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Lowe's Under Fire for Pulling Ads from TLC's All-American Muslim
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|Tue, 12-13-2011 - 9:29am
It's shameful that a large US company caves in to this narrow minded, bigoted group the Florida Family Assn.
Are these the 'Family values' we so often hear about?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6r7MxzVOTE&feature=player_embeddedLowe's faces backlash over pulling ads from 'All-American Muslim' Politicians and activists slam Lowe's choice to stop advertising on a reality TV show about Muslim Americans. The home improvement chain says it did so only after the show became a 'lightning rod.'
Home improvement giant Lowe's Cos. continues to come under heavy criticism from activists, some politicians and customers after pulling its ads from a reality TV show featuring Muslim Americans.
The North Carolina company decided to stop advertising on the show "All-American Muslim," on Discovery Communications Inc.'s TLC channel, after complaints by the Florida Family Assn., a conservative Christian group that lobbies companies to promote "traditional, biblical values."
The association praised the move, but the decision sparked immediate backlash. State Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) called the move "bigoted, shameful, and un-American." A petition on SignOn.org that calls on companies to keep advertising on the show has gathered more than 13,000 signatures. Activist and actress Mia Farrow joined the battle in a Twitter post and urged a boycott of Lowe's.
In its defense, Lowe's spokeswoman Karen Cobb said the company had a "long-standing commitment" to diversity and pulled the ads only after the show became "a lightning rod for people to voice complaints from a variety of perspectives." Other companies had also removed their ads from the show, she wrote in an email.
"All-American Muslim," which premiered last month, follows the day-to-day lives of five Muslim American families in Dearborn, Mich., a suburb of Detroit with a large Muslim population. Cast members talk about how their faith affects their actions and choices.
The conservative Christian group, based in Tampa, Fla., called the show "propaganda" that "hides the Islamic agenda's clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values." The organization began an email campaign urging companies to yank their advertising off the show. The group did not respond to an email Monday requesting comment on the reaction to its effort.
Laurie Goldberg, a spokeswoman for the Discovery Network and TLC Network, declined to comment on whether any companies besides Lowe's had pulled their ads. "We stand behind the show 'All-American Muslim,' and we're happy the show has strong advertising support," she wrote in an email.
In a letter, Lieu, the state senator, urged Lowe's to reverse its decision and apologize to Muslim Americans.
"The show is basically about Americans who happen to be Muslim," Lieu said in an interview. "For Lowe's to say that the show is dangerous, or agree that it's dangerous or somehow showing anything other than American Muslims as normal, is quite outrageous."
Lieu said he would consider urging a boycott and drafting a legislative resolution denouncing the company's actions. He said he would give Lowe's until Friday to respond.
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim American elected to Congress, issued a statement condemning Lowe's for deciding to "uphold the beliefs of a fringe hate group and not the creed of the 1st Amendment."
At a Lowe's store in Burbank, some customers expressed opposition to the retailer's actions.
"It's pretty ridiculous," said Nate Childress, 28, of North Hollywood. "The show has a great concept, and it's showing a different view of Muslims than what's constantly blasted at us in the U.S."
Childress said that even if the company had a "knee-jerk reaction" to the conservative group, that doesn't excuse its actions. "That just frustrates me, that a company would actually be afraid to advertise on a show about Muslims that aren't terrorists," he said.
Bob Clendenin of Burbank echoed that sentiment. "It just sounds like bigotry," said the 47-year-old actor. "When a company takes a stand like that, that just makes me angry."
He said he would boycott the chain until Lowe's reinstated its ads and apologized.
The broader Muslim American community is also considering taking action, said Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Muslim community leaders and interfaith groups were meeting to discuss boycotts, petitions, rallies and other forms of protest against Lowe's, he said.
"Hate groups are entitled to their bigotry — that is the beauty of America, people have the right to their own opinions," Ayloush said. "However, when a large corporation takes their side or caves in to the requests of hate groups, that is of concern."
Ayloush wondered what the public reaction would have been if a company had yanked its ads from certain now-classic programs.
"Imagine if Lowe's had decided many years ago to pull out its ads from shows like 'The Cosby Show' or 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' or 'Seinfeld' because they were deemed to portray African Americans and Jews as normal people," he said. "The American public would have been outraged by any corporation who did that."
|Sat, 12-17-2011 - 10:34am
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@ohearto - Gee, when I worked at McD's, I averaged 50 hours a week! But they didn't offer insurance unless you were in management ... we were all high school & college students. I wasn't aware that they offered insurance now. I know that a local burger chain does - they even offer educational assistance! Anyway, getting off topic...yes, other companies do limit hours as well. However, that's only one reason I refuse to shop there. I'm fortunate, I have other options.
