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12 ĐIỀU NÊN BIẾT VỀ NGHIỆP 🙏🙏🙏
[12 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT KARMA]

1. KARMA MEANS ACTION. Nghiệp chính là Hành động của bạn.

Nghiệp vận hành trên Nguyên tắc Vàng: “Điều gì bạn đã làm trong quá khứ hoặc đang làm trong hiện tại với kẻ khác sẽ được trả lại trên chính con người bạn trong tương lai.
[Karma works on the modified Golden Rule: “What you have done in the past and are doing now to others will be done to you in the future.”]

2. KARMA IS CAUSE AND EFFECT. Nghiệp là Nhân - Quả.

“Bạn gieo gì gặt nấy” và “Ném đi cái gì nhận về cái ấy”, hai câu này sẽ giúp bạn học cách yêu thương kẻ khác (để còn được nhận về yêu thương, chứ oan oan tương báo đời nào mới chấm dứt).
[“As you sow, so shall you reap” and “What goes around comes around” helps you learn how to love.]

3. KARMA BEGINS AND ENDS IN LOVE. Nghiệp khởi đầu và kết thúc đều bằng tình yêu thương.

Nghiệp dạy bạn cách mang tình yêu thương vào bất kỳ một hoàn cảnh xấu nào để hoá giải các 'ác nghiệp', tạo nên các ‘thiện nghiệp’.
[Karma teaches you how to bring more love into any ‘bad’ situation to create ‘good karma’.]

4. KARMA APPLIES TO EVERYONE EQUALLY. Nghiệp áp vào mọi người một cách bình đẳng.

Hãy biết rằng Nghiệp luôn luôn mang đến mọi sự công bằng. Điều này sẽ giải phóng bạn khỏi cảm giác tức giận, buồn khổ, tổn thương hoặc tiêu cực về bất kỳ điều gì.
[Knowing karma always creates justices frees you from being angry, sad, hurt, or ‘negative’ about anything.]

5. KARMA = WHAT YOU AGREE TO DESERVE. Nghiệp = Những gì bạn xứng đáng nhận lãnh (cả tốt cả xấu).

Để hóa giải nghiệp bạn cần chấp nhận mọi điều xứng đáng xảy đến với mình, dẫu tốt dẫu xấu, bằng cách chuyển hóa các vấn đề của cuộc sống mình theo hướng yêu thương nhiều hơn.
[To transcend karma you need to agree to deserve more by resolving your life’s issues to know more love.]

6. KARMA = FOCUS-ATTITUDE-ATTENTION. Nghiệp = Tập trung – Thái độ - Sự lưu tâm.

Bạn sẽ đạt được những gì bạn xứng đáng đón nhận thông qua sự tập trung vào suy nghĩ, cảm xúc, và hành động của bạn.
[You get what you agree to deserve through the focus of your thoughts, emotions, and actions.]

7. KARMA IS ABOUT TEACHING. Nghiệp là để dạy ta những bài học.

Để chữa lành nghiệp, khi nhìn vào các vấn đề, hãy tìm cho ra những bài bạn cần học, và hoan hỉ chấp nhận nó.
[To heal your karma, seek out the lessons you must learn and come into agreement with doing so.]

8. KARMA IS ABOUT LEARNING. Nghiệp là để học.

Thứ duy nhất đáng gọi là lỗi lầm là khi bạn không rút kinh nghiệm được gì từ những lỗi lầm bạn đã gây ra trong quá khứ (Và dĩ nhiên, trong trường hợp này, bạn sẽ có cơ hội… được trải nghiệm thêm lần nữa, cho đến khi nào bạn ‘học hỏi’ được bài đó mới thôi!)
[The only true error is to fail to learn from your mistakes (of course, you will get another chance).]

