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VIzzy Zone is Finally Here!September 8th, 2010 by @E_Wish1 | Album/Mixtape/EP Review, Hip-Hop/Rap |
It's finally here; Vizzy Zone, the much anticipated new mixtape by XV. We have blogged about him in the past and always knew his music was great. However XV has taken his music to the next level since signing with Warner Bros, which shows in this mixtape. Keep your eyes out for XV in the near future as he is about to blow up.
2. The Flying V (produced by Seven)
3. Tunnel Vision (produced by Omen)
4. Gettin' Bizzy (produced by Seven)
5. We Zonin' (produced by Seven)
6. Reset Button ft. Talib Kweli (produced by Woody)
7. Nevermind (produced by Seven)
8. She Go, I Go ft. Chiddy Bang (produced by Seven)
9. Falling Awake (produced by Omen)
10. Mirror's Edge ft. Mike Posner (produced by Seven)
11. Vizzy Zone ft. Kid CuDi (produced by Emile)
12. Passport (produced by Woody)
13. Isn't It Awesome (produced by Woody)
14. May The Force Be With You ft. Killer Mike & Mac Miller (produced by Seven)
15. Familiar (produced by Seven)
16. Best Is Yet To Come ft. Colin Munroe (produced by Colin Munroe)
17. Ending Credits (Interlude)
BONUS: Mirror's Edge (Remix) ft. Bun B, GLC & Mike Posner


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Because of a family issue with Manny Banuelos, he's had to leave the team and head back to Mexico for a little bit. He'll rejoin the team in Portland. As such, the Thunder have had to shuffle the deck a little bit. Here's how it will shake down to start the year. Of course, weather in the northeast in April could (and probably will) throw everything into a tizzy, so I assume things will change. As it turns out, the way the Thunder line them up is exactly the opposite of how I expected them to. C'est la vie, I guess.
1. Steve Garrison
2. Shaeffer Hall
3. Graham Stoneburner
4. Dellin Betances
5. Manny Banuelos
Additionally, here is the full roster, complete with numbers but without the obligatory "DL"players. Those haven't been determined yet, according to manager Tony Franklin.
30 Arbiso, Cory
15 Arias, Wilkins
13 Banuelos, Manny
50 Betances, Dellin
34 Garrison, Steve
19 Hall, Shaeffer
29 Hernandez, Fernando
31 Heyer, Craig
26 Igawa, Kei
45 Norton, Tim
23 Okamoto, Naoya
Stoneburner, Graham - No number listed
27 Venditte, Pat
Leslie, Myron - No number listed
32 McCoy, Nick
16 Romine, Austin
2 Joseph, Corban
38 Maruszak, Addison
11 Mujica, Yadil
21 Pirela, Jose
36 Suttle, Brad
44 Johnson, Cody
24 Krum, Austin
6 Kruml, Ray
25 Mesa, Melky
7 Rye, Jack
20 Sublett, Damon
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In the keynote Xojo Inc. announced upcoming support for Raspberry Pi support. That's great to hear and seems like a good idea after they got LLVM to build for ARM CPUs for iOS support and already have a Linux target. They have of course to rebuild their framework code targeting ARM Linux and add to the IDE functions to have a new checkbox for Linux on ARM. The framework itself should be an easy recompile.
On the plugins side, I really hope they just allow us to build plugins using the existing Plugin SDK for Linux. The source code is there for Linux on x86, so I'd assume same code in the framework would work on ARM. This way I could install a Linux copy here with cross compiler to ARM and rebuild all my plugins for it.
So once Linux ARM target is available and Xojo Inc. allows us to use an updated plugin SDK with a linux ARM cross compiler, I could let the computer spend a couple of hours to rebuild all my MBS Plugin classes for that.
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Even in Chief Justice Ifitkhar Chaudhry's recently submitted affidavit the senior intelligence officer is simply referred to as DG MI.
The first time your Blogger saw the intelligence official's name in print was thanks to Carlotta Gall of The New York Times. Ten days ago, in a news piece about the affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court by the CJ, she wrote: Maj. Gen. Nadeem Ijaz, the director general of Military Intelligence and a close relative of General Musharraf.
With his back suddenly to the wall Musharraf seems to have ditched this 'hallowed' convention altogether by getting the DG MI to submit an affidavit in a public court of law. And so the general public finally got a peek at his name from this official document, which begins:
I, Major General Mian Nadeem Ijaz Ahmad son of Late Mian Ijaz Ahmad, presently working as Director General, Military Intelligence ("DG MI"), do hereby solemnly state on oath as under:-
I was appointed as DG MI on 28 February 2005, and have continued to work in that position ever since…
Now that the cat is officially out of the bag, your Blogger can confirm what Carlotta Gall gave away: 'Major General Mian Nadeem Ijaz Ahmad son of Late Mian Ijaz Ahmad', also happens to be Mrs Sehba Musharraf's nephew; his mother being Mrs Musharraf's elder sister.
More importantly, the hawkish DG MI is believed by many to be one of the Commando General's closest of advisers in most, if not all, matters these days.
One intriguing aspect of the counter-affidavits submitted by Musharraf's lawyers is the omission of one from Lt. Gen. Ashfaq Pervaiz Kiyani, the director general of Inter-Services Intelligence (DG ISI).
It is worth commenting that the existing three affidavits have all been given by men known to be close to Musharraf; DG MI is a family member; DG IB, Brigadier (Retd) Ijaz Shah, is an old friend; and Lt. General (Retd) Hamid Javed has been serving Musharraf loyally as his Chief of Staff ever since 1 November 2002.
Is it possible that, as an outsider to this close Musharraf loop, the DG ISI was reluctant to embroider the facts?
According to a news report while over a dozen affidavits of government servants are attached to the affidavit of Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Javaid, doubts do exist about their veracity:
At least, one of them is now uncertain not only about the signatures on "his" affidavit but also its contents. At one point, he categorically said that the affidavit was never signed by him. At another stage, he said that the signatures appearing on the affidavit were not his but these did resemble his initials.
Talking to The News on the assurance that his name would not be disclosed, the concerned signatory was apprehensive and shy of going to the court for being a government servant. Since the filing of an absolutely "fake" affidavit does not make sense, the officer was asked to come on the record but he did not oblige. The officer hails from the Punjab.


