YOUTH CORP. INTERNATIONAL

CONGRESSMAN PAYNE YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH 4 ME N OTHERS I THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNCF TORCH OF LIGHTING THE PATHS TO FIGHT THE INJUSTICES IN THIS WORLD, MY MENTOR, N MY FRIEND, I WILL MISS U DEARLY

2012-04-29T22:46:00.000-07:00

HERE2BEABLESSING,
LOCALLY,
SOCIALLY,
NATIONALLY
N GLOBALLY
MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN BOTH SMALL COMMUNITIES N VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS ESPECIALLY IN THE MOTHERLAND IN A BIG WAY
THANKU 4 MENTORING ME , YOUR UNCF TORCH OF LEVELLING THE ACADEMIC PLAYING FIELD IS A TESTIMENT TO YOUR WORK BOTH IN CONGRESS, IN THE HOUSE, N IN THE SENATE, N ALSO WITH THE SULLIVAN PRINCIPLES OF AFRICA AS WELL, SO NOW YOU HAVE JOINED THE IMMORTAL RANKS, OF: CONGRESSMAN MICKEY LEELAND, GOODWILL AMBASSADOR ARTHUR ASHE,

THE BUSINESS SENSE OF REGGIE LEWIS,

THE FORTITUDE OF NOT QUITTING LIKE UPN 9 NEWS POSITIVE CORNER FOUNDER REGGIE HARRIS,

THE BUSINESS ACUMEN OF DR. BRUCE LEWELLYN, THE REFUSE TO QUIT AND LET THE KID HAVE FUN OF MR. GILES SR. FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER OF THE 100 BLACK MEN OF NEW JERSEY,

THE LETS DO IT RIGHT SPIRIT OF CHIEF JOSHUA OF BEDFORD STUVESANT COMMUNITY, THE ALL SEEING EYE S OF SAMMY DAVIS JR, N THE NEW ORLEANS DANCER SENSATION GREGORY HINES ,
THE LETS DO BUSINESS WITH AMERICA Around The World STATUTES OF SEC OF COMMERCE , N DNC CHAIRMAN RON BROWN , THE POJECT MANAGER SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF NAYLOR FITZHUGH N SO MANY OTHERS NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO MENTION HERE AT THIS TIME

OK LORD IS THIS A WORLD-WIDE SMOKE SIGNAL OR A GLOBAL POW-WOW WITH ANOTHER MENTOR OF MINE ANOTHER LOUISIANIAN THE LATE GREAT ATTORNEY JOHNNIE COCHRAN,
ENTERTAINERS EXTRA ORDINAIRE MICHAEL JACKSON, N RAY CHARLES SAID IT BEST GEORGIA, GEORIGA, N YOU ARE ALWAYS ON MY MIND, EVEN CHANGING RADIO, TV N FILM, N MUSIC CAREERS THROUGHT SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS OF THE BLACK MOSES CHIEF ISSAC HAYES, N THE WORK OF SUPPORTING THESPECIAL OLYMPICS OF THE DEEP MELODIOUS VOICE OF "BARRY WHITE" N FOOTBALL LEGEND COLLEGE FOTBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE COACH EDDIE ROBINSON, N BASEBALL LEGENDS JACKIE ROBINSON N JOE BLACK , N FRED SNOWDEN, OF BASKIN- N ROBBINS ,
TBN'S PASTOR I.V. HILL OF CA &PASTOR TIMS OF FLA.

YOU LORD ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A ROYAL COURT OF DECISION-MAKERS IN HEAVEN SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER FOR US ALL TO TAKE NOTE AND RECORD HISTORY, WITH OTHER MENTORS AS THE APOLLO THEATRE NATIVE TEXAN TUSKEGEE AIRMAN PERCY SUTTON, N COLORADO'S TUSKEGEE AIRMAN WILLIAM WALTERS, N EVEN THE LIKES OF TUSKEGEE AIRMAN OSCAR YORK N BRIGADIER GENERAL TUSKEGEE AIRMAN CELES KING , N NEWORLEANS OWN JAZZ BAND 'S LATE GREAT TUBA FATS OF THE OLYMPIA BRASS BAND, THE JAZZ GREAT DOC CHEATAM, N THE NEVER TIRING DRUMMING OF TIP , LOUIE ARMSTRONG'S LEGACY HAS ALSO COME OUT WITH A NEW RELEASE ALL BEFORE THIS SUMMER OLYMPICS A TRUE SEND OFF FOR ALL THESE MEN AND OTHERS SIGNIFY WHAT THE NEWLY RELEASED MOVIE "RED TAILS" IS TRUELY ALL ABOUT, HONOR, COURAGE, INTEGRITY, TRUTHFULNESS, BOLDNESS, I DON'T THINK BOLDFULNESS IS A WORD, OK LETS MAKE IT ONE IN THE SPIRIT OF CONGRESSMAN PAYNE N BROTHER WILLIAM OF NEW JERSEY WH O WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD IN 9-11. MENTORS FROM NEAR AND FAR IT S GOT TO BE IN THE LETTERS OF THAT POWERFUL WORD " MENTORS"

M- MACNIFICENCE,
ENERGY
N-NETWORKS
T-TEACHABLE
O-ORGANIZATIONS
S-SUCCEEDING

HERE2BEABLESSING, LOCALLY , NATIONALLY N GLOBALLY , OK SO WHO'S WRITING THE NEXT ON-GOING FOREVER CHAPTER OF AFRICAN N AFRICAN AMERICAN HEROES, N SHEROES ? THE STUDENTS, FRIENDS, MENTORS, MENTOREES, ASSOCIATES N THE VISIONARIES OF PINMAN OF PINMANWORLD & PINWOMENWORLD(WHITNEY HOUSTON, FLO KENNEDY, QUEEN MOTHER MOORE, ESTHER ROLLES, EARTHA KITT,DR. DOROTHY HEIGHT,LEONTINE PRICE, DR. CORETTA SCOTT KING ETC) PINMAN OUT 4 NOW THAT IS.SEE YA ON THE WEB OR__? GOD WILL FILL IN THAT BLANK HALLELUIAH . AMEN

1st Week of BLACK HISTORY invites CHRISTIAN ATHLETES n HOLY SPIRIT-ANNOINTED Entertainers GO2the MIDWEST for Mentoring To Thee Youth during PINMANWORLD'S GLOBAL 29-DAYS BIRTHDAY PARTY

2012-02-02T10:44:00.001-08:00

DID YOU KNOW? THAT ON THIS SUNDAY, ON MARK PINMAN'S BIRTHDAY OF PINMANWORLD/PINWOMENWORLD& THE STUDENTS OF YOUTH CORP. INTERNATIONAL/KBN WE WILL HAVE MORE CHRISTIAN BALL PLAYERS IN THE HOUZE IN INDIANA, THAN WE HAVE EVER HAD, SO GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS TAKE NOTE AND DOCUMENTATE, BECAUSE WE WILL EDUCATE , MOTIVATE N SPIRITUALLY ROCK YOU , IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS IN THIS OLYMPIC N PARAOLYMPIC YR OF 2012 IN THE MONTH OF THIS LEAP YR DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WITH OUR FIRST SITTING BLACK U.S.PRESIDENT, N IN DC AND A STANDING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING TOWERING STATUE FOUNDATION' STATUE STANDING BETWEEN 2 US PRESIDENTS , LOOK AT GOD SHOWING UP N SHOWING OUT, HOLY SPIRIT FALL ON US, JUST IMAGINE THAT THE TUSKEGEE AIRMA'NS PLANES FLYING OVER THE LUCAS STADIUM 4THE SUPER BOWL FLY-OVER N DR. PATTILABELLE, ANNOINTED SONGSTRESS CECE WINANS, N EVEN BROTHERS KIRK FRANKLIN, N SISTER YOLANDA ADAMS DURING THIS SUPER, SUPER ANOINTED SUPERBOWL WEEK, WITH BROTHER COACH/AUTHOR/ NFLMVP COACH OF THE YR TONY GUNGY SO BROTHERS, SISTERS ITS TIME 2 WRITE THOSE BOOKS, N PUBLISH THEM POSITIVE PERIODICALS, (MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, NEWS STORIES), AND DON'T FORGET ON SUPERBOWL SUNDAY AT 9AM C.S.T. THE BROADCAST LIVE IS "WHERE AMERICA GOES TO CHURCH" WHICH AIRS A FEW HOURS B4 THE BIG GAME HERE2BEABLESSING, PINMAN OUT

