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'Doomsday May 21': Harold Camping Demonstration in Washington DC
'Doomsday May 21': Harold Camping Demonstration in Washington DC
If you were in Washington, D.C. on May 6, you may accept apparent the "Doomsday" affirmation at the Washington Monument. Or maybe you saw a Doomsday ad on the New York subway.
Basically, a accumulation of Christian fundamentalists appetite you to accept that Doomsday (i.e. the Rapture, the end of the world) will action on May 21, 2011. What makes these bodies anticipate that the apple will end in a few weeks' time?
A radio host told them.
Harold Camping: Additional Doomsday Prediction
Harold Camping, an 89-year-old Christian fundamentalist and radio host, has predicted the End Times for May 21. This is his additional such prediction; acutely the apple didn't end in 1994, so we're not abiding why bodies are so agog to accept him this time.
Harold Camping
Believers: Apple to End May 21
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Nobody can absolutely chase Harold Camping's acumen on this accomplished Doomsday thing, but they accept him anyway, because Camping has a actuating radio voice.
What we appetite to apperceive is whether or not Harold Camping filed his assets tax return, and what will appear back May 22 dawns. You may anticipate that such a belief, actuality in 21st-Century America, is a binding occurence, but that is not the case. According to Pew Research Center, 41% of American Christians polled accept that the Additional Coming will booty abode afore 2050.
According to the Washington Post commodity affiliated below, one of the attendees of the Doomsday assemblage was an agent of the Department of Homeland Security called Gary Vollmer. We humbly advance that, on May 22, he amend his career path.
2011년 5월 8일 일요일
The New Memphis Beat; Rajon Rondo Might Be An Alien
The New Memphis Beat; Rajon Rondo Might Be An Alien
Z-Booooooooooooo. If you wanted to watch the story of Zach Randolph, just check out the tape of the Grizzlies come-from-behind 101-93 overtime win over Oklahoma City. He wrapped his entire basketball career up in one 53-minute autobiography, being selfish and disruptive early before redeeming himself late in ways no one thought possible.
Oklahoma City led by 16 points in the third quarter and were on their way to a series lead. But Kevin Durant (22 points, 12 rebounds) and Russell Westbrook (23 points, 12 assists) started filming Episode VII of Star Wars and slowly let the Grizz inch closer and closer. Then in overtime, Memphis pushed the Thunder all over the court, ending the extra frame without any more drama … Randolph (21 points, 21 rebounds) was relatively quiet for the game’s first three quarters, but exploded down the stretch, controlling the interior.
Before that, there was a major flashback in the first quarter: Randolph coming off the court and throwing a mini temper tantrum. Then, he got into it with KD in the second quarter. A frustrated Z-Bo is never a good thing. The old Blazer came out in him, and it made Memphis finally look like the eighth seed that they are. Randolph was so out of it that Lionel Hollins actually put in Hamed Haddadi. That wasn’t even the surprising part.
Haddadi went in there and didn’t completely suck. He blocked shots, he made free throws; we thought we were watching a real-life, viable NBA player. He was a key cog in a bench mob that kept it close during the first half. O.J. Mayo (18 points) was fantastic (all game) and Shane Battier was solid … Speaking of Shane, he got stuck in an elevator for half an hour on Friday. If there was anyone who wouldn’t mind, it would be him. What else was Battier gonna do on a Friday night? Study algebra tables with Daryl Morey? … He’s been getting criticism recently, yet it’s not so much the amount of shots with Westbrook, but the timing.
He’s the anti-Stockton, pulling up constantly, shooting with 18 seconds left on the shot clock, playing hero ball down the stretch. In the final five minutes, we were sure somebody on OKC was going to step in and say something. In the fourth quarter of these playoffs, Durant is averaging 10.6 points on 61-percent shooting and yet he hardly ever touched the ball. The Thunder weren’t even running sets. Case in point, with Memphis closing on them late, Westbrook first threw it away and then took a terrible pull-up J without passing once.
Then after a Mike Conley (18 points) trey made it a three-point game, Westbrook came back and hit a pull-up. Immediately after, he missed another crazy layup before racing back downcourt to get a steal. We might as well start calling him Hell Hath No Fury. You live with the bad songs because the other tracks are just so damn good. But when a website (hoopdata.com) has created a stat just for you that basically tracks how out of control you are, you know it’s time to relax. When he finally did get it to Durant, the timing was off. KD had lost his rhythm (2-for-10 to end the game). On their final possession of the game, tied at 86, the Thunder didn’t throw it to Durant until it was nearly too late and he had to fire up a fading jumper that wasn’t close. This whole late-game vibe is freaking us out. It’s like watching Casino over and over. Ace doesn’t want to rock the boat, and here comes Nicky running his mouth, firing his gun, causing scenes. We still believe it’s all growing pains, but damn the Thunder are too good to lose like this … Penny Hardaway was in the house, apparently wearing Lil’ Penny’s shirt … Ways to tell a team is a small market not used to winning: the fan towels for the first home game arrive late. We can make fun of Memphis, but at least they know basketball. Unlike some other markets, the fans actually know to scream “MVP” for only one guy, and computer graphics don’t need to tell them when it’s time to cheer … They don’t teach flopping at Pitt, but they did help Sam Young learn to do this … Continue reading: Rajon Rondo is the greatest one-armed basketball player ever …
The original site : http://dimemag.com/2011/05/the-new-memphis-beat-rajon-rondo-might-be-an-alien/
Z-Booooooooooooo. If you wanted to watch the story of Zach Randolph, just check out the tape of the Grizzlies come-from-behind 101-93 overtime win over Oklahoma City. He wrapped his entire basketball career up in one 53-minute autobiography, being selfish and disruptive early before redeeming himself late in ways no one thought possible.
Oklahoma City led by 16 points in the third quarter and were on their way to a series lead. But Kevin Durant (22 points, 12 rebounds) and Russell Westbrook (23 points, 12 assists) started filming Episode VII of Star Wars and slowly let the Grizz inch closer and closer. Then in overtime, Memphis pushed the Thunder all over the court, ending the extra frame without any more drama … Randolph (21 points, 21 rebounds) was relatively quiet for the game’s first three quarters, but exploded down the stretch, controlling the interior.
He’s the anti-Stockton, pulling up constantly, shooting with 18 seconds left on the shot clock, playing hero ball down the stretch. In the final five minutes, we were sure somebody on OKC was going to step in and say something. In the fourth quarter of these playoffs, Durant is averaging 10.6 points on 61-percent shooting and yet he hardly ever touched the ball. The Thunder weren’t even running sets. Case in point, with Memphis closing on them late, Westbrook first threw it away and then took a terrible pull-up J without passing once.
Then after a Mike Conley (18 points) trey made it a three-point game, Westbrook came back and hit a pull-up. Immediately after, he missed another crazy layup before racing back downcourt to get a steal. We might as well start calling him Hell Hath No Fury. You live with the bad songs because the other tracks are just so damn good. But when a website (hoopdata.com) has created a stat just for you that basically tracks how out of control you are, you know it’s time to relax. When he finally did get it to Durant, the timing was off. KD had lost his rhythm (2-for-10 to end the game). On their final possession of the game, tied at 86, the Thunder didn’t throw it to Durant until it was nearly too late and he had to fire up a fading jumper that wasn’t close. This whole late-game vibe is freaking us out. It’s like watching Casino over and over. Ace doesn’t want to rock the boat, and here comes Nicky running his mouth, firing his gun, causing scenes. We still believe it’s all growing pains, but damn the Thunder are too good to lose like this … Penny Hardaway was in the house, apparently wearing Lil’ Penny’s shirt … Ways to tell a team is a small market not used to winning: the fan towels for the first home game arrive late. We can make fun of Memphis, but at least they know basketball. Unlike some other markets, the fans actually know to scream “MVP” for only one guy, and computer graphics don’t need to tell them when it’s time to cheer … They don’t teach flopping at Pitt, but they did help Sam Young learn to do this … Continue reading: Rajon Rondo is the greatest one-armed basketball player ever …
The original site : http://dimemag.com/2011/05/the-new-memphis-beat-rajon-rondo-might-be-an-alien/
[Ru/NEWS] Хоккей - ЧМ-2011
Хоккей - ЧМ-2011
Хозяева форума продолжают тонуть… После трех поражений кряду подопечные Хэнлона остановились у последней грани, за которой – пропасть, за которой земля уйдет из-под ног раз и навсегда. Непопадание в плей-офф для словаков – сродни катастрофе, а ведь до нее – одно лишь неверное движение.
