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As promised, here I am on my 50th birthday, 365 days since the last time you saw me. I have walked or run every day for the last year. I'm 17 pounds lighter, significantly healthier and immensely happier than I was a year ago. I have been reminded every day of why we moved here and why our guests love Fernandina so much. It's been a real joy and I don't intend to give it up. In fact, it's really a new beginning for me because I signed up last night for this year's fitness challenge where I intend to add weight training - something that I should have been doing all along.
I'll still be blogging but I'd like to her from you regarding what you'd like me to blog about. And I'll be offering some occassional gift certificate opportunities, as well. To those of you who have offered me encouragement and feedback along the way (and birthday wishes) I can't thank you enough. You've really helped and your support is appreciated. To our guests who have used my blog as a resource for activities, I say "thank you - you get the point". And to my wonderful husband and our wonderful Fairbanks House staff who covered for me on many occassions so that I could get out there, I say "thank you thank you thank you thank you".
So I'm going to open this up for comments. Please be nice but let me know what you'd like to see from here on out. And now, I'm going to follow up this day off that my husband has given me with a very large meal and a ginormous dessert. I'll be answering e-mails tomorrow.
Friday, February 1, 2008
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Arizona Wildcats land top recruit Jalen Tabor
By Arizona Sports
Originally published: Jan 2, 2014 - 4:42 pm
Originally published: Jan 2, 2014 - 4:42 pm
The Arizona Wildcats went head to head with Alabama and came out on top.
Thursday, during the Under Armor All-America Game, cornerback Jalen Tabor announced he had chosen Arizona over Alabama.
Tabor is ranked as the 15th-best prospect in the country by ESPN.com, 24th by Rivals.com, 38th by Scout.com and 53rd by 247Sports.
A 6-foot-1, 188-pound player from Friendship Collegiate Academy in Washington D.C., Tabor told the broadcast crew part of the reason for choosing Tucson was the family atmosphere provided by the football program.
Tabor is one of the highest-rated high school recruits in Wildcats' history, and is the highest-rated of Arizona's 29 commitments for 2014.
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The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and Excelsior Fire District practiced a nighttime rescue operation on Carsons Bay Thursday night. The drill simulated a response to a snowmobiler who had fallen through the ice.
Deputies used a hovercraft and special ice rescue boat to travel about a half mile from the public boat launch on Carsons Bay to the "accident site" just of the southern tip of Big Island.
Many of those wetting lines in the dozens of ice houses along the route came out of their shacks to see what the lights and noise were all about, and deputies and firefighters talked with curious onlookers about the night's activities.
There have been no deaths this season in Minnesota due to thin ice conditions, although fluctuating weather has made ice thickness on Lake Minnetonka and other bodies of water throughout the state unpredictable.
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1st Place: Apple iPod touchWhat can we say about the iPod touch that hasn't already been said? We all know it has a great interface, that the App Store is home to an huge array of quality applications and that the Retina Display is a beautiful thing to behold. The addition of a camera to this generation iPod touch wasn't a surprise and, FaceTime excepted, it's of little use for more than the occasional quick snapshot or video, but its presence is yet another on the long list of features that keep the iPod touch at the head of a class of one.
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2nd Place: Apple iPod nanoIn many ways this generation of iPod nano is a regression. It has a smaller display, doesn't support video playback and no longer has a camera. However, where some will lament the lessened feature set, others will appreciate the size reduction and re-focussed emphasis on making the nano live up to its name and intended purpose as a highly portable player. You'll be paying a premium for the blissfully intuitive touchscreen interface and elegant hardware design, but if you can afford it, the iPod nano is more than a step ahead of the competition.
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3rd Place: Archos 5When we looked at it all the way back in January the Archos 5 Internet Tablet was close to brilliance, but fell short thanks to dodgy firmware. Since then, however, Archos' engineers have worked hard to fix the device's ailments and now the system is an altogether more attractive proposition. Its 4.8in display is a good size for watching video on the go and extensive audio and video codec support means you won't struggle to get files to play.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park just announced that visitation for 2010 was on par with 2009 despite weather extremes, construction, and landslides.
Last year's visitor count at the park's three main entrances was 9,463,538, just below the 9,491,436 count recorded during the park's 75th anniversary in 2009.
Apparently, heavy snows last winter and the heat wave last summer didn't dissuade people from flocking to the Smokies. Neither did the landslide that closed traffic along I-40 from Oct. 2009 through April 2010.
Frontcountry camping was down 2 percent over 2009, and backcounty camping remained flat.
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The enormous record collection of John Peel, the music legend and BBC radio presenter who died in 2004, is being made public through an interactive online archive. The collection consists of over 26,000 LP's, 40,000 singles and thousands of CD's. The online collection will be added to each month starting with 100 albums beginning with the letter 'A'.
Watch a video introduction about the archive or Check out the site here and click on the record crate to access the record collection.
What gems do you see? Add any discoveries or thoughts about Peel or the collection in the comments below.
This from the Guardian:
Every week, the Centre will expand the scope of its virtual museum, adding another 100 records, covering everything from Appalachian mountain music to zouk. "It's a very personal look at John's collection," producer Charlie Gauvain said. According to Sheila Ravenscroft, Peel's widow, curators will highlight one artist from each batch, picking through more than 65,000 items in his archive. Peel kept meticulous files about his records: each sleeve was given a typed filing card, with all sorts of information.
"There'll be information about the record sleeve, front and back, all the information about the record itself, as well as whether John rated the album or not," Ravenscroft explained. Although copyright prevents the centre from streaming the records, links will be included, when available, to purchase or stream the music on Spotify and iTunes. "I think people are going to be very interested as to what's in the collection," Ravenscroft said. "They will be amused and intrigued by it."
Besides the details of Peel's records, the virtual museum will also include videos, and incorporate Peel's own home movies. Producers discovered 30 hours of footage at his home in Suffolk, with everything from clips of bands to footage from Liverpool's Anfield stadium. The website will apparently launch with John Peel's Suffolk Comforts, a 1989 film "that's never been broadcast before", Gauvain said. "It's a real gem … [with] some really personal things in it."
Below is a four part documentary first shown in 2005, looking at the most prized records in John Peel's huge record collection, which he kept stored in a special box. Looks at the music and artistes featured in those special records and at the music tastes of John Peel. Also includes interviews with family and friends, including wife Sheila Ravenscroft, son Tom (who was also involved in its production) and brother Alan; DJs Mary Anne Hobbs, Paul Gambaccini and Marc Riley; artists Elton John, Ronnie Wood (Faces), Roger Daltrey (Who), Fergal Sharkey (Undertones), Jack White (White Stripes), Mark E. Smith and Brixa Smith (Fall), Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt (Status Quo), Billy Bragg, Daman Albarn (Blur) and Pete Wylie (Wah!); plus schoolmate Michael Palin
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I knew about the collection going online but not the documentary , thanks Kyla , it's fascinating. Living in a very small town in Scotland , late 70's/early 80's , John Peel was a lifeline and an inspiration , i loved the man.