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Andre Cole is scheduled to die Tuesday for killing a man in 1998 in a fit of anger over child support payments.
On Monday, members of a coalition that includes Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union called on Gov. Jay Nixon to halt the execution. They also want him to appoint a board to examine concerns that there is racial bias in Missouri's jury selection process.


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Occidental College has been barraged with bogus allegations of sexual assault in recent days after two groups, one claiming to represent "men's rights," set out to undermine the school's anonymous reporting system, a college spokesman said.
Shortly after members of the online communities Reddit and 4Chan began discussing the idea late Monday, Occidental spokesman Jim Tranquada said, the campus was flooded with reports — some by people who claimed to have been assaulted by "Occidental College," "feminists" or "Fatty McFatFat."
Over 36 hours, some 400 such reports were made. Occidental officials now are trying to determine how to isolate false claims from any actual assaults that may have been reported during that time.
A front-page article in the Los Angeles Times on Dec. 7, 2013, was incorrect in reporting that Occidental College failed to disclose 27 alleged sexual assaults that occurred in 2012.
The article ("College shelved more assault reports") dealt with Occidental's obligations under the federal Clery Act, which requires schools to publish statistics annually on reported crime on or near campus.
Occidental representatives approached The Times early this month to seek a correction. Documents reviewed by The Times this week show that the 27 incidents did not fall under the law's disclosure requirements for a variety of reasons.
Some were not sexual assaults as defined by the Clery Act. Rather, they involved sexual harassment, inappropriate text messages or other conduct not covered by the act. Other alleged incidents were not reported because they occurred off-campus, beyond the boundaries that Occidental determined were covered by the act. Some occurred in 2011, and the college accounted for them that year.
Subsequent Times articles published Dec. 20 in the LATExtra section and Jan. 23 in Section A repeated the original error regarding the alleged underreporting of sexual assaults.
The Times regrets the errors in the articles.
The online campaign appears to have been fueled by misperceptions about how the college's anonymous sexual misconduct reporting form works.
"Feminists at Occidental College created an online form to anonymously report rape/sexual assault," a user wrote in a Tuesday post on Reddit's Men's Rights group. "You just fill out a form and the person is called into the office on a rape charge. The 'victim' never has to prove anything or reveal their identity."
In fact, the form was created by campus administrators in 2009 to encourage assault victims to come forward. Allegations reported to the site are reviewed by administrators and, if they occur on or near campus, should be reported to federal authorities in annual crime statistics. The anonymous reports can be used to track patterns and make inquiries but do not lead to formal investigations, Tranquada said.
Occidental for months has been at the center of a nationwide push to hold campus administrators responsible for violating federal laws on the handling of sexual assault reports.
More than 50 students and faculty at the small liberal arts college have signed on to two federal complaints alleging Occidental routinely discouraged women from reporting assaults, bungled investigations and failed to disclose assault claims to the federal government. The Department of Education is investigating both complaints.
In October, Occidental officials acknowledged they had failed to report two dozen sexual assault allegations made in 2010 and 2011.
Earlier this month, a Times review found that Occidental had failed to disclose an additional 27 reports made in 2012, as well as most complaints filed through the anonymous reporting system.
Last week, the Huffington Post reported concerns from faculty and students that administrators were tracking people who used the anonymous reporting form, an allegation the college denied.
This week's wave of false reports surfaced in the online communities Monday, with the apparent aim of discrediting the reporting form.
"Step one: Get a list of every 'Feminist' at Occidental College who supported this system. Step two: Anonymously report them for rape," wrote user WhiteThrone in a Reddit post Wednesday night. "Step three: Watch them squirm as their lives are hanging in the balance over a false rape charge. Step four: Shutdown the BS online form."
The concern about false rape allegations at Occidental is misplaced, Tranquada said.
"The challenge for the college is not false reports," he said. "Our experience is those are rare. The challenge for the college is getting the survivors to report, either to the college or police or both. Sexual misconduct is underreported everywhere, and we're interested in providing as many options as possible."
By Thursday, some of the more than 83,000 subscribers of the Reddit Men's Rights forum were criticizing the action.
"you know what this makes the [Men's Rights Movement] look like?" wrote user Tehkaki. "a movement more concerned with taking down women and feminism than actually helping men."
More than one noted the irony of using false reports as a tactic.
"I can't believe y'all here are making false accusations to prove a point," wrote user zfoote. "I thought the [Men's Rights Movement] was vehemently opposed to false accusations?"
In a letter to faculty on Wednesday, Occidental's interim Title IX coordinator, Lauren Carella, suggested the college may shutter the reporting system:
"We have already begun exploring options to replace our current anonymous reporting system with a system that continues to encourage survivors to come forward while trying to prevent these type of abuses from outside individuals."
Faculty advocates for assault victims say the form serves a vital purpose.
"It's the best way to keep track of serial rapists," said Caroline Heldman, chair of Occidental's politics department. "The anonymous reporting system allows you to identify the 4% of men on campus who are causing over 90% of the problem."


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- Students become aware of people's differences and accept them.
- Students learn to work together and support each other.
- Students with special needs are less likely to feel isolated or socially excluded.
- Teachers use different teaching methods to facilitate the students' different learning styles and this helps all students.
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- Arrange students' desks in groups so they learn about and from
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- Make a set of classroom rules with input from the students at the start of the school term.
- Avoid sensory overload when decorating the classroom and setting up learning centres. Decorations should foster a calm and welcoming environment.
- Make sure learning centres or stations are physically accessible to all students.
- Use variety in learning centres to address different learning styles and levels of skill development.
- Have equipment in the classroom to help different teaching styles including a white board, visual aids, audio player/recorder, large pads of paper, paper and pens in different colours, etc.
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Hello, everyone! My name is Akila Waka and I'm a South African. I was born in Johannesburg, a famous city in South Africa (not the capital), and grew up in Mozambique, a neighboring country on the coast of the Indian Ocean. I traveled very often when I was growing up and visited most of Southern Africa, including Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Malawi and South Africa; in addition, I have also been to Asia and the UAE. By visiting multiple hotels, chalets, campsites etc., my love for the hospitality industry began.
My mother is a very good cook as she started to cook when she was seven years old due to the lack of food in the communist times of Mozambique. She developed a love for cooking which she passed on to me. While I did not start to cook when I was seven, I did start to help my mother make wedding cakes, pastries and savory dishes for her catering business. Soon after, when I was 12 years old, I started to independently cook simple dishes.
