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Inoreader Basic – now with fewer ads

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Users with Basic accounts will probably notice that they are now seeing fewer ads in Inoreader. We’ve taken into account your feedback and drastically reduced the amount of ads you’ll chance upon while using the web platform – in order to both make the user experience better and increase performance.
Starting now, we will not be serving ads in article content on our web platform and we’ve reduced ads in third-party clients by almost 70%. This means you’ll be able to enjoy distraction-free reading and dive into your content with more focus.
Ads are still an important part of making Inoreader sustainable and together with your help we’re trying to find the optimal way of doing this while limiting ads to a sane level. We will try and identify positions that cause reading friction or do not serve their purpose well and eliminate them.
Thanks to all supporting Inoreader by either recommending us to their friends, going for a paid plan or coming back each day and making the community more vibrant!

Patti LaBelle To Light Up Empire State Building For Angel Ball

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On Monday, October 19, the Empire State Building will honor Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research by shining its world-famous tower lights in red and purple to celebrate Angel Ball 2015.

The Angel Ball honors individuals who have made significant humanitarian and philanthropic contributions in support of cancer research and boasts attendees in the fields of business, philanthropy, and society alike for this annual celebration of life, music and the quest for a cure. Performers include Patti LaBelle and OneRepublic, and proceeds from this annual gala benefit blood cancer research.

Patti LaBelle and Denise Rich will “flip the switch” for Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research and light the world-famous Empire State Building’s tower lights in red and purple in honor of Angel Ball 2015 at 12pm on Monday.

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AMERICA/ECUADOR – Spanish missionary in Ecuador turns 100 on World Mission Day

Los Rios – His Exc. Mgr. Bittor Garaygordobil, Bishop Emeritus of Los Ríos , one of the first eight missionary priests of the Basque dioceses of Spain, on October 17 turns 100 on the eve of World Mission Day. He was ordained a priest in 1943, and was sent to the parish of San Pedro de Deusto , and a few years later left for Ecuador as a missionary, where he remained for 34 years.
Until then the missions were entrusted to religious orders or institutes. The thriving atmosphere of religious and priestly vocations of the Basque dioceses was the perfect breeding ground for the evangelizing spirit of the young priests who wanted to leave to evangelize mission lands. Two countries were chosen: Ecuador and Angola.
According to information sent to Fides, the first two missionaries of a group of eight left Madrid on October 12, 1948. The centenary of the birth of Mgr. Bittor Garaygordobil is not just a birthday celebration but also an authentic missionary feast.
Ordained a Bishop in 1964, Mgr. Garaygordobil participated in the Second Vatican Council and worked together with other Latin American Bishops such as Mgr. Leonidas Proaño. Among the topics discussed as a professor and as a missionary is the relationship between economics and the following of Jesus, and the responsibility of all those who share a radically unjust and violent financial system.

Direct from Cuba: Buena Vista Social Club put on historic gig for Obama | Music | The Guardian

The Buena Vista Social Club started as a members’ only venue in the Marianao neighbourhood of the Cuban capital of Havana for musicians and performers based on the island nation between the 1940s and early 1960s. In its heyday the club encouraged and continued the development of traditional Afro-Cuban musical styles such as “son”, which is the root of salsa.In the 1990s, after the club had closed, it inspired a recording made by the Cuban musician Juan de Marcos Gonzalez and American guitarist Ry Cooder with traditional Cuban musicians.After the death of some key members, Cuban singer and dancer Omara Portuondo; guitarist and vocalist Eliades Ochoa; Barbarito Torres, who plays the laud; trumpeter Manuel “Guajiro” Mirabal; and trombonist Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos began spreading Cuban music internationally as The Buena Vista Social Club.

Source: Direct from Cuba: Buena Vista Social Club put on historic gig for Obama | Music | The Guardian

California Right About R-word; Rest of Country Should Follow

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On Sunday Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 30 (AB30) into law, making California the first state to ban the use of the R-word. This action is significant because California is the most populous state in the country and come January 1, 2017, California students will not be subjected to the derogatory slur.

The R-word is to American Indians what the N-word is to African Americans.

Contrary to what some non-Native people choose to believe and perpetuate, the vast majority of American Indians I know oppose the R-word. The Merriam-Webster defines the word as offensive.

Those who want to hold on the R-word love to cite some survey that claims the majority of American Indians approve of the word’s usage. I would love to be presented with the survey’s methodology for data collection. The survey must have been given to a bunch of folks from America’s largest tribe – the Wannabes, who great grandmothers were Indian princesses.

I just don’t believe that survey results.

Surveys can be commissioned and manipulated to deliver desired results for the entity commissioning the survey. The tobacco companies did it in the past when they were attempting to prove second-hand smoke does not injure the non-smoker. The surveys were skewed to deceive the American public by the tobacco industry.

I know the media have a way of finding someone’s uncle Indian Joe, who is eager to get on television to declare he thinks it is an honor when non-Indians use Indians as mascots. Honestly, I feel sorry for the uncle Indian Joe from the Does-Not-Get-It Tribe. He is holding on to a false hope that non-Natives somehow will find it in their hearts to be his friend if he agrees with them.

Native News Online has been a strong advocate to see the R-word retired from sports teams – especially the Washington NFL team since its existence.

Native News Online believes California did the right thing to ban the R-word. Other state legislatures across America should follow the pathway set forth by Sacramento.

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University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Third Annual Native American Film Festival – November 6th – 8th

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OMAHA—The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) hosts the Third Annual Native American Film Festival in Omaha, Nov. 6-8. Festival activities kick off at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Joslyn Art Museum with a screening of Wind Walkersfollowed by a Q&A with actor Rudy Youngblood (Comanche, Cree, and Yaqui) and filmmakers Russell Friedenberg and Heather Rae (Cherokee).

The festival continues at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at UNO’s Roskens Hall, 6001 Dodge St., with a screening of Family Friendly Films and a producing workshop with Rae and Friedenberg. At 1 p.m., attend a screening of First Circle followed by a Q&A with Rae and Friedenberg. At the same time, Youngblood and Friedenberg will conduct an acting workshop. A screening of  Trudell, followed by a Q&A with Rae and Friedenberg, is scheduled for 3 p.m., and a screening of Frozen River at 7 p.m., followed by a Q&A with Rae.

On Sunday at UNO’s Roskens Hall will be a 1 p.m. screening of Rising Voices/Hótȟaŋiŋpi and a 3 p.m. screening of Mother Kuskokwim, followed by a Q&A with Timothy Guthrie and Creighton Backpack Journalism Students.

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