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Thursday, November 24, 2011
Urban Prepping: Why are there so Few Black Preppers?
A journalism student recently contacted me about setting up a phone interview on the issue of black preppers. On my main youtube channel, I created a video entitled "
Why are there so Few Black Preppers?" The journalist wanted to get more of my views on the issue and the following was my reply.
This is a very interesting topic, because it touches on a number of social issues. So even if you don't care about prepping, this issue is relevant. You can't talk about the challenges of being a black prepper without issuing the lack of (economic) cooperation in the black community. How can you organize an emergency plan in a community where people don't even support other local businesses or talents. Black people rarely support black businesses, but are quick to send every cent at an Asian-owned store or corporation. Not that I refuse to shop at non-black stores, but I at least try to support black businesses.
Another challenge is convincing other blacks that the government could fail to provide for us. Even after Katrina, most blacks look for the government for solutions.
Another issue is security. Being black means, you're likely to live among blacks. And since we have a much higher homicide rate than any group, simply being black dramatically increasing the likelihood that you will be murdered both under normal conditions and during a crisis.
Ironically, blacks are generally anti-gun rights. Don't take my word for it, read it yourself. A pathetic 30% of use valued gun rights or gun control. Am I the only person who notices that black cities trend to be the most pro control areas, while having the very worst crime levels.
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So if something happens and you're among blacks, you're going to be dealing with much higher crime and neighbors who are less likely to be armed. Two extremely big disadvantages and that's why you will most likely inherent simply because of the color of your skin (or being white in a black area.)
Blacks also control a less percentage of resources (relevant to our population) than whites. How have more failing schools, more poverty, shall I control. Granted, many (if not most) of our problems are caused by ourselves, but not all of them.
The reason why there are so few preppers in the black population is because of cultures don't value self-reliance and pro-activity. Not that I'm completely self-relevant, but I at least practice using firearms, collect ammunition, store food, acquire first aid materials and attempt to prepare for disasters. Many blacks (and whites) seem to suffer some normalcy bias and can't conceive a situation where the systems fail.
Here are my videos.
Challenges of Black Preppers
Why are there so Few Black Preppers?
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- AnonymousNovember 24, 2011 at 11:36 PM
Great videos and ideas. Any places I can go find more in the same vein as you?ReplyDelete
Ever hear about Mr. Will Allen in Milwaukee and his urban farm?ReplyDelete
I know he's not a prepper, if you go by your definition.
- AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 6:28 AM
Never mind being a black prepper, its refreshing to see a black libertarian. Not that being prepared isn't a bad thing. Keep up the good work, spread the word.ReplyDelete
Man, i just found this post...and it is refreshing to hear someone with similar concerns and views. Most preppers seem to be white conservatives/evangelicals(& unfortunately sometimes borderline bigots/racists), so when it comes to collaboration, it can be an awkward situation. hopefully I will keep finding more diverse-at least more diverse white people-preppers. I will be keeping up with your blog. Thanks for posting.ReplyDelete
I am a black female prepper. We must be careful of everyone. I can the veggies I grow each year. Have self defense items. I sew, knit, crochet. Am currently growing veggies using hydroponics. In process of starting aquaponics system. Wish one of my brothers would start a group for us!!! Hint, hint. Where are our muslim brothers on the issue of prepping and protecting?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJanuary 2, 2014 at 8:06 PM
If you start a group, I would join in a heartbeat. I'm a black female who wants to prep but outside of the Television show Doomsday Preppers, have no real resources. I live in the south and the prepper groups around here are caucasion, conservative racists. Not a good fit for me and my family.Delete
Lets just do it! We don't have to wait for anyone else to start a group. Why wait to be prepared? I am a black female who also has high aspirations as far as prepping goes. I have studied, read, tried and now it is time to DO! Some of the things I am doing are sprouting seeds in my kitchen, growing small veggies in my kitchen (lettuce, green onions, sunflower greens etc.) will be joining a community garden this summer to grow some of my food, experimenting with fermentation, applying for my carry and conceal, at which point my wonderful police officer wife friend will start helping me learn how to handle guns, experimenting with various types of food preservation, studying for my ham radio license. There is a lot more but you get it. My situation makes prepping a bit more challenging, but I'm still trying. I'm not a natural leader and I don't know what goes into a process like starting a group like this, but I could imagine skyping, ovooing, and facebooking aren't bad places to start. I say welcome to the first three members of the Black Female Preppers Network! Membership is open to all! Please feel free to contact me at the email in my name. I would LOVE it if this was the first of many productive conversations.Delete
good to see people preparing, Katrina should had been a lesson.Delete
Ditto!!!! to the 13th power. I believe in prepping for any plausible scenario that could play out.... except zombies. I believe that black prepping is a necessity for our descendants if never needed in our own lifetimes. Our grandchildren or someone else's will honor us for thinking of them. Although I am incredibly optimistic, it is not blindly faithful. Many of us will never overcome some of the barriers of our own design. Prepping is a barrier that will afford us at least a little time to decide what directions will be advantageous for our families to take in order to deal or better cope with catastrophic events and the possibility of a catastrophic status quo.ReplyDelete
Wow I'm so glad I found this post. I'm a African American woman prepper too, by way of my son. He has talked about this sense he came home from the military. He has given me some tips and even shown me the importance of getting over my fear of guns. At first I attributed his insistence on the subject due to his military background, but when some of the things he was saying was confirmed by some world events reported by the news one of them being the things that guy Snowden exposed I started to look at this thing through different eyes. I say better safe than sorry. I would like to connect with more AA preppers, I've gotten a lot of info from other prepping sites and found that I am really a country girl at heart. I garden, grow vegies , I also sew and find that I'm very interested in learning to spin my own yarn. I'm a very outdoorsy type and have gotten my daughter and other son to take the need to be prepared more seriously, they have even gotten some of there friends to start thinking about this as well. Even though I'm beginning to see an increase of African Americans as well as other minorities prepping I would still like to see and connect with others. One thing I do worry about is the fact that we live so close to the DC area not very close but close enough to make my son tell us to get away from this area (Virginia) and get to the middle of the country if I hear of as he puts it "boots on the ground" I'm seeing people of other races setting up bug out communities. Has anyone heard of a community being set up for us? would love to hear from anyone with some ideas. My son is in Germany right now but when he gets home I'm sure he will really get us moving. In the mean time I would love to hear from more people not just AA's with the same mind set.ReplyDelete
Its hard to find like minding people who are concerned about the plight of our community. I can not find a single black prepper, group or organization in the milwaukee area that teaches survval skills. I am very very concerned. I am a beginner prepper. There are groups on facebook. But thats not enough. We need communites that are physically interacting with one another.ReplyDelete
I, too, am a female African American urban prepper. I work from home and am 56 years of age. I live in Center City Philadelphia, and my research only turned up a group 50 miles away in another State. I think AA preppers are out there, but I think they're secret preppers. Right now I too am working on an urban organic garden. I have a fig tree, dwarf lemon tree, a Haas avocado tree, blueberry bush, poblano peppers, cucumber plant, along with sweet basil, sage, chives and thyme growing atop twin bookcases each having a decorative grow lamp above them in my living room. In my living room window I have different greens, baby plants now, and I've just started on tomatoes and beans. Canned goods I have in the form of chili and I have a 3 months stash of freeze-dried chicken with assorted veggies. I'm looking forward to canning some organic corn, and some of my veggies ... if they don't die on me. So I don't have to rely on refrigeration, as well as getting cheeses on sale that I can preserve in wax. Just learned how to preserve eggs with mineral oil, which will have a shelf life of up to 9 months. My bug out back is packed with a BioLite Camp stove that utilizes wood chips, not propane, and will charge my cell. I have two sets of walkie-talkies continually charging, in case cell towers were overwhelmed. I have a special tub liner in case there's a chance to get non-contaminated water before the water is sabotaged. I also have a roll of duct tape with a flowered print hanging on a discreet nail in the bathroom in case I need to shelter in place. On top of all of this, I have a 3 month stash of prescription meds for my neuromuscular disorders that I scavenge by getting refills in the week before the actual prescription runs out. I have 3 rare muscle disorders, 3 mutations on the same gene, and all rare. Lucky me, right? No Marvel comic book power like "invisibility" for me. The point is that I never want to be unable to get medications because of adverse weather. Protection? I purchased bear repellent, but I also have commercial pepper spray and a taser, but because I want to have something that doesn't require I be in close quarters I'm going fill up a "monster" water gun with pepper spray for either wild animals or crazy humans. Because I live alone, I want to get a recording of a man's voice to scare off the unscrupulous. For bugging-in I have about 6 gallons of water, but would like to develop someone kind of rain catchment system in the window that won't be noticeable. I'm proud to say that I've put together at least 10 bug-out bags for friends, all single women of various ages. One elderly friend couldn't get out this winter for a week and told me she was able to get by with the canned tuna I put in her emergency backpack. You can help others with the emergency bags by simply scouring the $1 and $5 dollar stores. Simple stuff like Sudoku puzzle books, Vaseline, cotton, matches, rope, small first-aid kits, raincoats, tampons, surgical and dust masks, goggles and duct tape can be found in these places to fill up $5 backpacks, and for the more expensive items, I'm always on the lookout for sales on the more expensive items, like the NOAA radios. During both Hurricanes Irene and Sandy I saw my sister in New jersey unprepared and left without electricity for days. To get news I ended up placing my cell phone to my TV so she could hear. You can setup up a prepper network with most of the participants not even realizing. Hey, if FEMA and the RedCross are putting out the word, preppers should be golden in the eyes of the world. I think to myself, none of us would be here if God hadn't commanded Noah to prep.ReplyDelete
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South Dakota State Roundup
Published May 1, 2006 | May 2006 issue
A couple of recent surveys have found that South Dakotans are good at making good on their financial promises.