EXPECT THE BEST

2011-09-15T12:43:00.000-07:00

ANOTHER ROLE MODEL MY FATHER GEORGE HAS GONE 2BEWITH LORD

2011-05-23T06:14:00.000-07:00

Well you possibly heard by now sometime during this weekend my dad GEORGE from NEW ORLEANS, who was living in ALABAMA, has GONE TO BE WITH THE LORD, we have many smiling times togther, sharing stories about family values, career choices and what the OLDE School is all about, teaching kids how to become more respective of THE OLD FOLKS, including our parents, he would rarely complain and is and was very very helpful, and quite observant, a hrad worker, I will miss his many teaching sermons in my life . He is truely a man of VALOR,of HONOR AND OF COURAGE,, I' KNOW HE'S IN A BETTER PLACE, in fact the first week of MAY he made 81 YRS YOUNG & very active in the church life with 6 beautiful children, OK GEORGE OK DAD, I will continue to listen to the advice that you have inputted, and focused in my life, with our grandfather stories you tell us about with the ALUMNI of Both XAVIER UNIVERSITY ,TULANE UNIVERSITY, HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE,GRAMBLING,SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. in our family and the uncles and cousins ALUMNI of T.S.U.& PRAIRIE VIEW, University of Texas &THE NAFEO Community just to name a few. THANKS AGAIN 4 being there at all times including when mom was in the hospital, I treasure our talks in LOUISIANA, I will surely miss you & have always loved you
NOW you are A HANDYMAN 4 GOD

HERE2BEABLESSING, YOUR SON

MARK

SO DID Y'ALL FINISH FILING YOUR TAXES OR IS IT TURBO-TAX TIME?

2011-04-11T11:49:00.000-07:00

SO DID Y'ALL FINISH FILING YOUR TAXES OR IS IT TURBOTAX TIME?

OK SO DID, Y'ALL FINISH FILING Y'ALL TAXES OR IS IT TIME TO GO TO TURBOTAX OR H&R BLOCH,

HERE'S A GOOD OR AN EXCELLENT QUESTION ,SO WHY ARE THERE NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR WHICH ARE INTO THE TAX CONSULTING BUSINESS?ANSWER THERE ARE SO MANY UPDATES, AND SCHEDULE "C"'S AND FORMS, FORMATS, SITUATIONS IT TAKE ALMOST AS LONG AS STUDYING LAW, JUST TO STAY UPDATED ON THE MEANY OR MANY CHANGES WHICH ARE PERIODICALLY ALMOST DAILY UPDATED. OK SO WHATS YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS MOST TIMELY MATTER?CONGRATS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO LOCATE FUNDS TO GET A BUDGET STARTED OR RESTARTED SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BE SHUT DOWN ANY JOBS OR EXTEND THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE, THANKS PRESIDENT OBAMA, WE KNEW WE CAN COUNT ON YOU.ALSO LETS NOT FORGET THE AWESOME NUTRITION AWARENESS PROGRAM OUR FIRST LADY MICHELLE IS DOING TO CORRECT THE WRONGS OF WHAT IS BEING SERVED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR MON-FRIDAY WEEKDAY LUNCHES, THATS RIGHT WE NEED MORE THAN AN APPLE A DAY, YET ITS A GOOD START, NOW CHILDREN, DAD, MOM, PARENTS,GUARDIANS DON'T FORGET MORE GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES, CARROTS, PEARS, ORANGES,N BANANAS TO KEEP THEIR POTASSIUM IN THEIR DIET EVEN ALMOND MILK WILL BE A PLUS, NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDER THOUGH. IT WILL KEEP THEM HEALTHY AND EVEN WEALTHY WISE . AND LETS NOT FORGET OUR WHEAT BREAD, AND WHEAT GERM IN THE CEREALS, AND EVEN PEANUT BUTTER IS AN EXCELLENT PICK ME-UP AND A GOOD OR AN AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF PROTEINS, KEEP DRINKING THE POMEGRANATE, ORANGE,7CRANBERRY JUICES AND EVERY NOW AND THEN HAVE A BLUEBERRY MUFFIN OR A SIDE OF BLUEBERRIES, OR SOME BLUEBERRY/BOYSENBERRY,OR STRAWBERRY PANCAKES TALK TO Y'ALL LATER & STAY AWAY FROM ALL THAT GREASY BUTTER, LORD LORD NO "Lard".IT IS AN ANIMAL BYPRODUCT OR DID YOU KNOW THAT? ourcashspace.com ,www.globalinformationnetwork.com/pinmanworld , www.prelaunchmalaysia.com/pinmanworld THATS THE 411 ON APRIL ONE ONE

HERE2BEABLESSING

PINMAN OUT

SISTER KENDYLL was A TRUE ANGEL

2011-03-05T05:34:00.000-08:00

BROTHERS N SISTERS I AM A MEMBER OF NEW LIGHT CHRISTIAN CENTER CHURCH IN THE CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES & MEMBER OF THE IABFF & SPECIAL OLYMPICS COACH N VOLUNTEER REPRESENTING THE YOUTH

"SISTER KENDYLL WAS A SHINING LIGHT, GOD MUST HAVE NEEDED ANOTHER ANGEL BY HIS SIDE , GOD HE WILL KEEP YOU IN THIS TIME OF ENDEARMENT , SHE WAS ACTUALLY BORN ON THE DAY THAT I WENT IN THE MILITARY SHE IS IN GOD'S ARMY , SHE IS GOD'S ANGEL, WE WILL ALWAYS BE BY YOUR SIDE .

ITS ALL IN HER NAME
KENDYLL

K-KEEN
E-ENERGETIC
N-NATURALLY
D-DEVOTED
Y-YOUTH
L-LOVING
L-LIFESTYLE

I'M REMINDED OF 2 SCRIPTURES IN THE HOLY BIBLE, "The righteousness also, O'GOD is very high, who has done GREAT THINGS: O'GOD who is unto thee, -PSALM 71:19

"YE ARE OF GOD , LITTLE CHILDREN, AND HAVE OVERCOME THEM, BECAUSE GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU , THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD" 1JOHN 4:4

THE PLACE WAS OVERFLOWING WITH LOVE BABY ACTION FAMILY PHOTO POSTERS OVERFLOWED THE PLACE ORCHIDS , OVERFLOWING ABUNDANT YELLOW ROSES OF TEXAS, RED ROSES, WHITE LILLIES, CARNATIONS, GERANIUMS & MANY LARGE AND MINIATURE TEDDY BEARS, CUDDLY BEARS BEARS, PURPLE BEARS, PINK BEARS AFTER ALL PURPLE WAS HER FAVORITE COLOR, THE FAMILY WORE PURPLE AS WELL , & A SONG BY SISTER SHOSHANDA WHICH HAD MANY OF US IN INSPIRATIONAL TEARS TO HANG ON HOLD ON AND GIVE IT TO GOD, AFTER ALL HE IS THE REASON 4 ALL SEASONS, AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP EACH & EVRY DAY BECAUSE MY STRENGTH COMETH FROM THE LORD HE IS OUR PILLAR OF STRENGTH.4 MINISTERS SPOKE.

A HOST OF MANY MULTICOLORED PURPLE & MICKEY MOUSE SHAPED BALLOONS WERE CAST IN THE AIR OUTSIDE BY SOME OF THE KIDS RISING TO THE HEAVENS AS A SPIRITUAL SIGN & PRESENT TO MEET WITH SISTER BABY KENDYLL'S SPIRIT HERE AND W/GOD

WE ARE HERE 2BEABLESSING

FOLLOWING THIS TRIBUTE IS A REPRINT OF A FEW OF THE MANY MESSAGES PROVIDED BY SISTER KENDYLL'S FAMILY

"THERE ARE NO TEARS IN HEAVEN
ONLY BRIGHT & JOYFUL DAYS
TEARS OF YESTERDAY ARE GONE
GOD WIPED THEM ALL AWAY
NO MEMORY OF PAIN LIVES HERE HEARTACHES NEVER COME
STORMS CLOUDS NEVER VISIT EACH DAY BATHED IN SUN
THOUGH TIMES TO PART HAS COME TO PAST PLEASE LAY ASIDE ALL SADNESS
ONE DAY WE'LL
WALK TOGETHER
IN THIS JOYFUL PLACE OF GLADNESS"

"OUR LITTLE ANGEL"
SISTER KENDYLL STRADFORD
GOD GAVE HER TO US ON JUNE 12-2009
"WENT TO PLAY WITH THE ANGELS FEB.24,2011"

MERRY CHRISTMAS N HAPPY NEW YEARS, HOW TO HELP YOUTH CORP. INTERNATIONAL IN 2011, HERE2BEABLESSING

2010-12-22T10:00:00.000-08:00

YCI , SEASON OF GIVING HOW TO HELP?