I was talking about a local Insurance Company that limits hours.
|Sat, 12-17-2011 - 3:28pm
"Hate groups are entitled to their bigotry — that is the beauty of America, people have the right to their own opinions," Ayloush said. "However, when a large corporation takes their side or caves in to the requests of hate groups, that is of concern."Quoted from the article. The only concern I would have is if they forced the bankruptcy or closure of the TLC channel. Or they shut down TV stations because they broadcast shows the religious group doesn't approve of. Or make it impossible to read and acquire books, such as the Harry Potter series (which was a lightening rod to attempt censorship -- big fail, there, good to say! ;)), or the dvds for movies they don't approve of, forcing companies to curtail the TV shows they broadcast, or books or dvds they sell, so that *EVERYONE* is forced to abide by such censoring. Big wrong there! :|
So, this is just a tip of an iceberg of examples of possible dangers of censorship. In this case, I doubt the show will be cancelled or that TLC will be choosing their upcoming shows based on potential censorship efforts. At least, I certainly hope not! It is pitiful that Lowe's kowtowed but they now have crap on their face. Shrug. For being gutless wonders, they deserve it. Isn't it wonderful how the Net brings such bigoted maneuvers to light and it goes "viral?" So everybody knows -- and can make their own determinations and choices accordingly? Now, there is what our country is supposed to stand for -- individual freedoms and exercising them. That Lowe's bowed down to religious bigotry pressures is a disappointment, but in doing so, they are now teaching others about the dangers of censorship by all the controversy they created. A lot of discussion going on about the dangers of censorship or companies (or gov't) giving in to such censorship pressures. And that is a very good thing! Bring it out into the light of day so that freedoms aren't lost because no one knew until it was too late... :)
|Sun, 12-18-2011 - 6:59am
Different people will take this different ways, but Jeffrey Goldberg tells us that six members of the Walton family (the original owners of WalMart) have more wealth than the bottom 30 % of Americans. Here's where he says it:
In 2007, according to the labor economist Sylvia Allegretto, the six Walton family members on the Forbes 400 had a net worth equal to the bottom 30 percent of all Americans.
And given that he quotes us here at Forbes on the point, he's almost certainly right.
The question is, what are we to make of this point? I think we all know what Mr. Goldberg wants us to make of it, it's a telling indictment of American wealth inequality, the world's going to the dogs and something must be done about rising inequality.
The Waltons are now collectively worth about $93 billion, according to Forbes.
Well, yes, but. Total US household wealth is in the $50 trillion (yes, trillion) to $70 trillion range. The range is depending on whether you want to take before the housing crash or in the middle of it. So the statement is that these Waltons have, between the family, 0.13% of US wealth. Which, for the people who inherited the world's largest (well, certainly the country's) and most successful retailer doesn't sound like a particularly terrible concentration of wealth. It's certainly less than John D Rockefeller had all by his lonesome when he was in his pomp.
But I think it's possible that the comment is more revealing about Mr. Goldberg really, for as Felix Salmon points out, Mr. Goldberg himself has more wealth than the bottom 25% of Americans.
This sounds outrageous, until you stop for a second and take note of the fact that Jeffrey Goldberg, individually, has a net worth greater than the bottom 25% of all Americans.
In fact, given that I have equity in my home and no other debt than mortgage, I have, as is highly likely do all readers of these pages, more wealth than the bottom 25% of Americans added together. For as Felix points us to:
In 2009, roughly 1 in 4 (24.8%) of American households had zero or negative net worth, up from 18.6% in 2007, and 37.1% of households had net worth of less than $12,000, up from 30.0% in 2007.
Wealth is always more unequally distributed than income. By the way, it isn't even true that all of those households with zero or negative wealth are what we would call poor either. It's entirely possible to have no net assets while having a good income, even a high income. All you need to have is debts higher than your assets: something that will almost certainly be true of anyone with student debt and fresh out of college for example. Fresh out of grad school you might well have $100,000, $200,000 of debt, hey, possibly even from medical school you might be carrying $500,000. None of us are actually going to weep all that hard for you though, not you with that associates job at a Wall Street law firm on $100,000 or more, not a newly qualified doctor on hundreds of thousands a year.
I certainly don't mean that all those with negative net household value are in that situation: there are an awful lot of people who are "properly" poor in the way that we all usually understand it.
But this comparison of wealth desn't show us quite what Mr. Goldberg thinks it does. If you've no debts and have $10 in your pocket you have more wealth than 25% of Americans. More than that 25% of Americans have collectively that is.
That a family who have inherited the majority of one of the leading global retailers have more wealth than the bottom 30% of Americans, when compared with how high up the tree a single ten dollar bill gets you, is pretty much worthy of a heartfelt "Meh".
Update 12/15. A Doctor writes to remind me that fresh out of medical school a doctor does not in fact earn good money. Indeed, the one who wrote to me earns $45,000 a year for after that graduation comes residency. It is only after residency that the money starts to flow. I was sloppy in the above: I knew that residency came first and that it was only after full qualification that high incomes are earned.
It wouldn't be unusual for a newly graduated doctor to be carrying $250,000 of debt (from medical school alone) and the interest on this could be another $100,000 through a three year residency (this accumulates but it is possible to defer it, payments do not have to be made during residency). Leading to that $500,000 or so total debt if, as with my correspondent, one was to become a neurosurgeon.
So I was at best sloppy and quite possibly wrong. Although, having looked it up, given that the starting salaries post residency for neurosurgeons seem to be around $400,000 I will admit to not being about to burst into tears over this.
It does raise two interesting points though. The first being that we can almost certainly put every single doctor in residency on our list of people with less than zero wealth. Those education debts are likely to swallow any assets they might have. But we don't normally think of doctors in training as being poor really, one of the points I was making.
