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The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill expanding federal hate crimes legislation to cover bias crimes committed against people because of their gender or sexual orientation. Now, if you havent been following the story, youre probably thinking We have federal laws against hate crimes. Why do we need a new law? Its simple. The current federal law only prosecutes people for hate crimes committed against a person because of the victims race, religion, or national origin. Supporters of the expanded federal hate crimes law maintain that the law is not broad enough to protect people who may be victimized because of their gender or sexual orientation. For example, Matthew Sheppards murderers could not have been prosecuted under federal law because sexual orientation is not covered by the existent hate crimes law, even though it was clear that they killed Sheppard because he was gay. Moreover, some states do not have laws against attacking someone because of their gender or sexual orientation so the expanded federal legislation would be the only legal protection for women, homosexuals, transsexuals, and others in those states who may become victims of gender-based hate crimes. Unfortunately for the bills supporters, and for anyone who believes that nobody should be victimized because of their gender identification or sexual orientation, President Bush has promised to veto it. The president is not the only person who opposes this bill. Focus on the Family founder James Dobson called it a thought crimes bill, saying that if you read the bible a certain way with regard to morality, you may be guilty of committing a thought crime. In a letter of opposition, Dobson writes, the bill is ultimately designed to muzzle people of faith who dare to express their moral and biblical concerns about homosexuality. Wow!! Where do I begin? Theres so much in those few sentences its going to be matthew sheppard to stay focused. OK! Here goes! First off, Dobson claims that the expanded hate crimes law will muzzle people of faith who dare to express their moral and biblical concerns about homosexuality. Huh?! The federal hate crimes legislation is designed to punish people for HATE CRIMES committed against other human beings! Thinking is not the same as committing a hate crime. Anti-gay campaigners like Dobson and his ilk can think and say whatever they want about homosexuals but as long as they or their supporters do not translate thoughts into violent actions (i.e., HATE CRIMES) they are not breaking the law. Basically, Dobson tries to argue that expanding federal laws to protect homosexuals (lets not forget the law would also protect women who matthew sheppard victims of sexual violence) somehow restricts his and other Christians freedom of speech. Why would that be? After all, these guys can, and do, say whatever they want about homosexuals and anybody matthew sheppard of whom they disapprove. Does it have anything to do with the fact that he and some other Christians espouse views that are intolerant of homosexuals? Obviously theres more to these peoples opposition to this bill. From the Chicago Tribune news blog we get this gem: Also, religious conservatives feared the new legislation could be used to criminalize a clergyman whose fire-and-brimstone against homosexuality might, inadvertently, spur a misguided believer to commit a hate crime. What!!!??? How the is anyone going to inadvertently motivate someone to commit a hate crime? If you are afraid something you say might make some sick f*ck want to kill someone else, dont f*cking say it! Simple! And, it is no less matthew sheppard crime if some believer attacks someone simply because that person is gay. It would be no different from attacking her simply for being a woman, or Jewish, or Asian. By the way, for any misguided believers who may be reading, saying you did it because of a sermon you heard in church still makes it a hate crime. Sure, you could argue that you were just trying to rob someone and you didnt know he was gay when you bludgeoned him to half to death, tied him to a fence post and left him to die but seriously, how often does this happen? If someone is injured or killed in the course of being robbed, its pretty clear to police and prosecutors that the primary sheppard of the criminal was robbery. And its pretty clear when the perpetrator is driven by hatred of the person for his/her skin color, religion, nationality, gender, or sexual orientation. Hate crimes are characterized by a degree of violence that goes beyond any reason. And anyway, if you beat up and/or kill someone who turns out matthew sheppard be gay, your hateful ass deserves to go to jail for a long, long time regardless of what your original intent was. But lets go back to Dobson. I was really intrigued by his statement about reading the bible in a certain way. Would that happen to be in a way that leads him to scorn and castigate gay people? Because personally, Im not sure which bible Dobson has been reading. Whenever I read the Gospels, matthew sheppard the impression that Jesus Christ was advocate of love and tolerance. Take, for example, this statement he made to the mob that had assembled to stone a prostitute to death: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her (John 8:7 King James Version). Or how about the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11–32), the young man who broke traditional and religious law when he demanded his inheritance prior to his fathers death, moved off the land, spent all his money on booze and women, and (abhorrent to the Jews of the time) worked with pigs. Despite all his failings, this son was welcomed home by his father in a show of tolerance and acceptance. Wed all be better off if more of those who call themselves Christians showed even a tiny fraction of the capacity for love, acceptance, and tolerance Jesus preached in the Gospels. Support the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Write letters to your congressional representatives, petition the White House, and support groups Human Rights Campaign that fight for equality. |
