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Keith LawrenceJuly 7th, 2006
The much respected DJ and producer fields Rapnews questions about his musical background, the releases past and present, his residences, label and how he rates the scene.
First of all, please tell the readers who you are and where you're from.
I'm Keith Lawrence. DJ & owner of my record label Muzik-Ed Productions. I'm from Brixton, South London bruv!
How long have been involved in hiphop and who were some early inspirations?
I've been into hiphop since I first heard Man-Parrish's 'Hiphop Be Bop (Don't Stop)' in '84 & the year after I started my DJ career with 'Magic Touch Soul Sound System' from South London at the time. We were playin' tunes like 'Brooklyn's In The House' by Cutmaster DC, 'Can You Feel It' by Original Concept etc. Man, don't know 'bout raving now,trus!
Looking at your bio, it sounds like you've got quite a few trades. What'd you primarily describe yourself as?
I started DJing first so that's what I am first & foremost. To describe me I would say what others have said to me. 'I play for the people!' The same attitude, I have towards my production as well.
Having DJ'd for so many years, what have been some of your personal highlights?
A couple of my DJ highlights are DJing at Stereo MC's after party when their 'Connected' album came out. That was at Diorama, Peto Place. Billy T from Manasseh was DJing before me and I came on and played everything til' the end of the night! Also, DJing in Dublin, Ireland. I had two residencies between '96 & 2000. One was on Friday weekly, the other fortnightly Sundays, so I spent every other weekend over there.
This was before RnB gained mass appeal and promoters from the UK came over and fucked it up by imposing that 'cool n sexy' crap! Before that, I was playing to all kinda people who were up for the music and a good time. I got mad love from peeps there and still do! Bug up Frank Jez, the realest DJ out there now!
What kinda DJ would you say you are, or do you spin sets of all flavours and angles?
I DJ for whatever arena I'm in, so if I'm doing a gig with the Tighten-Up Crew (Mistah Brown, Tim-P & Champion) it'll be Roots, Dub, Rocksteady, Ska, Reggae, early & current Dancehall. Sand Bar Saturdays (Clapham Pk Rd) is the club vibes. Beyonce to Michael Jackson, admittedly nuttin' too deep but a bangin' nite still!
Z-Bar, Brixton on Sundays. They wanna hear the upfront RnB, hiphop, 90's tunes with a bit o' bashment. Hiphop jams, it'd be new, golden-era, Funk, Bash etc. I personally love to do jams where I can play James Brown to Kev Brown to Dennis Brown! With a bit of Broken Beat & soulful House thrown in & everyone's on it! This is the principle of Muzik-Ed! I DJ good black muzik basically!
How long have you been into the production side of things?
I dabbled in production from about '94 & done a few bits here and there with different peeps, but got into it more in 2000 when I bought the MPC 2000 and up to this day I've only read half the manual! The way people have bigged me up on my production style is amazing. Can you imagine if i read the other half? Haha.
Do you feel that being a DJ for so long sets you up with better ears for creating your own material?
Yes it does very much so, but of late due to the formulaeic nature of most tracks, it also shows me where not to go either! The DJ aspect has helped find out what heads are into.
For someone that hasn't come across your beats before, how would you describe your style of sound?
As it says on my Myspace site, my sound encompasses the history, creativity, integrity and positivity of black music before it donned its shiny suit! In simpler terms, it's rhythmic, hypnotic & bangin! Jockey Slut mag' summed it up perfectly in a review for the Mystro joint I done. "Applying an ethereal sheen to the best elements of hiphop tradition…'. What you hear is my ancestors speaking through me. I very much believe this!
What kind of kit are you using in the studio to generate your tunes?
All the beats are done on the MPC. Apart from my record collection, there's nothing else! I go to Drew Horley's Lab studios and any other fine tweaking is done there. His knowledge of the musical as well as the engineering aspects is unquestionable. I've recently acquired the Yamaha QS 300 Keyboard so I'm experimenting with that. Watch out for tunes with a two fingered chord! Hahaha.
Can you give us a run through of some releases you've provided the music for over the years?
I did a track with Sandra Bee (of Sons & Daughters fame, remember that?) for The Principles Of Soul album in '95 which led on to producing a remix for a french rap, Tooleust. I put out the 'Boogie Butt' EP with the management of Powerjam radio (the station I was on at the time) in '96 with Daz-I-Kue, Bugz In The Attic, engineering for me. I did a remix of the late great Junior Delgado's 'Buffalo soldier' track in '98 for V2 records.
I then did the 'Bussin True' EP for Beatoven Records in 2001. This helped me to be taken seriously as a producer. In 2003 I launched the Muzik Ed imprint with the AA sided single 'Step By Step / Eveywhere' by Mystro. The next single was the Shonoluv / Muzik-ED Special by Seanie-T, Jeff3 & Symmetric later that year. I then released the 'Goin' True' EP in 2005.
The latest release is 'Keith Lawrence Presents Soundz Of Muzik ED… The Story So Far'. A compilation CD of the work I've done to date. It includes the remixes of the Blacknificent 7 (Seanie T's project & mi bredrin still!), DJ Mentat's 'Rugged Wid It' & Dom G. I've also executively produced as well as produced 6 tracks for the new Travis Blaque album for German record label Unique, released July 17th 2006.
I imagine you've had the chance to work with quite a few heavy rappers. What artists are at the top of your wish list of collabs?
I've approached a few already but who have yet to return my call so if your'e one o' dem reading this now, wha gwaan blood! I'd love to work with Rakim or KRS 1. That would be the boom for real! Closer to home, anyone who's saying something constructive or has that unique vibe / style about them. IE; Seanie-T, Ty, Klashnekoff, Englishkid, Pesci etc.
How do you feel the music production of UK hiphop has developed over the past few years and what would you say of its quality right now?
From the foetus UK hiphop was in the the late 80's to what it is now, it has grown into being unique in personality, uncompromising in its artform and has a voice which demands to be heard and continues to grow. The quality is of a high standard in general, but you know just like our American cousins, we have 'so called' artists / producers who wanna put on the shiny suit or gangsta apparell & believe that's hiphop and therefore undermine the individuality of hiphop in the UK.
Who are some of the UK producers that you most admire at the minute and what is it you like about their output?
Producers who have pricked my ears have been the likes of Harry Love, Joe Buddah, Apa-Tight from up north, Skitz, Urban Monk, Drew Horley, Jehst. They all keep the hiphop elements alive. There's other's as I'm seeing on myspace too. Shouts to Efeks & Steady especially. We gwine link soon!
Having worked in radio, how relevant do you feel the medium is now that technology is really starting to change the landscape of the music industry?
Like it or not, technology is making itself an integral part of how we listen to music today so it's progression into radio & the music industry is inevitable.
The plus side's that music is made more accessible via the net, hence the advent of more internet stations cropping up. Pirates on FM can now have the chance of going worldwide. The down side is the closures & mergers of record companies / departments / labels simply because the people who used to go to record shops for their tunes can now go online and get them for a fraction of the price, if not for free. Something I've seen for myself having worked in various specialist shops for over 15 years. Therefore, the revenue record companies would get is severely affected. More importantly they mail you out mp3's instead of vinyl which pisses me off 'cause my computer's got aids right now! Haha.
Tell us about about why you set up Muzik Ed and what's the objectives behind the label?
Muzik-ed was born out of frustration & confidence. Frustration due to empty promises, bum deals & being jerked around by people when I was trying to get on. Confidence from when I helped to finance & co-ordinate the 'Bussin' True' EP project for Beatoven Records. I felt like 'let me do this for myself'.
The objective for the label is, put out some damn good music of all genres under the black music banner. It's a one man operation so far, as far as the production is concerned, but as I get a stronger foothold in this game it'll be a platform for new artists and producers alike. I'm not really on the nasal sounding girly RnB but never say never right?
What forthcoming projects have you got in the works and when can we expect to hear the results?
The latest project as I mentioned earlier is the 'Soundz Of Muzik-ed' compilation CD out in the shops courtesy of Boombox & Cargo Distribution. The Travis Blaque album out July 17th, and I've a vibe to put out an instrumental EP infusing the reggae & hiphop elements which you should know by now are my biggest influences. I'm also collatting tracks for an album but don't ask me when that's out. I'm not gonna rush it. It'll be as long as it takes!
How can people keep up to date with what you're doing and what are a couple of live dates we can sketch into the calender?
I have 2 DJ residencies in South London. Sand Bar, Saturdays. A members bar situated on Clapham Park Rd, round the corner from White House. Party vibes for a mixed friendly crowd. RnB, Hiphop, Club Classics. For G-List / Membership, phone 0207 622 3022. Fiver before 11pm, £8 after. 10-3am.
The other is 'Feelin' It' at the Z-Bar, 30 Acre Lane, Brixton SW2, Sundays. 8-12 midnight. Admission free! Upfront RnB, Hiphop, 90's classics with a dash of bash! The realest vibes in South London on a Sunday night! As Rodney P said on 'Style & Fashion', Don't let no pussyhole deceive you blood!" It's happenin' in sout'!
For future info on gigs, myself & the label check www.muzik-ed.com, www.myspace.com/keithlawrence or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Have you got any shout out's or plugs you'd like to throw out there?
I'd like to big up everyone who has supported myself & Muzik-ed, DJs, artists and more importantly the person who's put their hand in their pocket & bought the product. Thank you.


