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JANUARY 14, 2018, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: DWAYNE MACK David Satcher, physician, educator, and administrator, was born in Anniston, Alabama, on March 2, 1941 to Wilmer and Anne Satcher.   In 1963 Satcher graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.  He earned a M.D. and Ph.D. in cytogenetics from Case Western Reserve University in 1970. In 1979 Satcher became a professor and later chair of […]

Dr. David Satcher (1941- )

OCTOBER 29, 2017, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: ROBERT FIKES Darren W. McDew was born in Rantoul, Illinois, on September 29, 1960. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in engineering in 1982 from the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. With his officer’s commission, McDew trained as pilot in the 82d Flying Training Wing, Williams Air Force Base, Arizona. He next took combat crew training in the […]

Air Force 4-star General Darren W. McDew

MARCH 25, 2018, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: ERIKA WEBER Vice Admiral David L. Brewer III is 35-year veteran of the United States Navy and former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District in California. Vice Admiral David L. Brewer III is 35-year veteran of the United States Navy and former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District in California. The retired three-star […]

Vice Admiral David L. Brewer III

MARCH 24, 2018, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: BRIAN FARTHING Born January 17, 1942, in Columbus, Georgia, Albert J. Edmonds was a career officer in the United States Air Force who eventually achieved the rank of Lieutenant General. Edmonds graduated from Spencer High School in Columbus and then earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Morris Brown College in 1964 and his master’s degree in counseling psychology from Hampton […]

Lieutenant General Albert J. Edmonds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: MEGAN BRODSKY Air Force General Lester Lyles was born on April 20, 1946, in Washington, D.C. He attended public schools in the district and then in 1968, his Bachelor of Science degree is in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University. While at Howard he joined the Air Force ROTC program and upon graduation in 1968, became a Second Lieutenant […]

General Lester Lyles

Los disturbios raciales en la lucha por los derechos civiles en los 60 en EU, motivados por la misma enajenación que provocó los ataques del 11-S Walter Mosley En La Jornada, pág. 26, 2 de agosto de 2003. Cuando mi padre estaba sentado en nuestra sala oscura deseando poder salir y unirse al tumulto de […]

La ignorancia no es la dicha

NOVEMBER 25, 2017, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: ROBERT FIKES Larry Spencer is a retired Air Force 4-star General who began his military service in 1971 as a eighteen-year-old private.  Spencer was born on August 1, 1954 in Washington, D.C. to Alfonzo Spencer, a disabled career Army mechanic, and Selma Gaines Spencer.  After graduating from Central High School in Prince George’s County, Maryland, […]

4-star retired General Larry Spencer

NOVEMBER 11, 2017, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: ROBERT FIKES Retired 4-star Air Force General Edward A. Rice, Jr. was raised in Yellow Springs, Ohio, the son of Edward A. Rice, Sr., an Air Force major, and Josie Rice. He entered the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he graduated with distinction and a bachelor’s degree in engineering […]

4-star Air Force General Edward A. Rice, Jr.

In a church on the Princes’ Islands of Istanbul, a masterpiece and Byzantine treasure awaited discovery. This unique bilateral post-Byzantine icon of Panagia Eleousa held a peculiar feature: on its reverse side, there was another painted icon from the same time period, which had remained “hidden” for over a century inside a heavy metal box, kept in the Church of Panagia Eleousa on Büyükada/Pringipos. This magnificent, rare, and unique artifact, often regarded as the Byzantine Mona Lisa, has endured through the centuries, conveying numerous historical, social, and artistic messages. With the expertise of a conservator, who tends to it as an art doctor, it has been safeguarded for future generations. Currently, this masterpiece is housed at the Church of Panagia Eleousa in Büyükada/Pringipos, Istanbul.

The “Byzantine Mona Liza” Discovered in Istanbul