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Johannesburg — The ANC has dropped its appeal against a court order which in effect bans singing of "Shoot the Boer", it announced on Wednesday.
African National Congress lawyer Leslie Mkhabela said the agreement on the song "Dubula iBhunu" (Shoot the Boer) was signed by the party, civil rights group Afriforum, and the Transvaal Agricultural Union (Tau SA) on Tuesday night.
The agreement reads: "The parties have agreed that Afriforum and Tau SA will abandon the equality court order and the ANC and [former ANC Youth League president Julius] Malema agree to abandon the appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
"The parties agree that the mediation agreement... shall be made an order of court by the Supreme Court of Appeal."
This meant the parties would argue at the appeal hearing on Thursday for the appeal court to make the agreement an order of court.
Asked about the technicalities around abandoning an equality court order, Afriforum lawyer Willie Spies said the Equality Court ruling allowed for the organisation to do so.
In September last year, the High Court in Johannesburg, sitting as the Equality Court, convicted Malema of hate speech after Afriforum took him to court for singing the song.
Judge Colin Lamont held the words undermined people's dignity and were discriminatory and harmful.
Malema lost an application in November for leave to appeal directly to the Constitutional Court against the hate speech ruling. He filed a notice of appeal with the Supreme Court of Appeal in December. Lamont granted him leave to appeal.
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said Malema was not available to attend the signing of the agreement because he was writing exams.
"We started the process together with Malema, but he was writing exams from yesterday," he said, to chuckles from reporters.
Malema is not known for his academic achievements, having obtained an H symbol for Mathematics on the standard grade in matric, which he wrote in 2002, aged 21. He got GG for Woodworking, also on the standard grade.
According to an Independent Online report dated October 2008, Malema successfully registered for a law degree at Unisa, despite his poor results.
Said Mantashe: "That [writing exams] is very important. He expressly gave me the right to represent him at the mediation."
Mantashe said the agreement was important to the ANC.
"It is educating society that litigation should be the absolute last resort. We must [rather] engage, have talks and sign agreements. To us this is commitment and we are going to do everything we can to stick to the agreement that we have signed."
According to the deal all parties recognise the right to celebrate their individual heritages, and take into account that certain struggle songs might be seen as hurtful by minorities.
"In the interest of promoting reconciliation... the ANC and Mr Malema commit to counselling and encouraging their respective leadership and supporters to act with restraint to avoid the experience of such hurt," it reads.
Mkhabela said Lamont's initial judgement limited freedom of speech in the country.
"The Equality Court judgement did have the effect, in our view, of getting a banning order and restraining free speech, and the agreement... will wipe it [the order] off the slate of legal precedents," he said.
Tau SA general manager Bennie van Zyl said his union had made the right decision in signing the agreement.
"When you deal with this type of thing and these issues, the hardest decision in life is to know which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn down. In this case, we decided to cross the bridge."
The union's president Louis Meintjies later said the parties would discuss farm attacks with the ANC. Mantashe said the issue did not fall under the agreement.
Afriforum chief executive Kallie Kriel said the organisation was happy that a "political settlement" had been reached.
"We are not going to limit the agreement to one song, but look broadly at all songs that have lyrics that are hurtful. We will take a strong stance against lyrics in any song... or racial slurs," he said.
"That's not an eradication of freedom of expression, it's an eradication of polarisation in our society."
In a separate case, shortly before the Equality Court ruling, a High Court last year declared the song an incitement to violence.
Asked how that ruling would impact on the case, Spies said the ANC's appeal against the High Court ruling was postponed indefinitely.
"It is my understanding that the appeal and the case will eventually die a natural death," said Spies.
The separate case involved the same words, but arose as a result of a dispute between two businessmen who had argued whether the term "Dubula 'iBhunu" was appropriate when displayed on a banner at a demonstration.


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Revenge's Ashley Madekwe Talks Season 2 Finale Death and Mike Kelley's Departure — Exclusive
We're biting off our $3,000 manicures from the stress of the upcoming Season 2 finale of Revenge. So far we know that one of the nine original main characters will die and that the focus will be on tech genius Nolan Ross.
Wetpaint Entertainment caught up with actress Ashley Madekwe at the College Television Awards on April 25 to talk about the upcoming finale and the shocking news that show creator Mike Kelley is departing the drama.
Wetpaint Entertainment: We've heard the last few episodes of Revenge are pretty dangerous, what can you tell us about them?
Ashley Madekwe: They're pretty epic. We lose someone, that's not a secret. I can't say who obviously because that would ruin it, but we lose someone and it's an original cast member. So that's going to happen. It's a really big episode, we got to shoot in the New York street scene in Universal which we don't often do, we're usually in the Graysons' or sometimes we're in Emily's apartment so it was really cool for me to finally get to be in New York. Which is where we are supposed to be every day when we're working but we rarely get to be out on the streets of Universal that's actually New York.
Are you satisfied with where your character ends up this season?
I am really satisfied where she ends up, especially in the finale she has a huge decision to make and a huge loyalty shift. Her relationship with Emily is at a stalemate at the moment, but she definitely finally picks a side and commits to it.
Ashley and Emily have had a very cold relationship this season.
They never had an argument, they're just not friends at the moment. Right now they're just not friends, they're acquaintances. That continues, that definitely continues.
What can you tell us about the finale?
I can tell you that someone is going to die and that is it. I can't tell you anything more than that without giving too much away. There's also a big revelation I can't tell you about! Death and revelation!
How do you feel about Mike Kelley leaving the show?
I think it's really sad. It sounds like a mutual decision. Mike is a dear friend of mine and a huge inspiration and it won't be the same for me without him. Or Melissa Loy, in fact, his producing partner who I've worked with for many years on other shows. I'm going to miss them both.
Well hopefully whoever takes over will continue down the same juicy path it's on now!
I think it will. I think there's talk of Mike staying on as a consultant, which I think is a really great idea. Nobody knows the story like he does, he knows it backwards and forwards.
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The effect of the Nigerian Civil War, which is popularly called the Biafran War because of the effort to create the Republic of Biafra from the then Eastern Region of Nigeria, left a sober mood that still hangs around Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Same is the situation in many parts of the state where the war left powerful memories. Apart from the presence of a large number of men - now in their seventies and eighties, who fought the war as federal troops, there also abound several war-era-features that still shock anyday, 39 years after. The then Benue area, which is till today, the gateway to the Eastern Nigeria, was the location where the federal troops fired the first shots of the war.
