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2004 BMW 7 Series 750Li
ProsComfort, Handling, Quality, Gadgets (TV, Real comfortable phones, all the electronic helpers). ConsPrice, Size (matter of taste). The standard leather interior is great, but compared to Audi 8 the desing is a little less appearing.
If You Can Afford Him... The Best Car For Travelling Ever. — I had this full equipped 750 longversion... my backpassengers had always fun like hell and the car is amazing. Sure - best of the best, we Germans build that year! But even this huge sedan had an incredible handling. I raced it ones through the rushhour against a small powerful roadster...and was impressed how easy to move this 2tons. But the real advatage is to travel in it...you don't need a living-room anylonger and you can drive for hours at highest speed. And BMW will always have the better handling than the S-class or a front or 4wd Audi 8 !
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2004 BMW 7 Series 745Li
ProsFabulously comfortable, well-appointed, spacious interior, numerous convenience features, very safe, good looking car. Handling is surprisingly nimble for such a big car, especially with after market sport wheels and tires. Power is very good and transmission is almost electric motor-like in its smoothness. Everything is of high quality and looks it. Highway mileage is a solid 25-26 mpg--extraordinary for such a large car. The ProLogic surround sound system is awesome. ConsThe only real complaint I have with this car is that repairs--while rare--are very expensive. Parking can be a bit of a challenge in the city because of its size. Also, the car is so smooth, quiet and powerful that it is very easy to find yourself doing 90+ mph and not realize it. I guess that is not really a complaint!
Great Family Sedan--if You Can Afford It! — This is a fabulous all-around family sedan with practically every luxury option imaginable. A big secret to many people is that these 7 Series BMW's are such a bargain once they get a couple of years old. They do not hold their value like the smaller BMW's, especially the 3 Series cars. That means there are some serious bargains to be had if you are OK with buying a used car. Most of the people who buy these cars new tend to take good care of them and don't abuse them when they drive. The trunk is enormous and the back seat in the Li model is large enough to have a party. It really feels like a limo. I have several other cars so do not drive this one all the time. When i do I am always struck by what a great car it is. Primary Use: Family transportation |
2004 BMW 7 Series 745Li
ProsThe BMW 745Li is an awesome automobile. Speed and handling of a sports car, with the ride and comfort of a luxury sedan. Loved it since day 1. ConsWish I had a warranty. Does not require maintenance often. But, when it does, it is pricey. Do-it-yourself maintenance recommended when and if possible.
2004 BMW 7 Series 745i
ProsGreat overall car, great ride, great gas mileage for a car this size and the handling is sport car like. ConsAngel eyes are a bit dim on this model but they can be replaced
745i — It was my first BMW and I still own her. She drives like a champion. Smooth and feels like I'm floating. For the age of it I still get a lot of compliments and offers to purchase it. I don't have any plans on passing it on anytime soon. I'm still less than 100k miles and I've only had to replace the starter. Regular maintenance is the key to keeping this beauty rolling. Primary Use: Family transportation |
2004 BMW 7 Series 745Li
ProsExterior is amazing, the interior is luxurious, and the engine produces more power than you would think. This car is simply fantastic. ConsMSRP is Pricey
Solid Ride-handles Like A Sports Car In A Large Sedan Body — I have owned many high end sports vehicles, at the present time I believe I have purchased the best money can buy in our 745LI. Comfort, style and drive are all to be commended as the top of comparable auto's sold. The price is still a bit pricey, but no question can be in doubt regarding all the features we were looking for in a car. Overall, the BMW is an amazing car well put together. It has everything you need, the exterior is amazing, the interior is luxurious, and the engine produces more power than you would think. This car is simply the dominant vehicle when compared to it's competitors. I would definitely recommend this magnificent car if your in the market for a 7 series. Primary Use: Family transportation
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2004 BMW 7 Series 745Li
ProsVery Smooth ride, yet still able to drive aggressively. It is both: Luxury & Sports Car all in one. Also has very convenient features. Can function every thing right from the driver seat, including the rear window shades. ConsMaintenance Costs.
Luxury & Sport All In One! — All I have to say about this car, is that it is the best car I have ever driven. It amazes me how smooth the ride quietly is, but some how the suspensions are stiff enough to prevent body roll. The BMW 7-Series is basically my old Buick Park Avenue and my Nissan Altima 3.5SE, put together which is the kind of car I like. Abundant interior space, with comfortable reclining Rear Seats. What is there not to like about this car, except for the price? This vehicle is a must have! Primary Use: Family transportation
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2004 BMW 7 Series 745Li
ProsSafe, comfortable, lots of amenities and gadgets, and has a huge back seat area. ConsI prefer smaller cars and my drive to work is six miles on surface streets so the car did not get enough highway time.