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So after literally years of staring at Pinterest, pinning like a mad woman, I finally had a kitchen I could change when we bought our house a year ago. I also had my husband on video promising me a kitchen makeover.
Our kitchen wasn't terrible, but it was builder grade honey oak and white laminate counter tops with the oak on the edges…OK it was kind of terrible.
Fastforward a year and we'd painted a wall. That was it. So I took the bull by the horns and decided to research my brand spanking new kitchen that would be Pinterest worthy. The quotes made me want to cry. They ranged from $10K-$30K. No way was that happening. Here's our kitchen before:
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Here goes…I'll give you the steps and then go into detail on each one.
STEP ONE: Buy your supplies
STEP TWO: Empty & Clean
STEP THREE: Sand..and sand some more
STEP FOUR: Prime
STEP FIVE: Paint
STEP SIX: reassemble
STEP SEVEN: pass out after doing your happy dance
It's pretty much like the seven days of creation, with seven steps, minus the speak and let it be so part.
STEP ONE: Buy your supplies
You'll be going back to the hardware store several times if you're anything like anyone I know, but get out there, get your paint and brushes and the rest of the stuff. Here was my list:
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- Primer
- Brushes
- Rollers
- Extra roller covers
- Drop Cloths
- Tape
- Random Orbital Sander Ryobi
- DeGlosser
- Sandpaper
- Sanding Blocks
- Masks (for sanding)
We decided after a lot of debate to use Sherwin Williams primer and paint. We went with their Multi-Puropse Latex Primer/Sealer.
And after even more debate, decided to go with their Pro-Classic Interior Acrylic Latex Enamel. I know what you're thinking…LATEX! BUT EVERY BLOG SAYS NO LATEX! Well, I was assured that this was the future of paint. It goes on like a latex, dries like an enamel. It's non-yellowing, self leveling, basically idiot proof. What could go wrong? Nothing, it was the perfect paint. Don't cheap out. And look for coupons! I found one that saved us a TON of money.
We only needed one gallon of this, so that was awesome.
The store recommended these fuzzy rollers because that's what the chart said. Stupid chart. Do not listen to the chart. Get the high density foam rollers. And don't cheap out on brushes. You're saving thousands of dollars by painting your cabinets, take comfort in that. We chose Wooster brushes in 1 1/2″ and 2″ widths. Two brushes, two people. I cleaned them with vinegar and hot soapy water each night and they lasted through the entire project. They had the right amount of stiffness, didn't shed at all and were over all great brushes.
I'm not going to lie, prep is my least favorite part. I like to get covered in paint as soon as possible, but prep is 70% of painting your cabinets. So..
STEP TWO: Empty and Clean
Start by removing everything from your cabinets and drawers. This is an awesome opportunity to really get in there an clean! We used TSP to de-grease and clean our cabinets. You want to get everything off of them. We removed the hardware and doors and drawers, using painters tape to label each door with a numbering system. This is key. Putting them back up was a breeze.
STEP THREE: Sanding
The next day was Saturday, so I went out to lunch and Nick got to work sanding. I feel like this is the key to our marriage…
I came home to a Dexter-style utility room and a very dusty husband.
After using a damp soft cloth to remove the dust, I gave up and busted out the clorox wipes. GENIUS, if I do say so myself.
Because I like to be thorough, I used a clorox wipe to get the sawdust off, and then used a lint-free soft cloth (AKA Nick's old white t-shirts cut up into rags) and used liquid deglosser to get anything shiny unshiny and remove any leftover sawdust. You want to get everything off them.
STEP FOUR: Prime
We only did one coat of primer. This particular primer dried in 4 hours, so we were able to get all of the priming backs and fronts and frames done in one day, and part of the next morning. This really saved us some time. Other bloggers used Zinsser primer or Kilz, but I felt like they took too long and they had mixed reviews. I loved the coverage we got after just one coat with the Sherwin Williams Multi Purpose Primer.
Start with the backs, that way if you mess up, no one will know. Also, care about how you prime. There will be brush strokes but make sure not to have drips or pools of paint. Here's some primer pics. SO EXCITING! Since we were going with white, I felt like I was getting little sneak peek at what it would look like. We used Square Plastic plates under the doors to elevate them so we could get at those edges.
STEP FIVE: Paint
We ended up doing two coats of paint on most things. Some things like the crown molding trim and the peninsula back needed three coats. The self-leveling paint is literally the best thing ever. It's very forgiving.
This is after one coat. I'm sorry for my awful iPhone pictures. I couldn't remember to get out the real one. And yes, we lived out of that crockpot for a week. And we didn't exactly tape or use drop cloths everywhere… mostly because I knew we were springing for new countertops, so I didn't care. If you care, then you probably want to do a better job than we did.
Let it dry 24 hours in between each coat. Since there's backs and fronts, the painting took us 4 days. I could barely walk and I think I lost 2 lbs. So, white cabinets and a weight loss program, how great is that!?
STEP SIX: Reassemble
If you used painters tape anywhere, use a utility knife to score it so you get a nice even edge. Then carefully re-attach the doors. You want to be really careful because even though the paint is dry, it needs like 30 days to cure or harden. Match up your numbers and reattach everything.
STEP SEVEN: Pass out and Enjoy.
I'm not going to lie, this project was physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually exhausting. I don't recommend doing this in a week if you have children. But it was totally worth it.
So there it is!
A few tips:
- Take your time
- If you can't bend over, use tables and do a few doors at a time
- Don't cry over dripped paint
- Prep makes perfect
- You'll still be able to see some wood grain, deal with it. I think it adds character… or something
Here's the before & after shot!


