Inspirational artist Mali Music teams up with R&B beautyJhene Aikoin the tender video for their collaborative song, Contradiction.
The smoky ballad appears on the soundtrack to Spike Lees controversial flick, Chi-Raq. The Davis Silis-directed visual features the pair in a swanky club supporting each other after experiencing heartbreak in their respective relationships. The clip is intercut with young clubgoers disappearing and leaving chalk-outlined bodies behind.
Every so often music videos can stand for something special and important, Mali told The FADER about the video. Have we become so numb to the senseless violence and other nonsense in this world that people can quickly disappear from our lives we just move on without missing a beat? Its time we wake up and show each other how much we love each other before its too late.
Watch Mali Music and Jhene Aiko spread peace, love and harmony in their new video above.
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Holy Cross Men"s Basketball Earns NCAA Tournament Berth
WORCESTER When senior forward Raquel Scott went down with a career-ending knee injury Dec. 2, the Holy Cross womens basketball team lost its best player, leading scorer and top rebounder.Coach Bill Gibbons appealed to his players Everyone has to step up in her role, Gibbons said, to try to replace Scotts 16 points and nine rebounds per game.Expectations were especially increased for senior center Molly Hourigan.We talked to Molly about her role as a rebounder and scoring inside, Gibbons said. She had to become more of a force on the boards and scoring on the block.The 6-foot-4 Hourigan averaged 9.1 points, 8.8 rebounds and 32 minutes, all career highs, and matched her career high with 77 blocked shots, which ranked third in the Patriot League and is the fourth highest single-season total in Holy Cross history.Overall, Im pretty happy (with how the season has gone), Hourigan said. Its definitely a different role for me and the coaches have helped me define that role as more of an offensive threat and more rebounding and more minutes. I think Ive adjusted to it pretty well. I needed to do it for the team.Hourigan earned All-Patriot League third-team honors. Senior guard Lisa Mifsud and sophomore guard Infiniti Thomas-Waheed were named to the second team.With 10 points and 10 rebounds, Hourigan posted her seventh double-double of the year in HCs regular-season finale at Loyola, but the Crusaders, hoping for a top-four seed and home game in the Patriot League Tournament lost, 58-45, and ended up with the No. 5 seed. HC (13-16, 10-8) plays at No. 4 Lehigh in a quarterfinal Monday night.We definitely wanted a home game, Hourigan said, but weve been good at Lehigh before and we can be again.The Crusaders split with the Mountain Hawks this year, winning at home and losing on the road.While watching tape of HCs thrilling overtime win against Lehigh at the Hart Center, Hourigans performance, especially at the defensive end, stood out to Gibbons. In OT, Hourigan had a rebound, a block, an assist, a steal and two points.She was a force in there, said Gibbons, who switched to a zone defense with Hourigan and four guards in the lineup in the second half. Our zone wouldnt have been as good without her in there blocking shots and intimidating people.Hourigan played behind Emily Parker last year and made 11 starts. She averaged 4.6 points and 5.3 rebounds.This season, shes had 12 double-digit rebounding games, including a career-high 17 against Colgate Jan. 2.Molly, to her credit, has really stepped up, Gibbons said, and just became a better rebounder, a more aggressive rebounder. I have a lot of respect for what shes done.Hourigan, a biology major and excellent student, is a well-respected figure on campus.In addition to being a member of the Holy Cross Leadership Academy and SPUD (Student Programs for Urban Development), a community service organization sponsored by the Chaplains Office, this year Hourigan is serving as co-executive director, along with fellow Holy Cross senior Brendan Healey, of Working for Worcester, the wonderful student-run community initiative that betters recreational areas for the citys children.Working for Worcester was co-founded by HC graduates Jeffrey Reppucci and Derek Kump, both former hockey players, in 2012. Since then, the group has renovated numerous playgrounds, community gardens, schoolyard basketball courts and other spaces.This years project day is April 16, and among the 18 undertakings is building a dance studio at Vernon Hill School, building playgrounds at the Goddard School and at Plumley Village and a basketball court at Union Hill School.Hourigan has been involved with Working for Worcester since she was a freshman.Jeff really inspired me to get more involved with the community, Hourigan said. My freshman year, the basketball team painted hopscotch and four-square games, cleaned up the landscaping and installed monkey bars at Belmont Street Community School. We went back a couple weeks later and saw kids playing out there. That was awesome, and that inspired me to keep volunteering with this great organization and every year Ive had a bigger leadership role.As co-executive director, Hourigan oversees volunteer recruitment, tools and inventory and helps the site developers with site plans.Growing up near Syracuse, N.Y., Hourigan volunteered in food pantries, at the SUNY Upstate Medical University and at a hospice care house.My parents (Ed and Karen) always taught me to give back to the community, Hourigan said, and that carried over here.Hourigan plans to go to medical school and she would like to be a pediatrician.I love working with kids, Hourigan said. The Working for Worcester motto is for the kids. Ive always enjoyed coaching at basketball camps. I think pediatrics would be great for me.Hourigan has not only taken the Jesuit ideal of men and women for others to heart, she has lived it.Gibbons nominated her for a Presidents Volunteer Service Award.She embodies everything we talk about as a program, Gibbons said, giving her all in the classroom, on the court and in the community.Contact Jennifer Toland at jennifer.toland@telegram.com. Follow her on Twitter @JenTandG
Tina Turner Chokes Up When Talking About Robbie - Welcome to Sweetie Pie"s - Oprah Winfrey Network
UPDATED at 5p.m. with more information about the victim.