According to a national survey by Experian, a California-based credit reporting company, South Dakotans have the highest average credit score in the country. A score of 720 points is considered excellent, and 660 is considered poor. South Dakota residents chalked up an average score of 710. Neighboring district states were close behind, all scoring 706 or better. The national average was 678.
Even the state's young folks are responsible with credit. A U.S. Department of Education report shows that South Dakota students have the lowest rate of default for education loans in the country. At 2.5 percent, that's significantly below the national rate of about 4.5 percent.
The single largest pool of borrowers resides at South Dakota State University. Among its 2,000-plus student borrowers in 2003, just 1.1 percent were in default, according to DOE records. Among the five institutions in the state with default rates higher than 4 percent in the recent past, two were public, two were private and one was proprietary.
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The result is that I decided to give a home grown (or at least internet researched) circuit a try. In the end I opted for the one that looked simplest and therefore least likely to make me look a tit. It is a straightforward mix of step work and easy lifts and exercises. Surely even I couldn't cock it up too badly?
Hmm, well if I gloss over the incident with the step - I thought it should be higher but couldn't for the life of me work out how to make it so, in the end I ended up breaking one off the feet off in frustration and then having to frantically stick it back on before any of the gym staff noticed. I am sure Jane Fonda never had these types of difficulties.
Moving swiftly on the idea is to step for two minutes and then do a set of weights. So far, so easy peasy. A minute into my stepping routine I was red faced, sweating and tripping over the step. This was not the walk in the park I was anticipating. After two minutes a Niagara of sweat was dripping off me and I was seriously regretting setting myself slap bang in the middle of the quickest route to the water fountain.
Every time anyone wanted a drink they passed me and did a horrified double-take at this sweaty mess of a woman leaping about in a crazed fashion on a far too low step. I rammed in my headphones and attempted to ignore the looks of pity and shock being shot my way by everyone who passed by.
On to bicep curls - at which point I realise that I have severely overestimated my capabilities and selected weights I can hardly lift. I persevere rather than let on to my error to the growing crowd of parched gym members who appear to need a drink every 20 seconds or so. I will have to start charging if they don't stop staring.
Eventually I complete my set of 12 lifts and nonchalantly swap my weights over ready for next time. Then it's back onto the step for more bouncing around, during which I can't help thinking that I really do need to upgrade my sports bra.
Next is lunges, thank goodness something I can do. Kettlebells in hand I commence my ministry of funny walks across the gym, gritting my teeth every time some idiot decides to stop and have a chat right in my path. Am tempted to drop a bell on their foot, but feel it may result in me being barred.
More wobbles on the step, and on to over head presses. Note to self, next time wear long sleeved top as bingo wings may scare the horses. And they certainly terrify all those toned 20somethings who I am sure are silently swearing they will never end up looking like me.
By now am flopping around on the step, falling over it and generally making a serious workout into a slapstick comedy. Final exercise squats. Well no one can make those look elegant, and as I push out my bum in the manner of a comedy chicken I just hope that the end result is prettier than the process it takes to get there.
At the end of three sets you could wring me out and I will definitely have to launder my eight-year-old's purloined jacket that I grabbed to cover up on the way out. Still fingers crossed the scales will finally be persuaded to slide downwards after all my hard work and tomorrow really is a day off as I have to complete the ultimate challenge - a day with the kids.


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Columbia Gorge AVA
|Wine region
|American Viticultural Area
|Year established
|United States
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|Oregon, Washington
|Climate region
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|4,432 acres (1,794 ha)
|Size of planted vineyards
|300 acres (120 ha)
|Grapes produced
|Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Chenin blanc, Gewurztraminer, Lemberger, Merlot, Pinot blanc, Pinot gris, Pinot noir, Sangiovese, Sauvignon blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Viognier, Zinfandel[2]
The Columbia Gorge AVA is an American Viticultural Area which includes land surrounding the Columbia River Gorge, straddling the border between Oregon and Washington. Due to the significant gradations of climate and geography found in the gorge, this AVA exhibits a wide range of terroir in a relatively small region; it is marketed as a "world of wine in 40 miles".[3]
The Columbia Gorge AVA consists of four counties; Hood River and Wasco counties in Oregon, and Skamania and Klickitat counties in Washington.[4] The region stretches from Hood River, Oregon and Underwood, Washington in the west, to Rowena, Oregon and Lyle, Washington in the east. It includes the river valleys of the Hood River and Deschutes River in Oregon, and the Klickitat River and White Salmon River in Washington. [5]
As this region lies to the east of the summits of nearby Mount Hood and Mount Adams, it is in rain shadow of these Cascade volcanoes. The region is significantly drier than the Portland metropolitan area to the west. Annual precipitation ranges from 36 inches (91 cm) at the western end of the range, to only 10 inches (25 cm) in the eastern part. Elevation in the region varies considerably, increasing as one travels from the Columbia River into the plateaus on either side, and the strong Columbia Gorge winds also play a factor in the region's climate. This allows a wide variety of grapes to be grown in the Columbia Gorge.[6]
The region has nearly 40 vineyards, growing a wide variety of grapes, including Syrah, Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot gris, Riesling, and Sangiovese.[3]
- ^ Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.178 Columbia Gorge." Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine. Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Jan. 30, 2008.
- ^ Appellation America (2007). "Columbia Gorge (AVA): Appellation Description". Retrieved Jan. 30, 2008.
- ^ a b Columbia Gorge Wine (2008). "Columbia Gorge Vineyards". Retrieved Jan. 30, 2008.
- ^ Federal Register May 10, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 90)
- ^ Appellation America Columbia Gorge AVA
- ^ Columbia Gorge wine Description of grapes and wines of Columbia Gorge AVA


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An action-packed, blood-soaked, futuristic debut thriller set in a world where the murder rate is higher than the birthrate. For fans of Moira Young's Dust Lands series, La Femme Nikita, and the movie Hanna.