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Two days ago, courtesy of Bloomberg, we outlined how the (extremely perturbed and after Tuesday completely decimated) GOP establishment would go about stealing the Republican nomination from Donald Trump.
"Although everyone now jokes about just how unstoppable the Trump 'juggernaut' has become, the establishment isn't called 'the establishment,' for nothing," we said. "Trump may have proven remarkably adept at whipping certain sectors of the electorate into a veritable frenzy, but he himself will tell you that he's no politician." The bottom line: he may be a wily, braggadocious, billionaire but he doesn't know all of the tricks of the political trade. That could - and likely does - mean that Republicans are already working behind the scenes to figure out how to rob him at the last minute.
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Steven Spielberg has very fond feelings for his home of 30 years at Universal Studios. So much so, that he never moved offices. Even though his DreamWorks studio is owned by Viacom , he never made the move over to the Paramount lot. Now the fact that he kept his studio at Universal may prove convenient. Spielberg and David Geffen are reportedly meeting with NBC Universal parent General Electric (also the parent company of CNBC) one day this week to discuss moving their production shingle from Paramount back to Universal.
It's been a clash of the media titans leading up to this quiet meeting on the Universal lot. Spielberg and Geffen haven't liked the way they've been treated as part of Viacom--they added 'Studios' to DreamWorks' to distinguish the fact that they're creatively independent from Paramount. Viacom CEO Phillippe Dauman has said their financial contribution to the company is completely immaterial. Not a good thing to say to powerful folks like Spielberg and Geffen.
From what I hear from my sources, Spielberg etc, really didn't like the strict limits that come from being part of a public company--it takes a while to cut a movie star a multi-million dollar bonus check, and Spielberg waits for nothing. And Universal, which is foundering in the number five spot for studio market share, could use the help of DreamWorks creative team.
So what'll happen? DreamWorks would likely find its own financing--anywhere from the $400 million they currently get from paramount, to up to $700 million a year--to make eight movies annually. Then Universal would distribute the films, handling the "P&A" or 'prints' (distribution of the physical films) and 'advertising.' And this would perhaps be a return to the expected order of thing sin Hollywood. NBC Universal was expected to buy DreamWorks, when Paramount swooped in and paid $1.6 billion for DreamWorks nearly two years ago.
I have no doubt that this power team would have NO problem raising this money. If Tom Cruise could raise the millions in financing for his new United Artists label. Even if this hedge fund financing that's flooded Hollywood dries up Spielberg will still find plenty of eager dough. He's such a proven entity, such a no-lose bet.
Another interesting Spielberg factor--he's holding back on having the movies he's directed released on high definition. Even though his parent company, Paramount, is loyal to HD DVD, he isn't releasing most of his films on the new format at all. But, he has released his classic, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" on Blu-ray--because it's a Sony picture, he's allowed to. Perhaps that's a shot across the bow to his parent HD DVD camp.
I'm reporting on the high definition format wars, so more on that later.
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This Christmas Gareth Malone partners with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra to bring you an evening of truly festive cheer. With a carefully curated programme of carols, singalongs and arrangements of your Christmas favourites like you've never heard before.
Gareth and his singers will be backed by some of the very finest musicians in the UK to help you celebrate the build up to Christmas Day.
Perfect for families and couples alike, this is your chance to spend the Christmas weekend with the Nation's Favourite Choirmaster.


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The Cygnet Market is on every 1st and 3rd Sunday each month, all year.
We are one of only a few markets that go through the winter, warm and cosy inside with live music.
A few times a year we hold double markets, when we fill TWO halls with stalls, and more live music. Our market is growing, from 3 stalls about 4 years ago we now have about 30 on a regular basis and 60 at the double markets.
Cygnet is known for its fine fresh food, colourful people with music and art being part of our culture.
Come to Cygnet on Market Day and enjoy all the best our vibrant country town has to offer.
Due to current advice on public gatherings, please contact the host of this event to confirm it is proceeding as planned.
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Expat Life: The Language Barrier (or Lack Thereof)
September 5, 2016
"Sprechen Sie Englisch?" In a city as international as Frankfurt, the language barrier can almost feel non-existent. One-third of the population is international, and (most) everyone speaks English. In fact, there are sometimes days when I am walking around the city center, and I hear more English being spoken than German. Those days really throw me … More Expat Life: The Language Barrier (or Lack Thereof)


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Kacey Musgraves announces October UK & Ireland tour (2013)
Story by Jack Foley
SINGER-songwriter Kacey Musgraves returns to the UK for a handful of headlining shows following a brief promo trip to London where she won rave reviews for a club show and appeared on BBC TV Breakfast.
The 24-year-old, Texas native also visited the UK in 2012 supporting Lady Antebellum's Own The Night World Tour.
Musgraves' major label debut album Same Trailer Different Park was released this past March at number 2 on the US charts and received massive critical acclaim. Her debut single, Merry Go 'Round has been a huge hit and was playlisted by BBC Radio 2.
The UK tour dates are (all October 2013):
9 – Glasgow, Oran Mor
10 – Manchester, Academy
11 – Dublin, Whelans
13 – London, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
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This paranormal murder mystery by Melissa Marr is advertised as a young adult novel. It is heavy on its themes of murder and sex for young teens, but it is no more explicit than a regular episode of Law and Order. 17-year-old Eva is walking along the sidewalk when she is run over by someone in a car. Then other girls in their North Carolina town start getting killed. Eva starts out the novel in hospital, with her face cut up by her accident, and several bones broken. Her parents are away traveling and her boyfriend Robert won't come to see her. At the hospital she meets Nate, who is in her grade and who used to be her best friend when they were much younger. They stopped talking and he turned into a user of girls, hooking up with them at parties but never getting into any relationships. Now Eva and Nate reconnect. But after her accident she has gained an ability to see people's deaths when they touch her, and she sees Nate being murdered. So can she change the future and save her love?
The story is told by three narrators, Eva, her best friend Grace, and her would-be killer who calls himself Judge. Judge's motivations seem to have some religious aspects to them, but then it turns out he is mainly obsessed with Eva and has various bizarre ideas about how to get her to realize she should be with him. The three narrators are performed by three different actors in the unabridged audiobook, and they do an adequate job. The conclusion is not particularly surprising or exciting. The problem is that Eva is not really a very charismatic character and the romance and supernatural parts of the story get old quickly. It is just not a gripping novel. But it is told well enough for readers to want to know what happens. It looks like this novel will be the first in a series featuring Eva and her powers of foresight. Maybe the subsequent novels in the series will give her more depth and complexity.
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Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Detroit Labs and Chevy received MediaPost's Creative Media Award for New / Emerging / Experimental Media (excluding online), recognizing the team's work on the Game Time App for Super Bowl XLVI.
A 24 hour white-boarding session can go a long way, my friends.
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Ed Buckingham
Tibet Member, aiming to become the first Cornishman too climb Everest. I
was fortunate too climb with Arnold Coster in 2005 on Cho oyu. This is
our third day at ABC. Today we got too wear our high altitude boots,
crampons, ice-axe and harnesses. We went down onto some nearby ice-fall.
The point of the exercises was too learn some techniques that could be
used higher up the mountain. We practiced climbing up with the jumar and
ice-axe. Once getting to the top we rappelled down on a nearby line.
Once we had all done that an obstacle in the form of a knot was put
halfway up the rope. This time we climbed up and after putting safety
and jumar above the knot, put a figure of eight in and rappelled back
down the line. We are all doing reasonably well though coughing a bit
from this mornings exercise. ABC camp is beautiful with a good view of
the North Col and the top of Everest. A few groups are moving in today
but it is not over crowded. On a personal note I am enjoying moving up
the mountain slowly, slowly and am looking forward too climbing up to
the North Col and higher. The group seems well mixed and get along
pretty well. I would just like too say a big hello to Dad, Mum, Chris,
Becs ,Mia and Jessica. Much Love, Everest Ed
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This is Biff Palmer providing the update for the Everest Tibet climb. Yesterday the team climbed from the interim camp at 19000 feet to the advanced base camp at 21000 feet. Today is a rest day so as to continue the acclimatization process. In this regard our bodies have been challenged with a progressive reduction in the amount of inspired Oxygen. Some of the changes that have occurred include a reduction in plasma volume resulting in concentration of circulating hemoglobin. This hemoconcentrating affect along with increased hemoglobin production result in an increase oxygen carrying capacity. In addition our red blood cells have an increased affinity for oxygen. In future updates I can continue to comment on the physiologic changes that occur with sojourn to altitude. At the current time all members are healthy and strong. The team has been playing a card game each night called UNO. I have held my own in this intense competition. I am anxiously awaiting some cokes and sprite to thaw to so as to enjoy some flavors of home. I wish to conclude by sending my love to my daughter Kelly and my son Robert. I love and miss them both very much.


