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Ever so often I get a phone call from a nice woman asking what the news is on the Chiefland hospital. "When will it be built?" she asks.
She doesn't give her name, just asks me to write something.
I have been hesitant to write anything that is not said in a public meeting. But, all bets are off: In my opinion, it's not likely we will get a hospital.
I say that with a lot of regret, because I am someone who would love to have a local hospital right now.
I have cancer. OK, let's move on because my prognosis is that I will be around to aggravate Levy's beloved politicians for a long, long time.
It would be great to have a local hospital to go to for tests and treatment — especially chemotherapy and radiation. Instead I am one in a parade of Levy residents who must travel to the medical mecca in the East because that's where the doctors and hospitals are.
You want a surgeon to take out what ails you, go to Gainesville, Ocala or Crystal River, or maybe even Jacksonville. Depending on where you live in Levy County you can face a 30-75 minute drive, one-way, to a medical facility. Ditto for the different surgeons who put you back together. Also the oncologists to heal you. The lab tech and radiologist who find the problem. And the amazing plethora of specialists who treat things you never imagined.
They all want to see you on a different day of the week. Can't do two or three in a day. Let's not mention the paperwork each one wants. I've met with seven doctors and I have at least two more to go before we set the date for that essential operation to remove the bit of cancer that lives within me.
Which gets me down to our hospital-that-will-likely-be-a-long-way-into-the-future.
We are feeding the very thing that condemns our chance for a hospital.
Let's start with the doctors. It seems doctors do not like to move to rural communities. Think about where the training hospitals and medical schools are. They're all in big cities. Cities have amenities and opportunities.
Doctors do not like to drive to the things they like. And our opportunities won't bring a doctor with a half-million in student loan debt to our community.
Our amenities are chili competitions and cake auctions on a Friday night. A graduation packed with the whole town saying goodbye to our youth.
A quarter of us are veterans who want the free care that was promised. A large number of us are over 65 and living on fixed incomes. The rest of us have an average income of about $25,000. A lot of us are uninsured. One in five of us is below the poverty line.
Forget the Norman Rockwell paintings. Medicine is a cold-eyed business. It wants its cash. That's why you are asked for your insurance information before a doctor's office will give you a date and time for an appointment.
And we sabotage our hospital with a belief that big medicine is the cure. One doctor tells me when he gets a patient with a problem they immediately ask to be sent to a specialist. Specialists will not be relocating to our little hospital. It's likely they will only come for a visit and they will refer us to their operations in the nearby big cities for treatment. We will go because we believe the medical mecca of the East is better medicine. The doctor wants us to go East because in the time he could be driving out here he can see two patients at $500 a pop.
Bye-bye patient base. Pretty soon the little country hospital is in financial trouble.
We have to be able to pay for doctors and a hospital. And we don't have that kind of "juice" right now.
Doesn't matter how badly we need it. Doesn't matter how bad our health profile is or how many people are dying.
Even though my caller says in her sweet voice: "It needs to come. It has been too long."
I have to say it won't come anytime soon.
And, in the meantime, we will all be on the road again going back and forth to that mecca of medicine to the East helping it to grow bigger.
Lou Elliott Jones is the editor of the Chiefland Citizen. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Although it was a only a small fishing village in the mid-19th century, Dar es Salaam is today Tanzania's major Commercial city and one of the fastest growing cities in Africa. Its growth in importance makes it even easier to book a flight to Dar Es Salaam from most major international departure points.
The city has a diverse range of cultures and influences that reflect Tanzania's history as a German and later British colony. This, and its location in a picturesque natural harbour, make flying to Dar Es Salaam with Qatar Airways an invigorating experience.
During your trip to Dar Es Salaam you can discover the roots of the city at the Village Museum, which features a range of traditionally built houses. On some afternoons you can also watch tribal dance performances. The National Museum can provide a wealth of information about Tanzania's past as Tanganyika and Zanzibar, as well significant local fossils discoveries.
Other popular attractions within the city include the Askari Monument and the Zoological Gardens. Safari day trips to Mikumi National Park also provide a chance to see Tanzania's wildlife up close, while some local charitable organisations can arrange tours to visit some of the entrepreneurs trying to make living in Dar es Salaam.
A trip to Dar Es Salaam offers plenty of choice for beach lovers, particularly around Kigamboni. If you'd like to try your hand at snorkelling or just go for a swim, the Dar Es Salaam Marine Reserve provides a picturesque location for underwater exploration. Hiking trips can be taken in the nearby Pugu Hills, with knowledgeable locals acting as guides.
Back in the city centre there are numerous options for entertainment that cater for a range of tastes, from Tanzanian beats to international dance and pop.
You can enjoy a wide range of culinary options to suit all budgets. Trips to Dar Es Salaam can be punctuated with everything from Tanzanian grilled meats, chapattis and stews, to high-end Asian food from China and Japan, as well as Mediterranean dishes.
The City Centre area has no shortage of restaurants, and you'll certainly have no trouble finding Tanzanian street food wherever you happen to be. Hotel restaurants are also worth investigating, but are usually at the upper end of most budgets.
If you're looking for some traditional East African fashion and crafts as keepsakes from your travels to Dar Es Salaam, head to Mwenge art craft or the textile markets in Mnazi Mmoja. Shopping on these colourful, bustling markets can be a memorable experience in itself, making anything you buy there even more worthwhile.
Many visitors travelling to Dar Es Salaam take home jewellery made out of Tanzanite – a blue gemstone that is only mined in Tanzania. Make sure that what you get is the genuine article by buying from reputable sellers.
Julius Nyerere International Airport is the main destination for international flights to Dar Es Salaam.
Visa restrictions for entry into the country will depend on your country of origin, length of stay and whether your trip is for business or pleasure. So before you fly to Dar Es Salaam please check the visa and passport requirements.
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They call it Godwin's Law: as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. And before the internet, it was known as "reductio ad Hitlerum" – trying to beat an opponent in a debate by comparing them to Hitler.
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Breakdown FM Interview w/ Grandmaster Flash
Once Upon A Time In The Bronx:
The Rise of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
By Mark Skillz
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It was a extraordinary night for music history. For hip-hop it was the last barrier of mainstream acceptability.
The creators of rap music were going to be recognized by the same institution that honored rock icons Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones and Ray Charles.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place every year at the posh Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City; for music history buffs as well as old rock fans with salt and pepper hair this is the night. Music critics and record industry heavyweights turn out in droves to celebrate the careers of the legends of rock that inspired the music we all know and love.
But the 2007 award ceremony was different. This was the first year that a rap group would be inducted into the hall of fame. Rock fans and music critics were livid.
Twenty-seven years after 'Rapper's Delight' shook the world, the genre still wasn't respected as a legitimate form of music.
"I've heard of Grandmaster Flash", scoffed one irate fan online, 'but who in the hell are the Furious Five? And why on Earth are they being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ahead of INXS?"
This year the group that practically invented rap as we now know it, has been formally inducted into the 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside rock greats R.E.M., Patti Smith, Van Halen and The Ronnettes. This is a large step for a crew that many have called "the greatest rap group to ever grace stage and wax." Their story starts in 1976 when it really was just about the music.
Back in 2005 on a warm day in Oakland, CA I had the opportunity to sit and interview the man that wrote the genetic code for what we call hip- hop today: Kool DJ Herc.
But back in Herc's day, it didn't have a name it was what it was: just a neighborhood thing.
After listening to the founding fathers reminisces on his times as the first break-beat deejay progenitor, I realized something: Kool Herc is to hip-hop what Alexander Graham Bell is to the telephone, yes, he is the creator, but what hip-hop was then and what it is now are two different things.
One hundred years ago you couldn't have paid Bell or an Italian inventor named Guglielmo Marconi to have predicted the wireless phone, the cell phone, the blackberry, or any other modern device. Kool Herc himself will tell you in a heartbeat "I had no idea that this would become a billion dollar a year industry.
With that in mind I wondered something: If Coke La Rock (Kool Herc's MC) was just spittin' little phrases on the mike, not full all out rhymes as we know it today, then who was the first real MC spittin' lyric for lyric on beat with a continuous flow?
"Mr. Herc," I asked him as I scratched my head and searched for the right words. "I'm curious about something.
" I said, "Who was the first person that you saw rap as we know it today?"
Just then at that moment a warm smile enveloped Kool Herc's street hardened face.