9. KARMA CHALLENGES YOU TO CHANGE. Nghiệp thách thức bạn phải thay đổi.

Nghiệp có thể được thay đổi. Nó có thể được hóa giải khi bạn chọn mang yêu thương/từ bi vào mỗi tình huống, hoàn cảnh. Nói nôm na, câu này mang nghĩa: Dùng thương để hóa giải mọi sự.
[Karma can be changed. It can always be transcended when you choose to bring more love in the situation.]

10. KARMA ALWAYS COMES DUE OVER TIME. Nghiệp sẽ đến đòi đúng lúc.

Cho dù mất cả ngàn năm hay chỉ vài giờ là tới ‘lúc nghiệp tới đòi’, thì nghiệp trước sau gì cũng đến, tạo thế cân bằng cho lực bạn đưa ra và phản lực trả về với bạn.
[Whether it takes thousands of years or just a few hours to be realized, karma will be balanced.]

11. KARMA WORKS BY INTENTION. Nghiệp vận hành trên thứ bạn chủ tâm làm.

Nghiệp sẽ ‘xử’ bạn từ chính những gì bạn chủ ý trong lòng khi bạn phát ra ý nghĩ – lời nói – hay hành động mà bạn đã làm.
[What intention was deep inside your heart when you thought-spoke-acted is how karma judges you.]

12. KARMA LEADS TO DHARMA. Nghiệp đưa dẫn tới Pháp.

Pháp: chính là những nguyên tắc bất di bất dịch của cuộc sống.
Nghiệp luôn đưa bạn đến số phận xứng đáng nhất dành cho bạn (sau khi bạn đã lĩnh hội được tất cả những bài học cần học bên trên), gọi là Pháp: một đời sống có mục đích, có chí hướng và có tỏ ngộ nhiều điều hay lẽ phải.
[Karma is always leading you to your best destiny which is Dharma: a life of purpose and enlightment.]

[Gốc tiếng Anh: healpastlife.com]
Chuyển ngữ & Giọng thể hiện: Lê Đỗ Quỳnh Hương

Bạn tâm đắc nhất những mục nào trên đây? Mình thì chấm nhất các ý: Số 3: Nghiệp khởi đầu và kết thúc đều bằng tình thương/tâm từ; Ý số 7: Nghiệp là để dạy ta những bài học; Ý số 8: Nghiệp là để học; và Ý số 9: Nghiệp thách thức ta chịu thay đổi.
https://youtu.be/ssSRe2m_JiU

(10.05.2021 – QH & MayQ Team)
#thamkhao #Nghiep #Karma #QHLD

RAPE JOKES - NOT FUNNY NOW, NOT FUNNY EVER

1. Sexual harassment has been taking place in the schools for years, but only recently has it begun to get the attention it deserves. Some have called such attention as an overreaction to normal teenager behaviour who is going through puberty, but sexual harassment can inflict deep psychological damage on young people. Two recent incidents have made it clear to me that we must put our foot down and do something to stop it.

2. Sexual harassment is not an easy topic of discussion, let alone a joke. Derogatory sexual comments and rape jokes are very dangerous. When one person makes a comment that uses derogatory sexual language, others can use that comment and later repeat it to their friends. These friends will then absorb the comment and circulate the derogatory sexual language in their social circles, thinking that “it is okay” to laugh about it thus perpetuating a cycle that is difficult to break.

3. We are aware that the role of a teacher is to inspire, motivate, encourage and educate learners/students. A recent Malaysian student's tweet about her teacher who had joked and underplayed rape has gone viral. It was said that the teacher also made another sickening comment that “if boys get raped it doesn’t get reported because apparently boys would feel ‘good’ about it”. What’s more shocking is the fact that when the student lodged a report to her counselling teacher in school only to be told that it is “normal” for jokes like this to be made as boys feel alright and girls are often too sensitive and emotional. Instead of getting the justice she deserve, she was sent to the same counselling teacher for a “therapy” session.