Всем знакомо холодящее желание сделать шаг вперед, стоя на краю обрыва. Противостоять ему также сложно, как и ступить туда. Словаки пока занесли ногу, и далеко не факт, что не доведут начатое до конца. Впереди сложнейший поединок с финнами, против которых при той игре, что была показана в отчетной встрече, ловить, что называется, нечего. Гораздо проще скользнуть в пропасть.
По именам Словакия едва ли не самая сильная сборная на чемпионате, однако, как завести этот мощный механизм, не знает даже матерый Хэнлон. Хозяевам постоянно чего-то не хватает: в обороне - собранности, а в атаке – банальной спортивной злости и движения. Концентрация появляется только, когда совсем прижимает. Стоило Жидлицки забросить, как словаки тут же мобилизовались, выдав сумасшедший отрезок в несколько минут, итог которому невероятным «тычком» подвел Надь.
Следующая такая вспышка активности в исполнении хозяев случилась лишь под занавес встречи, когда счет уже был 3:1 в пользу чехов. Терять было нечего, и Суровы за две с небольшим минуты до окончания третьего периода вернул интригу встрече. Словаки буквально взорвались, дали выход огромной энергии, скопившейся в них, но было поздно. Ягр с партнерами «засушили» игру, уверенно отстояв нужный результат – 3:2.
Следующий матч действующие чемпионы мира проведут против сборной России 8 мая.
The original site : http://www.eurosport.ru/ice-hockey/world-championship/2010-2011/story_sto2780054.shtml
[Ru/NEWS] Овечкин и Кошечкин дозаявлены на чемпионат мира по хоккею
Овечкин и Кошечкин дозаявлены на чемпионат мира по хоккею
Как сообщает официальный сайт Федерации хоккея России (ФХР), капитан "Вашингтона" Александр Овечкин и вратарь "Северстали" Василий Кошечкин включены в заявку сборной России на чемпионате мира по хоккею в Словакии.
Овечкин, чей "Вашингтон" на днях прекратил борьбу за Кубок Стэнли в НХЛ, прибыл в Братиславу в субботу утром и уже успел принять участие в тренировке.
Кошечкин в сборной России призван заменить Евгения Набокова, который получил травму в матче с датчанами (4:3).
В воскресенье, 8 мая, сборная России сыграет против команды Чехии. Начало встречи в 18.15 мск.
[Fr/NEWS] Le Hellfest rendra hommage à Patrick Roy
Le Hellfest rendra hommage à Patrick Roy
Le principal festival français de musique rock metal, le Hellfest, rendra hommage à l'un de ses plus ardents défenseurs, le député socialiste du Nord, Patrick Roy, mort le 3 mai, lors de l'édition 2011 du 17 au 19 juin à Clisson, en Loire-Atlantique, ont annoncé ses organisateurs.
"A la fin du concert de Scorpions, le samedi (18 juin), nous organiserons un feu d'artifice, pendant lequel des photos de Patrick Roy seront projetées, sur une ou deux des musiques qui auront été choisies par les fans", a indiqué Olivier Garnier, un des organisateurs du festival. "Nous allons proposer aux fans de choisir entre plusieurs grands tubes de metal, parmi les préférés de Patrick Roy, notamment "Stairway to Heaven" de Led Zeppelin, "Heaven and Hell" de Black Sabbath ou encore "Paradise City" de Guns N'Roses", a-t-il précisé, confirmant une information de Presse-Océan vendredi.
[News] Latest Developments: Osama bin Laden's Death
1:05 p.m. National Journal reporter Chris Strohm reports from the Pentagon that the U.S. says it recovered five videos of Osama bin Laden during the raid that killed him. At least one of the videos shows bin Laden watching himself on television; his beard and hair are gray.
12:39 p.m. The five videos show Osama bin Laden watching news coverage of himself, according to an Associated Press report.
12:28 p.m. CNN reports that the Pentagon on Saturday will release five videos showing Osama bin Laden at his compound.
Saturday, 9:50 a.m. The Associated Press reports that video showing Osama bin Laden's everyday life at his Abbottabad compound could be released Saturday.
5:50 p.m. Al-Qaida considered attacking U.S. trains and transit hubs, according to information gathered at the compound where U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden, NBC reports.
1:51 p.m. Here's video of Obama laying a wreath at the 9/11 memorial site:
1:36 p.m. Meanwhile, Vice President Biden is doing a similar, though smaller, memorial service at the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C.
1:30 p.m. This just in: Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is questioning the differences between the accounts he heard privately from the CIA after the raid on Sunday and those he has heard in public from Obama's counterterrorism advisor John Brennan since then. NJ's Michael Hirsh reports.
1:20 p.m. The ceremony took place in the shade of the Survivor Tree, a tree that was originally planted at the World Trade Center in the 1970 bit was severely damaged during the attack. It was discovered in the rubble in October 2001 at a height of 8 feet. After being nursed back to health at the New York City Parks and Recreation Department’s Arthur Ross Nursery, it was replanted and has grown to a new height of about 30 feet.
1:16 p.m. Obama just laid a wreath of red, white and blue flowers on a wooden tripod and stood quietly with his eyes closed and hands clasped in front of his body. He then walked over to a group of family members of 9/11 victims to hug and speak to them.
One of those family members was Payton Wall, a 14-year-old girl who lost her father, Glen James Wall, in the World Trade Center attack and wrote a letter to Obama recently about about how she has handled the loss. Obama requested that she be included in the ceremony, and when the White House called her mother, she had no idea that her daughter had written the President. Payton, her mother, her sister and her friend, who also lost her father on 9/11, received the first hugs from Obama after he laid the wreath.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this item included a misspelling of Payton Wall's name due to erroneous information provided by the White House.
1:01 p.m. Other politicians who will join Obama at the wreath-laying ceremony include Govs. Andrew Cuomo of New York and Chris Christie of New Jersey, as well as New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
12:53 p.m. President Obama just visited the First Precinct police station in lower Manhattan. "I am here basically to shake your hand and say how proud I am of all of you," he told officers. On bin Laden's death: It "sent a signal that we have never forgotten the extraordinary sacrifices that were made on 9/11."
12:27 p.m. Here are President Obama's full remarks to the firefighters:
"Well, listen, the main reason I came here is because I heard the food is pretty good. (Laughter.)
"But to the Commissioner, to Mayor Giuliani -- who obviously performed heroic acts almost 10 years ago -- but most of all, to all of you, I wanted to just come up here to thank you.
"This is a symbolic site of the extraordinary sacrifice that was made on that terrible day almost 10 years ago. Obviously we can't bring back your friends that were lost, and I know that each and every one of you not only grieve for them, but have also over the last 10 years dealt with their family, their children, trying to give them comfort, trying to give them support.
"What happened on Sunday, because of the courage of our military and the outstanding work of our intelligence, sent a message around the world, but also sent a message here back home that when we say we will never forget, we mean what we say; that our commitment to making sure that justice is done is something that transcended politics, transcended party; it didn’t matter which administration was in, it didn’t matter who was in charge, we were going to make sure that the perpetrators of that horrible act -- that they received justice.
"So it’s some comfort, I hope, to all of you to know that when those guys took those extraordinary risks going into Pakistan, that they were doing it in part because of the sacrifices that were made in the States. They were doing it in the name of your brothers that were lost.
"And finally, let me just say that, although 9/11 obviously was a high water mark of courage for the New York Fire Department and a symbol of the sacrifice, you guys are making sacrifices every single day. It doesn’t get as much notoriety, it doesn’t get as much attention, but every time you run into a burning building, every time that you are saving lives, you're making a difference. And that's part of what makes this city great and that's part of what makes this country great.
"So I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of the American people for the sacrifices that you make every single day. And I just want to let you know that you're always going to have a President and an administration who’s got your back the way you’ve got the backs of the people of New York over these last many years.
"So God bless you. God bless the United States of America.
"And with that, I'm going to try some of that food. All right? Appreciate you. Thank you."
12:22 p.m. The Washington Post has an awesome breakdown of that famous situation room photo taken during the raid, from who everyone is to what their body language suggests.
12:14 p.m. President Obama began his visit to Ground Zero by having lunch with members of the “Pride of Midtown” Firehouse (Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9), who lost 15 members of their group, the largest number of any New York firehouse, on 9/11. He spoke to the firefighters, saying "When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say."
More on Obama's visit, and a video:
10:18 am. Photos taken of the helicopter that malfunctioned during the raid have fueled speculation that it was part of a top-secret stealth helicopter program, since the section of the tail that was photographed doesn't resemble any known U.S. military aircraft, Sara Sorcher reports.
9:34 a.m. Clinton just took questions alongside Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini in Rome, where she traveled for a meeting with leaders of European and Arab countries on Libya:
QUESTION: (Via interpreter) We know that the U.S. Government had taken into consideration the possibility of taking into custody Osama bin Ladin in order to interrogate him. Given that, what happened? Was his death a mistake?