He looked out the window across the street at Lake Merritt, almost as if he was looking back at that day, in a quiet voice he said, "It was Mele Mel… Mele Mel and Kid Creole.
They were at a boxing gym on 169th St, in the Fort Apache area, as a matter of fact, it was the last place that I seen Big Pun alive at.
In a quiet and almost somber voice he recalled the events while sometimes taking a pause to look down at his battle scarred hands. "They was in the middle of a boxing ring with these big Afro's… Kid Creole, as little as he is, had one too. Flash was behind them cuttin'. When I saw them I just smiled cause I knew where they got it from…they got it from me. And they knew that they got it from me. I wasn't mad. Mele Mel saw me in the crowd and just nodded at me. I laughed to myself.
It must've been one helluva moment.
Hanging above the dimly lit gym was a thick cloud of smoke; it was a pungent mixture of cigarettes and reefer laced with angel dust. Stoned out dust heads tripped out as the dazzling display of flashing lights played psychedelic tricks on their minds. In the red light haze surrounded by stick up kids, gangsters and hyperactive b-boys Kool Herc got to see the first steps of his creation taking on a new dimension, as brothers Mele Mel and Creole were laying down the foundation for rap, as we know it today.
According to Kool Herc's suddenly upbeat mocking recollection "They were saying 'Yes yes y'all, to the beat y'all, a keep on y'all and ya don't stop…"
Melvin and Danny Glover are from the South Bronx an area that was once described as a war zone. It was there where they were born and raised, them and six other gentlemen that would fill out the group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The group's rise from hip-hop pioneers to 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees was long and hard. Their story starts in the grimy streets of the South Bronx where they were all fans of an amazingly innovative local deejay.
"This group has never been just about five people", Arthur 'Disco Bee' Hayward said to me while looking out his window smoking a cigarette.
What he is referring to is the fact that apart from the five MC's (Mele Mel, Scorpio, Rahiem, Creole and the late Keith 'Cowboy' Wiggins) and the deejay Grandmaster Flash there were actually two other guys who were apart of the crew, Flash's assistants: Disco Bee and EZ Mike.
"I go back with him to the beginning." Bee says. "You ask around, anyone that knows the truth will tell you that originally it was Grandmaster Flash, Disco Bee and the Three MC's.
On this day Bee was a bit frustrated. The impact of the bands induction into the Rock Hall of Fame could finally turn the page for a group that many mainstream media outlets have ignored over the last twenty years. Thus, generating some serious cash for a generation of aging hip-hoppers that never got the chance to see any real revenue for the music they've given most of their lives to.
Further adding to the situation is the fact that the contributions of Disco Bee and EZ Mike have practically gone unacknowledged. "Flash didn't invent any of this by himself!" Bee says to me. "That shit [a three man turntable routine] that he did onstage at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors with Jazzy Jeff and Kid Capri is the same thing that me, him and Mike did back in the day.
Disco Bee goes back to Flash's initial stages at a schoolyard called 63 Park.
Bee - as friends like to call him, would be there with another young man named Cordee-O, whose older brother was Flash's partner 'Mean Gene' Livingston.
Disco Bee, along with Flash's best friend EZ Mike, helped Flash innovate the turntable tricks that would elevate him from the status of a local deejay to a turntable god.
Today Disco Bee is a middle-aged man living in North Carolina with his family. With his Bronx accent, glasses and trademark baseball cap; Bee still retains much of the flavor of his Boogie Down Bronx upbringing. He was rather subdued while talking about his beginnings as a teenaged deejay more than thirty years back, but immediately snapped to life when the subject switched to his favorite sound system.
"The Gladiator", he exclaimed with an exaggerated raspy voice while proudly wrinkling his face into an intimidating sneer while stretching out his arms and bringing them together as if he was wielding a mighty sword.
This was the system that enabled the group to compete with some of the most ground shaking sound systems in the Tri State area.
"So the Gladiator was all that?" I asked EZ Mike.
"What?" He said as his deep, death-like, gravely voice hit a high pitch, "What? No one could touch that system. It was untouchable.
"When we started playing The Dixie, this guy on Freeman St., this Jamaican guy built this thing for us." Disco Bee recalled while beaming with pride. "The speakers were as big as refrigerators and we had four of them. It took two people to carry the amp, this thing was so fuckin' heavy. We used to put a towel over it, so while we were carrying it into the club people would be pointing at us wondering what we were carrying. And then… we'd uncover it. They would be blown away by… the Gladiator!" Bee exclaims again with the same exaggerated raspy voice.
They went all around the city destroying other crews in sound clashes.
That was until one night in Jamaica, Queens…
"We were at this club on Hillside Avenue, what was it called?" Asked EZ Mike, "Oh yeah, the Fantasia that was it. Anyway there we were with the Gladiator, Flash was killing them people. He was cuttin' that record 'Catch the Groove' to pieces: 'Dunna dunna dun." Mike said imitating the sound the sax squeal makes as it's sliced and diced to pieces. "Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dunna dunna dun. Dunna dunna dun." He was killin' it. He was spinnin' around and shit like that cuttin' the record…and then all of a sudden we heard this huge monstrous sound go: "DUNNA DUNNA DUN".
"Flash snatched the headphones off and looked around at us and said, "What the fuck was that?"
"We had no idea what it was, but it was so loud and clear that he could hear it even through the headphones!"
"So he went back to spinnin' again. I happened to look across the room when I saw Goode, in a wheelchair push a button on his mixer and then we heard it again: "DUNNA DUNNA DUN.
"We were all like "Oh shit, that's their fuckin' system making all of that noise. They fuckin' drowned us out - even with the Gladiator they fuckin' drowned us.
" That was the night they met DJ Divine and Michael Goode and the awesome power of their set called The Infinity Machine.
But still Flash and his gravity- defying, lightning- quick, turntable techniques made him a very difficult deejay to defeat back then.
"One day after Flash had beaten Herc and all of them, there was a jam at a park." EZ Mike tells me as his gravely voice becomes louder and louder as he gets more and more excited. "Herc was playing there. From the moment we got there people were like "Yo there goes Flash." This nigga did one of the most awesome things I had ever seen in my life. He got on the turntables and started cuttin' 'Good Times". He was killin' that shit. "Good…Good …Good…Good Times…Good Times…Good Times. Good Times. Good Times." And he kept doin' it faster and faster…"Good Times. Good Times. Good Times". Motherfuckers were watching this shit and were buggin' the fuck out. And then all of a sudden he stopped and walked away from the set. He just kept on walking passed the ropes - we thought he was done. And then all of a sudden he went running back toward the turntables at top speed and flipped the cross fader just in time for the record to go "Good Times". I swear everybody in the fuckin' park lost their minds.
The rep was growing Flash was the deejay equivalent of a mighty god like Zeus or Apollo. But he couldn't conquer the city alone.
Before he was a self-professed former crack addict, now, turned muscle bound tough- talkin', protein-shake drinking, rumored to be a sometime male stripper and also - nowadays, an aspiring wrestler called 'Muscle Simmons'; Melvin Glover was known as one of the greatest rappers to ever touch a mic: Grandmaster Mele Mel.
To hear that the first real 'King of Rap' sometimes moonlights as a male exotic dancer is heartbreaking to hear. You see, for many rappers of a previous generation Mele Mel was the equivalent of the mystic Bob Marley and the hard partying funk god Rick James. For many Mele Mel was like a prophet.
Just like no one would've wanted to see or hear about Bob Marley or Martin Luther King shaking their stuff onstage wearing nothing but thongs. No old school hip-hopper wants to hear about - or more importantly, wants to see, the great Mele Mel dancing somewhere in a thong as part of the 'Gun Show'.
I have my doubts as to whether Mel is really an exotic dancer or not. So I asked him point blank: "Mel, I hear this whole "Gun Show" thing and you being a stripper is just an extension of a joke that you and Scorp' started some years back." To which he responded: "I do my thing. I'm not gonna comment on that, I got my hustle.
Just like I thought.
Today at 45 years of age Mele Mel is not ready to hang his mic up or coast his way into oblivion. In fact, he's probably more over the top today, than when he was in his prime. He's probably one of the few rappers alive these days that actually walks it like he talks it. He's a man's man in a culture that doesn't value maturity. Anyone lacking in self-confidence could borrow a cup or two from him or at the very least could take notes. Even when he's at his most boastful he's being sincere.
