people to arm themselves against this terror before it is too late.'
"Seale then turned to the others. 'All right, brothers, come on. We're going inside.' He opened the door, and the radicals walked straight into the state's most important government building, loaded guns in hand. No metal detectors stood in their way.
"It was May 2, 1967, and the Black Panthers' invasion of the California statehouse launched the modern gun-rights movement.
". . . The new NRA was not only responding to the wave of gun-control laws enacted to disarm black radicals; it also shared some of the Panthers' views about firearms. Both groups valued guns primarily as a means of self-defense. Both thought people had a right to carry guns in public places, where a person was easily victimized, and not just in the privacy of the home.
"They also shared a profound mistrust of law enforcement. (For years, the NRA has demonized government agents, like those in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the federal agency that enforces gun laws, as 'jack-booted government thugs.' Wayne LaPierre, the current executive vice president, warned members in 1995 that anyone who wears a badge has 'the government's go-ahead to harass, intimidate, even murder law-abiding citizens.') For both the Panthers in 1967 and the new NRA after 1977, law-enforcement officers were too often representatives of an uncaring government bent on disarming ordinary citizens. . . ."
Despite the Black Panther Party posture in the 1960s, the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has found that today's African Americans support gun control.
As reported last week, when asked whether gun ownership does more to protect people from crime or puts people's safety at risk, 54 percent of whites said gun ownership protects people from crime, but only 29 percent of blacks did. Fifty-three percent of blacks said it puts people's safety at risk. Only 33 percent of whites did.
Monroe Anderson, the Root: Why I Get Obama's Response to Newtown
David Bauder, Associated Press: Film & TV Industries Cancel Premieres & Screenings In Tragedy's Wake
Heather Berkman, Quartz: What the US can learn now from Latin America's fight against gun violence
Charles M. Blow, New York Times: Guns, Smoke and Mirrors
Esther J. Cepeda, Washington Post News Media Services: Breeding grounds of destruction
Ta-Nehisi Coates blog, the Atlantic: Violence and the Social Compact
Ta-Nehisi Coates blog, the Atlantic: The NRA and the 'Positive Good' of Maximum Guns
Eric Deggans blog, Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times: Does NRA press conference mark moment gun industry turns into cigarette industry?
Editorial, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.: A nightmare before Christmas: Violent day in Webster reinforces need for change
Adam Clark Estes, the Atlantic: Even Israel Is Fact-Checking the NRA Now
Keli Goff, the Root: What the NRA Should Have Said
Annette John-Hall, Philadelphia Inquirer: This country still can't get it right on guns
Chip Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: Gun violence in cities must be addressed
Timothy Johnson, Media Matters for America: Will Media Fact Check Misleading Claims From NRA's Question-Free Press Conference?
Jerry Large, Seattle Times: Tragedy may loosen our grip on guns
Douglas C. Lyons, South Florida SunSentinel: History shows ending gun violence will take time
Courtland Milloy, Washington Post: The common refrain of local gun violence
Ruben Navarrette Jr., Washington Post News Media Services: No easy answers
Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Shootings deserve our attention every day
Nestor Ramos, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.: Let's focus on the fires worth saving
Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press: Proposal would be funny — if the NRA didn't mean it
Eugene Robinson, Washington Post: The NRA's insane idea about more guns in schools
Mary Sanchez, Kansas City Star: 'Arm the teachers' isn't best way to protect kids
Mary Sanchez, Kansas City Star: Newtown shines spotlight on mental health
Bob Ray Sanders, Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas: The tears keep coming — for victims and the nation
Jesse Washington, Associated Press: Urban advocates say new gun control talk overdue
David Zurawik, Baltimore Sun: Let's not let NRA's LaPierre misdirect us with ignorance, lies about media
Editors Grade Newtown Coverage in Light of Inaccuracies
Public editors evaluated their news outlets' coverage of the Newtown, Conn., shooting tragedy, with the New York Times' Margaret Sullivan declaring over the weekend that the Times must be a counterweight to the often-inaccurate information proliferating on social media.
"The Times can't get pulled into the maelstrom of Twitter-era news," Sullivan wrote.
"It has to stand apart from those news sources that are getting information out in a fast, piecemeal and frequently inaccurate way. That process has its own appeal and its own valuable purpose. But The Times should be its authoritative and accurate counterbalance."
Others came at the issue of misinformation supplied by authorities - and in most cases passed on to news consumers - in other ways.
"While I have found that coordination of news information and language use sometimes falls between the cracks among NPR's many news teams and shows, the pitfalls were avoided this time," ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos wrote for NPR. He shared internal messages. "The memos are a virtual classroom lesson. Note the specificity, the caution and the instructions on what cannot be reported. Note also further down the concern for ethics and grieving families."
At the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, reader representative Ted Diadiun noted the regional focus of his organization. "When the news is hundreds of miles away . . . the only thing the paper can do is repeat what trusted organizations report, seek corroboration when possible - and correct it if it's wrong," Diadiun wrote Sunday.
Terry Eberle, executive editor of the News-Press in Fort Myers, Fla., reminded readers that journalists are human beings with emotions.