SECRETARY CLINTON: With respect to bin Ladin, he was a sworn enemy of the United States and a danger to all of humanity. The crimes that he committed not only in our country, but throughout the world, from London to Madrid, from Istanbul to Bali, left thousands of people dead and maimed. And the majority of the people that he directed the killing of were actually Muslims. And I think that his ideology of hatred and violence is thankfully being rejected in what we see going on in the Middle East and North Africa as people are protesting, largely peacefully, for a better future for themselves and their children.
But our view has been that bin Ladin was a clear target for the United States and our allies since, now, nearly 10 years. The operation was conducted in the highest professional standards, and in a very clear, unmistakable effort to bring an end to his leadership over terror. I’m not going to comment on any operational details whatsoever. I have the highest regard for everyone in our government who planned and executed this operation. And there is no doubt in my mind that his death is going to make not only our country, but the world safer, and empower those around the world who are builders, not destroyers. But as I also said, and as Franco said, this is not the end. There is still a lot of work that has to be done and a lot of vigilance that has to be maintained.
9:06 a.m. So much for the analysis of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's "moment of anguish" in a photo taken of the situation room during the Abbottabad raid. ""I am somewhat sheepishly concerned that it was my preventing one of my early spring allergic coughs. So it may have no great meaning whatsoever," Clinton told Reuters.
12:39 p.m. The five videos show Osama bin Laden watching news coverage of himself, according to an Associated Press report.
12:28 p.m. CNN reports that the Pentagon on Saturday will release five videos showing Osama bin Laden at his compound.
Saturday, 9:50 a.m. The Associated Press reports that video showing Osama bin Laden's everyday life at his Abbottabad compound could be released Saturday.
5:50 p.m. Al-Qaida considered attacking U.S. trains and transit hubs, according to information gathered at the compound where U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden, NBC reports.
1:51 p.m. Here's video of Obama laying a wreath at the 9/11 memorial site:
1:36 p.m. Meanwhile, Vice President Biden is doing a similar, though smaller, memorial service at the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C.
1:30 p.m. This just in: Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is questioning the differences between the accounts he heard privately from the CIA after the raid on Sunday and those he has heard in public from Obama's counterterrorism advisor John Brennan since then. NJ's Michael Hirsh reports.
1:20 p.m. The ceremony took place in the shade of the Survivor Tree, a tree that was originally planted at the World Trade Center in the 1970 bit was severely damaged during the attack. It was discovered in the rubble in October 2001 at a height of 8 feet. After being nursed back to health at the New York City Parks and Recreation Department’s Arthur Ross Nursery, it was replanted and has grown to a new height of about 30 feet.
1:16 p.m. Obama just laid a wreath of red, white and blue flowers on a wooden tripod and stood quietly with his eyes closed and hands clasped in front of his body. He then walked over to a group of family members of 9/11 victims to hug and speak to them.
One of those family members was Payton Wall, a 14-year-old girl who lost her father, Glen James Wall, in the World Trade Center attack and wrote a letter to Obama recently about about how she has handled the loss. Obama requested that she be included in the ceremony, and when the White House called her mother, she had no idea that her daughter had written the President. Payton, her mother, her sister and her friend, who also lost her father on 9/11, received the first hugs from Obama after he laid the wreath.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this item included a misspelling of Payton Wall's name due to erroneous information provided by the White House.
1:01 p.m. Other politicians who will join Obama at the wreath-laying ceremony include Govs. Andrew Cuomo of New York and Chris Christie of New Jersey, as well as New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
12:53 p.m. President Obama just visited the First Precinct police station in lower Manhattan. "I am here basically to shake your hand and say how proud I am of all of you," he told officers. On bin Laden's death: It "sent a signal that we have never forgotten the extraordinary sacrifices that were made on 9/11."
12:27 p.m. Here are President Obama's full remarks to the firefighters:
"Well, listen, the main reason I came here is because I heard the food is pretty good. (Laughter.)
"But to the Commissioner, to Mayor Giuliani -- who obviously performed heroic acts almost 10 years ago -- but most of all, to all of you, I wanted to just come up here to thank you.
"This is a symbolic site of the extraordinary sacrifice that was made on that terrible day almost 10 years ago. Obviously we can't bring back your friends that were lost, and I know that each and every one of you not only grieve for them, but have also over the last 10 years dealt with their family, their children, trying to give them comfort, trying to give them support.
"What happened on Sunday, because of the courage of our military and the outstanding work of our intelligence, sent a message around the world, but also sent a message here back home that when we say we will never forget, we mean what we say; that our commitment to making sure that justice is done is something that transcended politics, transcended party; it didn’t matter which administration was in, it didn’t matter who was in charge, we were going to make sure that the perpetrators of that horrible act -- that they received justice.
"So it’s some comfort, I hope, to all of you to know that when those guys took those extraordinary risks going into Pakistan, that they were doing it in part because of the sacrifices that were made in the States. They were doing it in the name of your brothers that were lost.
"And finally, let me just say that, although 9/11 obviously was a high water mark of courage for the New York Fire Department and a symbol of the sacrifice, you guys are making sacrifices every single day. It doesn’t get as much notoriety, it doesn’t get as much attention, but every time you run into a burning building, every time that you are saving lives, you're making a difference. And that's part of what makes this city great and that's part of what makes this country great.
"So I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of the American people for the sacrifices that you make every single day. And I just want to let you know that you're always going to have a President and an administration who’s got your back the way you’ve got the backs of the people of New York over these last many years.
"So God bless you. God bless the United States of America.
"And with that, I'm going to try some of that food. All right? Appreciate you. Thank you."
12:22 p.m. The Washington Post has an awesome breakdown of that famous situation room photo taken during the raid, from who everyone is to what their body language suggests.
12:14 p.m. President Obama began his visit to Ground Zero by having lunch with members of the “Pride of Midtown” Firehouse (Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9), who lost 15 members of their group, the largest number of any New York firehouse, on 9/11. He spoke to the firefighters, saying "When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say."
More on Obama's visit, and a video:
10:18 am. Photos taken of the helicopter that malfunctioned during the raid have fueled speculation that it was part of a top-secret stealth helicopter program, since the section of the tail that was photographed doesn't resemble any known U.S. military aircraft, Sara Sorcher reports.
9:34 a.m. Clinton just took questions alongside Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini in Rome, where she traveled for a meeting with leaders of European and Arab countries on Libya:
QUESTION: (Via interpreter) We know that the U.S. Government had taken into consideration the possibility of taking into custody Osama bin Ladin in order to interrogate him. Given that, what happened? Was his death a mistake?
SECRETARY CLINTON: With respect to bin Ladin, he was a sworn enemy of the United States and a danger to all of humanity. The crimes that he committed not only in our country, but throughout the world, from London to Madrid, from Istanbul to Bali, left thousands of people dead and maimed. And the majority of the people that he directed the killing of were actually Muslims. And I think that his ideology of hatred and violence is thankfully being rejected in what we see going on in the Middle East and North Africa as people are protesting, largely peacefully, for a better future for themselves and their children.
But our view has been that bin Ladin was a clear target for the United States and our allies since, now, nearly 10 years. The operation was conducted in the highest professional standards, and in a very clear, unmistakable effort to bring an end to his leadership over terror. I’m not going to comment on any operational details whatsoever. I have the highest regard for everyone in our government who planned and executed this operation. And there is no doubt in my mind that his death is going to make not only our country, but the world safer, and empower those around the world who are builders, not destroyers. But as I also said, and as Franco said, this is not the end. There is still a lot of work that has to be done and a lot of vigilance that has to be maintained.
9:06 a.m. So much for the analysis of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's "moment of anguish" in a photo taken of the situation room during the Abbottabad raid. ""I am somewhat sheepishly concerned that it was my preventing one of my early spring allergic coughs. So it may have no great meaning whatsoever," Clinton told Reuters.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
9:02 a.m. While in New York today, Obama will also visit the fire house of Engine 54 in New York City. The station lost 15 firefighters at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks.
8:42 a.m. Actor Rob Lowe appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe a few minutes ago and told the story of finding out he was on a test run flight for the 9/11 hijackers who flew a plane into the Pentagon only 11 days before the infamous day. Here's the story he told:
“When we made The West Wing we would shoot in Washington about four times a year. And the flight that went into the Pentagon was the flight I always chose. It was that early morning flight to Los Angeles. So I was on that flight with that crew 11 days before. And I sort of knew them because I took the flight a lot. And about a year and a half, I think, after September 11th, I went to the mailbox and there was a letter from the Attorneys General of Maryland. And they were forwarding a request from the public defender of Zacarias Moussaoui who wanted to depose me...I thought it was April Fools' joke, obviously. But that's how I found out that I was on that flight. It was a dry run.”