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It has gone rather quiet media wise in Angola, though since this programme was made the country has had to do a lot to recover from decades of civil war. Oil money is flowing again - but Angola remains low in the country list of press freedom. In 1999, a colleague in the Portuguese dept of Radio Netherlands left to do extensive training in the region and we interviewed him for the Media Network programme on his return. It was a chance to dip into the Richard Ginbey collection of rare African radio recordings. Between 1998-2000, we did a lot of Safaris on the programme and I've found it fascinating to revisit these shows after just over a decade. What amazes me is how international broadcasting has virtual stood still since 2000, stuck in a time warp with nothing but future plans. The Ango;s ahow is here in MP3 or search iTunes for Media Network Vintage Vault.
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Three of the sweetest, most welcome and healing words in the universe are, "I forgive you!"
Those words heal the one to whem they are spoken but the also bring relief and healing to the one who speaks them!
When was the last time someone let you off the hook? Is there someone you need to forgive?
Remember a time when someone spoke those welcome words to you? Remember how good that felt?
What does it take to become a forgiver?
First, be forgiven!
Forgiven people are the only ones who can forgive. You can't offer what you don't have.
So, how do I get forgiveness? Receive it as a gift!
"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." I John 1:8-9
You can have forgiveness when you realize you need it and honestly, humbly ask for it. Have you done that?
So, how do I forgive someone else?
Once you have received forgiveness you have received the love and grace of God. Once you have been forgiven you have the presence of Christ in your life. With His presence and in His grace you CAN forgive. In fact, you are required to do so.
"For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." Matthew 6:14-15
Forgiven people are able to forgive.
Third, forgiving becomes a way of life for forgiven peope.
"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Ephesians 4:32
Being forgiven changes you. Receiving Christ changes you. Extending grace to others in forgiveness changes you. And it also changes others through you!
Imagine what a world this would be if forgiveness was the rule rather than the exception. Think how great it would be if everyone could receive forgiveness. Think how different it would be if all those who received forgiveness forgave others. How freeing would that be?
"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you."—Unknown
Have you received God's forgiveness?
Have you forgiven yourself?
Who else do you need to forgive? Are any unresloved issues with your spouse?
Freedom could come to your home today with just one act of forgiveness.


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Xia Liyang
Liyang was born and raised in Shanghai. She moved to Oslo with her husband John Bentham in 2009 to pursue her PhD studies in Henrik Ibsen. They have since founded Eight Treasures Yoga, a place where yoga is available to anyone that wants to practice it.
She has ten years of yoga experience, as well as trainings in Buddhism. She encourages each and every individual in her class to find their own voice and power through self acceptance and compassionate thinking.
She has been teaching Prenatal Yoga since 2011, and has conducted several Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training courses, both in China and in Norway.
Liyang will be teaching Prenatal 1-2-3 in the fall of 2016. It is a three-part course on the education of pregnancy and birth, for pregnant women, their partners and helpers, as well as aspiring prenatal yoga teachers.