"Do the media spend too much time on the story? Maybe," Eberle wrote. "Do the media invade people's privacy at this very private time? Maybe. Did the media report bad information? Definitely. Should they have confirmed the information before reporting it? Without question.
"Do viewers and readers want every detail? Yes. To some, it may be part of their grieving process. To others, they just want to know everything.
"I get discouraged watching the herd of journalists run to press conferences, make mistakes and stick microphones in the face of shocked people.
"This time, however, I saw some subtle differences. There were no cameras in the faces of the parents as they gathered to listen to President Obama on Sunday.
"There were no journalists asking questions and pushing cameras in the faces of people as the first young children were laid to rest. They shot from a distance with a long lens respecting the privacy of a breaking news event.
"I don't know how much is too much. I don't know that magic moment when we must move on to something else.
"I do know that showing a little emotion is not necessarily a bad thing for a journalist. I do know that we can show some feelings and still be objective reporters. . . ."
N.Y. Times Urges Pardon for Wilmington 10
The New York Times called Sunday for North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue to pardon the Wilmington 10, "a group of civil rights activists who were falsely convicted and imprisoned in connection with a racial disturbance in the city of Wilmington more than 40 years ago.
"The convictions, based on flimsy evidence and perjured testimony, were overturned by a federal court in 1980. But by then, the lives of the convicted had been broken on the wheel of Jim Crow justice," the editorial said.
" . . . Newly discovered notes attributed to the prosecutor paint an even more sordid picture of how the case was pursued. The notes suggest, for example, that the prosecutor used racial profiling and other unethical tactics to disqualify black jurors, while searching out racist jurors who would endorse the case against the defendants without question. In some instances, for example, he appears to have written 'KKK' (for Ku Klux Klan) next to names of prospective jurors, occasionally commenting that this was 'OK' or 'Good.' Taken together, the notes and court documents offer a window into a time when many Southern prosecutors and courts saw it as their mission, not to administer justice, but to preserve the racial status quo. . . .
"Anger over this case has continued to fester in the black community. At a 40th anniversary commemoration last year in Wilmington, civil rights leaders rightly decided that the wrongly convicted warranted a pardon from Ms. Perdue. By providing it, she can finally bring a close to one of the more shameful episodes in North Carolina history."
Jessica Jones, NPR: Pressure Mounts To Free 'Wilmington Ten'
Cash Michaels, Wilmington (N.C.) Journal: Support Swells For Wilmington Ten Pardons (May 24)
Wayne Moore, Triumphant Warriors: The Story Of The Wilmington 10
News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.: Wilmington 10 member takes pardon petitions to governor (Dec. 8)
Leigh Owens, Huffington Post: Wilmington 10: NAACP Unveils New Evidence Seeking Pardon (Nov. 29)
Bruce Siceloff, Charlotte (N.C.) Observer: Four decades later, Ben Chavis and the Wilmington Ten seek a declaration of innocence (May 18)
Wilmington (N.C.) StarNews coverage
Navarrette Knocked for Comparing Dreamers to 'Spoiled Brats'
"CNN commentator Ruben Navarrette Jr.'s recent column chastising Dreamers who he says sometimes act like 'spoiled brats' who are 'drunk on entitlement' has sparked angry reactions from the movement's supporters," Roque Planas wrote Friday for Huffington Post.
"Arguing that aggressive protests may undermine comprehensive immigration reform, Navarrette criticized undocumented activists for demanding citizenship and likened their protests to 'public tantrums' in a piece published Wednesday.
" 'I know what a lot of those so-called DREAMers deserve to get for Christmas: a scolding,' Navarrette writes.
"That opinion didn't sit well with DREAMers or Latino bloggers and journalists who sympathize with their movement.
"Univision reporter Jaime Zea pounced on Navarrette, with this tweet:
"The blog Latino Rebels slammed Navarrette on its Facebook, saying 'Dreamers don't care what you think. And they shouldn't.' . . . "
"Dreamers" illegally entered the country as children with older relatives. The name is taken from the DREAM Act, legislation stalled in Congress that would put them on a path to U.S. citizenship. DREAM is an acronym for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors.
President Obama said last summer that immigrants up to age 31 who entered as children would not face deportation under certain conditions and can work and go to school.
Rights Coverage Recalled as Newsweek Ends Print Edition
For the last print issue of Newsweek, Andrew Romano compiled an oral history of the newsmagazine. The issue includes a remembrance by Mark Whitaker, now executive vice president and managing editor of CNN Worldwide, who in 1998 became the first African American to edit a major newsmagazine.
In the words of the headline writer, the former Newsweek editor wrote about, "How a band of idealistic journalists changed the civil-rights movement."
That band included correspondents Karl Fleming, Peter Goldman and Joe Cumming and editor Osborn Elliott. In 1967, these white journalists produced "a groundbreaking cover called 'The Negro in America: What Must Be Done' that won Newsweek its first National Magazine Award.
". . . A lawsuit filed by female staffers unable to advance beyond secretarial and research jobs had exposed its inconsistent zeal for equal rights," Whitaker wrote of the newsmagazine.
