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Satan is ever present, trying to destroy our glory and remove our crown. One of his most powerful tools is discouragement. Don't let your discouragement make Satan rejoice.
Marvin J. Ashton (1915 - 1994)
Source: Ensign, May 1994, p. 11.
Contributed by: Zaady
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.
Marilyn vos Savant (1946 -)
Source: Parade.
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
Marian Wright Edelman (1939 -)
Source: Families in Peril, 1987.
Snow The scene is the north lands. Thousands of li sealed in ice, en thousand li in blowing snow. From the Long Wall I gaze inside and beyond and see only vast tundra. Up and down the Yellow River the gurgling water is frozen. Mountains dance like silver snakes, hills gallop like wax bright elephants trying to climb over the sky. On days of sunlight the planet teases us in her white dress and rouge.
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It is a very trying task for deceitful people, always to have to cover up their lack of sincerity and to repair the breaking of their word.
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Source: On Strength Gotten from Others
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Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014
HEPHZIBAH, Ga. (WRDW)- "They come around this way and you can see the damage then BAM..hit the fence then almost ran slam over me," said witness Bobby Hadden.
Bobbyy Hadden was pinned in between fences after and he says someone broke into Randy's Automotive, stole a white 1998 Nissan wrecker truck, and rammed the fence while fleeing the scene leaving it completely trashed.
"I was scared to death," said Hadden.
This windshield wiper is all that's left of this 26,000 pound truck that was stolen, and this gate is all that's left after robbers ran right through it. All in total damage could reach up to 30,000 dollars.
"It's been kind of traumatic. You know you work hard for stuff and you try to do your best, and it's just sad to know that people have the tendency to take everything from you," said owner Randolph Middlebrooks.
Randolph Middlebrooks retired from the military and started his new business in 2011. He used that truck to recover vehicles, and now that it's gone it's a set back but Middlebrooks is staying positive.
"It's just a blessing that no one got hurt and material things can be replaced and I'll adapt," said Middlebrooks.
Where the truck used to stand is just broken glass and tire marks.
Middlebrooks says it's a mystery how they got it started because he still has the keys in his hands.
"It would be nice for me to come back here and see the vehicle parked here," said Middlebrooks.
But for now he has to park another truck out front to block the entrance, and secure the broken gate. He has just one message for those who stole his truck.
"If you need something that someone else has just ask. the average person would rather lend it then have it taken from them."
There are currently no suspects and investigators are still looking into the case.
Middlebrook says there is a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest, and says security cameras will be one of the first things they're going to get when they install the new gates.


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Monday, December 17, 2012
Moorish Science Adherent Arrested After Claiming Change of Identity
18 comments:
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
No one can articulate what we as Moorish Americans are or what they do. Nor make disrespectful and derogatory remarks about our Prophet Noble Drew Ali our Religion or our officials. These irresponsible acts of misinformation to law enforcement are causing unnecessary conflicts that are initiated by law enforcement who believe we are acting radical or as some of the Sovereign Citizens who we have nothing to do with. It is hoped that this blog will enlighten and educate those who truly want to know what we stand for instead of attempting to trample on our religious beliefs and practices.
I reiterate, Congress shall pass no law with respect to the establishment of religion or the practice thereof. We are the Moorish Holy Temple of Science of the World, Free and Sundry Moorish Science Temple of America. We are a Theocratic Governmental Society and Religious Corporation.
For those who do not know a Theocracy is a government whose laws come from the Deity of that Society and an earthly representative. A religious corporation is a type of non-profit organization that is recognized on a subnational level. It is responsible for the organization for the organization of its own local government, acknowledged as a nation entirely within a nation.
The Moorish Divine and National Movement of the World which includes The Old Canaanite Temple, The Moorish Holy Temple of Science of the World and The Moorish Science Temple of America. We have been in existence for 100 years since 1913 founded by Prophet Noble Drew Ali.
Our religious beliefs and practices teach us in our Book of Laws and Moral Teachings, Divine Constitution and By-laws and doctrine that;
The Holy Koran Circle Seven
1. Ch. 48:6 we as a clean and pure nation do not desire to amalgamate, meaning we are required not to mix or intertwine with other organizations or governments.
2. Ch 48:7 we are returning the church and Christianity back to the European for it was made for his earthly salvation. This means that the only people in history that are known as Christians are Europeans, we are not Europeans therefore, we cannot be a part of it's church or society.
3. Ch 47:9. According to all true and divine records of the human race there is no negro, black, or colored race attached to the human family, because all the inhabitants of Africa were and are of the human race, descendants of the ancient Canaanite nation from the holy land of Canaan.
4. 47:10. What your ancient forefathers were, you are today without doubt or contradiction.
5. 47:11. There is no one who is able to change man from the descendant nature of his forefathers; unless his power extends beyond the great universal Creator Allah Himself.
6. 47:12. These holy and divine laws are from the Prophet, Noble Drew Ali, the founder of the uniting of the Moorish Science Temple of America.
7. 47:13. These laws are to be strictly preserved by the members of all the Temples, of the Moorish Science Temple of America. That they will learn to open their meeting and guide it according to the principles of Love, Truth, Peace, Freedom and Justice.
8. 47:14. Every subordinate Temple of the Grand-Major Temple is to form under the covenant of Love, Truth, Peace, Freedom and Justice; and to create their own laws and customs, in conjunction with the laws of the Holy Prophet and the Grand Temple. I, the Prophet, Noble Drew Ali, was sent by the great God, Allah, to warn all Asiatics of America to repent from their sinful ways; before that great and awful day that is sure to come.
9. 47:15. The time has come when every nation must worship under its own vine and fig tree, and every tongue must confess his own.
10. 47:16. Through sin and disobedience every nation has suffered slavery, due to the fact that they honored not the creed and principles of their forefathers.
- Thu Dec 27, 02:12:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
Our Divine Constitution and By-Laws require us to obey these laws;
Act 1- The Grand Sheik and the chairman of the Moorish Holy Temple of Science is in power to make law and enforce laws with the assistance of the Prophet and the Grand Body of the Moorish Holy Temple of Science. The assistant Grand Sheik is to assist the Grand Sheik in all affairs if he lives according to Love, Truth, Peace, Freedom, and Justice and it is known before the members of the Moorish Holy Temple of Science.
Act 4.—All members must preserve these Holy and Divine laws, and all members must obey the laws of the government, because by being a Moorish American, you are a part and parcel of the government, and must live the life accordingly.
Act 5.—This organization of the Moorish Science Temple of America is not to cause any confusion or to overthrow the laws and constitution of the said government but to obey hereby.
Act 6.—With us all members must proclaim their nationality and we are teaching our people their nationality and their divine creed that they may know that they are a part and a partial of this said government, and know that they are not Negroes, Colored Folks, Black People, or Ethiopians, because these names were given to slaves by slave holders in 1779 and lasted until 1865 during the time of slavery, but this is a new era of time now, and all men now must proclaim their free national name to be recognized by the government in which they live and the nations of the earth, this is the reason why Allah the great God of the universe ordained Noble Drew Ali, the Prophet to redeem his people from their sinful ways. The Moorish Americans are the descendants of the ancient Moabites who inhabited the North Western and South Western shores of Africa (we are taught to believe is right here in the United States for America).
- Thu Dec 27, 02:16:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
Our Doctrine
A Divine Warning By The Prophet For The Nations
From The Prophet (Drew Ali)
The citizens of all free national governments according to their national constitution are all of one family bearing one free national name. Those who fail to recognize the free national name of their constitutional government are classes as undesirables, and are subject to all inferior names and abuses and mistreatments that the citizens car to bestow upon them. And it is a sin for any group of people to violate the national constitutional laws of a free national government and cling to the names and the principles that delude to slavery.