My love for food has grown so much since then. My second internship at The Cotton House Hotel as a concierge pushed me to start my blog; I was led by the most inspiring people. I have since been documenting old and new experiences I have had with food, and it has been the most satisfying feeling. I travel often to try new flavors and new trends around the world, and I keep track of my discoveries on my food blog on Instagram.
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KC (7-8) vs SD (11-4)
Game Prediction: KC 31, SD 17
This is a replay of week 12 when the Chargers squeaked out a 34-31 win in Kansas City.
Update: The Chargers are finally leaking out that they will be starting primarily, if not exclusively, backup players this week. I am changing up the projections and you may see both Doug Flutie and Philip Rivers get some playing time. Tomlinson may not play at all this week and I am removing him and he would be replaced by Jesse Chatman (who is still banged up) and the rookie Michael Turner.
The Chiefs held on to a 31-30 win last week against the Raiders and while the offense has been prolific lately, every game ends up as a track meet on the score board. The best news for the Chiefs is that the Chargers are locked as the #4 seed in the AFC and cannot win anything here.
Quarterback: Trent Green has been red-hot during the last nine weeks except for one game - when he faced the Chargers and only managed 208 yards and no scores. He'll have plenty of reasons to play since every big game merely says "hey - if we only had a defense we might win something".
Running Backs: Larry Johnson only gained 79 yards on 25 carries against the Raiders but he scored twice and had 43 yards on four receptions. He's now scored twice in each of the last four games and is making the aging Priest Holmes look less like a "must have" than previously thought. Blaylock and Johnson split duties in the last meeting with the Chargers. Blaylock scored two touchdowns on eight carries for 57 yards while Johnson ran 10 times for 43 yards and one score. Since Blaylock has been out the last two weeks, Johnson has carried the full load.
Wide Receivers: After scoring five times in the three previous weeks, Eddie Kennison failed to score but still gained 79 yards on six catches against the Raiders. Kennison has been on fire for the last six weeks except for one game - he only had one catch for 9 yards the Chargers in week 12 while Johnnie Morton only had four catches for 39 yards in that game.
Morton has been out with a sprained knee and I will assume he is out until word comes from practice about him.
Tight Ends: Tony Gonzalez had not scored since week nine when he went off for two touchdowns last week and his 124 yards was second best for the season. As the season concludes, Gonzo remains a very big target and had had 105 yards on eight catches in the last game against San Diego.
Match Against the Defense: This would be a great game if the Chargers play hard the entire way but at some point they'll likely sit down Tomlinson just to keep him healthy. That greatly changes the dynamic for San Diego and would prevent the Chargers from controlling the game as well - more plays for the Chiefs offense.
Expect a nice rushing game here from Johnson and for Green to step up and improve from his previous effort against San Diego. That spells good things for Gonzo who has been great lately and against the Chargers already this season. Kennison had a down week of sorts against Denver and doesn't matchup as well against the Chargers but he's always getting the volume anyway and in a game that the Chargers likely won't stick around in, his value rises.
The Chargers have locked down the #4 seed but claim that they want to win this week. Since there is no recent precedent for the Chargers being in this situation, they just might play all the starters all game though at some point, it would be unreasonable to expose Tomlinson to unnecessary risk for injury.
Quarterback: Drew Brees threw for 378 yards and two touchdowns in the last meeting with the Chiefs - his last truly big fantasy game. But he does come off a 290 yard effort against the Colts with three scores and if Tomlinson ever is sat in this game, Brees will become a bigger factor in the game.
Running Backs: Ladainian Tomlinson was held to only 46 yards on 21 carries in the last game against Kansas City but he did score two touchdowns and had 57 yards on 10 receptions. Tomlinson has rushed in scores in 13 straight games for an NFL record and he'll stay in at least long enough to accomplish it this week.
Wide Receivers: Keenan McCardell has missed the last two games with a hamstring strain and has been replaced by Kassim Osgood who has really only maintained the 40 or so yards a game that McCardell was getting. Eric Parker has come up big in two of the last three weeks though that sandwiched an 18 yard effort against the Giants two weeks ago. Even when Brees has big yardage games, they've been going more to Gates or Tomlinson more than the wideouts. Parker has the only two 100 yard games from a wideout in the last eleven weeks and those were just recently.
Tight Ends: Antonio Gates now has the record for 13 touchdowns by a tight end in a single season. Gates had two scores and 92 yards in the last meeting with the Chiefs.
Match Against the Defense: The effort here all depends on how much the Chargers will try to win this game. They say they will but you can be sure that the Chiefs will make them keep scoring to stay ahead. I am going to assume that this team is so new to the playoffs that they will play out the entire game with starters but realize the risk is there that some - particularly Tomlinson - will sit out part of the game.
Brees should be able to light up the secondary as he already has and with Parker playing well lately, he won't have to rely solely on Gates or Tomlinson. Look for some wonderful fantasy points here because the Chiefs defense has always allowed that.


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I was recently asked by one of the elders of our church to give my testimony as part of one of our Sunday evening worship services in July 2010. I thought I would post what I wrote and shared with my church family.
I was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1975. My parents were both Catholic and raised my brother and me to be the same. I attended a Catholic elementary school for first through eighth grade. My parents were married very young and they didn't have a good relationship. My Father had a terrible temper and treated my Mom badly, including physical abuse. They fought a lot and I can remember hiding in my room whenever they argued and being very afraid that my Dad would turn on me in anger. When I was 8, after my parents had separated and reconciled one time, they finally decided to divorce.
By the time I entered high school, my Dad was remarried and stable. I moved in with my Dad and Stepmom and began regularly attending an evangelical church. I was sitting under sound teaching and the Bible began to make sense to me and I knew what it said was true. I knew I was a sinner that needed a Savior. I am not sure exactly when I became a Christian but it was early in my ninth grade year of High School. I was baptized about a year later. I had a hunger and desire for God's word and developed regular devotional times, was active in youth group and service to the church body even as a young person. I met Mike when I was 19 at my best friend's wedding. He was the best man for his twin brother and I was the maid of honor. We developed a friendship which grew stronger and we were married shortly after.
