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ARIES, THE RAM 3/21 – 4/19
Pumps your brakes there Aries, all will be well shortly. The passing of the moon cause a few interruptions nothing to worry about, your all good. Look for love to come your way shortly, in the guise of a foreign gentleman. Different I know, but heck variety is the spice of life, and you just never know. Look for changes in your family dynamics, possibly a surprise or two, all good again. Look at February is you jump off month to start on something that has been on the back burner for months, now is the time to begin.
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TAURUS, THE BULL 4/20 – 5/21
Money is an object this month not a play thing so remember that. You are a hard worker which is quite obvious. Just remember everyone is not your friend when it comes to loaning out money OK! Expect to hear good news in the family of another child coming, blessed event. Scroll down your investments and see what is really working for you if not, cash it out immediately. This month will be heavy laden with money issues, so be prepared. Look before you leap into anything, including your taxes.
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GEMINI, THE TWINS 5/21 – 6/21
When are you going to stop playing games with yourself? uh? If you don’t like something then got damn it say that. Stop putting a front on like it’s ok, when it’s not. Family issues will come out concerning money, could someone be going out of business? Know when to hold em, and when to let go. Love life is getting better and better, keep those lines of communication and understanding going and you should be fine. Love alerts for the single Gemini’s someone is watching you very close and would like to get involved with you, put those attenders out. You are in a very blessed position this month so take note my dear.
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CANCER, THE CRAB – 6/22 – 7/22
All is not lost Cancer, is only the beginning. New things are on the horizon of your life, good decisions. Love is in the air, it is what you make of it OK. Finances will go and come, just be consistent of what you have to work with this month. There will be family matters you need to deal with, some good, some bad, just know your place in all of this. We can’t pick our family members only our friends. Cancer you are in a growing and learning period right now. So keep your mind open to all which is possible at this time. Don’t neglect the obvious.
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LEO, THE LION 7/23 – 8/22
Center of attention does pay well uh?! lol lol Ok Leo this is your time to shine to the Manager, Directors, or even Supervisors, if you aren’t one of those already. Your ideas can take hold. Your intelligent, and forthcoming in innovative ways that helps you and the company you work for. So go in that office and tell them all about them. Make sure you document your ideas, so no one else steals them from you. This year IRS will be kind to you, so take advantage and use the money to good use. Holla!
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VIRGO, THE VIRGIN 8/23 – 9/22
Now is the time to stand up for what you believe to be right. You’ve been quiet of late, work well, do your work to precision, kept your mouth shut. Well now is the time to shine Virgo. You have not gone un=noticed! Virgo may be the virgin, but you bring new ideas, and communication to the table so do that my friend, voices will be listening. Expect some distance in the family all is not right, but you already know that. Sometimes it is good to be quiet and just stand still, and observe. The truth always comes out and you know this too. Money will increase thru games of chance, so by a lotto or whatever ticket you just might be a big winner, how about that! Love is all around you right now, just pick one, so many to choose from my goodness, aren’t you the popular male/female go on with your badness!
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LIBRA, THE SCALES – 9/23 – 10/23
Time to pull out all the stops, start something, and be good at it, damn it! You have been up and down in your decisions – why? Libra you know what time it is, so just do it, stop playing games. Please improve on your communications skills, you are not always easy to understand. Love is in the air as well with you too, so come on give me some Libra, folks are waiting, heh! heh! If you are a Supervisor, or Manager time to assess your staff. To many object thinking has been going on, some folks need to be fired, and some folks need to be promoted, so DO IT! Family is well, and you and a love one are planning on taking a trip, about a cruise, that sound romantic. Do what you do best Libra, just get it done please!
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SCORPIO, THE SCORPION – 10/24 – 11/21
Well, well, well, aren’t we on top of the world. And so you should be, you’ve worked hard for your accomplishments. Be proud hold you head high, pop your collar a couple of times you deserve it! whoo-whoo Scorpio! Now back to business, a lot of traveling is in store this year, February will be your down month, to get you prepared. I see sickness in your family possibly a male figure, Father, Uncle, Brother, or Cousin. Take time out to be with them, they miss you and love you very much, also you always put a smile on that person face. Remember tomorrow is never promise, so do today what you must. Money comes and goes but it’s ok, your building up to a big kauna real soon, you will be paid for your worth, skills, ability, and education you go Scorpio – male/female, it’s your time to begin a new!
