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Confessions on Facebook: On the purpose of birth control

thedymag.comYAn intelligent guide to the lifestyle of art, literature and politics.

Artist

Nov/Dec 2011

DY Profile with Photographer extraordinaire

Nema Etebar

Reza Ghanad

Message from the Editor

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I know it may sound cliché but “Oh How Time Flys”. The old saying really rings true. When I’m not working on the magazine, I moon light as a security guard. So I get to come into contact with tones of people from all walks of life on a daily bases. Not only that, I have a front row seat to any outside activity, via a very large window pain just in front of my desk. Recently my attention was grabbed when a group of landscapers stopped out front, to string lights on the trees that line the walkway in front of the building. I couldn’t help but think how it seems like just yesterday when I was seated at my post and I observed the same crew of men taking those exact same Christmas lights down at the begging of this year. Where did the year go? One instant it’s January 28th and their taking the lights down and then the next thing I know; I look up and it’s as if time had speed up to this very moment where they are putting them back up again. This past year is like a blur. Did I really experience all of it or was I just sleepwalking through it all? Was I truly present or did someone or something guide my experience for me? The very act of living often times feels like a dream. With all of the twists and turns, unexpected curve balls life can hand us; we can easily feel overwhelmed and left feeling dazed by it all.I often have to remind myself that we have the power to make a change in the world we live in. We as human be-ings are the key to our own destinies. As individuals we are so much more powerful than we give ourselves credit. We are more than just flesh and blood; we are spirit and soul, energy and light. We are capable of shaping, morphing and creating the world we want to live in based on our strong desires and thoughts. Simple laws of attraction prove this to be true.This is the secret that the “powers that be” have kept from us for so long. The moment we take full responsibility for our life path and stop living life haplessly and haphazardly we can have everything our hearts desire. We can live in a world of peace, we can realize a world where the wealth is evenly distributed, and the rules that apply to the many also apply to the few. We can have a world where politicians, bankers and the likes are held accountable for both their accomplishments and their misdeeds. We can have a world of justice, truth and love.However, the journey begins from within. In order for hu-

manity to reach its true potential and realize peace, we all must become beckons of light and love. We must become purveyors of truth. Then the lives we all live; will no longer feel like a dream, it will instead become reality. Peace, Love and DY

On the cover Reza

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Space is Flat By Jesse TaylorPage 24

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CONTENTS

Confessions on FacebookP.44

Check This Out P.19

byDianeCarolMarkP.38Short Story “HowGeneshWontheRace”

TheBlogospherGold Yard P.20

Around the WorldP.30

Nov/Dec 2011

DY Remembers “Trust or Not..”, by:Damon YoumansP.4

Poem “Creep, Creep”.by Lisa T P 7

DY Profile:Nema Etebar P.8

Artist BioElom

Bowmanpage 14

Artist BioMonique Ligons Page 24

Artist BioReza

Ghanad Page 30

Artist BioJon

SwartzPage 34

Poem “10 Cent Rubies” by Phyllis Hylton P. 29

Gallery Corner Vivant Art Collection P. 28

Photograph by Nema Etebar P. 8

Health Well-Being Tip “TellingGoodFatsFromBadFats”by:JohnStoaP.40

Politics “Break Up The Academic Cartel To Strengthen America” by Michael D. Hume P.42

RemembersD an editorial thoughtby Damon YoumansY

“In the beginning was the word, and the word was GOD.” I re-member...In the beginning was the friendship, and the friend-ship was the relationship. Or at least that’s what we strive to have, and want to believe. How many individuals out there can relate to what friendship in a relationship really is? I am sure that we can all create a defini-tion of a friendship based on our personal experiences or what we were taught growing up. As children, we had friends from the neighborhood school. But what

was it that placed them into this cat-egory? As a child, friendships usually were based on likes and dislikes that you shared with that per-son; like common-alities and such. However, as adults can we apply this concept to the male-female relationships that we have been in? Our friendships

were defined by shared time at the movies, conversations over dinner, trips, etc. During the seexperiences, one thing may have led to another, and even-tually, led to more intimate con-tacts and thus the formation of a relationship was the end result. Sometimes unfortunately, things would change in the friendship; and no one was keeping score. But now in the relationship, we take any mis take or flaw and use that against each other. What were once butterflies in your stomach, have now be-come parasitic. The term “friendship” has lost

Trust or Not...

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its vigor, in the term “relation-ship.” Why? Because the bliss and sparkle that was originally formed in the friendship, even-tually grew into something called “conditional love.” Now we give love with conditions, and we manage our relation-ship with ego and the “I” con-cept. How can we think in the ego and still see our signifi-cant other as a friend? When our significant other is critical about something we do, we see it as a personal attack against us. Neither partner can make mistakes; we have such high expectations of one another and expect each other to be perfect. We don’t forgive and remain judgmen-tal, and the process we lose our friend, and eventually, begin to drift a part. Let’s put on training wheels to building a better relationship, by build-ing a better friendship. Slow down the process and take the time to learn about each other again. Have respect. Forgive and do not judge but rather support each other. Be open and laugh at your mis-takes. Find those commonali-ties again, play hide and seek or take a wild roller coaster ride. Seek the friendship. If you feel that your friendship is becoming dormant, then plan time to rebuild the true meaning of being in another

person’s life. The worldly defi-nition for friend states that it is, “A person you know well and regard with affection and trust.” Trust the friend, and you will earn to trust in the re-lationship.

Creep, CreepCreep, creep, let me speak. Let me speak to the part of you that remains asleepLet me voice to you the words left unspoken.As I creep, creep,your consciousness is reawak-ened.Allow the thoughts to flow let your mind re-open.Realize you are the keyYou make this life what it is and ever will be So allow me to creep, creep,as we awaken your mind, rewrite space and time.Let me show you a world outside of person, places and things, by leaving the world of material things.If you try, you will find yourself again, reawaken your third eye. So let me creep, creep, creep.Let the truth of what I say seep, seep seep.You are the gate keeper the only one who holds the key Remember who you areawaken from your sleep. by Lisa T.

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The bear is the expected top lot in an auction that will see nearly 400 quality lots change hands.

(BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – A rare, magnificent Chinese solid nephrite jade bear, the largest known jade sculpture of its time and dating back to China’s War-

ring States in the Eastern Han Dynasty (475-B.C.-220 A.D.), is expected to bring $10-$20 million at a multi-estate auction scheduled

for Saturday, Dec. 10, by Elite Decorative Arts, beginning promptly at 1 p.m. (EST). The jade bear is the expected top lot of the nearly

400 quality items that will change hands in the Elite Decorative Arts showroom, located in the Quantum Town Center in Boynton Beach, Fla., at 1034 Gateway Boulevard (Suite 106). Several other Oriental objects are expected to easily sur-pass the $100,000 mark, exploit-ing the current red-hot market for Chinese antiques. “Between the extraordinary demand for Chinese antiques and the fact that the tourist season in Florida is now underway, we’re expecting a large, enthusiastic crowd and great sale results,” said Scott Ciecckiewicz of Elite Decora-tive Arts. “We anticipate 100-150 people will attend the auction live, plus around 500 registered online bidders through LiveAuctioneers.com.” In addition to Oriental antique objects, the auction will also feature original fine artwork, porcelain, art glass, estate jewelry, silver antique clocks and decora-tive accessories. But the Chinese items will reign supreme. The jade bear is a monumental figure (14 inches tall and 7 ½ inches wide) and shows extensive calcification due to centuries of burial. It weighs 40 ¼ lbs.