Over the years, unbeknownst to me, I slowly slipped into a performance relationship with the Lord. About 2 years ago, the Lord brought me to despair over besetting sin in my life. I was frustrated and struggling even to the point that I doubted my faith. I wondered why things were so difficult and often questioned why I seemed to have no love for God. I can remember sitting on my bed in despair and saying to myself "I've got to be missing something". I figured that I just wasn't trying hard enough to overcome my sin, I wasn't serving enough, or I was doing something wrong and God was displeased with me.
In early Spring of 2008, I purchased a book by Elyse Fitzpatrick called "Because He Loves Me" The Holy Spirit used it to completely change my life and correct a huge area of un-Biblical thinking that had been affecting my view of God and my relationship with Him.
I realized that I was living as though I didn't need Jesus anymore after being saved. I had thought the pursuit of holiness and progressive sanctification was all about me and my own effort. When things seemed to be going well for me-I was obeying, serving, didn't miss devotional times and had regular prayer I was tempted to be self-righteous and prideful and believed God would bless me and be pleased with me. When things in my walk weren't going so well; I was stuck in sin, not reading my Bible, etc., I was bogged down in despair and guilt feelings overwhelmed me. I wondered how displeased God must be with me and what I needed to do to make up for it or I lived in fear of Him punishing me. I really don't believe I had any joy in the Lord and I certainly didn't have a love for Him. I was probably more afraid of Him than anything else and everything I did was out of duty or because I knew I had to or punishment was coming! This is what I mean when I say I was living in a "performance relationship" with the Lord and the standard was MY own performance and most often my LACK of it.
As I read "Because He Loves Me", the Lord revealed to me the errors in my thinking. He showed me that I was living as if Christianity was a self improvement program and that I had forgotten the good of the Gospel. He showed me that I need the Gospel just as much now in my Christian life as I did to get saved in the first place. Now I am seeking and asking the Lord to help me apply the Gospel to everyday situations in life. For example, I recently took my 4 children to piano lessons. It is about a 30 minute drive one way to our piano teacher's home. Upon arriving, one of my children informed me that they had forgotten their piano books. My first reaction was anger and self-righteousness. I had thoughts like "I drove all this way and you can't even remember your books? Don't you see the sacrifice I am making? Now what are we going to say to your teacher?" I was ready to yell and complain. Then the Holy Spirit began to convict me. Much of my anger was rooted in not wanting to be embarrassed in front of the piano teacher-I didn't want to look like an irresponsible Mom and ruin my so called "reputation". I didn't want to extend grace because my child was making me look bad. Even after apologizing profusely for the mistake; I still wanted to hold it against them. To borrow the phrase from Jerry Bridges, I began, by God's grace, to "preach the Gospel to myself". The Gospel tells me that I don't deserve a good reputation, only Christ does, yet He was willing to give that up for me. The Gospel reminds me that my sin murdered the Son of God, yet because of His sacrifice, I have been forgiven. When I think about all that Christ gave up for me, all that I have been forgiven, and that He lived a perfectly sinless life in my place, whatever is tempting me to sin all of a sudden seems a lot less attractive. With the Lord's help, in this particular situation, I was able to turn from my sin, talk to my children about the good of the Gospel and ask forgiveness right away.
I wish I could say that I did this perfectly every day, the truth is that I don't, and I am still learning and really feel that I've only scratched the surface of the depths of the Gospel. Even in my failures and sin though, I am learning to be thankful. My sin reminds me of my desperate, moment by moment need of Him. Instead of hours or days of self recrimination and guilt after failure, I am learning that I can come to Him in faith, knowing that His Son has paid the penalty for my sin. I have no fear of Him and know there is no wrath left for me because Christ bore it all on the cross. My heart and affections are warmed and my love for Him grows as I remember all He has done and His great love for me, despite my continual failure. This gives me the courage and motivation to get up and fight besetting sin again. I am learning to look to Jesus and His perfect work instead of staying focused on myself.
After all these years, I am realizing that God doesn't want duty driven, outward obedience. He wants my heart, He wants my love, and He wants a relationship. Now I can honestly say I want that too and I am so thankful for His mercy and grace. He could have left me stuck and miserable in the way I had been thinking but He didn't.
I'd like to close by reading Ephesians 2:6-7: "And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages He might show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus." It's ALL HIM!!!
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2009 Community Service Honorees (l to r)
Ethel Hayden, Barbara Kohn, Paul Glasgall, Shirley Haggstrom with Richard Cohen and Bill Rosendahl
Each year the Community Council honors those who have made a contribution
to Pacific Palisades by initiating some benefit to the community with the
award "Golden Sparkplug".
We also honor those who's contribution to Pacific Palisades has been their
steady, reliable, long-term service with a "Community Service"
Guidelines for these awards and the names of recipients are presented below.
The "Golden Sparkplug Award" ceremony, sponsored by PPCC, is held in conjunction and in cooperation with the "Citizen of the Year" award (when awarded) sponsored by the Palisadian-Post. The event is generally held on the 4th Thursday in April, but conflicts with holidays should be considered. The PPCC Chair makes the opening remarks at the event and presents the "Golden Sparkplug Award(s)". Each "Golden Sparkplug Award" winner and one guest receive a complimentary dinner ticket.
1. No later than 12 months prior to the event, the Chair shall
a. Coordinate and establish the event date with the Palisadian-Post and the venue, and
b. Notify the Palisades Chamber of Commerce to place the event date on the community calendar.
2. No later than the first meeting in November,
a. The Chair shall appoint the "Golden Sparkplug Awards" selection committee and the "Sparkplug Event" committee,
b. The chair of the event committee shall coordinate with the Palisadian-Post in order to establish the deadline for the selection of the "Golden Sparkplug Award" winner(s) to coincide with the selection of the "Citizen of the Year" award winner,
c. Taking the selection date into consideration, the chair of the selection committee, with the approval of the Chair, shall establish the deadline to submit the "Golden Sparkplug Award" nominations, and coordinate with the Palisadian-Post the publicity for the request for nominations.
3. Prior to the second meeting in January,
The event committee shall coordinate with the Palisadian-Post and the venue the event details, such as budget, menu items, dinner ticket cost, reservation procedures, decoration, event ceremony, complimentary dinner tickets, guest parking, as well as the assignment of duties and tasks for the night of the event.
The Golden Sparkplug Award honors those citizens who ignite ideas and projects into community action that affect all of us.
