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Lieutenant KMC
As the late great Guru once said, when it comes to hip-hop, it's mostly about the voice. Combine a dope voice with top notch lyricism and you get another class of emcee. Add to that the complex vocal stylings of the Good Life and you have Ganjah K, possibly the most underrated and slept on rapper on the west coast. This is largely due to a lack of material being available. Other than his Danksta Life album and a handful of guest features and soundtrack appearances, the only thing most listeners had heard until recently was a God awful dub of Harvest for the World, which only whet the appetites of heads fiending for more material. Fortunately, Ganjah came through and over the past few years dropped several albums through his Bandcamp page, taking the first step in claiming some much deserved recognition for his innovative styles and contributions to the art form. I had the opportunity to chop it up with KMC about his past, present and future in this in depth interview.
I wanna start at the beginning. Can you talk about your earliest experiences with hip-hop and some of the early influences that inspired you to start rapping?
I would have to say my first experience with hip-hop was when I heard the Sugarhill Gang, "Rapper's Delight." When I heard that, I thought it was so dope, and it seemed to speak to the common person, to the point where I thought, "That's something I could do!" That's what inspired me to start. But when I first started though, I started as a DJ. I started mixing records and got two turntables. There was this Belizean cat who stayed upstairs at my cousin's house who had this massive DJ system. He had these big ass speakers. It was a little ass apartment, but he had these massive speakers. Then you'd go to the back of his room and he had all these records and he had two turntables and a mixer, and I was really awed by that. I was really young, like ten or something like that. He was mixing these records, Jamaican funk and all these jams and shit. I was like, "Damn! I could do that too! I wanna do that." So since that was something I seen happening in action, I gravitated towards that at first. Then later on, I was hearing rapping from artists like Cool J and, you know, different artists coming out at that time and it made me pick up the mic. That was around junior high school.
When I talked to Sach, he said he felt you really found your style and came into your own after you started rapping at the I-Fresh. Can you talk about how that came about and that whole era?
I can't put my finger on exactly how I met Ben [Caldwell], but we became pretty close. He started this thing called I-Fresh and we'd perform up at Southwest College, at different radio stations. He had that same spot where Project Blowed is being done right now, that was I-Fresh. We'd go there and put on acts and do our thing. Sach was one of the artists who was there. We had Deryl with the Curl and Tuxedo Tee. We were all just in Leimert Park, getting down on the mic. That's when I started battling and stuff like that. I have never lost a battle. I did pretty good at the I-Fresh. Me and Ben became very close because he really believed in me, as an artist. When you see somebody believing in you, and when you start winning battles, you start getting more confident. So that's probably why Sach felt that's when I found my style. That's basically what it was. It was just understanding that, "Hey, I'm a pretty dope emcee!" [laughs] I started realizing that.
So how did you end up going to the Good Life?
Well, before I went to the Good Life, I met Myka 9 and Acey. We were workshoppin' together. Me, Mike and Ace, and Jup - Jup was in and out of town - but me, Mike and Ace would get together every day. I mean every day. I actually met Mike and Ace through Meen Green. He wasn't a rapper at the time, but he just knew both of us and he knew we all rhymed hard. Then since we met, me, Mike and Ace, we was thick as thieves ever since. 'Cause, see, I had my own group, The Chronic, which was me and Bombay.
Well, I know a lot of people actually thought you were part of Freestyle Fellowship because you were on the cover of To Whom It May Concern... But that was just you guys hanging around a lot?
Well, actually, I'll give you a wild story. The first Freestyle Fellowship was me, Mike and Ace. We were all solo artists but we entered a rap contest in Compton and we wanted to all enter together, because we all kicked it every day. We wanted to enter that contest together, so we said, "What're we gonna call ourselves? We'll call ourselves Freestyle Fellowship."
Wow! That's crazy.
Yeah! [laughs] See, Sumbi, he was me and Bombay's DJ. That's why I'm on the album cover [of To Whom It May Concern...]. We were supposed to have a song on there. But John (Bombay) was always workin' at the time so we were never able to get a song on To Whom It May Concern... But Sumbi, he was me and John's producer. So, of course, I introduced them to Mike and Ace. But the first Fellowship was me, Mike and Ace. We entered a contest in Compton. Then after Bombay died, they had signed to Island Records and they asked me if I wanted to come on in. But I think I was still grieving. I didn't want to enter another group because I felt that was betraying him. I kinda wish I had joined them, because I was one of the originators of these styles anyway, but I just felt I'd be betraying John. He had just passed away. So I decided not to do that. Sometimes I regret that, but you never know, man.
Well, like you said, you were one of the originators of those styles and fortunately you did release a record in 1991 on Wild West Records where you are styling like that. That was also a record where you and Bombay were credited as The Chronic, again, in '91, before the Dre album. Can you talk about how you hooked up with Wild West?
That was through MC Torche - he was a graffiti artist in junior high school - we used to call him Gumby. He started rapping after junior high school. 'Cause see, Marc the Murderah, me and Napom, we all went to high school together, you know what I'm sayin'? But I was the only one really rapping at that time, I believe. With Wild West, when I reconnected with Gumby, he was going by Torche and was working with Wild West. He told me to go up there and meet them, so that's how that came about. We did a few songs with them. That's how I believe I met Bird. Bird did a lot of production on my demo.
Did Bird also produce the original version of "Scud Missile" that was on your demo?
No, the original version, me and Bombay wrote it, but before we were able to record it, he passed away. Then Matt (Mathmattiks) from the Earthquake Brothers, he did a beat and me and P.E.A.C.E. - 'cause P.E.A.C.E. was part of First Brigade before he was part of Fellowship - we did "Boomin' Scud Missile." I went out to see him last summer and he doesn't have a copy either. I wish I had a copy of that. He did John's parts. That song was really me and John going back and forth. He'd say a line, we'd say a line together. When we performed it at the Good Life, we tore it down! It was over with. Me and John was like the coldest west coast Run-D.M.C. you ever heard. We'd come in, "BOOM! A scud missile." We'd be going back and forth stupid! He'd say one line, I'd say one line. We'd come together, "Three blind mice, three blind mice, see how they run!" It was just ridiculous. That was my brother in rhyme, man. I still to this day miss John. I was just in my room recording, thinking of old rhymes he said. I was recordin' them over some beats Fat Jack gave me. I was recording that just the other night, some real old rhymes!
So getting to the Good Life, this is the way that I remember it. I was talking to Mike or Ace about it at the reunion and they seem to have a different recollection than I do, but this is how I remember it: when we were getting together at Ace's spot, he said he knew a little cafe where people were busting, and was like, "We should go up there and see what's up." So we started going up there. Then the Good Life was born. We started going there and doing the styles we were doing at the house, mixing in jazz, playing with the microphone like it was a trumpet, you know, doing styles like that. All that came from using our voices like instruments. That's kinda where it derives from. If you really listen to what we're doing, it's like we're playing an instrument but doing rhymes with it. Then, all of a sudden, a lot of people caught on to it, and everybody started doing their version of it. That was the whole underground movement, how it was born.
Yeah, that's true. See, Mike actually knew Reality Born first. I didn't know RBX. Mike brought him into the circle. He had this song, "Every day I fight a devil." It was so dope! The song was just ridiculous. So when I got to meet him, we became cool. He had this DJ called Create.