Many people have asked me both in-person, & amp; on-line, at various meetings around the country how they can contribute? Now this is an excellent question & now we have an excellent answer.
Many people think that donations are just monetary, actually its exempliary, we need fellow education advocates to volunteer time 1.THIS CAN BE THEIR TIME or even flight time(WE DO ACCEPT unused flight miles from various airlines, these flight miles can be used very efficiently covering other kids events across the country & around the world.

We can accept PINS from around the State "POSITIVE STATE OF MIND " that is, pins from around the country, & pins from around the world. AT one time Ihad in my possession 785,000 DIFFERENT PINS, I lost many during the Times of KATRINA and many of my cameras due to 911(911 Rescue Worker Poem " MEMORIAL DAY FROM A 911 RESCUE WORKER")on Poetry.com Some of the many pins can actually be seen as it is documented in The most read Publication of Color around the world on the pages of EBONY MAGAZINE , OCTOBER 1996, at THE REOPENING OF CENTENNIAL PARK it reads"Mark Perez TRADING OLYMPIC PINS".Same page as DEXTER KING, one of THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEGENDARY LEADER DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S SONS & DAVID REID THE OLYMPIC USA BOXER. By the way should you have any additional copies of that OLYMPIC ISSUE with OPRAH, IMAN, PATTI LABELLE, ON THE FRONT COVER, UNUSED or used SPORTS EVENTS tickets, OLYMPIC TICKETS, SPECIAL EVENT TICKETS, GRAND-OPENING past, present,& future that would be an AWESOME BLESSING as well to contribute.

OUR UNIVERSAL GOAL is to have more positive PINS then anyone OR any YOUTH ORGANIZATION in the world, while POSITIVELY representing THE USA especially in THE UPCOMING OLYMPICS YEAR OF 2012.

PINS/ P-I-N-S- Stands 4
P=POSITIVE
I=INTERNATIONAL
N=NETWORKING
S=SOCIETY

WE TRADE PINS INSTEAD OF TRADING GUNS, WE TRADE PINS INSTEAD OF TRADING DRUGS, ESPECIALLY STREET DRUGS, WE TRADE PINS INSTEAD OF NEGATIVE THOUGHTS& NEGATIVE PLANS

WE ARE THE PINMANWORLD &THE PINMANWOMENWORLD &PINWOMENWORLD OF THIS "KEEP IT GREEN & CLEAN" EARTH , SO WE ARE CALLED PINMAN & PINWOMAN GOODWILL AMBASSADORS STARTING LOCALLY & CONTINUING GLOBALLY
LETS PARTNER WITH YOU SOON , START BY REACHING OUT TO YOUR HOME CHURCH, OR SHOULD YOU NOT HAVE ONE FIND ONE , AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE TO GO TO WOULD BE WWW.NEWLIGHT.ORG WE EVEN HAVE CYBERCHURCH & CHILDREN'S CHURCH 4 ALL AGES EVEN TEENAGERS("OUR LIFE")

FROM THE "WHODATNATION" MOVING TO THE "WEDATNATION" and NOW ONWARD & UPWARD TO THE 2-DATNATIONS GROUPS, HERE2BEABLESSING, MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN THIS NEW SEASONS OF GIVING, MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEWYEAR'S ,&WE ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HOLY WORD TO OFFER YOU PRAYERS OF COMFORT WITH TRAVELING GRACES, & THAT NO ADVERSARY , NO ENEMY COMES BE4 U OR BETWEEN U ON THE HIGHWAYS & BIWAYS OF LIFE& ON THE ROADS, HIGHWAYS, CREEKS,THE TRAIN TRAILS, THE TRUCKS, THE SUV'S & THE S-U-B-S-(People do have2 eat on the road right, or is it MCKEDEES OR BK, OR WENDYS OR BBQ 4TH E KIDS, CONSIDER EATING MORE HEALTHY FRUIT N VEGETABLES WHEN U CAN)
&4 ANY WHO IS DEALING WITH A HEALTH CHALLENGE THAT U ARE HEALED IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS' BCUZ BY HIS STRIPES U ARE HEALED' NOW GO FORTH & CLAIM YOUR HEALING U ARE NO LONGER SICK, DISGUSTED, OR BUSTED, CLAIM YOUR VICTORY NOW IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, WE ARE IN TOTAL AGREEMENT 4YOUR HEALING, "CLAIM IT NOW IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS SEE Y'ALL WHEN Y'ALL GET BACK, INTO YOUR ASSIGNED PLACE, & LETS THANK ALL OF THE US TROOPS & OUR ALLIES , FROM FRIENDLY NATIONS WE MEET ALONG THE WAY, SAY A PRAYER FOR ALL SOLDIERS, AIRMEN, SAILORS, MARINES, US COAST GUARD& EVEN THE LIFE GUARDS AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS, BE IT FIREMAN, FIREWOMEN, POLICEMAN, POLICEWOMEN, EMS, & VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS& GO OUT YOU R WAY TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE, WE ARE HERE 4 U IN ANY EMERGENCY 24/7
www.sokule.com/pinmanworld

WE AT YOUTH CORP. INTERNATIONAL, PINMANWORLD & THE STUDENTS & FRIENDS OF YOUTH CORP. INTERNATIONAL, & FRIENDS &STUDENTS OF PINMANWORLD, & FRIENDS AND STUDENTS OF PINWOMENWORLD ARE LOOKING 4WARD TO WORKING WITH YOUR UPCOMING PROJECTS OR ORGANIZATIONS, JUST REMEMBER THESE 4THINGS, 1. "'OUR YOUTH ARE OUR FUTURE LEADERS OF TOMORROW-TODAY"
www.globalinformationnetwork.com/pinmanworld

2.WHEN U VOLUNTEER U HELP AT LEAST 2-3 PEOPLE, ONE OF THOSE 3 U MAY NEVER MEET www.prelaunchmalaysia.com/pinmanworld

3."STAY BLESSED N NOT STRESSED N CONTINUE TO GIVE GOD YOUR BEST
www.globalpowermovie.com

4."IN 2011 WE WILL CONTINUOUSLY RECEIVE THE ANOINTED THOUGHTS & OTHER GIFTS FROM HEAVEN" www.pinmanworld/juiceplus.com

YEP OK HERE IT IS AGAIN ONE LAST TIME IN 2010 , I'LL STILL BELIEVE THIS IN 2011 TOO
"PINMAN RUNS BACKWARDS SO NON-BELIEVERS CAN TURN BACK, OR BOUNCE BACK & ACCEPT JESUS AS THEIR NEWLIGHTN SAVIOUR"

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR'S & WE'LL SEE YOU IN 2011 , OUR GLOBAL PRAYER GROUPS ARE PRAYING FOR YOU 24/7 http://yournight.com/pinmanworld

MAY GOD BLESS YOU , "SEE YOU IN 2011 WHERE NEW DIMENSIONS OF SUCCESS ARE COMING FOR HEAVEN"

PINMAN OUT

21 Ways to Be Inspired- Beliefnet.com

2010-12-13T00:14:00.000-08:00

21 Ways to Be Inspired- Beliefnet.com HERE2BEABLESSING http//yournight.com/pinmanworld www.globalpowermovie.com/pinmanworld
www.globalinformationnetwork.com/pinmanworld ,www.prelaunchmalaysia.com/pinmanworld , www.sokule.com/pinmanworld

Rappin' Teacher Teaches Math

2010-12-09T14:56:00.000-08:00

EXCELLENT LETS TAKE IT TO THE NEXT DIMENSION http://yournight.com/pinmanworld STARTING LOCALLY& CONTINUING GLOBALLY, HERE2BEABLESSING, FROM THE WHODATNATIONS TO THE WEDATNATIONS ONWARD AND UPWARD TOWARDS THE 2-DATNATIONS GROUP, http://www.globalpowermovie.com www.sokule.com/pinmanworld REMEMBER THE YOUTH ARE OUR FUTURE LEADERS OF TOMMOROW -TODAY. PINMAN OUT