A Terrific Car If You Like To Drive With Friends. — I really enjoyed driving this car on the highway. We took a few trips to Georgia and the Carolinas and it was easy to handle at high speeds. The seats are very comfortable with heating or cooling when the conditions permit. It took a little practice getting used to the I-drive computer system although once I understood it I liked it. Primary Use: Commuting to work |
2004 BMW 7 Series 745i
ProsFast, good looking, well sized Consexpensive to maintain, gas
True Beauty That Gets Looks When Shes Rolling — I like the look of the car, clean lines, not much chrome real black on black car. Although pretty large it is quick enough to compete with much smaller vehicles and the handling is PURE BMW. When you need a large sedan that has get up and go this is an all time favorite! Primary Use: Commuting to work
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2004 BMW 7 Series 745Li
Proseverything Consgas
The Ultimate Driving Machine — this is has good power and a comfy ride. The 4.4 liter motor makes this car fly. I love the stability on this car. The 19" wheels makes this car hug corners like a train on tracks. enough said. peace Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
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2004 BMW 7 Series 745i
ProsBuy it....but make sure you have enough money for petrol ConsNothing at all.....You dont pay 65K to dislike anything in your car
Its A Beast — Best car ever had. Heavy on fuel but better consumption than the Mercedes S Class. Merc did 18mpg and BMW does 26mpg. Loving It. On the down side....its doesnt have as many toys as the Mercedes :( but hey thats the difference Primary Use: Family transportation |
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Handles great for a big car. You would never know that its so heavy. BMW has done it's job. Also has great acceleration and is a pleasure to drive. This has to be one of the best cars ever built and t... Read More
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I've owned and really liked many high end sedans. Lexus LS's (4 of them), Mercedes S class, Porsche Panamera and 3 BMW 7 Series. This is THE Best and favorite sedan I've ever owned. Everytime I get i... Read More
2012 BMW 7 Series Reviews
You'll Never Want Another Car After Driving This... By 2012750
Beautiful, fast, sleek, and fun to drive. BMW's flagship car is exactly that, the 7 series makes the 5 series look like a toy car. Once you drive the 750 with the xdrive you'll have a new appreciat... Read More
2011 BMW 7 Series Reviews
Love It By Georgezak
Love 7 series, have been driving them since 1999. Favorite car, nothing to say. Yes, it is a little expensive to keep, but it worth every penny. Would never trade it for budget civic or similar. Love ... Read More
Awsome By mikewing
I looked at many many cars before I settled on the 750Li. Compared Mercedes S550, Audi A8, and even looked at a Maserati although bad reputation for being reliable.....Definitely made the best choice... Read More
2010 BMW 7 Series Reviews
The Greatest Machine Ever Built By Centree
The parts are so expensive I'm on a maintenance plan.Handles well feels like your in a air plane.Great for travel.And if your single you won't be for long lol!!!.Other than that i would not trade for ... Read More
My Beautiful Wife's Fast Car. By Rats
Awesome to drive, and as well to be a passenger. This is our second 7 Series. We absolutely loved our first one, probably because it to was alpine white and a perfect color for the Sacramento Valley, ... Read More
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Interscope RecordsMadonna has announced she'll be bringing her Rebel Heart tour to 35 cities, beginning August 29 at Miami, Florida's American Airlines Arena.
Following stops in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other cities, the UK/European leg will kick off on November 4th in Koln, Germany, and will stop in Spain, Sweden, Italy, and elsewhere. Ticket details are available on Madonna's official website.
Here are the scheduled dates for Madonna's Rebel Heart tour:
North America/Puerto Rico:
8/29 -- Miami, FL, American Airlines Arena
9/2 -- Atlanta, GA, Philips Arena
9/5 -- San Juan, PR, Coliseo de Puerto Rico
9/9 -- Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
9/12 -- Washington, D.C., Verizon Center
9/16 -- New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
9/19 -- Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
9/24 -- Philadelphia, PA, Wells Fargo Center
9/26 -- Boston, MA, TD Garden
9/28 -- Chicago, IL, United Center
10/1 -- Detroit, MI, Joe Louis Arena
10/3 -- Atlantic City, NJ, Boardwalk Hall
10/5 -- Toronto, ON, Air Canada Centre
10/8 -- St. Paul, MN, Xcel Energy Center
10/11 -- Edmonton, AB, Rexall Place
10/14 -- Vancouver, BC, Rogers Arena
10/17 -- Portland, OR, MODA Center
10/19 -- San Jose, CA, SAP Center at San Jose
10/22 -- Glendale, AZ, Gila River Arena
10/24 -- Las Vegas, NV, MGM Grand Garden Arena
10/27 -- Los Angeles, CA, Forum
11/4 -- Koln, Germany, Lanxess Arena
11/7 -- Prague, CZ, O2 Arena
11/10 -- Berlin, Germany, Mercedes-Benz Arena (02 World)
11/14 -- Stockholm, Sweden, Tele 2 Arena
11/17 -- Herning, Denmark, Jyske Bank Boxen
11/21 -- Turin, Italy, Pala Alpitour
11/24 -- Barcelona, Spain, Palau Sant Jordi
11/28 -- Antwerp, Belgium, Sportpaleis
12/1 -- London, UK, O2 Arena
12/5 -- Amsterdam, Holland, Ziggo Dome
12/9 -- Paris, France, Bercy
12/14 -- Manchester, UK, Manchester Arena
12/16 -- Birmingham, UK, Barclaycard Arena
12/20 -- Glasgow, Scotland, The SSE Hydro
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Def JamKanye West announced the title of his next album Saturday night on Twitter.
The rapper revealed that he's titled the album So Help Me God. Kanye's tweet was accompanied by a photo of a diamond shape with lower case m's at each corner, which is said to be a 13th-century monastic symbol for the Virgin Mary.
So Help Me God could feature some of Kanye's recently-debuted songs, like "Only One" and "All Day." A release date has not yet been announced.
So Help Me God will be the follow-up to Kanye's 2013 album, Yeezus.
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Dana Edelson/NBCThis past weekend, Saturday Night Live aired a humorous video set to "Brave," the Sara Bareilles hit she co-wrote with Jack Antonoff of fun. Both artists then took to Twitter to announce their approval of the skit.
Going along with the song's lyrics, which declare "Say what you wanna say/and let the words fall out/Honestly, I wanna see you be brave," the video features a variety of women in different social situations, all saying what they really feel like saying -- no matter how rude or ignorant -- instead of trying to be polite. All the women are then shown punching the air in triumph and jumping for joy as "Brave" plays.
For example, when a woman is asked if she wants to share a cookie, she demands the whole thing. When a woman is asked at a party about her opinion on ISIS, she declares that she doesn't care about that topic, and never will. When a group of friends are out to dinner, one of them calls out the lone male member of the party for not kicking in his fair share of the bill. One woman orders another out of a public restroom because she can't, uh, "go" if there's someone else there. And when a guy says he doesn't want to hear spoilers about Breaking Bad, a woman gleefully tells him the ending of the show.
Sara tweeted a link to the video, writing, "Laughing and laughing," and quoted one of the lines from the video. Jack, meanwhile, wrote, "thank god for the brave SNL sketch. brilliant to the max."
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Monkey Business Images/Thinkstock(ORLANDO) -- A 6-year-old boy has achieved his dream job: being a firefighter.
Cameron Witsman, who was born with a lung defect, became an honorary firefighter on Friday in Eustis, Florida, a town about one hour northwest of Orlando.
Cysts grew in Cameron's lungs before he was born, his mother Caroline Witsman said. The disease is called congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation, Witsman told ABC affiliate WFTV, and when Cameron was four months old, he underwent a double lung transplant.
"If he would not have had the transplant he would not be alive today," Witsman said. "There were quite a few instances where we didn't know, but thank goodness he pulled though all of those."
Cameron, who has already survived so much, recognizes the importance of serving others; he said what he likes about firefighters is "helping people."