A funny story, me, Mike and RBX were doing a show in Vegas at the Thomas Wright Center, right? So we're in the van, me and Mike, going to Long Beach to pick up RBX. And we're waiting in the back of the van like, "What is takin' this motherfucker so long?" So when he finally gets in the van, we're like, "What the fuck?" And he's like, "I was just battlin' my cousin Snoopy. I had to show him what's up." We're like, "Man, we're trying to do a show. Who the fuck is Snoopy?" So we drove out there, performed in front of all these students. The Thomas Wright Center was packed. But we didn't know the little dude he was talking about battling was Snoop Dogg!
I got so many stories. We was at one of those hip-hop functions, like a summit type thing. RBX was like, "Why don't y'all come over and meet my cousin. You know, Dre and them, Snoop, whoopty whoop." So we like, "Alright, fuck it!" We went over, me, Mike and Ace, and met all those cats. Me and P.E.A.C.E., they really liked us, so we started kickin' it with them a lot. We all became pretty close. I got pretty cool with Dre but mostly it was Snoop and Daz, and Kurupt of course, he came from the Good Life before he got into the gang banging and all that shit. He got a lot of respect at the Good Life.
I know one time [laughs], me and P.E.A.C.E. went to Kurupt's aunty's house in Inglewood. We wanted to get in our freestyle so much, we were just freestyling at the table at two in the morning. His aunty kicked us out and me and P.E.A.C.E. had to find our way home from Inglewood. I just seen Kurupt this year actually, him and Warren G. It was good seein' 'em. I was tellin' Kurupt how proud I was of him. He was like, "Ganjah, we just gettin' started." He was treating me like a star.
So we kind of talked about this off the record, but for the readers, there's a rumor that you had an album prior to Harvest called Season of the Chronic but that was just a single song from your demo, right?
Yeah, it was a song called "'Tis the Season" by The Chronic. If I remember right, it was, "Tis the season, welcome at your own risk, to the fortress, the First Brigaaaaaaaaade! Chronic!" I dunno, I think Bird did the production, or it might've been one of the Earthquake Brothers. Freestyle Fellowship was there. They helped us on the hook. So that's probably how people mixed that up and put that together and thought it was an album.
I have another story, I had a song that me and Matt did. After John passed, Matt from the EQB did a lot of my earlier shit. I had a song called "Hip-Hop You Don't Stop." I was performing at Guadelupe's and Treach from Naughty By Nature was there. I was performing my song, which was a tribute to hip-hop. "Hip-hop, hip-hop, you don't stop!" Then I hear "Hip Hop Hooray," right? So I always thought, since Treach was there, there was some connection, but I couldn't put my finger on it. So I'm at The Gavin watching Diamond D perform, just by myself in a crowd of people. Then this guy starts coming toward me, through the crowd, and it was Treach. He reached out and shook my hand. We didn't even say nothin'. He just shook my head. And we kinda both knew what it was about, you know what I'm sayin'? And he left and I haven't seen him since.
So your first album then was Harvest for the World. Did that album get shelved when Pallas folded? Is that what happened there?
Yeah, basically. That basically sums it up. It got shelved, not once Pallas folded, but once the CEO of the label got fired, and they got a new CEO of the company. There was a guy from Japan who actually funded the label, but a guy named Jerome, they put in charge of everything, including all the artists. That was me, Muhammad, which is Phoenix Orion, they had Alien Nation, and Supernatural was part of that label as well. That's how I met Supernat and we became like brothers. I was actually in New York when Supernat had that battle with Craig G. I was at a photo session. Then when I got done, he was like, "Ganjah! They set me up!" I was like, "What are you talkin' about? Calm down. What happened?!" He was like, "Maaaan, I was up there for a freestyle exhibition and they got Craig G!" I was like, "Craig G from the Juice Crew?" He was like, "Yeah, man! He started dissin' me! It was like he knew it was gonna happen. He had lines ready!" I think that was like the first battle he ever lost, so he was hotter than fish grease on a Friday night! [laughs]
So when I'm back in L.A. he calls me up like, "Ganjah! I got that motherfucker back, man!" I think it was Supernat's birthday. He was like, "I was walking around New York and I found out he was doin' a show and I went up there and smashed the mic! I got that motherfucker back!" [laughs] That's my guy, Supernat. We was just talkin'. I introduced him to the Good Life and that's how he became cool with everybody out here.
Back to the Pallas thing, after Fab Five Freddy took over Pallas Records, they decided to start fresh and new, so they got those guys from Chicago, Crucial Conflict, and put them out through Pallas. Then that was the last of Pallas Records. But me and Fab Five Freddy became kinda cool. I dunno how he took over the label, we got dropped, and I got cool with him. I have no idea how that happened [laughs]. But I mean, I was still serving the industry. I was getting emcee money without even being out, off of hustling. I was one of the first rappers in High Times magazine.
Yeah, you also had some soundtrack appearances around that time. One of them - we talked about Bombay earlier - was a tribute to him, "When Your Homie Dies." I wanted to ask, you used a melody from an Earth, Wind & Fire song on there. Did that song have some significance, or was that Fat Jack's idea?
That was just one of my favourite songs. That whole concept was me. I just had Fat Jack put it together. I wanted it just like that song from Earth, Wind & Fire. So DK Toon (now known as DK NoDeal), he was Lil Cartoon from 60s. So then Big Cartoon from 60s got out of jail, and he had this amazing voice. I was like, "Lil Toon, is it cool if I get Big Cartoon on this song?" He was like, "Eh, I dunno." He wanted him to himself. They were from the same set. I get that. I get the ghetto get-down. But I was like, "C'mon, man! Let Big Cartoon get on the song." And that really made it. 'Cause there was no way in the world I was gonna hit those notes [laughs]. And me, DK and Dutch did an album too, called 3 tha Hard Way.
When was that one recorded?
That was recorded between '98 and 2001, somewhere around there.
And you're still planning to release that one, right?
Yeah, I just don't know all the ins and outs of how to load that up, all the technical shit. Only reason I got what I got now up is because Jizzm came through and helped me out. But he's been busy doing his thing. I've got these two albums to post, plus I got two new albums. But I still have The Ganjah K Chronicles and 3 tha Hard Way. I just need someone who's hip to that who can help me load it up. Jizzm did the album covers for me too. He was able to get Harvest for the World, Possession of Sales, the First Brigade album, and I appreciate him doing that. I just gotta get these other ones out.
Well, one that did get released back in the day was Danksta Life 'cause I saw someone post a pic of the CD. Did you just press that up and sell it indepedently?
Yeah, Danksta Life was right after Pallas folded, and the G Funk was out, so I had Danksta Life. So I put that out independently. It came across pretty cool. A lot of people dug it. Harvest for the World was really my first release. John had just passed away. Fat Jack did a lot of that one. Plus you had The Nonce doing "Green Acres," which was also part of my demo, J-Sumbi, we had Abstract doing the hook on "All I Need." It was a dope record.
This isn't really a soundtrack appearance but one of the things that really tripped me out was when I heard "Scud Missile" on The Sopranos. Did they approach you for that, or how did that come about?