Paragraph 5 sentence (3)(4)(5)
(3) In all other governments when a man is born and raised there and asked for his national descent name and if he fails to give it, he is misused, imprisoned, or exiled. (4) Any group of people that fail to answer up to the constitutional standards of law by name and principles, because to be a citizen of any government you must claim your national descent name. (5) Because they place their trust upon issue and names formed by their forefathers.
(1) The word Negro deludes in the Latin language to the word nigger; the same as the word "colored" deludes to anything that is painted, varnished and dyed. (2) And every nation must bear a national descent name of their forefathers, because honoring thy fathers and they mothers, your days will be lengthened upon this earth. (3) These names have never been recognized by any true American citizen of this day. (4) Through your free national name you are known and recognized by all nations of the earth that are recognized by said national government in which they live. (5) The 14th and 15th Amendments brought the North and South in unit, placing the Southerners who were at that time without power, with the constitutional body of power. (6) And at that time, 1865, the free national constitutional law that was enforced since 1774 declared all men equal and free, and if all men are declared by the free national constitution to be free and equal since that constitution has never been changed, there is no need for the application of the 14th and 15th Amendments for the salvation of our people and citizens.
So as you can see, we can't be black, negro colored, African American etc. These are not nationalities they are for the most part adjectives and colors, neither allude to one's national origin. We Moorish American have always been here and there are several states that have legislature that gives instruction as to how our two societies (Moorish and Christian) co-exist.
- Thu Dec 27, 02:19:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
So to call Zuri Akila Bititi Matawala Zurj Bey Shanita Burden is not only a burden of her religious beliefs and practices but also genocide and denationalization. As you can see, her religion requires her to proclaim her free national descent name therefore by religious conversion, she changed her name. This is also well substantiated in supreme court and federal case law
"Under common law, any adult or emancipated person has the right to change his or her name without legal formality or permission of the court to any name he or she lawfully chooses."
N.J.- Egner v. Egner, 133 N.J. Super. 403, 337 A 2d 46
Conn.- Custer v. Bonadies, 30 Conn. Supp. 385, 318 A.2d 639
Wash.- Doe v. Dunning, 87 Wash. 2d 50, 549 P.2d 1
Ariz.- Laks v. Laks, 25 Ariz. App. 58, 540 P.2d 1277
N.Y.- Application of Douglas, 60 Misc. 2d 1057, 304, N.Y.S. 2d 558
Mass.- In re Verrill, 40 Mass. App. Ct. 34, 660 N.E.2d 697(1996)
N.J.- Application of Ferner, 295 N.J. Super. 409, 685 A2d 78 (Law Div 1996)
"The common law and statutory right to change one's name belongs to the individual whose name is being changed and in the absence of statutory restriction, a person may lawfully change his or her name without resort to any legal proceedings, at nay time as long as it does not interfere with the rights of others and it is not done for a fraudulent purpose, but with an honest purpose."
Mo.- Barr v. Barr 987 S.W.2d 471 (Mo. Ct. App. S.D. 1999)
U.S. –Jech v. Burch, 466 f. Supp,. 714 (D. Haw. 1979)
Ark. – Clinton v. Morrow, 220 Ark. 377,247 S.W.2d 1015
Cal. – Weingand v. Lorre, 231 Cal. App. 2d 289, 41 Cal. Rptr. 778
Conn.- Don v. Don, 142 Conn. 309, 114 A.2d 203
Miss.- Marshal v. Marshal, 230 Miss, 719,93 So. 2d 822
N.Y.- Haynes v. Brennan, 16 Misc. 2d 13, 135 N.y. S.2d 900
Cal.- In re Marriage of Banks, 42 Cal. App. 3d 631,117 Cal Rptr.37
Ill.-Thomas v. Thomas, 100 Ill. App. 3d 1080, 56 Ill. Dec. 604, 427 N.E. 2d 1009
Ill- Chaney v. Civil Service Commission, 82 Ill. 2d 289, 45 Ill. Dec 146, 412 N.E.2d 497
N.Y.- Application of Halligan, 46 A.D.2d 170, 361 N.Y.S.2d 458
Ohio.- Dennis v. Ford Motor Co. 121 Ohio App.
Va.- In re Miller, 218 Va. 939, 243 S.E.2d 464
U.S.- U.S. v. Wasmaa, 484 F. Supp. 54 5 Fed R. Evid. Serv. 590
Ind. – Petition of Hauptly, 262 Ind. 150, 312 N.E.2d 857
Mich.- Piotrowski v. Piotrowski, 71 Mich. App. 213, 247 N.W.2d 354
Mass.- In re Verrill, 40 Mass. App. Ct. 34. 660 N.E. 697
"Under the common law, a change of name is accomplished by usage or habit. The name thus assumed will constitute the person's legal name for all purposes just as much as though he or she had borne it from birth or as though it had been provided for by a court order, even though the name taken is the name of another living person."
Md.- Klein v. Klein, 36 Md. App. 177, 373 A.2d86
N.Y.- Application of Halligan, 46 A.D.2d 170, 361 N.Y.S.2d 458
U.S. – In re Leibowitz, 49 F Supp. 953
Cal.- In re Useldinger, 35 Cal. App. 2d 723, 96P.2d 958
N.Y.- Matter of Lipschutz, 178 Misc. 113, 32 N.Y.S.2d 264
So do you really think Zuri gave the Deputy a false name???
- Thu Dec 27, 02:20:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
Most people who consider themselves Black and/or Christians are our main adversaries. They love the name given to them by their parents and take offense at the thought of changing it. Although we adhere to the Prophet Jesus whom we call Justice, they still fabricate what or who we are, just as the media. We do not recruit or attempt to persuade others to join our faith. Most people come to us by recommendation or word of mouth. Therefore the state jurisdiction has nothing to worry about, we are Moorish Americans because we are taught to believe we are descendant of Moroccans and born he in America. There are our religious beliefs and practices so what does state legislature and case laws say about our existence.
We established a Religious Corporation in South Carolina on January 17, 2007, South Carolina Secretary of the State file# 070117-0268 and on June 3rd 2011 we established the Ministry of Land Transport and Navigations for the purpose of regulating and organizing our Temple's property in the form of automobiles for religious missionary, education, charitable and private use.
Since we established our religious corporation in South Carolina, we included in our Title the term Free and Sundry as in The Free and Sundry Moors Act of 1789-1790 which stated that if a Moor is accused of a crime they be tried as a Free White Person and not as a Negro under the Negro Act. It also was decided by the committee assigned to investigate the Free Moors that the laws of the State of South Carolina do not apply to the Free Moors.
- Thu Dec 27, 02:22:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
South Carolina Codes of Law 33-31-180 the 1985 – 2005 version reads;
"All Directors, Trustees, or members of the Not for Profit Corporation described in subsection B are immune from suit arising from the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation. This immunity from suit is removed when the conduct amounts to willful, wanton or gross negligence."
Note: I am Director and my Grandsheikess/Missionary Zuri Akila Bititi Matawala Zurj Bey is one of our trustees, so please tell me where there was any gross wanton negligence?
While the 2007 version included more attention to the doctrine and constitutionality;
"If religious doctrine governing the affairs of a religious corporation is inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter on the same subject, the religious doctrine controls to the extent required by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of South Carolina or Both."
Which means our status is evaluated on a constitutional level and not color of law or statutes.
South Carolina provides a history on religious corporation in south Carolina
"As a result of history, policy, and constitutional principles, religious corporations are entitled to protections not available to business or other nonprofit corporations. Courts have been reluctant to interfere with the internal affairs of religious organizations. They will not decide between confliction religious doctrine or determine the "true" faith. However, courts have often decided internal property disputes by applying neutral principles of contract or corporate law to organizational documents or religious organizations. See Mansfield, "The Religious Clauses of the First Amendment and the Philosophy of the Constitution,"72 Calif. L. Rev. 847 (1984); Ellman, "Driven from the Tribunal: Judicial Resolution of Internal Church Disputes, "69 Calif. L. Rev. 1878 (1981).