The Undertones & The Fall.'astonishing'.....stop it
I love pretty much everything about John Peel. In the "Radio Shows" section of the site, it links to a 2 min audio clip (linked below) which I can get behind 1000%.
This is overwhelming. I feel like I'm standing in the biggest toy store I've ever seen!
Funny, too, how the release of this vast collection falls into the category of Easy Ed's latest post on the changing access to the music we love.
This is great. But I dont get the White Stripes passion. Maybe I'm too stupid or not "hip" enough to get them.
26,000 LPs, 40,000 singles, thousands of CDs - the only one who might have liked them all is Peel (and even he probably went off some of them).
I'm also from small town in Scotland and have fond memories of listening under the bed covers to Perfumed Garden and Top Gear on a transistor radio. My memory isn't great but my all time favourite piece of music I ever heard was a Christmas session featuring Rod Stewart, Robert Wyatt and Sonya Christina performing Silent Night. Don't know if it's in the interactive museum but I was very pleased to find out about it - here on No Depression. I loved Peel as he was one of the first to play Dark Star on British radio.
I was more the generation that loved him playing The Undertones, Joy Division, The fall , The Smiths etc Andy but it shows how great he was and for how long !
It appears we Scots are taking over a No Depression blog - cool!
I just thought of another great Peel tribute - Soft Machine recorded Moon in June on Soft Machine 3 but when they played it live on Top Gear, Wyatt totally changed the lyrics to incorporate Peel, BBC, Hendrix and Floyd in the lyrics.
Cheers, I always wanted to know who to blame for the turgidity of The Fall & Joy Division
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Today I send you to the blog of Kikipotamus the Hobo, a blog I read on occasion. I think you'll enjoy it, and you can find a comment I made under her writing. (If you do enjoy it, you can find the link to her blog on my "blogroll" on the right column.)
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ready to "be"Saturday 27 October 2007
So I've been on the road for 4 weeks now, with one more to go, and I think I'm ready for it to be over. It's just exhausting! I don't think it's really the driving or even the sleeping in a new place almost every night — it's just that I rarely have down time to "be." And for me, I need some of that to help me keep on going.
I love to travel, I do, and I've really loved getting to see so many familiar faces of family and friends, but it's just hard (for me, at least) to be working all day, talking with people I've set up meetings with (I actually love that part) and then trying to engage people passing by my display who have never heard about LVC — and then I get to my host house and want to be social and chat and spend some quality time with them, but by the time that's all over, it's at least 10, usually 11, and I hardly have any time to myself to recharge my introvert batteries before I need to get to sleep to start the day all over again!
Plus, I miss DC. As much as I've lived in a variety of places these past 18 months, there's something to be said about a consistant community to be around. Even being in a place as short at 7 weeks, I developed a community I was comfortable with. But here on the road, it's "me, myself, and I" changing locations every day (or two) and entering into a new community where I get to meet people that I'll (likely) never see again. I've gotten used to the changing of communities in which I'm a part of, but the lack of community, that's very hard for me.
So I look forward to this time next weekend when I'll be back in DC, reuniting for a Saturday evening out with my fellow short-term recruiters (I wonder if they're feeling similar things) and then connecting with the many others from DC that I've missed during this month-long pilgrimage. I still won't have my own room or my own bed to sleep in, but I will have a place of comfort, peace, and love — I'll have a home.
(For more thoughts on home, click for one of my previous posts.)
extreme urban queuingMonday 22 October 2007
It began one Thursday night in DC. We were looking for something to do, so we thought about heading to a concert. The website said there were still tickets left, and since it was only about 4 blocks down the street, we decided to go, no matter the outcome.
We walked the few blocks, past the main entrance and started to stand in the long, long line. There were people talking about it being a sold out concert, people walking up and down the line looking for tickets, but we didn't care. We didn't have much better to do (well, we could have been working, I guess, but we really needed a break of some sort), so we decided to stay in line anyway. The talk sounded like the line of massive people was simply for will call, but how could that be? There were so many people in the line. So we figured we just stand in line until we got to the front.
It was a "hipster" crowd, so the people watching was prime. I, with my longish, flowing hair, kind of fit in (at least much more than I would have 18 months ago), but it was still a fun crowd to watch and overhear conversations of. One of the guys in the group in front of us had no money, and it seemed like he was a bit of mooch in getting money to possibly buy a ticket (since he didn't have one himself). And of course, the cool clothing that I'll maybe one day have myself.
When we got closer to the front, I stepped out of line to see if there was any signage, and, to be expected, a nice 8 1/2 by 11 in. sign declared, "TONIGHT'S CONCERT IS SOLD OUT!" I relayed the information and we walked back to the record store that we had seen when we started waiting, but unfortunately it was closed. Our night was over, lasting maybe 30 minutes or so, but it was a great time. We agreed to do it again sometime.
As so extreme urban queuing was born (EUQ for short, which I particularly like because it's QUE backwards — I would have liked it to be QUEUE backwards, but I didn't want to be too greedy). I think you should try it sometime. It's fun, and you still have the rest of the evening ahead of you. And it doesn't have to be for a sold out concert — you can just stand in a nice, long line, and then duck out when you get to the front. There are so many possibilities to be explored. I'd be interested to hear if you have more ideas :)
My LVC "manifesto"Friday 19 October 2007
So as you are (or you should be) aware by now, I'm on the road now, talking with people about my experiences with Lutheran Volunteer Corps. As part of that, I wrote a longer reflection about LVC and the issues around LVC that are important to me, as well as describe a bit about the program. As always, the LVC website is a great place to get the basics of LVC, but I thought you might be interested in reading my little "sermon" about my experience with LVC and why I support its mission.
Depending on your desire, you can pick from two options:
Overwhelmed (secular)
Overwhelmed (religious)
They're exactly the same, except the "religious" one is a bit longer with a Biblical context inserted into the main idea. I'd read one and then maybe look at the differences because reading both really wouldn't be that exciting.
more than our attributesSunday 14 October 2007
I've been challenged to think lately, which has been good timing, since I've also had the opportunity to do a lot of driving on my own, which has given me ample time to do said necessary thinking. One thing I was challenged on a little while back was how I view people who do things I don't necessary agree with (the thought process was a little more complicated than that, but let's simplify for space considerations). So I thought, and what it came up with wasn't really anything new, but was simply the ability to apply something I already did in my thinking to new situations.