Man, I just seen that last year! I used to be in the streets too much to see The Sopranos, but I was goin' through all the seasons and I see the guys in the car, and I'm hearin' my voice, and I'm like - this is last year - I'm like, "Fat Jack! Did you know our song is on The Sopranos." He was like, "Ganjah, I dunno man, I released all the rights to my music. I was done with it. So I dunno what happened." I had to rewind it back like sixteen times to make sure I'm hearing what I'm hearing here. So I wait for the credits to see if they say my name and there's nothing on the credits, no nothing.
[laughs] Yeah, man. It was a fuckin' shock. You're watching Sopranos and you hear your song. It fucked me up, man. But, you know, I didn't get paid but whatever. It was a long time ago. It was more of a shock to hear myself on this worldly recognized fuckin' show. It blew my wig back. It's crazy 'cause nobody told me either! Like, "Hey, man, your song was on The Sopranos." But nobody told me.
I had some other soundtrack appearances too. I was on Playing God, Thin Line Between Love & Hate, Next of Kin, Dead Homiez. We did Action Jackson. There was another movie about a little white kid and the black kid who played in Family Matters. That was one of the first soundtracks I did. So as far as soundtracks, I've had my share of those. Thin Line Between Love & Hate was due to RBX. He took me right into Warner Bros., and was like, "Look out for my boy, Ganjah K." They were like, "We got this new movie. If he can give us something for that, we can put him on that." RBX, we became pretty close. That's my dude right there.
You were supposed to drop an album called Puff Daddy back in the early 2000s on J. Sumbi's label, Beats & Rhymes. Did that album ever get finished?
I don't know nothin' about Puff Daddy...
It was on a website he had for his label, Beats & Rhymes, and he had, coming soon... Puff Daddy.
[laughs] It's called Puff Daddy?
The only Puff Daddy I know is... Puff Daddy [laughs]. Maybe it's supposed to be something else? Like... puff, puff, pass? I had a rhyme about Puff the Magic Dragon. Shit, I don't remember that. Who was supposed to be putting it out? J-Sumbi?
Yeah, it was on his website, "coming soon, Puff Daddy."
[laughs] I gotta see that.
A lot of people have been asking me if you plan to release any hard copies of these albums. Is that the plan, or are they gonna be digital only?
Yeah, I do plan on putting out hard copies. You know, I had this box of cassette tapes. A big box. It was deep as hell. I put it in storage and didn't pay my storage fees and they auctioned my shit off. I guarantee you, if I had that box of cassettes, I would have me and P.E.A.C.E. doing "Scud Missile." I would have shit that nobody heard. I think about it a couple times a year, about what it could've had in it. But at the time, it was getting in my way, it just seemed like nothing. But God, I wish I had that box now. It had all my old shit. But, you know, that's what happens when you just take for granted that shit is just around.
I also got offered to be part of Tha Dogg Pound, but, at the time, I just decided to do my own thing. But, you see, Dogg Pound wasn't out yet. I don't even think Snoop had done Doggystyle yet. But I wish I took that opportunity. All I had to do was get on somebody's album and shine. It would've lifted myself up. But hindsight is 20/20, you know?
On your more recent stuff, like Possession of Sales and Swaggerific, you adopted a more modern sound. I know a lot guys feel they need to stay relevant but in your case, it kinda sounds like that style comes naturally to you. Am I right about that?
Man, it really does. I made vow to myself that hip-hop will never pass me by. I promised myself I would always be able to get whatever's going on in hip-hop. So the reason it sounds like it comes natural is because I get it. I want to get it. I don't want to be one of those old guys who were like what we were like when we were young. "Oh, you doin' that boom bap? What's that?" I didn't wanna be like that. These guys who are like, "Oh, this ain't the old hip-hop anymore!" We sound just like them. We were tellin' them, "You old school. You don't get it." Now they tellin' us we don't get it. But if I do have one qualm about the new school today, it's that everybody fuckin' sounds alike! That's the only thing I don't get. If you close your eyes, everybody sounds like one artist. He sounds like him, and they sound like them. That's the only thing I don't get. But knowing how to spit on there, it comes naturally to me because I understand it. Plus I don't listen to the radio every day. If I was listening every day, I'd probably be doper! But I hear it, at clubs when I'm out, and I get it. But back in the day, with KRS-One, Rakim, we listened every day. These new songs, I couldn't rap any of their lyrics. If you put a million dollars in front of me, I couldn't do it.
Do you have any new projects in the works you'd like to talk about? Napom told me you guys were planning to record some new stuff, and I know you have solo records in the works.
I have probably recorded about two or three albums worth of new material because I do it here at the house. I was gonna do Danksta Life 2, of course, and I was gonna do another album called Back to My Roots, on some hip-hop shit. Goin' back to just straight melodic hip-hop tracks, you know what I mean? I have some other things in the works I can't reveal now, but it's some crazy shit in the works.


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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – A suspicious vehicle led to the arrest of a 19-year-old Roswell woman March 5 for drug offenses.
A police officer on patrol noticed the vehicle of Alexandria Marie Raffa, 19, of Shallowford Road, Roswell, stopped at a traffic light on Mansell Road about 4 a.m. When the light turned green, the vehicle did not move.
The officer noted he could see Raffa looking "intently" at the patrol car and looked as if she hid something.
Thinking something illegal – possibly a DUI – the officer pulled over Raffa's car.
Speaking with Raffa, the officer noted a strong smell of marijuana as well as freshly sprayed perfume, commonly used to mask the smell of pot.
When asked, Raffa allegedly admitted to the presence of drugs in the car. A search turned up a glass pipe and some pot. The officer also notes in the report the presence of "numerous" plastic baggies containing marijuana as well as loose marijuana scattered throughout the vehicle. There were also numerous marijuana cigarette remains.
Raffa was arrested for possession of marijuana and driving on a class D license.

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The Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) 1.0 standard has been released by Accellera, but (surprise, surprise) it's not perfect and more needs to be done. What's still missing, and what should Accellera do next? Most panelists and audience members at the DVCon conference March 1 appeared to be leaning towards an approach that will clarify and simplify the new standard before forging ahead with major new features.
Titled "UVM - Final Answer or Phone a Friend," the panel was moderated by Cliff Cummings of Sunburst Design. Panelists included the following UVM experts, shown left to right in the photo below:
The good news is that major companies are moving ahead with UVM. Fowler noted that AMD has been using a "slightly modified version" of the Open Verification Methodology (OVM) since 2008, and is now undergoing a "very large migration effort" to move from OVM to UVM.
"We have traction inside Intel with UVM," Alsop said. "Major design teams are definitely aligning towards UVM. Now that the 1.0 release is out, the next step for us is to do some internal testing. We do have some infrastructure changes to make."
How Open is UVM?
The UVM reference implementation is available for online download under an Apache open-source license. "Contributions are really encouraged," Sarkar said. "Users can contribute by joining the forums and sending us patch code. Even if you don't have development access, you can still add code and submit your patches."
But that doesn't mean it's a free-for-all. "If you're trying to contribute code you need to be aware there is a process," Alsop said. "It's open source but it's open source through a committee. We will absolutely look at it, but it's going to be reviewed by the entire committee."
It should be noted that the reference implementation is not the standard - the standard is a PDF reference manual. The reference implementation will be updated in accordance with the standard, but as Bergeron noted, "the standard is the standard."
What's Missing From UVM?
