Sunday, April 28, 2013

March for gay rights in 'Tokyo Rainbow Week'


March for gay rights in 'Tokyo Rainbow Week'


Published on Apr 28, 2013
Some 3,000 supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community take part in the "Tokyo Rainbow Pride" parade. Duration: 00:40

Exclusive: Boston bomb suspects' parents retreat to village, cancel U.S. trip 28/04/13 18:42 from Reuters: International

» Exclusive: Boston bomb suspects' parents retreat to village, cancel U.S. trip
28/04/13 18:42 from Reuters: International
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION IN NORTH CAUCASUS, Russia (Reuters) - The parents of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects have retreated to a village in southern Russia to shelter from the spotlight and abandoned plans for now to travel to the United ..

» March for gay rights in 'Tokyo Rainbow Week'
28/04/13 16:38 from Uploads by AFP
March for gay rights in 'Tokyo Rainbow Week' Some 3000 supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community take part in the "Tokyo Rainbow Pride" parade. Duration: 00:40. From: AFP Views: 21 4 ratings Time: 00:41 Mor..



Read how the path to devotion, and suspected radicalization, for Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston bombing suspect, came after his more secular dreams were dashed - NYT


via The New York Times's Facebook Wall by The New York Times on 4/28/13
Quotation of the Day: "The view on him was that he was a boxer and you would not want to mess with him." — Luis Vasquez, a former schoolmate of Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

After capturing his second consecutive title as the Golden Gloves heavyweight champion of New England in 2010, Tamerlan Tsarnaev was barred from the national competition because the tournament rules had changed, disqualifying legal permanent residents.

Read how the path to devotion, and suspected radicalization, for Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston bombing suspect, came after his more secular dreams were dashed.


A Battered Dream, Then a Violent Path
www.nytimes.com
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a winner of Golden Gloves titles, was barred from a national boxing tournament because he was not a United States citizen.


via The Guardian's Facebook Wall by The Guardian on 4/28/13
Laura Marling: 'Americans – they're just a lot more poetic'

Singer-songwriter Laura Marling talks to Tom Lamont about lyrics, love, her new album and why she decided to move from London to LA

http://gu.com/p/3fbxm

Photograph: Steve Schofield for the Observer



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PUERTO RICO NEWS: 4.28.13: US tries drones in Caribbean drug fight 27/04/13 21:10 from Caribbean Bus
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PUERTO RICO NEWS: 4.28.13: "I look in the mirror and I have to admit, I'm not the strapping young Mu
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PUERTO RICO NEWS: 4.28.13: "I look in the mirror and I have to admit...

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PUERTO RICO NEWS: Pedro Almodóvar: 'It's my gayest film ever' - The Observer

PUERTO RICO NEWS: Pedro Almodóvar: 'It's my gayest film ever' - The Observer

Saturday, April 27, 2013

News Reviews: 4.27.13 - GAY NEWS

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Glamoholic.com | Exclusive Interview With Trevor Donovan: Ready For A New Chapter!
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Exclusive Interview With Trevor Donovan. Trevor Donovan opens up to Glamoholic magazine about 90210, roles he would like to play next and his guilty pleasures!

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Yes, I Really Am Bisexual. Deal With It.
www.nytimes.com
I wasn’t looking to chronicle my romantic escapades. I was clarifying my identity.

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Este es el hombre que corrieron de Arabia por ser demasiado guapo
¿Recuerdan a los 3 hombres que fueron expulsados de Arabia Saudita por ser demasiado guapos?, al parecer encontraron a uno de ellos. Su nombre es Omar Borkan Al Gala. La semana pasada les presentamos una nota que indicaba la detención y deportación de tres hombres en Arabia Saudita por supuestamente ser muy guapos. Algunos de ustedes se indignaron. No tanto por la deportación, la molestia generalizada fue por que no había fotos de los irresistibles hombres. Pues información reciente, identifica al fotógrafo de moda, actor y poeta, Omar Borkan Al Gala, como uno de los tres guapos varones que fueron acusados se provocar el deseo entre las mujeres árabes y poner en riesgo su moral. Como el evento del que fueron sacados tenía que ver con moda y el pertenece a ese ambiente suena convincente esta versión. Sin embargo, Omar no se ha pronunciado al respecto, aunque es seguro que disfruta de la fama recientemente adquirida por este rumor. Sea o no verdad que el sea uno de los amenazadores guapos que expulsaron de Arabia, sin duda Omar es un hombre francamente irresistible.

via The New York Times's Facebook Wall by The New York Times on 4/27/13
"Together, my three brothers own at least a dozen weapons and have yet to harm anyone with them. Despite their guns (or, arguably, because of them), they are quite peaceable," writes Op-Ed contributor Bruce Holbert. "As for me, I have three guns, one inherited and two gifts, and I’m hardly a zealot. In fact I never had much interest in guns. Yet it is I who killed a man."