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- A man shot to death Saturday night by Chicago police has been identified.
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Black Diamond Cosmos (2016)
There are lots of headtorches around £30 but what sets the Black Diamond Cosmos apart is the dimmer control, which you activate via just one button to smoothly control power from 90 lumens to 4 lumens. There is one triple-power LED and two single-power LEDs in the main housing with three AAA batteries tucked away behind. The head tilts on a ratchet. Not the most powerful, but lightweight at 95g. 4/5
The front houses all controls and is very neat. The back clips open to fit batteries while the top button smoothly sets the power output. A nice touch is that you can lock the power button by holding it down for 4 seconds to prevent accidental switch-on, say in a pack. Overall this is very well-designed. 5/5
At 95g it would be hard to be uncomfortable and so not surprisingly the Black Diamond Cosmos feels great on. The straps are nice and wide, there is some curvature in the housing, and the head tilts precisely without digging in. As there is no big battery pack at the rear this is comfortable to wear when lying down in a tent too. 5/5
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You aren't getting a huge amount of power here, but 90 lumens is pretty good for most general walking and camping, and you have that power for 43 hours with a beam of 50 metres, making this a great piece of general hill kit. Having a boost function with more power would be a great additional feature though. But for most walkers this is still good. 4/5
The Black Diamond Cosmos has the dimmer function but others do have benefits too, so while good value this is not stunning in terms of price. 4/5
The Black Diamond Cosmos is a great general camping and walking headtorch that while not the most powerful option is ideal for most people and very lightweight. It wins Trail's 'approved' accolade. 4.4/5
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In last night's episode, we find out that the usually reserved Abbi has a daring alter ego named Val, a 1930s-style cabaret performer who only shows up when Abbi is blackout drunk. Val has Liza Minnelli–like star power and your great-grandmother's slang; unlike Abbi in her day-to-day life, she's got a sort of "men love her and women want to be her" vibe. She'll also eat her own nose ring simply because she loves diamonds.
Abbi usually seems quiet compared to the generally brazen Ilana, but she's slowly been revealing herself to be more confident this season. I thought they'd drag out her crush on Jeremy — the hot, bearded neighbor — for years, but not only did she get to date him, she also pegged him before half of the season was over. And in the most surprising show of confidence, she has the balls to dump him when it quickly sours instead of pining or backing down.
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Thank you !!! This was best performance I have seen so far in any birthday party.
I Had a Birthday Party for my 6 yr. old Son, and when I first spoke with See - More The Magician, I told him I was expecting 12- 15 Children, and I ended up having over 25 and he handled all those children with absolutely NO Problem!!! Through out the entire magic show not one child lost intrest!!... And we all know how hard it is to keep a 5-6 yrs. attention for soooo Long!!! See-More Thank you So VERY MUCH!!! You Made my son party, one that will never be forgotten!!! Thank you, Thank You, Thank You!!!!
See-More was wonderful! He put on a great magic show for my eight year old daughter's birthday party. She and her 25 friends absolutely loved it. See-More is funny and talented and even had all the grown-ups laughing. He did two especially great tricks, one in which my son sat on a box, suspended in the air; the other in which my daughter lay on a board suspended in the air! Really fun! I would highly recommend See-More.


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This game is based on the popular Warcraft3 "Element Tower Defence" and the Starcraft Turret Defence" gameplay. The object of the game is to prevent the hordes (waves) of monsters from getting to the castle by building element towers near the path.Your menu is located at the bottom of your screen. You can choose from a number of different elements to build towers from. When you click on a tower that has been build, the build menu becomes an upgrade menu, allowing you to make towers stronger.The monsters will spawn (appear) every 20 seconds. Their health will be multiplied by 1.25 with every wave. If your towers fail to kill the monsters, and they do get to the castle, a civilian of your castle will die. When all your civilians die, the game is over.Every game experience is different every time you play depending on the position, elements, and the upgrades you choose for your towers.The creator of this game scored 90. Can you beat that? Click "Start" to start the game.Many new changes in this version:-Added teh "Tower Range" variable-The Flower Tower is a bit slower to attack-Fixed almost All Bugs and Added Quality Adjustment Button
i *love* the idea of this game - i'd like to see some donationcoder people try something like this starring cody.-mouser (December 18, 2006, 10:17 PM)
The game has a nasty bug whereby a tower sometimes randomly disappears when you build a new one.
The game has a nasty bug whereby a tower sometimes randomly disappears when you build a new one. Makes the game very frustrating.-Eóin (December 22, 2006, 11:54 AM)
Curator Defense is WONDERFUL Highly Recommended.-mouser (December 30, 2006, 03:17 AM)
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Games CANCELLED!12/02/2017 3:38 AM ET
By Joel Mackenzie / Melbourne Aces
Dear fans, spectators, & ticket holders,
Please note that both of today's (Saturday 2 December) scheduled games against the Brisbane Bandits at Melbourne Ballpark have been cancelled.
Despite some early optimism and success last night in defying mother nature, the relentless rain and forecasts for later tonight has unfortunately made the field unplayable today.
We are sincerely thankful for all of the fans and supporters that made the trip out to Altona today. There's a reason we call you the greatest fans in the land and we are truly humbled by all of the people (despite the forecasts), braved the impending weather and came out to support the team.
Unfortunately, that means that our annual Women's All-Star game has been forced to move to Springvale Baseball Club with a new start time of 10.30am.
Anyone who has purchased a ticket for today's games (Saturday 2 December) will be able to redeem their tickets at any other Melbourne Aces regular season home game this season. If you had purchased reserve seating, please get in contact with the team to arrange another reserved seat ticket.
At this stage we are now scheduled to play two seven inning games tomorrow (Sunday 3 December) with the first game scheduled to start at 11am (weather permitting of course), and the gates opening at 10am.
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As we have reached the end of one year and the start of another, we reflect upon all that has been lost and gained in the past three-hundred sixty-five days and our hopes for the days to come. Leading up to the New Year, televisions, radios, and websites have been flooded with countdowns of the pop-culture and political events of the past year. As enjoyable as those lists may be to build up anticipation for the New Year, they can never fully measure the moments of success, loss, laughter, and strife that make up a year for any given individual. The 2005 film Rent offers a simple, but more effective unit to measure the 525,600 minutes in a year; love. Based upon the hit musical of the same name, Rent chronicles the highs and lows of one year in the life of a group of friends as they struggle against addiction, illness, and unemployment while living 'la vie boheme' to the fullest.
|Viva la vie boheme!
The story begins on Christmas Eve 1989 in New York's Lower East Side as starving artists and roommates Mark (Anthony Rapp) and Roger (Adam Pascal) learn that their former friend turned landlord, Benny (Taye Diggs), is planning to evict them unless they are able to pay the year's rent within twenty-four hours. The pair are soon saved from homelessness when their friend, former professor and anarchist Collins (Jessse L. Martin), returns to town with both a financial windfall and his new lover, transsexual street performer Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia). Complications ensue as Roger meets and is captivated by heroin addicted stripper, Mimi (Rosario Dawson), while in the midst of his grief following the death of his girlfriend and struggle to remain drug free after overcoming his own addiction. Mark faces girl trouble of his own as his ex-girlfriend, performance artist Maureen (Idina Menzel), continues to use him for his skills as a filmmaker, despite having left him to pursue a relationship with successful lawyer Joanne (Tracie Thoms). As the story progresses, the group comes together through shared artistic passion and love, even as distrust, misunderstanding, and tragedy threaten to tear them apart.