UVM 1.0 added several significant new features to its OVM predecessor, including run-time phasing, a register package, and support for the Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI) transaction level modeling (TLM-2) standard. But panelists had some thoughts about features that are still lacking. Bergeron's list included a scoreboard, performance analyzer, and hardware abstraction layer.
"There are quite a few things that could be added, whether it's extensions to coverage, various constraints, and aspect-oriented modeling," Rosenberg said. Fowler said that language deficiencies should be handled by the SystemVerilog language committee, not the UVM committee. An example of a feature that should be pushed to the language committee, he said, is field macros.
"I am involved in the IEEE SystemVerilog language committee, and we are pushing for enhancements like AOP [aspect-oriented programming], multiple inheritance, and overloading," said Alsop. "We're doing some of these enhancements with an eye towards improving UVM." Alsop also added that "we really need to be moving towards a multi-language capability for UVM." He noted, however, that there has been some "pushback" on features like AOP.
Bergeron echoed some of that pushback. "I challenge people here," he said, "to tell me whether you are really confident using virtual methods and polymorphism. And now we're starting to talk about multiple inheritance? And putting AOP on top of that?"
One audience member asked about the possibility of a mixed-signal UVM. As Rosenberg noted, Cadence presented a paper on a "UVM-MS" methodology at DVCon the very same morning.
Is It Time to Cool It?
A couple of audience members said things have gone far enough for now. "I think if we put anything else into engineers' heads they're going to explode," one said. "Now that we're done [with UVM 1.0], let's cool off, and fix what's there. The register package is a new thing and there are going to be bugs."
"You guys keep adding more and more features," another said. "When do we stop so we can figure out what we need to do?"
"We shouldn't artificially bridle this thing," Fowler responded. "There's a lack of capability in some areas that need to be addressed." However, he added that "there is nothing huge on the table right now that's going to require months and months of effort on the committee. We're not going to sit on our hands for the next six months, but we'll focus on completing the features we know about."
"There are small things we may need to enhance, but we need to clean up the methodology," Rosenberg said. "Ease of use is probably the biggest challenge for UVM right now. If we want wide adoption we need to make sure UVM is easy to use, consolidated and consistent."
"There are things we're still learning in going from OVM to UVM," Fitzpatrick noted. "When you add in new run-time phases, what are you going to do with them? We could use feedback from users."
Alsop noted that the Accellera committee is being very careful to maintain backwards compatibility as new features are considered. He also noted that UVM is a committee effort, and that "people who are passionate about the features and fixes they want to get in are going to win."
Further information about UVM is available at the UVM World web site.
Richard Goering
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Excellent summary of a very interesting panel session. On the spec vs. the reference implementation question, yes Janick said the spec is the spec, but Tom and Ambar pointed out that the way the process actually works right now, much of the documentation that is "the spec" comes directly from code comments in the reference design. This is significant. Like most open source projects, the code basically is the spec. This isn't a spec with several competing proprietary implementations that each have varying degrees of spec compliance. This is open source code that you can download and run anywhere.


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Frequently Asked Questions
How did you do that?
Smoke and mirrors. And wires. And my sleeves. Oh, and a trap door. Trap doors are neat.
WHY did you do that?
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
What is your show like?
I perform "Comedy Magic". It's a form of live entertainment (geared for adults) which combines stage magic, stand-up comedy, and audience participation.
Exactly how "naughty" are your shows?
Well… I'm no "Silly Willy The Birthday Magician," but then again, I'm not "Filthy McNasty The X-Rated Comedian," either. The edginess varies, depending on the event and the audience. You can see more details about the content and rating of my show on this page.
Almost all magic shows are for kids; Why do you only perform for adults?
My show is geared for an adult audience because my personality and sense of humor happen to be best appreciated by adults. That's just who I am. That's just what I do.
So… Are you a magician? Or a comedian?
Both, and neither… I like to think of myself as a magician, but after a show recently a guy said I was "75% comedian and 25% magician." So I could be wrong. Here's the sad truth: Most comedians don't claim me because of the magic, and most magicians don't claim me because of the comedy… Nobody loves me.
Are you any good?
Ehhh, I don't like to toot my own horn, so take a look at my reviews to see what other people are saying. But, yeah… I guess they say I'm pretty good.
What do you have up your sleeves?
About a dozen tattoos. Now stop touching me. Creeper.
Can you pull a coin out of my ear?
You should probably go see a doctor about that. It might be infected.
Do you pick anyone out of the audience to help onstage during the show?
Definitely. People love to see their friends or coworkers brought onstage to become part of the show. And it's all in good fun, so don't hesitate to grab a seat up front and center.
Can you make someone disappear for me?
Sure! And if your budget is big enough, we can even make it look like an accident so you can cash in on that sweet-ass life insurance policy.
What's the difference between you and all the other magicians out there?
The biggest difference is I am less interested in "tricks" and more focused on creating laughter and having fun with the group. Another difference is, instead of being one of those "jack of all trades, master of none" performers who tries to be all things to all people, I specialize and do only ONE type of show (my comedy-magic stage show for adults). So those are the major differences. Oh, and I don't have big sparkly boxes.
Why don't you have big sparkly boxes?
Honestly?… I'm too lazy to carry that shit around.
What size of crowds do you usually entertain?
Depending on the particular event I'm working for, my audiences generally range anywhere from 50 to 500 people. And I've performed for live audiences as small as 8 people and as large as 1,500 people. But most crowds are typically between 75 and 150 people, which is the perfect size group for what I do.
What type of events do you perform at?
Some of the events, parties, and venues at which I enjoy entertaining include… Banquet Events, Bars, Beer Gardens, Casinos, Christmas Parties, Colleges, Comedy Clubs, Comedy Nights, Company Events, Company Parties, Conventions, Corporate Events, Corporate Parties, Country Clubs, Festivals, Fraternal Organizations, Fundraisers, Golf Courses, Halloween Parties, Holiday Parties, Motorcycle/Biker Rallies, New Year's Eve Parties, Nightclubs, Office Parties, Private Parties, Public Events, Pubs, Resorts, Taverns, Theaters, etc. Pretty much any place where adults are free to have fun.
Can you make me float in the air?
Kinda. Have you ever tried Ketamine or Dextromethorphan?
Why are you called "the maniac of magic?"
I started using the handle "Maniac of Magic" when somebody called me that while introducing me at a show. I asked her about it afterwards, and she referenced the parallels between my onstage behavior and symptoms of mania (which include excitement, hyperactivity, elevation of mood, talkativeness, and impulsiveness). Also, I thought "the maniac of magic" sounded kinda cool… Also… I think something is broken in my head.
Can you read minds?
Only my own. But I only get it right about half the time. So… no.
How long is your show?
The exact duration of the show depends on the particular event for which I've been hired to perform, but most of my performances are 50-60 minutes (the industry standard for my type of act is only 45 minutes, but the duration always varies a bit because I use so much audience participation). And if you want a bigger, longer, really kick-ass show, I can hook up with another headliner and, together, we do a show that's closer to 2-and-a-half hours (see DirtyJokesAndMagicTricks.com for more info about that show).
Who influenced your performance style?
I have a dysfunctional family and twisted friends. I enjoy hearing dirty jokes, watching horror films, and listening to Tom Waits… But as far as comedians go, I was probably inspired the most by Lewis Black, George Carlin, Ron White, Bill Hicks, and Christopher Titus. Those guys make me laugh my ass off. And as far as magicians go, I honestly think I've been inspired the most by really bad, cheesy kid-show magicians… because those guys make me laugh my ass off.