Lets CONGRATULATE USHER 4 Giving Back in the South, North ,East&West

2010-12-03T02:08:00.000-08:00

WHEN IN NEW YORK LETS GIVE HATS OFF TO BOTH DR. IAN SMITH & MAURICE DUBOIS,& BROTHER AL ROKER W/NBC 4 SUPPORTING THE KATRINA RELEF 4 RESCUEES IN THE GULF REGION ESPECIALLY IN MY HOME REGION OF NEW ORLEANS INCLUDING USHER'S CAUSE THE NEW LOOK FOUNDATION U CAN EVEN LET THEM KNOW THAT PINMAN SENT THEM, HERE2BEABLESSING, STARTING LOCALLY& CONTINUING GLOBALLY IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, FROM THE WHODATTNATIONS NOW 2THE WEDATNATIONS ON THE ROAD TOWARDS THE 2-DATNATIONS http://yournight.com/pinmanworld ,www.globalpowermovie.com www.globalinformationnetwork.com,

CNN: Stevie Wonder's road to the top

2010-12-02T08:48:00.000-08:00

HERE2BEABLESSING, STARTING LOCALLY&CONTINUING GLOBALLY WHAT A SPECIAL TREAT RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BCUZ MUSIC IS THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE , http://yournight.com/pimanworld,www.gloalpowermovie.com , www.globalinformationnetwork.com
I remember the FIRST TIME I met him in N-A-W-L-I-N-S, at NARM , then again at A GRAMMY'S PARTY IN L.A & IN NEW YORK AT ESSENCE AWARDS & AT THE MILLION MAN MARCH BROTHER STEVIE, HE IS DEFINITELY WHAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE AND VALUE AS A TRUE TREASURE ITS WHAT I CALL ONE OF THE LEGENDARY MUSICAL PIONEERS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FIRST WITH RAY CHARLES & QUINCY JONES& EVEN DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS MELODIC WITH HIS RINGING TONE OF AUTHORITY WHEN HE SPEAKS SOME OF "THE POSITIVE PROFILES IN AMERICA", AN OUTSTANDING GLOBAL ROLE MODEL IN &IT BRINGS HOME WHAT WE MEAN BY REALIZING, AND LEARNING FROM CULTURAL ATERNATIVES TO GROW BOTH SPIRITUALLY AND GIVE BACK WITH THE HUMILITY OF OUR HEROES AND SHEROES OF THE MOTHERLAND MOVING& SPREADING THE WORLDWIDE MESSAGE TO THE OTHER LANDS, WISHING YOU GOD'S BEST IN THIS SEASON OF JOY HAPPINESS, AND REJOICING IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS FOR THIS TIME OF CARING,SHARING& DARING2BEADANIEL, LETS SUPPORT OPERATION SHOEBOX www.samaritanspurse.org & THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS www.specialolympics.org ,HEROESUNDERGOD(H.U.G.) WOUNDED VETERANS, & WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS 4 THE U.S.O.,AVIATIONANGELS.ORG & THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS MUSEUM, THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM & M.S.A.

MAY GOD BLESS U AND YOUR IMMEDIATE AND EXTENDED FAMILIES, AND OF COURSE GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND FELLOW VETERANS SERVING &PROTECTING US NEAR & FAR, WE ARE IN CONSTANT PRAYER 4 YOUR SAFE RETURN WE ARE HERE2BEABLESSING http://newlight.org BCUZ PINMAN RUNS BACKWARDS SO NON-BELEIVERS CAN,MOVE, ACCEPT OR BOUNCE4WARD2 RECEIVE JESUS AS THEIR NEW LIGHT & SAVIOUR LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN.
PINMAN OUT

"DA SAINTS WASN'T WHISTLING DIXIE IN ARLINGTON", OR SHALLWE CHANGE THE NAME TO AIRLINETOWN COWBOYTOWN, SOUNDS LIKE SOME TEXAS STEER REALLY GOT ROPED DIS HERE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, ANGELS ENCAMPED AROUND DA CITY

2010-11-26T03:02:00.000-08:00

DA, "DA "da THE SAINTS put on an ANNOINTED SHOW 4 THEIR GOD-APPOINTED WIN, LIVE& IN LIVING COLOR ON THE LARGEST JUMBO SCREEN IN DA DOMED STADIUM IN DA WORLD COLOR IN ARLINGTON'S NEW COWBOY STADIUM, PIZZA ANYONE TIME TO CHANGE DA FAVORITE SOFT DRINK WHENDA SAINTS COME MARCHING IN TO 'BIG SHOT" ROOT BEER, OR BARQ'S "LET DA GOOD TIMES ROLL" AND YES THEY DID ALL ASK FOR U, HEY LABA, time for some CRAWFISH ETOUFEE & SUM CREOLE GUMBO, REMEMBER ON MONDAY WE HAVE REDBEANS& RICE IN N-A-W-L-I-N-S DATS HOW WE SPELL RELIEF NOT ROLAIDS, HEY BY DA WAY GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS DO WE QUALIFY 4 THE GREATEST WIN AT THE HEAD OF THE ANGELS BEING CAMPED AROUND DA STADIUM EVEN ON JUMBOTRON HMM NOW THEREOH SORRY DAT DER IS A THOUGHT IN DAnew Cowboys Stadium, PINMAN OF PINMANWORLD & PINWOMENWORLD enjoying da'GOD LIFE 4the good life" HERE2BEABLESSING PINMAN OUT

DREW BREES and his PREGAME CHANT! NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

2010-11-19T11:36:00.000-08:00

THE 2010 SUPERBOWL CHAMPION SAINTS PRESENTS TURKEY DAY ON THANKSGIVING in SOUTH TEXAS IN ARLINGTON'S NEW STADIUM 4 ALL LOCAL, NATIONAL & GLOBAL VOLUNTEERS HATS OFF TO ALL OUR FELLOW VETERANS& TROOPS & THEIR FAMILIES sponsored by http://yournight.com/pinmanworld & www.globalpowermovie.com HERE2BEABLESSING STARTING LOCALLY& CONTINUING GLOBALLY IN DA MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS

PINMAN OUT

Baby Panda Born in Atlanta

2010-11-19T09:27:00.000-08:00

HERE2BEABLESSING sponsored by http://yournight.com/pinmanworld , www.globalpowermovie.com LETS ALSO TUNE IN TO THE HEROES SPECIAL EDITION IN LOS ANGELES ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT WHERE CNN IS HONORING ALL THOSE 33 MINERS WHO WERE RESCUED FROM THE COAL MINES LESS THAN 30 DAY AGO TALK WITH YOU SOON, W ALSO HAVE GET CRUNKED 4 JESUS THIS SUNDAY AT 12NOON IN H-TOWN AT NEW LIGHT'S WEST LOCATION TO CLOSE OUT THE YOUNG ADULTS & TEENS CONFERENCE STARTING LOCALLY & CONTINUING GLOBALLY WISHING U GOD'S BEST IN ALL OF YOUR ENDEAVORS PINMAN OUT

PINMANWORLD/PINWOMENWORLD/&YOUTH CORP. INTERNATIONAL JOIVEGGI TALES 4 OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD : Larry and the shoe box surprise

2010-11-18T21:00:00.000-08:00

HERE2BEBLESSING, DATS RIGHT ANIMATION 4 OVER 130 COUNTRIES, COME JOIN US STARTIN LOCALLY & CONTINUING GLOBALLY COME JUMP WITH US IN AND USN/ARMY/MARINES/AIRFORCE/COASTGUARD N PACK SUM SHOE-BOXES, CARE2HELP?

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HAVE A HAPPPY THANKSGIVING , CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST MEDAL OF HONOR AWARDEE PRESENTED BY OUR US.A. COMMANDER-IN CHIEF REPRESESENTING HIS ENTIRE CREW WHICH WAS UNDER ATTACK IN AFGHANISTAN

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November 16, 2010
Soldier Receives Medal of Honor
by American Forces Press Service
President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Honor today to the first living servicemember to receive the distinction for service in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

During a White House ceremony, the commander in chief of what he called "the finest military that the world has ever known" awarded the medal to Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta for heroic action in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley on Oct. 25, 2007.

President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta in a White House ceremony November 16, 2010. Giunta was conducting a patrol as team leader with Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 503rd Infantry in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley when they were ambushed. He received the Medal of Honor for “conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity,” according the citation. Giunta is the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. Photo by Mike Theiler."Since the end of the Vietnam War, the Medal of Honor has been awarded nine times for conspicuous gallantry in an ongoing or recent conflict. Sadly, our nation has been unable to present this decoration to the recipients themselves, because each gave his life, his last full measure of devotion, for his country," Obama said.

"Today, therefore, marks the first time in nearly 40 years that the recipient of the Medal of Honor for an ongoing conflict has been able to come to the White House and accept this recognition in person," the president said.

The Medal of Honor is the highest military award a servicemember can receive for valor in action against a combatant force. Giunta's Medal of Honor is the eighth awarded to troops serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. The previous seven awards all have been posthumous.