Magnificent Chinese Solid Nephrite Jade Bear (475 B.C.-220 A.D.) Could Realize

$10 Million at Elite Decorative Arts on Saturday, December 10th.

The cup-shaped open-ing on the top of the bear’s head suggests it was made for a stand or base for a significant object like a flagpole, table or bell stand. The bear was made for an important figure or ruler (with whom it was buried). An analytical report con-cludes the artifact is original, and it comes with a certificate of authen-ticity from a Beijing relic verification company. The sale’s expected runner-up top lot is a rare Chinese white jade goblet (est. $400,000-$600,000), also dating to the War-ring States period (400-220 B.C.). A similar example sold at Christie’s in 2006 for $856,000. This 6 ¾ inch piece boasts nice high reliefs of mythical animals, clouds and petal-shaped designs, with a heavy gold leaf overlay covering the cop-per alloy foil. Previews will be held Friday, Dec. 9, from 11-5, and Saturday, Dec. 10, from 11 a.m. to

1 p.m. Elite Decorative Arts’ next big auction after this one will be a Decorative Arts Sale slated for Sat-urday, Jan. 14, with a start time of 1 p.m. (EST). The firm is currently accepting quality consignments for its next Oriental sale, to be held in early 2012 (time and date to be determined).Elite Decorative Arts is always accepting quality consignments for future auctions. To consign a single piece, an entire estate or a collection, you may call them at either (561) 200-0893, or toll-free, at (800) 991-3340; or, you can e-mail them at info@elite-auction.com. To learn more about Elite Decorative Arts and its upcom-ing sales, log on to www.elite-auction.com.

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There is just something about a photograph that speaks to the soul and draws you in. So, when we had the chance to interview one of Philly’s hottest photographers, Nema Estobar; we just had to jump at the op-portunity.

DY: I have tones of ques-tions to ask you today. However, just a minute ago before I started re-cording, you said you feel that you were go-ing to miss out on the opportunity of seeing your work appear in print format; in side of maga-zines, books etc. Why do you feel that way?

Nema: I feel technol-ogy has just changed the world of art so much. When photography was on film, I wasn’t neces-sarily able to keep up with it as much, cause it was just so expensive. And

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Nema EtebarPhotographer extraordinaire

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digital (photography) has it’s good things; but at the same time with everything comes consequences and some thing’s have to be sac-rificed. One of the huge parts of it has to do with what we just spoke about, the beauty of print. And how magazines are somewhat but not necessarily dying, their diminish-ing in a way that the world of print is no longer. So, for about 6 years

now I’ve been working in the digital format, and digital cameras have just changed everything. Just like MP3’s have changed the music in-dustry; Jessi Teich (his fiancé) and I have been dealing with that issue. In the last two years I have just been seeing print magazines suffer. Maybe it was something that start-ed 5 years ago and it’s just starting to catch up to where someone like

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me is noticing it. But over the past two - three years Barns and No-bles, newspapers, magazines all of these things have been affected by the internet and by the digital world in such a way that it just sucks. It was always a dream of mine to go into a Barns and Nobles and open a magazine and see my work in-side of a publication. However, be-cause of all of these changes it just seems further out of reach for me now. And that’s just a big shame for so many photographers. Because

getting into these publications just made you feel just so much more accomplished, than something that is necessarily online, that reads here today and is gone tomorrow.

DY: What sparked your initial inter-est in Photography?

Nema: First of all, as a kid I remem-ber running from the camera. So being in front of the camera is not really something that I really find favorable on my behalf. At around

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19 I started to do collages. I was taking photographs, (the old fash-ioned way) because digital format, wasn’t anywhere to be found at this point it was all film based. I would take photographs but I would never develop them because I didn’t have access to a dark room. Or I couldn’t afford all the chemicals and paper. Whatever it was, I was just able to afford the rolls and then I would take the shots. I still have rolls and rolls of stuff that I’ve never even de-veloped. Before that I would take magazine covers from National Geographic and all these different magazines to create collages. At 22 while I was living in Lexington Kentucky I used to go into thrift shops searvh-ing for National Geographic maga-zines. And I would just skim through the pages and instantly I would be drawn to an image-mostly portraits; because, that’s what I would shoot, portraits of people. At this point I was not a photographer by any means. However, I would open up these magazines and skim though them and see pictures of these na-tions like Thailand, and Cambodia. I’d then rip out the pictures and maybe read a little bit, and take the pictures and create these collag-es. I was creating them on card-board refrigerator boxes that I had cut in half and wrapped the edg-es. I’d use them as my canvas. To this day I have in Atlanta, atone of collage works made out of refrig-erator boxes and what not. So, eventually I came to Philadel-phia. I was working at that time on the film “Invincible”; staring Mark Walberg in the set design depart-

ment. While working on set I was helping a guy from LA named Paul who had a 5 mega pixel Sony Cy-ber shot camera. The camera could fit in your pocket, and it was a point and shoot. At that time digital cam-eras were just starting to come up and I remember just ending up bor-rowing his camera walking around the city one day and taking shots. So, what was supposed to be only a month long staying in Philadel-phia turned out to be 7 years later. They all left, the movie set packed up and was gone. So, I ended up writing down Pauls camera model, and took some of the money I had earned from working with the mov-ie and bought that camera. I then started walking around, not know-ing anybody. The only people that were not doing anything, and that I didn’t know were homeless peo-ple, so I just would engage them in conversation and then take their picture. Some of them were crazy, somewere really, really cool and enlightening. And some of them just had these really cool philoso-phies or suggestions on life. So for the first 6 months I got Labeled for doing like street homeless people photography. I agree that it 4

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was street, but it wasn’t about homelessness. The homeless (sub-ject matter) came from two things. First: it came about because I didn’t know anybody, and the only people that would really talk to me where people that were hanging out and or homeless. Second: it was street. So that’s how I got started here in Philly.

DY: Cool. How has your move from the quiet confines of the south; to the hustle and bustle of city life here in Philadelphia changed you creatively?

Nema: Side note, my dad is Irani-an Middle Eastern Persian and my mom is American. My mom hap-pens to be Christian and my dad is Muslim, and I grew up down south. So, all of that is kind of something that I always relate back to. Be-cause growing up down south was very different, it was either White or Black. There just weren’t a lot of Asians, Muslims, or Middle Eastern peoples. So, I think when I moved to Philly it could have been over-whelming or fast passed, coming from somewhere like that. But it wasn’t that bad. I adapted to it re-ally, well and quickly; because of the diversity and the culture. The other thing about the homeless folks, there’s a lot of character. A little ways back, I got the chance to travel to Northern India which was amazing. Everybody had turbines and beards and you saw all of these different colors and different things. Then you go down south, into southern India and people had mustaches and mullet cuts and the

culture was just so much different. Yah know? So, here in Philly I re-ally thrived off of that east coast, concrete city, thing. I thrived off that feeling while just walking around.

