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04:40:16 02/09/12
TLDR: Pinterest, Influencers, Index Ratings, and LEGO Pros
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Four Unique Ways to Use Pinterest http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/02/07/four-unique-ways-to-use-pinterest/ How to Find Key Influencers http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/02/07/how-to-find-key-influencers/ Secret Tips from the LEGO Pros http://www.lockergnome.com/news/2012/02/07/secret-tips-from-the-lego-pros/ How to Change Your Windows Experience Index Rating http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2012/02/07/how-to-change-your-windows-experience-index-rating/ Tech for the Clumsy and Accident Prone http://www.lockergnome.com/news/2012/02/07/tech-for-the-clumsy-and-accident-prone/ Back Link of the Day http://lolagirl10.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/gnomies/ Thanks again to Lisa M, who was a Gnomie of the Day before we even had a link to her page. Now, she's Back Link of the Day for writing nice things about her experience with our Gnomies community! If you'd like to be mentioned as a Back Link of the Day, link to one of our posts on LockerGnome.com from your site and -- this is the important part -- tell us about it! http://www.lockergnome.com/subscribe/ Join us when the countdown ends! http://www.gnomies.com https://profiles.google.com/chris.pirillo http://twitter.com/ChrisPirillo http://www.facebook.com/chrispirillo
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01:11:29 02/09/12
Obama Wishes Bin Laden Was Alive - Hannity on Fox News
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Obama Wishes Bin Laden Was Alive - Hannity on Fox News
Fox News host Sean Hannity told guest Frank Luntz that Osama Bin Laden would still be alive if President Obama 'had his way'. Did Sean miss the part where Obama had Navy Seals kill Bin Laden? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. www.huffingtonpost.com Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly Find out how to watch The Young Turks on Current by clicking here: www.current.com The Largest Online New Show in the World. Google+: www.gplus.to Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com From: TheYoungTurks Views: 43576 1225 ratings Time: 03:28 More in News & Politics
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23:00:00 02/08/12
Lap Band Success Stories And Pictures
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---Lap Band Success Stories And Pictures. "My Journey With The Lap Band Has Been Rough... In Fact, I Almost Took Matters Into My Own Hands, And Ended That Journey A few Years Ago...
But the fact that I'm still here today -- slim and happy, is proof that it is possible to overcome, and end your emotional reliance on food, and get the body and life you've always wanted!
Let Me Tell You My Story...
It was the worst week I had since my surgery -- Thanksgiving week. I was at a point where all I was thinking about all day, was food. I had to actually fight to resist my strong cravings...
I just wanted to take one bite of that turkey... just eat one piece of pumpkin pie! I just wanted to be able to taste some of the same things everyone else was eating!
Not Only Was I Still Obese, But I Couldn't Even Enjoy My Own Life!
My cravings were driving me insane, but I did my best to resist the temptation. When I got onto the scales that week, I was dumb-founded - My weight loss had stalled! All the agony and deprivation I'd suffered... was for nothing!
I was so angry at myself for even putting me in such a low, pitiful state in the first place! I was to blame for the way I looked! I was frustrated and... I felt helpless!
My Weight Loss Had Stalled...
Ok, so maybe I needed another refill but nothing could improve my emotional state-of-mind...
I became so disillusioned that I could not remember my reasonsfor wanting to lose weight, and how critical it was for me to resist my favorite foods. All I thought, was that the lap band was not working for me... and I gave in!
I Was Once Too Embarrassed To Share My Story With Anyone, But I'm Telling It To You Today, So You'll Know That You're Not Alone!...
I had lost all hope of losing weight, that I began to out-eat my band, and find ways to cheat it...
One of my favorite foods before the surgery was french fries dipped in a mix of mayonnaise and ketchup. Since I couldn't have it after the lap band, I improvised... and blended it!
I Would Actually Put Fries, Mayo And Ketchup Into A Blender... And Then Drink It!
If you've ever fallen off the wagon then I don't have to tell you about theguilt that sets in after-wards...
I'd drink it, then I'd feel guilty and start to cry...
It would make me sick... but I did it anyway!
I hated myself for doing it... but I did it anyway!
When the scales began to creep back up again, I knew why... but I didn't know what to do about it!
I felt like my life was in a tail-spin. The worst part was that I was just too embarrassed & humiliated to talk to anyone about it!
Have you ever felt that way?
To find out what happened next, scroll down!
In an amazing twist of fate, find out how I found it easier to lose the last 132 lbs than it ever was to lose the first 60 lbs!"
