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- Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
- Format: Paperback | 443 pages
- Dimensions: 128mm x 198mm x 30mm | 338g
- Publication date: 5 September 2011
- Publication City/Country: Surrey
- Sales rank: 228,826
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Phaedrus - a character familiar to readers of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - is sailing down the Hudson River when he meets Lila Blewitt, an unapologetically sexual, psychologically unstable woman whom a mutual friend warns him against. But Phaedrus is drawn to her physically, and interested in her intellectually, finding her a culture of oneA" in whom he discerns an unexpected QualityA". Sailing with him to Manhattan, where her mental state deteriorates further, Lila prompts Phaedrus to explore conflicts of values, such as those between Native Americans and Europeans, or between the insane and the normal. Finally, after years of struggling, he formulates his Metaphysics of QualityA", which offers a system of understanding - and evaluating - actions according to a hierarchy of four evolutionary realms (natural, biological, social and intellectual). Lila remains elusive to Phaedrus's penetrating intellect, and her destiny remains a mystery, but Pirsig's wideranging philosophical explorations will provoke and engage readers in the memorable experience of pursuing the journey started by Pirsig in the 1970s to its final end.
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Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Robert M. Pirsig has achieved world fame and classic status for his iconic book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values. This was followed, seventeen years later, by Lila: An Inquiry into Morals, an updated version of which was published by Alma in 2006.
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JESSUP, MARYLAND – AUGUST 2010: API is pleased to announce that the company's iconic lunchbox(r) has been awarded trademark status by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Granted on July 13, 2010, the registration helps recognize API as the creator of the format and allows API to more effectively market the lunchbox frame, which can hold up to six of the popular 500 Series models.
"This helps verify to our friends in the audio community that API is and always has been the creator of the lunchbox and the 500 Series format," said Larry Droppa, API president. "If you say 'lunchbox,' it means the API lunchbox – with the build quality, reliability and longevity that are the hallmarks of every piece of API gear."
In recent years, the market has overwhelmingly embraced API's 500 Series format as the modular specification of choice, and the number of options available in this series has exploded. API in turn created the VPR Alliance to assist manufacturers in designing products that are physically and electronically compatible with API racks.
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Intel playing virtual silly buggers
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I think a lot of people are using this as a stick to bash MS but with no real reason...it's very rare that everything supports/works with everything so this is nothing awful.
Whether it's MS's or Intel's fault doesn't really matter, it is what it is and the vast majority of people will have HAV capable CPU's...certainly the most of the people likely to run XP Mode.
However it is a bit of a confusing situation so I'ev put together a list of all the Intel chips that do and don't support VT:
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This helps lend even more weight to Microsoft's strategy of Software PLUS Services, rather than the current Software As A Service.
Having it on Premise too would allow companies to still be productive at times like that...
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Education Featured Article
December 03, 2012
The Verizon Foundation Makes Grant to Jacob Burns Film Center to Enhance Education
By Shamila Janakiraman, TMCnet Contributor
The Verizon (News - Alert) Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) to enhance existing education programs. The grant will be utilized to provide iPads to students in the underserved schools in Westchester County and at the JBFC Media Arts Lab in Pleasantville.
Also, the method by which teachers teach and the way in which students learn by leveraging technology in the classroom will be improved by the grant. The Jacob Burns Film Center is a not-for-profit cultural arts organization.
"The Verizon Foundation is focused on supporting programs that use technology to help students achieve," said Justina Nixon-Saintil, director of Education Initiatives for the Verizon Foundation. "We're proud our grant will further enhance JBFC's existing educational programs and take them to the next level."
Officials revealed that the grant will be used to serve about 520 students and 30 teachers during the 2012-2013 school year. The grant covers three education programs namely the Minds in Motion for fourth graders, Digital Storytelling for teens and young adults and Reel Change for teens.
Students in elementary schools will be taught to write, storyboard, direct and produce a stop-motion animated film in the Minds in Motion interdisciplinary education program. The 12-week course will end with a Red Carpet Premiere at the JBFC Theater, where the films made by the students will be screened.
Digital Storytelling guides students in creating multiscreen projects, installations, video sculptures and interactive design. Reel Change is a multimedia program which teaches students to produce a short film that covers social issues.
JBFC will use the finds from the grant to buy iPads for curriculum expansion and development besides also supplying other equipment accessories. Also, salaries for faculty and staff and expenditure on professional development and volunteer training for them will come from the grant.
Emily Keating, director of Education Programs for JBFC, noted, "The JBFC is thrilled to receive this grant from the Verizon Foundation. Giving students the tools and knowledge to communicate visually is imperative in this media- saturated culture. Access to tablets enables students to develop important technical and literacy skills in an interface that is intuitive and exciting."