Originally adapted as a modern take on Puccini's opera La Boheme, the musical Rent was a cutting edge hit when it debuted in 1996. Prior to the show's opening, musicals had come to be identified with safe, reliable, and family friendly fare that held little relevance in the outside world. In composer Jonathan Larson's hands, however, the story of the lives and loves of the bohemian set became a call to artistic arms and a stand of solidarity in the midst of the social ostracism which was so common during the heart of the AIDS epidemic. When the film was released nine years later, critics complained that the story had lost some of the bite that had made it so popular a decade earlier, citing AIDS and addiction as themes that no longer held relevance. Ten years after the film's release, however, it is all too evident just how pertinent those 'outdated' issues actually are as the US finds itself in the midst of a heroin epidemic which has led to a resurgence in HIV and both drug addiction and HIV continue to plague nations across the globe. Beyond it's ripped-from-the-headlines plot, the film also contains themes such as artistic struggle, poverty, friendship, acceptance, and love that speak to all ages and cultures, which ensures that the story holds meaning for all generations.
|525,600 minutes, how do you measure a year in the life?
Stage to film is a complex transition that many shows fail to successfully make. Through the efforts of the film's crew and stellar cast, however, Rent packs an equal emotional punch as both a stage production and a film. The success of this transition is due to a combination of factors, particularly the power of its songs, which are by turns powerful rock anthems and poignant ballads, but are each memorable enough to keep audiences humming for days. Perhaps the most crucial aspect of the success of this transition is the film's multi-talented cast, who bring each of the film's musical numbers, dance sequences, and straight-dialogue scenes to vibrant life. Rather than casting Hollywood stars in order to guarantee ticket sales, the film's makers took the risk of choosing to maintain the story's integrity and cast the people who know it best; its original stars. All of the film's principal roles, with the exceptions of Mimi and Joanne, are portrayed by members of the 1996 Broadway cast, and the knowledge of and passion for the story that each of actors possess is evident in every frame. Anthony Rapp's combination of earnestness, awkward uncertainty, and boyish charm make him an ideal every-man as he narrates the tale. Adam Pascal's tormented performance as Roger elevates his character beyond self-described 'pretty-boy frontman' to a multifaceted portrait of young man overcoming his demons and coming to terms with his own mortality. Jesse L. Martin brings genuine emotion and soulfulness to his subtle role as Collins, and perfectly captures the struggle to remain hopeful in the face of illness and personal loss. Idina Menzel is nothing short of explosive in her performance as the impulsive and attention-hungry Maureen, and adds a vulnerability to her role that humanizes what could have easily been an over-the-top part. Wilson Jermaine Heredia is a breath of life in his performance as the nurturing Angel, in which he provides the film with many of its laughs and some of its most tearful moments. Newcomers Tracie Thoms and Rosario Dawson successfully make their roles their own as Thoms evokes Joanne's outward restraint and inward passion and Dawson exemplifies both Mimi's street-wise cynicism and sensuality and the vulnerability that those qualities disguise. Taye Diggs also lends a convincing combination of charm and ruthlessness to his portrayal of bohemian turned Wall-street sell-out Benny.
Written as 'the MTV generation's answer to La Boheme' according to Larson, Rent has become a true phenomenon all its own. Proving that some things never change, the central themes of embracing life in the face of adversity and the importance of love and friendship that both works share remain powerful messages, even in the new millennium. Rock-opera, coming of age story, romance, and drama, Rent is all these things and more with something for almost every viewer. As we approach a new year, I can think of no better question to ponder than that which the film's most iconic song asks, "how do you measure a year in the life?".
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Great Mornings Start with a Great Breakfast
Reinforcing the importance of breakfast, 200,000 servings of Free Egg McMuffin will be given out on McDonald's Breakfast Day this 19th Nov 2012
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Breakfast is touted to be the most important meal of the day, providing fuel for the body for a day full of vitality. However, due to the demands of our hectic lifestyles, many of us give breakfast a miss. Reasons varying from 'no time', 'too troublesome' and 'watching my diet' keep many from the one meal that would power-start their day.
It is the firm belief that great mornings start with a great breakfast that has prompted McDonald's Malaysia to take a bold step forward and encourage Malaysians to enjoy the benefits of consuming wholesome, freshly prepared breakfast regularly.
This unique call to action saw McDonald's Malaysia announcing McDonald's Breakfast Day dedicated to celebrating the most important meal of the day. On 19 November 2012, McDonald's will open its doors and offer a FREE Egg McMuffin to the first 1,000 customers at every McDonald's restaurant nationwide.
Managing Director of McDonald's Malaysia and Regional Manager of McDonald's Malaysia & Singapore, Sarah Casanova said, "The idea behind the McDonald's Breakfast Day is to reinforce the importance of starting the day with a wholesome breakfast. By offering Malaysians breakfast on us – we want to start a breakfast movement and rally people to make a good breakfast an essential part of a great morning. And we make it really convenient for our customers by providing the quality taste of McDonald's breakfast served hot, fresh and on-the-go!"
The McDonald's Breakfast Day on 19 November creates a reason for the nation to wake up to breakfast together. From 7 am to 10am, each of the 215 McDonald's breakfast restaurants nationwide will host Malaysians from all walks of life to enjoy a Free Egg McMuffin for the first 1,000 customers.
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π is one of the most widely-known mathematical constants both inside and outside the mathematics/scientific community and it has been around for a very long time!
The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle is constant (namely, pi) and has been recognized for as long as we have written records.
A ratio of 3:1 appears in the following biblical verse: "And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it about." (I Kings 7, 23; II Chronicles 4, 2.)
The ancient Babylonians generally calculated the area of a circle by taking 3 times the square of its radius (=3), but one Old Babylonian tablet (from ca. 1900-1680 BC) indicates a value of 3.125 for pi.
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What is the official animal of Pi Day? Why, the pi-thon, of course!
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Friday we went to the movies and watched Madagascar 3. Cute movie. We then went to the Apple store and got my daughter an iPod Touch for her birthday. She loves our iPads, but sometimes there is not enough to go around. So now she has her own toy to learn and play with.
On Saturday, I cleaned house all day. I deep cleaned the kitchen and living room, which needed it, but now that life has happened since then, it's a mess. Thanks, hubby and your beef jerky making mess. :( On Sunday, we celebrated my daughter's birthday. A lot of bowling and then coming back home for pizza and cupcakes, which I made on Sunday morning, have taken their toll on me. Yesterday I took my daughter to Legoland and we stayed there with the crowds all day long until we were red in the cheeks and had tired feet. I had a headache on top of it all, so I was beat last night. A little Advil PM and I was out til about 9am this morning! And I have been in pj's since! That's the perk with vacations, right? We can relax in pj's as long as we want and no one has to know!


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Perri Hawke
Perri is a well qualified (she is the only stem cell technician in this part of the state), with over 7 years experience as a Veterinary Nurse. She knows all our clients and patients and they know and love her.
One of Perri's pets, Jess, a Rhodesian Ridgeback adopted from the Orange RSPCA in 2001, was the first dog to have a TTO in the Central West, a surgery that was done at our clinic by Geoff Freeth. Perri is pictured with her other dog, Freddie, a staffy that was a little 8 week old stray who came into the clinic with no owner, and has a very fun personality!
Cass is a qualified veterinary nurse with over 6 years of experience. She divides her time between nursing your beloved pets and looking after you at reception as well as taking care of our marketing and promotions.
Cass grew up just outside of Orange on a farm surrounded by a wide variety of animals. She is pictured here with her much-loved Bullmastiff, Heidi - a regular visitor to the clinic, who along with her other dogs Zara and Zeus, Poppy, a very talkative eclectus parrot and Andy - a foster fail kitten make up her menagerie!
Kylie McDonald
Kylie has been at the clinic for over 19 years as a Veterinary Nurse. She is famous for her racing Greyhounds and her success on the track has been through the dogs Princess Honcho and Awesome Partner, or more recently Romba and Cool Fusion.