"I made a way for me to do what I do and for them [other rappers] to do what they do. When you see Mele Mel I want people to know that you're seeing a true to life living black legend." He said to me with the raging confidence of a wrestling legend like Rick Flair.
When he's not in the gym or onstage dancing in some club somewhere, he's touring the country promoting his first solo album titled 'M3'.
In the late '70's Mel was known on the streets as "Flash's MC". He was the central voice for the baddest deejay the world had ever known at that time. In many ways they complimented each other: Mel was at the very pinnacle at what he did and Flash was unstoppable.
It hadn't always been the case that Mel was the best MC though - no, many people who remember them from their days as the Three MC's, recall when Mel's older brother Danny (Creole) was the better of the trio. In typical fashion Mel told me quite confidently, "That's subjective, who was better than who. Creole was good, but he wasn't better than me.
In the Morrisonia section of the Bronx where they grew up at there were many fledgling MC's that got on the mic for Flash in 1976. In fact according to Mel 'anyone could get on the mic for Flash back then'.
Lovebug Starsky has made claims of being the first person to talk on the mic while Flash was cutting.
But it is the late Keith Cowboy that many remember as being Flash's first real MC. While Cowboy, Lovebug Starsky and others were doing their thing with Flash in the park, the Glover brothers were hard at work preparing to take their neighborhood by storm.
"Me and Creole were in the house everyday practicing and polishing our routines. From the very beginning - we did everything together. We used to listen to Kool Herc and them. They used to say things like, 'and yes y'all, the sound that you hear…" They were always saying 'and yes y'all' we really liked that so we used it. So we would take that and lengthen it and say it to the beat. So it would be "A yes yes y'all, to the beat y'all, freak-freak y'all.
"We went to all of Herc's parties and studied their shit", he continued, "We studied their format just like people would later study us - that's how we studied Herc. There are a bunch of stories out there that say that Creole got on first and I got on a month or something like that later, no, we got on the mic for Flash at the same time.
From the very first time that Mel saw Coke La Rock and Timmy Tim on the mic, he says that rhyming became an all-consuming obsession for him. "I knew from that very first time I held the mic that this is what I should be doing." He told me.
In fact he said as much on his very first record "Superrappin'…
"Ever since I talked at my very first party, I felt I could make my self somebody. It was somethin' in my heart from the very start, I could see myself at the top of the charts, rappin' on the mic, making cold cold cash, with a jock spinnin' for me called DJ Flash. Signing autographs, for the young and old, wearing big time silver and solid gold.
My name on the radio and in the magazine's my picture on a TV screen…"
No one would've guessed back then that all of that would come to pass. It can be argued that Mel's competitiveness, ego and raw determination were key ingredients to putting the band at the top of the heap. Everyone interviewed for this article agreed that Mel was far more competitive than the rest of the group. To this day, he believes that not only can he body slam any opponent in a wrestling ring but can still defeat any MC out there as well.
Many rappers over the age of 35 consistently cite Mele Mel as a prime influence.
Rappers as diverse as Kid and Play, Big Daddy Kane, Hammer, Busta Rhymes, Too Short, Rakim and Kool G Rap have all praised his name over the passed two and a half decades.
His lyrical prowess is unmatched with songs like "World War III", "Step Off", "Beat Street Breakdown", "King of the Street", "New York, New York", "The Truth" and "Survival". He stood out in an exceptionally talented group.
Nowadays it's a hard task to get the band that changed rap music to reunite. So much has happened over the years: drug abuse, break ups, fights over money, lawsuits, envy, bitter feelings for not being properly credited and death.
But before the group was full of animosity, before the records and movies, Grammy awards, world tours, long nights with strings of groupies and critical acclaim, in his heart Mele Mel was Flash's biggest fan.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the sound that you hear is a def to your ear. Ya have no fear cause Flash is here. The disco dream of the mean machine the Darth Vader of the slide fader, no man in the world cuts straighter or greater than New York's number one cut creator…" That's how Mele Mel would open many a show with Flash back in the day.
"He's the one that made me wanna get in the game", Busy Bee told me. Busy is one of the group's biggest fans and himself a hip-hop pioneer who is best known for his appearance in the movie 'Wild Style' and his record 'Suicide'. He remembered how the guy that he was so much a fan of, was equally, if not more so an even bigger fan of Grandmaster Flash.
"I used to see him walk around in a sky blue t-shirt that said Pro Keds. Now on the bottom of the logo that said 'Pro Keds' he wrote 'Flash fan'. He was a Flash fan. And he wore the shirt so much, that that's the way I knew who he was. It was sky blue with white letters I'll never forget it. I still have snapshots to this day of Mel in that shirt.
He was like with me what Monique [the comedian] said to the Bishop Don Magic Juan, "If you wear that green suit again motherfucker!' You know what I'm sayin?' He was like that back then with me, "If you wear that T-shirt one more time motherfucker, I'll buy you a joint my motherfuckin' self.
When I related the story to Mel from Busy Bee he laughed hysterically and said, " Yeah, I remember that shirt.
EZ Mike remembers when Mel first came around their crew to get on the mic, "Mel wanted to get on the mic with Flash because [Flash] was the best. It was Flash that put him on. Mel and all of them followed Flash everywhere. I remember… they were fans of the man just like everyone else.
Whether it was on tape or on record Mel was usually the lead voice, with an almost brimstone and fire-like delivery he'd convey lines about Flash so convincingly that people thought that it was Flash on the mic.
"Grandmaster Flash is willing and able, he's the king of the cuts on two turntables, he's the grand grand the master man. He's so nice on the slice he don't need no band.
He rocks 45's and 33's, he rocks boys, men, women and young ladies!"
Not many people today remember Sylvia Robinson as a singer. She is probably one of the first black females to find success as a songwriter and producer. But without a doubt the biggest feather in her cap is the fact that she is without question the first black female recording artist to own her own independent record company. Many people call her a genius. There isn't a thing about record production that Sylvia Robinson doesn't know.
On a recent rerun of the syndicated show 'Soul Train' a flashback segment highlighted old footage of Sylvia from 1973.
"And now from the Soul Train history book this is Sylvia…" Don Cornelius said as he introduced her with his trademark smooth as velvet bass voice. The camera cut to a scene from the distant past where a dance floor full of teenagers with Afro's and bell-bottoms swayed to the sultry sounds of an erotic disco beat.
On stage wearing an oversized jazzy yellow Apple hat and big hoop earrings, Sylvia Robinson moaned and whispered between sensually charged verses "What your friends all say is fine, but it can't compete with this pillow talk of mine…"
And to think she almost sold the song to Al Green.
In 1973 the song 'Pillow Talk' was not only a top ten smash hit on the radio but also it was a hit in disco's, bedrooms and in the back seats of cars parked in dark places all over America. The song 'Pillow Talk' resurrected a career that dated back to the 1950's when Sylvia, as part of the R&B duo Mickey and Sylvia, busted on to the charts with the smash song 'Love Is Strange'.
Along the way she wrote and produced for Bo Diddley, Ike and Tina Turner, The Moments, Shirley and Company, The Whatnots, Brother to Brother and many others. Sylvia knew a hit when she heard one.
Whether it was The Moments singing the R&B classic 'Love on a Two Way Street' or Brother to Brother covering Gil Scott Heron's 'The Bottle' - the lady knew her stuff.
To top things off she and her husband Joe Robinson, a tough, no nonsense, gruff kind of guy, made the ultimate coupe de tat in the record biz in1975 by buying the Chess/Checker catalogue.
Or so they thought.
By purchasing the Chess/Checker publishing catalogue - a collection of some of the most treasured songs in early Rhythm and Blues and Rock and Roll history, the Robinson's invited the jealous wrath of white record men. "Niggas weren't thinking' about buying publishing catalogues back then" a defiant Joey Robinson Jr, told me on the phone. They gave Joe and Sylvia pure hell from the moment they bought that catalogue.
In 1979 their record company All Platinum Records was struggling financially. That was until Sylvia saw Lovebug Starsky performing at the club Harlem World, that's when a light went off: What if I could take what he's doing and put it on wax? After thirty years in the music business Sylvia knew to trust her instincts. It would be those instincts that helped her to navigate the treacherous waters of the music industry for three decades that wouldn't allow her to let the idea go.
First she approached Lovebug Starsky who turned her down.
