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Christmas censors aren’t taking the holiday off

Each December, misguided government officials and fearful corporate executives eliminate...

Each December, misguided government officials and fearful corporate executives eliminate references to Christmas.

Inevitably, people object because the censorship seems so extreme and unnecessary. Amazingly, some deny that this Christmas censorship even exists.

But it does. ESPN recently relented from its initial refusal to broadcast the ad of a St. Louis-area Catholic hospital because it mentioned "the birth of Jesus" and "God's healing message."

As a constitutional attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, I have personally dealt with situations involving public school officials removing lyrics from Christmas carols or refusing to display student artwork because it contained the Nativity scene.

So when I hear someone deny that Christmas censorship happens, I feel like Neil Armstrong hearing someone claim the moon landings were faked. I was there.

It would be more honest (though wrong) if the deniers responded by claiming that the Establishment Clause requires such censorship, or that cultural sensitivity requires companies to ban "merry Christmas" and to order their employees to say only "happy holidays."

Instead, the deniers argue that Christmas censorship does not exist. Maybe they are confused by the vast array of Christmas decorations and music surrounding us each December.

A store festooned in red ribbons and playing "Jingle Bells" frequently eliminates the religious aspects of Christmas while leaving alone the holiday's less offensive secular aspects.

But people object to this suppression of the core meaning of Christmas that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ as the Savior from our sins.

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Flatparty.com launches unique new features in their superior social networking site

Flatparty.com (www.flatparty.com), the uniquesocial networking site, pioneered in two way communication via SMS and E-MAIL in the world of social networking hasrecently launches somenew innovative features in their sitewhich enable customization ofemail template to all users.

This feature enable user to upload pictures or logo of the business and also edit the template to make it more flexible with more personal touch. Introducing email template, two way communications via email become more professional as well as personal. The members started using this template with their pics and business started to reach out to their customers via this email template with their logo uploaded to the template. Anybody can send their Greetings or Wishes to their near and dear ones during forthcoming Christmas and New Year through their own Email Templates. (Please refer to attached templates).

These new features include MyRealm, Forum, Blogs, Polls, Events, etc.apart from the common social networking features like chatting, video & music uploading etc.By adding these new features the site ensures better communication, more interactive and user friendly to both their registered and non-registered members.

MyRealm is an innovative feature that allows a user to create or join groups of the same interest and share contents or information. A mobile number is mandatory for the MyRealm members and there are four types of membership, basic, premium, ultra premium and deluxe. A user can send sms and email to individual or in bulk. In the forum feature, a user can initiatea discussion or debate among the group. Poll is a feature which allows a user to conduct polling and receive opinions.

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Selfie: A Cool Global Trend?

Details Published on Thursday, 26 December 2013 09:22 Written by Siti Nur Sarah Mohd Khir

Najib selfie pictures with Susilo Bambang uploaded in social networking sites, twitter hers. Pic: TwitterIS IT possible that someone in the planet has not yet heard of the word 'Selfie'? 2014 is just around the corner and the word has been hailed as the best word of 2013 by the Oxford Dictionary.

The popularity of 'selfie' is unparalled. Oxford claims that the word has seen usage of almost 150 million times a month. Last year alone, the word, which is a simplistic shortform of "self-potrait" has seen a growth of 17,000 percent.

Who would have thought a non-scientific, most casual reference to recreational photography can be that important of a word?

Selfie words that were hailed as the most popular word of 2013. Pic: blog.oxforddictionaries.comDo you know the story behind 'selfie'?

Interestingly, the word selfie was actually first used in 2002 - well, this was well before today's proliferation of cheap front-facing camera handphones - in an online forum in Australia.

Since then, the narcisstic tendency to document one's self at every opportunity had become rampant, growing almost in tandem with the exponential increase in global social network dependency.

The act of raising your smartphone camera and tilting it at an angle just above the eyeline has become as natural to the human body as walking.

Seeking for attention, teenagers armed with iPhones and Androids with zero regard for ideal camera angles started uploading their bathroom and bedroom poses, for the world to see.

What's more surprising and unexpected is that government dignitaries are also starting to get caught up in the phenomenon.

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