By April Cannon
Lap, Band, Success, Stories, And, Pictures, Laparoscopic, gastric, Banding, costs, stomach, surgery, diet, successfull, Raisa Khan, April Cannon
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16:57:00 02/08/12
API Changes
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There's an interesting set of predictions about the possible new APIs (application programming interfaces) that we may see in the future. It's a look forward into 2012, and a guess that setting standard ways in which we can build systems will become more important in the future. There were two items that I found of particular interest to the data professional.
The first was the idea that we might have more data APIs in the future, designed to make the exchange of data easier. The people that work with data imports and exports have probably been hoping for his to become more prevalent, and it has gotten better. However I do think that data is becoming the most important part of the technology world. It isn't the software, or the platform, or the device, but the data that's available that is the most valuable part of a technology system.
Read the rest of " API Changes " at SQLServerCentral.
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22:43:32 02/07/12
Cisco Innovators: JP Vasseur and The Internet of Things
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Cisco Innovators: JP Vasseur and The Internet of Things
JP Vasseur, Cisco Fellow, author and leader in the area of IP and the Internet of Things shares his thoughts on innovation and what it has allowed him to do. Full Transcript I'm JP Vasseur I'm a Cisco Fellow, I'm part of the Engineering organization and I'm in charge of different technologies, especially technologies related to the Internet of Things. Internet of Things Defined The Internet of Things is not about things connected to the internet, it's about reusing two decades of technologies we defined for the internet in order to connect small objects, such as sensors and actuators and enable new services. So the history of the Internet of Things is quite interesting. We've been talking about it for the past 10 years and up to 5 years ago it was very siloed, very proprietary. What changed the game dramatically was this the momentum, you know, in using, reusing actually internet technologies and standardizing protocols based on IPV-6 in order to have the building blocks and that's exactly where we are today. Passion Inspired Innovation The reason why I am so passionate about it is because when you think of what it means, connecting new objects, it really allows you to change our day to day life by enabling new services. That's going to change the way you drive your car, the way you save energy, the way you manage healthcare, and so on and so forth, and so the number of services is basically endless. It does impact the end user because of a user experience and the ability ... From: Cisco Views: 58 1 ratings Time: 02:11 More in Science & Technology
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22:43:32 02/07/12
Cisco Innovators: JP Vasseur and The Internet of Things
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Cisco Innovators: JP Vasseur and The Internet of Things
JP Vasseur, Cisco Fellow, author and leader in the area of IP and the Internet of Things shares his thoughts on innovation and what it has allowed him to do. Full Transcript I'm JP Vasseur I'm a Cisco Fellow, I'm part of the Engineering organization and I'm in charge of different technologies, especially technologies related to the Internet of Things. Internet of Things Defined The Internet of Things is not about things connected to the internet, it's about reusing two decades of technologies we defined for the internet in order to connect small objects, such as sensors and actuators and enable new services. So the history of the Internet of Things is quite interesting. We've been talking about it for the past 10 years and up to 5 years ago it was very siloed, very proprietary. What changed the game dramatically was this the momentum, you know, in using, reusing actually internet technologies and standardizing protocols based on IPV-6 in order to have the building blocks and that's exactly where we are today. Passion Inspired Innovation The reason why I am so passionate about it is because when you think of what it means, connecting new objects, it really allows you to change our day to day life by enabling new services. That's going to change the way you drive your car, the way you save energy, the way you manage healthcare, and so on and so forth, and so the number of services is basically endless. It does impact the end user because of a user experience and the ability ... From: Cisco Views: 70 1 ratings Time: 02:11 More in Science & Technology
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02:26:52 02/07/12
Mind And Body Are One
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When people begin Cura Romana they often experience their body as something separate from themselves. Their minds are filled with the false idea that changing their weight and their lives can never be more than a dream. Then they learn otherwise. They discover just how connected it's possible to become at every level and how exciting it can be to live one's life in wholeness. As Cura Romana brings together body, mind and spirit in a harmonious way, you begin to experience a natural lifting off and clearing away of limiting beliefs and false notions that have dogged you, bringing a new sense of self-respect and authentic freedom to your life. This process greatly clarifies and expands our experience of the world around us too. For every blinkered view of reality blocks freedom, entraps creativity, limits bliss and disconnects us, not only from our essential nature, but from the Universe as a whole in all its beauty, wonderment and the power it can bring for growth and transforming our lives and our world. The new expanding worldview is called holism. It looks upon the nature of the Universe as holographic. It was named after the work of scientists who demonstrated that living organisms are integrated energetic systems within an integrated Universe. They showed that our brain and body are holographic. Each small part of us, like each part of the Universe, is not only connected to the rest, it actually embodies the nature of the whole within it. The tension between the new holism and the old mechanism -- which depended on a belief in separation between spirit and matter, form and substance -- is important to resolve if we are to break out of whatever self-imposed prisons still limit our lives. Each of us is being asked to let go of our preconceived notions about what's real in order to explore the further reaches of a wider, more exciting and transformative Universe. And for reasons I still don't fully understand, the Cura Romana Journey is often the perfect opportunity to let this happen.