According to DJ Hollywood, the man that many credit as being the 'godfather of rap', she approached him as well and he too turned her down. "I was making so much money at the time playing at the Apollo and Club 371 and other spots around the city, that making a record didn't make sense to me at the time.
That's when she got the three guys from New Jersey and christened them the Sugar Hill Gang and released the first commercially successful rap record 'Rapper's Delight'. The Robinson's were the first independent record company in the world to rake in serious cash from a brand new style of music, which, much like rock n roll, would later have a profound impact on popular culture.
By 1981 Sylvia Robinson's chokehold on the rap industry was complete. She signed all of the top groups in the city to contracts - iron clad contracts at that, so that no one could compete with her stable of acts.
The best crew on her roster was Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
They were the real kings of rap back then.
And they were an arrogant bunch too.
Cold Crush Brothers deejay Toney Tone remembered a night at the early hip-hop hot spot the Disco Fever, when Scorpio "spent all night looking at himself in the mirror." Many groups from that time remember the Furious Five as being the types of guys who were a little too full of themselves. "They didn't really associate with MC's outside of their group" many have said. Kool Herc remembered Mele Mel as being one of the only ones who would occasionally come out and play with him and his crew.
As brilliant as they were though their competition at that time would've been shocked to have learned that the band only practiced "maybe once a week" said Rahiem.
"We didn't really practice that much because Mel and Creole didn't get along. Every time we would get together, it never failed, they'd get into it, and one of them - usually Creole, would wind up walking out. We may have practiced one day a week - but it was intense, we practiced from three or four o'clock in the afternoon to ten or eleven at night.
Today at 43 years old Rahiem is the youngest member of the crew and arguably the most talented. His smooth tenor voice and wicked flow made him the lyrical co-anchor of the band. Whereas Mel is boastful and arrogant, in contrast Ra is quiet and introspective. "People see me on the street and say "Hey aren't you…somebody I should know? They don't know if I'm from the Cold Crush or the Treacherous Three or what", Rahiem told me. "I'm not as easily recognizable as everyone else - and I kind of like it that way." It was Rahiem that co-wrote many of the groups songs along with Mele Mel.
Scorpio a/k/a Mr.
Ness was the ladies man; with his braided hair and sharp features it was his charismatic persona that helped to give the quintet its swagger. To this day Kid Creole has long flowing straight hair as well as non-stop rhymes and a voice like a traveling salesman.
But it is the late bow-legged, deep voiced Keith Cowboy that many revere. He had one of the best voices ever heard on a mic. The most superb example of Cowboy at his best is at the end of the record 'Freedom'. As the tape was fading out there were more rhymes to go, so the founding member of the Furious Five ended the song in a classic street corner style with finger snaps and all. He wasn't the best lyricist in the group, but it was his voice and flow that forever sealed the ending of the song as a classic.
Once they got on Sugar Hill and their records started selling they went way over the top as far as egos went. And why not? They toured the country with some of the biggest acts of the 80's: Evelyn Champagne King, The Gap Band, Joan Jett, The Clash, The SOS Band and many others, the band was royalty on the street; in Hollywood they hung out and partied with Eddie Murphy. Their stage show was in demand.
Night after night they toured the world like proselytizers of a new faith. They were spreading the word of the gospel that Kool Herc had crafted ten years before and were taking it to places as far as Aruba. People in Middle America had never seen or dreamed that eight guys with two turntables and a set of microphones could do so much with so little. They were warmly received in most places, but in others they were met with stone silence and indifference. What they were doing was so much different from anything anyone had ever witnessed.
"We were playing at Bond's International one night. I'll never forget this", Rahiem said as he recalled the show. "When we first started touring with Sugar Hill, Sylvia used to dress us. She picked out these velvet suits with rhinestones - we hated those suits. Anyway, here we are at Bond's International, opening for the punk rock group The Clash.
"Now here we are - we're rappers, those white boys that came out you know, they wanted to slam dance and shit like that. So Flash is out there first doing his thing, and I guess he went 'zigga zigga' one too many times and the crowd started getting restless.
"Well, we get out there and start doing our thing and after a while I dunno… it seemed like everybody went to take a break and head for the concession stand - at the same time. The next thing we knew we were getting hit with all kinds of shit. I remember somebody threw an orange at Scorpio and it hit him dead in the balls. It was that bad. And we had to go through it twice because we played two shows that night. But we got over it because we were being paid $18, 500 that night. When we got off that stage every white boy in that place looked like someone who threw something at us.
But bad shows aside what making records afforded the group was the chance to tour the world. Some of them had never been outside of New York before; they were in awe of the sights and sounds of different places and having fans in neighborhoods that were similar to their own.
"I'll never forget this time on tour in St. Thomas", said Disco Bee. "Me and Cowboy were the only ones who woke up early, it was eight o'clock in the morning and everyone else was asleep. Cowboy said, 'Yo Bee, let's go out." We were like two little kids with a new invention. I mean we were that happy. We were walking around when all of a sudden we turned a corner and were like, "Oh snap, you see that?" It was a bunch of brothers playing ball in a park with no shoes on. We joined in with them. After a while Cowboy looked at me and said, "Yo Bee, you gonna take your shoes off?" I said, 'Hell no'. He said 'me either'. The ground was too fuckin' hot for that shit.
"We really liked touring the country", Rahiem said. "One of the things that separated us from a lot of these cats today, is we didn't just know our hood, we were in every hood", Mele Mel said adamantly. "A lot of these dudes today are block niggas because all they know is their block, but when we came to town, we went into every hood and hung out and got to know the people.
Rahiem agrees, "As soon as we'd get off the plane we'd be like alright, take us to get some food, and we went straight to the hood. In every country and every city we didn't care where - we went to the hood. We loved going to Florida, Atlanta was a good city for us, and we loved hanging out there. All over Louisiana - New Orleans, Lake Charles, Shreveport we got plenty of love there.
"What did you love about Louisiana?" I asked.
"The food, the women, once you've had a Creole woman, I dunno man that shit was like crack, that shit was addictive.
In 1982 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five sat on top of the rap music industry like a big 800-ton elephant.
But the world of funk was the dominion of a shit talkin', weed-smokin', cocaine-sniffin', sex crazed, multi-talented singer, songwriter and producer named Rick James.
Decked out in leather and high heel boots his only real friends were a spliff and a guitar. With recordings like "Mary Jane", "Bustin' Out", "Standing on the Top", "Cold Blooded" and "Give it to Me Baby" Rick James was the king of funk. His songs weren't just about sex and drugs - though they were a common theme, he also liked to write tunes that reflected his ghetto upbringing: "Pimp Simp" was a song he recorded with the Furious Five for the album 'Cold Blooded'. His albums went platinum and he played to sold out stadiums all over the world. People that knew him have said that he was one of the hardest working musicians they ever met. For as hard as he worked though- he partied even harder.
"People need to go back in their memory banks and remember, in the '70's and '80's, before Prince and Michael Jackson, Rick James was hot." Mele Mel wants to reminds us. "He was the first modern day black rock star. When he walked out onstage and said "Fire It up" everybody in the place was firing their weed up. He was a talented dude.
Mel cites the song "Déjà vu' which James wrote and produced for Teena Marie as being his favorite Rick James record.
"Slick Rick [as James was sometimes called] was basically like our father when we were out on the road", Mel told me. "Slick Rick did for Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five what Frank Sinatra did for Sammy Davis, Jr, he made everyone respect us.
"When we first went out on tour with him", Mel continued, "We'd be outside our tour bus lifting our little weights that were filled with sand and doing push ups. Outside the coliseum or wherever we were doing a show at, we would get this little deli tray that would have meats and cheese and shit like that on it that looked like niggas probably could've wiped their balls with it or some shit like that. Rick would come around and check up on us and make sure we were all right and he saw how we were being treated. He went to Al Hayman, who at one time was the biggest promoter in the country, and put him and the union people, on notice: 'Yo, treat them right, Flash and them are my boys.' And they did it. So as a result of that we got better food, better places to stay, more space on stage and more time on stage.
"We immediately clicked with Rick", Rahiem told me, "Although he's from Buffalo he's still from New York, his drummer Lino, from the Stone City Band is from the Bronx - we all immediately hit it off. We got high together and everything.
"Did you ever hear Rick James say 'I'm Rick James, bitch!" I asked.
"Absolutely!" Rahiem responded, 'that was his slogan, that's really not a joke. That's how he really carried himself.
