GULLY BOP, GET DROP! Claims Records says deejay behaving hype and disrespectful....Him a diss everybody whe start him ting. Him a diss the people from the community. Right now Grant's Pen nuh inna him
After a commanding performance at the recently concluded Magnum Sting stage show, Internet sensation Gully Bop will now have to find a new management team as he was recently dropped by Claims Records.
According to a representative from the record label, Gully Bop has become a bit too hype and disrespectful.
"Claims Records done wid Gully Bop. We done wid everything. Him a diss everybody whe start him ting. Him a diss the people from the community. Right now Grant's Pen nuh inna him. Him dis Boom Boom and Kibaki and a diss everybody," the representative said.
To make matters worse, the representative claims the artiste has refused to listen to their advice to voice for other producers, and provide radio disc jocks with dubs and jingles.
He said; "When we ask him to do some dubs and jingles fi the radio selectors, him say a nuh dem buss him so him nah do it. It's like we have to be forcing him to do things and that is giving Claims Records a bad name with these selectors. If a nuh money, him nah dweet."
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"We were trying to steer his career to keep him afloat but him nuh want hear dat. We asked him to voice for DJ Sunshine and not even dat him did waan fi do. Him say a YouTube buss him so him nuh need no selector," he said.
The decision to drop Gully Bop was made last night after his refusal to do a show for which he was booked, if he did not get 'more food'.
"We done agree wid a price with the promoter and Gully Bop say him nah dweet if him nuh get more money. Gully Bop caan even remember the lyrics fi him songs. Him know the hook but a bere freestyle him do on stage. No matter how we try wid him, him just a get hype. We tell him fi stop diss Ninja Man and other artistes because we respect Ninja Man and him nah hear. It's not a good look," the representative said.
A collaboration with the Gully Gad Mavado and Gully Bop was also in the pipeline, but Claims Records has also axed that.
"That collab was gonna be dropped in the new year, but dat nah badda happen now. We have disabled his Instagram and Facebook pages so whoever is dealing with him now, can start afresh. We are disassociating ourselves from anything that has to do with Gully Bop," he said.
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REPUBLICAN House Majority Whip Steve Scalise Spoke At White Supremacist Conference....The notorious former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke described Scalise as "a fine family man" with whom he often agrees. GOOD EVENING, WHITE SUPREMACISTS OF LOUISIANA! The question is SHOULD HE RESIGN?
Posted: 12/29/2014 4:12 pm EST
Twelve years before he was elected by his colleagues as House majority whip, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) spoke at a conference hosted by the white supremacist group European-American Unity and Rights Organization.
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| Republican of Louisiana, Steve Scalise (L) and David Duke (R) |
According to another Stormfront post, the National/International EURO Workshop on Civil Rights was held from May 17 to 18, 2002, at the Landmark/Best Western Hotel in Metairie, Louisiana. The conference was also listed on an Anti-Defamation League list of extremist events for that year. more
Ezell Ford Official Autopsy Shows He Was Shot Three Times, Once In The Back....Ford, an unarmed, mentally ill black man shot to death by Los Angeles police in August, was released by the county coroner's office.... Ford, 25, was killed by LAPD officers Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas,
Posted: 12/29/2014 5:49 pm EST
LOS ANGELES -- The official autopsy report for Ezell Ford, an unarmed, mentally ill black man shot to death by Los Angeles police in August, was released by the county coroner's office Monday after the Los Angeles Police Department lifted an investigative hold that had blocked the report from public view for over four months.
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| Candles burn at a memorial for Ezell Ford in Los Angeles. (Photo by Mintana Neslihan Eroglu) | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images |
The coroner's investigation ruled Ford's death a homicide by multiple gunshot wounds.
Ford, 25, was killed by LAPD officers Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas, both on gang enforcement detail, shortly after 8 p.m. on Aug. 11 in the Florence neighborhood of South LA. The report provides the first detailed account from authorities of his injuries. According to the autopsy report, Ford was shot three times, resulting in two fatal wounds and one nonfatal.