First, these Civil War veterans whose numbers have depleted drastically because of death - mostly from the effects of lack and old age, are a personification of the ugliness of war, and by extension, a good reason to avoid this man-made calamity. Called Tsofon Soja in Hausa, which means old soldier, the lives of these veterans are simply a representation of a segment of the country which sacrificed its comfort and risked life or limbs, for a great purpose. They are usually found among the dregs, eking a living from alms, since the pensions hardly come. In their old age, these men are a permanent feature at drinking spots, ordering for more drinks and cigarettes, and paying nothing. They often get beaten and humiliated for the usual lack of money to settle the bills at bars. In Makurdi and many other places within the state, many of the Biafran War veterans are carefully avoided: apart from the undying habit among them of taking petty credits with no plan of paying. Many go about with limbs torn by bullets or landmines, or ears deafened by bombardment from mortars. They attract the pity of all, but not sellers of liquor.
There is also the Makurdi Railway Bridge which has now come to be known as Old Bridge because of the presence of a second bridge which was constructed in the late 70s. The Makurdi Old Bridge, a provision of the colonial government in 1932, is a landed feature that reminds one of the war era when many residents witnessed sporadic shooting on it, by federal troops. At the beginning of the war, many Easterners who lived in the North began to leave in droves for home, on heavily loaded lorries - mostly the Ford type which is commonly known as Agbegi-Lodo, Now, Makurdi happened to be the only available and quick route to the East, through the railway bridge across the River Benue. It is said that on getting to the bridge, federal troops who were stationed there in an ambush, would flag down the Lorries and massacre the fleeing passengers. The bridge witnessed a bloodbath, so residents who were there at that time said.
The Tactical Air Command (TAC) of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is another landed feature which draws up memories of the war days. It was established by the colonial administration as an airstrip which was later taken over by the military during the civil war. It later became a joint-user airport, with the Tactical Air Command occupying the larger part of it, more so that the civil part of it became dormant when flight operations ceased around 1998. Now, the civil airport is restored, but it runs skeletal services only. Residents say the base played host to several troops, as it was a transit point for many of them.
Till this day, communities around the Air Force Base live in fear, with military activities reminding them of explosives, including landmines, which were buried around the military zone to keep enemy troops off the area during the war. The explosives were not dug out after the war, and 39 years later, the danger these unexploded ordinances have continued to pose on communities, is colossal. This threat which is also experienced in many parts of the country where the war was fought, has attracted the concern of authorities.
The presence of these explosives for decades now, has hindered free usage of land by communities. The team of Humanitarian De-miners from the Ministry of Defence which visited the state recently to recover the unexploded ordinances, discovered areas where the landmines and other explosives still litter the land abound. But the team of de-miners which was led by the Chief Consultant to the Defence Ministry on Humanitarian De-mining, Dr. Jack Bala Yakubu, made more discoveries and recovery around communities in Makurdi. These are communities around Ugondo District which hosts the Tactical Air Command.
The team also received a report from the authorities of St. Mary's Science Primary School in the North-Bank section of Makurdi. An official of the school, Sylvanus Kwatsegh said the school had hosted large numbers of troops during the war. This is just as Governor Gabriel Suswam, who first received the Dr. Yakubu led team in Makurdi, reported complaints about the presence of explosives in communities in Ado and Ogbadibo, which share common boundaries with Eastern Nigeria. These reports kept pouring in from different areas: Aliede in Gwer-East local government area, Gboko, Kastina-Ala and son on.
The Chief Consultant was accompanied by the Chief Operations Officer, Col. Moses Oyegha, the Resource Person, Mr. Thomson Obla and the team's spokesman, Dr. Emeka Uhegbu as well as Chief Legal Adviser, Medina Aliyu. Field men were in truckloads, bearing various forms of gadgets including scanners, and other implements. The exercise is in accordance with the Mines Ban Treaty also known as the Ottawa Convention.
The District Head of Ugondo, Chief Steven Apkegher had to plead with Dr. Yakubu to make a provision for the relocation of his people, to stave off any danger in the course of digging out the bombs. Apkegher said that children are kept from playing in the open, for fear of any explosion, as he recalled a recent incident where a teenager unearthed a bomb while working on the farm, and began to play with it until it exploded and killed him. The chief also recalled an incident in 1985 when a bush fire exploded a couple of bombs, killing villagers and destroying properties. Stories of such explosions have become part of communities around the military base.
"Our children can't play, we can't farm, we have been living in fear", the chief said.
The exercise around these communities alone, led to the successful scanning and recovery of various categories and capacities of explosives, all estimated to weigh about 400kgs. The team's spokesman, Dr. Emeka Uhegbu who spoke to Daily Trust on the success of the exercise, gave as six un-exploded mortars each weighing 81ml and three bombs - one weighing 250kgs, another 75kgs and a third over 75kgs.
"The one weighing 250kgs is capable of destroying a large section of Makurdi", said Dr. Uhegbu, as he added that "we have already dispatched them to our headquarters in Owerri, for onward delivery to Enugu for the blast-off."
The team of de-Miners, also visited, scanned and recovered bombs in other parts of Makurdi, just as they made several visits to Katsina-Ala, Gboko and Aliede.
At St. Mary's Science Primary School reported to have sat on a stockpile of explosives for decades, the exploding number of pupils and their teachers yelled in jubilation upon sighting Dr. Yakubu and his truckload of scanners, drive into the large premises.
Mr. Kwatsegh, an official of the school told the team "you know soldiers were using this place (camping) around 1967. Then I was a kid, but I remember very well that they used to stay there", pointing at a collapsed building. The team headed for scanning behind a fallen building which was used as a classroom before it was abandoned, for fear that it was sitting on a stockpile of bombs left over by the troops.
Dr. Yakubu led his men to the collapsed building where scanning and recovery commenced, extending to neighbouring plots. He urged residents and natives of communities believed to be sitting on landmines, not to panic upon seeing the team with scanning equipment. He said due to the large size of bombs buried in the state, the team brought in a trolley to convey any recovery from the bush into the waiting trucks.
People were amazed at the number of strange objects dug out from the affected areas within Makurdi and environs.
Dr. Yakubu had said on arrival that as the gateway into the then Eastern Region, and as the spot where federal troops fired the first shot, Benue is strategic in the de-mining exercise. "The place of Benue in Humanitarian De-mining is great". He said many explosives were buried there during the war.