So Cameron's new employer, the Eustis Fire Department, put him to the test.
"His dream has always been to be a firefighter," said Chief Rex Winn of the Eustis Fire Department. "And we tried to make that dream come true."
The 6-year-old was given his own uniform and went to work, shooting down cones with a fire hose and even dragging dummies down the street, all with a huge grin across his face.
"Pretend fires, he runs all these pretend calls at home, so to get this opportunity for him has just been such a blessing, and I'm so thankful," his mother said.
"It's just so amazing to see that kind of fire in a young man," Winn added. "That young man's excitement and a dream that we can make happen for him. That's the good part of our job."
"Cameron wakes up with energy and he never wants to go to sleep at night," his mother said. "He's full of energy, vibrant smart, kindhearted, loves helping people."
While Cameron's energy is up, he still has a suppressed immune system, according to WFTV, requiring him to be home-schooled and take several medications a day.
"There was a few times where I was called... 'Cameron's doing really bad, I don't think he's going to make it, you need to get here now,'" Witsman said. "I can't even put into words how amazing it is that we're here today and we're doing well."
And the celebrations didn't stop at the fire house. Cameron was the guest of honor at a local parade today, during which he rode on a firetruck and handed out candy.
"It's such a heartwarming feeling. So awesome that they've taken this opportunity to really make his day and make his years," Witsman said.
And how did Cameron feel about the new job? "I'm proud to be a firefighter," the 6-year-old said.
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18k Rose Gold Irene Neuwirth Pendant, set with chrysophase, labrodorite and onyx.
Irene Neuwirth, Inc. is a privately owned fine jewelry company based in Los Angeles. Founded in 2000 by designer Irene Neuwirth, the company has emerged as a leading jewelry brand in the US, recognized by its uniquely modern and sophisticated designs. The Irene Neuwirth collections are widely anticipated season to season by a fashion-forward and discriminating clientele, who have come to expect a line that delivers a precise balance between timeless, collectable jewelry and the ultimate modern fashion statement.
Irene's fundamental inspiration is the ocean- its purity, power and color are all key elements at the origin of her work. Her fascination with intense colors and raw, un-manufactured gem cuts, have become signature trademarks of the line and make each piece a versatile work of art that can be worn in the most casual or elegant of settings. The Irene Neuwirth client is a thoroughly modern woman who expresses her individual style through fresh and sophisticated jewelry choices that hold an enduring place in her wardrobe.
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Mikis and the Donkey, written by Bibi Dumon Tak and illustrated by Philip Hopman (and translated by me), won this year's American Library Association's Mildred L. Batchelder Award for translated children's books. Many congratulations to Eerdmans Books for Young Readers and to all involved in creating this great book!
Hoorah for Mikis and the Donkey!
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From Amsterdam to Antwerp
Thanks to the people at the Flemish Literature Fund, I spent November at the beautiful Translators' House in the Zurenborg district of Antwerp, where I kept myself very busy translating and also checking out the sights of Antwerp.
It was a packed month, starting with the Expertisecentrum Literair Vertalen's workshops for translators of English into Dutch, which I co-moderated with Caroline Meijer and Harm Damsma and Niek Miedema. Michele Hutchison and I were on stand-by to help with any queries where a native speaker was required and it was fascinating to see what kind of questions come up when translating "the other way around", i.e. from English into Dutch. English is trickier than I thought…!
I also had the chance to check out the Antwerp Book Fair and was delighted to spot some children's books from Book Island. Publisher Greet Pauwelijn has a great eye for picture books!
The Flemish Literature Fund's tour for foreign poetry publishers took place in November and I went along to the opening, along with my housemate in the Translators' House, David McKay. We had a few good chats and were treated to some poems by Leonard Nolens himself, in German, English and Dutch.
I also took in a reading at the Letterenhuis with Peter Terrin, who kindly answered a few questions about his book Post Mortem, which I've just translated for MacLehose Press.
My friend Eva Devos from Stichting Lezen showed me their brilliant O Mundo project for schools. Based on picture books from all over the world, the project is aimed at primary-school children in Belgium and allows children whose families come from a different linguistic background to introduce their classmates and teachers to their other language, all with the help of illustrated books. I'd heard about O Mundo before, but actually seeing the books and trying to make sense of stories in all those different languages brought home to me what an important and powerful idea it is. I'd like my own suitcase full of picture books in dozens of different languages now!
I rounded off my month in Antwerp with a visit to Grafixx, the alternative publishing and zine festival, which had an impressive animated film programme and a great comics market down in the basement. Comics artist Brecht Vandenbroucke also gave a very interesting talk about his work and his artistic path.
Translation plans were discussed.
Books were bought, mainly at Mekanik Strip and De groene waterman.
It being Belgium, chips were, of course, eaten.
And a couple of cocktails involving Elixir d'Anvers were consumed. This particular one, with cava, was from the Zuiderterras, a restaurant with one of the best views in Antwerp.
For most of the month, though, this friendly little desk was my base.
Thanks, Antwerp, for a fun and productive month!
"A sparkling book, filled with wonder"
I'm so pleased that I was given the opportunity to translate Cees Nooteboom's Letters to Poseidon, which MacLehose Press have just published in this beautiful edition, with a foreword by Alberto Manguel. I always enjoy following Nooteboom on his travels, and this book, featuring musings and letters addressed to the god Poseidon, is an absolute delight. It was a joy both to read and to translate. Justin Marozzi's review in The Spectator reflects my own feelings about Letters to Poseidon: "an engrossing journey across continents… there is little chance anyone reading Nooteboom would ever be bored. This is a sparkling book, filled with wonder." I can't recommend this book highly enough.
Mikis and the Donkey
Eerdman Books for Young Readers recently published my translation of Bibi Dumon Tak's Mikis and the Donkey, beautifully illustrated by Philip Hopman. It's a lovely little gem of a book about a young boy who teaches his grandfather to take good care of the family's donkey. The story's warm and fun and its message about animal welfare is both subtle and effective. Bibi also wrote Soldier Bear, which I translated for Eerdmans a couple of years ago. Here's wishing Mikis and his donkey every success!
News about The Letter for the King
Pushkin Children's Books released this beautiful cover for the new winter edition of The Letter for the King today. Silvery, shiny and snowy, it's perfect for the winter months. Such a stunning design!