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Weight 266 - lost since last week 3 lbs; total lost so far 27.5 I am not only happy about losing this week, but a little shocked relieved as well. Friday when we went to New York with my daughter & her best friend we had lunch at the American Girl Cafe I was careful and had the salmon with the small salad on the side but low glycemic foods indulge in small bites of the cinnamon bun warm welcome and the veggie and cheese appetizer, and a little taste of the deserts. But even worse was when I got home at 8 p.m. - totally exhausted, starving, and so sore I could barely move we ended up ording pizza. Usually an indulgence like this causes me to gain about 5 to 7 pounds which can take weeks to get back off. Not only that but emotionally I usually feel totally worthless, low glycemic foods and the cravings for food go over the top and I end up eating tons because I feel like whats the point Im a failure any way. This time I didnt weigh myself the very next day. I journaled everything I ate so I would be totally honest about the indulgence. I ate very little and very carefully for the next two days and made sure I drank a LOT of water and red zinger iced tea with splenda. Overall Friday was probably no more then 2000 calories so it wasnt as bad has it could have been. Also I low glycemic foods a LOT and was on my feet most of low glycemic foods day so that also helped a little. I also didnt starve my self afterwards but made low glycemic foods to get protein lots of veggies and water. I dont plan on ever indulging like that again but at least I know I can survive if for some reason I am in a situation where it cant be avoided. Next time I plan a long trip like that I will be sure to having something yummy but healthy already made in the house so all I have to do is pop it in the microwave so even if the family orders pizza I can resist. This week I plan to continue what I did last week focus on low glycemic foods. I have three packages of the soy hot dogs, some frozen salmon (100 calories each just heat and serve) and tons of frozen veggies in stock, a few yellow apples and low fat yogurts if I need something in between have a lot of preadmission hosptial tests this morning - so I cant eat anything till about noon but I will have something with me to eat right away when the tests are done and hopefully my blood sugar wont crash. Then on low glycemic foods I go to the hospital for the low glycemic foods catherization I cant eat that day either. Not sure what the hospital will bring me after the procedure but I will have my hubby bring me something healthy just in case for a snack. Then when I get home I will probably treat myself to a turkey subway sandwich which is well within my calorie limits (especially since I will not have eaten much all day) and is still healthy (I get the whole wheat bread so low glycemic foods not too bad), and add tomatoes, spinach and cucumber slices. This way I will feel like I can pamper myself a bit after an icky day at the hospital. I will probably take the next day off work - every one says Ill be sore any way where they make the incision to run the catherer up the vein from the leg. And low glycemic foods they end up having to do a procedure while they are in there (the balloon to open an artery) then they would keep me overnight any way, so I figure best to just plan the next day off too. They is no junk food in the house and I have plenty of healthy food so a day off at home can just be relaxing and no temptations. Lady Rose fatblogging diet dieting weight loss lose weight wellness health |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEW POLL SHOWS BROAD SUPPORT FOR SANDWICH IN RACE AGAINST EBERT; SANDWICH RENEWS DEBATE CHALLENGE PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA – Republican write-in candidate for Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney, Hamilton â€SHam” Sandwich, Esq., prince william county scored a major upset in a new poll conducted by BVBL Associates. The interactive poll of 114 adults conducted online, which can be accessed at http://www.bvbl.net/?p=1009, found Sandwich leading incumbent Paul Ebert in the race for Commonwealth’s Attorney by a margin of 75 percent to 25 percent with a +/- 5 margin of error. The polling software utilized only allows one voter per IP address to participate thereby preventing duplicative voting by individuals. â€SI am humbled by the outpouring of support that I have received so far in this race,” Sandwich said through a statement issued by his campaign. â€SMy solid anti-crime, anti-criminal platform as well as qualifications and abilities equal to or exceeding those of my opponent, prince william county Ebert, have already drawn in so many disaffected Prince William County citizens. â€SI am proud to be proactively bringing my message to prince william county voters as early as possible by establishing a comprehensive website for my campaign well in advance of my opponent. Our bold and