DY: You currently have some work on display at the Fourth Wall Gal-lery. One of the pieces that I thought was really cool depicted several scenes all strung together show-ing different pedestrians from all walks of life sitting, or standing on and around newspaper distribution boxes. What was the inspiration for the series of photos?

Nema: One thing that is really cool about Philadelphia is it’s like a con-crete jungle. Everything is com-pressed and it’s just walk friendly. Compared to coming from a place like Atlanta Georgia, which is just so not walk friendly. To get around there you have to have a car. Philly is just really cool because of the public transportation system, and the streets. Then you’ve got the newsstands. Some time around 5 years ago, whenever I would see somebody sitting on a news stand I’d take a moment to stop and take that picture. I documented them for over 5 years. I have, without blowing it all out of proportion…I probably have about 10,000 dif-ferent frames of people standing and sitting on newsstands. For me it was the color and a number of other things that attracted me to them. A: Would be the colors, be-cause you would have the news-stand boxes that are full of color. B: I liked to do a trick, where I would wait till a bus or garbage truck or

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a UPS truck or something like that would go by to take the picture. Be-cause then it would create that feel of motion, next to the subject. The people would be, reading maga-zines, smoking a cigarette or think-ing about what ever issues they may have; all while people walked past them. They would be kind of like observing it in their own mind. The picture would be just full of color, and then you would have the bus that was going by, which cre-ates motion and all kinds of people sat on top of them (the newsstand boxes). What’s interesting is that New York makes theirs pointed so no one will sit on them.

DY: Wow, that’s funny. So, you are also a part of a really great group called PhotoPHILAnthropy. They are an organization of people that go out into the community and take pictures of community leaders, in an effort to lift the spirits of people who live in that particular neighbor-hood. How did you become affili-ated with this wonderful project?

Nema: PhotoPHILAnthropy is something I started along with 5 other amazing Philadelphia friends. I’ve been blessed to have good friends, which is such a huge thing. PhotoPHILAnthropy came about three years ago from a vision of just wanting to use the camera and get into these neighborhoods and do something positive. I wanted to teach kids and also teach myself ya know? So, for me when I have the chance to inspire somebody it in-spires me. Now, we didn’t have any money. But we started by drawing

up a game plan to decide what we wanted to due. We created it (the project) for one neighborhood be-cause ultimately we we’re trying to create a non-prophet or do this in multiple neighborhoods. The idea was to reach out to an impover-ished neighborhood, assess the needs of that neighborhood and find a positive role model within that community. Like say a football coach or grandmother who was a positive staple for the kids within that block and gain their support. Then through that we could influ-ence the rest of the neighborhood. So, we dedicate ourselves towards a summer of cleaning up that block, planting trees, gardens and paint-ing walls with brighter colors. Along that journey of over a 3 to 4 month period, we documented everything with cameras. The photography was done by me and another guy named Jackson. After that was fin-ished we took the pictures we had taken, blew them up and paisted them onto the colorful walls. We also did a fund raiser where we raised over $5,000.00. We were all out there pretty much, 4 to 5 times a week hanging out with the kids teaching them and getting to know them. We wanted to follow up with it and maybe do it again but the re-ality is, we are still trying to battle society. Or should I say money. Be-cause it is ultimately money that al-lows opportunity. Money allows you to carry on, to further your dreams, money is opportunity. But the part that sucks is that in order to get that (money) there are also a lot

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Artist

BIO

ElomKing of EcentrikKicks

Elom Bowman was born in Oxford, Eng-land but raised in Philadelphia, Penn-sylvania. His love for art started early

in his childhood, having found his inspiration from fantasy mediums such as comic books, cartoons, and movies. This inspiration led to Elom becoming a self-taught artist, who later also became interested in fashion and gained the desire to create unique product concepts.

Between late 2002 & early 2003, Elom devel-oped an interest in sneaker customization. This interest spawned from a desire to com-bine his love for art and fashion as well as an interest in the sneaker culture and having original footwear that would not be seen any-where else. After doing extensive research on needed materials, he spent the first few years developing his craft, and as time went on what started out as a hobby eventually led to the creation of what is now known today as Ecentrik Artisty.

Ecentrik Artistry is the latest concept from artist Elom Bowman, who continuously gath-ers inspiration from various artistic mediums as well as life itself, and believes that art

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is something that is seen, heard, and felt throughout our everyday lives. The main focus of the com-pany is and has always been cus-tom footwear, but also specializes in customized vinyl toys and even graphic/logo design. The artwork of Ecentrik Artistry has been fea-tured on numerous websites and has served clientele across the United States as well as overseas. Ecentrik Artistry represents the idea of total uniqueness and puts heavy emphasis on originality and real ar-tistic expression.

You can learn more about Elom and his company Ecentrik Artistry by visiting these sites.www.ecentrikart.net (website)www.bizarrevisions.com (blog)

www.facebook.com/ecentrik (face-book page)www.ecentrik.bigcartel.com (online store)www.twitter.com/ecentrikshoeart (twitter page)email: info@ecentrikart.net

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DY: Jessi how would you describe your vocal style and what musi-cal influences inspired you as an artist growing up in New Jersey?

JT: I like to describe my vocal style as soul with an infusion of

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jazz and blues. I have the ten-dency to pull from the female jazz greats like Ella, Billie, and Sarah, but also am highly influences by modern day singers such as Fio-na Apple, Sade, and Alicia Keys.

DY: A few years back you faced one of the worst setbacks a sing-er can experience; when doc-tors found a growth on your vo-cal cords. Since then you have made a full recovery and have gone on to make great strides inyour carrier. How did that inci-dent affect you vocally, emotion-ally and in what ways (if any) has it shaped you as an artist?

JT: If that incident had never hap-pened, I wouldn’t be the strong and smart singer I am today. Sometimes the scariest places are the safest ones. I didn’t know if I was going to be able to ever sing again, but going through this experience and having known the physical and emotional pain that comes with it, I became my own best expert. In my case, I was lucky enough to have had a perfectly executed surgery and recovery. Now I know exactly how to handle my voice and what I need to do in order to take care of it. Although I had (and still have) excel-lent technique

my problem was the cause of a combination of other problems: GERD (better known as acid re-flux) and over use. Singers must be very careful and aware of both of these issues as some-times they are inevitable. I carry this experience with me every-where I go. It has helped shape me as an artist by becoming more “in tune” with my voice in a way I never thought possible. Every time I sing, it’s a miracle.

DY: What was it like co-writ-ing the song “Beggin You” with your fiancé Nema; and how did the collaboration come about?

JT: This question m a d e m e smile... N e m a likes to w r i t e 4

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songs all day every day no matter the time or place. I find it very ad-mirable because in a way it is very childlike and innocent. He hasn’t lost that beauty about him. We were walking in deep South Philly, to visit some friends of ours on a Sunday afternoon while singing and laugh-ing about nothing. All the sudden we start singing this phrase over and over. It didn’t start the way it fin-ished, but we kept tweaking it until we got the final hook (it took 2 min-utes or so). We started writing lyr-ics to the verses and eventually, by the time we got to our destination, the song was finished! Besides the result of a cool song, we now will al-ways have that experience together which is irreplaceable.