This reluctance is based in part on the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which provides: "Congress shall make no law respecting and establishment of religion, or prohibiting the exercise thereof..: The establishment clause applies to states [Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947)], as does the free exercise clause [Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 1 (1940)].
- Thu Dec 27, 02:23:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
The original Religious Corporation was establish July 20, 1928, in accords with Illinois Revised Statutes section 805 section 110/10 ch. 32 to 36.
South Carolina Codes 33-31-302 demonstrates the general powers of a corporation, regardless of what type;
Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
SECTION 33-31-302-305 and 401. General powers.
Unless its articles of incorporation provide otherwise, every corporation has perpetual duration and succession in its corporate name and has the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its affairs including, without limitation, power:
(1) to sue and be sued, complain, and defend in its corporate name;
(2) to have a corporate seal, which may be altered at will, and to use it, or a facsimile of it, by impressing or affixing or in any other manner reproducing it;
(3) to make and amend bylaws not inconsistent with its articles of incorporation or with the laws of this State for regulating and managing the affairs of the corporation;
(4) to purchase, receive, lease, or otherwise acquire, and own, hold, improve, use, and otherwise deal with, real or personal property or any legal or equitable interest in property, wherever located;
(10) to conduct its activities, locate offices, and exercise the powers granted by this chapter within or without this State;
(11) to elect or appoint directors, officers, employees, and agents of the corporation, define their duties, and fix their compensation;
(18) to do all things necessary or convenient, not inconsistent with law, to further the activities and affairs of the corporation.
Again please tell me what we have done wrong.
- Thu Dec 27, 02:25:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
The right to travel is an unalienable right (meaning given to you by God) it is void only if you intend or you are using your transportation for the purpose of commerce or for hire. If you are not operating a motor vehicle or vehicle which is a mode of transportation used for commerce only (18USC31), you have the right to use your automobile or household appliances to transport you and your family in a manner that allows you to take care of your everyday chores, business and private family recreation.
The Department of Motor Vehicle is a private for profit corporation who has authority over those who have knowingly, willingly and intentionally entered into a contract with said corporation. Therefore, although there is no law making it mandatory to get a license unless you're in commerce, however, it is the contract that makes the law and not any type of legislative mandate. Erie Railroad Co. v Thompkins states that where no contract exists, there is no case!!!
Here's some more case law on the right to travel.
"The use of the highway for the purpose of travel and transportation is not a mere privilege, but a common fundamental right of which the public and individuals cannot rightfully be deprived." Chicago Motor Coach v. Chicago, 169 NE 221.
"The right of the citizen to travel upon the public highways and to transport his property thereon, either by carriage or by automobile, is not a mere privilege which a city may prohibit or permit at will, but a common law right which he has under the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Thompson v. Smith, 154 SE 579.
"The right to travel is a well-established common right that does not owe its existence to the federal government. It is recognized by the courts as a natural right." Schactman v. Dulles 96 App DC 287, 225 F2d 938, at 941.
"The assertion of federal rights, when plainly and reasonably made, is not to be defeated under the name of local practice." Davis v. Wechsler, 263 US 22, at 24
"Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rule making or legislation which would abrogate them." Miranda v. Arizona, 384 US 436, 491.
"The claim and exercise of a constitutional right cannot be converted into a crime." Miller v. US, 230 F 486, at 489.
There can be no sanction or penalty imposed upon one because of this exercise of constitutional rights." Sherer v. Cullen, 481 F 946
"The Supreme Court, in Arthur v. Morgan, 112 U.S. 495, 5 S.Ct. 241, 28 L.Ed. 825, held that carriages were properly classified as household effects, and we see no reason that automobiles should not be similarly disposed of." Hillhouse v United States, 152 F. 163, 164 (2nd Cir. 1907).
"A soldier's personal automobile is part of his ``household goods[.]'' U.S. v Bomar,
A Private automobile is not required by any law, code or statute to be recorded.
Traveling in an automobile on the public roads was not a threat to the public safety or health
and constituted no hazard to the public, and such a traveler owed nothing more than "due
care" (as regards to tort for negligence) to the public and the owner owed no other duty to the
public (eg. State), he / she and his / her auto, having equal rights to and on the roadways / highways as horses and wagons, etc.; this same right is still substantive rule, in that speeding, running stop signs, traveling without license plates, or registration are not threats to the public safety, and thus, are not arrestable offenses. Christy v. Elliot, 216 I 131, 74 HE 1035, LRA NS 1905 – 1910: California v.Farley 98 CED Rpt. 89, 20 CA 3d 1032 (1971).
- Thu Dec 27, 02:49:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
Zuri Matawala Zurj Bey was on her way home from a job passing through Pasco County she was not speeding, swerving in the road or endangering the public safety. She was not operating in traffic meaning transporting commercial goods and services on the public roads. Nor was she driving because that means she is transporting passenger for hire..
We are not terrorist nor are we Sovereign Citizens. We are Citizens of an autonomous Theocratic Government. Similar to the Quakers, Mormons, Amish, the Hassidic Jews or the Vatican.
As far as the courts are concerned
U.S. v. Ballard (1944)
The Court found that neither the courts nor the government have the right to evaluate the religious beliefs of a citizen or group.
In closing,
As you can see by the laws of the society at large that we have done nothing that is against the law. We have our own laws that we must obey and the 1st Amendment and case laws has stated that the federal government has no jurisdiction to make laws with respect to our religion or the practice thereof.
- Thu Dec 27, 02:51:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
So back to your article:
• Yesterday's Tampa Bay Times reports on the jailing in late November in Pasco County Florida of Shanita Marie Burden on charges of driving with a counterfeit car tag, driving without a Florida license.
• Rebuttal: As demonstrated above, SHANITA BURDEN has been replaced by Zuri Zurj Bey via religious conversion. The driver's license associated with SHANITA BURDEN has been rescinded and revoke therefore she has no contracts with the motor vehicle department. The allegations of a counterfeit tag has been dropped and that was allegedly the probable cause for the stop, correct?
• giving a false name to police. Burden insists she is Zuri Akila Betiti Matawala Zurj-Bey, a "grand sheikess" in the Moorish Temple of Science of the World.
• Rebuttal: As demonstrated above, She did not give a false name to police, she is a Grand Sheikess of the Moorish Holy Temple of Science of the World, established in 1916.
- Thu Dec 27, 02:54:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
• She insists that black people are not subject to the United States government, but instead are Moorish.
• Rebuttal: This is a lie!! She said no such thing. Black people who are 14th Amendment citizens are subject to the Federal jurisdiction of Washington DC which is the United States Government.
• In September, she was stopped when she was found driving a car with license tags reading : "Moorish American Republic 070117-004.
• Rebuttal: As mentioned earlier that frivolous accusation was dropped.
• She claimed that a piece of paper with a fuzzy photo from the Moorish Divine National Movement of the World issued to a Zuri Akila Betiti Matawala Zurj-Bey was her drivers' license.
• Rebuttal: This is another lie because as it has been demonstrated we do not need driver's license because we do not operate in commerce. This is not our law, it is the law of the land.
- Thu Dec 27, 02:55:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
• She then made herself the personal representative for Burden's estate and filed court papers declaring this. At a Nov. 19 arraignment on the traffic charges, Bey, identified herself only as "flesh and blood." She told Circuit Judge Susan Gardner that she was appearing as the personal representative of Burden, but the court ruled that since she wan not an attorney, she could not do so.