1. The person must have launched a new idea or project of substantial benefit to the Palisades community.
2. The project must have been initiated, in progress, or completed during the previous calendar year.
3. The action must have been voluntary and not related to one's business or occupation.
1. Both adults and youth are eligible for the award
2. Only one member of a given group or committee
3. Have broad community appeal and represent a cross section of the community
4. Selected based on quality of work versus quantity of nominations PROCEDURE:
1. Open nominating letters and sort by names into youth and adult categories
2. Check for multiple nominations in one envelope
3. Review nomination letters
4. Evaluate how well the candidates meet the guidelines and sort into 3 groups:
4.1 Those requiring no further consideration
4.2 Those who could be candidates for the Community Service Award
4.3 Those eligible for further consideration and selection.
1. Discuss merits of each potential award winner
2. Vote
2.1 No committee member who nominates shall vote when that nomination is considered
2.2 No committee member shall vote for him/herself or a family member
1. Selection Committee completes synopsis and notifies the Chair.
2. Immediately following the approval of the "Golden Sparkplug Award" winner(s) the Chair shall
2.1 Notify the winners in person or by telephone prior to any public announcements,
2.2 Notify the Palisadian-Post and local elected officials including the Los Angeles Mayor, City Councilmember, County Supervisor, State Assemblymember, and State Senator, of the "Golden Sparkplug Award" winners or coordinate with the Palisadian-Post the notification of the dignitaries who will be invited to the event. The local member of Congress and California Senators also shall be notified.
2.3 Authorize the preparation of the "Golden Sparkplug Awards" plaque and
2.4 Notify PAPA to reserve cars for the "Golden Sparkplug Award" winners in the 4th of July parade.
3. The Chair of the "Sparkplug Event" committee shall follow up
3.1 With a written notification of the award winner(s) and event details such as reservations and parking,
3.2 Submit the biographies of the winner(s) to the Palisadian-Post for press release, and
3.3 Mail invitation letters to the prior "Golden Sparkplug Award" winners and the past PPCC Chairs.
Revised, June 26, 2008
1974 - Kate & Pete Ahrens, Vergene Bollens, Anna Priola (May), Lance Lee,
Bob McMillen, Wally Miller, Shirley & Jim Solomon, Ed Staley, Ted Tennant
1975 - Ruth Block, June Chase, Ian Grant, Jeff Kool, Shelley Rosenberg,
Winston Salser
1976 - Allan Elfant, Joe Jelikovsky, Margie Moore, Margaret Richards, Gloria Stout,
Betty Thrower
1977 - June Blum, Maddy Garland, Cheryel Kanan, Mary Pitts, John Prough,
Eula Thompson
1978 - Herb Furth, Robert Hamilton, June Payne, Sandy Schaefer, Rubin Smulovitz,
Jim Stout
1979 - Richard Brodkin, Fran & Vic Brucher, Rubell Helgeson, Mike Lanning,
Gene Romig, Burt Wuttken
1980 - Anne Goldfarb, Ted Green, Eva Holberg, Jean Pearson, Brian Shea,
Arnie Wishnick
1981 - Jean Dillingham, Bobbie Farerow, Bob Neubacher, Jack Sauer, Hank Ullerich,
Del Wright
1982 - Deede Cady, Ethel Haydon, Don Lindsay, Bernice Park,
Lelah & Townley Pierson, Chris Vatcher
1983 - Joan Graves, Rich Wilken, Al & Anita Sobelman, Pam Bruns, Jackson Steffes,
Philip Hollingsworth
1984 - Paul Brown, Vern Peterson, Kathy Alexander, Cecile Billauer
1985 - Harold Vieau, Breck Wilson, Flo Elfant, Davic Janney
1986 - Bob Benton, Philip Leacock, John Lewis, Deann Wilken
1987 - Lisa Benscheidt, Ed Dillingham, Martha Brown, Betty McKenzie,
Tom McKindley, Chris Price, Bill Bruns
1988 - Kit Festa, Peter Fleming, Marianna Ullerich, Harold Waterhouse, Randy Young
1989 - Lila Gordon, John Meyers, Karen Stone, Ron Wolf
1990 - Sarah Adams, Dorothy Bissell, Kat Kozik, Paula LeBrot, June Payne
1991 - Maria Bane, Everett Maguire, Adrian Sanders, John Scherrer
1992 - Lloyd Ahern, Georeg Billauer, Diane Hill, Phil Kamins, Irma Landa,
Sophie Ravitz, Didi Carr Reuben
1993 - Jack Allen, Patty Beckwith, Rita Dalessio, Rita Gilmore, Dick Schmsky
1994 - Maureen Cruise, Bill Davis, Dottie Knight, Carol Leacock, Denise Melas,
John Raitt
1995 - Loretta Ditlow, Margaret & Madison Goff, Carol Hurley, Lloyd Segal
1996 - Richard Blumenberg, Brandon Brough, Alex Man, Candida Piaggi
1997 - Bill Grieb, Klaus Radtke, Kurt Toppel
1998 - Stuart Muller, Susan Temple
1999 - Mitzi Blahd, Deborah Lloyd, Blake Merkin, Loretta Mazorra
2000 - Helen Cutler, Susan Nash, Larry Niles
2001 - Ted Mackie, Bob Sharka
2002 - Diane Wolfberg, Neal Seilman
2003 - Larry Jacobs, Carole Kenney, Nelson Clay Willis
2004 - Bob Jeffers, Roger Woods
2005 - Jim Blumel
2006 - Marie Steckmest, Stave Lantz, John Wirth, Deborah Hafford
2007 - Lisa Taylor, John Grosse
2008 - Amy Madnick, Dave Card
2009 - Ilene Cassidy, Dick Littlestone
2010 - Eric Bollens, Marge Gold, Linda Jackson
2011 - Barbara Marinacci, Keith Turner
First October Meeting: Distribute Award Guidelines and discuss the Award.
Submit Press Release to relevant publications soliciting nominations.
Second October Meeting: Appoint Award Selection Committee
The last Saturday in October: Deadline for receipt of nominations.
November meeting: Committee announces award winner(s), notifies the winner(s), notifies the Press [including Santa Monica Mirror, Brentwood Media (Palisades 90272), Palisadian-Post and other local media if appropriate] and the Board of Governors
Winners are invited to the December Meeting Pot-luck. Award Presentation.