"I seen him straight up kick a chick in the ass with a pair of thigh high suede boots on, he was wearing some black leather pants, he straight up kicked a chick straight up her ass. He said, "You must have the game fucked up, I'm Rick James, bitch! Get out of my dressing room.
Upon hearing Rahiem's story Mele Mel laughed and remembered another event. "The first time I saw Rick, I hadn't even met him yet. I seen him smack the shit out of a bitch, and this was a good-looking broad too, I mean he wasn't no punk about his. He smacked her and said 'Now get the fuck out of my dressing room! I was like 'Oh shit' this nigga is for real.
Rick's charismatic personality and talent made a serious impression on the Furious Five.
But there was another memory of Rick that really stands out for Mel, "When we would be onstage Rick would be on the side of the stage wearing a hood over his head, watching us silently taking mental notes. He really wanted to help us to be better performers.
Rahiem recalls a night after the tour was over when "Rick called me when he knew he was going to be in New York, and told me to meet him at NBC studios on the set of Saturday Night Live, because he wanted to surprise Eddie. It was Smokey Robinson's birthday; it was me, Rick, Smokey Robinson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eddie Murphy and a lot of others who all went out to Studio 54.
"What was Studio 54 like?" I asked.
"The only way I know how to describe Studio 54 to you would be to say…it was like Disco Fever to the 10th power. There were celebrities walking in and out of that place, it was something else.
While the group was out on tour having the time of their lives, Sylvia Robinson was excited about a demo she got from percussionist and songwriter Ed Fletcher.
According to a 2004 article in Blender Magazine, Fletcher had two songs on the demo, one was called 'Dumb Love' and the other was 'The Message'. In the article Mele Mel said, "No one wanted to do 'The Message' even Ed Fletcher didn't think much of it".
At the time the band was coming off of a string of records that blasted out of boom boxes and rocked block parties, skating rinks, cook outs and school dances - but they weren't hits. Sales wise they were nothing in comparison with what was to come.
"Freedom", "The Birthday Party", "It's Nasty", 'Flash to the Beat", "Superrappin' and "The Adventures of Flash on the Wheels of Steel" were top notch rap records - but they didn't make it to the top of the charts.
The first commercial rap artist to release a record with any kind of social awareness was a guy who at one time had been a part of Flash's crew. According to Disco Bee, "At one point the group got really large. I mean there were a whole lot of people in the group, man.
" So they ended up having two groups: the A group - which was the Furious Five, and the B group, which consisted of Kool Kyle, Lovebug Starsky, a guy named Georgie George and another guy who called himself Kurtis Blow.
According to the band, at first no one in the group wanted anything to do with "The Message". It was a complete departure from everything that they had done. For a year the band ducked and dodged Sylvia at every turn. But the more they resisted the more pressure she applied.
Finally she put her foot down: Either record this song or that's it. "She'd do things like withhold advances from us as a form of punishment", Rahiem recalls.
According to Joey Robinson, Jr.
, the reason Mele Mel is the only one from the group featured on the song, is because he said, 'Mrs. Robinson if you believe in the song - then I believe in you." No one else in the band believed in the record.
Grandmaster Flash has gone on record as saying he was against the idea of only one person from the group being featured on the song.
However it was Rahiem's voice that was originally on the track as well. "Mel and I co-wrote the verse 'a child is born' together, it was used on 'Superrappin'. We decided while recording "The Message" that that part would fit into the new song.
I was in the studio I laid down the part that Duke Bootee would later do. But Mrs. Rob had a problem with my mother and I. She called us trouble makers.
Every group has its stand out member, whether it's The Leaders of the New School, The Wailers or The Spinners, there is that one member that has a little bit more of that special something that makes them stand out from everyone else. From the very start of their careers at Sugar Hill, Sylvia noticed that special something in Mele Mel. 'It was Mrs. Robinson that singled him out and made it look like he was the leader - but he wasn't." Rahiem told me. "Because his lyrics were more universal we let him take the lead on stuff that he wrote.
In the song 'The Message' Duke Bootee and Mele Mel painted raw lyrical pictures of the suffering of ghetto dwellers huddled together in the ruins of the neglected promise of America. For the first time on wax since the days of the Last Poets and Gil Scott Heron, there was a record on the radio that truly captured the claustrophobic desperation and despair of the inner city at the dawn of Reaganomics.
"Broken glass everywhere,
People pissin' on the stairs,
You know they just don't care.
I can't take the smell,
Can't take the noise,
I got no money to move out,
I guess I got no choice.
Rats in the front room,
Roaches in the back,
Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat.
I tried to get away but I couldn't get far,
Cause a man with a tow truck repossessed my car.
And then the songs refrain:
"Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge,
I'm tryin' not to lose my head.
When the song finally dropped it was one of the most awesome things ever heard in rap up to that point. In fact, lyrically it forever changed the game, the days of party rhymes and fun were over the seeds for a more serious art form were finally taking root.
Return to Davey D's Hip Hop Corner


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Reviewed By Richard A (LA HABRA, CA) Reviewed for a 2015 Nissan Altima —3/30/2016 10:44 AM
Got the I can't believe it's not Leather" covers. I have had many people come in and say way these smell like leather, also say it feels just like leather. They fit ok, I think the headrest could have used a wider velcro band to make them fit tighter and more snug, The seat backs were good except the hole positions for headrest inserts were an inch off. The seat bottoms a little too wide, took a little extra wriggling to tighten them up. Would be nice if they make a center console cover.


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From MEPIS Documentation Wiki
KTorrent is a client for BitTorrent protocol. KTorrent uses .torrent files to initiate a download and to connect downloaders with the most efficient uploaders currently available. It also does error checking and correction, so downloads do not need to be md5sum checked for accuracy..
- latest version at KTorrent.org, which would need to be compiled following these directions. Note that the version in the repos may be slightly behind that, but is easily installed in the usual manner..
- latest version at Mepis8-Repositories: 3.1.1
- latest version at Mepis7-Repositories: 2.0.3
- latest version at Mepis7 community repo: 2.2.7
Installation / Update
Latest version available in the repositories can be installed using Synaptic or apt-get.
To get the country flags icons to show on the Peers tab, install geoip-database using Synaptic and restart ktorrent.
Simplified Setup/Use
Find a torrent file that is for what you want to seed or leach. LinuxTracker.org is a good place to start.
Download the file (usually this will go to your Downloads directory/folder. It will be labeled xxxxxxxxxx.iso.torrent. They're usually very small (55.8 kB for Mepis 8.5.03 rel1 64) and then you just navigate to the Downloads folder using Dolphin and Left-click the file. That opens KTorrent and a dialog box that asks where to put the file it's going to download. (The .iso file that you image to a CD or DVD.) Just click the Ok button. You can also open KTorrent and other torrent programs and use their own Menu system to navigate to a torrent file you have downloaded. And if you downloaded to the part of the file system that KTorrent uses then you can use its Scan feature to pick up the torrent file and use it.
But using Dolphin, Left click on it. That should open KTorrent with a dialog box. Tell it ok. That will connect the .torrent file to KTorrent and (in this case) LinuxTracker. The .torrent file tells where the tracker is and connects KTorrent to them. LinuxTracker and KTorrent 'announce' that you are wanting the file and will automatically start downloading it. Once you have enough of the file to seed others will be allowed to download your part or parts of the file that you have gotten on your computer. Once you have a finished file (the full .iso that is) you continue to seed to gain additional prestige. There's a number that's associated with your ratio of leaching to seeding that will make it plain if you seed more that you leach when using LinuxTracker.
One nice feature of torrenting is that it's not necessary to check the MD5sum or SHA1 hash number as torrents have their own correction and checking software. You won't get a bad file unless you use a tracker that has a less than pristine reputation. Use well known and vetted trackers and stay away from illegal downloads.
Using the rest of this wiki page to setup KTorrent or Deluge will be confusing at first until you get the hang of what's happening. The defaults in either program are well thought out and don't need much tweaking at all. You might want to opt for encryption or something else that may make sense in your individual case. But by and large the defaults will work for more than 90% of ordinary Users. It's kind of fun seeing people from all over the world get on your torrent to leach and/or seed it.
Advanced Settings: Network/TCP/UDP
- Port: 500001/2
- UDP Tracker Port: 4444
- UDP DHT Port: 44453
- Max download rate: up to you, but don't max out your available bandwidth. It usually is counter-productive.
- Max upload rate: set to 8o% of your max. upload rate of your internet connection is usually best.