According to him 417 explosives were already recovered from the old Eastern Region of the country, naming two of them as "conventional mines", about 39 of them as Ogbunigwe, and various other brands of locally manufactured explosives. The fear of Ogbunigwe has kept farmers around the military air base from filling their land.
"We are still analyzing them (explosives recovered from East). They are long range launchers and are available at our headquarters at Owerri", he said.
He also named the recovery of other military hardware used during the war, including three tanks - a Saladin belonging to federal troops and two tanks simply code-named "Corporal Nwafor". The three, according to him were called "Red Devils".
He said the exercise which was commissioned by the federal government on March 6, this year, has three Area Mine Centres in Enugu, Uyo and Owerri, under which the exercise in Benue falls. He said the cries about the presence of explosives used during the war, have reached the authorities, as he promised that "our task here is to make the land safe for use".
But mounting demands for compensation on land being cleared of the explosives, continued to pose a threat to the UN backed exercise, as communities in Benue State also hindered the work of the Humanitarian De-miners.


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Career Relay
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|Students explore occupations that require manipulative and fine motor skills through participating in a relay race.
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|Students will be able to identify large and manipulative motor skills required to complete tasks in different career areas. Students will assess personal skills and values regarding motor activities.
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|For each team: Ace bandage, doll or mannequin, 4 plastic glasses, 4 paper plates, trays, 10 envelopes printed with first and last name and address, set of wooden blocks, balloon, acrylic paint, set of cosmetics, cot, sheets, pillow
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|Theory basis
|Super Theory, Trait and Factor Theory
|Completion of the relay races and debriefing
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accomplished in a gym or large multi-purpose room.
The teacher may wish to use 11th grade students to help with the set-up and maintenance of the relay.
|Enhancement Activities
|Rather than choosing the above occupations, the teacher could have students work in teams to select from a larger list of occupations and design activities for each.
|Adaptation for at risk kids
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In a world of flashcards, baby sign language, and a host of other tools designed to make babies smarter, it's easy to forget that parents have been parenting children—and turning them into geniuses—long before technology promised to do it for them. Oftentimes the best way to help a child become smarter, more emotionally clued in, and happier doesn't involve a new product or gimmick; the basics of parenting are really all you need. Even more interestingly, your emotions and your child's can both affect her development. So love really does matter, and cognitive science can now conclusively demonstrate that a child's emotional life influences her brain's development.
Before your baby can walk, talk, or even breathe on her own, her brain is laying down neural connections. During pregnancy, the mother's emotional life strongly affects development. Stress and anxiety are especially problematic because they release large quantities of cortisol, which can pass through the placenta and into the developing fetus. Too much cortisol can inhibit development, resulting in lower birth weight and, in extreme cases, developmental delays. Conversely, women who remain calm and relaxed during pregnancy are more likely to have healthy pregnancies and less likely to give birth to children with developmental issues.
Attachment is the process of bonding between a parent and a child. While movies and books tell us that attachment happens immediately, it actually takes several months for a baby to bond strongly to her parents. By 6 months, a child immediately recognizes her parents' faces, and by a year she feels distress when separated from them. Healthy, loving attachments foster strong brain development, and children with close bonds with their parents walk, talk, and read earlier. However, when children endure long separations from their parents—due to divorce, deployment, long-distance jobs, and other factors—they may develop more slowly.
We all feel stress from time to time, and doctors now know that chronic stress can cause a host of health problems. But babies are especially susceptible to stress, and their underdeveloped limbic system makes it much more difficult for them to manage stress. Infants rely on soothing from their parents to calm themselves, and without it, their body releases a variety of hormones to help them manage stress but that, in high doses, can cause long-term developmental problems. Extended periods of crying, being left alone to cry, separation from an attachment figure, and violence in the home can all cause babies immense stress.
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I really believe that our children feel the things that we are feeling and that goes for our emotions too!
We have to be very careful to how we manage those emotions and react in any given situation because this illustrates just how much of how they process the world they get via the messages that we communicate.
As a man, I know that I don't have the liberty to speak quite as freely about this subject as many of the women who read the site do.
But. . .
I do strongly feel that women need to try to remain in check with their emotions when they are expecting. It will help with their blood pressure, it will help with the stress levels that they feel, and as this research shows, it will certainly help to keep your babies in better health too.
Wow,the last point was surprising! Extreme excitement is bad! Well, there is always a moderation is good to everything I guess.
I would like to add that although a lot of people take care of their diet and visits to the doc, not too many think about avoiding stress and other such psychological aspects. That habit needs to be cultivated.
You have to remember that for all women pregnancy is not necessarily a happy event. There are teen pregnancies, women who are single who get pregnant unintentionally. Now I know what many of you will say, that there are means for prevention. And while that is true, life is not ideal and many of those women will claim that contraception was neither available to them or readily accessible. So what do we do for those women? I am sure that they know the many pitfalls of staying stressed out, but what are they to do without the support that many of us have enjoyed while pregnant but they do not?
I don't exactly know what my mother was doing when I was still in her womb. But my mother told me stories of her past and she really had bad times. Maybe that is why I'm like this. Negative thinker, low self confidence, and afraid of trying new things. Sigh…
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Quarterback: After compiling one of the strongest seasons of any quarterback in school history, sophomore Kellen Moore (6-0, 184) enters his second season in charge of the Boise State offense.
After becoming the first freshman quarterback in school history to start a season opener, Moore was named 2008 WAC Freshman of the Year and Second-Team All-WAC. He started all 13 games in his first season, in which he completed 69.4 percent of his passes (281-of-405) with 25 touchdown throws and only 10 interceptions. Moore ended the season with the 12th best pass efficiency rating in the country (157.12).
Moore's backup is expected to be junior Mike Coughlin (6-5, 220), who has seen limited action in his first two seasons at Boise State. Coughlin played in six games last year. He completed 3-of-5 passes with one touchdown and no interceptions. Boise State has used Coughlin as a running quarterback, on occasion, adding some versatility to the offensive attack.


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The St. Marys Area Flying Dutch basketball team used a strong second half to defeat the DuBois Area Beavers by a 64-49 score last night at the SMAHS Dutch Oven.
The Beavers held a 27-23 lead at the half. The Dutch were able to outscore DuBois by a 41-22 margin in the second half of the contest.
"I didn't think pressure bothered them and after the first quarter they had a substantial lead," said St. Marys coach Mark Guido. "We really thought at halftime that we needed to put pressure on them and play our style of game."