"But an African-American news editor, John Dotson, and his boss, Rod Gander, had finally gotten serious about integrating the magazine's ranks, and I was soon working with a rising generation of talented black journalists like Vern Smith, Sylvester Monroe, and Dennis Williams. They schooled me in Newsweek's ways, but also warned about limits to advancement. After two successful summer stints, Dotson predicted that I might become a section head some day if I accepted a full-time job. 'What about editor?' I asked. 'Newsweek isn't ready for a black editor,' he replied somberly.
As editor, Whitaker said he ". . . championed fresh, provocative black voices like Ellis Cose, Allison Samuels, Veronica Chambers, Lynette Clemetson, and Marcus Mabry. Together with our white colleagues we did covers on the hidden rage of successful blacks, the rise of black women, the future of affirmative action, the complexities of multiracial identity, and the relationship between African-Americans and Hispanics. We even dared to publish an issue called 'The Good News About Black America' . . ."
When Newsweek Was Respected for Its Race Coverage (Oct. 19)
Mark Whitaker Cites His Diversity Bona Fides (March 26, 2010)
ESPN Announcer Sorry for "Puerto Rican Temper" Comment
"Apparently making sweeping generalizations about athletes using ethnic stereotypes is still something people do when covering sporting events," Adrian Carrasquillo wrote Sunday for NBCLatino.
"During a game between Kansas State and Florida, ESPN announcer Mitch Holthus blamed a foul by Angel Rodriguez of Kansas State on the fact that he has a 'Puerto Rican temper.'
". . . Humor and culture site, Latino Rebels reached out to Holthus on Twitter asking for an apology for his comments and he quickly followed through. . . . "
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists Monday denounced Holthus' comment.
NAHJ President Hugo Balta, a coordinating producer at ESPN, wrote to members, "One executive vice president told me that both Holthus and a producer accepted accountability for their actions and that they will be disciplined. . . . In the last 24 hours I have spoken to several ESPN managers about how to prevent future incidents."
"Judging by news coverage of the nation's fastest-growing ethnic minority, you'd think that 'the Hispanic condition' was a pathology. With the exception of growing power in the voting booth, the news makes it seem as though we're all poor, sick and generally unable to cope with life as well as others," Esther J. Cepeda wrote Friday for the Washington Post News Media Services. ". . . The steady diet of bad news about segments of the Hispanic population drives a myth that all Latinos are downtrodden, at-risk or simply not as able as others."
In the Bay Area, " . . . veteran anchor/reporter, Don Sanchez, is retiring after more than four decades at KGO-TV," Rich Lieberman reported Thursday for his Rich Lieberman Report. ". . . Sanchez was a part of the legendary time at KGO in the 1970's and 80's when KGO's newscasts were the dominant #1 program in the market. He did just about everything: sports, news, entertainment and multi-faceted features. Truly one of a kind."
The Asian American Journalists Association is mourning the death of Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, who died Dec. 17 at age 88. ". . . AAJA especially appreciates Sen. Inouye's support of the Honolulu Advertiser's 600 employees and 150,000 daily readers in April 2010, when he wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice asking for a thorough review of the newspaper's impending sale, in the interest of 'preserving the diversity of voices in the media and protecting jobs.' "
In the Twin Cities, "Black voices are barely heard on local mainstream radio. It's even worse in local sports radio," Charles Hallman reported Wednesday for the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. "There is no Black talent on the air in the Twin Cities except at KMOJ," KTWN-FM's Brandon Wright, a nine-year veteran, said in the story.
Nikita Stewart of the Washington Post, who broke stories about
District of Columbia government scandals, is becoming one of the few
journalists of color working in a newspaper's investigative unit.
Stewart will continue to report on the D.C. government as a member of
the Post's Investigative Unit, Investigative Editor Jeff Leen said, according to Will Sommer, reporting
Dec. 18 for the Washington City Paper. Leen also announces another
opening in the Investigative
The San Jose Mercury News is being challenged over a story reported Nov. 30 by Dan Nakaso that said, "Asian-Americans make up half of the Bay Area's technology workforce, and their double-digit employment gains came from jobs lost among white tech workers, according to an analysis by this newspaper of Census Bureau data . . . " Sylvie Barak wrote Friday in the EE Times, ". . . While that may or may not be true, the entire piece leaves a bad taste and stirs up sentiments perhaps better left well alone. After all, is the Mercury News implying it would rather the Bay Area start using affirmative action in the engineering space? And would that make things more fair? Is the Asian-American community to blame for seemingly having found a better way to channel children into science?"
Columnist Ruben Rosario of the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, Minn., writing about his treatment for multiple myeloma, noted that, "For reasons scientists have not been able to discern, blacks have twice the per capita diagnosis and mortality rate as whites and more than twice that of Latinos." He quoted Barbara Davis, co-leader of a multiple myeloma support group in Stillwater, Minn.: " 'Even those black support group leaders lamented the difficulty they have in reaching other black patients,' she said, adding that the disparity of medical care in less affluent populations and people of color is a concern of hers and others."
"Four Ethiopian journalists have received the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award for 2012 in recognition of their efforts to promote free expression in Ethiopia, one of the world's most restricted media environments," Human Rights Watch reported Thursday. "Eskinder Nega Fenta, an independent journalist and blogger; Reeyot Alemu Gobebo of the disbanded weekly newspaper Feteh; Woubshet Taye Abebe of the now-closed weekly newspaper Awramba Times; and Mesfin Negash of Addis Neger Online were among a diverse group of 41 writers and journalists from 19 countries to receive the award in 2012."