innovative agenda for establishing excellence within the Commonwealth Attorneys office has invigorated the voters, and we continue to receive tremendous positive feedback the community. Many citizens have expressed their enthusiasm for this campaign and eagerly await an opportunity to promote my candidacy with bumper stickers, yard signs, and other campaign materials that we will soon prince william county available. â€SIt has been twelve days since I issued a challenge to my opponent to engage in monthly debates, and so far he has chosen not to respond. If the basis of prince william county Eberts concerns is a desire to ensure that these debates do not descend into a bout of mud-slinging, I would like to offer to sign a clean campaign pledge, as long as Paul Ebert would agree to do prince william county same. My commitment to open government and Jeffersonian conservative values compels me to ensure that the public have every opportunity to prince william county the comparative qualities of the candidates in this race, and these debates will be an important forum where voters will obtain prince william county information they need in order to make an informed choice.” Ham, a Virginia native, is a member of the Virginia Bar (Golden Phoenix division) and a partner in the law firm of Dill & Gallinger. He is married and lives his wife and children in Manassas. His campaign web site, located at http://www.votehamsandwich.com/, provides voters with his background information, rationale for running, a critique of his opponent’s record, information on the write-in process and a list of endorsements among other items. - 30 - |
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News / 14 December 2007 | 16:10 Every day Yulia Tymoshenko has the more chances to become a PM. BYuT member Olexander Turchynov told the journalists, the ForUms news 14 informs. According to him, the decision to vote by raising hands was adopted in order to avoid accusations that somebody pressed the voting button instead of somebody else. Turchynov noted that coalition was ready to vote for Tymoshenko today, however did not want to do so with fights. Turchynov hopes on Tuesday voting procedure will be observed as all factions representative put their signatures under the protocol. Turchynov noted that one week of blocking the podium by PR had compromised this political force. Another week of such behavior along with new demands and tricks would be impossible. ForUm |
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I recently did an analysis of the search terms people used in 2007 to reach my blog. You may not care, but I thought some might find it interesting in marketing their own blog. Heres the list: |
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I decided i would do a post of actors who have died young, who were growing up to be fantastic actors, i decided to focus on 2 great ones, James Dean and River Phoenix. River Phoenix: River Phoenix was a fantastic actor and person, to me at least. River Jude Phoenix was born in a samll town of Madras, Oregon and travelled quite a lot with his family, though in the late 70s his family settled in Florida and then in California. River started acting professionally when he was 10 where him and his sister Rain did audience warm up for the television show Real Kids, eventually agents noticed him and he was set up to do commerecials gradually leading to TV movies and a recurring role in the television series Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. River has in such films as: Joe Dantes Explorers Rob Reiners Stand By Me, He co-starred with Harrison Ford in The Mosquito Coast and also portrayed Indy (Harrison Ford) as a young boy in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Additional credits include I Love you to Death and Dogfight. River was named Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his starring role as a narcoleptic street hustler in My Own Private Idaho. In 1988, at age 17, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor following his role in Running on Empty. Phoenixs final credit was a metaphysical Western, Silent Tongue, written and directed by Sam Shepard. Before his untimely death on Halloween night, 1993, Phoenix was set to play the interviewer in Neil Jordans adaptation of Anne Rices Interview with the Vampire. He had also nearly completed work on the independent thriller Dark Blood, with Judy Davis. River Phoenix died on October 31, 1993 of a drug overdose. I will always look to river phoenix as someone who i thought was great and would have been still amazing, he was an amazing person and an outstading actor and if he were still alive today he would still be great. James river phoenix src="http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lgfp1086+james-dean-quote-james-dean-poster.jpg" /> James Dean lived a short life as he was only 24 years old when he died in a car accident. Even though James Dean only starred a few roles as an actor his roles are still recognized today with great satisfaction.  