4. We must put to an end of labelling rape jokes as “part of our culture.” Rape joke was never part of Malaysia’s culture and will never be. The modern society has belittled the voices of survivors, making conventional discussion very one-sided towards the perpetrators. Schools must take the responsibility for preserving an appropriate learning environment that rest primarily with school administrators. Listen to students when they speak up on any form of sexual harassment or approaches made by their teachers, peers, school personnel or any other members in the school. School staffs must never turn a deaf ear to students’ cries for help.

5. Thank you to the student who gathered every ounce of courage that is in her in making a very daring and bold decision of stepping out and speaking the truth whilst still handling her trauma/shock. Sexual harassment is not something young people need to learn to tolerate. Rather, it must be confronted and stopped so that schools can be a safe and positive space for children to learn. Ignoring the situation can often lead to a cycle of ongoing harassment and victimisation. Calling out on people who commit the “humour” of making a joke out of rape or any kind of violence need more efforts. Stern action must be taken to safeguard the safety of our students in school so that in future, actions like these will not be tolerated and it will be put to an end. We should make the elimination of sexual harassment or derogatory actions our top priority. I hope that the Ministry of Education will take action in engaging relevant authorities to make sure this horrendous practice ends.

AINIE HAZIQAH
EXCO Srikandi BERSATU Malaysia

Turn Up the Intensity

Recently there’s been many mosquitoes in the bathroom, and we were wondering where the source was. Mosquitoes like to breed in areas where there is stagnant water.

Today, we got so annoyed with the non-stop mosquitoes that we looked under a covered up drainage area in the bathroom and it looked gross. We used a light intensity of water to hose the area but nothing came out. After that, I turned up the intensity of the water, and guess what? A huge mass of hair was dislodged and flowed to the drain cover where we could see it!

That was seriously the stuff of nightmares. But it reminded me how many of us just get by with one sermon a week and expect it to be enough.

All this time, we have been using the hose and the shower head, but the intensity of water flowing into the drainage area was just not enough to push the mass of hair out.

When you don’t receive a high enough intensity of God’s word, you get by, but lots of junk builds up in your heart where you can’t see it. It is a cesspool of germs and everything disgusting. Soon, mosquitoes are going to be breeding there and you’ll see them fly out in the form of emotional outbursts, stress, sickness, and all sorts of manifestations of death.

One blast of a high-intensity water stream was able to dislodge the build-up of hair. Perhaps you are just one “focused session of feeding on the water of God’s word” away from your breakthrough. A session whereby you are truly paying attention and seeking the Lord’s power and counsel, without being distracted by your smartphone or something else.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is where God’s power unto salvation is. Receive it—a lot of it, and all the accumulated garbage of wrong beliefs shall be forced out into the light and destroyed once and for all!

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Quỳnh's Share #24: 12 điều nên biết về Nghiệp - QHLD #82
[12 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT KARMA]

1. KARMA MEANS ACTION. Nghiệp chính là Hành động của bạn.

Nghiệp vận hành trên Nguyên tắc Vàng: “Điều gì bạn đã làm trong quá khứ hoặc đang làm trong hiện tại với kẻ khác sẽ được trả lại trên chính con người bạn trong tương lai.
[Karma works on the modified Golden Rule: “What you have done in the past and are doing now to others will be done to you in the future.”]

2. KARMA IS CAUSE AND EFFECT. Nghiệp là Nhân - Quả.

“Bạn gieo gì gặt nấy” và “Ném đi cái gì nhận về cái ấy”, hai câu này sẽ giúp bạn học cách yêu thương kẻ khác (để còn được nhận về yêu thương, chứ oan oan tương báo đời nào mới chấm dứt).
[“As you sow, so shall you reap” and “What goes around comes around” helps you learn how to love.]

3. KARMA BEGINS AND ENDS IN LOVE. Nghiệp khởi đầu và kết thúc đều bằng tình yêu thương.

Nghiệp dạy bạn cách mang tình yêu thương vào bất kỳ một hoàn cảnh xấu nào để hoá giải các 'ác nghiệp', tạo nên các ‘thiện nghiệp’.
[Karma teaches you how to bring more love into any ‘bad’ situation to create ‘good karma’.]