"The Baton Rouge Advocate is making a run at a weakened Times-Picayune in New Orleans," Ryan Chittum reported Friday for Columbia Journalism Review. "The paper, which started a daily New Orleans edition in October as the Newhouse family slashed the Times-Pic's newsroom and went to a three-day-a-week paper, has already picked up a circulation of 23,500, publisher David Manship told me yesterday. About 16,000 of those are daily subscribers."
"It hasn't been smooth sailing for Cristina Radio since its launch on Sirius XM 11 months ago," Veronica Villafañe reported Thursday for her Media Moves site. "National Latino Broadcasting (NLB), which programs and produces shows for the Cristina Radio and En Vivo channels on Sirius XM, this week has had to cut almost half of its staff. . . . An inside source tells me Cristina Saralegui is still going to the NLB studios to tape her weekly show."
A Boston Globe reconstruction of how the Mitt Romney campaign unfolded "shows that Romney's problems went deeper than is widely understood. His campaign made a series of costly financial, strategic, and political mistakes that, in retrospect, all but assured the candidate's defeat, given the revolutionary turnout tactics and tactical smarts of President Obama's operation," Michael Kranish reported in Sunday's print edition.
"Newark Mayor Cory Booker pushed back . . . against a front page New York Times story suggesting that his mayorship hasn't lived up to its promise and that he appears more concerned, at times, with his public persona than with running the city, Michael Calderone reported Dec. 17 for the Huffington Post.
Retiring editor Wanda Lloyd of the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser " 'has had her hands full during her eight years in Montgomery, instituting a digital-first approach and as well as what she calls the new Montgomery plan,' shaped by a process in which the 55,000-circulation paper set out to define the 'passion topics' of its audience," Jason Ruiter wrote for the December/January issue of AJR. ". . . They came up with three distinct audiences - young professionals, families and what Lloyd called the 'legacy' group - and tried to tailor their coverage accordingly."
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council is teaming with the National Association of Black Journalists on Jan. 17. The MMTC's Fourth Annual Broadband & Social Justice Policy Summit, to be held Jan. 16-17 at the Westin Georgetown in Washington, is being paired with the NABJ's Hall of Fame Induction and Reception, Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. at the Newseum. NABJ members are encouraged to register for the conference as press, bloggers, or general registrants and MMTC attendees are urged to purchase discounted tickets to the NABJ event. This columnist is among the honorees.
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Do I have to get special empowerments to venerate Ksitigarbha and recite his name? I just feel a strong calling toward him.
I can still recite Guan Yin along with Ksitigarbha and dedicate merit right?
PS: This website is distributing Ksitigarbha statues. I am tempted to ask for one but I dont know how big it is.
Is that really big? (sorry, Im not that good at picturing measurements in my head)From the Website wrote:The statue is made of brass and stands approximately 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) tall without the staff and 11 inches (28 cm) including the staff.


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After a disastrous Q4 of 2011, HTC is all set to bounce back in 2012. The company has promised to release a true "hero" handset this year. The rumored HTC Ville might just be that.
Rumors about the Ville leaked quite a few months back, but until now no one knew how the phone would look. Now, one guy over at ameblo has managed to get his hands on the Ville, and has posted some pictures for other readers to see.
The Ville is going to be the thinnest handset from HTC, and will come with a 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor and a 4.3-inch qHD (640×960) display. From the leaked screenshots, the Ville seems to be running Sense 3.0 with Ice Cream Sandwich, which does not sound good. I know it is not the final version of the handset or the software, but I definitely hope the Ville does not run an older version of Sense out of the box.
What is also worrying to see is that the Ville comes with a 4.3-inch screen with qHD resolution. 2012 is going to be about Android handsets with 720p displays, and I definitely don't think anyone would be interested in buying a high-end Android handset with qHD resolution.
I also hope that the Ville does not come with the same 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor that HTC used on the Sensation XE and a few other handsets. Nothing less than a dual/quad-core Krait would suffice for the next-generation high-end handset from HTC.
Looking at its spec sheet, the only thing I can hope for right now is that the Ville is not HTC's flagship handset at MWC, otherwise a lot of people will be disappointed!


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CHICAGO (MainStreet) -- Is it possible to mix business with pleasure? Tupperware (TUP) - Get Report built a multinational company based on that very proposition. By calling their sales events "parties" and distributing their products through pre-Facebook-era social networks, Tupperware pioneered the business model known as direct selling.
Today, when more and more consumer products are bought online or at discount megastores, direct selling may seem like a holdover from the pre-digital past. But some small retail start-ups continue to choose direct selling as their distribution model. And in certain cases, the tough economic times actually helped fuel their growth.
Tupperware built a multinational company based on direct selling. Does it work in an age of digital social media?
For a new business owner, direct selling has clear cost benefits. You don't need to lease retail space or pay employee salaries. Independent sales consultants, who work on commission, market your products through word of mouth, which saves on advertising costs.