DY: I really love your new song “Barley There” which happens to be the title track for your de-but album. What was the in-spiration behind that song?

JT: The story of “Barely There” ex-

plores the possibility of an unrequit-ed love. I say possibility because the lyrics never imply that the other person doesn’t love her back, but if he does he’s not showing it fully; he’s not letting his guard down to see what happens within that love. It’s a bit of a personal story, but thank goodness it has a happy end-ing.

DY: On your site you mentioned being a fan of renowned jazz and bluesmusicians both past and present like Miles Davis, Fiona Apple, Sade, Tom Waits, Sarah Vaughn and Ani DiFranco. If given the opportunity to sing with or col-laborate on a song with one of these jazz, blues greats, which would you choose and why?

JT: I always believe that the best combination for a collaboration would be two artists who are strik-ingly different yet gel in a way that is unique. This is why I would choose Tom Waits. He is one of my biggest inspirations of all time. I have followed him for so long that I have been able to hear his

voice and style change through-out his career. Ever since I was a little girl I have been intrigued by that sweet, scratchy voice and morbidly gorgeous expression he had and still continues to develop. So Tom, if you are reading this, meet me at Heart Attack and Vine and we can work something out. DY: Over the past year, you have been getting a lot ofgreat press. You sang and appeared on multiple TV shows and news segments, likeCNN and NBC Philadelphia’s “the 10 Spot” . How has all the pub-licity affected you and what new and exciting things can we look for-ward to from Jessi Teich in 2012?

JT: The publicity has been great, but I am only just beginning to scratch the surface. There is a lot in the works for the upcoming year and I am very much so looking forward to sharing everything with my friends, family, and fans. Be-cause of the music industry’s ever changing form, we as artists have to work to be as innovative as pos-sible and use all of the tools and resources we have available to us. I will say one thing though: saying hello with a smile has helped me in so many ways. Sometimes that is all you need to get you where you are going. Check Jessi out on her website at www.jessiteich.com.

Alvanel Designz, is the brain child of Monica

Ferreira. While growing up in Philly, vinyl records, African fabrics and masks were constantly on display in her childhood home. These elements and more have become the inspiration behind Al-vanel Designz. Ferreira’s jewelry line is flavorfully drizzled with Hip – Hop, funk, R&B, Soul; with an African beat. The collec-tion consists of iconic im-agery from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Album cover art from musical greats like Marvin Gaye, Eryca Badu, are reworked and flanked across wooden

disk earrings. African fabrics have been twisted and tied into playful shapes and embellished with wooden beads to create wonderful, wear-able works of art. Also appearing in the 2011 collection is a wide as-sortment of hair accesso-ries, belts, bracelets, and bags. Bottom line…this Jewelry line ROCKs! For more information about Alvanel Designz you can contact Monica via email: alvaneldesignz@gmail.com or Phone: 215-605-5469.

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Jewelry with an Old School & African Kick

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Gold Yard

The blogosphere

Pain Tolerance

Today I went to go spend the day with a new friend of mine, a Nurse who lives and works at a hospital/church/school compound down the street.We were eating lunch, when she was called away for an emer-gency involving a pregnant girl.It turns out, that tired/forgetful/in-ept/lazy members of the staff, failed to sterilize the clinic’s tools after a busy morning. So the “emergency” was for my friend to drive the girl to

another hospital to give birth. I was invited to come along in the ambu-lance, and try to help make the ride more comfortable. Most of the road is very bad, and sometimes we went through potholes at the same time as a contraction. She shouted “Meza-nmi mezanmi… Jesu Jesu”, as her mother and sister sang prayers to Jehovah. Looking in her face, though, she seemed so sad, rather than in physical pain. Thank God, we made it to the hospital for her to finish giving birth on a bed. The Bible says the pain of Human childbirth was part of be-ing kicked out of Eden, the Garden of Paradise where there is no pain. But many generations later, no one deserves to go through this kind of experience. It’s one thing for Haiti to be “undeveloped” to the point that epidurals, etc… aren’t avail-able to all but the wealthiest wom-en, but it’s another that most hospi-tals don’t function with reasonable honor and respect. It’s an issue I called Mountain of Health after volunteering in a hospital after the

earthquake last January, and to which many other people may witness. It’s easy to celebrate the resiliency and strength of Haitian women, because all they do is “degaje”: the Kreyol word for how to make a way through tough situations. But just because they CAN get through, doesn’t mean that it should continue to be tolerated. 4

Gold Yard chronicles the person-al journey of one aid worker as she helps in providing humani-tarian aid in Haiti. Join us every edition as we are touched by her strong and opinionated views on the truth surrounding relief ef-forts in one of our world’s most resilient and proudest of nations.

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Pain Tolerance

Today I went to go spend the day with a new friend of mine, a Nurse who lives and works at a hospital/church/school compound down the street.We were eating lunch, when she was called away for an emer-gency involving a pregnant girl.It turns out, that tired/forgetful/in-ept/lazy members of the staff, failed to sterilize the clinic’s tools after a busy morning. So the “emergency” was for my friend to drive the girl to another hospital to give birth. I was invited to come along in the ambu-lance, and try to help make the ride more comfortable. Most of the road is very bad, and sometimes we went through potholes at the same time as a contraction. She shouted “Meza-nmi mezanmi… Jesu Jesu”, as her

mother and sister sang prayers to Jehovah. Looking in her face, though, she seemed so sad, rather than in physical pain. Thank God, we made it to the hospital for her to finish giving birth on a bed. The Bible says the pain of Human childbirth was part of be-ing kicked out of Eden, the Garden of Paradise where there is no pain. But many generations later, no one deserves to go through this kind of experience. It’s one thing for Haiti to be “undeveloped” to the point that epidurals, etc… aren’t available to all but the wealthiest women, but it’s another that most hospitals don’t function with reasonable honor and respect. It’s an issue I called Moun-tain of Health after volunteering in a hospital after the earthquake last January, and to which many other people may witness.

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Afghanistan

NATO and U.S. begin handing over security operations

Afghanistan recently announced that it plans to take over security operations in half of the country. The announcement by president Karzai marks the beginning of the subsequent withdraws of NATO and U.S. troops in the region. Some believe that the handover of power will prompt a reemergence of the Taliban who are waiting in the wings to rekindle their reign of ter-ror. On the subject of the handover NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated, “This is another significant step towards our shared goal of an Afghanistan gov-ernment and security by Afghans for Afghans”.

Source: www.CNN.com

Egypt

With over 33 people already con-firmed dead and about 1,500 injured during Egypt ’s revolution 2.0, the toll is expected to rise as the police have started using live ammunition on protesters. RT’s Paula Slier is in the eye of the Tahrir storm.

She reports that doctors say that many of those killed, died from live bullets. Tahrir’s main holding sta-tion has run out of coffins. It has issued a call for new coffins to be brought to the area.

