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Bear wrote: Okie
Alright so first of all I think you have an AH-MAZING body... but not for high fashion or fashion modeling in general. You photograph a bit short in photos. Even for a petite model, you still need to focus on photographing tall and long. The majority of your poses tend to be squished up versus trying to make yourself look longer.
You have a beautiful face too, but you really need to work on your facial expressions.
You have a good amount of expressions, but in some of your photos there seems to be an odd disconnect with your poses. I'd work with trying to make everything cohesive.
This one in particular feels the most disconnected to me. Why do you have a bored expression but not a bored pose? There isn't anything wrong with putting emotion in photos, but if it doesn't match it just looks weird. I don't know if that was your original intention. I would have opted for something a little more relaxed. Maybe open mouth a little with some hooded eyes.
Now, when I say you don't photograph tall, please don't take that to heart. I think you would be great for commercial looks, lingerie, or art photos... but do I ever see you in Vogue? No. Unfortunately not.
my_other_profile wrote: modelmayhem.com/874543
You would be so ridiculously great for high fashion photography. You have no freaking idea the goldmine your face and body would make.
A. You need better photographers. Period. All of your photos look like they are shot by amateurs or GWC's. But...
B. I can see why you've only shot with amateurs.
You really need to start focusing on how you pose in general. You look as though you have no idea what you are doing when you pose for the camera. Just because you have a high fashion body and face, doesn't mean you have any idea what to do with it. If I were you I'd grab some fashion magazines and start practicing some of the styles you see in them in the mirror and really work on knowing the angles and places of your body.
Just because your thin doesn't mean you don't have problems. Even the highest of highest super models know EXACTLY what angles work the best for them.
Even if you have a thousand looks or comments telling you how beautiful you are, I guarantee that it's because a majority of your images are nudes and not because you are a good model. You have so much potential and I feel you are wasting it on photographers who can't take you to that next level.
These aren't even good artistic nudes.
Appearance is essential for models. You look like you have good skin, but your hair is terrible. You need to make sure when you take photos that you take good care of your hair. It's ridiculously frizzy even though it's straight. There are plenty of products out there that can help with this problem. Also, you need to work on your make-up, I do work also as a professional make-up artist, and I can tell you your basic make-up does nothing to enhance your features. It just looks like badly done make-up.
Work on your facial expression, as much as I hate quoting Tyra Banks, you need to learn how to smile with your eyes and relax the facial muscles in your face. You look extremely tense in all of your photos and it really detracts from your looks. You especially need to work on your mouth. While I tend to like the open lipped look, you don't know how to make it look soft and pretty, it looks more like your trying to smile weird but fail at doing so.
Like I said, you have great potential, you just need to work on some aspects and you could be top notch.
Nicole L Grant wrote: Me please
Please don't take this the wrong way, but if I were you I'd take off editorial and fashion. I love me a plus sized lady(and you are plus sized for the modeling world not for the real world) in high fashion but my dear you just don't have the looks for it. Not to say you aren't a pretty person, because you do have a pretty face but, your body proportions would deter you from getting any editorial gigs.
If you stick to glamor photography I think you would do alright but again, like I told someone else before you need to get a better photographer. If I were you I'd invest some money and tuck it away to afford a photographer that would do you better justice and do some better editing and light on your photos for you.
You need to work on your poses as well. You do not have a strong pose aesthetic. When I look at your photos I don't feel 'model' from it. I feel, "Do I look pretty? Am I pretty? Do I look pretty? Am I sexy?" Try and get away from that. Your thoughts should be, "Am I posing my body to get the best angles for the camera?" or, "If I move this way I can access the best assets to present to the lens." or "Is this what the photographer is trying to achieve in his photos?" It shouldn't be how pretty you are but how to maximize and use your body efficiently for the best possible outcomes.
If you want to do the, "I'm pretty" poses then I'd just say to go to some guy who does high school photos for a living. He/She can do that for you. But that's all you're going to get.
Work on your facial expressions too. You tend to have a weird, 'almost' smile that doesn't work for your photos and tends to make you look a bit dead and flat in them. Practice your facial expressions in a mirror, half the time you don't do anything except for, "Well, I'm just going to look up here or look at the photographer and hope the pictures come out good."
Cynthia Serrano wrote: sure
I feel like you try to 'play' at modeling rather than actually modeling.
You have some decent photographers, but the majority of your modeling portfolio just looks amateur and looks like "Hey! Look at me! I'm modeling!" When in reality you really aren't.
Sure, you're posing for the camera, but it feels off. It may be because the photographer doesn't know how to coach you, or that you may think that your way is best and you aren't willing to listen. I'm not saying that IS what you're doing but you really need to work on it.
The best way to explain it is that you have the potential to get the next level of posing but you aren't quite there yet. It's a bit stiff and it's a bit to on the, "Look, I'm pretty, you should be happy to photograph me" vs. maximizing what is most efficient for the camera.
Your make-up tends to be decent, but your styling needs some work. It feels a bit like you pulled some of the outfits out of a bad costume catalog or something that you deign is fashion but isn't really. Or, "OMG THIS OUTFITS MAKES ME LOOK SEXY!"
Study some magazines and see what's really in trend for fashion photos.
Be careful of some of the angles of your face though. Because you have an elongated face and you wear a lot of make-up you can come off a bit drag queen.
You also have the habit of shrinking yourself down and photographing short. Because you are so short, you want to do poses that maximize and elongate yourself.
I feel like maybe you'd be suited more for cosplay photography more than anything else.
Ellen Grace V wrote: Me? As a new model, it would really help.
First things first. I'd take off all of these photos.
Every. Single. One.
You really do have a pretty face, but none of these photos are very helpful in getting you noticed for photographers. Many of these look like, "My friend is taking these for me for facebook." rather than inviting a photographer to really get to notice your facial features.
If I were you and you don't have anything but a point and click than here is what you do.
Pull ALL of your hair back and find a blank wall to shoot against for portraiture. This way the photographer has a chance to assess all of your facial features, and not get distracted by all of that hair.