4. KARMA APPLIES TO EVERYONE EQUALLY. Nghiệp áp vào mọi người một cách bình đẳng.

Hãy biết rằng Nghiệp luôn luôn mang đến mọi sự công bằng. Điều này sẽ giải phóng bạn khỏi cảm giác tức giận, buồn khổ, tổn thương hoặc tiêu cực về bất kỳ điều gì.
[Knowing karma always creates justices frees you from being angry, sad, hurt, or ‘negative’ about anything.]

5. KARMA = WHAT YOU AGREE TO DESERVE. Nghiệp = Những gì bạn xứng đáng nhận lãnh (cả tốt cả xấu).

Để hóa giải nghiệp bạn cần chấp nhận mọi điều xứng đáng xảy đến với mình, dẫu tốt dẫu xấu, bằng cách chuyển hóa các vấn đề của cuộc sống mình theo hướng yêu thương nhiều hơn.
[To transcend karma you need to agree to deserve more by resolving your life’s issues to know more love.]

6. KARMA = FOCUS-ATTITUDE-ATTENTION. Nghiệp = Tập trung – Thái độ - Sự lưu tâm.

Bạn sẽ đạt được những gì bạn xứng đáng đón nhận thông qua sự tập trung vào suy nghĩ, cảm xúc, và hành động của bạn.
[You get what you agree to deserve through the focus of your thoughts, emotions, and actions.]

7. KARMA IS ABOUT TEACHING. Nghiệp là để dạy ta những bài học.

Để chữa lành nghiệp, khi nhìn vào các vấn đề, hãy tìm cho ra những bài bạn cần học, và hoan hỉ chấp nhận nó.
[To heal your karma, seek out the lessons you must learn and come into agreement with doing so.]

8. KARMA IS ABOUT LEARNING. Nghiệp là để học.

Thứ duy nhất đáng gọi là lỗi lầm là khi bạn không rút kinh nghiệm được gì từ những lỗi lầm bạn đã gây ra trong quá khứ (Và dĩ nhiên, trong trường hợp này, bạn sẽ có cơ hội… được trải nghiệm thêm lần nữa, cho đến khi nào bạn ‘học hỏi’ được bài đó mới thôi!)
[The only true error is to fail to learn from your mistakes (of course, you will get another chance).]

9. KARMA CHALLENGES YOU TO CHANGE. Nghiệp thách thức bạn phải thay đổi.

Nghiệp có thể được thay đổi. Nó có thể được hóa giải khi bạn chọn mang yêu thương/từ bi vào mỗi tình huống, hoàn cảnh. Nói nôm na, câu này mang nghĩa: Dùng thương để hóa giải mọi sự.
[Karma can be changed. It can always be transcended when you choose to bring more love in the situation.]

10. KARMA ALWAYS COMES DUE OVER TIME. Nghiệp sẽ đến đòi đúng lúc.

Cho dù mất cả ngàn năm hay chỉ vài giờ là tới ‘lúc nghiệp tới đòi’, thì nghiệp trước sau gì cũng đến, tạo thế cân bằng cho lực bạn đưa ra và phản lực trả về với bạn.
[Whether it takes thousands of years or just a few hours to be realized, karma will be balanced.]

11. KARMA WORKS BY INTENTION. Nghiệp vận hành trên thứ bạn chủ tâm làm.

Nghiệp sẽ ‘xử’ bạn từ chính những gì bạn chủ ý trong lòng khi bạn phát ra ý nghĩ – lời nói – hay hành động mà bạn đã làm.
[What intention was deep inside your heart when you thought-spoke-acted is how karma judges you.]

