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The first time I saw DJ Neil Armstrong live was at the USA DMC Finals. He was the host DJ for the night and mixed for hours skillfully blending original vinyl copies of songs with those that sampled them. Neil seamlessly moved from old to new so cleverly and with such precision that the whole set felt like one song. Afterwards I approached him to say thanks for the wonderful show. He put down his big crate of records and asked me my name. Every time that I have seen him perform or spoken with him I have been reminded of what makes people inspiring. I realized that it's all about kindness, humility, and giving back to others.
CCB: Kuttin' Kandy, (A member of Neil's crew the Fifth Platoon) just recently got married. How does that affect her life as a DJ?
Neil: Honestly the DJ stuff, unless you are one of those blessed people… When you have a family and are not by yourself anymore, when you are with at least one other person it's different. It's not like taking care of yourself. DJing is not the easiest way to make money, not a stable living, maybe like a hectic starving artist feel. I'm sure she will still be around, but not in the capacity that she was before
CCB: What category of DJ do you consider yourself in? (Club, mix-tape, scratch DJ)
Neil: I guess at this point I'm known mostly for putting together mix-tapes. My background is definitely part of the turntablist DJ scene. The battle thing is like a young man's sport, you've got to do something afterwards and I guess I found my niche in making mix-tapes
CCB: Did you ever try out for the DMC competition?
Neil: Yes, but I never made it past the prelims. Oddly enough even though I was part of a battle squad I don't have that many battle scars. I only really tried to battle once or twice as an individual. Most of the stuff I did for the group was behind the scenes stuff and I did a couple of team battles and that was it.
CCB: Did you ever want to produce your own music or make beats?
Neil: Not really. I do know how to use some production software but that's another game, that's another aspect of music that a lot of people kind of bunch in with DJing. They'll say if you're a good DJ you're a good producer. Sometimes there is a correlation but not necessarily and definitely my niche is something entirely different. I seem to be doing pretty well with the mix-tape thing
CCB: You often play all types of music in your mix-tapes really branching off from playing one genre of music. Can you talk a little bit about why you feel it is important to do this?
Neil: I listen to a lot of different music. Growing up it wasn't always just hip-hop and we're in an age right now where if you look at the history of hip-hop there was always an edge to it. The kids who did listen to it, that weren't urban, were like the rebels or the cool kids that were up on something else that nobody else was. But, were in a day and age where the same people who listen to Britney Spears are buying 50 Cent's albums. It's a different time period so all these people who want to find something different that nobody is listening to and nobody is doing are searching elsewhere now. That elsewhere is just people trying to find good music again so that's what I try to put forth. I just try to play good music and oddly enough I think a lot of people, a lot more than you would expect, are open to giving something different a listen.
Premier for example, who is acknowledged as a very recognized beat maker would write how he wasn't listening to just hip-hop. How can you grow if you're just listening to the same thing over and over again? You're going to be influenced and artistically directed in the same direction. I remember, I am almost positive, that he wrote that he listened to Slayer and hard metal bands. He'll give it a listen because like I said good music is good music. A lot of that history, a lot of just music appreciation, is not really the same so that's something I would like to bring to light with the type of work that I do.
CCB: Something you do with you mix-tapes is playing the original song and mixing it with a song that sampled parts of it. How do you go about finding the original song? Do you look at liner notes or have you listened to so much music that you can just remember where an artist might have sampled from?
Neil: I am a bit older. I am 32 now, so I do have a little more extensive knowledge. I guess a lot of that stuff just comes with life experience but the majority of it is definitely research. There are some people who just know a lot of music. I definitely will not be claiming to be one of those guys at all. I probably know a decent amount of certain other genres that other people wouldn't. When I was younger my sister was four year older than me, so when I was in elementary school she was already in high school. Then when I got to high school she went to college. So I had like a generation before me, their music influenced me. My sister used to drag me to a bunch of new wave concerts and this and that so I know about a lot of that stuff that some kids might not because they didn't have that available to them. But as far as the sample stuff definitely it's a lot of research, a lot of the information is online these days. There's actually a separate culture, the digging culture, and some of the nuances of that culture are different like a throwback to older days.
Back in the day people didn't show their records to other DJs because records were weapons, instruments to go out and rock a party. What's going to set you apart from Joe Shmoe in the corner? Because you have this record that no on else did. Diggers are kind of like that, they don't like to show their records. They don't like to share where the sample is from in general. So, initially I think it was difficult but information gets leaked. Also as with any culture people talk so a lot of it is verbal. Someone will ask somebody, they'll find out this and that, that's how people find out. I'm actually kind of the opposite. But if you look at the liner notes I don't tell you where to get it. I don't tell you the name of the song. I'll lead you, you know if you like this song this is by George Benson so go buy every single album until you find it. But for some reason some of these guys don't see it that way. There's the idea that music, once it's out in the air it's everybody's blah blah blah. It's not everybody's, a person made it. What I mean by that is that it's not mine so I can't hide it from you. I didn't make it. How am I going to claim that its mine and no one else can have it? That's just childish six year old behavior when it's presented that way.
We (Fifth Platoon) were always, and this goes for the turntable stuff too, we never hid our skills. If you wanted to hang out with us and practice with us we would practice. We were always about bringing the next generation up, hanging out and spreading the word, the culture. There is a scratch academy. You ask us we'll teach you how to do it, or we'll try. That the only way cultures are going to keep on going. It has to be spread so I would definitely tell people if you ask what a song is. It's not that big of a deal to me. In that way it also helps the original artist. The average teeny bopper is going to love 50 Cent but that same lover of 50 Cent probably doesn't realize that in essence she kind of loves Barry White too because 50 Cent sampled Barry White. If it's not put forward that way that kid will never give Barry White a chance because it's not on MTV. It's not shoved down their throat. But if I tell them hey, this is where it came from maybe someday that person will be like, oh you know what let me explore, let me see what else is out there. I already know I like what they took from this guy so maybe I'll listen to the whole thing.
CCB: How does it feel when you find that original? Is there a rewarding feeling for you and do you also sit back and marvel at what an artist was able to do with a sample?
Neil: With certain producers that's the feeling. How did you make the new song from the old song? That was also part of the producing and digging culture trying to kind of hide where you took the sample from. You didn't want the people to find out a lot of the times because it would cost a lot more money. That's one of the things you want it to be as creative as possible. Of course someone like Premier would take a sample that can't be more than two seconds maybe and he turned it in to a full song (Referring to the Joe Simon song that DJ Premier used on You Know My Steez) and that is one of the more classic songs of hip-hop. There's always the aspect of surprise, it's just nice.
CCB: Do you respect the creative sampling more than the really blatant samples?
Neil: Of course, I respect that 100 times more. Some people say that after Puffy came along and he did One More Chance which is sampled from the Isley Brothers, he just started taking huge loops but that's not really true. What was Rapper's Delight but a long ass Good Times by Chic? In hip-hop originally the DJs used to play records, they used to play songs and Flash was able to find a break and repeat the break over and over by back spinning the record and they would do it live. I wasn't there back then but someone would take the record, loop that part over and over and then that's essentially what people started doing. They started rhyming over the break beat. As time went on I think producers got really crazy and creative with chopping up samples. Like Premier, Alchemist is another one, even Kanye the way he flips stuff. I definitely have a greater respect for it but I don't necessarily dislike the blatant samples either cause there is a fine line in all artistry. Some people take a blank canvas and put a red dot on it and call it art and say that's really different from everybody else. I guess what it boils down to is what you end up feeling and what the collective world ends up treating your work as. If people like it and I like it, that's how I feel about it.