Please put on a little bit of make-up. Just a little bit will do. Some foundation and powder to get rid of the shinyness in your face and some mascara to bring out your eyes. You don't need a lot of make-up, but just a little bit to work on some flaws and bring some features out.
Put on an outfits that showcases your body. Tank top and a pair of jeans and tights with some heels is efficient. Against stand up straight against a blank wall. Don't try to over-pose and do something unnatural.
Either whiten your teeth or don't smile so wide. The yellow is pretty prominent in one of your photos. That's quite a bit of a distraction for photographers. Remember, and it's a bit hurtful, most people are looking for perfection. Not because a person isn't beautiful, because in the long run it's less editing that the photographer has to do.
Your body as well is in a weird in between stage, you're either to skinny for plus-sized modeling, but to big for high fashion. I suggest you either eat more or lose more weight. Unless you plan on doing glamor photography. Then that doesn't really matter as much. It matters, but alot of glamor photography is centered around T&A. So for that genre, if you got it flaunt it.
Also, I'd suggest you tuck away some cash and get some professional head and body shots. Or have someone with a polaroid take some pictures, a lot of professionals do go by polaroids surprisingly.
YanaModel wrote: Me, please! New to modeling and any input is always appreciated!
With your body proportions I would knock off fashion from your lists of modeling. Unless you were modeling for fashion that is for women of your proportions.
You would be AMAZING in Glamor photography though so if I were you I'd venture into that portion of photography.
Things you obviously need work on:
A. Better photographers and photographs. Stash some money away and get a good photographer to take some pictures of you. Though with your looks, I'm sure if you were to ask a good glamor photographer to take pictures of you I'm sure he'd jump on it. However...
B. Work on your facial expressions. You venture between two looks as far as I could see. The first is a, "Hi! My friend is taking a picture of me let me smile for the camera." and "OMG I'M SO SCARED TO BE IN FRONT OF THIS CAMERA!"
You have a tension in your eyes that is very prominent with how nervous and uncomfortable you are in front of a lens. Maybe some old insecurity? Not sure. But try and relax your face.
C. You photograph taller in some pictures then others. I'd get rid of all the pictures that make you look short even if you are short. Most photographers want girls that photograph tall. You have a well proportioned body, except for the gigantic bosoms, and you should use that to your advantage.
D. Keep away from high and looking down angles. They aren't as flattering as you think they may be. They also make you again, look shorter. Try for straight on photos or have the person taking the photos sit on the floor and take them to make you look taller.
Kylie Sloan wrote: Me?
While the quality of the photos are very pretty, I feel like you could be the poster model for every senior portrait ever made or stock photos for the back of frames people are selling.
You're the pretty girl next door type, but I don't know how I feel about you as a model just yet. It could be just because you are so young, but at the same time I've seen girls your age or younger really turn it out.
What you need is that extra 'oomph'. Something that will make you stand out from the classic girl next door pretty girl that half the people in America have.
I just don't see 'it' yet in your photos.
If you want to venture where you want to venture, and I'm assuming commercial photography more than fashion photography, you really need to find other photographers(which I'm sure you're trying to do) and make sure to venture towards those areas instead of staying stagnant with the one shoot.
Learn to work on VARIOUS facial expressions and be careful of one of your eyes. You have a tendency to squint one eye more than the other. Practice in the mirror as much as possible.
Work on your poses too. Just looking over your shoulder and giving the, "Look at me aren't I pretty?" type of poses only go so far.
I look forward to seeing how you'll progress in the future.
Stephanie Newman wrote: I could use your help, I just got started and need to know what I need to do to go on .. Thank You Stephanie
First things first.
I usually don't mind the short and sweet versions of one's profile, but you REALLY got to fix yours. All the grammatical errors and fragmented sentences just without looking at your pictures would make me instantly not want to work with you.
You should maintain a slight level of professionalism in this industry at ALL times. This is one of your online portfolios, not facebook.
Now that I have that out of the way, girl you got a BANG'IN body... but just because you have a good body doesn't mean you shouldn't work on your face and hair.
Your hair looks like you just stepped out of the early 90's and does not work with your facial structure. Okay, I take it back... it looks bad in only HALF your photos. The one where you're in black and blue, that one is alright. I feel like someone tried to tease your hair and did an awful job of it. The color is also all wrong, it really washes out your skin tone and does nothing to enhance your features.
You need to work on your facial expressions quite a bit. It looks like you're trying to be sexy, but it looks more like a. someone stuck something somewhere wrong and you're uncomfortable, or b. "Uh... am I doing it right?" insert valley girl voice.
While your body language works really well, your facial expression has a disconnect with your body. Remember, your eyes are the window to your soul, and the camera will capture EVERYTHING. If you look tense or nervous or like you don't know what you're doing in the face it's going to show.
Again, like a few others, I would honestly take off fashion/editorial because girl you aren't built for it.
I think you should definitely stick to glamor, swim suit, and fitness. Those seem to work with you much better and like I said you have the body for it hardcore.
I'd also focus on getting better photographers with better editing skills. You can see that the person who took your photos really didn't know how to edit skin, and it looks bad.
Axioma wrote: me please, look forward to your assessment thanks so much!
Your portfolio is KILLER!
I don't really have too much to say about your work.
You were MEANT for modeling.
You have killer expressions, great body language, and have very diverse looks and expressions.
Your artistic nudes, are what artistic nudes should look like!
There are a few things I took note of in your portfolio that can be improved upon, and pictures that I would honestly get rid of.
One things I noticed were the photos where you were looking up. You don't have a long face, but you have a long chin, and when you look up you tend to look very masculine.
Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE androgyny, but you don't have a face suited for androgynous looks and are definitely more on the feminine side. When you look up, it really enhances how strong your chin is and detracts from your face, which is a shame because you really do have a beautiful face.
The pictures I would get rid of are as follows:
Rene Bugatti wrote: Assess me!
The only photo I even initially liked in your whole portfolio was this shot:
And even then it was un-edited. If they had edited it, this could have been a killer shot.