The other is that, well, it takes 7 years to get an MD (3 years pre-med at college, four years medical school), then 3 to 7 years residency. So someone might be 32 or so before actually earning the big bucks: and have a perhaps 25 year career after that? How does that change income inequality? When some people only earn for 30 odd years, others for 40 odd?
|Sun, 12-18-2011 - 9:12am
I agree. I imagine the publicity, because of Lowes' actions, has been good. What's that saying... "There no such thing as bad publicity". ;)
|Sun, 12-18-2011 - 3:37pm
libraone wrote:(snip) What's that saying... "There no such thing as bad publicity". ;)BWAHAHA! Exactly! :D
|Sun, 12-18-2011 - 6:49pm

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Aussie men unromantic?
Started by kpingitquiet , Feb 14 2013 04:41 PM
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Posted 14 February 2013 - 04:41 PM
A comment on social media made me wonder, do Aussie men have a reputation for being unromantic? Is it true in your experience? To whom are they being compared? Do you really care at all? Maybe Aussie women are unromantic, too?
To answer my own questions:
I have no idea, hence the topic.
No more or less so than with anyone else.
In my head, lots of Americans, a Canadian or two, a handful of Brits, and a Frenchman.
A little, yes. I like romance of a non-cheesy variety.
I'm not one so I have no idea!
Posted 14 February 2013 - 04:45 PM
Not in my mind but I don't generally trust those kinds of generalisations. Romance is a little subjective anyway. There are some kinds of romance I would not welcome at all.
Posted 14 February 2013 - 04:47 PM
I think they do have that reputation, a bit. I don't have a wide experience, but what I notice is that the Australian culture as a whole is very practical and down-to-earth. Things like spending money on flowers can seem like a waste when the flowers just die (something my DH said once; I thought he was spectacularly missing the point).
I also wonder if it's a bit of a class thing. The grand romantic gestures surely were something done by men with leisure time and money, more than the working class guys who struggled to earn a living?
I think sometimes it's nice to be spoiled, just because. Made to feel special. Mostly in a happy marriage I don't think it's a big deal, but occasionally it can niggle.
Posted 14 February 2013 - 05:36 PM
QUOTE (niggles @ 14/02/2013, 05:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Not in my mind but I don't generally trust those kinds of generalisations. Romance is a little subjective anyway. There are some kinds of romance I would not welcome at all.
I don't think "Aussie men" are anything.
Why must we do this to ourselves? You can't put people into a neat category based on sex, age, nationality, religion and its in very poor taste to try.
Edited by F1widow, 14 February 2013 - 05:37 PM.
Posted 14 February 2013 - 05:42 PM
Quite possibly but romantic as defined by many is not appealing to me.
Adoration, objectification and pampering by expensive gifts is not my cup of tea.
Talking to me about things I find interesting, giving me space when I want it, touching me with respect and love on a daily basis - thats romantic.
But I am quite happy to compromise about a suprise trip to Paris.
Posted 14 February 2013 - 05:43 PM
Some people are some people aren't, I don't think DH and I are very romantic, more like horny teenagers that will do what they have to to get the job done lol.
Posted 14 February 2013 - 05:45 PM
I don't think they have a reputation for being particularly romantic or unromantic in my mind.
Perhaps if you go with the idea of "an Aussie guy" being a bit of a Crocodile Dundee style bogan that stereotype might be valid.
But as far as the men I know - my fiance, my friends spouses and my male family members - I'd say they're a very romantic bunch.
Posted 14 February 2013 - 06:12 PM
No idea because my DH is English. What I do know is that if he bought me flowers I'd kill him... what a waste of money!!
Posted 14 February 2013 - 06:23 PM
QUOTE (Bek+3 @ 14/02/2013, 07:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No idea because my DH is English. What I do know is that if he bought me flowers I'd kill him... what a waste of money!!
I see flowers as a waste of money as well.
5 hours ago I would have said DH is as unromantic as they come, but he came home from work today, a little bit late, with a bunch of flowers he had made himself. When he finished work he went around his worksite, and for a bit of a bushwalk to find them for me.
It's been a rough weekand I was very happily surprised!
Posted 14 February 2013 - 07:22 PM
QUOTE (F1widow @ 14/02/2013, 06:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I don't think "Aussie men" are anything.
Why must we do this to ourselves? You can't put people into a neat category based on sex, age, nationality, religion and its in very poor taste to try.
Oh I agree! I didn't even know there was a stereotype on this which is what prompted me to ask. After all, I've only ever been involved with one Aussie dude so figured maybe I was missing something.
I think sa5ha might be on to something with the Crocodile Dundee thing. Maybe a stoic outdoorsy stereotype strikes people as unromantic? I dunno. I married a semi-outdoorsy geek so meh.
I love getting flowers... but only the kind I can transplant
Posted 14 February 2013 - 07:31 PM
No more or less than anyone else I'm with Bek+3 though, I'm no fan of cut flowers having read far too much about young South American children dying of respratory illnesses in their mid teens due to prolonged exposure to the chemicals used to grow flowers for the European market.
I always felt that dead child workers were really the very antithesis of romance, just quietly.