Sleeping With Guns
www.nytimes.com
I mythologized guns and the manliness associated with them, until I shot my friend.

via Gay/Lesbian News on 4/27/13
James Oliver, left, hugs his brother and fellow Eagle Scout, Will Oliver, who is gay, as Will and other supporters carry petitions to end the ban on gay scouts and leaders in front of the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

via WickedGayBlog.com by WickedGayBlog.com on 4/27/13
"A national group of prominent GOP donors that supports gay marriage is pouring new money into lobbying efforts to get Republican lawmakers to vote to make it legal.

American Unity PAC was formed last year to lend financial support to Republicans who bucked the party’s longstanding opposition to gay marriage. Its founders are launching a new lobbying organization, American Unity Fund, and already have spent more than $250,000 in Minnesota, where the Legislature could vote on the issue as early as next week.

The group has spent $500,000 on lobbying since last month, including efforts in Rhode Island, Delaware, Indiana, West Virginia and Utah.

Billionaire hedge fund manager and Republican donor Paul Singer launched American Unity PAC. The lobbying effort is the next phase as the push for gay marriage spreads to more states, spokesman Jeff Cook-McCormac told The Associated Press." Full story here!

Boston terror: Anatomy of a failure in intelRussian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 between Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his mom vaguely discussing jihad.

via The New York Times's Facebook Wall by The New York Times on 4/27/13
How did Netflix manage both a fundamental transformation of the company and a public relations disaster at the same time?


Netflix Looks Back on Its Near-Death Spiral
www.nytimes.com
Reed Hastings, the video streaming giant’s chief executive, offers a rare public comment on his company’s 2011 Qwikster debacle, which nearly destroyed it, and its improbable rebound.

via The New York Times's Facebook Wall by The New York Times on 4/27/13
“In all the time I talked to her every day, we talked about Hungary and everything, but she never said a word about her being royalty,” said Tom Webster, a former colleague of Ilona DeVito di Porrias, a quiet market analyst on Wall Street.


The Death of a Countess in Exile
www.nytimes.com
Ilona DeVito di Porriasa, a market analyst on Wall Street, hailed from a family of European nobles. But she rarely shared that information.


Lindsey Lowe, Tenn. Woman, Sentenced To 51 Years In Newborn Twin Deaths
Huffington Post
In ordering the maximum sentence on the child abuse charges, Gay said he found Lowe to be untruthful and selfish and called it a tragedy that so many people believe her version of events. Gay said Lowe's statement in a letter to the judge claiming she ...

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Ricky Martin: Gay Marriage In Australia 'Will Happen'
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Martin, Puerto Rico's most famous openly gay celebrity, shared with his more than 8 million Twitter followers a touching video of New Zealand lawmakers joining onlookers in a chorus of a Maori love song following passage of marriage equality in the ...

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Nike's Gay Athlete Endorsement Quest Discussed On 'The Rubin Report'
Huffington Post
History was made in October 2012 when active professional featherweight boxer <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/04/orlando-cruz-comes-out-gay_n_1939204.html">Orlando Cruz of Puerto Rico came out</a>. He said in a USA Today article, ...

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Lindsey Lowe, Tenn. Woman, Sentenced To 51 Years In Newborn Twin Deaths
Huffington Post
In ordering the maximum sentence on the child abuse charges, Gay said he found Lowe to be untruthful and selfish and called it a tragedy that so many people believe her version of events. Gay said Lowe's statement in a letter to the judge claiming she ...

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US tries new aerial tools in Caribbean drug fight - KSAZ 10
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The Mormon church says it welcomes the Boy Scouts of America's latest proposal to lift the gay ban for youth members but continue to excludegays as adult leaders. The Mormon church says it welcomes the Boy Scouts of America's ... Unmanned aerial ...

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) reflected Saturday on his vote on the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, saying he was "wrong" to vote "no."
In December 2010, Manchin broke with Democrats and cast a vote against a procedural motion to advance "don't ask, don't tell" repeal legislation. When the Senate voted to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy later that month, Manchin skipped the vote to attend a "holiday gathering."
"That was the wrong vote," Manchin said at a Saturday breakfast hosted by National Journal and The Atlantic, which also featured MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. "Today I would vote the other way."
Kerry Eleveld, formerly of The Advocate, and BuzzFeed's John Stanton tweeted from the breakfast:
Sen. Joe Manchin on his vote against dadt repeal: "That was the wrong vote...Today I would vote the other way." #p2 #lgbt
— Kerry Eleveld (@kerryeleveld) April 27, 2013
Sen Manchin says he now sees DADT vote was "a wrong vote." Votes no bc he didn't have enough info
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) April 27, 2013
Explaining his stance in December 2010, Manchin said he voted "no" because of the timing of the repeal.
“I do not support its repeal at this time,” Manchin said. “I would like to make clear that my concern is not with the idea of repealing DADT, but rather an issue of timing.”
“My concerns, as highlighted in the recent defense survey and through the testimony of the service chiefs, are with the effect implementation of the repeal would have on our front line combat troops at this time,” he said.
Manchin is currently one of three Democrats in the U.S. Senate who have not backed gay marriage.