12. KARMA LEADS TO DHARMA. Nghiệp đưa dẫn tới Pháp.

Pháp: chính là những nguyên tắc bất di bất dịch của cuộc sống.
Nghiệp luôn đưa bạn đến số phận xứng đáng nhất dành cho bạn (sau khi bạn đã lĩnh hội được tất cả những bài học cần học bên trên), gọi là Pháp: một đời sống có mục đích, có chí hướng và có tỏ ngộ nhiều điều hay lẽ phải.
[Karma is always leading you to your best destiny which is Dharma: a life of purpose and enlightment.]

[Gốc tiếng Anh: healpastlife.com]
Chuyển ngữ & Giọng thể hiện: Lê Đỗ Quỳnh Hương

Bạn tâm đắc nhất những mục nào trên đây? Mình thì chấm nhất các ý: Số 3: Nghiệp khởi đầu và kết thúc đều bằng tình thương/tâm từ; Ý số 7: Nghiệp là để dạy ta những bài học; Ý số 8: Nghiệp là để học; và Ý số 9: Nghiệp thách thức ta chịu thay đổi.

(20.05.2020 – QH)
#thamkhao #Nghiep #Karma #QHLD

Allen Iverson scored 37 points in his MVP Season vs. Orlando Magic

One of the most controversial Basketball players of all time, Allen Iverson is one of the most loved and hated figures in Basketball. Born Allen Ezail Iverson in Hampton, Virginia, he grew up very poor to a struggling mother and a father who deserted him. Growing up, he was very athletic, playing football and basketball throughout most of his education prior to college. Iverson began focusing on basketball at his mother's insistence, despite wanting to be a football player. He proved to be a talented basketball player. At Bethel High School in Newport News, he began his high school basketball career. He developed a reputation of talking a lot and being uncoachable. To say he had a rough childhood is quite an understatement. On one of his places of residence, he walked through knee-deep sewage daily. During one summer, he witnessed the death of almost ten of his closest friends. Iverson first came to the national spotlight in 1993 in a controversial incident surrounding violent events at a bowling alley in Newport News. While the events that happened there will never be fully known, the generally accepted story is that some white students got into an argument with Iverson and his friends. The first question surrounding the event is whether he started it or if the white kids started it. Also, the question surrounded whether or not he assaulted a white woman by hitting her over the head with a chair. The prosecution insisted that surveillance tapes undoubtedly showed Iverson was the culprit, but in reality the tapes showed nothing conclusive. Two factors did him in at his hearing; first of all, two white people said they saw him assault the girl. Secondly, the judge was from the very conservative southeast Virginia establishment and did not have any sympathy for Iverson, his background or his talent. Seeing that Iverson requested a bench trial, this was crucial to his case. To add fuel to the fire, Allen Iverson flew in for the weekend from a tournament to be in Virginia for his trial. This played into the prosecution's hands and also upset the judge, both of whom saw this as evidence that Iverson did not respect the law. He was sentenced to a 5 -year jail term. This case sparked a tremendous amount of national attention. The case caught the interest of Bill Cosby and Spike Lee, who would be a fan and advocate of Iverson for many years. People all around the Newport News area started a movement to free Allen Iverson. He spent only four months in jail. Governor Douglas Wilder pardoned him. This move all but ended his political career and sparked another controversy. Wilder was also black, and white voters in Virginia viewed this move in a very racist light. Iverson was viewed now in much of white America as essentially a convicted felon who was out of prison only because a black man was governor of his state. Iverson got out conditionally, however. He had to adhere to a curfew and could not play basketball until he got his high school diploma. He could not accept a scholarship to the University of Kentucky but did get a scholarship once he completed his high school education in a learning center. During this time, he received his nickname, the answer. He was called such because his friends said he was the answer to basketball's conformity so to speak, people that conformed to this family friendly image, such as Charles Barkley, Isiah Thomas and most importantly, Michael Jordan, who was a childhood hero of his. He accepted a scholarship to Georgetown where John Thompson coached him. Thompson became somewhat of a father figure to him, but he was hard to manage, and the two had a workable but very turbulent relationship. Iverson completed only two years of his education where he became the top NBA draft pick in 1996. He was drafted by the ailing Philadelphia 76ers in 1996. Iverson is immersed in hip-hop culture. This made him an incredibly controversial figure in basketball. His clothing looked more like a gangster rappers than it did Michael Jordan's. On the court he seemed to embody the gangster rapper's image. He had an arm covering on one arm when he played, and also was one of the first players to have cornrows; a hairstyle up until that time was popular in prison. To make matters worse, he had an incredibly "in your face" style, which did not sit well with older players like Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and others. Jordan said of him when Jordan's Bulls played Iverson's 76ers, that he had no respect for the game. Despite this, no one denied Iverson's talent. He could hustle the ball, could get around even the tallest players. He became known for his fast drives to the baskets and his ability to fake the ball in a move called the crossover. Spike Lee lost respect for him when he turned down his invitation to star in the film He Got Game (1998). As a very pointed move, Lee cast former collegiate rival Ray Allen in the part. The Sixers found themselves suddenly a respectable team. They acquired a new coach, the unusual Larry Brown. As a player in the ABA almost twenty years ago, Brown was also a young outsider fighting the system. Larry Brown now was a button-down-suit-and-tie coach. The two did not get along well at first; in fact, their relationship at best was serviceable. Brown was always unhappy with Iverson for not showing up to practice. Iverson insisted his game was pure inspiration, and he had little need for practice. The two rarely saw eye to eye. He received a tremendous number of awards in his short career. He was named rookie of the year in 1997, and on more than one occasion, he was an All NBA First Team, NBA All Star, was an All Star MVP, and received perhaps what was his crowning achievement to date when he was NBA MVP in 2001. That year, Iverson led his team to the NBA finals, but had a rough ride against Kobe Bryant and 'Shaquille ONeal's Lakers. They lost the championship in game five of the series. It was still quite an achievement because the Sixers had not been to the finals since Dr. J (Julius Erving) and Moses Malone led them to victory over the Lakers in 1983 in a 4-0 sweep. Iverson has over 20 tattoos. Each tattoo is a symbol of his life. One denotes the name of his group of friends he has known since childhood, Cru Thik, another who says the answer, another who is dedicated to his mom who is a strong presence as Sixers games, and many others. He married his high school sweetheart Tawanna Turner and they have two children.