8:32 a.m. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., supported President Obama's decision not to release photos of a dead bin Laden. Asked to respond to critics who say that Americans want to see proof that justice was done, she said, "I think those folks need to be reminded, that we’re trying to save lives. This would be a recruiting tool. This would be used among terrorist cells all across the world to try to play on people's emotions and their anti-west, anti-American sentiments. Why would we give the terrorists a recruiting tool if we don't need to? I think that is a much stronger argument than just people’s curiosity."
8:21 a.m. POLL: With the man behind the 9/11 attacks dead, should the U.S. begin withdrawing soldiers from Afghanistan now? Weigh in here.
8:20 a.m. Islamabad has long played a well-thought-out double game with the United States that's involved handing over some jihadis and protecting others for Pakistan’s own purposes, NJ’s Michael Hirsh writes. Could Osama bin Laden spend six years ensconced in an obtrusive villa in Abbottabad without anyone in Pakistani officialdom knowing about it? Probably not, Hirsh writes, as CIA officials have known for years that when it came to the really big game, Pakistani authorities were unlikely to be cooperative: Backlash from the Muslim world and their own country could be too great if they were seen as playing stooges to the Americans.
So why does Washington provide aid to Pakistan -- and why is Washington virtually certain to continue providing despite the hue and cry in Congress over the bin Laden news? Because Pakistan is a nuclear-armed country that is still mainly secular. NJ reports that Washington has little choice but to support those secular strains and tamp down the Islamist ones, and it can’t do this without the help of the Pakistani government, military, and intelligence apparatus, though it is shot through with Islamist sympathizers. In the first tangible sign that lawmakers will try to turn their anger at Pakistan into action, Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, who chairs the House Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, on Wednesday called on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to withhold aid to Pakistan to help flood victims.
8:03 a.m. The New York Times is out with a big story this morning that suggests the raid on bin Laden's compound, described by the administration all week as a "firefight," was much more one-sided than we originally thought. According to a senior administration official who spoke to the Times, the only person in the compound to exchange fire with U.S. forces was bin Laden's courier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti. Read more here.
8:00 a.m. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was generous with his praise for both President Obama and former President Bush this morning in an interview with CNN. "The president deserves such credit for what he has done, Schumer said. "You know, we saw his style. He's not a chest thumper. He's not going out with the rhetoric, he's thoughtful, and he’s tough and steely. He deserves huge credit and should be here. But that doesn't take away from what George Bush did to lay the groundwork as well. I think most Americans today feel that this is not any kind of political issue. This is an issue to feel good about America."
He also sees optimism for the future of the war on terror, saying that Americans now feel we can win.
7:39 a.m. Good morning. We'll be bringing you the latest developments in Osama bin Laden's death through the end of President Obama's trip to New York to honor 9/11 victims and first responders. He'll arrive in New York at 10:35 a.m. and participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Ground Zero at 1:25 p.m. Vice President Joe Biden will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon at 1:30 p.m. After their respective ceremonies, both will meet with family members of 9/11 victims.
The original site : http://nationaljournal.com/nationalsecurity/latest-developments-osama-bin-laden-s-death-20110505
9:02 a.m. While in New York today, Obama will also visit the fire house of Engine 54 in New York City. The station lost 15 firefighters at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks.
8:42 a.m. Actor Rob Lowe appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe a few minutes ago and told the story of finding out he was on a test run flight for the 9/11 hijackers who flew a plane into the Pentagon only 11 days before the infamous day. Here's the story he told:
“When we made The West Wing we would shoot in Washington about four times a year. And the flight that went into the Pentagon was the flight I always chose. It was that early morning flight to Los Angeles. So I was on that flight with that crew 11 days before. And I sort of knew them because I took the flight a lot. And about a year and a half, I think, after September 11th, I went to the mailbox and there was a letter from the Attorneys General of Maryland. And they were forwarding a request from the public defender of Zacarias Moussaoui who wanted to depose me...I thought it was April Fools' joke, obviously. But that's how I found out that I was on that flight. It was a dry run.”
8:32 a.m. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., supported President Obama's decision not to release photos of a dead bin Laden. Asked to respond to critics who say that Americans want to see proof that justice was done, she said, "I think those folks need to be reminded, that we’re trying to save lives. This would be a recruiting tool. This would be used among terrorist cells all across the world to try to play on people's emotions and their anti-west, anti-American sentiments. Why would we give the terrorists a recruiting tool if we don't need to? I think that is a much stronger argument than just people’s curiosity."
8:21 a.m. POLL: With the man behind the 9/11 attacks dead, should the U.S. begin withdrawing soldiers from Afghanistan now? Weigh in here.
8:20 a.m. Islamabad has long played a well-thought-out double game with the United States that's involved handing over some jihadis and protecting others for Pakistan’s own purposes, NJ’s Michael Hirsh writes. Could Osama bin Laden spend six years ensconced in an obtrusive villa in Abbottabad without anyone in Pakistani officialdom knowing about it? Probably not, Hirsh writes, as CIA officials have known for years that when it came to the really big game, Pakistani authorities were unlikely to be cooperative: Backlash from the Muslim world and their own country could be too great if they were seen as playing stooges to the Americans.
So why does Washington provide aid to Pakistan -- and why is Washington virtually certain to continue providing despite the hue and cry in Congress over the bin Laden news? Because Pakistan is a nuclear-armed country that is still mainly secular. NJ reports that Washington has little choice but to support those secular strains and tamp down the Islamist ones, and it can’t do this without the help of the Pakistani government, military, and intelligence apparatus, though it is shot through with Islamist sympathizers. In the first tangible sign that lawmakers will try to turn their anger at Pakistan into action, Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, who chairs the House Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, on Wednesday called on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to withhold aid to Pakistan to help flood victims.
8:03 a.m. The New York Times is out with a big story this morning that suggests the raid on bin Laden's compound, described by the administration all week as a "firefight," was much more one-sided than we originally thought. According to a senior administration official who spoke to the Times, the only person in the compound to exchange fire with U.S. forces was bin Laden's courier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti. Read more here.
8:00 a.m. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was generous with his praise for both President Obama and former President Bush this morning in an interview with CNN. "The president deserves such credit for what he has done, Schumer said. "You know, we saw his style. He's not a chest thumper. He's not going out with the rhetoric, he's thoughtful, and he’s tough and steely. He deserves huge credit and should be here. But that doesn't take away from what George Bush did to lay the groundwork as well. I think most Americans today feel that this is not any kind of political issue. This is an issue to feel good about America."
He also sees optimism for the future of the war on terror, saying that Americans now feel we can win.
7:39 a.m. Good morning. We'll be bringing you the latest developments in Osama bin Laden's death through the end of President Obama's trip to New York to honor 9/11 victims and first responders. He'll arrive in New York at 10:35 a.m. and participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Ground Zero at 1:25 p.m. Vice President Joe Biden will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon at 1:30 p.m. After their respective ceremonies, both will meet with family members of 9/11 victims.