Paula says the situation is getting more tense, with protesters raking up pavements and throwing stones at security officers. Police have been firing rubber bullets and tear gas. Some demonstrators are writ-ing the contact details of their fami-lies on their arms, so they can be identified if killed. Paula tweets that massive flags have gone up in the square as demonstrators rage, de-

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manding the military step down.

The military forces responded that they do not intend to occupy Tahrir square, they simply want to protect the Interior Ministry.

Meanwhile, the Egyptian Military Council has accepted the resigna-tion of the Cabinet.

The Council has held emergency talks with political groups to deal with the volatile situation in the country, amid speculation that for-mer head of the International Atom-ic Energy Agency Mohammed El Baradei could head the new Cabi-net.

Mohammed El Baradei has agreed to form a new government on con-dition he has complete authority. He said that the Military Council should apologize for the violence and stop all military trials of civilians, Paula Slier tweeted.

Exerpt from www.RT.com

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Title: Blood Bunny Crew

Philadelphia artist, Monique Ligons was destined from birth to be an artist- creativ-

ity flows through her veins. Draw-ing ever since she could hold a crayon, Monique was constantly encouraged by her mother to hone her talents. She began her formal creative education in 1989 after ac-ceptance into the prestigious Phila-delphia high school, Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA). Ligons

continued into the college level at the University

of the Arts, where she received her BFA in Animation in 1997. Ligons’ post-grad years were spent teach-ing animation at her alma mater and Animation Arts in N.J. She si-multaneously freelanced as an ani-mator, character designer and sto-ryboard artist which she continues to this day. Monique has had the privilege of working on a number of high profile projects- notably, Richard Linklater’s “Scanner Darkly”,

the music video “I’m Im-pressed” for They 4

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Title: Octobooty

Monique

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Might Be Giants and Guitar He-ro’s commercial for their handheld game. She has also been sought after to produce cover art for C.O.P. magazine’s international issue. Having only participated in a lim-ited number of gallery exhibitions over the years, Monique’s recent decision to actively pursue greater visibility in this arena has been wel-comed with great enthusiasm and praise. Keep both eyes open and an ear to the ground. This is just the

beginning for this creative dynamo.

To learn more contact Monique via email at: moniqueligons@gmail. com Or www.bonafiedejawn.tum-blr.com. Also you can check out her line of tricked out hats at www.bonafiedjawn.etsy.com.

Right: Dog Faced Girl, opposite: page, Black Mischief

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Gallery Corner

Vivant Art Collection in Vibrant Old City Philadelphia

Four years ago, when Flo-rcy Morisset opened the doors of her gallery, Vivant Art Collection, she was

determined to share the legacies of indigenous cultures from around the world through art. A mini mu-seum worth of art work later, Vivant is ready to celebrate its anniversa-ry with a series of exciting events that highlight cultural excellence, the arts and community philan-

thropy. Located on Gallery Row in the heart of the Historic District of Old City Philadelphia, Vivant features cultural art from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. The gallery specializes in Haitian art,

African masks and Island ceram-ics, which are all best described as vibrant, rich and bold. Vivant believes in building a bridge between the art world and the community and enlightens and empowers its guests through the visual arts. The gallery also features local artists, whose works are embedded with cultural stories that illuminate their perspectives, experiences. Already distinguished

among the Philadelphia community as a pillar in the arts and culture sector, Morisset is also set to an-nounce the launch of a new addition to the Vivant brand: Vivant Consulting, during the anniversary Calibration.Vivant Consulting will pro-vide artists with career and professional development, educating them a them about the business aspect of the art profession giv-ing them the opportunity to be more self-sustaining. In

addition to these services offered to artists, Ms. Morisset will work with arts and cultural institutions to develop multicultural program and diversity marketing.“I believe that the Vivant brand has

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a more holistic approach to the art community, from the art collec-tion where I acquired Diasporic art from all over the world and cel-ebrating underrepresented coun-tries to economically stimulating financial growth in these communi-ties”, Morisset explains. Starting November 16th Vivant Collection will be celebrating 4 Years, with the launching of the special Anniversary Exhibit “Cuba Libre”. The event is a four day celebration slated to kick off with a “Lyrics and Cocktails” event November 16th, 5PM-9PM, then there is the “Celebrity Art Auc-tion” November 17th, 5PM-9PM. On November 18th, from Noon to 2PM, there will be a Panel discus-sion and Luncheon. On that same day from 5PM – 8PM a Networking and Coctail Reception will also be held (location TBA). Rounding out the festivities is the Vivant “Salute to Women in Business”, from 5 PM – 8 PM. Please visit Vivantartcollection.com for details or contact Florcy Morisset at 310.612.4636 Email vivantartcollection@gmail.com

“.......Sometimes,.....Women,....aren’t appreciated,....referred to as Dimes, when inclined,.....Nickels, trying to be Dimes,....Occasionally a Ten,....or Shorty is a Win! When?so some have been led to believe,.....so some have been - deceived,....When actually,...There are men whom so it’s been passed on,....don’t know what they have until it’s gone,...long gone,.....gone,....gone,....gone,...a lost attempt to prolong coerce,...a Woman’s Worth immeasurable,.Her tolerance,....Comprehension the intricate Dimen-sions,.....of her Being,...increasing in sub-stance,.....from the First,....,....as Seed to Earth,.....She is ~ Priceless,....Hylton/Love/4An exceptional commodity her will,....Ability, to Give, constantly,....giving Unconditionally,....with Love,...Giving All withholding - unacceptable,.Despair undetectable,...Faith - humbly in God above,....exceedingly submissively,...Yet Still the Poorest Man can and the Richest,....whence behaving shrewdly,.....Rudely demonstrating no regard,....as he discards,....a precious Jewel,.........Cruel,....but True” by: Phyllis Hylton

Poem

10 Cent Rubies

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Reza Ghanad was born in Waukesha Wisconsin

. He studied art at the Penn-sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and graduating in 2010 with an MFA. As a professional artist and educator Ghanad has exhibited in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Wisconsin. His most re-cent exhibition opened at the Roger La Pelle Galleries in Philadelphia to rave reviews.Reza believes “When one pursues the possibilities of painting with sincerity and a healthy dose of explor-ative glee, certain phenom-ena seem to appear in the process and imagery of the paintings in question. The first phenomena that I have experienced, working this way is that it becomes nearly impossible to maintain any al-legiance to established modali-

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Title: Monkey Evolution

Right: Indian Giver,above, untitled work.

ties and or attitudes towards the visual arts”. As an artist Rezas work is heavily influenced by everything in his life. “My work is very similar to a stream of con-sciousness, writing. The best descrip-tion I’ve heard is by Steve Lewis for the Meta show at Catholic University in DC”. Rezas fluid painting style is what gives his work tremendous power. Through his use of metaphor transfixed against an ever changing back ground of shape and form; Reza cleverly draws the view-er ever closer to listening to his inner voice. It is that inner voice that propels many an artist to create; to masterfully meld reality with fiction, and fantasy with the outer reaches and recesses of the mind. Contact Reza via his websitewww.rezaghanad.com or email him at rezaghanad@gmail.com

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Title: Hinter S Thompson

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Title: Ruby

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Jon Swartz’s wants your frist impression of him to be that he is an artist.