Won the gold medal at World University Games with the US Team in 1995.

Named Big East Rookie of the Year 1995
Named Big East Defensive Player of the Year 1995, 1996.

1st pick in NBA Draft 1996

Was named MVP of the 2000-01 NBA season.

Attended Georgetown University from 1994 to 1996 where he was coached by the legendary John Thompson.

Drafted first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in 96.

Rookie of the Year 1997.
NBA Rookie 1st Team 1997.
Rookie All-star game MVP in 1997.

NBA All Star 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

All Star Game MVP 2001, 2005.

NBA MVP 2001.(Shortest MVP in MVP history)

All NBA First Team 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005.

In 2001, Led the 76ers to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1983 (lost to the LA Lakers in 5 games).

Played for Georgetown University.

Played Quarterback in HS and led his school to state titles in football and basketball his senior year.

Under lifetime contract with Reebok.

Daughter Tiaura (b. 1995), son Allen II, or "Deuce" (b. 1998).

Led the Bethel High School Bruins (Hampton, Virginia) to the 1993 basketball and football state championship; the then-16 year old played point guard and quarterback.

Released a rap album, Slow Motion, with appearances by his friends Ma$e, Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat and Kool-G-Rap.

Georgetown University's all-time leading scorer.

Named after his father, Allen Broughton, who left the family and never married Iverson's mother.

Since 1998, he has hosted the Allen Iverson Celebrity Classic to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Lives on the same street as M. Night Shyamalan.

Wife Tawanna, gave birth to their 3rd child, Isaiah Rahsaan Iverson, the baby weighted 7 lbs. and was born at 9:30 A.M. on August 8, 2003.