Where are you from, and how far do you travel?
I travel nationwide, but am based in Iowa, so obviously I get around to Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City, Iowa City, Waterloo, Ames, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, and Mason City all the time. I also frequently get invited to perform in the surrounding Midwestern states of Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, in and around Chicago, Minneapolis / St. Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Omaha, Madison, Peoria, Appleton, Rockford, Green Bay, Lincoln, Duluth, Sioux Falls, Champaign, Springfield IL, St. Cloud, Rochester, Bloomington, La Crosse, Quincy, Mankato, Decatur, Eau Claire, and Janesville, to name just a few towns. And I enjoy traveling, so don't hesitate to say hello if you'd like me to fly out to Las Vegas to entertain. Especially during the winter months. Goddamn I hate snow.
Where did you grow up?
Trick question. I haven't. But I've lived in Iowa my entire life.
How much will it cost to book you for my event?
Pricing mostly depends on location and routing (if your event is held on a date and in a city that's on the way to or from other gigs, the expenses will obviously be much lower than if your event requires special ten-hour trips each way, the day before and after). I'll let you know right now, though, that I'm definitely not the cheapest, so if you're just price-shopping, you should probably move on. On the other hand, if you're looking for a guy who can really get the job done and blow away an adult audience, go ahead and contact me about your event now.
Will you travel to us and do your show for free? You'll get warm fuzzy feelings. Plus, you'll get "exposure."
Warm fuzzy feelings don't keep a roof over my family's head. And I don't need "exposure" – I stay pretty damned busy. And paid gigs get "exposure," too, so that's not much of a selling point. I guess, what I'm trying to say, is… fuck you.
You do realize you're going to hell for dealing in the dark arts of sorcery and witchcraft, right?
…we're done here.


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Stephen's puts out separate cut-offs for different streams
Cut-offs declared by St Stephen's College may have come as a surprise for students who were hoping they would not breach last year's record but for admission experts, they were no shocker.education Updated: Jun 18, 2014 14:51 IST
Cut-offs declared by St Stephen's College may have come as a surprise for students who were hoping they would not breach last year's record but for admission experts, they were no shocker.
Most were expecting higher cut-offs because of the increased number of applicants and the better scores this year.
The college received more than 26,000 applications. Of these, 6,400 were for economics and 6,100 for English. The third-most popular course was Mathematics.Last year too, Economics was the most popular course in the college.
Applicants who have applied for history have been lucky this year with the cut-off remaining almost the same as last year. For humanities applicants, it has actually come down by 0.5%. The cut-off in Sanskrit too has remained the same as last year.
There is a slight increase in the other cut-offs.
The college has, however, confused those who want to change their stream after. According to the university rules, if an applicant chooses to study a subject they haven't studied in class 12, they will be at a disadvantage of 2%.
St Stephen's, however, has declared separate cut-offs for applicants who have studied science, commerce and humanities in class 12. Therefore, a student who has studied Economics in class 12 but has studied science subjects too will have to score more than a humanities student just to be eligible for an interview.
According to college officials, the 2% disadvantage will be applicable after the interview stage, a decision that has thoroughly confused everybody.
"All applicants who have cleared the cut-off will be called for the interview. The 2% disadvantage for changing streams, however, will be imposed at the stage of the interview," said Karen Gabriel, media coordinator, St Stephen's College.
So for a science student who did not study economics in class 12, the cut-off will be higher and a 2% disadvantage will be imposed at the stage of the interview.
This applies to science and commerce students who want to apply for a course like Philosophy. Both have cut-offs higher than that for humanities students and both will face another disadvantage at the stage of the interview, making the whole process a double disadvantage for a set of students.
The college authorities state that they were forced to follow this method due to time crunch.
"We have already received more than 26,000 applications and we had to come out with a cut-off in a day's time. This was the only possible solution. We will apply the 2% rule to all individual cases at the time of the interview itself," Gabriel said.


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SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've sequenced the complete genome of the naked mole rat to try to understand the animal's extraordinarily long life and good health.
"If we understand which genes are different or are expressed differently in naked mole rats -- compared to short-lived mice that clearly have poor defenses against aging and cancer -- we might find clues as to why the naked mole rat is able to extend both health span and longevity, as well as fight cancer, and this information could be directly relevant and translatable to humans," said Rochelle Buffenstein, professor of physiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.
The mouse-sized naked mole rat is the longest-lived rodent known, surviving as long as 31 years in captivity, a UT release said Wednesday. They live underground in large family groups and are extremely tolerant of life in low oxygen and high levels of carbon dioxide, researchers said.
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And Don't Decorate It
April 10, 2013
Hosted by Ann Ascher and Eleanor Schrader Schapa
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As a follow-up to The Getty Exhibition entitled "Overdrive: Los Angeles Constructs the Future, 1940-1990", Celebrity real estate agent and architecture expert Bret Parsons will discuss the current nostalgia for Mid-Century Modern design in Los Angeles. He will define the differences between pre-WWII and post-WWII architecture and discuss the optimism of the era as defined through real estate developments, television programming, and interior design and furnishings.
Dishing the Dirt on Design
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With a flair for the mischievous and with an eye for intrigue, Ann and Eleanor will reveal the stories behind the design and interview some of the most renowned names in the world of design.
Design should be enlightening, educational, inspirational, and fun. Dishing the Dirt on Design will tantalize listeners with stories and information about all the glamour and glitz behind the mysteries of art history, fabulous fashion, homes of the rich and famous, glittering travel destinations, and everything else in the realm of style and design.
Ann Ascher and Eleanor Schrader Schapa
Ann Ascher is a renowned interior designer with an international interior design clientele covering both residential and commercial projects. The Robb Report named her as one of the "World's Top 40 Interior Designers," adding that "she is one of the individuals who has taken design to a new level." Her projects include apartments at the legendary Carlyle Hotel in New York City, including the renovation and design of the former apartment of President John F. Kennedy. Her projects include elegant homes, prestigious clubs, and corporate offices in the United States and abroad.
Eleanor Schrader Schapa is an architectural and interior design historian and consultant who lectures worldwide and conducts travel tours on architecture, art, furniture, decorative arts, and interiors. She has been named a Distinguished Instructor at UCLA Extension, where she teaches history of architecture and interior design. She is also a Professor of Art and Architectural History at Santa Monica College. She has done graduate work in fine and decorative arts at Sotheby's Institute in London and New York. She has served as a Design Review Commissioner for the City of Beverly Hills.
