'Duck Dynasty' star to win first amendment award

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"Duck Dynasty" Star Phil Robertson will receive Citizens United's first amendment award at the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, next weekend in Maryland.

The controversial television star who was suspended for controversial remarks in 2013 has become a hero to conservatives supporting freedom of speech.

"In a time where conservative Christians are under attack by the media and pop culture, Phil Robertson continues to courageously stand by Truth and his convictions," said David N. Bossie, President of Citizens United in a release. "I can think of no better person to present the "Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award" to than Mr. Phil Robertson."

The award is named after Breitbart, former editor of the eponymous site who passed away in 2012. Conservative Radio star Mark Levin received the award last year.

Robertson, a devout Christian, was briefly suspended from the show for remarks he made about homosexuality in GQ magazine.

"It seems like, to me, a vagina---as a man---would be more desirable than a man's anus. That's just me. I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer," he said. "I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical."

After public protest, A&E Networks lifted the ban and let Robertson continue filming the highly successful show based on their lives in Louisiana.

CNN also learned Citizens United's next Freedom Summit will be held in South Carolina this spring. After the success of their Iowa Summit in January, which launched Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's current lead in some polls, the group is aiming to impact the first-in-the-South primary state as well.

The group came into the mainstream during the 2010 Supreme Court case, Citizens United vs. Federal Election Committee, which gave way to the creation of Super Pacs, groups that can take unlimited donations independent of a political candidate or party.

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'Duck Dynasty' star to win first amendment award

'Duck Dynasty' star to CPAC for Breitbart award

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The controversial television star who was suspended for controversial remarks in 2013 has become a hero to conservatives supporting freedom of speech.

"In a time where conservative Christians are under attack by the media and pop culture, Phil Robertson continues to courageously stand by Truth and his convictions," said David N. Bossie, President of Citizens United in a release. "I can think of no better person to present the "Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award" to than Mr. Phil Robertson."

The award is named after Breitbart, former editor of the eponymous site who passed away in 2012. Conservative Radio star Mark Levin received the award last year.

Robertson, a devout Christian, was briefly suspended from the show for remarks he made about homosexuality in GQ magazine.

"It seems like, to me, a vaginaas a manwould be more desirable than a man's anus. That's just me. I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer," he said. "I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical."

After public protest, A&E Networks lifted the ban and let Robertson continue filming the highly successful show based on their lives in Louisiana.

CNN also learned Citizens United's next Freedom Summit will be held in South Carolina this spring. After the success of their Iowa Summit in January, which launched Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's current lead in some polls, the group is aiming to impact the first-in-the-South primary state as well.

The group came into the mainstream during the 2010 Supreme Court case, Citizens United vs. Federal Election Committee, which gave way to the creation of Super Pacs, groups that can take unlimited donations independent of a political candidate or party.

During her run for the Democratic nomination, the group released "Hillary: The Movie", which featured conservative politicians and activists giving their take on Hillary Clinton's record as former first lady and then-senator.

The Supreme Court ruled against the group, which protested bans on advertising it during the 2008 primary season.

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'Duck Dynasty' Star to Receive Free-Speech Award

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Courtesy of A&E Phil Robertson of 'Duck Dynasty'

Fourteen months after he sparked a major controversy for making remarks widely perceived as anti-gay, Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson has been named the recipient of a free-speech award from Citizens United, an organization routinely disparaged by Hollywood liberals.

Robertson will receive the "Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award" at this years Conservative Political Action Conference, which is better known as CPAC and is one of the biggest annual events for prominent movers and shakers on the right.

"When one does not have the freedom to speak out loud and anywhere what one believes, freedom is dead," said Robertson, who is set to receive his award at CPAC on Feb. 27 in National Harbor, Md.

The Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award was created more than a year ago, and the first one went to conservative radio host Mark Levin, given to him last year, also at CPAC.

Email: Paul.Bond@THR.com

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Bitcoin Online Wallet – A Quick Way to Get Started With Bitcoin – Video

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Bitcoin Rush 35 w/ NavajoCoin, CryptoTraders, Tim Frost, ShapeShift, BitcoinJobMarket,TheOpenMinute – Video

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EB66 Levin Keller: Coyno, Bitcoin Bookkeeping, Filing Taxes, Building a Bitcoin Startup in Europe – Video

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Bitcoin frenzy hits Africa

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Story highlights It costs less to send Bitcoins overseas than traditional money In Sub-Saharan Africa, 75% of the population don't have a bank account African services like Beam and BitPesa convert Bitcoin to local currencies Established money transfer players pose a challenge to Bitcoin

CNN Marketplace Africa covers the macro trends impacting the region and also focuses on the continent's key industries and corporations.

