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Invisible Children's #StopKony

Trending in Memphis this morning is a powerful anti-child abduction campaign by the non-profit organization, Invisible Children. A video published Monday, March 5, 2012 titled Kony2012 is causing a stir.       The 30 minute long documentary is a "film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice" says Invisible Children, Inc.     Some groups accuse the organization of over-simplifying the problem.

Eco Expo!

The hugely successful Eco Expo is back with even more exhibitors showing us how to treat our earth more gently with green products, materials, services, and organizations.

Exhibitors will be offering ideas and information, and some will be selling their products and services.

The Expo is Sunday February 5th, 2012 from 11am until 3pm at Temple Israel--1376 East Massey Road...Memphis, TN.

For kids and adults of all ages, there’s something for everyone!

Learn, eat, explore, or just visit with some really nice people.

Remember the proverb, “Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents; it was loaned to you by your children.”

We are working together with our fellow community leaders and congregations of all faiths to help save the planet.

E-mail TIMemphisEcoExpo@msn.com or call Linda Kaplan 482-6473 for more information.

Ole Miss Administrator Shares Expertise

Ole Miss Administrator Shares Expertise

A University of Mississippi senior administrator has become a respected and trusted consultant to the four institutions selected as host sites for the 2012 presidential debates.

Andrew Mullins, chief of staff to the chancellor and assistant professor of education, was recently invited by the Commission on Presidential Debates to meet in Washington with representatives from Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., the University of Denver in Colorado and Centre College in Danville, Ky.

Representatives from Washington University in St. Louis, an alternate institution, were also present.

"The commission asked me to share the University of Mississippi's experience in hosting the 2008 presidential debate," Mullins said. "I spent half a day with them going over the dos and don'ts of hosting the debate.

As election approaches, 'personhood' debate continues

In one day, Mississippi voters will go to the polls for the state's General Election.  With the clock ticking, a monumental ballot measure is still up for debate.

Initiative 26 says, "The term 'person' or 'persons' shall include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof," meaning that the destruction of human embryos would be outlawed.

The measure on Mississippi's General Election ballot Tuesday has been the focus of rallies, town hall meetings and national debate.  Fellow Republicans even put Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour to the fire, after he said he is for the initiative, but voiced safety concerns.

"I am concerned about some of the ramifications on in-vitro fertilization and ectopic pregnancies," said Barbour.

After that comment on MSNBC's Daily Rundown, Barbour later reiterated his position.

TEA Party talks politics

TEA Party talks politics

The area's TEA Party members met this week to talk about the political issues likely to crop during next year's race for the White House, according to The Daily Mississippian.

“We are not part of any national group that we take directives from,” vice chair of the TEA Party of Oxford Ray Garrett said. “We are a purely local group of people that decided we needed to do something to work together to improve government at all levels –– local, state and federal.”... Read More

Mississippians face voter registration deadline

Mississippians face voter registration deadline

Eligible Mississippi voters have until this Saturday, October 8, to register to vote in the November 8 general election.

Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said circuit clerk offices in every Mississippi county will open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday to accommodate procrastinating registrants.

“We elect not only our statewide, legislative, and some county officials, but we also decide three basic constitutional issues this general election,” said Hosemann. “The Personhood, Voter Identification and Eminent Domain initiatives will be on the ballot this General Election.

State elections attract national attention

Mississippi politics have attracted the attention of the Wall Street Journal.

The paper takes a look at the Republican Party’s plan to retake the state House of Representatives for the first time since Reconstruction. If it’s successful, it will be a major turning point in the state’s political history which has been dominated by Democrats for decades.