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Second Inaugural Address of James Monroe. This is the speech given the second time President James Monroe took the oath of office. It was delivered on March 5, 1821.
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shall not attempt to describe the grateful emotions which the new and very distinguished proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens, evinced by my reelection to this high trust, has excited in my bosom. The approbation which it announces of my conduct in the preceding term affords me a consolation which I shall profoundly feel through life. The general accord with which it has been expressed adds to the great and never-ceasing obligations which it imposes. To merit the continuance of this good opinion, and to carry it with me into my retirement as the solace of advancing years, will be the object of my most zealous and unceasing efforts.
Having no pretensions to the high and commanding claims of my predecessors, whose names are so much more conspicuously identified with our Revolution, and who contributed so preeminently to promote its success, I consider myself rather as the instrument than the cause of the union which has prevailed in the late election In surmounting, in favor of my humble pretensions, the difficulties which so often produce division in like occurrences, it is obvious that other powerful causes, indicating the great strength and stability of our Union, have essentially contributed to draw you together. That these powerful causes exist, and that they are permanent, is my fixed opinion; that they may produce a like accord in all questions touching, however remotely, the liberty, prosperity and happiness of our country will always be the object of my most fervent prayers to the Supreme Author of All Good.
In a government which is founded by the people, who possess exclusively the sovereignty, it seems proper that the person who may be placed by their suffrages in this high trust should declare on commencing its duties the principles on which he intends to conduct the Administration. If the person thus elected has served the preceding term, an opportunity is afforded him to review its principal occurrences and to give such further explanation respecting them as in his judgment may be useful to his constituents. The events of one year have influence on those of another, and, in like manner, of a preceding on the succeeding Administration. The movements of a great nation are connected in all their parts. If errors have been committed they ought to be corrected; if the policy is sound it ought to be supported. It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that our fellow-citizens are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future.
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Second Inaugural Address of James Monroe
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These games teach valuable skills and have a high fun and educational rating.
Your child watches a surprising science experiment about a leak proof bag based on the properties of the plastic.
Your child watches a surprising science experiment in which you can make water go from one glass to another without pouring it.
Your child watches a science experiment and learns how to make invisible ink.
Your child will develop creativity, motor skills, and concentration by learning how to draw flowers with a fork and color paints.
Your child learns about gorillas as two little aliens tour their habitat.
Your child will learn the 50 states and their capitals through a fun rap song that moves systematically through a map of the six regions of the USA.
Your child learns about the depths of the ocean by following Billy Blue Hair and his dog on their adventure to discover the creatures and characteristics of deep ocean waters.
Your child learns about humpback whales as two little aliens tour their habitat.
Your child watches a surprising science experiment in which the properties of an egg shell change when mixed with vinegar.
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Could your husband, or brother, have osteoporosis and not know it? It isn't often discussed, but men also get this bone-thinning disease that can lead to fractures and disabilities.
The focus has mainly been on women because once they enter menopause, usually around 50, they produce less estrogen and their bones weaken. Men also go through hormonal changes that affect their bones, but they do so about 10 years later.
Since men's life spans have historically been shorter than women's, the problem hasn't been as acute. That is changing as men live longer.
"Due to menopause, a woman's loss of bone happens earlier and more rapidly," said Mark Greenawald, M.D., with Carilion Clinic Family Medicine. "But men start to lose testosterone around age 60, and it keeps decreasing as they age."
Dr. Greenawald is co-author of an article on osteoporosis, along with Carilion physicians Michael Jeremiah, M.D., and Brian Unwin, M.D., and Vincent Casiabi, M.D., of Evans Army Community Hospital in Fort Carson, Colorado. The article was published in American Family Physician.
A Growing Problem
More than 10 million Americans have osteoporosis, a progressive disease that makes bones fragile and greatly increases fracture risk. It's estimated that about 20 percent of them are men, and the number is growing.
"Part of the challenge is that we haven't historically screened men for osteoporosis compared to women," Dr. Greenawald said. "By the time he's 60, a man should have a conversation with his physician about his risk factors. When he's 70, he should at least discuss with his physician whether he should get screened."
For men under 70, risk factors include:
- Having broken a bone due to trauma
- Past use of corticoid steroids
- A history of heavy alcohol use
- Having smoked
- A lifetime of physical inactivity
"Men still adhere to the adage, 'If it's not broke, don't fix it,' " Dr. Greenawald noted. "I don't think bone health is on their radar at all."
What can men do to increase their bone strength? He recommends:
- Get adequate calcium and vitamin D
- Do weight-bearing and resistance exercises
- Don't smoke
- Drink in moderation
- If you are diagnosed with osteoporosis, talk to your doctor about taking a medication to promote bone health
Dr. Greenawald also suggests using The FRAX® tool, an online calculator that can help men or their family members assess their fracture risks.
After all, broken bones in later life—especially broken hips—can lead to loss of mobility, early admission to a nursing home, or even early death. And none of us wants that.
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Home Staging
Home Staging is one of the most important marketing strategies in any real estate market and it's not just about baking cookings and clearing the clutter! Although clutter and cleanliness are two very important aspects, home staging is about making an emotional connection with the buyer and psychologically understanding their desires.
In addition to being an experienced REMAX REALTOR®, Kerri Demski has also been a Certified Staging Professional™ since early 2007. Together with Matt Hawley's professional background in photography and film, your virtual tour and listing photos are sure to impress. Get listed-to-SOLD, faster!
"Basic home staging is a free service we offer to all of our clients. At North Shore Realty we are dedicated to selling your home quickly to ensure you receive top dollar...and home staging is certainly an important part of that!" - Kerri
What is home staging?
Home Staging is the art of preparing your property for sale by setting the scene throughout the house to create immediate buyer interest in your property. North Shore Realty establishes an emotional connection with the purchaser by emphasizing the possibilities. It's not to say that a buyer will actually live a 'staged life' but it is about creating that potential in a relaxing, inviting atmosphere.
What are the benefits of home staging?
The two primary benefits of home staging are financial and emotional.
From a financial perspective, home staging increases the chance of your property selling in a timely manner. North Shore Realty presents your home to prospective buyers to highlight all the benefits - space, traffic flow, curb appeal and overall ambience.
Staged homes sell faster and in turn, for more money than those that aren't staged. In a buyers market the average 'days listed' is considerably less (~75% less). While in a seller's market the sale price is anywhere from 5% to 20% higher.
On the emotional side, clients tend to be more relaxed and focused on the other important aspects of moving. With a non-staged home, sellers seems to experience frustration and anxiety. We beleive this stems from a lack of confidence if showing expectations aren't met after the first few weeks.
RESA study results are in!
The Real Estate Staging Association has released some interesting data collected from real estate markets across Canada and the US last year. SO, is it worth it to stage your Vancouver home? You tell us...
New Listings
- 117 vacant homes were staged before they went on the market. Those homes sold in 42 days on average.
- 167 occupied homes that were staged before they went on the market. These homes sold in 39 days on average.
Stale/Dated Properties
- 87 vacant homes (not staged) at an average of 277 days on the market, unsold. Those homeowners decided to take their properties off the market to stage them. Those same homes sold in 63 days on average. This is 78% less time than a non-staged home.
- 39 occupied homes (not staged) previously on the market at an average of 233 days, unsold. Those same homes, after staging, sold in 53 days on average. This also represents 78% less time than a non-staged home.
The above RESA study shows that 126 homeowners had their properties on the market for an average of 263 days before they decided to take them off for staging. 263 days = 9 months!
The RESA study also shows 284 homes that were staged before they went on the market and they sold in an avergae of 40.5 days. 233 days LESS = 7 months!
Carrying Costs
Clients are understandably concerned about the costs associated with staging but the real question is... can you afford not to stage? Don't forget that North Shore Realty provides basic home staging services for free but here's an example to put it all into perspective:
- Your mortgage per month = $1800.00
- Direct expenses per month = $300.00
- Total carrying costs per month: $2,100.00
RESA's study shows homeowners had their property on the market for an average of 9 months. $2,100.00 x 9 months = $18,900 in expenses. Likely, you can also add at least one price reduction to that.
Had those homeowners staged first, their time on the market would have been cut substantially…by 7 months saving homeowners $14,700.
If you would like a complete marketing analysis conducted on your property, feel free to contact us.


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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
How it works:
I assign each Tuesday a topic and then post my top ten list that fits that topic. You're more than welcome to join me and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.
The books on this list were either not memorable, or I read them so long ago that I've forgotten what they were about. Some like The Night Circus, Robopocolypse, and The Last Werewolf I wish I remember. Either because they get talked about so much, or because I need to finish the series, but now may have to start over. Others, like The Red Badge of Courage, I read as a kid, and have completely forgotten about it for some reason. Just because I can't remember the plots of these novels doesn't mean they are not worth reading. It's just that when you read as much as I do, it's hard to keep everything in my head. Especially if the novel reminded me of another I've read.