"It is my privilege to present our nation's highest military decoration ... to a soldier as humble as he is heroic," the president said. "I'm going to go off script here for a second and just say, 'I really like this guy.'"

Cheers and applause followed.

"When you meet Sal and you meet his family," Obama continued, "you are just absolutely convinced that this is what America is all about. So this is a joyous occasion for me."

During Giunta's first of two tours in Afghanistan, his team leader gave him a piece of advice, Obama said: "You've just got to try to do everything you can when it's your time to do it."

The president then described the events that led to today's medal presentation.

President Barack Obama prays with Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta during a White House ceremony November 16, 2010. Giunta was conducting a patrol as team leader with Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 503rd Infantry in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley when they were ambushed. He received the Medal of Honor for “conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity,” according the citation. Giunta is the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. Photo by Mike Theiler."He was a specialist then, just 22 years old. Sal and his platoon were several days into a mission in the Korengal Valley, the most dangerous valley in northeast Afghanistan," Obama said.

Giunta was serving as a rifle team leader with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment. That October evening, his squad ran into an insurgent ambush.

The platoon's soldiers had spent the day in an overwatch position and were heading back to their base camp. Giunta's squad moved out first and came under enemy fire.

"It was an ambush so close that the cracks of the guns and the whiz of the bullets were simultaneous," the president said. "The Apache gunships overhead saw it all, but couldn't engage with the enemy so close to our soldiers."

When the ambush split Giunta's squad into two groups, he exposed himself to enemy fire to pull a squad mate back to cover. Later, while returning fire and attempting to link up with the rest of his squad, Giunta saw two insurgents carrying away a wounded fellow soldier, Sgt. Joshua C. Brennan.

"Sal never broke stride," Obama said. "He leapt forward, he took aim, he killed one of the insurgents and wounded the other, who ran off. Sal found his friend alive, but badly wounded. He had saved him from the enemy. Now he had to try to save his life."

Giunta provided medical aid to his wounded comrade while the rest of his squad caught up and provided security. Brennan, 22, from McFarland, Wis., died the next day during surgery. A medic, Spc. Hugo V. Mendoza, 29, of Glendale, Ariz., also died.

"It had been as intense and violent a firefight as any soldier will experience," the president said. "By the time it was finished, every member of first platoon had shrapnel or a bullet hole in their gear. Five were wounded, and two gave their lives."

Obama said Giunta is a "low-key guy" who doesn't seek the limelight.

"Your actions disrupted a devastating ambush before it could claim more lives," the president said to Giunta. "Your courage prevented the capture of an American soldier and brought that soldier back to his family. You may believe you don't deserve this honor, but it was your fellow soldiers who recommended you for it."

Obama asked members of Giunta's team from that day who were present at the ceremony to stand and be recognized.

"Gentlemen, thank you for your service," Obama said. "We're all in your debt, and I'm proud to be your commander in chief."

America's highly trained and battle-hardened servicemembers all have one thing in common, Obama said: they volunteer.

"In an era when it's never been more tempting to chase personal ambition or narrow self-interest, they chose the opposite," he said. "For the better part of a decade, they have endured tour after tour in distant and difficult places. They have protected us from danger. They have given others the opportunity to earn a better and more secure life."

Obama quoted something Giunta said shortly after he learned he would receive the Medal of Honor.

Obama said, "Now, I’m going to go off-script here for a second and just say I really like this guy. (Laughter and applause.) I think anybody -- we all just get a sense of people and who they are, and when you meet Sal and you meet his family, you are just absolutely convinced that this is what America is all about. And it just makes you proud. And so this is a joyous occasion for me -- something that I have been looking forward to." Photo by Mike Theiler."'If I'm a hero,' Sal has said, 'Then every man who stands around me, every woman in the military, every person who defends this country is.' And he's right," the president said. "This medal today is a testament to his uncommon valor, but also to the parents and the community that raised him, the military that trained him, and all the men and women who served by his side."

Today's servicemembers represent a small fraction of the nation's population, Obama said.

"But they and the families who await their safe return carry far more than their fair share of our burden. They do it in hopes that our children and grandchildren won't have to," he said. "They are the very best part of us. ... They are why our banner still waves, our founding principles still shine. They are why our country, the United States of America, still stands as a force for good all over the world."

The president stood beside the staff sergeant as the Medal of Honor citation was read, and then fastened the distinctive blue ribbon suspending the medal around Giunta's neck.

Giunta stood at attention as the crowd applauded and cheered. Finally, when the clapping continued without abating, the young man smiled.

Giunta was born Jan. 21, 1985, in Clinton, Iowa, and grew up in Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha, Iowa. His parents, Steven and Rosemary Giunta, live in Hiawatha. He has a younger brother, Mario, and a younger sister, Katie.

Giunta enlisted in the Army in November 2003, and completed basic and infantry training at Fort Benning, Ga. He married Jennifer Lynn Mueller, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, in October 2009.

Giunta completed two combat tours in Afghanistan with the 173rd, from March 2005 to March 2006 and from May 2007 to August 2008. He currently is stationed at the unit's home base near Vicenza, Italy, while the brigade is once more deployed to Afghanistan.

Giunta's wife, parents and siblings accompanied him to the White House for today's medal presentation.

Also attending today's ceremony were First Lady Michelle Obama, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, members of Congress, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, Army Secretary John M. McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr.

Here is the text of Giunta's Medal of Honor citation:

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, March 3, 1863, has awarded, in the name of Congress, the Medal of Honor to Specialist Salvatore A. Giunta, United States Army. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty:

Specialist Salvatore A. Giunta distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, on October 25, 2007.

While conducting a patrol as team leader with Company B, 2d Battalion (Airborne), 503d Infantry Regiment, Specialist Giunta and his team were navigating through harsh terrain when they were ambushed by a well-armed and well-coordinated insurgent force. While under heavy enemy fire, Specialist Giunta immediately sprinted towards cover and engaged the enemy. Seeing that his squad leader had fallen and believing that he had been injured, Specialist Giunta exposed himself to withering enemy fire and raced towards his squad leader, helped him to cover, and administered medical aid. While administering first aid, enemy fire struck Specialist Giunta's body armor and his secondary weapon.

Without regard to the ongoing fire, Specialist Giunta engaged the enemy before prepping and throwing grenades, using the explosions for cover in order to conceal his position. Attempting to reach additional wounded fellow soldiers who were separated from the squad, Specialist Giunta and his team encountered a barrage of enemy fire that forced them to the ground. The team continued forward and upon reaching the wounded soldiers, Specialist Giunta realized that another soldier was still separated from the element.

Specialist Giunta then advanced forward on his own initiative. As he crested the top of a hill, he observed two insurgents carrying away an American soldier. He immediately engaged the enemy, killing one and wounding the other. Upon reaching the wounded soldier, he began to provide medical aid, as his squad caught up and provided security.

Specialist Giunta's unwavering courage, selflessness, and decisive leadership while under extreme enemy fire were integral to his platoon's ability to defeat an enemy ambush and recover a fellow American soldier from the enemy. Specialist Salvatore A. Giunta's extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, Company B, 2d Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, and the United States Army.

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aaAs good as Roy Lewis has been on the field this season, the third-year cornerback is being honored for his contributions off the field – and joining an impressive list of Seahawks who have won the award.

Steve Largent. Jim Zorn. Dave Brown. Eugene Robinson. Mike Tice. Jacob Green. Matt Hasselbeck. Mack Strong. Shaun Alexander. Marcus Trufant.

And now, Roy Lewis.

The third-year cornerback from the University of Washington has become a member of this illustrious group by being selected as the Seahawks’ Man of the Year for 2010. The award is presented annually to the player who goes above and beyond in his charitable and humanitarian work in the community. Lewis is now in the running for the national award, which is named after the late Walter Payton.

His selection caught Lewis by surprise. But then this entire season has been a series of surprises for him. From coach Pete Carroll’s declaration during training camp that the coaches needed to find a way to infuse his energy and skills into the defense, which they have done by featuring him as a slot cornerback in the dime and Bandit packages. To being voted the special teams captain by his teammates prior to the regular-season opener. To this latest honor, which Lewis found out about Monday afternoon when he was summoned to the hallway at Virginia Mason Athletic Center were photos of the past winners are on display.

“Man, this is a surprise,” Lewis said, smiling as he saw the spot where his picture will be added. “But then you guys have been surprising me all year long. It’s just been a year of surprises and this is a really cool deal.”