The original topic was smoking — how do I feel about people that smoke, especially those who are addicted now and can't do much about that? It was a tough question to begin with, especially since I have a button on my backpack stating, "Kiss me! I don't smoke." Firstly, I personally find the act of smoking kind of disgusting, and it's pretty much a turn off for me "romantically." But, I also realize it's more than that.
A smoker is more than their smoking. We're all more than our actions, though our actions, in some ways, do speak about who we are, but motivation is also an important part to the equation (i. e. stealing could speak badly about a person, but what if someone is forced to steal based on poverty or other forces beyond their control?). In a similar fashion, I am more than a pastor's kid (if you didn't know already) as someone else is more than an evangelical Christian as someone else is more than an engineering student. We're more than our economic class, our skin color, our addictions, our hosing status. Our attributes definitely speak in some way to who we are, but we're all much too multi-faceted to be pigeonholed into these one-dimensional categories.
I think the quote from The Muppets Take Manhattan is something like, "Peoples is peoples," even if it's never really made sense to me until now. You can know a lot about someone, and obviously the more you know about them, the more you know them, but one can only know so much — and really, we don't even know ourselves completely, do we?
Remember that we all have flaws, and even some things one might see as a flaw another might find as a positive attribute. "One woman's trash is another woman's treasure," to get even more cliche. So try not to judge (someone times you can't help it, but you can do your best), and work toward tolerance around every corner. Don't we each have the right to be who we want to be anyway?


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Bloomingdale's new Brandt Lane animal shelter, the , has a wish list of needs, according to the website.
Purina brand cat chow, kitten chow and dog chow are the first items on the list, as well as canned cat and dog food. Medium-sized dog beds and toys for both cats and dogs are also requested.
Other needs include:
- Small paper plates
- Cat beds (machine washable)
- Crates and cages (any sizes)
- Laundry detergent
- Bleach
The North Jersey Community Animal Shelter is located at 23 Brandt Lane and can be reached by phone at 973 850-6767 or by fax at 973 850-6768.


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Politics & Prejudices
The Snyder budget
Governor unveils tough calls, but they must be made
Published: February 23, 2011
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it, good and hard." —H.L. Mencken
"Everybody likes change until it affects them." —Gov. Rick Snyder
Our new governor presented his new budget to the Legislature last week, and it really was a bombshell.
Bye-bye, film industry tax credits! Bye-bye, Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) for the poor!
Private pensions will be taxed! Public pensions will be taxed! Prison spending will be slashed! Money for higher education will be cut! Money for elementary and high school education will be cut! Revenue sharing will be cut by a third!
But business taxes will be lowered dramatically.
The howling began immediately, some of it less dignified than the rest. Starting at the bottom, Mitch Albom, who wants more of his cloying books made into movies, emitted a protracted whine about the film credits in the Sunday Gannett paper. "As a person who helped create the film credits program, I asked for months to meet with Snyder," he huffed.
The governor, evidently not knowing that Mitch was a Very Important Person, kept him waiting until two weeks ago, the churl. When the governor didn't do what Mitch wanted, Albom wrote that he felt like he'd "been punched in the stomach." No five friends in heaven waiting for Rick Snyder, no siree!
Granted, there were a lot of more serious objections to the governor's proposals. There are actually legitimate arguments that cutting back the film credits is the wrong thing to do. More importantly, there are deep concerns about what these budget cuts mean to the poor and our children.
Gilda Jacobs, who now heads the Michigan League for Human Services, was appalled at the specter of another 14,000 kids being driven into poverty. Others were stunned by the proposed $470 per pupil cut; one wonders how many more districts this will tip over into either emergency financial manager-hood or bankruptcy.
The revenue sharing cuts will hurt cities too, but actually came as a relief to some city officials I talked with; many of them feared it might be zeroed out entirely.
Labor complained too, of course, but the biggest caterwauling of all came from seniors who objected to the idea of having to pay tax on the money they collect from their pensions, some of which are quite generous.
"Class and generation warfare at their highest!" bellowed one Tom Diamondale, who in e-mails referred to the governor as "Slicky Slider," which, as nicknames go, is sort of cute.
State Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, who heads the tiny caucus of Democrats in that body, complained that there was no shared sacrifice.
Yes, just about everybody hated this budget, except big business interests and the Chamber of Commerce. But curiously, I had a hard time working up much sympathy for the critics, for one largely overlooked reason:
They offered no alternatives.
All last week, I kept waiting for the Democrats to release a proposed alternative budget. Then I waited for some group to do so. But no one offered anything, except more whining.
Sorry, but the facts are these: Michigan has a huge budget deficit and the books have to be balanced. Right now.
We also have a broken economy and tax structure, which is partly still the legacy of our automotive past and partly due to our failed term-limits system, and the even more dysfunctional politicians we've been electing, one in particular: Jennifer Granholm.
Make no mistake about it. If you are a liberal, if you are a Democrat, if you care about children and education, you have her to thank for this. She knew this day was coming.
Everybody in Lansing who knew about state finances knew it was coming. We were going to run out of money and crash and burn, unless we changed our ways.
When the Democrats were running things, they weren't even willing to try. After her triumphant re-election in 2006, I urged the governor (through a meeting with her husband) to be bold. Go on television, explain everything to everybody.
Talk, I suggested, about shared sacrifice and the need to bite the bullet and address the real problems of this state. Use your landslide victory and superb communication skills.
Had she done that, she might or might not have succeeded. Mike Bishop, that dark pool of negativity, did not have the clout or confidence he would later attain.
There's a good chance she could have defined the debate, perhaps won a small increase in the state income tax or sensibly pushed to extend the sales tax on services.
Possibly she could have even started a major move to restructure state government. But she didn't have the guts to try. The moral bankruptcy of this state's political culture reached rock bottom in 2007. That's when the slimy politicians sold off $900 million in future tobacco settlement revenues in exchange for $400 million right away.
They did that in order to avoid hard, necessary decisions. They should all have been impeached. Shortly thereafter, they came up with the now-hated Michigan Business Tax to replace the older, Single Business Tax. What people now forget was that when it was first approved, the MBT was an improvement on what came before. But then, at the last minute, the parties slapped a 22 percent surcharge on the new tax, effectively driving business away.
After that, anybody with two brain cells to rub together knew the coming crash of state government finances was only a matter of time, and not much time. Actually, it would have happened on Granholm's watch, except for one thing: President Obama's stimulus program, which sent billions to this state.