The original site : http://nationaljournal.com/nationalsecurity/latest-developments-osama-bin-laden-s-death-20110505
2011년 5월 6일 금요일
击杀拉登行动留下疑团 美方公布信息真假掺杂
内容摘要: “原计划准备活捉拉登，但因拉登开枪拒捕，只能将他击毙。如此紧促的下葬时间加上美方一直没有公布本?拉登的死亡照片使得一些人开始怀疑其死讯的真实性。另一方面，奥巴马却公开表示，这次行动是美国与巴基斯坦很好合作的结果。
本报记者/赵全敏
“原计划准备活捉拉登，但因拉登开枪拒捕，只能将他击毙。”“美国有个政策，就是不管在世界任何地方，只要发现本?拉登就要直接消灭。”在美军击杀拉登 后，关于为何是“杀死”，而不是“逮捕”的疑问迅速流传开两种截然不同的解释；与此同时，美国军方动作迅速地将拉登海葬，且未公布拉登死亡照片，也使得 “拉登真的死了吗”引来议论纷纷。
为何不公布拉登“死相”
5月2日，美国五 角大楼官员透露，在当天早些时候，美国动用“卡尔?文森”号航空母舰，在阿拉伯海北部为拉登进行了海葬。葬礼仪式尊重了本?拉登的宗教信仰。葬礼是在本? 拉登死后24小时内举行的，过程大约持续了一个小时。该官员说，之所以海葬本?拉登，是因为没有国家愿意接收他的遗体。然而，如此紧促的下葬时间加上美方 一直没有公布本?拉登的死亡照片使得一些人开始怀疑其死讯的真实性。
美国国会参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会主席约瑟夫利伯曼说，一些人认为打死本?拉登不是事实，是美国政府的“诡计”，“可能需要公开这些照片，打消质疑”。他承认，这些照片可能过于血腥，原因是拉登是头部中枪。
至于美方如此迅速为拉登选择了海葬的方式，中国现代国际关系研究院反恐中心主任李伟在接受《世界新闻报》记者采访时说，奥巴马在反恐，特别在对本?拉登 的问题上，除了具体的反恐战略考虑外，还要考虑到政治上的影响。所以，在奥巴马的讲话中可以看出，他强调美国反恐并不是要与整个伊斯兰世界为敌。因为伊斯 兰教的传统是在人去世后的24小时内就要下葬，美国也就迅速为本?拉登举行了葬礼。此外，美方显然也担心如果土葬，土葬地点会成为恐怖分子的朝拜地，成为 聚集恐怖势力的地方。
美公布信息真假掺杂
在本?拉登死亡以后，巴基斯坦外交部发表声明，对消息进行了证实。同时，巴方表示，这次行动不是巴方和美国的联合行动。外交部声明说，美国有个政策，就是不管在世界任何地方，只要发现本?拉登，就要直接消灭。
然而，另一方面，奥巴马却公开表示，这次行动是美国与巴基斯坦很好合作的结果。看似矛盾的说法让人们对于事件的过程产生了不少疑问。在此次行动中，巴方究竟起到了什么样的作用呢？
美国问题专家高祖贵在接受《世界新闻报》记者采访时说，虽然在事件发生后，巴基斯坦外交部向外界表明没有介入此次行动，但“如果没有巴基斯坦的合作，美国恐怕难以达成行动结果”。
中国现代国际关系研究院反恐中心主任李伟说，自从“9?11”事件以来，美巴在反恐方面进行了有效的合作，特别在打击南亚的恐怖势力方面，双方无论在协 同反恐，还是分享情报方面都进行了良好合作。然而，美军这次行动的真实面貌究竟如何，可能还需要等待一段时间才能弄清。
李伟认为，当 前，美方通过媒体所透露出来的各种信息“真假都有”。关于本?拉登基地组织的一些信息、美巴的反恐合作、这次杀死拉登行动的具体细节，在各种媒体的信息发 布中都能看出很多矛盾之处，以及扑朔迷离的地方。这可能是出于各方面因素的考虑。因为美方很可能会选择一些有利于自身的信息来发布。来源国际在线)
写本：http://roll.sohu.com/20110506/n306936648.shtml
本报记者/赵全敏
“原计划准备活捉拉登，但因拉登开枪拒捕，只能将他击毙。”“美国有个政策，就是不管在世界任何地方，只要发现本?拉登就要直接消灭。”在美军击杀拉登 后，关于为何是“杀死”，而不是“逮捕”的疑问迅速流传开两种截然不同的解释；与此同时，美国军方动作迅速地将拉登海葬，且未公布拉登死亡照片，也使得 “拉登真的死了吗”引来议论纷纷。
为何不公布拉登“死相”
5月2日，美国五 角大楼官员透露，在当天早些时候，美国动用“卡尔?文森”号航空母舰，在阿拉伯海北部为拉登进行了海葬。葬礼仪式尊重了本?拉登的宗教信仰。葬礼是在本? 拉登死后24小时内举行的，过程大约持续了一个小时。该官员说，之所以海葬本?拉登，是因为没有国家愿意接收他的遗体。然而，如此紧促的下葬时间加上美方 一直没有公布本?拉登的死亡照片使得一些人开始怀疑其死讯的真实性。
美国国会参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会主席约瑟夫利伯曼说，一些人认为打死本?拉登不是事实，是美国政府的“诡计”，“可能需要公开这些照片，打消质疑”。他承认，这些照片可能过于血腥，原因是拉登是头部中枪。
至于美方如此迅速为拉登选择了海葬的方式，中国现代国际关系研究院反恐中心主任李伟在接受《世界新闻报》记者采访时说，奥巴马在反恐，特别在对本?拉登 的问题上，除了具体的反恐战略考虑外，还要考虑到政治上的影响。所以，在奥巴马的讲话中可以看出，他强调美国反恐并不是要与整个伊斯兰世界为敌。因为伊斯 兰教的传统是在人去世后的24小时内就要下葬，美国也就迅速为本?拉登举行了葬礼。此外，美方显然也担心如果土葬，土葬地点会成为恐怖分子的朝拜地，成为 聚集恐怖势力的地方。
美公布信息真假掺杂
在本?拉登死亡以后，巴基斯坦外交部发表声明，对消息进行了证实。同时，巴方表示，这次行动不是巴方和美国的联合行动。外交部声明说，美国有个政策，就是不管在世界任何地方，只要发现本?拉登，就要直接消灭。
然而，另一方面，奥巴马却公开表示，这次行动是美国与巴基斯坦很好合作的结果。看似矛盾的说法让人们对于事件的过程产生了不少疑问。在此次行动中，巴方究竟起到了什么样的作用呢？
美国问题专家高祖贵在接受《世界新闻报》记者采访时说，虽然在事件发生后，巴基斯坦外交部向外界表明没有介入此次行动，但“如果没有巴基斯坦的合作，美国恐怕难以达成行动结果”。
中国现代国际关系研究院反恐中心主任李伟说，自从“9?11”事件以来，美巴在反恐方面进行了有效的合作，特别在打击南亚的恐怖势力方面，双方无论在协 同反恐，还是分享情报方面都进行了良好合作。然而，美军这次行动的真实面貌究竟如何，可能还需要等待一段时间才能弄清。
李伟认为，当 前，美方通过媒体所透露出来的各种信息“真假都有”。关于本?拉登基地组织的一些信息、美巴的反恐合作、这次杀死拉登行动的具体细节，在各种媒体的信息发 布中都能看出很多矛盾之处，以及扑朔迷离的地方。这可能是出于各方面因素的考虑。因为美方很可能会选择一些有利于自身的信息来发布。来源国际在线)
写本：http://roll.sohu.com/20110506/n306936648.shtml
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Digital - Чамдаа
Дахилт:
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Би чам дээр очино доо
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Инээмсэглэнхэн ирнэ дээ
Цээжин дотроо булиглах зvрх минь
Дурлалын айзамд цэнгэнэ дээ
Цаг товлон болзсон газраа
Бидэн хоёр учирна даа
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Алдрайхан чамайгаа алдхаас айдаг
Аз жаргалыг хvмvvс хайдаг
Аялгуу дуундаа сэтгэлээ дайдаг
Тиймдээ ч тэргэл саран гэрэлтэй
Тэнгэрт гялтганах одод
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Бидэн 2 олон жилийн ємнє танилцаж байж байвуу гэж бодохоор
Арай ч vгvй дээ тийм дээ
одоо ингээд бодоход он жил єнгєрєн єнгєрсєєр
Олон жилийг хойноо орхисон мэт санагдах юм
Бид бие биенээ хайрлан хайрласаар
Хорвоо дэлхийд зєвхєн хоёул байгаа юм шиг аашилсаар
Хайрын жаргал цэнгэлд умбан єдийг хvрлээ
Би чамдаа хайртай
Хоёул байнга хамтдаа
Дахилт:
Цасан Будран орох євлийн vдэш
Би чам дээр очино доо
Царайлаг тєрсєн чи минь харин
Инээмсэглэнхэн ирнэ дээ
Цээжин дотроо булиглах зvрх минь
Дурлалын айзамд цэнгэнэ дээ
Цаг товлон болзсон газраа
Бидэн хоёр учирна даа
Байн байн чинийхээ зургийг харан харан сууна
Бєєн бєєн бодол намайг тойрон тойрон эргэлдэнэ
Сайн сайхан бvхэн бидний ємнє байна
Хайр хайрандаа хос хун шиг жаргаж цэнгэж байг
Ариухан сайхан чамдаа би чинь дэндvv дасчээ
Аз жаргалыг эрэн эрсээр бидэн хоёр учирчээ
Энд би, тэнд чи хайр хайрандаа мансуурсаар
Эргэх дєрвєн улиралд бие биедээ тэмvvлсээр
Нулимстай vлдсэн он жилvvдийг чи минь
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Намайгаа би чамайгаа би хайрлан жаргаана
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Зvггvй саран авхай цонхоор харан гийх юм
Зєн билэг мєрєєдєлдєє чамайгаа би тээх юм
Дахилт:
Цасан Будран орох євлийн vдэш
Би чам дээр очино доо
Царайлаг торсон чи минь харин
Инээмсэглэнхэн ирнэ дээ
Цээжин дотроо булиглах зvрх минь
Дурлалын айзамд цэнгэнэ дээ
Цаг товлон болзсон газраа
Бидэн хоёр учирна даа
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УЙлдаа хонгор минь, дуулдаа бvсгvй минь
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Нууцхан санаж, бодож харамсаад гуниглаад яахав дээ
Намайгаа би чамайгаа би хайрлан жаргаана
Хэзээ нэгэн цагт хагацах мєч vгvй дурлалын тэнгэр минь
Энхрий охин минь чи минийх
Энхийн мєнхєд би чинийх
Торомгор хєєрхєн охин минь
Толит зvрхний эрдэнэ минь
Саваагvйхэн насандаа бидэн хоёр учирсан
Санаагаар болохгvй хорвоод жаргал зовлон туулна
Уйлна дуулна хамтдаа мєнхєд чамтай
Санаагаар болохгvй хорвоод жаргал зовлон туулна
Уйлна дуулна хамтдаа мєнхєд чамтай
Санасаар бодсоор чамайгаа би чинь vргэлж хайрласаар
Хайрт минь чамайг би хайрлан байж дуулсан
Хайрт минь чамайг би vргэлж хулээн дуулсан
Хайрт минь чамайг би хайрлан байж дуулсан
Хайрт минь чамайг би vргэлж хvлээн дуулсан
Чамтай байхад надад vнэхээр сайхан жаргалтай
Чамайг надаас холдон одоход миний сэтгэл гунигтай
Зvvдэндээ чамайг тэврээд нойрсох надад сайхан
Зvрхэндээ чамайг нууцхан хайрлах надад сайхан
Хайрын зvvдэнд умбасаар
Чамайгаа би чинь санасаар
Бие биенийгээ хайрласаар
Тиймээ чамдаа хайртай
2011년 5월 5일 목요일
[NEWS] Nashville slighted in Freedom Ride events
Is Nashville being left out of the 50 anniversary celebration of the Freedom Riders — that group of mostly college students who traveled the South in the spring and early summer of 1961 to protest segregation on interstate buses and in restaurants and bus terminal restrooms?