ST. LOUIS A man who was shot and killed Monday night inside a home near Fairground Park was the grandson of Robbie Montgomery, owner of Sweetie Pies restaurants.
Andre Montgomery, 21, was killed in the shooting about 8 p.m. inside the home in the 3900 block of Natural Bridge Avenue, police said Tuesday.
He had appeared in past seasons on the familys reality TV show, Welcome to Sweetie Pies, on the Oprah Winfrey Network. He graduated in 2013 from McCluer North High School, and the ceremony was featured on the show.
Our hearts are with Miss Robbie, Andres Uncle Tim Norman and the rest of the Sweetie Pies family, OWN President Sheri Salata said in a written statement.
The show also documented Andre Montgomerys transition after struggles in school and moving from Texas to the St. Louis area, as well as a visit to the grave of his father, Andre Montgomery Sr.
I want Andre to become a successful man, Robbie Montgomery said in the episode that included his high school graduation. And now I think he knows whatever he wants to do, if he puts forth the effort, he can do it.
His family could not be reached Tuesday.
A second man was shot and injured Monday night in the confusion after the shooting of Andre Montgomery.
Another man, 22, ran upstairs to help Montgomery after the shooting, police said. That man was armed with a firearm.
A third man who was in the home didnt know the second man was there until he appeared with the gun. The third man opened fire with his own gun because he feared for his safety, police said.
The 22-year-old was taken to a hospital, where he was in critical condition with wounds to the chest and arm, police said.
Police dont know who shot Montgomery, who was pronounced dead at the scene. He had been shot in the head.
Montgomery"s killing was at least the 25th homicide of the year in the city. Authorities asked anyone with information to call CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-8477.
Obama nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court Five things to know about Merrick Garland
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President Barack Obama names Merrick B. Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court. He will replace the seat vacated by Justice Antonin Scalia. USA TODAY
In this April 27, 1995, file photo, Merrick Garland, then the associate deputy attorney general, speaks to the media following the hearing of Oklahoma bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh in El Reno, Okla.(Photo: Rick Bowmer, AP)
WASHINGTON Here are five things you need to know about Merrick Garland, President Obama"s nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia:
Long appellate tenure
He"s served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, a traditional steppingstone to the high court, for 19 years and is now its chief judge.
Past Republican favorite
Several times in the past, he has been touted by Republican senators as the most palatable possible choice (but now they say no chance). In 1997 he was confirmed by the Senate to the appellate bench on a 76-23 vote, which included the backing of 32 Republicans.
Roberts" rsum
Like Chief Justice John Roberts, he went to Harvard Law School, clerked for federal appeals court Judge Henry Friendly, served at the Justice Department, was a law firm partner and wound up on the D.C. Circuit.
Oklahoma City
He managed the 1995 investigation into the Oklahoma City bombing, which at the time was the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil. A year later, he was named to oversee theUnabomber inquiry following the 1996 arrest of Ted Kaczynski.
He"s no Scalia
Friends and colleagues describe him as a low-key, unassuming person who does not seek the limelight, quite unlike the man he would replace, Antonin Scalia. (Good luck with that.)
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The Cast of Pretty Little Liars Takes a Lie Detector Test
(Photo : Photo Credit: Advantage PR) Kara Royster who plays Yvonne Phillips, Toby Cavanaugh"s girlfriend teases some spoilers and reveals whether or not she is team Spoby.
The "Pretty Little Liars" season 6 finale is just a few hours away and we cannot wait! Design & Trend chatted with actress Kara Royster who plays Yvonne Phillips, Toby Cavanaugh"s girlfriend.