CCB: I imagine that it is much easier to find the originals on MP3 and with technological advancements like Rane Serato (Software that allows you to manipulate MP3 files on your turntables just like records.) which in turn must be much easier as far as taking all these rare records around with you. Have you taken advantage of this new technology?
Neil: Whenever I do the original stuff I'll always use real records. Just from the cultural aspect of what I'm doing. It's not just that I'm playing the records. It's that I have the record. That's part of the air. I want people to be like, "Damn, where the hell did he find that?" So when I do that type of stuff I'll never do the original part on a non-piece of vinyl. I'm not that strict. I think I do have certain songs on bootleg, but that's also because I don't want to throw around a hundred dollar record on the floor. If you ever see me spin, I'm chucking records all over the place, I'm not that crazy! To throw around rare records I have, unless certain things were not pressed up and it's usually the hip-hop side of stuff and some songs you can't get on vinyl… All the originals that you ever heard me do I have now. I might not have had them at the time. I had to borrow someone's copy but I have all of them now. Whenever I do that type thing I will always use vinyl because that's part of what I'm trying to show.
The Serato thing is definitely a double edged sword but it's inevitable. You can't stop technology and it's somewhat unfortunate because people aren't seeing the big picture on how to keep certain things alive. What I mean is this. Technology has made it so that anybody can make music. Anybody with a computer can make music essentially. Even if its shitty ass music, you know, not good music, anyone can find a program that will record something to your computer and record it as a wave. It's just really easily accessible. In those ways technology is good.
For example all my CDs are different. If I go to a party where they want me to play rock music but say this was before Serato I go to a gig and they are all expecting me to play rock but all I have is my hip-hop, I'm screwed. The only way I can be prepared for anything is if I carry 5, 6, 7 crates of records and it's a physically daunting task to do something like that. It might also be financially impossible because lugging all that extra stuff you can't. They won't let you bring that stuff. You'd have to pay extra money for the extra crates. So, Serato allows me to… I can go to China. I can go across the world and not really worry about it and just go and rock, which is something that happened recently. They called me up and said Neil we want you to come out to Shanghai
CCB: How was that?
Neil: It was a really nice experience, I learned a lot. I don't know what it is like today, with regards to what people teach about China or about communist countries, but I just remember being young and the only thing we really learn about in detail was Chairman Mao and that whole time. It's just painted as a very bleak desolate place where everybody looks alike, everybody dresses alike, that type of thing. But, it's a beautiful place. Some people would argue its way nicer than a lot of places here in America. Shanghai was nice. I think overall Serato is a really good thing and it's at least one technology that is trying to hold on to the interface, which is hands touching pieces of vinyl on turntables. All the other things, CDDJ's whatever, they're getting rid of the interface entirely which is terrible. I really wish that how people thought of music sharing and how people share music… Like you said you just downloaded stuff off of the internet. I'm assuming something illegal, right?
CCB: No way, I paid for it. I went to Rhapsody.
Neil: Get out of here. You can buy original stuff on there?
Mike: What amazed me was the vastness of what they have on there. I was trying to go through itunes and I was trying to figure out where I was going to find them.
(Mike continues to talk proudly of finding a beautiful bossa nova track by Stan Getz that the late great JD sampled for Runnin' by the Pharcyde.)
Neil: Yeah, I can't find any of that stuff on itunes. I didn't know that. Wow, that's really really, great. I didn't even know that. I just learned something new.
Mike: (Anyone reading this interested in the origins of so much of today's hip-hop music, go get one of DJ Neil Armstrong's CD's "Original" or "2 Original." Look at the liner notes inside to find the artists names and then get on Rhapsody or itunes or CD Now and support those artists. Find that original music, the search is so rewarding.)
Neil: The majority of people out there, for example let's just take new music. Busta Rhyme's new album everybody can get it on the internet even before it drops. Any music head who is anywhere nearly decent technologically, they know how to get it. You can get stuff literally five minutes after it's been made. That's how crazy it is these days. What would be cool is if people were like, I like this song so much, I play it all the time, I'm gonna go buy it to support the artist. But somewhere along the line people lost that type of mentality. This idea of music sharing it's not new. I used to make tapes all the time. I'd go to my friend's house; I'd dub a cassette of whatever. I'd make these compilations but eventually somewhere along the lines people were like I want my own copy. I want a real copy and that was because when you use cassettes there was sound degradation. Especially after a while when you make a copy of a copy of a copy there's massive sound degradation so you are like you know what screw it I'm just gonna go buy my own copy because I cant take it anymore. People don't do that anymore because in the digital realm you don't lose any sound when you make copies and what people are forgetting is that this music that you're enjoying someone put their heart, their labor, their sweat, their tears, everything in to making it and you're just taking it without giving anything back. If people realize that and I'm sure it will still go on but it would not be as bad as it is.
I can honestly say that I don't do this for the money, that's definitely not my reason. I had a well paying job not some dinky little thing. I was working in technology. I could make my paper, not drug dealer money but I was making more than enough to have a comfortable life to take care of a family and all that good stuff, but it wasn't the same as doing something that you're passionate about. My understanding is that my stuff is taken as something very different from everybody else's and I hope that's one of the reasons why. I treat every project I do with the utmost respect. This is what I want to do, not what I have to do. I do it because I want to spend my time doing it and for the rest of my life what I'll always be is a fan. First and foremost I'm a fan. There's a difference between a fan and a critic and I'm a fan. As a fan who is trying to do stuff for other people I always want to not disappoint people so I know I can't give you crap work. I have to give you something that I would be excited about. Underlying everything those are the reasons why I do the stuff that I do. Luckily I am able to get some compensation for the time I put in. In that way it's definitely a blessing. There are other people out there who play the game a lot better as far as their marketing.
CCB: Is there anyone who you wish you could talk to whose song you've used?
Neil: I would say somebody like Stevie Wonder. That would be great. People that run the gamut of music even like a Paul McCartney, even Michael Jackson. All we see is what's on TV. I wonder if he's a normal cat behind closed doors. He might be normal, man. Who knows? People like that, definitely the older music.
CCB: I don't know if it's a stereotype but people tend to think of DJ's and they think of the nightlife. They think of people who are out in the evenings. You seem to keep a busy schedule and you're very disciplined. You're up early in the day and you're doing all these shows. If you had to give advice to someone who wanted to be successful, how important is it to be disciplined, to be up, and to be constantly out there doing shows?