His goal is to show people a different way of observ-ing the world around them. “I want my audience to stand in my shoes and see the world the way I see it. I am inspired by nature, and the way that people react to it. Everyday we all bustle through life, and it is easy to brush off little epiphanies, but I think these little ideas are what make life so beauti-ful. After all we are only what we perceive ourselves to be. “About a year ago Jon and a close friend went on a cross-country road trip adventure. He painted and sold his work on the road for extra money. This trip really made an im-pact on him, and changed his way of thinking. “I start-

ed out in Philadelphia looking for a graphic design job, and returned home 3 months later, just wanting to paint”. Since then he has been try-ing to push himself to follow through with all of his ideas, and see them become a re-ality. “This traveling lifestyle is something I want to con-tinue throughout my life, and

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Title: Screws Loose

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I plan on selling my art at music festi-vals throughout the country next year. “Swartz graduated from Ty-ler School of Art with a BFA in graphic and interactive design. How-ever, these days he finds himself drawn to painting. He currently resides in Phila-delphia, and works as a freelance illus-trator and designer. “My favoite way to create art is in the public. I grew up do-ing a lot of graffiti so it probably comes from that. I enjoy doing live art at music festivals, concerts, or painting just for the hell of it. I enjoy working in mixed media, using acrylics, spray paint, china mark-ers, photo collage, and found objects”.

To learn more about Jon, contact him via his web sit @ www.jonswartz.comor email Jnswrtz@Gmail.com.

Title:BLK MRKT

Above: right Kapes, above left, Solutions.

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The Grand Assembly

By and by the crowd glided into the courtyard grounds on their ve-hicles anxious for the bell to ring and feelin’ nervous knowin’ it was gonna be a tough race. Some of them felt hopeful, but by now, many

of those high souls trembled. There was a few, however, who felt overly confident and didn’t care any which way about how fast their vehicle was. They knew they were smarter than the rest and they’d win for certain. Imag-ine bein’ the wise soul who would be prayed to first for-ever. That was all they thought about.The crystal chan-deliers that covered most of the ceilin’ were all lit up. There was an arc of mus-tard yellow flowers strewn across the top of all the gates. Blue festoons, orange umbrellas and metal-lic sparklers decorat-

ed the courtyard. With all the color and lights the palace shimmered; it was a festival like no other.By this time, Ganesha crossed his legs and sat heroically on the cool marble floor in the front row. He never left at all; he only got up a couple of times for some water that mornin’. He sat like an owl on a tree branch who keeps his eyes open, but is listenin’ an’ watchin’ everythin’ all around him. That owl doesn’t miss even a leaf turnin’ over on the forest earth. Then, Ganesha straightened up prepared to stand.The crowd was pretty unruly. They pushed and shoved from all sides. As they tried to squirm

Short Story

How Genesh Won The Race Pt 2

By Diane Carol Mark

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through the back gate at the last minute, some got crushed. Then, there was the spectators. They was the most disruptive when la-dies screamed as the competitors rushed in and nearly trampled them.The men’s side was total chaos. Hands flailed through the air from side-to-side when men shouted an’ shoved from all directions as they rushed toward the front, hopin’ for a sterlin’ view of the Supreme Lord once He appeared. When He strode into the hall from his palatial resi-dence on the right side of the court-yard, everyone thought He floated across the marble. As He reached the dais, they counted the last sec-onds before the bell would ring without even breathin’. And, just as planned, at 11:08 a.m. sharp, the gong rang out across the land. For a moment, no one budged. And then, as if an earthquake split the grounds, the crowd sprinted for the exits. From the back, specta-tors stampeded forward like cows with their hooves slammin’ against the marble floor as they rushed to grab the competitors open seats.But, a group of service folks formed a chain hand-by-hand and shielded the competitors from the specta-tors. The Supreme Lord watched the spectacle as He swayed in His red velvet rocking chair on the ve-randa. He chatted with his friends who stood next to him on each side. A few boys ran in and out of the temple grabbin’ boxes and car-ryin’ them back outside. Pretty soon there was an awful tall stack of boxes that leaned against the pow-der blue temple walls. Everyone guessed they was filled with sweets

to be handed out as soon as the race was won and the celebration began.

A Hero’s Insight

Then, that small elephant child Ga-nesha, he just rose up an’ stood in his spot in the front row. No-body noticed him at first, until he started to spin round and round. A few of the service coordinators couldn’t take their eyes off him. His head glittered under light that streamed from the crystal chan-deliers. His ivory tusks sparkled in a rainbow of colors, an’ his el-ephant trunk swung gently from side-to-side as he twirled ‘round.After he spun around twice, he had the attention of the Supreme Lord. All the Lord’s friends on the veranda stopped talkin’ an’ observed the el-ephant boy as he glowed with light, growin’ brighter as he turned. The boys who hauled boxes onto the ve-randa froze up, and for the next few moments nobody even breathed.That elephant boy, well he turned round in place just one more time. And, then Ganesha stood there real quiet like. He was a statue just gazin’ at the Supreme Lord who by that time rose and strode toward him.The Lord’s robe swished gen-tly in the mornin’ breeze as He drew closer. Ganesha blushed and looked down when the Lord reached his side. Then, that el-ephant boy fell to his knees to kiss His Feet an’ touch His robe.“Tell me, are you back from your journey?” the Supreme Lord asked.Ganesha drew in a deep breath

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By: John Stoa

Dietary guidelines…do they confuse you? How much protein should we eat? What about car-

bohydrates? Should we eat them at all? If your blood type is O, do you eat differently to your partner whose blood type is AB?

If there’s a more confusing and contradictory issue than human nutrition, I have yet to find it. Well maybe the psychology behind male and female relations comes close – anyone who’s single & online dat-ing will know all about it.

But scientific literature on the sub-ject of diet and nutrition is so con-flicting that you start to question the value of anything you read. You take time to study, say, four articles on diet and you get four totally dif-ferent opinions written by authors with lots of impressive initials after

their names. Let’s look at fats. What a maligned character is that of poor fat. The no-fat diet was huge in the 1970s (I’m quietly confident that this could be a direct contributor to the huge surge in brain disorders like Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s that we see today).

This diet is making a pretty reason-able comeback in Generation Now. People avoid fat like a Scandina-vian backpacker in a shopping mall collecting money for Greenpeace.

But this avoidance of a substance we need in fairly reasonable amounts (20-30 per cent of our dai-ly caloric intake) in our diet is not only unhealthy but also pointless, as the liver converts carbohydrate to fat very simply and very quickly.

A close relative of fat, cholesterol, is even more despised. But did you know that human breast milk has

Telling Good Fats From Bad Fats

Well-Being Tip

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a higher proportion of cholesterol than any other food? It’s also 50 per cent fat, most of which is saturated. Hmm.

Ok, so what is saturated fat good for? It:

- makes up 50 per cent of all cell membranes, so is essential for the health of all cells.