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Christopher Alexander
Christopher Alexander received his Master of Architecture degree from UCLA and his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Art History from The George Washington University. Since his arrival at The Getty, he has co-curated exhibitions including "Julius Shulman's Los Angeles," "Julius Shulman, Modernity and the Metropolis," Bernard Rudofsky: What Would Intrigue Him Now?" and "Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky." He is the author of "Julius Shulman's Los Angeles" and the co-editor of "Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990." Guest Christopher Alexander
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Marc Appleton
Marc Appleton has received many awards from the American Institute of Architects, and he has been widely published in Architectural Digest, Town and Country, Sunset, the Classicist, and other periodicals. He is one of only five designers who have consistently been named one of Architectural Digest's Top 100 Designs since its inception in 1991. He is the author of three books, George Washington Smith: An Architect's Scrapbook, California Mediterranean, and New Classicists, and he has assisted in the publication of a new book, Casa del Herrero: The Romance of Spanish Colonial. Marc is a founding member of the Appleton-Whittel Research Ranch Foundation in Arizona and the Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art in San Diego. Guest Marc Appleton
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Terry August
Terry August is founder of Fancifull Fine Food and Baskets. In addition to her gift basket creations, she and her husband Wally August run a fine wine and artisanal gourmet shop and offer classes in wine, cheese, and chocolate tasting. Her passion for traveling has taken her all over the world to meet the artisans who produce the food that Fancifull Fine Food and Baskets carries. She has been featured on The Food Network Best of Holiday Gifts and designs for all the major studies, numerous celebrities, and political figures. Guest Terry August
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Christopher Carr
Christopher Carr is a principle in the architectural firm of Wiehle-Carr, whose practice includes healthcare, retail environments, preservation of modern historic buildings and custom homes. He is an historic preservationist who serves as the Vice President of the John Lautner Foundation. Chris and his partner, Louis Wiehle, a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice and advisor to the Lautner Foundation and the Taliesin Fellows board, served as preservation architects on the Ennis House, a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece that has served as the backdrop of many films and photo shoots. Guest Christopher Carr
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Eames Demetrios
Eames Demetrios is the Director of the Eames Office, which communicates, preserves, and extends the work of his grandparents, Charles and Ray Eames. His projects there include multimedia production, printed materials, exhibition design, and filmmaking. He is also Chairman of the Eames Foundation, which focuses on the preservation of the Eames House, also known as Case Study House #8. He has lectured in 39 countries on six continents on topics such as design, sustainability, and Kcymaerxthaere (an alternate history of the world). Demetrios also curates the online DAS Film Fest.com, which features films on design, architecture and sustainability. Guest Eames Demetrios
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Katherine Fern
Katherine Fern has been teaching emerging interior designers in important business aspects of the profession since 2005. During her six-year tenure as the Faculty Advisor for the American Society of Interior Designers' UCLA Extension Student Chapter, the Chapter won the ASID national "Outstanding Student Chapter" for two consecutive years. In 2010, she was awarded ASID's national Faculty Advisor of the Year and has served on the ASID National Student Advisory Council. She continues to serve as a member of the board of the Interior Design Coalition of California, the organization that represents both the International Interior Design Association and ASID as well as unaffiliated interior design professionals in legislative matters. Kat was awarded the UCLA Extension Distinguished Instructor Award in 2012. Guest Katherine Fern
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Keith Granet
Keith Granet is principal of the management consulting firm Granet & Associates and is the author of Business of Design, Balancing Creativity and Profitability. He is the founder of the Designer Speakers' Bureau and co-founder of the Leaders of Design Council. He is on the Board of the Directors of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Institute for Classical Architecture. He created the interview series Inside the Business of Design, providing access into the business side of successful design practices. His firm currently has a client base made up of over four hundred architectural, interior, environmental, landscape, product development, and engineering firms. His client list includes Calvin Klein, Charlotte Moss, Fortuny, Gensler, Jonathan Adler, John Varvatos, Kathryn Ireland, Nate Berkus Associates, Rose Tarlow Melrose House, and Thad Hayes. Guest Keith Granet
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Denise Hamilton
Perfume expert Denise Hamilton is the author of the best-selling Eve Diamond crime novels, featuring a reporter who solves crimes in contemporary multi-cultural Los Angeles. She is also an award-winning journalist whose works have appeared in Wired, Cosmopolitan, and New Times, winning awards from the Los Angeles Press club for feature and business writing. She was on the staff of the Los Angeles Times for ten years and continues to write a monthly perfume column for the Times entitled "Uncommon Scents." Guest Denise Hamilton
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Brian Haughton
Brian Haughton is the founder of the International Fine Art and Antiques Dealers Show. He and his wife Anna, well-known antique ceramics dealers, have been widely recognized as visionaries in the fine arts trade for the past thirty years with their presentation of the International Asian Art Fair, the International Fine Art Fair, Art Antiques Dubai, and Art Antiques London. The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show attracts more than sixty of the world's most renowned dealers and takes place each year at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan. Guest Brian Haughton
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Karen Hudson
Karen Hudson is the granddaughter and biographer of architect Paul Revere Williams. She is the author of Paul R. Williams, Architect: A Legacy of Style and The Will and The Way, a young readers' biography on Mr. Williams. Her latest book is Paul R. Williams, Classic Hollywood Style, a look at some of his most magnificent homes in the Los Angeles area. She is also the co-author of Basic Black: Home Training for Modern Times and The New Basic Black. She is a third generation Angeleno and is currently writing a book on the lives of both of her grandfathers, chronicling early Black Los Angeles. Guest Karen Hudson
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David Jones
David Jones is a celebrated floral designer who caters to Hollywood stars, Washington political figures, and other famous names. David has designed for President and Mrs. Gerald Ford, President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan, Elizabeth Taylor, Kirk Douglas, Michael Jackson, and Betsy Bloomingdale, just to name a few. He designed window displays for Saks Fifth Avenue, Tiffany's, and Bonwit Teller. He has been described as a floral designer who has created floral works of art from "presidents to princes and sheiks to starlets." Adding to his many talents, he is also a party planner and a garden designer. Guest David Jones
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Captain Will Kayne
Captain Will Kayne of the RMS Queen Mary has been the ship's historian, officiant, and tour guide extraordinaire for the past twelve years. Will is a walking encyclopedia of knowledge on the history of the famous ship. With a background in the entertainment industry, he had a guest contract with the Los Angeles Unified School District in collaboration with the East Los Angeles Classic Theater Company, which taught Shakespeare to middle school students. He is a recipient of a Gold Medal with Honors in acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Guest Captain Will Kayne
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Bert Keeter
Bert Keeter is a fashion designer with many years in the fashion industry designing for iconic designers Holly Harp, Bill Blass, Arnold Scaasi, and Halston, where he developed his sense of spare luxury and elegance so prominent in his designs today. Trained at Parsons in New York, he was a contestant on Project Runway, Season 9, where his designs were recognized for their silhouette and color combined with luxurious materials. He designs sleek, sophisticated, and timeless collections for women who desire his modern, classic, and minimalist approach to fashion. His Fall 2012 collection will highlight colors of deep saturated Ferrari red, sapphire, and tobacco in opulent fabrics. His Spring 2013 collection will showcase true red carpet glamour with elaborately beaded gala gowns in a decidedly sleek and modern vein. Guest Bert Keeter
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Wesley Kropp
Master designer Wesley Kropp is a talented architectural draughtsman and jewelry designer whose work has been featured in Town & Country, Architectural Digest, Vogue, Tiffany & Co., Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Gump's, and the Horchow Collection. He has collaborated with Jay Strongwater, Ivana Trump, Ann Hand, Joan Rivers, and Princess Amanda Borghese. His training includes postgraduate studies with renowned designers Margot Suffran of Van Cleef & Arpels, Donald Claflin of Tiffany & Co., and Sandra Boucher of Cartier. He is a graduate of the Gemological Institute of America and his post-graduate education was based at the Abbey School for Jewelry Design. Guest Wesley Kropp
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Rocky La Fleur