Lewis, who is in his second season with the Seahawks, emerged from a strong field that also included tight end John Carlson, defensive back Jordan Babineaux, running back Justin Forsett and past winner Trufant – who also are active in the community.

“Just knowing him, what he brings to this team, what he brings to the community, it’s just a positive vibe,” said Maurice Kelly, senior director of player development and a former safety for the Seahawks. “Roy is the most positive person I’ve met.

“He’s always happy. He always comes in and he’s even keeled, he’s positive. He’s everything that you would want in a Man of the Year.”

Lewis’ area of emphasis for his community involvement is children, and it’s in his genes. His mother, Kim Lewis, is an elementary school teacher in Southern California – where Lewis grew up, and grew into a standout athlete at Narbonne High School in Harbor City.

“I’ve just got a soft spot for kids,” Lewis said. “I do the things in the community because when I was younger I didn’t have the opportunity to experience it. There’s just something about kids – just the innocence of them. You can be so much of an influence to a young person, and you never know how much of an impact that can make on their lives and the decisions they make.

“So I appreciate the opportunity. I feel privileged when I go out there and talk to the young kids. I have the opportunity to give back, so why wouldn’t I give back?”

Lewis has been giving since his days at Washington. He was a member of Omega Psi Phi, the same fraternity that Kelly belonged to – as well as teammates Russell Okung, Ben Obomanu and Babineaux; not to mention Bill Cosby.

“Ever since then, I’ve just been on a roll,” Lewis said. “Giving back, some people go out there and some people don’t. For me, it’s just a way to feel like I’m having a positive impact and using the NFL as a vehicle to touch other people’s lives.”

In addition to having his picture added to the Man of the Year hallway, a $1,000 donation will be made in his name to the charity of his choice.

“Give it to the kids,” Lewis told the group that formed his welcoming community in the Man of the Year hallway. “It’s all about the kids.”

The pictures in that hallway comprise a Who’s Who of the best players, and people, in franchise history: Norm Evans (1976), Zorn (1980), Manu Tuiasosopo (1981), Brown (1982), Paul Johns (1983), Jeff West (1984), Tice (1985-87), Largent (1988), Norm Johnson (1989), Green (1990), Robinson (1991-93 and 1995), Brian Blades (1994), Todd Peterson (1996), Rick Tuten (1997), Sam Adams (1998), Jon Kitna (1999-2000), Brock Huard (2001), Trent Dilfer (2002), Hasselbeck (2003), Strong (2004), Alexander (2005), Trufant (2006), Bobby Engram (2007), Patrick Kerney (2008) and Josh Wilson (2009).

And now, the energetic, appreciative and giving Lewis.

“As some coaches say, I’m a the-glass-is-half-full type of guy,” he said. “I’ve always had a positive outlook on life, no matter what.

“There are never bad days, there are only bad moments. And that’s kind of how I live my life, with that approach. Every day is full of sunshine, even when it’s cloudy outside.”

It’s the positive outlook he shares with the students when visits schools on Tuesdays, the players’ “off” day.

“Absolutely, and that’s my whole intention,” Lewis said. “I want to shed some light on those young guys and young women and let them know there are people out there who care about them. And that I’m just as human as they are.”

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LinkedinDiggMixxMySpaceYahoo! BuzzPermalink. Burton B. Roberts, a celebrated former justice and chief administrative judge of State Supreme Court in the Bronx and a larger-than-life model for an irascible judge in Tom Wolfe’s 1987 best-seller, “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” died on Sunday. He was 88.

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Judge Burton B. Roberts, shown in his chambers in 1979, died of respiratory failure on Sunday.

He died of respiratory failure at the Hebrew Home for the Aged in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, where he had lived for the past year, according to a niece, Amy Roberts.

In his courtroom, only Judge Roberts was allowed to be flamboyant. Voluble and blunt, with a fiery temper and a rumbling voice that brooked no nonsense, he drew far more attention — and publicity — than his black-robed colleagues, relentlessly chastising overzealous prosecutors and defense lawyers, and even chiding witnesses he deemed out of line.

Out of court, insulated by 14-year terms, multiparty endorsements and wide voter appeal, he denigrated capital punishment, mandatory sentencing laws, and public officials who criticized rulings in ways he felt were politically motivated intrusions upon the independence of the judiciary.

And he was not above calling the news media or summoning reporters into his chambers — as he had done when he was an assistant prosecutor in Manhattan and the district attorney in the Bronx earlier in his career — to make sure that the facts, and his point of view, were conveyed accurately to the public.

But to many colleagues, there was more to Judge Roberts than met the ear.

“Despite his image as a tough guy, he’s really compassionate,” Fernando Ferrer, the former Bronx borough president, said when Judge Roberts retired at the end of 1998 after 25 years as a State Supreme Court justice, the last 11 as the administrative judge in charge of criminal and civil trial courts in the Bronx.

And he was a hero to some he incarcerated.

“I came before Judge Roberts when I was 16,” said a man who served two years as a youthful offender in the 1980s, graduated from Pace University with honors, became a New York Mercantile Exchange analyst and never forgot a judge who turned his life around.

“He just seemed to care what happened to me,” said the man, who asked not to be identified. “It wasn’t the usual assembly-line type of approach to justice.”

After Judge Roberts retired from the bench, he joined the law firm of Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding, working on civil and criminal cases. He was on the team that defended one of four officers acquitted in the killing of Amadou Diallo, the unarmed West African immigrant who died in a hail of 41 bullets in the Bronx in 1999.

Burton Bennett Roberts was born in New York on July 25, 1922. He earned a bachelor’s degree from New York University in 1943. He joined the Army in World War II and saw action as an infantryman in France and Italy, rescued comrades under fire, was wounded and won the Bronze Star for valor. He earned a law degree at N.Y.U. in 1949 and received a master’s in law from Cornell University in 1953.

He was an assistant prosecutor to the Manhattan district attorney, Frank S. Hogan, from 1949 to 1966, and was once knocked out by a defendant. The man, a robbery suspect who said he was being “framed,” lunged at Judge Roberts in court and punched him behind the left ear. Judge Roberts was unconscious for two minutes, and — although he volunteered — was not allowed to finish the case.

He was a take-no-prisoners prosecutor. Killers, drug dealers, racketeers, even corrupt politicians toppled under his verbal blows. His voice — described by a courthouse wag as a few decibels below the roar of a jet engine — could rise harshly, his face turning beet-red, as he railed before a jury about a defendant’s dastardly wrongdoing.

In 1966, he was recruited by the Bronx district attorney, Isidore Dollinger, to be his chief assistant, and when Mr. Dollinger resigned to run for a judgeship two years later, Judge Roberts became acting district attorney. In 1969, Judge Roberts, a Democrat, won a full four-year term with backing of the Democratic, Republican and Liberal Parties. He built his staff from to 100 prosecutors from 39.

In 1973, he was elected to the court, and over the next 14 years presided over hundreds of cases, including an arson trial and civil proceedings arising from the Happy Land Social Club fire that killed 87 people in 1990, the worst loss of life in a city fire since the Triangle Shirtwaist Company blaze in 1911. Judge Roberts sentenced the arsonist to 25 years to life, and helped negotiate a $15.8 million settlement of civil claims in 1995.

In “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” one of the only admirable figures is Myron Kovitsky, a Bronx judge who refuses to be influenced by the press, the public or publicity-seeking prosecutors. Mr. Wolfe modeled the character after Judge Roberts and dedicated the book to him and one of his former assistants, Edward W. Hayes. In the 1990 film version, the judge’s name was changed to Leonard White, and he was portrayed by Morgan Freeman.

Judge Roberts was a bachelor until 1982, when, at age 59, he married the former Gerhild Hammer. He is survived by his wife; a brother, Charles, of Scarsdale, N.Y.; a niece; and three nephews. Another brother, George, died in 2006.

In 1996, when Gov. George E. Pataki and Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani criticized him for setting bail they considered too low for the accused killer of a police officer, Judge Roberts dismissed their remarks as “the bleatings of public officials who possibly are seeking political advantage.”

In his trademark stentorian rumble, he told a reporter for The New York Times: “The judiciary acts as a ballast on our ship of state, and it prevents the ship from being wrecked on the reefs of inappropriate judgment, and should not be steered by the whims of hysterical opinion.”

He paused to clear his throat.

“You got that?” he

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MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN ALL OF YOUR ENDEAVORS IN THESE LAST 2 MONTHS OF THE YEAR OF COMPLETION OF 2009

PINMAN OUT

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Why sport is such a powerful unifier: Mandela, Shriver

Having been involved with Special Olympics Australia for almost three years now, it was sad to hear recently of the loss of the global movement's founder, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. There has been much said about the amazing things Eunice did during her life, both here in Australia and around the world, and it's a testament to the incredible legacy she has left for people with intellectual disability. Rather than focus on disability, it was Eunice's intention to show what amazing abilities these people have and, through sport, she was able to do so.