Neil: I think discipline and hard word are the backbone of anything you want to do, whether it is trying to become a doctor, being a garbage-man whatever. It doesn't matter. There are people who have found shortcuts who are able to do certain things. I got it instilled in me. I'm not really sure from where, maybe my parents. My parent's all have Master's degrees, Ph.D.s'. They all went to very prestigious schools. Almost all of my family went to Columbia University. That type of mentality. When you're a kid the only job you have is going to school and getting into a good school. I always wanted to do a good job. I think people who have that instilled in them go far. Definitely in the long run people go far.
As far as advice goes, nothing comes easy. When it does it's a super blessing. You've got to persevere or move on. In the last two, three years my name has been spoken of more highly, but I've been DJing for ten years. It didn't happen to me overnight. Even all these people who you see who are overnight celebs, like 50 Cent, he didn't come out overnight. I have the utmost respect for how far he has taken what he did. His lyrics and what he does is an entirely different discussion. He came from his lowly beginnings to being a movie star to selling eleven million in a week. That doesn't happen with him sitting on his ass, doing nothing. He did something to make it happen. Hard work is definitely important.
Finding your dreams is nice, but not every person is meant to be Beyonce, not every person is meant to be Jay-Z. Honestly, I don't need another poet. I don't need another MC. I don't need another DJ. I don't need another person making music. I need people to be doctors. I need someone in my life to be a lawyer. I need someone in my life to do what you do. The end all is not being some famous person on TV. All of us, every cog in the universe makes some kind of contribution that's important in the long run. If everybody is trying to be the same cog then what the hell. Nothing is ever going to get done. We need someone to run the government. We need other people. We don't need another singer on TV. That's the last thing we need, especially in this world. Look where we're going.
That dream thing is all well and dandy, but if you really look at your life and what you've contributed to the world, that's important as well. You've got to look at that. I had a normal day job. I remember it not always being so self-fulfilling, but that's okay. Certain people are meant to be good parents. With my type of lifestyle I just imagine having a family and how horribly hectic it would be. 200 percent of my energy has to go into maintaining what I do in order to just be okay. I don't live a starving artist lifestyle. I own a house. I want things that everyone else does. I want a retirement plan. I do want a family and those types of things. For me to be an artist and to make it happen takes an extremely grueling amount of energy, as opposed to a 9 to 5er. They might hate their job, but they get three weeks of vacation. I don't get vacation. You always have to think about little things that can or cannot happen. Each individual person has to tailor-make their life accordingly.
The bottom line of all of that is hard work, discipline, and some aspect of love. You've got to love what you do. It might take a long ass time. There were times when I thought I couldn't keep doing this. It was just too difficult to have a "normal life." I was going to quit. Vinroc was one of the people who said, "I don't think you should do that yet." You should give it a little more time and see what you can do." Then I did it. If I didn't I'm almost positive that I would have just kept with my day job and all of the CDs that you've heard never would have come out.
CCB: Should aspiring DJ's constantly be calling up clubs to try and get shows for steady income?
Neil: I think most people do, but I don't DJ outside so much. A big chunk of your success as a DJ will be your networking or trying to get in with people who will pay you to do what you love. Whether that be calling up promoters or throwing a party yourself it's all about getting to the people who will be able to get you money for what you do. My best advice is you just have to learn how to meet the right people. For example, you'll see on TV these crazy people with a movie script who will try to follow Meryl Streep in to a club or a restaurant and hand her a script. That's an extreme and probably a bad way to go about it but that's essentially what you have to do. If you want to DJ at a club you've got to meet the people at the club, you've got to try and find out who picks the DJs and hand him or her a CD, that type of thing. At that point it's about networking and you can be really smart about how you do it too.
So just try and be smart about how you go about it. Say there is a soul food restaurant on your block. You can even go and ask them. I really like to play funk and soul breaks. It looks like the crowd that comes in here would be really appreciative of that. Can I bring my turntables in and every Friday could I just spin? If they have the room and the space, why would they say no? Just be smart about how to get yourself out there. Art galleries, most art galleries have people just standing around watching. If you have a friend who runs an art gallery, you can be like you know what would add to your event, if there was background music. I'll play for free, just to get out there. What if that particular art exhibit brings in someone that works for the fashion industry who is then like we need a person to DJ our runway show. We'll pay you money and all of a sudden you went from doing something for free to having a gig for Calvin Klein. That's essentially what you have to do and that transfers on to other stuff. If you're a model, a piano player whatever, it's somewhat of a universal formula. Most of the places will have the equipment there for you, but if they do not, from a business standpoint if you are bringing all your equipment make sure you get some compensation for it.
CCB: The DJ scene out in San Francisco seems so incredible. Do you ever see yourself moving out to the bay area?
Neil: If I was out there permanently it would probably be more damaging to my reputation. Basically the reason it's really nice when I go out there is because it's such a treat. You know chocolate tastes good but if you have chocolate every five minutes you are going to get sick of it. So I end up doing a lot better because I'm only out there maybe four times a year. The more I'm out there it wouldn't make people react as well.
San Francisco is this place where you can play anything you want, their appreciation of music is just really different than anywhere else I've ever been in a very good way. It has less to do with the place and more to do with what I do. If you hear me spin every week sooner or later you're going to hear me spin what I spun somewhere before. It's inevitable and if you keep on hearing it over and over and over, firstly I get tired of it, I don't like to do the same thing. I've set up my lifestyle so that I have no idea what I'm doing the next day but some people can't function that way. Some people need routine, I'm kind of the opposite. Luckily I have that ability to schedule in me when dealing with people and other companies. I can't be a person that gets to gigs late. Unfortunately that's not always how artists work. They don't always work on other people's schedules, they work on their own, and that's one of the downfalls of some people I know. They might be very talented but if they want you some place at a certain time and you're not there it sucks. I have enough of that to be all right. I'm definitely not the most organized person, lately I have no idea what I'm going to be doing with the exception of the times when I know I've got to be on this plane to get over to Cali. I live in New York, but I rarely gig in New York. Its' pretty rare, it's usually somewhere else like Frisco. I like to go to Toronto, but as far as moving anywhere else? I did for a while. I actually lived in Hawaii for quite a while and I was working all the time. I was out there to work and I would work for twelve hours, then I'd go outside and enjoy the weather for four hours and I'd go right back to work or go to sleep.
CCB: Is there any place you have yet to go to or a place you would like to go to more often?
Neil: Southern California, and definitely Japan. I think the type of things I do would be very appreciated out there. For some reason I have a lot of trouble getting out to Southern Cali, I'm not really sure why. Japan of course is notoriously big pop culture wise and for being up on something before anybody else. I would love to be able to go out there and rock, but I don't know if that will ever happen. I've never been to Japan. I know my stuff is sold out there. It's kind of nice. One of the first times I went out to Hawaii, I was trying to find places to sell my stuff and I walked in to this one store, and they were already playing my CD. I went to Sweden once and there was a place that was fully stocked with all my stuff already. I guess it's something that everybody looks for, some sort of recognition in what they do and it was definitely cool to have that happen.
CCB: Could you talk a little about the "All Out Kings" Series of mix-tapes that you have done, and your latest project "The Certified Majestic" series?