And while I know that we in Australia don't get huge amounts of flowers from overseas, it's an image that has stayed with me
Posted 14 February 2013 - 07:34 PM
I think my DH is pretty romantic. Infact I had a thread a while back with a 'poem' he wrote me. He's more romantic than me, it didn't occur to me to get him anything other than a card today, but he went all out.
In general though, I don't think Aussie men are any more or less romantic than anyone else.
Posted 14 February 2013 - 09:18 PM
QUOTE (WingBob @ 14/02/2013, 05:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No more or less than anyone else I'm with Bek+3 though, I'm no fan of cut flowers having read far too much about young South American children dying of respratory illnesses in their mid teens due to prolonged exposure to the chemicals used to grow flowers for the European market.
I always felt that dead child workers were really the very antithesis of romance, just quietly.
And while I know that we in Australia don't get huge amounts of flowers from overseas, it's an image that has stayed with me
We'll always have chocolate.
Posted 14 February 2013 - 09:31 PM
I think the Canadians and Americans are bombarded with so many advertisments telling them that they have to buy this that or the other to prove their love at Valentines that they feel they are not part of society if they don't buy something.
I remember Valentines day stuff showing up in shops immediately after Christmas. Department stores sold packs of little Valentine cards that grade school kids gave each other. We even made heart shaped envelopes in school so we could 'mail' them to each other. Then Hallmark came up with Sweetest Day (in Sept/Oct). So they could sell more sappy romantic stuff.
But it's not so commercialised here. Which I think is a good thing. We shouldn't need to have a day that we show our love to our partners. It should be done everyday.
Posted 15 February 2013 - 04:06 AM
My DH is American, and he is no more or less romantic than most of my exes. I have only really been involved with two very romantic men, and they were both Australian. I hated it and it was smothering. I much prefer little random acts of affection (like DH bringing me home wine and chocolate when he knows I'm having a bad day) to big over the top displays of nauseating commercialism.
Posted 15 February 2013 - 12:38 PM
I'm not a fan of the contrived romantic gesture. The chocolates and flowers on specified days seem forced and unnatural to me.
DH shows me his romantic side when he lets me stand under a shelter while he dashes to get the car in the rain, when he wakes just enough to pull the covers open for me when I come to bed after him, when he gets a little catch in his voice when he's singing along with a love song and looks at me.
As for the rest of the Aussie male population? Who knows? I dare say there are plenty out there who are romantic in their own way, just as in any other articficial division of people.
Edited by O TheHugeManatee, 15 February 2013 - 12:39 PM.
Posted 15 February 2013 - 12:54 PM
I don't think so OP. Tough Aussies, yes, unromantic? No
DH is very romantic and PIL also is; he still showers MIL with flowers even though they've been married for long time, he just loves her to bits just like DH to me. My cousin's DH who is French is nowhere near romantic. My sis's English husband is not that romantic. Well he used to apparently but after 4 kids not anymore according to my sis. Whilst mine has not changed
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"Contractors are coming off what has to be one of the most dramatic decades in history," the tax consulting group said in a statement. "Bookended by 9/11 and a severe recession, with boom years in the middle, the past 10 years have challenged the resources of even the most financially solid and best-run companies."
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1. Make the most of your net operating loss deduction. Recent tax legislation opens up opportunities for taxpayers of all sizes to choose an extended carryback period for net operating losses (NOLs). This provision allows contractors who have NOLs to choose a five-, four- or three-year carryback period (increased from the normal two-year rule) for NOLs incurred in a tax year beginning or ending in 2008 or 2009. Keep in mind, however, that only a single year can qualify for this enhanced carryback period.
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5 kid-friendly things to do at Bumbershoot 2013
Kid-friendly activities at Bumbershoot 2013 include Films4Families, the Little Wing music program and interactive exhibits at Pacific Science Center.
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Saturday-Monday, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, at Seattle Center (www.bumbershoot.org).
Good news for parents and caregivers: Children 10 and younger who are accompanied by an adult get into Bumbershoot free. Your first stop might be the Youngershoot Kids Zone, which offers activities for youngsters daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Next 50 Plaza (just east of the Armory, formerly called the Center House).
Also, here are a few specific kid-friendly acts to look for:
Films4Families: The 1 Reel Film Festival gets under way at noon every day of the festival with a specially selected program of short films appropriate for all ages. (Noon daily, SIFF Film Center)
Brian Vogan and His Good Buddies: This nine-piece children's band promises "foot-stomping" music with adorable lyrics. It's a little folky, a lot catchy. (1:30 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Kids Zone)
Little Wing: School of Rock introduces children to rhythm and other music fundamentals through movement games. (All day, daily, Kids Zone)
The Pacific Science Center: PacSci features hands-on, interactive exhibits all three days in addition to two shows: Radical Reactions (5 p.m. Sunday, Kids Zone) and Super Cool Science Show (3:30 p.m. Monday, Kids Zone)
Allen Stone: The local singer's funky, soulful style and kid-appropriate music is sure to entertain kids just as much as their parents, maybe even more. (8 p.m. Monday, TuneIn stage)
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Happy Valentine's Day! Last week I was invited into two Kindergarten classrooms as a "Fibre Artist Guest Speaker". I love doing that so much! I decided the craft would be on postcards. I'm a homeschooling mom, so I brought two of my kids with me. One helped teach, and one was my photographer. Here's me introducing myself.