- protects the liver from alcohol and other toxins.

- has an immune function.

- is antimicrobial in the digestive tract.

- enhances essential fatty acid utili-sation.

And what about cholesterol? It is:

- essential for sex hormone produc-tion and corticosteroids that help the body deal with stress and pro-tect against heart disease and can-cer.

- essential for Vitamin D production which in turn supports bone and nervous system health, growth, metabolism, muscle tone, insulin production,reproduction, immunity, digestion, and serotonin produc-tion.

To add to this, fat (good fat that is) in general is an anti-inflammatory and makes up the myelin sheath that covers your brain, spinal cord and nervous system.

So what’s the dietary take home message? We must increase our intake of good fats, ie coconut oil, olive oil, flaxseed oil, fish oils, etc. As long as the oil is pure, extra vir-gin and cold pressed it will be nutri-tionally beneficial.

Remember the only oil you can cook with is coconut oil or butter. All other oils are destroyed by heat. Eggs (organic) are a wonder food and should be eaten with confi-dence. The same goes for organic butter. Trans-fats should be banned for human consumption (animal consumption too for that matter).

But what if your doctor says you should cut out saturated fats and cholesterol from your diet? Is that right? Are they sure? Before you believe them, just take a closer look at your doctor…

So, the next time you’re dating someone & the conversion turns to diets, start talking about good fat if you need to cover a few of your own pounds hanging over your belt!

If only online dating guidelines could be broken down so easily…that’s impossibly more complex than dieting.

Source: ArticleCircle.com, Copy-right © 2005-2007

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Politics

There are at least ten limits on government (and on quasi-governmental institutions)

that must be renewed to reflect the vision of America’s Founders. In the experiment in self-government that is the United States, the people are supposed to run a limited gov-ernment. A century of progressive statism has reversed that, with an ever-growing government seeking increasingly to limit the freedom (as well as the prosperity and strength) of the people. Until that “progress” is halted and reversed, America, along with the world economy, will continue to slide toward collectivist disaster.

The government should be limited in the amount of money it can bor-row, tax from its own citizens, and spend. The number of years a

person can “serve” in elected office, as well as the number of pag-es of legislation they can churn out, should also be limited. And the number of federal bureaucrats, as well as the number and length of the regula-tions they can impose on a citizenry that never elected them,

should be limited, too. The runaway socialist state has made it harder and harder to run a business, cre-ate or realize an opportunity, or en-joy the everyday freedoms intended by our Constitution.

In the grey area of institutions that have become sycophantic with big government (“the semi-private sec-tor,” I’ll call it), there should be new limits imposed as well. Limit the lawyers - reduce the huge amounts of money that go to prosecute and adjudicate frivolous “damage” suits, and millions of dollars will be freed up for productive enterprise. Limit the union bosses - put a lid on how much dues money can be forcibly collected and recycled into the po-litical system to curry favor with lib-eral politicians, and more workers will be able to realize more and bet-ter opportunities.Limit the factory of big-govern-ment liberalism that the American academic institution has become, and you’ll go far toward restoring freedom, prosperity, and strength to America (and to the worldwide

Cartel To Strengthen America

BreakUp The Academic

by Michael D. Hume

economy she leads). And the easi-est first step toward a more sane academe would be to limit faculty tenure at all schools, colleges, and universities.Teachers’ unions and faculty soci-eties have long argued that tenure - the practice of making a profes-sor “bulletproof” and practically irre-movable after a certain period (usu-ally three years) – is necessary to protect “academic freedom.” After all, if professors can be dismissed at any time, they’ll be pressured to publish and teach only the “compa-ny line” a school board or board of regents wants to impose.

The effect of tenure, however, has been to impose precisely such a limit on academic freedom while handcuffing school boards and re-gents from effecting any real im-provements in education. Believer or not, if I’m a new associate uni-versity professor, I will be inclined to toe the liberal line in the content I publish and teach, in order to at-tain the holy grail of tenure. Once tenured, you can’t remove me with a crowbar, and I know it. So, like Ward Churchill at my beloved alma mater, I might get away with every-thing from dishonesty to plagiarism to blatant proselytizing for the reli-gion of statism, all on the taxpayer’s dime. And all for far too many years.

Some tenure is useful. What if you worked for three years to attain, say, a six-year tenure, during which you could pursue real research in-complete freedom - and then “came off tenure” for another three-yeartri-al? You’d be incentivized to publish

and profess new knowledge that would have to stand the scrutiny of your customers - the students and citizens – at some intervals of your career. The sort of ivory-tower runaway indoctrination in which the Ward Churchills of the world in-dulge would not be eradicated...but it would be limited.

Limiting the amount of tuition that can be charged, and the amount of money that can be paid to faculty (and faculty unions) would also be a sharp step in the right direction. If a professorship ceased to mean an unassailable, lucrative, high-status life of privilege, perhaps our young minds would begin to be shaped more by people with a spirit of ser-vice TO others than of entitlement to service BY others.

Teachers and professors should be free to think, research, write, and profess any truth they want... but they should not be able to get rich (relative to the average popu-lation) by entrenching themselves in cushy, bulletproof jobs that don’t serve their students. Along with law-yers and unions, academics have long functioned as a progressive stronghold and a quasi-government alasset to the exploding centralized state. Time to limit that.

The opinions and comments reflected in this article do not necessary reflect the views or opinions of DY group or its affiliates.

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CONFESSIONS onFACEBOOK

On the purpose of birth controlThe purpose in promoting birth control was “to create a race of thoroughbreds,” Margaret Sanger wrote in the Birth Control Review, Nov. 1921

Lee: The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.” Margaret Sanger, Women and the New Race (Eugenics Publ. Co., 1920, 1923). On blacks, immigrants and indigents:“...human weeds,’ ‘reckless breed-ers,’ ‘spawning... human beings who never should have been born.” Margaret Sanger, Pivot of Civiliza-tion, referring to immigrants and poor people

Gee: Wow! How sad.

Larry: It was to stop child support...

Lee On sterilization & racial puri-fication: Sanger believed that, for the purpose of racial “purification,” couples should be rewarded who chose sterilization. Birth Control in America, The Career of Margaret Sanger, by David Kennedy, p. 117, quoting a 1923 Sanger speech.

Lee: It was created for purposes of population control and eugenics. All more control.

Larry: sorry...

Lee On the right of married couples to bear children: Couples should be required to submit applications to have a child, she wrote in her “Plan for Peace.” Birth Control Review, April 1932

Gee: That’s why the media went after Herman Cain when he started to talk about her.

Larry: To stop the power women had in controling men for a pay-check for the rest of there lives//.Yes people should pass a test to have children.. too many idiots

Larry: evolution has a purpose.. to get rid of idiots...

Lee: On the extermination of blacks:“We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,” she said, “if it ever oc-curs to any of their more rebellious members.” Woman’s Body, Woman’s Right: A Social History of Birth Con-trol in America, by Linda Gordon.

Lee: Larry, really?! What makes you more deserving than anyone else in this world of life?

Gee: We are created in God’s image and all of us are precious in His site.