Recently Loras College also received a $77,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to support STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education.
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Film students at the the Cine Institute, located in Jacmel, are filing reports and posting them to Vimeo. See their work here
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We've Been Robbed $2.8 Billion — By The AARP
As polling shows, seniors and white Americans over the age of 65 generally don't support PresidentObama or his health care reform bill. : They are appalled at the $716 billion in Medicare cuts, which will be used to expand coverage (and dependency) for lower income Americans — so why does the AARP support it?
Avik Roy, an advisor to the Romney campaign,: penned a column: in Forbes over the weekend detailing how AARP will gain almost $3 billion from Obamacare "according to an: explosive new report: from Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.), [stating the] same Medicare cuts will give the AARP a windfall of $1 billion in insurance profits, and preserve another $1.8 billion that AARP already generates from its business interests."
Roy explains that AARP "in 2011…generated $458 million in royalty fees from so-called "Medigap" plans, nearly twice the $266 million the lobby receives in membership dues. : Medigap plans are private insurance plans that seniors buy to cover the things that traditional, government-run Medicare doesn't, like catastrophic coverage. Medigap plans also help seniors eliminate the co-pays and deductibles that are designed to restrain wasteful Medicare spending."
However, : AARP blocked reforms for their insurance plans during the health care fiasco —which would have saved $415 per senior in premiums. : However, the organization fought incessantly to keep those reforms out of Obamacare because they receive a 4.95% royalty on every dollar a senior spends on Medigap. : The cost of reform would have been $1.8 billion over ten years.
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In another case of the dependency agenda at work, "not only did AARP succeed in getting Democrats to balk at Medigap reform. Obamacare's cuts to Medicare Advantage will drive many seniors out of that program, and into traditional government-run Medicare, which will increase the number of people who need Medigap insurance." Furthermore:
: …AARP Medigap plans are exempted from most of Obamacare's best-known insurance mandates. AARP Medigap plans are exempted from the ban that requires insurers to take all comers, regardless of pre-existing conditions. The plans are exempted from the $500,000 cap on insurance industry executive compensation; top AARP executives currently make more than $1 million. AARP plans are exempt from the premium tax levied on other private insurers. IPAB, Medicare's rationing board, is explicitly barred from altering Medicare's cost-sharing provisions, provisions that govern the existence of Medigap plans.
And AARP Medigap plans are allowed to have twice the administrative costs that other private insurers are allowed under Obamacare's: medical loss ratio regulations. This last point is key, because AARP's 4.95 percent royalty is a significant administrative cost.
Democrats routinely excoriate private insurers for supposedly putting profits above people. "No American should ever spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies," President Obama told the AARP yesterday. But the typical private insurer gets by on a: profit margin of about 5 to 6 percent. AARP's 4.95 percent royalty, on the other hand, doesn't do anything to make a health plan operate more smoothly: it's just pure profit for AARP.
Additionally, AARP — which is suppose to be an independent and non-partisan organization, was actively supporting Obamacare from the beginning. : Roy uses Kim Strassel of The Wall Street Journal and her: 71 pages of emails: : she uncovered to show that AARP worked on issues relating to seniors before it was "relevant" in the debate. : Strassel: said the AARP had "long lambasted cuts in fees to Medicare doctors," but, like the wind, reversed their position. : This is obviously a compromising position for the lobby — which is why a: senior AARP official said they'll "try to keep a little space between us [referring to the White House]…[our] polling shows we [AARP] are more influential when we are seen as independent, so we want to reinforce that positioning…The larger issue is how best to serve the cause' of Obamacare."
Yes, AARP had their little convention in New Orleans last week — whose audience booed Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan when he dared to utter the words "repeal" and "Obamacare." : Roy aptly says this a "small wonder" since the AARP's phone log reportedly had "seniors registered 50 to 1 against the law." In all:
Obamacare…saved the AARP from $1.8 billion in Medigap reforms, while potentially earning the group an additional $1 billion in royalties from seniors who are forced out of Medicare Advantage. That's a swing of $2.8 billion over ten years, all thanks to Obamacare.
It's a testament to AARP's political power–and our broken health-care system–that the lobby is allowed to carry on a half-billion-a-year business that's based on increasing the premiums that seniors pay, and draining money from the taxpayers who get billed for wasteful Medicare spending. Sen. DeMint has done a public service by bringing these problems out into the open.