• Rebuttal: Those who understand corporate law which is what is used in the state court system, understands that anyone can represent themselves. Having an attorney means that you cannot handle your own affairs or speak for yourself. In the state court there are only two types of law, that is trust law and contract law. The so called judges act as administrators over the corporate 14th Amendment citizens estate trust. The only one with the true authority over that trust is the grantor of that trust. It was substantiated when your footprint touched that birth certificate and your mother co-signed it. As long as you abandon it, the courts administrate over it unbeknownst to the people. She identified herself as the occupant of the Executrix officer to the SHANITA MARIE BURDEN Estate trust making her the highest authority in the court. The courts are corporations and a corporation can do nothing to a flesh and blood entity therefore they have to trick the people into verbal contracts making them identify themselves as corporations or taking responsibility for the corporation in all capital letters on the piece of paper.
- Thu Dec 27, 02:56:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
• "Inasmuch as every government is an artificial person, an abstraction, and a creature of the mind only, a government can interface only with other artificial persons. The imaginary, having neither actuality nor substance, is foreclosed from creation and attaining parity with the tangible. The legal manifestation of this is that no government, as well as any law, agency, aspect, court, etc. can concern itself with anything other that corporate, artificial persons and the contracts between them." S.C.R 1795, Penhallow v. Doane's Administraters 3 U.S. 54; 1 L.Ed. 57; 3 Dall. 54.
• The court then issued a warrant against Burden for failing to appear in court. She was arrested eight days later when she attempted to file papers in the clerk of court's office ordering Judge Susan Gardner not to issue any more unlawful warrants against Burden.
• Rebuttal: The courts issued the frivolous warrant after the notice to vacate was submitted. This is because her real name is Zuri Akila Bititi Matawala Zurj Bey a Moorish American official Missionary home based out South Carolina Republic. She is not a resident of Florida but a Citizen and trustee of a Theocratic Governmental Society and a Religious Corporation and not SHANITA MARIE BURDEN a 14th Amendment corporation.
- Thu Dec 27, 02:57:00 AM EST
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
This was lengthy but necessary. The slanders, defamations, denationalization and genocide must stop. We are not terrorists, we are not violent, we have nothing against any law enforcement we just wish to be left alone. For the last 100 years our status has been constitutional. I have demonstrated what the Organic Constitution as well as our Divine Constitution says. Therefore, it would not be wise to try and misconstrue what has been explained in this blog. I am attempting to educate, take it for what it is and not what you want it to mean. We are watching because we will not be persecuted or burdened for our religious beliefs and practices.
Jelani Diliza Abdullah Khalfani Bey
National Grand Sheik/Director
Moorish Holy Temple of Science of the World
Free and Sundry
Moorish Science Temple of America
Ministry of Land Transport and Navigation
- Thu Dec 27, 02:59:00 AM EST
- blksista said...
This was extremely informational and I appreciate how you broke all these things down. I will pass this along to as many people that will read it because I believe it as truth. You only have to read and do a little research to know that we as people aren't corporations and the courts can only deal with such as them. I understood this but not as clearly as I do now. Thank you so much
- Thu Feb 14, 08:01:00 PM EST
- MURAD TAALIB-DIN said...
Islam Brother Jelani Khalfani Bey!!! Thank you for uplifting fallen humanity!!!
- Sun Sep 21, 07:54:00 PM EDT
- Jelani Khalfani Bey said...
Gratitude to those who took the time to read. We are still getting problems from these false accusations. Simply because ones will not do their research. The separation of Church and State protects Societies like ours, At least supposed to. Again thank you for spreading this information. Peace Love and Honor,
- Tue Oct 13, 08:30:00 AM EDT
- Unknown said...
Very informative, Thank you.
- Sun Aug 21, 04:15:00 AM EDT


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Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
at 17:46 on 14 May 2008
Recently a forum about sheng has started a discussion, very very "Bad", about culture and different approach to tradition and social musical dependent issues.
Some person as really lost their tracks making cheap social consideration without even knowing the language
in which the countries and cultures thy talked about express themselves from millennia.
This is a different problem anyway I do not think is correct to talk about here this is a musical composer web site and forum and if some thinks and argues in a very very naive way it is its business not ours.
I think, instead, we are facing a real problem, now a days, that may turn out to be a positive challenge for all the people that really care about a millenium old tradition . classical music. I would like therefore to ask one of many questions to come and after add my contribution to the forum while it develops:
1) Is classical music , the one that come from the gregorian chant still have and has a sense to consider come contemporary music a natural evolution and descent o fit? if yes which contemporary languages deserve this right?
Please sign all your contribution with real names and country of origin and ..."academic classical titles"
Please forgive me in advance if this may seem a too "conservative" argument but I was raised in a third world
underevolved country so sometimes I miss catching up with the news coming from the real world.
Roberto Rusconi Italy Composer , Director , Artistic Director.
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
Nicolas Tzortzis
at 18:48 on 14 May 2008
I think music always needs rethinking,that's what art is all about,in my opinion.
We always try to find new things to say,new preoccupations,different ways of approaching composition.
I personnaly think that contemporary music is the evolution of its past.and it is not a question of which language has "the right" to consider itself the descent.
Even today we work with polyphony,homophony,counterpoint,form,harmony,rhythm,etc.All basic notions around which music has been built for centuries.I think that every musical language has its roots in something of the past,but tries to adapt to the present day.
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
at 20:17 on 14 May 2008
"music is the evolution of its past"
This is a first important point, for example. so starting from this and for an important statement from a great composer of the past who used to say that "what we create is only a variation of something that existed before" do you think is important to know our music , cultural and theoretical past our you may just learn a copule of things and jump in without anyody saying nothing? on the other hand these things of the past you underline (counterpoint for example) as important should always be present and looked after?
I do, otherwise we loose not only our historical ties but our identity as cultural and historical act of being.
And again do you think that these production which have not in themselves these ties may call the classical contemporary music? I know I am a little out of the main road in these forum but I need, and I have notice in our international masterclasses many good European and USA composers do as well, to know what is "still" classical and whatnot even if many "imbarattacarte" here may think that mixing up everything produces a good result anyway.I may add that after having listened to the productions of these people in the showcase site I understand why they think in these way. So do we need a strong look back to where we come from and belong to be able to positively look ahead?
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
Nicolas Tzortzis
at 21:23 on 14 May 2008
I think one should know the musical past in order to move on,but one should never let this past become a burdon.A weight so heavy to carry that would end up just blocking the creative impulse.I sometimes like comparing a composer to a surgeon.We don't care if our surgeon would be able to operate on us under 17th century circumstances,we just care that he knows what he is doing right now.
I personnaly don't pretend to deeply know the music of the past.Before the 20th century that is.Ever since I started listening to "classical" music,my ears were searching for something different,so I quickly started listening to Schönberg and Xenakis,and I never looked back since.I am not necessarily proud of that,it is just a fact.Understanding the music of the past 100 years is already a very difficult task and trying to understand the music of the past 500 years is even more difficult.One of my first teachers used to say "we have to decide what we are NOT going to learn,because there is not enough time to learn it all".So I decided to focus on 20th century music and try to deeply understand it,so that I could use present day's material better and more consciously.
As for music today:Counterpoint,harmony etc are notions that are always present in music,even if we want it or not.From the moment that there are two notes/frequencies/sounds/objects sounding at the same time,there is harmony.but the idea of harmony is changing,as the material is changing.The "harmony" of Lachenmann is different from Grisey's "Harmony",but they are both there.As the harmony of Gesualdo is different from the harmony of Bach.Different aesthetics=different harmony.
I personally try to avoid looking for "laws",that dictate what is good and what is not.I think that everything is judged a posteriori.A work can have all the "necessary characteristics" and be of little importance,and a work could be the exact opposite,but be very interesting.
I like my time,I enjoy writing music today and,although I have a great respect for the great masters of the past,I prefer to look ahead.For me,what the masterpieces of classical music can teach us,is not necessarily the techniques,but some principles,that are present in almost all great composers:Originality,the will to move on,the personal signature,the attention to detail etc.These are the things that for me are most important,because the techniques one can learn them.And because when one is writing,it is better not to apply something that he already knows,but look for something that he doesn't,try to invent.And then of course have the ability to see what exactly he has "invented",be able to know if the result is something one has heard thousands of times before or not.Mixing (if it's not actually re-composing) is not the answer for me.I don't know one single great composer that has done it,and I don't see why I should.