- Maximum connections per torrent: 4
- Global connection limit: 5
- Enable protocol encryption
- Allow unencrypted connections
1 Port 6881 is the default torrent port, but some ISP's block this port - more informations here.
2 You can choose a port number starting from 49152 up to 65535.
3 A different port number is required also for UDP traffic.
4 Depends on your router and bandwith. Using a Fritz!Box - 60-80 connections are recommended. For others use the Settings Calculator
5 Depends on your router and bandwith. Using a Fritz!Box - 100-150 connections are recommended. For others use the Settings Calculator
Advanced Settings: Filesystem
In addition to configuring the internet settings, you'll need to configure directory settings so KTorrent will work optimally with your filesystem. Some guiding principles:
- Don't use KTorrent default directories. You don't want a bunch of stuff being dumped into your /home/user directory. It will affect overall system performance.
- A separate partition for filesharing is highly recommended. On that partition create the directories KTorrent can use for storing temporary files and finished downloads.
- Saving .torrent files to a "scan" directory is recommended. To enable this feature in KTorrent, the Scan Folder Plugin must first be loaded.
- Creating a symbolic link in your /home/user directory to your filesharing partition will facilitate easy access and quick saving of downloaded.torrent files into your scan directory.
- After creating symbolic links, set up the relevant directory locations in Settings > Configure KTorrent > General. After Loading the Scan Folder Plugin you will be able to also set the Scan directory or directories in Settings > Configure KTorrent > ScanFolder.
If you are unsure about how to create symbolic links in your /home/user directory to other data partitions, see the tutorial in the Links Section below: "Safe and Easy Data Storage Outside the /home "
Downloading a file
- You need to download a .torrent file, usually from a tracker site (e.g., linuxtracker.org)
- Open the file by clicking on it.
- Make sure that in your firewall you have the ports used by KTorrent open for connections.
Usually a torrent download starts very slow and accelerates once more people join the torrent swarm and start to share larger portions of the file between them. This is different from FTP downloads, where more people results in slower download speeds for everyone. This is because, unlike the one-way server-to-client model of the FTP download, the Bit-Torrent protocol allows all clients connected to a central tracker to download and upload numbered segments of the file (called "chunks") simultaneously between themselves.
Also, unlike FTP, a bit-torrent client like KTorrent automatically error-checks the downloaded files, as each chunk completes. There is no need to do a separate md5sum after the download is completed.
Seeding a file
Seeding means uploading to other people the file that you finished downloading. As a common rule of thumb, torrent users should seed at least to a sharing ratio of 2.00 (meaning that they upload double the amount they downloaded). Seeding happens automatically once the file is downloaded. In any given torrent swarm (group of people all sharing the same torrent), the more seeders who remain on line, the more efficient the torrent becomes. Every leecher (person still downloading the file) will get faster total download speeds, as the uploading work is being shared by more sources. Similarly, each seeder will be needing to use less of her/his bandwidth. Everybody wins —if everybody plays nice!
Seeding a file which was already downloaded
- Move your downloaded file into the folder where your completed ISO files are stored.
- Download the .torrent file from LinuxTracker.org and put it in KTorrent's "scan" directory.
- Open the bit torrent client (i.e. KTorrent) and add that .torrent file if it doesn't load automatically.
- KTorrent will now check your ISO file based on the checksums in the .torrent file and if it is OK, it will start seeding. If it's not OK, KTorrent will download only the necessary chunks to "heal" the ISO. ( Way cool!)
Starting a Torrent
- See: Creating a torrent
- KTorrent main homepage
- KTorrent Forum
- KTorrent at Wikipedia.org
- PortForward.com How to configure your router to do port forwarding.
- The Azureus Wiki has lots of relevant info regarding bit-torrent usage
- Settings Calculator
- 20 BitTorrent Tips&Tricks
- BitTorrent at Wikipedia.org
- Mepis Torrent Team project page Mepis Community Project for distributing Mepis releases via bit-torrent
- Starting a new Torrent in Deluge for Linuxtracker.org
- Safe and Easy Data Storage Outside the /home Tutorial on data partitions and symbolic links
- MEPIS torrents


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Looking perfectly polished is part and parcel of being an A-list celebrity—at least for the fairer sex. Angelina Jolie, Katie Holmes, and Jessica Biel have come to represent a new brand of chicness—from their sleek street clothes to their sexy, envelope-pushing red carpet looks. Why, then, has their style not rubbed off on the men in their lives? Here, our tips for spiffing up Tinseltown's hottest guys.
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MPs in Worcestershire were divided on whether smoking should be banned in cars carrying children - with one parliamentarian saying police have better things to do.
West Worcestershire Harriett Baldwin, who was promoted to Government assistant whip on Saturday, voted against the ban last night, saying there are major crimes police need to focus on.
However Worcester's Robin Walker, Mid-Worcestershire's Peter Luff and Mark Garnier, who represents the Wyre Forest, all backed it.
The vote - passed by 376 votes to 107 - means the Government now has powers to bring in the crackdown for the first time ever.
Mr Walker said: "The public health concerns around smoking are very clear.
"I do think police have had a hard time enforcing the ban on mobile phones, but I don't think anyone can argue that this won't be a good thing.
"On balance I support the ban as the fact it may be difficult to enforce isn't a reason to not vote for it."
Mr Luff took the unusual decision of asking his 5,100 Twitter followers what he should do.
He said the tweet led to "100 per cent support" from constituents in favour of a ban.
"The constituents told me the freedom of children to enjoy good health trumps all other arguments," he said.
"It didn't make my mind up for me, but it informed my view.
"It's about protecting the vulnerable and making sure children are not passive smokers."
The Coalition decided to give MPs a free vote on the debate last night, meaning they were not asked to back the views of their respective party leaders.
Mrs Baldwin said she would prefer police to concentrate on other crimes like drugs, metal theft and burglaries.
"I am against smoking in cars with children but do not think it should be illegal," she said.
"I would prefer the police focus their time on drug related crime, catalytic converter thefts, metal theft and rural burglaries."
MPs voted in favour of an amendment to the Children and Families Bill, which empowers ministers to bring in a ban in England.
Prime Minister David Cameron missed the vote because he was visiting flood stricken parts of the South West, but Downing Street now says it will legislate for the ban.


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Special Report: User backlash at SP100 meeting
CONTROL contributor Dick Caro, a member of the ISA SP100 committee devloping a set of wireless industrial networking standards, reports to us on SP100 activity. This is his latest progress report.
The February ISA SP100 (Wireless Industrial Network Standards) meeting generated some strong end-user backlash—a sharp contrast to the previous meeting where cooperation seemed to be the mantra. The backlash reflects dissatisfaction with the process being used by SP100 as it moves toward the first draft of its standard.
The issue arose at a subcommittee meeting where Honeywell and the WNSIA group (Wireless Networks for Secure Industrial Applications) proposed adoption of a new physical layer using a narrow-band, frequency-hopping spread spectrum operating at 2.4 GHz as an alternative to the previously adopted physical layer based on the use of IEEE 802.15.4 chips using direct-sequence spread spectrum with channel-hopping.
The User Working Group was meeting separately when it received news that a vote on the alternative physical layer proposal was being taken. Most of the users left their meeting room to attend the physical layer meeting so that they could participate in the voting and express their opinions on the alternative proposal.
When the vote was taken in the PHY/MAC (physical and media access layer) task group, sufficient numbers of end users were present and voted against the motion to cause its narrow defeat. Subsequent questioning of those opposed to the proposition revealed the end users' deep dissatisfaction with the process.
A few of the users who had heard the presentation of the alternative physical layer said their needs were not being heard. They had expected that an alternative physical layer based on one of the currently available physical layers operating at 900 MHz and using frequency-hopping spread spectrum would be among the first alternatives to be considered. This alternative would have met their requirements for an inexpensive, quickly available wireless network for data acquisition that could operate over distances typically found in refineries without a repeater.
After the meeting, the co-chair of the User Working Group resigned from the position, citing alleged harassment by one of the vendor companies, thus forcing SP100 management to consider changes in the process.
Many components make up the "wireless cloud" over process plants. (Courtesy, Honeywell Process Solutions)
What Actually Happened?