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23:02:33 02/06/12
How To Be A Philanthropreneur
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Network Giving How To Be A Philanthropreneur http://clintmello.com/meal-packs-network-giving/ This is not going to be another "we have the greatest business opp IN the world" video. We're not going to tell you how you can sign up for free and make money all day long on autopilot. Aren't you sick and tired of the next greatest juice or the coolest piece of software or the most amazing program ever junk that you get bombarded with every single day you're marketing on the internet? Yeah...I thought so. Well you are definitely not alone. No, this video is about finding your real purpose in life, and living it out passionately. This video is simply an invitation to consider something out of the mainstream offers you get every day...something other than...And I am Here to tell you .something more. Do you wake up every single day, knowing in your gut that you are passionately living a life of purpose, one that makes a real difference in the world? My wife Beth and I are 'philanthropreneurs', and we enjoy that feeling every single day. What's a 'philanthropreneur', and why should you even care? Let's answer the 2nd part first. The 'why' part is really pretty simple...everyone wants to live a life of passion and purpose, and by embracing the life of a 'philanthropreneur', not only will you do that in a big way, but you'll also create a lifestyle that can support ALL of your passions. To find out the 'what' and the how YOU can enjoy a purpose-filled, abundant life, I want you to take action- click the like button and be inspired to transform your life...starting today. Don't settle for all the junk that's being peddled on the internet every day. Don't settle for less than you were created to be and do. This will be one of those defining moments in your life, no matter what your choice is. Click the like button now. It's YOUR life. If your time was up tomorrow, would you feel like you lived every day to the fullest? Would you feel like you made a real difference in the world? Click like now. It's time to ignite your passions and let them take you where you've never been before...
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05:01:30 02/03/12
TLDR: Valentine's, Invoicing, Reinstalls, and Elected Officials
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Five Ways to Make Online Invoicing Easier http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/02/02/five-ways-to-make-online-invoicing-easier/ How Elected Officials Should Be Using Social Media http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2012/02/02/how-elected-officials-should-be-using-social-media/ Geeky Valentine's Day Gifts http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/02/02/geeky-valentines-day-gifts/ How to Do a Clean Reinstallation of OS X Lion http://www.lockergnome.com/osx/2012/02/02/clean-install-os-x-lion/ Back Link of the Day http://jknproductions1212.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/chris-pirillo-and-the-gnomies/ Thanks to Josh Noyce of jknproductions1212 for writing about Gnomies and linking to us -- more than once, even! If you'd like to be mentioned as a Back Link of the Day, link to one of our posts on LockerGnome.com from your site and -- this is the important part -- tell us about it! Webinar: YouTube, Live Streaming, and Optimizing Video Distribution http://www.gnomies.com/youtube-webinar/ The other night, we had our first official Gnomies webinar, and the topic was "YouTube, Live Streaming, and Optimizing Video Distribution." Being able to participate in future events like this is just one of the many, many perks of being a registered Gnomie! http://www.lockergnome.com/subscribe/ Join us when the countdown ends! http://www.gnomies.com https://profiles.google.com/chris.pirillo http://twitter.com/ChrisPirillo http://www.facebook.com/chrispirillo
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05:01:30 02/03/12
TLDR: Valentine's, Invoicing, Reinstalls, and Elected Officials
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Five Ways to Make Online Invoicing Easier http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/02/02/five-ways-to-make-online-invoicing-easier/ How Elected Officials Should Be Using Social Media http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2012/02/02/how-elected-officials-should-be-using-social-media/ Geeky Valentine's Day Gifts http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/02/02/geeky-valentines-day-gifts/ How to Do a Clean Reinstallation of OS X Lion http://www.lockergnome.com/osx/2012/02/02/clean-install-os-x-lion/ Back Link of the Day http://jknproductions1212.