But the party model rests on the assumption that consultants will be able to attract potential buyers to their sales events -- buyers who will become so attached to the products that they convince their friends to buy as well. At a time families are worried about unemployment or being underwater on their mortgages, aren't they less likely to show up to a "party" where the central focus is on spending money?
That depends on what's being offered. American consumers are still willing to spend on smaller, "treat" items, especially if they feel their purchase is making a positive difference in someone else's life. Buying a necklace at a jewelry party may be a relatively affordable way to update an outfit, but the purchase can also be a show of support for the sales consultant and her family.
"People like to associate with companies that have a broader mission," says Amy Robinson, senior vice president and chief marketing officers at the Direct Selling Association, which has 200 active members. "Almost all direct sellers started with a single entrepreneur at home, with a very specific reason for why they started. One of the first things you learn in Direct Selling 101 is that people are attracted to that story. You have to give them something to relate to."
The gloomy employment situation has also meant that there are more people out there looking for alternate sources of income. The vast majority of sales consultants (about 90%) work part time, spending less than 10 hours a week on their business and making a median annual income of $2,400 a year. The goal is not to support the whole family (although some super-sellers do), but to pay for the kids' summer camp or a vacation.
For some struggling families, though, those few thousand dollars can mean the difference between making a car payment and having that car repossessed. Sales consultants whose spouses are out of work, or whose children have moved back home after college because they can't find jobs, may find that friends and neighbors are happy to buy their products because they want to help out. In a recent survey conducted by the Direct Selling Association, respondents said the highest motivator for buying products through direct sellers was to support a small, local business.
The direct-selling start-ups that have thrived over the past few years are those that sell affordable luxuries: treat-yourself items that can be bought on impulse but also have a practical function. Idaho-based
, which specializes in wickless candles, was founded in 2004. Since then, it experienced explosive growth, with revenue climbing to more than $500 million last year. That continued growth has been driven by the company's expansion into other scent-related products, such as bath gel and laundry fragrances.
Thirty-One Gifts
was founded in 2003 by an Ohio mother who began sewing purses in her basement. The company now has more than 60,000 consultants, who sell a range of bags and home organization products in bright, stylish patterns. The company's name refers to a Bible passage that describes a hard-working, well-respected wife and mother, and the company's roots in the Christian community has helped it spread through church-based social networks.
Another recent start-up has grown despite the relatively high price of its products: the skin-care line
Rodan + Fields
, started by the two dermatologists who created the anti-acne treatment Pro-Activ, was launched in 2008. The line is definitely high-end; a four-product anti-aging regimen costs almost $200. But even in tough economic times, there are plenty of women willing to pay for better skin.
It's also been easier to recruit consultants with high-level sales experience. A look at the top consultants profiled on the company's website shows that many came from industries that have been hard-hit by the recession, such as real estate and public relations.
We may get fewer invitations to Tupperware parties these days, but jewelry parties, handbag parties and candle parties continue to take place across the country. For some people, Robinson says, the idea of buying from and selling to friends will always be appealing. "People tend to go out less now, but they still want to see their friends," she says. "They are looking for an escape."
This commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet guest contributor program. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of TheStreet or its management.


text: THON leaders take every precaution possible to ensure the safety of all participants and spectators during the 46-hour event. For years, student officials have mulled over evacuation plans and tweaked them year by year as they deemed it necessary. Janine Patton, Rules and Regulations Director for THON 2014, saw that while having the plan in a written form was good, actually executing that plan as a drill would be even better. Because of the collaborative efforts between Janine, Penn State and Centre County emergency management officials, THON attendees can focus fully on hopefully someday wiping out pediatric cancer and rest knowing that they are safe in the Bryce Jordan Center while doing so. C Roy Parker


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(a) Statutory entitlements. An appointee against whom action is proposed under this subpart is entitled to the procedures provided in 5 U.S.C. 7543(b).
(b) Notice of proposed action. (1) An appointee against whom an action is proposed is entitled to at least 30 days' advance written notice unless there is an exception pursuant to paragraph (d) of this section. The notice must state the specific reason(s) for the proposed action, and inform the appointee of his or her right to review the material that is relied on to support the reasons for action given in the notice.
(2) Under ordinary circumstances, an appointee whose removal has been proposed will remain in a duty status in his or her regular position during the advance notice period. In those rare circumstances where the agency determines that the appointee's continued presence in the work place during the notice period may pose a threat to the appointee or others, result in loss of or damage to Government property, or otherwise jeopardize legitimate Government interests, the agency may elect one or a combination of the following alternatives:
(i) Assigning the appointee to duties where he or she is no longer a threat to safety, the agency mission, or Government property;
(ii) Allowing the appointee to take leave, or carrying him or her in an appropriate leave status (annual, sick, leave without pay, or absence without leave) if the appointee has absented himself or herself from the worksite without requesting leave;
(iii) Curtailing the notice period when the agency can invoke the provisions of paragraph (d) of this section; or
(iv) Placing the appointee in a paid, nonduty status for such time as is necessary to effect the action.
