June 10, 2009
Guard killed during shooting at Holocaust Memorial
A lone gunman killed a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday before being wounded himself by return fire from other guards, sources confirmed to CNN. The suspect was identified as James von Brunn, an 88-year-old white supremacist from Maryland, two law enforcement officials told CNN. The guard was identified as Stephen Tyrone Johns in a statement from the museum. continue reading here
How to Get Focused
Four-Corner Breathing How-To
1. Find an object nearby that has four corners -- a box, your monitor, or even this page.
2. Start at the upper-left-hand corner and inhale for 4 counts.
3. Turn your gaze to the upper-right-hand corner and hold your breath for 4 counts.
4. Move to the lower-right-hand corner.
Exhale for 4.5. Now shift your attention to the lower-left-hand corner.
Tell yourself to relax and smile.
Repeat 3 to 5 times, or as often as you like.
Activists to keep pressure on Shell
Activists in Nigeria have said they will maintain pressure on Royal Dutch Shell over alleged human rights abuses - despite a $15.5m payout by the firm to the families of protesters executed in the oil-rich Niger Delta during the 1990s.
Their promise on Tuesday came a day after the energy giant agreed to settle out of court a lawsuit accusing the firm of complicity in the executions of nine human rights activists in Nigeria's Ogoniland region. Continue reading here
Their promise on Tuesday came a day after the energy giant agreed to settle out of court a lawsuit accusing the firm of complicity in the executions of nine human rights activists in Nigeria's Ogoniland region. Continue reading here
June 9, 2009
Kim Heirston Art Dealer
Kim Heirston was raised in Huntington by her single mother, an employee at Grumman Aerospace. After graduating from Yale, where she flirted with the idea of becoming an actress, Heirston worked at prominent New York galleries like PaceWildenstein and Robert Miller before becoming the director of Stux Gallery in 1989. Although several collectors wanted to back her to open a gallery, she decided instead to begin an advisory business in the early 1990s—and procured her first clients Cindy Shermans and Damien Hirsts at prices that would make current collectors dizzy with jealousy. Continue reading here
June 7, 2009
Omar Bongo President of Gabon Has Died
El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (30 December 1935 – 7 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who had been President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009. After Cuban President Fidel Castro stepped down in February 2008, he became the world's longest serving ruler, excluding monarchies[3] and the longest ruling head of government (but not head of state).
In May 2009, he checked into a clinic in Barcelona, dying in June 2009.source
Siddi
The Siddi, Siddhi, or Sheedi (Urdu: شیدی; Hindi: सिद्दी or शीदि; Gujarati: સિદ્દી) are an Indian and Pakistani ethnic group of Black African descent. The Siddi population is currently estimated to be 20,000-55,000, with Gujarat state of India being the main population center. Siddis are mainly Sufi Muslims, although some are Hindus and some Roman Catholic Christians.
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