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SAGITTARIUS, THE ARCHER 11/22 – 12/21
I love it when you call me Big Poppa, throw your hands in the air, like you just don’t care!!! lol lol And that explains you this month Sag. Damn you are on a roll, well do the damn thing then, you know what time it is. Continue to help family members, you know some folks just don’t get it, they will eventually pray tell. Well are you ready to do the full-time work, I hope so, because they are ready for you. Job openings everywhere for you Sag, part-time or full-time. My suggestion go Full Time, the economy is shaky this year, and tomorrow is not promise, so do your part to survive. Sit down with your accountant or a budget person to help you iron a few discrepancies. After that you should be alright.
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CAPRICORN, THE GOAT 12/22 – 1/19
Well where is the fear Cappy? There is no fear or guilt in your being. Time to start a new. Finally all has come to pass, see it just took a little patience and time to come about. Business will begin to pickup and there are jobs available for your seeking. Remember charities and people who have less. February is all about new beginnings for you Cappy. Think long and hard about what it is you really want in life. Family will be family as well as friends, just remember don’t be a doormat, or used for your kindness for weakness. Stay strong and stand stall for your beliefs. Folks are watching you that you don’t even know about. Capricorn you will experience great things this year, just keep it all in perspective.
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AQUARIUS, THE WATER BEARER 1/20 – 2/18
My, my, my we are still leading the pack. Hard work does pay off, even when you dog tired. Family surprises in store for you this year, all good! Work can be more busy than usual this month do to in climate weather, so hang on the best is yet to come. You are a hard worker and it hasn’t gone unnoticed in the least. Family ties need to be developed once again, have you been out of touched with close relatives, then make that change to do better. Have you thought about being a Mentor to someone Aquarius. Well the time is right to start that, or pair up with an organization that could use your skills and technology for the youth. Be sure to keep up with your health.
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PISCES, THE FISH 2/19 – 3/20
Glory, glory, hallelujah you make it thru another year, thank God. You where worried and so was I for you. Lot to get done this year Pisces. For the time being, let go of old ghosts from your past and move on, this is not you. People will be who they are regardless, just know the difference. Love is in the air for you also. There is somebody you have kept on the back burner, now come on give the guy/girl a chance. They are really good people, that care about you a lot. Finances will be a little shaky this February so hold on to your pennies, and be careful were you spend them. Make sure there is a sale on, or forget about it. Family ties become much stronger. Work will be real busy for you this February so expect to work some overtime on weekends here and there. Happy Birthday Pisces you are so cool!
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by Lennis
Efforts to legalize marijuana for recreational use are gaining momentum in Washington state and Colorado, despite fierce opposition from the federal government and a decades-long cultural battle over America’s most commonly used illicit drug.
Officials in Washington state on Friday said an initiative to legalize pot has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in November. In Colorado, officials are likely this week to make a similar determination about an initiative there.
Supporters are prepared to possibly spend millions of dollars ahead of the November ballot, when they hope a strong voter turnout, particularly among youth, for the U.S. presidential election will aid their cause.
“Whether it’s make or break depends on what public opinion does after 2012, but in terms of voter turnout this is the best year to do it,” said Alison Holcomb, director of New Approach Washington, the initiative’s sponsor.
While 16 states, including Washington and Colorado, along with the nation’s capital, now allow marijuana use for medical purposes, cannabis remains an illegal narcotic under U.S. law – and public opinion is sharply divided on the merits of full legalization.
California voters turned back a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for recreational use in 2010, in part because of concerns about how production and sale of the drug would be regulated.
Undeterred, supporters of the Washington state initiative say it represents the “grown-up” approach to legalization.
Sales would only be allowed to adults 21 and older through marijuana-only stores licensed by the state Liquor Control Board, which would also oversee production and processing of the drug. Laws on drunken driving would be amended to include maximum blood content thresholds for THC, the main psychoactive element in pot plants.
Colorado already has a robust regulatory system for medical marijuana that includes a registry of over 80,000 card-carrying patients and rules governing how physicians and distributors operate. Here, too, legalization advocates are stressing a rational regulatory approach.