History is something we should cherish,but we also have to let it rest in peace.No matter how well we know our history,that does not make us good composers.I know a lot of people that know all the repertoire by heart,but when it comes to writing....
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
at 18:23 on 15 May 2008
'Classical music' did not come FROM Gregorian chant. It just came afterwards. it was a response to many different diverse styles and traditions from different cultures. Classical contemporary music came after that and in the hands of sensitive and open-hearted creative musicians picked up things from still more 'remote' traditions and added plenty that was new. Do you get it now?
We note how since the hidden agenda behind your comments was exposed on this other discussion you refer to you have walked out of it.
I urge readers to read through all postings on that forum and judge for themselves what Roberto is really up to when he starts out with these apparently innocent questions. Try following this discussion: don't be surprised if this fascist does not reveal his philistine racism here too.
This is the discussion he was talking about: "Discriminating Pan-Oriental Terms of 7th Int`l Composition Prize 2008" It started when Roberto expressed his horror that a competition dared to ask for compositions using a 'sheng' (Chinese instrument). He found this a terrible threat. He decided it must be a gross insult to 'his' ancient 'Western' 'Christian' culture [!!!!]
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
Nicolas Tzortzis
at 23:08 on 15 May 2008
I don't agree 100% with any one on this world,not even myself,but I do believe in freedom of expression.And freedom of expression actually means (in my book) the right to insult,irritate or even enrage someone.
Everyone is entitled to his/her opinion,and we can agree or disagree with that.
I just think that it is not to the best interest of this forum to start accusing other members of being "this" or "that".If one disagrees on sth,why not debate about it,and let the readers judge for themselves?What I might consider "outrageous" could well be what the majority will find "absolutely normal".
I suggest we take it one thread at a time,just for the sake of the discussion.
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
at 05:59 on 16 May 2008
Thanks for your comments Mr Silvermanan and Nicolas
Let's follow the most intelligent advice above and stick to the discussion
'Classical music' did not come FROM Gregorian chant"
I think that Gregorian chant evolved naturally in the duplum and truplum forms created not only to allow some kind of a richer texture with the
ecclesia singing but also to allow the birth of a written (after the important Mano Guidoniana invention) and complex literature
This literature after evolved into the Antiqua e Nova Scola and the birth of the Tenor with Variationae .
How not to consider the Bicinia masterpieces of the vocal master as a natural prerunner of some spatial scores of non or polarization attitude by Webern?
A lot of contemporary composers , especially the one who like our Venitian Scola work with the transoformation of the former event impulse into the material that shapes the forms consider their work a natural derivation from the first Gregorain Chants and especially from the liquid tactus agogig.
I know that some "ignoranti" (people that do not know) our history may look at this with disbelief but it is very rooted and strong.
And that' way I post the following issue : someone completely unaware of this histroy and past may wisely be considered into the classical contemporary tradition? and more People tha are "deficienti" from "deficere" they lack the correct knowledge of the past are of any help in our millenium old musical history ?
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
Nicolas Tzortzis
at 10:34 on 16 May 2008
The thing is not if one knows his history,but what he writes and what he offers today.What he has to add to history.
If one knows his history and decides to write something that has never been done before,something that has no link to anything in the past (supposing it's possible,for the sake of the argument),that's a good thing.If one does the exact same thing,due to the fact that he has no clue about the history of music,then that's a good thing too.
I think that music has always been a question of imagination,invention,technique,hard work.If the result has something to say,has something to offer to music,I personally am not going to care if the composer knows the past or not.
This said,I do believe that if one has in mind what has been done before,he can have a clearer image of what he is doing when he is writing.But,I also believe that sometimes we simply need to forget,in order to move on.
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
at 19:39 on 16 May 2008
I wish to thank Nicolas for his enlightened contributions to this and other forums.
I think that vulgar name-calling and personal rudeness says more about the writer than the 'accused' and therefore I am not for censoring it. I am of course in favour of free speech. Let even vicious racists condemn themselves in their own words. But words have a context and they have practical implications. So I also think it is important to draw the attention of readers who may not be aware of what is going on 'behind the scenes' to certain things on some occasions.
For example, if I say that I find Mahler's music decadent and perverse [I don't, by the way], that is just an opinion and can be discussed as such. On the other hand if this were Germany in the '30s and I condemned Mahler's music for the same reasons adding that it was Jewish (which it is, of course) that is going beyond both opinion and factual statement. In that context the implications are mass murder of millions of human beings on the basis of their [supposed] 'race'. "But" says the racist "I am only expressing a view" or he says (as Windart did about the Chinese "facts are facts. "I can leave out referring to Mahler's nose, but you won't change the fact that it is hooked." It is then a duty not only to point out that nose-shape is irrelevant to musicianship, it is also necessary to show that this kind of way of presenting 'facts' leads to mass-slaughter and world war.
THE CONTEXT. The present government of Italy is a shaky coalition of extreme right, ultra-nationalist, "Christian Identity" (i.e. white supremacist catholics) and openly fascist parties.Their MPs and ministers describe African immigrants as 'Bingo-bongos', have opened fire on the boats of immigrants, have proposed to segregate immigrants in different train cars from native Italians and speak about "immigrant slackers", saying, "We should dress them up like hares and bang-bang-bang". They have openly supported mobs attacking Gypsies and have just raided thousands of immigrants' homes and deported them at a stroke.... They have connections with the various extreme right and fascist parties in Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Britain, France, Denmark, Slovakia and elsewhere.
THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS are obvious: more hatred, violence, war, impoverishment and injustice.
Like Roberto i do actually think that it is important to know about past music: all of it. I do not agree that it doesn't matter. I do not agree that there is not time to learn it all. that is to say: one cannot know everything, but there are principles behind the way musical styles, languages, systems, devices and techniques develop and change, and it is important, in my opinion, for a composer to have a general grasp of these. In previous centuries this was not possible or necessary, but the world has changed, and music has a particular problem related to the economic, social and cultural difficulties we are going through.
When discussing a subject like Gregorian chant and its influence on western music, it is important to distinguish between written history (which is in the hands of the winners) and what actually happened (in which the losers played the major part). The Papal authorities and Church leaders whether in France (Avignon), Turkey (Byzantium) or Italy (Rome) were concerned to limit, control and 'put into order' 'their' music which had to compete with minstrels and jongleurs,gossiping, dancing, market cries and rowdy children's games in their churches. They wanted to justify their ordinances by referring back to ancient strictures (the Greek and Roman modes etc.) but their composers and musicians were [folk] musician born and brought up with native European traditions: Goths, Celts, Allemans, Franks, Norsemen etc. Like the sculptors of the gargoyles, they took to 'illegitimate' improvising (which survive partially in Allelujahs' and the like) and they undoubtedly developed forms of polyphony (as one can still hear in certain European folk survivals) centuries before the church rulers were forced to catch up and allow it - in certain prescribed ways. [Listen to Sardinian Motets, Georgian Table Songs and Hymns to the Sun - notated in 3 - 4 parts as well as the homomorphic Pygmy polyphony - {similar music from similar circumstances)] Machaut's and Landini's amazing innovations were more secular than ecclesiastical - as were the literary achievements of Dante, Petrarch etc. hey owe next to nothing to the plainchant and much more to the 'folk' survivals referred to above.