Rocky La Fleur is known as one of the most knowledgeable people in the interior design field. He started his professional journey in the field over 30 years ago, and attributes his gift for connecting people with great products and opportunities to his "reverence for his customers and finding inspiration in their talent." He has been an outside salesperson for major fabric companies such as Pindler & Pindler as well as the national showroom manager for S. Harris. He spent ten years as Vice President of Real Estate at the Pacific Design Center. He has garnered many awards and professional recognition by the American Society of Interior Designers and the Network of the Hospitality Industry. For the past ten years, he has been associated with the famous showroom Kneedler/Fauchere, which represents a multitude of interior design lines. Guest Rocky La Fleur
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Deborah Landis
Costume designer Deborah Landis has collaborated with directors John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Louis Malle, and Costa Gravas in her iconic designs for films such as "Animal House," "Indiana Jones" and "Coming to America" (for which she was nominated for an Academy Award). She received her Master's in Fine Arts degree in Costume Design from UCLA and her PhD in the History of Design from the Royal College of Art in London. She is a 30-year member of the Costume Designer's Guild, for which she served two terms as president. She is a Professor at the University of the Arts in London and holds the David C. Copley Chair and is the Founding Director of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. She is the author of several books, most recently "Hollywood Sketchbook: A Century of Costume Illustration." She was the senior guest curator for the blockbuster exhibition entitled "Hollywood Costume" at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Guest Deborah Landis
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John McIlwee
John McIlwee is a celebrity business manager in the Los Angeles entertainment community and an avid architecture fan who serves on the board of the John Lautner Foundation and is active with the Los Angeles Conservancy in its preservation efforts. Together with his partner, Bill Damaschke, Chief Creative Officer of DreamWorks Animation, he restored the Garcia House by architect John Lautner to its full glory. Guest John McIlwee
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John Mirish
John Mirish is the Vice Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills. He is the Senior Vice President of International Distribution for Paramount Studios. He previously oversaw international distribution for IMAX, and he served as the Managing Director of United International Pictures' Swedish and Austrian Offices. Guest John Mirish
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Dion Neutra
Dion Neutra was born in 1926, the same year that his famous architect father, Richard Neutra, formed his practice. At the age of 11, Dion began his apprenticeship at a drafting table in his father's office. He served in the United States Navy in WWII, studied for a year in Zurich, and then graduated cum laude from USC with a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture. He became one of the youngest corporate members of the American Institute of Architects at age 24. Since then, the Neutra Practice has developed numbers of award-winning structures—educational, medical, civic, recreational, and residential. After the passing of Richard Neutra in 1970, Dion became the firm's president, which is celebrating its 87th year in 2013. Guest Dion Neutra
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Merry Norris
Contemporary art consultant Merry Norris will discuss the behind-the-scene accounts of how contemporary art is chosen for public commissions As the President and Vice President of the Cultural Affairs Commission for the City of Los Angeles, she was instrumental in create the "percentage for art" program requiring new construction to donate a portion to generating public art. She will discuss how private collections are created and will speak about current affairs and projects in the contemporary art and architecture sphere. Guest Merry Norris
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Bret Parsons
Bret Parsons is a noted real estate agent, author, and speaker who is the founder of Aaroe Architectural, specializing in Los Angeles' architecturally significant neighborhoods and the founder of Aaroe Architectural.com. He is the author of Colcord Home on the works of the elegant architect Gerard Colcord, and his new book is the soon to be released Jewell Box Houses. His work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times Hot Properties section. He has been a guest lecturer at such prestigious venues as the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts Decorative Arts Council, the Pacific Design Center, the California Club, and many others. Guest Bret Parsons
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Steven Price
Steven Price is an authority on Mid-Century Modern architecture throughout Los Angeles and especially the Trousdale Estates section of Beverly Hills. As a speaker, author, and historian, he has spoken at the Pacific Design Center, Greystone Manor, and the Palm Springs Art Museum. His historical commentary has been appeared in Los Angeles Magazine and Wall Street Journal Online. He has briefed the City of Beverly Hils Cultural Heritage Commission on Trousdale Estates and contributed to the list of master architects under the city's new Historic Preservation Ordinance. His forthcoming book, Over the Top: The Architectural History of Trousdale Estates, is due out in November 2013. Guest Steven Price
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Melinda Ritz
Melinda Ritz is an acclaimed set decorator for film and television who has been nominated for seven Emmy awards, winning three in the category of Art Direction for the hit television show, "Will and Grace." She has designed sets for "Basic Instinct," "The Sinbad Show," and "Hot in Cleveland." She is a member of the Set Decorators Society of America and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Guest Melinda Ritz
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Michael Schapa
Michael Schapa, Ed.D. served for fifteen years as a Revenue Agent and Field Exam Manager for the Internal Revenue Service. He has worked as a Tax Practitioner for 30 years and is a retired Professor of Accounting at Santa Monica College. He holds an MBA in Taxation, and his doctoral dissertation was written on "Federal Income Tax and the Taxation of Performing Artists." Guest Michael Schapa
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Darrell Schmitt
Darrell Schmitt is world renowned for his hospitality designs, including The Montage Beverly Hills, the Resort at Pelican Hill, the Peninsula Beverly Hills, Casa del Mar Hotel in Santa Monica, and several Four Seasons hotels and resorts. His award winning work has been published in Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Hospitality Design, and numerous other magazines and books both in the United States and abroad. He is a forty-year member of the American Society of Interior Designers and has served as president of two chapters. In 2009, he was named the Society's "Designer of Distinction," the highest national honor given to acknowledge the quality of a designer's body of work. This year he was inducted as a Fellow of the American Society of Interior Designers. Guest Darrell Schmitt
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Barbara Strongin
Barbara Strongin is Director of Administration and Lecturer in Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art. She served as Senior Vice President and Director of Operations for Christie's Auction House for 26 years. She created and taught classes for the auction house regarding the auction process as well as rules and regulations in the auction industry. She pioneered the standardization of auctioneering practices on a global basis. As a Licensed Auctioneer in New York, she assisted the New York City Consumer Affairs Department to rewrite regulations governing auctions. In addition to her administrative abilities at Sotheby's Institute of Art, she lectures in the Master of Arts program on the auction business in New York, London, and Hong Kong. Guest Barbara Strongin
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Hasty Torres
Hasty Torres is chef and owner of Madame Chocolat. With a business degree from USC's Marshall School of Business, she followed her heart to train as a chef at the Pasadena Le Cordon Bleu. She opened her own chocolate factory and boutique in Beverly Hills and has moved to a new factory in downtown Los Angeles where she will be expanding with new retail locations. Her work has been featured in many television shows and magazines. Guest Hasty Torres
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Master Pastry Chef Jacques Torres
Master Pastry Chef Jacques Torres is known as "Mr. Chocolate". While elevating pastry to new artisan levels at Le Cirque in New York, Jacques made the leap to television by hosting a popular series on The Food Network and the internationally broadcast "Dessert Circus." He is the author of several cookbooks and has several chocolate stores in New York City. Guest Master Pastry Chef Jacques Torres
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Kimberly Vinokur Reiss
Kimberly Vinokur Reiss is an active preservationist whose passion for architectural history and preservation has parlayed into her position as the Community Outreach Director for the Beverly Hills Historical Society. Guest Kimberly Vinokur Reiss
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Wim de Wit
Wim de Wit studied architectural history at the Catholic University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. After graduation, he was appointed as a scholarly researcher responsible for the collections at the Netherlands Documentation Center for Architecture in Amsterdam. Upon his arrival in the United States, he worked at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York as a guest curator and then as curator for architecture at the Chicago Historical Society. At The Getty Research Institute, he has organized a number of exhibitions including "Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890-1937," "Julius Shulman's Los Angeles," "Julius Shulman, Modernity and the Metropolis," and "Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky." He was a member of the board of the International Confederation of Architectural Museums, where he also served as president. He has also served on the board of the Society of Architectural Historians. Guest Wim de Wit


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Nope, this is not the chai for me. I don't taste any of the caramel and vanilla flavor I was so excited about in this blend, and the pepper notes are so over powering for me that I'm unable to taste much else. I'm a huge 52teas fan but I couldn't even finish my cup.