Kylie is married to Wes and they have settled on the outskirts of Orange with the patter of little feet heard throughout the house. Mostly the four feet of her fifty or so greyhounds, but also daughter Chelsea who arrived in December 2007, Riley in February 2009 and Noah in March 2011.
Jane has been at the clinic for over ten years off and on between having two daughters with husband Clive. They live at Cargo on a property where she gets plenty of practice mending fences and fixing water troughs. If you have any questions about poly pipe she is the woman to talk to, as well as being very knowledgeable about animals in general. She has a giant Percheron horse called Galihad and a male whippet called Molly.
Laura Bullock
Laura grew up in the Blue Mountains, but is a country girl at heart. Her love for animals grew after her family relocated to the Central West, and her menagerie of animals include two Border Collies – Ruby and Baily, Izzy the cat and a thoroughbred horse called Jack.
A qualified nurse with 7 years experience, Laura recently spent 3 years at Canberra Veterinary Hospital which gave her valuable experience in dental procedures. Since joining our clinic after moving back to Orange in September 2016, Laura has been one of our senior nurses and is passionate about dental procedures and helping you look after your pet's teeth.
Outside of work, Laura loves gardening, yoga, and generally being outdoors.
Pam Davis
Pam, a qualified dog trainer with a Certificate IV in Companion Animal Studies (Dog Training and Behaviour), is the owner of Orange Pet Dog Training, and teaches our regular puppy classes here at the clinic.
Pam has owned dogs her entire life growing up on a property near Cooma and over the past ten years has been very involved in both classes and private consultations in dog training.
A member of the Australian Pet Dog Trainers Association, Pam is also currently completing her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. Her passion is to help owners to have well behaved puppies and dogs and to enjoy their time together.
Evie - Clinic Supervisor
Evie joined the CFPH family in late 2015 after she was brought into the clinic one afternoon as a stray kitten, aged about 10 weeks old.
We all quickly fell in love with her cheeky and playful personality, and she has since promoted herself to the position of clinic supervisor. Her favourite role in the clinic though is as the official Ivory Coat food taste tester!


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I'm back with another review...
As you've read the title (otherwise you probably you won't even have clicked on this blog post, hehe), I like to share my opinion with you on a Nivea deodorant.
|Nivea extra whitening deodorant
I'm not really sure whether this is being sold in the States, but I'm pretty sure this is not sold in Europe. I bought this in Hong Kong.
Europe has the pearl&beauty version. (for those who speak Dutch, check this link out)
You've probably noticed the 'extra whitening' writing. As most of you know, Asians just ADORE any products which can make your skin whiter. The paler, the better, is pretty much their motto! :)
What does it says on the bottle?
- whitening & smoothens skin
- tightens pores
- anti-perspirant protection
- 48 hours reliable
- quick and long lasting dry feeling
As I like to smell good, I'll definitely use this all up, but I probably won't be repurchasing this as I prefer spray deodorants.
What do you prefer: sprays or roll ons?


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The RCS Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Redeemer Classical School is responsible for overseeing the affairs and operation of the school in accordance with the school's Bylaws, Mission Statement, Guiding Principles, and Statement of Faith. Board members are appointed by the board to serve three-year terms.
To contact the board, email [email protected].
Gus Scheidt - Chair Class of 2016, 2019
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Although Nokia's primary presence in the smartphone world is mainly due to it's flagship line of Lumia devices, the company is also eyeing the lucrative industry of apps for iOS and Android devices. Nokia already has Pulse app, a powerful app which is basically a social-networking-location app, being run on a number of platforms which include Symbian, Windows Phone, Meego and mobile platform. Now, the company has plans of offering the same app for iOS and Android.
Although the app is by no means a comparison to the mainstream social media networks such as Twitter or Facebook, it still is quite useful. Given it's history with the mobile platform, users do know about it and it may pick a fan-following in the smartphone world once it makes it's debut on iOS and Android devices.
According to Nokia's Global Head of Social and Location-Based Applications, "To be social, you have to be on every platform." This is precisely the philosophy which is pushing the company towards the development of a Pulse app for both iOS and Android. The question is, can this app be any successful in the huge iOS and Android world, given the fact that there are already a number of social-networking related apps doing their rounds on the app markets of both these platforms.
We can know this only once Nokia launches the app. In other plans, Nokia hopes to launch a suite of inter-connected Nokia apps, something which will necessarily have to be tied mainly with the Nokia devices but may be offered, in a slightly different flavor to non-Nokia platforms.
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Thursday, February 23, 2006
Corey Dargel and the Artsongwriters
Spotted by Kyle, there's an excellent article by Corey Dargel on the current generation of nonpop singer-songwriters - or 'artsongwriters' as Dargel calls them - who are "moving away from the operatic influences that have too heavily affected the development of traditional art song". Dargel himself is a prime practitioner - samples of his work are here and here.
Which gives me ample premise to tell you that if you do nothing else today download 'Superhero on the Ground' and treasure it close; this song has been haunting me for days and is the most heart-aching thing I've heard all year. And if you're already bored of Brokeback Mountain, 'Gay Cowboys' is a very good alternative.
Twelve-Tone Masters
'How many times have we been stunned by the virtuoso violin writing in Alban's Violin Concerto?'
UPDATE: Felsenmusick has some background info.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Golijov: Pasión
Plenty of blog love for Golijov in USA-land at the moment: see Steve Smith and Alex Ross (with a little counterpoint from Jerry Bowles). Somehow, I don't think it will be the same here when Pasión hits London on Friday. We shall see.
Well, I won't, since photocopying in the British Library today has eaten all my concert budget for the week. :(
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Classical music mp3 blogs
Finding the classical mp3 blogs so you don't have to.
I've pulled some of these names from the (surely exhaustive?) list at Hype Machine, and I can't say I've checked every link there - only the ones that look plausible. So if you run a classical mp3 blog called 'Nu Metal is Rad' and haven't linked you, please pardon me not spotting your ironic tone, and drop me a line. I'll see that you get your link.
First up, you all know cacophonous and Trrill - if you don't, you should - so they're a good place to start. Trrill is a great source for all you opera diva needs, Cacophonous for independent new music composers. I can't be sure there's not any overlap. (Incidentally, Cacophonous is also a great place to start looking for individual composer mp3 blogs.)
ANABlog is the unofficial blog of the Analog Arts Ensemble, and recent posts include Webern, Tippett, Maderna, and Lutosławski's Les espaces du sommeil, which is alright by me,
Electric Strings is a relatively new blog by cellist and composer Philip Sheppard which includes a few mp3s of his music.
Dave Seidel is a 'droney, ambient' composer who has a sideblog, mysterybear productions where he posts his new works.
No doubt there are more than this, and more will emerge. So assume that this post is a work in progress...
Links for the week
Indie music web portal Brainwashed have published a call for the dismantling of the RIAA.
This poorly-researched, innuendo-ridden piece on pirate radio in Friday's Guardian has rightly annoyed the Dissensus crew; Blackdown's Pitchfork interview with the Rinse management is a valuable counter.
Roots People Music has a two part interview with Kode 9.
Canoe Jam has a one part interview with Philip Glass.
Andante sort of looks like it's back - well, as a static site at least (thanks Felsenmusick for the spot).
Ostalgie fans should head over to WFMU's big bloc of East German mp3s and vids.
WFMU also point up an Sony ad, first noticed in the NY Times looking for unpaid interns to fill MySpace, blogs and other social networking sites with plugs for Sony CDs. In no way is this spam. Oh, and the ad is no longer there, so prospective applicants will have to dirty their hands elsewhere...
And everyone agrees that this sucks.