I've been fortunate enough to attend a Junior National Games here in Australia in 2008 and the excitement and anticipation that is built up around these events is amazing. Everyone comes together with the common purpose of achieving things others deem impossible and many of the stories created during such events are simply inspiring.

Sport has this amazing capacity to bring people together. While there are certain components within the 'sporting community' that we'd rather forget (a few exceptions to the norm), it is generally able to bring participants, supporters, coaches and volunteers together to share the best of human spirit - particularly in the case of Special Olympics. The difference that simply participating, let alone a gold medal, can make to people who are often marginalised in society is incredible and sport also acts as a form of rehabilitation in this sense, overcoming past challenges and building social support networks. In terms of community building, this is a key element of sport in Australia.

Eunice Shriver was a unique individual in terms of how she was determined to adjust global perspectives around intellectual disability, but there are other stories as well that are just as indicative of the power of sport in bringing people together. You may have heard of the instances during World War I when opposing armies lay down arms on Christmas Day for a game of football - such humanity in amidst the brutally.

Another example is the unification of South Africa around the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Nelson Mandela is no doubt an amazing individual, but his efforts to calm a warring nation through the symbol of the Springboks is remarkable. This documentary from the ESPY Awards is 'shivers-down-your-spine' stuff:

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Posted 10:43 AM November 06, 2009

TRIBUTES SENDING HIM OFF IN A N.O, TRADITION,LET THE TRUMPETS SOUND

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Posted 09:50 AM July 24, 2009

EDHAMPTON , N.O. HOME TRIBUTE FIT FOR A KING, PIONEER, A DEAR FRIEND

WISHING YOU AND THE FAMILY EXTENDED THE VERY BEST, I WILL CONTINUOUSLY CARRY YOUR MENTORING, NOT HURRYING SPIRIT BEING THERE FOR THE YOUTH WHERE EVER I GO, A PROUD PURPLE KNIGHT FROM CLASS OF "79", I UNDERSTAND THIS YEAR MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY CLOSED OUT THE ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL FOR 2009 WITH THE MARCHIN 100 PURPLE KNIGHT BAND, HE WAS ABLE TO WITNESS THE 1ST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE KUDOS AND WELL WISHES TO ALL THAT ATTEND THE MANY TRIBUTES STARTING LOCALLY AND CONTINUING GLOBALLY, ESPECIALLY TONIGHT WITH THE MUSIC TRIBUTE AT MAHALIA JACKSON THEATRE OF PERFORMING ARTS IN NEW ORLEANS WHAT A SUPERB SEND-OFF,FIT FOR A KING AND THE MASS IN HIS OLD NEIGHBORHOOD AT CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH AS HE HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN THE SYMPHONY AND MARCHING BAND COMMUNITY, A TRAIL BLAZER, A STRONG LEADER AND ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATION, NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL ONE OF MY FIRST"POSITIVE PROFILES IN AMERICA, STARTING LOCALLY AND CONTINUING GLOBALLY A THOUSAND THANK YOUS' WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH, MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN ALL OF YOUR ENDEAVORS
WORM (BOOKWORM THAT IS)
THE PROFESSOR
PINMAN OUT

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Posted 09:34 AM July 24, 2009

EDWIN HAMPTON , MY MENTOR, COACH, & MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER& MY FRIEND

MR. EDWIN HAMPTON, WAS LIKE A PRECISE DRILL INSTRUCTOR, LIKE A DOCTOR OF MUSIC,
WE WERE TOGETHER WHEN WE BOTH WERE HONORED AT THE ROSE BOWL PARADE , A FEW YEARS AGO IN SOUTHERN SUNNY CALIFORNIA,

HE WAS A MAN WHO HAS A HEART AS BIG AS HIS MARCHING 100 WHICH HE FOUNDED, THE BEST BAND IN THE LAND,
HE WAS QUITE CARING
, LOVED TO SHARE, AND HAD A JOYOUS LOUD LAUGH,
When he saw something wrong, he would let you know about it, I remember a few times during practice, Iwas in the CHORUS AT THE SCHOOL, AND WE VISITED HIS CLASS,
AND HE THREW HIS BATON IN THE CLASS AT A MOMEN'TS NOTICE IN FRONT OF THE CLASS TO GET A STUDENT'S ATTENTION WHO WASN'T IN TUNE WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON IN CLASS
, YOU MIGHT CALL IT CHIT CHAT,

ALTHOUGH HE DID SPEND MUCH OF HIS TIME WITH HIS STUDENTS,
AND MANY TIMES AFTER BAND PRACTICE YOU CAN SEE HIM WITH A STUDENT HELPING THEM WITH THEIR TROMBONE, NOTE, OR DRUM ROLL, OR TUBA, CLARINET , FLUTE IT DIDN'T MATTER, AND IT ALSO DIDN'T MATTER HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE FOR THE STUDENT TO GET IT RIGHT,

I WILL REALLY MISS HIM, SO SHOULD ANYONE STILL HAVE THE FOOTAGE OF THE ST. AUG MARCHING 100 BAND WITH COACH EDDIE, EDWIN HAMPTON MARCHING IN THE STREETs OF PASADENA WITH THE BAND PLEASE FORWARD IT TO ME SO I CAN POST IT ON OUR PINMANWORLD TRIBUTE STARTING LOCALLY AND CONTINUING GLOBALLY,,

, THE BAND HAS ALSO BEEN IN QUITE A FEW MOVIES AS WELL, AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING NEW ORLEANS BACK ON ITS FEET AFTER, KATRINA, AND HAS PLAYED AT MANY, MANY NFL SAINTS AND COLLEGE GAMES

"YES I'M SUPER PROUD TO BE A PURPLE KNIGHT
,
THIS YR NEXT MONTH WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR 30TH YR CLASS REUNION THE MARCHING 100 HAS ALSO BEEN IN SEVERAL MOVIES AS WELL
,
EDWIN HAMPTON INSPIRED TERRANCE BLANCHARD TO MUSIC EXCELLENCE, WHO WRITES A LOT OF MUSIC FOR SPIKE LEE,
EDWIN HAMPTON KEPT THE FIRE BURNING WITH MENTORING WYNTON MARSAILIS,
AND VICTOR GOINGS AND SO MANY OTHERS TOO COUNTLESS TO MENTION.

HE IS INDEED A MUSIC LEGEND, AND I WILL MISS HIS CONCENTRATED STARE, AND PERFECTIONIST INSTRUCTION TO GET IT RIGHT NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TOOK,

BROTHER EDWIN IT SEEMS GOD HAS ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT FOR YOU IN THE HEAVENS, NOW YOU CAN DIRECT ALL OF THE BANDS OF MUSIC FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE
AND GOD'S GLORY, I GIVE A SOUNDING TRUMPET, DRUM ROLL AND A LOUD TEAR DROP FOR YOU PASSING OUR WAY

WISHING YOU AND THE FAMILY EXTENDED AND LOCAL THE VERY BEAST I WILL CONTINUOUSLY CARRY YOUR MENTORING, NOT HURRYING SPIRIT BEING THER FOR THE YOUTH WHERE EVER I GO

ITS QUITE INTERESTING YOU AND WALTER CRONKITE DECIDED TO MEET UP IN HEAVEN THIS MONTH, OK GODD WHAT ARE YOU PLANNINNG NEXT , RECORDING A NEW ORLEANS MARCHING 100 BAND SYMPHONY WITH THATS THE WAY IT WAS ON JULY21ST, 2009

MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN ALL OF YOUR ENDEAVORS .
PINMAN OUT

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Posted 11:02 AM July 22, 2009

ED HAMPTON, ST. AUG 'S MARCHING100 LEGEND WENT TO BE W/THE LORD

NEW ORLEANS METRO REAL-TIME NEWS

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Edwin Hampton, band director at St. Aug's, dies at 81

by Lolis Eric Elie, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday July 21, 2009, 10:43 PM

Daniel Erath/The Times-Picayune archiveEdwin Hampton 'didn't just teach music. He taught manhood,' former St. Augustine drummer Bernard Johnson said

Legendary band director Edwin Hampton, a beloved community pillar, mentor to thousands of musicians and founder of the iconic St. Augustine High School Marching 100, died Monday night at home in his sleep. He was 81.
Mr. Hampton will forever be remembered for the look and sound of his Purple Knights, the purple-and-gold-clad band members who march each year in Carnival parades. But his contributions to his school and community extended far beyond parades and football halftime shows.
A gallery of photos of Edwin Hampton.
"He didn't just teach music. He taught manhood, " said Bernard Johnson, a professional musician and former St. Augustine drummer. "We practiced, I thought, harder than the football team.