There were probably some starry-eyed idealists who thought the money might be used for job creation or to invest in new and better infrastructure, etc. But our politicians just threw it in the deficit hole. Now, it's all gone, and there won't be any more. Hence the Snyder revolution. Nobody, by the way, should be mad at the governor.
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Play of the Day: What is the Sexuality of the Constitution?
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- June 27, 2013
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With the news of the Supreme Court dismissing California's Proposition 8 appeal and the Defense of Marriage Act being struck down by the court, late-night comedians featured the decisions. Specifically, the Bill Clinton-era law's 1996 passage gave late-night hosts opportunity to make fun of the former president. Conan O'Brien had a joke building off Barack Obama calling the Proposition 8 plaintiffs, The Tonight Show's Jay Leno questioned the Clintons' marriage and Stephen Colbert wondered about the purpose of Clinton supporting the law in 1996. On CBS, David Letterman admitted he didn't understand anything about DOMA and on Comedy Central, The Daily Show's John Oliver praised the new federal benefits gay couples would receive because of the court's decision.
On a different note, Leno mentioned the irony of a new Mexican amusement park attraction that simulates crossing the U.S./Mexico border and questioned the United States Customs and Border Protection. O'Brien made a joke about the National Institutes of Health's recent decision to retire most of its research chimpanzees.
Fast forward to 3:10 to see Colbert examine the relative sexuality of the United States Constitution.
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Hank Foley is no stranger to adventure. But this one is a little more than he bargained for. As the publisher of Modern Skeptic magazine, Hank has spent his career following clues, debunking myths and solving conspiracies. A confessed paranormal junkie, his motto is "logic is the compass". But when his beautiful young wife is abducted from her store, an antique clock shop, Hank gets pulled into one of the most compelling mysteries of human history, stretching around the world and back centuries.
Contained in one of his wife's clocks is a treasure map, and what it leads to could be cataclysmic. Now it's up to Hank to decipher the symbols and unlock the secrets of the map, while ensuring the answers don't fall into the wrong hands. With his two young associates Rachel and Arron in tow, along with Deck a sexy FBI agent, Hank will lead them on a breathless race against the clock, to find his wife and save humanity.
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"The story that I get is that 'I've known since I was real little, but everybody laughed or nobody paid any attention,'" Hites said.
The therapist said transgendered children insist they are the opposite sex, consistently.
"It?s like they arrive here with one biology but the mental set is counter to that," Hites said.
The 8-year-old?s favorite color is aqua. Her favorite toy: American Girl Dolls. And right now she?s reading a Junie B. Jones book that made her giggle when she talked about the plot.
Pink and aqua barrettes held her shoulder-length layered hair out of her face, while she drew chalk pictures of clouds on the pavement.
When her mother announced that the child would be allowed to pierce her ears next week, the girl screeched and had a huge smile on her face.
"You?ve waited long enough to live as a girl," the mother said.
The mother is on a mission to educate the community and encourage churches to open a dialog about diversity and acceptance of all people.
She recently waged an e-mail campaign to urge her church members to place an empty envelope in the collection basket on Mother?s Day weekend. She said she wanted to send a message to the church that church members can have a voice and that they shouldn?t just blindly follow the flock.
"Just take the time to listen. It is different. It?s something most people have never heard of, but it doesn?t make it scary or pathological," she said.


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Along with tour stalwart Dr. John and muscular newcomer Susan Tedeschi, Guy has put the crowd gathered here on the banks of the Arkansas River in a party mood. This being big-oil/cheap-gas country, rackety five-dollar helicopter rides departing from the festival grounds compete with B.B.'s set, which is full, strong and celebratory. "FIFTY YEARS!" I hear again over the chopper's thwuck thwuck. "THANKYEWWWWW!"
As the eternal flame – Norman's flashlight – guides him back down to the grass, I hear B.B. say to his old friend, "Guess we made it, man."
He is ravenous after the show, chomping on a plate of broccoli, beets, baby corn, carrots. Between bites, he's talking about tonight's walk into the light: "Even when I'm sick, it makes me feel better. I swear to God, it's like therapy for me when they say, 'Here's B.B. King.' And if I'm able to get to that microphone, I feel better. I don't want to stop. Never. I'll retire five or ten years after I'm dead."
He says he will slow down enough to do the things he enjoys. He will spend more time at home in Las Vegas. He plans to fix up the fifty acres he has bought near Indianola, so he can kick back there with the three generations he has begat. And he will keep practicing, straining to hear that sound he hasn't heard yet, coming from himself. If he and Lucille can agree to see a bit less of each other, maybe he'll even get married, provided that his current flame waits. B.B. has a hope chest – nearly $1 million set aside so that any surviving spouse won't have to tussle with that huge crowd of kin when he's gone.
Whenever he gets the chance, when anything crowds him – the business, the women, the kids – he says he will grab a set of keys and do his very favorite, soulsoothing thing. B.B.'s final picture story is not a blues but an American reverie – a rippling mirage, perhaps, since it must take place in the Nevada desert some miles from his town house.
It is hot – hotter than ever it got in Mississippi cotton fields – but blessedly free of the weepy humidity that darkened work clothes half an hour into the day. The dead quiet is broken by the growing roar of an engine powering up the desert road. The motor was built in 1984, the last year that Chevy made its low-riding half-car/half-pickup, the El Camino. This one has been overhauled and painted a baby blue that vibrates against the parched ochers and reds. An elderly black man in soft, expensive clothes is driving; his only air conditioning is the masterful cool of Mitt Jackson's vibraphone floating from the dashboard. Painted on the truck's side are two small musical notes that announce to the rattlesnakes, the roadrunners, the sleepy buzzards:
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Thousands of people work for him. And Michael N. Sanchez '81 wishes that he could meet each one.
Sanchez is director of North American operations for DuPont, which produces dozens of products for home, automotive, farming, electronic, and packaging industries at 23 factories. Many of these facilities employ several thousand workers; others have a payroll of a few hundred.
"My average day consists of visiting plants to initiate improvement projects, while at the same time inspecting manufacturing lines for quality control and worker safety," he says from his home in Houston, Texas. "I also try to spend as much time as I can interacting with the people who turn the knobs, so they maintain DuPont's high ethical standards in terms of manufacturing."
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An electrical engineering graduate, Sanchez joined DuPont in 1981 as an electrical engineer. His first task excited him: a $25 million expansion project to upgrade a plant's automation system. When he arrived at the site, he discovered 25 three-foot-tall stacks of blueprints. And he was the only electrical engineer on the project team.