Neil: The All Out Kings series is a bunch of mix-tapes that push the idea that you should just play good music. Each CD is very different from the next one. One of them is all lovey dovey and the music runs the gamut from groups that could be considered hard rock to alternative, to soul, to hip-hop but they are all connected by the mutual subject matter of love. It was for Valentines Day. The next one was all rock music, the one after that was all hip-hop and it just runs a wide gamut of music tastes. While I was doing it there was this kid I met. (DJ Steve 1-Der) He actually just sent me a bunch of his CDs and said I really like your stuff here's mine, check it out, and he played it for me and it was really good. It was stuff I wished I never heard because I would have liked to do it. We got to talking. I had never heard of him and just like everything marketing is part of it and I knew it would be really difficult for him to get his CD to places that would help his CD get heard, for example like a Turntable Lab or a Fat Beats. But because of the CDs I've done, I've built a branding around the name Neil Armstrong enough that I do have fans who will pick up a CD because I put it together or because my name is on it. They want to hear something that I put out which goes hand in hand with the hard work I put in to make a quality product. I really really try to make people understand that every time they pick a CD up that there is quality involved in it, and this guy's CD was really good. I asked him are you selling it and he said he could only sell it locally. I was like I can help you out. I would like to put this out for you. I'd like to add a little extra piece of my own stuff and we'll put it out under a new series called "Certified Majestic". The reason why we chose that name is because the All Out King thing wasn't me saying I'm an all out king. It was meant to more define a style that you can play anything. You can play good music regardless of what it is. This kid's CD was an all out king. It was exactly what I wanted to hear, what I would like to do. He is certified. If I were to choose who is an all out king, he's an all out king. What he does is all out king material. He's certified majestic. One of my friend's came up with the name. His name is Bozac. He runs this web site called Black Rap. He does stuff up in Canada. He came up with the name. I thought it was great; I thought it was perfect. It just made sense. That's why we're working together on this.
CCB: That project goes with everything you seem to be about, helping others, giving back. Before you had your name, how did you get your stuff out there? You have your stuff in Fat Beats and Turntable Lab and all over the internet. The very first CD you put together, did you just play it for a lot of the right people?
Neil: I knew a lot of people already, there goes the networking aspect. I used to work at Turntable Lab. We did our first show at Fat Beats. We're going to come out with our ten year anniversary DVD and it's going to show footage of our first shows. I used to hang out at Fat Beats when they first opened. They were on the east side. I would be there so often that I would get phone calls there. I was just there all the time. When it came time for me to promote my stuff it wasn't very difficult. They were just like, "Yeah, we will try and sell it for you." I was already a proven name. Not even a proven name, I just knew the right people who would give me a chance. It grew from there. They got it out and people heard it. It just went from there.
CCB: Who influenced you when you were just starting out?
Neil: The guys I looked up to were the X-Men, Total Eclipse, and Sinister. In interviews I've stated the whole reason I am able to do what I do these days is particularly because of those two members. They used to come to my crib and teach me how to do patterns. They would help me out a lot. Those are the guys that I looked up to as far as wanting to emulate what they did. As far as mix-tape stuff there's other people in that genre. He's not really a mix-tape DJ, but this kid DJ Spinner what he did once inspired me to do the originals mix-tape. Older heads like Tony Touch, there's a DJ named Goldfinger. I would listen to their CDs and they were really, really sick. Those are the people I emulated. Also, Daddy Dog and Vinroc, two members of my crew. I would listen to them spin and they were extremely smooth. That was one thing I always try to do. i.emerg and Doughboy, they taught me everything I know about scratching.
CCB: What's do you have coming up?
Neil: More CDs, coming out with one. A Ten year DVD with Triple Crown. It will come with a ten year anniversary t-shirt and an exclusive DVD of the Fifth Platoon and our early years with battle footage and show footage that's never been out before. I'm trying to do higher profile type events. I'm actually doing something for the NBA. More stuff for companies like Adidas. Hopefully, you'll still see me rocking a party somewhere.
CCB: Since you play a lot of original rare records, what is the best way to take care of them?
Neil: I'm probably not the one to ask. Don't lie them down. They should always sit upright. If you lie they down, they'll get warped. Keep them away from intense heat. Be careful when you put your needle on, make sure you don't scratch it.
*Find out more about Neil and the 5th Platoon here: 5thplatoon.com


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Having followed Bear's Den for a number of years now, it's encouraging to see them grow from the little-known folk three-piece they were, in to the rapidly accelerating force they're becoming. And, as if their burgeoning visibility isn't proof enough, tonight's venue has been up-scaled from Academy 2 to The Ritz, in order to accommodate the fans that clamored for tickets. Indeed such an up-scaling in venue certainly attests to the band's popularity, whilst keeping fans happy, but where does it leave Bear's Den themselves? Can a band that thrives on intimacy make a venue such as The Ritz feel as intimate as those early shows at the likes of The Deaf Institute or Ruby Lounge?


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"Enmei (Long Life): A Dance and Aging Project" brings together six dance artists, scholars and musicians from Japan and the U.S. to explore what it means and what it takes to age as a woman in the field of contemporary dance. In an evening of unique interdisciplinary collaboration, these works challenge us to rethink our notions of the aging female body and celebrate the endurance of the human spirit.
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Help I have a friend who is a gym goer Im not sure of his quantity or how long he has been taking steroids, but stopped recently because he had really bad neck pain. No dr or scan, ultrasound etc showed anything. Put on huge pain killer amounts didnt help alot but felt after about six weeks some relief. Until today when he thinks a prior knee issue has flared up. If this a result of steroid abuse how long before it heals? Im pretty sure he wont touch them again. He can handle all over aches and pains but these last two injuries have had him off work.
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I was shown the power of an unimagined possibility very powerfully a few days ago. Right after the new year, my dear husky wolf who is nearing his transition had a terrible day. He was yowling in pain rather than yowling with tantrums, losing his food, and nearly crazed trying to walk around even though he kept falling. The angels have told me forever that he wants to leave on his own, in his own time, in his sleep. I have been trying to honor that and give him grace and dignity but watching him suffer like this was almost too much. I prayed like crazy for God to make the right thing happen, and in the most loving way, whatever that was. I gave up all expectations as to what would occur. I called a vet the next day to see if she could come to my home, even though that was not what either of us wanted in the end. Thank God, the vet was too busy. It was an answer to my prayers.
Out of love I decided to make my big furry guy scrambled eggs in case it was his last day on earth. He loves them! And loudly I heard the angels in my head saying, "Do not mix them with dog food this time. Just give him the eggs." I listened to their instructions, cooked him the eggs, and was blown away by the unexpected miracle that ensued. Apparently all his pain the previous day was due to the fact that he is no longer digesting dog food. With such an easy food as eggs in his tummy he could walk, rest, and be at peace again! Instead of having to put him down I am granted a few more days… or weeks with him – but at least I can let his spirit decide when to go. In fact he even had one really healthy tantrum the next day when I didn't get to him fast enough! Although those are not easy on me, his tantrums are clearly the sign of a healthy spirit! He fell asleep after a very peaceful day with his beautiful head leaning against my hand as I allowed loving energy t o flow through us. My fridge is now stocked with blessed, wonderful eggs which will allow the rest of his time on earth to be much more comfortable and kind to him.