Mary Ann Simchick, 76, of 321 Woodland Ave., Johnsonburg, died Tuesday evening, Jan. 11, 2011, at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Bradford following a short illness.
She was born Dec. 13, 1934 in Johnsonburg, daughter of the late Frank and Rose Budzinski Kissel.
On June 16, 1956 in Holy Rosary Church, Johnsonburg, she married Joseph L. Simchick, who preceded her in death on May 4, 2006.
She resided in Johnsonburg all her life and graduated from Johnsonburg High School in 1954.
Janice E. Shope, 71, of 1020 LeMans Rd., St. Marys, died Wednesday morning, Jan. 12, 2010 at her residence.
She was born Nov. 15, 1939, in Daguschonda, daughter of the late Ralph and Ruth Yonker Gorton.
On Sept. 6, 1958, in St. Benedict's Church in Daguschonda, she married David A. Shope, who survives.
She was a lifelong resident of the area and was a graduate of Ridgway High School, Class of 1957. She was employed at the St. Marys Job Center for over 18 years, retiring in 2000.
Mary Lou Hammar (nee Gillen), 84, died unexpectedly on Jan. 1, 2011, surrounded by her family.
She was born in St. Marys.
She married John Hammar, who preceded her in death.
She moved to Erie when she married her husband. They retired to Venice, Fla. in the 1990s, and then moved to Naples to be near family.
Willis E. "Bill" Simon, age 82, of 501 High St., Johnsonburg, died suddenly Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 following a lengthy illness.
He was born Dec. 16, 1928, in Johnsonburg, son of Russell and Helen Myers Simon. On Aug. 7, 1948, he married Lucy Paladino in Holy Rosary Church, Johnsonburg; she survives.
A 1946 Johnsonburg Area High School graduate, he received a degree in instrumentation from the International Correspondence School.
Judith "Judy" A. Smith, 67, of 138 Hemlock Rd., St. Marys, died early Tuesday morning, Jan. 11, 2011 at her residence after a brief illness.
She was born on July 29, 1943, in St. Marys, daughter of the late Norman and Eva Brennen Stauffer.
She was a lifelong resident of the area and was a graduate of Elk County Christian High School, Class of 1961. She was a retired employee of Powdered Metal Products.
North Country Kettle Corn, based in Ridgway, has been growing one kernel at a time since Jaime and Diane Leitzel opened the business in the spring of 2009.
The couple came up with the idea of starting a business as a way to alleviate their empty nest syndrome.
They traveled to numerous events around the tri-state area in 2008, seeking out a potential new business venture, eventually deciding on kettle corn.
The St. Marys Public Library has a number of programs and events scheduled over the course of the winter, many of which are geared toward encouraging younger children to read.
February will mark the third consecutive year that the library has collaborated with the Success by Six Program to collect books for children ages six and under.
According to Vicki Miller, the library's director of children's services, the purpose of the program is to get reading materials to preschool children so that they are introduced to books before they begin school.
A capacity home crowd will be cheering Saturday at Heinz Field as the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Baltimore Ravens in a pro football playoff game.
But before the action begins on the field, these same fans will be saluting several Purple Heart recipients-- including Leo "Jerry" Geibel of Kane-- in a pre-game ceremony at the stadium.
"It's a privilege to be part of the Purple Heart ceremony," Geibel said. "I want to thank the Steelers, who made it possible."
A pin by Kevin Hoy at 285 pounds gave the St. Marys Area Flying Dutch wrestlers a hard-fought 39-36 victory over the DuBois Area Beavers last night at the SMAHS Dutch Oven.
Hoy, along with fellow senior Jimmy Antonelli, gave the Dutch the victory when they both recorded pins in the final two bouts of the night as St. Marys trailed 36-27 after the 189-pound match.
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This error almost rendered my Windows 7 PC useless; my local Apache and php modules, the entire Office suite and Photoshop when ran came to this screeching halt. Good thing Chrome still works and the cloud had my back.
But I have to do something to fix it. So I googled it and nothing really solid came up that solves it. Mostly forums posts leading to nothing and that one spammy article that points to a program to download with a shady premise. Can you say "malware"?
So here are some of the tips I have gathered (and did) from all over. Pretty good starting point on solving this problem until you reach the inevitable "R" word. So you do this sequentially, it is sort of arranged in a "if this fails, do the next step" way.
- Reboot first and run the program.
Sometimes a reboot does a computer good.
- Reboot again in safe mode and run the program again.
Third party apps might be the cause and booting this way would load only the essentials to make your computer run and probably isolate the error.
- The other "R" word.
Do a system restore. If it worked as it is supposed to be, this would revert back to the last working restore point and hopefully, program and system files were reverted as well while it was still running properly.
- Repair or uninstall-reinstall the program.
Some of the program files could have gotten corrupted and this would fix it if that is the case.
- Play with the compatibility mode.
You've already rebooted, restored the computer, reinstalled the program. You might as well play with these settings. Who knows, it might do the trick.
And lastly, the real "R" word:
Reinstall OS
I am no expert on the Windows environment but corrupted/damaged system files might be causing the crash. Also, I couldn't install new programs so I really had to reinstall.
On reinstalling Windows 7, from experience, it is always best to do a Custom install rather than Upgrading. It is faster and it's best to start fresh. No need to reformat on this scenario, but feel free so if you prefer going through your PC rebirth differently (or you are using a different OS).
First step on reinstalling OS is to backup your files located on the system drive. Put it on a different partition or on a external media to be sure. Common sense, right?
But when doing a Custom Installation of Windows 7, the
Program Files,
Users and the
Windows folders will be kept and will be moved to a
Windows.old folder on the same partition after the installation of the OS is done. So if you are feeling brave, just move your files onto one of those folders and they will be safe (supposedly). The
Users folder contain most of the usual folders accessed (
My Documents and
Desktop) so you shouldn't be doing much moving at all if you use those folders most of the time.
But there is always that saying "better be safe than sorry", so just back it up elsewhere.
Once all backed up, run the Windows 7 installer. Brew some coffee, read a newspaper or do a light stroll around your yard and after 30 minutes, you got yourself a fresh clean system.
All you have to do next is to install all those "appcrashing" programs, run it and probably miss that dreadful alert message because it is now gone. I'm kidding, I know you won't. ;)
Kernelbase.dll AppCrash GONE!
