Sunday, August 5, 2012

Venus and Serena Williams win Olympic gold

Venus Williams (left) and Serena Williams of the United States celebrate after winning the women's doubles gold medal match of the London 2012 Olympic Games by defeating Czech Republic's Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on August 5, 2012. (LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)

Ethiopia's Gelana wins women's Olympic marathon

Tiki Gelana of Ethiopia celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the Women's Marathon at The Mall on Day 9 of the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 5, 2012 in London, England. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Double-amputee Oscar 'Blade Runner' Pistorius makes stunning track debut, advances to semifinals

Double-amputee Oscar 'The Blade Runner' Pistorius makes successful Olympic debut, advances to 400-meter semifinals

South African receives massive ovation from 80,000 at London's Olympic Stadium

South African Oscar Pastorius double Amputee

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South Africa's Oscar Pistorius competes during round 1 of the men's 400m heats at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 4, 2012. REUTERS/Phil Noble (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS OLYMPICS)

Olympics 2012: Michaels Phelps ends his career with his 18th gold medal after leading U.S. to another relay win

Phelps, who leaves the London Games with four golds and two silvers, swam the butterfly leg for the Americans

Plans for $22 million Crotona Park tennis complex finalized as annual pro tourney returns for 20th year

Tennis center will break ground this fall

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Children practice at the tennis camp in Crotona Park.

Advantage Bronx.

Crotona Park is becoming the Wimbledon of the Boogie Down, thanks to a $22 million tennis project underway at the leafy site.

The park is already the heart of tennis in the borough. For two decades, it has hosted the EmblemHealth Bronx Open professional tennis tournament - and the 2012 edition bounces off there Sunday.

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Dianetics: A Weekend of Healing at Mosque Maryam

A Weekend of Healing at Mosque Maryam
Minister Farrakhan on Scientology

CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Nation of Islam opened the doors of its international headquarters to the public for a weekend of healing through its life repair seminar on June 29-30.

The gathering stemmed from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s desire to share a tool that helps promote healing: Dianetics.

Dianetics was created by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and addresses the reasons for stress, depression and anxiety. It helps people uncover and deal with subconscious negative emotions and reactions.

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Word of wisdom and explanation

Min. Farrakhan dismissed criticism by naysayers upset over the Nation of Islam using techniques from Scientology for the benefit of Black people and the world. He said he isn’t upset and doesn’t mind criticism that comes from misunderstanding.

“As the Qur’an says, unfortunately, you are a people that dispute without knowledge,” Min. Farrakhan said, during his July 1 Mosque Maryam address titled, “All Is Vanity.”

“The critics are saying, ‘Farrakan’s talking all this Black talk and went over to this White man, L. Ron Hubbard ... I am you. I haven’t changed my religion. You know all the prophets taught us to seek truth from the cradle to the grave and wherever knowledge is, you should seek to be a possessor of it,” Min. Farrakhan said.

He asked audience members with degrees to raise their hands. He then asked if all their teachers were Black. “No sir!” some replied.

“You mean to tell me you sat in a class with a White professor and got you a degree and now you’re working for White people? Getting a salary? Did you ask your teacher, ‘How many times have you called Black people n----r?’ ”

“So it didn’t matter what religion that person was, what race or ethnic group they belonged to because you didn’t go there to join their ethnic group or to condemn them for being White or Asian or Hispanic or Black. You went there to get some knowledge to help you be better at what you wanted to do with your life,” Min. Farrakhan said.

Black suffering is worse than any other ethnic group’s because Blacks have been deprived of self knowledge and suffered unspeakable acts during enslavement by their slave masters, Min. Farrakhan said.

Though Blacks bury the pain, inside of their heads are impediments to their human development and progress, he explained.

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The Minister found value in the auditing and teaching of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s Dianetics.

“The auditing process brings (negative experiences) up and it’s like bringing up demons out of us and just as this book Bible says, that was the work of Jesus. How can you say you love Jesus the Christ when he was an excorcizer of demons out of the people?” Min. Farrakhan rhetorically asked.

Dianetics auditing brings personal demons from unconsciousness into consciousness so they can be eliminated and people can make a better future for themselves, Min. Farrakhan explained.

“How could I see something that valuable and know the hurt and sickness of my people and not offer it to them?” he asked.

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Natural Hair Will NEVER Die!

Black hairstyles: Do women with natural hair still face employment discrimination?

Singer India Arie arrives at the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute To Paul McCartney held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 10, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

From Clutch Magazine: The natural hair movement among African Americans has experienced resurgence, as evidenced by the many YouTube videos, blogs, and products created to aid in grooming unprocessed hair, or what is at times called nappy or virgin hair. Natural hair has been constructed as radical, extreme, and unkempt, despite the fact that a natural hairstyle simply means wearing our hair the way it grows out of our head, without the addition of harmful chemicals. This natural aesthetic should on its face be unproblematic, but because whiteness has an ongoing interest in policing our bodies, many have found the decision not to relax their hair, or cut it into a short style, has lead to negative results. In a market in which all must sell their labor for profit, this decidedly limits the options of people of color, who at times must choose between being true to themselves or conforming to racist and other appearance standards.

Beautiful Looking Sister! You Go, India!

South Carolina: Breaking the 'Pavement of Enslavement' in the 21st Century!

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Sunday, August 5, 2012

Venus and Serena Williams win Olympic gold

Ethiopia's Gelana wins women's Olympic marathon

Double-amputee Oscar 'The Blade Runner' Pistorius makes successful Olympic debut, advances to 400-meter semifinals