Otherwise I hate every single one of your photos. And I'm only saying this because you have an advantage over other models. You are tall, you photograph tall, you have wonderful hair, but you have the deadest expressions I have ever seen.
It's just all the same face, maybe a slight smile here and there, but all the same face, all the same expression and practically all the same angles. You do not know the angles of your face AT ALL.
Potential here too, but you do not know how to work your face.
Utilize it! PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!
You have a long face too, try not to wear too heavy make-up. Your face is not a face that is meant for a lot of make-up. You are on the verge of being drag queen-ish as well.
Learn your poses. Your poses are practicall modeling 101. No, below modeling 101. It's like your a girl that wants to model, but you only do what you think is modeling but not actually what modeling is.
Like I said, YOU HAVE AN ADVANTAGE... but you do not know how to use it.
Polish yourself!
Lela Jesse wrote: Can you do mine? Thank you!
You have such a ridiculously beautiful face.
You remind me of a woodland elf.
Be careful though. You have a longer face and such a unique facial structure that certain expressions can come off a bit weird looking and overly sexual, and not in the good way.
You have a fine line of being a model or being a porn star so watch that carefully.
Your make-up needs just a little bit of fine-tuning, though honestly I'd tone down some of the black on the top lid. I understand you like more of the pin-up look, but I think it would be better suited to a lighter appearance... only because your face is slightly long, it tends to enhance the longness and make it look a little bit longer. Or maybe it's just the angle of the camera...
Which means you need to work on your facial angles more.
You also need better photographers. Despite your beautiful features, your pictures are kind of a let down.
I'd like to see some more body shots as well, and from what I have seen you need to work on your body modeling more.
Practice makes perfect. I think you have potential to be something even better.
CEE Productions wrote: You have such a ridiculously beautiful face.
You remind me of a woodland elf.
Be careful though. You have a longer face and such a unique facial structure that certain expressions can come off a bit weird looking and overly sexual, and not in the good way.
You have a fine line of being a model or being a porn star so watch that carefully.
Your make-up needs just a little bit of fine-tuning, though honestly I'd tone down some of the black on the top lid. I understand you like more of the pin-up look, but I think it would be better suited to a lighter appearance... only because your face is slightly long, it tends to enhance the longness and make it look a little bit longer. Or maybe it's just the angle of the camera...
Which means you need to work on your facial angles more.
You also need better photographers. Despite your beautiful features, your pictures are kind of a let down.
I'd like to see some more body shots as well, and from what I have seen you need to work on your body modeling more.
Practice makes perfect. I think you have potential to be something even better.
Thank you so much!
I just did a shoot yesterday that focused on full body for me a little more.
I'm definitely not going for porn star, so I'll be a little more careful! Thank you for your critique, it was very helpful, and hopefully, I can change some of that to head in a direction I'm looking for.
MariaPantellis wrote: Me please
You photograph short. Period.
Even where you can't see your whole body, you can tell that you have a really tiny frame and you still look short.
While you shouldn't let that deter you from pursuing a modeling career, I'd certainly strike editorial and fashion from your portfolio and only stick to modeling glamor, and it's subsets.
I think you need to tone down your make-up as well.
While a lot of make-up is great for glamor photography, the way you do yours makes you look older than your age. Your profile said you were only 24, but because of your make-up I thought you were in your early 30's. It's a bit messy too and needs some slight polishing.
You also look really pissed off in most of your photos. Try relaxing your face more so that it doesn't look like you're going to punch me through a photo.
I think you need new better quality photographs. Many of yours are blurry and pixelated.
Kate Conner wrote: me me me
I just don't see model. I guess it's because of your photos.
All of the photos you put up just look like facebook photos your friends took of you. One of them even has the top of your head cut off. It just makes you look fairly average and nothing special.
I'm going to give you the same advice another fledgling model was given.
Take down all of these photos minus the one where you are sitting on the ground in black and white.
If you don't know a professional photographer, save up some money and get one, however if you can't afford it and only have a point and click at the moment:
Pull back all of your hair and stand against a blank wall and have someone take a photo of your portrait.
Take one forward and take one profile.
Wear something that is simple and reveals the shape of your body. Tank top and jeans or tank top and tights with a pair of heels.
Again stand against a blank wall. Don't over pose.
From what I can also see though, you need extreme help in working on facial expressions and body posing.
Look through magazines and emulate, you'll start to develop your own style, but for right now practice. Make sure to practice facial expressions in the mirror too.
Polaroids are also another good option to help get your photos taken.
DANAE wrote: I would really like to know what you think!
Move here now. NOW!
Seriously. I would photograph THE HELL OUT OF YOU! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL OF MY LIFE?!
You have an exquisite face, exquisite eyes, exquisite proportions, just exquisite! Exquisite! Exquisite!
Only a few minor things to note
Be a little bit more mindful of some of your angles. While the majority of them they are beautiful, there are a few where your neck looks slightly short and stocky.
Careful about wardrobe. When you put on something to young, it makes your face look older. You have a beautiful face, but it has a mature touch to it. You should stick to something either really high fashion or sophisticated.
And only one photo looks a little disconnected as far as facial expression to body language.
The photos I would get rid of in your portfolio are:
CEE Productions wrote: ........
Move here now. NOW!
Seriously. I would photograph THE HELL OUT OF YOU! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL OF MY LIFE?!
You have an exquisite face, exquisite eyes, exquisite proportions, just exquisite! Exquisite! Exquisite!
Only a few minor things to note
Be a little bit more mindful of some of your angles. While the majority of them they are beautiful, there are a few where your neck looks slightly short and stocky.
Careful about wardrobe. When you put on something to young, it makes your face look older. You have a beautiful face, but it has a mature touch to it. You should stick to something either really high fashion or sophisticated.
And only one photo looks a little disconnected as far as facial expression to body language.