I think I just trolled here. LOL It's not really a fix when you are clean installing OS, but it did thwarted the crash. Not bad for my first quasi-how-to, I suppose.


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Fast an Furious 6 / Favourite Movies
Anyone else seen Fast and Furious 6 yet? It is absolutely pure entertainment. Great blend of talented actors, comedy, action and fast cars. The point of this blog, though, isn't to advertise FF6 (but i do recommend it), it is to ask my fellow Korn fans, what are your favourite movies? can be comedy, action, horror - whatever. It will be intersting to see what genre is most popular too (i love horror :).


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As I understand HELLP can be classed in 3 categoris according to your platlete level. Class 1 being the worst, Class 3 being the best ( or is it the other way around.
My plateletes were 118 at the lowest, so Class 3? Is there a link between the class of HELLP and the class of HELLP you get in the second pregnancy eg if Class 3 less likely to get worse next time,
Is there a known link between the class or HELLP sydrome and the reaccurance rate eg if you had class 1 then you are more likely to get it in general?
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The Northeast Massachusetts Youth Orchestras, Inc. (NMYO) strives to enrich the region's youth population through a superior musical experience. NMYO believes that high-quality ensemble experiences should be available to all young musicians and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnic background, financial ability, or physical disability. NMYO considers community outreach to be an important experience in the development of young musicians. Through Youth Serving Through Music, NMYO's community outreach concert program, performers promote the value of music in the surrounding communities.
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Now entering the second season, NMYO's eight ensembles, including Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Intermezzo Orchestra, Overture String Ensemble, Prelude String Ensemble, and three flute choirs, provide an outstanding experience for young students on the North Shore, Merrimack Valley, and southern New Hampshire.
The NMYO program includes weekly rehearsals, concerts, enrichment days, master classes, a student retreat, chamber music experience, a composer-in-residence program, and a unique educational and outreach concert program.
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My collection of washi tape is getting quite large these days so I am always on the lookout for fun craft projects that I can share with you here. As pretty as washi tape can be, there is the issue of it not sticking so well to things for the long haul. For this project I found the perfect solution with the addition of the mod podge! I picked up my cute heart boxes at my local Collage craft store, but you can also find them here on Amazon. Of course you can use any size and shape, and this one is a perfect fit for 3 little truffles. Just follow my step-by-step tutorial below to make this special Valentine's Day box (of course great for all year round too). Top it with a pretty ribbon that is tied into a perfect bow.
I had a little walk down memory lane shooting this post today. About 5 years ago I worked as the creative for a local chocolate company where I designed the packaging, catalogs, website. . . everything but the chocolate. I remember hunting for a photographer to shoot natural light, (I had only styled photography and had yet to even pick up a camera) but couldn't find a local photographer who worked that way. I did find a great photographer and we shot some gorgeous chocolate photos. My signature styling trick was to have a bite out of one or more pieces in the photo. I liked the photos to look real rather than too staged. Now, I am that natural light photographer and today it was all about chocolate. Of course I had to take a bite out of one chocolate for the photos. What fun! ~ Lia
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GULF SHORES, AL (AP) — When Stan Virden moved into his 2,400-square-foot house overlooking a rock-lined canal in 1996, he paid less than $1,000 a year for homeowners insurance.
Now, as he seeks to move to Atlanta to be near family, Virden says potential buyers for the house are being scared off by the annual premium, which has skyrocketed to $5,000.
"We feel like we're prisoners here now because the market is so screwed up because of this," the 80-year-old retired Navy captain said.
From Cape Cod to the southern tip of Texas, rates for homeowner coverage have risen sharply since 2003, pinching homeowners financially, forcing them to take greater risk by accepting higher deductibles and sparking outrage as insurance companies report profits higher in many coastal states than inland.
Nationwide, the cost of homeowners insurance rose 36 percent from 2003 to 2010 — almost double the rate of inflation. Of the 15 states where rates increased by the largest percentages in that time, 14 border the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean, according to an analysis of National Association of Insurance Commissioners figures by The Associated Press. All those states saw rates go up at least 44 percent. Rates in Florida rose 91 percent, most in the nation, while rates in Rhode Island went up 62 percent.
Insurers say the increases are necessary to offset the risk they take in insuring millions of homeowners in harm's way, but their increasingly angry customers question how they calculate rates and whether state officials in charge of balancing public and corporate interest are being too favorable toward the companies.
Rate increases have leveled off in recent years, and some homeowners have even found cheaper policies. But it's clear prices aren't going back to where they were before the spike following the expensive hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005.
Overall, coastal homeowners in 18 states along the Gulf and Atlantic pay about $4 billion more than inland residents for insurance against hurricane winds, according to AP calculations using comparisons of coastal and inland rates in states where they're available.
Some critics also say insurers are inflating the insured value of houses, saying they would cost more to rebuild, thus raising the total bill each year without raising rates.
"We've had insurers applying a 10 percent to 12 percent inflation factor every year to dwelling value," said Willo Kelly, who lobbies for real estate agents and homebuilders on North Carolina's Outer Banks. "Every increase that company applies to dwelling value is an increase in the premium, an increase in the deductible and an increase in the agent's commission."


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First Convertible Bond ETF Starts Trading
State Street has launched the first convertible bond ETF.
The SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Bond ETF (CWB) tracks the Barclays Capital U.S. Convertible Bond >$500MM Index.
156 issues are included in the Convertible Index and the Fund's expense ratio is 0.40 percent.
Convertible bonds are bonds that can be exchanged, at the option of the holder, for a specific number of shares of the issuer's preferred or common stock.
ETF Advisor Marks 5th Anniversary
Kansas City financial advisor ETF Portfolio Solutions is celebrating a fifth anniversary as an ETF-only manager.
One of the country's first and leading investment advisors to specialize in portfolio management of exchange traded funds, the firm was founded in 2004 by Richard D. Romey.
William E. Koehler, CFA, joined the firm in June of 2008 as chief investment officer. Mr. Koehler is a 27 year industry veteran and former head of investment oversight at American Century Investments.
ETF Portfolio Solutions is a fee-based SEC registered investment advisor that offers nine risk-adjusted and two alternative investment strategy portfolios comprised entirely of ETFs.
Direxion Introduces 3x Treasury ETFs
Direxion has added 4 new funds to its line-up of 300% ETFs. The new ETFs provide exposure to 10 and 30 year U.S. Treasury Indexes.