Check out our exclusive interview with her as she teases some spoilers and reveals whether or not she is team Spoby.
It was recently revealed that Yvonne had an abortion a few years ago. Will this storyline be explored in the upcoming episodes? Will this impact Yvonne"s relationship with Toby?
I think it was amazing that the show was willing to explore this subject and I think it was handled very well. I think more details could come out about it however, Toby has known about it for a while so I don"t think it will harm their relationship.
Caleb previously teased Toby about building a house for Yvonne and Toby also planned on proposing to his new girlfriend. Will we see anymore engagements or weddings take place this season?
I think that an engagement or wedding could be a big possibility. Toby really loves Yvonne and Caleb and Spencer are growing quite strong. However, with everyone working together in the finale we see if the feelings are still there.
In the upcoming final episode of season 6, we will see Toby and Spencer work together to track down Sara Harvey. How will this impact Yvonne and Toby"s relationship?
I think Spoby working together again will affect our relationship. For the first time, Yvonne is a little insecure and wonders if Toby has unresolved feelings for Spencer.
Were you a fan of "Pretty Little Liars" prior to taking on the role of Yvonne? If yes, were you a Spoby fan or do you think Toby should end up with your character?
I was a huge fan of the show before coming on board. My mother, sister and I would watch every week and discuss our theories. I was a big Spoby supporter, as so many others are, and as a fan I was so surprised I would be the one to come between them. However, with my relationship with Toby and Spencer"s with Caleb progresses, I can really see a future for both couples.
Do you have any theories on who Uber A is? Can you tease whether or not Yvonne will have an interaction with the villainous character?
I think Uber A is someone we never saw coming, a character that is talked about but rarely seen. I would love to see Yvonne interact with the likes of Sara Harvey or even Melissa, in true PLL fashion everyone is a suspect.
Are you ready for the the "Pretty Little Liars" season 6 finale? Tell us how you think it will end in the comment section below.
A dummy US Hellfire missile was mistakenly shipped from Europe to Cuba in 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The inert missile did not contain any explosives, the Journal reported, but there are concerns that Cuba could share the technology with potential US adversaries such as North Korea or Russia.
The Journal report was attributed to anonymous people familiar with the matter.
A US official with knowledge of the situation, who wasnt authorised to speak publicly on the matter and demanded anonymity, confirmed its veracity to the Associated Press (AP).
Related: US-Cuba thaw, one year later: historic breakthroughs, but when will they trickle down?
According to the defense department, the Hellfire is a laser-guided, air-to-surface missile that weighs about 45kg (100lb). It can be deployed from an attack helicopter such as the Apache or an unmanned drone such as the Predator. It is manufactured by Lockheed Martin.
The US official told the AP that Lockheed was authorised to export the dummy missile for a Nato training exercise. The official attributed the shipping error to Lockheeds freight forwarders, and said the US was working with Lockheed to get the device back.
The official said the US did not want any defense technology to remain in a proscribed country, whether that country can use it or not. The official said there is greater concern that Cuba could give more technically advanced countries access to the dummy.
According to the Journal report, the missile was properly shipped to Spain, where it was used in the training exercise. It was then taken on a somewhat roundabout journey through Spain, Germany and France before winding up at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.
From there, it was supposed to have been shipped back to Florida; instead, it was loaded onto an Air France flight to Havana.
US officials have been urging the Cuban government to return the missile, the Journals sources said. The US and Cuba restored diplomatic relations in July 2015 after more than 50 years of hostility.
The Journal reported that the US is also investigating whether the missiles disappearance was a deliberate act of espionage.
Acceptance Speech by Mother Teresa Media Player at Nobelprize org Mother Teresa (Picture: Getty)
Mother Teresa is on the verge of being canonised by the Vatican.
Some might wonder why its taken this long after all, most of us have grown up with tales of her fight against poverty and her general air of goodness.
However, academics at the University of Montreal suggest things are not as they seem.
After analysis of a vast amount of papers about the woman born Anjez Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Macedonia in August 1910, Serge Larive and Genevieve Chenard came to the conclusion that Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was anything but a saint, with her rather dubious way of caring for the sick, her questionable political contacts, her suspicious management of the enormous sums of money she received, and her overly dogmatic views regarding, in particular, abortion, contraception, and divorce.
Mother Teresa to be made a saint
They are far from the first to criticise the saint-in-waitings works.
Christopher Hitchens published The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practicein 1995 and to say he held negative views about his subject is an understatement, to say the least.