God keeps showing me over and over in my life that just when I don't know what to do, the divine presence does. Just when you feel backed against a wall without a good decision in sight, God has one. When you are at your wits end, God says, "Good! Get out of your mind, yes, and get into your heart. I'll handle the rest." So when you find yourself faced with some challenge you don't know how to solve, do your part – be at peace, sit, breathe, receive, and give it to God. The morning I thought I was going to have to put my dog down, my first priority was to get up early, to meditate, and to pray for God to fill every aspect of me, my dogs, my life, and my home with His grace. In this space of peace I was able to hear my guidance. I am beyond grateful.
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With Match, their dog. And yes, there is a beautiful story behind that name. These two wonderful people are getting married in November. Our photo shoot took place in Petaluma, Ca. with an ever-changing afternoon skyscape this summer.
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When you look around you everything seems to go eco-friendly. People of all ages are doing their own fair share to save Mother Earth. Still, there are those who are wondering what more can be done, to realize such goal. Thanks to the creative and intelligent minds of many, innovations have been made in today's technology. One thing that has been getting the attention of many is LED vehicle lights.
If you have your own vehicle either for public or private use, then chances are really high that you have heard or read about it in the news or papers. However, there is also a possibility that you don't know why LED vehicle lights can help save the planet. So to help you, here are the reasons why changing your lights to LED is a must.
If there is one reason that is more than enough to convince you of the need to choose LED vehicle lights, then it is no other than the fact that it doesn't pose any harm to nature. The usual lights used on cars have been discovered to emit certain diodes that don't help in the cause to save the planet.
Second, LED vehicle lights live longer. The usual lights you have for your car may require you to change it on a regular basis. Because of this, you might have to spend a huge amount of money to have it. The money you save can also be used to purchase other things that are more important like gas or perhaps for the maintenance of your vehicle.
The usual vehicle lights you see in the market today sometimes prompt you not to use it every day because it eats a lot of electricity, which is not good news. On the other hand, you can use LED vehicle lights anytime you want. The best part is that even when the sun is still up, you can use it while you drive.
One of the reasons why vehicle lights were created in the very first place was to keep drivers and passengers safe. However, because of the abovementioned facts, you don't want to use it anymore. Now, you can drive without having to fear about meeting accidents or killing animals and humans because there is light to guide you on the road. How is this possible? It is because of the quality of light it provides. You can definitely see what's on the road.
Last but not the least, LED vehicle lights are affordable. You don't have to be rich to avail it. Plus, there are many stores today that are selling this, so finding one to use for your vehicle is going to be a piece of cake.
LED vehicle lights are another effective way to become safe while driving, save money, and nature all together. As residents of this beautiful planet, it is our responsibly to take part in this change. If you still want to see this planet live a million years more, do your part. Use LED vehicle lights now!


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During the course of your placement you will be working on cutting edge projects supported by industry experts. The 12 month placement includes the following opportunities:
Application Process
Apply online between 4 December 2017 and 9 March 2018
Complete the online application form. We recommend that you prepare your responses in advance in a word processing programme in order to check spelling and word counts. We receive many applications for the sandwich year placements and the overall quality is very high. We recommend that you research the Berkeley Group and our developments. The most successful candidates put time into answering the questions on the application form and demonstrate a genuine interest in the company.
Applications made by email or post will not be accepted.
Complete a telephone interview
Successful applicants will be contacted to arrange a telephone interview. Telephone interviews will be held from January - March 2018. They will be led by the Graduate Recruitment Team and will be strength-based and cover a variety of areas.
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Candidates who impress during their telephone interview will attend a final interview and deliver a presentation. The interviews will take place between March - April 2018 and will be attended by directors from the divisions. You will be required to deliver a 10 minute presentation as part of the interview process.
If successful you will be offered a position
Successful applicants will receive a job offer within 48 hours of attending the final interview.
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You must be able to start in a full time capacity, so please do not apply this year if you are not able to complete a placement year from September 2018.
We seek to recruit the most talented undergraduates at the very beginning of their careers, to convert academic learning into practical development skills.
We look for students who:
Complete the online application form. The application process closes on 9 March 2018; however, if we receive enough applications we may close the process early.
Successful applicants will be invited for a telephone interview. If successful, you will be invited to a face-to-face interview with directors and asked to give a 10 minute presentation in May 2018.
Offers will be made to successful candidates within 48 hours of final interviews. Your placement year will commence in September 2018.
The Berkeley Group is an equal opportunities employer. Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor visa applications. If you require a visa to work in the UK you must obtain this independently and provide evidence of this visa before the start of the programme.
You will be based in one of our offices or construction sites in London, Birmingham and the South of England. You should be prepared to move between offices and sites based upon business needs. Every effort will be made to ensure that you are placed in the most practical region for you.
On successful completion of their placement year, undergraduates may be offered a place on our Graduate Scheme for September 2020. We encourage undergraduates to view sandwich placements as a 12 month interview, providing the platform to impress and reaffirm their passion and commitment in their chosen area.
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The 1000-Watt iX15 is a powered two-way 15″ loudspeaker with Bluetooth* audio streaming ideally suited for a wide range of portable and fixed music and speech sound reinforcement applications. A state-of-the-art KLARK TEKNIK DSP controls the built-in 3-channel digital mixer via a single-knob user interface, as well as providing comprehensive wireless remote control via dedicated app for iPhone/iPad. The iX15's powerful 15″ low frequency driver and 1″ titanium dome compression driver ensure highest-quality low end, extended high frequency reproduction and articulate midrange reproduction.
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years in Jacksonville and have been attending Church of the Redeemer all that time. One
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Hi, my name is Amy, I'm a mother of two gorgeous girls born three years apart and am currently on parental leave. I have a professional interest in gender equality in the workplace and started my career as a statistician though I've since drifted into policy and economic analysis.
I have primarily started this blog to keep myself sane while off work. Isolation and extreme boredom caring for a newborn can get most women down. I love and adore my girls, but my brain needs to tick over occasionally.
So what will I write about? Mainly observations about children, life, gender, food and politics (in no particular order).
What is 'the mummy track'? It's a phrase used to describe what often happens to women who exit the workforce to have children and their experience when they return to work. These often include a lack of career development, promotional opportunity and general exclusion from workplace participation.


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Sex addiction is a widely misunderstood problem that can have a devastating impact on your life, as well as on the lives of those who care about or depend upon you.
Also sometimes referred to as 'sex and love addiction', 'compulsive sexual behaviour' or 'hypersexual disorder', sex addiction is characterised by excessive urges to have sex and/or engage in other sex-related behaviours, even when such actions may jeopardise your physical health, emotional wellbeing and/or social standing.
Of course, sexual desires and urges are a normal and healthy part of life. But in the case of sex addiction, these urges become overwhelming and the resultant decisions and actions can be extremely destructive.
The problem for people who struggle with sex addiction is that this disorder does not yet have formal diagnostic criteria, that all mental health professionals agree upon. However, continued research has expanded experts' understanding of this complex challenge and has led to the development of specialised programmes that have helped men and women to regain control over their urges, thoughts and actions.
Find out more about sex addiction treatment.