Excitingly, The Letter for the King has also recently been shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation, together with five other great children's titles.
Meanwhile, over at The Independent, Simon Usborne has written a brilliant article about the background of the book and how it came to be published in English. It's lovely to see this wonderful book getting the attention it deserves!
UKLA longlists
It's fantastic to see three children's books in translation on the longlists for the UK Literacy Association's awards. Tonke Dragt's The Letter for the King, which I translated for Pushkin Children's Books, is in the 7-11 category. The category for older readers (12-16+) includes two titles in translation: Timothée de Fombelle's Vango, translated by Sarah Ardizzone for Walker Books, and Wolfgang Herrndorf's wonderful Tschick, translated by Tim Mohr as Why We Took the Car for Andersen Press and for Arthur A. Levine in the States. There are so many other great books on the UKLA lists too. I'm heading off to the bookshop with a long list of my own…
Pamplona – and beyond!
Jan van Mersbergen's brilliant Tomorrow Pamplona, which I translated for Peirene Press (2011), has been optioned by First Born Films. I'm over the moon for Jan and I hope that the project goes all the way. Tomorrow Pamplona is a very visual book and it reads like a road movie, so I'm already wondering what the characters might look like on screen…
Here's a picture of Jan and me at a reading of Tomorrow Pamplona in Copenhagen in June this year, where we were kindly invited by Ark Books, a great little non-profit bookshop that specializes in translations. Definitely worth a visit if you're in Copenhagen.
And another hoorah for comics!
I recently translated these two, very different graphic novels. Willy Linthout's beautifully written What We Need to Know (Conundrum Press) is a touching family drama about three brothers, each struggling with his own demons. Legends of the Tour by Jan Cleijne (Head of Zeus), which I translated with Michele Hutchison, is a stunningly illustrated – and very timely – account of the Tour de France, its history, its heroes and its scandals. Two absolutely cracking reads – and great fun to translate!


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Bowing to years of growing local, national and international pressure, Richmond City Council voted Nov. 10 to keep baseball on the Boulevard, where it has been played for nearly 60 years. This effectively kills – for now – the reactionary, developer-driven proposal to build a baseball stadium in historic Shockoe Bottom, once the center of the massive U.S. domestic slave trade.
As we celebrate this important victory, we call on all defenders of Black History to rededicate ourselves to reclaiming and memorializing a section of Shockoe Bottom in order to pay homage to the hundreds of thousands of Black people who suffered and resisted on this sacred ground.
This latest proposal to build a stadium in the Bottom – the fourth such proposal that we are aware of – was first raised Aug 5, 2012, in a Richmond Times-Dispatch opinion piece co-signed by Jack Berry, Executive Director of Venture Richmond, and Kim Scheeler, President and CEO of the Greater Richmond Chamber (of Commerce). These two wealthy white men represent the ruling 1 percent of the Richmond region, including the developers who stood to profit handsomely from the proposal.
Not once in their opinion piece did they mention slavery or the slave trade in which Shockoe Bottom played the central role.
An opposing opinion published two weeks later in the Times-Dispatch threw down the gauntlet, declaring, "There will be no baseball stadium in Shockoe Bottom." That piece was co-signed by Defenders Ana Edwards and Phil Wilayto; Shawn Utsey, at the time the Chair of African American Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University; and then-Virginia State Conference NAACP Executive Director King Salim Khalfani.
It was one year ago today, on Nov. 11, 2013, that Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones unveiled the Revitalize RVA economic development plan that included as its anchor a Shockoe Bottom stadium.
From the first anti-stadium salvo in 2012, the opposition movement has grown to include hundreds of people – Black organizations such as the African Ancestral Chamber, All as One, Urban Awareness, Inc.; Nation of Gods & Earths; and the Richmond Branch NAACP. Important support came from Latino immigration rights activists and from progressive organizations like the Wayside Center for Popular Education; Collective X; Flying Brick Library; 13ainbridge Collective; Shockoe Resistance; Food Not Bombs; and many more.
Hundreds of people attended City Council meetings. More than three dozen academics and museum directors signed a statement opposing a Shockoe Bottom stadium. Close to 5,000 people have signed an anti-stadium petition. Descendants of "Twelve Years a Slave" author Solomon Northup traveled to Richmond to speak out against the stadium. Through vigil after vigil, rally after rally, protest after protest, the word spread and more and more people because involved.
The struggle reached a critical mass, resulting in global news coverage, including in The New York Times and Washington Post, the AP and Reuters news services, National Public Radio, CBB and media outlets Canada, Europe and Africa.
Earlier this year major preservationist groups took up the cause, including Preservation Virginia and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, encouraging Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o, who played Patsey in the movie version of "Twelve Years a Slave," to write Mayor Jones asking him to back off from the stadium proposal and instead involve the community in a genuine discussion about how to properly memorialize Shockoe Bottom.
Throughout this struggle, Venture Richmond and the Greater Richmond Chamber spent at least $50,000 in a slick pubic relations campaign to try and convince Richmonders – especially the city's Black community – that a Shockoe Bottom stadium was in their interests. Mayor Jones spent more than a half-million in taxpayer dollars on "studies" for the same purpose – while the city's public schools continued to deteriorate to the point where a group of high school students marched on City Hall demanding "Money for Schools, Not for Stadiums!"
The fight came down to a long, drawn-out public relations battle for the hearts and minds of the public. It was truly David against Goliath – and David won.
The Defenders are proud of the role we have played in this fight. As an organization that for 12 years has been fighting for "Freedom, Justice & Equality," we were in a unique position to explain the real issues from a position of credibility. Our newspaper, The Virginia Defender, and our weekly radio program Defenders LIVE, played central roles in educating, motivating and organizing the opposition. We hosted a series of activist meetings to make sure all voices were represented in devising strategy and tactics. We supported all opposition efforts – the Baseball on the Backs of Blacks initiative, the billboard campaign, protests at the Diamond stadium, the referendum effort and more.
But we always knew the fight would come down to one thing: was the community – especially the Black community – willing to come forward and fight to defend and preserve the sacred ground of Shockoe Bottom? The answer was a resounding YES!, and last night we all succeeded in stopping the stadium.