The four new Direxion ETFs are:
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Direxion Daily 10-Yr Treasury Bear 3x Shrs (TMV)
Direxion describes its funds as tactical tools designed for active portfolio management. To that end, the firm has changed the name of all Funds to include the word "daily".
ETF Assets Grow $31 Billion in March
Assets in the U.S. ETF industry ended March at $482 billion, up $31 billion or 6.8%.
In the March ETF Snapshot report, State Street Global Advisors found that the biggest driver of growth were International ETFs with assets up $10 billion or 12.5%. The growth in international was partially due to increasing price levels with the MSCI EAFE index up 6.4% in dollar terms.
Fixed income ETFs also grew nearly $5 billion or 8.2%. That compares favorably to growth in the Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Index (up 2.2%) and the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate index (up 1.4%).
The three largest ETFs in the U.S. are the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) at $59 billion, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) at $33 billion and iShares MSCI EAFE (EFA) at $24 billiion.
Barclays Sells iShares Business
Barclays PLC has agreed to sell its market leading iShares business to a European buyout fund for $4.4 billion.
iShares is the largest manager of ETFs in the U.S. with $232 billion in assets across 180 funds. As of the end of March, iShares had a 48% market share, more than the next 3 managers combined - #2 State Street was at 27%, #3 Vanguard was at 9% and #4 ProShares was at 5%.
The acquirer is CVC Capital Partners Group, a Luxembourg-based private equity and investment advisor that currenlty owns 52 companies employing 447,000 people worldwide.
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Vanguard Launches International Small-Cap ETF
Vanguard has expanded its ETF family with the launch of the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF (VSS).
The new fund tracks the FTSE Global Small Cap ex US Index and holds approximately 2,100 securities covering both developed and international markets.
The international small-cap ETF has an expense ratio of 0.38%.
Gold ETF Assets Top $38 Billion Worldwide
As of April 1, the value of gold held by products in World Gold Council-backed ETFs stood in excess of $38 billion, equivalent to 1,304 tonnes of gold.
The World Gold Council's family of Exchange Traded Gold products are now listed on 13 stock exchanges around the world and include market leader SPDR Gold Shares (GLD).
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By design, this form of securitised gold investment is expected to track the gold price almost perfectly. Unlike derivative products, the securities are 100% backed by physical gold held mainly in allocated form.
The World Gold Council is a global advocate for gold and is funded by the world's leading gold mining companies.
Claymore Recasts Euro-Pacific ETF
Claymore has changed the name and investment policy for the Claymore/Robeco Developed International Equity ETF (EEN).
The fund's new name is Claymore/BNY Mellon EW Euro-Pacific LDRs ETF (EEN). The fund will now track the Bank of New York Mellon Euro-Pacific Select ADR Index.
The index is equal weighted and consists of US-listed equity securities from developed markets including Austria, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The fund has also lowered its expense ratio from a cap of 0.65% to 0.35%.
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We can no longer attack subsidies for the poor while supporting even greater subsidies for the rich.
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During this conversation on Immigration Reform, I figured it was appropriate to talk about another "Immigration" Issue. Great thing, this research.
• Slaves built the U.S. Capitol, cast and hoisted the statue of freedom on top of its dome, and cleared the forest between the Capitol and the White House.
• Slavery fueled the prosperity of the young nation. From 1790 to 1860 alone, the U.S. economy reaped the benefits of as much as $40 million in unpaid labor. Some estimate the current value of this unpaid labor at 1.4 trillion dollars.
• Not only did the institution of slavery result in the extinguishment of millions of Africans, it eviscerated whole cultures: languages, religions, mores, and customs, it psychologically destroyed its victims. It wrenched from them their history, their memories, and When the institution finally ended, the vestiges, racial inequalities and cultural psychic scars left a disproportionate number of American slave descendants injured and without additional help.
• Although the institution of slavery in the United States was officially outlawed in 1865, it continued, defacto, until as recently as the 1950's. National archive records reveal that in the 1920's and 1930's, the NAACP still received letters from African-Americans claiming to still be on plantations and forced to work without pay. Several claims were investigated and were found to be legitimate. Moreover, as late as 1954, the Justice Department prosecuted the Dial brothers in Sumpter County, Alabama because they held Blacks in involuntary servitude.
• Hence, new measures called "Black Codes" guaranteed control of Blacks by white employers. As John Hope Franklin noted in From Slavery to Freedom: the control of blacks by white employers was about as great as that which slaveholders had exercised. Blacks who quit their job could be arrested and imprisoned for breach of contract. They were not allowed to testify in court except in cases involving members of their own race; numerous fines were imposed for seditious speeches, insulting gestures or acts, absence from work, violating curfews and the possession of firearms. There was of course no enfranchisement of Blacks and no indication that in the future they could look forward to full citizenship and participation in democracy.
• The post-Reconstruction Southern practices of peonage and sharecropping which continued well into the twentieth century were direct outgrowths of slavery that continued a system of complete control by the dominant culture. Peonage was a complex system where a Black man would be arrested for "vagrancy", ordered to pay a fine that he could not afford, and then incarcerated. A plantation owner would then pay the fine and then hire him until he could afford to pay off the fine. The peon was forced to work, locked up at night and if he escaped, was chased by bloodhounds until recaptured.
• Likewise, during the 1920's, fortunate Blacks became sharecroppers
on land leased from whites whose grandparents had owned their fore bearers. However they were not allowed to vote, and were socially and economically relegated to the leftovers in education, earnings, and freedoms.
Land of the Free…Home of the Brave. Think About It!!!
The Struggle Continues…RLHSR.
This is the 50th year Anniversary of the Integration of the University of Alabama…
On June 11, 1963, in a ceremonial demonstration, Governor Wallace stood in front of the University of Alabama's Foster Auditorium and delivered a short speech in support of so-called states rights. Vivian Malone, and James Hood arrived at the University accompanied by United States Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, Wallace, backed by state troopers, refused them entry.
President John F. Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard later the same day, which put them under the command of the President, rather than the Governor of Alabama. Guardsmen escorted Malone and Hood back to the auditorium, where Wallace moved aside at the request of General Henry Graham. Malone and Hood then entered the building, albeit through another door.
You will never know the courage it took to integrate a heretofore white university in the Deep South in the early '60's. Isolated with virtually NO ONE to talk to or with, while being subjected to the most vile and vitriolic racism. I knew both James and Vivian. They were both ordinary persons who became extraordinary civil rights and university integration pioneers. Vivian died in 2005 and James Hood passed last week.