So, we've been robbed. : It's wrong. It's unjust. Although, that's usually the case for any organization that has: a conflict of interest: operating in the public sphere.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham is threatening to hold up all nominations for federal government positions until survivors of last year's deadly attack on the diplomatic post in Libya appear before Congress.
The South Carolina Republican made the threat Monday on his official Twitter account.
The tweet said: "Where are the #Benghazi survivors? I'm going to block every appointment in the US Senate until they are made available to Congress."
Graham is among lawmakers who are not satisfied with information they've received so far on the attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans on Sept. 11, 2012.
Prominent nominations awaiting Senate confirmation include Janet Yellen for chair of the Federal Reserve and Jeh Johnson for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Wes Bentley is in negotiations to join the all-star cast of Christopher Nolan's sci-fi movie "Interstellar" at Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures. The story follows a group of explorers travel through a wormhole.
Bentley's character is reportedly the final supporting role to be cast. The actor joins the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck and Topher Grace on the film. [Source: THR]
Melissa McCarthy is in early talks to reteam with her "The Heat" and "Bridesmaids" director Paul Feig for his female spy comedy "Susan Cooper" at 20th Century Fox.
The story is described as a a realistic comedy about a female James Bond-type. Feig wrote the script and will produce. [Source: THR]
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Neighbors call Patrick Luna a hero. The 16-year-old Albuquerque boy knocked out one burglar and helped cops chase down his partner in crime.
It happened Wednesday afternoon on the city's West Side. Patrick got home from school just in time to help neighbors chase burglars who broke into is sister's house right down the street. Patrick tailed one burglar down 53rd Street and caught him on the corner at Iliff. Pow! Knuckle sandwich and nap-time on the asphalt!
Simon Griego's mug shot taken at the county jail a little later on shows some damage. He didn't look much better at his felony first appearance in court Thursday afternoon. Remember – this is a 27-year-old man. Patrick Luna is a 16-year-old boy.
"I was pretty mad because they already broke into my sister's house before," Patrick said. "I was just like, I'm gonna get this guy if I can get him. Soon as I seen him it was game on, basically."
Patrick admits he has knocked somebody out before.
"Yeah, I've done it a couple of times, but it's not really something I admire doing."
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Designer Amr Ali might dress rock stars and celebrity models such as Madonna, Prince Harry and Claudia Schiffer, but he makes sure he infuses his clothes with references to his Arab heritage.
He is based in London and his designs are worn by rock stars and celebrity models such as Claudia Schiffer. But Amr Ali is an Arab at heart and very much connected to his roots.
He is proud to be the first Omani to make a place for himself in the international fashion arena.
Amr's label Bodyamr retails at Harrods in London as well as at prestigious boutiques in New York, Paris and Geneva. And now his collections are available in Dubai exclusively at Harvey Nichols at the Mall of the Emirates.
"Arabs form an important part of the clientele of famous fashion brands and I believe it is time for an Arab designer from the Gulf to offer a luxury brand to cater to them and to show the West a flavour of the Arab world. Westerners have a certain perception of us and I wanted to break that mould and show them what we are capable of," said Amr, during a recent visit to Dubai for a showing of his spring/summer 2007 collection at Harvey Nichols.
International perspective
Amr's father is from Oman and his mother is Iranian. His formative years were spent in New York, Switzerland and London, where his father was posted as the Omani ambassador. But despite growing up abroad, he has a deep appreciation of his culture and heritage.
"My parents ensured that I was exposed to art, poetry, literature and folklore from this region from childhood. But my first experience of the Middle East came at 17, when we moved back to Oman. Living there for a few years and interacting with my extended family helped me to further understand and imbibe Arab culture," he said.
Although he qualified as an interior designer, Amr has always been interested in fashion design. "My love for fashion was inspired by my mother, who is always elegantly dressed," Amr said.
While interning as an interior designer with Nicky Haslam in London, Amr began designing customised T-shirts for his friends as a hobby.
"Haslam introduced me to Jerry Hall, Kate Moss and others from the fashion world, which opened many doors for me.
"Seeing the popularity of my designs, Haslam encouraged me to launch my own fashion label. I was looking for a name for my label when singer Annie Lennox suggested Bodyamr. I loved the witty take on my name and the brand was born," he recalls.
Amr's creations reflect his eclectic upbringing. The dresses, gowns and trouser suits he designs are glamorous and western in look, but have a distinct Middle Eastern feel with long sleeves and soft, fluid drapes.
"My signature style is orientalist but at the same time it is modern, understated and with minimal embellishment.
"My designs are for people like me — Arabs who live in both parts of the world; but they also appeal to westerners. The woman who wears Bodyamr is strong, confident, individualistic and feminine, as I believe modern Arab women are," said Amr.