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Oracle and Google, to be continued…
The legal saga between Oracle and Google is stretching into the seventh year. The show started when Oracle stated that Google infringed its copyright by "borrowing" programming codes in building of its Android software platform. Last summer, a jury ruled in Google's favor and stated that the use of Java API by Google falls under fair use policy. But Oracle promised that this wasn't the end of the story. And the company's living up to its promises. Last Friday, Oracle asked an appeals court to declare that Google's use of Java API falls under "classic unfair use." The appeal also accuses Google of making billions of dollars by taking advantage of Oracle's Java business.
The central issue in this case revolves around APIs of the popular Java programming language. Oracle acquired the right to Java through purchase of Sun Microsystems in 2009. APIs (Application Programming Interface) are a set of specific definitions and protocols that make communications between different software programs possible. To encourage innovation and collaboration, it has been ruled that APIs are not subject to copyright protection. However, that decision was appealed by Oracle and overruled by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, a result that was lamented by the tech world. Google appealed the case to the United States Supreme Court, yet the Supreme Court denied to grant certiorari. Luckily, the case was remanded to the lower court on the issue of fair use. It was the jury's finding that Google conformed with the fair use policy that Oracle's appealing from.
It's not an easy battle that Oracle's facing since overturning a fact-based jury finding is definitely an uphill battle. However, Oracle might have some hope since the judge limited the scope of the trial to the use of Java in smart phones and tablets, which means that Google's intended use of Java in a line of Chromebook laptops might be subject to attack. Judges use four factors to resolve fair use disputes: the purpose and character of the use; the nature of the copyrighted work; the amount and substantiality of the portion taken; and the effect of the use upon the potential market.
Apple Stock Hits New Record High
It seems like things are working out well for America's most valued company. Apple's shares closed on Monday at a record high of $133.29, up $1.17 for the day and surpassing its previous record close price of $133, set in February 2015. The high price is probably explained by the public's enthusiasm about iPhone8, which is reported to have wireless charging and a function area to replace the home button. However, not everyone is convinced of the optimism associated with the high stock price. Analysts are warning about the record-high price since the company's actual performance is worse than previous years and that the new record-high price is probably influenced by the company's financial choices, such as stock buy-backs.
Verizon reduces deal price with Yahoo
Verizon is about to reach a deal to purchase Yahoo's core internet business, but the deal price is going to be cut by about $250 to $300 million dollars. The cut results from the fact that Yahoo released that millions of user accounts have been hacked and passwords stolen. Under the new terms, the two companies are supposed to share their legal liabilities, which means that they might have to take on the cost of the data breach together. The deal is vital for both parties and Yahoo's stock price rose after it's reported that the deal would go through with less than anticipated price cut.


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Today, Alliance for Justice released its Nine Month Report on Michael Mukasey's tenure as attorney general. In it we discuss his failure to properly distinguish his role as the nation's chief law enforcement official from his service as an agent of the hyper-partisan Bush administration.
With five months remaining in Bush's term, Mukasey appears to be pursuing a strategy of delay and postponement in an effort to provide cover for the Bush administration's many abuses of power. In the three months since AFJ's last report, the most important events have come from outside Mr. Mukasey's purview, as the Department of Justice's Inspector General, Congress, and private citizens have started the arduous process of holding the Department accountable. Mr. Mukasey's refusal to cooperate with these efforts has proved rather troubling.


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Unnamed sources are saying that Apple is testing larger screen sizes for the iPhone and iPad. Currently, most high-end smartphones have larger screens than the iPhone.
The Wall Street Journal's Lorraine Luk reported, "Apple Inc. and its Asian suppliers are testing larger screens for iPhones and tablets, officials at the company's suppliers say. In recent months, Apple has asked for prototype smartphone screens larger than 4 inches and has also asked for screen designs for a new tablet device measuring slightly less than 13 inches diagonally, they said. The current iPhone 5 has a four-inch screen, while the iPad has a 9.7-inch screen."
InformationWeek's Eric Zeman noted, "Monday's report from the Journal doesn't mean the next iPhone or next iPad will be bigger. It's also not all that surprising to learn that Apple is testing devices with various screen sizes. It would be more surprising to hear that Apple isn't testing devices with various screen sizes. While many people may want an iPhone with a bigger display, pushing the size of the iPad's screen past its current 9.7-inch diagonal would be an interesting move on Apple's part.
Salvador Rodriguez with the Los Angeles Times added, "The report says that Apple has already begun production on the next version of the iPhone and that suppliers have been told to be ready to ship units as early as late August. It does not appear that the next iPhone will feature a screen larger than 4 inches. The company will also begin production on the next iPad later this month, according to the report. That version of the Apple tablet will likely not feature a larger screen than the iPad's current 9.7-inch display but it may be lighter and thinner than previous models."
According to PCMag's Stephanie Mlot, "Apple has not officially released any details about upcoming smartphones or tablets. CEO Tim Cook recently acknowledged that some people are hankering for larger screens, but said that many of the 'phablets' on the market sacrifice resolution, color quality, and other features for their massive displays. 'We would not ship a larger display iPhone while these trade-offs exist,' Cook said. 'My view continues to be that the iPhone 5 has the absolute best display in the industry.'"


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Archive for May 2008
UPDATE 10 July 2018: I have now settled on Workflowy, an on-line browser that you use in your browser. I like it a lot. You can also share a part of an outline: see this suboutline on making mayo as an example. /update
I was a long-time user of Symantec's Grandview, an unmatched outliner that ran under DOS. So far as I can tell no Windows outliner really matches its speed, capability, easy of use, and interface. But I recently had need of an outliner, so I started looking. Two posts that were quite useful:
- Overview of Windows outlining programs — though somewhat out of date.
- Outliners and Mind-Map programs — good annotated list.
And this site has a series of articles on effective use of outliners.
Nifty approach to beet greens
Read about this clever preparation. And let me emphasize: never discard beet greens—they're delicious and highly nutritious.
J.M. Fraser and Booster
J.M. Fraser shaving cream is exceptionally good, and I really enjoy the various Booster aftershaves. In the US, we've had a good source for a while: Shaving Essentials carries both. And now I see that Canadians have a ready supplier—which is good, since both products are Canadian.
Hard-water shaving
Hard water works against good lather, and very hard water can make lather almost impossible. The ideal solution (for shaving, doing laundry, showering, doing dishes, and so on) is to buy a good water softener (that recycles based on volume of water used and not on time) and plumb it so that all the water in the house goes through the water softener except for the kitchen cold-water tap. By having all water soft, the pipes will say clear, the taps will operate better, and hard water deposits will be a thing of the past.
But installing a water softener is not cheap, and if you live in an apartment, it may be impractical. A good fallback is to buy "purified" water at the drugstore (essentially distilled water), which costs about $1/gallon and is sold for use in humidifiers and steam irons and the like. Then get something to heat it with—and my recommendation is the Adagio UtiliTEA electric kettle, which will heat water to the temperature you specify: from a full roiling boil down to moderately warm. You will have to experiment a little to locate the setting that brings the water to the ideal temperature for shaving, but then you have hot water that will produce a flawless lather and will rinse razor and face with no traces of soap scum.
The book and self-published books
The second edition of the Guide to Gourmet Shaving has been available from Lulu.com for a little while, and today I approved the book (having received proof copies and deciding against further changes), so in 6-8 weeks it will be available on Amazon.com. Until then, Lulu is the only source for the second edition.
This is a self-published book, and that section of the book market is growing rapidly. Tom Colvin notes in Becoming a Writer Seriously:
Publisher's Weekly has recently revealed an absolutely astonishing figure for POD books in 2006 and 2007. Here's its summary:
The production of traditional books rose 1% in 2007, to 276,649 new titles and editions, but the output of on-demand, short run and unclassified titles soared from 21,936 in 2006 to 134,773 last year, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by R.R. Bowker. The combination of the two categories results in a 39% increase in output to 411,422. Although it has tracked production of on-demand titles in the past, this is the first year the company has broken out the segment to better show the differences in the traditional categories (such as biography, fiction, juvenile) and the on-demand segment.
You can read more of the article HERE.
RecentX: cool, but not free
Still, it looks pretty good. Via Becoming a Writer Seriously, who says:
If you juggle lots of documents, folders, programs and websites, you know how frustrating it is to dig down through Windows Explorer [!] and various history lists to get to what you are after. RecentX makes it a snap. It intuitively gathers locations of your most-accessed files and sites into clear lists. To see how it works, just view the demo's at the program's homepage.
For me, the program still seems worth the purchase price of $19.95 for the time and frustration it will save.
McCain's problem with the GOP base
Sridhar Pappu has an interesting report in the Washington Independent on McCain's difficulties with the base:
In late January, just days before her son would win the Florida Republican primary, 96-year-old Roberta McCain—whom in another era might have been called a real broad, a pistol — was asked by a C-SPAN interviewer how much support her 71-year-old boy had among "the base of the Republican Party."
"I don't think he has any," said Mother McCain. "I don't know what the base of the Repub—maybe I don't know enough about it, but I've not seen any help whatsoever."
Pressed about whether, given that, he could take the nomination, the elder McCain snapped: "Yes, I think holding their nose, they're going to have to take him."
Since then Sen. John McCain has gone through a Russell Crowe in "Gladiator"-like journey: from front-runner, to broke-and-destitute has-been, to the man who would win the GOP presidential nomination. Yet little has changed for the Arizona senator when it comes to the base — the internal light at the center of the modern Republican Party, whose foundations were laid in the successful presidential runs of Richard M. Nixon in 1968 and 1972, and fully-realized with the triumph of Ronald Reagan in 1980.
In it's design, the GOP base is a three-legged chair, wobbly at moments, but effective if put together by the right assembler. One leg consists of social conservatives — those members of the evangelical movement and Moral Majority, who seek to eliminate abortion and restore Christian values to the environs of the public school system and to government at-large. Then there's the fiscal/small government types, which includes Wall Street, people who spend their off hours debating the tax code at The Palm, with expense accounts … of course. The final leg are defense hawks — the folks who pushed for a build-up of military strength as a way to outspend the Soviets, who advocated the war in Iraq and consistently push for increased defense spending during dinner parties in McClean.
Banded together, with a leader they believe in, these three are like the Avengers under Captain America, seemingly able and ready to defeat any opposing candidate. But McCain–his heroism in the Vietnam War not withstanding — is not Captain America, much less Ronald Reagan.
Indeed, you could say that McCain has spent his career alienating the base. Running against George W. Bush in 2000, McCain accused his rival of pandering to leaders of the religious right, whom he called "agents of intolerance." Specifically, he said Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell — fixtures in the religious intellectual movement that surrounded Reagan — were "corrupting influences on religion and politics." All three parts of the GOP base bristled at McCain's biggest achievement, campaign finance reform — which they saw as an instrument of limiting their influence in the corridors of power.
McCain's litany of sins against the party goes further. …