Every time I watch the make-up of NCAA Football Champions University of Alabama noting the number of Blacks, I cringe first…and then I ALWAYS think of Vivian and James. I often wonder if Blacks on the football team and at the University of Alabama have a clue as to the bravery and courage 50 years ago to get them where they are today.
God Bless their Spirits, and the sacrifices they made for the Struggle.
The Struggle Continues…RLHSR.
The U.S. Postal Service 2013 Rosa Parks (Forever®) stamp honors the life of this extraordinary American activist who became an iconic figure in the civil rights movement.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott took place in Montgomery, Alabama starting on December 5, 1955 following the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to relinquish her bus seat. African Americans remained off the buses through December 20, 1956, the day the system abolished segregated seating.
Of course, since boycotts were illegal in Montgomery, the term was never used by the protesters. But no matter its name, city buses running practically devoid of black passengers for 381 days are credited with inspiring the Modern Civil Rights Movement and launching the leadership of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Some action against segregation had been in the works for some time before Parks' arrest, under the leadership of E. D. Nixon, president of the Montgomery Branch NAACP and the president of the local chapter of the Brother hood of Sleeping Car Porters. Nixon intended that her arrest be a test case to allow Montgomery's black citizens to challenge segregationnon the city's public buses.
With this goal, community leaders had been waiting for the right person to be arrested, a person who would anger the black community into action, who would agree to test the segregation laws in court, and who, most importantly, was "above reproach." Parks was a good candidate because of her employment and marital status, along with her good standing in the community.
Between Parks' arrest and trial, Nixon organized a meeting of local ministers at Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s church. Though Nixon could not attend the meeting because of his work schedule, he arranged that no election of a leader for the proposed boycott would take place until his return. When he returned, he selected Rev. King to lead the boycott. Nixon wanted King to lead the boycott because the young minister was new to Montgomery and the city fathers had not had time to intimidate him. At a subsequent, larger meeting of ministers, Nixon's strategy was threatened by the clergy's reluctance to support the campaign. Nixon pointed out that their poor congregations worked to put money into the collection plates so these ministers could live well, and when those congregations needed the clergy to stand up for them, those comfortable ministers refused to do so. Nixon threatened to reveal the ministers' cowardice to the Black community. Rev. King spoke up, denying he was afraid to support the boycott. King agreed to lead the MIA, and Nixon was elected its treasurer.
381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story offers a gripping account of the men and women whose non-violent approach to political and social change matured into a weapon of equality for all. Based on an exhibition created by Troy University Rosa Parks Library and Museum and dedicated to the memory of Rosa Parks. 381 Days was made possible through the Smithsonian Institution.
The Struggle Continues-RLHSR.
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This week's assignment in one of my photography classes was entitled "Move." The object of this assignment was to capture motion in several different ways. Now I don't know about you, but when I usually think of a good action photograph, I imagine a picture of a skater and his board frozen in mid-air, soaring over the jump. But these were not the kind of action pictures that my teacher wanted. Instead of using our cameras to stop movement, we needed to portray movement. Needless to say, I quickly became frustrated with this assignment because each attempt was coming out too blurry—either the subject was moving too fast, I couldn't hold the camera still enough, or the wrong part of the subject was in focus.
Regardless of my initial frustrations, I did learn something from it, and ironically, the picture that taught me the most was a goofy-looking self-portrait. Desperate to complete the assignment, I stood outside and spun around in circles while taking pictures of myself. The result was a self-portrait, with my hair flying and the world spinning around me. I found that not only did this picture capture the motion of my spinning, but it also captured the motion that I'm feeling right now—that time is flying by. Here we are ending the seventh week of spring quarter, and things are piling up. I have a list of projects to complete and papers to write before the end of the year. I know I'm not the only one here feeling this motion: seniors are beginning to present thesis projects, spring recitals are coming up, and finals are looming on the horizon.
I guess "move" was the perfect assignment for this week—there is so much going on here as the school year is winding down that a stop-action picture wouldn't have done it justice. So what did I learn from this whole process? I found that it's hard not to smile when you're spinning in circles; and I don't know about you, but I sure want to end this school year smiling regardless of how fast life is spinning around me!
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An autopsy has confirmed a Starkville resident recently whose deceased body was found near Oktibbeha County Lake Wednesday died from head trauma, Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt said Thursday.
Family members of Melvin Robinson escorted Oktibbeha County Sheriff's deputies to the Club Road area, where Robinson's body was first discovered. Robinson was 51 years old at the time of his death.
Hunt said the cause of the trauma cannot be confirmed at this time.Â
"We have to work through getting all the statements from everybody involved," Hunt said.
Hunt said there are no obvious signs of foul play at this time.
OCSO Sheriff's Deputy Chadd Garnett said Wednesday deputies responded to the report after the family had already made the discovery.
"(The body was found) where Club Road and Walter Bell road intersect," he said. "(The area where he was found) is a small pasture, woods and another pasture."
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Data analysis: the most popular cars in rap
Over at Cuepoint, a fascinating data analysis of the most popular cars in hip-hop, with lots of charts, graphs, and GIFs.
The most frequently mentioned car make is Mercedes Benz, also often referred to as Benzos. Rappers love to rap about their benzes, but they rarely mention what models. If we get down to the specific model that's most frequently mentioned, there's no debate — it's the Chevy Impala, most specifically the '64 year model.
"Riding Dirty: The Science of Cars and Rap Lyrics"
Mass surveillance hip-hop from the director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Shahid Buttar -- the rapper who created the amazing NSA vs USA track/video -- is also a constitutional lawyer who serves as executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee.
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Hitler Rap
It all began down in Munichtown.
Previously: Nazi-themed opera cancelled
Gangsta Rap Coloring Book
Feel free to interpret your favorite rapper in whatever color scheme you like! Aye Jay's Gangsta Rap Coloring Book presents 48 icons of rap.
While out of stock on Amazon, many other sellers stock it. The reviews are well worth reading.
I'll certainly be making my living room 'legit' with this and some colored pencils.
Kris Kross's Chris Kelly aka Mac Daddy, RIP
Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly of Kris Kross has died. He was 34. Kris Kross's big hit, of course, was "Jump" from their 1992 album "All Krossed Out." And yes, they were the kids who wore their pants backwards. (Billboard)
Neuroscience of the human brain while freestyle rapping
Using brain scans, scientists are trying to find how great freestyle rappers drop dope lines. Discovery News reports on a study conducted by researchers the voice, speech and language branch of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Here's the paper: "Neural Correlates of Lyrical Improvisation: An fMRI Study of Freestyle Rap." (via Clive Thompson; image photoshop mine from original study)
Die Antwoord: Fatty Boom Boom
Warning: Contains explicit/gross content, not for kids.