“Voters aren’t being asked to imagine as much as they are in other states, they have seen that marijuana can be regulated and it doesn’t result in significant problems,” said Mason Tvert, co-director of the Colorado-based Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol.
Organizers of the Washington effort have collected over $1.1 million in campaign funds, with $250,000 of that coming from Progressive Insurance chairman Peter Lewis, public disclosure records show.
Loren Collingwood, senior researcher for the nonpartisan Washington Poll run by the University of Washington, said the initiative could pass, but that backers must spend between $2 million and $4 million to run a competitive campaign.
A poll done by the university in October found 48 percent of Washington residents support the idea of pot legalization, but that was not tied to any particular initiative.
“If young voters turn out in droves like they did in 2008 or even start to approach those numbers … then I think this will pass, but they very well may not,” Collingwood said.
Pot legalization supporters have argued for decades that prohibition has failed to curb pot use, and that the policy enriches drug cartels, hurts casual users and deprives governments of a potentially lucrative source of tax revenue.
Facebook is set to make its controversial “Timeline” profile layout compulsory – however, a survey reveals only one in twelve users like it
Popular social networking site Facebook is phasing out its old look over the next few weeks and moving all of its 800 million users over to a new profile format known as “Timeline”.
Timeline
The new Timeline feature makes everything a person has ever done on Facebook appear on a single screen that scrolls down year by year right back to when the person was born.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described Timeline as letting you “tell the whole story of your life on a single page”.
Privacy concerns
However, as Timeline makes all of a user’s photographs and wall posts visible to friends, critics have warned the mandatory change could erode users’ privacy.
There are also concerns that this will instantly make it easier for identity thieves and stalkers to profile individuals.
However, a spokeswoman for the site said the change would not alter existing privacy settings.
Lack of user support
A survey of more than 4,000 Facebook users carried out by security firm Sophos revealed that only eight percent of the users – or one in twelve – actually liked the new Timeline layout.
A further 8% said they would “get used to it” with time.
More than half of the users surveyed were “worried” by the new Timeline feature.
Seven-day review deadline
As the new Timeline feature is being rolled out on a mandatory basis, Facebook will give its users a seven-day period to review their Timeline before it is posted to the Web, though it can be published earlier, too.
During this period, users can hide, delete or edit any of their posts before their entire post history becomes visible in the new Timeline format.
Facebook IPO
The changes come as Facebook is beginning the process of becoming a public company.
Reports suggest the social networking site will raise about $10 billion during its IPO later this year in one of the biggest stock issues seen on Wall Street.
According to analysts, Facebook would be valued at between $75bn and $100bn when it goes public, making it one of the world’s biggest companies by market valuation.
Apartheid is dead, Nelson Mandela is free, and now South Africa houses luxury resorts where they host people of all races including Atlanta’s Housewives (You can call them “Real,” we will not). The only color that seems to matter is green. But, just when we thought that was true, an interracial poster pops up and South Africans begin to show their true colors.
According to the Washington Post, the student division of the Democratic Alliance put the poster together depicting a relationship between a black woman and a white man–who appear to be nude– gazing lovingly in one another’s eyes. Tempers flared amongst politicians and the media is on fire with what has become a controversial poster.
One went as far as to call it an “abomination.” It appears South Africa hasn’t grown up as much as some thought it had. The Provincial Secretary for the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Zet Luzipo said:
“The poster says, ‘Join the DA to have an affair with a white person It entrenches the white supremacy that we fought against during the liberation struggle. We will not be excited with having an affair with a white person; we will not be enticed by that.”
That’s just one of the negative depictions of the campaign. There are positive supporters as well. One took to their Facebook page saying:
Love the DA! This campaign image is exactly what South Africa needs, now all the irrelevant racist “boers” can F off to their tiny irrelevant parties and the rest of us can stand together as one post-apartheid nation where race, religion or sexual preference doesn’t mean anything, we’re all human! Go DA! You have my vote.
Maybe South Africa will join the rest of the world and grow up. The poster just shows two people that are happy with one another.
A 50-something year old white woman arrived at her seat and saw that the passenger next to her was a black man. Visibly furious, she called the air hostess.
“What’s the problem, ma?” the hostess asked her
“Can’t you see?” the lady said – “I was given a seat next to a black man. I can’t seat here next to him. You have to change my seat”
- “Please, calm down, ma” – said the hostess
“Unfortunately, all the seats are occupied, but I’m still going to check if we have any.”