He founded the Crossover Foundation.

Allen's third child, son Isaiah Rahsaan, was named for Isiah Thomas and the late Rahsaan Langford, Allen Iverson's close friend who was shot to death in October 2001.

Olympic Bronze Medalist (2004 - Basketball).

He and wife Tawanna welcomed their fourth child, daughter Messiah Lauren Iverson on August 16, 2005 at 11:47 AM, weighing 6 lbs, 12 ounces.

Currently playing for the Denver Nuggets

Video of the latest Hook-Up featuring Allen Iverson with rappers Malice and Pusha T. ESPN The Magazine

One of the most controversial Basketball players of all time, Allen Iverson is one of the most loved and hated figures in Basketball. Born Allen Ezail Iverson in Hampton, Virginia, he grew up very poor to a struggling mother and a father who deserted him. Growing up, he was very athletic, playing football and basketball throughout most of his education prior to college. Iverson began focusing on basketball at his mother's insistence, despite wanting to be a football player. He proved to be a talented basketball player. At Bethel High School in Newport News, he began his high school basketball career. He developed a reputation of talking a lot and being uncoachable. To say he had a rough childhood is quite an understatement. On one of his places of residence, he walked through knee-deep sewage daily. During one summer, he witnessed the death of almost ten of his closest friends. Iverson first came to the national spotlight in 1993 in a controversial incident surrounding violent events at a bowling alley in Newport News. While the events that happened there will never be fully known, the generally accepted story is that some white students got into an argument with Iverson and his friends. The first question surrounding the event is whether he started it or if the white kids started it. Also, the question surrounded whether or not he assaulted a white woman by hitting her over the head with a chair. The prosecution insisted that surveillance tapes undoubtedly showed Iverson was the culprit, but in reality the tapes showed nothing conclusive. Two factors did him in at his hearing; first of all, two white people said they saw him assault the girl. Secondly, the judge was from the very conservative southeast Virginia establishment and did not have any sympathy for Iverson, his background or his talent. Seeing that Iverson requested a bench trial, this was crucial to his case. To add fuel to the fire, Allen Iverson flew in for the weekend from a tournament to be in Virginia for his trial. This played into the prosecution's hands and also upset the judge, both of whom saw this as evidence that Iverson did not respect the law. He was sentenced to a 5 -year jail term. This case sparked a tremendous amount of national attention. The case caught the interest of Bill Cosby and Spike Lee, who would be a fan and advocate of Iverson for many years. People all around the Newport News area started a movement to free Allen Iverson. He spent only four months in jail. Governor Douglas Wilder pardoned him. This move all but ended his political career and sparked another controversy. Wilder was also black, and white voters in Virginia viewed this move in a very racist light. Iverson was viewed now in much of white America as essentially a convicted felon who was out of prison only because a black man was governor of his state. Iverson got out conditionally, however. He had to adhere to a curfew and could not play basketball until he got his high school diploma. He could not accept a scholarship to the University of Kentucky but did get a scholarship once he completed his high school education in a learning center. During this time, he received his nickname, the answer. He was called such because his friends said he was the answer to basketball's conformity so to speak, people that conformed to this family friendly image, such as Charles Barkley, Isiah Thomas and most importantly, Michael Jordan, who was a childhood hero of his. He accepted a scholarship to Georgetown where John Thompson coached him. Thompson became somewhat of a father figure to him, but he was hard to manage, and the two had a workable but very turbulent relationship. Iverson completed only two years of his education where he became the top NBA draft pick in 1996. He was drafted by the ailing Philadelphia 76ers in 1996. Iverson is immersed in hip-hop culture. This made him an incredibly controversial figure in basketball. His clothing looked more like a gangster rappers than it did Michael Jordan's. On the court he seemed to embody the gangster rapper's image. He had an arm covering on one arm when he played, and also was one of the first players to have cornrows; a hairstyle up until that time was popular in prison. To make matters worse, he had an incredibly "in your face" style, which did not sit well with older players like Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and others. Jordan said of him when Jordan's Bulls played Iverson's 76ers, that he had no respect for the game. Despite this, no one denied Iverson's talent. He could hustle the ball, could get around even the tallest players. He became known for his fast drives to the baskets and his ability to fake the ball in a move called the crossover. Spike Lee lost respect for him when he turned down his invitation to star in the film He Got Game (1998). As a very pointed move, Lee cast former collegiate rival Ray Allen in the part. The Sixers found themselves suddenly a respectable team. They acquired a new coach, the unusual Larry Brown. As a player in the ABA almost twenty years ago, Brown was also a young outsider fighting the system. Larry Brown now was a button-down-suit-and-tie coach. The two did not get along well at first; in fact, their relationship at best was serviceable. Brown was always unhappy with Iverson for not showing up to practice. Iverson insisted his game was pure inspiration, and he had little need for practice. The two rarely saw eye to eye. He received a tremendous number of awards in his short career. He was named rookie of the year in 1997, and on more than one occasion, he was an All NBA First Team, NBA All Star, was an All Star MVP, and received perhaps what was his crowning achievement to date when he was NBA MVP in 2001. That year, Iverson led his team to the NBA finals, but had a rough ride against Kobe Bryant and 'Shaquille ONeal's Lakers. They lost the championship in game five of the series. It was still quite an achievement because the Sixers had not been to the finals since Dr. J (Julius Erving) and Moses Malone led them to victory over the Lakers in 1983 in a 4-0 sweep. Iverson has over 20 tattoos. Each tattoo is a symbol of his life. One denotes the name of his group of friends he has known since childhood, Cru Thik, another who says the answer, another who is dedicated to his mom who is a strong presence as Sixers games, and many others. He married his high school sweetheart Tawanna Turner and they have two children.