The wonderfully subtle triad-seeking polyphony of the 15th - 16th century Church composers was transformed into the first harmonically-based 'tonality 1] as an inevitable consequence of the multiple (and mostly secular) polyphony of Gabrieli etc. If you pile on voice-part after voice part there comes a point where polyphony turns into its opposite: homophony and then it becomes possible to "see the whole as more than the sum of the parts" 2] from the dance music of the period (instrumental tablatures already recognised the concept of 'chords' when official musicology did not) 3] ballad and other folk-traditions which formed the basis of Caccini's "Nuova Musica' - recitative, figured bass etc.
And so it went on. Knowledge of the history of music is not only about 'facts'. It is about getting to understand 'from the inside' how those facts come about and how they change. You can't get this from the catechism. It demands inventiveness, curiosity, eagerness to imitate and explore, open-mindedness, independence.....
Bad musicology can lead to very bad things happening.
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
Nicolas Tzortzis
at 20:01 on 16 May 2008
I agree with most of your post but:
I don't think that one county's goverment is the reflection of ALL of its citizens.Not all Americans are pro-war Bush born-again christians,as not all Germans in the '30's were pro-Hitler,as not all italians are pro-berlusconi.This is a distinction one has to make.
And as you correctly point out,the "facts" are not the whole truth.If a whole country decides to dress immigrants as hares and shoot them,that's a "fact".We then have to look to "why" it decides to do that.As a musicologist you do try to look deeper into the problem.As a "social analyst",you choose to state the facts,probably considering that they speak for themselves and that the "why" behind these facts in of lesser importance.I might agree with you,but this is not a "you and me" thing.maybe if we lived there (present day italy/america/30's germany),we might have different opinions from the ones we have now.
just a thought
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
at 20:49 on 16 May 2008
i am not attacking Roberto because he is Italian. i am aware of the millions of Italians who oppose this nasty regime. i am attacking him because everything he writes is written in the same language , the same style and from the same viewpoint as these vile human-haters.
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
at 05:26 on 17 May 2008
I am really happy now because I have discovered the true : all this is a joke when I read this
THE CONTEXT. The present government of Italy is a shaky coalition of extreme right, ultra-nationalist, "Christian Identity" etc etc et cup to fascist parties in Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Britain, France, Denmark, Slovakia and elsewhere.
I understand only one thing : Mrs Silverman Misuc is making fun of us all !
I am a twenty years long left wing voter an a cultural militant , My parentss were deported during the last
second war and imprisoned by the fascist ( the real one like Mr Silverman that attack other ideas without even knowing what they are talking about and spreading "mala informationae" all around). My mother surname is Levi does this means something to you ? I do not like todays choices of the Italian political scene but they are not so different from late changes in France, UK, and Russia but from this to what Mr Silverman designs there is a real big difference. Nobody here has ever fired anything against anybody and everywhere who has ever come to Italy knows very well which "climax " there is here but I know "ignorant "people are really everywhere ..and they talk as well. But I do not want to loose any more of my precious time arguing with people that not only are bad informed, but also do not know classical music history at all and are not even composers played so...to the firend pf compositiotoday : come to our country (recently thanked by Pistorius the athlet with protesys for its incredible life attitude) know the real thing and join our initiative, on the field, with us , working you will really realise what I was trying to start here...
to all the other..no need to meet..we are definitly on two different realities: let's keep it this way..please!
I am going back to the written work where as Shostakovic used to say " words lie a lot , notes never!"
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
at 08:44 on 17 May 2008
I am glad to hear that Roberto opposes the government of crimes-against-humanity (if this is so) and I am sorry to hear what his parents went through. I will withdraw my accusations of fascism against him.
Then how can he be seduced by such craven insensitive backward hate-filled arrogant plattitudes as the ones he has been coming out with? Has he really heard any of the music he writes about so smugly? Has he heard anything else? Does he know how to listen to music at all? All he writes could just as well be political propaganda from the parties I have mentioned. Does he not feel there is something questionable about his own attitude to music if it shares so much with that of these despicable racists?
I would sincerely ask him to pause and THINK for a moment
[By the way, Roberto does not deny my reports about what ministers in the government have been saying and doing. But he has not condemned them for any of these crimes. However he does protest that they have never shot at immigrant ships. (Presumably he does not deny that they have been repeatedly threatening to shoot cannons at them over a period of years). The facts are hard to establish. What is known is that thousands of would-be immigrants have drowned in Italian waters as their ships were sunk in circumstances that have not been fully investigated or resolved in what successive Italian extreme-right governments have officially called a 'war' on immigrants. Millions of Euros have been spent on this anti-immigrant war, and military help has been given.(For full report see
Here is an extract from another brief report: "Two ships packed with refugees on their way to Italy capsized on June 16 and 20, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 250 people. The response of the Italian government to this tragedy, however, has been to vilify refugees, announce tougher measures to fend off incoming refugees and force states bordering the European Union (EU) to do the same.
Umberto Bossi, chairman of the separatist Northern League party and minister for reform in the Berlusconi government, has demanded that the Italian navy and coast guard be allowed to open fire on refugee boats. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera in mid-June, he declared, Ive had enough of these illegal immigrants. After two or three warnings...boom!...let them have it! Forget the palaver.
Questioned by the irritated interviewer as to whether it would be right to open fire on boats filled mainly with women and children, Bossi answered abruptly: Illegal immigrants have to be scared off, either politely or rudely. At some time or other force will have to be used.
This was way back in 2003. Since then thousands more have died.]
I am obviously not holding Roberto responsible for these [probable] state murders. Besides: Italy is not the only state that exploits and torments immigrants. But does he disown this policy? His remarks in this forum suggest otherwise.
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
at 13:47 on 17 May 2008
hold on everyone,
Really, does there need to be so few manners? Call me a WASP, I don't care, but I do do find these 'battles' to be tiring.
Misuc, I do not think you need to call for disciplinary actions on things you disagree with - this is up to the administration, and it is starting to make this place seem more like a political arena than a place for composers to meet and discuss issues which pertain to their profession.
And Roberto, my my, if you say you are not what you have been accused of, then why do you say racist things all the time? (please don't ask me to point them out, if you cannot see them, then ask someone whom you trust to proof read your messages - I know anything I say will be disregarded) Also, Misuc has obviously shown he has extensive knowledge of the classical tradition and music in general. So why do you accuse him of not? The only conclusion I can come to is that if someone disagrees with your ideas, you think them ignorant. As well, if anything counters the idea that all of the classical music tradition comes from Christian Italy, it is irrelevant (oh yes, you accept a bit of Germany and France as has been mentioned, but as you said, %50 of the worlds art history comes from Italy). Did you ever consider the possibility that this view of history might be a bit skewed?
Could you please do the favor of rebutting Misuc discussion of the History. Perhaps you can explain why you consider him so ignorant without using rhetoric, but actual ideas? I am interested in this subject, and look forward to hearing your informed ideas.
I would also urge you to proof read your messages.
Re: Does Classic Contemporary music needs some basic (re)thinking?
at 14:25 on 17 May 2008
Thankyou Scott. Point taken.
As I put it [above] I am not for disciplining people for what they write. But I did suggest that there may be circumstances where one is not only allowed but obliged to go beyond the normal bounds of a 'talking shop for composers': for example if one is presented with what looks like a white- or christian-supremacist theory of musicology in the context of actual physical attacks on non-whites/non-christians.
By no means am I advocating censorship or 'discipline'. On the contrary, I am calling for full discussion: I am saying that one's replies have to take up issues concerned with the political consequences of such musical 'theories'. Music does not exist in a social vacuum. I agree that there are other internet sites more obviously suitable for political discussion, but there are times when these boundaries have to give way.....
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Some older, established neighborhoods showed staying power, others crept in, and the suburbs continued their education dominance in this year's edition of The Dallas Morning News' Best Neighborhoods project.
For each census tract in Dallas, Collin, Denton, Rockwall and eastern Tarrant counties, the paper ranked 11 features that make a community more livable. Scores indicated how far above or below average an area fell.
Those category ratings were combined and weighted according to how important each was to residents in a News survey.