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I've had a number of private conversations since I wrote my post The Colorado PUC Trying to Shut Down UberDenver. I continue to think the whole situation is insane especially given our state government's strong position on advancing innovation in Colorado. The PUC's behavior is clearly protectionist, anti-innovation, and undermines many of the efforts of entrepreneurs in Colorado to advance and amplify innovation here.
Apparently, the FTC agrees. I just read the FTC comments on the proposed rule changes and they do a very direct job of addressing 6001(ff), 6301(a), and 6309(d) which are the things I called out in my original blog post on 1/30/13. The punch line from the FTC memo is "FTC staff is concerned that these three proposed changes may significantly impair competition in passenger vehicle transportation services, including innovative methods of competition enabled by new software applications ("applications") that allow consumers to arrange and pay for services in new ways that they might prefer, and thus harm consumers."
Given that the PUC's stated mission (on their website) is to "serve the public interest by effectively regulating utilities and facilities so that the people of Colorado receive safe, reliable, and reasonably-priced services consistent with the economic, environmental and social values of our state" I'm hopeful the PUC comes to its senses and serves the public interest in this case, rather than try to create new rules that protect entrenched and incubent companies.
I've been told in the private conversations that I've had that this will be resolved soon in a way that makes sense. Until then, I continue to encourage anyone in Colorado who is pro-innovation to support Uber's efforts here and, if you are around Monday, head down to Galvanize between 6pm and 9pm for an UberRally.
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In yet another insane move by government against entrepreneurs and job creators, the Colorado PUC is proposing a new set of rules that would shut down Uber in Colorado. This is protectionism and misuse of power in an egregious form. Government supporting powerful incubants (the taxi industry) that are threatened by disruptive innovators through regulation. Yuck.
As a Colorado entrepreneurial community, we shouldn't stand for this. As citizens and tax payers in Colorado, we shouldn't stand for this. And as innovators, looking forward, we shouldn't stand for this. My call to action is at the end of this email – if you do nothing else, go sign the petition right now. And tell everyone you know.
I think our governor, John Hickenlooper, is awesome. I hope he focuses on this quickly and demonstrates his own background as an entrepreneur, as an innovator, and as a proponent of innovation. Given the launch of his new effort to rebrand Colorado for the next 20 years, I hope he focuses his brandCO effort on innovation, entrepreneurship, and the future, rather than protecting incumbents in regulated industries through the misuse of power, especially in areas – such as the taxi industry – where the service, at least in Colorado, is uniformly poor. Colorado's new brand shouldn't be "backwater protectionist state" – yeah – that doesn't sound very good to me.
The Uber story has already played out in a number of other states. The regulators quickly back down from the powerful lobby / industry groups that are influencing the new regulations. In some cases, it's a simple misuse of power. In others, it's a lack of understanding of what is going on. And in others, it has been a backward looking regulator, or government, that momentarily forgets that it serves its citizens, not a small constituent of incumbents.
The PUC rule changes are extensive, but there are several cleverly woven in that effectively shut down Uber if implemented. Read the following examples and be appalled.
- Section 6301: Uber's pricing model will be made illegal: Sedan companies will no longer be able to charge by distance (section 6301): This is akin to telling a hotel it is illegal to charge by the night.
- Section 6309: Uber's partner-drivers will effectively be banned from Downtown — by making it illegal for an Uber car to be within 200 feet of a restaurant, bar, or hotel. This is TAXI protectionism at its finest. The intent is to make sure that only a TAXI can provide a quick pickup in Denver's city center.
- Section 6001 (ff): Uber's partner-drivers will be forced out of business — partnering with local sedan companies will be prohibited.
These rules are not designed to promote safety, nor improve quality of service. They are intended to stop innovation, protect incumbents, hurt independent drivers, and shut down Uber in Denver.
There are several things you can do right now.
1) Contact Gov. Hickenlooper and tell him, "Save Uber in Colorado! Withdraw PUC Rules Changes to sections 6001, 6301, & 6309."
Write on Gov. Hickenlooper's Facebook Wall
2) Contact the Colorado PUC Directly:
3) Sign the petition that shows the PUC your #UberDENVERLove.
Disclosure: I am NOT a direct investor in Uber, although I have personal investments in several VC funds that are invested in Uber. However, my ownership is tiny and the amount I've spent on Uber services since they launched several years in the bay area dwarfs the amount of money I'd ever expect to see from my indirect investment. I've written this because I love the service, love the company, and love their innovation. Society improves when innovators like Uber are able to do their thing – it's a deeply held belief of mine – that's why I've written this post.


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Earlier this week we learned that this cool Jurassic World poster designed by Mark Englert would be available at Comic-Con. The instructions said to text JURASSIC to 834567 for the poster drop information. It turns out part of the fun was to find the silver Jurassic World Mercedes Benz on the streets of San Diego that was handing out the posters. Hard to say for sure, but this thing looks rugged enough to handle some dinosaur action. I would not be surprised to see it make an appearance.
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The pride of Wortham will finally play in his first Super Bowl on Sunday.
Leonard Davis, who has put together a 12-year NFL career after starring at Wortham and the University of Texas, gets his chance at a Super Bowl ring with the San Francisco 49ers.
The 49ers play the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII at the Superdome in New Orleans. Kickoff is set for 5:30 p.m.
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Davis made 155 starts for the Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals from 2001 to 2010. He appeared in three Pro Bowls.
The Cowboys released him to save salary cap space before the 2011 season. He landed on the Detroit Lions midway through last season, but was inactive for every game.
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Davis told Michigan Live that his 49ers teammates have welcomed him with open arms.
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The "MODERN" American female has a HUGE "ENTITLEMENT" mindset. Very few have common everyday manners wrt how they treat others (note the way they backstab and flake-ie: don't show up when they say they will or do what they say they are going to do) and almost all also feel that they should be catered to ALL THE TIME (or they will allow some other guy who is chasing after them to "catch" them - yes even the married women).
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On the morning after the President's speech, we looked for a good estimate of the total cost of all of his new spending proposals. We did not find one, which is probably because mathemeticians are still busy doing the calculations. How does one even begin to provide an accurate projection for all of these self-aggrandizement schemes?
The President proposed creating 15 manufacturing investment institutes, spending untold sums on energy research, creating two additional stimulus programs for infrastructure spending ("Fix It First" and "A Partnership to Rebuild America"), creating a national public preschool program, funding the complete redesign of all American high schools, establishing a program to "put people back to work rebuilding vacant homes in rundown neighborhoods," and starting a new initiative to "eradicate ... extreme poverty" in the Third World and save "the world's children from preventable deaths" and eradicate AIDS. All the while, he said, "in the Middle East, we will stand with citizens as they demand their universal rights, and support stable transitions to democracy."