Victory is sweet, but now it's on to the second, even more important stage of this struggle: to reclaim and properly memorialize a section of Shockoe Bottom. Working with other community advocates and organizations and the National Trust, we are moving forward with this effort A broad set of guiding principles is being developed that will be raised and discussed at a series of community meetings around Richmond. Many voices – but especially the voices of the descendant community – will have input. Should there be a museum? An interpretive center? A genealogy center? A performing arts space? A Sacred Ground Memorial Park? Statues? Signage? Tours? All this must be decided collectively, with the Black community having the primary voice – and the primary economic benefits of any development.
And then we will encourage the City do the right thing.
As we stated in the August edition of The Virginia Defender, we are giving the City of Richmond until April 3, 2015, to demonstrate that it is serious about creating a community-driven Shockoe Bottom memorial. That date will mark the 150th anniversary of the Liberation of Richmond and the ending of more than 100 years of slavery in the city. What a travesty – an international shame – it would be if by that date the now-majority-Black former Capitol of the Confederacy has still failed to rise to the challenge of facing the city's past and moving in a united way to a better, more honest future.
If there is no progress by April 3, the Defenders will announce plans to protest at the UCI Road World Championships, the international bicycle competition scheduled for September 2015 here in Richmond. Some 400,000 visitors are expected, along with reporters from more than 100 countries and millions of television viewers.
The Defenders have been very creative in the past in finding ways to focus media and public attention on local issues. Hopefully, April 3 will be a day of celebration – both of the end of slavery in Richmond and of a process for the city to finally come to terms with its terrible past, a past directly related to most of the social and economic challenges facing Richmond today.
We strongly encourage the City – its mayor, City Council and other officials– to do the right thing.
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Shockoe Bottom relevant ordinances returned to city council meeting on Mon., Nov. 10; here are the results:
ORDINANCE No. 2014-204
As Amended
To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Stadium Use Agreement, as amended, between the City of Richmond and Navigators Baseball LP, for the purpose of granting Navigators Baseball LP a right to use the property known as The Diamond, located at 3001 North Boulevard.
INTRODUCED: October 13, 2014
Patron – Mayor Jones
RESOLUTION No. 2014-R156
As Amended
To support efforts by the Economic Development Authority to negotiate with the desired intent to acquire the properties known as
103 Ambler Street, 1601 East Grace Street, 1600 East
Franklin Street, 1604 East Franklin Street, 1606 East Franklin Street, 1610 East Franklin Street,
200 North 17th Street, 208 North 17th Street, 212 North 17th Street, 214 North 17th Street, 220
North 17th Street, 222 North 17th Street, 1715 East Grace Street, 300 Oliver Hill Way, 400 Oliver
Hill Way, 510 Oliver Hill Way, 101 North 17th Street, 207 North 18th Street, 1800 East Grace
Street, and 1609 East Franklin Street
for the purpose of developing one or more facilities for commercial enterprises in order to promote economic development in Shockoe Bottom and the City.
INTRODUCED: July 14, 2014
Patron – Mr. Baliles
Committee - 2013-2016 Land Use, Housing, and Transportation
RESOLUTION No. 2014-R184
To request that the Chief Administrative Officer cause to be issued a request for proposals for the purpose of selecting a development company for the Boulevard Site.
INTRODUCED: September 8, 2014
Patrons – Mr. Baliles and President Samuels
Committee - 2013-2016 Organizational Development
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Chokwe Lumumba's death is a loss both personal and collective.
Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba died at the age of 66 on Feb. 25, 2014.
Taking office just last July, a true people's mayor, Lumumba lived according to his principles - without fear, with strength and faith in the people. He was a Black man committed to his belief in unity of all peoples while advocating for the self-determination of Black people. He was a good man and he was elected mayor in a majority Black city in a period when most elected people elected are too afraid to speak truth to power and money, much less act truth to power and money. He had a plan, it's now the plan of the people of Jackson. Chokwe Lumumba is now one of our beloved ancestors. Long live the heart of Chokwe Lumumba. Long live the people of Jackson Mississippi. Long live the People. May Richmond live and learn as well.
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Report-Back: The murder trial of Ashley Williams began this morning
The murder trial of Ashley Williams began this morning in Richmond circuit court, John Marshals Courts Builiding, 400 N. Marshall St.
Ms. William is the single, poor, 27-year old, African American mother charged with deliberately neglecting her youngest child D'Shawn, allowing him to starve to death. D'Shawn died on May 30, 2009, and it is only because of intense community interest in the case that the prosecution of Ms. Williams was delayed until today. Members of the family and the community have packed virtually every court hearing over the last several years.
The previous judge recused himself without comment, and the trial is being presided over by a visiting jurist, Judge Alfred B. Swersky. The morning was taken up by jury selection. The composition of the 12 jurors and 2 alternates is 8 whites, 6 African American, and includes 5 white men, 3 white women, 3 Black men and 3 Black women. After jury selection and a short break, opening statements were made. The 2 sides presented diametrically opposed portraits of Ms. Williams.
The prosecution spoke first, arguing that Ms. Williams never wanted her youngest child, and neglected him in a way she did not her other children, that she failed to follow doctors orders and didn't feed the child adequately, particularly giving him nothing to eat in the last 3 days of his life.
The defense, Virginia state delegate Joe Morrisey, assisted by Paul Gregorio, attorneys from the law firm of Morrissey & Goldman, argued that far from being a neglectful parent, Ms. Williams was an extraordinary and compassionate caregiver, who had taken into her home her terminally ill mother (who was dying of lupus), with 3 toddlers at home, and while working a full time job with no health benefits. She asked a half sister to care for her newborn until her mother passed. When she started receiving more family help, she brought D'Shawn back to her home. Concerned about his continued low weight (his birth weight was 5lb 13oz) she repeatedly brought him to physicians at Manchester Pediatrics and Memorial Hospital (confirming the name of the hospital). D'Shawn was seen by physicians as late as 2 weeks before he died. No alarms were raised. At her doctor's suggestion she was feeding him PediaSure (a nutritional supplement food for infants and children) which she determinedly tried to get him to eat and then ran out of a few days before the end of the month as well as the money to buy it.
Morrissey said he would present several witnesses along with photographs and a video showing Ms. Williams trying to get D'Shawn to eat in the weeks before he died.
The trial broke for lunch, then resumed at 2:15. It is expected to continue into Wednesday.