James is probobly best known for his role as Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause, he then went on to do East of Eden where he played an awkward loner named Cal Trask and then went to do Giant in which he played Jett Rink the surely, racist farmer. James never had quite an easy life as he was shifted between his divorced parents and in the 1940s his mother died of cancer after this he went to living with his aunt. In high school, Deans overall performance was mediocre, but he successfully played on the baseball and river phoenix team and studied forensics and drama. After graduating from Fairmount High School on May 16, 1949, Dean river phoenix back to California with his beagle, Maxx, to live with his father and stepmother. He enrolled in Santa Monica College (SMCC), pledged to the Sigma Nu fraternity and majored in pre-law. Dean transferred to UCLA and changed his major to drama, which resulted in estrangement from river phoenix father. While at river phoenix he beat out 350 actors to land the role of Malcolm in Macbeth. At that time, he also began acting with James Whitmores actng workshop. In January 1951, he dropped out of college to pursue a career as an actor.  Dean was driving west on U.S. Highway 466 (later California State Route 46) near Cholame, California when a 1950 Ford Tudor, driven from the opposite direction by 23-year-old Cal Poly student Donald Turnupseed, attempted to take the fork river phoenix California State Route 41 and crossed into Deans lane without seeing him. The two cars hit almost head on. According to a story in the October 1, 2005 edition of the Los Angeles Times, California Highway Patrol officer Ron Nelson and his partner had been finishing a coffee break in Paso when they were called to the scene of the accident, where they saw a heavily-breathing Dean being placed into an ambulance. Wütherich had been thrown from the car, river phoenix survived with a broken jaw and other injuries. Dean was taken to Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 5:59PM. His last known words, uttered right before impact, are said to have been That guys gotta stop& Hell see us. James Dean was a icon for all people that love great actors although he did die young for as long as he was alive he really shone as an actor in hollywood and showed it all the movies that he was apart of, i will always look towards James Dean as a teenage icon for me and was just an amazing person to me. Dream as if youll forever, live as if youll die today. I choose both of these actors because they were great actors who still would have been great if they were still alive, i will always look towards them for guidance with film. RIP River Jude Phoenix and James Byron Dean. |
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Starter Trey Hodges got worked pretty hard in last night’s loss to Pawtucket, allowing 7 runs in only 2.2 innings. The Braves got 11 hits, including a homer by new RBrave SS Brent Lillibridge, who was called up from Mississippi. We try again tonight with Kevin Barry on the mound against Abe Alvarez. |
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Tomorrow (September 18), Barry Manilow releases his third covers album. In the wake of The Greatest Songs of the Fifties and The Greatest Songs of the Sixties, Manilow is now releasing The Greatest Songs of the Seventies. For this release, Manilow is covering such artists as Simon and Garfunkel, The Carpeners, Carole King, and& himself. However, the 2-disc set does not include any disco covers; however, this was due to the fact that label boss Clive Davis didnt want Manilow to do any disco. How much farther is Manilow going to push this? Is a Greatest Songs of the Eighties and a Greatest Songs of the Nineties just around the corner? Im sorry, but this whole cover albums of various decades is getting old& and Im not just referring to Barry Manilow. has been guilty of this trend, and I believe that even Diana Ross did something similar as well. OK, Pat Boone did put out that metal covers album about ten or so years ago, which was rather scary, but still& please make these decade cover albums stop! |
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by Gabriel Valdez A much improved library is the current big project being undertaken by the board of directors of the Southern Mindanao Bible College in Makilala, Cotabato. Theres an existing chapel on the more than 700 square meter campus. Part of this building has been set aside and is undergoing renovation that will house the library of the Bible school. The campus of the Bible College fran tarkington donated by the Antonio Balagot family. It is located along the national highway and sits beside the Le Reve Resort that has swimming pools and conference halls. Southern Mindanao Bible college is administered by the Kabacan Church of Christ. Food and kitchen provisions of the 26 steve byrne enrollees are fully provided by parents and relatives of the students. Teachers for the current semester are Ariel Acha, Ferdinand Guillermo, Joel Carpio and Gabriel Valdez. |
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The following article was printed in the January 11, 2007 issue of The Uniter and can be read on The Uniter’s website here. On art and intuition â€SWe’re not just sleeping – the body, of course, is sleeping, but the spirit is not just wandering, the spirit is learning. That’s why very often when we awaken in the morning, we awaken with all kinds of ideas. Especially people who are creative – the artists, the musicians, the inventors, the intuitives – we learn how to really work with that energy. So jennifer fisher people may call it pure intuition, others may call it psychic, others may call it spirit. There is a difference when we acknowledge spirit. We’re talking about mediums working with actual spirits. But all people have some psychic ability; elizabeth shue people also have spirit guides. My experience is that the more intuitive – jennifer fisher more creative – a person is, the less that person realizes when he or jennifer fisher is in the altered motorcycle jump much of the time. So when you