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Such a grandiose plan is, of course, impossible to achieve, which Obama knows. It also will further weaken the economy, which he does not know. But if he accomplishes only a fraction of it, he will have cemented a leftist legacy that will ensure fawning reviews in textbooks written by left-leaning historians for decades to come.
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This is a really good book but incredibly long and at times the detail get in the way of the narrative. I also find the chronology skips about as different issues and projects are discussed which can be confusing.
That said, the story is engaging and well read. I didn't know much about the oil industry and this was an eye opening account of the power players. At its best this is riveting stuff.
I hesitated before buying this book. The cover and title gave me a low expectation - the book way over delivered!
The 10 words are very well chosen and their power demonstrated through thoughtful and insightful reflections on Leahy's time at Tesco, his work outside Tesco or examples drawn from the wider world.
For me, highlights included the section on values, the section on turning decisions into action and the discussion around harnessing loyalty via the implementation of Clubcard. Also the section on Balance Scorecards is great for any organisation that uses or is considring using this techniue
The overall style is engaging and well complimented by the narration. I really enjoyed this.
This is a great book about the creation, implementation and consistency required to bring good strategy to life. It is also a slightly boring book full of MBA case studies which I felt could have been trimmed.
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Classic Hip-Hop/Rap thread...
FightHype Community
General Discussion
Sep 13 2008, 03:34 AM
One of the greatest tracks of the GOAT...
It's from Cuban Linx so of course its grimey!
Sep 13 2008, 03:57 AM
Canibus---2nd round KO
Big L and Jay-Z freestyle
Jay Z sucks in my opinion,this was back in 95 and Big L smashes him in this freestyle..Big L is in the top 3 best ever..I think he is #1 though..Too bad he got killed..Nas is one of the best too in my opinion..Rewind is one of my favorites by him..Takes true skill to pull that song off..You guys will see I'm all about the lyrics and don't give a shit about the chorus..Rappers make it big because they focus all their attention on the chorus and the rest of the song sucks..
Big L---Danger Zone
Rakim--Don't sweat the technique
MC Juice--Freestyle or Written
Gotta listen to freestle or written..Juice is reppin the Chi and is also one of the best lyrical/freestyling artists out there..He kills it!!In my opinion he is the best freestyler out there..He did lose to Super natural in a battle but I think Juice won..
Sep 13 2008, 03:58 AM
QUOTE(biggeorge89 @ Sep 13 2008, 04:34 AM) [snapback]404059[/snapback]
One of the greatest tracks of the GOAT...
It's from Cuban Linx so of course its grimey!
Illmatic is a dope ass cd..
Sep 13 2008, 06:26 AM
Danger Zone definitely one of the darkest sounding tracks with some twisted lyrics!
"Every minute my styles switches up/They say a real man don't hit a girl well I ain't real cus I beat bitches up
Sep 13 2008, 06:57 AM
QUOTE(biggeorge89 @ Sep 13 2008, 07:26 AM) [snapback]404065[/snapback]
Danger Zone definitely one of the darkest sounding tracks with some twisted lyrics!
"Every minute my styles switches up/They say a real man don't hit a girl well I ain't real cus I beat bitches up
Hahahaha..It's about where he is from..Big L is a beast on the mic..That song is probably one of his darkest songs though..That was off his first cd..
Check this shit out..Hip hop at its best!!
Big L---The heist
Big L---casualties of a dice game
Big L---intro
Big L freestyle part 1
Big L freestyle part 2
Sep 13 2008, 07:03 AM
Gotta add one more Big L song..He rips this shit hard..
Big L---Let em have it L
The CEO
Sep 13 2008, 07:06 AM
Enjoy some Pure Old School......
Sep 13 2008, 07:19 AM
Benefit---So sick
This guy is insane lyrically..Bet ya all can tell I listen to a lot of underground hip hop..
Canibus---2000 bc
This Canibus song is definitely one of my favorite songs..The bass in the song is insane if ya got a good system..Canibus,Big L,and Juice are my top 3 favorites..It's all about the lyrics to me..
The CEO
Sep 13 2008, 07:41 AM
and now some Middle School...
The CEO
Sep 13 2008, 07:52 AM
How 'bout some good ole' down home GANGSTA SHIT!!??
Sep 13 2008, 02:18 PM
"We might find.....WHAT WE SEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARCHING FOOOOOR!"
The Original MrFactor
Sep 15 2008, 01:29 PM
Man, I must be getting old. However, I guess rappers who came out in 1994 are now considered Ol School. Nas is cool, but I still consider KRS1 to be the best to ever grab a mic. I'm sure there is some guy that older than me that will come on and say Melle Mel was the greatest and that KRS1 aint old school. Now my son listens to cats like Soulja Boy and Lil Wayne. My god!!!!
Lucky for me, I still have most of KRS1's albums. I force feed my boys alot of KRS1, LL, Rakim, Run/DMC, Public Enemy, EPMD and Big Daddy Kane. I keep 'em educated about rap. When they are old enough to read The Source and vote for the 10 greatest rappers of all time, these "pioneers" wont be forgotten. Lil Wayne wont come off in the top 5.
Sep 15 2008, 03:06 PM
Big Daddy Kane
Eric B and Rakim
Raekwon with Ghost, Meth, and Cappadona.
Sep 15 2008, 04:56 PM
Lil Wayne SUCKS..He has NO skill at all..His freestyles are pathetic..Rakim w/Eric B,Krs1,Big L,Canibus,Juice are the truth...What do ya all think about the videos I posted??Wondering what ya all think..
Sep 15 2008, 05:41 PM
I never was a big fan of Beanie Sigel but this is one of my favorite tracks..just listen to this song..
Sep 16 2008, 05:43 PM
"Play your cards, go against all odds shoot for the moon if you miss you're still amongst those stars". I love that beanie sigel song, and that is my favorite quote in life probably.
I dont know how to post videos but i love these older songs.
Eric B/Rakim: I aint no joke
Souls of Mischief: 93 til infinity
Grandmaster Flash: The Message
Most old school rap is good stuff.
Some newer stuff yall should check out, just search the song on youtube.
Brother Ali: Daylight
Atmosphere: Dreamer
eMc: Winds of Change
Sep 16 2008, 05:44 PM
Double post, sorry
Sep 29 2008, 03:16 AM
Yeah that song by Beanie is so real....one of the best I've ever heard. Also cool that he payed homepage to the legendary song "Mind playing tricks on me".