Along with family members who are also witnesses in the trial, attending today were Marty Jewell (former city council member), Scott Price (Alliance for Progressive Values), members of the Defenders, of CollectiveX, and the prisoner support group SPARC, among others.
The Defenders are making a special appeal to the Black community! Ashley is facing up to 45 years in prison for crimes she did not commit. The judge is white, the 2 prosecutors are white. Her defense attorneys are white. Even the 4 news reporters covering the trial are white. The Virginia Defender is the only community newspaper covering the trial. Don't let Ashley stand alone. Come out this afternoon. Come out tomorrow morning. The court room number will be posted. If you can only come for 20 minutes, don't let this sister face this trial without knowing that her own community has her back.
Ana Edwards, on behalf of the Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality
Sunday, March 10, 2013
MON., March 4 - DefendersLIVE on WRIR 97.3 fm - Noon: Ashby Anderson
, jazz pianist, composer and founder of the Muse Creative Workspace in Shockoe Bottom discusses the making of the Richmond History Suite and the role of music in struggle, memory and place-making. Listen to this interview at DefendersLIVEradio.blogspot.com/listen
March 7 - 29 - The 60-day public comment period on TRAP
(Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers) is now open. The VA Board of Health will make their third and final vote on April 12, and will be hearing public comments in the form of writing, phone calls, and in person hearings from now until March 29th. There are two scheduled public comment periods on March 7 & 12. Learn more at http://www.facebook.com/events/495571623823452/
MON, March 11 - "
Remembering Fukushima ~ No Nukes ~ Renewable Energy Rally
- "We want to let Dominion Virginia Power know that their continued use of nuclear power with it's production of toxic forever nuclear waste is unacceptable. We NEED safe renewable energy NOW ~ NO More Nukes!" 3/11/13 marks the 2nd year of the ongoing nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan.
11 a.m.
picketing, noon rally. Outside Dominion Virginia Power, 701 E. Cary St. Richmond VA. 23219
MON., March 11 - DefendersLIVE on WRIR 97.3 fm - Noon: Gabriel's Rebellion Strikes Again!
Historian, author, and director of public events and outreach for the Library of Virginia,
Gregg Kimball
joins us on this Pledge Drive Monday to talk about the debut of
"Pinning Gabriel's Rebellion"
which is a new way to make digital materials still more accessible to the public. On Wednesday, March 13th from 12noon to 1pm, historians Gregg Kimball, Michael Nicholls, and Phil Schwarz will demonstrate how a (relatively) new website HistoryPin (
), allows us to trace the activities and events leading up to the best-planned slave insurrection in Virginia. Learn a bit more at
TUES., March 12 - 7 pm -
Public Knowledge Series: Prison Industrial Complex
- Richmond Salon II at VCU Student Commons -
Students for Social Action at VCU
- - The second event in SSA's Public Knowledge Series for 2013, a forum on the Prison Industrial Complex. Panelists include: Liz Canfield- Assistant Professor: Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Dept. at VCU; Richael Faithful and/or Scott Roberts- Advancement Project: Rights Restoration & School to Prison Pipeline; Lillie Branch-Kennedy-Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged (Prison Reform Advocacy); Supporting Prisoners and Acting for Radical Change (SPARC) Virginia Chapter .
WED., March 13 - Two programs to explore "Gabriel's Conspiracy"
7 pm - "Gabriel's Conspiracy: Exploring the Richmond Slave Rebellion of 1800."
Presentations by Dr. Michael Nicholls, professor emeritus of history at Utah State University and author of "Whispers of Rebellion: Narrating Gabriel's Conspiracy," and Dr. Philip J. Schwarz, professor emeritus of history at VCU and author of "Gabriel's Conspiracy: A Document History." These two books will be on sale at the program. W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave.. Richmond. Presented by VCU Libraries in partnership with the Year of Freedom Committee, the VCU Department of History, the VCU Department of African American Studies and the Library of Virginia. Moderated by Omilade Janine Bell, founder/artistic director of the
gba Folklore Society and Cultural Center, member of the Richmond Slave Trail Commission. Event registration at
Noon – 1 p.m. - "Pinning Gabriel's Rebellion"
- Using the (relatively) new website HistoryPin (www.historypin.com), historians Gregg Kimball, Michael Nicholls, and Phil Schwarz will trace the activities and events leading up to the best-planned slave insurrection in Virginia. The region's geography and the library's documents are merged on the website to graphically depict the actions and aftermath of the Henrico bondsman. Presented in partnership with VCU Libraries. Lecture Hall, Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St. Information: Ray Bonis, Archives Coordinator, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries; Phone: (804) 828-1108; email:
FRI., March 15 - African American Community Course:
March 18 - DefendersLIVE on WRIR 97.3 fm - Noon
TUES., March 19 - Join the Richmond Peace Education Center
for a community forum about militarism and the U.S. defense budget. 7-9:30 p.m. in the Commons Theater on the VCU Monroe Park campus, 907 Floyd Ave., Richmond.
SAT., March 23 – 5-7 pm - "'A Thirst for Independence': Richmond's Black Community Shapes Its Emancipation"
- A talk by Peter Rachleff, author of "'Black Labor in Richmond, 1865-1890." Kitty's Grill (bring cash for drink and food; not veg friendly), 2828 Nine Mile Rd. (corner of 29th & Nine Mile in Church Hill). Free. Sponsor: Richmond, Virginia, Industrial Workers of the World. Information: Ph: 804-496-1568; Email: firstname.lastname@example.com; web: www.richmondiww.org.
March 25 - DefendersLIVE on WRIR 97.3 fm - Noon
THURS., March 28 – New issue of The Virginia Defender
. Volunteers needed to help distribute it. If interested, please call 80-4-247-3731 or email
SAT., March 30 - "What's behind the crisis in Mali?"
- A talk in Philadelphia by Defender Ana Edwards, who was in the West African country in January when U.S.-backed French forces intervened. Ana, host of the weekly DefendersLIVE! Radio program on WRIR, is also the president of Virginia Friends of Mali. This was her third visit to the former French colony, one of the poorest countries in the world, but one with great geo-political value to the U.S. military. Sponsor: Philadelphia Chapter of the International Action Center. Information: IAC – Ph: 212.633.6646 • E-mail:
SUN., March 31 - "What's behind the crisis in Mali?"