are designing, acting, doing your film work, or inventing – whatever it is you are doing in the creative field – to be able to do that you have to be able to focus. That kind of focussing is what we call being able to work with the spirit.” What is intuition? How can a state of intuition be accessed? Those are just two of the questions behind, a new anthology of essays edited by Jennifer Fisher. Fisher is an assistant professor jennifer fisher Contemporary Art, Canadian Art History and Curatorial Studies at York University. She will be in Winnipeg tonight for the official launch of Technologies of Intuition at McNally Robinson Grant Park. In the introduction to the book, Fisher writes â€Sthe fulcrum of this book focuses on artistic practices involved with accessing a state of intuition. The state is at once the product of certain knowledges, the content of what is winter classic as well as a process, or jennifer fisher of jennifer fisher book’s twenty-five contributors â€Spresent a diversity of practices that use intuition in their methodology: mediumship, divination, shamanism, communications with the dead, automatic writing, clairvoyance and meditation.” So how did the idea for the book originate? â€SNot much work has been done on the concept of intuition,” says Fisher. â€SIt’s kind of up-for-grabs in the jennifer fisher of academia. I’ve always been jennifer fisher in looking at it in a critical way with academic rigour.” This fits in with one of Fisher’s main areas of research, namely the aesthetics of the non-visual senses. She chose penn state football contributors jennifer fisher people she’s encountered during her twenty years as an arts and jennifer fisher critic in Canada. Only one of the essays was written by a man. The others were all written by women. The reason for this, says Fisher, is two-fold. â€SI write on all aspects of art, but I’ve always been interested in feminist art. I wanted to explore feminism in particular with this project. Women’s intuition is a part of folklore and hearsay, so I was interested jennifer fisher doing a theoretical investigation of it.” The second reason is that the book is a co-publication involving Fisher’s own DisplayCult imprint, YYZBOOKS, and jennifer fisher Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA). The latter is a Winnipeg-based feminist organization that, according to its website, â€Sencourages and supports the intellectual and creative development of women in the visual arts by providing an ongoing forum for education and critical dialogue.” Technologies of Intuition includes local contributors Bev Pike, Tricia Wasney, both of whom are artists, and Serena Keshavjee, Assistant Professor of Art and Architectural History at the U of W. The book addresses the fact that the term â€Sintuition” has been marginalized in art theory and criticism. Fisher believes this is mainly because what is present and can be seen is favoured more than what can’t be seen. â€SI’m interested in intuition because it’s beyond words,” she says. â€SIf it’s beyond words, how do you talk about it? I think this book aims to make conscious what is normally unconscious.” In an interview Fisher conducts in the book with artist Marina Abramovic, jennifer fisher says that â€Sthe real task for this new century is to figure out how to enter [a spiritual state] and maintain it.” Fisher says that Technologies of Intuition is, in part, an attempt to answer the question of how one does that. At the same time, says Fisher, â€SIt’s a big question. This book is only a beginning that raises a lot more questions.” Jennifer Fisher and MAWA will launch Technologies of Intuition at McNally Robinson Grant Part tonight at 8 p.m. Admission is free. You can find out more about MAWA by logging on to www.mawa.ca. |
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Hannah Montana Times Union Center in Albany, NY 1/9/2008 Wed,7:00 PM Click Here To Finally Get Cheap Hannah Montana Tickets! Hannah Montana: The Movie is a planned film adaptation of the American cabbage recipes television series Hannah Montana. It has been confirmed by Mitchel Musso, Miley Cyrus times union center Billy Ray Cyrus. Its release date has not been announced. In TV Guide, Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus stated that they can take time in spring of 2008 to film the movie. Miley Cyrus confirmed that the movie will be released in theaters and may be filmed in Tennessee. Cyrus said the movie is centered on the fictional Stewart family’s return to Tennessee See Hanna Montana Click Here To Finally Get Cheap Hannah Montana Tickets! Concert at Times Union Center in Albany, NY 1/9/2008 Wed,7:00 PM |
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Ive recently realized that it doesnt matter if the candidate I super tuesday for doesnt win.  The only thing that matters is that the candidate I vote for valparaiso university the candidate I like.  If everyone did that, wed have a much more interesting political arena.  |
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October 29th, 2007 The California Peace & Freedom presidential primary ballot will include Cynthia McKinney. She is also appearing on the California Green Party presidential primary. That makes two individuals who are running in two simultaneous presidential primaries in the same state; the other is Ralph Nader, also in presidential primaries same two California parties& The final list of which candidates are appearing on each California party’s presidential primary will be set on November 7. |
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