Art and fashion
His spring/ summer 07 collection pays tribute to well-known Iranian artist Mahmoud Farshchian.
"I have always loved Farshchian's work. As a child, my mother would read me Persian poems and inside those books were Farshchian's paintings. His colourful paintings of flora, fauna and beautiful women would transport me into a world of fantasy and I wanted to recreate that world through my clothes.
"I am fortunate that he has given me permission to use one of his paintings on my dresses and I am glad to be able to introduce the work of an old master to a younger and wider audience through my garments," said Amr.
His future plans include expanding Bodyamr into perfumes, jewellery and interior design, and opening a stand-alone store in this region.
"But before I come here, I want to establish myself in Paris, because that is the most challenging market in the world," said Amr.
He also wants to help in promoting Oman by organising fashion events featuring designers from the region for the international press. "Oman is unique in the Middle East and I would love to take on my father's role and be a cultural ambassador for my country," he said.
The journey to success
Bodyamr was launched in 2002. Madonna and Justin Timberlake were among the celebrities spotted wearing pieces from Amr's first collection of Swarovski crystal studded vintage T-shirts.
Following this, Amr designed T-shirts for several music videos by various rock stars and he was commissioned to design T-shirts for VIP guests at the MOBO awards. Among his most popular designs was the "Harry for King" T-shirt, owned by none other than Prince Harry.
Amr then moved on to designing glamorous dresses and evening gowns for women.
Along with business partner Drew Muntz, he launched his first pret-a-porter collection at London Fashion Week last year and was hailed by Vogue and Harper's Bazaar as the hottest new label in London.
A dress from his second collection was chosen by the British Fashion Council to be the image on the posters for London Fashion Week.
Spring-summer 2007
The collection, created by Amr Ali for his label Bodyamr, is called "The Fifth Day of Creation" and features Mahmoud Farshchian's painting of the same name.
The colourful painting of fish and birds cascading from the heavens appears on an exclusive line of gowns, dresses, trouser suits and kaftans, and as a flourish of colour on collars, belts, scarves, panels, trims and lining.
"I chose this painting because it is an explosion of life and the colours are perfect for summer," says the designer.
"People in the West have a rather harsh view of Iran, and it is important to introduce an artist who sees life as beautiful," said Amr.
The collection also includes gowns, halter dresses, trouser suits, kaftans, corsets, shorts and skirts in jersey silks, chiffons, satins and jacquards in a palette of black, royal purple, deep emerald and gold.
Harvey Nichols, in Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, is currently accepting orders from the catalogue.
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As the Linux and open source communities continue to expand, there's a lot of discussion happening around the ideas of open source and open standards.
It's not enough, people say, to just have the software code be open source - the standards themselves need to be open too. Otherwise, we run the risk of some large company locking everyone into their version of a standard.
For example, imagine what would happen, the reasoning goes, if some large company were to release a proprietary standard for interfacing with digital cameras. If the company were large enough and had enough market clout, they could force their "standard" on the rest of the world. If one company could control the standards, they could force all the other competitors in the market to conform to their way of doing things. This could slow down new innovations since competitors in the market couldn't come out with new features that didn't meet with the "standard" that had been forced on them.
The issue is much broader than just digital cameras. It has to do with programming languages, communications protocols, and even the file format for the document I'm writing at this moment. It also impacts anything having to do with the recording, distribution, and play back of music or movies. In short, it impacts virtually anything that people want to share with each other.
The number of people arguing for the idea of open source and open standards is growing. In fact, a group called the Open Standards Alliance recently held a conference on the topic. This conference was attended by a number of leaders from around the Linux and open source community and focused on how open standards and open source can complement each other. Their Web site (www.openstandardsalliance.org) has links to many of the presentations given at the conference.
However, open standards can come with their own set of problems. They only work if everyone plays along. For example, you may remember what happened several years ago when Microsoft ran into problems for shipping a version of Java with Windows that wasn't "fully compatible." Sun accused Microsoft of extending Java deliberately "to implement the Java technology in a manner calculated to cause software developers to create programs that will operate only on platforms that use defendant Microsoft's Win32-based operating systems and no other systems platform or browser."
In that case Sun was able to sue Microsoft to stop them from extending Java because Microsoft and Sun had signed a licensing agreement. But if Sun released Java as an open source application, they may not have the ability to stop them. In addition, Microsoft may have been able to distribute a noncompatible Java without having to pay Sun a dime for it if Java were open source.
In this case, would making Java an "Open Source/Open Standard" have helped Sun? Would it have helped the wider community of software users? It's not clear at first glance that it would have helped either.