Bitcoin -- the world's much talked about cryptocurrency -- is just that. It can't be printed, it can't be directly controlled by governments or central banks, but it can be sent around the world instantly at a low cost.

And in sub-Saharan Africa, where 75% of the population don't have a bank account, experts say the currency could help millions of people pay bills and get to grips with their finances.

Transferring cash via a bank or a Money Transfer Operator (MTOs) like Western Union or MoneyGram can be costly. According to the Overseas Development Institute, the average charge to transfer $200 to Africa using traditional money transfer services is 12%. If you send $200, you pay $24. The ODI added up all the transfers that happen in a year, and found remittance fees cost the African continent $1.8 billion a year.

What if that money could be spent on things, rather than fees?

As Bitcoin is a virtual peer-to-peer currency -- designed to operate on the border-less internet -- the costs of transferring money can be radically cheaper than traditional methods, and the process is much quicker.

"Bitcoin can greatly alter the remittances industry and beyond," says Michael Kimani, who heads the African Digital Currency Association, a Kenya-based group launched last May to promote digital currency technologies. "From seven days [for a transaction to clear] using banks & PayPal, down to 20 minutes speaks volumes."

African examples

Beam is a service in Ghana that converts Bitcoin sent from abroad into the local currency, cedi. Since launching three months ago, it has attracted 30 users who pay a 3% fee on each transaction rather than the average 12% from traditional transfer services.

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The Nature Of Bitcoin Trading Has Changed And That May Bring Hope

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In any market, price action dominated by traders rather than fundamental factors is a double-edged sword. Bitcoin is no exception to that, but for those whose attachment to virtual currency is more ideological and emotional than practical and financial, it can be frustrating. They see their baby becoming the plaything of traders and despair. That despair, however, could be misplaced based on action in BTC/USD over the last month. There is ample evidence that speculative traders are pushing Bitcoin around, but the longer that continues, the closer we are to achieving something that Bitcoin sorely needs if it is to fulfill its potential: relative stability.

That may seem contradictory to some; I mean, aren't traders the ones causing the extreme volatility? Until recently I agreed and saw the danger in that, but my view has changed based on events in the last few weeks. How can their attentions have the opposite effect and minimize the 20-50 percent moves that have become commonplace? To answer these questions we have to understand the nature of the evidence that traders are currently in control, and why the nature of that control has changed over the last month.

When markets react to fundamentals, they do so freely, with long trends that rarely change until the fundamental picture changes. In conventional forex, for example, if Japan were to unilaterally raise interest rates significantly tomorrow, the Yen would be relatively more attractive to investors. That relative strength would continue until something changed, so the move down in USD/JPY that resulted would be sharp initially and then gradually slow down. Until the BOJ cut rates again or other countries raised them, however, it wouldn't be expected to stop or change direction.

Similarly, when traders are in control initially, all moves are exaggerated. People aren't buying or selling the commodity or currency because they believe in the long term future or failure of it, nor is their motivation any view on the relative worth of that particular instrument. They just perceive weakness in one side or the other of the market and exploit it. At this stage, the big boys rule and can use their muscle to push everybody else around; once smaller traders start to act as a group, however, that situation changes.

A small traders motivation usually comes more from reading a chart and identifying the likelihood of a move and the potential profit/loss ratio of the trade. Those decisions are made based on previous price performance so, inevitably, recognizable points of support and resistance form over time.

Really, when you stop and think, there is very little logic to that. The fact that BTC/USD's post-$1100 bubble low is $170 could be due to any number of factors. It could be that at that time it became clear that major Wall Street investors were committed to a "fully regulated" Bitcoin exchangein partnership with Coinbase changed many peoples fundamental view of the long term future of Bitcoin, and If that were the case there is no reason that $170 would offer resistance in the future. Similarly the fact that the bubble burst at $1100 doesnt mean that there is anything magical about that price either. Despite that, if either of those levels is reached again, we know that it is most likely that $170 would provide support and $1100 would see some serious resistance.

Trading based on past price action is a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy. The fact that people believes other will act prompts them to act and once they do the level holds. Take a look at this chart, for example, from cryptocoinsnews.com.

It is clear that over the last month or so the $200 level has held every time we have been down there. Now, in a shorter term trend it looks like $230 is holding following a run up above $250 and a retracement. As this analysis, again from cryptocoin news, points out, even levels based on metrics more esoteric than simple support and resistance, such as Fibonacci levels and Elliot Wave theory, are becoming significant.