If your life has been affected by sex addiction, please know these essential facts:
Sex addiction can reveal itself via a wide range of signs and symptoms. Whilst there is no single action or behaviour that will definitively establish that you are struggling with sex addiction, the symptoms of this disorder generally fall under the following criteria:
The following are among the more common examples of specific signs and symptoms of sex addiction:
It is important to understand that there is a significant difference between sex addiction and having a high sex drive or enjoying frequent sex. If you have been struggling with sex addiction, your actions are not motivated by pleasure, but by ceaseless compulsion. Instead of providing you with a sense of joy or pleasure, behaviours that result from sex addiction will bring you shame, guilt and pain.
The specific ways that sex addiction can affect your life will vary depending upon a variety of personal factors, but the following are among the more common types of damage that this compulsive behaviour can inflict:
While these and other effects can be devastating, they are not unavoidable. When you choose to enter a comprehensive treatment programme to get help for your sex addiction, you remove yourself from danger, avoid future harm and have the opportunity to begin healing from any past damage.
In a programme such as those at Priory hospitals and centres, you have the professional support that you need to identify, address and develop strategies to overcome the negative thought patterns that have prompted you to engage in compulsive sexual behaviours.
Sex addiction is a complex challenge, but it can be overcome. With effective help, you can regain control over your thoughts and actions and can once again live the healthy and satisfying life that you deserve.
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The Year's Best Food on Twitter
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David ArchuletaI'm David. I like music.
Louis Tomlinson1/5 of One Direction :) Live life for the moment because everything else is uncertain! We would be nowhere without our incredible fans, we owe it all to you.
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Peanut Butter & Co.The original peanut butter sandwich shop - now with ten varieties of all natural gourmet peanut butter available at over 10,000 stores in the USA!
Jamie OliverThe Official Jamie Oliver twitter page
- 30 votes in food
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BobbieKeep Calm & Have a Cupcake _ Dirty Sanchez & #supernatural LOVER *{] S.W.Y.D _ Paramore. Dexter. Ugly Betty. C.S.I. The Mentalist ^^,- Mrs @Zedisking
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CupcakeStopNYC's First Mobile Gourmet Cupcake Shoppe. Winner of Food Network's Food Feuds- Best Cupcake. Available For Private Events and now open on 70 Greenwich Ave NYC
The Peche Food BlogWife (@mrsdewinter) and husband with three kids age three and younger. Just trying to make something good for dinner.
Cybele PascalThe Allergy-Friendly Cook. Author, Allergen-Free Baker's Handbook & Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook. Food Allergy Parent & Person. Gluten-Free & Allergy-Free Cook.
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Florentinait's me Florentina your host at CiaoFlorentina.com a Food & Travel Magazine #organic Get your Complimentary Subscription here:
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VOTZ APPENING?Music = Life. If you take my tweets seriously, you need help. :)
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Harry StylesHello :D I'm 1/5 of One Direction..And if you follow, thank you..I Love You .xx
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Adam RichmanTV host, Man about town, righteous dude.
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Filippo RoncoVinix, VinoClic, TigullioVino, TerroirVino founder and enthusiast supporter! Author of Google & You.
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MijuneI'm a food blogger in Vancouver, but I also post internationally. Follow Me Foodie on my tasty adventures!
Fresh DietThe Fresh Diet is Americas Premier Daily Diet Delivery Service.
Jon HuertasAn Actor Guy on a little hit show called Castle---so I'm a little proud, so what?! Also a Military Veteran and future MMA fighter...what?! I could do it!
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Pirulito de BananaBafos, tiradas, links, tudo pra você se jogar e se divertir horrores! BjoMeChupa!
New Brew ThursdayJoin us every Thursday as we explore the world of Craft Beer, & help you join the revolution of choice!
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I am a second year student in the Mackey Lab at Virginia Tech. The Mackey Lab is a parasitology laboratory based in the Department of Biochemistry and is part of the Fralin Life Science Vector Borne Disease Institute at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, USA. Our research focuses on the identification and characterization of proteins involved in the DNA replication machinery of Trypanosoma brucei to develop potential therapeutic targets. Trypanosoma brucei is the causative agent of Human African trypanosomiasis, a neglected vector borne disease that threatens the health of more than 60 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. Current treatments are ineffective and have severe side effects, which support the need to identify new targets in the parasite to be therapeutically exploited.
Previous studies have shown that the parasite, Trypanosoma brucei, uses homologs of the Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) and extracellular-signal regulated kinase 8 (ERK8), both of which are directly involved in DNA replication, and more specifically may be present in the replisome. However, the remainder of the replisome is less characterized in T. brucei. My research focus is to demonstrate a more comprehensive view of the T. brucei replisome to identify potential therapeutic targets.


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Feeling buried in a deluge of news media, social media speculation, and email list servs? Are you hoping to get involved or stay attentive without burning out? You've landed in the right place. Welcome to Couch Activism, where we provide one thoughtful piece with a few actions per day.
On the heels of the inauguration, we found ourselves crowding out our social media pages and real-life conversations with calls to action. We decided to preserve (what was left) of our social capital and take on those efforts in a more formal setting.
By founding Couch Activism, we hope to co-create a space for varying levels of action and engagement to improve our communities. Many aspects of what is considered "traditional activism" only further marginalize populations that are most at-risk, and often most beneficial to have at the table.
Couch Activism provides a series of daily actions on a single topic, most of which can be achieved from your couch. When it's urgent, we'll ask you to mobilize with us and get off the couch! A huge part of our existence in the world is developed through self-education, so we've dropped our favorite and most trusted resources here for you to peruse and pass on.
Couch Activism is a partner of Action Alliance, a collaboration of over seventy #resistance initiatives.
After many political classes together and many more nights yelling sassy commentary at the TV, Callie and I finally decided to put pen to paper. I mean, fingers to keyboards. Follow us - two twenty-something introverts - as we attempt to fight the good fight against man-spreading, and its more dangerous effects.
Brooke and I had toyed with starting a blog for various things, namely cooking / eating / fangirling over Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Then, the 2016 election happened and we decided to get serious. We created Couch to help people get involved in a sustainable way and to hold ourselves accountable for the next 4 years. Hopefully after 45's term ends, we can shift the focus towards activism that is a smidge less reactive / twitter-sensitive.


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Diy Subway Tile Backsplash | There are things that are indispensable to almost any kitchen for sensible reasons . The kitchen backsplash, for instance, not only increases appearance and the decor of your kitchen but is also used to protect your walls from injuries such as water splashes or splashing from things such as oil. We use a lot of liquid from the kitchen, from water and cooking oil to bottles of wine or soda, and it's all too easy for accidents to happen and for liquid to be summed the walls up. As splashes and any spills can be easily wiped away the backsplash can protect your walls from this sort of damage.
Along with supplying shade to your kitchen walls the backsplash also increases the decor of the room, which is why it's very important to choose the best colour, design, and substance when picking your backsplash. That doesn't have to be the case, although the substance and colour for your backsplash is just like that used for the countertops, and you can choose a colour or substance that is suited to your needs and tastes.