Here's the paradox: giving up control of a standard - or making it an open standard - by any company can be risky and have unintended consequences. Sometimes it may even be in the best interests of a user community to keep a standard closed to prevent some particularly strong competitor from subverting it.
But in many cases, it's in the best interests of the user community to make standards open. Good examples of this are the communications standards that Internet protocols are based on. If some company were to get control of one of these standards (by patenting parts of it, for example), they could cause problems for anyone wanting to implement products or tools based on it.
Needless to say, most times it's in the best interests of the user community to have standards be open and free. When this is the case, innovation happens fastest and we all benefit.
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C-Labs LLC, a leading provider of remote and mobile access for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced the appointment of John Traynor to the position of chief operating officer. Previously a strategic advisor to the firm, Mr. Traynor will now oversee sales, marketing, finance, and operations. Mr. Traynor is based out of the C-Labs office in Redmond, Washington. He reports to Chris Muench, Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Traynor brings valuable business leadership and technology industry expertise to C-Labs. With over 30 years' experience in the high-tech sector, John Traynor has held numerous...
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Gastroparesis, also called delayed gastric emptying, is a disorder in which the stomach takes too long to empty its contents. It often occurs in people with type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes.
Gastroparesis happens when nerves to the stomach are damaged or stop working. Theautonomic nervous systemcontrols the movement of food through the digestive tract. If the autonomic nervous system is damaged, the muscles of the stomach and intestines do not work normally, and the movement of food is slowed or stopped.
Diabetes can damage the autonomic nervous system if blood glucose levels remain high over a long period of time. High blood glucose causes chemical changes in nerves and damages the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients to the nerves.
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- an early feeling of fullness when eating
- weight loss
- abdominal bloating
- erratic blood glucose levels
- lack of appetite
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- spasms of the stomach wall
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Decades of segregation and inequality in Ferguson, as well as most American metropolitan areas, have fostered a racial inequality exacerbated by the criminalization of not just poverty, but the criminalization of black and brown bodies. Too many whites are too willing to believe that a black body poses a threat.
It's hard to continue. I wish it was my kids' bedtime. I wish the dishes were done. I wish the house was clean. I wish America wasn't racist. I wish Mike Brown was in police custody. I wish Darren Wilson admitted guilt. I wish America admitted guilt.
My daughter and I were standing in the middle of the baseball field in Inwood Hill Park, looking up at the stars, when something told me to check to see if the decision was finally announced. "NO INDICTMENT" stared back at me, taunting. I fell to my knees, crying. Yet again I was that kid watching an injustice occur right before my eyes and feeling helpless to do anything about it.
The gradual ground we have gained regarding our civil rights should not be confused with the literal stalemate we have had with the U.S. justice system regarding our human rights for more than 200 years.
Having failed so miserably earlier this month to express our justified anger at the ballot box, this Thanksgiving weekend, along with its Black Friday promotions, throughout the holiday season, and for whatever necessary days or months to come, we have been given the opportunity to express our justified rage, anew.
I don't think the fate of Darren Wilson as a human being really means anything to the ruling class. At the end of the day, people like Bob McCulloch aren't protecting Wilson so much as the system that he stood for.
This is a sad day. All of America's fathers, mothers and children should stay outraged and in motion for progress until we are finally what we say we are: One Nation, Under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All.
Last year, Mazy was aware and confident enough in herself, after coping with a lot of self-shame and bullying, to share with her family, second grade class and elementary school that she had always known she was a girl.
We are in a state of emergency, a time of challenge and controversy, but not because of the protestors. That state of emergency will continue until we stand, become uncomfortable, and demand a justice system that addresses the manifestation of pain in protest, the further chipping away of respect, and the real state of emergency our country faces.
This is consistent with the cultural logic that makes it okay in America to use brutal force when confronted by a Black villain. Thus, how can a grand jury indict Officer Darren Wilson when he was battling The Hulk?
We now all have the chance to examine the evidence -- released last night -- in the grand jury's decision not to indict white police officer Darren Wilson, who fired multiple bullets into Michael Brown. But the verdict on America's criminal justice system is already in for many Americans: guilty, for treating young black men differently than young white men.
I can't speak. My country has scarred me once again. How can I go to work in the morning on a train full of people who care not? At a workplace of people who missed the story because of football or reality television?
Perhaps the call to examine this one case would be understandable if justice came more often, but we've seen these unjust acts in communities of more color for far too long.
On March 22, 1991, a visibly shaken and angered President George H.W. Bush said he was "sickened and outraged" by what he saw on television. That was the beating of black motorist Rodney King by a swarm of LAPD cops.