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Egypt's presidency said on Wednesday that attempts to reach a diplomatic solution to the crisis have failed [2].
The Muslim Brotherhood was to blame for that failure, according to the presidency's statement.
The statement follows 10 days of visits by U.S., EU, African and Arab officials in attempts to hash out a deal between the interim government and supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi.
Egypt had allowed envoys from the United States, the European Union, United Arab Emirates and Qatar to enter the country, hold discussions and urge the Muslim Brotherhood to "respect popular will embodied in the 30 June and 26 July protests," the statement said, referring to major protests that led to Morsi's ouster and an army mandate to confront "violence and terrorism."
The statement said the presidency had allowed diplomatic efforts "out of a belief in the necessity to provide a space to exert efforts that could urge the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies [3] to renounce violence and save bloodshed [4]."
It argued that diplomacy did not achieve that aim, despite the full support of the Egyptian government.
The presidency meanwhile described pro-Morsi protests at Rabea al-Adaweya and al-Nahda Square as "unpeaceful."
The presidency's statement, in part, came as a response to remarks by U.S. Senator John McCain, who described the situation in Egypt as potentially dangerous and referred to 30 June as a "coup." [5]
The EU in turn responded to the presidency's statement saying that it would press on with diplomatic efforts to resolve Egypt's crisis despite the presidency saying that international mediation efforts had failed.
Michael Mann, a spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, told Reuters he was unaware of the Egyptian presidency's statement but that the EU's envoy, Bernardino Leon, had been in Egypt for several days engaged in mediation efforts.
"We will continue to do all we can to try and encourage people to get this inclusive dialogue going, that is so important to see a return to the democratic transition in Egypt. We will continue our efforts," he told reporters.
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[2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23610740
[3] http://www.albawaba.com/news/mb-preacher-says-he-will-crack-necks-if-morsi-harmed-512324
[4] http://www.albawaba.com/news/egypt-alexandria-death-512521
[5] http://www.albawaba.com/news/mccains-statements-rejected-egyptian-interim-government-512413
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Can be used with the following Bitdefender products: Total Security 2008, Internet Security 2008 and Antivirus 2008
The Bitdefender 2010 Virus Definitions can be used with the following Bitdefender products: BitDefender Total Security 2010, BitDefender Internet Security 2010 and BitDefender Antivirus 2010.
Because new threats appear every day, BitDefender antivirus must be updated periodically. The updates can be of these types:
Virus signatures: databases of virus prints to be compared with the scanned files. Shown as Virus Definitions Update. These updates require restarting BitDefender. The restart occurs automatically.
- Spam signatures: rules for the heuristic and URL filters increasing the effectiveness of the antispam engine. Shown as AntiSpam Update.
- Product upgrades: new product features, scan techniques and hotfixes. Shown as Product Update. Occasionally, installing these updates requires restarting the computer.
To configure the automatic update do the following:
- Open BitDefender and click Update.
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- Configure the Update location settings.
BitDefender 10 includes two update locations, allowing one of them to point to a local mirror.
- Configure the Automatic update options.
Select Automatic check for updates to find out when updates are available. BitDefender checks for updates every 1 hour. Click Verify every hours to modify the number of hours after which a check for updates is performed. Leave the Confirm update to Silent update unless you desire to be prompted before downloading the updates or before installing them. A similar option is available for the manual update under the Manual update settings.
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I am trying to build on a simple program i created to simulate rolling a die. I need to count the number of rolls it takes for the die to turn up sixes three times straight. I basically want to understand what are the best methods to select to get this done.
Here is my code.
import java.util.Random;
public class rollingDie {
private static int count;
private static int result;
//Simulates rolling a six sided die
static int roll() {
Random r = new Random();
result =r.nextInt(6) + 1;
return result;
//main method prints result of roll() to System.out
public static void main(String[] args) {
rollingDie x = new rollingDie();
System.out.println("The die shows " + x.roll());
Loops as counters - Java
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Jake Scaife
· April 29, 2015
Use an incrementing variable. Set the variable to 0, if a 6 is rolled or whatever, add 1 to the variable. If anything else is rolled reset the variable to 0. If the variable is rolled 3 times in a row then the variable will get to 3, can use an if statement during each loop to test that.
Nicholas Eason
· April 29, 2015
Here's a list of pseudo-code that could work for this situation:
while hasHappened is false
increment roll counter variable
if number is 6, increment 6 counter variable, else, 6 counter variable is 0
if 6 counter variable is 3, hasHappened is true
steven kitchener
· April 30, 2015
Hi shawn,
The best way to do this, as suggested above is to use a couple of variables and a while loop.
This loop will keep running until three sixes are found in a row. what it does is check to see if num is equal to six and if so increment the variable sixes by one otherwise reset it back to zero. The total variable keeps track of how many numbers in total has been checked. The loop will exit when sixes == 0 and then you will get a print out of how long it took.
In maths terms you should get around 216 every time, (1/6 *1/6*1/6 = 1/216) .... if you run the program multiple times and take an average then youll get close to that number.
Hope this helps,
Shawn Slinger
· May 1, 2015
Best thanks guys! I'm preparing for exams and I want to get in all the practice i need.
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If you are a fan of cloud storage, you would have heard of Dropbox's recent Space Race. The program aims to entice students to sign up with Dropbox while helping each other get more storage space. Closer to home, Kleii, Asia's Dropbox, has also initiated a similar program supporting more than a thousand schools in Southeast Asia.
Kleii's aim is to offer support to the schools that were missed out by Dropbox. Where Dropbox's Space Race supported only 30 schools in Vietnam, Kleii's supports over 300 local education institutions and more in the region. Kleii sees this as the opportunity to own a share of the cloud storage pie in Southeast Asia.
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Carmelita Jeter burst onto the international scene after winning the women's 100m in the 2007 Mt. San Antonio College Relays, and took it another step further in the 2009 Mt. SAC Relays.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich.- Western Michigan senior infielder Patrick Duncan and left-handed junior pitcher Steve Laudicina were named Preseason Second Team All-Mid-American Conference by College Sports Madness.
Duncan started and played in all 55 games last season and was twice named MAC Player of the Week. He had a .321 batting average, collecting 70 hits in 218 at bats. During conference play, he upped his average to .388, which ranked fourth best in the league. He also ranked in the top 10 for hits (40) and on-base percentage (.435) during conference play. Duncan is one of three team captains for the 2013 season.
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