Development of a highly technical standard, such as SP100, requires the cooperation of the major industry suppliers and many other specialty firms to make complex, detailed and highly technical proposals. It also requires that end users make known their actual needs in terms familiar to them and communicate them clearly to the technical committees. In this case, the users did not circulate their draft of the User Requirements document, but held it as a working paper of the User Working Group. This document also was not widely circulated outside that working group to seek input from other users not able to attend committee meetings.
Until this hiccup, the development of the architecture for SP100 was proceeding on-plan. In previous meetings, the SP100.14 and SP100.11 subcommittees developing separate proposals for wireless networks for simple data acquisition and for control systems were combined because, except for the physical layers, the proposals were very similar. The combination was approved by SP100 so the committee could concentrate on a single standard with variation only in the physical and portions of the media access layers, SP100.11a. The "default" physical layer using IEEE 802.15.4 chips previously proposed by the Collaboration Group in its proposal for a data acquisition network had already been approved.
In this meeting, as planned, the WNSIA Group headed by Honeywell, was making its more detailed proposal based on the not-so-very-well-kept secret, second-generation wireless network code-named "Raptor." As the meeting was going on, Honeywell was demonstrating Raptor to end users in another room. It also offered ts alternative physical layer to SP100 for use in control-oriented networks. WNSIA/Honeywell also offered its media access, network, transport and application layer proposals at the same meeting. The Collaboration Group also presented detailed proposals for the media access and network layers.
Development of a standard is a difficult process, mostly because the committee is made up of technically savvy contributors from many companies who are motivated to have their previous work written into the document. End users are involved to act as a sounding-board to make sure what is proposed meets their needs. Their presence is required in ISA standards committees to balance the suppliers. The most difficult obstacle to writing standards is that every one of the committee members has a full-time job that does not include the extensive time required to actually write the standard.
The alternative is to create a standard the way the IEC does. In that system, all proposed standards recognized by some recognized standards body can be accepted as "Publicly Available Specifications." The result of this is a multi-part standard, such as IEC 61158 Fieldbus, which began with eight parts and soon will have more than 15, none of which interoperate.
The SP100 process, operating under ISA rules, seeks to develop a single standard designed to allow interoperability of wireless field devices for process control, a requirement users have strongly requested.
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Somehow Greenlake Elementary School had a field trip to outer space! Unfortunately, the school board can't remember the stats! Each person had a different first and last name, they were all different ages, they all liked a different planet, and they all came at a different time.
First names: Greg, Kevin, Emily, Carla, Ben
Last names: Waters, Brown, Craig, Samuels, Martin
Ages: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Favorite planets: Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto
Times: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
1. Carla had the most colorful last name and loved the smallest planet. She went around 6:00.
2. Mr. Craig's son was startled to see his fifth grade class get to outer space at 9:00.
3. Emily was nervous, for this was the first time in her six-year-old life she had gone away from her hometown.
4. As the kids got nearer and nearer to Saturn, Kevin kept asking to get out of the rocket, for he admired its rings.
5. Miss Waters was very excited to get to the end of the solar system, for she loved Neptune.
6. Ben's class got there at 5:00, so they watched the asteroids zooming for a while.
7.Greg was glad when his fourth-grade class got there at 8:00. He was dying to see Mercury!
8. Ms. Samuels' son (who was in second grade) always got books about Mars at bookstores. He loved Mars.
Hint1st grade=6 years old
2nd grade=7 years old
3rd grade=8 years old
4th grade=9 years old
5th grade=10 years old
AnswerKevin Craig, age 10, loved Saturn and got to outer space at 9:00.
Ben Samuels, age 7, loved Mars and got to outer space at 5:00.
Greg Martin, age 9, loved Mercury and got to outer space at 8:00.
Emily Waters, age 6, loved Neptune and got to outer space at 7:00.
Carla Brown, age 8, loved Pluto and got to outer space at 6:00.
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Championship: Ian Holloway says Crystal Palace must keep fighting
Crystal Palace boss Ian Holloway calls for his team to keep fighting after they fall to defeat at Blackpool.
Last Updated: 01/04/13 8:06pm
Matt Phillips' 85th-minute goal made it an unhappy return to his former club for Holloway, whose current side are now six points behind Hull in second place.
"We need to show character and keep fighting," said Holloway. "I thought the overall performance showed we were calm and still believed in ourselves.
"We didn't panic and kept going. That really should have been a 0-0. We're not making things happen for ourselves. It is really important at this time of the season that we all stick together.
"It's the worst run we've had since the start of the season and it's the wrong time to do it. We've just got to dust ourselves off, get up and get on with it.
"It's no good feeling sorry for ourselves and we need someone to step up to the plate."
Holloway refused to blame the poor surface at Bloomfield Road for the defeat after Glenn Murray and Wilfried Zaha missed the best of the few chances Palace created.
"The pitch is no excuse as its no help for both teams, but it doesn't help. Unfortunately we didn't make the most of our advantage as we didn't really create that much. I think that's the most difficult thing."


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Harrison preps for storm
Harrison Supervisor Ron Belmont said town offices would close at 2 p.m. today. He said he had spoken with county emergency officials as well as Consolidated Edison and was assured a liaison from the power company would be available throughout the storm and on-hand for Saturday's clean-up efforts. The town… Read More →


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CONTENTIOUS plans for a shared chief executive for the Malvern Hills and Wychavon councils will be back on the agenda this week.
At an extraordinary meeting of Malvern Hills District Council of Tuesday, council leader David Hughes will call for last month's decision to share the two top posts to be reconsidered.
He will tell councillors that the amendment introduced at the June meeting, that the new joint post should be "subject to open competition", will have "very serious risks and consequences".
He says these could include recruitment and redundancy costs in excess of £350,000, and the risk of legal action.
His notice of motion is backed by 13 other councillors.
At the same meeting, Lib Dem leader Tom Wells, with three colleagues, will introduce another notice of motion calling for any redundancy payments to be kept to the statutory minimum.
The meeting is at 7pm at the Council Chamber, Avenue Road.


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Bikini Waxing 101
What you need to know before, during and after a bikini wax
-Paige Herman Axel
You've got to love summer … Barbecues, long weekends, trips to the beach — and bikini waxes. We might not be able to make waxing pain-free, but there are a few pointers you can follow to ensure your health — and your results.
Before Your Wax
Time it right: The skin around your bikini line is more sensitive around the time you get your period (just like your mood!), so try to avoid waxing a few days before and a few days after it starts.
Check credentials: Aestheticians and other waxing professionals must be licensed, and they are supposed to display their license in their place of business. If you don't see it, ask for it.
Dress appropriately: Wear loose, comfortable clothing to minimize chafing or irritation after your wax.
At the Spa or Salon
Look around: Before you drop trou, consider the cleanliness of the waxing room. You wouldn't get a manicure or pedicure without sterile tools, and it's important that your aesthetician take steps to help prevent infection. Make sure that disposable applicators are used, and that tweezers are housed in disinfectant.
Say no to double dipping: Hot wax can become a breeding ground for bacteria. Do you want wax that has been contaminated by the person whose appointment was before yours?
Spot test: If it's your first wax, or you have especially sensitive skin and have never used that particular type of wax, ask if you can pop in to test a small area — then make an appointment for 48 hours later. This way, if your skin reacts, you'll know before you subject your entire bikini area to the stuff.
After You Wax
Give your skin TLC: Give your post-wax skin some special treatment, in the form of a cold compress and hydrocortisone cream if you're especially tender.
Avoid heat: Hold off on bathing for two hours after waxing, but definitely take a lukewarm shower or bath to cleanse away excess wax or creams that day. For the first 48 hours after a bikini wax, steer clear of hot showers, baths, saunas and steam rooms.
No nookie: As much as you may want to show off your meticulously maintained va-jay-jay, experts recommend abstaining from sex for the first 48 hours after waxing since the skin is especially susceptible to bacteria. The choice is yours …
Cover up: Exposure to UV light is a no-no for the first 48 hours after waxing, so plan accordingly. No last minute appointments on your way to the beach.
Eliminate ingrown hairs: Begin exfoliating 48 hours after waxing. (If you don't wait this long, you're in for a not-so-pleasant experience.) Whether you opt for a loofah or a product that contains glycolic or salicylic acid, it's a great way to get rid of pore-clogging dead skin cells — and keep your bikini line looking fabulous.


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I have a litter of golden retrievers for sale , they have been raised on my cattle farm in the peak district.
Both parents are Kc registed and have exellent temperments, the pups have been brought up around my family.