Kwame Leo Lillard thinks so — as a result, he did not take part in the filming of a segment about the Freedom Riders that aired on Oprah Wednesday.
“Oprah grew up in Nashville, and she knew the history of the Freedom Riders,’’ Lillard said. “Instead of having people go to Chicago, she should have come back to Nashville to film the segment. Nashville played a major role in the Freedom Rides, and it is being hijacked.’’
While the original Freedom Riders left Washington on May 4, 1961, it was mainly college students from Nashville who picked up the Freedom Rides after the original group’s Greyhound bus was firebombed in Anniston, Ala., 10 days later.
Another group of that first wave of riders was attacked that same day, May 14, in Birmingham, Ala., while traveling on a Trailways bus. Several of the riders on that bus were seriously injured, as were some of those on the first bus.
In Nashville, a group of mostly college students, including John Lewis, who had been on the bus that left Washington and was firebombed in Anniston, decided to resume the Freedom Rides. They left Nashville on May 17, 1961, headed for Birmingham.
Lillard didn’t ride a bus, but he played a major role by driving down to Ardmore, Tenn., early on May 19 to rescue a group of riders who had been brought back to the Tennessee state line and put out by notorious Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner Bull Conner.
On returning to Nashville, the integrated group took up the ride again and, with the help of then-Justice Department official John Seigenthaler, who had previously been a journalist in Nashville, made their way to Montgomery, Ala., where they were attacked by a mob at the Greyhound bus station. Later, Freedom Riders would travel to Mississippi, where they were arrested and some were imprisoned.
This month, a number of activities are taking place in Jackson, Miss., to support the Freedom Riders’ 50th anniversary.
“The Nashville story doesn’t come through all the time,’’ Smith, now 69, told me. “We were the foot soldiers. I can’t explain it, but that is the way it is. Maybe we need to do a book and tell our stories ourselves.’’
While Lillard does not plan to go to Mississippi for anniversary events, he does plan to be in Montgomery on May 22 for the opening of the old Greyhound station as a museum, where the Freedom Riders will be honored by the Alabama Historical Commission.
While no major celebrations are taking place here this month to honor the riders, PBS is bringing riders and college students to Nashville to learn more about what took place here.
People certainly need to know about Nashville’s role in the Freedom Rides. It was just that important.
The origin site : http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110505/COLUMNIST0107/305050027/Nashville-slighted-in-Freedom-Ride-events
Kwame Leo Lillard thinks so — as a result, he did not take part in the filming of a segment about the Freedom Riders that aired on Oprah Wednesday.
“Oprah grew up in Nashville, and she knew the history of the Freedom Riders,’’ Lillard said. “Instead of having people go to Chicago, she should have come back to Nashville to film the segment. Nashville played a major role in the Freedom Rides, and it is being hijacked.’’
While the original Freedom Riders left Washington on May 4, 1961, it was mainly college students from Nashville who picked up the Freedom Rides after the original group’s Greyhound bus was firebombed in Anniston, Ala., 10 days later.
Another group of that first wave of riders was attacked that same day, May 14, in Birmingham, Ala., while traveling on a Trailways bus. Several of the riders on that bus were seriously injured, as were some of those on the first bus.
In Nashville, a group of mostly college students, including John Lewis, who had been on the bus that left Washington and was firebombed in Anniston, decided to resume the Freedom Rides. They left Nashville on May 17, 1961, headed for Birmingham.
Lillard didn’t ride a bus, but he played a major role by driving down to Ardmore, Tenn., early on May 19 to rescue a group of riders who had been brought back to the Tennessee state line and put out by notorious Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner Bull Conner.
On returning to Nashville, the integrated group took up the ride again and, with the help of then-Justice Department official John Seigenthaler, who had previously been a journalist in Nashville, made their way to Montgomery, Ala., where they were attacked by a mob at the Greyhound bus station. Later, Freedom Riders would travel to Mississippi, where they were arrested and some were imprisoned.
This month, a number of activities are taking place in Jackson, Miss., to support the Freedom Riders’ 50th anniversary.
'We were foot soldiers'
Mary Jean Smith, a Nashvillian who was a 19-year-old student at Tennessee State University when she was arrested in Jackson as a Freedom Rider in July 1961, says she is returning to the Magnolia State to participate in the reunion activities. She also went to Chicago for the Oprah segment.“The Nashville story doesn’t come through all the time,’’ Smith, now 69, told me. “We were the foot soldiers. I can’t explain it, but that is the way it is. Maybe we need to do a book and tell our stories ourselves.’’
While Lillard does not plan to go to Mississippi for anniversary events, he does plan to be in Montgomery on May 22 for the opening of the old Greyhound station as a museum, where the Freedom Riders will be honored by the Alabama Historical Commission.
While no major celebrations are taking place here this month to honor the riders, PBS is bringing riders and college students to Nashville to learn more about what took place here.
People certainly need to know about Nashville’s role in the Freedom Rides. It was just that important.
The origin site : http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110505/COLUMNIST0107/305050027/Nashville-slighted-in-Freedom-Ride-events
[NEWS] Mavericks Prevail and Send Lakers Into Panic Mode
LOS ANGELES — Phil Jackson walked into his pregame news conference and conceded that he was concerned. The Lakers cannot stumble every series and expect to crawl out clean as a champion. The Dallas Mavericks, their second-round opponent, are deep, talented and star powered.
“We’re worried now,” he said. “This is a good team. We know that they have the same record we have. They have a lot of options in scoring, and we’ve got to play a lot better to overcome this team in the course of the series. Our strength is we’ve always become better and better against teams in series. We hope to do that.”
The opening-series loss rattled the Lakers. Wednesday’s 93-81 followup defeat to Dallas triggered the panic meter to full tilt. With balanced scoring, a choking defense and a steady diet of Dirk Nowitzki, the Mavericks came here and seized a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series that now transfers to Dallas.
The two-time defending champion Lakers are two losses away from an early playoff exit and sending Jackson, who is intent on retiring after the season, to an early retirement.
The Mavericks can advance to the Western Conference finals without ever descending back in Los Angeles. The last time the Lakers trailed by 2-0 in a series was in the 2008 finals when they lost to the Boston Celtics.
Nowitzki scored 24 points and grabbed 7 rebounds after he torched the Lakers for 28 and 14 in the series opener. The Lakers even tried Ron Artest, who is smaller, but stronger on Nowitzki. Nowitzki simply rose and shot over him.
The Mavericks were also pushed by the backup point guard Jose Barea. Barea is generously listed at 6 feet, but he consistently cut through the Lakers’ interior of Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum and finished with 12 points and 4 assists.