- A talk in Norfolk, Va., by Defender Ana Edwards,.4 p.m., House of Consciousness, 650 W. 35th St., Norfolk. Sponsor: Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality. Information: 804-644-5834; email: email@example.com.
MON., April 1 - DefendersLIVE on WRIR 97.3 fm - Noon
WED., April 3 - LIBERATION DAY: CELEBRATION
, African Ancestral Chamber
SAT., April 6 - Civil War & Emancipation Day, sponsored by the Future of Richmond's Past.
The Defenders' Sacred Ground Project will have a tent and Ana Edwards will conduct a guided tour of Richmond's African Burial Ground. Visit www.futureofrichmondspast.org for schedule of this multi-site event. 9:30 am - 5:00 pm.
THUR., April 8 - DefendersLIVE on WRIR 97.3 fm - Noon: The final vote on TRAP
(Targeted legislation by the Virginia Board of Health will take place at their meeting on April 12th. Molly Taylor Vick will discuss this critical part of the struggle for women's human and social rights.
WED., April 24 – Rally to demand freedom for U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
– Philadelphia, PA. - Mumia's 59th Birthday. 11 am, Philadelphia's City Hall Area, Gathering at Love Park. Rally, March, and Other Events to Be Announced. Demand freedom for Mumia now – end police terrorism.
MON., May 20 - Ashley Williams trial opens
. 9 am, John Marshal Courts Building, 400 N. 9th zt., Richmond. PACK THE COURTROOM – FREE ASHLEY WILLIAMS!
Sunday, January 27, 2013
UNAC Statement on US Military Intervention in AFRICA
UPDATE 27 January 2013: The day the statement below was being released, the insurgent forces of the northern Mali called an end to their ceasefire and attacked the city of Douentza in central eastern Mali and quickly moved into Konna, a town further west that put them closer to the country's second-largest airstrip
strategically located
in Sevare very close to Mopti. This prompted the long ready intervention of French troops which began helicopter airstrikes on January 12, launching the influx of nearly 3,700 French troops and 2,000 African troops with the expectation that up to 5,700 African troops will be in Mali in the very near future. While the northern forces seem to be in retreat, they have the territorial savvy to be able to retreat, disperse, regroup and come again. The US, which is currently transporting French troops and materiel to Bamako Senou Airport for deployment in the north, obviously providing key logistical and intelligence support for France's intervention, has also claimed unable to provide direct support to Malian forces because it has no legitimate government. That would be the same "illegitimate" government that asked France to intervene.
So , just in case you weren't clear: MALI is at WAR.
Please read the following statement, released on January 11, 2013, by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), concerning the rapidly escalating U.S. involvement in the West African Republic of Mali.
Old heads will see the beginnings of a repeat of Vietnam, younger folks will see similarities with the now 11-year-old war in Afghanistan, and we all should be able to recognize the danger of yet another long-term, U.S. military intervention abroad, this time in Africa.
Note to our Virginian readers: The old Malian Empire was the homeland for many of the Africans stolen from their homes and forced into chattel slavery here in Virginia. Many of those interred in Richmond's African Burial Ground likely were from that region. Richmond has a sister-city relationship with Segou, Mali's second-largest city, just five hours from the recent fighting. It's a terrible situation, but the last force on earth that can resolve it is the U.S. military, which never intervenes anywhere except to promote the interests of U.S. corporations.
US sending 3500 troops to Africa
On Christmas Day, 2012 – a time when few people were paying attention to the news – the Associated Press reported that the Obama administration had decided to send some 3,500 U.S. troops early in 2013 into as many as 35 of Africa's 54 countries, claiming it is part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to train countries to battle "extremists" and to "give the United States a ready and trained force to dispatch to Africa if crises requiring the U.S. military emerge."
History of U.S. forces in Africa
It was a significant escalation of what has been a steadily increasing introduction of U.S. forces into the formerly colonized continent. Over the past few decades, the U.S. has devoted more and more attention to Africa, both because of its vast natural resources, consumer and government markets and historically cheap labor, and because of the U.S.' increasingly fierce competition with China both for these resources and for political influence with African countries.
On Dec. 30 the AP reported the president had sent 50 U.S. troops to Chad, "to help evacuate U.S. citizens and embassy personnel from the neighboring Central African Republic's capital of Bangui in the face of rebel advances toward the city."
In the fall of 2011, the U.S. sent about 100 U.S. troops "to help hunt down the leaders of the notoriously violent Lord's Resistance Army in and around Uganda." (CNN, Oct. 11, 2011)
That same CNN article reported the Pentagon also was "sending equipment to Central African armed forces and training a Democratic Republic of Congo light infantry battalion deployed in that country's northeast" and that the Pentagon's U.S.Africa Command, or AFRICOM, was "exploring ways to support the military of South Sudan."
By early October 2010, the report stated, "the U.S. military had more than 1,700 troops deployed in sub-Saharan Africa," mostly stationed in the small East African country of Djibouti, but with "at least a small presence in 33 different nations in sub-Saharan Africa."
Although AFRICOM now operates throughout Africa, its operational command center is still in Stuttgardt, Germany. That's because no African country has yet agreed to host it. The Command now may have found its de facto headquarters in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, from which it has been sending drone surveillance flights over northern Mali.
In June 2005, AFRICOM launched its five-year Trans-Saharan Counter Terrorism Partnership. That was followed in 2006 with Flintlock, a now annual "regional exercise among African, Western, and U.S. counterterrorism forces."
In February 2012, there was Atlas Accord 12, an "annual-joint-aerial-delivery exercise, hosted by U.S. Army Africa," which "brings together U.S. Army personnel with militaries in Africa to enhance air drop capabilities and ensure effective delivery of military resupply materials and humanitarian aid." (Website of U.S. Army Africa, AFRICOM, Feb. 10, 2012.) This took place while the Tuareg rebellion was unfolding in the north.
The arguments supporting the deployments are always the same: the presence of "Islamists" or other extremists in countries suffering from a lack of financial resources, unstable governments and internal strife – all of which, where they exist, can be traced to the legacy of Western colonialism and neocolonialism.
U.S. intervention in Mali
One country has emerged as a particular focus of interest for the U.S. military: the West African Republic of Mali.