That increasing use of technical points counteracts the danger that I wrote about last month. At that time it seemed that aggressive selling was all in vogue, and there was nothing to stop or counteract that. The increased resistance from technical levels in the last few weeks, however, gives reason for hope. What naturally happens when technicals dominate is that trading ranges narrow over time. Not wanting to miss out, small traders place orders in front of predicted levels and if enough of them do so, strong support is established above the previous level. The same happens with resistance and eventually the overall range narrows.

The evidence suggests that we are at that stage and, assuming no huge news of a fundamental nature, we are entering a period of consolidation. The BTC community should certainly hope so. The longer the currency remains stable and fairly predictable the more likely it becomes that at least one of the major companies now accepting BTC will begin to hold at least some money in the currency rather than instantly exchange for conventional money.

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Comets downed by St. Louis CC

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Ralph Pokorny/Daily Mail/ Cottey's Emily Allen goes up for two late in the second half of Saturday's game with the St. Louis Community College Archers.

The Cottey Comets felt little love during their Valentine's Day game when they fell to the St. Louis Community College Archers at home, 69-46.

The Comets found themselves in a hole early in the game after the Archers hurried to a 13-2 lead, with the Comets attempting few shots in that time. But the Comets found their rhythm and scored the next 11 points to tie the game halfway through the first half.

A late surge by the Archers led to the Comets trailing 28-21 at halftime.

That deficit increased in the second half when the Archers improved on their offense -- scoring 41 points, while hammering the Comets on the glass, in addition to taking advantage of Cottey's personal fouls, with center Emily Allen eventually fouling out.

"We knew coming into it St. Louis was a good team," Comets head coach Stephanie Beason said of the Region's top-seeded Archers.

Earlier in the season, the Comets lost to the Archers on the road by 28 points. Beason said since then her team has focused on things such as rebounding, playing under pressure, getting open and decreasing turnovers.

"I think we did a much better job," Beason said. "But there's always room for improvement."

The Comets have just a few regular season games remaining to continue to improve as they face North Central Missouri College and then MCC- Penn Valley Thursday, both home games for the Comets. Cottey and Penn Valley are both vying for the Region 16 third seed.

Sydney Rose led the Comets with 13 points, while forward Linsey Denney added 11. Deborah Holcomb scored game-high 24 points for the Archers.

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Majan Travels opens its eighth branch four more in the pipeline

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(MENAFN - Muscat Daily) Majan International Agencies of Travel and Tourism opened its eighth branch in Qurm on Monday.

Named Majan World Travel the new branch was inaugurated by Sudhir Sreedharan senior vice president GCC Africa and the Indian subcontinent.

Speaking on the occasion Sreedharan congratulated the staff and said the group is planning to open four more branches in the sultanate.

'Under the guidance and leadership of Shahas Haneef general manager Majan Travels the opening of the branch exhibited the progress of the company and one more step towards its goal of being among the top leaders in the travel industry.'

Haneef said 'Our aim is to provide the best travel services to our esteemed customers. We place a high priority on convenience and ease of access for our customers.'

The new branch is located near the Qurm roundabout.

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Raspberry Pi sales surpass 5 million — now most successful UK computer manufacturer ever

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Its fair to say Raspberry Pi, the super-affordable ARM GNU/Linux computer, has been a massive success. Originally envisaged as a way to get kids coding again as they did in the 1980s and 1990s, the device has found a massive fan base outside of the education system, and has been selling in impressive quantities since its launch in 2012.

The British success story sold more than a million units in its first year, but since then the pace has picked up, and the Raspberry Pi Foundation has just tweeted some staggering news -- it has now sold more than 5 million Raspberry Pis worldwide.

Thats impressive on its own, but its worth pointing out, as a follow-up tweet does, that means that the Raspberry Pi Foundation is now the biggest selling UK computer manufacturer ever -- dwarfing iconic British brands like Sinclair Research -- and with the launch of the new Raspberry Pi 2 that growth is unlikely to show any signs of abating.

In fact, theres a good chance a large portion of the existing Pi owners will be upgrading to the new model (as my colleague Brian Fagioli did). Few people will quibble over spending $35 to get a new Pi thats six times faster than the original, especially as it will be able to run Windows 10.

Perhaps most impressively, the majority of the sales have occurred in the past year, as the company only hit the two million milestone in November 2013.

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