1996 - Margaret Jose, Nancy Markel
1997 - Malcomb Abzug
1998 - Barbara Manaugh, Susan Oakley
1999 - Dorothy Bissell, Ron Dean
2000 - Bernice Park
2001 - Jack Allen
2002 - Deborah Held
2003 - Norma Spak, Frances Tibbits
2004 - Bill Bruns, Carol Hurley
2005 - Dieter and Eva Holberg
2006 - No Award
2007 - Cindy Simon
2008 - Mary Cole, Haldis Toppel, George Wolfberg
2009 - Shirley Haggstrom, Paul Glasgall, Ethel Haydon, Barbara Kohn
2010 - Andy Frew, Sigrid Hofer, Arnold Hofer


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The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District, Councillor Elisha McCallion, has called on local people to support the campaign to raise awareness of Cervical Cancer as the Council building turns teal for the month of January.
Led by Team Sorcha, the campaign is asking people to share their stories and experiences of the illness in a bid to make the public more aware of the signs and symptoms of Cervical Cancer, which is the most common cancer in the UK for women under the age of 35.
Local woman Sorcha Glenn lost her life to Cervical Cancer in 2014 and her family strongly believe that the age for testing for the illness should be reduced from 25 in a bid to more effectively combat the disease.
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Right to Reject: But What About the Practicalities?
The Supreme Court of India has been a favourite of the country's citizens. In an age where the 1.3 billion of us are almost fed up of the legislature and the executive, our faith has naturally come to rest upon the judiciary, spearheaded by an actively involved Supreme Court. In recent years, some of the verdicts of the Court have reiterated the demands (both silent and vocal) of the general populace. We wanted someone to hold scamsters accountable for their actions, and the Supreme Court quashed all the licenses issued under the now infamous 2G spectrum. We wanted the system to be rid of criminals and the Supreme Court allowed for convicted legislators to be disqualified and banned. It's almost like the Supreme Court has been in our corner in our no-holds barred sparring contest against the other two organs of the state. Hence, people naturally assume that the recent decision by the Court – that gives the voters in the country an option of not voting for any candidate in an election – has to be landmark and ground-breaking. The media coverage of the verdict gives the impression that it is the best thing to have happened to the Indian electoral system since sliced bread electronic voting machines. However, a closer examination of the decision reveals that the reality might be slightly different.
First of all, let me clarify that I am all for the 'Right to Reject' for a voter. Like the SC said in its decision, if MPs and MLAs have the right to abstain from voting in the House, then the voter needs to be empowered as well. Now, I agree that the context of voting in the House and for the House is quite different but the fact remains that the voter needs to have the right to vote for the candidate he chooses, and not the candidate that he is being forced to choose. It is a very important distinction. Most of the times, we- the voters of India, choose to vote for a certain candidate because s/he is simply 'the best option' from the rotten lot we have been provided by our loving political parties. With the right to reject, we stand to change that. However, for that, this right needs to be exercised in its purest form. If diluted, it shall negate the very basis for its existence.
The 'none of the above' (NOTA) option, which the Supreme Court has provided for now, is something that is in practice in several countries around the world (most notably in Poland, students' unions in the UK, and some constituencies in the United States). It is a practice that aims to force the political parties to introduce clean candidates, who are acceptable to the voters. There is certainly ambiguity in the definition of clean, but nobody can deny the fact that if the voters are empowered more, it paves the way for a more powerful and better functioning democracy. However, that is only possible if this NOTA option, or this Right to Reject, is successful in achieving its stated goal. The provision has a simple principle behind it- when the voters will reject the candidates put forward by the parties, they shall be forced to acknowledge that their candidates are not acceptable to the general public, and in order to win back their favour, they will have to present better candidates.
The only problem with this plan is the current silence of the Indian machinery on how the system will be implemented. Neither the SC, nor the Election Commission has clarified whether the votes polled in the 'none of the above' option will be counted or not. If they are not counted, then the entire purpose of having that option is defeated. In that scenario, choosing none of the above is just as good as not voting at all, as both the actions will have no consequence on determining the winner of the elections. Suppose, in a constituency of 100,000 registered voters, there is 60% turnout in an election i.e. 60,000 people vote. If 10,000 of these choose none of the above option and their votes are not counted, then the election is effectively being decided by the other 50,000 votes. In doing so, we will have turned the Right to Reject from a hero to a villain, because this way, instead of forcing the political parties to put forward better candidates, it will effectively silence those who are rejecting the candidates. Their choice will have no bearing on the election and hence, their opinion will cease to matter. That, my friends, is not a good example of a democracy.
However, chances are that the votes polled for the 'none of the above' option will, in fact, be counted. This clears some confusion, but creates a whole lot more. In order to understand what that confusion is, let us revisit the election in our fictitious constituency. Again, there are 100,000 voters with a 60% turnout i.e. 60,000 votes cast. Say, there are 8 candidates vying for the voters' attention, who poll a total of 42,000 votes. Candidate A 'wins' the election with 15,000 votes as compared to candidate B who polled 10,000. However, one has to see that as many as 18,000 people chose 'none of the above'. In short, more people rejected all the candidates than the number which voted for any one of them. If 'none of the above' was the ninth candidate, it would have won the election. This can be interpreted to imply that the voters would rather have none of these candidates represent them than go for any one of them. Again, the machinery is silent about what happens in such a situation. And mind you, it is not exactly a far-fetched situation. The growing discontent and disenchantment of the voting class with the political class means that this is a very likely scenario.
One of the suggestions doing rounds is that in case the 'none of the above option' polls the highest number of votes (or a certain pre-determined percentage of votes) in an election, the entire election in that constituency or for that seat will have to be re-done with fresh candidates. This suggestion uses the rationale that since the public isn't ready to accept these candidates; the parties must come up with new ones. This is the only way the voters' 'right to reject' will be exercised in a timely manner. Now, while this is a theoretically correct and seemingly correct suggestion, there are certain practical difficulties around it. First of all, elections are a costly affair. Declaring the results null and void and going through the entire process again for a constituency will certainly burden the taxpayers, even if it is the right thing to do. Secondly, the process will not be instantaneous. Parties will need to be given time to nominate their candidates, these candidates will have to be checked and verified by the EC, canvassing and campaigning will have to be done again, followed by the actual polling and counting. The actual time taken will depend on the scale of the election but it will normally run in weeks, if not months. These are certain practical aspects of this provision that need to be addressed if the real benefits of it are to be reaped.