The skin around the fatal wound in Ford's back had a "muzzle imprint," which suggests that the shot was taken at close range. The second fatal wound was in Ford's side abdomen. A third wound, ruled nonfatal by the coroner's investigation, was on his right arm. "An autopsy does not prescribe motivation or indicate propriety -- in this case, is it a legal killing or not," LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said in a press conference later on Monday.
"There is nothing in the coroner's report that is inconsistent with the officers' accounts," Beck said, but added that the investigation is still incomplete. A trace amount of marijuana was also found in Ford's system, according to a toxicology report. Because THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, can linger in the human body, however, its presence does not mean that Ford was intoxicated at the time of his death. more
GRIM DISCOVERY : Wreckage From AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Found...Indonesian Officials Spot Several Bodies Floating In Waters Near Where AirAsia Flight Was Last Seen... Debris Also Discovered... Airline CEO: 'My Heart Is Filled With Sadness'...
The Huffington Post | ByEline Gordts and Jade Walker Posted: 12/30/2014 4:20 am EST
Wreckage from an AirAsia flight that went missing on its way to Singapore on Sunday was found on Tuesday in the Karimata Strait off the coast of Borneo, Indonesian rescue teams said.
Wreckage from an AirAsia flight that went missing on its way to Singapore on Sunday was found on Tuesday in the Karimata Strait off the coast of Borneo, Indonesian rescue teams said.
Djoko Murjatmodjo, a senior official with Indonesia’s Transportation Ministry, said the debris was from the missing plane, The New York Times reported. “We’ve confirmed the wreckage was from the body of the plane,” Murjatmodjo said.
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Debris, including what appeared to be suitcases and pieces from the aircraft, were also discovered floating in the Java Sea, members of search teams told the Indonesian news media: AirAsia Flight 8501 went missing Sunday morning local time after taking off from Indonesia's second-largest city of Surabaya. No distress signal went out from the airplane. The Airbus 320-200 carried 155 passengers and seven crew on board, most of them Indonesians.
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SECURITY Minister Peter Bunting vows to ‘choke off supply of funds’ to gangs... Minister says police will be taking back parking lots as part of the Government's plan for a further reduction in major crimes operated by criminal networks
Tuesday, December 30, 2014 Jamaica Observer
SECURITY Minister Peter Bunting has vowed that the police will be taking back public property used by criminal organisations to fund their operations, as part of the Government's plan for a further reduction in major crimes.
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| BUNTING… several town centres across the island will be targeted |
Criminal gangs, in a major extortion racket, have 'captured' bus and taxi parks in a number of towns across the island, collect money from drivers who use them and use it to fund their underground operations.
A tough-talking Bunting, in on interview on the JIS television programme Issues and Answers, said several town centres across the island will be targeted as the strategy is to "choke off supply of funds" from organised crime networks.
"...Wherever criminal groups have commandeered parking lots, and they proceed to operate it as commercial parking facilities, or where they have commandeered any public space, or public facility, and using it to turn a profit and to extort payment from public passenger vehicles, the police are targeting these areas to choke off the fuel for criminal organisations," said the security minister, noting that once money is dried up from the criminal groups their existence will also fade.
Bunting, meanwhile, reported that the decline in major crimes in 2014 was done with fewer arrests and less than 15 curfews. He said in the past there would have been "thousands of curfews across communities where young men were rounded up by the security forces", but it has proven that crimes can be contained when policing is intelligence- driven. more
Killer crash in Westmoreland, JAMAICA: 3 die, 10 injured in Westmoreland collision.... The deceased were last night identified as Neville Campbell of Galloway and Paulette Watt of Georges Plain, both in Westmoreland; and Pixley Ennis, who was said to be a resident of Clarendon.
BY HORACE HINES Observer staff reporter hinesh@jamaicaobserver.com Tuesday, December 30, 2014
FARM, Westmoreland — Three people were killed yesterday when the minibus in which they were passengers crashed into the back of a parked truck in this Westmoreland district.
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| A man said to be related to Paulette Watt, one of the three people who were killed in the accident, wails outside the Savanna-la-Mar General Hospital yesterday. (PHOTO: PHILLIP LEMONTE) |
The deceased were last night identified as Neville Campbell of Galloway and Paulette Watt of Georges Plain, both in Westmoreland; and Pixley Ennis, who was said to be a resident of Clarendon.