Urban Classic: the Reception
Some of the Urban Classic aftermath:
Photos at 1Xtra: "It's the night everyone's been waiting for"
Bun-U: "Hey tonight we've made history, cuz we've made posh people say GET ME"
Neil Fisher in The Times: "one left feeling that the orchestra had been asked to travel so far from their world that the product they were offering was largely superfluous."
Robert Maycock in the Independent: "the biggest noise at the Empire was the squeal of institutions jumping into a fashionable bed."
Peter Aspden and Alistair Macaulay in the Financial Times: "mostly a case of thumping backbeats receiving an unsophisticated melodic accompaniment, to perfectly pleasant effect."
The show is now all up on 1xtra's Listen again, and will be until the weekend. After that it should be somewhere on Radio 3's pages.
The grime crowd are giving biggest props to Bruza - as by far the biggest name on the night, this is fair enough. He did sound the most comfortable MC too, although Tor wasn't far behind - here's hoping we hear a lot more from her.
I can't say the same for Pase and Purple though, who come over as the sanitised, sanctioned, product that Urban Classic always threatened to become.
Not surprisingly, the broadsheet critics (coming from a more 'musicianly' angle) are most impressed by Faith SFX. Concerns over 'what's the point of beatboxing' notwithstanding, it's good old-fashioned virtuosity that wins them over. Even a cynic like me has to admit that simply on the level of pure entertainment, it's pretty bloody impressive. And the Faith SFX bits of the show came closest to a truly grimey sound - but this only left me wondering what might have been achieved if a proper drum track had been laid down for both orchestra and MCs to work against.
This revealed the show's biggest weakness - everything that finally made it onto stage had been worked through an exclusively classical paradigm (and the dread 19th-century classical paradigm at that) that regards musicianship, virtuosity, live performance and a hierachical structure between composer, conductor and performers as the principal standards by which to judge music. An orchestra has to work very hard to break out of such conventions - and top marks to Bruza for trying to break those conventions in calling for the reload! Faith SFX and the four MCs were cast as concerto-esque soloists whose role was to confront the orchestra in only the narrow confines of a concertante format. Naturally, when the one individual with the most apparent virtuosity - Faith SFX - does his thing, the set up works best; he was also the most comfortable player in his role, with the four MCs sounding, on the whole, somewhat overwhelmed.
Faith SFX demonstrated that even if the night wasn't a complete success, at least there is mileage in beatbox with orchestra. However, this seems doubly perverse; next time this classical vs electronica/urban crossover is attempted, could someone please bring some sequencers with them?
Spurious conspiracy theory
"Why is one of the world's top opera directors going into musicals?" asks the Guardian of Francesca Zambello, at the same as film director Zhang 'House of Flying Daggers' Yimou is booked to direct at the Met. Coincidence? Probably, but if Hal Prince directs any historical kung-fu films in the near future remember that you heard it here first.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Still testing out posting digital photos from flickr...
Seem to have got something that works, anyway. Expect a bit more decoration round here from now on.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Links for the week
Popular music is popular because it's popular: proven by science.
Danceblogga points up the ironies of EMI earning a fat load of dosh out of the Paul MacCartney/Jay-Z Grammy collaboration. "Who is this Danger Mouse of which you speak?"
Kid Kameleon draws attention to Golden Era Jungle - a vast forum, info site, and *licks lips* repository of 100+ classic jungle sets. Yowzer.
And Londonist points to an unusual wedding at the Oxford Street Virgin Megastore. The punchline's worth a snicker - and it's not the one you're thinking of.
Shamed by my referrals
I notice in my referrals this morning a Google for 'critics Phillip Neil Martin', a composer I mentioned in a review of the Elysian Quartet last year. Well, since someone is looking, it behoves me to mention that I saw another work of Martin's, Standing Water in concert on Saturday, and thought it probably the best work of the concert. Martin is deeply interested in gagaku, and this work is a splintered take on the Japanese court music (with some effective imitations of sho and hichiriki). Plus, I'm very sympathetic towards the spatial, non-developmental perception of time, and I think Martin got this aspect of his Japanese influences across well.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Music Since 1960: Pärt: Cantus In memoriam Benjamin Britten
Index here.
Yikes - I definitely remember at some point deciding that I was going to steer clear of too-familiar choices here, and look what's come up, one of the most well-known slabs of modern classical soundtrack music there is. This piece really is up there with the second movement of Górecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs as a short-cut route to post-religious grief, isn't it?
Well, of course it is, but I like to cling to the idea that it's also a bit better than that as well.
Pärt is one of those composers who everyone pretty much 'got' in the early 90s, swept up by the dread 'holy minimalism' banner that someone must have thought was a compliment once. Terrible term as it is, if it applies to any of the three composers it's most commonly pinned to - the other two being Górecki and Tavener - it's easy to concede a fair cop in Pärt's case. His music since 1976 has been defined by a number of minimalist-like strategies for composing large amounts of music with small means. With the right compositional procedure, six bars of material and a Latin copy of the Gospel of St John you can pretty much recreate his hour-long Passio in your own home. Sounds like minimalism to me; and it doesn't take much reading of his workslist to spot that this is a man whose faith is extremely important to him.
Except that there is much more to Pärt than the 'holy minimalism' tag will allow. As well as being a deeply spiritual man, it is worth remembering that this is the composer who first introduced - in defiance of Soviet doctrine - 12-tone composition into Estonia in 1960 with the orchestral piece Nekrolog; rather than the monk-like character of his popular portrayal, in the studio he is known to challenge those around him to press-up contests. And his music is as frequently secular as sacred.
Cantus is perhaps the most minimal, most process-based of all his works, yet in defiance of the 'holy minimalism' tag, it is also one of his secular ones, being a lament for a fellow composer. To quote the composer himself in the sleevenotes to ECM 1275 817 764-2:
Why did the date of Benjamin Britten's death - December 4, 1976 - touch such a chord in me? During this time I was obviously at the point where I could recognize the magnitude of such a loss. Inexplicable feelings of guilt, more than that even, arose in me. I had just discovered Britten for myself. Just before his death I began to appreciate the unusual purity of his music - I had had the impression of the same kind of purity in the ballads of Guillaume de Machaut. And besides, for a long time I had wanted to meet Britten personally - and now it would not come to that.The other aspect to Pärt's work that is often overlooked is the awareness within his music of the rest of the musical world. This is not something that, for example, might be claimed for much Tavener's music, which for many years found its only sustenance in Greek Orthodox chant. Once again, the popular perception of Pärt as a solitary composer writing sacred chants to the exclusion of the external, secular world doesn't fit. Witness, for a start, the numerous quotations - Bach in particular, but also Tchaikovsky and others - in his music. It is to this side of Pärt's nature that Cantus belongs.
Lamenting his personal grief at the loss of a lately discovered and greatly respected colleague, Pärt chose to distill this grief - "just before his death I began to appreciate the unusual purity of his music" - into the purest music he could find capable of sustaining the weight of serious expression: an A minor scale, an A minor arpeggio and a tolling bell. Western music has few more funereal materials than these. (Except, perhaps, C minor...) If you want to see how the piece is put together, Paul Hillier's excellent book on the composer is highly recommended, but what you need to know is obvious enough from a first listen: the descending scale is layered several times across the whole string orchestra, in different tempi, so that the whole effect is of one long drag down the scale, eventually coming to rest on a great fat waft of A minor. Glenn Branca has done similar things in his later symphonies, replacing guitars for strings.
What I admire most about the work is the fact that it is such a beautifully pure exposition of material. The whole is simply one sound, one mechanism for 5 minutes, but the mechanism unwinds itself in an infinitely subtle and variable way. Rather than any of Tavener's works, or even Górecki's, Cantus deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Ligeti's Lontano and Lux aeterna. Yet where Ligeti couldn't resist the lure of Mitteleuropan developmental forms - and thus built signposts and points of tension and release into even his most amorphous forms - Pärt leans back and rides the sound out. Surfing on sound waves. By the end, as the whole structure breaks over you, you can't help taking a very physical, secular pleasure in the whole thing; Pärt's masterstroke, and perhaps a key to the man, is to leave the final leaden circles of the funeral bell hanging in the air as you open your eyes again.