The photos I would get rid of in your portfolio are:


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For months, Catholic religious leaders have waged a PR campaign criticizing the Obama administration for allegedly infringing on their religious liberties. They've blasted, among other things, an administration requirement (since rescinded) that institutions affiliated with religious organizations offer contraceptive coverage in their health insurance plans. Religious conservatives are also fuming that the administration declined to renew a contract with the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to provide services for human trafficking victims because the group refused to provide referrals for contraception and abortion to sexual assault victims.Gary Marx, the executive director of Ralph Reed's Faith and Freedom Coalition, sent out a fundraising letter this month urging people to sign a petition fighting Obama's "war on religion," writing: "The Obama Administration's actions are evidence of a pattern of hostility towards religious institutions and an antipathy to uphold and protect the nation's most fundamental founding principles."More...Related:Special Project | President Obama, Change we can believe in? Week of February 19, Jeanette Eastman, Associate Editor, Evergreene DigestThe key point is that Obama is a president who hasn't merely tried but failed to achieve what he promised to achieve. He has deliberately and publicly worked to do the opposite of what he promised on key issues.8 New Items including:
From marriage to contraception, the tax-exempt Catholic Church wants to run the public agenda.5 Items including:
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The bishops: One way on a two-way street, John Lesch, Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune
Cardinal Edward Egan Just Withdrew His Apology For The Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal, Michael Brendan Dougherty, Business Insider
550 seeking restitution from Milwaukee Archdiocese, Carrie Antlfinger, Associated Press / MSNBCAbout 550 people are asking for restitution for alleged sexual abuse by clergy in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee — more than in any of the other U.S. dioceses that have filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a lawyer involved in the Milwaukee case.Vatican sex crimes prosecutor warns bishops, Nicole Winfield, Associated Press / Miami (FL) HeraldBishops must follow the Catholic church's laws and standards when dealing with priests who sexually abuse children or face possible church sanctions for negligence, the Vatican's sex crimes prosecutor said Wednesday (Feb 8).Cleric warns of silence on sex abuse in Asia, Nicole Winfield, Associated Press / Boston (MA) GlobeA culture of silence across Asia may be keeping many victims of clergy sex abuse there from coming forward, a top Asian church official told a Vatican-backed conference yesterday (Feb 9). Monsignor Luis Antonio Tagle, the archbishop of Manila, said Asian deference to church authorities in places like the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Philippines may also have contributed to keeping a lid on reports. He said more and more victims have spoken out in the past five years in the Philippines, but incidents of priests keeping mistresses still far outpace reports of priests preying on children.
Ivan Strenski, Religion Dispatches"Bella makes us better," Santorum says, in a campaign video that tells the story of his daughter's illness.The recent news photos of Rick Santorum tenderly cradling his stricken daughter, Isabella, touched my heart. A victim of Trisomy 18 or Edwards syndrome, Isabella suffers from a far graver condition than the better-known Down syndrome, who often live into their teens and beyond—Trisomy 18 children rarely survive the first week.
But as a fellow Catholic, the fate of such children shook me into some serious questioning about the relation among Rick Santorum's religion, his public policies, and his personal family tragedies. And I wonder especially how Santorum's version of Catholicism aligns with these policies.More...Related:
Rick Santorum On Opposition To Abortion In Cases Of Rape: 'Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation', Huffington Post
Michael Brendan Dougherty, Business InsiderThis article is made possible with the generous contributions of readers like you. Thank you!St. John Chrysostom, once said "The road to hell is paved with the skulls of bishops." Here's proof that he was right.
In an interview this week (Jan 5-11) with Connecticut Magazine, Cardinal Edward Egan, withdrew his 2002 apology for the Church's handling of the sex-abuse scandal, which was once read in all New York parishes.
A decade after that letter, the former archbishop of New York, and former bishop of Bridgeport, now describes the handling of the priest-abuse crisis under his watch as "incredibly good." He said of the letter, "I never should have said that," and added, "I don't think we did anything wrong."
More...Related:550 seeking restitution from Milwaukee Archdiocese, Carrie Antlfinger, Associated Press / MSNBCAbout 550 people are asking for restitution for alleged sexual abuse by clergy in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee — more than in any of the other U.S. dioceses that have filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a lawyer involved in the Milwaukee case.
In a country of alarmingly high unplanned pregnancy, American women need access to affordable birth control for economic and health reasons.June Carbone and Naomi Cahn, AlterNetIf you like reading this article, consider contributing a cuppa jove to Evergreene Digest--using the donation button above—so we can bring you more just like it. The Obama administration's recent decision to require most religious-affiliated employers to cover birth control for their employees is good news for the women who work for religious employers and do not share the male hierarchy's opposition to birth control. It is also good news for a country with the one of the highest unplanned pregnancy rates in the developed world.More Than Just Using CondomsContraception, as every woman knows, is a system that depends on developing the right habits and getting consistent reinforcement from partners, parents and/or friends. In other words, effective contraception takes more work than simply remembering to use condoms. As a result, many women are more devoted to their gynecologists than other doctor in their lives – and gynecologists can be expensive. One of us visited hers after the birth of a third child. By the late thirties, pregnancy becomes riskier for mother and child and few families feel they can afford a fourth even on a law professor's income. The gynecologist explained that methods of contraception that work for young women often don't work as well after childbirth. The solution: an IUD. There was only one problem, the doctor sheepishly explained: It cost $400 and insurance wouldn't cover it for an employee of a Catholic university. For a professional, $400 is not out of reach; for many women it is.More...
Though founded by a pacifist, Christianity has justified some of the most brutal slaughters in human history, from the wars of the late Roman Empire to the Crusades to the Inquisition to world wars to genocides against "heathens," Muslims and Jews. Yet, Gary G. Kohls says the essence of Christianity can still be reclaimed.Gary G. Kohls, Consortium NewsThis article is made possible with the generous contributions of readers like you. Thank you!
Jesus delivering the Sermon on the Mount (painting by Carl Bloch)
From time to time, I read about condemnations of religion coming from non-religious groups, especially concerning the all-too-common violence perpetrated in the name of religious gods. Indeed there is plenty to condemn.Altogether too many religions sects of both major and minor religions, despite verbally professing a desire for peace and justice in the world, are actually pro-war, pro-homicide and pro-violence in practice (or they may be silent on the subject, which is, according to moral theology, the same as being pro-violence).More...