A new music video from South African rap-rave zef stars Die Antwoord (web, Amazon). "Fatty Boom Boom," from the most recent album, TEN$ION.
Watch for the not-Lady-Gaga cameo. Much about this will be controversial.
Music video + story concept by Ninja and Yo-landi Vi$$er. Directed by Ninja, Terence Neale and Saki Fokken Berg. DP: Alexis Zabe. Full cast/credits here, including details on the background artwork.
- Die Antwoord: Baby's On Fire (music video) - Boing Boing
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- Die Antwoord: "Fok Julle Naaiers" (music video) - Boing Boing
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- Die Antwoord's US debut at Coachella - Boing Boing
- A farewell to Leon Botha from Die Antwoord's Ninja and Yo-Landi ...
- Afrikaans rap-rave: Die Antwoord, "Zef Side [Beat Boy]" - Boing Boing
- Die Antwoord, S. African zef-rap, and Progeria survivor Leon Botha ...
- Die Antwoord: Whoah. That's some hardcore marketing. - Boing Boing
- In case you missed it: Die Antwoord, the Boing Boing interview ...
- Die Antwoord to sign with Interscope, Neill Blomkamp to direct next ...
- Snapshot: Die Antwoord trufans, Los Angeles, Oct. 17, 2010 - Boing ...
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Ubiquitous surveillance rap
The latest edition of Juice Rap News, "Big Brother is WWWatching You," is a catchy little rap ditty about how the Internet is being remade as a total information awareness panopticon:
September 2012 rocks around with some crucial developments in the ongoing struggle over the future of the internet. Will it remain the one open frequency where humanity can bypass filters and barriers; or become the greatest spying machine ever imagined? The future is being decided as we type. Across Oceania, States have been erecting and installing measures to legalise the watching, tracking and storage of data of party-members and proles alike. If such plans materialize, will this place ever be the same? And what will be the evolutionary consequences for our human journey? Join our plucky host Robert Foster as he conducts an incisive analysis of the situation at hand. Joining him are newly appointed Thought Police General at the Pentopticon, Darth O'Brien Baxter, and a surprisingly lucid Terence Winston Moonseed. Once again, in the midst of this Grand Human Experiment, we are forced to ask tough questions about our future. Will it involve a free internet which will continue to revolutionise the way the world communicates with itself? Or is our picture of the future a Boot stamping on this Human InterFace forever?
I like the guest appearance from George TORwell.
Tupac returns as hologram for Coachella
Holo-Tupac performed last night at Coachella; here is a YouTube of very uncertain life expectancy. NSFW language! Oddly, he lacks a shimmering H badge on this forehead, as required by the Jupiter Mining Corporation's bylaws on holographic human resources. [via Super Punch]
Meet Japanese "human beatboxer" Hikakin (and prepare to be blown away by his video game theme remakes)
Video Link to a short feature on the very popular "human sound machine" Hikakin, who has a growing following within and beyond his native Japan. His YouTube channel is here, and well worth a subscribe. Below, his take on the Donkey Kong theme song.
Die Antwoord: "I Fink U Freeky," co-directed by Roger Ballen (music video)
A video for "I Fink U Freeky," from Die Antwoord's new release "TEN$ION." Co-directed by the band and Johannesburg, South Africa-based photographer Roger Ballen (the first of what I hope may be many more collaborations between them).
Die Antwoord album cover revealed for "TEN$ION"
Due out February, 2012. This will be the first independent release for the much-Boinged band since they split from Interscope. The business story behind this one is fascinating...
Music to do lab work by
MC Frontalot's latest nerdcore album: SOLVED
I've been giving this a spin this morning and it's definitely vintage Frontalot -- I love "Captains of Industry," a great track about how every nerdcore rapper is really in the t-shirt business.
Fighting Trousers: Quality Victorian-parody rap video
I don't quite understand how I've kept forgetting to post this here since my friend Leah showed it to me months ago. I also don't quite understand how Cory didn't get to it first. Regardless: Behold, Professor Elemental and his delightful combination of tounge-in-cheek Victorian parody rap + actually damn fine beats.
For context: This is a dis song aimed at the other Victorian parody rapper, Mr. B, The Gentleman Rhymer. After careful consideration, I think I'm on Team Professor Elemental.
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I am excited to announce the publication of The Vermont Home Cookbook. This project could only have been possible with the support of my family. Please visit this link to learn more about this book. I look forward to your comments and questions.
Vermont is known for food ingenuity. Long winters are softened by a short but brilliant growing season. Family farms, cheesemakers, and brewers are supported by a population fiercely dedicated to buying from local producers. It's a good place to eat: when your meat, dairy, vegetables, and fruit come from down the road, they taste the way food should.
Vermont is in the middle of a food renaissance. Local food can be found in markets alongside olive oil, fish sauce, hot peppers, and other imported delicacies. For perhaps the first time in Vermont's history, it's possible to eat both locally and globally in the same meal.
The Vermont Home Cookbook brings together over 150 recipes inspired by fresh, local ingredients and the comforts of home—whether home is in the heart of the Green Mountains or Ireland, Eastern Europe, Asia, or the southwestern United States. Bob Titterton seamlessly combines the local and global to prepare the kinds of food we share with loved ones. Using his experience as a chef and teacher, he writes recipes with step-by-step direction and clear explanation.
There's a special alchemy when you cook for family and friends. Bob says, "You can bake love into a loaf of bread," and you will learn how in The Vermont Home Cookbook—along with Spiced Lamb Shanks, Grilled Basil Chicken with Peach Salsa, Farls, Shashlik, Candied Ginger Ice Cream, and many more dishes that are comforting, both traditional and contemporary, and, above all, taste like home.
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Democratic Lawmakers Out of Loop on Mining Bill
A vote expected this week in Madison on a pro-business mining bill that could have far-reaching impacts throughout the state of Wisconsin. The bill is meant to help locate an iron ore mine locate in northern Wisconsin. Maybe. Kind of hard to say from the minority democrat side of the aisle, says Onalaska state rep, Steve Doyle
Critics worry that the mining bill could restrict public input on any new mine in the state.