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/chris-pirillo-and-the-gnomies/ Thanks to Josh Noyce of jknproductions1212 for writing about Gnomies and linking to us -- more than once, even! If you'd like to be mentioned as a Back Link of the Day, link to one of our posts on LockerGnome.com from your site and -- this is the important part -- tell us about it! Webinar: YouTube, Live Streaming, and Optimizing Video Distribution http://www.gnomies.com/youtube-webinar/ The other night, we had our first official Gnomies webinar, and the topic was "YouTube, Live Streaming, and Optimizing Video Distribution." Being able to participate in future events like this is just one of the many, many perks of being a registered Gnomie! http://www.lockergnome.com/subscribe/ Join us when the countdown ends! http://www.gnomies.com https://profiles.google.com/chris.pirillo http://twitter.com/ChrisPirillo http://www.facebook.com/chrispirillo
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03:19:13 02/02/12
TLDR: Branding, Blogging, Spirits, and Video Editing
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Five Ways to Build Your Personal Brand Today http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/02/01/five-ways-to-build-your-personal-brand-today/ Five Web Apps to Engage Your Mind and Spirit http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2012/02/01/five-web-apps-to-engage-your-mind-and-spirit/ How to Partition Your Hard Drive in Windows 7 http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2012/02/01/how-to-partition-your-hard-drive-in-windows-7/ How to Blog Every Day http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/02/01/how-to-blog-every-day/ Best Linux Downloads for Any New Linux Computer http://www.lockergnome.com/craighton/2012/02/01/best-linux-downloads-for-any-new-linux-computer/ Five Great Video Editing Programs for Windows http://www.lockergnome.com/media/2012/02/01/five-great-video-editing-programs-for-windows/ Back Link of the Day http://www.dakotawallender.com/ Thanks to Dakota Wallender for linking to our video on the best online storage service! If you'd like to be mentioned as a Back Link of the Day, link to one of our posts on LockerGnome.com from your site and -- this is the important part -- tell us about it! Webinar: YouTube, Live Streaming, and Optimizing Video Distribution http://www.gnomies.com/youtube-webinar/ Last night, we had our first official Gnomies webinar, and the topic was "YouTube, Live Streaming, and Optimizing Video Distribution." Being able to participate in future events like this is just one of the many, many perks of being a registered Gnomie. http://www.lockergnome.com/subscribe/ Join us when the countdown ends! http://www.gnomies.com https://profiles.google.com/chris.pirillo http://twitter.com/ChrisPirillo http://www.facebook.com/chrispirillo
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00:40:11 02/02/12
The Hangover Stars Want Tons Of Money
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The stars of The Hangover films are demanding at least 10 million plus a share of the profits to do a third installment of the hit comedy franchise – and sources familiar with the negotiations say they’re almost certain to get what they want.
For the first Hangover film, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms each got paid around 500,000. For the second, they negotiated 3 million each and they are on their way up. A Warner Bros source admits it will happen saying "they're holding all the cards.
Much was made of Jim Carrey's daughter Jane's recent appearance on American Idol – in particular the praise lavished on her for braving the auditions. But insiders say all was not what it seems and that Carrey Jr didn't exactly have to slum it.
A source tells is that, Her audition was pre-arranged with the producers. She did not wait in line for hours or days outside like many others.
Insiders say that Carrey is almost guaranteed to make it to the live finals with producers hoping her father will show up. For his part, dad Jim is thrilled.
The ongoing war between Halle Berry and her ex Gabriel Aubrey is getting nasty with the pair back in court again after their daughter Nahla nanny accused him of pushing her while she was holding the child.
Aubrey is telling friends that the childminder tripped, nevertheless, Halle wanted the court to remove all his access.
She's always sung about being a good girl gone bad ‚Äì but one suspects that even Rihanna might soon regret her latest style choice. The singer has got the words, Thug life‚ tattooed onto each of her fingers.
Normally, we're fans of her edgy style but we reckon perhaps it's time for her to stop smoking whatever's in those hand-rolled ciggies she's been spied with recently.
That's all we have time for today check out this weeks mag for more stories and stay updates via our twitter link below x
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04:14:29 01/31/12
LIVE - Break Out of the Box - Ancient Aliens & Santos - Be Sure to Have Fun!