(c) Appointee's answer. (1) The appointee may answer orally and in writing except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section. The agency must give the appointee a reasonable amount of official time to review the material relied on to support its proposed action, to prepare an answer orally and in writing, and to secure affidavits, if the appointee is in an active duty status. The agency may require the appointee to furnish any answer to the proposed action, and affidavits and other documentary evidence in support of the answer, within such time as would be reasonable, but not less than 7 days.
(2) The agency will designate an official to hear the appointee's oral answer who has authority either to make or to recommend a final decision on the proposed adverse action. The right to answer orally in person does not include the right to a formal hearing with examination of witnesses unless the agency provides for such hearing in its regulations. Under 5 U.S.C. 7543(c), the agency may in its regulations provide a hearing in place of or in addition to the opportunity for written and oral answer.
(3) If the appointee wishes the agency to consider any medical condition that may have affected the basis for the adverse action, the appointee must be given reasonable time to furnish medical documentation (as defined in § 339.104 of this chapter) of the condition. Whenever possible, the appointee will supply such documentation within the time limits allowed for an answer.
(d) Exception. Section 7543(b)(1) of title 5, U.S. Code, authorizes an exception to the 30 days' advance written notice when the agency has reasonable cause to believe that the appointee has committed a crime for which a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed and is proposing a removal or suspension. This notice exception is commonly referred to as the "crime provision." This provision may be invoked even in the absence of judicial action.
(e) Representation. Section 7543(b)(3) of title 5, U.S. Code, provides that an appointee covered by this part is entitled to be represented by an attorney or other representative. An agency may disallow as an appointee's representative an individual whose activities as representative would cause a conflict of interest or position, or an employee of the agency whose release from his or her official position would give rise to unreasonable costs or whose priority work assignments preclude his or her release.
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Sermon delivered July 4, 2010
Today our nation celebrates one of its major holidays. In fact, Independence Day is the preeminent day of the year in our nation's history. As we know, July 4th is the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain by the Continental Congress in 1776. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration is viewed as the cornerstone of our nation's freedom because it affirms the natural rights of man and the doctrine of government. The establishment of a free and sovereign United States of America laid the foundation upon which personal freedom is now built.
Today, one could say, that freedom to choose is the distinctive characteristic of being an American citizen. Unfortunately, the choices many people make today would be lamentable to our nation's Founding Fathers. Thomas Jefferson and John Hancock were motivated by a firm belief in God and sought to form a nation and a government that would allow people every freedom to seek justice and to do good. However, the United States and its people, despite having the free will to choose righteousness, have in many ways lost their inherent freedom and have become slaves.
The dictionary definition of freedom states: 1) the quality or state of being free, the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action, the liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another (independence).
This idea of freedom and free will is not new to us or to the Founding Fathers. They have existed from the beginning, when God created the world and humankind. The freedom to choose, to make moral choices between good and evil, between God and sin, is one of the central characteristics of humanity created in the image of God. Autexousion — self-determination, the ability to choose, that is what makes us ethical beings and sets us apart from the rest of creation, especially other animals.
Freedom comes from obedience to God. In the Garden of Eden God commanded Adam that he could freely eat of every tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die" (Gen. 2:16-17).
By making humankind in His image and likeness (Gen. 1.26), God gave to Adam free will. Free will is the ability to choose between good and evil. However, many people say that God gave Adam no real choice because He commanded that Adam not eat of the one tree. To understand correctly, there is a difference between what God commands and what He forces. The fact is that God never forced Adam to do anything or prevented him from anything.
People feel the Commandments of God are rules which limit their freedom. The fact that Adam and Eve actually ate of the Tree proves this is not true. God will never force us either. We have the free will to choose between good and evil as well, the ability to choose God or not to choose God. Christ, speaking to John, says: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me" (Rev. 3:20). Christ knocks but we must choose whether to open the door or not.
Because we have free will, does that mean that we are free? That we have freedom? This is an important question. Most people in American society would say yes. I choose, therefore I am free. Freedom is predicated on the ability to choose. As Orthodox Christians, our view is a bit different though. It is not our ability to choose, our free will, that makes us free. What makes us free, what gives us freedom, is what we choose or to be more specific, who we choose. John 8:34 says, "Jesus answered them, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin'". As St. Paul sees it, we are in bondage either way, to Christ or to sin. He says in the letter to the Romans, "Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?" (Rom. 6:16). Again in Galatians 5:1, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage."
That is why in all the services, the faithful are referred to as doulos or doule tou Theou; not the 'servant' of God but the slave of God. It is our obedience, our slavery to Christ that makes us free. That sounds like a paradox and it is. Orthodoxy is full of paradoxes.
Where do I begin to gain freedom from the devil and from sin? Start by making little decisions or choices for Christ. Choose to pray once a day, even if it is just the Lord's Prayer. Choose to put someone else first before yourself. That could be a husband or wife, your mother or father, your sibling, a friend, or someone you don't even know. Choose to read your Bible each day. Start with maybe one verse. Memorize it or write it down and carry it with you during the day. Choose to go to liturgy or services instead of sleeping in, working or playing. As you make these small choices for God, you begin to wipe away that cruddy film.