I know. What can I say. My photographer is short. : ) I wish I had a camera on their faces when I finally told them how I make my art. They guessed everything imaginable except "with a sewing machine". I pulled out all the fabric postcards I had received from swaps. I held them up and said "this one is from Quebec", and "this one is from Ireland", "this one is from Manitoba", etc. The kids loved holding them and looking at how they were made. Some have beads, some have lace, some have tulle, one even had bells attached! Then the children all got to work making their own fabric postcards with glue and kid needles (twist ties).
The rickrack ran out fast. The kids LOVED working with it! We had them use cardstock as the main structure of course. I wasn't about to bring in the machine, the rotary blade, and the hot steam iron. Adult or child - I love teaching postcard workshops. Before they began, I asked them to think of a person they really really love, and make that card for them. Boy did they get busy! It was SILENT in the room and everyone got straight to work.
Most had "mommy" on the brain. : ) The kids with separated parents all piped up that their parents don't live together. "That's okay," I said. "You can make one for each parent." Some made two. Some made three. Some didn't want to stop! All were very proud.
They sewed, and they sewed. I went around to get them started and initiated some conversations about sewing. Only two children out of both classes said they had sewn before. It was so neat watching them figure out where to put the needle next to get the right effect.
Isn't that fabulous!?
I just love all these little hands. They were all so creative!
It was a very good day.
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6 comments:
- Michelle V. Alkerton said...
Made me smile :).
Stay inspired!
- February 14, 2011 at 12:29 AM
- Flo @ Butterfly Quilting said...
You are such a good teacher! and so patient!Great job.
- February 14, 2011 at 7:59 AM
Thank you again!!! <3
- February 14, 2011 at 9:14 AM
- Quilting By Jeannie said...
So Sweet. BTW, my sister in law is also a fiber artist, you might enjoy her blog tworedthreads.blogspot.com
- February 14, 2011 at 10:46 AM
- Christie, Describe Happy said...
Kiddo imagination really makes me day! I bet you are still smiling from the experience!
- February 14, 2011 at 11:59 AM
- felicity said...
I love love love the photos that show the child's hands holding up his/her work. What a great idea your workshop was!!
- February 14, 2011 at 6:25 PM
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VIDEO: Jennifer Hudson Performs Medley at Whitney Houston Grammy Salute!
"We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY Salute To Whitney Houston" aired last night, Friday, Nov. 16 on the CBS Television Network. The special, which was taped last month at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, features artists paying homage to the six-time GRAMMY winner. Watch GRAMMY and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson performing a Houston medley in the video below!
The event also featured performances from four-time GRAMMY winner Yolanda Adams, five-time GRAMMY winner Celine Dion, seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher, and 10-time GRAMMY winner CeCe Winans. Academy Award winner Halle Berry, actress Taraji P Henson, two-time GRAMMY winner LL Cool J and GRAMMY winner Britney Spears presented a special collection of clips that celebrated Houston's life and artistry through performances and interviews.
"We Will Always Love You" included highlights of nearly all of Houston's GRAMMY telecast performances, her classic performance of the national anthem at Super Bowl XXV in 1991, and her first-ever television appearance on "The Merv Griffin Show" in the early '80s, among other iconic performances and exclusive interviews. The special also featured other artists sharing their memories of Houston, as well as additional highlights of her career.
The first-ever definitive single disc collection of Houston's greatest hits, I Will Always Love You — The Best Of Whitney Houston, was released Tuesday, Nov. 13, and features 18 tracks, including two never-before-released songs. Additionally, an official Houston photo tribute book,Whitney: Tribute To An Icon, will be available for sale on Nov. 27.
Houston was one of the biggest pop stars — male or female — of all time, selling more than 170 million combined albums, songs and videos, and garnering six GRAMMYs and two Emmys, as well as countless other awards and accolades. She graced the GRAMMY stage eight times over the years — one of a few artists who has had the distinction of performing the most times on the annual telecast. Most recently, she appeared as a presenter at the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2009 (ultimately presenting Jennifer Hudson with her first GRAMMY, for Best R&B Album).