Ten passengers who were injured in the crash were taken to the Savanna-la-Mar General Hospital, where some were admitted in serious condition while others were treated and released. It was not ascertained last evening how many people were still admitted and the extent of their injuries.
The ill-fated Toyota Hiace minibus, which started its journey in the Westmoreland capital of Savanna-la-Mar, was en route to Kingston.
The police said that about 7:15 am the driver of the minibus was attempting to overtake a slow-moving truck along a stretch of the recently resurfaced main road, but slammed into the back of an International truck after the driver was forced to cut back in the left lane to avoid colliding with an oncoming motor vehicle.
At least two passengers of the ill-fated minibus, who spoke to the Jamaica Observer at the hospital yesterday, questioned why the minibus driver failed to overtake the truck earlier when it was possible for him to do so on the wide road.
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| Police officers look inside the wrecked Toyota Hiace minibus which slammed into the back of this truck along the Farm main road in Westmoreland, yesterday, causing the death of three people and injury to 10 others. (PHOTO: PHILLIP LEMONTE) |
"...Mi just see the bus a drive straight, and then we realise the truck was parked. The bus driver swung to the right, but still collided into the truck; he was too close to the truck," one male passenger, who was at the hospital, told the Observer.
Another injured young man, who was a passenger of the public passenger vehicle, gave a similar account of how the accident happened.
"... When wi reach out ah Farm mi don't know what happen to the driver, because nothing nah come weh him can't go round; nothing nah try shot pass him and him drive go straight into the truck back," alleged a young man who escaped with minor injuries, but whose mother was seriously injured in the crash. more
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LIKELY 'AT BOTTOM OF THE SEA' : SEARCH RESUMES... Oily Spots, Unknown Objects Spotted In Water... Too Early To Connect With Missing Plane... EARLIER: Airbus Vanishes... 162 On Board... A Grim Year In Malaysian Aviation...Missing AirAsia Plane Likely 'At The Bottom Of The Sea' ....
AP | By TRISNADI MARJAN and MARGIE MASON Posted: 12/28/2014 10:34 pm EST
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian helicopter searching for the missing AirAsia jetliner saw two oily spots in the water Monday, and an Australian search plane spotted objects elsewhere in the Java Sea, but it was too early to know whether either was connected to the aircraft and its 162 passengers and crew.
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In any case, officials saw little reason to believe AirAsia Flight 8501 met anything but a grim fate after it disappeared from radar Sunday morning over the Java Sea. Wary of bad weather, one of the pilots had asked to raise the plane's altitude just before it vanished, but was not allowed because another aircraft was in the way.
"Based on the coordinates that we know, the evaluation would be that any estimated crash position is in the sea, and that the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom of the sea," Indonesia search and rescue chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo said. The Airbus A320-200 vanished in airspace thick with storm clouds on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore.
Jakarta's Air Force base commander Rear Marshal Dwi Putranto said an Australian Orion aircraft had detected "suspicious" objects near Nangka island about 100 miles (160 kilometers) off central Kalimantan. That's about 700 miles (1,120 kilometers) from the location where the plane lost contact, but within Monday's greatly expanded search area. more
'The society is lacking love' JAMAICA-born US-based nurse, Recisa Fearon engendering kindness by delivering school supplies, toys and toiletries to more than 150 school children in JA..... "It's a heart-warming feeling, knowing that I did my Master's and also the charity together and finished them both in December, I really feel accomplished," said the nurse.
BY ANIKA RICHARDS Observer staff reporter richardsai@jamaicaobserver.com Monday, December 29, 2014
A Jamaican-born nurse who now resides in New Jersey, USA, sought to bring smiles to a few young faces for the festive season. On a five-day trip to the island, Recisa Fearon travelled to Westmoreland, St Mary and Kingston to deliver school supplies, toys and toiletries to more than 150 children.