Neighborhoods within Frisco ISD continued to post high ratings and were among the top neighborhoods for schools. Southlake neighborhoods within Carroll ISD were not in the top 10 for schools last year but this year came in at No. 2. Neighborhoods in Highland Park ISD also cracked the top 10 in the schools category.
Small-town schools remained one of the best values for parents: The towns of Prosper, Fairview and Lucas ranked among the top 25 neighborhoods for schools.
Thanks to low crime rates, the area of southern Garland around Duck Creek jumped into this year's top 10 for safety against crime. It also placed within the top 25 in other categories.
Another area of Garland, around Country Club Road, was in the top 25 for schools, suggesting that the suburb is one of the region's hidden gems.
Ideal neighborhoods for empty-nesters — couples 45 and older without children in the home — included Plano, Frisco, Richardson and McKinney.
Southlake dropped to No. 11 this year, but neighboring Keller came in at fifth for empty-nesters.
The Denton County town of Aubrey climbed to the top and is the healthiest neighborhood in Dallas-Fort Worth. Three northeast Tarrant County suburbs — Trophy Club, Colleyville and Southlake — remained in the top 10. Dallas County neighborhoods in Richardson, Lakewood and Oak Lawn also ranked high as healthy spots to live.
The Moss Haven neighborhood of Lake Highlands made the healthiest top 10 list for the first time. North of Royal Lane between Greenville Avenue and Abrams Road, the area is home to Moss Haven Elementary School, which was named a Healthy Zone School, a partnership between the United Way of Dallas and The Cooper Institute.
The school also boasts its own farming community.
For the first time, The News measured walkability by looking at areas of concentrated, pedestrian-friendly retail and entertainment. Dallas edged out its suburban counterparts and had six of the top 10 neighborhoods on the list: downtown, Uptown, Bishop Arts, Oak Lawn, Knox-Henderson and the Design District.
Beyond Dallas, many of the most walkable neigborhoods are the result of deliberate efforts to create "urban villages."
But older, restored downtown areas, including Denton and Grapevine, scored well, benefiting from a concentration of shops and restaurants that create an ideal walking atmosphere.
Staff writer Daniel Lathrop contributed to this report.
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Day Care Operator
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Quick, solve this riddle: Name a service career that provides you with a virtually unlimited pool of potential clients. The clients come to your premises for service, which means you're not a commission salesperson driving around town all day. Now consider that these clients may remain on your premises for several hours. They may sit, stand, lie down, run around, or throw things at other clients. Some of them may have bathroom accidents or instigate food fights.
Who's in charge of all this mayhem? Well, you've got the dictator, er, director. This autocratic authority figure doesn't act alone, as they generally have one or more assistants who help with mayhem control. Sometimes they entertain the clients with DVDs or outdoor recreation; sometimes they order the clients to lie down for a nap. Sometimes the clients are cranky and threaten to get out of control. Just when the director and staff think they can't take it anymore, a throng of people shows up to retrieve the clients and save the staff's sanity.
Can you name the career based on the clues we provided? (It would be pretty bad if you can't, as it's actually the title of this unit.) Okay, we'll spill the beans: You're a day care operator somewhere in the United States. You might operate an independent day care facility in a very small town or a large metro area. You may manage your own franchised day care business, adhering to your parent company's operational standards while providing quality service to your local clients. Finally, you might run a day care operation for a church or local charitable organization; or perhaps supervise a childcare or preschool program at a local school.
Before we get into the nuts and bolts of your day care operation, however, we need to examine the reasons day care is important (and often essential) to your potential clients. Here's an answer that works for both single-parent and two-parent households: The parents must work to make money, and they've got to do something with the kid(s) all day. That's when they go shopping for a day care arrangement.
Now we go back to your own day care operation, where you'll be running the whole show, perhaps with help from one or more assistants. Your center may be located in a stand-alone building, in a storefront, or on another organization's premises. You'll oversee the facility's physical operations, and keep your premises clean and sanitary in accordance with state and/or local health regulations. You may, however, rely on a landlord for maintenance-related duties.
Administrative tasks will also consume a good bit of your time. You'll want to meet with a CPA with small-business experience; as she can help you create a financial plan, budget, and fee structure for your day care operation. You need to tread very carefully with that fee structure, as you can shoot yourself in the foot by pricing your service too high. In a two-income household, for example, both parents will add their after-tax incomes, and then figure in the cost of the day care they must pay so both parents can work. They understandably want the best financial deal possible; and if your prices are higher than your competitors' fees—guess what: you lose.
Along with your financial structure, you'll need to decide on the image you want your facility to present to the larger community. Work with a marketing-savvy partner to help you develop and communicate that image effectively. For example, you might create a coordinated marketing plan that includes targeted print or online advertising, rack cards, or social media.
Perhaps most importantly, you'll need to maintain strict compliance with federal and local child care laws. These laws pertain to both the facility's physical setting and the staff you hire to help run your operation. Keep in mind that parents are entrusting you with their children. You simply cannot hire questionable characters who simply want to earn some extra cash; or who exhibit undesirable personal habits but are related to one of your staff. The safety of the young, defenseless children in your care is at stake—along with your reputation. And let's not forget the potential civil and criminal penalties. It's just not worth the risk.
If you've read this far, and are still hot and heavy to run a day care operation, take a deep breath and determine why. Do you love children? Hopefully the answer is "yes." If you merely tolerate them—or they frequently annoy you—you're asking for many years of migraines and chewed-off fingernails by choosing this career. If you're a confirmed "Type A" personality with very little patience, a faster-paced job might be more your speed.
On the other hand, perhaps you've grown up with brothers, sisters, and cousins running through your house. You're completely at home with a roomful of noisy, rambunctious children. You would absolutely love to get down on the floor with a bowl of Play-doh or finger paint. Maybe you also want your day care center to provide a stable, caring environment where each child can feel at home—regardless of what their real home is like. You believe you can accept each child as they are, with their personal quirks and odd behaviors.
Well, maybe not this one.
Now let's touch on one essential question for anyone considering a specific career: What is the field's job growth potential? Will I be spending time and money preparing for a career, and have no realistic job prospects when I finish? Well, remember that if you're planning to operate your own day care center, you're approaching this question as an employer rather than as a job seeker.
There is expected to be considerable growth in this field over the next 10 years or so. It should grow faster than most other fields, which is certainly good news. After all, parents will likely keep working and/or going to school, which means an ongoing need for quality day care services.
Finally, you might realize by now that although you enjoy kids' entertaining antics, you just can't see yourself performing diaper or pooper-scooper duty. If that's the case, check out a few other kid-oriented careers that are, shall we say, a little more sanitary in nature. You might want to consider a career as an elementary school teacher, juvenile speech therapist, or physical therapist. A part-time gig as a lifeguard, party clown, or soccer coach might also provide you with your "kid fix." Look at it this way: if you want to stay out of the 9-5 office grind, any one of these will fill the bill nicely.


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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant (88) runs up the field after a catch in a one on one drill during the afternoon practice at Dallas Cowboys training camp in Oxnard, California on July 23, 2013.
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Local poets honor Oregon's late poet laureate William Stafford by reading his works and their own at Southern Oregon University.
The reading will be at 7 p.m. in the Meese Room of the Hannon Library on the Southern Oregon University Campus, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. Free parking will be available in the lot behind the library.
Poets Jeannette Cappella, Bruce Barton, Richard Lehnert, Liz Robinson and Jay Schroeder will read a Stafford poem along with one of their own. Ashland composer Todd Barton will present a recording of his composition, "The Dream of Now," inspired by Stafford's poetry. Audience members are invited to read their favorite Stafford poems.
The event is free. Call 541-552-6835 for additional information.
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This guy comes home to his window broken and a butt-a** naked man asleep on his couch, and he still has the wherewithal to record the magic moment when he wakes his a** up ( literally).
