| High-Design Bible Draws Attention
A heavily armed freedom fighter in the Niger Delta stares angrily at the camera, his face hidden behind a black mask. Is this a news story from the latest war zone? No, it's the opening page to the book of Joshua -- the Israeli warrior -- in the new Bible Illuminated. The Swedish-language Bible marries the standard text to glossy magazine-style design. Full-color pages are illustrated with a striking combination of news and dramatized photographs: a homeless child wrapped in a sweater on the streets of Bogotá, Colombia, illustrates the book of Job; a man who drowned trying to enter Europe, for Deuteronomy; and models posing in stylized scenes convey joy or despair. Bible passages are pulled out as captions. .
Vumber Launches Virtual Phone Number Service on Paltalk.com
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Vumber (www.vumber.com), the secure, two-way disposable calling service, today announced a new partnership with Paltalk (www.paltalk.com), the leading real-time, video-based community with over 4 million active members, to provide privacy-ensured virtual phone numbers to its user base. "Online dating and chat groups continue to be a fast growing trend, yet some participants are reluctant to share their personal phone numbers online," said Vumber Co-Founder Cliff Wener. "With Vumber, Paltalk members will have more privacy, control and freedom when providing phone numbers to one another." According to a study by Pew Internet and American Life Project, 11% of all American Internet-using adults - about 16 million people - say they have gone to an online dating website or other site where they can meet people online.
Marion man files suit against sheriff, employees for beatings
Bleyer is also representing Hutchinson and former deputy Kyle Rinella in an $8.8 million lawsuit filed last month by Williams on behalf of Sesser resident Tony Swift. Swift claims police brutality and excessive force took place after he was arrested Aug. 4 for disorderly conduct in Cambria.Besides lawsuits, Rinella and three others are facing criminal charges stemming from the alleged Aug. 13 beating of Herrin resident Derek Wynn. Two of those other men were charged earlier this month in connection with the October beating of two Carterville men.Williams said he and another attorney are working on two more similar cases and he has another case pending in federal court. All of the police misconduct cases involve Williamson County law enforcement officers, he said."Sooner or later, you have to wonder who is lying," he said.bethany.krajelis@thesouthern.com351-5816 .
People: Cruz and Bardem "getting serious"
Fox NFL Sunday co-host Terry Bradshaw gets a nod for a "frightening" scene in which he feeds his aquarium fish while buck-naked and lis tening to hip-hop in "Failure To Launch." Donald Sutherland can take a bow for letting it all hang out as a test pilot undergoing a physical in "Space Cowboys," proving he has "the Wrong Stuff," Dermody says. .
Planet Hollywood party tomorrow benefits local charities
Planet Hollywood in Waikiki will host a 1970s Theme Party tomorrow from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. to benefit the Hawaii Heart Gallery, Boys & Girl's Club of Hawaii and Hawaii Food Bank. The event includes a silent auction, with a chance for male bachelors to bid on a dinner date with model and actress Hollie Thi, dating game with Hollie Thi, fashion show, dancing and food and drink specials. Admission is free for anyone dressed in 1970s looks; a $5 cover will be donated to charities. .topix_commentLink a { font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana !important; font-size: 9pt !important; font-weight: bold !important; color: #990000 !important; } .topix_commentLink a:hover { font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana !important; font-size: 9pt !important; font-weight: bold !important; color: #003366 !important; } .topix_postform { padding: 4px !important; } .topix_postform .headerText { font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana !important; font-size: 8pt !important; font-weight: normal !important; color: #333333 !important; } .topix_postform .fieldHeader { font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana !important; font-size: 9pt !important; font-weight: bold !important; } .topix_postform .fieldHeader .explanatorytext { font-size: 1px !important; font-weight: normal !important; color: #ffffff !important; visibility: hidden !important; } .topix_postform .fieldContent { font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana !important; font-size: 9pt !important; } .topix_postform .fieldContent a:hover { color: #003366 !important; } .topix_postform .captchaText { display: block !important; width: 130px !important; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana !important; font-size: 8pt !important; font-weight: normal !important; color: #333333 !important; } .topix_postform .disclaimerText { display: block !important; margin-bottom: -75px !important; padding-bottom: -75px !important; visibility: hidden !important; } .