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2012-01-29 2nd journal, Mayan day 2 Reed Ancient Aliens – Close Encounters (s01e04) 1:29:05 Santos Bonacci – The Ancient Theology – Astrotheology Part 1 1:44:04 Complementary Text http://www.scribd.com/doc/79915479 Intro: This is mostly a journal to introduce Santos Bonacci, but it's also much more than that. Even more so it's to help us break out of our boxes – the neat little ones we live in that say we are a separate person – as if there was such a thing, really. There's not. All is just One. Nonetheless, we have more than one way to experience these things, and in my book, any way that helps us open a crack in the Matrix is all good – no matter what. So, most of us have pretty rigid ideas around religion. That's the way it is taught, regardless of your religion, overall. I'm not knocking that with this. I'm just suggesting we might want to take a few steps back and be less identified with our beliefs. Most of us have no idea how literal it is that our Garden of Beliefs creates our experience of reality. We don't know how much in charge of that we are. So let's go experiment. Are you up for it? ...
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20:51:45 01/30/12
Machine Gun Kelly Gets Busted for Disorderly Conduct
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Machine Gun Kelly Gets Busted for Disorderly Conduct
PHOTOS: Check out the rapper's mug shot after he was arrested Sunday morning in St. Petersburg, Florida for a reported brawl! ANOTHER WEEKEND, ANOTHER BAD BOY BUSTED... MACHINE GUN KELLY WAS ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT MACHINE GUN KELLY, WHOSE REAL NAME IS RICHARD BAKER, WAS ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT, EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, AFTER A SHOW IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. HE WAS RELEASED AFTER POSTING $100 BOND, AND HE TWEETED HIS WAY THROUGH THE WHOLE THING... "Just spent my entire night in af**king Florida jail," HE WROTE, "s**t escaladed way to quick last night, it always does with us thought." ALTHOUGH SPECIFICS ABOUT THE RISING RAP STAR'S ARREST HAVEN'T BEEN RELEASED, SOURCES SAY A BRAWL WENT DOWN. AND HE DID ADD THIS: "Thanking God that only half of us went to jail, that @216XPLOSIVE is outta the hospital, and that we get to go back to Cleveland today..." THEN HE SAID, "The weirdest part of it was how many inmates in there knew who I was... It was some trippy s**t. LACE the fuck up" -- REFERRING TO HIS "LACE UP" CAMPAIGN... MGK WAS JUST SIGNED TO DIDDY'S BAD BOY RECORD LABEL, AND IT LOOKS LIKE HIS BOSS WAS LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT HIS BUST UP... DIDDY TWEETED, "@machinegunkelly where the f--- are you at? Are you ok? Do you need Bail or a lawyer?????!! Eveyrone hit him to see if he's ok!" "@machinegunkelly WtF!!!!!! Call me at miami crib now!!!!! Everyone hit him and tell him to call me NOW!!!!! Pls thanks!!!!" AND THIS ISN'T MGK'S FIRST TIME IN THE CLINK. JUST FIVE ... From: CelebTV Views: 1111 4 ratings Time: 01:34 More in Entertainment
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20:51:45 01/30/12
Machine Gun Kelly Gets Busted for Disorderly Conduct
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Machine Gun Kelly Gets Busted for Disorderly Conduct
PHOTOS: Check out the rapper's mug shot after he was arrested Sunday morning in St. Petersburg, Florida for a reported brawl! ANOTHER WEEKEND, ANOTHER BAD BOY BUSTED... MACHINE GUN KELLY WAS ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT MACHINE GUN KELLY, WHOSE REAL NAME IS RICHARD BAKER, WAS ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT, EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, AFTER A SHOW IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. HE WAS RELEASED AFTER POSTING $100 BOND, AND HE TWEETED HIS WAY THROUGH THE WHOLE THING... "Just spent my entire night in af**king Florida jail," HE WROTE, "s**t escaladed way to quick last night, it always does with us thought." ALTHOUGH SPECIFICS ABOUT THE RISING RAP STAR'S ARREST HAVEN'T BEEN RELEASED, SOURCES SAY A BRAWL WENT DOWN. AND HE DID ADD THIS: "Thanking God that only half of us went to jail, that @216XPLOSIVE is outta the hospital, and that we get to go back to Cleveland today..." THEN HE SAID, "The weirdest part of it was how many inmates in there knew who I was... It was some trippy s**t. LACE the fuck up" -- REFERRING TO HIS "LACE UP" CAMPAIGN... MGK WAS JUST SIGNED TO DIDDY'S BAD BOY RECORD LABEL, AND IT LOOKS LIKE HIS BOSS WAS LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT HIS BUST UP... DIDDY TWEETED, "@machinegunkelly where the f--- are you at? Are you ok? Do you need Bail or a lawyer?????!! Eveyrone hit him to see if he's ok!" "@machinegunkelly WtF!!!!!! Call me at miami crib now!!!!! Everyone hit him and tell him to call me NOW!!!!! Pls thanks!!!!" AND THIS ISN'T MGK'S FIRST TIME IN THE CLINK. JUST FIVE ... From: CelebTV Views: 1111 4 ratings Time: 01:34 More in Entertainment