The pups have been wormed regualy and will leave with some puppy food and info to help them settle into their new homes. The pups have been vet checked and recived their 1st vaccination
Before bringing your beloved puppy home, it's important that the puppy is over 8 weeks of age. If you're suspicious that the puppy is being sold before 8 weeks of age, then please report them to us.
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The fact that you're considering adopting, or buying a new puppy or dog is an important decision and one that should not be taken lightly. Your new pet will solely rely on you in many ways, so it's important that you're 100% committed before hand. You can do further reading about caring for dogs and their wellbeing in our pet advice section. You can also find out more information about the Golden Retriever dog breed by visiting the Golden Retriever Dog Breed Information.
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Confirm that the advertiser is genuine. You can do this by arranging a visit with the potential advertisers home, if they try to avoid you visiting, or make excuses, then you should be concerned. If the advertiser asks for money, or deposit to be paid online without you visiting the dog at their home, or they request to meet you somewhere or drop the dog off at yours, then please DO NOT agree. We advise that you should never send money online. If you're concerned about an advertisers authenticity then please report them to us.
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The advertiser should let you see the puppy with their mother and in some circumstances their father as well. If the puppy is shown without their mother, then this can indicate that they've
been breed by the advertiser and or possibly imported. If the advertiser makes excuses as to why you can't see the mother, we advise that you immediately walk away.
Check the puppy is over 8 weeks of age
Before bringing your beloved puppy home, it's important that the puppy is over 8 weeks of age and has been properly weaned before they leave their mothers. Some sellers will keep the puppy longer than this and this is perfectly fine.
Health check of the puppy or dog
It is very important that you check the health of your puppy or dog before you decide to adopt or buy. Although this can be difficult, most sellers will agree that you can return the puppy or dog within 48 hours should they have any health issues. It's worth taking your puppy or dog to the vet for a health check as soon as you take them home. The seller should be willing for you to do this. If the puppy has already had a health check by the seller's veterinary practice, then they should provide you with the legitimate paperwork to support this. It is also worth ringing the vet to confirm everything beforehand.
Check the puppy or dog is up-to-date with their vaccinations
All puppies should receive 2 vaccinations, the first between 8-10 weeks of age and the 2nd vaccination 2 weeks later around the age of 10-12 weeks. Older dogs may also need booster vaccinations and this is normally recommended by the vet. It's important that you check with the seller what vaccinations the puppy or dog has had. It's worth noting that puppies should have had their first vaccination before they leave their mother. If the seller has not provided a vaccination plan, then it will be your responsibility to make sure you arrange both vaccinations 7 days before letting your puppy go outside.
Have the puppies had treatment for worms and fleas?
Puppies should be wormed at the age of 2 weeks and again around 5 weeks old. Before the puppy leaves the seller, they should have had more worming treatment at 8 to 12 weeks of age.
Ask questions about the puppies mother
It's worth asking the seller how old the mother is, she should be at least 1.5 years old. How many litters she has had. How is the mother's temperament. All these questions are important for the future health of your dog and the seller should want to tell you everything about the puppies mother.
Are the puppies socialised?
It's necessary that the puppies have interacted well with their puppy litter and have been raised in a home environment around other adults, children, and general household life. Puppies that don't receive this kind of training and development from a young age, may go on to develop behavioral problems later in their life and become difficult to train. They may likely develop temperament issues and will find it difficult to adjust to family life.
Is the puppy/dog registered with the Kennel Club?
If the puppy or dog has been registered with the Kennel club, then you must check that you've been given the correct documentation before you take the puppy/dog home. It's worth considering to check the documentation and phoning the Kennel Club to verify the registration.
Check the puppy or dog is Microchipped
From the 6th April 2016, it is required by Law that all dogs over 8 weeks of age are micro chipped and that the seller's details are registered in their name and are kept up-to-date. The breeder is responsible for microchipping the puppies and must have all the correct information updated on the database before they are adopted or bought. You must make sure you receive the microchip documentation with the chip number and then arrange to change the microchip details into your name. You can find out more information about this by visiting our puppy and dog Microchipping article.
Considering the pet insurance costs
Insuring your puppy or dog is one of the most important decisions you should make when bringing your beloved puppy home. Veterinary fees can become extremely expensive and it's important that you have the correct level of cover beforehand. We recommend that you research pet insurance providers and purchase the correct level of cover. Most polices will allow you to start the cover the day your puppy or dog arrives to their new home. Please check our pet insurance section for further information.
For further information please make sure to visit our Pet Advice section. However here are a few helpful dog related articles which we recommend you read before making a decision to adopt or buy a puppy:


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Thursday, August 24, 2017
Men's Health
Counteracting meds that cause impotence
Two questions, please. If taking a medication like Inderal causes impotence, would taking one of the ED medications, like Levitra or others, correct the problem?
And if someone who was already prone to impotence takes a medication that causes impotence, would the ED medication just cancel out the first one, and not help the impotence at all? Thanks
Usually, the PDE5i like Levitra should overcome or "cancel" out the effect of the offending drug, like Inderal. Occasionally, Levitra or similar drugs may not overcome the side effect of erectile dysfunction. In those cases, it is recommended that you speak to your physician and try to change the offending agent, like Inderal, to something less offensive. There are other similar drugs to Inderal which be less of a problem with erections.
Allen D Seftel, MD
Formerly, Professor of Urology
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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Wildfire had significant impact on Bastrop State Park: How the public can help
AUSTIN – Beyond the loss of lives and property, the still-smoldering Bastrop Complex Fire has had a significant impact not only on the iconic and highly-popular Bastrop State Park but much of the entire Lost Pines ecosystem. The fire, which began north of the park on Sept. 4, claimed two lives, destroyed more than 1,500 homes, and changed the lives of thousands in Bastrop County.
"Texas Parks and Wildlife has been experiencing an outpouring of concern from citizens, conservationists and nature enthusiasts worried about the ecological impact on the park and the ecosystem it anchors," said Todd McClanahan, park superintendent. "People have been offering money, trees, and wildflowers – even wildlife. We'd like to ask the public to be patient while we assess the impact of this disaster and determine what TPWD needs to do, but we have set up a system for the public to offer assistance."
While few areas within the park escaped the fire, most of the Civilian Conservation Corps-constructed buildings and other park infrastructure were saved. Even so, TPWD officials know that the fire has had a profound impact on the Lost Pines vegetation and wildlife habitats, though neither was totally lost.
"There will be remarkable changes in the landscape," Greg Creacy, Natural Resources and Regional Wildland Fire Coordinator for State Parks said. "TPWD staff and cooperating scientists are focusing on assessing and documenting these effects."
On the short term, however, TPWD personnel are still mopping up after the fire – dealing with smoldering stumps and yet-unburned fuel. Flare-ups are still a threat, especially with the continuing drought and red flag fire conditions. Additionally, there are many hazardous trees to deal with—hundreds of which will continue to smolder and fall over the coming months.
The Lost Pines are among the more unique ecosystems in the nation and Bastrop and Buescher State Parks contain one of the best examples of the southwest-most extent of the loblolly pine.
"The genetics of these pines are unique," said David Riskind, Director of Natural Resources for State Parks. "To provide for the long-term recovery and restoration of this plant community we need to use only the genetic stock from this area. Unfortunately no seedlings of this type are available at this moment so we do not want to introduce plants foreign to Bastrop. The same goes for grasses and wild flowers."
Creacy said TPWD will be assessing fire effects to determine the most seriously impacted sites and what the best strategies are to bring about maximum stabilization and recovery. This will involve mapping areas where erosion potential is greatest and working to install environmental fabrics.
"Another focus will be protecting especially sensitive habitats like the Houston Toad breeding ponds," he said. "All our study sites and transects will be monitored to determine effects on insects, wildlife, and vegetation."
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ATLANTA, Ga. - Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is scheduled to speak at Georgia State University.
In a release Tuesday, Georgia State spokeswoman Leah Seupersad said Wozniak is set to speak with GSU president Mark Becker Wednesday on topics ranging from entrepreneurship to the future of technology's role in higher education.
President Ronald Reagan awarded Wozniak and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs the National Medal of Technology in 1985, which is the highest honor given to the country's technological innovators.
Seupersad says the event is free and open to the public. The discussion begins at 3 p.m. and is being hosted in the Georgia State Student Center Ballroom. Visitors are encouraged to arrive early.
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