Choosing colours and materials for your kitchen backsplash
Style and the colour of your countertops in addition to the general style of your kitchen can help you to choose which backsplash to choose. You can choose from granite counter tops, stainless steel backsplash backsplash, a tile backsplash, and much much more. The backsplash can be found in a variety of colors, so you can get something that matches the room's style and decor.
The expense of the backsplash will fluctuate based on how much of the wall surface you need to be coated, which fabric you choose for your backsplash, and also where you buy the backsplash. You can get some good deals nowadays, so you need to be able to find without needing to go within your budget, colour and a backsplash design that fits in with your kitchen decor and appearance perfectly.


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We're a few weeks away from launching our new website, please check back on 1 September 2018!
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In my last post I asked for input on what you believe a young horse should learn, and one commenter suggested teaching my youngster a word for reassurance to use when we're faced with something scary.That got me listening to myself as I moved
Some disaster areas, such as Moore, Oklahoma, after the 2013 tornado, can look like war zones. Photo: Maj. Geoff Legler/Wikimedia Commons If you choose to volunteer in an emergency or disaster situation, there are a number of very important factors
Funds for land acquisition and trail development are drying up. Photo: Thinkstock.com Each horse needs about two acres of land to meet its basic exercise, shelter, and forage needs. In addition, owners and riders need land for their horse-related
There are countless hoof products and practices—both verifiable and unverifiable—out there that the author says have become more popular due to salesmanship rather than evidence. Photo: Erica Larson "Evidence-based" is recent buzzphrase that is
That neat idea I had eight years and thousands of dollars ago is only now paying off with what I originally set out to produce: My next show hunter. Photo: Alexandra Beckstett While I was interviewing theriogenologists Drs. Ben Espy (DVM, Dipl. ACT)
The EDCC will provide accurate information and real-time alerts when disease outbreaks occur. Photo: Kevin Thompson/TheHorse.com In 2010 the American Horse Council (AHC) and the USDA initiated creation of the National Equine Health Plan to improve
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The young horses at this Lusitano farm in Brazil are well-conditioned for their future athletic careers, thanks to full-time turnout on varied terrain and good genetics. Photo: Courtesy Dr. Hilary Clayton Horses are products of their genetics and the
In 1921 the USDA established the veterinary accreditation program so private practitioners could assist federal veterinarians in controlling animal diseases. The USDA could not monitor our nation's horses for emerging or foreign animal diseases or
Equine enthusiasts are always evaluating the horse's appearance, particularly if they are considering purchasing the animal. Conformation is the term used to describe this appearance and can be broken into principal categories of balance,
When I was starting my veterinary practice 14 years ago, I wanted to do something important with my degree. So I contacted a tiny therapeutic riding program in Orange County that had four horses and only a handful of students. I was poor myself, but
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I don't know about you, but for me every day is pretty much "Day of the Horse." However, if you're going by the calendar of obscure American holidays, the official National Day of the Horse is Dec. 13. With that in mind, here are some ideas
Horses sold at low-end auctions throughout the country face unknown fates. Photo: iStock I watch horse auction sites from throughout the Pacific Northwest online. Mostly with a heavy heart. The story is always the same. Horses go to the sales yard.
Well-schooled, seasoned stock-type geldings like my homebred Jack used to pull a premium price, but what's he worth today? Photo: Michelle Anderson When I was 8 years old I went to ride a cowboy's pony gelding named Beaver. After the handsome
Jenny C. helped move Marathon to the trainer so he could take dressage "boot camp" while I'm on the human version of stall rest. Having great friends is a good thing. Photo: Michelle N. Anderson My dressage horse, Marathon, has struggled with
Recently I stood in line at the grocery store behind a mom with three kids, ages ranging from toddler to 6 years old. While the kiddos were definitely cute and not necessarily poorly behaved, mom certainly had her hands full. "I'm
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We learned in a remarkably popular article on our website recently that sweat marks on a saddle pad can tell you a lot about how the saddle fits. (We also learned that nothing raises the ire of horsewomen like a photograph of a horse with sweat marks
A wise friend once told me that you don't really know how a relationship will look until a full calendar year passes. The idea is that if you're still together at that point, you've weathered each season and seen all that comes with it (good
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We horse people can be hard on each other—you don't have to look far to see it. And nowhere is the disagreement over management methods or training approaches more evident than on social media platforms. One particularly sensitive topic of
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One was an attractive roan Thoroughbred gelding with 12 race starts as a 3-year-old. He never placed higher than fourth. The lanky gelding won a touch more than $1,400 before retiring, and I met him as a fleabitten gray nine years later on a farm in
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SAINT LUCIE, Florida, US (sentinel.ht) – Dieuson Octave, known as rapper Kodak Black, was transferred from the St. Lucie County Jail on Monday into the custody of South Carolina deputies. Black will have to answer the last of three charges before he is full released.
The 19-year old Kodak Black is facing a charge of criminal sexual conduct in Florence, South Carolina. He appeared in an extradition hearing on November 21, where a judge approved his transfer.
"It does say that he has been turned over to South Carolina via the Florence County Sheriff's Office," said St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office spokesman Deputy Bryan Beaty on Monday, when asked to confirm Octave's status at the jail.
Kodak Black spent a few months in a Broward county jail much of 2015 and 2016 before having charges dropped for a potentially lengthy sentence. He would have been released on house arrest that day before authorities found two other outstanding warrants.
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This has probably already been asked, but what are your top five? Mine in order are:
Metal Gear Solid
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Soul Reaver
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Final Fantasy Tactics
Of those listed I'd like to see more out of Soul Reaver and less Final Fantasy... unless it involves tactics. Y tu?


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Millions of men in the United States suffer from hypogonadism, more commonly known as low testosterone or "Low T."
Testosterone, the male sex hormone that helps maintain a man's bone density, muscle strength and mass, red blood cell production, energy and sex drive gradually declines as men age. This may cause men to experience decreased sexual function and desires. While this is a natural part of life, some men associate the side effects that come along with a decrease in testosterone as a decrease in manhood.
To deal with this problem, many men turn to Testosterone treatments, such as Androgel, Axiron, FIRST Testosterone MC, Fortesta, Striant, Testim, and Testopel Many of these come in the form of a cream or a gel and are easy to apply.
It is no surprise that that there is such a large selection of testosterone drugs on the market. According to an article published in Huffington Post, the amount of men taking Testorone drugs for Low T has tripled from 2001 to 2011.
However, many men taking testosterone drugs may be causing themselves more harm than good. Two recent studies published within the last six months showed that testosterone drugs may increase the risks of heart attack, strokes, and other cardiac events.
Because "being a man" is so important to a middle-aged male, Low-T may be viewed as a condition that should be treated at all costs. However, men using testosterone treatments are now finding out the real risks of using testosterone treatment.
Many men are taking Androgel so they can increase their sexual function, without realizing that Androgel can increase their risk for a heart attack.
While he Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently investigating the link between Testosterone drugs and heart attacks, a testosterone drug recall is not being issued at this time. Millions of unsuspecting men be just now seeking out treatment for Low-T unaware of the potential link between testosterone drugs and heart attacks.