Larry: We just need to keep using anti-bacterial soap on shopping carts.. This will produce a super bac-

teria that will kill off 30% of the popula-tion then maybe we can start over.

Lee: If this is your thought process you’re right in line with the Illuminati.

Larry: Yes that is why they kill doctors.. and Dick Cheney is killing thousands of people that do not follow his will..

Gee: Larry I think I need to pray to the Father for you.

Larry: The Illuminati is controlling the minds of the masses... that is why you vote the way you do and have the mindsets you do.. think for yourself.. and yes I will be listening pray for me.. What you want in life you will need to give away. If we are all precious in God’s eyes why does he let 100’s of thousands die every year who claim to believe in Him? Now don’t kill me like you did before.... Religion has killed more people than any other.

Larry: Birth control stops the new converts to the religion... that is why it is stopped. Yes we need more people on this planet, we need more canon fodder..

Gee: The question is Larry, why does He not get rid of any of us? We are all sinners deserving of hell and yet God sent His Only Son to die for us.

Larry: Why because you are not evil and he does not care... Dick Cheney will kill all of you for him.. God’s messenger.

Lee: RELIGION has killed...aka people with wrong mindsets that assume that God is like them. Hm-mmm....God says do not murder

but it is the people that continued to do so. But then there are those that would rape steal or murder in any religion or any person without religion. And God gets the blame? Yes, religion is a problem but also who propagates religious aspects in society? The gov’t, the religious institutions, and the edu-cation systems all work hand in hand. I don’t believe in being reliant on any of those things.

Larry: or you...? Religion is killing mil-lions of people every year.. or making them less valuable.. there are three ways to improve yourself.. put others down.. Gossip.. Work had to improve yourself...Human.. or pick others up...God like. When you work with fear, that is the Lizard Brain. Use your fron-tal lobe to think. Everything in life is like Pro Wrestling.. nice show .. fixed and both sides owned by the same corporation, and enjoy the show. But when you go home and nothing has changed in your personal life do not let the fox put you into a position of fear. Chicken little..1943

Lee: Many claim God and say His name. But it doesn’t mean that they are of Him.

Larry: You are 100% correct.. there is no fear in true love... do not be afraid or induce fear in others.

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an’ his eyes became moist he felt so much energy bein’ close to the Lord. “The universe is everywhere,” he said. “It’s here as much as there, Lord. So, I just turned round three times... it’s the whole universe, Lord. I never had to go nowhere else.”Well, the smile that broke across the Lord’s face that mornin’ was one that none who saw it would ever forget. His eyes glistened an’ His lips stretched that grin clear across His cheeks. You could tell by lookin’ in His eyes how happy He felt, an’ that His Love flowed ever so strong toward that elephant boy.Surely, the wisdom of the ages was embodied in that small child. As the legend goes, the Lord se-lected Ganesha as the winner of the contest that day. And, ever since and forevermore, we all pray to him first to honor and to respect the wisdom he learned us that day, that early mornin’ in Paradise when he gave us the idea that the universe is all and one every-where. An’ we need not go any-where. But, we step in our own space and that’s our holy ground.Ganesha, that small elephant boy, will always be there for us as the aspect of the Lord who will remove obstacles or who will place stum-bling blocks in our way if that way is not our path. We are grateful and humbled by his sagacity, his inno-cence and the love that he show-ered on us that mornin’. Praise be.

An ancient legend from the Pura-nas retold by Diane Carol Mark.Diane Carol Mark brings a personal touch to her writing from fourteen years of extensive Asian travel. In ad-dition to writing as a career for over

ten years, Diane is a professional fine artist who lives in the Pacific North-west. Dailey Swan Publishing has scheduled her novel Gold: The Zen of Dr. Shu Li for publication in July 2012. She has studied in an Intensive Individual Writers Program with au-thor and teacher, Tom Bird. Her editor is the renowned Paul McCarthy, New York editor of nine #1 New York Times and international bestselling authors.See her blogs at http://o r a c l e o f t h e w e s t . c o m

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of sacrifices that have to be made. So PhotoPHILAnthropy was Photo and then Philly, or PHILA-nthropy. We created it for one summer, out of one year, as one project. We continue to have a relationship with the block and with the kids. We have taken the kids out to eat, on a trip to Atlantic City, where a couple of them saw the beach for the first time. We also took them to a water park and all kinds of differ-ent things. So, we continue our re-lationship with that neighborhood. I even had two kids frome the block show up at my door the other day. So it was great, PhotoPHILAnthopy was a great, great memory.

DY: If you could choose any one of your photographs as that one defining image that would show the world who you are as a person and a photographer- which picture would you choose and why?

Nema: To me that would depend on the scenario. Some of the ele-ments that would come into play

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would not only be based on what day it was, but what channel or path, or portal was coming through. India was an extremely enlighten-ing moment for me with my camera. Walking around and actually having the ability to experience the culture, colors and bright lights. So, for me photography is made up of three things. The Subject; whom I love so much. Because I usually shoot pictures of people. Background…which makes up so much of a pic-ture, and then lighting. In India, the lighting is ridicules, and the sub-jects are untouchable. They just feel like something out of the Quran or the Bible. So, its kind of depend-ing on what moment it is and what direction that picture is going to be shown. I have a staple of about 3 or 4. There is one that I call “Street Yoga”, there’s another that I call “America, America”. I don’t re-ally title my photos that much. But those two pictures really stand out to me, because they were actually taken the same month, in the same year. Which was March of 2008 a point and shoot 5 megapixel cam-era. I don’t know if they would be “The Images” I would choose. I’ve taken so many photos because like I said I would walk the streets till my feet hurt. I was even taking the China bus to New York City once a week. This was pre-Jess (his fi-ancé), I was just snappin away. So it was nothing for me to snap 2,000 to 3,000 shots a day.

DY: Now on Wednesday (10/26/2011) you had an install for the Mural Arts project going on in the Gallery Mall in down town Philly.

How did that go and what did that entail?

Nema: It was kool, because it was sparked from the PhotoPHILAn-thropy thing. We did PhotoPHILAn-thropy and the Inquirer picked up on it and then decided to do a story. The Mural Arts program had a project going on at the time called “Love Letters” with a graffiti artist who is extremely well known, named Espo. So the “Inquirer” chose to do a story on both of us on separate pages, on the same day. PhotoPHILAnthropy was featured on the front page; and Espo and Mural Arts were on the back page. That was pretty huge, to have Espo and “Love Letters” on the back and PhotoPHILAnthropy end up on the front. I immediately I saw it and I was like..WOW. Either Mural Arts is gonna be, A: Not happy. Or B: They are going to be calling me soon. The next thing you know, they called and said they want to bring me in, and talk to me about doing a project. So the past two years I’ve done three Mural Art projects and and I had full creative control. The great thing about it is they pay you, and you get to go out and do your thing. So it’s really cool.

DY: Listen Nema. Thanks so much for granting us this interview, it was truly a blast speaking with you to-day.

Nema: Thanks Lisa.

Contact Nema via his web site at www.nemaetebar.com or via email: nemaete-bar@gmail.com

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By: Damon Youmans