Milton Lee Norris, OpEdNews.comIf you like reading this article, consider contributing a cuppa jove to Evergreene Digest--using the donation button above—so we can bring you more just like it.This article is about Christianity and Christians, real vs. so-called Christians. It speaks of Christianity as not being a jewelry store where people get to pick and chose whom they should love. It speaks of the rock b/w Christianity and God's love. It points out how Gays and the LGBT people aren't the real dilemma of the Christian Church but plainly how being evil and hateful are the real issues.When I think of Christianity I think of God, love and goodness; when thinking of what doesn't fall into the realm of Christianity many other things enter my mind. It comes to light that Christianity is not like going to a jewelry store or to an exclusive retail store; we don't get to pick and choose which way is the right way to love. We cannot go into a store and pick out people to love like diamonds, gold, silver, cell phones, PCs or any other electronic equipment; people are not things. Jesus' example of love is simple; "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you."More...Related:Gay marriage - a Lutheran leader's plea to Catholic bishops, Herbert W. Chilstrom, Minneapolis (MN) Star TribuneMay I share a word with all of you who now lead the Roman Catholic community of faith in Minnesota?The Gospel of the Penniless, Jobless, Marginalized and Despised, Chris Hedges, Common Dreams
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In her speech at the National Book Awards on Wednesday, Ursula K. Le Guin shares her Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters with "all the writers who were excluded from literature for so long," blasts the commercialization of literature and the greed of publishers, and predicts:
I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now . . . and even imagine some real grounds for hope. We will need writers who remember freedom: poets, visionaries, the realists of a larger reality. Right now, I think we need writers who know the difference between production of a market commodity and the practice of an art.
Neil Peart's extensive drum kit is just as well known as the Rush drummer himself. It's also a pop-culture touchstone, with shows like Freaks And Geeks paying homage to it, and Nick (Jason Segel) even showing Lindsay (Linda Cardellini) his drums, exclaiming, "Six more pieces I got a bigger kit than Neil Peart. Rush, yeah!"
So, if you've ever wondered exactly what pieces make up the legendary kit, here's a guide from the man who knows best.
Researchers showed that macaques were able to associate their actions on a joystick with an icon moving on a computer screen.
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A new colorful map reveals the geological history of the asteroid Vesta.
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Natalie Dormer, one true Queen of England and Westeros and the Capitol and Baker Street and our hearts, did an AMA yesterday on Reddit. Shall we see if she's as charming as we want her to be? (Spoiler alert: she is).
The smirk is genetic.
Ser Pounce is a diva.
She loves Elementary (me too!)
She's a Ravenclaw.
She really loves cheese guys.
Of course Pedro is hilarious.
She's a girl after my own heart.
How dare.
I want to see a show with just the two of them.
Bonus: she was also on Conan.
You can read the whole AMA over on Reddit if you want to love her even more than you already do. All hail Queen Natalie!
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Either the bar for being a Microsoft IT tech is so low a child can clear it, or five-year-old Ayan Qureshi is a genius. Luckily for IT people everywhere, it seems that young Qureshi is just very smart, but until he builds Skynet or whatever's in store for his brilliant future, I'm still open to the possibility that Microsoft tech support is secretly just five-year-olds.
Nope. No smoke and mirrors here. I did not exaggerate this kid's accomplishments for comedic effect. This is not a bait and switch. Qureshi simply studied with his father for a bit and then went and passed Microsoft's IT exam to become the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in history. He told the BBC the exam was "difficult but enjoyable." And then I believe he added, "Like that time I solved cold fusion, or when I built my time machine! Future you says hi, by the way."
Qureshi's father, Ayan, is in IT professional himself, and he found their biggest hurdle to be getting the child to understand the language of the test. "But he seemed to pick it up and has a very good memory," Asim added. I should hope he's got a good memory, because it's going to be a while before labor laws allow him to put his certification to use.
In the meantime, he's keeping his skills up in his own computer lab at home by building his own computer network, learning about operating systems and software for around two hours a day, and making snarky bloggers ponder their wasted intellectual potential.
(via Gizmodo, image via Sam Maggs)
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It reduces boulders to smears of ions. It dissolves and disintegrates the tallest mountains. Geologists call it "weathering." It sounds harmless enough, but weathering is one of the most destructive forces on the face of the planet.
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An online platform for crowdsourcing environmental quality data launches its first sensor product.
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From TedEd!
It's a common saying that elephants never forget. But the more we learn about elephants, the more it appears that their impressive memory is only one aspect of an incredible intelligence that makes them some of the most social, creative, and benevolent creatures on Earth. Alex Gendler takes us into the incredible, unforgettable mind of an elephant.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Avi Ofer.
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Matt Stultz talks about the progress that 3d printer manufacturers have made towards accessibility – though often at the cost of open source licenses.
Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don't forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!
Use Arduino to control your christmas lights with text messages. via instructables
I really wanted to be able to control my Christmas lights remotely, with an Arduino.
With this solution you can control my Lights remotely, via text messages!
Skills needed:
Copy and Paste
Components Needed:
An Arduino Yun (Wifi Enabled!) – You could use another Arduino with a Wifi Shield though.
A Protoshield with (or without) a tiny breadboard
a regular breadboard will work as well, but will be less compact.
If you want to solder more, you can just use a small circuit board instead.
A 5V relay
A piezo buzzer
A battery operated Christmas decoration (It's not even Thanksgiving, so I'm using a Halloween decoration)
A Temboo account (explained in next steps)
A Twilio account
You know what that means, because we can't do this sort of thing without controversy and a generous side order of knuckleheadedness.
Bowing to public pressure, the world's largest textbook publisher has revised misleading language on global warming in a proposed Texas reader. But another major imprint has yet to do the same, worrying scientists and educators just a week before new textbooks are approved in the state.
Proposed wording in Pearson Education's English textbook for Texas fifth-graders described climate change as a concern of "some scientists." It then went on to say: "Scientists disagree about what is causing climate change."
That wording rankled several leading scientific organizations, which point out that 97 percent of qualified scientists say that humans are overwhelmingly to blame for climate change.