The convenient spectacle of "violence in the streets" obscures the perpetuation of "structural violence" everywhere.
These things happen all the time, right? They will happen forever, right? It's nice to think they won't. It's probably best to think life won't always be like this. Optimism is good. But I know I'm going to have to tell my future children about this country. What should I tell them?
The tragedy of Michael Brown's death, unarmed and shot by a member of the Ferguson police, is now followed by the tragic failure of the local courts to force the policeman to stand trial. This cannot stand without a measure of accountability. And on that score look no further than the prosecutor's office.
Deep down, whether I want to admit or not, I know the truth. The racism that James Baldwin knew and ultimately made him leave the country isn't really gone. It's just changed its form.
To understand this moment, we have to understand that Ferguson is yet another unraveled thread in the closely woven fabric of racism that has cloaked this country for 500 years.
Arguably two of the most talented singers in the record books, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston have made names for themselves as commercially successful pop vocalists.
The careers of the two iconic beauties mirrored each other throughout the 1990s, with many people drawing comparisons between them. Both women were aligned with two of the most influential men in the music business, Tommy Mottola and Clive Davis, respectively, and both have survived controversy only to rise to the top of the charts again and resurrect their careers.
In our latest round of Tale of the Tape, we stack up "Mimi" and "The Voice" to see whether they had more in common than just their cultural impacts.
(M) Place of Birth: Long Island, N.Y.
(W) Place of Birth: Newark, NJ
(M) Also Referred to As: "Mimi"
(W) Also Referred to As: "The Voice"
(M) Humble Beginnings: Carey's parents divorced when she was 3, leaving her mother to juggle several jobs to support the family. When the songstress moved to New York to pursue a singing career, she also worked several part-time jobs to pay the rent, in addition to attending beauty school and singing as a backup singer for several artists.
(W) Humble Beginnings: Whitney lived in housing projects in Newark, NJ. Her parents divorced when she was a teenager, and she chose to live with her mother. After performing her first gospel solo at New Hope Baptist Church at the age of 11, she was fortunate enough to sing background vocals on Chaka Khan's hit single 'I'm Every Woman.'
(M) Connections to the Business: Dance/pop singer Brenda K. Starr (Mariah was a background singer for the 'I Still Believe' singer)
(W) Connections to the Business: Blues and gospel singer Cissy Houston (Whitney's mom); Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick (Whitney's cousins) mariah and Whitney
(M) Album Debut: 'Mariah Carey' (1990)
(W) Album Debut: 'Whitney Houston' (1985)
(M) Record Company Affiliations: Columbia, Virgin, Island
(W) Record Company Affiliations: Arista
(M) Total Number-One Singles: 18
(W) Total Number-One Singles: 11
(M) Total Number-One Albums:6
(W) Total of Number-One Albums: 5
(M) Total Number of Albums Sold: Over 160 million (albums and singles)
(W)Total Number of Albums Sold: Over 140 million (albums)
(M)Total Marriages: 2
(W)Total Marriages: 1
(M) Children: 0
(W) Children: 1 (Bobbi Kristina with former New Edition singer Bobby Brown)
(M) Luther Vandross Affiliation: In 1994, Vandross and Carey recorded a duet of Lionel Richie and Diana Ross's hit ballad 'Endless Love'
(W) Luther Vandross Affiliation: Vandross produced, arranged and performed background vocals on Houston's 'Who Do You Love' from her 1990 'I'm Your Baby Tonight' album
(M) Aretha Franklin Affiliation:Carey performed a duet of The Queen of Soul's 'Chain of Fools' with the legendary soul singer at the 1998 VH1 'Divas Live' television special.
(W) Aretha Franklin Affiliation: Franklin is Houston's godmother and appeared in a cameo in the 'How Will I Know' music video. The two also recorded a duet, 'It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be,' which appeared on Franklin's 1989 album Through the Storm. .'
(M) Antonio "L.A." Reid Affiliation: The LaFace founder executive produced Carey's 2005 comeback album 'The Emancipation of Mimi,' as well as her subsequent Island Records releases, including her new 'Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.'
(W)Antonio "L.A." Reid Affiliation: Reid, who previously produced songs on Houston's 'I'm Your Baby Tonight,' was Arista head when her lackluster 'Just Whitney' album was released. What was promoted as her comeback album was Houston's lowest selling album to date.
(M) Michael Jackson Affiliation: In 1992, Carey covered the Jackson 5's hit 'I'll Be There' alongside her background singer Trey Lorenz. She also sang the song at the late King of Pop's memorial service.