The hostess left and returned some minutes later.
“Madam, as I told you, there isn’t any empty seat in this class- economy class.
But I spoke to the captain and he confirmed that there isn’t any empty seats in the economy class. We only have seats in the first class.”
And before the woman said anything, the hostess continued
“Look, it is unusual for our company to allow a passenger from the economy class change to the first class.
However, given the circumstances, the commandant thinks that it would be a scandal to make a passenger travel sat next to an unpleasant person.”
And turning to the black man, the hostess said:
“Which means, Sir, if you would be so nice to pack your handbag, we have reserved you a seat in the first class…”
And all the passengers nearby, who were shocked to see the scene started applauding, some standing on their feet.”
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The 2012 SAG Awards boasted a slew of Hollywood talent, and our favorite actors and actresses of 2011. TV and movie stars alike came together Sunday night, and some even took home some awards.
From Alec Baldwin to Octavia Spencer, check out the SAGs winners list below, or click through the gallery to see who was on hand to accept their trophies! Did the right men and women win the awards? Let us know what you think in the comments.
Supporting Actor in a TV Comedy Series- Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Supporting Actress in a TV Comedy Series- Betty White, Hot In Cleveland
Supporting Actor in a Movie- Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Supporting Actress in a Movie- Octavia Spencer, The Help
Ensemble in a TV Comedy Series- Modern Family
Actress in a TV miniseries or movie- Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Actor in a TV miniseries or movie- Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
Lifetime Achievement Award- Mary Tyler Moore
Female Supporting Actress in a TV Drama Series- Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Male Actor in a TV Drama Series- Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Outstanding Ensemble in a TV Drama Series- Boardwalk Empire
Actor in a Movie- Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Actress in a Movie- Viola Davis, The Help
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Movie- The Help
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson is also making headlines. Last week, published reports came out claiming he wasn’t paying child support for his 12-year-old love child. Years ago, Jackson had a child outside of his marriage with his jump off. Karin Stanford got her face cracked when she thought Jackson would leave his wife Jacqueline and marry her. Stanford claims Jackson owes her $12,000 in back support, and says he gives her money when he wants to. Jackson claims he has been paying his child support.
Star Jones is coming back to The View! Jones left the show in a firestorm six years ago, but she’s returning to the show as a guest in February. Jones will be discussing heart disease as February is Women’s Heart Health Month……. and ratings sweeps month.
How hot is Ne-Yo? He is on the cover of the latest Ebony magazine. He is one of the young stars of the hit movie Red Tails, and now the singer/songwriter/producer just got a promotion. Ne-Yohas been named the head of A&R (artist development) and senior vice president for Motown Records.
Fashion Icon Mikki Taylor has a new book dedicated to First Lady Michelle Obama. The book, Commander In Chic, is dedicated to the fashion stylings of Mrs. Obama.
I hear a June wedding in Miami could be in the works for Eagles Quarterback Michael Vick and his fiancée Kijafa Frink.
The New England Patriots and the New York Giants will battle it out in the Superbowl. All eyes will be on Indianapolis the weekend of February 3rd. On Friday, the 3rd, it’s the gospel celebration which is part of the Superbowl festivities with Fantasia, Wayne Brady, Hezekiah Walker, CeCe Winans, and Donnie McClurkin.
The 84th Annual Academy Awards is February 26th. The show will air on ABC, and Billy Crystal is hosting. The movie The Help has nabbed four nominations including Best Actress for Viola Davis, Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer and Best Picture. The Help is also dominating the Screen Actors Guild Awards with four nominations, including Best Ensemble Cast, Best Actress (Viola Davis) and Best Supporting Actress (Octavia Spencer). The SAG Awards take place on February 26th.The Help just won the Black Critics Award for Best Picture.
Is Whitney Houston Broke? Houston is said to be having financial problems. She can no longer perform live and never wrote any of her music. Sources close to the superstar are shutting down reports of her being in financial trouble. Houstonwill be starring in the remake of the 1976 film classic Sparkle with Jordin Sparks. Houston is being urged to write a tell-all book about her life. The music business, the drugs, how the excesses almost killed her and her life with her ex, Bobby Brown, would all have to be in the book. If she tells the truth, the book could be an instant bestseller with copies in the millions!