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Jordan Brance on Google Maps, State Formation, and the International Politics of Cartography
Author: Jordan Brance
Publisher: Theory Talks
This is a transcript of an interview with Jordan Branch, an assistant professor of political science at Brown University, on the role maps have played in the formation of the state and the international system throughout history and how contemporary ... More on «Jordan Brance on Google Maps, State Formation, and the International Politics of Cartography»
Nov 2014
Wirtschaftspolitische Koordinierung in der Europäischen Union
Author: Peter Becker
Publisher: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Dieser Bericht präsentiert einen Überblick über die europäische Wirtschaftspolitik in 2014. More on «Wirtschaftspolitische Koordinierung in der Europäischen Union»
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Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe 4/2014
Author: Nora Fellag, Nelly Bekus, Hèctor A Font, Adem Beha, Dora Komnenović, Tomas Kamusella, Andreea Racleş
Publisher: European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)
This issue of JEMIE includes articles which focus on the politics of language and minority rights. More on «Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe 4/2014»
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Dinamizando las relaciones hispano-japonesas: propuestas de la sociedad civil
Author: Mario Esteban
Publisher: Elcano Royal Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Este análisis describe las relaciones entre España y Japón en 2014. More on «Dinamizando las relaciones hispano-japonesas: propuestas de la sociedad civil»
Oct 2014
International Relations in a Time of Accelerating Dynamic Instability
Author: Lawrence A Husick
Publisher: Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
If the world has indeed entered an era of dynamic instability, how should the United States respond? The author believes that Washington should reject realist or idealist approaches to international relations and pursue more 'rational' policies -- i. More on «International Relations in a Time of Accelerating Dynamic Instability»
Oct 2014
Challenges of Peace Research
Author: Tobias Hagmann, Oliver Richmond, Annika Björkdahl, Lars-Erik Cederman, Briony Jones, Didier Péclard, Thania Paffenholz, Michael Brzoska, Laurent Goetschel, Sandra Pfluger
Publisher: swisspeace
This working paper includes a number of articles on issues dealing with peace studies, including the main challenges facing this research area as well as how peace studies relates to policy and practice. More on «Challenges of Peace Research»
Oct 2014
Islamism and Islamists: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Florence Gaub
Publisher: European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
In this brief, the author discusses the historical events that he suggests mark the beginnings of modern Islamism and outlines what he believes to be the three main forms of political Islam. More on «Islamism and Islamists: A Very Short Introduction»
Oct 2014
Costing a Data Revolution
Author: Gabriel Demombynes, Justin Sandefur
Publisher: Center for Global Development (CGD)
The lack of reliable development statistics for many poor countries has led the UN to call for a "data revolution". More on «Costing a Data Revolution»
Oct 2014
The DRC and its Neighbourhood: The Political Economy of Peace
Author: Cyril Musila
Publisher: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
This brief discusses the Lusaka Ceasefire in 1999 and the 2004 Dar es Salaam Declaration, which were both designed to end conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More on «The DRC and its Neighbourhood: The Political Economy of Peace»
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Reframing African Political Economy: Clientelism, Rents and Accumulation as Drivers of Capitalist Transformation
Author: Hazel Gray, Lindsay Whitfield
Publisher: LSE Department of International Development (ID)
This paper argues that understanding the linkages between political clientelism and the increased economic growth in African countries since 2004 calls for reflection on the current state of thinking on socioeconomic transformation within the African... More on «Reframing African Political Economy: Clientelism, Rents and Accumulation as Drivers of Capitalist Transformation»


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The Iranian Impasse
Marking the birth of democratic politics in Iran, the Constitutional Revolution remains a source of inspiration for Iranian progressives. And because the revolution drew upon the support of Western progressives, it has also led some Iranians to reassess their relationship with their Western peers. Not the least of the virtues of Mansour Bonakdarian's erudite and original study Britain and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906-11 is that it challenges some of the fashionable postcolonial assumptions about Iranian history, particularly the notion that the British of a century ago were uniformly Orientalists bent on establishing imperial hegemony over Iran. Without in any way minimizing the brutality and destructiveness of imperialism, Bonakdarian argues that Iran's democratic experiment was fostered--and not merely undermined--by engagement with the West. His Occident is populated not only by British diplomat Lord George Curzon, who orchestrated the 1907 convention, but also by W.E.B. Du Bois and other participants in the 1900 Pan-African Conference in London, as well as Irish MPs who identified with Iran's struggle for self-determination and freedom. The Constitutional Revolution had many British supporters, at the head of whom stood the remarkable Cambridge Orientalist Edward G. Browne. Iran's supporters in Britain included radical MPs in the Liberal Party, Labour MPs, Irish Nationalist MPs and socialist members of the Persia Committee, which worked closely with Iranian democrats. The socialist and liberal press, including the Manchester Guardian, also sided with the Iranian revolutionaries. These groups maintained that Iran and other nations of the East had the right to determine their own destiny. For a time, their pressure stayed the hands of Britain and Russia.
After the Constitutional Revolution, Iran's modernization continued but under starkly different conditions. (The best overview of this process in English remains Nikki Keddie's Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution, published in 1981 and updated in 2006.) Brought to power with British support in the early 1920s, Reza Shah Pahlavi imposed a new form of authoritarian nationalism, in contrast with the Constitutional Revolution's democratic nationalism. Even as he crushed the left and muzzled political life, he also secularized the legal and educational systems, integrated women and minorities into civil society, and decreased the powers of the clerical establishment. After the Allies replaced him with his young son Muhammad Reza Shah in 1941, the struggle for democracy resumed, with the formation of new political parties like the pro-Soviet Communist Party (Tudeh) and Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh's National Front. The immensely popular Mossadegh, who had earlier taken part in the Constitutional Revolution, became prime minister in 1951.
As prime minister, Mossadegh achieved two cherished goals of Iranian democrats: wresting control over Iran's oil from foreign interests and limiting the authority of the shah. Studies like Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran, edited by Mark Gasiorowski and Malcolm Byrne, and Stephen Kinzer's All the Shah's Men have chronicled how the United States and Britain calumniated Mossadegh as a Communist sympathizer, using their intelligence services to orchestrate his overthrow and restore the shah to absolute power. Democratic political parties and trade unions were then crushed by the SAVAK, a brutal secret police force trained by the CIA and Israel's Mossad. Over time, the religious opposition filled the political vacuum.