The American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Center for Science Education raised complaints with the Texas State Board of Education, urging that the language be changed.
"For these textbooks to present climate change as a 'debate,' or to suggest that there is scientific uncertainty around the drivers of climate change, is to misrepresent our scientific understanding and do a disservice to our children," AGU Executive Director Christine McEntee wrote in a recent letter to the board's leadership.
In response, Pearson submitted a revised text to the Texas education board on Wednesday — less than a week before the agency votes to approve textbooks to be used at the start of the 2015 academic year.
The new language discusses climate change far less equivocally.
"Burning fuels like gasoline releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, which occurs both naturally and through human activities, is called a greenhouse gas, because it traps heat," it says. "As the amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases increase, the Earth warms. Scientists warn that climate change, caused by this warming, will pose challenges to society. These include rising sea levels and changes in rainfall patterns."
Another industry heavyweight — McGraw-Hill — is sticking with language that scientists and some educators find objectionable. The sixth-grade geography text asks students to compare texts from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won a Nobel Prize in 2007, with one from the Heartland Institute, a conservative think-tank that has misrepresented climate science and attacked the reputations of climate researchers.
"It's certainly encouraging that most of the publishers are making changes and revising their materials on climate change," Quinn told VICE News. "It would be unfortunate if McGraw-Hill is the lone holdout at the end of all this."
In the end, McGraw Hill came to their senses. There's still room for improvement overall, but this was a nice result. Today is the day that the SBOE meets to approve (or not) new textbooks, and there are other bones of contention to be dealt with as they debate. As that Chron story notes, a 2011 law allows school districts to buy their own textbooks and not the SBOE-sanctioned ones if they want to. Local action is an option if you think it's necessary. TFN, Newsdesk, Grist, and the National Journal have more.
Even though it took way too long (I had been admiring it for quite some time), I recently became the first kid on the block to own a Lytro. The Lytro, if you haven't heard, is sort of like a camera, except that it definitely isn't. Apart from a viewfinder on one end, a piece of glass on the other, and a shutter release button on top, it doesn't really look or feel like a point-and-shoot or SLR either. It actually bares a closer resemblance to a pocket-sized telescope. So don't you dare call it a camera. Indeed, the thing that the Lytro is built to do is what makes it completely different than any camera, and this perhaps, is the best mark of its identity. It captures not only the intensity of the light rays hitting the sensor (or film), but the directionality of those light rays as well.
So what. Right? What does this mean? Why is this interesting? It means that with a light-field camera, the focal point and depth of field are parameters that can be controlled by the viewer. It is interesting because of freeing up of space and of the physical atoms of hardware by deliberately removing the motorized auto-focus mechanism, and placing instead into the capable and powerful hands of software. I find it particularly elegant that this technology was acheived as a result of harnessing light's true nature better than any other camera that came before it. A device designed to to record light as light is; a physical property defined by both a magnitude and a direction.
Normally this would be a weird question to ask, but with the Lytro the viewer can take part in the imaging process in three ways. Try it out on the samples above:
These capabilities aren't just components of the device, they are technological paradigms embodied by the device. That, to me, is what is so incredibly beautiful about this technology. It's the best example of what technology should be: a material thing that improves the work of the mind.
The seismic wavefield is what we should be giving to the interpreter. This probably means engineering a seismic system where less work is done by the processor, and more control is given to the interpreter through software that does the heavy lifting. Interpreters need to have direct feedback with the medium they are interpreting. How does seismic have to change to allow that narrative?
Comet 67P is quite large. How does it's size compare to other large objects I have used in previous blog posts?
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An Uber executive commented Friday that he thought it would make sense for Uber to hire opposition researchers to look into the personal lives of journalists to "give the media a taste of its own medicine," according to a report from Buzzfeed late Monday. The comments were made at an off-the-record dinner as the Uber executive, Senior Vice President of Business Emil Michael, expressed frustration with the way he felt Uber is unfairly attacked in the media.
The Buzzfeed editor who attended the dinner and witnessed the comments was not told by any Uber official until afterward that the event was meant to be off the record. During the dinner, Michael specifically attacked PandoDaily editor Sarah Lacy for writing an editorial accusing Uber of "sexism and misogyny" for running a promotion featuring "hot chick" drivers. Michael said Lacy should be held "'personally responsible' for any woman who followed her lead in deleting Uber and was then sexually assaulted," according to Buzzfeed. Michael suggested there was "a particular and very specific claim" that Uber opposition researchers could prove about her life.
From a privacy perspective, Uber has not always shown restraint with its customers. The company made news in October for displaying a real-time activity map of thirty of its "notable users" at a launch party in Chicago. The map was part of Uber's "God View," an administrative tool that lets the company see a map of all active Uber cars and customers who have called an Uber. One of the users on the map found out he was being tracked when an attendee of the party began texting him his Uber car's exact location.
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Civil defense officials in Hawaii went door-to-door last night handing out evacuation notices to residents in the immediate downslope path of the Puna lava flow. Read the rest
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It should come as no surprise that I think that this is the right result:
Six seismologists accused of misleading the public about the risk of an earthquake in Italy were cleared of manslaughter on 10 November. An appeals court overturned their six-year prison sentences and reduced to two years the sentence for a government official who had been convicted with them.
We'll have to wait for the verdict to be published before we'll know the reasoning that led the appeals court to overturn the original verdict, which was a little bit unexpected given the somewhat pessimistic accounts of how the appeal was proceeding last month. There is also still the prospect of a further appeal. For the moment, however, the scientific community can breath a sigh of relief: there is no longer a legal precedent for being prosecuted for failing to predict the unpredictable.
However, although the manslaughter charge was always senseless, as David Wolman's compelling account makes clear, there are still some hard lessons to be learnt from this tragic affair. I've argued before that a lot of harm comes from the whole mistaken idea that earthquake risk assessments can be given and adjusted in real-time, but the way this specific situation was handled at the time was also wanting, in ways I may have been slow to appreciate.