via WickedGayBlog.com by WickedGayBlog.com on 4/27/13

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?  

Friday, April 26, 2013

President Obama joined all of his living predecessors on Thursday at a dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library - NYT


President Obama joined all of his living predecessors on Thursday at a dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, at which the arguments of the past decade gave way, at least for a day: http://nyti.ms/13xxRRl

Photo: From left, President Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. (Credit: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times)
President Obama joined all of his living predecessors on Thursday at a dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, at which the arguments of the past decade gave way, at least for a day: http://nyti.ms/13xxRRl

Photo: From left, President Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. (Credit: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times)

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

4.24.2013 - World News Review

7:20 AM 4/24/2013


The human brain has 100 billion neurons -- as many cells as stars in the Milky Way. New innovations are helping scientists understand how these cells work together: http://on.wsj.com/10x9wOL

Credit: Kwanghun Chung and Karl Deisseroth, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Stanford University
The human brain has 100 billion neurons -- as many cells as stars in the Milky Way. New innovations are helping scientists understand how these cells work together: http://on.wsj.com/10x9wOL

Credit: Kwanghun Chung and Karl Deisseroth, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Stanford University
















» Boston: Suspects' Parents Face Questioning
24/04/13 09:14 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
US diplomats travel to the Dagestan region of Russia amid questions over whether the bomb plot could have been detected.

» Senators Say Case Indicates That Problems Persist in Agencies’ Data Sharing
24/04/13 01:19 from NYT > International
Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee questioned how the F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security apparently handled information about one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.

» Venezuela's Maduro sends conciliatory message to U.S.
23/04/13 23:59 from Reuters: International
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro named a new acting head of its U.S. diplomatic mission in Washington on Tuesday and sent an offer of dialogue after attacking the United States for "interference" in a row over his ele..


» French Parliament Legalizes Gay Marriage
23/04/13 23:39 from Voice of America
France has become the latest country to legalize same-sex marriage, but its opponents are vowing to keep fighting. The French parliament Tuesday gave final passage to a gay marriage bill, and President Francois Hollande has said he will sig..


» Pro-gay-marriage campaigners welcome French law
23/04/13 21:32 from Uploads by AFP
Pro-gay-marriage campaigners welcome French law Campaigners in favour of same-sex marriage welcome a new French law and say they now want a law for medically-assisted conception for gay couples.Duration: 0... From: AFP Views: 24 5 ratings ..



Stocks plunged briefly after a tweet from the hacked AP Twitter account falsely reported there had been explosions in the White House and that President Obama was injured. http://on.wsj.com/XUbF3j

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Stocks plunged briefly after a tweet from the hacked AP Twitter account falsely reported there had been explosions in the White House and that President Obama was injured. http://on.wsj.com/XUbF3j

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» False Report of White House Blast Shakes Up Stock Markets
23/04/13 23:12 from Voice of America
A false report of explosions at the White House and injuries to President Barack Obama sent U.S. stocks plunging Tuesday before they recovered quickly. The Associated Press said hackers broke into its Twitter account and wrote: "Breaking: T..


» US Drops Charges Against Man Accused of Sending Poisoned Mail to Obama
23/04/13 22:42 from Voice of America
U.S. federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a Mississippi man suspected of sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama and to a U.S. senator. A lawyer for Paul Kevin Curtis say investigators have turned their attention to a..



Since Apple’s stock peaked at $702 in September, the company has lost $285 billion in market value, more than Google's entire worth.http://on.wsj.com/12FxLZ0

Analysts project today Apple will report its first quarterly earnings decline in a decade. What are your predictions about Apple's future?
Since Apple’s stock peaked at $702 in September, the company has lost $285 billion in market value, more than Google's entire worth. http://on.wsj.com/12FxLZ0

Analysts project today Apple will report its first quarterly earnings decline in a decade. What are your predictions about Apple's future?














» Apple Profits Fall For First Time In 10 Years
24/04/13 07:56 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
The tech giant is forced into two-year buy-back plan to hold up shares as profits suffer an 18% drop on the same quarter in 2012.




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