The Sacrament of Confession is a necessary, essential part of this process. It is like going through a car wash. However, the cleansing action is not magical. We are not changed into a saint when we exit. Rather, it is mystical. The Holy Spirit removes the guilt and shame of sin that crushes our hope in Christ. We still have hard work left to do in order to change our sinful habits. As we open our hearts and minds to the Holy Spirit our free will is restored and we begin to experience freedom again. St. Paul puts it well in Second Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
To conclude, the Founding Fathers of our nation wrote about inalienable Rights, among them were primarily Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. God gave us, in the Scriptures, His commandments as a way, not only to freedom, but as a way to salvation, as a way to eternal life. On this Day let us declare our independence from the devil and his demons. Let us welcome Christ into our heart, soul, mind and body, so that He may break the bonds of sin and death that operate within us. Someone once said, "Freedom is not a question of doing as we like but doing as we ought." I say to you, there is no happiness; there is no joy without freedom in Christ. Choose Him!
Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews is the pastor of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fr. Andrews is the past president of Minnesota Eastern Orthodox Christian Clergy Association (MEOCCA), and a volunteer chaplain with the St. Paul Police Department.


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No real surprise here but it looks like " V/H/S", the horror anthology from Adam Wingard, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, David Bruckner, Joe Swanberg and Ti West, has been picked up by Magnolia Pictures. The film tells the story of a group of burglars who discover a bunch of weird videos in a house they're robbing. From the number of directors I assume each story will be about 3 minutes or the movie will be 4 hours long.
If there's one thing you know about me it's that I freakin love Norway. Corpse paint, trolls, and everything in between. Give it to me! So I couldn't be more excited about the trailer for the new film "Thale" . The movie is based on the mythical Norwegian charter Huldra, which is a sassy minx who lures men into the woods. Sounds fun but unfortunately the men never return. Oh and the Huldra has a cow's tail. God I love Norway.
All you really need to know about "Monster Brawl" is that it's a fake Pay-Per-View battle royal between some classic monsters and Jimmy "Mouth Of the South" Hart is in it. Now that I've got you all excited here's the bad news. Image Entertainment has decided to push back the DVD/Blue-Ray release from March 27th to June 12th and unfortunately haven't given a reason. I need a reason! Maybe it's because they're trying to get Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Let's pray.
I don't know how much you can really believe this but Megan Ellison, founder of Annapurna Films which now owns the rights to "Terminator 5", how promised the next installment in the robot series will indeed be rated R. She let this news out via her twitter account though and I'm not positive but I don't think anything on there will hold up in court.


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This is not a complaint coming from me, its actually the opposite.
I read Tribes of Everglow first, only more recently buying Races of Everglow. And I must say that Races really makes me appreciate the organization and color coding Tribes has. I understand that Races was done first so you guys learned from it and then did Tribes. That is not to say I am unhappy with Races, just that I hope the organization standards that Tribe's set forward will stick around. And that I really think the extra effort that must have gone into Tribes/the lessons learned from races was well worth it.
The main points I appreciate being the yellow/red coloring for PF/5e, where in Races it is all yellow and you got to make sure you are not reading for the wrong ruleset. The little boxes that denote Feats/equipment/traits/spells and such, making it easy to find something when you are scrolling through(where in Races of Everglow it is just in normal text so you still have to read the words and they don't "pop out").
I don't think any book will ever be "flawless", nor that the Tribes system could not be improved on here and there, but I think it is a very strong standard that I don't see anyone complaining about if it stays at that level in the future. (Generally, out of the Ponyfinder books I read, Tribes of Everglow holds the top spot atm, very good work.)
P.S.: Purrsian's are best non pones and I am sad that there only two pics of them in the Races book(one from the Core book), is there any place/book that has more Purrsian art?
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We have settled nicely into the color coding for pf/5e. Glad it's working out! Purrsian folk are fine folk, it's true.
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BRATTLEBORO -- Ethan Tucker is eager to put the pedal to the metal to help reduce society's carbon footprint.
The Hollywood screenwriter came to town a while back to visit his sister and brother-in-law, Ellen and Pierre Capy, the owners of Mocha Joe's, when Pierre mentioned hearing about a car that runs on air.
"I thought it was absolutely perfect ... the minute I heard about it," Tucker said. The vehicle in question was an AIRPod, which is in development by Motor Development International and is powered by compressed air. MDI and Zero Pollution Motors have teamed up and the latter has the rights to begin commercial production of these vehicles in the United States. Tucker, who got involved during the automotive crisis of 2009, has been named the interim president of Zero Pollution Motors and fellow Brattleboro resident Josh Dillingham is the social media manager.
Tucker has started a grass-roots campaign and is aided by his niece, Sophia Capy, and her friend, Eliya Petrie, in raising awareness of the AIRPod and its potential. The three have taken to the Brattleboro Food Co-op a handful of times in an attempt to educate people about the revolutionary vehicle and drum up support for an AIRPod factory in Hawaii.
Tucker has told the Reformer the AIRPod was invented by engineer Guy Negre, of Nice, France, after years of experience working with Formula 1 racecars. Zero Pollution Motors is owned by Shiva Vencat and based in New Paltz, N.Y., and Negre has given the company permission to move ahead with the AIRPod. Tucker said AIRPod vehicles can travel 35 mph on compressed air with zero emissions. According to Dillingham, AIRPods eliminate the pollution of internal combustion engines and can be refueled in just a few minutes, unlike electric vehicles.