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11:57:20 01/30/12
The Dalit Massacre of Paramakudi
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Tamil Nadu Police uses teargas, lathi and guns on unarmed dalit protesters. 11th September, 2011 was the day Paramakudi resident Valiswamy’s wife Gayatri gave birth to their first child. He was a dalit while she was from an upper caste family. In a caste sensitive area like Paramakuddi, inter-caste marriages are rare and they have to survive immense social pressure to come together. Valiswamy and Gayatri had fought hard and negotiated a truce with these forces. He was on his way to the hospital when he was caught in the Paramakudi firings, a widely reported incident in which the Tamil Nadu police opened fire on a group of unarmed dalits who were staging a peaceful protest. Valiswamy would not survive to see his newborn. “The families of the bereaved have received their compensations from the government but other than that, nothing has happened. The perpetrators are scot free. In fact, the chief minister has since been effusive in her praise for the state police. And the dalits are continuing to live in a stifling atmosphere of violence and fear. The incident has been a backlash to dalit morale in Tamil Nadu.” Dalit activist and IndiaUnheard Community Correspondent Mani M. aka Makkal Sevakan sounds angry and weary as he describes the situation in Paramakudi 5 months after the police’s attempts to disband a peaceful protest against the incarceration of popular dalit leader John Pandian resulted in the murder of 6 dalits and injuring many others. The incident caused uproar in the country. Dalit and Human Rights Organizations from across the nation condemned the attack and called for investigation. The media covered the incident extensively. The fact finding team set up to probe the incident made a strong case against the actions of the police but still as Mani puts it ‘nothing has happened.’ 54 years ago, Paramakudi was witness to one of the biggest caste riots in the country, a skirmish that cost the life of dalit iconoclast and leader, Immanuel Sekaran who was amongst the first Tamil Nadu dalits to advocate for dalit empowerment and rights against 3000 years of upper caste oppression. On 11th September, John Pandian was scheduled to arrive to pay his respects at Sekaran’s memorial. But using the sensitive atmosphere caused by recent murder of a dalit high school boy for allegedly writing offensive graffiti against the upper castes as a pretext, the police pre-emptively arrested him. When the crowd gathered to receive Pandian heard news of the arrest, they protested by peacefully occupying the road. The police’s diplomatic response was teargas and a lathi charge. The mood soured and the crowd turned unruly. A few protestors began pelting stones against the police. The police responded with gunfire. “It is not like the police could not handle the situation. There is an upper caste festival in Paramakudi each year that goes smoothly without the need to resort to pre-emptive arrests and lathi and gunfire. But the first time the dalits try to get together and organize a festival, it ends in tragedy,” says Mani. Mani was in Chennai on the fateful day when he heard of the Paramakudi firings. He immediately got on the first train. When he arrived, he saw a wasteland of police barricades, empty streets and burning vehicles. Some of Mani’s friends who had been part of the protest had managed to record footage of the police bashing in the heads of the people and shooting at unarmed civilians. The footage, which offers a birds eye view of the incident, justifies the statements of the fact finding group but there has been similar footage before and witness accounts and reports and photographs and yet, ‘nothing has happened.’ Of all the cases filed in the Tamil Nadu Courts under the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes Protection Act, 95% are acquitted. It is a disturbing figure that makes the atrocities seem insignificant or routine. In the 1969 Kilvenmani massacre, 44 landless dalit labourers were burnt alive for demanding better wages. In 1997, the dalit panchayat president and others were murdered in Melavalau. In September 2002, at Kaundampatti in Dindigul district, a dalit worker was forced to drink urine for having lodged a complaint of trespass with the police. In May 2002, two dalits were forced to eat human excreta in Thinniyam village in Tiruchi district. In 2011, on the 54th anniversary of a dalit massacre and the subsequent murder of Immanuel Sekaran, 6 dalits are killed in broad daylight by the state police. And not a single perpetrator has been brought to justice. Almost as if nothing had happened. ——————————————- For a brief account of the dalit struggle in Tamil Nadu, read http://www.pragoti.in/node/3947