A few weeks ago, I discussed the L'Aquila story with my class. After a lively 'mock trial', the consensus in the room seemed to settle on the following points:
I've been contemplating that last point ever since, because there does appear to be a critical mismatch between what was said behind closed doors, and what the public heard. The scientists on the Serious Risk Commission would probably argue that their responsibility began and ended with the former: the government asked for their opinion, and they gave it. The latter – what was ultimately done with that advice – was outside of their area of responsibility. But the very act of meeting in March 2009 – being flown down to L'Aquila to do so – was part of a government PR operation designed to calm a troubled populace. Considering that context, did the members of the Serious Risk Commission not have a further duty to ensure that the 'be calm' message did not go too far?
Earthquakes remain unpredictable: the close timing of the Italian authorities' media blitz and a major earthquake remains a tragic and unforeseeable coincidence. It may not have made much difference, but this disconnect between what was said and what was made known might explain much of the anger still felt by people in the region, particularly by the families of the more than 300 people who were killed.
And those things aren't true, according to an Ipsos-Mori poll that put the USA second-from-the-top in the race to see who's the most ignorant, preceded only by Italians. Read the rest
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The Atlantic's Alexandra Ossola spoke to a Carl Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford, about the reasons why many kids give up on science. Hint: self-esteem plays a crucial role. Read the full interview here!
For most students, science, math, engineering, and technology (STEM) subjects are not intuitive or easy. Learning in general—and STEM in particular—requires repeated trial and error, and a student's lack of confidence can sometimes stand in her own way. And although teachers and parents may think they are doing otherwise, these adults inadvertently help kids make up their minds early on that they're not natural scientists or "math people," which leads them to pursue other subjects instead.
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Pervez Hoodbhoy in Dawn:
Some 300 years ago the age of reason lifted Europe from darkness, ushering in modern science together with modern scientific attitudes. These soon spread across the world. But now, running hot on its heels is the age of unreason. Reliance upon evidence, patient investigation, and careful logic is giving way to bald assertions, hyperbole, and blind faith. Listen to India's superstar prime minister, the man who recently enthralled 20,000 of his countrymen in New York City with his promises to change India's future using science and technology. Inaugurating the Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai two Saturdays ago, he proclaimed that the people of ancient India had known all about cosmetic surgery and reproductive genetics for thousands of years. Here's his proof:
"We all read about Karna in the Mahabharata. If we think a little more, we realise that the Mahabharata says Karna was not born from his mother's womb. This means that genetic science was present at that time. That is why Karna could be born outside his mother's womb." Referring to the elephant-headed Lord Ganesha, Modi asserted that, "there must have been some plastic surgeon at that time who put an elephant's head on the body of a human being and began the practice of plastic surgery". Whether or not he actually believed his words, Modi knew it would go down well. In 1995, parts of India had gone hysterical after someone found Lord Ganesha would drink the milk if a spoon was held to his trunk. Until the cause was discovered to be straightforward capillary action (the natural tendency of liquids to buck gravity), the rush towards temples was so great that a traffic gridlock resulted in New Delhi and sales of milk jumped up by 30pc.
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Ezra Palmer in Far From Brooklyn:
There are a thousand and one reasons the Democrats lost control of the Senate, but the main one is this: They didn't stand for a goddam thing.
The GOP ran on a single talking point — "We'll stop Obama" — whereas the Dems couldn't even work up the guts to admit they voted for the man.
What a bunch of empty suits, lacking vision, courage, values, goals — indeed, lacking any sort of apparent dream other than that of being elected to public office.
It's become a commonplace to criticize President Obama for failing to lead. I call bullshit on that. What happened is that his party has failed to follow.
How hard is it to campaign alongside a man who ended two wars and staved off a second Great Depression? How hard is it to remind the electorate of what life was like in 2008, when there was a very real possibility of mass failure of our bank system, the collapse of much of our mutual fund infrastructure, and erasure of wealth on a scale never before seen in history?
But the 2014 Democratic candidates, this cluster of zymotic panderers, no, they didn't even dare to share a podium with the man, let alone attempt to argue for anything that's happened in the past six years.
So they deserved to lose. They deserved to have the Senate wrested from them. They deserved the shame of listening to the victorious GOP talk magnanimously about the need for bipartisanship.
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One of the age-old questions has been whether the way a brain is wired, negating other attributes such as intracellular systems biology, will give rise to how we think and how we behave. We are not at the point yet to answer that question regarding the human brain. However, by using the well-mapped connectome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans, shown above), we were able to answer this question as a resounding yes, at least for simpler animals. Using a simple robot (a Lego Mindstorms EV3) and connecting sensors on the robot to stimulate specific simulated sensory neurons in an artificial connectome, and condensing worm muscle excitation to move a left and right motor on the robot, we observed worm-like behaviors in the robot based purely on environmental factors.
Our artificial connectome uses a program that can be started 302 times, where each program inherits the attributes of one of the worm's 302 neurons. These attributes consist of the neuron itself (named, for example, AVAL, DB02, and VD03) and the neurons that it connects to. We use the number of connections that a neuron has to another neuron as a weighted value. For example, if neuron A has three synaptic connections to neuron B, when neuron A "fires," we send a weighted value of 3 to neuron B. Using UDP1 message communications, we can message the weighted values between each simulated neuron by assigning a port number and IP address.
Each simulated neuron program has a weight accumulator that sums the weights as they are received; a threshold is established that must be met before that neuron will fire. If no message activity is received within 200 ms, the accumulator is automatically set to zero (e.g., depolarizes the cell). Once a neuron fires, the accumulator is also set to zero. This gives our artificial connectome a temporal paradigm that has similarities to living connectomes.
To connect the robot to the artificial connectome, we created a program that reads the robot sensors every 100 ms. Depending on the sensor, we send weighted values to a specific set of simulated sensory neurons. For example, we simulate the worm "nose touch" by using a sonar sensor on the robot. If the robot comes within 20 cm of an object, the well-defined sensory neurons that are associated with nose touch on the worm are activated with UDP messaged weighted values. Likewise, there are many motor neurons within the C. elegans connectome that stimulate each of the 95 body muscles. Four rows of muscles are aligned down the worm's body: two rows ventral and dorsal left, and two rows ventral and dorsal right. We create a 4 x 24 matrix of these muscles, with each cell of the matrix representing one of the 95 muscles. We accumulate the weighted values on the left and right to drive the left and right motors on the robot. Motor neurons can be excitatory or inhibitory, and we send positive weighted values for excitatory synapses and negative numbers for inhibitory synapses. This, in turn, causes the two wheels on the robot to move independently, forward or backward.