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| Jamaican-born nurse Recisa Fearon, who now resides in New Jersey, USA, shares a moment with students at the Yallahs Basic School in St Thomas, during her five-day visit to donate school supplies and other items to more than 150 children. |
Originally from Portmore, St Catherine, Fearon told the Jamaica Observer that she migrated some 10 years ago, but that her aim for 2014 was to complete her Masters' degree and deliver supplies to children for Christmas. She managed to complete both in December.
"What I did was to group up with six friends and donate some funds, then we got the stuff and decided to give it to different communities and a children's home in Kingston," Fearon explained in a recent interview.
It is a mission she started in 2013, which saw her visiting Jamaica in May for Child's Month. However, she was unable to visit a few schools then, so she vowed to return - and with more goodies. Since Fearon first donated school bags, books, pencils, crayons, markers, coloured pencils, sharpeners, toiletries, among other basic items, about 16 schools across the island have benefited.
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| Students at the Breakthrough Basic School in Islington, St Mary, examine school supplies donated by Recisa Fearon, a Jamaican now living in the United States. |
"I want to make a change in Jamaica, the society is lacking love, the society needs people who can be an inspiration to others and I hope that others will see what I have done and try to help the little ones," Fearon shared. "I just think that if you can show them how to love then they will grow up in love and one day somebody will do what I did." more
Is It In The Knees? Researchers try to discover how Jamaican sprinters outrun the world....Scientists have long wondered about Bolt's extraordinary speeds.
Published: Monday | December 29, 2014
Researchers try to discover how Jamaican sprinters outrun the world
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is the fastest person in the world.
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| Fraser-Pryce (left) and Carter.-File |
Scientists have long wondered about Bolt's extraordinary speeds.
In their search for Usain's sprint secrets, researchers stumbled upon Bolt's country Jamaica, home to some of the world's most elite sprinters. Researchers have begun to wonder how Jamaica, a country with less people than New York City, gave birth to some of the best runners history has ever known.
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Rutgers University decided to investigate the Usain Bolt phenomenon, and their first step to uncover the secrets of Jamaica's greatest runners is to go through the physiology.
Scientists hypothesised that the alignment of the knees may have had something to do with how Jamaican runners perform on the track and they began to test their ideas by examining the knees of 74 elite Jamaican sprinters, including well-known names such as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Nesta Carter. more
IN JAMAICA : $55,000 worth of grocery in 90 secs. Mother of two, LESA Nicholas, 33, wins Christmas goods courtesy of Jamaica Observer ...."I've been unemployed for about two years. I do odd jobs here and there, sometimes I would work at (Boys' and Girls') Champs, little jobs like that"
BY DONNA HUSSEY-WHYTE Sunday Observer staff reporter husseyd@jamaicaobserver.com Sunday, December 28, 2014
LESA Nicholas, 33, had never won anything in her life.
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| Lesa Nicholas hurled herself onto the refrigerator to retrieve chickens, roasters and hams during her supermarket dash for Christmas groceries |
Nicholas could not contain her excitement as she had been unemployed for years and had no idea where groceries would come from to feed her two children and make Christmas as merry as possible for them.
"I'm so excited!" a smiling Nicholas told the Jamaica Observer which organised the event and was the main sponsor of it.
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| An elated Lesa Nicholas shows off the total of her ‘grabbings’ at the Hi-Lo Supermarket two days before Christmas |
Nicholas said that she only just completed training as a municipal police officer in Spanish Town.
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| Lesa Nicholas (left) and Venisa Clarke-Lee (right) were elated after grabbing groceries totalling almost $100,000 courtesy of the Jamaica Observer at the Hi-Lo Supermarket in Portmore last Tuesday. Store manager Yvonne Gingoor (second left) and marketing officer at the Jamaica Observer Stacy-Ann Neilson were only too happy to share in the occasion. |
"I don't do any Christmas shopping yet because I never had the money and then this comes right in time. When I got the call I was like YES! So whatever I grab today will be my Christmas shopping. So I will be shopping in 90 seconds, that is like faster than Usain!" more
IN JAMAICA: Market Mayhem Thugs continue to rob, abuse and extort Coronation vendors...The 'dem bway' being referred to were from the Lizard Town section of Tivoli Gardens, the vendor insisted..."Dem nuh want no goods yuh know sah," she went on. "All dem do is wait pon yuh 'till dem believe yuh mek enough money and then dem draw dung pon yuh," she said.