Muhammad Reza Shah enacted land reform and women's suffrage through the top-down White Revolution of 1963. It unleashed fierce clerical hostility against the shah, with nationalists and leftists divided in their response. Soon to be designated an ayatollah, Ruhollah Khomeini led antigovernment protests against the White Revolution that combined opposition to women's suffrage and land reform with anti-imperialist and antimonarchist rhetoric. In the 1970s, younger intellectuals like the lay theologian Ali Shariati, author of Marxism and Other Western Fallacies, wove Shiism and anti-imperialism into a political theology that won over many leftists and nationalists. For his part, Khomeini resurrected an obscure religious principle known as velayat-e faqih (rule of the jurist or cleric) and began to advocate the replacement of the monarchy by an Islamist state, to be led by a supreme religious leader.
As Richard and Dabashi remind us, the revolutionary left played a role in the opposition to the shah. Although the Tudeh had been eviscerated by the SAVAK, a new generation of socialists influenced by Maoism engaged in small-scale guerrilla warfare. In admiring language perfumed with nostalgia, Dabashi celebrates the mid-1970s, with its secular revolutionary intelligentsia, as a period of "cosmopolitan worldliness." That it was, indeed; but for all their sophistication and creativity, the Iranian leftist intellectuals of the 1970s failed to grasp the dangers of Islamism, ignoring or overlooking its racist, sexist and theocratic aspects in the name of the struggle against the shah and Western imperialism. During the 1978-79 revolution, Khomeini promised a break with Western imperialism--both cultural and political--and a new type of politics that would be superior to both liberal democracy and statist socialism. Instead, as Said Amir Arjomand has shown in The Turban for the Crown, Khomeini established a theocracy that had some parallels to fascism and immediately targeted leftists, feminists, gay men and Kurds. Bahaism was proscribed, and other religious minorities were reduced to second-class status.
Although some Iranian leftists briefly defended women's rights during the March 1979 demonstrations against the new regime's policy of compulsory veiling, their myopia on gender, human rights and democracy left them ideologically defenseless against Iran's Islamist rulers once the latter adopted a strongly anti-imperialist program. In books like Haideh Moghissi's Populism and Feminism in Iran, feminists who participated in the revolution have grappled with the left's failure to confront Islamism's repressive features. The new generation of Iranian intellectuals, for whom Islamism's authoritarian face is only too familiar, has been equally critical.
As Richard shows, the Western left responded to the 1978-79 revolution in sharply divergent ways. Some preferred to look past the Iranian Revolution's religious dimension, viewing the events as an essentially nationalist insurgency. Michel Foucault stood out for recognizing the novelty of the revolution, particularly the significance of religion, but, Richard writes, he was "fooled by the romanticism" of a revolution that sought to undermine Western modernity through a "political spirituality." The most sober appraisal on the left came from Richard's mentor, the late Maxime Rodinson, a renowned French Marxist scholar of Islam and author of the definitive biography of the Prophet Muhammad. Rodinson warned that Khomeini's anti-imperialism concealed an authoritarian "moral" agenda that would curtail individual freedom and women's rights. This assessment has held up far better than Foucault's, but the Islamic Republic also proved to be more resilient and adaptable than its critics predicted.


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Junior running back Tyreis Thomas races past the final Marmion defender on his way to a 38-yard touchdown run. Thomas ran for 140 yards and two touchdowns in the IHSA class 6A state championship game Nov. 27. Boylan claimed its first state football title in the 48-19 victory. See "Thomas, Titans race to first state championship" on page C1.