Won the gold medal at World University Games with the US Team in 1995.

Named Big East Rookie of the Year 1995
Named Big East Defensive Player of the Year 1995, 1996.

1st pick in NBA Draft 1996

Was named MVP of the 2000-01 NBA season.

Attended Georgetown University from 1994 to 1996 where he was coached by the legendary John Thompson.

Drafted first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in 96.

Rookie of the Year 1997.
NBA Rookie 1st Team 1997.
Rookie All-star game MVP in 1997.

NBA All Star 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

All Star Game MVP 2001, 2005.

NBA MVP 2001.(Shortest MVP in MVP history)

All NBA First Team 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005.

In 2001, Led the 76ers to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1983 (lost to the LA Lakers in 5 games).

Played for Georgetown University.

Played Quarterback in HS and led his school to state titles in football and basketball his senior year.

Under lifetime contract with Reebok.

Daughter Tiaura (b. 1995), son Allen II, or "Deuce" (b. 1998).

Led the Bethel High School Bruins (Hampton, Virginia) to the 1993 basketball and football state championship; the then-16 year old played point guard and quarterback.

Released a rap album, Slow Motion, with appearances by his friends Ma$e, Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat and Kool-G-Rap.

Georgetown University's all-time leading scorer.

Named after his father, Allen Broughton, who left the family and never married Iverson's mother.

Since 1998, he has hosted the Allen Iverson Celebrity Classic to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Lives on the same street as M. Night Shyamalan.

Wife Tawanna, gave birth to their 3rd child, Isaiah Rahsaan Iverson, the baby weighted 7 lbs. and was born at 9:30 A.M. on August 8, 2003.

He founded the Crossover Foundation.

Allen's third child, son Isaiah Rahsaan, was named for Isiah Thomas and the late Rahsaan Langford, Allen Iverson's close friend who was shot to death in October 2001.

Olympic Bronze Medalist (2004 - Basketball).

He and wife Tawanna welcomed their fourth child, daughter Messiah Lauren Iverson on August 16, 2005 at 11:47 AM, weighing 6 lbs, 12 ounces.

Currently playing for the Denver Nuggets