Barea’s layup early in the fourth quarter stretched Dallas’s lead to 75-65. The lead ballooned to 15 points before Kobe Bryant hit a 3-pointer. Bryant scored 14 of his 23 points in the first half, when the Lakers stayed in the game.
But the Lakers shot only 41 percent and missed 18 of their 20 3-pointers.
The Lakers normally excel as playoff series evolve. They lost the first-round series opener to the Chris Paul-fueled New Orleans Hornets. But Gasol and Bynum are playing unevenly, their bench is providing little and Artest was ejected from the closing moments of Game 2 for his second technical foul.
In the microscope under which the Lakers are viewed, Hollywood and the basketball court intersect. Each loss is magnified and before the game, Jackson, the coach-philosopher, said he wanted his roster to relax after the opening loss.
“We’re focused, I think on what we have to do,” Jackson said. “I’d like to see us a little more lighthearted about it though. It’s still a game. You still have to have that light heartedness to go out there and play the right way.”
The first game, Jackson said of the Lakers’s 16-point collapse, “was a give-away game. We gave that game away.” So how did he take his own advice of being lighthearted about it?
“Comic relief,” he responded.
REBOUNDS
The Lakers received clarification on the substitution glitch that Phil Jackson contested with the league office, Jackson said. In the closing moments of Game 1, he attempted to remove Andrew Bynum after Dallas went to a smaller lineup after a timeout with 20.3 seconds remaining. But no time had lapsed after Bynum had been originally inserted and he had to remain in for at least one play, in accordance with league rules. “They wanted to clarify that, fine, you can substitute anybody back in, but Bynum had to stay in,” Jackson said.
“We’re worried now,” he said. “This is a good team. We know that they have the same record we have. They have a lot of options in scoring, and we’ve got to play a lot better to overcome this team in the course of the series. Our strength is we’ve always become better and better against teams in series. We hope to do that.”
The opening-series loss rattled the Lakers. Wednesday’s 93-81 followup defeat to Dallas triggered the panic meter to full tilt. With balanced scoring, a choking defense and a steady diet of Dirk Nowitzki, the Mavericks came here and seized a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series that now transfers to Dallas.
The two-time defending champion Lakers are two losses away from an early playoff exit and sending Jackson, who is intent on retiring after the season, to an early retirement.
The Mavericks can advance to the Western Conference finals without ever descending back in Los Angeles. The last time the Lakers trailed by 2-0 in a series was in the 2008 finals when they lost to the Boston Celtics.
Nowitzki scored 24 points and grabbed 7 rebounds after he torched the Lakers for 28 and 14 in the series opener. The Lakers even tried Ron Artest, who is smaller, but stronger on Nowitzki. Nowitzki simply rose and shot over him.
The Mavericks were also pushed by the backup point guard Jose Barea. Barea is generously listed at 6 feet, but he consistently cut through the Lakers’ interior of Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum and finished with 12 points and 4 assists.
Barea’s layup early in the fourth quarter stretched Dallas’s lead to 75-65. The lead ballooned to 15 points before Kobe Bryant hit a 3-pointer. Bryant scored 14 of his 23 points in the first half, when the Lakers stayed in the game.
But the Lakers shot only 41 percent and missed 18 of their 20 3-pointers.
The Lakers normally excel as playoff series evolve. They lost the first-round series opener to the Chris Paul-fueled New Orleans Hornets. But Gasol and Bynum are playing unevenly, their bench is providing little and Artest was ejected from the closing moments of Game 2 for his second technical foul.
In the microscope under which the Lakers are viewed, Hollywood and the basketball court intersect. Each loss is magnified and before the game, Jackson, the coach-philosopher, said he wanted his roster to relax after the opening loss.
“We’re focused, I think on what we have to do,” Jackson said. “I’d like to see us a little more lighthearted about it though. It’s still a game. You still have to have that light heartedness to go out there and play the right way.”
The first game, Jackson said of the Lakers’s 16-point collapse, “was a give-away game. We gave that game away.” So how did he take his own advice of being lighthearted about it?
“Comic relief,” he responded.
REBOUNDS
The Lakers received clarification on the substitution glitch that Phil Jackson contested with the league office, Jackson said. In the closing moments of Game 1, he attempted to remove Andrew Bynum after Dallas went to a smaller lineup after a timeout with 20.3 seconds remaining. But no time had lapsed after Bynum had been originally inserted and he had to remain in for at least one play, in accordance with league rules. “They wanted to clarify that, fine, you can substitute anybody back in, but Bynum had to stay in,” Jackson said.
[NEWS] 'American Idol' Live: Meet Scotty McCreery's three blondes
It's official: The girls loves "American Idol's" Scotty McCreery. Correction: They really, really love him.
Zap2it was on the scene at the Top 5 taping and talked to three of Scotty's biggest fans. Or at least their mother. Turns out, Scotty's back-up singers for his first performance, "Gone," are actually huge fans of the country crooner.
The blonde back-up singers are sister group Destinee & Paris, who used to be part of the girl group Clique Girlz. Destinee and Paris are signed to Interscope Records and were chosen by the show's producers and Jimmy Iovine to provide back-up vocals. The sisters, 15 and 16, sang back-up on Haley Reinhart's "Rolling In The Deep" a few weeks back.
Destinee & Paris' mother was seated next to us during the show and told us that the girls think Scotty is "so cute." After the performance, she was sure a lot of the girls watching were going to be jealous of the blonde sisters who shared some screen-time with "Idol's" resident Country boy. We wouldn't be shocked.
Another one of Scotty's blonde fans? A 20 year-old UCLA college student who was chosen by producers to stand with Scotty before a commercial break. After meeting the country crooner, the girl told us Scotty was "cute but shy." She says, "I said 'Good luck!' and he just said, 'Uh, thanks!'" In a completely surprising twist, she thought Scotty was the best of the night.
Need more behind-the-scenes Scotty intel?
-- When Scotty was sitting in the audience before his performance, a man tapped him on the shoulder and told him he was doing a great job this season. Scotty shook his hand and said, "Thanks, man!"
-- While still waiting to start his performance, Scotty decided to amp up the crowd early, telling the sections near him, "Get up for me, y'all!" Guess what? They got up!
-- While watching clips of their performances back at the end of the show, Scotty bust out laughing when the jumbo-screen showed him jumping from the stage. When the clip of his second performance came up, Scotty pointed out that his ear piece wire was sticking out and said, "Oh, man!"
The origin site : http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/05/american-idol-live-meet-scotty-mccreerys-three-blondes.html
About Scotty McCreery
Hometown: Garner, NCCurrently Resides: Garner, NC
Age: 17
Bio: McCreery is a junior at Garner Magnet High School in North Carolina. He began playing guitar in the fifth grade. He loves playing baseball, and is the pitcher on his high school team. He credits his deep voice to impersonating Elvis Presley as a child.
The origin site : http://shows.ctv.ca/AmericanIdol/bios/AI10-Scotty-McCreery.aspx
[news] Hollywood legend & 'Our Gang' starJackie Cooper dead at age 88
Hollywood legend Jackie Cooper dead at age 88 [video]
Cooper who is best remember as a cast member of the iconic TV show "Our Gang" was reported to have had a long lifetime of struggles. The Oscar- nominated star has a long list of accomplishments , including,Tv executive and director to add to the list of many acting roles through out his career Gossip Cop confirmed.
Hollywood has lost another legendary actor, "Our Gang" cast member and movie star Jackie Cooper has died at the age of 88, from complications of old age while in a at a convalescent home in Santa Monica the OMG website revealed.
Cooper who is best remember as a cast member of the iconic TV show "Our Gang" was reported to have had a long lifetime of struggles. The Oscar- nominated star has a long list of accomplishments , including,Tv executive and director to add to the list of many acting roles through out his career Gossip Cop confirmed.
A Cincinnati local tweeted "R.I.P. P.Jackie Cooper, who passed away today at 88 yrs old. I loved watching him as a kid in "Our Gang." I never realized what a troubled child star he was."
Cooper was also well known for his his sad and tragic childhood, and the more than 100 movies and TV roles that he entertained fans with for several decades before retiring from the acting business.
Jackie credited the love of his third wife for keeping the legend on the right life path. Jackie Cooper was also a very busy man when off camera, he served in the U.S. Navy during WW II, retiring as a captain in the 1980's. He went on to race cars and thoroughbred horses for several years.
One of Coopers most noted movie performances was as editor Perry White in 1978 as the "Daily Planet" newspaper editor in the of the hit "Superman" three films.Born in LA California as John Cooper, JR, he was only a young teenaged boy when his mother died and his father abandoned the family leaving Jackie to be raised by a grandmother whom he despised.