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This is a comic made by two BUTTS. THEY ARE BUTTS. BOTH FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY. Their last names are not Butt. That's just what they are.
Check out Shane's web-comic, BEEFPAPER, as well as his FACEBOOK and TWITTER. And Tasha's web-comic TETHERED, as well as her FACEBOOK and TWITTER. If you don't Tasha will find you and fire explode you.
Sooooo I've been making excellent use of the time off. The bulk of all my packing has been completed. And I've been writing hella comic scripts. I'm excited to start it back up next week.
Friday will be the last guest day. My friend who is doing the comic for that day shall have it to me sometime on Friday itself, so expect it just a little later than normal.


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Silver in motion
The price of silver is one of the most fluctuating among precious metals. The market price (spot price) of silver varies according to demand and supply. Demand for silver is much greater than the supply in the silver market. Silver has become increasingly popular since 2009. Due to speculation, the price of silver continues to increase. Between April 2010-2011 the price of silver doubled in the space of a year! At the beginning of May 2010 the stock market was hit by tightened trading rules which led to the biggest fall in the price of silver since the eighties. When investing in silver it is therefore important to be well informed of the silver price and to make a purchase at the right time.
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The outlook for silver prices look favourable. The limited supply of physical silver on the market is structural. There is no prospect of a sudden increase in production and the expectation is that investment demand will increase sharply. The annual production of silver amounts to only 22,000 tons while the total annual demand is for over 27,000 tons! This means there's an annual deficit of over 5,000 tons. The expected increase in production over the coming years is not likely to exceed 2,700 tonnes. Therefore the price of silver is expected to greatly increase.