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Friday, February 10, 2006
Why 2006 is not 1994
Picking up my recent predilection for comparing now with then, I've toyed for a while with the idea that now (with indie rock on one of its cyclical highs, and grime and dubstep keeping the underground/urban/pirate scene fresh) is a bit like the mid-90s (where grime = trip hop, dubstep = jungle and indie rock = er, indie rock). Well, no more.
This silly, tunnel-visioned article in the Guardian today made me rethink my theory. Suddenly, it's clear to me that something of a clash of aesthetics has been raging in the British music press for the last few months. Flick through any broadsheet's music coverage (and today's Friday, so it's a good day to be doing that), and you'll see a thick black line scored down the middle of the page. On one side are the Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand and Pete Docherty (and Paul Weller). On the other Kano, Wiley, Dizzee Rascal and Sway.
Both sides have vocal advocates, who are granted frequent space to open their hearts to the nation. One side takes the opportunity to hyperbolise absurdly, the other frets at the failure of the wider public to hear what they hear.
And never the twain shall meet. Whether her intention or not, articles such as Natalie Hanman's, linked above, unconscious of almost the entire musical universe apart from the four records nearest the door in HMV, sound almost deliberately ignorant. They doth protest too much. Much as I enjoy my pop rockers as much as the next man (except the Kaiser Chiefs - in whose case the next man is a fool) I'm utterly baffled by the exaltation these bands receive. Arctic Monkeys the fifth best British album of all time?! Lots of journalists are buying wholeheartedly into their own myth, and the only reason I can find for this extreme historicism is fear.
It seems to me that recent rise in public awareness, press coverage, and downright talent, within the British urban scene has prompted a sort of seige mentality amongst rock critics. What's more, even the non-rockers have started to buy the hype.
So, is 2006 like 1994? Well, no. In the mid-90s, as a regular reader of NME, Melody Maker and Select, I don't believe there was the same ideological divide between the guitaristas and everyone else. Tricky, Goldie and Massive Attack appeared on the same page as Manic Street Preachers, Blur and Pulp. I heard as much electronica at my indie club as I did grunge or britpop. Eclecticism, non-tribalism (big beat's greatest gift to the UK music scene, incidentally) was the way to go. Now, the opposite is the case, and we keep digging the trenches deeper.
UPDATE As has been pointed out to me, Natalie Hanman also wrote this astute piece on grime at the end of last year, so regardless of the flaws in her more recent article, I concede that she subscribes more to the broad church approach that I admire than I gave her credit for. Sorry.
Whether this completely kills my argument or not, I'm not sure - I need to give this half-baked notion some more thought...
More Urban Classic
Yeah, I'm gonna keep picking at this because it sort of does (and doesn't) have my name written all over it.
Two articles in the Guardian and the ever-grime-friendly Independent take a peek at rehearsals for the upcoming Urban Classic event (Hackney Empire, 16th Feb; broadcasts on 1Xtra on the 18th, Radio 3 on the 24th). And both come out pretty enthused by the whole thing. The UK press is generally supportive of grime in any case - witness the steady stream of articles, which completely outweighs any commercial success to date. I take the enthusiasm here pretty much at face value but I'm a little surprised that it comes as a result of the decision to fully orchestrate the instrumental tracks, rather than including at least an electronic beat. This is a tactic I'm instinctively cautious about, because I've never yet heard it done effectively. Phrases like 'the electronic loops and samples of grime tracks have been painstakingly recontructed' make me wince. Not since Philip Glass's pointless orchestration of Aphex Twin's already orchestral-sounding Icct Hedral have I come across anyone prepared to grasp the nettle and actually write electronically for an orchestra, rather just transcribe. New instrumental tracks, written for the orchestra, would surely be better than something that is, from the first, a compromise.
But both writers suggest that in Urban Classic's case it's a move that works; fair enough, I'm happy to be surprised. Expect more on this space once I've pulled the 1Xtra stream to my minidisc next week...
Thursday, February 09, 2006
William Bolcom wins three Grammys
Well, since the official reports aren't going to mention it, I will: congratulations to William Bolcom, whose Songs of Innocence and Experience picked up Grammys for Classical Album, Choral Performance and Classical Contemporary Performance, a three-out-of-three clean sweep. (The recording in question was recently reviewed at ionarts.)
A full list of winners is here.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Links for the week
Some of these are pretty cool.
Dorian Lynskey's Tube-Map-as-Music-History [pdf of the whole thing]
I disagree with Matt, though, on The Great Bear (if I read him right) - one of the most appealing things about that is figuring out if there isn't some mad meaning behind the interchanges. Rhizomes, eh?
The Independent, fittingly, ran a recent special on independent music (more links from that page); all a little predictable, unfortunately, but this article on the UK's thriving urban scene is a nice addition, and a timely counterpoint to this confused bumbling.
Oh, and indie labels rule.
Mmm - Sonic Youth are to continue their re-releasing binge with Sonic Youth, The Whitey Album and Thurston's Psychic Hearts. Goody - I can get a nice replacement for Whitey since my LP got scratched in my parents' loft.
eMusic sales are to be included in the chart reckonings.
Blackdown has a spanking new Dizzee interview, including a likkle taster for the new album.
This is a really excellent New York Times article on classical music and the net, prompted by the recent demise of Andante. Alex Ross has some additional comment. (And if that NYT piece was a new theme of sorts, here's this week's ground bass.)
And finally, Matmos are cool. Believe.
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Osvaldo Golijov reaches London
For a few months now I've harboured a suspicion that Osvaldo Golijov is to the 2000s what Krzysztof Penderecki was to the 1960s. Both composers rapidly developed a worldwide, word-of-mouth enthusiasm for their music, which was seen by some as a new hope for a contemporary music that speaks to the heart as much as the head. That enthusiasm grew immensely with the composition of a Passion by each composer: Passio et mors Domini nostri Iesu Christi secundam Lucam (1967) by Penderecki, and La Pasión Según San Marcos (2000) by Golijov. By the time each composer's music reached the UK, an almost unsustainably high level of expectation had been set up; what's more, to borrow some reception theory, a particularly focussed horizon of expectation now existed, which the work in performance was unlikely to be able to meet.
The arrival of Penderecki's Passion was his first big shot at breaking the UK; despite much intelligent and enthusiastic previewing, the work didn't have the desired impact - in this case because of the choice of the acoustically dry Festival Hall for the first performance, which pretty much killed the nebulous washes of sound that the piece relies so heavily on. A few weeks later, at the Albert Hall, the piece was better received, but suspicions had already been sown amongst the British press. The patchy opera the Devils of Loudon also failed to seduce the critics a year later, and Penderecki's reputation in London never recovered.
Golijov's first major impact in the UK bears a similar stamp. Enthusiastically previewed, last week's concert pretty much bombed amongst critics for the Telegraph, Independent, Guardian and Times. Some of the comments bear comparison too - perhaps an opera house would have been a better venue, for example.
Having not seen last week's Golijov concert I can't pass judgment on his music; but I will note that even if Penderecki has pretty much lost the goodwill of British critics, after studying his Passion for several years now, I can say that it, in spite of its major flaws, that work continues to impress me. See what you make of Golijov's own Passion, which will be at the Barbican on 24th February, but if Penderecki's example is anything to go by, it had better be good.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Andante shuts up shop
Here's some sad news: classical music web portal Andante.com has shut down for good. That's a pity. Although I wasn't a frequent user of Andante, their news pages were often useful, and it was one of only a small handful of well-presented, informative, mature websites on classical music. It's a shame, therefore, that the project has become no longer viable.