Alone on the left wing
A six-term congressman from Cleveland, where he once presided as mayor in a term so contentious and wild the mafia put out a contract on him, Kucinich had already run for the White House in 2004. Since critics consider his mayoralty one of the most disastrous ever - Cleveland went bankrupt on his watch - and since he is twice divorced and pro-abortion, supports same-sex marriages, and favours a ban on handgun sales to civilians, his candidacy was never going to play well in red-state America. Be that as it may, his campaign was a source of frustration to at least one of the three high-profile attorneys seeking the nomination, because Kucinich kept pulling the conversation leftwards, a direction Hillary Clinton did not want to go. Though his 2004 candidacy was dismissed by one famous newsman as a "vanity campaign", Kucinich had a couple of halfway-decent showings in the primaries that year.
The Grand Old White Party Confronts Obama
Exit polls tell us that African-Americans voting in this year's G.O.P. primaries account for at most 2 to 4 percent of its electorate even in states with large black populations. Mr. Obama's ascension hardly means that racism is kaput in America, or that the country is "postracial" or "transcending race." But it's impossible to deny that another barrier has been surmounted. Bill Clinton's attempt to minimize Mr. Obama as a niche candidate in South Carolina by comparing him to Jesse Jackson looks more ludicrous by the day. Even when winning five Southern states (Virginia included) on Super Tuesday in 1988, Mr. Jackson received only 7 to 10 percent of white votes, depending on the exit poll. Whatever the potency of his political skills and message, Mr. Obama is also riding a demographic wave.
Book reviews
Khorafat al-Taqaddum wal Ta'akhor (The Myth of Development and Underdevelopment: Arabs and Arab Civilization at the Turn of the 21st Century) by Galal Amin Dar el-Shorouk, 2005AUC economics professor Galal Amin raises a very interesting question in this new and highly controversial book: Who has the right to decide whether a country is advanced or backward? According to Amin, nobody. “True, some nations may have success in certain fields while other nations fail to do the same," he writes, “but the term commonly used to describe some nations as advanced and others as backward does not apply to one specific field or fields, but is used generally and without discrimination, as if progress is all-encompassing and backwardness applies to everything." The myths the writer tries to dispel is the idea that progress moves linearly — and that human history is connected like a flight of stairs, in which each step is better than the preceding one.
CALDWELL'S ECW TV REPORT 2/5: Ongoing coverage of Sci-Fi HD show
ECW TV Super Tuesday Report February 5, 2008 in Corpus Christi, Tex. Year 2, Week 35 (Week 87 overall) on Sci-Fi In-ring: They opened with C.M. Punk coming to the ring dressed in street clothes. No fake moustache this week, unfortunately. Punk took the mic and recapped last week's fiesta for Chavo Guerrero and his own subsequent party-crashing. After the video aired, Punk had a good laugh and pantomimed wearing a fake 'stache. He then got serious and said he wants his title re-match right here, tonight. Chavo came out on stage and showed off the ECW Title belt around his waist. He then slowly made his way to the ring and said that was really that Punk dressed up as a Crazy Mariachi to crash his party. Punk laughed and said that's a good one to use for what C.M. stands for. Chavo cut him off and said Punk won't get his re-match until the No Way Out PPV.
Heath in coke den
These images are from an exclusive video showing a spaced-out Heath twitching and fidgeting as the deadly white powder takes a grip on his body. And you can witness every moment of the doomed young legend's secret shame on this website. A source said: "This video is dynamite. There's Heath frittering away the night in a room of complete strangers. "His lover and their baby are asleep in a hotel room nearby but still Heath just can't resist the lure of cocaine. So instead of enjoying his newfound role as a dad he spends hours with a bunch of cokehead nobodies getting off his head on drugs." The footage was recorded at Los Angeles' famed Chateau Marmont Hotel where actor John Belushi died of a drug overdose in 1982.
'Sounds That Change The World' - Pacifica Radio Archives' 6th Annual ...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- What do Jackson Browne, Cesar Chavez, Arthur C. Clarke, Angela Davis, Ossie Davis, Samuel R. Delaney, Duke Ellington, Allen Ginsberg, Robert F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, Rosa Parks, Bonnie Raitt, Ayn Rand, Rob Reiner, Bobby Seale, Harry Shearer, Gloria Steinem, Alan Watts and dozens of other figures from our collective political, artistic and social heritage all have in common? They will all be featured via Pacifica Radio Archives' (PRA) "Sounds That Change The World -- A Day For Pacifica Radio Archives" nineteen hours of mind-bending and extraordinary special programming that will be simulcast nationally on the Pacifica Radio Network on Tues., November 27 beginning at 7AM/ET. This beyond special broadcast event celebrates the archives' unparalleled audio treasury of America's progressive memory from the latter half of the 20th century and Pacifica's tradition of giving voice to independent thinkers who were often shut out of history books and mainstream media.
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