Sep 29 2008, 11:09 AM
I have actually been reminiscing the past week or so...listening to Mecca and the Soul Brother, and Midnight Marauders recently.
Two GREAT albums.
Sep 29 2008, 11:23 AM
Great taste JD..I love ATCQ...
Also weather you like Eminem or not (I'm a really big fan) don't lie and say you don't feel this song...
Sep 29 2008, 08:19 PM
QUOTE(JD @ Sep 29 2008, 04:09 PM) [snapback]405807[/snapback]
I have actually been reminiscing the past week or so...listening to Mecca and the Soul Brother, and Midnight Marauders recently.
Two GREAT albums.
Holy shit I forgot about Midnight Marauders. What about "The Low End Theory"???.....
"We Got the jazz, we got the jazz"
Sep 29 2008, 10:14 PM
QUOTE(biggeorge89 @ Sep 29 2008, 11:23 AM) [snapback]405810[/snapback]
Great taste JD..I love ATCQ...
Also weather you like Eminem or not (I'm a really big fan) don't lie and say you don't feel this song...
Eminem is weak..Maybe 8-10 years ago I would of said I like him..
The CEO
Sep 29 2008, 10:59 PM
QUOTE(PR316 @ Sep 29 2008, 09:19 PM) [snapback]405835[/snapback]
Holy shit I forgot about Midnight Marauders. What about "The Low End Theory"???.....
"We Got the jazz, we got the jazz"
Maaaan......words can't explain how high I got to that tape.....yes...I said tape...lol...."Show Business" and "Scenario"....WORLD CLASS.
How about one of my personal favorites from some ATL Legends? Slow and low with the horns....the storytellin'...this song is just Art...period.
Just listen...."if you're on top of your game and man enough to handle real life situations that is..."....
Sep 30 2008, 03:41 PM
^^^^^ GZA's Liquid Swords was one I would blaze to. I was in 6th grade!!... ROTFLMAO!!!...
I could still play that whole thing from beginning to end.
The Original MrFactor
Oct 1 2008, 02:38 AM
PE---> Rebel without a Pause & Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos... 2 heavy hitters from the greatest rap group of all time...
Oct 1 2008, 10:11 AM
QUOTE(PR316 @ Sep 30 2008, 03:41 PM) [snapback]405895[/snapback]
^^^^^ GZA's Liquid Swords was one I would blaze to. I was in 6th grade!!... ROTFLMAO!!!...
I could still play that whole thing from beginning to end.
I did the other day.
It hasn't aged one bit. Still better than most things put out today.
Oct 1 2008, 11:33 AM
Miles Davis Doo Bop with Easy Mo Bee:
Along with your post about great lyrics, there's a country song (I don't know the name or who sings it) with some good ones:
I woke up this morning,
my baby was gone,
She took the truck,
And I got so mad I threw my drink across the lawn
Oct 7 2008, 12:11 AM
Battle---Juice vs. Eminem
Eminem gets smashed..Juice is one of the best freestylers and mcees out there..Check out any of Juice's other battles..Only guy he has lost to is Supernatural but I think Juice won that one(one of the best battles ever)..If none of ya have heard Juice flow,you all are missin out..
Oct 7 2008, 01:20 AM
East Flatbush Project
Beat isn't as loud as in this next link but this is the actual music video..This is one of my top 5 favorite beats ever..Bad ass song..
Same song,louder beat
Oct 28 2008, 10:40 PM
It really doesn't get any better than Memory Lane...
"The most dangerous MC is...."
Oct 28 2008, 11:09 PM
Oh man, Illmatic.
NY State of Mind, Memory Lane, World Is Yourz, every track on that one.
A personal favorite of mine that is SO UNDERRATED is Eric B and Rakim's "Don't Sweat the Technique". Probably Rakim's best overall work in terms of creativity and versatility. Casualties of War, The Punisher, Know The Ledge, ageless.
Favorite MC of all time is Big Daddy Kane. The originator to what Biggie, Jay-Z, and so many others were trying to do.
Keith Pratt
Nov 17 2008, 01:27 PM
Keith Pratt
Nov 17 2008, 02:07 PM
The CEO
Nov 18 2008, 11:35 AM
This is Andre's 43rd best verse....
Keith Pratt
Nov 18 2008, 12:37 PM
Nov 18 2008, 03:46 PM
QUOTE(Keith Pratt @ Nov 18 2008, 12:37 PM) [snapback]411669[/snapback]
I used to like Hijack. Haven't heard those tracks for years.
Keith Pratt
Nov 18 2008, 03:57 PM
QUOTE(Maxy @ Nov 18 2008, 08:46 PM) [snapback]411686[/snapback]
I used to like Hijack. Haven't heard those tracks for years.
Yeah, they should've been massive, but...
Hijack were a hip hop group from Brixton in London, featuring Kamanchi Sly, DJ Supreme, DJ Undercover, Ulysses, Agent Fritz and Agent Clueso. Their first single, "Style Wars" (Music of Life, 1988 caught the attention of the British hip hop community and laid much of the ground work for what was to come from the scene over the next few years. Their next release, "Hold No Hostage/Doomsday of Rap" (Music of Life, 1989) became an underground hit across Europe, bringing them to the attention of West Coast rapper Ice T.
Ice T signed the group to his own Rhyme Syndicate Records label, and they recorded and released the single "The Badman is Robbin'" (Rhyme Syndicate Records, 1989). The group's debut album - The Horns of Jericho (Rhyme Syndicate Records, 1991) - was recorded around the same time, but Warner Brothers (who had a distribution deal with Rhyme Syndicate Records) deemed Hijack's British hardcore hip hop style and British accents too different for US audiences. Hence, the album was never released in the US, although the company released the album to the foreign market to great critical acclaim.
Following this upset, the group split up and went their separate ways.
This was another favourite of mine:
Nov 18 2008, 04:18 PM
Yeah I remember they linked up with Ice T in some way but they just seemed to fade out. I know why now. Do you remember the Ruthless Rap Assassins?
Keith Pratt
Nov 18 2008, 04:44 PM
QUOTE(Maxy @ Nov 18 2008, 09:18 PM) [snapback]411697[/snapback]
Yeah I remember they linked up with Ice T in some way but they just seemed to fade out. I know why now. Do you remember the Ruthless Rap Assassins?
Yeah, from Manchester. I had "The Killer Album" and a few 12s
Just found this on youtube:
Nov 18 2008, 05:25 PM
QUOTE(Fitz @ Nov 18 2008, 05:14 PM) [snapback]411710[/snapback]
Keith, welcome back. But with all due respect, I'm sure that people don't want to hear your opinion on rap, we want to see you be funny and entertain us like you once did
Any new material?