This guy comes home to his window broken and a butt-a** naked man asleep on his couch, and he still has the wherewithal to record the magic moment when he wakes his a** up ( literally).
Someone was having fun with the arrangement of this sectional couch. Now if only they'd made a couch that looks like a womb....
Not only does this guy fall asleep on air, he blames it on "doing math in his head"! We know, we know, math is tricky, and thinking can be straight up exhausting... and then there's Sven... Poor Sven, out there in the cold, and, yet, he handles it so graciously.
When Hooters Air failed, they sold their fleer of planes to an old-people nudist resort. Then some creep took a photo.
The audio of a man calling 911 because Subway messed up his sandwich. Where was Jared during all this?
Ok, the truth is, it's only an art piece floating high in the sky. However, bet there was a bunch of perverts where down there taking pictures of the swollen dong.
Some business jerk goes absolutely berserk (like our rhyming style??) 'cause some Ian dude didn't show up for a meeting. Possibly very well-staged video, but he's still a hilarious d!©khead.
Zsa Zsa late husband claims he was robbed and forced to undress by three woman, at gunpoint. Oddly enough they didn't steal his car or his cell phone... Someone's pants are on fire.
"I hate our house kids, lets move out of this run down shat shack. No just leave it, go go go!"
Lindsay Lohan probably will mimick Marilyn Monroe's life in every way, other than the respected film career, which Lohan has replaced with Razzie award winning film career.
The funny thing is: This look is so much more sexy than the girls who have their thongs ALWAYS sticking out of their buisness.


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Several hundred children of all ages learned Bible stories through live action experience Saturday during the Crown of Life Lutheran Church's fourth annual "Walk with the Animals."
Parents and children piled into the Washington County Fairgrounds' Junior Fair Building to decorate animal masks, participate in a parade and decorate balloons, said Pastor Joel Vogel, who dressed as Noah and led the children to a replica of the ark.
At the ark, Vogel told the children the story of how Noah built the enormous boat at the instruction of God and gathered pairs of animals into it before the world was flooded with rain for 40 days and 40 nights.
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Waterford resident Mason Wells, 4, gets a kiss from poodle Belle Saturday during the Crown of Life Lutheran Church's fourth annual "Walk with the Animals."
"It is really a great way to help children learn about the stories in the Bible by reliving them," said Diana McGraw of Marietta.
McGraw brought her twin sons, David and Michael, 4, to the event because it seemed like something the boys would enjoy.
"I saw an announcement, and it seems like a good idea to help get children interested in the Bible," she said. "We need more events like this in the area."
The event was started four years ago as an alternative to traditional vacation Bible schools that are often held by churches in the summer months, Vogel said.
"Four years ago we were looking for something different to do as opposed to the usual week-long VBS, and we had heard about this program and changed it to fit our needs," he said. "So far, it has worked out great."
In the past, the event has had live animals, including snakes. This year the only animals available to pet were two poodles. But in addition to the dogs and the ark-themed activities, there was cornhole, balloon decorating, an inflatable jump that resembled Noah's ark and performances by contemporary Christian band the Heralds, from Wisconsin.
While the event takes the place of the church's vacation Bible school, it was open to anyone who wanted to learn and have fun.
"We figured that not only is the day a great way to help children understand the teachings of the Bible, but it also gets our name out into the community and allows us to share the gospel," Vogel said.
As for the replica ark, the same frame is used every year, but the exterior changes to allow children to get even more involved and add their own touches.


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|Length Overall
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|Dry Weight
|3,450 lbs.
8' 6''
|Tested Weight
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
80 gal.,
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
|15 deg.
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
5' 0''
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|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
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With a hull draft of just 11" (27.9 cm) there are very few areas that the 23 Bay can't reach.
Built for Shallows
With a deadrise of only 15-degrees, the 23 Bay is about as flat as you'll want to get while still being able to handle light chop in protected water. True, if it gets nasty, the ride will likely start getting wet, but that's not the type of water this boat is made for. Deep draft, rough water boats will never be able to reach the shallow areas this boat can, so if this is your type of fishing, you need the right tool.
Notice the large casting deck. Livewells are to the sides and pump access is in the center compartment. The reverse transom adds to the rakish styling. Pro-Line also recognized the need for midships cleats.
Basic Features with Options
Pro-Line knows that you don't want to break the bank, and that's why they equipped the 23 Bay with the basic necessities of skinny water fishing. They also know that you will have specific needs and therefore offer a long list of options to let you build a custom boat to your liking.
For example, the base boat comes with a single 38 gallon (143.8 L) livewell in the port side of the aft casting platform. That will serve you fine if you are only interested in one type of fishing. But if you want to vary your style and catch different targets, then you'll need different bait. The 23 Bay offers two additional livewells, a second 38 gallon (143.8 L) unit in the starboard side of the aft deck, and a third 10 gallon (37.8 L) livewell ahead of the console. All three are aerated, only the two larger ones are lit. The raw water washdown shares the same pump as the standard livewell on the port side and the optional livewell at the bow, so if you decide to clean up, shut off the livewells first.
Steering is hydraulic, and we'd like to see the addition of a steering knob. That empty real estate will allow for mounting a variety of electronics, some offered as options from Pro-Line.
Take a look at that huge casting deck. All hardware is stainless and flush mounted in case you like to fish barefoot.
And where do we put all of our fish? The in-deck 98 gallon (371 L) fish locker should do nicely. Go ahead and load it up with ice, as it's macerated, so all the debris will be ground up and discharged in short order.
Trolling Anyone?
The 23 Bay doesn't come with a trolling motor, or even pre-rigged for one, again to save bucks. However, rigging is not a challenge as a pull wire is in place to allow you to run your wiring harness with ease. Pro-Line offers two different motors as options, a 36-volt Great White SW109 with a 3-bank charger, and a 24-volt Great White SW82 with a 2-bank charger. The foredeck caprails are large enough to accommodate either motor without dangling off the sides, and you can also mount to either side of the bow.
We love the step up to the huge casting deck. Notice the stainless handrail around the windshield.
Additional Options
Again, to customize your 23 Bay, options abound. If you're heading into skinny water, you'll likely want a hydraulic jack plate. This allows you to lift the engine straight up 6" (15.2 cm), thereby decreasing your draft without altering your trim. Being able to do this on the fly is a great feature. Anchoring in shallow water is time consuming and not necessary if you have the optional power pole installed.
Some cooler seats prevent you from easily walking through. Pro-Line seems to have found a match of seating comfort and walkthrough space with the rounded corners on the seat.
Plenty of room between the leaning post and the helm will keep you from getting squeezed. Vertical rod holders allow for storage without taking up valuable space.
I wouldn't leave the dock without either the Bimini top, or more likely, the T-top installed. With the T-top, you also have the option of spreader lights, but we'd also like to see rocket launchers. These are easily acquired after-market though.
That empty space in the panel isn't just for looks. You'll want to add electronics, and Pro-Line offers three packages to start you off.
Package One consists of…
• Garmin GPS Map 440s
• VHF Radio -Icom
Package Two
• Adds a Garmin 400c fishfinder
Package Three changes it up slightly…
• Garmin GPS MAP 4208
• Icom VHF
• XM weather
Then there's the favored Tournament Package. It consists of…
• The two optional baitwells
• Battery switch for dual batteries
• 1 pair of rod holders
• Aluminum leaning post w/rod holders, storage & cooler
• Trim tabs with indicators
You can opt to power your 23 Bay with engines ranging from 200 E-TECs to 300 four-strokes, which Pro-Line tells us can propel the boat upwards of 57 mph. Even the stock boat comes ready to roll right out of the box, even if you don't want to add a single option. That makes the 23 Bay a great deal. Customizing it to your liking just adds frosting to the cake, and won't leave you wanting seconds.
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