It's no longer the booming 90's and everyday things look more and more bleak. The economy is less robust and everyone seems to be on edge. In spite of my political beliefs, I often argue with my friends and come to the defense of the current administration.

I explain away current happenings in economic terms as business cycles. Even in biblical days, there were times of plenty and times of little. Grain had to be stored in the time of plenty for when there was none. I believe that the same economic downturn we are now experiencing would have happened even had we had a President Gore. However, the current president and his administration are not helping the situation.

With the aftermath of World War II came the literal marriage and what the Chicago Tribune recently called “the most successful international bonding of all time,” of a young and upcoming superpower and what we now refer to as old nation-states. The alliance produced the Marshall Plan and NATO, fought and won the Cold War and created the most prosperous and peaceful assembly of democracies in history.

This month we have an info-packed e-zine for you. Not only do we have some very interesting articles and news pieces, but we also have a hot personality for you. We have a full page of poems as well in our poetry section, and we still have a great chat at "LIVE CHAT" 24/7. There is always an ongoing debate/discussion at MTU, and we still offer free e-mails.

This month I have prepared a Jamaican favorite. Check it out at "In da Kitchen w/D" above. Then take the time to tell us what you would like to see here at the House of YAD.

We enjoy reading the e-mails, the instant messages and the snail mail. As we are on the last leg of summer, I know I don't have to tell you to enjoy the remaining days. In three weeks it's back to school for me and I am even more excited not only because it's my final year but also because I will be Co-Editor-in-Chief of the NYLS student newspaper. Well, until next time, take care.

One Love,
Dwight

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Born in Queens, New York, Lovari has had dreams and aspirations to "entertain the globe" since the age of five. Always yearning for attention, he landed various roles in school plays and musical productions. After graduating Bayside High School in 1995, Lovari decided to take a short hiatus before attending college to begin a serious embracement into the music industry.

Lovari says, " I went to every club that you can imagine and just studied performer's moves, attitudes, and the way that people reacted to it. I already was unique in my own way and always demanded (and received) attention, but my hunger for more influence yielded me to observe others around me." Thus, he began his own combination of unique fashion and a falsetto-baritone voice. Following his nighttime club ventures, Lovari enrolled in Queens borough Community College to study Music Therapy. He also began to work on his demo and enlisted the help of Lee Evans, known for his remixes of TKA and Affrika Bambatta singles.

This led to more club performances and he eventually ran into a popular impersonator, Frankie Quinones, who brought Lovari's demo to the attention of Freddy Lopez, CEO of E. L. I. Records, who discovered Lovari and landed him a record deal.His single, "These Tears" is written and produced by A Rodriguez and can be found on the compilation album, "ESTILO LIBRE: EL SHOW DE FREDDY LOPEZ"

LOVARI is currently working with Pete O., CEO of DOS Records who is best known for their artist Nick Colon. He may also be working on a project with NAS in the immediate future. Lovari's next single will be called "ALL I WANT IS YOU" and is slated for an October release.

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Beware of the killer "snake head" fish imported from Asia. It can live out of water for up to three days. It can be obtained in China Town, NYC. It is alleged that it eats everything in its path. It's a top level predator. The U.S. governemnet will attempt to destroy those here and ban future import.

>>On February 1, 2019 -- Life as We know it Could Change<<

Reuters reported that a massive asteroid could hit Earth in 17 years' time, destroying life as we know it. The asteroid -- the most threatening object ever detected in space -- is 1.2 miles wide and apparently on a direct collision course with Earth. According to the report an asteroid expert stated that "Objects of this size only hit the Earth every one or two million years."

"In the worst case scenario, a disaster of this size would be global in its extent, would create a meltdown of our economic and social life, and would reduce us to dark age conditions," the expert told Reuters.

But many experts say they are pretty confident this nightmare scenario will not come about. "This thing is the highest threat that has been catalogued." "If it did hit the Earth it would cause a continental-size explosion...but it is a fairly remote possibility." The asteroid -- named 2002 NT7 -- was first detected earlier this month by the United States Linear sky survey program.

Their calculations show it could hit the earth on February 1, 2019. "The impact probability is below one in a million, but because the first impact date is so early -- only 17 years from now -- and the object is very large, it's been rated on the impact risk Palermo Scale as a positive."

>>The Jury With too many G's<<

Miami defense attorney David O. Markus was defending client Roderick Carter last May on weapons charges when he noticed the jury pool. Of the 38 potential jurors, 21 had last names starting with G, a result of the Miami jury selection system, which is done alphabetically. Reportedly, there were 20 or 21 G names-- it went Garcia, Garcia, Garcia, Gonzalez, Gonzalez. It wasn’t hard to miss that all of these names started with G.

Markus argued that his client, who is black, was denied his constitutional right to a jury of his peers because the venire was heavily Hispanic. He eventually persuaded a federal judge to strike the letter-bound jury. During a retrial last month, a more alphabetically diverse jury acquitted his client.

But the case has consequences beyond the ABCs of successful defense work. There are constitutional ramifications regarding the right to a jury of one’s peers.

"The 11th Circuit repeatedly disapproved of the practice of selecting a venire alphabetically," which Miami does, Markus said in a brief. He cited United States v. Eyster, 948 F.2d 1196 (11th Cir. 1991) for admonishing district courts against selecting juries alphabetically. Another case, United States v. Pueblo, 817 F.2d 702 (11th Cir. 1987) chastised the lower court for excluding jurors whose last names began with the letters M through Z. In addition, the case could affect how future juries are seated in the Miami area. After hearing Markus’ argument, the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Miami launched an investigation.

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The British government is set to announce that is it to effectively decriminalise the drug cannabis.

It will be downgraded of from a Class B to a Class C drug -- putting cannabis in the same group as steroids and anti-depressants. Possession of small amounts will no longer be an arrestable offence.

A report published late last year showed cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in the European Union, with at least one in 10 adults in the 15-nation group having used it.

The proportion of adults who had used cannabis ranged from 10 percent in Finland to 20-25 percent in Britain, Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain.

This will free up police resources which will be able to be deployed in the fight against harder drugs.

CNN's European Political Editor Robin Oakley said: "Supporters say police can go after the dealers in hard drugs, like heroin and crack cocaine, much more effectively if they didn't have to bother with comparatively minor offences on smaller soft drugs, like cannabis.

"But some of the drug charities are arguing that cannabis does have such an appeal to people of an addictive nature that it leads them on to harder drugs."

The government's drugs adviser Keith Hellawell resigned in protest at the proposal to reclassify cannabis.