The truth is that the Supreme Court decision is not the final nail in the coffin for corrupt candidates, not by a long shot. There are a number of issues that plague this option, and a number of questions circling it. Until and unless these issues are sorted and these questions answered, the 'landmark' right to reject will remain just a pretty sounding but eventually ineffective proposition. The bottom line is that even though the right to reject is a wonderful new change that promises to transform the Indian electoral and political system, there are a number of practical issues that need to be addressed before it can be enforced. Unless these issues are sorted out at the soonest, the right to reject remains toothless. The coming Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, etc. will serve as the litmus test for the right to reject. Let's all hope that the powers that be are able to come up with a feasible method to enforce the right to reject through these elections, so that it can be effectively implemented when the big guns come out. (read: Lok Sabha 2014)
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By Michio Kaku
Optimistic, scientifically sound forecasts of wonders in store for us.
Physicist and science writer Kaku (Theoretical Physics/City Univ. of New York; Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel, 2008, etc.) divides his chapters into "near future" (until 2030), "mid-century" (2030 to 2070) and "far future" (2070 to 2100). Each begins with familiar technology and ongoing research. The near future of computers will give us self-driving cars and computers cheap enough to be disposable. Mid-century will see universal translators, and by 2100 thinking will control computers, producing instant, person-to-person communication and the ability to manipulate our environment, including malfunctioning body parts. Doctors already cure rare genetic diseases by inserting a single healthy gene into a patient's cells. Correcting complex genetic defects (e.g., diabetes, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's) and growing artificial organs is a matter of decades; vastly increasing longevity will come later. Genuine artificial intelligence will arrive later this century. It will take longer for machines to attain self-awareness and become smarter than us, writes the author, but it's inevitable. Ditto for fusion energy, laser-powered rockets and high-tech cures for global warming, but in this case readers may be more skeptical—computer and genetic-engineering marvels seem reasonable because we're used to dazzling progress; other technologies have moved more slowly. Because Kaku is old enough to remember post–World War II forecasts that 2000 would bring interplanetary travel, the conquest of disease, world government and flying cars, he cherry-picks a few home runs from these old prophecies but understandably passes over futurology's dismal success rate.
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Ideally, grade lesson plans should be orderly and sensible, but with enough room to include spontaneity and creativity. Anyone who has had to sit through a lesson plan that was rigid and tight, with absolutely no deviation from the tasks at hand, will know that this is a thoroughly unpleasant way to learn. Letting your students breathe a little is important in helping them learn and remember.
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From: ERICKSON, FRANK
Subject: q1 answers and scores, friday's and today's slides are posted; and here's some optional reading
To: All course individuals
Hi all,
You can find your score for quiz 1 on Angel. The answer key can be found below the slides on Friday's calendar page, http://econ302.wikidot.com/day:jj01 . Slides are up for today's class as well.
Optional reading: As I mentioned in class, I think Krugman and Wells' chapter on market interventions — including price controls, quantity controls and taxes — provides an excellent discussion of what we have been looking at in recent classes: http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whfreeman.com%2Fcollege%2Fpdfs%2Fkrugman_canadian%2FCH04.pdf Outlawing trade in some market is like setting a quantity ceiling of zero; the Harvard economist Al Roth's blog posts news about 'markets' that were or are shut down in this way: http://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/search/label/repugnance .
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…"Most of the time I have all these thoughts bouncin' around in my head…but with a brush in my hand, the world just gets kinda quiet." – Allie from The Notebook
I really love arts and crafts and one of my favorite things to do is paint. It doesn't mix well with my perfectionist side, but overall I am pretty happy with how my paintings have turned out in the past. In high school, I took a painting class as an elective and I painted everything from saints to troll dolls and Mardi Gras beads. Recently, I have gotten into taking painting workshops at local painting places around town. I am sure you have them in your area too. In Atlanta, I go to Creatively Yours (was called Cocktails and Canvas) and The Funky Paintbrush.
These places have calendars available online with 1-2 different painting options per day. Its really simple to pick a painting and register. They usually range from $20-$35 per class with the more personalized classes costing about $55 (personalized caricatures and "Paint Your Pet" days). But, be sure to check Groupon and LivingSocial for deals as I have done for 50% off. Lots of people, male and female, go to these classes with drinks and snacks. Its a great place to socialize and have a friendly get-together. In the past, I've been with my mom, a graduate school buddy, and by myself! Each time was a lot of fun! The place provides the canvas, paints, and step by step instruction on how to complete the masterpiece you picked. Its really cool to see everyone's different interpretations of the same painting at the end of class.
Below I have posted some of the paintings I have done at these painting locations. I actually just completed the "Paint Your Pet" class last Sunday. It was a blast! It was just me and three other ladies. They came prepared with lots of treats and wine and were super nice to offer me some as well. This particular class was more expensive then the regular classes because it had less people and more one-on-one instruction. (Usually there are about 20-30 people per class.) These places also have jewelry making and wine glass painting classes too.
I definitely recommend looking into them in your area:
|My first try back into painting – a flowery river bank
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Science is nothing but the finding of unity.
All science is bound to come to this conclusion in the long run. Manifestation, and not creation, is the word of science today. From the high spiritual flights of the Vedanta philosophy, of which thee latest discoveries of science seem like echoes.
After meeting the swami and after continued study of the Eastern view of the mechanisms driving the material world, Tesla began using the sanskrit words Akasha, Prana, and the concept of a luminiferous ether to describe the source, existence and constrution of matter.
"All perceptible matter comes from a promary substance, or tenuity beyond conceptoon, filling all space, the Akasha of luminiferous ether, which is acted upon by the life giving Prana of creative force, calling into existence, in never-ending cycles all things and phenomena."
Mr. Tesla was charmed to hear about the Vedantic Prana and Akasha and the Kalpas. He thinks he can demonstrate mathematically that force and matter are reducible to potential energy. I am to go to see him next week to get this mathematical demonstration. In that case Vedantic Cosmology will be placed on the surest of foundations. I clearly see their perfect union with modern science, and the elucidation of one will be followed by that of the other.