Coopers' grandmother pushed the young boy to stay in show business and for a big scene in the movie "Skippy" he had a scene that required Cooper to cry on cue, having a little problem expressing that particular emotion on the movie set, his grandmother order that Cooper's pet dog be shot by a security guard to assure that Jackie nailed the sad scene perfectly, he was scarred by this event, but it was later revealed that his dog was not killed. He later went on to write his memoir book in 1981 entitled "Please Don't Shoot My Dog," based on that traumatic childhood event.
You can find Jackie Cooper's book "Please Don't Shoot My Dog" at the Cincinnati Barnes and Nobles store.
Cooper is also well known for carrying on a torrid love affair when he was 18, with the twice his age star Joan Crawford.
Cooper was married three time in his life, his third wife of 50 years Barbara Kraus preceded him in death in 2009. He is survived by one of his three children with Kraus and a son Jackie Cooper JR from his first marriage.
Jackie Cooper was 88.
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The origin site : http://www.examiner.com/pop-culture-in-cincinnati/hollywood-legend-jackie-cooper-dead-at-age-88-video
Andrea Berg - Du Hast Mich 1000 mal belogen
The Origin Site : http://youtu.be/236dZF7bMQ4
----- This is the lyrics -----
Du brauchst das Gefühl frei zu sein
Niemand sagst du fängt dich ein
Doch es war total Liebe pur
Manchmal frag ich mich
Warum Du?
Du hast mich 1.000 mal belogen
Du hast mich 1.000 mal verletzt
Ich bin mit Dir so hoch geflogen
Doch der Himmel war besetzt
Du warst der Wind in meinen Fühlen
Hab so oft an dir gedacht
Ich würd es wieder tun
Mit dir
Heute Nacht
Suche deine Hand, such nach dir
Manchmal in der Nacht fehlst du mir
Wer nimmt mich wie du in den Arm
Wem erzähl ich dann meinen Traum?
Du hast mich 1.000 mal belogen
Du hast mich 1.000 mal verletzt
Ich bin mit Dir so hoch geflogen
Doch der Himmel war besetzt
Du warst der Wind in meinen Flügeln
Hab so oft mit dir gelacht
Ich würd es wieder tun
Mit dir
Heute Nacht
Wo bist du, wenn ich von dir träum
Wo bist du, wenn ich heimlich wein
Du hast mich 1.000 mal belogen
Du hast mich 1.000 mal verletzt
Ich bin mit Dir so hoch geflogen
Doch der Himmel war besetzt
Du warst der Wind in meinen Flügeln
Hab so oft mit dir gelacht
Ich würd es wieder tun
Mit dir
Heute Nacht
This is the musicvideo good to listen.
Adele - Rolling In The Deep
The Origin - 21
This is the lyrics
There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark,
Finally, I can see you crystal clear,
Go ahead and sell me out and a I'll lay your ship bare,
See how I'll leave with every piece of you,
Don't underestimate the things that I will do,
There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark,
The scars of your love remind me of us,
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all,
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless,
I can't help feeling,
We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hand,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
And you played it to the beat,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
Baby, I have no story to be told,
But I've heard one on you and I'm gonna make your head burn,
Think of me in the depths of your despair,
Make a home down there as mine sure won't be shared,
The scars of your love remind me of us,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
I can't help feeling,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
And you played it to the beat,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
Could have had it all,
Rolling in the deep,
You had my heart inside of your hands,
But you played it with a beating,
Throw your soul through every open door,
Count your blessings to find what you look for,
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold,
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
We could have had it all,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
It all, it all, it all,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
And you played it to the beat,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
Could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
But you played it,
You played it,
You played it,
You played it to the beat.
Osama bin Laden's daughter witnessed his death, says Pakistani official
A section of a room in the interior of the compound where it is believed Osama bin Laden lived. Photograph: AP/ABC News
Osama bin Laden's 12-year-old daughter watched as her father was shot dead by American special forces, a senior Pakistani intelligence official has told the Guardian.
The girl, who was found at the scene of the raid by Pakistani security services, is being cared for at a military hospital having been wounded in the attack. She has been questioned about the sequence of events during the raid on Sunday night.
The official said Pakistani intelligence services, who are holding 11 other survivors of the deadly raid on Bin Laden's Pakistani hiding place, would not allow their interrogation by US officials.
"That would occur only if there was written assent from their country of origin. We are yet to receive any request to my knowledge, but given the [critical] statements coming out of Washington and the fact that [the raid] was not an operation we were involved in, we would not accept," he said.
At least 10 people were left alive at the end of the attack, which saw Bin Laden killed in an upstairs room of the three-storey house where he had been living. Hamza, one of the al-Qaida leader's sons, was killed. His body was removed with that of his father by the assault teams.
The survivors include eight children and two adults, both women. One is Bin Laden's fifth wife, a 29-year-old Yemeni, Amal Ahmed al-Sadah, who married the al-Qaida leader about 11 years ago in Afghanistan. The other is understood to be a Yemeni doctor in her 30s whose passport indicates that she arrived by legal means in the region between 2000 and 2006, when the document expired.
The Pakistani official, from the main intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI), said verification of the exact identity of the woman was continuing.
"We are not sure if she is a doctor, a nurse, a maid or what," he said.
The White House has so far not commented on the survivors or on reports that a second son of Bin Laden was captured during the raid.
Though mobile phones and computers seized in the compound are being examined by American specialists for any leads on forthcoming attacks or information on fugitives, the women and children in Pakistani custody are potential sources of valuable intelligence.
On Tuesday, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying that "the family members of Osama bin Laden [are] all in safe hands ... in the best possible facilities," and that "as per policy" the relatives would be handed over to their countries of origin.
This may not be easy. One problem is their unclear legal status. The Saudi Arabian citizenship of the al-Qaida leader was withdrawn in 1994 after his violent criticism of the kingdom's royal family, leaving the nationality of his children unclear. Two young sons of Bin Laden are believed to be among the survivors held by the Pakistanis.
It is also far from certain that either Yemen or Saudi Arabia would be willing to accept the repatriation of Bin Laden's family members or their friends. Nor is their identification a simple task. Some of the children found at the compound may be those of the two brothers killed in the raid, and may have Pakistani nationality. The youngest child found at the compound wais two.
Local authorities arrived at the scene of the raid as US special forces were leaving. It is believed that the attackers originally planned to evacuate all those in the compound but the breakdown of a helicopter meant there was no space to take them.
Instead, only the bodies of Bin Laden and his son Hamza, who was in his early 20s, were taken to the aircraft carrier the USS Carl Vinson and buried at sea. Survivors were left with their hands fastened with plastic handcuffs, a second Pakistani official said, adding that initial communication with the survivors had been difficult as the Pakistani police and military arriving at the scene did not speak Arabic.
Four bodies are understood to have been recovered by Pakistani officials from the compound, including those of the two brothers – who have been reported to be behind the construction and management of the house. One is believed to be the crucial courier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, who inadvertently led the CIA to Bin Laden. A third body was that of one of the brother's wives. The other casualty is believed to be a guard who has yet to be identified or possibly a domestic servant.
Several of the survivors, including Bin Laden's wife, were injured in the 40-minute firefight that preceded the al-Qaida leader's death.
The White House have confirmed that Bin Laden's wife received a bullet wound in the calf during the assault.
Pakistani officials said that Bin Laden's daughter, whom various reports named as Safina, Safia or Ayesha , had been hit in the ankle in the moments before the American assault team reached the room where they found her father, and later passed out. The wound was possibly caused by fragments from a grenade thrown by the assault team as they attacked, one said.
The girl and her mother are believed to be at a high-security military hospital.
American press reports cited a US official as saying that Fatah had told Pakistani authorities Bin Laden had lived in the complex, at least part of the time, since it was built in 2005. Yesterday, other reports from Pakistan contradicted that statement, saying survivors had told officials they had arrived five or six months ago.
White House press secretary Jay Carney confirmed earlier this week that she was "in the room with Bin Laden" when injured.
John Brennan, President Barack Obama's chief counter-terrorism adviser, had initially claimed Fatah was killed while "she was being used as a shield", but the White House later said that account was inaccurate.
US intelligence officials have also said Fatah, rather than Bin Laden's daughter, identified the al-Qaida leader's body.
The Origin site : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/04/osama-bin-laden-daughter-held
2011년 5월 4일 수요일
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Nice to meet for you.
My name is Jin-Beom Pi.
I am intern from design of piping.
I hope to make a friends with the world people.
I like to see the clonewars of starwars.
I'm a huge fan of starwars.
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