BY HG HELPS Editor-at-large helpsh@jamaicaobserver.com Sunday, December 28, 2014
DESPITE the efforts of police personnel, vendors at the Coronation Market in West Kingston continue to be robbed, verbally and sometimes physically abused by thugs.
The vendors, many of whom are from the Corporate Area, as well as various sections of rural Jamaica, told the Jamaica Observer on different visits to the largest market in the island that they were frustrated and are near the point of packing their goods and venturing elsewhere.
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| Thugs continue to rob, abuse and extort Coronation vendors |
"Me tired a dis now yaa sah," one woman told the Sunday Observer on a visit to the market close to 11:00 one night leading up to Christmas Day.
"Me soon pack up me things because dem bway from over so soon come rob me," the vendor said.
The 'dem bway' being referred to were from the Lizard Town section of Tivoli Gardens, the vendor insisted, adding that they would do her physical harm if she did not 'let off'.
She said that she had been robbed of money on five occasions.
"Dem nuh want no goods yuh know sah," she went on. "All dem do is wait pon yuh 'till dem believe yuh mek enough money and then dem draw dung pon yuh," she said.
Interestingly, five minutes before the Sunday Observer stopped at her stall, a group of police personnel was seen buying vegetables from her.
"So what happen to them police who just leave yuh stall," was the obvious question posed to her.
"Who dem? Dem caan even protect themself, much more protect di higgler dem. Di police dem a Darling Street station 'fraid fi dem bway over so," she insisted. more
BREAKING NEWS: AIRBUS VANISHES 162 ON BOARD.....AirAsia Flight From Indonesia To Singapore Goes Missing with several passengers & crew on board
Reuters Posted: 12/27/2014 10:24 pm EST
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| Rumours abounded after it emerged that the tickets for two passengers who used stolen passports to travel on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight were booked by an Iranian man known only as “Mr. Ali", according to the FT. But one of those travelling has been identified as a 19-year-old Iranian, almost definitely headed to Germany to seek asylum, with no links whatsoever to terror networks. Besides, it would be baffling as to why Iran would want to hijack a plane almost entirely compromised of Chinese passengers. China is a key ally of Iran. |
SINGAPORE, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Budget carrier AirAsia confirmed on Sunday that its flight QZ 8501 from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore had lost contact with air traffic control.
The Airbus 320-200 had 155 passengers and crew on board, Indonesian transport officials said.
Indonesian media said 149 Indonesians, three people from Korea, and one from Singapore, Britain and Malaysia were on board.
A search and rescue operation had been launched, Malaysian-based AirAsia said. (Writing by Robert Birsel; Editing by Dean Yates) moreSean Paul gets death threats....The Grammy-winning artiste was reportedly issued a death threat by an Islamic group claiming to have ties in Syria.... No word yet if show will go on
Saturday, December 27, 2014
A DECISION is yet to be made as to whether or not reggae act Sean Paul will perform at a New Year’s Eve gig in the Maldives.
The Grammy-winning artiste was reportedly issued a death threat by an Islamic group claiming to have ties in Syria.
The video message was posted online. Carlette DeLeon, publicist for the artiste, said a decision would be taken following a meeting with Sean Paul’s management team and authorities in the Maldives.
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Britain’s Independent newspaper reported the video message carries the logo of the Bilad Al Sham Media (BASM) group, an organisation which claims to comprise Maldivian jihadists based in Syria and the Maldives.
“Sean Paul, if you visit the Maldives, the world will see your burned and blood-drenched dead body,” said cards held by a cloaked figure in the video posted on YouTube late on Wednesday night.
“It is for all Muslim to jihad in the name of Allah.
Hence disbelievers like Sean Paul, who are like the worst of the devil’s advocates, deserve nothing but death,” the threat continued.
A Twitter account allegedly belonging to BASM denied being behind the threat, revealing in a tweet: “We would clearly like to announce that our media have nothing to do with the Sean Paul death threatening video.