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Serving Legal Documents Through Social Media
Jaffe Sees 'A Lot' of IPOs in 2013 'Pipeline'
Nina Totenberg: SCOTUS Secrets, Leaks & Pizza with Scalia
Invisible hits. What could possibly be meant by the following tweet? "CA-40/43-44/49-44/44-50/36-44/49-10/16/14-52–>49/476-10s." According to a recent CNN report, GOP groups tweeted such seemingly meaningless gibberish in...more
Many people cannot control their social media impulses and this is now becoming an issue during trials. Disregarding the court's instructions that jurors are not to discuss the case with anyone during the trial, there are...more
The SEC recently issued an investor alert to warn investors about potential fraudulent investment schemes involving popular social media sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, turning its eye towards investor fraud...more
..Laundry time. Make sure you are getting what you're paying for. That's good advice in a lot of areas of human endeavor and it's certainly true of online advertising. We wrote last month about efforts by the online...more
Traditionally, media companies (as well as non-media companies) almost exclusively utilized their own content. However, because of the exponential growth in the public's desire and ability to interconnect through social media...more
Social media websites allow anyone — or more accurately everyone — to communicate and share ideas and opinions with a wide-ranging audience. Websites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn provide an extraordinary means...more
..Lyfted documents? Uber and Lyft, two ride-sharing companies that are both expanding rapidly and trying to take business away from traditional taxis in cities across the nation, have never been on the best of terms. Their...more
In the pre-Facebook era, the word "like" was primarily a verb (and an interjection sprinkled throughout valley girls' conversations). Although you could have likes and dislikes in the sense of preferences, you could not give...more
Except for a handful of laws that apply to specific industries, such as health and financial services, there is no comprehensive federal law that requires companies to have a privacy policy. However, some states, including...more
Internet heavyweights including Google, Facebook, and Twitter are backing the popular business review site Yelp in a Virginia Supreme Court case that has gained country-wide attention as having the potential to significantly...more
..Cuffed links. The Spanish parliament has passed what is commonly known as the "Google tax," although it's technically not a tax and doesn't apply solely to Google. Rather, it's an intellectual property law requiring online...more
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A Pew Foundation study earlier this year found that 87% of all adults in the United States access the Internet or email, either through computers or mobile devices. The same study found that of those adults, as many as 74%...more
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Leafs Draft Tyler Biggs 22nd, Stuart Percy 25th
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June 25 2011 11:06AM
The Toronto Maple Leafs spent the first day of the draft on a couple of solid if unspectacular draft picks. They did make a move to grab a player that they coveted in the bruising Tyler Biggs in the 22nd slot from the US National Team Development Program. The Leafs moved the 30th (from Boston) and 39th (their own) seleciton to Anaheim for the right to pick Biggs. Reports suggest that either Pittsbugh or Detroit were intent on selecting Biggs and Detroit's trade out of the first round immediately following the selection lends some anecdotal credence to the theory. Biggs' comparables during the draft telecast - for what it's worth it would be interesting to see how these compare a few years down the line - were Colby Armstrong and Milan Lucic. The former is kind of depressing but the latter is positively mouth watering. While the Leafs have certainly made strides in getting tougher to play against
They then used the pick they received from Philadelphia in the Kris Versteeg trade to draft defenceman Stuart Percy from the Mississauga St. Mike's Majors of the OHL. Percy is a lifelong Leafs fan that grew up in Oakville and played all of his minor hockey in the GTA. He sports the number five because he wants to model his game after Nik Lidstrom's. He was a player that many saw as possibly being chosen with the Leafs' 30th overall pick but the Leafs were higher on him after a strong playoff run.
Below is audio captured by Chris Dilks of Western College Hockey Blog and after the jump are videos of the two newest Maple Leafs.
Making sense of Paul Holmgren's trades
Cam Charron
June 24 2011 02:17PM
From a stand-alone perspective, trading Jeff Carter to Columbus is not a bad trade for the Philadelphia Flyers. Everything that happened afterwards is chaotic, as Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren laid his team's foundation and future through 2012 on a roulette table.
Where the Jeff Carter trade baffles me is that it meant more than a long contract for salary cap relief, a young roster player (Jakub Voracek) and a couple of picks, one of them #8 in a pretty decent draft. Philadelphia used all the long-term money they save on a piece that they may not have needed. An oft-repeated cliché is that the Flyers were just a goalie away from the Stanley Cup. They haven't won one since Bernie Parent.
My 2011 NHL Draft Top-30
Jonathan Willis
June 23 2011 10:03AM
I know the hockey world is swamped with mock drafts and top-30 lists at the moment, but I thought I'd add one more – mine. This is not a mock draft; rather, this is how I rank the players I feel are the top-30 prospects for tomorrow's draft.
How Teams Will Meet the Cap Floor
June 22 2011 09:02AM
There are a number of cash-poor NHL teams that are likely scrambling to meet the $48M floor, most notably Florida who have to sign 11 players and spend at least $29.7M dollars to do it. Phoenix, Dallas and the NY Islanders are in similar positions albeit with more players signed.
Just because they're cap rich doesn't make Florida in a rush to acquire garbage like Wade Redden, Chris Drury, or Mike Komisarek, those guys actually need to be paid a lot of money. Instead look for these teams to exploit a CBA loophole for this coming season.
Stacking the deck on draft day
Cam Charron
June 21 2011 05:06PM
I want to point you all in the direction of a fantastic bit of research written last week by CIS Blogger and math graduate Rob Pettapiece. Rob expands on research he did into the CHL draft and found that players born earlier in the year were more likely to get drafted than players born later in the year. He divided the players into four camps, 'Q1' through 'Q4' and concluded that, since there were 4.3 times more Q1 players drafted, there are teams that make decisions, particularly in the late rounds, based on player size and strength rather than observable skill.
"If you're down to "projectability" at that point, rather than stats and performance, then fine, pick the tallest kid if you have no other information about them."


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Transfer data between computers, or backup your files and personal data, all at speeds faster than ever before with USB 3.0.
The USB 3.0 interface has become increasingly popular in the market, and the S102 Pro uses the latest USB 3.0 transmission interface with read speeds of up to 100 MB per second, and write speeds of up to 25 MB per second. Compared to the S102, the S102 Pro transmission efficiency is increased up to 50%, thereby reducing the waiting time when working with large media files. With a modest price the, S102 Pro allows you to challenge the limits of cost performance ratios.
The fine textured aluminum housing of this drive has a striking appearance in an appealing titanium color. The cap can be tucked in the back of the drive casing when in use, preventing accidental loss.
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It was very easy and convenient to order. The delivery was in 3-4 days. Wow...Very impressed