Andrew Finstuen Bloody Shirts and American Unity Letters Neoliberal thinking behind NHS bill Grow with Cause Marketing Whimper no more Peru national anthem bound for glory Liberty University School of Law Hits 100 Percent Bar Passage Rate in Virginia National prolife strategy challenged by controversial book on Personhood Federal Appeals Court rules to protect marriage natural family Fundamentalist Gets More Money Than NPR What a Christian College Should Be Rises Eighth Largest America One Year as Students Seek Online Values Based Education NCAA Championship Wrestling Results 133 Pounds 125 pounds Interfaith event Jordan opens new conversation Islamic world Jude Kelly the ideal host first Women World festival If Obama Won't Fight Gay Marriage Conservatives Will Iona routs 7757 Church taps Leslie Adventist point person Washington D.C. West land Division II juggernaut Georgia mascot Uga dies after only half season

Osama bin Laden is dead. Can Americans experience a moment of national unity without waving a bloody shirt? Dr Howard Stoate sets the record straight, showing that David Cameron was wrong, as well as patronising, at PMQs (Response, 29 April). However, Dr Stoate's explanation goes much further in undermining the justification for the health and social care bill, which is claimed to be that of giving a bigger role for clinicians in deciding the services which should be provided. What he and his colleagues in Bexley have been doing over the past few years is being replicated in many other parts of the country, showing that we do not need this costly and disruptive upheaval to achieve it. The real reason for the bill is to allow unfettered access for the private sector, turning an integrated service into one where competition on a commercial basis is the driving force. There is no evidence that this is what the people of this country want so the bill must be opposed, not cosmetically adjusted, by all who value the concept of a National Health Service. **Peter Fisher** _President, NHS Consultants' Association_ • On Friday, as part of my royal-marriage avoidance strategy, I looked again at Hayek's The Constitution of Liberty to see if I could gain ... Do you dream of helping others when you "make it big"? Do you imagine all of the good that you can do once you have no money woes whatsoever? I think this quality is a universal character trait for entrepreneurs. It's one of the things that motivate and keep our imaginations happy. But do we really have to wait until we've hit the jackpot to give back? Nope. Not according to fashion designer, Julia Fiske we don't. Julia spoke at Tory Johnson's recent Chicago Spark and Hustle event and I was taken with her passion, creativity and the power of her message. Her company, Save the Ta-tas®, donates at least 25% of their proceeds to support the fight against breast cancer. This money goes directly to the cause; Save the Ta-tas® is currently providing salary support for breast cancer researchers. In addition to succeeding in that rather aggressive goal, Julia's company has donated a much needed piece of medical equipment to Northwestern University. All of this is achieved through the sale of Julia's original apparel and accessory designs targeted at raising breast cancer awareness. As a start up in 2004, Julia chose to leverage her ... 1821 original may get rewrite to banish downbeat sentiments as country flexes growing economic muscles As a national anthem it is not exactly a morale booster. "For a long time, the oppressed Peruvian dragged the ominous chain," it begins. "Condemned to cruel servitude ... he quietly whimpered." The dirge continues with laments about indolence, humiliation, slavery and horror until the oppressed Peruvian, if he or she is still listening, may want to reach for an antidepressant. It is a sharp contrast to the likes of Britain's God Save the Queen - which in the first verse invokes nobility, victory, glory and happiness - or the rousing call to arms of France's La Marseillaise. But now, almost two centuries after Peru's original was penned, the country may get a more upbeat anthem designed to instil pride and reflect its growing economic clout. A campaign headed by Julio Cesar Rivera, a retired government auditor, is lobbying to replace the lyric with three new verses. "Our existing hymn is too negative," he said. "It damages the self-esteem of the population and breeds an inferiority complex. It encourages conformism, indifference and apathy - and we're already too submissive." Rivera, 69, has published two ... LYNCHBURG, Va., April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty University School of Law students achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the Virginia Bar Examination in February 2011. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101208/NY14577LOGO) "The extraordinary success on the bar exam is a reflection _**ATLANTA, April 11, 2011/Christian Newswire**_ -- The national pro-life movement is engaged in a fresh debate of an old issue. The issue is Personhood. The debate is whether it is the best strategy for defending the sanctity of life in the 21st century. For the third time in four decades, the movement is split over the issue of Personhood as a strategy for achieving our political and public policy objectives. **Daniel Becker**, in his newly released book, "**Personhood: A Pragmatic Guide to Prolife Victory in the 21st Century and the Return to First Principles in Politics**" speaks to the issue from a position of experience. As President of **Georgia Right to Life** (GRTL), he draws from a decade of empirical data and details how GRTL pragmatically leveraged the Personhood strategy, both politically and legislatively-- transforming Georgia from one of the least pro-life states to one of the most prolife states in the nation, in just over 10 years. "The elections last November resulted in a remarkable victory for our GRTL PAC, every statewide officer--ALL 9 (Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, etc.)--hold a pro-life position WITHOUT exceptions for 'rape and incest' AND publicly call for ... _**New Orleans, LA/April 13, 2011/Liberty Counsel**_ -- Unmarried same-sex partners unsuccessfully _sued to change an adopted boy's birth certificate to state that the child had two fathers_. The ruling by the _en banc_ (16 judges) **Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals** stated that two same- sex partners from **New York** who adopted a **Louisiana**-born infant could not force **Louisiana** to change the birth certificate to state that the child had two "dads." This decision is a huge victory for natural family and for states to protect marriage and family. _**Liberty Counsel**_, which filed an amicus brief in the case, has been litigating similar issues, including the **Lisa Miller** case, for more than six years. **Mickey Smith** and **Oren Adar**, an unmarried same-sex male couple, adopted a Louisiana-born infant in New York in 2006. They sought to have the child's birth certificate reissued in Louisiana, replacing the names of his biological parents with their own. The registrar refused the request, taking the position that "adoptive parents" means married parents, because in Louisiana only married couples may jointly adopt a child. Adar and Smith sued the registrar, claiming that her decision denies full faith and credit to the NY ... The Republican Party is still pushing hard to defund National Public Radio, but last year the government gave more money to America's craziest fundamentalist "college," Liberty University -- where the biology department teaches young earth creationism. > Liberty University, the evangelical private Christian school founded by dead apartheid-supporting bigot Jerry Falwell, received $445 million in federal financial aid last year. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, by the way, received $420 million from the federal government. > > That massive sum was thanks to the growth of Liberty's online program, which enrolled 52,000 students last year. The school is the No. 1 recipient of Pell grant money in the state of Virginia. Nobody's talking about defunding Liberty University, of course, even though it's turning out indoctrinated anti-science parrots by the thousands. Sometimes I think America is actually trying to sabotage itself. This week I returned to Lynchburg, Virginia, where I once worked for Jerry Falwell. I received a tour of the Liberty University campus... Tuesday, April 05, 2011 LYNCHBURG, Va., March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty University is now the nation's eighth-largest, four-year university and the largest private four- year, non-profit university in the United States, according to recently released data from the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Ed Championship First Round 2 Tony Ramos (Iowa) DEC Frank Cagnina (Lehigh) D 6-3 Championship Second Round 27 Jordan Oliver (Oklahoma State) WBF Tyler Small (Kent State) F 2:56 28 Levi Mele (Northwestern) DEC Joseph Spisak (Virginia) D 5-1 29 Devin Carter (Virginia Tech) DEC Ian Paddock (Ohio State) M 16-8 30 Mike Grey (Cornell) DEC Garrett Drucker (Oregon State) D 11-5 31 Lou Ruggirello (Hofstra) WBF Demetrius Johnson (Chattanooga) F 0:57 32 Kyle Hutter (Old Dominion) DEC Zac Stevens (Michigan) D 3-1;SV1 33 Fred Santaite (Boston U) DEC Justin Paulsen (Stanford) D 4-3 34 Tyler Graff (Wisconsin) DEC Ridge Kiley (Nebraska) M 19-6 35 Andrew Long (Penn State) DEC Casey Cruz (Northern Colorado) D 8-1 36 David Thorn (Minnesota) DEC Jordan Thome (Army) D 6-4;SV1 37 Scotti Sentes (Central Michigan) DEC Nathan Pennesi (West Virginia) D 7-0 38 Tony Ramos (Iowa) DEC Jordan Keller (Oklahoma) D 8-3 39 Bernard Futrell (Illinois) DEC Eric Morrill (Edinboro) D 11-6 40 Flint Ray (Utah Valley University) DEC Rollie Peterkin (Pennsylvania) D 7-5 41 Kevin Smith (Buffalo) DEC Thomas Mitchell (Liberty) D 3-2 42 Andrew Hochstrasser (Boise State) WBF Nathan McCormick (Missouri) F 2:26 Championship First Round 1 Ryan Mango (Stanford) DEC Camden Eppert (Purdue) D 11-9 Championship Second Round 11 Anthony Robles (Arizona State) WBTF Matthew Snyder (Virginia) T 17-1; 4:23 12 Steven Keith (Harvard) DEC Shane Young (West Virginia) D 1-0 13 Mark Rappo (Pennsylvania) DEC Jonathon Morrison (Oklahoma State) D 8-4 14 Jarrod Patterson (Oklahoma) DEC Allen Bartelli (Boise State) D 2-1 15 Zachary Sanders (Minnesota) DEC Jason Lara (Oregon State) D 6-2 16 Jarrod Garnett (Virginia Tech) DEC Brad Pataky (Penn State) D 13-7 17 Ben Kjar (Utah Valley University) DEC Steve Bonanno (Hofstra) D 5-2 18 James Nicholson (Old Dominion) WBF Tyler Iwamura (Cal State Bakersfield) F 3:49 19 Brandon Precin (Northwestern) DEC Robert Jillard (Liberty) M 11-0 20 Joseph Langel (Rutgers) DEC Michael Martinez (Wyoming) D 6-2 21 Frank Perrelli (Cornell) DEC Trent Sprenkle (North Dakota State University) D 4-3 22 Nicholas Bedelyon (Kent State) DEC Garrett Frey (Princeton) M 16-5 23 Ryan Mango (Stanford) DEC Aaron Kalil (Navy) D 13-7 24 Anthony Zanetta (Pittsburgh) DEC Alan Waters (Missouri) D 7-2 25 Sean Boyle (Michigan) DEC David Klingsheim (Nebraska) D 8-1 26 Matt McDonough (Iowa) WBF Manuel Ramirez (North Carolina-Greensboro) F 2:31 Tolerating different religions not enough; a growing need for respect, Adventist religious liberty expert says Jude Kelly has had to fight prejudice to be accepted as artistic director of the Southbank Centre. The battle has encouraged her to launch the Women of the World festival The view of the Thames on a sunny day from Jude Kelly's glass office is so distracting that we are forced, instead, to sit in a windowless box of a room. I wonder how Kelly manages to get any work done – and Kelly does a lot. When she took over as artistic director of London's Southbank Centre in 2005, becoming one of the most powerful people in the arts, she took no notice of the sniping (how could a woman with little professional grounding in classical music take over an arts centre with four orchestras in residence, was just one criticism) and got to work. The sprawling 21 acres of concrete that includes the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Hayward Gallery and Purcell Room on the south bank of the river, have been transformed during her tenure into the most vibrant arts centre in the country. Kelly also sits on the board of the 2012 cultural Olympiad, runs Metal, which she describes ... **By ADELLE M. BANKS** _c. 2011 Religion News Service_ WASHINGTON (RNS) If President Obama and the U.S. Department of Justice no longer want to defend the Defense of Marriage Act from challenges by gay rights activists, who will? Leading conservative law firms say they're eager to defend the 1996 law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman, but that may not be so easy. Could a conservative firm like Liberty Counsel, a Florida-based group that often opposes the administration, be the stand-in for the U.S. attorney general before a judge hearing DOMA challenges? "That's what we're pursuing," said Mathew Staver, founder of the firm and dean of Liberty University School of Law. "Somebody has to step in and do the job when the attorney general and the president will abandon theirs." Liberty Counsel had filed friend-of-the-court briefs in two DOMA court cases and is now strategizing with members of Congress to intervene on their behalf to defend the law that bans federal recognition of same-sex marriages. "It's early in the process," said Staver, whose firm has litigated dozens of cases related to marriage -- including DOMA -- and represented Congress, state legislators and private organizations ... The odyssey to Lynchburg, Virginia, for Iona's Bracketbuster road game against Liberty University was an arduous one. The team bus left New Rochelle Friday morning at 11 a.m. and for LaGuardia Airport where the Gaels would jet to Richmond. Veteran attorney, business leader Leslie seeks 'seat at table' for church in public sphere Only one team in the country is averaging at least 119 points, and only one team had a crowd more than twice the capacity of its arena in its most recent home game. That's West Liberty University, a Division II school... _Tribune News Services_ ATHENS, Ga. -- UGA VIII, Georgia's white English bulldog mascot, died Friday from lymphoma, ending his reign as mascot after only half of a season. Georgia senior associate athletic director Claude Felton said no formal funeral service had been scheduled. Uga VIII died before serving a full season on the Sanford Stadium sideline. He took over as the team's mascot for Georgia's Oct. 16 game against Vanderbilt and was mascot for the final six games of the regular season. Photo: Georgia mascot Uga takes the field for the first time last Oct. 16. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) The white English bulldog was diagnosed with lymphoma in early January, but the school said he had been responding well to treatment. He missed Georgia's Liberty Bowl loss to Central Florida with what was believed to be a gastrointestinal condition. Further tests revealed the more serious condition. Uga VIII took over last season for Russ, Uga VII's half brother who filled in as mascot in 2009 and early in 2010. Felton said Russ again will step in as the school's mascot. Uga VIII, who was 17 months old, lived with the Frank W. "Sonny" Seiler family of Savannah, Ga. The ...
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