Aging men who are suffering from low testosterone should have a heart-to-heart with their doctor and talk about all of the options available to them. For some testosterone treatment may be medically necessary. For some, increasing testosterone may not be worth the risks.
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This past week I went to an orientation with a co-worker for a foster agency in our area. I have been to an orientation with this agency before due to the baby girl I had last summer. Her sisters were placed with the same agency and when she was born, she was placed with the same foster mamma. I went to the orientation with the agency at that time knowing the baby was placed with them and when I got custody of her, I decided not to move forward with getting licensed with them.
The reason why I went to the orientation last week was because one of the girls I work with wants to be a foster parent too and she ha signed up to go to the orientation. I told her I would go with her to this orientation if she was willing to go with me to my orientation next week. She happily agreed knowing she didn't have to go alone. It became clear very quickly that this agency is not for us because they do not get children in the age groups we are looking for. I want to get babies and my co-worker is wanting children under the age of three years old.
I am really excited about going into this with a co-worker who has become a friend. I had no idea she was wanting to get into fostering and this makes going to PRIDE classes so much more exciting knowing I am not going to be alone! We have talked about being back ups for each other and her daughter is going to be my second back up because she lives in the next street over from me and is a stay at home mom.
I am beyond excited to get started with PRIDE classes and getting my license again. The classes will be done by the beginning of November and that means I have less than a month to get the nursery ready to go. My little sister is coming to visit me this week and maybe, just maybe, I can get her to help me put the nursery together.


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Welcome to Mr. Soares's web page for mathematics. Below are a few images that will link you to the curricular areas that Mr. Soares is instructing this year at Buchanan High School. Feel free to explore the site and enjoy!
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How to take down and AT AT
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Veteran Nollywood Star, Patience Ozokwor famously known for her 'Wicked Mother-In-Law' roles in movies is now a born again christian to the core, Patience now goes about preaching and conducting crusades.
In an interview with Starttells, at a crusade organised by St. Marks Anglican Church in Eziobodo Village of Imo State, where she shared her Salvation Experience.
According to her, she normally organises a personal retreat for herself in the first few days of the new year, when it was time to have her 2016 retreat, she heard the voice of the Holy Spirit telling her to fast for 21 days, she complained that she has so many projects to handle, endorsements and movies to shoot within that period, and the Lord extended it to a 30 days fast due to her complaints.
During this fasting period, The Lord revealed to her, how she will be a voice for him all over the world, how people's attention will be channeled from her image on Nollywood to The Gospel.She said one of the things God warned her on, was her dressing and appearance.


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The New Zealand wine industry has a target of $2 billion of exports by 2020.
Significant progress had been made towards this goal, confirming the sector is on track to reach this milestone.
The on-going progress towards the $2 billion goal is founded on our reputation as a wine exporter of the first rank, crafting and marketing distinctively New Zealand, high quality, high value wines.
Continuing investment in New Zealand wines' reputation is a priority for the industry.
This investment is designed to both protect the success achieved to date and to provide a platform for future profitable growth.


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Synagogue Mikvé Israel-Emanuel
This centuries old synagogue has a great deal of rich mahogany woodwork yet a floor made of sand.
The Synagogue Mikvé Israel-Emanuel is one of the oldest synagogues in the Western world yet its sand floor is not a product of age but a tribute to a time of persecution of the local Jewish people.
Built in 1730, the synagogue was established to serve a congregation that had been growing in the area for over a hundred years previous. The spacious interior of the religious house is decked out in deep mahogany benches and a lovely bemah (raised platform) made of the same. Yet despite lush furnishings the entire floor is made of yellow beach sand. It almost as though the furniture was simply placed oceanside and a building built around it, yet this strange design choice actually represents a darker time in their local Jewish history.
Prior to the establishment of the synagogue, small private prayer houses were created in secret for the Jewish population. In order not to garner any undue attention from potential denouncers, the floors of these "mini-gogues" were covered in sand which would muffle the foot falls of those inside. It is this tradition that is remembered on the floor of the Synagogue Mikvé Israel-Emanuel.
Today the synagogue is still well maintained with a pristine yellow exteriors and a consistently fresh polish on the mahogany. The sandy ground has also survived.


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Next week I'm heading off to the Engage conference in Bristol – organised by the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement the conference is for universities who create opportunities for students to interface with the community.
In the UK we have done little work in Universities – but the evolution of our Active Citizens work with the British Council has led us into the territory. By a circuitous route…
After 5 years as a community based project the British Council's Active Citizens initiative (with whom we have been supporting partners since 2009) had trained 60,000 community activists in Pakistan.
Last month the Higher Education Commission launched it as a compulsory element for all students studying in the country.
It will be phased in in the next five years as a partnership offer between the British Council and the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, which offers an accredited course "Citizenship Education and Community Engagement" to students of colleges and universities to setup institutionalised avenues for students to engage in community service.
Faculty members are offered training to act as facilitators and support each other in faculty based delivery of the course. We have further partenred up with Birghton University to carry this out.
The course provides students with an understanding of national and global citizenship, a wide range of skills in leadership, communication, advocacy, project planning and project delivery and a chance to participate in exchanges and policy dialogues at both the national and international level.
Next week we will showcase our new tailor-made web site which gives each university their own admin tools. It has log-ins for Unis, Faculty and students; course guides, social action planner, baseline and post-action questionnaires create a web page for the University and give career guidance to students.
Once up and running we will be able to use it any country by creating the look and language that suits. A great new facility – ask us more if interested!


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Paul and I used the car pool lane to make to dinner with bill and Beth and Steve and Michelle.
Archive for February, 2014
Friday night wine country dinner2014/02/28
NCS girls semifinal in a down poor2014/02/26
The comedy of errors in Harlem is the last play of the weekend2014/02/23
Champagne brunch at Doug and marinas2014/02/23
Hotel coconuts as a play. Have fun.2014/02/22
Dinner with the stars at the Latina cultural mix2014/02/22
For the second year Marina invited us to her volunteer dinner party.
The actors from the play come to dance with the Latin club sponsors of the event.
This year Vivia Font and Sofia Jean Gomez came and sat with CMD and marina.
The food and wine were great!
Hi yes and then there was the dancing, lots of people dancing.


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Tuesday, September 03, 2013
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Style Steel
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I'm going to have to go buy this color. I'm also a little tripped out that MBSW looks like a pastel blue on your ring finger O_o. I'm really tempted by the copper Instadry also. I have a thing for golds and coppersReplyDeleteReplies
Haha, maybe it was just the light that made MBSW look blue-ish. Now that I look back at the pictures, you're right; it totally does. Huh.Delete
I am so the opposite of you because summer was just a bag of crap for me. I am hoping this move and fall bring the very best.ReplyDeleteReplies
Aw, I hope fall brings good things for you too. My summer was rough, but I'm just not ready to let it go yet. Really I'm just not ready for winter :(Delete
Over here in So Cal, it is still summer so screw the "no-white-after-Labor-Day rule," I'm going to the beach later this week! No sweaters for me until Christmas. Nice nail color, you rock it girl!ReplyDelete
Haha, thanks! "No sweaters til Christmas" should be your tagline.Delete
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