Sean Paul was set to perform at a free concert in the country’s capital Male. more
Extravagant NINJAMAN! "Laing, gwaan wid yuh pop- dung show, mi neva know sey Laing so bruk an' poor. After Downsound lef', him run go tek up one-teeth madman outa gully fi come war mi," he said, as patrons roared.... Doctor sey mi a work too hard and mi a suffer from dehydration an' mi fi rest fi four day, but I don't care, mi haffi dead up ya," he said to blaring horns.
BY SIMONE MORGAN Observer staff reporter Saturday, December 27, 2014
THERE were no long band changes, outrageous or drawn-out performances at the GT Taylor Christmas Reggae Extravaganza on Thursday.
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| Ninjaman had the crowd’s undivided attention. (Photos: Gregory Bennett) |
The popular show, held at Independence Park in Black River, St Elizabeth, featured some of dancehall/reggae's finest acts including Sizzla Kalonji, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Ninjaman and Coco Tea, who all gave stellar performances.
The stage was set by singer Cocoa Tea who dedicated part of his set to John Holt, who died in October. He did renditions of Police in Helicopter and If I Were a Carpenter.
The diminutive veteran from Clarendon could do no wrong as the fair-sized crowd sang along to Lost my Sonia, Love Me Truly and She Loves Me Now.
Ninjaman, who said he defied doctor's orders to be at the show, acknowledged the promoter and fans.
"Because of the respect mi have fi mi fans an' GT Taylor mi force the issue an' come here. Doctor sey mi a work too hard and mi a suffer from dehydration an' mi fi rest fi four day, but I don't care, mi haffi dead up ya," he said to blaring horns.
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| Deejays Beenie Man and Bounty Killer in performance at GT Taylor Christmas Extravaganza in Independence Park in Black River, St Elizabeth, in the wee hours of Friday morning. |
He then free-styled with Supreme Promotions head Isaiah Laing and media sensation Gully Bops his main topics.
"Laing, gwaan wid yuh pop- dung show, mi neva know sey Laing so bruk an' poor. After Downsound lef', him run go tek up one-teeth madman outa gully fi come war mi," he said, as patrons roared.
Earler this week, Ninjaman announced that he will not perform on Laing's Magnum Sting, due to alleged threats on his life.
The most fiery peformance came from Sizzla Kalonji who took the stage just before 5:00 am. He 'set fire' to Babylon, homosexuality and anything he deemed unrighteous. more
My Christmas Day (2014) at Hosea Feed The Homeless in Atlanta, GA. Over 20,000 people served at the annual Christmas Dinner Event – the nation’s largest sit-down dinner for the homeless and hungry.
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| Brother and Sister with a Christmas Smile on Their Faces |
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| Homeless men wait patiently for a FREE haircut |
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| Food time for all at Hosea Feed The Hunger |
KWANZAA: A Celebration of Family, Community & Culture, December 26 through January 1.
As an African American and Pan-African holiday celebrated by millions throughout the world African community, Kwanzaa brings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest sense. Given the profound significance Kwanzaa has for African Americans and indeed, the world African community, it is imperative that an authoritative source and site be made available to give an accurate and expansive account of its origins, concepts, values, symbols and practice.
Moreover, given the continued rapid growth of Kwanzaa and the parallel expanded discussion of it and related issues, an authoritative source which aids in both framing and informing the discussion is likewise of the greatest importance. Therefore, the central interest of this website is to provide information which reveals and reaffirms the integrity, beauty and expansive meaning of the holiday and thus aids in our approaching it with the depth of thought, dignity, and sense of specialness it deserves.
Dr. Maulana Karenga
The holiday, then will of necessity, be engaged as an ancient and living cultural tradition which reflects the best of African thought and practice in its reaffirmation of the dignity of the human person in community and culture, the well-being of family and community, the integrity of the environment and our kinship with it, and the rich resource and meaning of a people's culture. It is within this understanding, then, that the Organization Us, the founding organization of Kwanzaa and the authoritative keeper of the tradition, has established and maintains this website. more
CAPACITY CROWDS: Audiences 'Let Freedom Ring' At 'The Interview' Screenings In New York City... Meanwhile, Sony and independent theatres agreed to release it in over 300 venues on Christmas.