"Compressed air technology is a real solution to our transportation energy crisis, and is superior to any other alternative energy source currently available," Dillingham said in a statement.
Tucker said an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign was started to raise the money needed to construct the first factory, but that venture was abandoned for Fundable.com, instead.
Tucker said there is no intention of building a factory in Brattleboro because MDI maintains a turnkey, 50-mile radius (which may be increased to 100) policy, which means the products will not be delivered or transported more than 50 miles from the factory as a way of cutting down the company's environmental footprint. Tucker said there are not enough people within 50 miles of Brattleboro to purchase the number of AIRPods that would have to be manufactured to make the factory feasible.
Sophia Capy said her uncle has been talking about the AIRPod for a while and got involved because she is from "a total non-pollution family."
"We're trying to tell people," she said, "what our future can be and what it will be with the AIRPod."
Sophia recruited Petrie and the two have lobbied in public places for support several times.
"We can make a difference in the world if we really want to," said Petrie, who got involved in January. "If we can change the world, why not try to by taking away the pollution that is essentially ruining our world?"
The AIRPod has been featured on CNN and BBC and actors Rocky Carroll (of "NCIS") and Luke Perry (of "Beverly Hills, 90210") have done a commercial spot for the product. Actor Chris Noth (from "Sex and the City" and "The Good Wife") has also signed on to be an official sponsor. Tucker even said he, his niece and Petrie have been asked to appear on FOX's "Crowd Funder Show," which he said will serve as a platform to inform the world about the AIRPod. Tucker also said Heather Childers of the FOX News Channel has contacted him about a possible story.
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Pascucci powers Bisons in runaway win
Valentino Pascucci has been red-hot since the Bisonsreturned from the All-Star break driving in 10 runs in four games including five RBI Sunday on two-home runs, a three-run shot in the third and a two-run blast in the eighth inning.
The Bisonstallied 13-runs Sunday evening at Frontier Field beating Rochester 13-4, giving the Herd a 3-1 record to start the second half of the season.
The Herd put up three-runs to start the third inning and Valentino Pascuccislammed a home run over the right-field wall to give the Bisonsa 6-2 lead.
With Michael Fisher on first base Pascuccidrove his second home run of the night to right-center-field lifting the Bisonsto a nine-run lead in the eighth inning.
Pascucci drove in one-run on Thursday night and four on Friday night before bringing his total to ten-runs batted in since returning from the All-Star break. Pascucciholds the team lead in RBI with 60, 17 more runs batted in than Luis Hernandez who has 43 RBI.
Hernandez tacked on the tenth-run in the seventh inning singling in Zach Lutz with one out. Hernandez has seven RBI in the last four games just one behind Pascucci.
Mark Cohoonworked seven innings giving up six-hits, four-runs, while striking out seven Red Wings. Cohoon'sline was almost identical to his last start against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on July 7, when he struck out seven and gave up three-runs in six innings of work.
The difference was the Bisonsposted 13-runs against the Red Wings.
Game Notes: Valentino Pascucci hit his 12 th and 13 th home run's of the 2011 season Sunday, he currently holds the Bisons team lead with two more than Lucas Duda…Pascucci has 10 RBI in four games and holds the team lead in RBI with 60, trailing him by 17-runs is Luis Hernandez who has seven RBI in four games…Every Bison to come to the plate had a hit, for a total of 17 tying the team high…In his last two starts Mark Cohoon has struck out seven batters while going six or more innings.


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Philadelphia 76ers President and General Manager Ed Stefanski announced today that 13-year NBA veteran Aaron McKie has rejoined the franchise as an assistant coach on Maurice Cheeks' staff. McKie will also have additional duties in player development.
McKie was originally named a member of the Sixers coaching staff back on Oct. 3, 2007. Since he never officially retired as a player, his rights still belonged to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers signed McKie to a contract in order to package him in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies for Pau Gasol on Feb. 1, 2008. Although he did not appear in a game, McKie spent the remainder of the season on the Grizzlies roster before being waived on May 9, 2008.
In 793 career games with 287 starts, McKie averaged 7.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.15 steals in 24.2 minutes per game. He enjoyed his best season as a Sixer in 2000-01, taking home Sixth Man of the Year honors while helping Philadelphia reach the NBA Finals. That same season, he recorded back-to-back triple-doubles at Sacramento on Dec. 30, 2000 (19 points, 14 assists, 10 rebounds) and vs. Atlanta on Jan. 3, 2001 (11 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists).
McKie, who had his jersey retired at Simon Gratz High School in 2002, also starred at Temple University. He finished his three-year career with the Owls tied for sixth on the school's all-time scoring list and was named Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year as a junior in 1993.


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From reader Karen
Dr. Taitz,I am ashamed that our "natural born" citizens are so unaware of the Constitutional crisis Obama is creating. I guess that is why we appreciate those who "choose" America as their country--they usually cherish the honor and freedom much more than the rest or us!You are a modern day hero, Dr. Taitz!!Very Respectfully,Karen Orum
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