The Lego Mindstorms EV3 robot sensors are read by an input program that activates the appropriate sensory neurons of the simulated connectome. An output program receives the motor neuron output and accumulates weighted values to drive the robot wheels.
In general, the EV3 robot using the artificial connectome behaved in very similar ways to the behaviors observed in the biological C. elegans. In the simplest of terms, stimulation of food sensory neurons caused the robot to move forward. Stimulation of the robot's sonar, which in turn stimulated nose-touch neurons, caused the robot to stop forward motion, back up, and then proceed forward, usually in a slightly skewed path. Touching the anterior and posterior touch sensors caused the robot to either move forward (anterior touch) or move backward (posterior touch). There is no programming to direct the robot to behave in any specific manner. Only the simulated connectome directs when the robot will move a motor forward, stop, or move backward. This answers, at a very basic level, that the connectome alone gives rise to phenotypes that we observe in animals.
A YouTube video shows the robot using the connectome framework and simulated C. elegans nervous system. The first part of the video displays the sensor input program that captures sensory data and sends it to a set of sensory neurons. This part of the video also shows the output program that captures the motor neuron weights; the weighted data is accumulated by the left and right sides of the C. elegans body muscle structure, and the accumulated weights are sent to the left and right motors of the robot. The middle of the video shows the robot as it comes up to a wall, activates the nose-touch sensory neurons, stops and changes direction, again totally under the control of the simulated C. elegans nervous system. The last part of the video is a capture of the neurons as they are activated, showing green as weights are received and dark green when the accumulated received weighted value exceeds 10.
The C. elegans connectome is highly recursive. When the connectome reaches a sufficient level of stimulation, the connectome will continuously self-stimulate: a neuron (presynaptic) will stimulate another set of neurons (postsynaptic), and in turn, many of those postsynaptic neurons will stimulate the originating presynaptic neuron, creating loops of stimulation. The recursive nature of the connectome has shown to be a key factor in the connectomics research and resulting behaviors of C. elegans. This is now becoming a focal point of our analysis, to determine how these recursive loops play on the topology and resulting actions when the connectome is fully engaged.
This image is created from the direct data output of the simulated C. elegans connectome, and specifically the network that surrounds the activation of neuron DD05. The green arrows are excitatory (positive) stimulation, and the red arrows are inhibitory (negative) stimulation. Oval shapes represent neurons, and rectangles represent muscle cells. As you can see, the network is highly recursive, whereby often neuron A excites neuron B, which in turn excites neuron A.
Although we can show that simple neuronal connections can give rise to expected behaviors, there is much more to the neurons of C. elegans (and of other animals) than just neuronal connections — including, but not limited to, the difference between chemical and electrical connections, neuropeptides, and the various peptides and innexins that create neuronal complexities at the cellular level. Just the differences in chemical (synapse) and electrical (gap junctions) warrants the possibility of two programs to shadow one another and represent a single simulated neuron. Whether this evolves into multiple programs that together comprise a single neuron, or a single application that encompasses all of the systems biology of a single neuron, we must continue to improve and add complexity to get a true representation in reverse-engineering biology. This also includes the spatial aspects of how neurons are placed and connect throughout the nervous system to create a spatio-temporal model (which we have seen is important regarding body-touch sensing).
The artificial connectome has been extended to a single application written in Python and run on a Raspberry Pi computer. To our surprise, this simple program and version of the C. elegans connectome worked very well. We are currently creating a self-contained, Raspberry Pi–controlled robot that will be completely autonomous and independent of Internet connectivity. Our objective is to develop robots that can use the artificial connectome as a means to not only adapt to and navigate unknown environments, but also carry out specific tasks such as identifying or reporting environmental changes that could be vital to specific interests.
There is still very much to experiment with and analyze in reverse engineering the nervous systems of animals. We believe that this first step in being able to study an entire connectome, from sensory input to motor output, and the observations of expected behaviors will allow us to move forward in the understanding of nervous system wiring and how it develops into our behaviors. Moving from a simple 302-neuron connectome to higher-order animals will only increase the complexity and give us greater insight into how our own minds work.


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'Hindutwa Shourya' Award to 'Dainik Sanatan Prabhat'October 20, 2006 No Comments
Aurangabad: For championing fiery Hindu nationalism with courage, the newspaper 'Dainik Sanatan Prabhat' would be felicitated with the 'Hindutva Shaurya Puraskar/ 'Gallantry Award for growth of Hinduism'. Also Shri. Milind Ekbote will be presented with 'Revolutionary Vasant Dada Badave' award for fighting against the glorification of Afzal khan's tomb. On the 24th memory day of Vasant dada Babaji Badave, the awards were declared by the Trust. The awards will be presented in a program organized by staunch Hindu Organizations.
It was stated by Shri. Kulkarni, the President of the Trust that the campaign started by 'Dainik Sanatan Prabhat (DSP)' since Deepavali is successful in creating awareness among masses. The newspaper has continued its mission despite an attack on its office. DSP had started a drive against the Eradication of Blind Faith Act proposed by the State of Maharashtra that jeopardized observance of the Hindu customs and traditions. The newspaper was publishing a series of articles against the proposed Act and the Government had to withdraw the Bill. The campaign started by the paper against anti-Hindu paintings of M F Hussain created an anti-wave against Hussain. The articles on 'Original Hindu Vaastus forcefully had taken over by Muslims', articles on Mahatma Gandhi giving real picture of the Mahatma to people are a few examples to bring forth the truth before the masses. Therefore, as a token of appreciation, DSP will be presented with the award of 'Gallantry for creating awareness among Hindus towards their religion.
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