Soundscapes conference, Goldsmiths
Heads up, soundscape fans: next weekend (11th and 12th Feb) Goldmsiths College are hosting Sound Practice 2006, a conference on Some details are here, the full conference programme is below, and includes soundscape installations around the college. The whole thing is free:
Saturday, 11th February
9.30am [Small Hall]
John Levack Drever (Goldsmiths College)
Introduction: UK's Pre-History of Acoustic Ecology
10.00am [Small Hall]
Key Note 1.
Catharina Dyrssen (Chalmers School of Architecture, Göteborg, Sweden)
Model-to-model. On Design Based Experimentation With Sound Environments.
Coffee Break
11.00am [Small Hall]
Developing Policy Context And Potential Futures
Max Dixon (Greater London Authority)
Ximena Alarcón (De Montfort University)
An Interactive Sonic Environment Based On Commuters' Memory Of Soundscape:
A Case Study Of The London Underground (work in progress)
Tsai-wei Chen (Goldsmiths College)
On the Way Home: Taipei Sojourners' Sonic Constellations in London
Peter Cusack (London College of Communication)
Soundscapes of London, Beijing and Places Between
12.45pm - 1.30pm
1.30pm [Great Hall]
Phonography Concert
Yannick Dauby, Nick Fells, Pete Stollery, Bill Thompson, Lisa Whistlecroft,
Robert Worby & Philp Tagney
3.00pm [Recital Hall]
Julian Henriques (Goldsmiths College), Nick Gillieron (Paul Gillieron
Acoustics), Martyn Ware (Illustriuous)
The Sonic Space Ship (SSS)
4.00pm [Small Hall]
Louise K Wilson (University of Derby)
A Record of Fear: Sounding Out the Cold War
Dr Paul Moore (University of Ulster)
Cross (refernc)ing the Namib
Tony Whitehead (RSPB), Becca Lawrence (Sonic Arts Network)
Sonic Postcards: A Sonic Arts Network National Education Programme Using
Our Sonic Environment As A Springboard For Creative Arts
Simon Keep
Radio Taxi
5.45pm - 6.30pm [Small Hall]
Key Note 2.
Nicolas Rémy (CRESSON: Centre de Recherche sur l'Espace Sonore et
l'Environnement Urbain, École d'Architecture de Grenoble, France)
To Design Ambiences
Concert [Great Hall]
Donald Bousted, Disinformation, John Levack Drever, Rob Godman, John Lely
Installations during Saturday [Locations tbc]
Thanos Chrysakis (Goldsmiths College)
Thomas Kitazawa (Goldsmiths College)
Robin McGinley (Interactive Agents)
Neil Webb
Sunday 12th February
Sound Walk of Deptford.
[Meet by front of the Goldsmiths College Library. We will finish near at a
local establishment for those who may be interested in a hot breakfast.]
9.30am [Small Hall]
Andre Castro (Middlesex University)
Suite Vénitienne- Tuesday
Mikhail Karikis (Slade School of Fine Art)
The Acoustics of the Self
Tom Rice (Goldsmiths College)
Stethoscapes: Soundscapes Of The Body
Coffee Break
11.30am [Small Hall]
Ruth Hawkins (Goldsmiths College)
Bodies, Distances, Double Recordings
Adrian Newton
Finding An Audience For Soundscape Composition: Working With Community-Based
Anita McKeown (Art Services Un-incorporated)
Memphis 45s
2pm [Small Hall]
Joe Banks
Rorschach Audio
Concluding Remarks & Discussion for UKISC members. [Small Hall]
Installations during Sunday [Locations tbc]
James Bull (Goldsmiths College)
Thomas Kitazawa (Goldsmiths College)
Dave Lawrence (Middlesex University) & GÈNIA (Markson Music Centre)
Mary Yacoob (Central St Martins College of Art)
Useful Information
All events are free!
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Links for the week
Pazz and Jop 2005 is out, of course. Plenty of comment through the link.
The Guardian on the BBC's Classical Grime project;
The Independent on Kano;
Ivan Hewett in the Telegraph sees in Iran's recent ban on Western music vindication for the view (which I share) that music is a very real, concrete influence on how people live their lives. "Part of me has a sneaking respect for a world-view which gives music such massive importance. Sometimes it can seem as if our freedoms merely bring on a satiated feeling, and make music just another pastime."
Greg Sandow eulogises over the Northern Sinfonia. Fair enough - the Sage is a world-class building, if surprisingly compact inside; it does house the country's only ten-sided performance space too. And the Northern Sinfonia is a top-notch band with a refreshingly open-minded approach to programming; my parents, in Carlisle, see about as much new music as I do thanks to the NS. Their only gripe is that now that the Sage has taken over all of the Newcastle-Gateshead's musical life, the Sinfonia hardly seem to tour the North as much as they did; and they certainly don't advertise it too well.
Oooh, who remembers Nirvana miming 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' on Top of the Pops? I do. And WFMU (and others) are hosting a 28MB mpeg of the whole thing. I also remember the band smashing their instruments in the background while a hapless presenter went on and introduced the next act, regardless of the mayhem unfolding behind them. (Sadly, this bit's not on the video, although there is a stage invasion.)
Here's an article on Frank Zappa's yet to be released Varese recordings [via Avant Music News]
And finally, some great thoughts from Alex Ross on the recent Mozart demi-quintennial. Damn right.


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300.713.01 Research and Evaluation Methods for Health Policy
- Department:
- Health Policy and Management
- Term:
- 4th term
- Credits:
- 4 credits
- Academic Year:
- 2012 - 2013
- Location:
- East Baltimore
- Class Times:
- Tu Th, 9:00 - 10:20am
- Lab Times:
Thursday, 12:00 - 1:20pm (01)
Wednesday, 1:30 - 2:50pm (02)
Tuesday, 1:30 - 2:50pm (03)
- Auditors Allowed:
- No
- Grading Restriction:
- Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
- Contact:
- Daniel Webster
- Course Instructors:
- Resources:
- Description:
Introduces basic principles and methods for undertaking scientifically rigorous research with a special emphasis on evaluations of interventions intended to improve health and safety. Focuses on evaluations of health policies, health care delivery systems, and public health programs. Also prepares students to apply the results of health policy research done by others. Topics include the relationship between health services research, health policy research, health policy analysis and health program management; approaches for assessing the impact of health policy and health program implementation; common research designs and their strengths and weaknesses; measurement issues of reliability and validity; survey research techniques; qualitative research methods; quality of care and outcomes measurement; use of existing health and safety data; and basic cost benefit and effectiveness analysis.
- Learning Objectives:
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Critique published health services research and health policy/program evaluations
- Develop an appropriate study design for a research or evaluation project
- Describe the relationship between health services research and program evaluation
- Identify differences between basic and policy-relevant health services research projects and program evaluation
- Develop a conceptual framework for a study, showing the hypothesized causal variables and the expected outcomes
- Identify different types of study design, including observational, pre-experimental and experimental designs, and their inherent threats to internal and external validity
- Describe the basic issues related to measurement of variables
- Identify problems with measurement reliability and validity
- Identify aspects of quality of care and its measurement as they relate to health services research projects
- Discuss how survey research is used in health services research and evaluation, in terms of choice of sampling techniques, determination of sample size, and approaches to writing survey questions
- Demonstrate discuss of the basic concepts of cost benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis
- Identify and use appropriate secondary data and existing information sources in research projects
- Methods of Assessment:
Student evaluation based on mid-term and final exams.
- Enrollment Restriction:
Restricted to graduate students only
- Instructor Consent:
No consent required
- Special Comments:
Students are encouraged to take HP I and II before this course. PhD/HPM students must register for lab 300.913.01. All other students should register for ONE of the other two lab time options 300.913.02 or 300.913.03