Posted: 12/25/2014 3:12 pm EST
"The Interview" probably should have been called "The Honey Pot."
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| EXCLUSIVE - Director/Producer/Screenwriter Seth Rogen, Randall Park and James Franco seen at Columbia Pictures World Premiere of "The Interview" on Thursday , Dec 11, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Sony Pictures/AP Images) |
It's a term and idea frequently referenced in the Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg co-directed film, in which Rogen's character explains, "It's an attractive spy woman who lures men into doing shit they're not supposed to do."
At the 10 a.m. Christmas Day screening of "The Interview" at Cinema Village -- the only theater currently showing the film in Manhattan -- it was hard not to feel like audiences had been honey-potted in some respect. In this case, they were lured into showing up with notions of protecting free speech and and the sexiness of sticking it to the hackers who, last week, dared to evoke the memory of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in their threats.
The idea that seeing "The Interview" in theaters was important or even patriotic was only amplified by the scene in and around Cinema Village. Many media members (myself included) pounced on moviegoers as they purchased tickets. Inside, theater manager Lee Peterson introduced the comedy by quoting "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."
"Let freedom ring," Peterson said to the crowd of around 100 people. "No one can tell us what we can or can't see. So enjoy the film."
It's a seductive narrative, mostly because people don't like being told they can't see something --especially by hackers that may or may not be working for a brutal dictatorship in North Korea. It's likely one of the reasons that all of Cinema Village's afternoon screenings are sold out -- even after Sony made the film available to stream online for half the price of a theater ticket. more
Sting 2014 promises ‘clashes’....Facing off in this year's edition at the Boxing Day stage show are:Gully Bop/Countryman, Gage and Tommy Lee Sparta and Major Mackerel and Wickerman.
Friday, December 26, 2014
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — The 30th staging of Magnum Sting kicks off later today at the Jamworld Entertainment Complex in St Catherine.
A total of eight clashes are expected to take place for a prize purse of half of what was offered last year, $1.5 million.
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According to Isaiah Laing, CEO of Supreme Promotions, organisers of Sting, the lyrical battles will be compelling.
"We decided to go back to basics and clashes are what brought Sting to the forefront. The Sting audience loves excitement, so we are doing just that. We will just be having intense lyrical fun within a peaceful environment," he said.
Facing off in this year's edition at the Boxing Day stage show are: Gage and Tommy Lee Sparta and Major Mackerel and Wickerman.
Also included in this year's line-up are Aidonia and dancehall's newest sensation Gully Bop/Countryman.
Last year, Blak Ryno surprised the Sting crowd when he walked away with $3 million after he dethroned champion Kiprich.
In addition to the local acts, Sting will also feature a number of regional and international dancehall/reggae artistes including Japan's Ackee and Saltfish, Bermuda's Imari and England's Savannah. more
A Look Into The 'Double Lives' Of America's Homeless College Students....Sean McLean is one of more than 58,000 homeless college students in America today, according to Free Application for Federal Student Aid data from the 2012-2013 academic year.
Posted: 12/26/2014 12:02 am EST
Sean McLean's first day of college at the University of Massachusetts Boston came on the heels of sobering news: The night before, he and his family were evicted from their home in Woburn, 9 miles north of Boston.
Sean McLean's first day of college at the University of Massachusetts Boston came on the heels of sobering news: The night before, he and his family were evicted from their home in Woburn, 9 miles north of Boston.
"I went to school knowing that later that day I would be packing up everything I owned and going to a shelter," said McLean, now 19.
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| Sean McLean, a 19-year-old homeless student at the University of Massachusetts Boston, is one of more than 58,000 homeless college students in America today. |
McLean found himself in the latter group last fall. His mother was no longer able to work after taking custody of her infant granddaughter in 2012, and McLean's part-time job as a maintenance assistant at a school for students with special needs became their primary source of income. They were evicted from their home in September 2013 after falling behind on rent. The state Department of Housing and Community Development placed McLean, his mother and his 2-year-old niece at the Bedford Plaza Hotel in Bedford, Mass., which operates as a family shelter. more
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