He wrote: she was a friend to the worst of the rich, taking misappropriated money from the atrocious Duvalier family in Haiti (whose rule she praised in return) and from Charles Keating of the Lincoln Savings and Loan.
Where did that money, and all the other donations, go?
The primitive hospice in Calcutta was as run down when she died as it always had been she preferred California clinics when she got sick herself and her order always refused to publish any audit.
But we have her own claim that she opened 500 convents in more than a hundred countries, all bearing the name of her own order. Excuse me, but this is modesty and humility?
So what other reasons are there to argue against this imminent sainthood?
Secret baptism of the dying
Mother Teresa believed it a duty to baptise the dying, regardless of their religious beliefs.
Susan Shields, a former member of the Missionaries of Charity, was quoted by Hitchins as saying: Sisters were to ask each person in danger of death if he wanted a ticket to heaven. An affirmative reply was to mean consent to baptism.
The sister was then to pretend that she was just cooling the patients head with a wet cloth, while in fact she was baptising him, saying quietly the necessary words.
Secrecy was important so that it would not come to be known that Mother Teresas sisters were baptising Hindus and Muslims.
Her perception of the poor
Mother Teresa apparently believed that suffering was a gift from G*d.
The problem is not a lack of money the Foundation created by Mother Teresa has raised hundreds of millions of dollars but rather a particular conception of suffering and death.
There is something beautiful in seeing the poor accept their lot, to suffer it like Christs Passion. The world gains much from their suffering, was her reply to criticism, cites Hitchens.
Nevertheless, when Mother Teresa required palliative care, she received it in a modern American hospital.
Mother Teresa blesses a child in 1993 (Picture: AFP/Getty)
Politics and use of charity funds
Aroup Chatterjees book Mother Teresa: The Final Verdictwill also make surprising reading for those who see the missionary as the epitome of goodness.
In it he explains that Mother Teresas friendship with Indira Gandhi and the Congress Party was widely believed to have been behind such assertions as People are happier. There are more jobs. There are no strikes.
This was after the suspension of civil liberties in 1975.
From the Montreal paper: Mother Teresa was generous with her prayers but rather miserly with her foundations millions when it came to humanitys suffering.
During numerous floods in India or following the explosion of a pesticide plant in Bhopal, she offered numerous prayers and medallions of the Virgin Mary but no direct or monetary aid.
On the other hand, she had no qualms about accepting the Legion of Honour and a grant from the Duvalier dictatorship in Haiti.
Millions of dollars were transferred to the MCOs various bank accounts, but most of the accounts were kept secret, Larive says.
Given the parsimonious management of Mother Teresas works, one may ask where the millions of dollars for the poorest of the poor have gone?
The dubious matter of the miracle
Quoting the Montreal paper again:
The miracle attributed to Mother Theresa was the healing of a woman, Monica Besra, who had been suffering from intense abdominal pain.
The woman testified that she was cured after a medallion blessed by Mother Theresa was placed on her abdomen.
Her doctors thought otherwise: the ovarian cyst and the tuberculosis from which she suffered were healed by the drugs they had given her.
The Vatican, nevertheless, concluded that it was a miracle.
Interestingly, Mother Teresa herself had issues with her own faith.
This from a posthumous collection of her personal papers (her request to have them destroyed after her death was roundly ignored). Emphasis is mine:
Lord, my G*d, you have thrown [me] away as unwanted unloved, she wrote in one missive.
I call, I cling, I want, and there is no one to answer, no, no one. Alone. Where is my faith? Even deep down right in there is nothing. I have no faith. I dare not utter the words and thoughts that crowd in my heart.
Some might say that Mother Teresa was simply following the tenets of her religious beliefs and this is a valid point, although one could argue that other religious figures have managed to do with it in a more sensitive fashion.
When I spoke with Catholic friends about writing this piece, they were already well aware of the issues surrounding the potential canonisation and suggested thatif they were to choose a candidate of their own it would be scar Romero, whose story is well worth investigating.
Even the Montreal academics admitted that If the extraordinary image of Mother Teresa conveyed in the collective imagination has encouraged humanitarian initiatives that are genuinely engaged with those crushed by poverty, we can only rejoice.
It is likely that she has inspired many humanitarian workers whose actions have truly relieved the suffering of the destitute and addressed the causes of poverty and isolation without being extolled by the media.
Nevertheless, the media coverage of Mother Teresa could have been a little more rigorous.
So Mother Teresas existence as an icon may well have led to others helping where it is needed, and that can only be a good thing.
But whether she is deserving of sainthood is another matter entirely.