(W)Michael Jackson Affiliation: In 2001, the 'I Will Always Love You' singer made headlines when she opened the Michael Jackson '30 Anniversary Concert Concert' looking extremely thin.
(M) Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Affiliation: Elliott was featured alongside fellow female MC Da Brat on a remix to the 'Fantasy' singer's 'Heartbreaker.'
(W) Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Affiliation: The 'Supa Dupa Fly' rapper produced and appeared on two Houston tracks: 'In My Business' from 'My Love Is Your Love' and 'Things You Say' from 'Just Whitney.'
(M) Fugees Affiliation: Carey and the Fugees were both signed to Columbia Records in the 1990s. More recently, the Fugees' Wyclef Jean just recorded a song called 'Mr. Autotune' with Carey's husband, Nick Cannon, in 2009.
(W) Fugees Affiliation: Fugees front woman Lauryn Hill produced and sang background vocals on 'I Was Made To Love Him,' a spunky update of Stevie Wonder's 1960s classic 'I Was Made To Love Her' on Houston's 1998 CD 'My Love is Your Love.' Wyclef Jean produced what became Houston's third best-selling single and the album's title track 'My Love Is Your Love.'
(M) Disney Connections: Disney Connections: Mariah Carey has never produced a Disney movie, unlike Whitney, but she still has love for the happiest place on earth. Two weeks after her Bahamas shotgun wedding to Nick Cannon, the couple headed back to the states for a very public vacation at Walt Disney World Resort to relive their childhood dreams. The 'Fantasy' singer, who previously performed at the 2004 Disney Christmas Day Parade, and her new hubby took pictures with Mickey and Minnie Mouse and rode tons of rides, including Space Mountain and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
(W) Disney Connections: 'The Bodyguard' actress appeared alongside Brandy in the made-for-television movie 'Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella,' a revival of The Wonderful World of Disney series and produced by Disney. Houston has also served as a producer for the Disney franchises 'The Cheetah Girls' and 'The Princess Diaries.'
(M) Total Number of Movies: 6 (including 'Precious')
(W) Total Number of Movies: 4
(M) Movie Box Office Grosses: Over $239 million gross worldwide
(W) Movie Box Office Grosses: Over $525 million gross worldwide
(M) Controversies: Marrying a much younger Nick Cannon after dating the 'Bobby' star for just a few months.
(W) Controversies: Caught with marijuana in her and then-husband Bobby Brown's luggage on Jan. 11, 2000, at a Hawaii airport; getting fired from performing at the Academy Awards when she showed up jittery.
(M) Rehabilitations: Hospitalized in 2001 for exhaustion, which led to a physical and emotional breakdown
(W) Rehabilitations: Rumored to have entered drug rehabilitation programs several times in the past decade at the urgency of mentor Clive Davis and her mother Cissy Houston.
(M) Comeback Efforts: Many people counted the Grammy Award winner out of the music business until the release of her 2005 comeback album, 'The Emancipation of Mimi.' Not only did the critically acclaimed record garner 10 Grammy Award nominations, but it was also the biggest selling album of 2005 – amassing 10 million albums sold worldwide.
(W) Comeback Efforts: Houston's 2009 comeback album, 'I Look to You,' debuted at number one and became the best-selling first week sales of Houston's career. To date, 'I Look to You' is also the best selling album by a female in 2009.
(M) Best Friend Forever: Background singer Trey Lorenz
(W) Best Friend Forever: Former long-time executive assistant and childhood friend Robin Crawford
(M) Failed Vanity Projects: Founded short-lived Crave Records imprint, which most notably released R&B girl group Allure's debut project; Automatic Princess Jewelry line
(W) Failed Vanity Projects: Mentored Newark gospel group Sunday; the panned 'Family First' song with Houston, her mother, Cissy and her cousin Dionne Warwick, which was featured on the soundtrack to Tyler Perry's 'Daddy's Little Girls'
(M)Famous Boyfriends: Mexican singer Luis Miguel, New York Yankee baseball player Derek Jeter
(W) Famous Boyfriends: R&B singer/sex tape star Ray J, movie star Eddie Murphy, NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham
(M) Family Feuds: Carey's estranged HIV-positive sister Alison, who has been arrested twice for prostitution, shopped a tell-all book about her multi-millionaire sister in 2000. The tome was never released.
(W) Family Feuds: In 2002, associates for Houston's 81-year-old father, John Houston, sued the pop star for $100 million, claiming unpaid compensation for helping negotiate her Arista Records contact. Houston claimed the dispute arose by people attempting to take advantage of her ailing father, and the suit was later dismissed.