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"We would start Aug. 1, in the heat of New Orleans summer, and we would start at 7 in the morning and go on to the evening."
"He was preparing us for the future beyond St. Aug, " recalled Gregory Davis, one of the founding trumpet players with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. "That discipline, I know, I have carried with me throughout my lifetime."
YouTube videos of the St. Aug's Marching 100.
While his former students remember his impact on their lives, most New Orleanians remember Mr. Hampton's influence on their most cherished holiday: Carnival.
"He founded and led the quintessential New Orleans Mardi Gras marching band. They are just emblematic of all of Mardi Gras, " said Arthur Hardy, publisher of "Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide."
"They were the most imitated band in all of Mardi Gras."
Searching for a style
St. Augustine was founded in 1951 as a Catholic high school for African-American males. Mr. Hampton took over the band in the school's second year.
He had a lofty vision of what a marching band could be. He honed that vision by studying college bands across the country.
At football games, most bands would march into a formation, then stand still while playing the music.
"He wasn't happy with that, " recalled Carl Blouin, a former student who served as assistant director from 1959 to 1992.
Blouin's first year as a teacher at St. Augustine was also the year the band revealed the fruit of its director's studies.
"Mr. Hampton had gone to workshops in the summer. He wanted to instill in us a different style of marching, " Blouin said.
The result was "patterns in motion, " an approach in which band members created complicated formations while marching a precise eight steps every 5 yards. Soon, Mr. Hampton's halftime shows rivaled the games themselves for entertainment value.
"I don't want to get in a fight with the football coach, but I do know a large number of people who go to our games come to hear the music and see the band, " Mr. Hampton said in a 1981 interview.
Such was the band's renown that, in 1967, St. Augustine's band desegregated Carnival, becoming the first black band to march down St. Charles Avenue in the Rex parade.
Though a great honor, marching in previously all-white Carnival celebrations was not without a price.
"Parades used to march through the French Quarter, " Blouin recalled. "That wasn't too pleasant because the people on the balconies would throw things on us and some of the things they threw, you don't drink those things. You know what I mean?"
Band earns accolades
Under Mr. Hampton's direction, the St. Augustine band achieved national renown, performing for Pope John Paul II, eight U.S. presidents, several Super Bowl audiences, the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.
The band was able to march through insults, vile projectiles and roses in part because of the St. Augustine mystique, an unwritten code of conduct and point of pride the band director helped instill in his young musicians.
"The first thing he did was appeal to our integrity, " said Terence Blanchard, the Grammy-winning trumpet player who played in the St. Augustine band in the late 1970s. "He constantly talked about having pride in what you did, having integrity in everything you did."
"Hamp taught us discipline, respect and leadership, " said D'Juan Hernandez, a local businessman who played trombone in the band in the 1980s.
"Those were critical value traits you had to have for him. All he asked of you was to be honest with him and to work hard."
If St. Augustine can be said to have a certain mystique, Mr. Hampton can be said to have exemplified it.
"He was like a legend, " said Michael White, a jazz clarinetist who played in St. Augustine's band from 1968 to 1972.
Someone to look up to
For his students, Mr. Hampton embodied the same kind of authoritative cool they saw in the silver screen detective John Shaft.
"At the time when the Black Power Movement came up and people were looking at 'Shaft' and folks like that, Hamp was like a living legend, " White recalled. "He used to wear the leather jackets and drive gold cars."
This combination of street credibility and no-nonsense teaching defined Mr. Hampton's style.
"This majestic man walked in front of the band with this white beard, and I was just in awe, " said celebrated trumpeter Leroy Jones, who played in the band in the 1970s.
"Mr. Hamp was a disciplinarian, yet he was a gentle man, " Jones recalled. "He would quickly call you a clobber head if you did something you had no business doing."
While always aware of prevailing trends, Mr. Hampton managed to maintain his high musical standards in a changing musical world.
"At a time when bands were starting to play pop music to please the crowd, he played pop music too, but he also emphasized the difficult marches, " White said.
The band's signature tune was the Roland Seitz composition "March Grandioso." Other classic marches in the Marching 100 repertoire included "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite" and "Confidence, " White recalled.
"For a kid to play in a marching band and never play a John Phillips Sousa march is blasphemy, " Mr. Hampton said in a 2004 interview.
In addition to his work at St. Augustine, Mr. Hampton also played piano and saxophone, most notably in the Royal Dukes of Rhythm.
'St. Augustine was his life'
Mr. Hampton was born in Jacksonville, Texas, in 1928. He came to New Orleans to attend Xavier University.
His only child, Tamara Hingle, remembered him as "a very humble man, a very loving and caring man."
Though he was a doting father, "St. Augustine was his life, " Hingle said.
"I talked to him when I took over the band, " said Virgil Tiller, who in 2006 became only the second band director in St. Augustine's history.
"He told me if I was serious about teaching kids music, there were some things I'd have to give up, " Tiller recalled. "It would take over my life."
Mr. Hampton's love for the school continued even after he retired, his daughter said.
"Living with him in the last five years was real rough, " Hingle said. "He was sick. He fought with Alzheimer's disease.
"He was still dedicated to St. Augustine. He was still just wanting to be of assistance to the band, to the school, up until the very day he died."
Mr. Hampton is survived by his daughter and her four children, Yakitha Hingle, Mikell Hingle, Malcolm Hingle and Anthony Hingle.
Funeral arrangements, which are being handled by Rhodes Funeral Home, are not complete.
Lolis Eric Elie can be reached at lelie@timespicayune.com or 504.826.3330.

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Posted by dimdingledon on 07/22/09 at 8:24AM

One of the great contributors to the musical culture of the city and the state. His contributions are greatly appreciated and his musical influence will be greatly missed.

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IT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF THAT 1 NEW YORK MORNING

PINMAN was doing more than scratching his head to understand why THE NEW YORKERS WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF FAA Permission granted PHOTO-OP ABOUT AN AIRFORCE ONE PLANE AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY FLYING LOW OVER THE SKIES OF DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN,

it reminded him of the day he witnessed the DAY THAT CHANGED NEW YORK, AND THE WORLD FOREVER, WHEN in NEW YORK as a GROUND ZERO RESCUE WORKER when we all witnessed the crashing of the 2nd plane into the towers. NOW YOU SEE WHY PINMAN RUNS BACKWARDS FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE CAUSES TO HONOR THOSE FALLEN HEROES,at least 22 personally , including BROTHER WILLIAM CHAPMAN OF THE NY PORT AUTHORITY AND THE FIRE CHIEF OF THE NY FIREDOGS to name 2, THATS RIGHT THE AUTHOR OF THE WELL KNOWN POPULAR POEM "'FALLEN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"

That's quite interesting that neither THE WHITE HOUSE , OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK'S MAYOR was not notified of this PHOTO OOPS,HMMM , heads may not roll this time just yet it certainly turned more than REPUBLICAN HEADS .
HMM WHAT DO YOU KNOW 24 HRS LATER SENATOR SPECTER OF PENNSYLVANIA CHOOSES SMARTLY TO BECOME A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT, OK WHO IS NEXT?

GOV. SARAH PALIN ARE YOU LISTENING? NOW MIGHT BE YOUR CHANCE TO BECOME A REAL REGISTERED DEMOCRAT

CONGRATULATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA CHOOSING A FIRST RESPONDER FOR THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR 2009 TODAY.

AND TOMORROW , ACTUALLY TODAY WE CELEBRATE 100DAYS OF PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA BEING IN THE OVAL OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE, KUDOS TO YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA, WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS AND THE INTERNATIONAL CHURCHES NETWORK , WE ARE CONSTANTLY PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

WISHING YOU GOD'S BEST IN ALL OF YOUR ENDEAVORS

PINMAN OUT

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Posted 12:09 AM April 29, 2009

NY FLY-BY E MORE THAN AN EYEFUL ,CONCERNED NEW YORKERS AFTER 9-11

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Posted 11:43 PM April 28, 2009

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Wishing you GOD'S BEST IN ALL OF YOUR ENDEAVORS

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Posted 07:52 AM April 22, 2009

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Wishing you GOD'S Best in all of your endeavors

PINMAN OUT

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Posted 10:20 AM April 15, 2009

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