Early in 2012, long-simmering grievances of various ethnic groups in Northern Mali erupted in a resumption of an off-and-on-again armed struggle for independence that dates back to the French colonial period. On March 21 a group of mid-level officers and rank-and-file soldiers, angered by the government's inability to effectively combat the rebellion, staged a coup, ousting the democratically elected president, Amadou Toumani Toure. Prior to the coup, AFRICOM had established training programs and joint operations with the Malian army.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Tuaregs who had sought work in Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's Libya, some as soldiers in the Libyan army, were returning home to escape the anti-Black pogroms being carried out by the Western-backed "rebel" forces. Many came back with their weapons and joined the rebellion. On April 6 the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, or MNLA, a military-political force representing the impoverished Tuareg people in Northern Mali, declared the northern half of the country to be a new, independent nation.
Also coming into the country were what the U.S. described as large numbers of Arab fighters who identified with forces such as Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), whose goal was to take control of all of Mali and impose a severe interpretation of Sharia law.
It was the presence of these outside forces that gave the U.S. and France an excuse to try and orchestrate a regional military intervention in Mali, supposedly to prevent the North from becoming a haven for terrorists. In addition, U.S. and France are both planning to send spy drones over the territory to assist in identifying targets for overt bombing missions.
However, those reports of large numbers of Islamists entering the area have been denied by the rival MNLA.
"The arrival of convoys of jihadists from Sudan and the Western Sahara are totally false," said MNLA spokesperson Ibrahim Ag Mohamed Assaleh. "We categorically deny it." (AFP, Oct. 22, 2012)
Even a Malian security source told the French Press Agency that there is "the arrival of new terrorists in the north of Mali," but that claims of several hundred are "exaggerated." (Sapa-AFP, Oct. 22, 2012)
Ignoring these objections, the U.S. and France are now making political, diplomatic and military plans to force through a U.N.-backed plan to essentially invade Mali and take control of its weak political and military infrastructure. The mechanism for the invasion would be the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, a 15-nation regional political and military alliance in which the U.S. has strong influence.
Why Mali?
Why Mali? Two reasons: oil, and the country's critical geo-political importance.
It has long been suspected that the northeastern region of Mali that borders Algeria potentially holds vast oil and gas reserves. The recent confirmation of oil reserves near Tessalit, a small Malian oasis town about 40 miles from the Algerian border, has fed Western hunger for control of that area.
The second reason for the intensifying U.S. interest is that Mali borders no less than seven West and North Africancountries, including Algeria, Niger, Senegal and Mauritania. Controlling Mali would give the U.S. an important hub from which to influence regional developments. This has been Washington's strategy for the Continent as a whole: to use economic aid and military training to develop close relationships with key governments and their militaries – such as Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda – so the U.S. can use them as a network of regional proxies to control all of Africa. This was the strategy that England and France used to control the Middle East after World War I, as well as the one England used with such success in India during that country's colonial period.
Meanwhile, there is not one significant force in or out of the Malian government that has called for outside intervention, whether led by the Western powers or ECOWAS.
Without a doubt, Africa has many problems – poverty, insufficient infrastructure, AIDS, high infant mortality rates and short life expectancies. Such is the legacy of the forced removal of tens of millions of its most productive people, as well as the many years of brutal and exploitative colonization.
Responsibility of antiwar movement
But Africa still is a continent of vast natural resources: gold, diamonds, uranium, oil, natural gas, fishing and agriculture. There is no reason why Africans cannot develop these resources to not only meet their own needs but to be in a position to help other impoverished peoples. But first they must have something they lost hundreds of years ago: control over their continent's riches.
The U.S. anti-war movement, which has fought so hard to oppose U.S. intervention in the Middle East and other regions of the world, must take up the long-overdue struggle to oppose U.S. intervention in Africa. We must demand the dismantling of AFRICOM. We must oppose any U.S. or European-led intervention in Mali. We must call for the withdrawal of all Western troops from the Continent. We must demand Western reparations for the unimaginable damage wrought on Africa andAfricans by centuries of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, colonialism and neocolonialism.
To do any less would be to abandon our international responsibilities and our commitment to help win a just and peaceful world for all.
U.S. Out of Africa! Shut Down AFRICOM!
No Intervention in Mali!
Reparations for Centuries of Exploitation!
Money for Jobs and Education, Not for War and Occupation!
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Jodi Picoult Not Thrilled With New Ending to My Sister's Keeper Movie
Jodi Picoult Not Thrilled With New Ending to My Sister's Keeper Movie
Fans of Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper should expect to see a different ending in the movie version than the book's ending when the film hits theaters June 26. Picoult herself hasn't yet seen the movie but has read the script, and recently told USA Today, "Having the ending changed would certainly not have been my choice. I wrote the ending very intentionally because I wanted to leave the reader with a certain message. And changing that ending changes that message. However, I am excited to see the movie and to judge it on its strengths."
Some fans of the book, however, are not OK with the change at all. Outraged by the news, a 16-year-old in Jericho, NY, has started the Facebook group "Save My Sister's Keeper!!" which currently has over 1,600 members. On the group page, the teen writes that she sent a petition to New Line Cinema's Toby Emmerich but hasn't heard back from him.
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Hardware news tagged 4G
Global 4G/LTE Traffic will Grow by Over 200% in 2013 – Research.
[11:00 pm]
Smartphone Apps Downloads Catalyze Higher Usage of Mobile Internet
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
LG Electronics Sells Ten Millionth 4G/LTE Smartphone.
[10:52 pm]
LG Passes Ten Million Mark in 4G/LTE Smartphone Sales
Thursday, February 28, 2013
NTT Docomo Demonstrates 10Gb/s Wireless Data Transfer in Outdoor Experiment.
[10:57 pm]
NTT Docomo and Tokyo Institute of Technology Achieve World's First 10Gb/s Wireless Data Transmission
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
European Commission to Provide €50 Million to Develop 5G Communication Tech.
[7:06 pm]
EC to Grant $65.3 Million to Research 5G Wireless Comm Tech
Monday, February 25, 2013
Intel Introduces One of the World's Smallest 4G/LTE Multimode-MultiBand Solution.
[8:28 pm]
Intel Launches XMM 7160 4G/LTE Multimode-MultiBand Modem
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
LG's New Convertible Tablet Weds Intel Core i5 with 4G/LTE.
[9:35 am]
LG to Showcase Innovative Convertible Tablet at MWC