-Swami Vivekanand letter.February 13,1896
Tesla was unable to show the equivalence of mass and energy. But the search for a relationship between the two hung in the air and as we know the equation E=mc^2 was published just a few years afterwards, first by the Italian Olinto de Pretto in 1903 and Albert Einstein in 1905.


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Student body presidents participating in a survey said they feel high college costs limit career opportunity, yet student leaders are vastly underutilized as stakeholders on and off campus.
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When It Takes a Year to Repent
by Cate Russell-Cole
11/08/2015 / Christian Living
"When I feel guilt, I feel that I have made a mistake, and when
I feel shame, I feel that I am a mistake."
John Bradshaw
We've all done things which we feel guilty over and regret, but shame is, as Bradshaw said, when "I feel that I am a mistake." It becomes a part of the way we see ourselves, colouring our self-worth, and our ability to deal with the problems generated. We're not the 'us' we want to be. Instead, we're a worthless failure. Shame is associated with feelings of being unlovable, useless, inferior, stupid, dirty, or bad. Shame makes us want to hide the sin, and bury the real 'me' out of fear, because the real 'me' is worthless as a human being.
If you knew what you had done came with a death sentence, then how much deeper would that shame reach? If you knew someone else had died because of you, how much harder does dealing with your inadequacy then become?
Shame is why David took a year to repent of his sin with BathSheba and for killing her husband, Uriah. It was the burden of shame that made him want to hide what he had done from God, so he did.
Guilt is a different emotional entity. Guilt is easier to admit and makes you want to repent. You want to cry out to the Lord, apologise and make amends to whoever you have wronged. But shame cuts much deeper. It scars you on the inside and undermines your identity. How it affected David is clear in Psalm 38:3-8 (the whole Psalm and Psalm 51 are dedicated to this).
"Because of your anger, my whole body is sick;
my health is broken because of my sins.
My guilt overwhelms me
it is a burden too heavy to bear.
My wounds fester and stink
because of my foolish sins.
I am bent over and racked with pain.
All day long I walk around filled with grief.
A raging fever burns within me,
and my health is broken.
I am exhausted and completely crushed.
My groans come from an anguished heart."
We all make mistakes, they are an essential part of growing. However, the more intolerable the mistake, the harder it is to admit and seek forgiveness. David made a horrendous series of mistakes, which had tragic, long-term repercussions; yet the same forgiveness that the Lord reaches out to us with, was available to him. "Then David confessed to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan replied, "Yes, but the LORD has forgiven you, and you won't die for this sin." 2 Samuel 12:13
Forgiveness for the act that lead to shame and healing can come to anybody. One thing that helped David heal was the knowledge that God, who knew him inside and out, loved him and wanted him to retain his position as His servant. David felt the shame, but knew that he wasn't a mistake as a person, and that pulled him through.
Psalm 32:1-7
"Oh, what joy for those
whose disobedience is forgiven,
whose sin is put out of sight!
Yes, what joy for those
whose record the LORD has cleared of guilt,
whose lives are lived in complete honesty!
When I refused to confess my sin,
my body wasted away,
and I groaned all day long.
Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.
My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.
Finally, I confessed all my sins to you
and stopped trying to hide my guilt.
I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the LORD."
And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.
Therefore, let all the godly pray to you while there is still time,
that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment.
For you are my hiding place;
you protect me from trouble.
You surround me with songs of victory."
We all go through times when we need God's unconditional acceptance and forgiveness. If you should find yourself in that position, look at the positive side to this part of David's life. Reflect on how the Lord responded to David and allow the encouragement in God's Word to become a source of healing for you.
For more information on King David, please have a meander through the King David Project Facebook page, our web site and our blog, "Masada Rain." The blog houses many useful resources on studying, David plus bits and pieces of information which don't neatly fit into article form. Please ignore dates and use the search feature to find what you want. The web site has resources on David's family tree, life and the Psalms. All content is creative commons and non-profit. Sharing of the project's work would be deeply appreciated.
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In No Particular Order
Always avoided lists, but this year I've decided to feature twenty of my favourite tunes from 2011. All that's required is that they were released this year and I found myself going to back to them again and again. It's a strange mix, but then there's no accounting for taste. As the title suggests, the tracks listed aren't in any particular order, just as I remember them.
I'll see you in the New Year x
The Weeknd – House Of Balloons
Switch Ft Andre Martin – I Still Love You
Jane's Addiction – Irresistible Force
Bart B More & Tommie Sunshine – Bodywork
Fatboy Slim Vs Moguai – Ya Mama (Push The Tempo)
Patterns – Induction
Cicada – The Things You Say (Mr Miyagi Remix)
The Whip – Secret Weapon (Alex Metric Remix)
Breton – The Commission
The Joy Formidable – Whirring (Innerpartysystem Remix)
120 Days – Osaka
Marlene Shaw – California Soul (A.Skillz remix)
Justice – Civilization
M83.Ft Zola Jesus – Intro
Photo by Rick Marland
I've mixed feelings about autumn. On one hand it's the most atmospheric season, calm (once the violent winds have abated) and colourful, trees taking on fiery hues, before dumping their load everywhere. It's also a sad time. Death is sad. Everything that can is either flying away to warmer climes or finding a big warm hole to bury itself into, while all around everything is shrivelling up, dropping off, or curling up. In one final burst of colour, we're left to contemplate the dark and cold of winter, wrapped up, pale and ill looking, watching the birds migrating, shaking an angry, futile fist and cursing any lack of proper summer and impending Christmas to come…
M83 – Intro. feat Zola Jesus
Picture Book – Sunshine
Blu – Jesus
The Japanese Popstars. feat Robert Smith – Take Forever
Folks – Avalanche
Jackson 5 – ABC (A Skillz Remix)
Battlekat – Into The Forest (DREAMTRAK Remix)
Marlena Shaw – California Soul (A Skillz Remix)
Finally one of the tracks of the year has been released! Ever since I heard this remix of Marlena Shaw's 'California Soul' by A Skillz, I've wanted a copy. The one minute of so rip on Soundcloud wasn't cutting it and I'd resorted to hassling A Skillz himself and I really don't tend to hassle anyone about anything, as a rule.
Anyway, looks like a lot of other people were doing the same thing and the man has relented, giving away the remix for FREE. Download quickly, before it reaches the limit. You need this tune in your life!
Marlena Shaw – California Soul (A Skillz Remix)