He's sold out
C'mon Keith.....stop with the bad ass gangsta shit (although much apprieciated....those video's are BANGIN! Thanks very much, dude) and get to some wierd Keith Pratt shit.
Keith Pratt
Nov 19 2008, 03:19 PM
Thanks guys, that's bloody nice of you !
I'll see if I can think of something stupid over the weekend.
Glad you like the tunes.
This is an early 90s British rap group called
Dec 1 2008, 11:17 PM
Okay....this is a 1994 classic from Das EFX...
Kiggedy-kiss my grits, check the jingle
I diggedy-don't bruise but snooze like Rip Van Winkle
So twinkle, twinkle, twinkle little star
I sliggedy-slam dunk like KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR!!!
Dec 2 2008, 12:41 PM
This is currently my beat in heavy rotation in the gym...
Dec 2 2008, 12:48 PM
Someone needs to get Nine feat Smoothe tha Hustler 'Make or take' on here....I don't know how to post vids from youtube...someone help a brother out!
Keith Pratt
Dec 2 2008, 01:17 PM
QUOTE(ROLL DEEP @ Dec 2 2008, 05:48 PM) [snapback]413758[/snapback]
Someone needs to get Nine feat Smoothe tha Hustler 'Make or take' on here....I don't know how to post vids from youtube...someone help a brother out!
You type [ video ] before the youtube link and [ /video ] after it, but without the spaces.
Keith Pratt
Feb 20 2009, 07:13 PM
Tuff Crew
I used to like these a lot back in the day...
Feb 24 2009, 03:43 AM
I don't listen to rap anymore but the older stuff was good.
1991: Public Enemy - Can't truss it. Mad props and respect to these guys, they don't like the N word. If i could vote for a best of all time rap song this would be it, it's timeless, if it had just come out it would be ripping apart the charts.
1989: Young MC - Bust a Move. This guy was my favorite, had a posotive message mostly.
1989: Young MC - I Come Off. This one shows his mad lyrical genius skillz, and he mentions Tyson in this song.
1988: Rob Base and DJ Easy Rock - It Takes Two.
1989: 3rd Bass - Steppin' To The A.M.
1992: Beastie Boys - So What'Cha Want.
Mar 11 2009, 09:51 PM
This is just the definition of a timeless classic...why havent AZ and Nas made that album yet...
Now we get...
Mar 16 2009, 12:07 PM
Been bumping this shit for two weeks now...
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What Was the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan?
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) was an important and unique contribution made by Canada in World War II. From 1940 to 1945 under the BCATP, more than 130,000 air crew were trained in Canada. That included pilots, navigators, bombers, wireless operators, gunners and flight engineers. Recruits came from Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand, as well as from Newfoundland, Free France, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Poland.
Why Canada Was Chosen for the BCATP
There were a lot of good reasons for the choice of Canada to provide air training for the World War II Allied war effort:
- during World War I a program of Imperial air training schools in Canada had been successful
- Canada had plenty of wide open space and good flying conditions for air training
- it was a safe distance from the actual fighting and bombing routes
- industrial infrastructure for an aviation industry was available to supply frames, engines and full aircraft
- Canada had access to fuel, American manufacturers and North Atlantic shipping routes to Great Britain
- Canada also had a good-sized population to provide recruits of its own.
There were strong political reasons in Canada as well. Prime Minister Mackenzie King was hopeful the plan would keep many Canadians at home providing the air training and reduce the need to send large numbers to fight in Europe. Mackenzie King and the Liberals had made promises not to introduce overseas military conscription, which had been an extremely divisive issue during World War I.
Another incentive in Canada was the prospect of building the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). At the beginning of World War II, the RCAF had only about 4000 personnel and just a few hundred aircraft. RCAF pilots and aircrew usually served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) when overseas. While the British expected that the RAF would be the single operational force for the BCATP, Mackenzie King held out for an unspecified number of squadrons to be designated as RCAF. By the end of the war the RCAF had grown to more than 200,000 personnel, half of them BCATP trainees or air training support. The 72,000 Canadian graduates of the BCATP made up 45 overseas RCAF squadrons, as well as about a quarter of the strength of RAF squadrons. There were also about 40 RCAF home squadrons.
Basics of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
The BCATP agreement was signed in December 1939 by Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand. Training began at the end of April 1940. The BCATP agreement was renewed in 1942 and lasted until March 31, 1945.
The initial agreement called for the establishment of 58 air training schools for initial training, elementary flying, service flying, air observers, bombing and gunnery, air navigation and wireless. The schools were to train 50,000 men, including 20,000 pilots. Canada was required to provide about 80 percent of the recruits. Canada also needed to find another 33,000 military personnel and 6,000 civilians to serve as teachers, administrative and maintenance staff to man the BCATP facilities across the country. By 1945, 131,000 air crew had graduated, 72,000 of them Canadians.
The Department of Transport had to select sites and prepare airfields and the RCAF had to design and build the facilities. By the end of the BCATP there were 231 training sites across Canada and more than 8000 buildings had been constructed.
About 3500 planes were required for flight training, many of which came from Britain. A serious problem came up early in the plan when Britain, expecting a German invasion, had to stop the delivery of Avro Anson trainer planes. C.D. Howe, the Canadian Minister of Munitions and Supply, came up with a plan, and delivered on it, for Canada to build its own version of the Avro Anson, spreading the contract out amongst five different companies.
Costs of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Like all other costs of war, the cost of the BCATP was very high. By the close of the BCATP at the end of March 1945, the total cost was $2.2 billion. Canada's share was $1.6 billion.
Legacy of the BCATP
As well as providing much-needed air power to the Allies during World War II, the BCATP provided benefits to Canada at home. All provinces hosted schools, and many communities hosted a BCATP airport. For those communities the construction work was welcome after the Great Depression in Canada, and so were the extra jobs and the economic activity brought by recruits, instructors and their families.
Many of the smaller airports familiar to Canadians today started out with the BCATP.
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In 2010, the number of physicians and scientists trained at Mayo Clinic surpasses 19,000.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine becomes the unifying name for all Mayo education and research programs.
The Mayo Clinic Model of Education is published as a defining guide for Mayo's dedication to medical education excellence.
In 2014, Rochester Methodist Hospital and Saint Marys Hospital became a single licensed hospital to better reflect Mayo's integrated hospital practice. As a result, the two campuses are now referred to as Mayo Clinic Hospital, Methodist Campus, and Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus.
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