(M) TV Interviews Gone Wild: In 2001, pushing an ice cream cart, Carey appeared on the popular MTV video countdown show 'Total Request Live' for an interview with VJ Carson Daly to promote her 'Glitter' movie. Wearing a small T-shirt and booty shorts, Carey performed a striptease and slurred "I just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows." Carey checked into the hospital for exhaustion shortly thereafter.
(W) TV Interviews Gone Wild: The Whitney Houston quotable "Crack is Wack" came from her infamous Diane Sawyer sit-down in 2002. When questioned about her rumored drug use, the troubled singer asked Sawyer to "show her the receipts" for the drugs, among other things. The interview was one of the last that Houston did before taking a hiatus from the media. Her first televised interview since Sawyer did not come until 2009 with a widely-publicized two-day special appearance on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show.'
(M) Famous Celebrity Battles: Detroit rapper Eminem and Carey were at one point rumored to be a couple, then things got ugly. She recorded diss records like 'Clown' and her current single 'Obsessed' aimed at the 'Slim Shady' lyricist. And though, the 'Precious' star is sticking to her story that she never slept with Eminem, he maintains otherwise. He dished on being intimate with her and replied to her latest hit with a song called 'The Warning,' directed at both the singer and her latest husband, Nick Cannon.
(W) Famous Celebrity Battles: Houston and radio-shock-jock-turned-talk-show-host Wendy Williams had an on-air beef that played out in 2003 in which Williams questioned Houston about her rumored drug use. Houston responded with curse words, most notably charging, "If this were back in the day in Newark, I'd meet you outside, but not now, because I'm a lady with class." The New York Times best-selling author has since said she has buried the hatchet and is eager to have the 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' singer on her syndicated talk show.
Whitney Houston is number 1..There is no comparison..Her voice is awesome..I'm glad she's back.Luv Ya Whitney!
No Comparison...Hands down Houston is IN THE HOUSE!
Welcome back from Hell, Lady! We've been praying for you...and you are proof that God has the absolute last word.
We missed you, but we hear it was all; WORTH IT. Love that cut!
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i thought mariah
was pretty but she is show ugly what a peice
of crap make up do wonders wonders for she need it i hope she goes to bed with her make up on dont scare the crows
I think both women are super talented and I respect and love them both. Whitney came out when I was 13, and Mariah when I was a grown woman; (yeah right, only 18) LOL. They Both had (I didn't make a grammatical error when I said "HAD") powerful voices, but Mariah's octaves were a God sent. Whitney and Mariah are both FIERCE DIVAS. May they continue to flourish in this business, but most importantly; never forget to put God first.
Hello, no comparison.... Mariah can SCREAM but Whitney can sang!
scream? i am sorry, mi mi can still sing, but that 'crack is wack' singer has been still struggling and her so called comeback is pathetic compared to mimi's enormous one. haha
you're kidding, right?
go back and listen to the theme from "The Bodyguard" and then tell me what Carey--after she's plugged in to a studio engineer and session band, without which she sounds like one of those old spring toys walking down a flight of steps--has done to even approach the horizon of Whitney's skill?
we are talking about a woman rightfully called "The Voice", who can not just change, but ALTER ovtaves and back in the same breath effortlessly as a butterfly in flight, versus an MTV-created sham whose "five octave" squawking ranges from a carrier deck scene in "Top Gun", to the rinse cycle at your local automated car wash;
this is like comparing a ZR-1 to a Ford Mustang--ANY Mustang, Usain Bolt to Jesse Helms, Keith Olberman to Rush Limbaugh, the Beatles to the Bay City Rollers, the Jackson Five to the Osmonds, just about anybody else to Sarah Palin;
yes, it's that laughable;
and please don't try to impress with how many records Miss Wannabe Diva has sold to her fellow tone-deaf gum-poppers;
their grandparents were the suckers Barnum and Bailey referred to--and even they heard better range than "Mimi" from straining elephants under the Big Top..before the boys with the big brooms rushed in;
To even compare Whitney to Mariah in itself is a mistake. Whitney has been around longer than Mariah and played in award winning movies ex. Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale. Mariah grew up listening to Whitney...


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What can you legally do with a 529 college savings plan for your disabled child, if it now appears unlikely that he or she will attend college after all? Can you leave the money in the plan, or use it for something else? What taxes or penalties apply?
by Ronald Stiskin
The Controversy of Civil Asset Forfeiture
Civil asset forfeiture is an area of law that is growing more and more controversial each day, with calls for reform being made at the state and federal level, because of what many see as wide spread abuse of the system.
by John Leunig