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How green is your favorite candidate?
This year's election is proving to be quite the dramatic showdown. Trump just all but sealed the Republican nomination, and Sanders and Clinton are brawling for every last delegate on the table.
There are a lot of hot button issues too - from building walls across national borders (what an architectural feat that would be), to freedom of religious expression, to our economy, to the dichotomy of lower income earners and the top 1%
But let's not also forget about the climate. Yes, this too has been somewhat of a contentious debate, and the outcome may reshape everything we know about our future, since the President will be leading policy change and very likely decided 4 new Supreme Court Justices if they make it two terms.
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#WizardsRank: DeShawn Stevenson, No. 11: Can't Feel The Memories
Truth About It.net turns a whole five years old at the end of October, which is right about now.
Hard to believe/interesting. Nonetheless, over the life of the site from the 2007-08 season to 2011-12, we've seen/lived/suffered through 131 wins, 263 losses, four coaches, two owners, one GM/team president, one Phil Chenier mustache removal, and 56 total players (amazingly, 48 players over the last three seasons).
You may have heard of ESPN's #NBArank project, now in year two. Now hear of #WizardsRank, where we rank each of those 56 players during Truth About It.net's five-year run. TAI anonymously polled 27 members of the Wizards pixel establishment — from mainstream media to new media, TAI staffers included, to a few pixel consumers (readers of the site) — and got 17 responses.
Participants were given the full list of 56 in alphabetical order, and included for each player were total games, minutes, PER (player efficiency rating), and WS/48 (win-shares per 48 minutes) only from the last five seasons. Participants were asked to rate each player on the scale of 1-to-10 according to this criteria: on court performance; off court performance; intangibles; and own personal memory. Yes, this is totally subjective, but relatively collective.
#WizardsRank Nos. 56 to 12 have been posted and links can be found at the bottom of this post. -Kyle W.
DeShawn Stevenson
5.71 out of 10
(154 games, 4,066 minutes, 10.0 PER, .038 WS/48)
Future people might very well write books about how the characters of the mid-2000s Washington Wizards coincided with the explosion of the Internets, blogs and social media.
Gilbert Arenas was the first blogging athlete. The escapades of JaVale McGee, Andray Blatche and Nick Young — which earned the Wizards the nickname "Clown U" from the self-ordained determiner of terrible sports towns, Michael Wilbon — were seen by more people than ever with today's finger-snap Web dissemination.
And then there was DeShawn Stevenson, who is elevated as much in this new media category as any Wizard of the past five years. After all, the dude was a subject of the Jay-Z diss track, "Blow the Whistle," which was hastily put together over a Too $hort beat in response to Stevenson calling LeBron James "overrated."
"Ask my N—- LeBron
We so big we ain't gotta respond
When you talkin to a don,
please have respect like you're talkin to your mom"
[* Ironically enough, Stevenson's NBA peers,
via a February 2009 Sports Illustrated poll,
nominated him & Kendrick Perkins as the top NBA players
who think they are a lot better than they really are. *]
So Stevenson wasn't mentioned by name in Jay-Z's two verse track that "debuted" at D.C.'s Love Nightclub in April 2008 during a heated playoff series between the Wizards and Cavaliers. Names are unnecessary when you're belittled in verse and forever memorialized in song.
Stevenson later said he was flattered, Arenas seemed thrilled with the idea that Jay-Z took three minutes to write the words, and the Washington Post's Mike Wise wrote a column about the whole affair.
Let's also not forget Drew Gooden's role in all of this. Stevenson's West Coast comrade was a facilitator in having LeBron's locker room chatter about DeShawn make it all the way from Cleveland to D.C.
It was all good fun under the guise of a potential rivalry between two teams that never came to fruition, torn down by the very characters who helped shape it. If we are not associating NBA "rivalries" with an enduring time period or relative evenness in competition (instead of domination), then the Wizards-Cavaliers might rank in the top five NBA rivalries of the first decade in the new millennium.
Then there's DeShawn's Abe Lincoln frontal neck tattoo, which certainly had an influence on this very site (still the most visited TAI post by far). Prior to Wizards Media Day 2009, only those outside of Stevenson's circle with an acute awareness of his social media involvement that summer would have been aware of his new ink. Stevenson was present on Twitter, and he was broadcasting himself on U-Stream, sometimes while rehabilitating his ailing back in Vancouver, Canada of all places. It was no Stephon Marbury eating Vasoline, but Stevenson did chow down on some Ramen noodles while telling people that he lived on a "mutha-f*cking lake."
Of course, there were other unveiled face tats on that 2009 media day — a backwards Pittsburgh Pirates "P" and a fake crack extending down from Stevenson's hairline (both speculated by some to be gang-related). Over time, there was Stevenson's "Can't Feel My Face" hand gesture after made shots (speculated from being cocaine-related to something created by 50 Cent's son, amongst other things). There was the 2009 Mike Wise feel-good column about Stevenson which made mention of a 2001 statutory rape case involving Stevenson. The details of the player's story didn't exactly add up in Wise's piece. There was the 2007 incident where some guy got shot at Stevenson's Orlando home after a post-strip club stripper party that no one said nothing about.
Must it only be about the bad things? Well that's part of who DeShawn Stevenson was.
He was also a warrior on the court. For all that he yapped, instigated and antagonized, he was one of the few defensive protagonists on the tail end of Washington's flirtation with the playoffs, and was as prevalent of a role player as ever as last generation's Wizards came crashing down. Plus, he played hurt. A lot.
Consider Stevenson one of Ernie Grunfeld's more cost economical signings during the team president's tenure. In the 2006 offseason, Stevenson opted out of one-year contract with the Orlando Magic—he was due $3 million—only to turn down a three-year, $10 million offer from Orlando. Instead, he accepted a two-year contract with Washington which paid him just $932,015 in year one, with a player option for year two.
In D.C., Stevenson immediately found a 3-point shot. His 40.4 percent (74-for-183) from deep led the Wizards fun-and-gun pro-style Princeton offense in his first season with the franchise. The 74 makes over 2,400-plus minutes on the court in 2006-07 topped his previous career total of 72 made 3-pointers over six seasons and more than 10,800 minutes in Utah and Orlando. But without Arenas and Caron Butler due to injury toward the end of the season, Stevenson was no-show in the playoffs against a 22-year-old LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. He shot 19.6 percent from the field over a four-game sweep. With the series shifting back to Washington for game three, Stevenson went 1-for-7 from deep, giving little support to Antawn Jamison's 38 points.
In the offseason, the 26-year-old Stevenson opted out of his contract and sought a nice pay-day on the open market, but eventually he had to settle for Grunfeld's four-year, $15 million offer when no one came calling. Some things considered, it was a very cost-effective move. All things considered, without Arenas for most of 2007-08, Stevenson shot more 3-pointers (413 attempts), made them at a lower rate (38.3 percent, 158 made), and drew the ire of fans because of the nature and frequency at which he put up the rock. He remained similarly (in)effective in the playoffs (but not as bad as the previous year), and the undermanned Wizards still fell to Cleveland, four games to two. Stevenson was fined during the series for making a "menacing" gesture.
In 2008-09, Stevenson joined the parade of injured Wizards — Arenas, Brendan Haywood, Etan Thomas — and only appeared in 32 games. Near the end of the season he had surgery on his back to repair a herniated disk.
In the infamous 2009-10 season, Stevenson the character was relatively quiet, perhaps ironically. Sure, he made a public deal about Mike Miller wearing LeBron James' shoes, and rightly so, even if it contributed to the snowball of distractions and lack of institutional control under head coach Flip Saunders. Otherwise, Stevenson can't say much when he shoots 28.2 percent from the field and 17.7 percent from deep over 40 games.
Stevenson was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in February 2010 as part of the Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood (and cash) package. Movie over. Character done.
At this point, the most unexpected of "where are they now" montages…
Stevenson wins a championship ring with the Mavericks in 2011. He goes 3-5 from deep in the deciding game six against the hated LeBron James and the Miami Heat. He signs with the team owned by Jay-Z (1/15 of one percent). He gets traded to Atlanta before the Nets can move to Brooklyn. He installs an ATM in his kitchen. He calls former Nets teammate Deron Williams a "Fake Muthafuckas That Quit On team" (sic) on Twitter (and later apologizes). Life goes on.
Stevenson is the former high school phenom drafted into the NBA who found a niche as a professional role player. He played a key part on two Wizards playoff teams that didn't make it past the first round. And what Stevenson later called "gimmicks" going on between the Wizards and Cavaliers provided fodder, entertainment — and memories — for the blog set. Unfortunately, Stevenson's postseason appearances with Washington didn't have much basketball significance, but at least the Internets knew about them. And at least I was one of the first to get a picture of his Abe Lincoln neck tat. We all have our moments.
Kyle Weidie ][ @Truth_About_It
Previous #WizardsRank:
#WizardsRank 56 to 52:
No. 56: Cedric Jackson; No. 55: Mike Bibby; No. 54: Paul Davis; No. 53: Edwin Ubiles; No. 52: Quinton Ross.
#WizardsRank 51 to 47:
No. 51: Mike Wilks; No. 50: Mike Harris; No. 49: Javaris Crittenton; No. 48: Dee Brown; No. 47: Morris Almond.
#WizardsRank 46 to 42:
No. 46: Larry Owens; No. 45: Mustafa Shakur; No. 44: Brian Cook; No. 43: Hamady N'diaye; No. 42: Rashard Lewis.
#WizardsRank 41 to 37:
No. 41: Hilton Armstrong; No. 40: Oleksiy Pecherov; No. 39: Mike James; No. 38: Fabricio Oberto; No. 37: Ronny Turiaf.
#WizardsRank 36 to 32:
No. 36: Lester Hudson; No. 35: Yi Jianlian; No. 34: Juan Dixon; No. 33: Josh Howard; No. 32: Chris Singleton.
#WizardsRank 31 to 27:
No. 31: Al Thornton; No. 30: Shelvin Mack; No. 29: Mo Evans; No. 28: Mike Miller; No. 27: Alonzo Gee.
#WizardsRank 26 to 22:
No. 26: Randy Foye; No. 25: Dominic McGuire; No. 24: Andray Blatche; No. 23: Earl Boykins; No. 22: Roger Mason.
#WizardsRank No. 21: Othyus Jeffers
#WizardsRank No. 20: Jordan Crawford
#WizardsRank No. 19: Darius Songaila
#WizardsRank No. 18: Jan Vesely
#WizardsRank No. 17: Cartier Martin
#WizardsRank No. 16: Etan Thomas
#WizardsRank No. 15: Shaun Livingston
#WizardsRank No. 14: James Singleton
#WizardsRank No. 13: Nick Young
#WizardsRank No. 12: JaVale McGee